If V AVE YOU.f THE MAIL HAS... i, 6 oo Subscribers, all told 1,200 In Jackson County.. 469 In City of Med ford.. Official Paper Jackson counts NOTICED THAT Peculiar Printing Prao erly Presented Prodi We can help you Pi and Profusely Prosper,. Our sipior J MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896. NO, 2, ... 1 1 r i i mirfl i i -r- I SBhBBBBrV J 1 maar I SBBBBBfcw. J WSBBV IV I SB m I BBSkw ssSI I sv I ssSV L Produce s Vinfinrr . limiuus unr v A I UlJl 111! PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. ESTEB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' ' Medford, Oregon. Notary Public in office. t)Bce aver Cranfill & Hutchison's store. QROWELL & PARKER, '"' W. S. CrowelL W. H. Parker. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. fflse in Hamlin Block. Medford, Or. TjRANCIS 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 He to the most complete and reliable abstracts of title in Jackson county. - '.' . . . JJAMMOND & VAWTER, 1 Aastin S. Hammond. - Wm. fc Yawter. 5 ATTORNEYS AT LAW."; ' 1 OSce t.O. O. F. buUdiag-, " T Medford,' Or - WHITE & JEFFREYyr - .- G.W. White. v X.A,Jeffrey. " ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 3 J , ,. ; - - Medford, Oregon. Will practice in all the oourts of the state. Special attention given to all kinds tl eonrer ancing. Notary work and eolleotloaa at reas onable rates and remittances promptly made. Mining law a specialty. Office on Seventh street, opposite Opera House. . : WT. B. OFFICER, , ; PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, '.. Eagle Point, Oregon. OlSee Inlow resides oe. E. KIRCHGESSNER; i ..'-( PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, - ; Medford, Oregon. Ofdce McAadrews Block. Seventh sts. J. B. WATT, PHYSICIAX AND BaBABON, i . OSee in CkUders' Block. ' ' Medford, Oc GEARY-& PICKEL, ;7-;' - - ". ' . . PHYSICIANS AND 8UBOBON3, . ; , - : Office hoars 10 to M a. am. and Stof P- m. steadays UtoL : ; Medford. Or OiEce: Haskia Block. , ' J)R- O. F. DEMOREST,: : - . RESIDENT DENTIST. ., ifakesa specialty of firsi-cUis work at reasoa aatr races. - Ofice la Opera House, Medford, Or. QDGERS fe HALL,; - . DBMTISTB. ' - Have permaneatlylocated la Medford for the praeUce of dentistry. From a continued prao- tioe 01 over w yean, wo are yicy.qu v muwu tee entire satisf action. - , dire as a call. Orer The Palace. - yf9 J- BENNET, ;'v ' " . ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT. 7iina ncificatlonB acd Details. Persnee tiTe Drawings and Blueprints. Ventilation and Drainage a specially. a . , . Halley Block, Medford, Oregon. W. TOWN SEN D i. i Real Estate Insurance Agent .. . t MEDFORD, OREOON T -. f I ' -.- - ; " Parties having property for sale or rent uSu profit by listinsr same with me. -I repre.seu pames aoing Dusmess m in wust- i PALACE ' Tonsorial . . , 1 Isaacs & Snyder, , Prop'4. rshavinsr. Haircuttinff, Shm . iner and Beards Dved. All work i Tl first-class or we will refund thle 4$? price. , ;,- ? . i HOT AND COLD BATHS." i Agent for Salem Steam Laundri, Serenth Street, opposite Postofflcet ' -4 1 MEDFORD, OREOOr. v One hundred pood envelopes w,ith your name and add cess neatly printed on them we furnishUhe envelopes and -i at .11 i.. rc AA.b I . 1 . I Wells, toe draym3, nas epn trucks especially adapted for mosing AT THE Our Specialties. BRIDGE BEACH STOVES 22 RANGES NORTIIF1ELD O. V. B. CUTLERY CLAUSS SHEARS SCISSORS VICTOR BICYCLES and CANTON CLIPPER PLOWS .... Are all guaranteed to be Avithout an equal in the . market. Call on us for anything in the Hardware line also Paints, Oils and Window Glass . . J. BEEK fe CO., odd Feiiows Block GOOD.. MORNING without any mental reservation whatever.' That is what J. Abraham is saying these days, and while doing so he does not need to go far out of his way to say that he has added to the finest stock of Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, etc., ever brought to Southern Oregon, a line of ...... STAPLE DRY GOODS ! Everything new and strictly the finest, andthe prices will suit you. Come and see them. J. ABRAHAM, McAndrews Block Medford, Oregon MRS. MARY L. Meals at all hours. Oysters on hand and served in season. Bakery in connection baking done to order for families on short notice. Chicken IDinners . Every Sunday Opposite Postoffice 1HTCHELL, LEWIS & DEALERS IN ftfl A.0HINERY Including, Wagons, Hacks, Buggies and Carts. - Also carry " a complete stock of the Celebrated Case Plows, em- ':: bracing Black Land and Free Soil Gangs, .Wood and Steel Beam single plows, Casew Steel Frame Leever Harrows. We have a complete stock of a 1 invite you to call ana see us. D. T. LAWTON. Our Repairing Department is fitted up with the latest im proved machinery, hence we can put you up a first class job at very