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A. S. BLITON.
MAN WM ORN TO HUSTIE
He Is of Utf fluytt; tuit iiuite u ii-Liif
MWMRIPTiaNSu5 '12K YEAR
Balercd liutuu'OAUHm'
in Secoud-Ctiu-
llKOrVUl), l'KIOAV, t'eb, 25,lsSs.
signaled the dreadful death of 253
American Amnion.
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THIS PAPER
nuiair areac.. ana oo vortnuM
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Our Ctubkmg List.
The Mai and Weekly S. F. Call $2 25
" " " EKmlnor 2 35
" " " Chronicle 2 85
; " " Onxrouian 2 00
.. Cosmopolitan .... 2 10
" Weekly Cincin
nati Enquirer,. - , - 1 "6
A Minnkapous diyine recently
asserted that it was his belief that
while indulgence in strong drink is
growing less among men it is actu
ally increasing among women.
Tiik government relief expedition
to the" Klondike being reported
stalled on the way thither, it would
now &em in order for at second
party to he immediately fitted out
and sent; north to relieve the relievers."
Tim new Jersey legislature is
considering a bill, which provides
for a tax of $2 a year on - every
bachelor in the state. If it goes
through the revenue thus raised
ought te be used in providing homes
for aged, spinsters. '
A white school teacher who
eloped with and married a full
bloodod Piegan Indian, and is now
working as a waitress : in a frontier
hotel to support herself and him, is
probably-wondering where all the
romance-of the forest has so sud
denlv flown to.
Spaim has ordered work to bo im
mediately beguu on a new warship
in the dock at Cadiz. That is
foolish. If hat she evidently fears
really happens, long before that
cruiser could be half finished there
wouldn't be any docks left nor, very
possible, any Cadiz.
G. L- Davis of this city has an-
nounced himself a candidate for the
office of county clerk, subject to
the pleasure of the Republican con
ventibn: George is a thorough busi
ness mau and a good citizen and if
nominated would make a lively
chase tor the coveted goal.
Listen to this from the Klamath
Falls Express:
"It. frequently happens that the
idols of our youth are shattered
like a bisque doll or gradually
crumble away like decorative mastic
ana tbat which we bowea down be
fore and worshipped in the manner
01 a (Jeleebal, etc."
And Editor Pierce was married
Ply last week.
A ttESTi?0 of toe Jackson "County
sugar beet comJnittee is called for
tomorrow, Saturda,"1 ,n Me(lfMl
Chairman Hammond'W ade a
peraoual nppeal to all of thenVto P
present. There are some ' things!
that must be looked after which
b.aye a leaning toward the probable
good of the valley in beet culture.
Every committeeman ought to be
there. :.';' . ".,
Every seal needs' ten pounds of
fish a day in order to live' and keep
its health, and it is declared that
the Alaskan coast would become
the greatest cod fishery in the world
should the seal be exterminated in
that quarter. Better the ' cod than
the seal. The latter is a source of
great domestic misery at least once
a year, and is beyond the financial
reaoh of the poor; while. ten pounds
of fish a day would suffice for the
largest family many times over.r It
is settled: The seal mustgo;
Now they are saying that, even
though the Maine were blown up
by some Spanish miscreant, Spain,
as a nation, cannot be held respon
sible. This seems mighty ' tough' if
true. If true there is surely some
thing at fault with our international
law; but if this ; thing ''goes on -wo
will ; probably ' be .apologizing, tp
Blanco arid his whole crowd before
long for., the, disturbance, to their
slumbers caused by tho noiso which.
Whks the Cascade Locks were
opened the State of Oregon had on
hand a number of locomotives and
Hut cars, etc., which wore used
the operation of the nortug railway
TJ.v.f unr now worthless to the state
aud bids have biiMi-Msttod for and
recnived, for thuir purchase. The
highest bid was $3700. Sulera poo
pie have intimated that a good use
for the railroad equipments would be
that of removing thorn to the Cap
ital and establish a railroad line for
the benefit of the state institutions.
If there is anything that Salem
wonts it ought to have, for. is not
Salem the whole State of Oregon,
and is not the convenience of the
state's officers paramount to all
things else? Yes, let Salem have
what she wants. Give her two rail
roads it will make legislating ens
ler wnen it can oe "railroaded on
a pair of real steel rails.
The Maine Explosloa Still a flystery.
