Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-18
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

land claim near Lake Labish.
The fogs and mists are just right
to make threshing nice.
Mr.. Frank Lewis, who sells fruit
for Portland firm was i'm the city
Se1terday.
New hay at Salem is $40 ton.
baled $l2.
The Marion county fruit palace
can I've made the greatest show on
earth of its kind.
The Specifications will not be ready
for the city council to consider this
evening and paving will go over
another month.
A. w. Long, who is visiting with
his parents at Silverton, was in town
today. He leaves today for his
home to remain until the schools
begin in September.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Tucker, on the
Garden road have lost their infant
son, Freddie.
Daniel Ramage, who works on
the G. H. Croisan place, south Of
Salem, accidently cut his leg with II
knife while cutting open grain sacks
at the Salem FIGURING mills.
Three straight drunks before his
honor this morning received the
usual course of treatment prescribed
by law in such cases.
At the fair grounds on Wedues-
day evening Company II will give
an exhibition drill, commencing at
1880 o'clock.
Misses Emile and Augusta Sny-
der and Miss Tillie Zimmerman are
reported injured somewhat by a
runaway team at Aurora Sunday.
Sergeant Stanley has been pro-
NOTED to 1st Sergeant of his com
pany and ordered to his post at Fort
Candy. Corporal Duffy takes his
place.
House-mover Bert Hatch is NOV
ing the old buildings where the new
Hughes block is going in.
Fred Dayton, of the Simmons
Hardware Co., Is in the city on
special business. He is Chicago
boy who has made his home at
Portland and is the leading hard
ware salesman on the coast.
Miss Brown of the Union Title
Abstract Co. goes to Newberg and
the mountains for vacation outing.
Misses Bertha and Carrie Moores
are home from Newport by the sea.
The sheriff of Benton county
will take hand trying to sell for
taxes lot of property on the coast
at Seal Rocks and other points that
the real tate men tailed to get
rid of.
A local real estate firms baseball
nine will play a pickup nine at the
Salem grounds Wednesday at 2:30.
Judge Deadly and wife returned to
Portland yeste. e.day after visitirg g
several weeks at the home of Hon.
A. Bush.
Uncle Peter Hatch is off for visit
to his children in Eastern Oregon.
Master George Ladue returned
home from the mountains yesterday
and accompanied Lieut.. Browns
family to Fort Caai'y, where he
will remain several weeks.
The Oregonian today devotes an
editorial column to the Marion
county "Frult palace" The idea is
commended in these words: LET
us have one by all means, and let it
illustrate as fully as possible the
boast that Oregon, if not the great
est, is one of the greatest fruit
growing states in the Union"
At the meeting of the city council
tonight tho e specification for street
impl ovements should show up or
the city should know when to ex-
pect them. All that has been done
so far has Ell to give certain city
officials employment which the
council will be asked to pay and
which may never be collected from
the so-called citizens commit e,
which caused the expense.
The funeral of Joseph Simon will
be Wednesay at 10 a. IN. at the resi-
dence. Burial at Claggett cemetery.
The Wells, Fargo Co. has changed
the name of the express Office at
Browns mill to Niagara, to cores
pond with the postoffice there,
which bears the same name.
The cross-sectioning Of the streets
will not be completed in time to
present .he proposed new plan of
street Improvement to the city coun-
Gil tonight. The work can be done
in fall and winter better, it is claimed
by street contracrors, than in sum.
n.er.
Westacott & Irwin will receive
car load of ice tomorrow. This
will look rather diminutive in one
corner of their new l00-ton ice house,
but they will have more soon.
Jesse Kirk, Henry Jackson, John
Wesley and Harrison Brown, citi-