, 1883-02-10
roVn Anp COUNTRY.

The altitude Of Spss~us h 1913 feet
Council meeting next Tuesday night
Clear but nipp;.s cold this morning.
Wheu but want Il cold this mornins.
The popslAsioa Of Albina II oplaesd af 500
Roadmasser Shaw was in town yesterday.
This i. about the dulIsst month Of the year
Property On Puget Sound h having boom
At ll:3o r. day the mercury resisssred zero
The Filth street briass d impasa.ble fol
teams.
Next on the progrAmme CONES the A. a. U.
". party.
Two days mail came up % the train this
morning.
Over 60 tons Of cnai were sold in fendlston
inside Of ten days.
The comedy. Ny Son in-I.~," ha. created
quite furore in Portland.
The WAsco San says the rumor that there ID
smallpox in The DAlss is false
At half-past seven this morning the sher-
monster marked 4 > bsiuu zero.
II you want to sss some 6ns samples ct Job
printing, call 1t the SrAfHanAs ot6ee-
Mr.. J. ". Sxrzra. Of this city, has been sp-
pointed notary public BY the Governor.
The Garrison band kindly donated their ser
yicss To the ladies' at the relief bail last night
A pamphlet on "Slsvsry and Protection, ="
BY T. j. Donuell, !. on orr table for re~'e~Ai
Howe, the book.bindsr, wIl remove bis
| bindsry 10 near the SfArr>MAH ofhcs On Ihird
street.
The children Of Mr.. John kirkman, who
have recently been verv i'll, arc now coavales-
cent
Wa.h-outs and land-siides are generally re-
ported along the o. K 4 n. and Northern
Pacific rosd-.
The large snow -plovs have been in sctive
use on the upper division Of the Northern Pa
ei6c this winter.
We heard ssme ono .sy this morning that
Mrs. Lassatsr did not have the small pox. but
the black me.sels.
The Supreme Court Of the State Of Iowa has
declared the constitutional prohibition amend
ment invalid through error
A very neat card from the Job Office of W.
l.. Black has been laid on our table We wish
him every success in his business
The plan Of allowing tho agents OF the rail
road company At the d,heren: stations al"n'
the road TO retail coal is good one.
W. Ii. Carr. late Of Sprague. Is being
sh.dowed BY Portland d,teeti.e on account
Of crooked real estate business in the former
town
The Spr,gue House, Spokane falis, Is the
neasest and best appointed hotel in the North
west. and is Already resort for drummers and
tourists.
We are sorry 10 chronicle ths death at Lew
i.ton. l. T.. Of ~hoopinR cough. Of the eldest
s,u Of the Rev J. u. McConkey. formerly Of
this city.
The large hall in the Knapp. Buried 4 Co
building. in which the Rslief Society held
their party, il to be used for ,.crins sxrieulsa-
raj implements -
Mr.. J. X. Smith h.s m wed into his new
residence on Poplar street adjoining his place
of business, where in the future he can 10
found Al all houra-
No old timer is rash enough to predict the
weather we are going to have. Jesse Drum
heller says tha. the l,nser he lives here the less
he knows about it.
Emil Bories, who hs. been connected with
the hospital corps for year, has resigned and
accepted . more lucrative position under Su-
perintendent H.lett-
Mckenneyis Pacific Coast Directory for
1854 says that there is large foundry At
Sprarue. This il xlight mistake. There is
no foundry at Sprague.
Several cattle buyers are here, but there have
been no sales that we have heard Of Our cat
tie men are not willing 10 sell 1t the prices Of
feredL -Priner2te Hsr,.
Lovers of dancing cannot complain OF
dearth Of their favorits Amusement this week
We think three balls in four days ought TO
satisfy the moss fsstidioua
Tie Commissioner Of the General Land
Office has decided that minors and married
women arc not entitled to enter timber culture
land under the s,t Of june 3. 1873
Gen. J. W. Sprasus. Mn Spragus. Capt J.
C. Ainsworth and Nm. Ainsvorth left San
Francisco for the east. They viii visit New
Orleans, returning by way Of Mexico.
CounciIman wia,ns d not only law-maker
but is also law observer, - witness his exer-
tions in keeping his extensive sidewalks clear
of ice and snou, during the late stormy period
When vs think Of What nice comfortable
ial we have In ibis city. ws ars surprised that
there are not more vagrants end traznps pulled.
But this is cold country fos that elsss Of ver-
min.
NcKsnney'. Pacific Coast Directory for
1885, is At hand IL il replsts vita informa-
ton concerning the different town, in this &c
tiou Of country, and valuable guide for busi-
mess men
Mn. ". o. Core. wife Of ex-Trah master
Gore. of tbs Pen dOrsiIls division of the
Northern Pacific. w . pesenzer for San
Franeiseo on The Lest sseanpee lsssing Port
land.
In Consequence Of the deeesss Of the Lite
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