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MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1894.
NO. 39.
VOL. VI.
I
tOTOni
SOCIETIES OF JCEDFOJID.
Kntghta of the Maccaoees. Triumph" Tent
To. 14, meets in regular review on the 3d ana
4h mnNjova tf sonh mnnth in A. O. U. W.
Hall at 7 ;30 p. m. Visiting Sir Knights cordial
ly lnvitea to attena. .
JjjUthkr G. Porter, Commander.
J. West Law-ton, R. K. ;
A.O.TJ. W. Lodga No. 98, meets every first
' and third -Wednesday In the month at 8 p. m.
in their ball in the opera blook. Visiting I
brothers invited to attend.
N. A. JACOBS, M.W.
SCO. F. MerrimAK, Beoorder. : " r
w o r n..tp, a Avthnr Coma No. 24, 1
meets second -and fourth Friday of each
month at 8 o'clock p. m., at G. A. K. hall. " I
Odd Fe lows building. - '
MRS. M ART E. DAVIS, Pres.
Miss Ida Rsddes.. Sea. . -
K. ot P. Talisman .lodge No. 31, meets Mon-
ts ai'n-
. day evening at a' p. m.- v lsiung urowwio
ways welcome. Kttnj, r . buhm1!
J. A. McLkod, g. of B. anas.
r n n v TjmHivDitnMta In I.
hall every' Saturday at at 8 p. m. Visiting
brothers always welcome.
J. R. WttSOS, N. G.O
Z. Hazt. Bee. Se,o.
L O. O. F.-Rogne JRtver Encampment. Ledge
30, meets In 1, Q. O. r . nan we seoouu uu i
a.vk wonAova muh month at 8 D. m.
T. W. JOS5SOS, C. F,
A. Cv-XicHOiSOi. Scribe.
Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 38, meets in 1,0. 1
. O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each
month. Visiting sisters invited to attend.
Mks. Josik Simmons, N. D. .
Miss Mtrtu Wood-obd, Bee See.
A. F. & A. Meets first Friday on or be-1
rore lull moon at s p. u, m a- w. u.
E. P. GXABT, W. M.
; W.-y. Ltwmcorr. See. Sec x
- a l raoti A. Arthur Post Ne. 47.
meets mG. A. R. hall 'every second and fourth
Fridays in each month aww p. m.
S. U. HOl, Com.
J. W. Hum, Adjt. -
LO.S T. Meets Tuesday night at T p. m.
. at A. O. U. w hau. - -
B. A. IOUKSOS, CI, T.
John Schott, Eec, Sec. : - ; -.
W. C. T.U. Meets every Wednesday after-
. noon la the Hauey mack.
Mas. addle vasAktwfp, Pres.
Mrs. Boss DaGROOT. Sec
Viuino iwinW TlpujMnff Circle Tuesdav even
ingef each week, under the auspices ot the I
pworth Jeague.
F. A. I. TJ.L. L. Pout lodge Nc SIS, meets
every Saturday at 8 p. m.
J. H. Smth. Pres.
CHURCHES OF ICED FORD.
Saint Marks Episcopal Sunday School meets
at Episcopal Church every Snnday afternoon at
a o'clock. T. N. Wilson. Bector; S. S. Pentz,
Superintendent- " ' ' - 1
' vat)iAMt ICniMvmal camreh . S. Craven.
pastor. Services every Sunday morning and
, evening at usual hours for church, services.
F.pworth League meets at 6 JO p. m . Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting
Tnnrsdav evening. Pastor's residence on C
Street, one block South of Mail offlce.
Prpshvterian Church Hev. A. S. Foster, pas
tor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 70 p. m. Sun
day school at U a. m.- Y. P.6. a li, :l5p. m.
Junior Endeavor Society at S p. bv, Sunday.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7
o eiccK ......
Baptist CTiOich Bev. J.MerleywUlpreaehoo
rt third SandAV and Key. EL Buss on
second and fourth Sundays of each month
Preaching at 11 a. m. ana s p. m.
Privm . mAMlnff everv Wednesday even-
lne. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Junicr Band
at 3 p.m.
uh;t Knisoonal Chnrch South Hev. w.
r contra, TuiHtAr. Stirvicea everv first and I
ourth Sundays of each month. . Sunday I
ehool every Sunday at 8:00 p. m.
PBXFESSI09Ai; CABD8.
Jg, KIRCHGESSNER, ,.
PHTStCJAjOT AND SURGEON,
Medibrd, Oregon. I
Office Phipps Block, Cor C and Seventh sts.
