Th© Oarty Reporter.
I D. C. IRELAND A CO. PC RUSH EKS.
McMinnville, Or.
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Sept. 24, 1886
I The daily Reporter will be the means
of improving the weekly Reporter fully
■alf Make a note of this.
I C. W. Talmage has fixed his office
■p in nobby style..
I Mrs.il H. Sawyer, of Palouse, is in
jne city, visiting relatives.
I The rain is welcome, but it will in­
terfere with the fair at. Newberg we
fear.
B Remember the sale of T. W. Board-
Bian opposite the post office in this
Bity to-day.
I S. A. Manning A Co. sold two of
jjjheir largest and best stoves to Dayton
Beop'le yesterday.
I Why not organize a rod and gun
Blub in this city.
We have some ex-
Bert marksmen here.
I City Marshal Kauffman fs getting
Beady to let the corporation light shine
for all belated citizens.
I M rs. Madden was in the city yester­
day with Mrs. Casey. She will return
Bo Portland to-morrow.
I Coffee in Frisco to-day is from a
Bent to a cent and a half in advance
¿over prices of ten days ago.
B The shooting match at Collard’s is
lively. Some of the best shots in Ore­
gon have entered for the prizes.
I Al Hussey has returned from his trip
the mountains minus elk,bear,deer,
but of grouse bountifully supplied.
I Part of the Salem'postoffice has been
Bioved over to McMinnville.
The
The next thing to come will be the
State fair.
i0 McMinnville hasn’t any population
Recording to Polk's Annual, but she
Bas some of the meanest sidewalks in
Oregon.
I Hodsons are so busy al home that
Abey cannot find time to go into neigh-
iibring cities and towns for jobs of
work at present.
■ Chas. Grissen and family have been
apff'ering the torments of miserable
tplds for nearly two weeks, but are
now recovering.
■ S. A. Manning A Co. have men at
Work upon buildings in Monmouth
«nd McCoy. McMinnville ¡swell rep-
Bsented in adjoining towns.
I A city carp pond has been dug at
the intersection of Third and B streets
Fresh fish at the Eurisko market
all planked and fine ; but the water in
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
is so bad the fish can't live there.
Choice uneolored and English break­
Henry Carlin has been quite sick
for some time past, having passed fast tea 50 cents a it», at the bakery.
Those hats at half the marked
through the mumps and a touch of
fever but is now improving somewhat. price at Miss Russ' millinery store are
Gov. Moody has designated 0. C. going off’ rapidly.
Old school books rebound and made
Beekman, of Jacksonville, a regent of
the state University, to fill a vacancy good as new for half the price of new
caused by the death of Rev. E. B. ones by J. C. Cooper.
Rioting continues in Belfast. Caus­
Geary.
ed
bv the arrest of two drunken men
Horatio Cooke, one of the pioneers
in the Oregon state militia, is being at first who undertook to take the city,
court martialed in Portland for con­ the riots have culminated in a regu­
duct unbecoming an officer and a gen­ lar and purely religious tight.
Three prizes are to be shot for at
tleman.
The coming state fair will probably Collard’s gallery. One is a handsome
be held either at McMinnville or near Winchester rille, 2d a box of cigars ; 3d
Portland. The ball is rolling; and a silver dollar. Call and take a shot.
the wheels have been ordered for the Mr. Collard will give you all particu­
lars.
carriage.
Subscribe for the Roporter, and pay
John Berry returned from an eight
for
it when you subscribe, and we will
days trip to big Nestucca yesterday.
He brought fifty-seven large salmon pledge ourselves to give you more
home with him. They went oil’ like news, for less money, than any other
paper in the Willamette valley. The
hot cakes at the bakery.
Mrs. Bushnell expects to return to Daily will help the weekly 1(M) per
her eastern home next week. Leav­ cent. See if it don’t.
ing this city on Monday accompanied
The origin of chestnuts as a term
by Miss Belle Johnson, she will visit applied to jokes is uncertain, but. th®
in Portland a few days, then start over word nutmeg.likely to become popular,
land.
originated recently in newspaper row,
A great deal of complaint comes to Washington. It arose in this manner.
us, say.-, the Welcome, of crooked A correspondent for one of the Balti­
work and jockeying at the Salem fair. more morning papers wrote a para­
Some of the eases rend like barefaced graph, in which it was related that an
robberies if affidavits cod’d be obtain old lady friend called upon Senator
ed to support the statement.
Gorham when suffering from an at­
The most remarkable phase v .” the tack of acute neuralgia, to which th®
recent earthquake is the exposun. of senator was frequently subjected.
the utter ignorance of the scientists as Upon learning this the old lady
regards the cause of such phenomena; recommended him to get an ordinary
When it comes to the scratch, the as­ nutmeg, drill a hole through, and at­
tute savant does’nt know much more tach it to his neck with a string, and
about things than the rest of us.
wear it continually. The senator had
When the fool killer shall have no faith in the cure, but having prom­
brought the work of his office up to ised the old lady to give her simple
date and hung up his reeking snicker­ remedy a trial, procured a nutmeg,
snee, there will be no republicans sup­ hung it about his neck next to the
porting democrats for congress because skin, and has worn it ever since. This
they voted against the Morrison tariff occurred years ago,andjthe senator has
hill.
not been troubled with neuralgia sine®
(1. P. Church. Services al II a. m. he adopted this aromatic amulet, .ft
and 7 :30 p. m. Subject for forenoon was a dull night on the row when
discourse: “Some lessons from the this nutmeg story was sent off’ It has
recent earthquake disaster at Charles­ gone the rounds of the leading news­
ton, S. C.” Subject for evening dis­ papers and is still traveling in the
course : “The saving power of knowl­ provinces. The boys of the row are
edge." Sunday school 9 :30 a. m. All pleased with the great success of the
are cordially invited and made wel­ nutmeg story, and now when they de­
come to these services. T H. Hen­ sire to characterize any apocryphal
derson, Pastor.
statement they say, “this is a nutmeg.”