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MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTYJIOREQON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1837.
KO. 48. Circulation 1900
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OPBRATIVK UKMTIHTHV A Bl'KOIALTV.
ToolbaatraolaO-without pain. , ',
Offlooo In AUklns-Deuol block, Mtdford, Or.
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- I'MYHIOIAN AND UlfKUMON.
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Modford, Oregon,
(Mrproia-OIMM llluok.
QOLVIO A IUCAMKH,
W. M. Uolrls . A. K. Itoamo
LAWYBHB. "
OrtU IIIikjU, Jaokaonvlllo.Oroitt.a.
Will praoitoo In all Ibo oourta uf tho alalo.
Guroful oouuaol given In nil mutton.
J, A. PALMER,
AftCIIITKOT AND HUI'KHINTIINDKNT
OlMoo In Adklna-Douel tilk. Moillord, Oro.
HrH,ntlvA drawlnm and apoolftoatlona Mm
utirdun all klrui of luixlnni buiiuitiifa. Owu
ar'. Internal ounaldorod paramount.
J, S. 1I0WAUD,
MUHVGVOIl AND CIVIL KNOINKKK.
V. H. Deputy Mineral Hurvojfor far the Hutle
ol ureiton. ruatoraoa auaraMi
Modford, Oregon.
VM. 8. CROWELL.
ATTOKNEY AT LAW. .
jMkaoDvllle. Oregon.
W. H. PARKER,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW,
Uamlla Ulock.
Mcdlord.Ore.
HAMMOND & VAWTER,
, Aiiatln S. Hammond. Wis. I. VawMr.
ATTORN KYB AT LAW
0&c-l. O. O. P. building, ' ' Mtdfbid, Or
J.B. WAIT,
' PHYSICIAN AND HUltOKON,
OA la Chlldtrt' Block,
Mtdford, Or
QEARY & PICKEL,
I'HYSICIANB AND 8UHOKONH,
Ofllo hour 10 (o il a. m,
uudy-lilol. .
and 2 U) 4 p.
Modford, Or
OfBca: Uukla Block.
W. !. VAWTKn. Proa. n. r. AiwiNa, V-Proe
J. E. KriiT, Caahler.
.CAPITAL; Sso.ooo.
MEDFORD,
Oregon
Loan money on appro. od aecurity, receive do
potlu aubjeot to okeok aed Iraaaael a minora
banking bualnoaa. - Year Mataoaa 101101104...
OomapoadaaUi Ladd A Hak, Baton. Anal
California Bank, Baa Fronoiaco. Ladd a
Tlitoo, roniaad,OorMa Banking Co., N. Y.
Ghas. Perdue . . .
Mm
Bioyoles' ripaired on short
notice at living pricea....
' Shop In J. A, Whitman's
i wareroomg,...
Wilson &1iMer..
i
Wo shoo horsoB with shoos that
lit and ubo nail that don't prlok,
": We do plow work that Is aatla-
factory in every lnatanoo
We manufacture wagons and
buggies wood shop In connco
tion ',' .
Market St. ferry, S. F., Cal.
Klondyke Specials
Folding RockorB(nnlc for olrciilnr) $10, 12
Yukon Foldlna Stovos (now) 1(1.00, 7.50
Yukon damp Stovos.'boBt. , .!),75, ffi.OO
Lnrgo Fur Slooplng lllankots,,. , . ,(12,00
EvADorntod nntntoca. wnrrantad.totlio
trade. . Qannod frulta and moats ol.beat
quality. ; tioavy wearing apparel, wenu
tot pnmplilet on tho Klondyke tree, . .
Jackson County Bank
Meal Hi anil
T AAlrMIMltll I
IJ ESI II I
uvu&uuuu
Mlday Specialties
( ' Are the aubjoot of this week' ad. If you want
- auythlngnloofortChrbtaiaaproiMint, we have it.
Rogers Bros. "1847 Silver Plated Knives and Forks...
In, Table and Dessert Spoons...
" " ; " Sogar Shells, Fruit and Butter Knives..
Children's Plated Sets, Nut Cracks, Etc.:
Silver Mounted and Ivory Handled Carving Sets...
"Rome" Nickel Plated Tea and Coffee Pots and Tea Kettles...
Croat out lo tho price of Oruiiltu mid Stool waro making
it almost aa ohoup an tlnwure ...
J BEEK & 00...
KATES FKOn...