JTRANCIS FITCH,
' ATTORSBY AT Ui
Medferd,
Win prattle ka all coarts of state or
Y34. I. VAWTER,
- ATTORNEY AT AWV
Pniee Bank Building,
fed(ord,0rl
J.H. WHITMAN, ,
ABSTRACTOR ASD ATTORNEY
- " - - AT LAW-
Office in bask huiMinu. Medford, Or
Have the most complete and reliable abstraots
ox title in. Jacjtson county. -
TEBSTER & HAMMOND,
Lionel B. Webster. ABStin a Haminond
ATTORNEYS AT IAW,
Officei. O. O. F. baUding-, - . Medford, Or I
E B. PICKEL, ' C:"?
FliySICIAS AND SUBGEOST,
' Medford, Or)
Office: toem J; Olera Block: , ',...
J.B. WAIT, . .- . ;
' PHYSICIAJT AJfD 8pHGEON?i
ta$ce in'Childers Block,
. Medfdrd, Or
E. P, GEARY,
, ; FHYS1CIAK AND SCRGEOW,
Oftce Cor. C and Seventh sts-.
Medfora, Or
PR. O. P. DEMOREST, ,
- - - En)EST DENTIST, '
Makes a specialty of Srst-class work at reason I
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Office In Opera House, '
Medford, Or.;
DGERS & HALL; i
' ; i ; ; DENTISTS. ; '
' Have permanently located In Medford for the
RraCtice of dentistry. - From a continued prao
oe of OTer-i years, we areprepafedto gaaran.
e eBtlreosutislaction.
dive' ua a call. Over Sloven drug store.
COKRECrXD EVEfiy WEDESDAT.
Wheat, No. ' perbushel, 4Sota
Gats, " "
Barley . ' '. ! " . " '
Corn, "
Potatoes,- i . - . . ,-.
Mll Feed, Bran and Shorts, , per ton, HSjQO
day, ' ' " baled, J3i; looser 7M
wood i ' ' S
Flour, wholesale, perharrel, SM
Floor, rejall,
Butter,'
Eggs,
Onions,
Apples, i
Bacon and Ram
Shoulder ",
peans i
f: ' I neraack, 80 eta
" per roll (two pounds) 6 "
per dozen, 15 "
1 per pound, Vfr .,a
per box, (one bushel) 87H ' 'f
per lb. 10
per lb;
08'
OS
10 Lard -
DFOED
MARKETS
Hot catheP
A Large Shipment ot loaded shells for
snot .guns, yuaus are getting nv
and we have just the loads to shoot
them with. If you want to load your
own shells we can furnish you black
- or Nitro powder chilled or soft shot.
If you are going to keep the Lawn
and Garden looking well during the
' . dry weather you must irrigate. We
can furnish you with all grades of .
Garden Hose and Fittings. It Is a
good time to buy right now.
AMMUNITION
J. BEEK & SON, MEDFORD, ORE.
JUST OPEflEDI
k Fine Line of Staple
FREE DELIVERY. , .
In the McAndrews Building on Seventh street. Our stock of Cigars and
Tobacco is complete. Give us a call.
S. C. WTLSOIST, Medford, Oregon.
J. W. Lawton,
; - o- DEALEB IN o '
LI ARNESS AND C AJJUIjUK. X .
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Order Work Given
RF.PATRINO IS RIGHT IN MY L.1NE.
SEVENTH STREET, -o-
A. FETSOH,:
.merchant Tailor,
Domestic All
Mportei All
I buv mv eoods from Chicago and
mers the benefit of Eastern prices.
jnpiLLE
J. C. AVHIII. Propr.
Does General Contracting in all
GRANITE AND
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Jacksonville,
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GaipetsJ Paper, Gortains,
I. A; WEBB,
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-Main Street,
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Wm, SLINGEE,
Vice Pres.
Pres.
Jackson County Bank.
CAPITAL, V- i $50,000
Loan money on approved security,
and transact A jreneral banking
- ' ' ' - ' ' jfirYour Business Solicited. . i - ,r ; ; .
Correspondents: . . . . . ,.
Ladd & Bush, Salem., Anglo-California BaniSari Francisco.'
T.add & Tilton. Portland.''
Suggestions!
HARDWIRE
When you take a day oft and go
fishing we want you to call and see
what we can do for you in the way
of Fishing Tackle. We have a com
. plete stock of the very best of all
goods in this line. . .
and Fanny
STIES
GROCERIES,
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SIGN OF THE BIG1
w .
