Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-25
LOCAL BRIEFS.


river. All the small ho!s and some
large ones frequent the banks during
the day.
The building south of Ladd & .
Bush's bank will haye new iron
clad front, similar to that of the bank
building
An excursion is mentioned for
Portland, Saturday. The season is
being crowded little on river ex.
cursions.
Peach blossoms are apt to- be ont
yet this week. In this valley they
are frequently out by March Is.
Salem will soon have the good ex-
ample ola cash grocery.
Whether Dubs or Escher comes
out ahead in the Evangelical church
contest t----- Bollinger has a good
enough Office as general manager of
the Singer Co.
A revival is in progress each night
this week at Highland Park Quaker
church.
The ground is still not warm
enough for the more delicate kinds
of vegetable gardening.
The tide of new buildings being
undertaken grows stronger each day
at Salem.
The stallion show on Saturday
will be big display of horse
flesh and good way of adver-
tising the town and the stock.
Unless more is done to popularize
the big horses with the people prices
will still decline.
When the city building movement
has been successfully arranged,
street paving may receive some
attention. Let us hope so.
Small children continue to be in
terfered with by boys on CONNER
cial street large enough to throw
stones. Parents are threatening to
prosecute these juvenile offenders
and some of them may find them
selves in Jail.
Hunters who have not the fear of
the law in their eyes are killing
Mongolian pheasants in the suburbs
of Salem.
"Coming events cast their shad-
ows before.n Miss Swanton and
the home favorites will have large
and enthusiastic audiences Thurs
day and Friday nights.
Don't fail to hear Misses Willis,
Thornton, Goltra. Ladue and Shell
ton, and Profs. Coomer and Fechter
and Messrs Ross, Kundret, Wenger,
Steiner and Gile, at the opera house
Thursday and Friday nights.
The Baptist entertainment at the
opera house was not intended to in
terfere with any of the prayer meet
ings, and has been set late enough
for all who attend those meetings to
also hear Miss Swantor.
Harvey county has sent S848,5O
more of its share of the state taxes
This amount makes about half of the
$4,000 which it is required to pay,
Uncle John Savage who will be
65 on his next birthday, Tuesday |
sowed Is acres of oats bY.4 p. m.
1t tax es a good many handfuls to
scatter 80 bushels of oats. This Ore
gonian says he could have put in 20
acres by sundown, but didn't want
to tire himself out.
The trustees of Willamette uni
versIty hold another meeting to-
night to settle the relocation. The
friends of the two or three proposed
sights have been working hard, but
quietly during the week. The pro-
position from the north is in better
shape than it was last week. The
results of the meeting tonight are
not to be guessed at. Possibly ans
other adjournment will be had.
The Gage-Keene dramatic com
pany played to a better house last
night than on the previous one.
Tonight the company will give the
"Galley Slave' by Campbell. This
is a play well worth hearing.
There Is a growing interest in the
Quaker church meetings at High
land. A two-O'elock service is now
held. The permanent organization
will soon be effected and officers
elected.
The first issue of the Springfield
Gazette has reached this office. II
is published at Springfield, Lane
county, oregon, by r.. II. Miller &
Son, formerly of Salem. The paper
is partisan and has neat ap- |
pearance in style and print and |
seems ably edited.
Deputy Sheriff Ford ard one
guard brought Sandy Olds to the
pen this morning. When the pris-
oner stepped from the cars this
morning he wore a bright look and
was not so care worn as many pris7
oners are who hava zone throuph