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VOL. VIII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST J, 1896.
NO. 32'.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. C. JENKINS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Medford, Oregon
tOffioe with W. H. Parker.
J. Sf" HOWARD,
' SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER.
C S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor for the State
" of Oregon. Fostomce address:
Medford, Oregon.
M, S. CROWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
"YV, H. PARKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hamlia Block. Medford, Ore.
J H. WHITMAN,
ABSTRACTOR AND ATTORNEY
AT LAW.
Office in bank buildinjr, Medford, Or
Have the most complete and reliable abstracts
of tide in Jackson county. .
JJAMMOND & VAWTER,
Austin S. Hammond. Wm. L Vawter.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office I.O.O.F. building, Medford, Or
WHITE & JEFFREY,
G. W.White. J. A Jeffrey.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ' -
. Medford, Oregon.
Will practice in all the courts of the state.
Special attention given to all kinds of convey
ancing. Notary work and collections at reas
onable rates and remittances promptly made.
Mining law a specialty. Office on Seventh
street, opposite Opera House.
Q B. COLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Chronic diseases, and diseases peculiar to
women a specialty.
Office Opera Block.
iMedford, Oregon.
B. OFFICER, j ":J ,V:
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Eagle Point, Oregon.
Office Inlow residence. "? ' .
J. B. WAIT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office in Childers Block,
Medford, Or
(JEARY & PICKEL,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Office hours 10 to 12 a. m. and 2to4 p.m.
8ndays lito L
Medford, Or
Office: Haskin Block.
QDGERS & HALL,
DENTISTS.
Have permanently located in Medford for the
practice of dentistry. From a continued prac
tice of over 14 years, we are prepared to guaran
tee entire satisfaction.
Give us a call. Over The Palace.
Ohas. Perdue . . .
Bicycles ripaired on. short
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GityDray inn Transfer Co.
WELLS & SHEARER, Propr's
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Baggage Transferred f-
Wood Delivered....
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Bates Bros-, Props
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In order to enjoy your outing provide your
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starting.
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J. BBEK & CO.,
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and must be good drivers; the carriage? must be
kept clean, well oiled and well painted. The
teams must be gentle, the prices reasonable
and the treatment of customers courteous. All
of these are strictly carried out at the
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UOHEi PACIFIC COASf;
Thomas Coleman has sued the Sheriff
of Sonoma county, CaL, for damages
arising ont of an arrest on mistaken
identity.
Edward M. Clark and Harry Sanford
left Pomona, to- prospect in Arizona.
They crossed the desert between Ban
ning and Yuma and have not been
heard from. Two decomposed bodies
have been found near Volcano springs,
from which point the men were last
heard from.
The Desert Queen ' mine in San Ber
nardino county is hampered by scarcity
of water.
The new International Club at San
Diego, of which Mexican Consul Lom
eli is president, will keep on file copies
of all the important laws of Mexico
affecting trade relations, mining, etc
Dr. H. IL Belfield of Santa Barbara
has declined the presidency of the
Throop Polytechnic Institute at Pasa
dena. Professor W. A. Edwards of the
Pasadena High School has joined the
faculty of the institute.
David Douglas, Sheriff of Nevada
oonnty, CaL, was found on the moun
tain near Nevada City with two bnllet
holes through his body. Near him was
the dead body of a stranger, who is sup
posed to be one of a gang of highway
men who have been operating in that
vicinity. Both men had been dead at
least twenty-four hours when found.
The proposed carnival of the Golden
Qate which was to be held at San Fran
cisco this winter has been put off until
the spring of '97.
Dr. H. C French preached last Sun
day in a San Francisco church clad in
bloomers and a sweater full bicycling
costume.
George F. McConnell of Portland,
grand keeper of records and seals of
the Knights of Pythias of that city, is
a defaulter to the extent of (3000, and
is a fugitive from justice.
C N. Childs. formerly principal of
the State Normal School at San Jose,
CaL, has been succeeded by A. EL Ran
dall, late vice-principaL Professor
Cnilds was given a place as teacher of
history. Governor Budd was credited
with violent opposition to Childs.
