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-NEWS OF THE CITY.
The Hasktns-Adkins-Webb party
is expected to return tomorrow.
Contractor Patterson is putting
down a cement walk for Merchant S.
Rosenthal.
Merchant W. B. Stevens will oc
cupy the largo Narregan residence
arter September 1st.
Geo. Anderson reports something
like one hundred campers out at the
Dead Iudian springs.
Blackberries that measure ttu-ee
inches around are the product of .1 . .1 .
Houser's reeeutly acquired Med ford
real estate. '
Halley Bros, for groceries.
Crane & Besse let out a team last
Saturday to Willoby, the map man, for
a thirty days' cruise of Jackson and
Josephine counties.
Demorest, the dentist opera block,
Mcdford .
Rev. Dr. Geo. Kahler, of Phoenix,
wiil preach in the M. E. church in this
city next Sunday, morning and even
ing, at the usual hour.
Go to Tyler & Miser for -fine pho
tographs. C. A. Gray, living out on Griffin
creek, is the happy parent of a twelve
pound boy baby which came to his
home last Friday evening.
For bargains in real estate go to
Hamilton & Palm.
Attorney S. S. Pentz found a good
duck coat, on the sidewalk, recently.
Owner can have same by proving prop
erty and paying for this notice.
Patronize Tyler & Miser, the only
photographers in Medford.
That was a good act Wm. Slinger
did in repairing that bit of sidewalk,
on South C street. It is better now
than ever and the pedestrians that way
are rejoicing.
Will exchange lumber for hay or
grain. Wallace Woods, Medford, Ore.
H. B. Miller's trotting horse. Path
mount, won the 2:30 pace race at Sac
ramento recently, and took a purse of
$1000. Best time, 2:14i. There were
eight entries.
Fruit paper at The Mail office any
quantity.
Little Joe Slinger is carrying his
arm in a sling for a few days. He
was too familiar with the end gate of
Mr. Bashford's ice wacon and a bone
of his forearm was broken.
Boots and shoes at Angle & Ply
male's for cost and freight.
G. W. Wilcox has his new hotel
at vVoodville about completed. With
its completion Mr. Wilcox will be able
to give the traveling public better ac
commodation than at present.
First-class cigars, cool drinks and
fresh fruit, at the Great Western.
George Vaupel will soon put a
large rotary fan into his "Gem" cigar
store to cool off his customers. The
fan will be revolved by a Tuttehill
water-motor. Ashland Advertiser.
V Gentlemen: Webb s Racket has
ioma new bargains in Fedora hats.
. Say, you fellows who are going to
bringvTRE MAIL wood on subscription
can jtm not get it here now while the
roads ar good? They will be wet
after a whil6 and you can't bring it.
Peach boss for sale by Wallace
Woods, also dried fruit boxes.
For the purpose of making repairs,
the bridge across Roue river at By bee
ferry is close I to travel this week.
Those wishing to cro&s the river are
compelled to cross at the free ferry or
go to Gold Hill."
Second hand doors, windows and
brick, F. F. Patterson, at Hotel Nash.
The " Southern Pacific company
have oasale at their General Passenger
Office in Portland, 1000 mile tickets, at
the rate of three cents per mile. These
tickets are limited to one year from
date of sale and are good only on lines
in Oregon.
The little girls will each want a
pair of those filteen cent cotton gloves
W. H. Meeker & Co.
Wm. Ulrich was awarded the con
tract for furnishing the city fifty tiers
of body fir wood, bis bid being in
city warrants. -This is a decidedly low
figure lower by considerable than the
price paid last year
Just received at Merriman &Pur
din's, a carload of Cumberland coal,
which will be sold for &J0 per tou.
George Dietrich has Carpenters
Starr and Drisko at work finishing his
residence, corner Fifth and 1 streets.
George will have a very pretty place
when it is put in shape and one that
is worth good money.
