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About Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1889)
1. .,,,,,,,i,BSLUALJlUllUnUVlUIViXMJ.UlJMlMl.MaMmMUIULUmXllM. .. CAPITAL CITY NEWS. Recital of (lie Daily Doings Compiled From Various Sources. Happenings Over the City and News From tlio Country. Should be Pardoned. Confined in the Oregon Stato peni tentiary, for the service of a two year term, Is a man whom tho pros ecuting attorney, sheriff, peniten tiary oillclalB, witnesses for tho pros ecution, and everybody who knows anything of the case loudly affirm is Innocent. Tills is tho mail clerk "Watkins who stands convicted of having abstracted from a registered letter its contents of $340. Mr. Wat kins Is a conscientious man, and during all his years of service in the United States mall department con ducted himself honorably, and his work at all times stood ready for examination. Ho was arrested and taken to prison, charged with the commission of a crime which ho did not commit. At tho time of his arrest ho was running on tho nar row guuge and tho missing letter was supposed to have been sent from a point in Linn county. Watkins and his attorney rested on the trial, satisfied that no evidence had been produced proving his guilt. And the verdict was a terrible surprise to prosecution, defense and prisoner. Tho sentence is preying heavily upon Watkins, whoso wife and five small children aro left without the means of support. A petition ask ing for Ids pardon is now before President Cleveland, and it is trust ed that his immediate release may follow. Oregon. There is some doubt as to the origin of tho name Oregon. Some say that tho Spaniards who llrst saw tho country called it Oregon from tho abundance of tho weed, Marjoram, called Oregonos in that language. Tho word Oregon is Greek from Orego; Oregein, to ex tend out, to prolong Oregon, ex tending, being the nomative, singular, neuter of the participle; and as full a third of the oldest words of Spanish, Italian, English, Sweedlshund several other European languages aro directly from the Gioek, doubtless some like word is in tho language of those who flr&t gave the name to our beautiful coast. Apples (loud ib Eur. This morning sumo of tho Cap ital JontXAi.'s horticultural friends brought us in a good mid winter item in tho form of some perfectly preserved apples that had Iwen gathered fresh from tho trees tho 12th day of February. They aro sound and well preserved and of a flavor unsurpassed by apples in season. Compare this witli your rifts of snow and piles of blUzards and acres of ice. Oregon offers you a pleasant climato during three bundled and slxty-flvo days of the year. Still Sucttosftit. Again last night tho Presbyterian church was filled to its fullest ca pacity by those who had gone to hear tho lovlvallsts, Studd and Jlurko. Last night's services wero attractive. This evening and every evening this week these young men will eouduct services at tills church. llffuwluj; Popular. Tho elevator at the Capitol Is be coming iUlte popular of late. Wlien it was llrst put in operation at tho beginning of the prcsont session it was little used, but now the con ductor Js kept busy from early mom to dewy eve. One day last week he made 30-t trips. KfgUtereil I'hjslclitiJ nd Dentists. In tho county clerk's oftlco is a book devoted to tho registration of the physicians and dentists who practice in Marion cuunty. In all there are ton physicians and eigh teen dentists. Fish Culture. What is there In tho way of intro ducing into tho waters of tho Wil lamette and other streams of Oregon some variety of fish that will thrive and supply our tables in time with excellent fresh fish? Tho older states are devoting much attention to the cultivation of fish and very successfully too, though not having tho same natural advantages we have here. Often artificial ponds are constructed at considerable cost, and stocked with black bass and other varieties, tho government fur nishing the spawn. In two years, time, German Carp, weighing from three to five pounds are frequently taken from these ponds and all the smaller ones returned to tho water. As there is a scarcity of natural fish in market here, why not cultivate them and supply our own tables, at least? Is It a Spook ? The Pendleton Tribune has the following fromaYokum correspon dent : Something of a strange char acter has been seen by several per sons lately opposite the Baker bridge near the railroad. It seemed tope about the size of a common