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THE INDEPENDENCE) Subscribe for this Paper until July 4th, 25 Cents. $500,000. In improvement should tie mode la Independence tad vicin ity, during the next two year. llv-Jy S3 AN INDEPENDENT PAPER DEVOTED ESPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OP POLK COUNTY. VOL. Ml. ( 2.00 PER YEAH. ) IXDKl'KNDKNCK, POLK COUNTY OREGON. FIUDAY, MAY, 2, 1890. ( FIVE CENTH l'EIt COPY. ) NO. 20. J. i- LEA his large stock of Goods ,00 worth of Goods from use Bloc ll. STOG KTO n T DING -yv ME Is pleased to announce OP CHARGE to each C THE WEST SIDE. L C. PKVTLAND, , It UI.ISHKR, R4Ulrr-1 at the rii-i.tt lu U4. (ut.uo., suBscHirnoN katkm. HVAKI.K IN AUYAM'K, On Yesr ..... fj.oo Six Mouth l oc Tht-w Mouths .... WueM Hot paid i'l it l Vtti'f . 1 Ji " TO AD v ERTISERsT" lili'li'li'm" l lix-t'e I i H )il of 4t mii.. iU i in,- jitf - witixat.it rttxr, ttttt w I v moa it lli tit.. xtwt itlf..r,. Mi.fi sm. t uiitt i-iwUw. 1 I A! .. I ' I- N't. p.it,r.,wti -t.tiM iMttt fH ll.e ciM.iir, v,ti'.-it u ,? ..I Ui. larft, mnt . t li tA p..). n la III. Wlllaia ct. ali,. l'h.-l-fcilly liKMltt ili'tUHx IH WM ii I ,.)..h ,m. II l n..i- l Hi bawl I AJvii.iu krlinia. JOB PRINTING ! i- in t Latest anil Best Styles, r tm .j. I.OWMsr LIVING RATKSl I'llYSIClAX DKN'rtSl'RV. u:k & RUTI.KR, Physicians &: Surgaons. :,Al.M,; . U. S. Kxamtniug Surgeon. Mil- ! iit ! Mulu M , INM'ltl'tfMifcM'K, . . . OKtifloN E. L, KETCHUM. Physician ond Surgeon. Ofllra, Ofpo.lH Fiul Salluiial Bank, DR. J. K. LOCKE, Physician and Surgeon. Buen Vista, Oregon. J. E. DAVIDSON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. U. S. IX A Mi: ISO 8URGI0S, Independence, Oregon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON, Resident Dentist, All work warranted to eive tlie lieit of Satisfaction. IsDKPHNI'KXtK, OWMSOM. ATTORNEYS. JOHN" J. DALY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. COI.I.KCTIOS MAOK. Offir; Mill ., opptnli Court llouta, DALLAS. rulK I'Ot 'TY, OliaOON A M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Oft! Of: Cor. Malu sua Mmimmilh ail, ISLiKI'r.NDKNCE, OKEUON BANKS. first JNfatioQal BarK IMIKPKNDK.NCK, 0BE(WN. 1 President J. S. COOPER. Vlc1rldant, L. W. ROBERTSON. Cashier W. H. HAWLEY. DIRBCTORSi D. P. Thomptan, J. I. Cttpf, Q. W. WkUeofcw. Trnrliaiil bukln bnalneaa. Bofi nod Mil ticliauf oa all Impurlaot paloM. D.ponlH reoalTad utbiiM to ehaek o op llul ou UTorabla ttrna, Offioa hourr.lA. U.totf.U. nll burilar proof aafa laouraiJ if Tala lira. Look. THE INDEPENDENCE National .Bank! CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. H. HIR3CHBERG, - President. ABRAM NELSON, Vice President. W. P, CONNAWAY, - Cashier. A ren.rn! btnklnr and tinhuM bmlnaM lriiMt4;loui nwd. Mill dlnooBut.d; oum merelil endiu gtmuni; deooalu raoalTSd oa mirnat ouai tubjact to ob.ck; lotarwt paid uu time daputila. DIRECTORSl Joahua MoDanlel, H. H. Jaapereon, A. J. Goodman, h. Hlraohbere;. Abram Nelson, j, j, tee, I. A. Allen. THE that in connection with ustomer purchasing $40 Opera Ho : THE al Estate Co, ma! Of Indopsndonce, Oregon. Trnrt a general Real Ktate Butlness buya and aella Property, aftvets luMirance and does geueral Conveyance Busiueas. Parties having Lands for sale wilt 8nd it to their advantage to itp wm?m l.nnnnn'i ll With this Company, as they are daily sending liats of land east, thus plac ing desirable property before the real drill of the Kt. JAMKS