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, 1883-09-15
Ire nrara II feaf-

.'B w. won't drink lessen yoa take
what do, said old Josh Split in reply
10 AL invitation. He MAS topper OF long
st..ndin, and abundant capacity, and the
boys locked al him in ss.oaishmen'-
The idea" one Of them replied, "that
you should prescribe conditions is iaugha-
bic. Perhaps you want to force one OF
vopr ahomiaaLle mixtures on Us. You are
chef Of the mixed drinkers. and l will
not agree TO your coEdirlon5.
"Hs wsnrs 10 run us in on castor oii
and brandy" said the Judge. who would
willingly have taken the oil to get The
brandy.
No, I'm square, replied Split, Take
my drink and I'm with you.
The boys agreed, and stood along the
bar
Every enc turned to s plit and regarded
hin with interest.
"alr. Bartender" said Split, give me
glass Of water.
Water, water the boys exclaimed
"Yes, water. LIS A new drink for me,
| aimit. and | expect il a scarce article
with all of you. L-mme tel You how
: ana 10 take ii. Several days ago a pas'
sci Of Us went fshing. and We took fine
chapce of whisky along, aud bad heap
of fua. Long toward erenin' l got pow
erIul drunk ap' crasied under tree an
went to sleep. The boys drank up all the
whisky and came back to town. They
though, it good JOKE cause they ie;t NE
drunk, and tod it around town with q
mighty bluster. Ny son got hold or the
repar, and told 1t at nome. Well. / laid
uuder that tree all night, an when woke
in the moruin' thar sot my wife night thar
BY me. She 6idn', say word when !
! woke mp, but she sorter turned her head
away. l got up an looked az her. she
still didn't ssy no'hin, but could see
.hs, she vas chakin'."
Il wish l had suthin' TO drink, 81
"Then she tuck cup she had fotched
With her az weat dnsn 70 yhsr spring
biled up an dipped up crpful ana fotched
Ii TO me. Jes rs she tss hsndin' it Ter ms
she leaned ever 10 hide her eyes, Al ii
seed tear drsp in the water | tucks e
cup an drank the water So tear, an
rsisin' my hands l vowed that l would
never heress,er drink my ~ife's tears agin
that had been drinkin ;iiem for tie p 81
twenty years, an that HAs going 10 stop.
You boys know who it Was that left ms
drunk. You was al in the gang Give
me another glass of water, Mr.. BaEten,
der.-Arkansa,r Troeeier.
, 1883-09-15
It was Aner That.

On train coming up from Phiiadelphia,
the other day, New Yorker shared his
seat with stranger who proved to be an
ex-County Treasurer from Ohio- After
some little converEstiOn the citizen in
guirei:
80 Jon we're County Treasurer, ehf
Twas"
What Vas the anoun, of you- defalca-
toni"
MY books balanced to cen', SIR
was the indignant reply.
"Ah" gropled the New Yorker in a
disappointed voice, and /, mus: have been
easy to sre from his looks that he was
deeply chagrnsd The stranger doubt
l.ss felt sorry for him, and after few
minutes of painful silence remarked:
'Bnt / subsequently acted As Poatmas-
ter ana cheated the Government out of
$1,000"
''Oh, you DID," chuckled the New
Yorker, and feeling ofquiet satisfaction
at once rested upon his fscr. and friendly
relations we're again estah.ished-HdN
Strset Ne,cs
, 1883-09-15
Tive Wheeied Carts.

These Sehtcies seem 10 be becoming quite
popular in this vicinity. Most OF the carts
brought 10 this place are manufactured IN
Portland, where there Is irm that makes
their manufacture speciality. New Eng
land wagon factories are turning oct for tie
next summer IN unusual number. Some
have an arrangement BY which they can be
adjusted to horses OF different builds, As
tall horse requires ,Lst the cart be pitched
ST a different augle from tina, used with q
short one The largest style Of two-whseisd
carts. built for four people And having seats
running leugthwise OF the body. passes un-
der the name # waSonet The carriage
dealers say that the reason why there are
50 many novelties this year 10 the vehicle
lice, Is because tine trade Is duh. aud the
manufacturers have been rsnsacking their
brains FOR patterns which will help stirnu.
late il
, 1883-09-15
VIII be a Grand Affair.

