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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1895)
joui OUR COUNTY Correspondents i J F.ajrle Point Eaglets. BY A. C. HOWI.ETT. II. S. Wood's family are at the McAlister soda springs this week. Hiss Mattie Taylor is visiting with Miss Lottie Brown, of Central Point. Mrs. Wm. Homes, of Central Point, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Mrs. C. V. Taylor and Miss Cora Brown paid friends a visit in Cen tran Point the fore part of the week. Harvesting is in full blast, but crops have been considerably dam aged by the grasshoppers. In some places they are destroying the fruit trees. Miss Mamie' Woods returned from Sisson Tuesday of last week, where she has been for several weeks past with her cousin Miss Etta Griffeth. Last Tuesday Ben Abbeloose re turned from his trip to Shasta county, Calit., where he went, to look for a location, lie may go there this fall as he is favorably impressed wilh the surroundings. Last week Wig and Ray Ashpole, Willie and Merit Brown started for Read Indian Springs, and this week Frank Brown and his sister and a number of other ladies expect to start for this popular summer resort. The Lewis brothers, Robert and Walker and Lee Parsons, started the first of last week on a hunt and were gone four days an old hunter near Flounce rock killed a deer and di vided with them, so they got some meat. Last Sunday Rev. Ennis preached two very interesting sermons for us, and at the close of the morning ser vice he administered the eucharist. After the Sunday morning services Rev. Ennis. Mrs'. C. W.Taylor and son Carl, Miss Bessie Brown, Miss Lottie Tavlor and a crowd of rive from Med ford, consisting of Miss Myrtle Woodford, a representative of The Mail, Miss Mamie Nichol son, our daughter. Millie, and Mr. t ent. tain scenery and with its other nat ural facilities makes it a favorite resort also for pleasure seekers. The Fourth of July was' duly celebrated in Brownsboro to the ful lest extent that the weather would permit. In the programme the piece "Our Country's Flag," render ed by the seven little girls, Misses Donna, Mabel and Bessie Bell, Pearl Casto, Nora, Edna and Hazel Char ley, followed by the song "Red, White and Blue" was especially commended. Dr. Stanfield, of Eagle Point, delivered the oration in his unique and entertaining manner. The successful knight in the tourna ment was Mr. Hoyt, of Big Butte, while others did good riding. The evening races and ball at night also claim their just merits as contribut ing to the pleasant entertainments. Derby Items. nv WILL. Ben Higinbotham is working at the McKee mill. R. Goodlow has gone to Cres cent City for the summer. Miss Ora Ednuinsou visited Mrs. Wilkinson a few days last week. Miss Simons and Mrs. Peter Simons were in Med ford Saturday last Mr. W. Mitchell, of Eagle Point, spent Sunday at Mr. Wilkinson's plase. Mr. and Mrs. Taggart and Jack Goodlow have returned from a trip' to Jacksonville and Med ford. I i Johnnv Higinbotham. and his ' cousins Elmore and Bertie Nichols have gone east of the mountains. Misses Hattie Eaton and Ella Benson visited frieuds at Gold Hill and Sams Valley a few days since. Gwrge Hoyt who has been work ing in the valley, attended the dance on Sticky and returned home the next day. The dance at Mrs. Adams' on Sticky was every way a success. A large crowd was present, and all report a very enjoyable time. men running in every direction rus tling work for feed. The great Eldriana of the north fork is like unto Babylon of old, ly ing desolate, without an inhabitant. Whether it will ever be rebuilt, or left a habitation for bats and owls and the wild beasts of the moun tains, we are not able to say. The weather is extremely hot at present and tho goneral growl has changed from "cold weather" to "hot weather." It is certainly hot enough to give a man a heart' in clination to shun the hot climate so vividly portrayed by tho clergymen in the pulpit. Kanes Creek Items. BY SINK OIK. Geo. Hammersley and family have returned from McAlister soda springs. Mike Foley, who has been in Cal ifornia for the past two months, is expected home soon. Mrs. Swindon and Mrs. Knotts spent last Sunday on the creek visit ing friends and relatives. A party composed of B. A. and P. A. Knotts and their families left Tuesday for McAlister springs. David Birdsey, of Bolt, was in our neighborhiMxi one day last week calling on relatives and friends. We are glad to say that Mrs. Stover is able to be about again, having banished