THIS OFFICE - . .
is a "central" station, and has
telephonic connections with
thousands who patronize those .
who advertise. Will you
... RING US UP.
THE MAIL
is a convex lens, which lorces
the gaze of many readers upon
the advertiser's place pi busir
ness. Will ?oi
TRY IT.
MED FORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 189-1.
VOL. VI.
NO. 42.
Wit
SOCIETIES OF HEDFOB.D.
Knights of the Mttocaoees Triumph Tent
4o. 14, meets In regular review on the . ga ana
h Thursdays ot each month in A. O. U. ;.
Hall at 1:30 p. m. Visiting Sir Knights cordial
ly invited to attend.
Luther O. Pobtkb, Commander.
. J. W8T L.A.WTON. R. K.
A.O. TJ. W. Lodge No. 08, meets every flrst
and third Wednesday in the month at 8 p. m.
in their hall iu the opera block. Visiting
brothers invito attend. M
Geo. F. Mrbbim AV, Recorder.
. W. R. C Chester A. Arthur Corps No. 2,
meets second and torth Friday ot each
month at S o'ctoc p. m,, t G. A. K. hall, in
Odd Fe lows building. ,
Mrs, Mast P.. Davis, Pres.
Hiss Ida Rbidk. See.
K. ot P. Talisman lodge No. 81, meets M Hi
day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al
ways welcome. Go. F. Mkbbjuias, a C.
J. A. McLxod. K. ot R. and S.
X O. O. F. Lodge No. 83, meets inJLO. O. F.
hall every Saturday at at a p.m. isiung
brothers always welcome.
- Z. Maxt, Rec Sea
J. B. wnscjr, N. G.
L O. O. F. Rogue Elver Encampment, I.edge
No. SO, meets in I. O. O. F. hall the second and
fourth Wednesdays ot each month at 8 p. m.
T. W. Johsson, C. P,
A. C. Nicholson. Scribe.
Olive Rebekah Lodge No. S8, meets in 1. 0.
O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each
month. Visiting sisters invited to attend.
Mbs. Josns Simmons, N.G.
Sliss MYKru Woodford, Rec, Sec.
A. F. & A. M. Meets first Friday on or be
fore full moon at 8 p.ni., in A.
W. V. LrpprscoTT, Sec. Sec.
t' a r mMtpr-A. Arthur Post No. 47,
meets in G. A. R. hall every second and fourth
ridays in each montn u 1 :) p. m.
' S. H. HOLT. Com.
J. W. MlLUR, Adjt.
I. O.' G T. Meets Tuesday night at 7 p, m.
at A. O. U. w nau.
.A-JOHSSOS,CT.
John Schott, Rec. Sec
W. C. T. U. Meets every Wednesday after
xioon in the Halley Black.
Mbs. Addik VAxAsTtTFP, Pres.
Mrs. Ross DkGroot. Sec
fMni.- RAadinff Circle Tuesday even
Imsi nek week, under the auspices of the
Tp worth League.
p. A. ft I. TJ. L. L. Polk lodge Ko. 26a, meets
every Saturday at 8 p. m.
, J. H. S3DTH, Pres.
CHUB.CHES pF MEDFORD.
Saint Marks Eoiscorjal Sunday School meets
at Episcopal Church every Sunday afternoon at
.SOClOCK. nullt xm.u. . .
Superintendent. '
There
Rt-e
Points
Of Superiority passed by Bridge Beach
Stoves which make them the best in the
market. We will be pleased to explain
all of the particulars when you call and see
the new line of cook stoves and heaters just
received, with stove boards to match.
We will also be pleased to sell you any
thing you may want in the line of general
hardware, guns and ammunition.
J. BEEK & SON,
Medford, -:- -:- Oregon.
Eartti
hnnlrrt
mm
HAMILTON & PAIM,
the leading real estate
agents of' Medford, are still
slicing off the
in n
111
to suit their customers,
bottom land for $30
acre. Good
IMPROVED FARMS
for from $15 . to $25 per nere.
have a fine list of farm and
City Property
at your own price and
own terms. Write to
lorraation,
HAMILTON & PALM
Al
per
Wo
on your
us for in-
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP WEST
OF THE SIERRAS.
REBELLION IN HANKOW.
THE FOOT FITTER'S
TAYLER
jEsea-Boot and Shoe Hospital
Can be found nest do:r to Wilkinson's Meat Market.
Ladies' Stylish Button Boots,
Latest styles in Oxford and Southern ties. Heavy ''Up. to
..... Date" men's shoes, also full , stock of child-en's "'Wear
Resisting" school Shoes.-Bcx: "i -: :.r:.z .
Custom Work and Repairing promptly attended to.
vAt4t Rni-uviTULl Church H. S. Craven.
pastor. Services every Sunday morning and
evening at usual hoars for church services.
