THE INDEPENDENCE
$500,000.
In Improvement should he
mmle In Independence and vicin
ity, during the net two years.
itr lirftT flP
i '
j Favor Ku,ual Law and K,l,wl
J Taxation, A Protective Tariff and
j Tariff Reform, an Allen Laud Law
j Senator elccttd by tht people and
j alt other needed reforms.
k. I PI I
-r-- ,rrtfpr,n "p SPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OP POLK COUNTY.
AN INDEPENDENT PAPER DEVOTED ESPECIALLY w ,.
( FIVK CENTS PEU COPY. )
NO. 20.
11 2K 18!'-
VOL. VII.
( mm rr.u YKAtt. )
. ..IN Nl'ACH IN lUflNBHV 1 1 oit
Li. STOCKTO
THE WEST SIDE.
(. rRNTlAXD,
1H 1U.ISUKU.
m ih pi .. i.M'te.
a I 1 HSC H 1 I T H N WAT KM.
PAVABUK IX aPV.WK.
I. HO
t 5
MKAT MARKKTS.
A. B. GRIGGS,
MEAT : MARKET,
S. 1 Irvine, miter. Chute menu
constantly on hand. Oavtihon'i Brick.
E.E.
Announce
Krengel,
line Year
Kix Month
h'l... M.mlllH
kviieu not P"'1 in ,,vm
FOR
T0'"AbvERTISERS.
TV.iHy laHMriat elr-uah H nj ,
JOB PRINTING!
Latest and Best Styles,
PILES
AN All.
SKIM DISEASES
Kn3HL"S CQXBRATiX IdlSDS OAl REMEDY.
Frtco.aScen .
ANU-
WAGON KEPAIIUNG
twwim.
j THE
Mamtfactiirtr of Itu?
BOSS CULTIVATOR
the Arrival of
GEa E. HREY,
Commission Merchant
AMM'.RAIS HKOKHK.
IndapindincB, origan
Esmond :-: JHotel
Front anJ Morrison St.,
WKTLXND OkliCON.
THOS. OUINEAN, Propr.
Immense S
PECCAWY VS. tOCOMOTIVe.
A Frt flVx ) rorr.;i;n;Jnt
.1.- M V IHmrt wrlti'M! 1 h fll!t'W-
1,'h Imx now Iweomna
tmrt v: iwrlltn Ui..ry o iljl
1 .i ..in i.i U.I-VH in lllii.inilrt tll
r... ilUiHM t on and womturliii
M"""" ..' .,..1 ......
l:...T... r.i..lii. Kitlrwwl.
MUUM't till IKIIIIl ltr It IR '
mil throuifU a lonff lnlh ol i'lm..u .nl
urn'.
pring Stock next
K ASTERN mTi
SchiHil-M Trust lk'ln Furmed
Snow fall In Savanna, ia.
UlllSKKT LINnil.N WILL MT BKSIUl
week.
Thw
wlili-lil
:AmI:-
LOWtST
: UMNO
I'llYStClANS-DKNTlSTRY.
LKk ' & lil'TI.KR.
Physicians & Surgeons.
U. S. lixamining Surginnis.
Of Independence, Oregon.
TratiNM-t a Rencml Ret Flte lttMe
hnya and aella Vwy. ffeet
I iinurance and U a (eMerl
Convevanee llute.
Krengel's Iron Fence.
i'rank uutij:r.
couNn sumroR & leveleb.
Auottonawr unii Appralar.
f n cn.ii.hilw a'l ''
CH ! lNMmlr..
Ailtlraaa, Dallaa. Polk Co., Cr.
1 I'artir havlK Und for te ill find
! it to Uu'ir advantAKe l
rpiirm
Mil
!
W. Cai wku., M. t.
K. U. KKTcnen, M. P
GRUWKLL & KKTCHUM.
Physicinns nd Surgeons.
!NtRI'RNt!?M.R.
With thU Comi"n.v. tu,y "r
urndiiiR tit of land f aU lima lle
iK lUniratde jwperty lfre Ihe rent
dei uf the ''""i-
JAMliS CIRSON.