the rheumatism. John Hammersly, who has been in California for the past year, is home on a visit, but intends return ing soon. Miss Annie Knotts and Mrs.! Perry Knotts spent last Thursday j at WoodviUe, the guest of Mrs Thompson. ware dealers of Ashland, for $21, 523.55. The work will be resumed forthwith. ' County Clerk Jacobs is taking a vacation and attending the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Workmen, ho having been sent as a delegate from the Medford lodge. He will visit several important cities during his absence. Zack Cameron has returned from who W accused of Laving killed their father in Philadelphia. A third child, a boy aged 8, ia thought to huve been murdered similarly in another city by Holmes, the desire being to rid himself of three beings wiio might ri.se to con vict him of tho other crime. A young man named Gray from San Francisco and Herbert Belong from Denver have beeu arrested at Sacra mento for securing money under false pretenses. Doth were well-dressed und irood talkers. Thev had u.th h,.i,i. a six weeks' stay at the Simmons j printed claiming that a mythical club it Cameron mines at Waldo. The would give a picnic in one oi the troves annual clean-up was made and the owners are much pleased with the outcome. This is one of the best mines in Oregon. Wm. M. Colvig, Adam Schmidt and W. J.. Plymale are attending the A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge at Portland this week. Miss Birdie Schmidt accompanied her father J and will visit friends at the me tropolis for several weeks. Mrs. Reuter and two daughters, accompanied by Mrs. (). Keegan, left Sunday for Smith's soda springs above Ashland for an outing. This is considered one of the best sum mer resorts in the county, being but a short distance from Steinman. The many friends of James Linn j take growin. will be pleased to learn that the ; of u!v- injuries received on .Monday while trving to uncouple the engine and Then they visited various bushier houses selling the tickets. In this man ner the- secured quite a sum of money. A quarrel over the division of the spoils led to their arrest. The grand jury at Washington has re turned a true biil against benjamin Harrison Milliken, private secretary of Senator Harris of Tennessee, for feloni ously entering the house of Hon. Sam uel Phillips of North Carolina, ex-solicitor general of the United States. Milli ken was captured on the roof of Phil lips' house and locked up on the charge of housebreaking, but was subsequently released. A handkerchief and a broken vial, supposed to have contained chloro form, but labeled "camphic, " were found on the grass lxdow the bedroom window. Milliken's explanation is said to be that the whole affair was u mis- out of too much Fourth It is reiorted that Mrs. I', is alout to marry. T. Barnutn The Pncilic National and the Citizens ' National banks of Tacoiuu art to Ijecoa- -bolidated. The internal revenue department is npwiy refunding the money V'Jcr the iucome tax law. paid in coach of the Mcdford-Jacksonvilic j Shortline. are not as serious as at first reported, lie is getting along remarkably well. j T. A. Collins, the voiiiil' man ' ; who had his toes run over bv the , R. R. V. R. R. wheels July -Itli. and suffered the loss of these members. ' received assistance from San Fran Jcbco relatives last week, and on i ! Sunday his attending nil vsieinn i,"t . t i . ,, 'i. , . This, one of the Inst verses ever written it. 1'cuar iook mm to .ueuioru to ; Koi-n i.i;wsi..v,n-,,n 1. 1 r..r..r..,.. ... .,:. Mr. and Mrs Joseph Hammersly, meet the southbound train and he J irMS.rVrnrc In Z ot tins place, have moved to the j went on his way rejoicing. 1 ' osnioixiiuan. The imv nncht have come KUhnr init I ),. will m 1 . ... , j from tiie pen of Hurns. and tire inimitable in usiitr unite, wtit.e tne will re-j At a mx-oi.i1 meeting of Jackson- !" ay. The portrait as declared i.v si. main three or four months ivillo i ,ui v mini) v ii,.,i!'"v"1!""''"';flu l,f ""' H"'1 fVer i"1'"1'11 ol :llie Lodge AO. JU, 1. U. U. r ., the 'jim. In tm siune number of the iomihjiwH- I tun Kmlyard Hiplin;? tells an Indian story, to nit-n nriiimk'uin uuis rnarir.injr illustrations; THE SIGN OF THE F0UR. Here is a combination of words that will be sure to ar rest your attention. It is only the title of a most interesting story bv - Dr. fl. GONflN DOYLE Everybody has heard of the famous Sherlock Holmes Stories, and THE SIGN OF THE FOUR 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Is without doubt the best of the series. 