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MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ym J. BENXET,
ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
Plans, Specifications anil Details. Perspec
tive Drawings and Blueprints. Ventilation and
Drainage a Specialty.
Hamlin Block, - - Medford, Oyegon.
QROWELL & PARKER,
W. S. Crowell. V. II. Parker.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office In Hamlin Block. Medford, Or.
J W. GEARY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
1 Central Point, Oregon.
J?. KIRCIIGESSXER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Medford, Otegon.
Onlce Phipps' Block, Cor C and Seventh sts.
fRANCIS FITCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Medford, Ore.
Will practice in all courts of state or U. S
J H. WHITMAN,
ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY
AT LAW.
Office in bank building, Medford. Or
Have the most complete and reliable abstracts
f title in Jackson county.
JJAMMOND & VAWTER,
Austin S. Hammond. Wm. L Vatrter.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. O. O. P. buildinc. Medford, Or
E. B. PICKEL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Medford, Or
Mcc HmaldB Block.
J. B. WAIT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OSce in Chllders' Block. Medford, Or
P. GEARY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
flee Cor. C and Seventh sts.. Medford, Or
)R. O. F. DEMOREST,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Makes a specialty of first-class work at reason
able rates.
Office in Opera House,
Medford, Or.
QDGERS & HALL,
DENTISTS.
Have permanently located in Medford for the
practice of dentistry. Prom a continued prac
tice OX over 14 yean, wo w pniww 6
tee eatire satisfaction.
Give as a can. Over Slavers dreg; store.
L Al. MOUNCE....
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
Choice Candies, Nuts, Fruits,
Fine Cigars and Todacco.
Temperance Drinks
in Variety...
Opposite Fostofflce.
MEDFORD, - OREGON
For Fine Candy. Choice
Cigars and Tobacco.
Also Hcmm dcpotano vM?
Choice novels.
ear First Door South ot Bank.
Joe Shone,.
Manufacturer of and Dealer In
r,
Sash, Doors, Moulding
Brackets, Rustic and
Flooring ...
Also Glass. Paints, Oils and Varnish.
Custom work promptly attended to.
MEDFORD,
OREGON.
H A ITD AXLE
ilfMLCH
GREASE
t BEST IX THE WOEIB.
?tswcarinsaaalltlnretiinnassed,actuall9
eutlnatiiiB- 'wo boxes of anvptharbrand.
effected by beat. ir('f 1U CESi HIKE.
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CHASE "Nt
Into... jTr
Sill's Candy Palace
When You Want
to Spray YOut Bugs
i We can furnish you the Myers Spray Pump
cheaper than ever. The new goods which
we have to offer this week are latest model
Bridge Beach Stoves and Ranges, Nickel
Kettles and Nickel Tea and Coffee Pots.
We now have a new stock of Canton Clip
per plows on hand. Be sure and see them.
Prices as low as first-class goods can be
sold.
This is "NICK."
J. BEEK & CO.,
Medford, -
Groceries
Teas and
Coffees
Cigars and
Tobacco
HOTEL
....LUriSDEN & BERLIN
D. H- JKILiLiES . . .
HEADQUARTERS
FOR ....
FISHING TACKLE
In great variety
HARDWARE
STOVES
Plumbing Goods of AH Kinds in Stock
Plumbing Done on Short Notice
Paints, Oils and Painters' Supplies. Cartridges and Ammunition
of all kinds, and in fact a full line of everything carried in the
hardware and tinware business. First-class goods and prices as
low as the lowest. Miners' supplies of all kinds in stock.
The Empire Steel Ranges
Every Range guaranteed to work perfectly.
TINSHOP IN CONNECTION -j--
GSOLUESS
Before sending away for your trees please
notice that the
Central Point Nursery....
Has an unusually fine, large stock of trees of
all strndard varieties that are true to label and
free from insect
. reliable nursery
ray trees here at
Call at nuraery and Inspect trees and fret prices
my neaiiuK jrouuus on j. a. uagey s piace. in rasi jieaiora. a pay ireigai w au iwww in
Southern Oregon.
Central Point Nursery, Central roint, Oregon.
Prescriptions - :- Carefullv Compounded.
Main Street, - - - - - Medford Oregon.
J. W. Lawton,
o DEALER IN o
j-JARNESS AND gADDLERY.
Order Work Given Special Attention.
REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY LINE.
Hand-made and Campbell lock stilck ruuehine-mude harness always on hand.
SEVENTH STREET, -o- - MEDFORD, OREGON.
Legal Blanks for
: - Oregon.
'FRESH GOODS AT LOWEST CASH PRICES
.FREE DELIVERY
Wholesale and Retail ...
nEDFORD BLOCK
pests at as low prices as any
in the northwest. I grow all
Central Point.
that will surprise yon. Samples may be seen at
THE MORTAR
D$UG STOfE,
(i. H. HASK1NS, l'rop'r.