J. W. KIRKI.ANO, I'rraldeni.
Sevretary.
HORSE SHOEIIIG.
Mr. Thomsw I'cunel, lute i'f Chi
caK. a" cxjx-ricmH'd horst
shiwr, iimkv a xiKS-iutty
of tit nt Hoc
Circular and Crosscut
Saw Gumming
F. J. MORRIS, Prop.
Pine Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS.
I11 1 MINKS A Sl'l.ClAl.TY-
Whiteahr Brick, Meptndcnci.
(KMI.IUhed l.y National authority.)
: THE s
... .Iu.llilllll. Willi IMMT
COB U.J , ., .,, ...
w ilntiwlanir. ami
m"k Out day. drlvliin aU.Mtf
tnimleraw aHw mrm."
Ikitloina. an wiiRlnwr w a henl r
mimll anlnmla .ail-r.Hl .huff to trwk
a f,.w bniidml yanU ahead. Hi-llm li.jr
rtiem l d"metU' H.rki. ha We
the l.lll aroiH-le of Waal. ml kert
:.' I..,.. .i..m.i .iniiHHi nir ot com',
thai lha hrnle. .miM tk tlm hh.U
mid Ul out of !h V. Noueh
iU.ln Wiih '" th air they
.... .?...., ...,v..voil tlin Bi.iinm-tilnif i
cue ne niaiio n " -
.land theif (fiouud. Qulfkljr fc.nliit
a aeniMrelu en m. "'W
evw and Knal.ln)t llh Ihey ..
.Walled the eraah. ev Idenlly dUermluiHl
tadmollh Iho locmnllve and car
t ri u I teeiiiriiieer uhmiuiii j
would may and made no aiu-mpt l; !
eaaeup or Mop tha iraln. When al-j
moat uiH.il Ihem he M that a eoll on j
Inevitable, and w M opened tha
hn.itle, et lh old wklatta lo wiwwh
and boro down uihiii th hand (
.11 th aoeed ho coiil.l coimimi'U
t - (
t'releMaeiirittiHi Ike Kxlal f "
Well at Marlon. I4.
PCCOYINC flSH ON LAKE ERIE.
ahanMM,
la Mill atiir-liaira
Haaajr rur ah
Of
A hank midair in Kanaaa waa killed
atiilcreaiKliiiK arnwl.
Hir Peter Coalea la dead.
A ulKanlie avhoiiHMok pulillKlimg
tniHt ia aaid to lw lormlnu.
At Savannah. , a IW't anow lell,
the llrat wwwhdl lor many year.
The IVvker houite al Miinkea, Iowa,
to itmiiBKe'l IKM' "y
anred.
Kilver ore In nminlltiea lina Ihmmi iliif
. i ii . L-..t..l.ii.i.ltiV
iHivcreii at niiB'iii, "-r .-" 1
Huaxia,
A raid hy aomen upon aahama at Hat-
Wii, rt. d,'vel Inlo a uw w man
alaugliter.
Tlie warehoti of tlw K. ' I la"1
fiwkerv Co., KauaaaClty, aa huriieU.
i Lin;.... fnui iki-nmMi iii Moriiia. in
hwm.yuiK iop huh
mi ..l.nrn,.in aliinor ItlA Il')r
Uk Eria ara already looking to thjfr
ahantlea preparatory u ,",K'n,"
coy tlahlnx lU I. "V -t
AYtoon a the he Ii atron rooiish o
hear, tha little Willi almnliea w.ll ha
moved out to tli nwng-wtw" '"
In favorlt. IomIUIn ! village '
"1.....1..- .tuiiit fimr and hall feet
hlich, ao lhat a man ran ail comforta
blj In them, and l.rg- tfl . hoU
the roan and amall hul etlectiva
A liola U cut In the tl'
aide of aorne hank or ed of a chan
" : "1 .1.. it.i. it to rim-
bos in which to hide Ida fih. m it i
ImiKirtiint to keep hi flood luck
iccret leal hi neiifhlH.ra aumuind him.
If the little village m
tnovea clo around l.im hit chance.