GIBSON, J. V, KIRKI.AND, President. Secretary. G. V. SHINN, Housr, Sign & DrnamBntal Paper IlunciiiK. Graiiilnit. l're'oiig, Kto. Paint rtniuia oi"itc jithuwiu's it!i!e, ltiilrpeiuIeiH'e, Oregun. Arcade Saloon J. i:. COOPER, Proprietor. BKST IIHANUS or H'iiiB, LiiinoR find Cigars. M. BEAMER, : Mmiuui tiirt t of ; And Denlt-r in All kinds of Harness & SaJdlery Goods. CarrUe Tiiiuiuiiig and Repairing IHaEPENDENCC FOUNDRY, E. BUNCE, Manager. In now prepared to make any kind of Cuntitig iu BRASS OR IRON, Oil short notice. Is now at work mail ufactu ring Bnnee's Improved Grain Cruslier Ackuowlr.lf(1 to be tltlt ernln cnntirr In AntrrirH".lrunar.t,clieurt hm1 mil durable A full I'"' 01 Ihr ! f 'rk dull. .1 till, foun dry will lir piiblLhtd In Him pnpr. Any pcrnon In want of a -PORTAnt.K SAW Mlt.t, Cn lie .ntitillril htrr. Kfixiriii done for all kind, at iiAivlniirry. Mum atrect, Independence. E?oli Bounty Bani, MONMOUTH, OK BOON. Incorporated under the Laws of Oregon, D. T. STANLEY, I'rcnldctiL IRA C. POWKI.L, Cuhlar. Drw. 1 ten. ml bunklne hiialiinn. Alelit drfl on Ke York, Hun Krnnid.ro iud HortlAiid lor mij amount. Hurelvea iIpikxIh nh)M)l to chfrk or on n.rllnrate.of doiHialt. Collefftloiia rwol i prompt Mirntlnii liuarded by double chroiiomitiiir Vale time look. Miss Ada Judson, Mrs. Williams. JUDSOX & WILLIAMS, DRESSMAKERS. (Flitting Fitting A SPECIALTY. JOHN ALLEN, Dealer in CHOICE BEEF, Mutton, f.amb, Vaal, Pork, Hami, Plaoon, Coroi-d fli , Iomii Klc. I'ouilry and Ham lu eou. All Uondo drllveriid free of eharea. Jasperson & Parker, Jiidepemience, Oregon. Arc&itccts, Buijdersand Contractors, Alwsyln tli'r Htuh and Poor Ftlnv, anil will iry timlr Iw.t lo plea. all. (lithraa trial ud bcronvliioeU that tbey are worthy of your iairona. A. B. GRIGGS, . MEAT : .MARKET, f . ?, Irvine, cutter. Choice meat! AM) SADHLES E. E. Krcngel, AN I -:- W1G0X REPAIRING. Manufacturer oftlie BOSS CULTIVATOR :And. Krengel's Iron Fence. HORSE SHOEING. Mr. Thorn u Fennet, lute of Chi cago, q eiperieticed horse aliocr, makes i)eciitUy f that liue. Circular and Crosscut Saw Gumming DON I MY E. E. KRENGEL HIT UiUMilVM lUIUIII is VM. JONES, Proprietor. This Perry is now in operation, snd prepsred to tisnafer paaeengere snd wsg- ous to or fioui the City. It will pay person) uirjtlpo, View of Polk County. To cross the Ferry snd go to the top of Prospect Hill. Elkins & Co., FBOritlKTORS OP TUB rr Hauling of all Kinds Done at Reasonable Rates. flVII Feed, Oak;, Ist? 0 pr Uood For 5al. Collections Made Monthly. INDEPENDENCE. K0CON CITY JHOTEL), C Street, Independence, Or. A. W. HOWELL, Prop. First-claas in ever respect. Special atteutioo given transient customers, A sample room for commercial travelers. Mitchell & Bohannon, MuntifHctiirers of !- SASH DOORS. SCROLL SOWING AND WMON fjEPAlRim. Main Street, Independence, Oregon. J. H. ALEXANDER, iDenler in Drugsand Medicines, BEUNA. VISTA, OR. flnving purrtmceil tlie slock of Drugs formerly owned by I W. RolicrtHon, I am prepared lo meet nil the old custo mers, and many more new ones. Pair and courleoiis iremiiient to all, TelloKKOsHopGrow! TUB WEST SIDE JOB OFFICE, INDEPENDENCE, OR. Is prepsred to print HORSE BIM.3 and 1101' TICKETS at the lowest prices. PRINTING Of nil kinds executed on short notice by au experienced JOB PRINTER. A. WILSON, Propp. City Truck and he has secured a supply his store for CASH. Iv, GEo.Rnui.y, commission iUetuinnt AM) GRAIN likOKLK. Inopsndincs, - nrerjan. FRANK BUTI.KR, county