The Ashland advertiser., January 29, 1896, Image 1

The Ashland Advertiser.
flonarch of the Amateurs.
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VOL. 111.
ASHLAND. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 39. 1896.
NO. 37.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
THE ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. time to release his grasp on the reins
and thus escape the injury he received
by being pulled over the dash-board and A Workman in the Woolen mil Loses Three
A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT.
falling with all his avoirdupois on his
Fingers in the Extractor.
right side, which was temporarily para­
Tambourine Drill—Delsartean Pantomimes— lyzed by the shock.
Choruses—Debate—Recitations.
Last Friday afternoon about four o-
The team kept on their way, trotted
dow n to their usual standing place at the ’clock an accident occurred in the Ash­
land Woolen Mill w’hich was very
People who had hitherto taken an in­ depot and calmly aw’aited results.
George is rapidly improving and will unfortunate for George Anderson, son of
terest in our High School felt their
E. K. Anderson and one of the proprie­
interest increase to a much greater de- ! soon be able to be out again.
of the mill.
gree after attending the “B Class Enter- I William Fox now’ drives the express tors
The principal duty of Mr. Anderson,
tain men t” in Ganiard’s Opera House wagon.
the
injured man, is to oversee the dry­
last Saturday evening, and, thanks to
ing department. The position of the ex­
a careful training of the participants by
Patrick Donoughue Released.
tractor, or drying apparatus, is near an
Prof. C. A. Hitchcock, had an opportun­
outside door, and Mr. Anderson, passing
ity to see the true worth of our young
Last
week
a
report
w
as
circulated
that
students, and of witnessing an entertain- Patrick Donoughue, Jr., now’ in San through this door into the building, saw
small block lying near the extractor
inent that was “A 1” in every respect. Francisco, had been arrested on a charge a thought
would remove it so it would
From beginning to end, the program of robbing a certain Albright, formerly not get he
into the fan. The wind was
was intensely interesting, being thought­ of Ashland but now staying in San Fran­ ■ blow ing wildly
the time and blew’ the
fully interspersed with selections of cisco. The result of the matter is clear­ door against his at arm
he was reaching
humor to relieve the possible monotony ly shown in the following telegram, for the block, and, as
together
with the
of gravity and seriousness.
which Patrick’s father show’ed to an suction of the fan, torced his left hand
From such a varied program, each j A dvertiser reposter last Satuaday:
i into the extractor so that the rapidly re­
part rendered in so creditable a manner, ;
S an F rancisco , J an . 24, 1896. volving fan struck it, taking off the first
it is hard to select the piece that might
three fingers.
be called the I »eat, but the part most P. H- Donoughue,
Mr. Anderson attributes the cause of
Ashland, Oregon,
pleasing, perhaps, to the audience in
Harry’s case dismissed in Police his accident to his own carelessness, say­
general was the “Tainliourine Drill” by
ing, on his way to a physician: “I’m
thirteen young ladies, all moving as Court this morning.
angry with myself for having been so
P. C rowley ,
with one movement, the repeated taps
careless.
”
Chief of Police.
on the tambourines being rendered with
The injured hand was dressed by Drs.
such unitv that the effect was as of one
Parsons
and Songer. The first finger
huge tambourine. In response to an en­
Republican Club rieetlng.
was taken off at the first joint, and the
core, the dri.l was repeated. To Mrs. 1
second and the third fingers w’ere taken
Hitchcock belongs the credit of drilling
January 24, 1896.—Meeting called to off betw’een the second and the last
the young ladies.
order
by J. T. Howells, V. Pres.
j joints.
Something new and highly acceptable
The purpose of the meeting was to
to the public taste were the “Delsartean elect
officers and appoint delegates
Pantomimes,” delivered with an ease to the new
Satisfied at Last.
State
Republican Convention, to
and grace that reflect great credit upon be held in Portland,
February 4, 1896.
the young ladies—Misses Goodyear and
O
fficers
E
lected
:
Pres., J. R. Casey;
It is a notable fact that the farmer is a
Stanley—who performed them.
V.
Pres.,
C.
B.
Watson
;
Sec.,
J.
A.
Me
hard man to please and satisfy; no
‘‘Three Men of Science” come next in Call; Treas., E. V. Carter.
order of excellence, with their burlesque | D elegates A ppointed : Robt. Taylor, sooner is he thoroughly complaining of
too much rain than the necessity for ir­
on “Mathematics,” “Philosophy” and
J.
T.
Howells,
C.
B.
Watson,
I.
C.
rigation stares him in the face, and starts
“Music.”
Dodge,
E.
V.
Carter,
J.
R.
Casey,
D.
R.
The entertainment concluded with a Mills, J. R. Norris, G. G. Eubanks and him investigating the latest practical
and profitable methods. Experience
series of Tableaux, illustrating, in the M. F. Eggleson.
now confirms the claim that a Hercules
most laughable manner, different stages
Gasoline
Gas Engine solves the problem
of U. S. History from the time of
of
economical,
reliable power; and for
“Youthful Columbus” to the “Monroe
Killed his Father.
once the farmer is suited, for a Palmer
Doctrine” simplified.
& Rey Pumping Plant so operated gives
A thrill, proud that he is an American,
B rownsville , O r ., Jan. 25.—Yesterday him a chance of clearing his overflow’ll
passes through the heart of everyone as
afternoon,
w’hile Sanford Cochran and lands, and, later on, of flooding his
he witnesses the last, most significant
and most beautiful tableau, “Army and his 17-years-old son Bert were out trap­ parched fields, besides using his engine
ping near Horse Rock point in the vicin­ for cutting feed, sawing wood and run­
Navy.”
ity of John Morgan’s mill, Bert shot his ning churns, etc.
father, mistaking him for a deer. Coch­
Thrown from his Wagon.
ran lived two hours. He leaves a wife
Will Play “Comrades.”
and four children. The coroner has
George Gillett was the victim of a been notified.
quite serious accident last Thursday af­
The Medford Amateurs will present
ternoon alxnit four o’clock. He was
their comedy, “Comrades,” to the Ash­
The A. H. S. Class Pins.
driving the express wagon to the eve­
land people in Ganiard’s Opera House
ning train, and, in passing another team
next Saturday evening, February 1.
at the corner of Spring and 4th streets,
The members of the graduating class They have played to full houses in Med­
was obliged to go out of the road some­ are now’ wearing their new’ class pins, in ford’and Central Point and have received
what, and, in so doing, struck one end the selection of which much good taste much complimentary comment from the
of the crossing with sufficient force to is displayed. The “inscription” on the local press.
stop the wagon and break a tug. His pins is “A. H. S. ’96.” . And, by the
Ashland people should consider it a
team did not stop, but kept on trotting, way, permit us to remark that this duty to attend the play. All home pro­
tearing the other tugs loose. It was all year’s graduating class promises to be ductions should be given all the encour­
done so quickly that George did not have one of high quality.
agement possible.