...1 ntv lrtie Ihe aur-
tmndlBK flahtrnwB '' latowp
lUh. bin bei-au the nolae of chopping
andwatklugonthe kH, will certainly
drive them away. for. although you
Ulkw ling m much M you pk
In the tiah-hoime. tuo ev ii I'
ll. Ic will frighten away the hh.
ih.- i...... 1... 1 nn v niakea a warm
A im i..... '- trf 1 mm I, a
1 .a iiiiimian. wm.
COAST NEWS.
tailor Stanford, or California, Ships
IIIh Fine Horses Eastward.
(lI'KRATtlR MRTOX BADLY 8TABBKD.
Walla Willi Frail Urtwera rpii
Werk Cwpaay.
ol
ran-
.11 ..r.,l...ii ilv iliwIIMVIMU l ur .1 ...I... ...
nM j-, ............ . , piiciK r i.'t . .
throuKbout ihe aiale. can alt comfortably protected from the
.i.i.ui u,i Miuia that aweeu over n. "-
HONK HV
DR. J. K. LOCKK.
Phvsician nnd Surgeon.
nuena Vista, Ort'Kon.
J K. DAVIDSON. M. D.
Physician nd Surgeon.
D. 8. EXAMINING 8UEQB0N,
Independence. Oregon.
G. W. SH INN,
HouBi, Bign & DmemBntal
1-niH-r HanuiuK. C.rainiiiR. I'reoiuif.
Ktr. Taint room, oppiwlt Juhumm
Stlile. Independence, HreRoll.
M. BEAMER,
Mmiufiuturer of
DR. J. B. JOHSSt
Kesicietit
f All work
Dentist,!
warranted lo itive the best
of Satisfaction.
E 15. KRENGEL
W. QRDWELL & CO.,
INDEPENDENCE
Citv l)ruf Store.
,:. A full line of :
DiUGS i 6HBMIGALS,
Untwists' Sundries,
KIN IS -:-CIGAKS.
i w. i-.rtiwrl). a coiupeicul precriH
ill be in rhuriie. Price
111)11 it.ti " "
KruMiunblc.
:ll
OK MAI.KM. l.KKOON,
CAPITAL, PAID UP. $5o.ooooo.
SURPLUS, SIS.OOO.
'.. . . . .1. I. 111.! I.Ml.lI 111 1 f K',,.,IIH MlllllllllL'hI 1
lrali! " eiu .'"""."-'" ,) - -r"T J . . .. .... I. I'm.
wivtti-ht like a rix kBt, lining ine air , o ilie i iiumiwr . i " ' "
K'l rib temlerloina. and kite j Uicm tliviakm ol Iho Mi.
of ttyl8 , IH-ik- Th.-i o r k vvinjvc, ( re-
UsfaM-ala ho were unhuil rul l , , , , ,H,ion ,md,
madly al lh wheel-. Ihe ear, a d he nnr. i
enwHalelier, anowmu u' -i-" ' -to
Ihe hitler end. bul. at compw. their
were amaahed out of esUleuce lit Ihelr
atiempl lo do-nollilni;.
TUe rnulnirayai "Ket day when
I came back over the road there were
(he remaining peeeanc a y -
"... in luitia on front, and
all w
(w that
prev
('lti. ao la now aoU-rinit oft and would
lain apply li.ui.lard drafia to ber leet
could alie net enouiih niualariL
Inke. but. a It ha. no "" "
llirht i abut out ". " " - -ch-arly
elk'lit or ten feet down into the
water, of the lake. It u. n really beauti
ful aitrht to watch the dwoj darting
t ... "A-j ,i.m.r. mid the came aleak
118
A hi
on 1 1"
count i
lnallenilyuplothe bole or ru.i
atlt aa if a'loul lo iwaltow It, tlu Ii
la made of wood, colon
btiHkado (rf freight bnaineaa tt to auit the fcucy o It he flnhern em am
,e hiielmr & l ake Krw road n w , BOt much like an) thlnR In "u "
, d Mrike ol aa iiehmen. j U three or four inche.
vniliiiK for Ihe train to come along o m ym.it K
lint they wukl P't even for Hie .rll),. joaepli Weeka, fur cil
rk.ua day'l diaMer. Away I went WM ,H , yurk at week.