reasonable rates in fact, all work guaranteed Superior Job Printing Mail Office TOP ! And Going to Stay There! Meoiord. ure. Don't think we are want ing to know whether you have tried a new brand of soap, but we just wish you a "Good Morning" LOW, Proprietor. MEDFORD, OREGON STAYER COUTMY, AjjD yEHIOLES Agricultural implements, and Manager Medford Branch TAYLER THE FOOT FITTER Seventh srteet, , MEDFORD, OREGON "TQKIO" There ia nothing Inter in Ladies Fine Button Boots New resigns just arrived, gotten up 1 by the finest shoe artists in the world A full stock of men's and boys' up to date lace and congress gaiter shoos Good workmanship, low prices .... Jacksonville News. G. C. Cullv. of Steamboat wan in Jacksonville and Medford during J the week. Miss Dee Ankenv and Clarenna Reames have returned to Eugene to resume their studies. There were just ' sixty-two mar riages in Jackson county from July 3d to December 30th 1895. V. V. Jones, the Woodville merchant, was in Jacksonville Friday evening on legal business. James Drum, the grocer, is pay ing his annual visit to San Fran cisco. John Devlin has charge of the store. Hon. Wm. Colvig left for Port land Sunday on a business visit. Ho will institute a Degree of Honor, A. O. U. W., in Portland. . J. Kaiser, of the Record, was in Jacksonville Friday night show ing his brother, of Yreka, the'sights of this part of the Rogue river valley. R. J. Cameron, of Uuiontown, who had a protracted spell of ma laria, has fully recovered and was in Jacksonville during the week, the first time since the close of the Central Point fair. We neglected to note in our last report that C. C. Beekman and wife have returned from their extended eastern visit. Their daughter, Miss Carrie, will spend the winter in Berlin, Germany and will visit Egypt before her return to the United States. . Sheriff Hiatt, of Josephine coun ty, brought Chas. Fiester, the wife murderer, and another prisoner from Grants Pass, last week, for safe keeping until the Pauley cells are placed in the Grant Pass jail. Fiester is quite ill with consump tion and it is thought he may yet cheat the callows. Another of Oregon's early pioneers has crossed the river of the great beyond. This time it is John Toepper, who died at his home in Jacksonville Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock, after an illness of several weeks, caused by paralysis. The deceased was aged 73 years 2 mon ths and 28 days, and a native of Prussia. The funeral took place Wednesday at 10 o'clock a. m., the services conducted by Rev. W. B. Moore. Jackson county is $7.50 better off this week owing to the change of heart of John A. Williams. In the year 1882 he presented some scalps to the county clerk and received a bounty on them, the clerk persum- ing they were coyote scalps. Of late Williams has joined the church and God has directed him to correct his error, and he appeared before Clerk N. A. Jacobs, confessed he had received a bounty on wild cat skins in lieu of coyote scalp and turned over the above amount. The young ladies of Jacksonville met at the residence of Mrs. . E. Orth Monday evening for the pur pose of arranging for a leap year ball, to be given Friday January 31, 1S96. Mrs. Chris Ulrich was elected president, Miss Mollis Miller vice president, and Miss Joe Orth secretary after which the follow ing committees were appointed Supper, music, decoration, invita tion, reception, finance and solicit ing. The meetiDg adjourned until Friday evening when further ar rangements will be perfected. The occacion promises to be. the event of the season, Ihe party will be a fancy dress affair. Saturday evening the semi annual installation cf oHieors of Jacksonville lodsro No. 10 1. O. (. F. took place. W. F. Shawver, P. M. G. M., of Medford, installed I following oQicers: John Dyar, N. G. ; II. Elliott, V. G.: L. L. Jacobs, II. S. ; K. Kubli, Treas.; John Boyer, P. S.; G. N. Lewis, R. S. N. G.; W. C. Dennis, L. S. N. G.; F. Luy, W.; Miles Cantrall,conductor; A. N. Soliss, R. S. V. G.; J. Cron emiller, L. S. V. G. ; J. M. Horton, I. G. After the closing ceremonies a collation was spread, superin tended by Mesdames Kubli, Ulrich, Miller and Wilson. The ladies have gained a wide reputation, as adepts in the culinary art and always please the most fastidious. The past week has been one of feasting and pleasure to the mem bers of two lodges.