We have received a carload of
Cumberland coal, which we will sell at
lowest rates. J. Beek & Co.
The populist meeting, held Satur
day evening, was not very largely at
tended, owing to the fact that a num
ber of people were at Central Point,
at which place Hon. J. A. Jeffrey
spoke upon the " Political Outlook."
Ladies' and Misses' cotton gloves,
new stock, fine assortment, fifteen cents
per pair, W. H. Meeker & Co.
The two Frank Waits started for
Klamath Falls Monday morning with
a wagon load each of ltosyrs goods, for
his Klamath Falls store. Mort Foster
left Wednesday morning for the same
place and will remain there, and have
charge of the store. ,
Umbrellas, both sun and rain,
cheaper than you ever heard men
tioned before, at W. H. Meeker & Cos.
The ice plant and brewery was
shut down from Saturday night, of last
week until yesterday evening. Some
thing happened to the engine cylinder
which necessitated taking it to Ash
land and putting Mr. Tutthill at work
on it boring it out, or something like
that.
Severe griping pains of the stom
ach and bowels instantly and effectually
stopped by DeWitt's Colic and Cholera
Cure.
There is another change in the
proprietorship of the Union livery
stables. C. Mingus last Saturday pur
chased the interest of V. P. II. Legate,
and again the business will be carried
on by C. Mingus & Son. Mr. Legate
hus not yet decided as to what business
he will engage in.
A petition was being circulated
about Medford litst week asking for
the establishing of a mail route be
tween Ashland and Klamath Falls.
There wore plenty of names on the
petition and if the route is not estab
lished it will be a positive prool Unit
petitions don't count.
There is little need of valley people
l.alcino' .r t.h tii.ll t.imbt.r mill mineral
springs this summer. The valley
weather is tempered just right for
comfort all of which works a hard
ship on the healthy, able bodied men
who can t oe sick nonow wun mo
weather as cool as it now is.
OliK ivitwlni.a r.-l. broken occa
sionally, we can replace the glass, as
we nave jusi rcaeiveu u large sioeiv. .i.
Book & Co.
Christian church services at the
usual hour. Morning theme, "Christ is
Precious" 1st Peter, 11-7; Evening
theme, "As Moses lifted up the serjieiit,
in the wilderness, even so must the Son '
of Man be lifted up" John, III 14;
Good singing. The people welcome,
strangers espieally invited.
There is no doubt, no failure, when
you take Do Witt's Colic and Cholera
Cure. It is pleasant, acts promptly, no
bad after effects.
II. Tripp, living across Bear creek,
has his new house completed and has
moved into the same. It is a fine
structure, well arranged and well con
structed, and the surroundings are the
groundwork for as fine a home as any
in Medford. Messrs. Stewart, Butler
and Bish did the carpenter work.
Go to G. II. Haskins, druggist, solo
agent in Medford, for a bottle of
LiVKRtXE, for the Liver, Kidneys,
Sick-Headache and Constipation.
Rev. Kennedy, of Central Point,
asks us to announce that there will be
a grove meeting held near Table Hook
on Sunday, August 4th. On the fol
lowing Mouday evening Kev. Kennedy
will lecture to" the people of Gold Hill
upon the "Pioneer Camptire" remi
niscences of Oregon pioneer life.
G.L.Soherruerboru is making a spe
cialty of carpenter job work in all
lines, from an ironing board to a stale
capitol.
Tuesday of last week. Conrad Min
gus, of Ashl'ind, purchased the resi
dence property of Frank Galloway,
corner C and Fourth streets. The
price paid was $l,S0t . It is one of the
nicest pieces of residence property in
Medford. and is well worth the price
paid. The property will be for rent.
The best shaves put up are those
you get at Bates Bros, shop, ditto hair
cuts first class, everything. South C
Street.
Mrs. James Corbett, wife of the
pugilist, was granted a divorce last
Monday, by the courts of New York.