(lenerat Hnirintendent Diikinaon,
the Union Pwllk road, ia in ban Jr
ciaco. .
Cormicle and (lardner, the murderer
of Walt ham and Cook, are in Loa An
golea Jail.
Oeneral Ticket A(ent T. II. ioo.lman,
of the rkwitbcrn I'acillc, la rl In ian
Franciaco. f
Adoluk Ktrmeyer. dealer In Calih
nia wined, New York, baa asaiicncti;
PrcferencvH, :t"iO0.
J, M. Hawyer, general frclKbt i?nt of
the tireat Northern Kailroad Company,
is in Bat Franciaco.
Senator Ktanford sklp!l Ida stable,
cormiatiiia of eight cara ol horaea, from
tua 1'alo Alto ranch eastward.
Conaiderable whlakey la tinir taken
fiai Sla n It runi' km to Honolulu, anil
thence by whaler am iiled into Alaaka.
At Tacoina M. Connell, a chonw amp-r
in the J urli 0ra Comnv , diwl al Uie
Fanny Puddock hoapital, of ineumonia.
Tl. ateamer Belsric, which meked
Kan Franciaco from China, broiiKbt 4i.
canea of opium, on which the consignee
paid duty ol
Two Hacramento fishermen, nameil
Kibbow and Holomon, are miasinK, ami
are auppoeed to have been drownea in
the Y olo nver overnow.
t n u;iu. W. R. Hhaw. I un
der arreet in Han Franciaco for obtaining
t'JN) from J. V. llun, i carpci..
meana of the gold brick awimtle.
aon and
nupiracy,
W, W. NAHTIH.
Vlr lr.MW-
h a wai.i.i'Ri
J. It. Al lirilT, r.hler.
LOANS MADE.
..i .m,i iKli.r mirt'hl.llil
a.a Kri.rlHV j-..r.l....l. Uu. rar.
Vanderbllt'a Huuihern Palaoe.
The palace to Ihi emjled byW.K.
i...ut m.nr Ahevlll. N. i'.. on
cully pi
lutiu, and
. .i..... lilllnsr the almoihra
b, ,,.. 1i....-fr.i,il1.l. Tl.M.limriMiturain tbel HHaiW rm
w'nKi i tl. wrVwUle. and U di..d in omulay ol llbegri,, j
tr,ST.Iemp.iS lu Iheir mad fury Unu-.ed in .hrtri.mlmg Uuaa.ai. ma.l.
. b .1.. ... Ii, Till tllCV kept IIP ., . ., i !. ,l ...ilinriuul
Hi nr ii" '"' , - . . .I ...L I M minor iioin'n. mi
trip after trip until omy i. .r r- , , , , mn,lwrt th.it be luten.i o n
cariea remained. True to their r. .o. i ' 'n m vnev l( ,he death of hi.
. f . fl.h ami hcavi
carvea in me mini-" v. - , .
gllteil Willi ie '"v
Ithaa four horizontal tins on
Iv wet
iT...l
ll,'n.i - t
Ita aidea and one nn on u b..
w .of I amall row of ring, on iu hacV
IHMIHtl,
ATTORN KYS.
JOHN J- PAI.Y,"
lllAKNGSS AND SADIWJ&
j And Heater in
Attorney aml'OmnScltff at I1"-1 Atl kinds of Hnrnes 4 Saddlery Goods.
CoM.KCTU.Nft . CarriaKe TrimmiiiK and Repairing x
omre: Mill .. 0.pIW -
A..U,1-0LK COUNTY, "'K""N ; INDEPENDENCE
A M. 1IURI.KV,
Attorney ami Counselor at Law.
OKIce-. I!r. Mln ! Mo..n.oiuh HI...
iFOUNDRY,
J.;. Ul'NCK, Manager.
jLiIMJLivlJ
VM. JOMiS, rrojirietor.
w.i. nr u nn iii oiiriation, and
Min i . . j
prepared to lrnnfcr paaacngrr and wag
I mm to or from the City.
