Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-13
LOCAL AND Personal.

.l'S morning. and will be there over
Sunday.
The public school graduates made |
hne appearance on the opera
house stage last night.
Sa!em's excellent schools should
be matter ot no small pride to her
citizens.
f. L.. WillmNu, a Salem fresco
artist, was recently wed to Penn
sylvania lady. They will reside in
this city.
j. w. Batchellor, Of Buteville, is
in the city on business. He reports
the north part of the country as
very promising.
There is crop besides hops that
is threatened with extinction in this
county. 1t is a class ofloose nouthed
publishers who carry guns.
Choice vegetables, Sroat s. Giie.
Prof McElroy has so far improved
that he is able to sit up, and all
signs are favorable to his recovery.
Everybody says that the closing
exercises at the public schools,
Sacred Heart and College were
better than ever before.
Bishop II. ]. Becker, of the United
Brethren church, will preach at the
Baptist church Sunday evening,
and at the penitentiary in the after
noon.
A pleasant program of recitations,
music, lunch, etc, was rendered by
Liberty Alliance Friday evening.
All present enjoyed pleasant time.
Housemover Hatch is taking the
Standard Oil Co. storage tank off
the car today and placing it in
position.
The most exciting thing in the
state house today was the man in
the basement trying TO learn to ride
bicycle.
The. grand encampment Of the
Indian War Veterans will be held at
Portland, June 18th. Burnett COM
pany is invited to attend in a BODY,
II hope you will have real hard
time of it the next five years of your
life," was about the smartest thing
that was said to the college gradu-
ates at Salem the past week.
Thomas Edwards and his son
Arthur, just from Manitoba, have
bought the T. H. Mcintyre place
six miles south OF Salem, on the old
stage road, of $50 acres, at $35 an
acre.
Rev. Day, the christian science
lecturer, who was expected to start
a class here, will not come, owing to
some misunderstanding about dates.
Ed Arnold, who fell from scat
fold Friday at 3 p. M, in the new
Gray building, was quite severely
bruised about the head, but is able
to be up and about today.
The Silverton Appeal claims that
a four-legged chick was hatched
near that place, but it did not live.
That is almost equal to the two.
legged calf in Woodburn, only the
latter lives.
The Silyerton Appeal says: "The
strawberry fair and rose show at
Salem Friday and Saturday last is
over. 1t was success. 1t is esti-
mated that 5000 people were there
to see the display. The Marion
Fruit Growers association
will hold another fair next year."
The prize Chinook salmon is to be
seen at Dawson q Whites whole
sale and retail fish, game and poul-
try market, Court st.
Sroat & Gile for your strawberries
TO can.
Indictments were found against
several persons. If they are taken
in custody, court will continue next
week. If not it will probably ad-
journ. AS we go to the press the
Billie Foster case has gone to the
jury.
DIR. ]. w. Givens, superintendent
of the Idaho Hospital for the insane,
was the guest of Dr. Lane, Friday
and returned today. He came 10
get suggestions from the manage
ment of the Oregon institution.
Senator Stillwell, of Tlllamook, is
in the city, enroute to the old set
tiers reunion at Portland. He says
a railroad could be built from Salem,
Eola and Sheridan, or Salem to Nc
Minnville, via the Trask river route
to Tilamook, then to Astoria.
The Gervais Star comes out and
declares its editor did not carry a gun
on the occasion Of his late meeting
with Scott Taylor. The Journal
is glad to make the correction, al
though II published what 1t did or
what it believed 10 be reliable in
formation.
See Shaw & Downing about tick
cts, and save money, 264 CONNER
cial st.
A collision occurred this afternoon
between an electric car and one ol
Cross's meat delivery carts. The
cart IL Dainus "A wheel and otherwise