7 Corbett a Winner. Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 25: iCorbett wins the battle with Mitch ell in the third round. Mitchell resusitates after fifteen minutes of unconsciousness and declares it was Jan unfair contest and that he had been drugged. ALL THE LOCAL SEWS. A marriage license was issued Jan. 20th to William Smith and Miss Emma Law. Section Foreman-KeHey is making some improvements about the S. P. jdepot grounds. E. P. Pickens, of Table Roct, has sold his 160 acre farm to a California party for $7200. Cranfill & Hutchison carry the best line of men's and boys' hate in the city. r.-U. Liudley has purchased a five 'acre tract of land in the Roberts & .O'Neil addition from John Reed. ? At the Fair, bargains in gents' white laundried shirts and underwear. Jas. E. Roberts. I. M. Muller has a new 'ad en op posite page. He is talking to you re garding various articles in his line. v Baek, Whiteside &. Co. will sell at cost, two wagons and one cart. Wallace Woods has received his first consignment of lumber from the Sugar Pine Door and Lumber company. Five acres of land set out to prunes, for sale. Enquire at the Owl grocery. . Married In Jacksonville Jan. 22, 1SW, by R. S. Dunlap, J. P., Mr. Chas. N. Gregg and Miss Maggie May Ola ockees. O. F. Demorest, dentist, opera olock, Medford. Landlord Purdin is having his res ident property on C street repaired, preparatory to moving his family from Hotel Medford thereto. I can fit you Tout in anything you may need in gent's furnishing goods or groceries I. M. Muller. That ten-mill school tax which was voted at a recent school meeting held in Medford was to cover a period of expenses for two years. , . Specialties in glassware at the Sec ond Hand Store, i ;! : -. .v; , : ' - ' S. A: D. HIggins is having his perance billiard hjjnLpapered and re-finished throughout, preparatory to opening a saloon therbia. 's The very latest toe and-.ti.jB. in a ladies' fine shoe at Angle & Plymale's. Three new members were received' into the Christian church in Msdford last Sunday. They were Prof, and Mrs. -Vinton Smith and Mrs. S. S. Pentz. My stock of gent's furnishing goods i new and comDlete in everv detail I. M. Muller. The feather-weight, M. Alford, changed his place of residence Tuesday from M. Purdin's residence to M. S. Damon's place, corner C and Tenth streets. Fetsch takes the cake in making clothes cheap. The names of two new students wre enrolled at the Medford business -colleee last Mondav. They were S. E. Martins, Klamath Falls, and Press. Phipps, Jr., Medford. Macintoshes! Macintoshes! ! Big bargains at Angle & Plymale's. Bunco lightening rod men have been operating in Marion county. Any Oregon man who is foolish enough to invest a cent in lightening rods de - serves no sympathy. - Fresh salt-water fish every Friday at C. T. Payne's. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Lawton, who have been quite ill for the past few weeks with a complication of ailments, la grippe predominating, we are pleased to note are slowly improving. Our stock in men's rubber boots, men's, ladies', misses' and children's rubbers is complete. Cranfill & Hutch ison. Of the sixty odd shade trees set out in the city park last year only about thirty-five of them are living. The reason for so many dying is attributed to their having been too large at time el setting. Cranfill & Hutchison are showing a line of dress goods that can't be beaten for cash. Steamer Del Norte is now plying between San Fiancisco and Yaquina, in the interests of the Southern Pacific railroad. Freight from San Francisco can again be sent to Oregon points by this route. Get groceries at I. M. Muller's, corner Seventh and C streets, Medford. The people of Klamath county are jubilant, that is, those about Tule Lake are that way. They are to have a new flouring mill, the people of that locality having subscribed 4900 as a subsidy for that purpose. How does this catch you for a bar gain? Five 1 pound bars of Horseshoe soap for 25 cents, at Muller's grocery. The Southern Pacific Company disburses over $1,000,000 monthly in gold and silver coin to employs in iu service, and the California papers say the company is again talking of paying in bank checks everywhere along the line. Farmers who want black walnuts to plant can get them cheap a Mounce & Schermerhom 6, Medford. . 1 1 1 T , An Aiuaoy lauy nas secured a ' oretty sure cure for the grippe. Every evening before retiring she gathers hei family about her, fixes up a dish of oniots, vinegar and Bait, and all par take f the savory dish, with brown bread.