It ulll pay persons luarjtlr) a
View of Polk County
To crime the Perry and go lo the
top of Prospect Hilt.
i. ...... u.... Ihn Illltll
IUI.IUM. .... -- 'Y , ' , , ... ,,-
tm.K a bold aland auto '"" "
middle of the track and prepare. I to
make a bin light for tmj honor of ho
carle, and ho pueraltr. 1 w re
tuHl Into eternity by the cowcatcher
end the third waa cut InUi acetlon by
the Iron wheel. Wuce then no nioro
mcearlea have allempted lo bue
iguluat Uncle Sam a mail.
v...l..rl.llt near Ainev
the apkmdld elaln he hiu ree
V ' i ..in I.b.KH) feet
thea.HH.n.tr.mnrew
ie, wnicn i i , u
Tho fmiiiduiloua will l made
iir. , '-
limimtom'
'i
.1 . .. . ,..L..k mil 1,1
oi me a.u..u ,,pll.
blli'a own quarrie. aii i
mi, on which tuo iu""" -
i.i ..i.i.,i..ml fmm the aania qmir-
1,1 . ;..n- l... fnrt v feet
lSI.KI'KNDKNCK,
OUKIK.N
flANKS.
first flatior?aIBai7K
lMlKI'KSUEXrR, OUKilON.
President . J. S. COOPER
Vice Prealdant, L. W. ROBERTSON
Cashier ....W. H. HAWLEY
BIKKCTCiK
h now prepared to make any kind
of Casting in
I BRASS OR IRON,
On short lurfice. In now at work
mmiitfaeluring
Bunco's Improved drain Crusher.
rk.inw1f.lirIU.I Hurt'"! K"' cni.lnr In
nnWTr mif .1, hpert ami .l 0",,',f'
Co.,
i Ainrn
I will Ik lHillthl 111 thi 11''
i",W",,UfJ,W,UTA..I.KaAWM.Ur
! r. w .,.m.lll htrr. Kllrla
i klmh uf maclilnrry. Mn." "
rjKins o
PBOPRIKTORS OR T11H
i nil
tl
ti'u.i
w
..il ..I.. Hltll IIUl t'PilMIlHiVMW
Sff lw . nm ilve" aix hundred
S In either dliectlon. pnnllng he
H,lnt of the dlamon.Wmi.ed pl.itea u lo
ffin'neh Hroad. The H1'
la to bo built on thl plateau, will nol
tabrSm unlit next W Th
ciivntiona are o T-".",.
fount hit on lam. , ,7
m y been erected on the alio of tlw
Imumi. Theeare Just tho height of
t&tatoryof the building, and
eauaofthecan U aoen what Ike
vlnw w II bo irom inn nm.
S n ngwoki done acconllngly. !
fuSJforSiU which have b . rt
down will be rcittorod. Ihe iel
wWcdivTil be planted will be ever
green, of vailoua kl.ula. mo.lly ' rkl to
mm., i...... la i, a Turd a pleiutaiit
V1-. " .: in.; ,ld nl imately
' " . . . i..
The PouHeen MMakc oftdre.
Si.mclHMly lu.a condenawl the mi
..f ''ik......i ,Tlnd at the ci.li-
lllKei "i " : . ..I..,.,
elu-ion that there lour mm of lu m.
MiMt lHH-ple would any, If they told the
truth, that there wna no limit to e
. . A... r nr..' tlmt thev were like
droi-4 1" the ocean, or he nan.U on
.. ... t.. ..nn.lw.r! but t well lo
.1... Ilei-e. then are tho fourteen
John Wilenn. a young mjfn near F.rle,
P. la aull'ering frum hydrophobia
canned by i do hue twenty-tour yearn
ago.
In an encounter in F.laaon between
Turk" and a band of brigand over twen
ty ol the former were kuieu aim i v.
the latter.
Mavor Paraona, after aerving aa mayor
! Woi-healer. N. Y., (ourlcen yeara,
iu.,.i.. hv William t'arroll (iHun.) by
Hill pluriiliiy.