'Knworth League meets at 6:30 p. m . Sunday..1
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Pniyer meeting
Thursday evening. Pastor's residence on C
.street, one block South ot Mail office.
BENERAL
J, R. WILSON
i
BLACKSMITH
' " Presbyterian Church Rev. A- S. Foster, pas
tor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and :3D p. m. eun
iK a. -m Y P. s. C E.. 6: Id d. m.
junior Endeavor Society at 8 p. m Sunday, i
"Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock
AID
Baptist Church Rev. J. Mcrlry will preach on
first and third Sunday and Rev. E. Kuss ou
second and fourth Sundays of each month,
-preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Jnuier Band
t3p.,m. - -
Methodist Episcopal Church South Kev. w.
J. Fenton pastor. Services eveir nrsl and
-ourth Sundays of each month. bunds;
choolevery Sunday at3uHp. m-
Wagons and Buggies
All Work Warranted First Class.
fitedford, -
HORSE
SHOER
FLfli ID FEED STOBE.
At the old stand on Seventh Street.
FLOUR WHEAT, o
:OATS AND BARLEY,
Whole or chopped. Corn. Potatoes and lleans,
ALSO BALED HAT FOB SALE.
Cash paid for Eggs, or u:ken In exchange.
J. R ERF03D, Proprietor.
Medford, Oregon.
GEO. F. MKRKIMAN,
BL1GESP11IBIP,
MtmiltltMttlllMIII1llltllllllllllltl1ltltlltMllltMillM
HOSSE SH0EIN& AND
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WfiGBI-iSIHEIIifi.
Seventh Street,
Medford. Ore?ou,
Bicycle Racing at SacrAmento An Aero
naut Killed Defnnltln-c Indian Agent.
Asulnt the Southern Pacific Company.
Killed by Ills Own Trapcun.
Eight Oregon counties have women
school superintendents.
The United States naval inspector has
gone from Victoria to Union, B. C, to j
test untisn (jolumUia coal lor naval
purposes.
C. S. Heed, a bicyclist, was run down
in Siicrmnento by a biijjy team driven
by two young ladies. A shoulder-blade
was broken.
. The Dunsmuir company at Victoria,
B. C, denies that the coit of cool has
gone np. On the contrary, it says, the
price has been reduced.
ArrnngeruenU are now completed for
stocking Stony creek near Stony Ford,
Colons county, with 100,000 young
trout. They are to coine from the state
hatchery at Sisson.
Sealers arriving at Victoria, B. C,
complain that sea otter schooners are
allowed to enter Bering 6ea this summer
with guns, and that they have killed
numerous seals.
Nathan Strauss, a young butcher of
San Rafuel, while out hunting accident
ally wounded himself in the neck. The
wound is not necessarily futul, though
dangerous and painful.
The Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce celebrated the fifth anniversary
of its existence on the night of Oct. 10
by a house warming in its new and com
modious houie on Broadway and Fourth
street.
Frank Cashing at Los Gatos, whose
sense of smell was gone, was poisoned
with carbolic acid, his practice having
been to ta&te things to determine what
they were.
Colonel Boone's Arena of wild ani
mals, which has been tied up at Xeedles,
was released the other day and sturted
for FJ Piu-o, Tex., where the colonel ex
pects to bring off the fight between the
lion and the bear.
A Chinaman, who had worked 10
Government Kulldincs Attacked by In
surgent European Interference.
A dispatch from Shanghai confirms
the report that rebellion has broken out
100 miles from Hankow. The rebels are
fairly armed and very reckless. They
attacked, the government buililirigs,
which were feebly defended byTfoyal
troops. Tho latter were soon defea;ed
and many of them were killed. Many
others joined the rebels. Two manda
rins were killed. The province is al
most denuded of troops and the rebels
are daily gathering strength. It is ex
pected that they will advance on Woo
Chang, province of Hoo Pe, of which
Hankow is the capital. The garrison at
"Woo Chang has gono to tho wett and
the place is therefore practically de
fenseless. It is reported that in consequence of
the projected 1,000,000 10 iter cent
NEWS OF THE W0KLD.
THE GIST OF THE WEEK'S HAPPEN
INGS AS TOLD BY TELEGRAPH.
Interesting Items From Europe, Asia,
Africa and North and Sonth Antrica,
'With Particular Attention to Impor
tant Home News.
WASHINGTON TOTES.
rutins Items Picked Out from th
Dally Dispatches.