-. Coapare our prices on cotton goods with anj line carried in Southern Ore gon and you will find them doyrn to bed rock. Cranfill & Hutchison. . L. Webb has a fence machine but he is not going to institute any op- sition to Mr Fredenburg. The ma- came was taken on a debt over at Lakeview and was brought over from that place a few weeks ago. He wants to sell. . Maxcy and G- L. Davis are fig uring ou going into poultry culture on O -J MU 4AAVA9 WlbU ill" Cuba tors and rear them from the cra nia to the jjrave with Highest of all in Iaven-oj ABSQIWEQf profit, and on business principles from the incubator to the San Francisco market. There ought to be good money in the enterprise if conducted as mapped out by these gentlemen. "Got 'em agin," bargain lot of men's hats. Racket Store. .Secretary Buchanan, of the Mod-ford-Jacksonville railroad is here and yesterday afternoon closed a deal with C. F. Lewis to act as engineer on the company's road and John Dyer, con ductor. Gentlemen:-At Anglo & Plymale's, at hard times prices, a nobby suit throughout. N. B. Bradbury has been danger ously ill for several weeks past with pneumonia, resultant from a severe at tack of la grippe, but is now consider ably improved and a speedy recovery is looked for. Dr. Wait is in attend ance. Miss Lizzie Nicholson is prepared to do dress-making of all description. Rooms in Halley block, Medford, Ore gon. G. L. Epps and E. W- Carver are arranging for a grand ball at Phoer.ix on St. Valentine's day, February 14th. The boys promise a good time to all who attend and as their word is as good as a bank note the promise is well backed. Do you ever eat oysters'? Wo are prepared to servo them iu any stylo. Have both Shoalwater bay and eastern oysters, Mounce & Schermerhom. Recorder B. S. Webb bas been en gaged in taking the school census for the past couple of weeks and has found so far 605 children of school age. This number will probably not be increased very much as Mr. Webb has narly completed the rounds. The old and reliable LIXIUEXT XXX. A friend to mankind as well as to the animal. -; Robt. Lawton, son of J. W. Lawton, has accepted a position as clerk and pharmaceutical student in Mayor Has- kins' drug store. He is a very bright voung man and will make a thorough, competent business man unless his looks and movements greatly belie him. Clarence Kellogg, together with, several other accomplishments, is nothing slow as a taxidermist. Gaze upon that owl he recently put up for J. A. Whiteside and you will agree with us. The bird may be seen in one of Beek, Whiteside & Co's. show win dows. Pritchard, the Medford jeweler, is not promising to give his goods away but he is selling them as cheap as th-.-y are being sold in Jacksonville. B. F. .Garsage writes from Jack sonville stating that he has not left the country as stated in the Times, neither has he any intention of doing so. He further states that as soon as he is able to get work he will fix up all money matters with those who have accom modated him. You wonder how Cranfill & Hutch ison sell good, solid goods so cheap? It is very simpie. We buy for cash and discount our bills, and sell for cash. Cash talks every time. John O. Ralston, of Wildervillc, eight miles south of Grants Pass, who imagines the Northwest wind brings him disease and that he is being killed by electric treatment, was adjudged insane last Saturday and as taken to the asylum at Salem ths same evening by Sheriff Shattuck. If you want goods at bottom cash prices go to Cranfill & Hutchison, the finest decorated store in town. They have no old shelf worn goods to work off on their patrons. From nearly all cities and towns on the coast comes the report that the Chinese are registering." The high binders of San Francisco, however, are said to be doing all possible to prevent them registering, but the average Chi naman has just sense enough to know that he can't monkey with the law al ways. Call on Wirth Photo Co. for su perb photographic work. Extra finish. Old photo's copied and enlarged. Por traits finished in oil, India ink, water colors and crayon. One week from to night, February 2nd. the Medford dancing club will give a Mother Hubbard dance in the opera house, uentlemen as well as ladies are supposed to wear Mother Hubbard dresses and masks. None admitted in costume and to dance ex cept those invited. A general invita tion is extended to spectators. Ad mission to dance 50 cents; spectators 10 cents. Because that J. W. Bates put down the price of shaving from two-bits to fifteen cents is just the why of his big run of work. The people always stay by the man that' knocks the props from under high prices. Bates the barber, C street. Twenty-seven dollars in three days is pretty good placer mining for two men, but that is the amount R. S. Tor rey reports he and his brother A. O. Torrey cleaned up in that time at their Anderson creek mine last week. R. S. was in Medford Tuesday and was tell ing us