The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-10
TOWN TOPICS

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| Recovered From Smallpox-Fred
and Walter Thiel who have been i'll at
their home on Third street with
smallpox for the past month are able
| to be around again.
Portrait Of EIIiott-The Harvard
club of Spokane has just presented to
| Whitman college an elegant framed
i picture of President Elliott This will
| be hung in the college chapel.
Married Yesterday-Y af-
| ternoon Rev. Morton Gregory of the
| First Christian church performed the
| marriage ceremony of Edward Brum-
| field and Miss Carrie B. Edwards, both
| of Pendleton, Oregon
Goes to Olympia-President S. B. L.
Penrose left last evening for Olympia
| where he will preach Sunday evening
On Tuesday he will attend a banquet
given by the D. X. E. fraternity in
Seattle, returneng home Wednesday
morning.
Death of an lnfant-Augusta wager,
| the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
! T. P. wager, residing in Spring Grove
| addition, died yesterday. The fun
eral will take place tomorrow after
| noon at the family residence, Rev.
| H. S. Black.
| Mrs. Vernon Is Dead-Mrs. Vernon,
| wife of ]. Vernon and pioneer of
Walla Walla, died this morning at the
| 20 years old and leaves a husband
and five children, four sons and one
daughter. The funeral will take place
tomorrow morning at II o'clock from
the residence, 921 West Rose street.
| Selling Harvesters-Ben c.. Holt,
| manager of the Holt Manufacturing
| company branch house at Walla
Walla, arrived in the city last evening
Mr.. Holt says many orders for COM
| bined harvesters have already been
| received this year by farmers of the
| Inland Empire and predicts that BUSH
ness for the season will surpass that
of last year.-Pendleton Tribune.
Will Open up Next Tuesday-G. G.
Schneider, Oph.' d., optical specialist
| will open up place of business in
Walla Walla at II South Second street,
next Tuesday March IA. Mr. Schnel-
| Ter, who comes from Chicago, purposes
! conducting an up-to-date optical store,
one that will include plant for grind
| ing lenses, etc, and that will be cap
able of turning out all kinds of work
with dispatch.
Funeral Postponed-The funeral of
John Cundiff, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James X. Cundiff. which was to have
| taken place this morning from the
Cookery undertaking parlors was
postponed until tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock, on account of
the bad condition of the roads, 1t be-
| ing almost impossible to bring the re-
mains to the city from the farm. four
teen miles northwest of the city
Only Slightly WoundedHD w. Nc
Faden, Of the firm of McFaden & Cor
man, this morning received a cable !
gram from Lieutenant M. c. Gustin, |
dated San Jose, Samar Island, convey
ing the information that the Walla |
Walla officer was only slightly wound
ed in the battle yesterday with the
Pulajanes. AS the dispatch to the Eve
ming Statesman yesterday did not give
any details of the engagement the
friends of Lieutenant Dustin were quite
alarming, fearing that the wounds that
he had received might be fatal. The
cablegram received by Mr.. McFaden
has greatly relieved their anxiety
Celebrated China New Year-The
girls of Reynolds hall celebrated China
New Year last night by setting off a }