Long Beach, CaL, has voted to disin
corporate.: It was a contest between
the saloon and anti-saloon interests, the
former winning by a small margin.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
has been reorganised, and the new or
ganisation is called the Tacoma Cham
ber of Commerce and Board of Trade.
A lumber, produce, manufacturers',
maritime and real estate exchange is
added.
Word is received from Oak Point,
Or., that a fieroe forest fire is raging in
the canyfcn there. Between 1000 and
1500 cords of wood are already des
troyed. It is supposed that the fire was
started from the campfire of some fish
ermen np the creek.
Fire in Najoqni valley, CaL, destroy
ed sixty acres of barley, fifty acres of
hay and fifty acres of canary seed. The
loss was 4000, with no insurance.
Louis Heinrioh, a circus performer,
also known as Louis Zanilla, who fell a
distance of seenty feet from a trapexe
wnue making a balloon ascension at
Sacramento, died in a hospital without
regaining consciousness. Heinrioh was
a contortionist. No bones were broken
by the fall, but he was injured inter
nally. The home of the deceased was
San Diego.
"Jack" Kenny, keeper of the Rich
mond, a notorious dive at Astoria, Or.,
shot A. Y. Ross, proprietor of the Asto
ria Laundry, who was protecting his
wife from Kenny's insults. , The shot
was fired at a distance of six feet and
resulted in only a flesh wound in the
shoulder. Kenny is under arrest await
ing a hearing.
W. S. Wa"ker, the pioneer journalist
of Los Gatos, CaL, has repurchased the
Mail and will take possession immedi
ately.
The United States District Attorney's
office at Portland has begun a crusade
on the sheep and cattle men who have
been causing trouble by encroaching on
the Cascade forest reserve in the neigh
borhood of Cloud Gap Inn, on Mount
Hood. Six warrants have been issued
for the arrest of sheep men now pastur
ing their bands on the reserve and more
are to follow.
The Santa Clara Valley Kennel and
Poultry Association of San Jose has de
cided to hold its kennel and poultry
show from November 18th to 21st in
clusive. The association also decided to
join the American Kennel Club.
The East Clallam Lumber Mills on
the 8traite of Juan de Fnca, owned by
Earle St Donahue, have been destroyed
by fire. The estimated loss is $50,000;
insurance, $18,000.
L. H. Plattor, a well known attorney
and Democratic politician of Spokane,
was shot and almost instantly killed in
the corridor of the courthouse by Henry
Belfert, a well known restaurant pro
prietor and sporting man. The tragedy
resulted from remarks made by Plattor
In court which Seifert construed as a
reflection on his character..
'John W. Humble of South Riverside,
CaL, nearly killed himself and his
whole family in a drunken runaway ac
cident. He apsat a four-mule team in
which he and his wife and son were
driving. Bauble's wrist was broken,
Ua wife's spine wm injured and his sen
Will peMy ale, ;
The Northern Pacific Steamship Com
pany has followed the lead of the South
ern Pacific and has advanced rates on
flour from $2 to $8 50 per ton. The last
steamer to leave for Japan left 200 tons
of flour which it could not carry. . The
failure of the rice crop in the Orient
and the consequent demand for flour
accounts, it is understood, for the ad
vance in rates.
Instead of issuing bonds to bnlld a
suitable house for high school purposes,
the Board of Education of Santa Bar
bara has leased the old San Marcos
Betel, and will transform it into an edu
cational institutioBu
At" Commons City. Ala.i Maynard
Covans and two young ladies, Miss
Proctor and Miss Bishop, were out walk
ing when a rain shower came up. They
sought shelter in aa old building and
during the shower the building col
lapsed, killing all three.
The rowboat Fox, containing the
Swedish sailors, Frank Ear bo and
George Sam ue loon, who started from
New York on June 8th with the inten
tion of rowing to Havre, France, ar
rived at Sicily islands on the 1st Both
the occupants of the small craft were
in good health.