that several good quartz ledges are baing located thereabouts among which are three or four by John Mont gomery. When you want a bottle of good LINIMENT, use XXX. It is the largest bottle and best remedy in the market. The Medford Bear creek bridge is still awaiting repairs. "The ford near the bridge is being used, but is not al together safe, as was demonstrated one day this week when a gentleman in crossing with horse and buggy was caught by the swift current and the whole outfit was carried some distance below before the opposite bank could be gained. The bridge should be re paired at once and save all this danger ous fording. ih all Vrobability would have beon ac- m jipiq I J cepted at that time had not the Lead better railroad scheme beon upporruost in our citizens' minds. As to whether There are some things that a child can do as well as big grown people. For instance: Any child can purchase groceries at my store as cheaply as the most oxperiencd housewife. This is saying a great deal, but it is talking the truth. Tell them what you want and send them to me they'll get the best of goods and just as many possi bly a few more for the money as at any place in the city Muller, tho cor ner grocery. Goods delivered free. Hall's Hair Renewer renders the hair lustrous and silken, gives it an eyen color, and enables women to put it up in a great variety of styles. Weeks Bros, brought to Medford from their factory at Phoenix, Tuesday, a full wagou load of furniture. Theso peoplo haye engaged the services of W. H. McGowan, son-in-law of one of the firm, as their Medford salesman, and the gentleman expects to com mence housekeeping in the city as soon as Mrs. McGowan shall have re covered her usual good health. The lady has been very ill but is now able to be about tho house and improving rapidly. All who are troubled with Consti pation will find a safe, and speedy re lief iu Ayer's Pills. Unlike most other cathartics, these pills strengthen the stomach, liver, and bowels, and restore the organs to normal and regular action. Henry Demorest writes from Neche, North Dakota, tbat he nud Mrs. Demorest will return to Medford as soon as ho shall have finished his studies in dentistry. The thermome ter has been down as low as forty below zoro in that country and one can well imagine that ruch weather is a de cided breeder of displeasure to people who have lived in Southern Oregon. Henry expects to go into business with his brother, Dr. O. F. Demorest, upou his return. A Citizen: ' "Say, isn't that a lulu of a show window Wolters has fixed up? and do you realize the fact that all them goods are fresh? But how could they be ought else when ho sells o many of them. I like the looks of that window it has tho freshness of a May shower and the cleverness of a metro pclitical existence." Get good, fresh groceries at Wolters. The following is one of the sad sequel to the Douglas county treasur er's defalcation: Word has been re ceived of the death of Mrs. Arrington. mother of V. L. Arrington, confined in tho stat3 penitentiary, charged with misuse of county funds. His poor old mother gave a home to his penniless family and tried to do for them the best she could, but grief over tho fate of her unfortunate son was more than she could bear, and she died of a broken heart. Her son has not been informed of her death. -"Costly thy habit as thy purs can buy: rich but not gaudy, for tho ap parel oft proclaims the man." The foregoing is a clothing ad Shakespeare wrote a few years ago. The same ad will apply to Wolters' line of "gent's furnishing goods "rich but not gaudy." Wm. Ulrich, manager of the South ern Oregon Pork Packing company, of this city, roporU that his company now has on hand $30,000 worth of cured bacon, hams, shoulders and rendered lard. The accumulation of these valu able products of the hog is the result of the past few months' work. This in stitution is surely one of the best en terprises ever put in operation in the valley for the farmers, and we might include mechanics, merchants and everybody. When $S will buy you a good silver case watch, with good movement, there is no sense in putting all your faith, as to time, in Davis' mill whistle. Sleeve buttons from two to four bits, and all things elsa just as cheap, pro portionally and Pritchard the jew eler is doing all this. E. G. Hurt came in last week from Briggs creek and reported mining bus iness going on finely at the Briggs Valley Mining Company's camp. Tho company is composed of E. G. Hurt, H. Baker, .Weaver and W. H. Barr. They have their water ditch completed and are washing out gravel at a lively rate from a twenty-two foot bank with a water pressure of 165 feet and lots of it. A clean-up will not be made until about a month from now when it is ex