Special Attention.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
New York and can give my custo
My motto is
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS.
Lines of
MARBLE WORK.
fool Suits M $231 np.
Wool Sits ta &00 1
UHLE
WORKS
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY.
- ' - Oregon.
aiiiiiiiiiui.miiiiiiMmnmHMiiiiiniiiMiniHiiiu
FURNITURE.!
niiitnuiMiimimimiiHUMiHllliimiiilHi
; Milww, Sides, Pistes.
MEDFORD.
Picture Framing a Speoialty.
THE MORTA
DRUG STOfE,
G. II. HASKINS, Prop'r.
H. AWVTMIWO TNS UK Or
Pure DiUga, Patent Medicines, Books,
Stationery, .
: PAINTS " OILS, i
Tobaccoes, Clears, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and
.veryimilg mat is camea in a ni
class DRUG STORE.
Carefully -Compounded.
.:. - - Medford Oregon.
J. E. ENYART,
Cashier I
Medford, Oregon
receive deoosits .subject, to. check,
business on ins most lavoruuic terms.
V ' . Corbin Banking Co., N, Y
HtS
(leading real estate
agents of Medford, are still
slicing off ,the
.2
suit their customers. . A 1,
bottom land for . $30 per
acre. Good '-.' . ,'.
IMPROVED FARMS
for from $15 to 825 per acre. We
have a fine list of farm and
City Property
at -your own price and on your
own terms." ' Write to us 'for in
formation,
' HAMILTON & PALM.
FLOOR RND FED STORE.
At the old stand on Seventh Street. .
FLOUR WHEAT,- o
OATS AND BARLEY,
Whole or chopped. Corn, Potatoes and Beans,
ALSO BALED HAY ' FCB, BALE.
Cash paid for Eggs, or taken in exchange
J. R, ERFORD, Proprietor.
Medford, Oregon.
Your Best Girl
rased Into our window yester
day for twenty minutes. She
was looking at
Engagement Rings
but wouldn't hare you know It
for the world. The rings are
certainly lovcir. but we cannot
use them alL We selected ours
years ago.
Have You.
delected yours
PRITCHARD, THE JEWELER. ,
GEO. F. MERRIMAN,
BLHGKSmiTHIHG-
IIIItlHMlimtlWIltMMinMIIIIHIIIIHIIIIUtHmwm
HORSE SHOEING AND
UMUUUUIHUMiltlllliHIINIMIllllllllUlltHTu MWtW
VBGOK-mflKIKS.
Seventh Street, Medford, Oregon
I HAVE FOOT)
0 PGOET!
That Is. I have received prices from
Fraser & Chambers, of Chicago, on
ffimng :-: lacMnoiy
Which win prove of more valne than
the Aniline of several nugzrts to In
tending purchasers. Uvl prices from
r. LEWIS, Mechanical Engineer and Ma
chinist. Mcdftird, Oregon.
In Connection with thei
.Hotel Medford
W. L. T0W2I3END, Propr.
OYSTERS,
s CANDIES
NUTS OP ALL KINDS, ,
Gigars - ana - ToDaccc
AT 3
HOCNCE 4 SCHEESIEEHOEN,
Medford, - - - - Oregon
Flour ana M'Store
C Street, Opposite Backet Store,
Medford, ' - . Oregon.
FLOUR, WHEAT,'
BARLEY, WHOLE
OR ROLLED OATS,
BEANS, CORN AN
Baled Hay. Vegetables of kinds
A. M. Woodford,
Kapth
Cits
LIU
NO
y (
I MAN 1
Has ever been known to hare the Cholera who
ikoud his shaving and hair outtlng done at
THE PALACE.
CLEANLINESS
IS COMPANION
TO BODUkiEtSSI
Our baths are two bits each.
Seventh street. Medlora, uregon.
: THE PALACE.
Perry-Ellis, ...
PROSPECT, (-: OREGON.
Photographs of Pleasure and Out
ing Parties a speoialty.
. tfVIews of Cm tor Lake, Rogue River Falls
and all other points of Interest in tbis locality
furnished upon application at reaaonulile terms.
-UUUIUU 11111 111J1L
N A CYCLONE'S PATH.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED AND
INJURED. ., .