Il to J PER DAY
, Medford. Oregon
The Niwh la one of the most popular hotels In Southorn
Oregon, and no pains are spared for tho comfort and
accommodation of guest. Kvorythlng about tho houao
Free Sample Rooms
THE HOTEL BAR la
Onion liivcpy Stab es...
COMPTON & TERRILL, Prop'rs
Having lately purohased this popular stable we are now pre
pared to furnish first-class rigs and safe and fast driving
1 horsos at reasonable rates. Horses boarded ....
Commercial . Travelers . Rigs . a . Specialty
JPSOIIVILLE
rnjiBBLE
, , ; J. C. WHIPP, Propr;
Ooes General Contracting in all
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS.
, . - CEMETERY MrORK A SPECIAMY
Jacksonville, - Oregon."
DON 'T LET THE FACT
That I have1 the largoBt and host seleoted atook of furniture,
oarpots, wall paper and window shados to be found in South
ern Oregon .... . , . ,
Escape Your Attention..
If you are a prospective
the hlgoat In grade and
in oonneotlon ,.
FRANK W. WAIT
... STONE YARD
Gonoral oontraotlng In all linos of atone
Cemetery Work
a Specialty
Allklnds-'of tnarblo and granite monumonts
oraorea aireot (rom the quary,.,
Yard on 0 itreot i "
Oommorloial Hotel Blook ' ,
gt.t,
Presorittions : Oarefullv Oompounded.
IsUla StTMt, - , Mdford Ongon.
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...pbofhiitoh ...
mm
-STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...
ro cqmmbkcial mbn ....
always supplied with the very
-t
Lines;
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nurehaaor you will find my goodB
the lowest In prloe. u Undertaking
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work.
"TMEDFORD, OREGON
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NEWS Of THE WORLD.
LOOMHID IN THI LOWIft HOUSE
' Of THI fttlCHMATH.
Una lbl Wano to AMIaaltA
. Moanr Mardrr ra4 to'a Mko
Moaakora ml Blak immk't Qmmf Mr
, tarod la !.' - '
I A movamont I aew btlag mad la
th east to effoot a plaa trust. - ' '
: A cabls I to be laid to tho Ilawaiiaa
laland, snd to be complaUd withia IS
months. , , , . . . - , '.
Tlie price of green and roasted coffee
I now lower In Now York than ever
before.
The New England Burglary Iniur
snco company of Boston is going out of
business. ,
Nineteen prisoner in tho' Gibioa,
Ind., county jail rebelled and tried to
kill Sheriff Murphy. '
The Empress of Germany on Tuesday
openod a basar for the benefit of the
Bllesinn flood sufferers,
China has asked Ituasia to aid her la
her efforts to compel Germany to aban
don Celestial territory.
It is said that the proposed scheme of
pooling the distillery interest of Ken
tucky is about to fall through.
A free labor federation of manufac
turers and employes ho just been
established at Patterson, N. J.
The coal mining strike in the north
ern Illinois district has ended. Twelve
thousand have gone back to work.
Plans have been - accepted for a mon
ument to the Illinois troops In the
Chickamauga battle on Orchard Knob.
Scott A. Bowdish shot his 9-year-old
daughter, fatally injuredjher, and uen
killed himself, at bis home in Mason,
Mich. , .
At Austin, Tex., John Rankin, a
prominent eitisen, was shot by Police
Officer Orirtard. The cause was a po
litical difference.
A dispatch from Rome savs a rumor
is in circulation there to the effect that
King Humbert ha resolved to abdicate
the throne in favor of his son, Prince
of Naples,
Wallace Duncan, a nephew of Lew
Wallace, tho writer, oomraittod several
forgeries at Phoenix, Ariz., and was
compelled to leave to town in order to
avoid arrest.
George A. Bute, a prominent mining
man of Toll n ride, Col., has been miss
ing sinco August 24th. His friends
fear that he has met with foul play, as
he had a large sum of money when
last seen.
The police of Berlin conflsticated
last week's issue of the Kladderdatch,
because it contained a cartoon ridicul
ing Emperor Williama' famous speech
to the recuits. . . , ,,. . .
The steamer Telegraph on of the
largest and best boat plying oa the
Ohio river, sunk near Louisville. , The
steamer's passengers 'had a narrow
escape from drowning.