pected a good showing will be made, judging from the nuggets which are now being found in the gravel. The case in Judge Walton's court held last Tuesday, wherein Pentz & White sued John Reed for an attorney's fee of 850 was settled by the jury giv ing plaintiffs judgment for 810. Pontz & White had been retained by defend ent in some legal affairs which had af terwards been adjusted before bis (Reed's) case came to trial. Webster & Hammond appeared for defense and plaintiffs handled their own case how those attorneys love ono another. There were back number records, re vised to date, given on both sides and the jury had a very pleasant time. Tho regular subscription price of The Mail is $1.50 a year, and tho reg ular subscription price of tho Weekly Oregonian is $1.50. Any one subscrib ing for The Mail and paying one year in advance can get both The Mail and tho Weekly Oregonian ofle year for $2. All old subscribers paying their sub scriptions for one year in advance will be entitled to the same offer. W. E. Cpul, the irrigation ditch man, we understand has decided to change bi3 place of residence from Cen tral Point to Medford and that to morrow or Monday he will be here, and booked for a permanent stay. He will probably take office rooms for his company in the Hamlin block. The coming of Mr. C. to Medford means prospect for a new tingle of life in our water power proposition. It will be remembered that it was about thib I st year that he made the city a sition as to putting in a thorough a second proposition is to be mado or not we are unable to state. For superb photographic work try Wirth Photo Co. Aristo, Paris and Swiss Panels, ivory finish. Enlarge ments finished in crayon, India ink, water-colors and oil. . Geo. Merriman: "When there is another man to graduato from that Seventh street blacksmith shop of mine it will bo George F. Merriman, and I'm going into tho millinery busi ness and 'tend shop mysolf. There is Landlord Purdin he used to bo a partner of mino and I graduated him to tho position of landlord and ho is now making moro money than anyone. Following him was W. P. II. Legate. I bought out his interest in tho black smith business. What did he do? Bought a grocery store and ho is now wearing diamonds, smoking cigarettes and is an all 'round dandy. Say, I'm looking for someone who wants to buy a blacksmith shop that millinory bus iness that I'm going to get requires my undivided personal attention." I. A. Mounce is an experienced auctioneer and his services can bo had for that line of work at any timo by applying at Mounce & Schermerhorh's confectionery store, Medford, Oregon. We regret that wo are called upon this week to chronicle the death of little Nina, the ten-year-old daughter of W. J. Sturgis, who recently arrived in Medford from Iowa. The child was at Sunday school last Sunday aud the same afternoon was taken ill with an attack of la grippe which culminated in a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs and stomach resulting iu death on Tuesday. Theso people are almost strangers among us but their residence has been sufficiently long to make for them many friends whose earnest and heartfelt sympathy is ex tended to tueni in their hour of deep aflliclion and sorrow. Mr. Sturgis de sires us to say that the family fool that the physician did all that could be done by any one, but as tho child had in herited a weak heart the case was a dif ficult one, her malady being that of iu Ham mat ion of luugsand stomach. In buying groceries and all goods that go in that line you naturally buy ef the reliable, time-tried and square dealing house. Wolters has been with you many years nnd has always tried to treat you right. For good, fresh groceries at living prices try Wolters. There is said to be any amount of confederate monev being circulated hereabouts and in some instances it is ; being passed as genuine. The courts ' hold tbat this is countorfcit money and j ihe offense of passing it is treated in like manner to the passing of any other counterfeits. In San Francisco an ar rest was made wherein a man had palmed off several confederalo 820 bills upon lodging houses and -poor women who gained a livelihood by renting rooms. His method was to call at those places and rtnt a room for a month in all instances paying for them in advance with a counterfeit $20 bill and receiving in change good money. Ho did a wholesale business for awhile but was finally rounded up by the police. There will be some ar rests made in Medford if the practice should be carried on in business trans actions as recklessly as is reported it is at the gambling tables, It is probably not the coldest weather you ever knew in your life: but that is how you feel just now, because past sufferings are soon forgotton, and