Investigations will soon be made by
the civil service commission of charges
of the assessment of office-holders tor
: campaign purposes m San Francisco,
I Chicago and Pittsburg. The order for
investigation of alleged assessments in
the Philadelphia mint has axeady been
. announced, and the commission will de
tail agents to make investigations in
' each of the cases where complaints have
i been made. .- Official statements will be
sent to the civil service boards in Chi-
OYSTERS,
A daughter has been born to Princess
Ferdinam' Kouninnia.
A plot aniist the czar has been dis
covered among Russian army officers.
A nttrfliir in TnT,ilnTi art cinrtino
threatening letters to French govern- US "ttsburg, warning oHice-hoM-tnent
officials. ' 818 1 1 they need not contribute to
A destructive fire took place at Bocas ' Pga funds, and assuring them pro
ie Toro, Colombia, recently. Valuable lection from molestation for refusal to
property belonging to Americans was j eomI)1y wit1 the assessment demands,
consumed. ; Judge McComas in the District of Co-
CominiKsinnpr of Pert&nnn TwWn Uumbia supreme court denied the appU-
loan, to be guaranteed by the imperial : denies that any commnnication has gone'. 5non of the Miles Sugar Manufactur-
customs, Chinese agents abroad have n oiace concerning pensions mat o -jj -
been instructed to pnt the bct face p- i nas not Wn of an open character. j f compel Secretary Carlisle to
Bible on the recent Chinese reverses and ' The late management of the Santa Fe ; PCW Inspectors to ascertainthe sugar
to represent the fleet as Uing active and '. U charged by one of the reorganization f rct10? l.he coimPany- 3
efficient. committee lawyers with having robbed i , understood, was to test
A dispatch from Berlin says that Ger-1 the company by useless expenditures for
many's refusal to interfere in the . property that has proved valueless.
I'hiiioca.Tuutiuia ...., 1 .1..:, A,n ont . 1 .TlfflfTli l?.i.t Tui Anla Vnn ..n
f.H-t tho nm.ri.vi of rrrf.-inn t.. F.nrn- dered an imnortant .leHsion in th ! 80 PP1 Congress for the payment
peans in Cl.iua. in which she will co-1 of Lee Yung, a registered Chinese who i 01 bounty for the current year.
operate. The German commander in went over the Mexican une for a few
Chinese waters has already been author- j days and on his return was taken
I7ffl tn dwfntri n cmntl luwlvof ntnnuM ! before thft cnmmi(u--inn.r whn nrH Arprfi
to protect the legation at Pekinir. If him to be denorted. Jndae Ross holds I comlne aU the railroads in the country
there should be any trouble it is be- ! that because a registered Chinese hap- j "JnrnS east and west in a trust, said:
lieved that the inornl effect of even such pens to cross over into another country question is asked wnether or cot a
a small bodv of European troops would on business or pleasure he is not subject ; railroad trust is being formed to operate
effectualiv check a Chinese mob. to arrest and deportation under the tne roadsrIWt 01 MissisBippL and I
A nam'burg firm has purchased 100.- j laws. "J" - IMIns to be a necessity
000 Albini rifles at 4 francs each from j Charles Elis of Alma, CaL. has sued J PS m some way the cost of
the Belgian government for export to the Southern Pacific for fl.000 damages. ! tran5pona"on-,. 9 of the lar&e ltonM
China. Xear the railroad track at Alma he had ! 13 tce mPaaty of agents of each
Germany has rejected England's pro- j two large oil tanks connected with pipes I comPanylooking after each separate m
posal to join the powers and intervene . to his wells. A fire was ttarted in an j TTierefore, it is proposed to have
between China and Japan, desiring her-! adjoining field bv emploves of the rail- "e office .r companies, each
sr-lf tn 1 tho iimnm inrer in nr witlt. ! rna.l ..) cni 'is. th t."rV1 ,i-r-; , company doing its own business and
the legality of the recent recall of the
sugar bounty provision of the McKiuley
law and also to lay the foundation for
C. P. Huntington, when questioned
regarding the dispatch from Chicago
stating that a movement is on foot to
ment. Her attitude is influenced by the
emperor's chivalrous regard for the
czar's condiiion.
China Said to Want Peace.
A Shanghai dispatch says: A rumor
is current that the Chinese government
has commenced negotiations wi:h Japan
for peace. China, it is said, has offered
si DANDIES
IMa-le to Order
Oresron.
NUTS OF ALL KINDS,
years 111 the Pinal vineyard near Stock- j to acknowledge the independence of
ton, recently entered a large wine tank j Corea and to pay a war indemnity to
j against the warnings of two other em- j Japan.
ployes, who. knew there was deadly car- i A leading Chinese ofScial in London
bonic acid gas in the tank, and as soon ' savs with the exception of the naval
as his head struck the gas he Ml to the l;tle at Yalu not a serious blow has i , V- v oanuiwn. 1 employes. The bill takes the form of
bottom, and was dead before any nelp, been struck against China. This, he . , A "T" r? ! amendatory cUuses to the act entiUed,
said, was uiereiv the beginning of a;! . "Act to regnhtte commerce," which was
P&OFE3SI01TAX. CAKDS.
