Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-05
SUNDAYS NEWS.
How the People Of the Capital City
Spend Their Sabbaihs.

! HOW lDe ftUVie VI lhc NdPtth w
Spend Their Sabbaths.
Sunday was "a damp day, thoug
very little rain fell.
The streets are muddy to dept
of from one to four inches and fo
vehicles driving iscomparatively ur
pleasant.
The day was not unpleasant, am
the churches were well filled. ii
the nine churches in which mornini
services were held, probably NOR
than two thousand people were in at
tendance, while half as many chill
dren received instruction in the Sun
day schools.
Among the subjects discussed a
the.churches we're "The New Wa!
Before U.s. by Pastor Boliinger, a
the Evangelical church. AT TIN
Unitarian, Pastor Brown dlsscusset
the topic, "Unity of Spirit" Pasto
Whitaker, of the Baptist church dis
cussed "The Relation of the Churcl
to Reformatory Movements" Pas
tor Johnson, of the Christian church
talked on the subject, "a Good
Fight" and Pastor Cline, OF the NJ
Il. church, on "Tme Imagination"
The funeral Of Mr.. j. Il. Brown,
OF California, who was buried in the
I. O. O. +. Cemetery, Sunday morn
ing, was a solemn affair. 1t had
more the appearance of "a military
funeral than any which has been
held in this city for some time. The
ceremonies were under the auspices
of the /. O. o. i. and A. o. L. w,
lodges, of this city, and sojourning
of the orders. There we've
no ladies present, and the long pro-
cession of the sturdy men, recalled
to many of them the days on the
when they laid in the
graves their comrades. Even these
strong men were compelled to shed
tears Sunday, when burying man
known to but few, only as a good
brother to the fraternity. When the
United Workmen returned to their
nall, Hon. j. j. DAILY, of Dallas, mas
,er workman of this district, gave
hem an able address, and commend
cd them on the hospitable spirit
10y the orders, and said
hat no member Of these orders was
friends, no matter where he
may be.
While Sunday was not n sunny
lay, hundreds Of people were on the
new bridge. There was crowd
and going from it all the
afternoon, and from score to half
4 hundred might have been seen on
.he structure at one time. All the
opinions imaginable were expressed
lbOut il, some condemning and 9TH
ers praising one part and some an
other.
The workmen, who are Fastening
the completion Of the Salem bridge,
worked on that structure all day
While the crowd of curious
spectators were looking on, II score
Df mechanics kept plying their tools.
Some were wheeling the timber from
his side to the Polk county APP
Droach, while others were putting it
n position.
The men at the bridge were not
he only ones who worked in the
'ity on Sunday, Street ears passed |
md repassed about every twenty |
on five Of the principal |
itreets from 7 in the morning until /.
1870 in the evening The ferry boat |
made regular trips across the Villa
nette, so the people Of Polk county
,ould visit this city at any hour of
the day.
The rise in the river Saturday
night gave it current enough to make
the ferry part her cable Sunday
morning when she started on her
regular run. The captain ran her
the remainder of the day without a
cable, bnt she was found to be a
little hard to manage and it was
with difficulty that II proper land |
ing could be made, this was es-
pecially so after dark,
Gospel Hymns No 8 has been
adopted for singing at the Con- .
gregational Sunday school. The
attendance Sunday was 2l9 and two
prizes were awarded to pupils bring
ing in most new scholars.
Pastor Bollinger's family have
been afflicted with fevcrs. Mrs. B.
is convalesoent agd little son Charley
was better yesterday.
Mrs. d. h. Gray, of Portland
came up TO spend sunday with old
Congregational friends and will IT.
main about week.
DIR, c. G, Stmttou, of the Villa.
mette university, preached the
dedtcatory sermon at Albany sun.
day night at the dedication of lie
Nj. T. church In that place.
The Pulpit and the Stage.