In spite of the prophssles and sni'elings
of Pie Bitter aud the Union, the last sPik-
celebration in this city will be a grand
affair. General Tannatt goes TO Portland
Sunday morning, where he viii NEE. the
distinguished party and arrange all details
for their visit to Walla Walia. as well as
the exact date and hour Of their arrival. We
notice that the party travel in the night
time, arrive at various places before dawn,
and spend the day riding about and locking
up the resources OF our wonderful country.
Thus it will be seen how foolish the Uaion's
statement was in that connection. We hope
Wslia Walla will do herself honor on that
occasion. With the party that visit this
city, are representatives, of great many
widely circulated and influential Eastern
and European journals. How would an
item to thi. effec. look IN those great news
papers:
We passed one day at 3 rather nice look
ing place callei Waila Walls in Eastern
Washington. The town seems 10 be sur
rounded by an excellent agricultural coun-
try, although the residents are IN fearfuily
lethargic state. and far behind the age. We
saw no evidences of enterprise-in fsct the
town apresred TO he dead IL is piry that
Walla Wai!s is settled BY such moss
hack community, and were few en'er-
prl.irg and live men to get hold "a W ala
WaIa, it would b, c,me a city q vast I'M
Portance.
How would that soaud about Walia Wal
Ia, the Qaeen City of the great Inland En-
pire. And yet Pie Bitter, through his pet
ty, narrow minded pique, IS dong every
thing to give Is such aame abroad. And
nc. only that. but by false and one-siaed
Council reports, he Is endesvoring to crate
the impression that that body is hand in
hand with his spitefus work. II it would
dc any good we weuld most earnestly adNo-
cate that he be presented with cooked hat
and tin whistie-and i .hese articles taiied
70 smooth his rulTied temper, that some OF
CUR good nctners make HIM susa--tsat -
and .han hire small boy TO hold 1t While
he gets his work in.
, 1883-09-15

Tie Dayton th?osicjc relates that on We'd
neslsv evening. "ne Of the business men hv-
ing near Commercial street in that city. had
occasion Ia go down 20 thS office TO transact
some ~, 1pec.ed b1.insss, leaving his wife at
home a.une. Shortly after his departure, an
unknown mAn entered the house and asked the
wife II she bad any tnins 70 drink and saa A.
swerei no. He thea msds some Ters irn-
proper advances. when qrics as fi'-i, t-is
brave ssoIaau reached for = pistol anich 49,
ly:oS upcn q sbel. ani With Ter fiEg-T ~ Il
tne trigger ara the nuzz.e Of tns HstrlIaent
in close proximity to the fellow ear, marched
Lim ou: doors 10 quick time. She told nm -
Kit and lie got, the plucsy woni&I keeiin. him
covered with the pistol uutl he wa4 veil cut
into the s:.e-t lhi, Is but nrr inz.aAae IN
a. zen where respectable w,lnen have been dis
;urbsi by mini ,l4t providers lGaAInS Tor
housss Gf ill-fanie which ase known .. la Ia
that yici?Ity. ana glorious eIalnP.e sh"Llt lie
made If the hrst cne csnghi. There are seF-
eiEI houses ia that postiun OF town, where
scenes oi Geharcl.,Jy art ens- TED which
should net he allowed. Families are disturbed
ard the moral. oi children forced to hear sud
sc il TO = certain extent. are blIntei. 4 ss"P
..ha;id t-s pu; - Il and the places roo:cd "G:.
, 1883-09-15
4 Mean Practice.

