Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Boom the board of trade.

4 N@Nss
Thos. Kay is at Albany on a busi.
ness visit today.
w. P. Williams is at Albany for q
short stay.
Several Salem real estate men
J drive fine teams.
The tide of visitors aud home
seekers ut Salem if growing stronger.
a dry goods man at Sheldon, Ia,
wants TO come to Salem with a
stock.
The annual nuisance of maple
trees shedding their leaves has
begun.
Mr.. and Mrs Matthews have fitted
up very nice dressmaking parlOrs in
the Cottle block.
K. G.. Churchill, of the sash and
door factory, is aC Corvallis today On
business mission.
Labor is so we'll employed that the
Water Go. advertises for two com.
mon day laborers.
DR.. Mintnorn, of the Oregon Land
Co., was i'm Virginia when last heard
from, homeward bound.
Frank Conover, of the Corvallis
Gazette, was visiting Salem yester-
day and today.
Architect Pugh took the morning
local for Corvallis, where he is Ell.
gagged upon several buildings.
Miss Holiday returned to her home
at Halsey today, after attending the
funeral OF her sister, Mrs. McCaust-
land.
A Salem amateur baseball team,
with 10. Leveque as manager, goes
to Independence Sunday for game
of ball for purse of 5000.
The accident insurance company
is reported to have settled in full
with Ira Adams, who shot his hand
off some time ago.
I. l.. Kimber started this afternoon
for Astoria to be absent for several
days.
ID. G. Harvard, who is busy NOV,
ing houses at Woodburn, came W
this morning on business.
A neat room directory to the oc
cupants of the apartments in the
Bush bank block has been put up al
the entrance.
w. l.. Boise and City Attorney
w. c. Muir, of Portland, were in
the city today looking up the subject
of the validity of the Meussdorffel
bri lge bonds.
A number os Tacoma and Seattle
land boomers have been quietly in
vestigating our city and suburbs.
Consultation of the friends of paw
ing resulted in a decision to not pass
the gravel ordinance until the next
regular meeting week from
Tuesday.
Salem has roses enough to hold a
rose show in October az well is in
May, or almost any other month for
that matter.
j. II. Church, who is stopping at
the Kansas house, who lost his feet
and one hand by freezing, is quite a
successful business nan, handles
horses, stock, wool and other pro-
Hduce. He makes his home at Salem
and Mehama.
Thos. c. Moody and VIM. A.
jarvis have taken out their citizens
papers.
The city should improve its fire
service 10y. increasing the salary of
it's fire engineers. The village salary
of $40 a month is not adequate at
present.
The first load of brick was hauled
this morning for the new ThUs. Kay
residence, corner of Twelfth and
State streets. Mr., Kay has beauti-
full location, and will no doubt erect
a superior building.
Wednesday afternoon at 5 O'clock,
a perambulator belonging to Mrs.
Vine Pearce rolled off the walk and
tipped over backwards, striking the
back of the baby's head quite hard
on rock. The baby was insensible
for a time, but soon recovered. The
mother received a terrible fright.
Ed. Cross and Ray Farmer claim
to have been two of the few men
who have climbed TO the top of Mt.
Jefferson. They both declare they
never want to make the trip again.
A misstep would have been fatal.
The top, as it ia commonly called, is
not the peak.
Our stock of lamps and dish ware
is the best in Salem. Sroat d Gile.
If you want low prices on job
get Dearborn's prices. He
leads in fine work.
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