As the Investigation into tho causo
of the disaster to the Mains progresses
the opinion that the explosion was the
result of treachery appears from tbo
roporis of newspaper correspondents
to bo gaining ground. No official re
port regarding the inquiry has been
made at Washington, and none Is likely
to be made for at least a day or two,
A New York World correspondent
telegraphs that the situation at Havana
is becoming intense, and that Consul
General Lee has advised Americans
not necessarily detained there to leave
(or home at once.
The further the inquiry into the
causes that led to the Maine disaster
proceeds the more remote, appear the
chances that any evidence will be die
covered to snow mat me disaster was
duo to an accident. Those divers who
penetrated into the forward part of the
wreck found that the whole forward
end of the ship, from a point just abaft
the forward turret, bad been twisted
15 or 20 degrees to starboard. That
part of the vessel was a wilderness of
debris and curled and twisted plates,
The sharp, jogged edges of some ot the
plates added danger to the difficulties
of the divers. In one instance they al
most cut through a rubber tube which
supplied the diver with air.
une important discovery made was
the position of the bodies found in the
wreck, 100 of which were floating: about
in "the torn compartments. A full score
of these were examined by my inform
ant. , All of them were in hammocks
and all had the arms curled upward.
They looked as if tbo men had been
startled by some sudden shock of
dunger, and were in the act of reach'
iog up for their hammock hooks to
swing themselves on deck when death
came. This seems to confirm all that
has already been said about there hav
ing been two explosions the first
startling the men into the act of rising
from their hammocks,' the other dash
ing out the lives. ... ,
A contract bus been made and signed
between the government and a wreck
ing company of New York to raise the
Maine. The terms of the contract pro
vide for the payment to the wrecking
companies the sum of 1871 per day for
the regular plant, and an additional
payment of $500 per day for the use of
the mammoth tug Monarch, while the
latter is actually employed. An ex
press provision is made that the gov
ernment may terminate the contract at
any moment. It is also provided that
the compensation shall not exceed the
sum of money (1200,000) appropriated
pj congress for this purpose in th
recent reiohiMon passed. -
It is also provided that if the com
panies should succeed in raising the
Maine and towing her to New York,
they shall receive a bonus of $100,000.
This I Amiuiag.
To we Medford people the following
trom the Jacksonville Times, is really
amusing, in laci it is almost too ridic
ulous to be worthy of a pawing thought
' whether amusing or serious:
"About 500 Deosto bad eomrrented at Med
ford when tbe train conveying tbo prisoners ar
rived. Altnougn there Had been (areata of
roe&tog, no attempts a.1 violence were maae.
be sheriff was on the lookout, however, and
ready for any emergency."
There were probably 200 people at
the depot Sunday morning when Sher
iff Barnes returned with his prisoners,
These were there because of their curi
osity and not a thought of lynching en
tered the mind of anyone. Whv should
it.be thought of the prisoners at that
time were only "suspects," and even
did our people feel revengeful enouzh to
lynch tbey would first make sure that
tne crime was ustenea arignt. Mr.
Barnes was unnecessarily cautious,
are not lynchers. ' .
A UTTU3 OP EVTIIYTtttm.
The value of the gg band led ia
Chicago last year, figured at 12yi
ceuU per dosen, was $7,1160,881.
Zela was found guilty on all the
charges against him, and sentenced
to one year's imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 3000 francs.
A Missouri sohool teacher has
resigned because two of the- boys,
pupils, spanked her. She must be
one of those unfortunate girls who
have no big brothers.
Mr. Wanamaker is going to run
for governor of Pennsylvania, but
wishes to have it distinctly under
stood that his candidaoy will be no
oargain counter affair.
DoueviuK trial ins common use
of one cup in oommunion servioes
is a menace to health, the Indiana
state beard of health recommends
the use of individual cups,
It is a great price to pay for
We
Among tbe Churches.
i . . CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Services; Sunday School, 10 a. m. j
preaching at' 11 a. m. and -7 :30 p. m. ;
Junior I'.ndoavor,' 3 p, m,, 0. .'. conse
cration P"sting; 6:30. Morning sermon,
I'OurForcignr Missions. 'L Evening sub
ject, "Union Revivals and the .Lessons
inoy ipitcn. ,
A cordial invitrttinn in
an to attend.
; ,r. ,.:;',.;",.: Eu Fisnim, Pastor, ' .
'!"' EPISCOPAL oritJHcn. ' '
. riUvlno Borvlco.wlll be held in St.