sumroR a uma. Auotloneor end Appraiser. Kiaimalrt uf a'l rvH.lrwHIire w.nk nt.dt and ulaaa li.uiu.wd All.nd Wrdnrwhy an. TkuimUs In Csiiuiy Cuuil wok at Hall.., dftgun, Address, Dalles, Polk Co., Or. F. J. MORRIS, Prop. I. T . line t vines, lwiuuurs' AND CIGARS. MI.XHD DRINKS A SI'IX'IAI.TY. Whiteafor Brick, Independence. (llstuliliahrd by National antlioiity.) :THEi- 11'! IIUUIKI OK !SA I, K M, OHKOON, CAPITAL, PAID UP. $5o,ooooo, SURPLUS, IS.OOO. It a. WM I. '., W W. MRTtft. Pft.l.l.al, Vlrt t-ria.l. I. H. AI.BKHT, Csaliter. LOANS MADE. To faraa.rt aa atia-a an.t ,ahar amrvhaiiiaWa ara4M. .lnl m Ma aajwv.alilierla iirliais (rauia t yiihlit rhn. taratuSraaa na am Hw York, falntta, u rraaiMa rtiaaMi. Uueua, rarla, li.ilia, Uuaa Kutt am) I'Mnu Mule lllrils at Kea. Exery dny ws see playing around the ship, and skimming tip and down the j wave hollows companies of lovely 111- j tie terns and sea swallows, the latter j no larger tlmn tlirimhcx. These fear- j less ieopl of llin air have not hv any means followed ua friiiu the Intnl. liv-' log as gull olien will, ou llto wa-ie. thrown from the vessel. They are j vaults and casual rnamersnf the ocean, who, spyiiig the grout Kleuiusliip fi'oin j afar, lime milled close up to n if we are a rock or an Island, and w ill theii skim away again on their ow n free ud boundliMS hiisliiess. Yonder tiny bird, with purple snd green pluinnge, his little bi'tmst and neck diced with silver, is distant 1,1) mile at this moment from a drop of fitali witter, and yet care no more for that fact than did Hie Irish siiilrn who "lived twelve mile from a lemon." If hi wliigs ever grow wotiry it i hut to settle qiilutly ou the bosom of a great, billow sutl sutler It for a time lo rock mid roll liliu amid the hissing spindrift, the milky living fount and the broken scaliiue which forms and glomus and disappears again iimn the dark slopes. When he pleases, a itroke of lit small red foot and a bcal of the wonilei'lul wing launch lilin oil from the Jugged edge of his billow, and he lilt past u at one hundred knot an hour, laughing sleiuii and ctiuvas to seoi n. and steeling for smut) uniuuies ciiig in Labrador or i'umly, or IkiiiiuI, it limy he, homeward for (nine Island or niursh of the fur-away Irish coast. Alarveloiisly expressive of power a I our iiiitliiiig englue, which all day and all uiglit throb and pant and pulses in noisy rhvthm tindor the deck, what a clumsy, impel lent, alluir it Is eomptued to the duiuiy plume ami deiiuute muscle whioh will carry Unit prell V, foulies4 sea swallow buck lo hi roosll Mr Hdwurd Arnolil. A Millionaire In a Pitiable Condition. The men I pity most at New Tear' time are the millionaires, suy the Sun Francisco Chronicle. They balance their book and they And that they have not mad anything like as much a they would like to have made, however much they have made. I don't know, because my business doe not take me much Into the haunt of the million aires, but I Judge 1889 hits not been a good year for them. The other day a friend of mine wont In to son a well known real-estate owner of other peo ple' real estate a well as his own. He found him seated at his desk with hi bank-hook before him, -In a brown ttudr. Ua looked pule, and haggard, and '111. "What' thematlorf Yon don't look well." -Don't If Do I look bud?" "Yes; you look bail." 