The court also recommends that the
agreement entered Into by her and her
husband, made at the time of their
separation, in which he agreed to pay
her $100 per week for life, be confirmed.
The Vienna bakery is the placv
you are looking for when you want
bread, cakes, pies or a tine dish of ieo
cream.
Following an obituary notice, uoon
the death of F. A. Cogswell, who vu
an old soldier, the Klamath Falls Kx
press prints this very appropiate stanza:
The blue and the pray
Are gathering fast
On the ileitis where the paM U pat :
They are grounding each day
The arms o( their IlKbl
At the throne where the light W right.
Mrs. Wm. Edwards grows the most
beautiful flowers, and greatest number
and variety, of any lady in Medford
as all know who have seen her garden.
A bouquet, as large as an half bushel
and by far mort. beautiful than it was
large has ornamented The Mail office
desk this week for all of which we are
most grateful.
Bellinger & Payne are in the field
for your work in the dray line. Alt
work done with dispatch and care.
Every line of work given especial at
tention. Messrs. H. G. Nicholson. J. W.
Curry, F. W. Gibbs and M. W. Skeel
and their wives were down on Kogue
river last Saturday and Sunday. They
went down Saturday to fish but of
course were compelled to return on
Sunday. However, they report having
had just a little more fun than upon
any former occasion .
Merchant I. A. Webb has secured
a contract for furnishing and carpet
ing twelve more rooms in Hotel
Nash, making eighteen in all. Mr.
Nash displays good judgment in thus
patronizing a home institution. Mr.
Webb carries a splendid stock of furni
ture and there is no good reason why
the patronage of the city should not be
giveu him.
M. S. Damon has as fine a little or
chard as any person in or about Med
ford, and he takes splendid care of it,
and as a natural sequel his fruit is
plentiful and of a splendid quality. A
sample of his peach plums was left at
this office, this week thirteen inches
of stem and thirty plums growing
thereon and as large as teacup's, or
nearly that si.e.
John Durning was awarded the
contract for supplying the Medford
public schools with fifty cords of black
oak wood, at $3 per cord, and ten cords
of fir wood at $2.50 per cord. This is
the lowest price at which wood has
ever been purchased. Mr. Darning is
the gentleman who some few months
ago purchased the Judge Walker
farm, west of Medford,
H. E. Hooker received a severe
kick on the leg from a horse, last Sun
day. The horse was shod with heavy
shoes and was a heavy horse, hence it
can well foe understood that a deep
gash was made in the flesh and no
hole was made in the gentleman's
pants. Had the horse struck him
squarely on the leg there would surely
have been broken bones.
Merchants. Rosenthal will havea
stock of goods in his new store that
will require a duplicate of the store to
hold if he does not let up on his pur
chases. This week he has purchased
the line of clothing, hats and caps and
gents' furnishing goods formerly car
ried by Thompson, Van Dyke V Co.
So far as The Mail knows Rosy is all
right.
Saturday last tho quarterly con
ference, of the M. E. Church, South,
was held in this city. No business
other than a few minor church affairs
transacted. Presiding Elder Shangle
was in attendance and preached two
sermons Sunday. The attendance at
the conference meeting was quite largo
and the session was one of much in
terest. Mr. Bashford's ice delivery team
took a lively whirl about tho city Mon
day. They started from the brewery
Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
AB&QLUTEEtf PURE
and ran up town, made a circle around
two or three blocks and then made for
the suburbs, and were caught by Will
Crime out by .Uihn Demmer's place.
No damage done except one sKke
broken. It was the cleanest cut run
away of the season.
A general line of mill work is
carried on at G. L. Schermerhorn's
planing mill. Anything and every
thing made of wood can bo turned
out at this mill.
Someone has accused Wm. Ulrich,
of this city, of being mixed up in the
ownership of The Mail. Mr. Ulrich
states that no person who is acquainted
with him would thus libel him. In
defense of The Mail wo wish to say
that Mr. Ulrich need not get excited
oyer the reort. People who are ac
quainted with the actual owners and
publishers of this paper would put no
credence in such a report.