Narrow Strip of 200 Mile In Minne
sota and Iowa Devastated Town De
stroyed and Farms Uulned A. Storm
of ITnnsual Severity. -
Starting about 10 miles south of Spen
cer, in Northwestern Iowa, the storm of
wind at 8 o'clock Saturday night began
its work of destruction. This is a par
tial list of the number of dead:
Near Algona, 13; north of Wesley, 15;
. Sm n. .4 t . o.
north of Britt, 9; at Leroy, 8; at Spring
Valley, 8; near Osage, 5; north of Alli
son City, 4; total, 52.
The towns damaged or destroyed are:
Cylinder, Forest City and Mauley Junc
tion in Iowa; Leroy, Spring Valley,
Dodge Center, Hoir.es and Lowther,
Minn., and Marshaland, Wis.
Reports from the district laid waste
say that the storm was the worst ever
witnessed in that section.
Towns were literally swept away.
Big barns were picked up, crushed1 to
punters and scattered broadcast nun.
dreds of yards distant.
Men, women and children were picked
np in the terrific suction and hurled
through space at lightning speed, falling
to their death in the wreckage of then
homes.
Coffins for the dead are piled up at
every station and scenes of the wildest
grief are being enacted.
The storm was one of indescribable
grandeur. . A funnel-shaped cloud of
inky blackness swept along to the north
east, illuminated by almost continuous
flashes of lightning, and the roar ot
thunder was dep and continuous.
Incidents of the storm are too numer
ous to recount. From every point de
tails of death and destruction" come ac
companied with the same sickening and
horrifying particulars. At Algona, la.,
19 funerals were held Sunday and many
more took place Monday,
A DROP IN REAL ESTATE.
Whole Sections of Kansas Land
Sink
Out of Sla-ht.
The ground is caving in toward the
center of the earth in the vicinity of the
junction of Harvey , Butler and Marion
counties, Kan. Great excitement pre
vails among the people and many of
them are getting away. The disasters
are of the most unaccountable origin.
and the state geologist has been stun.
moned to investigate the disturbances
of the earth formations. . There was no
shock felt when the ground caved in
bearing any resemblance to an eartb
quakeL Kear White Water, on the farm
of Thomas Essington, an area of 40 by
90 feet sunk to a depth of 28 feet, and
when a man was let down into the bole
his weight alone sunk the earth nearly
three feet more. This occurred Sept. 20,
and also on that date an area of 7.1 feet
square sunk at Plum Grove to a depth
of 350 feet. This was on the farm of Sid
Jonen, the sliding-ln carrying a thresh
ing machine and separator witn it.
Water poured into the latter hole from
underground till it filled nearly to the
top, but the hole at White Water is still
dry, although it is supposed that the
caved-in earth is resting upon a vast
body of water. The places are some
seven or eight miles apart.
At Anuetly, some 10 miles from White
Water, there were several cave-ins rang
ing in depth from 6 to 40 feet The the
ories are various, but none of them so
far are scientific Not long since a man
was digging a well in the vicinity of
Plum Grove and when he had reached a
depth of 20 feet the drill shot into an
apparent vacnum and could not be re
covered. The supposition is that there
is a dried-np subterranean river under
neath the land which has caved in. All
the cave-ins, great and small, extend in
a crooked stream-like course, a distance
of about 24 miles. '
A GREAT NAVAL BATTLE.
Tha JapaneM Defeat lb. Chinese In an
Important KnKaavm.Dt.
Japan has won another decisive vic
tory over the Chinese. At the month of
the Tain river last week the naval
forces of the- warring nations met in
battle. After a two-days' fcjrht the Chi
nese were badly defeated. Several Chi
nese warships and transports were de
stroyed and many men killed. The Jap
anese lost no ships and only two were
disabled.
r our commanders or Chinese war
ships were killed in the battle. Five
Chinese transports are missing and three
were captured by the Japanese. - All
the Chinese vessels in the engagement
which were not sunk were badly dis
abled.
Preparations for another attack are
being made by the Japanese. The Chi
nose authorities have strictly confined
their fleet to the defense of Peking.
Losses of the Japanese in the battle at
Ping Tang were: Eleven officers and
154 men . killed, 60 officers and S3:
men wounded and missing. Official
dispatches say 3,000 Chinese were killed
and a much larger number wounded.
One column of Japanese captured 611
prisoners, 84 of whom were wounded.
PERSONAL.
Major General O. O. Howard, com
mander of the Atlantic department, will
retire from the army on Nov. 8 on ac
count of age. General Buger of the
Presidio at San Francisco is next in the
line of promotion.
General William Booth, who founded
the Salvation Army, has arrived in this
country. . He will visit all the principal
cities in the United States and Canada
during the next six months. He will
reach California in December.