'Well, I gues you'd look had, too, If you hud 15,000.000 lying idle In the bank, not drawing a cent of in tereit." "Ads" on Cloud. A western Inventor la endouvorlng to Interest capital iu hi electrical magio lantern for ousting or retlootlng adver tisements ou tlie dark cloud that often hang low over a city. The inventor claims to have socuru'd contracts from several well-known tlrm for displaying their card In tills manner. Colleotlng lie bis la Montreal, A Daniel has come to judgment in Montreal, where a man has been con demned to pay the sum of (1 a dam age for having culled upon a person in a factory with a view to colleotlng a debt. The oourt held thut the domicile of the debtor ia tlie propor place at which to demand money that is owing. It la further doolarod that to ask on the atreet for money that It due con stitute au assault. I .,1ilf.tl a 1 .ttlAll.ll a II. a. I. I of WEBSTER'S UNA Call and see the Goods Ind Burns,Dalton&Co. ; OPPKR A $6.00 BOOX fREE TO Y0U1 It aflortU us plraxuro to im nouiice to tho ptniplu that weuro ulituit to give them a grunt hour, fit. NolwilliMtaniling we have always been known us tin) most tnUrpriing lurrrliants iu this Noction, ami tlmt wo haw sold tho brut goods in Hourly every raso lower than others, we be lirve it is right to do tho best we ran by our patrons, tlit-reby o oil ft is nt only the Urgent amount of trade but ulo the jgrenu'Hi numurr oi irirmiM. I We want everybody to under- ! stand that we are not trying to ! see how Jtm goods) we ran give ; ?"n -a.t-l l.y tliu l alifumia Club e i ll i , i . ; iIi.ih tor. lor h dollar, hut now vtnuy. i t.M,),i,nr,L,.ur.h,,i1 " ( ,,'w I AsfflW. ptirrhaHenaieiilililo lit ; el, ,Wwa training on the Mar- our Htorr aeard will be ptiu('hedlm",,v,'ryl,,rnom' jaud when ptirrhaH,,. to the ;!UK (amount railed for bv the etird; htlVe been made, we will givo you $6.00 in the form of thini 1.....1 ,m,K,,.,nu.ll,a1c,H.,u. , ,,mll,l,1.1, w "tVebstor't Encyclopedia of UsefliUm Ot'onnor to row ovir tlie I'ara , , . , ... I maita course fur XLtM a aide. Information ana Worla s Atat, i .. ...... , .,. , ... ; iiif Md- hell will iro lo Portland in ft brief dificl fption Of which eon . a few .Uvs. Ho will prohahly give few be found on the btuk of ,H.j "l Jack iH-uy. ,.ur, I Jimmy (irillln, tlie 8t. Paul lilit- , , j eilit; will nuiirn to han Priincisco in a r eaniiot, in Ueh limited ik to reside erniuently. spiit-e.give a complete description j Professor Hmjth and Tromhet have , ,, mr:m.,mm.,m flfty-three lady pupils in the foniale an- DO on C7 -1 o 1 co r i o O of the book, for it niUHt he seen to bo npireciateil. Suflicr it to any that mich an oiler hits never' before been niudo in thi com munity. The book ineufiureM 10 x 124 inches, is '21 inches' thick iimi occupies a space of !112 cubic inches being lloyal Oc tavo in size, containing olifi pages, IMS tine Illustrations and f0 finely engraved Maps, all pre pared rrprexsly for this hook. It is printed from large new type, on good paper, and is handmme hj and durably bound in Morocco doth. Every volume is worth $6.00 to any person or any family, and is really a household necessity. Notwithstanding the fact that we have the reputation of selling goods cheaper than unyono else, our prices will still be as low, if not lower than ever before. We will bo amply repaid for the great exponse wo will have by selling to our regular eusto mers, and of enjoying the trade of scores of new ones. In order to get the right to distribute these valuable books, we were obliged to order enough to supply one to every family