Heavy raina haw prevailed in the
provlmtl of Mureia, Spain. The nwra
i nvrih.wiHl their banks and done
the : mn,.i .liiina.ru.
bi " . .
ti. v....liHli KviidienlP litcti ohUincd
ji.v ...... l.....l,ai
11IIIIU1 Mid"-"-"
k
one ol i amau niw "7 , n ,
one end of the .tr.ng a
the other end U attached to a tn-k
touts foot long. Will, thia atkk the
llnherman play ihe decoy, mak ug it
,i...4 .ivmt in the water aa nearly a
noaaiblein i triangle. Sometime
Ekool " perch wllb gather atom ihe
toirUthVyiritarononlheyir.
i ir una ft i t .til tnov aro
caught with hook and line. Ora m-hool
of herring take their place, and then
. . i..i uuiM for hm.k and
Hie u.l.n iiu... nn. ,
bait a white collar billion on the end
.? ,1.1. ihn wh in tish awatlow
eagerlv. ami the lUhermnn gently lifts
them out of ihe k-i In-foro U-y can d
1 lieu vner w
awlah. and a ten'
pound pike nwhes in and acatter the
1 , i.. ..v,. ,li.vtion. llealiimls
imiu) inn...;- -
. , I . .....i..l.in(r Ilm lIl-COV.
moiioumss a ,: -.,i
,i. iul,..rm;.n must plnv like lightulng,
for if the piko touch.) it ho diaiwer
iwHenta the deception, rushing
away faster tl.au lie came.
if he
An able seaman named Ite via, on H.
M.8. Ampbion, waa orowiirAi " -wuall
boat in Fquimalt herbor Monday
afternoon. The body waa recovered.
n.o i.ttlitmt fialiinit ei-hooner George,
arrived at Neah bay, reports poor auc
.. Th m hooner Clara Parker was
spoken at sea with thirty-eight seals.
n. ident has directed transfer of
the military reservation of Fort JteWeii,
N. M., to the secretaiT oi u
diaposition under the act of January ,
I will.
The snow at Hood River is eighteen
i..i. .l.-.n The coldest weamer r-
,rim-ed there was 111 degrees
1 t . - 1. . .... f tt'lll
tero, ana a ww -
below.
t f..i.. ui worn old. a native of
.. :.r "l rh. i teacher in the Ante-
io, diVVrict, near Red Bluff, 1L, w
wrown
glougb.
......... iiv ilm Iwherman strike lit
below
degrees
... t. I.. .. , ..tlulllltf, ' n ......... ... HIM II.I.MIIl
Kreat n.MiM ' ; ,7r nd i SZrf 1 to Pro,rcd further,
to act UP our ii '""- i 1'" . i i i ii-
wrong and judo i.pl aeconlinghrd tkedeal leoll.
to mciMiro tlu. enjoyn ,ini ... y - - Tll.mwv ronatmclwl great railway
not to vie d to immmei-mi -, in u.e nuiiey, - v, ' ..,
niniwj"." ui.i nun: . , i. ....... I'auhi.r Kevno da With
look for IX't'ieeiniii raw "" lieicnnu i-himr --- , . .
iouiw nihi.ra wil t , hinnt uf the bank and
whrcaSiHato ivmediedinot to alle- lnldry uppp.prialingtbeoverc'lur.
vkuo all that neU alleviation MhrH. ...,.,. ftecompauie.l by
lie. In our power, n - , , .",, . ,, ,. prevuiling in the aoutli ot
forth Inllrmltle of j . era, .W'",.,;, ' tll0 KtiplUh channe .
""ir"' ' :..:,.i .1,1., r.kHhave Uon reiwriw.
l .1 1... l.1.l,lail lit
....... iiit.. inn iiKii m b uuiiivi , i
can't pet a hir stroke, and the water
la shallow enough, he plus him to the
bottom until he drow ns- , .
Tills is a favorite iort in M.ct.igau.
..,.1 is icaloiwly I'UisuimI, soinetmies
i so laie in the spring that the ahan tea
sua off Into the hike ou me ui.mim.s
J. F. IV-raiu, formerly private se.jre
Uiry of Colonel J. Morvyn Donahue, has
bn elected hi. .-N Pg
K.n KnuirlKo & North launc
Ul too -
railroad.
of John .