lamp in full blaze. Itapparqnlly rises, out of the valley and goes off south up a steep hill, giving everything around a bright appearance. It has been seen on two occasions. One party of us happened to be out about nino o'clock one evening and noted It going up tho hill. We at first thought it was someone with a lan tern in hand, apparently swinging It up and down, but when it raised right up a cliff forty or llfty feet high it made us change our minds. The next morning several persons in cqniing boinc from a party near tho same place saw something slmiliar, but brighter in appearance. Oregon's Birthday. It will perhaps bo interesting to some of our readers to learn that Thursday, tho 14th, Oregon will be just thirty years old. Sho was ad mitted' into the Union as a state Feb. 14, 185!). Duriiig that period of time Oregon has improved wonder fully, especially in tho last three years. A few years ago tho name of Oregon, together with its many ad vantages, was little known to the outside world. But in the past thrco years the name and fame of Oregon have been tho topic of tho capitalist, tho laborer, thomechanlo, the health seeker and, in fact, every class of people cast of tho Rocky mountains, and in a few years Oregon will be the peer in wealth and tho metropolis of the west. So moto it be. It Is settled. The libel suit against tho Slftnigs was to-day settled and tho case dis missed. Rosenflold and Rosenthal published in the last number of their paper a full and completo exonera tion of Dr. Gilbert of this city, stat ing that they have positive proof that ho is not the man who was said to lead a dual life in the Northwest. Tho vindication is complete. It is trusted the lesson will not go un heeded by tho Sittings and papers of a like character. WHAT WILh YOU DO? Is Salem to Enter On Her Dig Doom Now or Never I The committee that was appointed to solicit subsidy for the woolen mill project went to work this morn ing and in one-half dqy's work $5000 was subscribed. Bolow will be found the name of each subscriber and the amount subscribed opposite the name, together with the con cen tract: We, the undersigned, in consid eration of the advantage to accrue to us, and each of us, from the con struction of a woolen mill in tho city of Salem, Oregon, hereby sub scribe tho sums set opposite our respective names, as aj subsidy for such purpose. Whenever tho amount of this subscrintion shall reach the sum of $20,000, wo agree to give our prom isory notes for the amount of our subspription to such trustees as may be selected by the subscribers hereto, said notes being drawn payable as follews: 12J per cent on March 1, 1889, 25 per cent, on July 1, 1889, and the remainder on December 1, 1889, without interest until due. This subscription is based the copdition that there be a eh mill established in Salem, Ore gon, prior to January 1, 1890, capa ble of consuming 200,000 lbs. of wool per annum ; that the sum of $2,500 be paid on or before March 1, 1889, by tho party constructing said-mill, into tho hands of the trustees prd' ded for herein, to be applied upon the purchase of the water power, and that the work of construction of said mill shall bo begun prior to August 1, 1889; and that all pay ments on tho part of subscribers shall become a lien upon all the in terest in the mill site acquired or to be acquired by the recipient of the subscription, for the construction of said mill to tho satisfaction of the trustees, or the repayment of the amounts subsribed. II. H. Wallace 8700 Jcshup & Bellinger GOO Capital Lumueutig uo. ouu J. 11. Albert 500 Salem Water Co 500 Wiiilro l'arrur ti. Co. duu F. Levy 100 Lunn & llrown 200 G. AV.Jounson 100 Win. llrown & Co 100 Krauss & Klein 150 Welter Bros 200 Mooies & Manning 100 J. C. Brown 100 Gibson & blngleton 100 1 H. Knight 100 J. M. Rosenborg Jfc Co 200 Geo. Williams 200 II. Snvnge 50 w. J iiorren ou D. V. Wii-mcr 50 J. A. llolfman 50 G. G. Brown J O. V. Ilelleubrand 50 Frank K. Hodgltlns : 60 E. U 'rwnsend 20 I.OCAI. SUaiMART. Found At 252 Commercial St., Speight & Soudcr. dim B. S. Cook is taking in the sights of fertile Yamhill. Tho Bmall boys aro investing their pennies in comic valeutiues. Painless dental operations at Dr. T. O. Smith, 92 State street, tf. The Sllverton saloon continues to dish out tho dew of death in quantities greater than by thedrlpk. There wore two families of im migrants arrived in tfjo city yester day, coming from the. state of Kansas. Tho Georgia Minstrels will no doubt give onoqf their