, 1884-01-12

Hens Of Personal and General Interest
Gather ed IhrsaSh the Week.

pocket Wncn CAtiutcu-
Henry Sanderson has been appointed steward
of Vigi,ant and Tiger Engine Companies.
Mr.. Willard has actually sent in his resigna-
.ion. Is this the last of him d. We doubt it.
Pot hunters had better leave off shooting
chickens as the time allowed by law is expired.
4 letter sent from the STATESMAN Office TO
Aiusworth, Dee. seth, reached there January
Sd.
General Mackenzie of the Department of
Texas, has retired t. the Blooningdsle Insane
Asylum.
There is general suspension of railroad
builling on all the projected branches pending
the winter
Economy is the order of the day. The
Northern Pacific set the example and every
body is following suit-
The Deer Lodge Asp Nortinest issues q
, handsome ftho.yrsnh OF that beautiful city
: with its New Years issue.
The Governor has decided that he can do
nothing to assist Elfus and he must accord
I ingly die the death Of a sinner.
Rev. DR. c. Eeils has already sent Si00 to-
! wards paying salaries Of Professors in Whit
! man College.
The alleys between Atain and Rose and be
tween Palouse and Colville streets are ordered
| to he graded.
Hons. T. j. Anders and \. 7, Cation are
attending court at Dayton. The docket is
unusually large
&C. Robinson is laying the foundation for
A new store for J. s Cox. opposite the court
| house on Nam street.
F.. j. Grun0w, merchant tailor, At The
Dslles. died from the effects OF strong drink
On New Years Day.
The English method is the best--Uaioh.
p. L. Is evidently forgetting his former
Know-nothing proclivities.
The STATESMAN is having another big boom
and subscriptions are rolling in from all parts
Of the Walla Walla valley.
|
had quite picnic excursion, while O~enby
swesrs he had h-ll of time.
The only full, true and particular account of
the capture of the escaped murderers Owenby
and Elfus appeared in the weekly STATESMAN.
The reward offered for the capture of the
! murdeyers will be divided between Joe West
and Carl De Haven and Dorothy and Jar
red.
| The new quarters at the garrison are COM
! Melted. A, b. Watern, An is the builder and
has filed his contract TO the satisfaction of
| all.
William Hughes was fatally injured while
working on the Ainsworth bridge by having
his skull crushed in with heavy stick of tim
Der.
Columbus Walker has removed his watch
making and jewelry establishment three doors
below, iuto the premises just vacated by 4.
Jay Cross.
The total value # the mineral product of
| Montana this year will approxomate $4,000
go. of which amount Butte contributed three
fourths.
Chas. Russell has sold the property near
wash house to Mr. Thos. Quinn; confederation,
S2,Oo0.
| The Hon. Dan. Stewart is down home again
| from Lewiston. which place he left on We'd
nes,iay last There was no snow there at the
time.
Complaints are made that the STATESMAN
AID Onion does not reach Walluls some
times for two days after it is sent from Wal
"a Wolla.
The Oregon & Transcnntinental Company's
affairs are reported by the investigating COM
mittee T. be very fourishing and all It's liabili-
ties are rell secured
| Thee hundred young men of Walla Wslla
| quit drinking on New Years for the remainder
| of the year. But the saloon men say they
have vet to see 4 diminuitiGn CT their receipts.
| II. b. Middaugh, ESD, of the Medical Lake
/ Manuf ,cturing Company, is inthe city on bus
mess. Seine interesting information regarding
the country up there appears in to-dayis issue.
| CT. Kraft has new lubricator which is
pronounced by experts to be the. best ever made
for machinerv:it is free from grit and contains
no acid or chemical prepa II
Ed. Lyons, the popular conductor on the U.
/ r. x y. line between this city and Portland,
| has been presented by his brother conductors
with handsome diamond pin, valued at near
IL SEQ.
Wheeler, Of the Waitsburg Tunes mus. have
| a ready cooked candidate for the ofl@e oil
\ Sheriff BY the way he goes after Sheriff Thomp-
sor. Wheeler Is iapdoJjle and has As much
influence in county politics as a ChinaInan
| f. G.. Rifle, Of NH creek, has brought
Us in ssme apples from his orchard that are
perfect beauties and the b-st flavor Of any We
have eaten for q long tine His trees were
badly injured last year, but this year he eH-
| poets the crop to be good
The mail rider between Occur d Alene mines
and the Mission charges half dollar Tor each
letter carried. Twenty and even fifty letters a
trip is common thing. Bot then he takes
"the chances of being scalped, frozen or
| drowned during these dreary rides
1t seems funny to read comments otthe up
country papers on the psCcity Of thereward o'-
fered for the capture of the escaped prisoners.
| They talk about no one risking their precious
lives for one thousand dollars WHEN the fact
| is If ten thousand had been offered no more
| would have gone out. Their capture IL really
| due to Jack FrIst.
Writing Of the miserable mail service up the
| country. the Dalles SuR says: We were told
Yesterday that at an Office up the road the local
postmaster had repeatedly gone To the tram
and pounded on the post car door to get the
agent to take the mail and 70 obtain the mali
due, but could get no answer and was Obliged
! to 90 away with his mail and without the mail
due
Note. frsm the Wines
Rough weather and deep snow IN the
CAMP makes everything very dull at Eagle