Prominent ' cigar manufacturer ol
New York have protested that it I
a very r common custom to import
Sumatra tobacco a filler instead of
wrappers, on which there is a much
higher duty.. - ' I .'.i. . . : i o
. Secretary Bliss has taken action to
avert the possible Invasion of the
Wichita reservation in Okalahoma by
whites with the idea of forcing upon
Congress the opening of the country to
white settlement
The Brat payment of $13,645,250 to
the government oil account of the par
ches of the Union Paeine railroad waa
cleared aa well as cashiers' check on
the National City bank of Mew York
fer nearly .$4,000,000, : ;
There are rumor la New York that
several old down-town banks Intend to
follow the example of the Third Na
tional and United States National
banks bv consolidating with stronger
financial institutions.
It is said that Captain Laborne of the
Competitor will make demands for
damages from the Spanish government
for causing hi imprisonment at Hav
ana, and the-United ' 8tates will be
asked'to press the claims. -- ' i
Assistant Secretary . Vandersllp Fri
day signed what, is known as a pv
warrant, directing the Treasurer of the
Halted States to, deposit in the Treas
ury itt,JW, bib, representing the pro
ceed of the sale of the Union , Pacific
The Bessemer Limestone company,
the Carbon Limestone company and
other large limestone operator in th
Mahoning valley, ' Pa,, have posted
notice of advanee In wage' of 20 per
cent, taking effect December 1st. The
advance will effeot IO0Q men. . ,
Th authorities . of Marin , county,
Cal., are investigating the mysterious
disappearance of several Chinese from
the Chinese settlement at Point San
Pedre, The missing ones ate snppoaed
to have been murdered in flights with
their countrymen. .. . i ...u : - .
The farmers 'In the' Corral IhJtarra
eounlry, Monterey county, Cal.:' ro:
terrorised i br 1 California' '. Hons,' whloh,
during thet past i: few j weeks. ' have
destroyed large numbers of Sheep and
-neg. ' A reward hss been . offered for
the dsatrnstloa of th beasts.
JUDGE FIELD RETIRES'
MAKES . A RECORD FOR LONQ 8ER-
; VICE ON THE SENCH. vi
Atteraojr-Oraoral Mcliiw to S.acd
Iforalau HaK.ana'a ; Inmui Met
Yat Ooaaatolf D..lwi Vfm,
The resignatloo of Associate Justice
Stephen J. Field of the United State
supreme court, which wo tendered
sometime ago to take effect December
1st. has been accepted and the veteran
Judge is now on the rJired list, having
broken all records lorlengtn or service
upon the bench. Field has been eligible
- STKrnEN J. TIEI.D.
for retirement for a long time, bnt
wished to break the record before the
retired. On August 10th Inst he did so,
as it was on that dav he exceeded the
term of service of 34 years, five months
and itx days to the credit of Chief
Justice Marshall, whose services np to
that time had been the longest in the
court The total length of Field's ser
vices is 34 years, seven- months and 20
days. Under the ilaw Justice Field
will receive the full salary of an assoc
iate justice of the United States su
preme court $10,000 Jper year for the
remainder of his life.
When Judge McKenna took the office
of attorney-general it was the under
standing that he was to be appointed
to the first vacancy , that would oeenr
'ATTORNKV-OEMBIlaX MCKINMA. "
on the supreme bench, and his nomin
ation for the office by the president
will be among the first sent to congress
for confirmnation.-. 'if .-
' The man to succeed McKenna has
not been officially ' namrd. Mention
ha been made ofjudge Day, now as
sistant secretary of state, while anoth
er report says a Pacific coast man will
be selected. .-..-.i, , :
F. M. McKean, bookkeeper . for the
Crance company of Portland, Or., is
under arrest on a charge of embessling
$10,000 of the -company's funds. He
has admitted his guilt. . ' '
Gus Helleson, a German painter,
fell from the roof of a one -story build
ing at Arroyo Grande, Cat.,' and broke
hi leg below the hip. Advanced age
renders his recovery uncertain.
Redding, Cal., business men have
been swindled out of various sums of
money by a young man giving the
name of J. E. Scott, who issued checks
on a bank where he had no funds.
JohnBergor and William Lousign
aut, well-known residents of Washing
ton county, Or., while hunting deer in
Nehalem mountains wondered from
their companions and' have probably
perished. . ." . "
'"'The annual football game between
tho 'teams from th Berkeley ' and
Stanford universities took place'at San
Francisco Thanksgiving day, and re
sulted in victory for the latter by a
score of 29 to 0. , ' .