The new opera boase at Pomona will
cost $5500, and the first floor will be
used as an armory by Company D, Na
tional Guard of California.
The Alameda county exposition is
open at Oakland.
The Prescott Board of School Trus
tees has engaged Professor D. Ostrom
of Riverside, CaL, as principal of the
Prescott schools for the ensuing year.
ORIGIN OF HOKEY POKEY.
Lcfl-Over Ir Crrmm Donght at the Ho
tel and Frocra Asmln.
It is an actual fact that old ice cream
Ls bought up by Italians and venders
from restaurants and ice cream stands,
frozen a second and third time, and
again offered for sale, to be consumed
by the newsboys and general public
under the alluring title of hokey pokey,
says the New York Herald. Almost
every night these venders make the
rounds of all the hotels, and buy up
whatever has been left over from the
day previous. -This, cream has all
been melted more or less to its original
consistency, and if it is still frozen
when they get it there is but little left
but fluid by the time it has reached
Brooklyn and the Italian quarter.
This melting process is the cause of
all the danger. Cream once having
been frozen and again melted very
readily turns sour. In' this stage it is
poisonous. The vender of hokey pokey
cares little whether or not the cream is
sonr. Quickly upon his return to his
quarters he freezes all this mush, and
packs it away for the next day's use.
The few cases of poisoning that have
come to the public notice are in all
probability not the only ones that have
occurred, for physicians say that many
cases of poisoning have occurred in the
districts where the hokey pokey vend
ers are that could not be accounted for,
because of the suddenness of death.
It has generally been understood that
certain establishments are putting out
large quantities of hokey pokey and
supplying the venders, but this is not
so. The Italians and their families are
the only ones who manufacture and ea
ter to the consumers.
A BEAR'S NOSE.
On Point of th Animal Tbt la Vary
Scndtlre.
A sportsman's life was once saved by
his knowledge of one of the physical
peculiarities of the bear. Gen. Hamil
ton, who tells the story in his "Sport
in Southern India." was out on a bear
shooting expedition with a brother
officer. The beaters drove the bear
from his hiding place, and a shot from
the officer threw him on the ground;
but he got up with a grunt and made
off.
As the bear passed an open bit of
ground Gen. Hamilton again fired, but
missed, and the beast turned upon him.
When he was within a few yards the
general gave him the other barrel. As
this did not stop him Hamilton started
to run, but tripped over a rock and fell
flat on his face.
The bear was upon him instantly,
and the sportsman, looking over his
shoulder, saw into the bear's mouth as j
the brute made a grab at him. The
animal caught him by the thigh and
pinned him. Knowing that a bear's
nose is very sensitive, Hamilton hit
him several hard blows on the nose.
The bear, unable to endure the pain,
let go, and, before he could get hold
again, Hamilton was up the hill.
His companion ran up and killed the
bear by a ball through his heart. But
the bear's clas had laid open Hamil
ton's thigh to the bone, and he was in
bed for a month.
"How many ponies will Hen's-Spur
give for the hand of Homemade-Pie?"
It was the maiden's father, the great
chief Bear's-Breath, who spoke.
"I have no ponies" answered the
young suitor, as he stood dangling the
scalp of a red-headed man, which hung
from his belt. "
"Ugh! Bean-Pod offers fifty dollars
and a mule," said the chief, with a dis
dainful waf ture of the hand.
"But " pleaded the youth. -
The chief turned to listen.
"But I have a bicycle, and you may
ride it on the Fourth of July of every
leap year." -
With a bound the chief clasped
Hen's-Spur in his arms.
"Hqmemade-Pie ia yonre," he said.-
NEWS 0F THE WORLD.
Ex-President Harrison is attend in g
the session of the general assembly com
mittee of the Presbyterian 'Cnuroh in.
New York.
The result of the election for the.
President of Chile to succeed Jorge
Mortt, so far as known, gives145 elec
toral votes for Frederic Errazurez and1
137 for Vincento Reyes. Returns from
three provinces not yet received will nob
alter the majority of Errazurez.