We heard . msn remark not long since
'hst II be could not get piece Of The beau
ttil laid on the Ums.,lla Res. IN any other
way. be world nA-rY Asqaaw. sad after he
had got the land IN his own hsbds. he would
IRE her OUT Th,s practice of marrying
sq1aws is txtsusively followed 10 the Indian
Territory, though it ia done there 10 secure
timber iasteal of land.
Il Is not every man who would marry
squsw In order to make a little money oat
OF lumter, bur by lcw-hved fellows the ?rac-
tlee Is st,ll kept up IN that Territory. To
become son-in- Is~ Of one cf the snb,iu,d
braves is 10 really become al Indiaa 81 lar
As timber privileges are concerned. The
Territory is rich IN wslrut. snd TIE risk is
less to marry = daughter If one Of the na-
tons snd cut the tiviber. than II Is 70 81, Al
II Such marriages are usually short lived.
'' No timber, no souas, Ia the motto Of the
ones who JOIN the families OF the red men.
and when there Is no more money to be
made out Of walnut, q deserted wife ana
more or less little hslf-breeds mourn the loss
OF husband and father who ought to serve
the remainder o; his days in the penitsnti-
afy. It woul seem tia, the dusky maidens
woGld "cA,ch on to the motives OF their
wooers Afser while, bot white man Tor
husband Is thought IS much CT 4 prize as the
husband considers the walnut
, 1883-09-15
NILES 20 See the Csr-.

James Doyle and wife, OF Sequatchie
Valley, were in the city yesterday. The
object of their visit TO the city Was nothing
more or less than 10 see train OF cars.
They came through the country IN .
wagon, distance Of seyen'y-fve miles.
Depos Policeman Driscoll took them In
charge and when the morning East Ten
nessee tram came putting in they wee
almost b, sido themselves with Joy, but
We're af,a;d to get near "tha; ar queer
thing" Doyle states that his mother Is
eigh,y-six years Old And had never been
twenty miles frum the house in which she
was born. - Chattanooga Timss.
, 1883-09-15
Ih-1rgh Freight Raies Becsiyed.


o. R. & Y. agent Curtis informed Us this
noon that he has Just received the through
freight tariff, and a shor, glance over the sane
at once revealed the fact that there il no dis
crimiuatiou against WaIll Walla, in fact the
tariff so fasors this city that our merchants
can buy in eastern Ii arhets and undersell
Portland nouses In anutsheli, tine ratesfr N
all eastern points to Walia Walla, art thes same
as to Portland, consequently interior mer-
chants who Ge-l with Portland houses are com
pelled to pay the local rates back. This will
have tendency 70 create an immense whole
sale trade for our Walls Waila merchants.
This is a broad side for the snivelers who
have been y2wping determination, buck
ing against Walla Wails, ''the company are
trying to kill our town." AMI such idi0:ic
howls. Pie B.ter don't want to show the
gold spike party any courtesy. because 'Eii-
lard never did anything for Walla %alla"
All right OLD ponposity, you can dr.w your
skirts about you and keep out Of the Way
when they arrive, bus We will bet SIX 20 Que
you try 10 get the biggest plum IN the pie.
, 1883-09-15
Too Late: Too Late .!

Too la,e COW for sny one, whatever may
Be his position or ~ whatever roiiyf actr-
ated, to attempt 70 throw any calamny or
insinuate anything Injurious to the fair fame
o. the Louisiana Sac Lottery, which, IN
corpcrated by the State Of Losis;ane in ises,
gives 70 the world renowned Charity Hos
pl:ai al New Orleans, L., the princely sum
Of 81, ,000, 900, aad scattered millions bread
cast from Nova Scotia TO Pana,Ra. lis mon b.
IL drawings take Place on the second 1ues-
day of each month (the l60th, On Sept. ~ !,
and Genls G. T. BsauregaId of La, and
Jubal \ Eirly OF Va, attest over their own
signatures the absolute fairness, street integ-
rity. AID eatire good "a th toa aris all ar
ties Of the draNigss which are conducted
entirely and solely By them. Al! iu:crma-
ton can be had ca,triully from ". 4 Dec-
phin, New Orleans, l., on application.
, 1883-09-15

An Entsustaiie Meeting erihe Farmer Re-
cepiisa Cemniiiee this Afternoon.