for miles around. Visit us at once, examine our stock and prices as we have become con vinced you can do better with us than where you are now trad ing, if not buying your goods at our store. RCH BRIDGED DICTIONAR and Books. ependenc Coibt'tt Homeward JJomid. Mitchell and Dewpsf y to Give Kxlilbltlons. JIIIIX TKKMKIt W ILL lll'EN A HOTEL Itess and l.argan Preparin; fur Tbcir Kummer'i Work. Clili'siin Kri,e liavn ordott'd all tho pool room cl'woil. Hilly Daii-y. the liulil wHuht, has ia-iiMlataau4M.ia.kuny In New Yor. The Lurtlne Club liehl a immeMim at i, i-... .... .. , ' i ' "wm "l 1,ur, ,Hm "- Tim Brest MidroiHdltStl liandican j f1' l r pwni r on l.y parting The lloctnii authorilii's t'lnwid lo al low I lie (i.al(rcy ( rdiir context to lake pluif. Tommy iNinlotili didatid Charliiy Siiiniiicaa at tliK AmliilMin (lull in Ni-w ttrloaim. The Mct'arlliy-liiillintlicr ntalt-h has iiyamauf hairamfiito. l"ir is prtwully givinn hisat- mniioii 10 iiik race-track hut in a levr I week will start in to row ! nex o( tho Olympic Club at present, j John Tcemer, the welt known oars- man, w ill sisin ohu a hotel at McKoes- , port, lie says lie will quit rowing. ; Jimmy Mndsiiv, the Omaha light : weight, wants to il-hl Danny Needhnm : lu any of the eluU for a reasonable ! purse. ; A scheme is already under way b h ld j Tlie Ladies' Annex, a female attach j an internal iouul shouting tnnriiaineiu, in mutit to the Ikwrtl of Trade atSan Diego, , honor of the discovery of America, In I has ieed 4a five market for home j I "I'-'. j product. j Jim Hull, the Australian pugilist, snd j Tacoma will poll a large vote at the i I-arry Foley, the well-known spurting j coming municipal election. It ia re . limn, r exs'tml no tlie next steamer ! ported that over 4000 votes have been to Han Francisco. i registered. j Jim Cornell is IhiiiicwhuI bound and! Captain K. Pitty and (he crew of the ! be in Man Francisco in a few days. ) schooner Cussie KdwanlH, wrecked on : The Olympic Cluh boys art) going to give Mandia Island, in the Harvey group, ; him a big reception, j have arrived in San Francisco. Wallace Hons ami Jack Lurgiin have j Tlie Simla Kosa Repnblican complains ! aln-ady coimnemvil rowing on the Har- that lish peddlers clean flsh on the I lem Hiver, N. Y, They will cuniete in ' streets, leaving a litter that offers in many rait-a during tlie season. ! duwnients to large settlements of Hie. j Dun 1 In w kins, (he clever young lian- 'i m it,.i itli'lt ilv jj , 0 w a f Vl I"! i . . ''" "y oftl,0 ! : rlulw for a reaxomihle purse. 1 In the sculluur exhibition at North Bench, St. Aitittistiiie, Aoril 8. tiaudaiir ! won by a few feet, iiamui was aocond i by half a lunglh over llo'inier. ! IVter .fuckson is reHrled to have said j that ll Ilia California Club cannot match , him aitainsl Sullivan, be will consent to light Joe McAuliM'o a second time. The New York Athletic Club tins two thousand live hundred member. The iMuiihultans sixteen hundred. The lat ter bus raised the initiation fee to flOO, Tom Connors, middle-weight catch-ua-futvh-ciiii wrestler, writes from Mil waukee, Wis,, that, it ia his intention to stm t lor Sail Francisco at a near date. A match between Hilly Wilson, who! waarhcenlly defeitcd by Jon Choyt.ski and Mike Conley the "Ithaca Oiunt," is under consideration by one of I lie clubs Mux I.utW'K, the champion amateur light-weight wrestler, lias decided on en tering the professional ranks. Alax will be found a very