J?. KIRCHGESSNER,
PHYSICIAN AND SCRGEON,
Medford, Oiegon.
pnlce Phlpps' Block, Cor C and Seventh sts.
JRANCIS FITCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Medford, Ore.
Will practice in all courts of state or TJ. S
yM, J. VAWTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
pSceank BuUding. Medford. Or
J. H. WHITMAN,
ABSTRACTOR ASD ATTORNEY
AT LAW.
OfSce in Ijank buddine, Medford. Or
Have the most complete and .reliable abstracts
of title in Jacfcsou county.
JUST OPENED!-
A Fine Line of Staple
inii Fanny
GROCERIES
them and their contents.
William Sloan of Chicago starved
Sloan was a prominent
getting all the money it receives. It is
j very difficult to advance rates, so the
nest thing is to see if there is not some
way by which we can economize sr as
to get more net out of the gross than we
are now receiving. "
fused food,
socialist.
nesro min trel in the countrv. died at i -SidDev " Eastman, a promment Cm-
Philadelphia aged 70 the other day.
Judge Eocns of Muncie. Ind., has
granted a divorce to the youngest appli
cant that ever appeared in his court.
fcJhe was Grace Hamilton, aged 16. and
1 the defendant was ijarion Hamilton,
17.
cago lawyer, has drafted a bill to be.
presented in congress at its next session
which will, in the opinion of many ac
quainted with its provisions, go far
toward terminating the ceaseless strife
between railroad companies- and their
great war. ile denies that the battle of , . . , I- I 7 approved ten. 4, 1SS7. The chief pro-
i Ping Yang was a crushing defeat for j not Uke fc,m hol2e to er parents, j Tiafal for Uceasias of
i the Chinese. When hostil:ies begin on J All the property of the Bear Valley ployed in the more important branches
' a large scale he declares that China will j Irrigation company was sold at auction ; of the railway service, and provides a
produce an ample number of warships. I he other day to Arthur Young for ; heavy monetary penalty for the com
I ATien-Tsin correspondent says: "The j $330,000. Young represents an Eastern ! pany which may give work to an em.
withdrawal of English and other faini- i ai;d English syndicate. A new company ; ploye of the classes named unless such
AT -
.M
J20CSCE
rdford,
A SCHEUMERIIOKS,
Oregon.
Flour and Fee3 Store
C Stmel. Oppossie Kackel S'.orp.
Medford, - Oregon.
FREE DELIVERY.
In the McAndrews Buildingon Seventh street. Our stock of Cigars and
Tobacco is complete. Give us a call. SIGN OF THE DIG
S. O. WILSON, Medford, Oregon.
T
J. W. Lawton,
o DEALER IN 0
LJ ATLNESS AND C ADLLERY.
n rr. Wrrr
Ordsr Work Given Special Attention.
REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY
SEVENTH STREET,
-o-
LINE.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
EBSTER & HAMMOND,
Lionel B. Webster. Austin S. Hammond
'" " ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office i.O. O. F. baildmz, Medford, Or
& B. PICKER
PHYSICL AND SUEGEON,
-- Medford, Or
Office: Room 5; Opera plock.
J B. WAIT,
PHYSICIAK AND SURGEON,
Office in Childers Block,
Medford, Ot
E. P- GEARY,
PHYSICIAN AND SUttGEON,
pffice Cor. C and Seventh sts.. Medford, Or
J)R. O. F. DEMOREST,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Makes a specialty f)f SrM-cIass work at reason-
- aoir rates.
Office In Opera House,
Medford, Or.
JJCSS0I1IILLE WHILE WORKS,
J. C. WHIPP. Iropi
Does General Contrasting in all Lines of?-
FLOUR, WHEAT,
BARLEY, WHOLE
.OR ROLLED OATS,
conld reach him.
M. IL Savaye, snperintendent of the
Indi;in school at Pems.Riverside county,
departed unannounced for Mexico, ln-vet-tiga!iun
shows he is a defaulter.
Savage is in Mexico, bnt the federal
grand jury has taken up the matter and
he mav he t-xtraditvd.