Mark's Church . 'on Sunday evening
next, February 27th, All invited. - '
safety, but travel to Alaska will
not be without unnecessary dangers
until those rotten hulks now in that
trade have gone to the bottom
The Pteamer Elder, bound from
Alaska to Portland. Dut in at Port
Townsend Tuesday night, two of
her Dronellor blades helmr brnknn
This will necessitate a delay until
repairs are made.
Already about $13,000,000 Aus
tralian gold has come to San Fran
Cisco this season. The Ooeanio
Steamship Co's. steamer Moana,
which sailed from Sydney on the
15th inst.. carries an additional
$1,500,000.
ine oiatne was tne tastest sea
going battleship in the navy of tbe
United States ovor seventeen knots
per hour. She had four ten-incb
breeoh-loading rifles; six G-inoh;
seven 6-pound rapid firing, and
eight one-pounder rapid firing guns.
The most extraordinary ttiwoshin
in England is that of -Skiddaw. in
Cumberland. It contains but one
house, the occupier of whioh is un
able to exercise the privilege of vot
ing, because there is no overseer to
prepare a voters' list, and no ohuroh
or other place of worship or as
sembly on which to publish one.
Advices from Dawson under date
of January 18 say that sourvy has
developed among the miners to such
extent that there are now 17
cases in the public hospital. It is
estimated that there are from 13 to
15 cases in private cabins. Precau
tionary measures are being taken to
prevent the spread of the malady.
The reported threats against the
life' of Minister Lee at Havana
makes the blood of every loval
American citizen boil. As Stone
wall Jackson 'said of Barbara
Freitche, "Who touches a hnir of
yon gray head dies like a dog," ap
plies as well in a milled union to
day. "One for ail and all for one."
The Port Susan Logging Co. has
just completed a contract for what
reported to be the Inreent cargo
of spar tun hern ever put out of
rueet Sound. 1 he oargo connists
of 640 spars, running from 50 lo
116 feet in length, and varying from
72 inches in diameter at the base
to an 18 inch diameter at the ton.
Tbe spars go to Boston.
Tbe ill wind which is blowing on
Chinese shores is already bringing
good to American trade. The Eng
lish government has placed an or
der in Kansas City for 2000 tons of
beef to be forwarded to the fleet in
China; 1200 tons have been ordered
by Russia, and big orders for can
ned goods for both nations have
been received by Chicago hi ues.
The livliestday for years in the
wheat market at Pullman, Wash.,
was last Friday and fully 350,000
bushels changed hands at 62 and
63 cents per bushels in the ware
house. Tbe Pacific Coast Blevator
Company bought 250,000 bushels,
wbile Aaron Kuhn bought 100,000.
These are the tbe largest sales ever
reported there. Over $200,000
ohanged hands.
What is known as the "jag cure"
law is in force in Colorado. This
enactment, , which was made at the
last state legislature, provides that
any man, 'upon bringlng'a properly
executed paper, containing the sig
natures of 12 residents of his county
and taxpayers, can force the county
commissioners to sena him to
Dwight, 111., where ha may take
the Keeley cure at the expense of
the county,
; The shrewd New Jersey farmers
have solved the tramp problem, and
that in the simpliest possible man'
per. They put tho nomads to work
on tbe public roads and the nuis
ance disappears. Hence tramps
nave become a rarity in those see
tions ot the state in which the new
system bus. gone into effect, and the
same policy, therefore, may be reo'
omnierided to other localities. This
policy might be tried with good ef
feet in Oregon.
. ' Thomas A. Edison, Jr., is cred
ited with announcing that he can
photograph thoiiaht, " Nicola Tcsla
tells a ffeiv - York paper that ho has
"harnessed tho rays, of. the sUp,r'
and will compel them to oporate
machinery and give light and heat
This inveutloo u still in the experl
mental stage, but he declare that
there is not a possibility of Its fall
urc. He has discovered a method
of produolng steam from the rays of
tne sun. The steam runs an ongine
wnicn generates oieotricity,
An Ohio postmaster lias boon an
plying the stamp theory to Undo
Sam s business. II wauted to in
orease tbe sal of postage stamps
in ins oinc una utoroDy gain an
advauoe In salary, so he gave away
a drink with every ten stamps and
gave a stamp with every drink.