ditllcult imin to handle. The California Club is negotiating with Jem I aiiiey, the English light-weight, with a view of niutehinx him against either Jiimme Carroll or Jack McAulillo. Dig liill Hurry, the giant Irish hammer-thrower formerly of the New Yoik Athletic Club, recently won $5,000 on the Fuglish race truck. It is rumored that hi will soon visit this country again. Jack Curkeek suys that lie is ready anil willing to increase the stakes for bin wrestling mutch with Tom Cannon to iflOill) a side, and will wrestle him either in Milwaukee or Chicago and will allow him $1)0 for expenses. F. IC, Stears, President of the old De troit Leagne Club, was recently elected president of tho Detroit Athletic Club, one of the most nourishing atlilutlo or ganizations in the West, and which will shortly erect a new cluh house to cost $000,000. , The directors of the Olympic Cluh pre sented K. A, Kix, the clmirmun of the committee on club grounds, with a hand some set of engrossed resolutions thank ing him lor his valuable services in so curing end constructing the now grounds near Golden (iute Park, A meeting of Plilladolphia'lady bicy clists was recently held at the residence of Miss Dunliiii', lor the purpose of or pnnlitiir a ladies' club. Preliminary business was gone through, and a meet ing arranged for a Utrr date to thor oughly organize tlie club, - At a meeting of the California Athletic Cluh a motion to the ell'eet thut a purse of $20,00;) be Btibscribod for a contest to n finish between John L. Sullivan and Peter Jackson was carried almost unan imously, It is understood the light will .not take place befors Beptembur, ANT. IES, a copy of which w e, Oregon. A Great Increase In Wheat Acreage In Washington. mnU TO HAVK A FIRE BOAT. Nailer Wri knl an Maadla Island Arrive la Hsa Fraarlsre. Yisalia is to have a soap factory. (Vntralia, Vah., Is to have a atroet railroad. ,,,, ll(ul . .,., . ,111lr . I nwwe. . rVaitl has kd a tontnu t (or the build- ' "m-innl, j A tiw artitlclal hso oompa' y Is leing j foniKxl at Fmsiio. 8an Diego and Urn Angetes collect their tasus semi-aiinually. Myrtle Point, Coos bay. will have a slrwl railway this summer. The first Chinese laundry at Hears ville in many year ia being 'established. ' Work has bi'Kun in laying1 a street car track to fonnoct Wliutcom ami (Selwnw. ! I'liHIp I. Moore of Olvmpia has xwn .palmed Klate Ubmrlao of Waslitne- ion. coniiitttiy with I5H00 is I ii I al is IHting up locUiry lor making patmit nm ktios j in Merced. The wheat aeream in the Stale of Wiulilnirtiin in miu,it,l i tia. M tMirennt i Michael Quirk, of San Francisco, was ' thrown Mm a runaway team and In stantly killed. ! It is estimated that 7,ftK),fKK) feet of lot: will lie Hosted down the, North l'a louxe river this season. Tacoma will soon have a dry dock. The narrow on the west side of town have been selected as a site. A Tulare Chinaman ha been fined $10 for peeping into James Clement's house through a window at night. The Pan t'iego Union aja there are 2no,0tJ acres of Indian reservation in that county, and but 600 Indians. . Owing to the bad health of his wife, Keprm-ntutive Higi!, of California, has declined to be a candidate for re-election. The Cathlamet (Wash,) Gniotle says ,1H Chinese there muke fwm sturgeon skins leather that Is almost impious t0 v.a(ur all( o( ,t ' m The Ventura county Supervisors, con vinced that they were bnvim; many coy ote acals taken outside the county, have