'ti, will he j:.i!il me tlie 'A.iy I ua:.:. As Nmiiy as a trirlie, r will he pumt me an n;v tvke. Ami l- il 1 to Mr. Nerii-- Hut still out on u nil which ever it I- lie Is a ear.ty Kerl'.c. The I.ont protect the back and neck Of honest Mr Nerll. - I .THE OPENING INSTALLMENT. Is given in another column. Read it ! The story is even better than the title. Table Kock Items. ! 11th inst. W. F. Shawver, I). I). (. . . . . ! M., installed the following ollicers: uiis Hereon took a Hying trip to' j Wilson Guiana on ine om. ( V. C. ,. X. Sol is s. R Fred Hansen went to Ashland -:.l. because it was found pure and fairly traetable. was probably the first metal use.l l,v man. Contw-r 'it 5 by j is f vjnd as a metal, but onlv in one .imperatively restricted locality Oc casionally pold fish hooks have been !i..-overed in graves in New Granada In mminir a tunnel in Cauca a gold lioo, was found in lSs-2 fifty feet under the surface of the ground and beneath what must have tha bed of a river Saturday to attend the Chautauqua. Mrs. Ilurton Harrison nuike a M-rious s'.uiiv o( I Conner fit, 1 i . v- .t . . . . . L .. . ' 1 imc oeen Tonnrt in N., t i i, -sew mihstirij in iw jiyin oi inr rour ,. r.s .u ... . t-i . : J. W . iJVer. I Hundreti." ami Kate lK.lL-;a.s U n eontrib "lan d the ancient bunal moimrla r,f -t ifitithtful of ' era. . Myth of the . t- ' u te- a si4ir of one of the tn rvUlilI, JreaS JOIIU Arnold. K. . , n's numtx-r re.tueel to ten cents per copy, and When OCCaMon V (t.: .las. Cronennller, L. S. X. (I demands its use. conseouence. notw lihstamlins its lar-'r tn- Win' w;w. i. i:n.,n ., , ,.( ,k. oaic. n Miss Lutie birch has returned! ... " ,, , , r , t. im-, , - n . " ,.f publication. is cooling to burns, stops pain instant- to her school from the institute, j ....1:,re11,e (;C " W': m..,.-."- -" . . . J l' S a perfect healer for sca.d, Miss Armeta who has been 'V . c r " ' - v'" lu'''1 '"' .- -i. - '"""S"'"1'" iiiiTvnucm ivus , or stm eruptions. Always cures piles. tending school, is at home at pres (i, X. Lewis with friends. 'Jacobs. C Several ivtrties b.iv. 1.ii .1, .,! oyster stipinT was on Ki.gue river berrving berries! 1 ''iic auer ine installation. : kt i. Ciold Hill Items. ; An Kllimvood the etlitor of the I. (i. An of iOO pineapples being brought and ! lieu. H. Haskius. drusffist. served at the delivered lor a school picnic there i - brought an ice cream freezer and ice with them and we had ice cream and cake. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Myrtle Woodford furnished some excelient vocal music. I have quite a list of accidents to -chronicle this week, a young man by the name of Winkle, aged about sixteen years, got his hand badly shot. ' He and Mr. Brown started for a hunt arid in placing a gun in the wagon he put his hand over the muzzle and about that time the team started and in the movement ' the trtcker caught something and , the gmi was discharged, the entire charge passing through his hand, . tearing away all the flesh, but no bones broken. l)r. Officer was called and dressed the wound, and at last accounts he was doing well. Acctdknt X'o. 2. While Joseph Eader was raisii.g a grapple hay fork fihe spring gave way and he at tempted to re-adjust the fork and by some means stuck the neeedle of the fork through his foot, the needle neivetrated his shoe sole. Accident o. 3. Report comes J that Mrs. Samual R.ngle was burned out and lost almost all of her house--hoJd goods. Accimxt So. 4. While Dr. iStanSekl was riding up Butte creek ?to ae a patient . recently in his tauckboard he met with quite a serious accident. His dog was run ning after a rabbit and in his hurry and flurry ran against the horses hind legs, and as quick as a Hash the horse commenced to kick, knockit-g off the dashboard, trow ing the doctor out on his head and shoulders, bruising him up quite badly, breaking the buckboard and smashing things up generally. browiisboro Items. BY REBECCA. Mr. Ferguson, of Big Butte, was doing business in town Tuesday. Joe Davis accompanied by Mrs. T. Davis; Misses Farlow and Hutch ina, of Lake creek, called in town Tuesday. Miss Lulu Miller and Mr. Wm. Stockam, of this place, were mar ried, In Medford, on the eighth. The be&t wishes of their friends are extended. Isaac Merriman and family ac companied by friends made a call in town Tuesday. They are on a trip to the McAlister soda springs. The water of these springs is quite noted for medical purposes bringing health and strength to the weary invalids. It is also surround ed by rugged and beautiful moun- Dau'l Frav's little bov is tin- was caught by the dogs, and as it n'ns iiiIiiirr it i-o r7ii,r til tint who will raise it lor a net Mrs. Riddie has beencirculating .h.iI'-1 hn a siih-serintinn nsner fur thp nnrii. i i lrida, hat of securing medical aid for Mrs. Sul- a l"rs'-' the animal having died ; From the Miner, i J. .1. I'lltnanV residence i no r com pleted, and the improvement t u very lieciiied one. Smith nf thp P:ilnff miiiIv cinra Po'..l. V.