General Antonio Ezeta, General Bo-
lanos and Major Bustamante, three of
the Salvadoran refugees at San Fran
cisco, have been set free by the federal
court. The court held that the offenses
charged were political and therefore not
extraditable. . Cienf uegos was held for
extradition. All were charged with
murder arson and robbery.
.- A Good Thing to Keep at Hand.
From the Troy, (Kansas,) Chief.
Some years ago we were very much
subject to spells of cholera morbus; and
now when A'O feci any ot the symptoms
thfit usually proceeds that ailment,
sifch as sickness at the stomach, diar
rhoea, oto., we become scary. We
have found Chamberliu's Colic, Choi
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, the very
thing to straightcu one out in such
oases, and always keep it about. We
are not writing this for a nay testimon
ial, but to let our readers know what Is,
a good thing to keep handy in. the
h,quse. For snls by G. II. Raskins,
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Interesting; Items Picked Out from the
. Dally Dispatches.
The conference proposed by Mexico
on the silver question between the
American and Asiatic powers has been
delayed by the Chinese-Japanese war.
The custom of publishing the list of
unclaimed letters has been abandoned
by the postoffice department. The list
will be bulletined at the postofilces.
Ex-Secretary of War Elkins expects to
become a candidate for the United
States senate in case the next W&t Vir-
: - . 1 : ..1 j - 1 t ,.t; tt.
f ;B""
think3 there will be a political revoln-
tion in his state.
The cruiser New York is in the dry
dock at the Brooklyn navy yard and
cannot get out until there is such a high
tide as there was when she went in some
time ago.
Spain wishes to effect a reciprocity
treaty with the United States to apply
on commerce between Cuba and Porto
Bico and this country.
Two 15-inch guns ordered for the har
bor battery at San Francisco are fin
ished and ready for shipment.
A. E. Bedstone, who distinguished
himself as an agitator in behalf of
Coxey and the Army of the Common
weal, has left for his home in Sonoma
county, Cal., and he declares that next
year he will head a commonweal of his
own from the Golden Gate to the na
tional capital, and demand the passage
of the free coinage act and the various
schemes advocated by Coxey. He ap
pears to be envious of the fame achieved
by the Ohio "general."
Mr. O'Rourke, supervising architect
of the treasury department, has resigned
as requested by Secretary Carlisle,
Examination of the tariff law dis
closes the fact that it contains no pro
vision for a duty upon imported fruits
preserved in brandy or other spirits.
The omission was not discovered until
an application was received at the treas
ury department from a huge importer
of 6uch things for information as to
their classification under the present
tariff laws. Under the McKinley law
"fruits preserved in spirits" were sub
ject to a duty of So per cent ad valorem.
It is probable that the department will
decide that the beet thing to do is to as
sess the duty on the spirits and fruits
separately according to the rate pro
Tided for each in the tariff act. In this
case the duty will be, higher than it was
under the old law.
Solicitor of the Treasury Beeve has
given an opinion that the tariff law
went into operation on Aug. 28, the date
on which- the bill became a law, not
Ang. 1, the date mentioned in the enact
ing clause. '
Colonel Breckinridge has been de
feated for congressional nomination by
W. C Owens after the most exciting
moral political fight ever conducted in
Kentucky. The women led the contest
against Breckinridge with prayers and
committee organizations, and it is said
that their influence was instrumental in
the congressman's retirement. Both
sides were thoroughly organized and
much bitter feeling was manifested, but
there were only a few fatal encounters.
Breckinridge says he wid support his
succee&f ul opponent and will probably
practice law in Laexington. His mends
claim that his retirement will be brief
and that his past experience will make
his ascent rapid. Breckinridge men are
talking of contesting Owens' nomina
tion, and the Owens faction says that if
Breckinridge ts nominated tbey will re
volt and vote the Republican ticket.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Vicious Acts of Lawbreakers and Loasaa
by Fire and Accidents.
A freight train was ditched near Ham-
mond. Wis., on a recent morning.
It
had two oil cars, one of which took fire
and exploded. While a crowd of pas
sengers were passing around the wreck
to take a tram on the other side, a tank
exploded, burning 14 people seriously.
Mrs. Alice Hartley, who shot Senator
Foley at Reno, Xev., on July 26, was
convicted of murder in the second de
gree last week, with a jury request for
mercy. She claimed that Foley had
eaulted her several times and that he
had refused to make acknowledgment
ot her condition. In a dispute which
followed she killed him, saying that he
threatened her with a chair. The mini'
mum penalty is 10 years' imprisonment.
