Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-12

son the past week.
Miss Daniel, of Grafton, Vt. a class.
mate from South College, is guest
of Miss Sallie Bush.
d. s. Yoder has today secured the
contract for Sl4OO house in Engle-
wood, for II. G.. Caldwell.
The faculty passed complimentary
resolutions in commendation of The
retiring President Van Scoy.
President Van Scoy was presented
with a handsome office chair 10y his
classes upon close OF college days.
The JOURNAL office has been fav-
ored the past week with exchanges
from India, Hawaii and New Jersey.
Hon. j. A. Huffman, who has
been bedfast for about eight weeks
with paralysis, is reported improv-
ing today.
The JOURNAL circulation is grow
ing rapidly and people find they
miss no important news by reading
the evening paper.
After the JOURNAL went to press
Thursday the would-be suicide, Dan
McGinnis was committed to the
asylum for insanity,
The Salem Touring mills run once
more and by Monday Manager Hol-
land says feed will be plenty for man
and beast at their shop.
F. NJ. Starrett, architect Il, Silver
ton, was present at the school meet
ing held for receiving plans for two
new school houses today.
An alliance picnic will be held at
Wright's grove, Clackamas county,
July 4th. Prof. Rork and Mr.. Cole
will speak. Horse racing will also
be had.
The last rail was laid today on
electric car liue extension to the
state fair grounds, and the company
expect to have cars running within
ten days.
Remember the excursion on the
steamer Hoag, conducted by the
Presbyterian ladies. The boat leaves
the wharf al a. m, sharp. Leave
baskets at Farrar's.
Messrs. M. Gerbig, P. Baltner and
]. Gelhardt, of Mitchell county,
Iowa, are in the city. They are
prospective home seekers, and are
pleased with the Bouquet City.
In spite of dissensions, conten-
tions, speculations, increased ex-
penses the business of Willamette
college has been better the past year
than ever before. Salem is a good
school town.
The city ball sale is declared of
and will have to be gone over with
again. Each day values of business
property increase in Salem and the
city will lose nothing by holding it
a year,
Thursday Editor Mcmahon of the
Woodburn paper appeared before
Justice Applegate, on complaint OF
ex-Recorder Conn, charging him
with carrying concealed weapons.
Fine, SO and costs.
Mr.. Gaines Fisher, who has been
in business at Newton, Iowa, for the
past year, returned to Salem last
night and will resume business in
the Willamette valley, which he
declares the finest country in the
world.
The Young's Bay Land and
Improvement Co. at Astoria has
flied articles of incorporation and
a town site is to be plated.
Young's Bay is an old coast land
mark and supposed terminus OF
several railways.
A p. D.-That mysterious and
unknown parsonage called John
Doe on the city recorders books,
paid Sll this morning for the
glorious privilege of indulging in a
plain drunk and resting in the
cooler for few hours.
Paying Chancellor Stratton Sl5W
and $500 for the Wilber monument
Willamette comes out with neI
assets exceeding the previous yea
in spite of these extra charges ol
the support fund. Salem is not
had place to run a college.
DIR. Harry Lane at the asylum
treats his patients with Strawberries
celery, peas and other delicacies o
the vegetable world. Instead o
resorting TO drugs, chemicals an'
nostrums so much, DR.. Lanes treat
ment is to be commended to thu
outside public.
The JOURNAL seeks to avolc
peanut politics aud chestnut news
Ii would also avoid spFlnglnl
Woodburn oil wells, Chicago syndi
Gates, and artesian wells IN th'
middle Of the river on the same
public more than three seasons IL
succession.
The states picnic 10 be held at
salem July 4th will not be an ex
clusive affair, hut will entertain peo