because your blood needs the enriching, invigorating influence of Ayer's Sarsa parilla the Superior Medicine. Charlie Nickel is big enough to be an excellent horseman but his little es capade in Medford last Friday books him as no prowess in that line. He wasdriving into Medford from Jack sonville and when near the S. P. depot a gentle zephyr raised his hat from those well cared for locks of his and landed it in close proximity to his horse's heels. Tho animal became frightened and Charlie, undoubtedly thinking of the great altitude at which collectorship plums roost, did tho one thing which he ought not to have dono ho let go ono of the reins nnd the horse began gyrating 'round about in a manner highly amusing to tho spec tators but hardly so to Charlie. Tho harder he pulled tho on rein the faster gyrated tho quadruped nil tho same merry-go-round. Affairs becamo des perate aud Charlio grasped the situa tion, let go of himself and tho buggy and fell ker-plunk in about six inches of mud in noway disabled but horri bly disfigured with mud his waxed mustache un waxed and his Sunday pants tripple-plated with Medford mud. For a good suit of clothes cheap go to Fetsch, tho tailor. li. in. aioore. ho wlo recently pur chased the J. S. March farm over in Sams Valley, was in Medford Monday Mr. Mooro is considerably enthused over tho discovery of sovoral fino spec imens of anthracite coal in his locality. His placo is about two miles from the Roguo river bridge and near J. O. Johnson's big ranch. Tho coal spoken of was found in the bed of Evans creek near his house and somo of the chunks will woigh fully an hundred pounds. There are several pieces to bo soon but whether they come from the bed of tho stream, which has recently been deep ened by tho freshots, or from a ledge on tho mountain side ho is unable to say but as tho same quality of coal is found in tho stream near tho Anttoch school house some distance above he is of tha opinion that tho stream is cut ting into a well defined vein, at least five feet wide, ut each of these places and if that be tho caso the ledge must run through the mountain. However, there is coal, and good coal, in tbat lo cality and only sevon miles from the railroad. Tho find of a well defined coal bed in this valley and convenient to a shipping point would prove of un limited value. For salo House and lot, located on D or Front street, near corner of Fifth, nousrf has five rooms. Good well of water. For particulars and prce call at this office. Jonx Angle is back from California. D. T. Seaks left for Salem Wednes day evening. Capt. WlLUOURN is in from tho Alt house mining district. Dr. Rowland is at Jacksonville for a couplo of weeks professionally. Mrs. L. Chappel has returned to her homo at Eagle Point, from Marsh-field.' C. E. Wilkinson and Mrs. J. W. Plymike left yesterday for tho Mid winter fair. Renus Hamilton returned last week from a several weeks' visit down in tho Siskiyou country. Rev. S. P. Guant is attending to pastoral duties at Grants Pass. He will bo absent until next week. H. F. Wood, the Jacksonville con tractor and builder, was in Medford Wednesday looking after business mat tors. A. D. IlEt.MAN, of Ashland, was down Wednesday evening and installed tho officers in -Medford Encampment No. 30. C. II. Mourns, of Gold Hill, was do ing business in Medford Tuesday. 'Mr. Morris is in charge of tho Dr. Braden mino during tho doctor's absence in the east. Miss Halle Hoyt, the efficient book-keeper at Angle & Plymale's mercantile establishment, is visiting relatives at Grants Pass for a week or ten days. H. U. Lcmsden is up from Portland for a couple of weeks business stay. The gentleman has considerable valu able landed interests in various parts of Medford. Mrs. G. A. Bi'ffington left Medford last week for a two or three months' visit with Portland friends in the meantime George will continue ono of the "Faithful." Miss Myrtle Woodford returned from San Francisco Wednesday even ing didn't like 'Frisco nohow too much wind, ner uncle and aunt also returned to their homo at Independ ence. Thos. Turner, of Cornucopia. Ore gon, and a brother of townsman Wm. Turner, is hero for a couple of weeks' visit. Wm. Turner, Jr., is at Cornu copia attending to his uncle's affairs during his absence. Wm. Sevkkence. of Central Point, was about Mscford Wednesday. He was telling of a little rumpus which occurred down that way a few night6 ago wherein a former resident was "done up" to the queen's taste. W. Bailey and H. H. McCarthy started for the Appiegato countrv Tuesday morning. They have an eye on a promising mining proposition and if it shows up as represented they will ; undoubtedly make a purchase. Thos. Moiunk and family expects to leave to-morrow for Oakland, Calif., at which place they will reside porma nvntiy. Mr. Moriao will accept the IxxMlion of deputy sheriJT, at Oakland, under his brother-in-law, who is the sheriil of Almeada county. T. J. O'Mauha and a friend of his, Makion V a risen, from Eastorn Ore gon, were over in tho Applcgate coun try hist week looking up some mining property. Mr. Warren leased some placer grounds at the head of Palmer creek and is now at work on the mine. