Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-12
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

tue loss of a five-year-old child.
Shipments of fresh and dried fruit
have become "a great item of freight
for Salem.
DIR. f. NJ. Brooks Of Ia Camas,
son of Deacon john Brooks, will re-
move to Salem to live.
Rufus A. Harris, with the Sheri-
dan Courier, and Editor Kaiser of
the Ashland Record were Salem
visitors Sunday.
w. S. Hurst, tine popular young
Aurora miller, was Salem visitor
today.
Will f. Byars, of Portland is
spending the day with old friends
in the Capital city.
VIM. Dumars, in charge of the
Western Union Office, is confined to
the house aud quite seriously indis-
posed.
School Clerk Simpou is putting in
his time this week at the court
house on the assessment roll.
One drunk this morning got an
unusually heavy dose. His fine was
$40 and costs and five days in Jail
besides. That ought to be enough
if fines are any cure for this evil.
All the competent prophets
that is competent by continuous
practice - declare that we are to
have a hard, cold, wet winter. We
hope they are all wrong.
George Bentley was still in the
city Jail this morning, still showing
signs of insanity, and the city re-
corder has decided to have him ex-
amined as to his sanity.
Market price of potatoes is 25cts.
They are now so cheap that any one
can eat with impunity. They retail
at 80 to 40c according to quality.
Surveyor-General Byars of Port
land IS in the city and joins Mrs.
Byars in welcoming a grandson on
his arrival at the home of Ad. g.
Wright.
Regular advertisers and liberal
advertisers are as rule successful
business men. Scan our columns
and see if it is not "A fact.
Col. J. II. Bowditch, a Democratic
politician from Ashland, is in
Salem.
Chauncey Lockwood is hon c
again from Portland.
The old oak posts around our pub
lie squares are being used for fire
wood at the city Jail and offices.
1t takes enterprise, at present
price of chickens, to get up a chick
en- dinner for 25cts. But Salem
restaurants do it.
Nurseries are a great industry.
Nearly four-hundred sacks of peach
pits were received Saturday from
California, by Salem nurserymen
for grating purposes.
Mrs. L. NJ. Smith will leave on
this evenings overland for a visit
with her daughter in California,
where she will probably remain for
a year or more.
At Cumberland Presbyterian
church tonight farewell meeting
by the Hutchinson-Morgan family
of singers at 1880, All friends are
cordially invited.
On Tuesday evening at o'clock,
in the parlors of the Presbyterian
church, Mrs. Ladue will organize
class for systematic study of the
Bible. Young people from all the
are invited to attend.
N.McNally, of Steamboat Springs,
Colo, father of G. A. and Nick Nc
Nally, arrived in this city Saturday
and gave the boys thorough sur
prise. He will remain several weeks
before returning home.
Complaints come to this Office of
the deplorable condition of Center
street below Church, also the north
end Of High street. Large holes are
and general bad condi-
tion. Something should be done.
o. A. Abernathy an Oregon pio-
neer, died at his home near Cham
poeg Thursday. He leaves a wife,
three sons and a daughter, the latter
being the wife of j. T.. Eldreidge.
Miss Lura, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Skinner of Salem, was
Oct. /, to VIM. r. Price, a
young business man of Merced, Cal
The ceremony was performed at the
home of the groom's parents at
The following delegates from the
Baptist society were last night
elected to attend the state Y. r. S.
.. f. convention, which meets at
Albany October 80: II. S. Glle, w.
w. Brooks, Mrs. Lydia Leabo, Miss
Bertha SrOat and Miss Eta Calvert.
Each society is entitled 10 five dele.
gates, and Salem should have about
thirty representatives.
The Eastern and San Francisco
press have spoken in the highest 4
terms of "Incog," declaring 1t to
be the funniest attraction that has APP I
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