M llerr in San Freneisco, has been
ilken under advisement by the Califor
nia supreme court.
the
u,iititte
onllNltHT Wt'lJtlMr
limit, nerform; to
"w . i , ...........
what our Unit" minu en.. n" -V'
nl, II to llliuernim f; j
. . . . , k. ......
bclieio only KcveiiU sliipwreeaa imvo
All
hole ol wiving
WimeNHitrre
the
Pa.,
entomlwd
hits been
hlmr. The greatest of mla iikim I to . w " . , , I)lil)0 iH H.iK fluodnl
Any prmm
for nil
llUrprllclrnc.
U. V. TUompxon, J. 'V'r
H, pi , i in..,.'.,
0. '. niiUraitrr.
f M'. Bofcri'Mon,
Buy.
Arcade Saloon
J. Ii. OOOPEU, Proprietor.
Hauling of all Kinds None at
Reasonable Kates.
fTUI Feed, OaH, OF'ir Uood
For Sal?.
'Wrdtortimta Made Monthly."
fV w'..v.. -
INDEPENDENCE, LKOWN
... 1 .. t MM 1f 1 1 IV
r Uve a nursery, from which can
he
TranMet rtSffiWli
m! elt exPha.me on all liaperwiii i
polutnon tavorable rm,
-Offlce hourii: A. M. M) t P' M-
H.I1-. bumlar pmof af ""' Y,e
Time l''k
THE INDEPENDENCE
National .'.Bank !
CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.
H HIRSCHBERO. - '"V
SbRAM ,NEU8ON.vVI0. Pr.old.nt.
W. P. CONNAWAV, - Cashier.
A raneral UMMnX
trtiiMir.teil; lma m l'. H"! w, r"ot-lvoil nn
oil time ilepiH.il"'
DIRECTORS:
Joshua MoDanlel, H. H. Jasp.rson,
A. J. Goodman, H. Hlroohb.rg.
Abram Nelson, T.
I. A. Allen,
BEST BRANDS OK
ids, Liquors anil tips.
r;d?per;derjee, 0re09.
Qoui ounipy Bank
MONMOUTH, OKKOON.
Incorporated under the Law of Oregon.
6ITY jMOTEls,
C Street, ItulcpemltMicc, ur.
A. W. HOWKLL, Prop.
Pirst-cluas in every rei.cct. Special
iruiiulctit ciiHtoulcra, n
.ample room for commercial llBVt1
Mitchell & Bohannon,
Manufacturers of :
SASH & DOORS.
.mud led "tl 0 tree needed ou the es Ute.
The laying of the foundation for three
atat. lei for cattle has been commenced.
t he atesi auuin.j ... -. - -will
1m led to them by pipe. h
U wUl be stall fed. Altogether. Mr.
i L...i.. nalKiie and its surround.
Kromi-o'toiunmsiinylklng ovoi
iceu in the Boulh. . f
Tom Thumb's Widow.
r.., Thumb's widow, who will not
foniou.toonhll.lt herself at museums
now panscd through thoelty few
tlie Boston
ft' - " . ...1.1
live for lim mono,
ment may Inuueh tw lulu
H'ifci mut DumjhU n.
A Kavorlle IiPgeml. j
- There is fnvorlte legend lu tier-
i m.Hln luck-lower, whicli
d f.s Its fortunate tinder '".
cesses of n mountain or fwtl.'. "
untold riches Invite his grasp. 1 l
by so much wealth, with which lie Ms
1.1 L..I .1,111 lllll.. IIIU ill. ':,.
11 m r.'i ,,. ,,,.... i
ke
dis
ar-
now, passe
dav airo. say
III.,, ev- , I
u....i...l In an eiuiv I! lllll'. 10 i"" "
p, T. BTANI-KY,
I'renlilcnl.
IK A (!.
POWEI.b,
Cannier.
