Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1888-10-26
OAKLAND ITEMS

n-s. X. Buick was in Oakland Tuesday.
I. S. BeckleY has been improving his resi-
dence.
Vote for Cleveland. Thurman and honest
government.
DIR. Lafayette Wiggin with his family will
start to California this week.
| Mr.. and hrs. Drumen Of Corvallis are Wis
ting Mrs. IIambIin in this city.
w. II. Young has been on the sick list but
Is now able to attend TO business.
| Quite number of pupils are coming IN
from the country to attend our school.
Rev. Mr.. Lund's services here op Sabbath
morning and evening was well attended.
Mrs Robt. Smith of Yoncolla is visiting
with her sons Jerome and Albert in Oakland.
Twelve days from to-day Grover Cleveland
will be elected president of the United
States.
Mrs. o. V. Medley is expected home in
short time from her visit at Albany and Eu.
gene city.
A. F. Brown has just finished tank and
has placed above II cyclone wind mill, near
his new residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Young with their little
granddaughter Vinny are visiting their daugh-
ter Mrs. Clara Baker in Idaho.
G. w. Gorrell brought to town one day last
week sweet potato raised on his Calaponia
farm which measured 23 inches in length.
Our very obllging depot agent and tele.
graph operator ]. P. Jester has returned,
after short vacation, to his post of duty.
]. P. Martin Esq. of California and Mrs.
Sites of Albany have been visiting their sis
Ter Mrs. E. Henderson for several days.
Miss Georgia Rutan's school at Scottsburg
will close Friday, after which she will return
to her home in Oakland Charlie is all smiles
now.
Douglas Ward, agent for the New York
life insurance company left our city for Rose
burg on Monday night havin. been here one
month.
George McElroy intends gong east of the
mountains with his family in short time
This county is the best George, better stay
with us.
Thos. Hutchinson, a relative Of 7. G.
Hutchinson is lying very low with Typhoid
fever at the Hutchinson ranch so miles down
| the Umpqua.
Dimmick and Maupin sold heavy lot of
hogs in Oakland on Wednesday. Lot Dim
mick guessed off one lot Of 90 and only beat
himself out 81 pounds.
Those of our people who attented the Me
chanics fair at Portland have about all re-
turned to their homes well pleased with their
trip, and much sight seeing.
G. J. Stearns, of E. G. Young & Co. took
carload OF chickens 10 San Francisco last
week. There were IN TIE car 400 chickens.
Douglas county against the world for poultry
raising.
Uncle Thomas Banks made a very narrow
escape from death one day last week, by being
thrown from refractory horse. He is now
able to be about and was in Oakland on last
Wednesday.
L. T. Thompson of Coles Valley thinks the
Prohis will multiply their vote of 1884 by five
in November II all Prohis were as sincere
as Mr.. Thompson he might be guessing well
but they are not.
! Milton Chenoweth has been visiting his
mother in Oakland during last week. Mr..
Chenoweth recently suffered heavy loss by fire
at his home in Arizona. his merchantie house
with heavy stock of general merchandise be-
ing burned.
Revs. Richardson, Leonard and Wade have
been holding meeting at Fair Oaks for sew
eral weeks. Just what the result has been we
are unable to say, but nave been informed
that quite number of persons have been con-
verted and baptised.
Jas. Dearling has sold his property In Oak
land and will in short time leave with his
family for Davenport w. T. where he owns
property and thinks he will make his future
home. J. K. Ray of the Bonanza mines is
the purhaser of Mr.. Dearling's property and
will reside in Oakland.
Mr.. Whitman (Democra0 entertained a
large crowd of ladies and gentlemen at
Browns hall on last Monday, night. He
spoke a little over one hour without the least
indication of tiring his audience. He confined
his remarks to the political question of this
campaign and did not have to resurrect the
bloody garment and fight the war over again
in order to find something to say, as did the
political preacher who tri=d to speak here a
short time past.
RoXANA.