New Home sewing machine at just
the cost price, at W. II . Meeker & Co's.
Sewing machines are out of our lino
and that's why we are closing 'em out
for cost .
Dr. G. W. Barber, who has been
engaged in the confectionery business
in Jacksonville for a few months past,
has sold his business to Thos. Kenney
and Tuesday himself and wife left for
Salem, where the doctor has property
interests and where he will practice
medicine. These people made a great
many friends during their brief stay
in the valley and a'.l are wishing them
success in their Willamette home.
Mrs. G. W. Wintrout, of Apple
gate, swallowed a small bone atout six
months ago. and it lodged in her wind
pipe Several physicians were called
upon to treat her, lut as there was no
way to dislodge the bone tbev gave up
the case. A lew days ago. during a
hard spell of coughing, she ejected it
from her lungs, where it had finally
forced a lodgment, and she is recover
ing from tho effect of the accident.
The bone was half an inch long.
J. H. I-ame, of this city, has pur
chased the Gilbert property, three and
a half miles this side of 'Gold Hill.
There are thirty-four acres of land in
the chunk and the price paid was STl'-i.
Mr. Lame began moving to hi. new
home yesterday. He will make some
improvement abojt the place and will
devote his entire attention to bee cul
ture. Both Mr and Mi. Iime are
as tine people as overcame to this city
and all of us wilt he wishing nhuudanl
success for them in their new ven'.ure.
One of Bellinger A: Payne's dray
teams made it scattering aUmt town
lal Saturday . They became fright
ened while standing at tho brewery
and started over town with a swiftness
that omened not pood to any ei-sou
stauding in their path. The druv wa
left dangliog from a tree near Kiipple
& Marvuson's lumber yard and the
team scattered to parts in South Med
ford, where they were caught no
damages, ouly to the dray. Walter
Lippiucott was standing on the dray
when the team started but he diiin't
stay long enough to enjoy the sport.
Last Saturday morning al4:4'J.
A. Whitman and J. H. Ked field mount
ed their bicycles, each riding a
Crescent, and started for Klamath
Falls. They reached their destination
at K:30 p. m. the same day and slopped
two and three-quarters hours on the
way. The distance registered by their
cyclometers was eighty-seven and a
half miles. They remained over Sun
day in the Falls and started for home
Monday morning, reaching Medford
Tuesday forenoon. They slopped for a
few hour's fishing on their return trip.
Whitman is reported to have said that
Redtield rode down hills that made
him (Whitman) dizzy to walk down.
Rufus Cox runs a threshing ma
chine and when he talks about the
average yield of grain he generally
knows pretty near what he is saying.
He has threshed nigh onto several
years in this valley ar.d states that all
cereals and fruit this year are a few
shades above the average. Wheat, he
states, is fully a one-fourth bettor crop
this year than it was last. The average
of the valley will be a little better than
twenty bushels to the acre, perhaps
twenty-five. The quality is good.
Mr. Cox's outfit is one complete in
every particular and 3000 bushels of
wheat per day is a fair r:in, while
4000 has been put through the machine.
N. A. Jacobs saw F. G. Kertson,
cx-Mkdkokd Mail publisher, whew, at
Portland recently. Says he is work
ing in a job printing office. Kertson
was not satisfied with Medford too
small a town and tin) much work for
what money there was in the business.
The Mail then had 50 subscribers
have l."00 now, is worth three times
what it was then and still "climbing
up higher and higher." As State
Printer tweeds remarked a few days
ago "there didn't anyone want The
Mail three years ago, but there are
lots of the boys who would like to own
it now." A proKsition is oft-times a
good thing if you can get someone to
place it on a paying basis. Nothing
short of staying qualities and hustle
will do this.
