Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-31
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

A Salem justice will marry you
for love or money.
A. Bush hes returned from Rose
burg.
Two street roamers aud one drunk
got five days each from City Re
corder Goodell this morning.
DR.. Mark Sklff and wife are in
Portland for few days.
Oscar Fechtrr has position In a
U. s. cavalry band at Walla Walla
as picolist.
J. H. Mccormick, superintendent
Of the poor farm, went to Portland
this afternoon, on business.
Chris Paulus has sold out his
saloon fixtures next to the Simon
cigar store, and Mr.. Bush will erect
substantial brick there.
Tom Blundell got I'd premium for
best breeding pen Plymouth Rocks.
He is good judge of chickens and
has some fine stock.
DR.. ]. c. Byrd, of Spokane Falls,
is the guest of his brother, DR.. W.
H. Byrd, of Salem.
An imbecile boy, aged fifteen
years has been brought to the asy-
lum. His name is Frank Snod-
grass, and he comes from Linn
county.
Grandma Durbin who lives on
Water street near the bridge is re-
ported to he in her last hours.
Miss Stella Sites, of Albany, is
visiting friends in the city.
Fred DeDham, of FlemIng's shoe
store, has been on the sick list for a
few days.
VIM. Hack has rented the room
next to the Oregon Land Co., and is
having fixtures made for saloon.
The saw mill people report con-
tinued demand for lumber and
plenty of logs.
G. E. Alternately is now sole pre-
prietor of the steamer Elwood and
is doing a good freight and passenger
business. AL. Herren is agent and
will be found at the wharf boat at
foot of Ferry street.
H. w. Downing, VIM. Chambers,
and W. b. Simpson are mentioned
an probable Democratic nominees for
sheriff. Mayor darcy is mentioned
for judge.
Will Marion county present can
didate for the supreme judgeship at
the state convention
There has been just rain enough
to demonstrate that our streets are
not paved.
Il. McF. Patton is at Portland on
business connected with his book
trade.
Jos. II. Wetherbee, the salaried
secretary of the Salem Y. M. @. A.,
has accepted. He comes here from
Tacoma April Is.
A hard frost is reported from the
prairie. No damage is reported to
Strawberries or fruit.
Street Commissioner Crossan has
seven city Jail birds at work today.
He says there are times when it is
not practicable TO work them, as
when it is raining or when there is
no work to do.
The Assembly club did not meet
last night as was expected.
III. o. Beardsley Is over from Eola
and says the party ofSalem teachers
that started for Monmouth last
night were upset and one strained
her wrist. The whole party was
pretty badly demoralized by the
accident.
The official call for the Republican
state convention has appeared In
only two papers-The Oregonian,
Rep, and Telegram, Dem. They
are ring organs and the call for Ore
gon Republicans or Democrats who
are for the people and against the
rings is not voiced by them.
G. w. Gray will put In an iron
and plate glass front in his three
stores on State street, corner Liberty
as soon as he can have 1t done.
The second prayer meeting pre-
paratory to the Mills meetings was
held last night at the M. f. church,
Robt. Whitaker leading. There
was house full and an increasing
interest. There should be a general
attendance of church singers at the
choir rehearsal at the same church
Friday evening.
Fresh bread. the best and lightest
always on hand, at the Electric
Simpson Bros.
Mems 50 shoes, the best ever
offered for the price, at VIM. Brown
& Co.'s.
b. B. Branson, of Sheridan, Yam
hill county, sends a good campaign
list Of subscribers. He says: "Hur
rah for The JOURNAL p
Farmers report that the China
pheasant Ia destroying all the native