Everybody in towu soon developed
an intense desire for stamps and all
would probably have goo serenely
but for th faot that the postmasUr
bad forgotten to take oat a liquor
license and was in consequence ar
rested.
me present winter is aa un
usually severe one on stock in Cali
fornia, because of the extreme dry
weather. The Salinas Democrat
has this: "It is reported that Henry
Miller, the cattle king, has a force
of men at work skiuning cattle
which are dying by hundreds on his
ranges in lowor Monterey County, A
great many have been sent to Liver-
more, Ciilroy and other ranches, but
still a great number died before
they could be removed from the
south at all. Those dead ones are
being skinned, for the hides can bo
used."
Two weeks ago an avalanoho
came thundering down the moun
tain Blopes at the south end of Lake
Bennett, An.imnietiBe mass of ioo
and snow was deposited on tho
trail and 200 tons of supplies wero
buried many foet deep. Thoir
owners had Rtaoked thorn up to
gel her ia what seemed to be a nhol
tered spot whilo they wore whip'
sawing lumber for boat-building.
now thev iiavo Icit only tho whip'
saws, and are trying to dig out thoir
outfits, ho far as can bo loarned no
one was injured by the avalanoho,
though peoplo in tents not far nway
nau narrow escapes.
Horses pre now increasing in price
and the future is bright and full of
hope, and oilers every induooment
to breedors and farmers to produce
tho very best kinds of horses. We
already have a vory strong demand
ibr good horses and prices have ad
vanced very much. The prcsont
situation shows evory indication of
an advance in price for good horses
for many years to come and it will
not be long before the good classes
of horses will bo as high as thev
ever were, and it is belioved by our
i . . i . l e - -
uoni. juugea mat a grana lamino OI
the saleable class of horses will be
upon us in a fow years at tho most.
The great i mprovoment in the Btroots
and ronds brought about in the in
terests of the wheel has not only
created a demand for the light har
ness horse, and as this enterprise
proceeds to improve streets and
roads there will be an lncroaso in
the same proportion for that most
noble animal.
Russians are said not to be es
pecially desirable citizens. Quite
number of them a few years ago
fettled in Logan, Meroer and Em
mons Counties, North Dakota.
Here is what an exchange says of
their mode of living: Epidemios
of scarlet fever and diphtheria have
visited tbe settlement and Dr.
Flaten has made two trips this win
ter to those counties. The people
live in bouses of adobe, or rather
home made briok, plastered with
a mixture of mud and manure, and
in many cases attached to tbe
stables where the animals aro kept.
in the winter tne door between the
house and tbe stable is kept open
so that the heat from the animals
will assist in keeping the house
warm. Tbe very few small windows
in the living apartment are kept
closed tightly so that no heat will
be wasted, The death rate is enor
mous, mostly from contagious dis
eases. Tbe people refuse to employ
physioians, and hold to the belief
that the death of each person is
foreordained and will ooour at a
certain time, and that it oan neither
be delayed or hastened.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Taks Laxative Bromo Quinine. Tiblets. All
dnifirlau rotund the money it It (alls to cure
8 cents. .
la Proaate Court. I
i:mwol Maws i WUIIunsi order tor sale ot
DrmH prvyanr.
Ksisieof Lsvt Uartuiani million for lo of
i
statute of ,r J Priddyt onlur of anal ndlle
ii'Ut mid UlMonartfs at inisnllun.
Uu at Nulllo Drum ortlor fur llnnl iclllu
seal,
ulslo Of M I. Ilurtall! nrrirtr Miilllnir akliln
sale of certain real ealnlo, aleu ni'Ulim uelilu
lrnuimi miiuny oxompi niHIl oxi'tiuumi,
KHtlttA nf mill ui.r.llMi.i.t.lii .,f niltmr Itnli-M iif
ruo ileum ortlor ! Dual sniuouiiilil,
Market Kepert.
The lollewlng aro the nrioos unltl bv
our merchants this wuolc lor (arm nro.
iiu. q'hiu Hut -in i.. ..k '...i.
- f.l. IN UHMIIUCV UWJU
iruuK an tug prices onango;
Wheat , "
Oats
r'lour
llarloy
Mill Feed...
Potatoes,., .
nut
utter
Iteans. drv... .
llaooo.
Hams
Shoulders,,, . ,
ijru
Hogs live....