The Harland & Wolff and Workman,
& Clarke shipbuilding shops at Belfast
have been almost wiped ont by fire.
The yards alone were damaged $1,600.
D00. The island of Crete is again involved
in a war with Turks and a general me
lee is liable to break ont at any time.
William Henry Smith, for- many
years general manager of the Associ
ated Press and a writer of national rep
utation, died at Lake Forest, near
Chicago.
A wind and rain storm of unusual
severity hit Pittsburg and three Uvea '
were lost and a large amount of prop
erty destroyed. The storm was general
throughout the Mississippi valley, doing
damage from Pittsburg to Omaha. -
Much damage was done at Cleveland
by a terrific wind storm. At Beulah
Park a large tabernacle was blown
down.
Matabele rebels are again menacing
Bulnwago. Mark Twain has arrived in England
from South Africa on his world girdling
lecture tour. He will remain some
months in England and publish another
book.
Sir Charles Tapper will succeed Lord
Aberdeen as Governor General ef Can
ada. Joseph Chamberlain, it is said,
urged the claims of Canada's late Pre
mier for the position.
Three highwaymen entered a Telu
ride. CoL, gambling house at midnight
and held np fifteen men and robbed the
place. ...
In Benton county, Ark., Mrs. Mary
Smith, wife -of a farmer,2 became
alarmed at the absence of her 10-year-old
daughter and started out to search
for her, leaving her other children, in- -fant
twins and a boy 4 years old playing:
in the yard. During her absence a vic
ious hog attacked the twins' and killed
them. The little boy tried to drive the
swine away and was fatally bitten.
The International Socialistic Labor
and Trade Congress adopted the' report
of the Economic Industrial Commission,
reaffirming the resolutions of the Paris
congress of 1889. Herr Liebknecht an
nounced that the congress would meet
in Germany in 188a The session ended
with singing "Anld Lang Syne," the
" MarseiUeise," and the ."Carmagnole,"
and with cheers for the Socialist revo
lution. 1 '
Major Jesse W. Sparks, United States
Consul at Piedras Megras, Mexico, died,
suddenly.
James Murphy, 85 years old. and
Stephen Garvey, aged 50 years, fought
at Pier 25, North river, New York.
During the struggle both men tumbled
into the river and were drowned.
At the Massachusetts Athletic Asso
ciation meet on the Charles River Park
track, Cambridge, Nat and Tom Butler
broke the word's record of 2:03 for the
nupaced tamem mile, made on the San
Jose track, by doing the mile in 1:53 3-5.
A high wind was blowing.
The Spauish Government has deter
mined to prevent, if possible, filibuster
ing expeditions from leaving this,
country for Cuba. To further guard
against filibusters Spain is offering a re
ward of $10,000 for information leading
to the capture within Spanish waters, of
filibustering expeditions.
. A tidal wave broke on the Chinese
coast in Kiang Su province and drowned
4000 people.
General Perdero GallarecVlo, Gover
nor of the Federal district of Mexico,
has resigned and his resignation has.
been accepted. He has a large fortune
and desires to abandon pnbllo life and
will travel in Europe.
A special from Buenos Ay res saysi ,
Owing to the fall in the price of coffee
exports from Brazil to the United
States have been suspended.
During the Snnday-school services of
the Baptist Church at Thomasrille, Ga..
Colonel James F. Lilly, one of the best
known men in the neighborhood, was
shot down' and his throat cut. John T.
Rnshin committed the deed, and after
gazing in the face of his victim swal
lowed four ounces of laudannin and ran
from the scene of the murder, pursued
by the men of the congregation. The
murderer was captured in his home and
s thought to be insane.
One of the first things done by the
management of the Illinois Central
Railroad in assuming control of the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
was to restore the cut of 10 per cenli
made about three years ago by the re-!
oeivers of that road in the wages of its
employes.
ROYAL Baking Powder.
Hlghtet of all la leavening
Strength. V. S. OniscMietgsperU
The Marx, and Cincinnati Enquirer
one tmf far AI .ftfl is one of our heat .
clubbing propositions. .