Dennis Scanlon, a railroad section ' lies front Peking apars to have been i te organize1 and the system com- ; servant is the possessor of a government
boss, was brntally murdered at Grass the result of a Japanese ruse. Informa- (-pleted. 1 license-
Valley. Cal tvaalon had received his tion came from Tokio of an intended de- j There were over 8.000.000 pounds of! The United States has been invited
wa; the day he was marderei The scent njxn the coast of Pechi i and at- : tin plate in bend at the port of Baiti-' by the quadruple alliance composed of
assassins used a hammer to beat Scan-; tacks upon IVking. This iuJnced the j more at the eid of last month. The im-j Great Britain, France. Germany and
Ion to death. ! foreipi ministers to take measures for I porters allowed the stock to accumulate ! Eusaa to join it in a friendly interven-
At the Sacramento bicycle tournament tlie security of the women. The Japa-j and remain in bond until the new tariiT tion in the war between China and
List week the California riders did some es expected to excite PekinR and its ; law, which reduces the duty 1 cent a Japan. The invitation will be declined,
record sma-hin. Short distance records population. Popular feeling in Peking j pound, went into effect. Under Secre-! The dediaation is based on the time
were lowered time after time by Wells, and Tien-Tsin," the corTeiondeut adds. ; tary Carlisle's ruling the new tariif pro-! honored policy of this government to
!ei!er, Edwards and others. j "is nnusuaily friendly to foreigners, j vision became effective on Oct. 1. and avoid any entangling alliance with for-
The stafw from Pieta to Lakeport, ' w'10:n natives regard as a sort of j the S.OOO.UOO pounds of tin plate saved eigu powers. Acknowledgment is made
Cal.. was held up the other day bv a Pge 01 saie.y.
1? ir V Q r,AT?V IV Tt ! lnnn ki.'kw.rmnn nn.r th fnnn. r1.r i
Wt.lf.B nf L-in.U I lue roooer seenrcu tne express uox ana
Baled Hav
A. ?yi. Woodford,
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Pianos ai Organs.
1
j trie stage returned to ineta. Utfccers
I started ont immediately and in a few j
bonrs returned with the h:ghwayuian. !
The famous Ticacho (A. T.) placer
mines, locatol about a year ago by non
resident EuglUb capitalists and held by '
aliens, have all been relocated by par- ;
ties backed by Montana mining capital-;
ists, upon the ground that the minvs are
held and owned by aliens, contrary to
the United States mining laws. The !
EnglL-h company will not be allowed to j
Prof. P.J. HEAD has secured Ih ex
clmivr nfrucy for Jnrko:i (vunir for
tfce Wii"jr l Allfn C"mpany. of "I'ori-
p.i.y han-lle are iruaraaieeJ flrl claw I ork the mines until the case .s decided
id cTcnr mpKt. - . . bv the courts.
Tlcioos Art ef Lawbreakers and Losses
by Flr aot Accident.
Adolphns Meyer, deputy marshal at
Sitka. Alaska, has been arrested for em
bcrjJing puLiic money.
Three men were killed, two seriously
wounded, if not fatally, and five others
badly hurt by the explosion of boilers at
the Kenry Clay colliery at Shamokin.
Pa. The entire steam-supplying plaut
of the mine consisting of 3t boilers was
totally demolished, in addition to the
monetary loss of $30,000. The
the reduced duty. This action resulted ' of the truth in what the invitation has
ifl a loss to the government of ! to say about the desirability of the
Judicial proceedings have been rnsti-; restoration of peace, but in the pclrte
tnted at San Salvador sgroast ex-Presi- htngnate of diplomacy it is pointed out
dent Carlos Eieta and ex-Vice President ' at t'lis country has so far got along
Antonio Ezeta, 19 indictmerls having '. YerT we'J attending to its own business,
been made against them for defalcation. 1 and that so long as it continues to pros-
Thewill of F.ichard Smith, member1 r lhst FUe it; ot de?art
of the firm of ilackellar. Smith & Jor- i " ,
dan. type and electrotype founders, who ' rtIort cf Commissioner, of Pen
died recentlv. was probate.1 at Philadel- : 5101:5 L1" r tae fiscal year ending
phia. He leaves over $1,000,000 to the j JcEe 1S34-1:3:5 been snKe o the
citv. Ho directs the executors to erect 1 Kcretar?" of lhe mienor and the follow
in Fairmount park, at a cost not to ex-1 ms abstract 1138 sen out for pubE
ceed o00.(k)0. an elaborate memorial caaon: The report si;tes that the nmn-
! oer ot pensioners on tne rou J tine so.
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORK.
CKMKTF.UY WORK A SPECIALTY.
Jacksonville, - Oregon.
o o c o
jiiiiitiiiiiiffiiiiiiiiiiiii'"iiiislll,,tt-
n! FURNITURE.!