J. W. Staengele, a civil engineer, shot
and killed Mrs. Mabel Colvin while on a
street at Portland. Or., recently, and
then blew oat his brains. ' She was the
daughter of the president of the Fore
hand Manufacturing company of Wool
wich, Mass., and was well known in
Boston. It is said she came to Portland
to secure a divorce from her husband in
order to avoid publicity. Staengele met
her and was persistent in attentions, but
she repulsed him and thifKansed him to
commit the crimes.
In the' Jackson circuit court of Indi
ana a jury has decided that the German
American Building and Loan associa
tion of Indianapolis was liable for the
stealings of Samuel J. Warner, the man
who acted as their general agent at Sey
mour, Ind., for about two years, and
who was instrumental in robbing stock
holders of $4,000. The association re
fused to make settlement with the peo
ple who had been robbed and nine suits
were entered against it upon the docket.
The trial has been begun in the court
of common pleas at Baltimore of the
case of Barbara Yonng against the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons and
Drs. Keirle and Geer for fSS.OOO for mu
tilating the remains of her husband.
Dr. Keirle is the city post-mortem phy
sician and Dr. Geer is his assistant and
coroner. Both are professors at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. The
plaintiffs husband was a railroad em
ploye who was badly hurt and taken to
the hospital,. where he died. Plaintiff
charges that the two doctors, without
her consent or that of anybody repre-
senting her, cut open the body for the
instruction of the students and, remov
ing the brain, replaced it with oakum.
If your kidneys are inactive, you
will leel nna look wretched, even in
the most cheerful society, and raelan
cholv on the iolliost occasions. Dr. J.
H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm
will set you right again. $1.00 per
bottle.
' The Mail, is authorized to sell a
half interest in Hotel Medford for
$3,500. Sale must bo made within the
next thirty days. This building is
earning $100 per month in rents. It is
a safe - .w - .. . t . worth . the
price istttd for it. Alt pa. ticulars can
be iurnhihed at this office. -
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP WEST
OF THE SIERRAS.
Thieves Tortnre a Mlaer Burned Hb
Barn Getting; Bid of Spiders Stocktoa
Children Chasing; Bngs Knox a Popu
list Candidate Sonoma Conaty Crops.
B. L. Peterson's hop house near Santa
Boea was burned recently. . The loss is
about fS.000.
Since the oil strike at Los Angeles last
week everybody is talking oil and figur
ing on how to get in the procession.
Thompson and Martin, who turned
state's evidence in the case of the Carlin
(Nev.) strikers, have confessed that they
get bridges on fire and put dynamite on
the track.
A new company is to run the Bear
Valley reservoirs. . New dams will be
erected and water enough to irrigate
every foot of ' unoccupied land in San
Bernardino and Ferris valleys will be
provided for.
A big celebration was held under the
auspices of the Sonoma, Marin and To
males Swiss clubs at Petalnma Sept. 20,
it being the five hundred and eighty
sixth anniversary of Switzerland's inde
pendence. The city was in holiday
attire.
John Randolph, a miner near Helena,
Mont., was tortured by two masked men
who wished to secure his supposed hid
den money. His feet, legs and hands
were terribly burned with a hot poker.
The robbers did not secure anything of
value. :
Harry Knox, leader of the American
Railway Union at Sacramento during
the big strike, has been nominated for
sheriff of Yolo county by the Populists.
The Republican state convention of
Washington at Spokane made the fol
lowing nominations: For congressman,
W. H. Doolittle of Tacoma (renomi
nated) for Western Washington; S. (1
Hyde of Spokane for Eastern Washing
ton; supreme judges, M. J. Gordon of
Olyaipia, B. O. Dunbar of KiVirt
Jefferson G. James has been nomi
nated for mayor of San Francisco by the
Democrats.
The necessary petition to get the Peo
ple's party nominees in 'Nevada on the
ballot has been filed with the secretary
of state.
Santa Bosa is making preparations to
welcome the Odd Fellows who meet at
that place in state encampment begin
ning Oct. 17.
Victoria sealing schooners are return
ing to winter quarters in fleets. Good
catches are reported. .
Nellie Clark, accused at Sacramento
of stealing $5,000 from Gustaf Braman
in a boose of ill repute, was acquitted.
Braman is a fakir who represented him
self to be a wealthy Russian. -
The miners in the Osborn mine at
Grass Valley struck against the regula
tions made by Superintendent Schnabel
regarding the hours of work and Schna
bel was ordered to leave cuius. The dif
ficulty was amicably settled and the
superintendent is again in charge and
all the men are at wort .