- On Friday evening occurred the installation of the new officers of Madrona lodge A. O. U. W. by Grand Master Wm. Colvig, at which time he installed Mrs. J. F. White, P. C. of H.j Mrs. L. L. Jacobs, C, of II.; Mrs. Chaa.Prim, L. of H.; Mrs. Jas. Wilson, C. of C; Mrs. W. J. Plymale, recorder; Mrs. P. P. Prim, financier; Mrs. T. J. Kenney, receiver; Mrs. Wm. Colvig, usher; Jas. Wilson, I. W"; J. C. Whipp, O. W. Mrs. S. R. Wilson was also intiated in the mysterieB of the order. At the close a large crowd composed of the members and their families partook of an elegant lunch prepared by Mesdames P. Prim, Colvig and Wilson. OERS REPULSE ENGLISH INVASION. Xr. Jubmoi'i FlUhm.terwrs Meet tTith - Disaster 1st the Transvaal. The iavading English army in the TransTaal, South Africa, hat been dis astrously defeated by ths Boers. One hundred and thirty were killed, 87 wounded and Dr. Jaraieeon was taken prisoner, and will be court-martini ed at Johannesburg. The details 6f the battle have not yet arrived. Serious re sults will undoubtedly follow this af fair. Emperor William of Germany cabled President Krueger, leader of the Boers, congratulating; him on "defeat ing the invasion ef bis territory by armed forces. " This telegram has en' raged England and the Qerxnan empe ror may become involved before a set tlement is reached. There is no doubt that the Cuban in surrection is gaining strength daily and that the rebels are obtaining assistance from sources that hitherto have been thonght to be loyal to the government The success of Gemes and Maceo in passing the hitherto invulnerable tro cha, the military line that in previous insurrections kept the rebels in the province of Santiago de Cuba, and their dash across the province of Santa Clara into Matanxas, has led in any men and youths who were wavering in their al legiance to the crown, to threw aside their doubts and cast their lots with the insurgents. The whole island is bow in a state of war. Havana is under martial law. The mystery of the invasion in the Transvaal is now explained. It was a part of the plot for the overthrow of the Boer republic and the annexation of the Transvaal to the British dominions. The executive officers of the British South African company and certain mining capitalists in Johannesburg were the principal conspirators. Cecil Rhodes is charged with instigat ing theplot, and Dr. Jameson was his tool. Rhodes has resigned the premier ship of Cape Colony. Ths complete failure of the plot was due to the acute shrewdness of Pres ident Krager. Ee determined not enly to defeat the plot. Vat to punish the foreign members of the conspiracy. Be knew that a revolt had been planned at Johannesburg, and that Br. Jameson was ready to starch trem Mafaking. At the same moment he arranged with certain honest leaders of the TJtlanderc to present to him a request for certain reforms which had long been a basis of discontent These included the removal of tht tariff on food stuffs, granting equal sub sidies to all schools, no matter what language was taught, and extending ths franchise to the foreign residents. Then he seized the telegraph office and prevented the news of the concess ions or any other information going out The revolution was timed for the fol lowing day. It did not come off. The city was placarded with Kruger's ac tion, and there was no longer au excuse for revolt The leaders found themselves check mated, but their messages to Dr. Jame son and others informing them of the change in the situation did not get be yond the telegrHph office. Meantime Piesideut Kruger rallied his burghers from all sides and sent them to meet the invaders, with orders to kilL They obeyed literally. Their marvelous marksmanship was again showu by the fact that of 167 English men who were struck by Boor bullets 180 were kille l. The Venezuelan Commission. rresiaent Cleveland has announced the appointment of the Venezuelan boundary commission as follows: j David J. Brewer of Kansas, justice of j the Uuited States supreme court; Rich ard H. Alvey of Maryland, chief jus tice of the court of appeals of the Dis trict of Columbia; Andrew D. White of New York, ex-president of Cornell uni versity; Frederick R. Coudert, the well known lawyer of New York, and Dan iel CV Oilman of Maryland, president of John Hopkins university. All the appointees accepted and met at Washington for the purpose of or ganization. Justice Brewer was chosen president and the commission adjourned to meet next Saturday. Cruel Tortnma, In anoieut times prisoners were sub jected to the most cruel tortures and terrible forms of death. The monuments and records of Nebuchadnezzar tell with great unction how many thousands of his enemies he beheaded, impaled and flayed alive. Two Fairs of Eves. He (delighted with a new play) Isn't it grand? She (looking at the heroine's dress) Perfectly lovely I It must have been mads by Worth. Spare Moments. HAIR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE." One of the Many Important Factors Is Murder Cases. In centuries past the human hair plsyed an important part in all judicial proceedings. Those that were permitted to wear beard and hair had rights that could