.OA
40
2.20 pur 100 lbs
fl.ZB "
,.1.00 " "
,,50o " " "
10 por dox
zu per id
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Oa Delktr
Will buy 10 chutes, verbloomtaf, two-year-old
rose. These rotes have been
transplanted throe times and are sure
to grew and bloom from the start with
nrouor oaro. I lo have three and
four-year-old, out door growa rosea M
for II. All tuy other plants at reduced
prluos. V'ltANK BUTTKlt.
york & Yort man's
m Bartabu In
Real Estate...
')') AOIliw. ihrno .ail ono half vlloo ftooi
iZV M.xllonl, awiu, 'I'hl. la a raro Iwrftlo,
m the Inail la nullatilo for any klait of orop. u.r
lloularlly alfalfa, One kiunlrnl anil Iblitjr
euro. In eroy lata year.
A on ACHIW, partly lniprav-dlaal,atKml ten
lOU ulloe from railroad, HIOW.
iftliiiVk VVII.L buy ono hundred aad slaty
eplUUlr aorw of blank luani and (reo soil
land with lhlrtea anrna uoa-lim erahard. and
fair tmlidtiiin. Tula ralii'li haa eight eprtmfa
and akaul lib aerua tillable land.
i(X Al-'KKD, (our inline from Medford.
I (HI Twenty aero hearlna orchard, ono hun
dred aud thirty aoroa uadvr oulllvaUoa, MW,
(!KA WII.I, boy hounn aod Sve aeros ef
9Ui)U land la Uari's Addition Ui Modlod.
Head
'em
off
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VVutor ip08 for streets and lawns
Plumbing is strictly in our line.
Got garden tools of us
Planing
Hill...
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Gray &
liradbury,
Props... 1
Hough nuil PromtiMl i
3
Lumber
3
Rustic, Flooring, Coilin",
Sasli, Doors, Moulding, Lutho Vork.i3l
North O Street, nedtord, Or.fen .-4
lATfM.
THE FOOT FITTER
Has just received a largo spring ship
ment of thn mnnt iin trwlntii .mlina1 Wnll-.
ing nnd Dross Boots, Oxford and South-
U f II i ICS.
A 1 ... wn. I t . 1 . , ..i
...m,, a.ifvini iiiiu ui uiuau Kmi nnui!H,
Waukonphast & I'arua huts, (or ladles who,
nfV,f. drill. I ,..) ..- I I i .
w....w. m.,M. .ww.. J. J iiinui U a KUUU IIV.
iiIcbjio call oarly as tliuso stylus will nut bo
rl nnl Iitta ti.A n..t tUL ..
RfmlrlmgprompUy ttn4d to Svnih 51.. n.Jtord
'Ml XV - aT7
cStoaa
splct
Bxtrectx
Baklag lowdcr
P8opicrsort
at our expanse
If you're not pleased
isV
DON'T
Think bocauso
we are 'not 9
talking loud that wa have no j
goods to soil Just oome In iik
and two If wo don't treat you JM
wlltojjinilglvo you 100 onnU
In valuo for ovory dollar you
invent...
Yours for Bargains
Davis 8
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fiell, Lewis & Staver Co. I
An C-lou, v. , 'f :. in'un ilia
coverod on a ia .on' mui' Oiuvo'd.n'i,
CaU
O. Hand, a coachman of bucrmnoiiui,
was tli'rowu IrouiJi curt aud ius.uuuy
killvd. ;.;';''.;.
Fruderiolt K. Krutilli. a vuieriin
editor and pioneer, diod at hi homo in
AUniuda,'euL, of heart luliuro.
Caiifornia bankers are itoinx to eHtalr
liah a national batik nt Juneau, Almka,
with h capital slouk of $6,m). :
fcjiyiia of iiicroiisud activity' lit flio
lumbor business in Humboldt county,
Cal., aro everywhere apparent, and tlie
comtiiK si'URuu proinisos lobo tin un
usully busy one.
Mrs. Bilvoira, a lYirlguosc woman,
livitiK on a ranch in Marin county,
Cal,, Is under arrest at Bun ltafitel.
fjho Is said to liavo cut tho .tonnuo out
liar lfv-won Ui-old baby becauso it cried.
Eilncate Vnnr Uoarela With 'Oasoarots.
Onndy Oatlim-ltc, ouro conntjpatlon forovef.
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fj We now have on hand a large stock of Wagons, f
li HnpWs and Vino-o-iAR. Pn.11 onrl bao nnr now Oaaa c!
M Rlftnlr Tjinrl trnnfrs. '' '.m& - '
e We have a full
stock of machinery
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