perfqrmance s In Salem soon. They are in Port land this week. Aleady tho tree frogs are making night melodious, with their warbling or harsh with their croaking as you please to have it. A. M. Kennedy of tho Ameri can building and loan association )s in the city looking up the interests of that order hero. TMlrrlit. RPRstrm will be held at the state house tbis-ffeek. that as muclfK business as gosslble may be finished beCwmSafornmeht,, which will occur upon, 'Feb. 22nd. rt XT So and so has given $1500 to ward tho woolen mill, but lots of artists would gladly give their heads if they could take such fine pictures as docs Cherrlngton, New Bank Block, up stairs. Tis not all of life to live nor all of eath to die, but you get more choice fnnRv-arocerles than vou can carry away for avery Httle morrcjr at Squire Farrar's. Dont take our word for it, but go and see for your MMAWJul - I'liVMEK .NOTES. The Ituuaway Laundry Wagon. It seems tho steam laundry team has more runaways than fall to the lot of one span. They took a run yesterday and when tho steeds be heldthelr;niastcr, then they whin nied loud and freo, and in token of subjection knelt upon each crippled knee ; and a tear of walnut largeness to Schuniaker'8 eyelids rose, as ho fondly picked a beanstalk from tho coughing courser's noso. The wagon is once more ready to breast tho tide. Sratter Ike U.d Tiding If you have any friends who mtght wish to subscribo for the best and cheapest Weekly newspaper In Qregon call at this olllce mid get, free, a sample copy o the Capital Jouknal. A Cold iT, T1 Be Sore. It is a cold day when Albany gets loft, sometimes, 3NTow she is to have an ice factory, capacity of nearly three tons per day. b II. Pfolffer is to manage tho freezer. lit U Kefjj t Vote, M, U. Cqqhemu was yejrtorday evening grouted lull paporu of cltlzeushlp. lie was u former sub ject of Great Britain. TheCoraliiK l' rod Icy. Josef Heine liuleed shows a io markable mastery of his Instru ment, and is perfectly at homo in all tho virtuoso airs. JJis.Umo la flue, his cautabllu full of fooling and of breadth, and there is real nerve and vigor in his bravura ex ecution. Journal of Music. Josef Hetno, with his celebrated London Concert Co., will be nt the opera houso here on Thursday and Friday evenings pf this week. Removal Notice, 8. A. Riggs (Successor to J, A. McDonald) lias removed hto Murhjq and Graulto Works to Commercial street, onnosltcStuto Insurance Buil'di lug,, where ho is prepared to do first class work on short notice, Ho has tho largest stock over brought to tho stato and will sell at prices as low as tho lowest. For hopest work give him a call. 2vdw James A. Garfield wfts born in a log cabin. Ho worked on the farm from tho time he was strong enough to use carpenter tools, -whqu hu learned tho trade Ho afterward worked on the canal. Prayer meeting is held at the church every Wednesday evening, at 7 p. in. Miss Addle Williams has gone to Linn pounty to visit her father, Rev. Silas Williams. Mr. Joslah Mqrley has been very sick during tho "past week, but is now convalescent. Mrs. H. M. Jones of Clymer and Mrs. Al Cartwriglit !of Aumsvllle have gone to Newburg, Yamhill county, to visit their mother, Mrs. Hess. Miss Emma Greene, who has been spending tho winter with her mother, Mrs. F. E. Small, has re turned to Sheridan, Yamhill county. Frank Humphreys is nursing a badly sprained ankle, A young horse stepped on ttio side of his, foot causing the accident. Frank hopes to be able to trip tho light fantastic, with his sweet valentine at tho Whiteaker party, to be gjven by Company A, O. N. G. boys tho 14th. One of the lluest sermons ever heard horo was ( preacho-1 last guu daymornlng by Rev. JffdUiurt. of! tjio M". E. church from the Parable v,of tho .good Samaritan. Before pro nouncing the, benediction tho minis ter announced that by request the door of the church would'be opened for membership aud Mrs. Elizabeth Barr was received Into tho church. Not Her Fault. Mistress "Mary Ann, I told you to have tho eggs soft-boiled. These are as hard as bullets." Alien Servitor "Sure, Mum thev're cz soft cz I could cet them. Oljjept on lijnin' thim .tor .nigh v whohi mpruhl' in' djyll ij bjt gquor would tuey git." America. UoslnfM frepertj. Near depot on Commercial street, forty feet front upd only $3000; aijd whole blocks in West Sa.on on.0 hundred dollars. Thomas & Paynk, A Seasoiakla Bint. Genuine new buckwheat flour, aud a flpo artlolo pf taplo yyrup, at tho Grange store, 126 State street, Balem. tf. self. tf