not be claimed by the shorn and shaved. When men made oath, they touched their beard and hair, and wom en placed the finger tips of the right hand on their tresses. Servants were obliged to have their hair cut, and if a freedman went into slavery he bad to divest himself of his ' hirsute adornments. An adult adopted by foster parents was obliged to have his board shaved and the shaving of beard and hair was a punishment in flicted on criminals. The jurisprudence , of our ancestors dealt with punishment "by skin and hair" for small offerees and "by neck and hand" for greater crimes. There has always been more or less superstition about hair. Great strength was implied by it, and wizards and witches knew of concoctions of hair by whi6h they poisoned enemies, Cats' hair was especially named in the category of poisonous hairs, and even at the begin ning of the seventeenth century Pan Ins Zaochias, a famous physician, writes of the virulent poison of the hair of cats. Among civilized people such supersti tious beliefs have gone out of existence, and only Malays give their enemies tiger hairs in broth to kill them. Hair today, however, is one of the important factors in deciding murder cases, and the miercsoopio examination of hair, where it is found in criminal cases under suspicions circumstances, is invariable. The first thing the coroner is called upon to determine is whether the hair is from man or beast The microscope determines this beyond peradventnre. Animal hair differs in construction from that grown on a human bead. In human hair the upper skin is smooth and thin. The circular section is comparatively broad, forming the main part of the hair shaft It is striped in appearance and carries the color matters The tubu lar part is thin, extending to about one fifth and certainly not more than to one-quarter of the entire width of the hair. Animal hair also consists of three parts, but these are differently con structed, the tube often filling the en tire hair. The ends of the hair must be closely watched, and especially woman's hair will be found ragged and torn at the ends. The hair from beards is usually the thickest, its diameter being as much as 0.18 millimeters, while hair from female " beads can be as fine as a diameter of 0.06 millimeters would make it St Louis Republic. - In an account of the wood beading In dustry a. writer in The Woodworker re marks that comparatively few persons outside the carriage and boat building interests axe aware of its extent, and bat few realise that the carriages they ride in are very largely made of such wood the fellies of all their wheels are bent and made in two parts the framework of coaches and heavy car riages is nearly all made of bent stock, and not only better made, bat more cheaply, and the frames of pleasure boats are bent as also many of the frames of the finest sailing yachts. Fur niture, too, of many kinds, has best frames, all the celebrated Thonet chairs, for example, being made entirely of wood thus treated. The object of bend ing is twofold namely, saving of time and stock and stability and strength of the work when put together this in dependent of beauty of form, and bent carriage shafts are almost, if not entire ly, used now. instead of the old style, clumsy, sawed ones. Skill in manipu lating the material is very essentiaL Simply the forms to bend on and the stenm ' box in which to soften the wood do not alune insure success in the opera tion it is necessary, to know perfectly the stock to bend, it being so variable that no two pieces bend dike. Two Literary Coincidence. In a recent after dinner speed Rider Haggard nientioned two old literary co- incidences that had occarrtd in connec tion with his works. ,y , One of these concerned his invention -of an incident on the Tana river,' where a mission station was attacked by the Masai and the mission people were killed. Strange to say, after his imagi nary account had appeared, some mis sionaries did found a station on that ' river, were attacked by the Masai and ' some of them were killed. - In his book, "The People of the Mist," he had fixed upon an unknown I part of Africa and had described a re- : gion from his. inner consciousness, and f only a week before the speech was made a company, in which the author is a di- " rector, had sent out orders to take pos-.i session of the very tract he had in view, and bo far as the reports of the : native agents who had inspected it went he believed his descriptions were fairly correct ' The Republicans have organised the , Siate with, the assistance of ths Ppu- t, who hold the balanos of power. I P. 1). Armour, the Chicago ospisslist, is said to be Wring and storing oarn in Nebraska and lews to await s better pries as s speculatioa. f ; I ' - . . . A 1