Henrv which is to be oniajnented with ! wr 01 pensioners on
ry rrsproi. ... 1 bv the conrt.s. n.r 1tir VnrM.in VL-riinn- ..1 t.- 1 f ,i.-..:;Ji.j t 1 ; 1 liW. was 5Ra.0I2: ttat Qunoi' the vear
Mr. lleud also rfros llnicllon!t In . . ; - . " . V. " ro ! r "uu-mhiuiiuis anu a , .;.
rauslo. ar.i rvpaln anj tunrs boiii Or-1 - liaries .Maro:e or cnison. v asn.. was : less collieries wui w inMe to resume 1 bronre statue of himself. In addition to " lu tae
.i..uvj, inucu in maxing a paraciiu.e jump at 1 operations tor at least cne mon; n. inei
Vancouver, o. v. jiHriue e.eu ni a 1 ineu anient were imimas arr. t 1111am j
snbstitnte for Sopor, a professional bal- j Boyd and William Slick. Teter Hack I
loonist. Marble had never been np in a j and Jacob Didiam are not expected to 1
balloon, and was to receive f I'J tor inak- recover.
ing the ascent. Dcors say Marble was 1 Mrs. J. C Lehmiller and her 9-vear-
ilead liefore he landed in the water, old niece were murdered at Quincy, IiL.
Fright killed him. His feet wire lied ! by unknown parties. A number of peo-
Medford.
Oregon.
JtlfltltUIMttfllllttltlll...llllllllllltllllttltllIllllltlltk I
J B. Cann's
Rheumatic
Cure. .
to the parachute and he descended head ! pie knew Mr. Lehrailier was expecting a
1
The niieiimHtic Cure cures
Headache, Toothache. Neu
ralgia and Catarrh. If cure
is not elTectod tho medicine
will cost you nothing.
Directions To bn rubbed
nn diseased parts al loiisl lj
minuU-'S with tho hand.
fimtts, Papr,
niiiiittiiiiiiiiiiitiiMiiMiiiMnfiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiir
Balriprators, Mm
vi I. A. WEBB. MF.nFORD. -H
jiMiiiiiiiH(m"tilll',lll,,flla,,,,a""'b
lyNDERTAKING
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Picture Framing a Spectalty.
QPQERS & HALL.
DEtfTISTS. .
Have permanently located in Medford for the
fractiee o& dentistry. From a continued prac
ioe of 6vr 14 years, we are prepared to guaran
tee entire satisfaction.
ghrefsa 'll. Over Slnvera drug store.
MEDFORD
RKETS
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DRUG STOrE,
G. II. IIASKINS, Frop'r.
CORRECTED EVESr WED!ESOAr.
Wheat, No. 1, per bushel, ct
Oats, m .. 40 "
Barley .... 40
Corn, . . ' ' 40 !'
. Potatoes. ... f "
Mill Feed, Bran and Shorts, per ton. 115.00
Hav. . .' baled, $8.00: loose, 7.00
Oalf ,
Fir.
Wood J
- Flour, wholesale,
Flour, retafl,
.Butter, "
Eggs,
Onions,
Apples,
Bacon and Ham
Shoulder
. peans
;.fcard
per cord, 3.50
" o.uu
per barrel, 340
per sack, 80 cts
per roll (two ponndt.) 69 .f
per dozen, 15 "
per pound, 1!4 "
per box, (one bushel) 8714 "
per lb. 10 '
per lb, 08
.. .. os
- " " - 10
ft "SH "
Pi-esoriptions
. Main Street, .
Has anything m the lini or
Pure D.ugs, Patent Mcdicincit. Books,
Stationery.
PAINTS and OILS,
TobuccoeH.CIgarx, P-rfumpry, Toilet Articles and
L'.vervinme tnni is curnea 111 a nrHi-
class DKUU b'fORE.
Carefullv :' Compounded.
- - Medford Oregon.
W. ANDERSON, Agent.
MEOFORO, - - OREGON.
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Perry Ellis,
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OREGON.
Photoirraphs of Pleasure mid Out
inr Parties u specialty. . . .
f?fVlcw of frater Lnko. Rmkub Fivrr Fnlls
nml nil iHbrr ixilnls of Interest in this loealiiy
furnished upon application al reaaoniibluturins
NO
MAN
tV. I.
VAWTER,
Pres.
Wan
SLINGER,"
Vice Prea.
, ENYART,
Cushiot
Jacksdn County Bank.
CAPITAL, - $50,000 Bedford, Oregon
IDan money on approved security, receive deoosits subject to check,
4nd transact a general banking business on' th; most favorable terms.
jii-Your Business Solicited.
Correspondtsiits: '
Ladd & Bush, Salem. Anglo-California Bank, San Francisco,
Tadd & TiWcm, Portland. Corbin Banking Co., J. Y
Hns ever been known to hiiec tho Cholera who
hil biasbiiviiiK uuU hiiircuttlut-aouo ut
THE PALACE.
CLE-tNLINESS
I S A COMPANION
TO 00DUNCS3I
Our bnth nrc two bits earn.
