Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.


left this morning for The Dalles.
Capt. Fiske, of H company, will
spend a season in Portland at Bishop
Scott academy.
Mayor darcy is at Eugene on
legal business.
w. P. Williams is at Eugene to-
day.
F. Neckerman is at Portland for a
few days.
Ed. Gltner, of the state depart.
nent, took the afternoon local for
Portland.
The wlHd in the northwest aud
still it rains. Verify, the equinox is
what knocks.
Ex-GOv. Chadwick went to Rose |
burs this morning for a few days |
stay.
NJ. L. Rineman is on the sick list
this week.
S. o. V.-The regular meeting of
Sumpter camp will be held at G, A
r.. hall Thursday evening, Sept. "a.
Special business. All are urged to
attend.
More Salem sidewalks without
holes that an elephant would drop
through are wanted.
The bridge on Winter street over
North Mill creek is in bad order. A
horse got his leg through it last
night-but that Is almost a daily
occurrence.
An Albany company has a crew
of about twenty-five men putting
up ten stamp mill in the Santiam
mines.
The Oregon deaf mute school
opened Monday with sixteen attend
ants. Supt. Knight is confident
there will be larger aggregate at
tendance than last year when it ran
up to thirty-four.
Until other means are provided,
erring youth sent to the reform
school will be worked on the farm.
Can any "means'' be better than
work?
Southern Pacific reduced rate
tickets to the mechanics fair are
sold only Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. The tickets are not
good on overland trains going, but
are good for return on any train.
The S. P, Co. started in to lay their
track down Front stlcet, directly
over the water main. Upon request
of Mr.. Wallace they movtd it lit
tie to one side.
The Electric Co. is today loading
and shipping lack the extra cars
they got to help them out during
fair week.
Ed. N. Edes is helping Recorder
Goodell write up his police court re.
corder from the crush Of business
during fair week.
Some very fine lumber is arriving
for the asylum farm buildings,
Governor Penuoyer and State
Treasurer Metschan are spending
the day inspecting the asylum farm
east of the city.
james Mead accompanied Wal
ter Low and party on their hunting
trip to the coast range.
Secretary II. L. Wells of the state
, board of charities has been i'll the
, city the past few days visiting state
: institutions and securing statistics
for the future use of his board.
Mrs. r. H. Dearborn left for
Portland today to visit friends for
the week.
j. w. Hodson took advantage of
the absence of his family and made
trip to Portland today.
J. A. Rotan and family are at
Portland for a short visit.
Chas. Noble & Co. were the low
est bidders on the Lyman Savage
eIght-room Puritan style cottage on
Asylum avenue-$l825.
Nettie Jacobs, l0-year old child,
was brought up from Portland by
her father Monday night, to be
placed in the asylum. She has been
idiotic from birth,
w. w. White came in this morn
ing from Quartzville, bringing in
with Linn some choice specimens of
quartz and crystals from the Telo-
phone mine at that place. He also
brought along an innocent looking
lump of yellow metal, the product
of "a ton Of rock, which is valued at
about S28.
The force on the machinery of the
big pumps at the water works think
another day will let them out, and
Wednesday evening may see the
power applied.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will give parlor concert at their
rooms corner of Church and Chem
eketa streets, on Wednesday even
ing. Doors open at 7:3O, concert at
O'Clock. After the program ice
cream refreshments free. Admis-
sion % cents. Every body invited.