Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-01-24
VARIOUS NOTES.

our City this week.
Mt. Scott Items came too late for
publication this week.
John Rast, has just finished sab
stantial fence around his premises.
Sol. Abrahams Esq. is in Salem this
week in attendance on the legislature.
Mitchell stock seems to be going
aoovc par in the Senatorial contest.
VIM Callahan of Ten Mile was. in
town this week, and reports crops
looking well,
Hon. a. A. Porter, of Josephine
counsy, member Of the Legislature,
was III our city over Sunday.
Congress will doubtless be mem
orialized by the Legislature to forfeit
all land grants to the 0. 4 G. r. r..
south Of Rcseburg, on the ground Of
non. compliance with the law.
James Lstrd, the stage man, the In
defatigabie, irrepressib!e coast mail car-
r-ier, took the mail on the hurricane
deck of his mule and wended his way to
Coos Bay last Monday morning.
The resignation Of Gov. Cleveland
recalls that in 1917 Gov. Tomkins, of
Now York State, resigned to become
/ Vice President of the United States
and III 1929 Gov. Martin Van Barel
resigned to enter Jackson's cabinet Il.
Secretary of State. At latest accouats
1Ir. J. G Blaine, of Maine. was not 81
much resigned as some other people are
The Mortgage Tax Law mnst be no
repealed but so amended rs to stand tn
test In any court. It is time for peo
pie to learn The Go st,.ines of econom,
and the hard times for the past tw'
years have impressed this fact upo
!, our peonle. Let all property stand it
due burdens OF taxation and all will b
we'll. Our farmers are beginning t
pull through alright, and we already Sc
the dawn Of brighter times. In th
mean time let MS practice economy an
s | n r
the pasts will not have been in yaif
In 1884 theatrical card containe
: this decree. We @heiehy commen
e for tbs comfort of the public, that pc
h sons occupying the first row of seal
= have to lie down, the second to knee
: the third to sit the fourth to stand
More advice said: ssThe public are fo
is hidden to laugh, because the play is
d tragedy. The Times Mercury" espit
e the above and adds: Nowadays or
: woman may wear hat big enough
conceal the whole stage from thos
directly behind her, aud no manage
interferes. We have changed to
much"
d The Piaindealcr has this to say of II
i eThe Douglas Independent, has on
9 again. changed hands, Rev. ]. r. !
g Bell being the fortunate purchaser th
= time. The consideration is said to |
: about $1,000. S. T. Tloed, one of Il
" best newspaper men in Oregon, b
% been engaged to manage the busina
le and lie will no doubt make good pap
Z out of 1t. We learn the name is to
! changed to the Review. Here's o.
Is E and we wish the new propries
of success" And row we return the cor
x Yliinellt, hoping that our relations mi
= always be mutually pleasant. Here
: $ our g.y for your prosperity and ha
W piness.
6, Mr.. Clgveland's letter to Ceor
ct william Curtis President of the n
: !. tional Civil Service Reform sho
plainly that ne. Mr. Cleveland, inea
a thorough, straight forward Dem
cratic A administration, and means
hold the Democratic party persona
e. responsible for the transactions of
next four years. Dir. Cleveland g
e, into ofiice without commitment,
great swarm of office seekers to
to satiatel, and thus untrammelled.
will no doubt give US a good goye.
mens. Most assuredly that letter
Il. tie right ring, and no doult will Ia
the desired effect upon the oonmun
,ar at large.
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WILBUR ITEMS.