Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-20
LOCAL AND Personal.

noon on snort DuslnesS trip 10
Baker City.
Rev. Brosseau of Gervvis was a
Salem visitor today.
Mrs, Y. f. Moody and daughter
Edna left for Portland today to be
absent week.
A river gauge is t. he placed In the
Willamette at Salem. by the gov
ernment weather service.
Services all this week at the
Christian church.
Hon. ]. b. McClane of North
Salem was worse Tuesday night.
The best oats are worth 35 cts at
Salem.
The fruit growers meeting brought
hundreds of people to Salem.
The price of choice hops has adj.
vanced to 2lcts.
Charles ingalls,, age 40, and o. II.
Warburg, age 40, from Astoria,
have been committed to the asylum.
Attorney-General Chamberlain
and Robert Glow, for the railroad
commission, and Referee Holmes
and Stencgrapher Williams, together
with the Union Pacific attorneys.
are at Omaha, to conclude taxing
testimony in the rate cases.
The Union Pacific trains were
stuck in the snow Tuesday in Eas-
tern Oregon, and no eastern mail
reached this city today.
Mrs. Amanda Royal and son
Charles, left today for their home
at Yaquina, after attending the
funeral of husband and father.
Also j. S. Royal, a brother of de-
ceased, returned to Portland.
DIR. J. N. Smith and sister Mrs.
DIR. Il. f. Smith of Tacoma, left
today for the home of their father
in Linn county.
Rev. Gilman Parker of Oregon
City will assist Rev. Robert Whita-
ker In The services next week.
Supplementary articles of incor-
poration are being prepared and will
be filed for the purpose of forming a
free library association. Persons
interested are directed to advertise
ment of similar society in the
Oregonian.
Tom Blundell is able to be out
and is slowly gaining in strength.
Superintendent Martin of the Sa-
lem water works WIS on the street
Tuesday for the first time since his
recent illness.
Hon. ]. B. McClane is considerably
improved condition, and bis physi-
clan states that he has at no time
been in dangerous condition.
Miss Lena Simpson left for Port
land today to visit with friends for
short time.
The books of the penitentiary
were compared with the books at
the office of the secretary of state
this afternoon by telephone.
Mary Johnson of Coos county, age
36, and J. d. Kuykendall, age %, of
Eugene, were today brought to the
asylum.
General w. II. Byars came up
from Portland last night, returning
this afternoon. He was accompanied
home by his daughter, Mrs. s. w.
Thompson, who will spend a week
in the metropolis.
Mrs. DR.. Raffety of East Port
land, who came up to attend the
Mrs. Smith funeral. returned this
afternoon.
Della G. Cox, state organizer of
the w. G. II. u, will lecture at the
chapel of the Willamette university
tonight. Salem ladies are urged to
give the meeting good attendance.
The county court resumed its ses-
sion at / p. M, all the members
present. The jury list for 1892 was
being drawn and election officers
as we go to press.
Mrs. A. d. Gardner of Fox Valley,
of Mrs. Skiff of Salem, and
her sister Mrs. j. r.. Gardner and
husband Of Baker City, and Miss
Pearl Berry, are all guests at DIR. l..
3. Skif's.
The blood-cleansing qualities of
Ayers Sarsaparilla render 1t invalu-
able in skin disorders.
Chas. Long, of Silverton precinct
brought a collection of apples to the
Fruit Growers convention, that
took the first premium at the state
Horticultural meeting. He was the
guest Of his brother, Prof A. w.
Long, Of North Salem. Mr.. Long
Is one of our most progressive fruit
growers.
Those low price cloth top ladies'
shoes at r. J. FlemIng's State street
shoe store are having quite run.
They are the best for the money in
town.
The OregonIan's abuse Of Sidney
Dell concerns no one in particular,
and will not hurt Mr.. Dell. But
The way some Of the small papers
get In and sneeze when the Orego-
nian takes snuff Is amusing. They
always jump when the string is
pulled and perhaps no one should