H YTMma in t-c line or
Pure- Diugs, Patent Medicines, Books,
Stationery,
ZP-A.I3STTS OILS,
Tobaccoes, Cigars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and
Kverytlilnir that is curried In a first
closs DRUG STOKE
sale at this office.
AND
TINWARE
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
Bevicw or the Work Dane at tU. Last
Session.
1 h i last days of a session of congress
are always interesting and great crowds
are attracted to both chambers. An un
usual incident attended the closing of
the recent congress. It was the trans
action of business on Sunday. Monday
was the day fixed by law for adjourn
ment, and in order to pass necessary
appropriations Saturday's session was
continued till Sunday morning. When
gray dawn was silently approaching the
weary solons took a recess till 2 o'clock.
By this method the Sabbath was not
desecrated, the minutes' showing that
Saturday's session was a very long one
and mujji business was transacted.
Among the late bills passed was the
sundry civil appropriation bill, and its
most important provision is for another
international monetary conference. The
delegates selected by the senators in ex
ecutive session are Jones of Arkansas,
Teller of Colorado and Daniel of Vir
ginia. All are free silver men. The
three delegates from the house were not
selected at the same time. Except that
a resolution was unanimously adopted
asking Speaker Crisp to appoint himself
on the commission.
B.tI.w of thm Work Dose.
A review of the work of the last ses
u of the Fifty-third congress must
necessarily deal more with what was at
tempted to be done than that which was
accomplished, since most of the impor
tant business considered baa been con
fined to the former class. The term haa
bean particularly marked by the inabil
ity or the senate and bouse to agree
upon any of the most important prob
lems presented by them.
Congress met on the 4th of December
last with one imperative and perennial
task, to frame and enact the vartoos ap
propriation bills. Next in importance
was the financial question, for which no
definite plan of settlement beyond many
free silver bins and various individual
schemes were then in view.
Several important bills came over as a
heritage from the preceding esaainn
"Coram ost among them were, in the
hones, the Nioaragua oanal bill, the
railroad pooling bill and the htU far the
settlement of the udebtedneas of the
Union Pacifie railroad, known as the
ReiUy bia
The Nicaragua canal project has not
Veen able to secure n hnsi lug in the
hoose. Largely through the enthusias
tic efforts of Senator Morgan of Ala
bama the senate bill was poshed to a
rote in that body after protracted de
hate and was sent to the hoose, where
the conference committee substituted
its own bill, which had been on the cal
endar throughout the session and which
differed in several points from the Mor
gan bill.
The pooling bill was passed by the
hoose early in the session, bat the sen
ate refused to consider it by a negative
vote of 42 to H on the question of con
sideration. Strong opposition to the
Beilly bill developed in the hoose, and
after a very sharp debate it was recom
mitted to the committee without in
struct ions.
Several important bills were placed on
the calendar of the senate at the begin
ning of the term, handed down from the
long session when they had been passed
by the hoose. Prominent among them
was the bill to establish a uniform sys
tem of bankruptcy, which was debated
intermittently, but finally sidetracked.
Another unsuccessful measure was the
anti-option bill
There were also on the senate calen
dar the four bills which the house had
sent over to place on the free list sugar,
coal, iron ami barbed wire, but the at
tempt to secure consideration of the free
sugar bill was negatived by a small ma
jority, and the opposition to the three
others was so apparent that they have
been allowed to pass into oblivion.
The most interesting chapter of the
history of the session is made by the at
tempt at financial legislation in both
houses. These are too well known to
require recapitulation. No financial leg
islation has yet resulted from the host
of bills introduced during the session,
with more or less weight of authority
behind them.
The principal class of legislation ac
complished by the short session was that
making appropriation for the support of
the government. Not a little general
legislation was incorporated into the
appropriation bills.
The diplomatic and consular bill in
creased the salaries of several foreign
representatives and the senate placed in
it an amendment authorizing the presi
dent to contract for laying a cable be
tween the Hawaiian Islands and the
United States, and to use $300,000 in
the work, an amendment which the
house refused to accept.
The agricultural bill empowered the
secretary of agriculture to enforce rules
for the inspection of live cattle whose
meat is intended for shipment abroad
in any form, and regulations to prevent
tbe shipment of condomned carcasses
abroad or from one state to auother,
and fixed heavy penalties for violation
of such regulations.
Considerable legislation was included
iu the sundry civil bill and much more
was attempted in the senate by pro
posed amendments. The completion of
several public buildings was provided
for in the bill as it passed the 1 1 use,
and sums were added iu tho senate for
new building".. Another senate amend
ment provided for the purchase for
$150,000 of the site of the Blaine man
sion in Washington. Provision was
also included for the transfer of the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., to the department of justice, to
be known as the United States peni
tentiary and maintained for keeping
United States prisoners who have here
tofore been held in state prisons under
contract.