-.....,n C. : Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lewis and two i spending a few weeks at their farm. ! !on,"uI children and a friend of ours from j After taking care of their hav crop .I" A; i""1" was shaking hands over in the valley, repaired to our ; he will move his familv to Eagle ! "lth h's 'I'll,1, '' friends the house, where Mrs. II. had previously j Point. " ; firl VATl of i:l;-t wet k- DreDarea amner. snii srnt thf; t..m 1 - .1. 1 ne i;mr i:irt ot tno nrcvmiKi afteniooas pleasantly as c,te could j prouj owne;-of a lltIe ,t week Mr. and Mrs IVndleton and j ..J; iJ'tnWHn, Zl "T- wish. I he party from Medford had was caught bv the dogs, and as it Mr!- Drum visited Medlord. Jack-1 noateM residences in Hold Hill. sonville and Central Point. ! D. s. Younss. .f Medford. uii in m- We learned that some part v I "J""', ' "'d Hill Ixxlge No 1 .".. 1. u... . i.i . t l " ' ' r - I lotle s in a very pro ahing near lvlH.-es bridge. ... " - 1 JI'l'llT I. I'lIU 1 1 ll'll. L. I'. McC'leiuion. of Sams Vallev. will send his iroiuiiti two-year-old, Isivv t'riH-kelt, to Salem this week, in We Want to Trade. Kan., man offered Advocate aouarter IJoihI horses, wagons, and buggies to trade for hay or grain. Will give you a bargain. . .. . i e e . . .u... , oui.tup aa Mixuus & Lkgate. Prop's with a hack driver. ; L uicn Liverv Stables. d the misfortune to lose tV S. CHILiDERS' i , livan, who is quite an old ladv and is quite ill. The paper was lib erally signed. Lex. and Asel Hubbard, of Med ford, came up to Durby the first of the week, the former on business and the latter to accompany Mrs. Fort. Hubbard to her home in Med ford. Mrs. Hubbard had been vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McKee. Lake Creek Creeklels. CRIMES AND CAS'JALTlES. ltY 7.1 1". Fred Downing is wrestling with a severe attack of ague. Miss Clara Daily and Frank Marlon visited the soda springs a few days ago. Mr. Rector is engaged in hewing timbers for the construction of a commodious barn on his farm. We are sorry to chronicle the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pool Gear, of Brownsboro, caused by whooping cough. Three or four wagon loads of val ley people passod a few days ago on the wav to that noted health re sort, the McAlister springs. Mrs. Klingle, of Lake Creek, had the misfortune a few days ago to lose her fine residence by fire, with all the contents. We tender our deepest sympathy to the unfortu nate lady. Several of the young men who tvent east of the mountains for the purpose of working through hay harvest have returned home. They state there are forty men to one job, Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal. Midwinter Fair. u CREAM Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. Vonr rnrresiionilent with liiai ...;r. ... 1 1 . r 1 . 1 1 charge of his trainer, H. L. It.-nMin. wife spent M-veral days of last week nuvv0wlit.u is of lhe P. sl4Vkt in Ashland, enjoying the hospitality and i developing some line iiuatities. of Hotel Oregon, the beautiful seen- j cry 01 that mountain town and thei tine lectures given at Chautauqua hall, the one by Dr. l. W. Cun saulus being especially appreciated. J. C. P. Jacksonville News. Miss Jo. Xunan is visiting Ash land relatives and friends. Mrs. X. A. Jacobs and son are at Medford for a visit with relatives, j (Jen. T. (. Reames and son Will have returned from a business visit to Klamath Falls. Miss Carry Kent has returned from a week's visit with her aunt. Mrs. Fred Furry, of Eden. Married At the court house, July 10th, by Hon. II. K. Hanna, II. (i. Willoughby and Miss Mabel Wolfe, all of San Francisco. Arthur Holt, who has been visit ing his sister, Mrs. Geo. Hines, for several weeks past, has returned to his home in the Willamette valley. P. W. Dehuff and family, who have been visiting H. K. Ankeny and family at Sterling, left for their home at The Dulles during the week. Judge Day and wife, Mrs. E. Kenney, Judge P. P. Prim and wife, went to Ashland Tuesday to hear the noted X. A. Ambrose lecture. Attorney