An adjourned meeting Of the farmers recep-
ton committee On the gold spike celebration
was held this afternoon. There was present
Chris. Maier, }. NJ Dewar, jos Hsdley, Chas-
T. Back s-rgeut Smith, T. G. Lee, Benz.
n -, aer well known farmers.
rtIsnd 10 /, tion of the reception Was thorough
'7e. -eH, and all are very enthusiastic over
the favorable turn matters had taken. Nearly
every fsrmer present bad hing 10 say,
s2d their manner SHOWED plainly that they
Tannstt stated that the idea of the reception
failing through was all ncnsense, and thai hs
was happy to announce that everything Wa
proceeding met favorsbly.
He also stated tha. Air. Willard had seat
him word that he desired TO NEE. the farm
personally, and hear their needs ami desires
stated from their own lips. The mayor also
thought it would be good plan for portion,
Of the reception committee t. meet the v;si1e
ST Cmatills and form their scqusintslce Oh
the way up. Several OF the farmers present
sign.ne1 their willingness 10 50 to meet the
party.
Several members Of the committee stated
thst while tie farmers we're unanimous IN
their desire 10 come in and attend the cels-
bEation. they did not want TO bring in loads
OF wheat on that day. as the bother Of their
teams ani the dust acquired while on the
way would interfere with their taking part in
the celebration.
Gen. Tannatt stated that he had in his
possession an invitation from Abraham LIN
coin Post, C. 4. r., to Gen. Grant and
other distinguished soldies Of the party, IN
viting them to come and be the guests Of the
Post while in the city. The General thought
the party would sccep. the invit.tior.
After further discussion throughou. which the
best Of feeling prevailed, it was decided that
all the committees hold a mee,ing at the
council chambers mex. Thursday 8. O'clock.
The meeting then adjourned.
, 1883-09-15
snuthsr Accident nj Dayton

Tns DAYTON CG-oaicls Of Thusiay Contains
the following A, two O'Clock P. u yesterday,
Charles Robertson of the 6rD OF Robertson &
Nustard net With severe gccidsnt that W.
st Crs. thsusht 10 be fs:aL Mr. J. Il Nc
L.arghlin wh1 is in .h- employ 0r the com
nsuv informs US that Roberts n snd Mustard
we're engaged in breaking Jan IN the MIL
pond where logs had been rolled FROM the 7ide
hill. and We're prring down upon some skids
under los. Tee log slii snd-"ise, swinging
the skid around. which Robertsrn was using,
the end of which struck him On the right side
Of his head, producinr severe eoncussion OF
the brsin and fEsctuEing the cnesk bone- IL l.
not known Uhsther The skull Is cracked or no.
lie was UNCONSCIOUS for several hours DR..
Ncro-rsck and Mrs. Robertson were suun-
nopei from town IS sooa es possible arriving
is..r IN the afternoon. He is not abe TO b,
moved and Or. NcCornsox Gays ]. is ifnPo@si-
he u f5reten the result Of the ;n.urios ior .ev
ersl d.7s. The injury ID danss!7us one, but
!; iniana.icn doe. No, set in, lie vii probably
recover. At ten O'Clock this morning he vas
resting esziiy and hopes are entertained u ne
prompt recovery.
, 1883-09-15
W09i Hee.tng.

From tie Dayton Chronicle We learn that
the wool growers Of Coiumtii aaG Garfield
counties met at Pomeroy Thursday, TO take
acton ia regard to the convention to be held
at The Dallcs on tie p n. Qnite number
Of the she p men Of both counties were pres
elt. n fact. nearly ever wool grower w.s
represented. The general feeling OF the
meeting VS. that the reduction 0; the tariif
upon ioreign wool Was ~rons soi vas doing
gress damage to American grower. W.
F. Sullivan was elected delegate 20 attend
the convention at Tns Dalles, at which time
representative VIII he elected 70 60 10
Washington and labor 10 have the duty up
On foreign growa wool raised 10 its iorme,
rate. The wool growers Of Washington are
unanimous In the desire 70 have the tariff
raised and attribute the recent low prices to
the competition Of foreign growers under
the new tariff law
, 1883-09-15