repealed the coyote-sculp bounty ordinance. A big squirrel hunt was held in the neighlxirliuod of Latah, Wash., a few days ago, and the Tekoa (ilobe say it resulted in the death of nearly a thous and of the little pests. The Olympia KKp!o consider the 1k)iius of $o0,00fl,' asked by the I'nion Pacific, as small considering the advan tages to tie derived by being on the main line of the great system, , Anticipating tlie construction of irri gating diU'hes, a large number of people have recently taken up land in Franklin county. Irrigation will increase the hind in this district to great value. Sedro, on the Skagit, is four months old and has about forty house. It will soon have a national bank and a tine hotel three stories high, 50x!)4 feet to ne oompicieu witnin sixty nays. The Howell prairie grange is consider ing the matter of giving a grange picnic early in June. This order of patrons is in a nourishing condition and the mem bers rightly think a picnic would bo unite enjoyable. A Fresno newspaper estimates the area planted to vinos and trees In that vicinity for the season just closed at 19, 000 acres. The trees include a large-pro portion ot the ng, orange, lemon, almond and tho linglish walnut. Secretary Wlndom has notified the collector at San Francisco that steamers will not be allowed to transfer Chinamen at San Francisco to Panama steamers. This is to prevent the sinu.gling of Chinamen into California. The Devil's Playground, near Puy. allup, for years the center of attraction for Indian horse racing and gambling, has given way to the march of progress. Tlie owner has laid it off into lots and acre tracts and it will soon be a part of the town. . ' A member of an Oroville lodge of Odd Fellows sent in $0 from the mountains to settle his dues and assessments. The remittance consisted of a gold nugget worth $8.50 and 50 cents in cash. The nugget he had taken out of a mining clui n he was working. ; Owing to the immense snowdrifts that encumber the trail hitohs tho moun tains from the John Day to the Midd'e Fork country, say the Grant County News, water in the streams and rivers will not be scurce'when the balmy duya of next month shall arrive. ill be presented FREE EASTERN OTS. A Young Lady Swallows an Open Peu Koife. A STRIKE BY Kl.NICll CAEPEMEttS. liitbara Prector, 81 tftha Late Astreae- er Beeeaiea Iisaae. Work on the harbor of Vera Cms being pushed to the utmost Tlie city of Dusseldorf ha voted to construct a harbor to cost $17,000,000. Two negroea catting levees in Luna county, Mia., were killed by guard. Gladstone dined at the Grand Hotel, London, with several American friend. A dispatch from Buenos Ay res an nounce the resignation of tlie Argentine ministry. Tlie Tatnpico branch of the Mexican Central railway, has been ojiened for regular trallic, The steamer Bilboa, from Orimbsby, England, ha been loet in the North Boa. Fifteen live were lost. Tlie discovery of wonderou iireciou iiiiiientm in me urana canron oi uie .r ... J . , j " r ,i Colorado river ia reported. The wife of a Michiiran aheriff ia badlv ; ,u.. , t-i, -?.. Tlie Denver police a Tested seventy saloon and restaurant keeper for vio lating the rjunday-ckwing law. William O'Brien deniea the report that he ia engaged to Mile. Kaffaiovitch, daughter of a Parisian financier. The Indictments against tlie New York boodle atdermen Kirk and Shiela, ol the Miarpe period, have been quashed. A strike of carpenter haa occurred at Munich. Nearly