- . Goorgo Newman, ah oldresident of
Antioeh, Cal., was found lying Under a
wharf dead. He had been drinking
and it Is surmised that he fell off the
wharf and waa either killed by the fall
or was drowned. - ( ,
'. Three members' of the notorious
Blackjack gang, of desperadoes , have
been oaptured in . Mexico.. , , The , men
were connected with the .recent hold
np of the Atlantic and Paolflo railroad
train In New Mexico 'and $9000 in
money -'found-' in: their 'pessession :i
subpose'd to" be 'part' of the money
stolen at th tlraoof the robbery.1 lr
will be tamed over to ti e New Mexico
officials for trial.
J
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
A FAKE ALASKA OUTFITTER STRUNO
UF BVHIS VICTIMS. .
Aa obot SfarS.MS Bf aa a)a-eeavts.
: at ar.r ea the Imau CatSar Baaai.
) A' ataf Blaia Ca A SaMaV Clak
Meaiaaff Iaaaaa.
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The schooner Abbey M. Deeriafj of
Lynn, Mass.. left Free port, N. 8.,. for
the Yukon. . ;
Jamestown, CL,' the 'present ter
minus of the Sierra railroad, is to havo
a modern hotel, to coat $30,000.
General Mile ha recommended to
the war department that troop be im
mediately etationed at Port Townsend,
Wash. ,
The coroner's jury in the case of tho
the poisoning of ftusie and Frank Belew
at Dixon, Cal., failed to nam th
poisoner.
San Francisco police officials have
forbidden the use of nickel-ln-the-slot ,
machines, claiming that they are
lotteries. ; . : , ' . .
The remains of 28 Chinese convict)
are being exhumed from the prison)
graveyard at Saa Quentin, Cal. The
bone will be shipped back to China.
Edward N. Bauche, a ' prominent
mining man of Bosaland, B. C, com
mitted suicide in a house of ill-fame at
Seattle bv shooting himself through
the head.
Over 500 carloads, or about 110,006)
sacks, of potatoes and 300 carloads of
onions have been shipped from Stock
toe, - Cat., to, eastern points since
Jaly 1st
The office safe of the Litsch merchan
dise company, at Shasta, Cal., was
blown open and the contents stolen.
A large amount of gold dost is reported
to have been secured. , , ,
The United States revenne cutter
Bear sailed from Seattle . Saturday
night, carrying aid to the whaling'',
fleet fast in the ice of the Arctic ocean,
en the northern shore of Alaska.
Bnnko steerers and confidence men
are being arrested at San Francisco a
fast as the police can lay hands npon
them. The officer are determined to
rid the city of that class of men.
Mrs. Theresa Cardoaa died in Saa
Francisco last week of fattv degenera
tion of the heart At the time of her
death she weighed over 610 pounds,
and was the largest womaa in Califor
nia. ' .
A Swiss named John Pfyffer attempt
ed kill himself at Sacramento, Col.,- .
because he could not secure work and
did not want to live and see his family
starve. Pfytier will probably die from '
his woundB.
' Andrew Satto, a recent arrival at
San Francisco from New . York left his -wife
in a hotel while he went out for a -
stroll. He did not return at the ap
pointed time and nothing has since
been heard of him. . , : . ; - . i . . I -W.
J. McBride, a bank clerk of Hoa- j.
olulu and a member of a suicide oluby
is violently insane, through brooding-
over tho fact that it had fallen his lot- ,
to comply with the rules . of the club. .
and commit suicide.
- A long-standing quarrel between tha 1
captain of the. revenne cutter Rush'a
Japanese steward and the cabin boy
terminated Saturday while the vesset
was ip San - Francisco bay by the form
er shooting and killing the latter. ! ,
Governor Lowndes of Maryland,
expects to 'get a seat in the United,
States senate occupied by 'Arthur P.
Gorman. 'The recent election went
against Gorman, and Lowndes believes
he is the Republican for the place.
'Consul-General Patton, at Calcutta,
reports that' it is estimated that the
jute crop of India this year will be 6,
800,000 hales: and that manufacturers)
may look for low pricea for raw mate
rial. ' . ' '
b essential to
health. Every nook
and corner of the
Blood
system is reached by the blood, and on
itaqualitytheoondltionoteyevyorgande- ,
pends. Good blood means strong nerves,
good digestion, robust health. ' impure,
blood means scrofula, dyappala,rheuma- -tlsm,
catarrh or other disease. Tbunat
way to have good blood la to take Bood's .
Barsaparllla. This medicine purifies, vl- '
tallies, and enriches the blood, and sends
the elements ot health and strength to i
every nerve, organ and tissue. It created -a
good appetite, give refreshing sleep,
and cores that tired feeling.' Remembor.-
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