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Stkavf.k arrived in Medford Friday night from Dallas Center, Iowa. These people are old acquaintances of J. D. Whitman and are the foster parents of Will lU-ap. he who is stopping at J. II. Stewart's Eden Valiey fruit farm. Mr. and Mrs. Slayer will undoubtedly remain here during the coming spring and summer. B. S. CHAFKIN, wifo and babies, ar rived in Medford Tuesday Morning from Corvallis. Montana. Tbey are old acquaintances of Hon. Garl T. Jones and family and will visit a few days with these people and from here will go to San Francisco to attend the fair. Mr. Chaffin is one of tho county commissioners of Ravalli county, Mon tana. Y. H. Parker and family returned from San Francisco Monday night, fuHv satiitied that Jackson county is tho only habitation whieh is entirely suited to tho liking of those who have resided threin aud enjoyed her pleas ures and comforts for any great length of time. Tho peoplo who seek Califor nia for a pleasant winter's stav arc usually booked for disappointment aud Mr. Parker openly admits that he is ono of tho disappointed. Miis Maggie Tice returned to Med ford last week from Grants Pass, at which place sho was employed in ono of tho hotels recently burned. The lady came near being burned to death in the conflagration, as sho would not leave her room until help came to as sist in removing her trunk. Xo amount of persuading would induce her to part with the trunk and to save her life tho trunk was taken out oven though the building was then in flames and tho walls liable to fall at any time. Her cousin, Carrie, was loss fortunate as all her clothiug was burned. Dr. J. H inkle, of Central Point, was in Medford Monday and while here fouud his way to this shop. Among other good things he had to offor was tho necessary collateral for The Mail and Oregonian aud a littlo talk on mining matters. The doctor is well versed in tho mineral topoeraphy of tho valley, but in his opinion, as a mat tor of course, tho Sardiuo creek country is tho cream. He has a fine six foot ledge at tho head . of Murphy's gulch jwhioh assays $100 per ton aud is loca ted only a short distance from the famous Lucky Bart mipo. Attorney W. I. VAWTF.lt and T. W. JOHNSON were at AsUlaiid last Satur day night. Mr. Vawter was there for the purpose of iustalling officers in tho I. O. O. F. lodge and Wes. went along to keep him company aud assist in tho installation work. They wore to re turn on Sunday evening's train but they didn't the train was tea hours late. Rather than wait for it they, to use an expression peculiar to the OO' casion. "hit tho ties" and landed iu Medford about six o'clock, having beon on the rond four hours. A littlo dis-i tance up the road they met a profes ri'H5laXhf'iiiV.i ifr Mr. H. II. Churchill UL Vernon, Wuh. An Honest Medicine Rheumatism Cured Health Eutlt Up. Mr. Churchill, formrrly of Churchill & Tavlor, eurvi'vors and clTil cnflni'PM. Jit. Vernon, V ashlnKton, writes: "tfcuiUieni CaiKornla was my Uorao I sir mar.T ytJUi. V.'licn I camo here 1 began to bo aSllctad all over with Rheumatism .And also pa'.na Id my bacU and a general fcrilnj ol being used up. lly business Uikct ma out Iu thi riemor.u all the I'jse. and I found my self unfit for work, koad'jig an adveruse- meci oi isooa's rcirv.'jarilia, ana learning also that the r'.cj'jciue & cftnpounded my own Stte of MasMchusstls. 1 coaeiuded tins m&Y bo un honrti sardlciase. I took It aad un so muca Uupro7ed Uict I n out Hood's s Gores In all weethere and travel all As.y with co fatigue and bred feelln?. To aay one th&t j leeU bail all over I mj talw Hood's Earatps 1 rllli. It has cured me." ILH-CnCRcmLu HOOD'S PlLLS cure Llrer Tils, Jaundice, sional 'round the world tourist, who, thinking they were looking for em ployment, volunteered the information tbat they were going the wrong way as there was no work and plenty of water Up in tho Willamette country, but add ed thai as they wera well dressed they could get something to cat almost any place. Rev. J. Mekley and wife arrived in Medford Monday morning from a quite extended visit in California. These peoplo are friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Hutchison and are formerly from Denver. Indiana. They were in Med ford about three months ago and while here were driven about the country and