at WAS ON my trip to P:tisburg, up the
Ohio, that / played my last game of
cards, said co.. Dan Rice. at was in
10 on board the steamer Revolution, and
I have never turned card for pleasure
or profit since. l don't think ever told
this circumstance before. l used to be
terribly fond OF poker. 1t was a great
game in the old days, and is yet, guess.
l had about 500, 900 in money and prop
erty, and owned the steamboat on which
We were travelling. My ring gmasier, Can
ada Bill, the famous gambler Who died in
Reading, Pa, couple of years ago,
young blood from Wheeling and myself
constituted the party at poker thai night
When We quit was SlS2 900 ahead +"
"You must have held some remarkable
hands during the game, Colonel, sug-
gest.d the reporter
"No, sir; 1t wasn't that 40 much as i;
was l had more money than they. They
put up thoir watches and Diamonds, and
my wife was nearly crazy, for sho never
fnsw played cards. gave them their
ieVeiry back but KEEP; the cash. Canada
Bill lost Sl00,C00, and the whealing
chap lest about $4,000. Cansds Bill
Was notorious gambler, and played high,
but that was the biggest game he ever
played, l guess. PettySone, the poker
king, as thy call hun, taught me- how TO
play cards. From that night cn to tins
day nave never played agane Q: cards
-Ph;sbug Dispatch.
, 1883-09-15
Coad sound sense.
WAILA WAILA, Sept. 3, lSS

WALLA WAILA, Sept. 3. lsS3.
EDIToR STATESMAN After the editor OF
tie Union published thEt the C:liOR was resdy
to subscribe to the expenses ot the celebration
OF the completion of the N 2. r. Z. and the
edito. would Re one OF sir to pay five thousand
dollars each If necessary. they presented the
subscription paper and obtained the muRi6-
cent sum Of FIVE dollars. Now as the may T
has received from one man fifty dollar Ger
tifoi check for SAID expenses. and FIVE hun
dred more eonditiOnally, the people would be
glad To see the aforesaid editcr give our chief
executive s Ike amount by cash or certified
check for the same purpose. If all would put
their shoulder TO the wheel and raise q few
thousand dollars rs 4 bonus 10 have II -nuiac.
tories in this city, Walla Walla would take
such q star. that in very short tine oGr pop
ulation and taxable property would be mo.e
thsp double. Many Of US have not torgottes
the tine before the railroads were here, when
we could net give our farms away, and but
30 t, 40 cents per 5GsHel could be obtsined
for wheat after b.uliug 1t over thirty miles.
Since then our lands aye worth from SO 10 so
per acre and wheat over 60 cents per bushei.
Let us have more snap right here.
farmer
, 1883-09-15

Our readers will remember the suit OF the
N p. r. K company against the sheriff Of
Whitman county. the question teing a. to
whether the railroad was liable for
taxes assessed on its r'eht-of-wsy and fix
tures placed thereon Judge Wiugard has
ti,ed his decision in the matter, and holds
thas the righ,-of-xay, sosdbed, depot build
ings, wocdsheds, water tanks, etc, ara rot
sssessable under the rsilrosd compsny's
charter This was considered trst case.
and other counties Were awaiting the decis-
lou with interest. Ii aPpeAs thai Judge
Wingard. in his decision, has not gone quite
so iar as the Supreme Caurs OF North Caro-
lins, IN the case Of the Richmcni & DanviIle
rsilrosd. wherein. under charter ike that
OF the Northern Pacific. the cngr: held that
not only the roaib-d, .uperstracture sna ali
necessary buildings placed On the right-of-
way were exemp. from TAXATION, brit also all
the machine shops, machinery aud tools.
, 1883-09-15
sheridan and TIE Entfsk,.

There are 1 number III Old t:uisrs ia a'.d
around Walla Walia who h.v. M, the j5-
vial "Littl3 Pnil Shendan, who l. nov
doing the Yellowstone country in company
with President Arthur, Seer. tsry Lincoln AMI
several other distinguished gentlemen. The
following from the Yellowstone J1ana!
Illustrates h0w The distinguished psrty do
while in camp: "Ta!s Is the frat time |
ever had OCCASION 70 seE on So penceI
buttnn slnce was nained, saii General
Sheridan 70 Senator Vest, who vas sk'unras
psts.oe. for Robert Lincoln, "aad Im
b!oved Il | Ike il. Nov, dufins the war |
touna thst shinsis uai!s beat buttons all to
pieces. They d.dn't look quite go well, o:
course, bu., durn me, they stuck. just get
&ingle nail, With tolers6iy sharp point
on it, and run i, through your pants behind
Ike a linei pr. dye understand > so that the
end Of the nail will be on the outside oi the
suspender leather, dye see and The center
OF the nail in The cloth, and there you 'vr got
il. WIS, when 1 nad my gallowses fixed
uD like .h.t, with nails fore sa' aft- nothing
but sn earthquake could bust EN-.
, 1883-09-15
Chain Gangs.