The naval bill was notable because of
the "new navy" provision for two
battle-ships and six torpedo-boats and
an increase of the enlisted force by the
addition of 1,000 men.
fledford's Annual School Meeting.
Last Monday afternoon occurred the
regular annual school meeting of this
district. There were just an even
thirty-four present who were entitled
to vote and soino Cfleen or twenty
others of our citizens who took no part
in the proceedings thev not being
real property owners. It was about
the quietest meeting of like nature
that has been held in this cit for
some several vears." There arc almost
always a tew short but quite spirited
discussions as to the eligibility of some
present to a voice in the meeting, but
upon this occasion there was a large
goneness in that particular direction,
There was nothing but smooth sail
ing, not even a chance tor someone to
''object" and someone else to get out
of order, and while all this is true it
was quite apparent that there had
been no slates manufactured for this
occasion.
In the absence of Chairman A. A.
Davis, Attorney W. I. Vawter, one of
the directors, presided over the
meeting. After the call had been
read by Clerk Jones, a report from the
clerk of the receipts and disbursements
of moneys of the district during the
past year was asked for by the chair.
The clerk bad made a recapitulated
tablet ot the several amounts which
had passed through his hands the
same being concise and comprehensive.
After the reading of the report.
upon motion of H. G. Nicholson
it was adopted. Following this
came nominations for the election ot a
director, for a term of three vears.
A. A. Davis. C. J.Howard. W. H.
i farcer and U. S. W ebb were notm-
naiea. taas. wotcon ana a. s. mi
ton appointed tellers. First ballot
gave Davis 13, Howard 5, Parker 8,
we do o.
Second ballot, Davis 12, Howard 4.
farlcer 13, Webb a.
Third ballot, Davis 10, Parker 19.
Webb o. farter declared elected.
Nominations tor clerk were then in
order, but as only one was made, that
being Garl T. Jones, by motion the
rules were suspended and tbe tellers
instructed to cast a ballot for Mr.
Jones. The business for which the
meeting bad been called reached its
termination right here and the meet
ing adjourned.
kzfobt or cuu.
Received from all sources SSeN 14
DtSBCBSSJIESIS.
Paid teacher f30osa
Interest on indebtedness till SI
Note paid and interest on same.. S4 47
nooa two jeara . 47710
Merchandise.
ssos
174 It
ST 73
IS! 57
117 87
Janitor
La dot.
Clerk's salary
Balance on nana
tSBtlM
Amount of Indebtedness, last aa
nnal meetlnc IK07SO
Amount of Indebtedness at pre-
ent time 10633 46
Reduced 43S 44
In tbe above report the item "clerk's
salary" includes part of the clerk's
salary for 1393.
t Council Proceedings.
City council met in regular session
Tuesday evening of this week. Pres
ent, Mayor Haskins, Councilman Wil
son, Howard, Starr and Lawton.
In reference to matter of grading
north C street, referred to street com
mittee. Iu matter pertaining to reconsider
ing bill of Hal ley Bros., no action
taken. This is in reference to a bill
presented at the October session and
was for pumping water at city works.
The bill was presented for e-SO.So, and
allowed at Sv0 which amount parties
would not then accept.
Regarding grading and graveling B
street, from second to uinlh, grade
ordered established and irccorder or
dered to ilnif, au ordinance authoriz
ing the grading and graveling of same,
which ordinance will be parsed upon
at tho next meeting.
In matter of petition of S. K. Delk
& Co., for liquor license, jx.'titiou ac
cepted, bonds approved and recorder
ordered to issue license. Bondsmen,
G. W. Bashford, B. P. Theiss and C.
Handles.
Amendment of ordinance No. llti,
prohibiting the use of city water either
(or irrigating purposes or sprinkling
lawns between the hours of 11 a. m.
and 2 p. m. of each day, passed. This
ordinance was passed to make any
needed repairs on machinery and to
allow time to catch up on the supply of
water for afternoon use.
Street grade on Tenth street, from J
to F ordered established.
Relation to extension of sidewalic on
west Seventh street, grade ordered es
tablished and walk built.
Grade ou Seventh street, between B
and county road, ordered established.
This grade was established some years
ago but no record of it can be found.
Tho new survey will not interfere with
tho present condition of the street.
Recorder instructed to advertise in
Tub Mkdkokd Mail for sealed bids
for furnishing piping, etc., for tho ex
tension of water works. See notice
elsewhere This cxtensiou is to bo
made by laying pipes from the school
honso south on K street to Eleventh,
same to bo in operation by May 1, lt!o.