Suvcuili HlrtBi. Mciltord. Orexun.
THE PALACE.
The Variety
Sore
Is the place to get-
Second
Hand
Goods
Furniture,
Glassware
Stoves, Guns,
and Crockery.
South of the Clarendon ,s
MEDFORD - UltEGO.
large sum of money from Des Moines.
Ia.. and the ruurdeivrs uir have ex
pected to find it. After cnttinir the
woman and child to pieces with a
hatchet so that the blood sjiurted clear
to the ceiling, they ransacked every
thing in the hor.se. The murdered
vouum had ( 14.000 life insurance for
the benefit of her hrtsliand snd he car-
few hours from loss of 1 ned "8.000 for her. People in the neih-
.borhood who are interested in the estate
re snspected. William Langham was
arrested, but was released ou proving
an alibi.
An overland train was held np by two
men near Sacramento the other uisht
and the express cur looted. The robbers
compelled the trackwalker to flag the
.train, the express car was uncoupled
from the train and the enjrineer was
compelled to pull away from the passen
ger coaches. They then compelled the
engineer and fireman to dismount and
accompany them to the express car.
The express messenger refused to open
the car at first, but when he was shot at
a conplo of times he surrendered. One
robber entered the car with the engi
neer and fireman. The messenger was
compelled at the point of a shotgun to
open the treasure box. Four bags of
coin were taken from the safe and the
engineer and fireman were forced to
carry them to the engine. Then the
robbers uncoupled the engine from the
mail nud express car, opened the throttle
and sped down the truck. After going
about five miles the engine was reversed
and seut back wild. Fortunately steam
was low when the engine backed into
the detached cars and bnt little damage
was done. Fnllv $30,000 was secured
by the robbers. Large rewards have
been offered and every effort is being
made to capture the thieves, who are
believed to be railroad men.
downwnnls.
Elmer Ilonn, tVe grown son of P. X.
Bonn of Redding, wr-s killed by acci
dent at Cflssel, Shasta county. He had
et two tdiotgnns in the woods to trap
deer, and hearing one of the guns go off
went to investigate and exploded the
other. The charge entered the leg be
low the hip. causing a fearful wound.
He died in a
blood.
The estate of William Murdock, a
wealthy Sacramento valley farmer, is in
litigation. The property amounts to
WO.00O. Mnrdot-k was a bachelor and
left- a will giving his estate to relatives.
there being no incumbrances. Mrs.
Mary Helen Mnrdock, a distant rela
tive of the deceased, has filed a claim of
1300,000 against the estate. The claim
is based on a note dated Sept. ?, 1S77, in
which Mnrdock agreed to pay the claim
ant $100,000 with interest at 1 per cent
per month.
' Jndge Hoss in the United States dis
trict court at Los Angeles overruled the
demurrer of defendants in the case of
tho United States vs. the Southern Pa
cific railroad, iu which there is in con
troversy a large area of land the defend
ants claim as a grant to the Texas
Pacific railroad, which road was not
built according to the terms of the
grunt. The land lies within the Los
Angeles dihtrict, and the case involves
much the same points as those decided
by Judge Ross a few weeks ago concern
ing the Atlantic and Pacific railroad
grant. The defendants contended that,
the Southern Pacific being a Kentucky
corporation, the court did not have
jurisdiction; also that certain of the de
fendants resided in New York. The
court decided that it had jurisdiction
over the laud and this g:vvo jurisdiction
over the case.
rolls. i..yol were dropped for death and
other causes and that 2,593 previously
The
this the will contains a bequest of $50.
OuO for A -hl!,lrvn nhrkwu
trronnds in the East rvsrfc" TT- n'r , drorped were restored to the roKs.
$5,000 to the Philadelphia Typographi-! nil:lloer of r-s ni thercH of
cat societvaad $3,000 to the Typographi-! Jun W was S69-554- amount
cal union of Philadelphia. The remain- l1 for J051015 duncg the year was
der of his fortune, about $500,000. he : 1S9-? leading a balance ia the,
leaves as a fund to maintain the memor- nvasnr' of t30-'.'" appro
ial and the plavhonse. The director of ! PnaUon. Much dishonesty and fraud,
public works. Mr. Windrim. is named i lniUn!' attributable to unscrupulous
by Smith as the architect, and will re- j cliUm a?nts- W:1S discovered, and there
ceive $25,009 for his services. The Penn- wer 154 convictions in the United
fvlvanians whose bronze statues will ! States wlthm the Jar for peasiua
adorn ttw memorial are General Geor-e i tacds' PerjQn' na forgeries.
B. McClellan, General George Meade,
General Winfield S. Hancock. General
and ex-Governor John F. Hjirtrauft, I
General and ex-Govemor James A.
