Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-11-20

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The barometer went down into the twentie
last Monday, lower than ever known in thi
section, presaging a severe storm, but it es
pended itself without doing much damage
Our smountain ranges will knock the bottom
out of any one horse cyclone that may chanc
to pass this way.
/ District Attorney Hamilton left for his hom
at Roseburg last Wednesday afternoon. II
is one of the ablest prosecutors ever installe'
in the Second District. Eugene Guard
/ That is so Bro. Guard, and that is tn
reason why Douglas county gave Jimmy tha
500 majority.
Miss Mamie Jones one OF the leading typo
of this city Went TO Salem Wednesday to &c
cept position on the Prohibition Star. Th
Plaindealer will miss you, and others whom
we will not mention have vacant, forlorr
look, because Of your departure. But what i
ones loss, is anothcr's gain. The Very bes
wishes of the REVIEW go with you.
| Hon. Bingcr Herman and family will leave
tomorrow for Washington. His family to re
main only short time on visit. They will
return some time this winter, while Hon.
Mr.. Herman will remain during the session ol
Congress, and will look after the interests ol
our young and growing State. We wish him
and his family a happy journey and safe re-
turn.
a. a. Fink arrived in Roseburg from his
cattle ranch near Bly, Oregon Thursday morn
ing. He says his cattle are doing very well,
but the weather is getting cold in that section,
he has began to feed the thinner ones, and
the mich COWS. He will remain in our coun-
ty week perhaps, and then will go to Port
land where his family is, and remain during
the winter.
Eight members of the Adephian Literary
Society have accepted challenge TO discuss
members of the Society at the Court House
next Friday evening. An excellent program
interspersed with good music will be furnished.
This will be an opportunity for parents and
friends to sec for themselves what the Society
has been doing. All are invited to attend
Admission free
Drain, Nov. IS 1855.
Casaraltans column was sent by We'd
nesdays mall 1t does not appear. Why is
this thusly1 CAsARALTAN.
We simply answer we did not get it until
Friday morning, and was as much disappoin-
ted as "Casaraltan" could possibly have been.
This is not the first time this thing has hap
pcncd. You will hear something drop some
of these rainy days.
Two gentlemen male bet yesterday, one
wagering that $4,000 would weigh over
1909 pounds They went to the First Nation
al bank and had $1,000 weighed 1t tipped
the beam at AS pounds. At that rate the
sum named in the wager would weigh 7I6.S
pounds. Those who have such an amount
to carry around can now compute the strength
necessary for their pockets to have in order
to successfully stand the strain.-- Portland
Standard.
We were made to call up "reminiscences of
the past this week, when we received letter
from DIR. c. II. Merrick, now located at Sc
attle w. T. The Doctor is Prof. Of Matcria
Medica and Therapeutics, in the medical De-
partment of the university of Washington.
He says incidentally, that after all, there will
be no serious difficulty about the Chinese. He
is strong advocate of the decimal system to
be used in pharmacy. lie sends us a pam
phlet, but it is too profound for our education.
We have handed it over TO the craft
Santa Clause wishes TO inform the public
that.he is man OF honor and always has been,
all the good children in the land can testify to
it, he said in last weeks issue of this paper that
he has made his headquarters att. Jaskulek's S
he will under no circumstances allow his good
name to be questioned nor his word doubted.
He most emphatically denies that he has
changed his headquarters but wants it dis
tinctly understood that his headquarters are
firmly established and will continue during the
holidays as announced in last weeks issue Of
this paper al J. JasHulek's Bargain store un-
qualified reports notwithstanding.