One day last week a young man at
Bosedale. Kern county, ran across a
very large nest of black spiders in a
bam, and thinking that the best way to
get rid of them was to burn them, set
fire to the nest, but not only the nest
bat also the bam and six tons of alfaif
hay went np in smoke.
The trial of the first of the cast
against C T. Buchanan and Thomas
Gallagher, two of the most important
of the A. B. U. strikers, charged with
having conspired, and in pursuance of
such conspiracy, obstructed the passage
of the United States mails on the South
ern Pacific railroad in June last, was
continued before Judge Ross in the
United States district court at Los An
geles the other day.
The Stockton Mail says that the chil
dren are craxy after bugs, and for three
weeks they have not received a reading
lesson. The children when ont of doors
roam around catching bugs and then
take them to school and dissect them.
The teachers of Stockton, adds the Mail.
have carried the study of entomology
too fa.-, to the exclusion of other studies
more useful to the pupils in ordinary
life. - .
Hop picking and fruit packing in So
noma county, after a most successful
run, is finishing up. The crops are mnch
larger than last season and a greater
number of hands have been employed.
Over 4.000 persons have worked in the
hop yards alone, while probably a fourth !
of that number have been emploved in.1 1,Jl l" , "'T
fruit packing in Santa Bosa and'vicin-1 ?n the lani A copy of the
ity. Most of the laborers are residents f m ,the Pesesin of
of that neighborhood or countr, ,,,4 '. Little and the present owners, who are
fully 5250,000 has been distributed in ' of 7relt.IlIf Jrdents 01
wages among them during the last 80 to .defen,d Y1or-
days, the extent of the Iwson. The oussnlt' latttelamsaid bypromi
dosing of the canneries and packing nent lawyers to be a good one.
houses does not mean that the fruit Civil war in Mosqtato, Nicaragua,
season is over, as the dryers have con- inevitable. Martial law prevails
siderable work to do yet, and in fact in
some portions or tne county tney are
just commencing to use np the great
crop.
The students at Berkeley and Stan -
ford universities are practicing for posi
tions in the football teams.
Within a few weeks reports of gland -
em, Texas fever and lump jaw have fre-
quently come to Veterinary Officer Gra-
ham at Fresno, and these diseases seem "f".""1 "
to threaten great loss unless promote for.each, Jnnsdiction. Thenew const
dealt with. Dr. Graham has visited tuboa adopted admits all Odd Fellows
different parts of the county and killed th.eur wfvf-te a?1
several animals suffering from one of orer 16 years of age "who believe ia the
these diseases. Within a few davs five Kaler 01 tbe Universe
cows belonging to James Say, who Uvea A hydraulic bit ycle is the latest E.
seven miles north of Selma, have died Holly of Providence, R. L, is the in- .
from Texas fever, and there are other ventor. The invention consists of a
cases near by. J. Frasierof Selma has small motor three inches high. This
lost four mules. At one dairy 15 cows contains a pint of liquid connected by
died recently, and there is danger that Ppe with a small pump. The pump in
others have been affected. . At Pickle & turn is connected with an eccentric, to
Gibbons' dairy, seven miles southeast of which the pedals of the maohine are
Fresno, 19 cows have died of Texas fastened. A gear run by the power gen
fever. The diseases seem to have come erated in the motor turns npon a second
from Bakersfield and the country south This arrangement takus the place
of Fresno county and are spreading the chain sprocket on the rear wheel
toward the cits. of bicycles as at present constructed.
" ,, 7 ' Bucklen's Arnica Salve. -.
In Childhood s Happy Days. The in the world foP cut3
Among the - incidents of childhood bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhoum. fever
that stand out in bold relief, as our sores, tetter. chapped hands, chilblains,
memory aeverts to the days when we corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
were young, none are more promineut . tivcly cures pils, or no pay required,
than severe siekness. The young ; It is guaranteed to give, perf.-ct satis
mother vividly remembers that it was faction or money refunded. Price 2jo
Chamberlin'e Cough Remedy oured her ; per box. For sale, by G. H. Haskins.
ot eroup,and in turn administers it to' For sale by G. H. Haskins. Modfcrd.
her offspring and with the best results.
r or salo by a. n. tiasains.
Dr. Price Va Cream 3aklng Powder
WorM'sFalrHlgistMdslaalDlpSonj.
Legal BJanks for tale at this oClee
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Interesting; Items From Europe, Asia.