all the workmen in this trade are idle in consequence. A statement la current that the United States Kx press company baa decided to reduce the pay of it employes 10 per cent, on May 1. A German chamber of commerce haa been formed by the resident of the Ger man possession of Togoland, on tlie West African coast. State Treasurer Archer of Maryland, refused to appear to answer to the charge of defalcation and was formally removed from office by the governor. Dr. Knapp, late German consul at Samoa, has been placed upon the retired list owing to bis conduct at tlie time of the disorder at that place. A report comes from Manila that the Spanish steamer Ordones has collided with the Spanish mail steamer Romulu and sunk. No live were lost, Coneil Brace, a noted member of tlie British turf and breeder of St. Gatien, winner of the Derby in 18X4, has com mitted suicide by shooting himself. At Ottawa, Out., Mis Alice Elliott, while suffering from dementia, swallowed a small pen-knife, with the blade open. So far she haa experienced no unpleas ant result. The London Standard's Berlin correa nondent says that the emperor has iriven express orders not to interfere with May day manifestation except in case ol ab solute necessity. An International conference on fishery questions will be held in London next August. Theconference will deal mainly with questions of international boun daries in deep sea fishing. Richard Proctor, aged twenty-two, only son of the late famous astronomer, R. A. Proctor, has become insane at St. Joseph, Mo., and it ha been decided to confine him in an asylum, A large meeting of unemployed work men was held in Rome, Some of the shakers Indulged in such violent and anarchical langnage that the police fi nally dispersed the crowd. . The Sampson Low company, (London publishers of Stanley' new book, "Darkest Africa," will soon issue five million copies of the work. The book will be printed in 15 languages. All the delegates elected by the prea bytery of New York city to attend the general assembly at Saratoga, May IS, lor final action on the revision of the confession rf faith, favor revision. All the tailors of Manchester, Eng., " have gone on a strike in conjustion with a similar action on the part of their brethren in London. The movement may possibly become a national one. Millet's "L'Angolus" is now deposited in the vaults of the Bank of Montreal. The owners were obliged to remove it from the United State or pay $30,000 duty on it, and they chose the former course. The steamer Shakharah, which left San Jose destined for Hamburg, went to pieces on the rocks near Acajutla, Gua temala. None of the cargo of 19,000 sack of coffee, valued at about $400,000, was saved. Abraham Kelly and Samuel Logan, young married men of Springfiefii, Ky., and life-long friends, quarreled after ban- ' tering each other about their wives. Kelly secured a Bhot gun and killed Lo gan instantly. The indictment against Frank Wood ruff, alias Black, charging him with com plicity in the murder of Dr. P. H. Cro nin, has been dismissed by consent of the state. The indictment for horse stealing still penda against him. John Kunse lias also been dismissed. The Darling river, Australia, ia still rising, A large expanse of country ia flooded. Several buildings In the sub merged town of Bourke have collapsed. Hundreds of inhabitants have taken refuge in the railway depot, the custom bouse and postoiilce, which are protected by dam.