A resident of Ashland, who was in
Medford this week, is quoted as saying
that it did not make any difference to
Medford whether Ashland got her
Klamath Falls road or not stating
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that the people from the Klamath
country were going to trade in Med
ford. no matter what tho circumstances
were. He relates as evidence that a
four horse loud of wool was recently
brought to Ashland from Klamath and
after unloading tho wool the gentleman
drove to Medford for a load of merchan
dise. This is evidently a clear case of
an endeavor to pull wool, not only to
Ashland, but over we Medford people's
eyes, and thereby coax us to pull off
on our road proposition, but it won't
mill we aro going to have that road
if jHjrsistency backed by live moneyed
men will build it.
The new Foundry and Machine
shops, located at Ashland, are ready
to do all kinds of repair work and
make all kinds castings. Tutthill, Fen
ton .V Costol, proprietors.
Attorney A. S. Hammond, besides
being a very able attorney and one
whom the profession of the valley tackle
not without first considering well their
ground, is something of an agricultural
ist. Last season a newspaper publisher
in the east, of whose mper Mr. II . is a
subscriber, sent him one eye of a
potato, with Carmin for a name. He
planted it and from it grew several
very tine otatoes. This year ho
planted his crooof last season anu now
has a bushel or more of the variety.
They grow very large and perfectly
smooth and are very prolific. Last
year the Carmin variety of Kitatoes sold
for 10 a barrel in the east. Another
point favorable to this variety of
potatoes is that they seem to do better
than the ordinary varieties in dry soil
and are not affected by extreme heat.
Another season Mr. Hammond will
have potatoes for sale at $10 per
barrel.
Josephine county had another
shH)ting affray last week, which re
sulted iu the death of Dwight Rice.
He was shot with a ritle in the hands of
his former brother-in-law, H. L.
Walters. They have quarreled several
limes and when Rice's wife left him
Wallers allowed her to live with his
family. This so angered Kiee that on
Saturday he went to Waiters house
and was ordered off th" premises
several times, but refused to go. He
drew his revolver on Walters, who
Meppcd into the house and got his ritle.
As he again went into the yard Kiev
raised hi pistol to shoot, but Walters
was too quick for him, and a hall from
his ritle laid him low. The ball
lodged near the spine, killing him al
most instantly. An inquest was held,
which resulted in a verdict of justifiable
homicide. Rice was a desoerate char
acter, and was said to Ih quite handy
with a gun.
The social given by the Choral
I'nion at the Christian church last Fri
day evening was a grand success in
every feature. The program was one
of the best ever given in this city. The
declamations by Master Fletcher Pentz
and Miss Ollie Hart deserve special
praise. Miss Hibbard's declamation,
"Faithful I'ntil Death" and "Little
Nell" by Miss Ollie Butler, were both
well delivered and received loud ap
plause. The instrumental, string and
vocal music was delivered by the best
artists in the city. The song. "Brother
Noah," by the quartette oomiosed of
Messrs. Bradburv, Webb, Housor and
Miser, cantured the house. The re
freshments, served in the basement
of the church, wore good, bountiful and
partaken of with an appreciation. The
receipts were something like eighteen
dollars. Thanks of the Union are
tendered to those who so kindly and
ably assisted to make the occasion
both pleasant and successful.
The Mail has spoken many limes
during the construction of Merchant
D. H. Miller's residence, of its prom
ised beauty and grandeur, but now
that it is completed it is tven more
beautiful than was at first pictured it
could be. While beauty, lioth exter
ior and interior.. abounds thereabouts
there is convenience scattered through
out the whole edifice. The nm ns are
large, well lighted and very tastily
finished and to cap these features they
are neatly furnished with the best
articles of furniture I. A. Webb car
ries iu stock and that means a good
article While the interior is every
thing that architectuial ingenuity can
devise the exterior is correspondingly
beautiful. Every person is saying
pretty words for the structure but
none envy the owners its possession.