- Africa and North and Sooth America,
With Particular Attention to Xmpor
.' taat Home Slews.
Levi F. Comptoa, who was at Sutter's
forjt when gold was discovered in Cali
fornia, died recently at Seattle of heart
failure. .
Mrs. Gersham Boswell, known as the
"Gypsy Queen." died a few days ago at
Sacramento. She was bom in England
and came to America with her father, :
king of the gypsies. They traveled all
over, the country, and she married a
gypsy on this Coast. Four children sur
vive her.
A daring robber entered the cashier's
office of a wholesale supply bouse at
Fort Scott, Kan., and ordered Miss
Thompson, the cashier, to open the safe.
She refused and he threatened her with
a pistol. With rare oonrage she went to
the safe, grasped the combination and
locked it, while the man thought she
was going to open it. After locking it
she said: "Now shoot!" The felloW .
swore, pocketed his revolver and fled.
Postmaster Morgan of Peoria, UL, re
fused the delivery of out-of-town daily
newspapers by city carriers unless they
have been prepaid at the rate of 1 cent a
copy, and subscribers were forced to
walk to the postoffice to secure their
mail. The new order caused great in- .
convenience. The matter was referred
to the postoffice department authori
ties at Washington, and the postmaster
was directed to deliver the papers.
Zola, the French novelist,' is disap
pointed at not being able to secure an
interview with the pope. His purpose
was to study the pontiff. Eminent Ital
ians are trying to assist Zola in getting
an interview with Cardinal Bompolla,
the papal secretary, but expect some
courteous, mcisive opinion of the pope
in case the novelist should get an inter
view. A portion of the Peary Arctic erpedi- .
tion has returned to St. Johns, N.
after a years' absence. - They report
many thrilling incidents. ' The fai tin at
point north reached was Independence
bay. The storms were severe and thai
party's. dogs died in great nnmbeta.
Duiing the exploration tours the parry
was almost frozen to death. Lienteaant .
Peary and some of the party remain at
Boa-doin bay for another year. General
Greeley, the Arctic explorer, says that
it ia extremely doubtful if Peary ever
reaches the eighty-third paraQeL
Dr. Talmage is opposed to rebuilding
the Brooklyn tabernacle. When he re
turns from his tour he wQI probably
preach in a New York hall in the mom- ;
ings and in Brooklyn in the evenings. .
Walter WeDman, leader of the Amer
ican Arctic expedition, has sailed from
Southampton for New York. In an in
terview he defended his recent expedi
tion against charges of inexperience and
bad outfit. He says the Norwegian
members of his last trip have promised
to go with his next expedition.
Prince Bismarck the other day re
ceived a large delegation of admirers
at Yarzin from many parts of Germany.
He said the Poles could not be entitled
to cast rotes in the empire and that. -neither
Alsace-Lorraine nor Poeen could
ever be given up. The former was.
necessary for the protection of Southern.
Germany and the latter for the protec
tion of the eastern frontier. -
At Hsxelton, la., 5 school children
were poisoned by eating candy. None
of the cases resulted fatally. The poison
was in the coloring matter.
Mayor Fly of Galveston, Tex., has
started an investigation of the dry ac
counts. He charges that the city has -been
systematically robbed for years. -
B. P. Hutchinson, better known as
"Old Hatch," the Chicago grain specu
lator, has again appeared on 'change.
He has opened a cigar store opposite the'
Board cf Trade. On the window is a
Sign reading: " K31d Eutch V cigar
store. Good cigars, 1 cent apiece; bet-
ter, two for 5; cigarettes, 4 cents a pack
age, lne appearance ox tne 01a man
behind the counter attracted many curi
ous people to his stand and he is doing a
good business.
Joseph Little of Brooklyn has brought
suit to obtain title to a great chunk of
valuable property ia Brooklyn. Little
is a great-grandson of John Van Dyke,
who owned the whole of Bed Hook,
which was an island. A street was
opened through the island by Van Dyke
tsryoghont the country.
: vmcaso uuiuuira m t-ueuuuujr
endeavoring to suppress gambling. So
j far the attempt appears to be unsuc-
'8 -
The sovereign grand lodge. Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows, met at Chat-
! tiUK)0 Tenn:' "5- The law re-
mU a ax as repeaieu.
masters and past grand
To Trade For Cattle or Hogs.
- One new-scurry; one set new double
buggy harness: one set new sinele butr- ,
gy harness. . J. O. Johnson, M'dford
Oregon,
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