Beaver, ex-Governor AntJrew G. Cnr-j
tin. General John F. Reynolds, Admi
ral David D. Porter, General S. W.
Crawford and Admiral John A. Dahl-
kivu. luo uequesis win tm mto enecx , . , , . -..
Unmediatelvcter the death of Smiths ' Ta b?reT aud Ve np- Mff?:
aged widow. theuu s time was 12 minutes and 13f
" 1 seconds.
The uppermost wish of Xathan Bern- Ircn anj steel mills in the vicinity of
stem a millionaire of Brooklyn, was Harrisburg. Pa., are eajoving an era of
that he might live long enough to wit- unprecedented prosperity. At the Penn
t6? t,marrlage of 800011(1 son I svlvania Steel works the production of
John. The young ian was engaged to j Bessemer steel last week was
Before a throng whAch packed both,
banks of the river as well as the great
Eads bridge at St. Louis, Miss Rose
Mosentheim of that city won the mile
and a half sculling match for the female
championship of America, defeating
Miss Tillie Ashler of Hartford. Connl
Miss Ashley lost heart before the race
been selected for the marriage. Satur
day Mr. Bernstein realized that his end
was near, and he prevailed on tho young
couple to have the ceremony performed
this afternoon by his bedside. As the
time approached, Mr. Bernstein ex
pressed a fear that he would not live un
til the hour set. and urged that it be
hastened. Preparations were hurried
aad the bridal party proceeded to Mr.
Bernstein's bedroom. The bride and
groom took position close by the bed
aide and the dying man was propped up
with pillows. The other members of
the family gathered close by. Dr. Wint
ner was bont to read the marriage
ritual when Mr. Bernstein died. The
grief stricken familv were about to
the heaviest for years. The three fur
naces in blast averaged nearly 800 tons
daily. The company has contracts for
100.000 tons or more of girder rails.
The express office at The Dalles, Or.,
was robbed of $15,000 in gold the other
night.- A box containing the money was
received at midnight and taken to the
oflice. Agent Mills left the ofilce and
returned in a few minutes and the
money was gone. It is believed the rob
bers are local men and were secreted in
the express oflice when the treasure ar
rived. Kev. Dr. Smith, well known in re
ligious circles throughout Indiana, while
preaching at Winchester became infara-
sted with the wife of Fred Helm. Mr.
iHehn, strangely enough, fell in, love
A Million Friends.
A friend In nocd Is a friend indeed,
and not less than 0110 mi ion people
havo found just such a friend, iu Dr.
King's New Discovery for consumption,
cou-jhs and colds. If you havo never
U9id this great cough modicino, one
trial will convince you that it has won
derful curative powors in all diseases
of throat, chest and lungs Ench bottle
Is guaranteod to do all that is churned
or money will be refunded Trial bot
tles freo'nt G H Hnskin'8 drag store,
artfo bottles oCu and $1 ,
I am now prepared to roll Harley
and grind grni n of all kinds. I make
graham Hour iiml corn meal. Will
grind on the last three days of each
week. E. liuss, at Medford nursery.
The Mail is aut.horir.ed to sell a
half interest in Hotel Medford for
Jt,;"00. Sale must bo made within the
next thirty days This building is
earning ?10) per month in rents. It is
irsafo investment and well worth tho
price asked for it. All particulars can
be furnished ut this office,
.f ...... K ..i .1 -.-. ,i hnt Afv Ttam.
rtZtJiATl JW Mrs. Smith, and the result was
t iiiKt os if her husband were alive, i they traded wives. 1 uu caused a sensa-
The familv adjourned to the parlor
where the younj
and wife.
; couple were made man
Loul Blank for sulo at this oKce
A Sp;citlc for Croup.
'"1 consider Chamberlain's Cough
Romedv a specific for croup. It is very
pleasant to take, which is one of. the
most imnortant requisites where a
cough reined v is intended for use among
children I 'havo known of cases of
croui) where 1 know the lifo of a little
one was saved by the use of Chamber
lain's Conga "Remedy,' J. -1- La
Grange, druggist. Avoca. Xeb. CiO cent
bottles for sale by Geo. H. Haskins.
i tion and necessitated Dr. Smith's retire
ment from the ministry. Mrs. Smith
has been granted a divorce. ,
Bucklen's Arnica Sal-re.
Tho best salve iu the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
i sores, t.ttr. chapped hands, chilblains.
corns, ana all skin eruptions, aad posi
tively eurv'S piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 2"c
per oox. r or rmi ov tr. l-l. liasKns.
For sale bv G. H. Haskins. Medford
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Kijhest .Me-Jclsad Diploma.
Two bits for a shirt is pretty cheap,
but so long as it is h good article
worth twice that figure you of course
will want one, at Mull.r's corner gro-
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