Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Will the city council confirm the
sale of the city hall buildings?
Did ever rains come so gently as
for the past two days? Oregon never
! gets too much rain in March.
Ex-Governor Moody is making one
of the finest lawns in Salem.
The roads leading out of Salem are
not in first class condition. Some
H. Leach is erecting fine resi-
desce on Stale and Twelfth streets.
persons are wont to ask where the
money goes to, which the county ap-
propriates for road improvements.
The presence of large cannery
at Salem is a constant inspiration of
confidence to people here.
Thefair ground region has recently
picked up the Willamette of the
future among other things.
]. E. Tyler, Of Albany, will go to
work for McCrow & Willard. He
will live in one of the Waldo cot
tages in North Salem.
Next Sunday is Easter. Many of
the church people are making ex-
tensive arrangements for the obser-
vance of the occasion.
Linn coupty's stallion show took
place Wednesday in Albany with
thirteen horses exhibited all told.
The show was not advertised and
few knew that it was to take place.
That number of Linn's horses is
expected in Salem Saturday, when
the grandest display of horse flesh
ever given in the valley will take
place.
The inmates of the blind school
have been invited to attend the Bap-
tist entertainment at the opera
house this evening, in a body and
free of charge.
Bone dust-Sroat & Gile.
The JOURNAL was in error yester-
day in its item connecting Rev.
Bolllnger's name officially with the
Singer Mfg. Co. The facts are: He
has accepted no such position and
Furthermore he tells US that he is
subject TO the itinerant system of
his conference and will move to a
new field Of pastoral labor if ordered
to do so. The item appeared upon
hearsay,
The University will have an office
in the form of neat cottage erected
on the corner of the campus, across
Winter street from the home of Hon.
E. NJ. Waite. This will be used as
an Office and headquarters for the
handling of their property. When
it has completed its mission in that
line it will be converted into cot
tage for residence. The plans are
already drawn and work will be
commenced at once on its cOnslruc-
tion.
Bone dust-Sroat d Gile.
A large number of business men
are anxious to contribute TO the
Salem board Of tradeif new life can
be given to it in any way. AT pres
ept more and more are refusing to
pay, tho, Mr.. Mitchell is doing his
level best to hold 1t up. There is
no doubt by some arrang ement 1t
would be possible to increase the
subscriptions, which have declined
so epormouely. This should be done
as early as possible.
Three prisoners were brought
down from Douglas county. Two
of them were sentenced to one year
each aud one to two years. This
one was ID. A. Clark who enters
upon his third term in the Penlten'
tiary,
on Tuesday, March 9th, the
grangers Of Marion county will hold
a public meeting in their hall In this
city. II. f.. Hayes, master OF the
elate grange will deliver an address
The public in general are invited to
attend,
Bone dust--sroat & Ollie.
Contractor o. @. Smith has de-
eided TO build cottage In Norlh
s,l.m. lie breaks ground in a few
d.,s neat 10 the NandeTban house
TRY our sun sun Chop Tea. Inc
AL 5O cent tea on the market