Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-07-30
OAKLAND ITEMS.

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Sol. Abraham was in town this week.
ES-Sheriff Taylor was in town Wednesday
James Chenoweth went 10 Eugene Monday
Hon ]. H. Shupc spent Tuesday in Drain
/ Charley Halls again able to attend to ''biz.
A. F Stearns is laid up with a swollel
jaw
We are sorry TO hear Of the illness Of Dayis
Senior.
Farmers all basy harvesting in this neigh
| borhood.
Winnie Gaddis and mother were here visit
ing Cassius Wednesday.
James Chenoweth is getting long hne will
his railroad wood contract.
c. A. Schlbrede and A. r. Brown went tc
Thief Creek on Wednesday.
E. c. Sacry had charge Of the post office
during Mr.. Stearns sickness.
DR. Page has neat little Office and full
assortment of drugs for his own use.
Mrs. Ambrose Young and Mrs. W. T. kcr-
ley left last week for Sprague W. T.
G.. B. Barr had charge Of Express business
Tuesday Turing Mr.. Shupes absence.
Rev. ]. R. N Bell of Roseburg was in town
looking after the interest Of his paper.
Prof Boggs has moyed to Old Town and
will have charge Of the Old Town school this
fall.
The numerous warehouses al this place are
being cleaned up for the storage Of the coming
crops.
w. +. Owens was in town the latter part
Of last week looking after the shipping Of
some WOOL
Geo. Settle and family returned Tuesday
from visit TO Lebanon and Yaquina city,
looking we'll.
Lillian Russell returned last week from
Longs Prairie near Scottsburg whelc she has
been teaching school
DR.. J. II. Day of Walla Walla passed
brother Nick Day on the Umpqua.
The Railroad Company are constructing
new water tank about two hundred feet south
Of the depot, that and new depot would add
much to the appearance Of the town.
John Norwood and party returned from
Friday without very good success.
Mr.. Norwood and new party will leave here
shortly with the intention of finding gold
before returning.
The north bound freight rain was delayed
lefc Wednesday for an hour or two caused
rom broken fangc on the engine, an en-
.ine was dispatched from Ros eburg and took
he train through to Junction.
Willie Long Of Old Town wlrile out hunt.
ng Monday accidentally shot himself through
ne breast with rife, he was in the act of
assing the rifle 10 his brother to shoot at
uck and in some manner it was discharged
18th the above result
Sunday morning d. w. Stearns heard dogs
tier his fine sheep at the Denny hous., and
DING over 10 the house found that two dogs
ad killed ten of his sheep, he caught one
og and cut his throat and then followed The |
Iher Ned Sutherlin's) to town where he shot |
i'm, such dogs should be done away with at I
ace.
There was political discussion in Oakland
he Democrat in the case was an excitablc
an, and he swore at the Republican party,
I'd Jim Blaine and the corrupt Office holders,
I'd lots Of other things But his Republican
ltagonists was as cool as the inside of an ice
agon. With aselEsatisfed smile on his lip
bore al! the taunts of his antagonist, and
ver once permitted the placid surface of his
irits to be disturbed by the wave of anger.
Oh, that's all right, said he, with a smile
oader than before, ''that's all night. I'm
Office holder myself, Postmaster at Oak
nd, but l amt going to get mad at what you
y. don't haveto. That's all right" But
licked You in 1854, and we're going { o do
again In 1885, exclaimed the Demo :rat.
)h, that's all right said the prosper Gus,
ppy looking Postmaster, with complae ,ent
'k on his face that fairly maddened the
"true, you licked us two years sgo
may do it years from now, but that's all
ut, as long as we continue to lick the cou n
S postage stamps, we don't care who lie is
the polls. That's all right