It was ordered that streets and al-
leys bo cleared of all rubbish, and
marshal ordered to see that this work
was properly conducted.
Recorder ordered to draft an amend
ment to original ordinance making
lessees of rooms or buildings liable to
fine for renting either houses or rooms
for purposes of prostitution.
Meet in? adiourned until Wednesday
evening,' March 20th.
Wm. Churchman, nightwatch and fees $25 06
Electric Light Co.. lights 40 OS
11. H. Webb, recorder's lees S5 30
E. W. Carder, engineer salary 350
Total 12530
SNAKE POISON.
Dr. Ca1mettes Interesting experiments in
Inocnlatlna- Rabbits with Pore Venom.
"I have taken a lot of rabbits," said
the doctor, "and inoculated them with
one milligramme each of pure snake
venom, the amount being several times
more than a mortal dose. These I have
treated with serum of varying
strength, the lowest being from a rab
bit inoculated with four milligrammes
and the highest from a rabbit inocu
lated with twenty-six milligrammes of
pure venom," quotes McClure's Maga
zine, i
"Four milligrammes of venom is a
mortal dose for ten rxrands of rabbits
and twenty-six milligrammes would
suffice to cause death among sixty. It
gave me, consequently, a very power
ful serum. The longer the time after
the inoculation the stronger was the
grade of serum used upon the poi
soned subjects. Thus, after twenty
minutes, I successfully arrested the ac
tion of the poison with the weakest
serum, while the strongest saved the
rabbit after the lapse of an hour and a
half. Those not treated therapeutical
ly died in two hours.
"I find, generally speaking, about
five cubic centimeters of the serum
from one milligramme are neceasary tc
make the animal proof against one
milligramme of pure venom. I alac
find that I can use three distinct spe
cifics in vaccinating a rabbit, and, by
all analogy, a man, against the bite of
the most poisonous snake or as an anti
dote after they have been bitten.
These are, first, the serum from an en
venomed animal by itself; secondly,
this serum mixed with chloride of gold
or the hypochlorite of sodium or of
lime, and, thirdly, either of these
-1ith .-!, or, preferably, chloride of
lime, used by themselves without
serum.
"I have not inoculated any man
against snake-bites as yet. That is a
matter for the future. I must, of
course, determine how long the im
munity obtained by inoculation en
dures in the system before venturing
to make any predictions in that direc
tion. Mr sole aim thus far has been to
devise some means of saving persons
already bitten or in danger of being
bitten and I have no reason to doubt
the value of my results: and I hope and
believe that the terrible death-roll of
twenty-two thousand persons per an
num in India killed by the cobra may
be appreciably diminished when we
get to work there."
"What about scorpions, tarantulas
and centipedes?"
"I have not undertaken them as yet
but I see no reason why their venom,
which is less important than that .of
the snakes, should not yield to the
same treatment-"
Jewelers to Queen Victoria have a
soft snap since her craze for theatrical
performances at Windsor. It is opined
that diamond brooches and bracelets
must be bought by the gross, as her
majesty always pays the artists in
these tokens of her consideration and
appreciation of the show. Many are
the favored stars who now own a
queen's brooch, and who look on the
gift as a lucky piece ever after. It
speaks well for their loyalty and the
beauty of the jewel that the recip
ient always says it shall never leave
the family, but become an heirloom
from that time forth. The worth of
theso souvenirs rarely varies in price,
but they vary in design, and the artist
who receives a crown in diamonds and
rubies with the initials "V. K. I." from
the royal hand deems the honor worth
living for. Mine. Sigrid Araoldson re
ceived one of these brooches when she
sang in "lMulcmoaet ltaucis recently,
and Mrs. Kendal has one like it which
site told some friends :s ;iaivil in her
dress by the queen herself, when the
Kendals were commanded to play at
Windsor seven or eight years ago.
Cataract Victims.
Four of the' most eminent men in
Europe are at the present time suffer
ing from partial blindness. In all
cases the nature of the ailment is the
same, namely, cataract, and all the
illustrious patients are hopefully seek
ing relief in the resources of medical
science. Mr. Gladstone has had sev
eral operations performed upon one of
his eyes, the result of which, it is be
lieved, will be almost fully to restore
his vision, while the other eye is still
sound enough to enable him. to read
and write. Sir William llarcourt's
eyes are both much obscured, and must
soon have relief or be altogether dark
ened, lie will presently place himself
in a surgeon's hands. M. Jules Simon
is in a like plight, but hopes to have
the opaque veil entirely removed. And
Sig. Crispi, iu whose case the ailment
has not proceeded quite so far as in tho.
others, has already sought the services
of a skilled oculist.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awmnled CoKl Medal Midwinter Fair. Sia Francisco.