They are arriving by tho car load. Wo refer to those fine new goods at the Capitol Adventure Co. They carry a complete live stock of goods in all classes and kinds of goods. Prices low and stock 'first class. tf. As it takes ten minutes to read a bill aud there are several hundred to be read how many can be read during the remainder of this ses sion? It will take thirty-three hours to read two hundred, or eight days of session time. Bro. Nutting of tho Albany Democrat is to be congratulated. Wo must ring the the bells from out tho steeple, blow tho horn, call out the people. Hail Colnmbia, shout with joy, for his little wife has got a boy! The arrival occured Monday morning. Thero Is as much noise and con fusion at the Salem depot upon the arrival or departure of trains as is made at the Union denotin Chicago. If you don't think people are com ing into Salem, just go to the depot on tne arrival of any train and you will easily be convinced. Mr. H. Thomas, of the firm of Thomas & Payne, called at our office this morning and placed a dozen or more nno appies on out, eunormi table. Mr. Thomas informed' us that ho picked them off trees in his orchard Feb. 9. The apples were sound and juicy, and as palatable as in September last. Mr. Thomas has sent a number of these apples east, and people are astonished to hear of apples staying on tho trees all win ter and not beiug frozen. Sael rrom a Tjrunt. The deatli of Crown Prince Rud olph relieves Austria, of the impend ing misfortune of being ruled by one of the most thoroughly despicable of the profligates that bring disgrace upon tho royal families of Europe. It is but two or three years since ho was joined in wedlock to the young aud beautiful Princess Stephanie of Belgium, and of Jate, hi vindication of her outraged womanhood, sho has refused to live with him or to hold with him communication of any sort. His death was brought on by his own act, inspired by remorse for excesses. TO TIaE) CITY OFSALE)M FINEST ADDITION TO THE CITY.i Wifle Aywucs, Beautiful lay of land., Full lots, JJagiuflcent Yie.ir, Jind Perfect Drainage. Corner Lots Only $3O0, AND Insi4p Lots Only $200 These are positively the best lots for the money that can be bought tt joiqing tho city limits. The trapt lias beep platted and there are u choice lots. Anticipate tne coming Doom witn. a. PROFITABLE INVESTMT, J)y Buying Lois Id The CAPStAL PABK ADDITION, Represented By H. BELLINGER & CO, E). They Also Have a LARGE LIST ' OF REAL ESTATE Not advertised, which they offer at the very lowest prices, and invit every one having property for sale and all INTENDING PURCHASERS ToGiveTliemaCall. SALEM, ! Office in Armory Building, Stato St, I OREGON. mi m -TO THE CITY QF SALEM,- VANDUYN AND STUMP, PJtOPR'S. The GILT EDGED Investment The only choice buildiug lots in tho market. In the city limits. Fronting on STATE, COURT AND CHEMEKETE STS. ' Sewers laid through tho tract with Ts already to connect. Street nfl wrv will nass tha lots in a very short time. The highest, dryest, pretuesi and best homo spot in Salem. In fact these are the nicklca'i Armlet Balrc The lest salve in the world fo rilty, bruises, sores, ulcer?, salt rheum, rover sores, tetter, chapped hands I'hilblalns. corns, and all akin erup tiuus, and. ppait4Yy cures plies, m no pay required. It is guaranteed ti give perfect satisfaction, or uuuie.i refunded. Price 25 cents per Imx Kor sale v- D& H. W. Cox. i i i ton Cannot i Better Than call at tho Grange Store, 120 Stato atreot, if you want i good tea or anything clso In tho grocery Ue, Don't fall to look at tho "White Qross Extracts, th.p best In, the mar ket, t-f General Qrautj Uyed the , Ijfp of., common boy la & common house oh tho bauks. pf the Ohio river VOtl! he was seventeen years of ajje. 5 ONLY VACANT LOTS IN THE CITY LII OFFERED FOR SALE. Being only four blocks from tho State capital, near the public school, near the depot and near all other public buildings. They Front on the Main Thoroughfares Of the city and aro in eyery way desirable lots.- Title Perfect! Full particulars by calling on MOORES & TSAISNING", 317 Commcr-cif! Street, Wfc'hlW IUI4II t.-- Whq arc sole agents for fcho sale of these lota dorrosiiondenco recrardlnc these, and Other : have a choice list, is solicited, and will receive prom JHE EST STOCK OE STPYBS IN THE CJTY IS AT R. M...WA.JDE & GO'S 282 to 286 Commercial Street, SALEM. .Garland .Stoves, Charter Oak fc Brighton M MD MANY OTHER LEADING STYLES. Ak a Cdaplete Stock rfHardwmJnamjMacliiwpWa &"