Mr. and Mre. Miller have labored long
and well and now that their accumu
lated wealth warrants this outlay,
there is no person that casts an envi
ous eye their way.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the M. E. church was held in this city
last Saturday . Presiding Elder T. L.
Jones was present and presided at
the meeting, also preached tho follow
ing Sunday morning and evening.
The following wero elected as trustees
for the coming year: D. T. Lawton,
L.-H. Faucett, E. W. Carder, Edwin
Brown and E. A. Johnson. Mrs. L. C.
Redden, Mrs. I). T. Lawton, Mrs.
Clara Meeker, Mrs. Clara Brown and
Messrs. L. II . Faucett, Julius Meeker,
Edwin Brown, Jacob Johnson, H. L.
Gilkey, W. Mei'horson and E. A.
Johnson were elected stewards; E. A.
Johnson was chosen recording stew
ard. The church was found in good
financial condition. The members
decided to do without the services of a
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which meets in September. An effort
will be made to have the church build
in!"; painted before fall. The meeting
held Saturday was adjourned to meet
again in September, prior to the meet
ing of the annual conference.
Death of Mrs. Pritchard.
A telegram received from llos-jburg
on Monday of this week announced the
death in that city of Mrs. Pritchard,
wife of I). T. Pritchard, of M-dford.
Mrs. Kriu-hard had been an invalid
for a number of years, and while all
medical attention and carp had been
given her, thaidread disease, consump
tion, was fast bringing her to that end
which friends and relatives of late real
ized could not bo long delayed. It be
ing the wish of the lady she was last
Friday taken to Roseburg and to the
homo of Mr. and Mrs. John Montague,
formerly of this city, where she died
Monday at one o'clock.
Mr. Pritchard received a telegram
Sunday morning informing bim that
his wife was much worse and to come
at onco. Ho and their adopted daugh
ter left the same evening.
Mrs. Pritchard was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Thompson, of Eu
gene, and was thirty-four years of age.
During the several years of her suffer
ing Mr. Pritchard has given her every
possible attention and kind considera
tionnever tiring in his efforts to re
lieve her and rejoicing at the slightest
indication of improvement, but the
momtnts of rejoicing wero not of long
duration, and while the best medical
attention was secured for her there
could bo wrought no cure. Deceased
was a member of the Baptist church of
this city, and while her circle of ac
quaintances was not large, because of
her inability to mingle with society,
there was none who knew her inti
mately but that was a warm friend.
Funeral services were held at Rose
burg Tuesday afternoon and interment
was made in that city. The Eugene
Guard in speaking of the lady's demise
says: "She has many relatives and
friends in Lane county who will be
tHiined to learn of her death. Mrs.
David Thompson and daughter went to
Roseburg Tuesday morning to attend
tho funeral.
New In Qrants Pass Old In Jledford.
I From the Cranu Pasn Courier.
A young married lady stopping at
. one of our hotels with "her husband.
I had the audacity to appear on our
streets in Bloomers Monday afternoon,
i Her advent caused quite u ripple of ex
citement as she dashed down Sixth
, street and nut of the spectators voted
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Our stock is nice, clean and new. We have
a beautiful line of ladies' spring dress goods
wash goods of every description. Quantities
of laces, embroideries, gimps, etc. Prices on
all lines lower than the lowest. We buy and
sell on a Bed Rock Basis CASH.' New
line of spring shoes. New goods arriving
daily. Call at once before the assortment is
broken.
i Same assortment of goods and same
prices at our Central Point Store.
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generally ont of order. I am Mir
taking my third bottle of Hood'
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gone and I feel like a different
man. I recommend Hood's Sana
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the Bloomer costume ''all right.""
This tasty apparel is the only one
which permits a lady to ride a rnaa's
wheel and a man's wheel is decided by
experts as the only fit wheel to ride, as
the frame is stronger and the guiding
motion easier. Bloomers are so com
mon now in all the large cities that
their appearance causes no comment.
Let Grants Pass folks show ibemselves
as well behaved as those of big cities.
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