A. X. Soliss and Rook keeper Devlin, two of our intellect ual young men, attended the Chau tauqua at Ashland Saturday and Sunday. T. J. Kinney and wife and Henry White, of Rock Point, went to Ashland to pay their tribute of respect to their departed friend the late Oscar Ganiard. Beekman & Huffer's quartz mill and engine were taken to their mine on Jackson creek Thursday and will be grinding out the precious metal in a very short time. The finest peaches that have found their way to the market this season were those brought from the large fruit farm if R. LCaneron, over on Rogue river, Tuesday. The Ashland mine was sold at sheriff's sale last Saturday. It was bid in bv Kinnev it Provost, hard mm mm Location of Land in an cedent View of fledford Ex- Virion Arts of lawbreaker nt bv Fire and Aerldaat. Lazarus Castro, a Mexican miner, was blowu to piece in a mine at Angels, Cal. He dtsolieyed the rules in firing a j Amount of Land blast and could not get away in time. Tract (.'. O. Baker, a banker of East Peru, ) la., has disappeared wilh $10,000 of the : bank's funds. He has been missing j since Julv 5. The batik is in the hands ! nf a receiver. Now on the flarket The uou-ar rival at Port Townsend of j the United States revenue launch Black i Pup froui Koche Harlor occasions a 1 general belief that the vessel has been ' 6wauied in the straits of Fuca. On the Chicago and Western Michi- , can road the little towns of Walt in and i Clarv. the former consisting of eo ; commands bouses, have been entirely wiped out by forest fires. No lives were lost. Danii 1 Ackerinmi. a resident of Smith Mills, N. J.. stabbed his truant wife and 1 then himself with a pocket knife. Mrs. Ackermau died in a short time and her husband is not expected to live. The charges of malfeasance in office brought against Mayor Starkweather of West Superior, Wis., are strongly cor roborated by the testimony of the police of that citv and notorious women. 1 Dottglas J. Roberts, a prominent j norseman 01 Lios ttatos, Cal., was thrown from his horse and his foot caught in the stirrup and he was se verely injured. His leg was broken in two places. A carpenter named Clay McDonald of The Dalles, Or., went crazy by liquor and rushed into a saloon with a cocked revolver. He fired five shots, two of which took effect, and as a consequence Jim Hageu und F. Brandon are under medical treatment. Sal lino B.ea, a Mexican 1? years old, dud at Albutpae.ique, N. M., of wounds received iu falling from a freight train aud getting crushed under the wheels while stealing a ride. Two companions tried to convey the wounded youth to the station, but they failed, and he bled to death after many hours of suffering. Mary H. Keitenridge has been sen tenced to be hanged at Fort Smith by United States Judge Parker at Chicago for the murder of her husband, An drew J. Kettenridge, and attorneys have entered suit in her name for the recovery of a life insurance policy of $15,0110 on her husband's life aud made payable to her. The bodies of Alice and Nellie Pietzel were found buried under the cellar of a house at Toronto, Out. They are the children believed to have been suffo cated by as by H. H. Holmes, the niuu Lyiiiir hut a few rods more mile to the east of than one How Payments may be Hade Fruit and Fruit Culture ....Medford, Oregon, 1 situated Ilk.) acres of land which is especially adapted to Fruit Growing. This land has recently heen placed upon the market and is now offered for sale in tracts of from 2a to 10 Acres. The name, "Kairview," is jriven this property hecause, that heiiur located as it is. on a slight eminence, a view of all parts of Medford and a good portion of the valley can he had from any part of the land. Nearly all of this land has been cleared and has been under culti vation for a number of years. The soil is of an exceptionally line quality and its adaptability to fruit-iirowini; has been proven. This land will be sold upon the Installment Plan. Payments may be made at 1.25 per week, f per month or $15 every quar ter, or a liberal discount will be made for all cash purchases. The success attending fruit culture is no longer an experiment. By direct anal ysis the soil is found to contain all. the elements required to produce fruits from the semi-tropical to the hardiest varie ties. Over these favorable conditions hangs a climate co-ordinated and adjust ed to the nature of the soil. Who to Address cencerninar For further information this desirable property call on or address S. CHILDERS, MEDFORD, - - OREGON.