, 1883-10-20
PERSONAL.


week at ColfaN.
DR.. AS. Campbell was up from. Step,
toe Sunday. He will again hang out his
clapboard in this city in a short time.
G. A. Spaulding, Late OF Muir City, NJ
T., struck out for the gold mines this
week, where he will probably camp foI
the winter.
Col. L. b. Nash has returned from Col,
Vile, where he was propounding the pc
culiaritics Of the law to the people OF
Stevens county.
Al. Jones starts Monday for the CPur
d'Aleno Mecca. He takes along large
stock Of goods and will stay with the dig,
gings. Luck go with you, Al.
NJ. C. O'Connor, Of Spokane Bridge,
was in the city this week. Mike has sold
out his shop at Heron and proposes to go
into the mines to try his fortune.
Mrs. .Chas. SweenY departed for San
Francisco Monday night, where she goes
to visit her mother, who will be cheercd
by her presence after the recent loss Of
her husband.
After long and hard seige OF sickness
Col. c. G. Bradshaw is once more on the
way to health. May he regain his former
vigor and soon be Practicing his profess
sion is our wish.
Hon. L. Ziegler returned home this
week from Olympia, where he had been
working in the interest Of county division.
His business herei prevented him from
lingering longer at the capitol.
F. F. Boody, Of San Francisco, travel
ing for Nicoll, the Tailor, called upon us
Saturday. Fred has cultivated 50 much
whiskers and so much healthier tint that
we could not have recognized him on the
streets.
A. Trant and T.. +. Chamberlain, OF
California, reached the Falls this week
and will be numbered among our per-
manent business firms hereafter. They
are men who will be good addition to
the population.
Oscar l.. Clements, who has ably filled
the position Of assistant for Mr.. McElroy,
has resigned. This makes almost a clean
sweep OF the old force. Mr.. Clements is
a steady, reliable young man, and we hope
he will not consider ii necessary to leave
our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Warner left Satur-
day on trip to California, and will pos
sibly spend the winter in Florida. Mr..
Warner has been in very poor health foI
some months, and we hope the invigorat.
ing climate Of semi-tropical California will
make a now man OF him.
J. J. Browne departed Tuesday for
Olympia, where he goes to have voice
in the divide business. Mr.. b. is an in.
defatiguable worker when he once gets
down to it and he will be an able assist,
ant to the gentlemen now haunting the
Legislators on the same lay.
We had a very pleasant visit Friday
from J. II. Boyd and lady, Of Portland
Mr.. b. is the Co. with Geo. T. Crane, and
is pleasant, intelligent gentleman. Both
himself and wife are prepossessod with
the appearance Of our Gem City, and will
probably make their home among us next
spring.
We acknowledge visit from Frank L.
Thresher, Thursday morning, represen.
tative Of the st. Paul Pioneer Press, one
Of the oldest papers in the northern coun.
try. Mr.. Thresher is very favorably i'm,
pressed with Spokane, considering 1t one
Of the livliest cities between st. Paul and
Portland.
+. J. Webster and II. =. Reeves started
out for tho Big Bend again this week
There is slathers Of good farming land out
there and the American citizen who has
not exercised his rights is anxious to get
on to some Of it. There seems to be a
rush in that direction now by those who
have not the gold arrangement.
We had pleasant call Wednesday from
Walter v. Windus, a young gentleman
recently from England who is acting as
correspondent for the Torquay Times and
Western EUaing NeiCs. Mr.. W. is now
located at Pullman, Whitman county, one
Of the most fiourishing inland towns in
eastern Washington, where he is interest,
ed in property.
S. Z. Childs, w. f. Childs, VIM. Bran.
ish, +. NJ. Washburn and Rodger Conlin
who arrived from the Wood River coun.
try Tuesday, rigged up an outfit at this
place Thursday and started for the new
gold fields expecting to be absent all win.
ter. They are old and experienced pros.
! naptprs aud 70 tl,prn 10 op,,tI,f,,, th,r, A. ,
boys will find it.
+. l.. Steadman, Of Marshall, passed
through the city Friday with a party
bound for the C9ur d'Alene mines. He
has been there before and goes to scoop in
some Of the precious metal that seems to
be scattered about that section so care,
lessly. The crowd is well prepared foI
the journey. Mr.. Steadman says that a
wagon road could be cut through over the
new trail direct from the Mission with but
little difficulty. Would it not be well foI
our merchants to club tagether and have
the work doneH
IT. McCarther, business manager Of
the Spokane Falls Land and Improve.
ment Company, started east Tuesday, and
expects to be absent a couple Of months
Nc. has been with us all summer, and has
made many friends in the community.
He takes a great interest in Spokane, and
is so confident Of its future that he has in,
vested heavily in property. He will not
lot slip an opportunity to say good word
for this city, and we expect him to bo a
leading light in pushing ahead the place
and county next year. We wish him a
pleasant trip and ever success in any pro,
ject he may take hand in.
Our office was raided Wednesday by A.
LAfevre, Geo. W. Brewer and Gus EriclI.
son, Of Medical lake, W. H. Bishop
county Auditor, Of Cheney, and James
Ryan, Of Sprague. 1t was a jolly crowd
and as they were away from home for q
b good time, had it. They called upon
their numerous acquaintances around
town, and Judging from the warm recep,