Ii there Is Que thing above another thar IL
terror 70 evil-doers, it is the chain gang.
Ia British Columbus, when an offender Is
senteuced. 1t Is for SO many days IN the
chain gang, instead Of so many days IN JAIL.
Toe result of this may be imagined. The
worthless vAss, who often commit Oflenscs
ior rho parfose of beng locked up, 80 they
can get free board and lodging, respectfully
ask 10 he excused from arrest IN British Col
umbis. There IL lsT in Wslla Naiia pro-
vid;ng that prisoners shall be worked iu a
chaiu gang. and IN our opinion its enforce
ment would have good effect ON the chronic
iail-hiris who ini-st our city Every prs
oner shoaId be compelled 10 serve III the
cham gan. at least ten hours every day.
, 1883-09-15
Tribal Organization.

|, is no. surprising that the Indians
vino are now entertaining the great
Father, should hesitate atcnt s'vIng uP
their reservations and accepting LOO acres
each in seycraliy. Even the Indians
limited knowledge of arithmetic was sui
6clent to teach him that he would he
heavy loser by the tranaaction- The In
dian will in time have to give up HI
tribal organization. But it will not hap
pen much before the pressure OF popdia-
ton compels him. The time viii come
snd perhaps is not distant, when land
ylll be scsrce in this country. When
that occurs the Indians Will not be able to
maintain vast reservations noT allotted TO
them. The tribal organizatIon which they
now have is the most primitive known to
msnkind. 1t is the organization Ct no
madic tribe, and is held together rather
by family and tribal ties than BY terrific
ry. No change has tsken place In the
condition of the Indians except tha, they
are confined in their roaming to smaller
space than formerly. The next step IN
tribal development. is land in severaity'
with a chief, elective or hereditary, to
whom larger share is allotted. In this
c ,nd,tion there s-s always common lands
which the tribe lands are annually reap
por,ioued among the IaembeFa- II all the
lands now set apart for the Indians 20,
I'D all tod according 10 the censns. be
confirmed to them, and they should divide
these lands among Themselves, the i'r
tunes Of the future WI De secured oy IN
tsr.marrisCs with In3.an maidens.-S. +.
Bulletin.
, 1883-09-15
A Gard.

WALh WALLA. ". y, Sept. :. 1883.
Messrs. BAKER S Boyer, R.nkers:
II five Isl others will depnsit with you
within the next ten days five hundred dol
lars $500 each. payable 70 the order Of T.
r. TsDnatt, Mayor. for tine farmers reeep-
tim CT Mr.. Henry Willard AMI party on the
celebration Of the completion OF the North
ern Pacific railroad, or Tor any other purpose
ths. the said T. 2. Tannstt and tie donors
decide is for the general good Of the people
of Walla W4lla eity or valley, pay to their
order fye hundred dollars and charge 10
my account Also psy to said Tannatt,
without any other conditions than it shall
be used BY the farmers committee for said
reception, fifty (5Oi doilars.
II. PARKER.
INDoesEp.-Will pay FIVE hundred dollars
for Fl. Parker On the conditions named on
the face tf this papor, aud nifty dollars with
out conditions. BAKER BoYEE-
Sept. =, lSSS.
Mr. Parker suggests that Ii the money
mentioned il the above sgreement IS not
used for the Wizard reception, 1t be applied
to the building Of WOODEN mill in this city;
and he further states that TO sny One who
viii bu:IG wooien nlill here. and make It
success, he viii give 500. even ii no Que
e.se gives cent.
, 1883-09-15
Needed lmpro, rmeni.

The children at the Baker school house
are compelled TO go down into the base
ment OF the building in order Ia procure
water. 1t appears to us that since the build
ing Is already supplied with water, 1t could
be carried 70 the Iirs. and second floors at
very little additional expense, thus saving
tie children tine necessity 81 climbing up
ami dcwn siaTs every time they want
drink. Complaint ia also made that the
wat.r fnr the lower district school Is
sr,,g;i,-i fiam zn Old veil. which should be
ci,-ld NJ. xs the water is unilt fdr u-a, and
the water ier the building saRPlicd from the
city water works. Let these matters be at
tended n.