thereby an opportunity given to get a good look at our wondrous fruit crop. These people left after a few weeks for California and after travel ing in tha'. state for three months they now find themselves again with us, but ibis time they are here to remain. A Mr. STEFFI NGER, of Portland, was in Medford several .days last week and was talking over an electric light preposition with our people, which, bowaver, did not seem to coincide with the ideas of several of our councilmen and citizens, they considering that bet tor propositions for the city's good had beeu made by other parlies. Mr. Stefiinger had also in view tho proba ble purchase of our brewery and ice planv, but this he filially decided not to do. The gentleman is proprietor of the Merchants Hotel at Portland and is reported to be a man of considerable means. Do Not put off taking a medicine. Numerous little ailments, if neglected, will soon break up the system. Take Hood's Sarjaj'-ariila now. to expel dUeaso, give strength and appetite. ' Hood's Pills cure constipation by re storing the peristaltic action of the alimentarv canal. It is almost a safe guess that two thirds of tho male population of Med ford are interested in mining property and many of the remaining third are getting themselves mixed up with that iudustry as swiftly as opportunities show themselves. Among the more recentoncs who have had their pockets copper lined and are now packing around a vsrigated assortment of quartz are E. H. Fawcclt, A. Wright and Jas. Coeti. These gentlemen have recently each purchased a sixth interest iu the Odd Fellows mine in the Blackwell dis trict from Emilo llolden. This miue has been worked considerable during the past year and at present there are several tons of ore on the dump which is rich in both gold and silver. The ledge is five feet wide with a rich pay streak running through the center eight inches wide. An assay of quartz from this streak goes $1200 to tho ton and quartz taken from the ledge out side this streak assays $40 in gold and $31.70 in silver all assays made in San Francisco. It is tho intention of the owners, as we learn from Mr. Fawcett, to soon put in a five stamp mill. We have specimens of the rock at this office which show up very rich. He Didn't Uet to Portland. Teoplo who were In attendance at the trial in JuiIim Walton's court last Saturday were Eih ly amused and o ms'.1o was seen to slide over taeir faces at various times, but that smile was one of disgust and pity. Disgust for the drunk' en deputy U. S. Marshal and pity for the pris oner so unfortunate as to be in charge of such a maudlin fool representative of the law. Tho case being tried was one wherein J. W Englcdow. residing upon a piece of government land about two mi!s from lold Hill, had been arrested by Deputy U. S. Marshal Hope for cutting and selling timber from government laud. Inglcdow did not deny the fact that he cut and sold the timber but slated that the tim ber was cut durluc th process of clearing the ! land and instead of burning it on tho grouud he sold a tew loads nnd bought provision tor his family with the proceeds. The evidence of throe witnesses was heard, as was also the prisoner's own testimony, which latter was to the effect that he had been to Jacksonville, ex nmiued tho plats and had told Clerk Muller that he would go onto the land, lnako his im provements, run out tho boundary lines after which he would return aud make bis riling, proved conclusively to tho judge that his in tentions were to mako the place his homo und iu cutting tho wood ho was ouly doing so to clear the land uud in selling it ho was ouiy making use of that article instead of destroying it by burning it on tho ground, and the prisoner was accordingly disohurged. To one looking on it appeared to bo a case whereiu tho marshal was determined to take his man to Portland whether innocent or guilty and to that end it looked liko his efforts were to prejudice the judge, citing his authority from a higher source and closing each time (this authority was citod several times) with tho statement that the prisoner must be taken to Porllund u hl.'h showed bevoud a doubt mat ho would bs satistled with no other decision than thai of guilty, ah a nintur of fact the judge ought to Uud him eiiillv in order tnut tuo manual be uiveu an opportunity to "railrouu" his luun to pi,riind and cnllLtet his mileage. It is a verv unfortunate state of affairs that such u man as Hoge should have been appointed to the posiiion ho now holds and it a report from Judge Walton us to his oonduut in the court rouui has any weigut wiia tuo -uigner au thorities" his position ill bo occupied by ua olhur ore u:aity months. jf" ill 0 JIj 3ji A."' i: - l . 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