...,.l.. Kltallin...
nw. aj'iijrsi """ i,tnd lor
nn New YnrkLHan Kwnu.. . u) (t ,
miy amcii.."' .""'"', . ,,:.i, . unllaotloiia
'' .. ....-.1.. l.u rfiillliU,
.0111 Oil. llliai.i "I
SCROLL SjWINQ MD
WjGON REPAIRING.
Main Street, Independence, urc8o...
Kocelves depnsll
or on earlinfl
::.7. ,.i Bii.n
rSSiVa&Um.Wa.li,
Mr. Williams.
Miss Ada Judaon.
JUDS0N & WILLIAMS,
DRESSMAKERS.
A SPECIALTY.
Journal.
nch tlie
". ..i i ...uimouirv. tho diminutive
and with a am e shook un i.. . -- -
"alter U Pvr,l,ng l MSu Jum''
Ktratton." "No ongnr Mrs. htiiitton,
"irr!
and this a my husbiuid, the couni.
T ho gentlenian thus Introduced was ft
h, ndi.no Utile fellow whose yoir
. ...i t.. ,.1.1,1. urn III I II OH t tlie SllUie,
rtwno.. . rem-kosoiily
.1.. l.,. I nf an unriir ill v nin-o.
lL' !'".; .,,,, 81). Mrs. Btmtton.
.....iii i
till eaves behind mm i" ' "'''
. ,., i. i.. ... ... uu fniliine: and as
leaves tho enchanted ground the words
"Forget not the best of all" reproach
him for his Ingratitude, and the am fi
delity closing iloor either descend; i on
of his heels ami mines nun
nt in lorever. .i
h any. mo-, . .,. ........rtv -e.-m be vary
eternity.- I """" ' 1
: great.
.... .
nn. 1 1. .mn t iienionsiinuu.i
UL I I11U1I,'. .'VI, . ill"", ,
f hi ndciita was made at the grave . oi a
Yonug Caecb. me suuichib
pcraed by the is.lico and a number
resie.i.
The strike of iho fwUwy bands at Ilar
nien, liernmny, la sprouding. ll.e em
Idovei ol live faetoriea have already
H toi.ped work and those in others threat
en to quit.
J. H. ALEXANDER,
, iDenler in:
Drugs and Medicines,1
BEDNA VISTA, OR.
Having purchased the stock of Drugs
Bin prei.arcu i mv..- - , ,
mers, and many more new ones, l'alr
Md courteous treatment to all.
hi aire is auout o. ,
aifthedoubleappoMlo
nsiid. IS 4Y yeuia u ,,.
ta is ft keul-lliiit t- to say, ft p
putian head-skoitor thkn her bus-
"Wo wore married only tow yea
mo." she ul'V "nd I notice that ma. y
pleiUllBiidltharUtoioi-ritoinj
ua.no from the general 1 . P"or
mftu, passed away six years ago.
A Oulu Coach.
The gala coach in which the rrlueosi
8..hmr.W..u.tlyn.u.;rledtotl.ee.w
prince of Urooce, rmle to her weddlny
was buillfortheCou.it do tJluimbori,
n ion of rklliiK in It ot hi.
.mdlon. The king of Uruece bought
j the coach for 0,UUO frauos.
nnu
..i.... I,.. ....liai.na
or eise. ."'I.' . . , .i. i.i tha
(ii'linm Is right mis is u. "'
word forget-mo-not. and not H e w
words of tho lover drowning In the
i I... thiuw to h s huly love
ert welm craved of f''
t on however, that the luck Hower, m
J".... 11 Ja tilne U eonalstent with
tVfuct tlmt the pHm
sel-biumo (key-flower). Ilowevet tins
may I . there oxlsta In (lovnuinv many
s bterranean passages, under hillsides,
, , renin hmitho.i times, and asso-
e iTed with legends of former treus
Liiumi wiui 1,,,,iiv .iiis more
lives l neie; am. j . . ...
likely that tho flower was simply
aduLltolhelegmid as "'
mii'i'imf to tho slovy ninker s mn d,
?? ."..iiiSSiii sanities the light-
man i no- , , v. ,
i.i.ii. n.u.n the clouds, that
" ' 9 1.1 n iii.. niitorol Aryans,
l,,uT.".r "v.7voS,cs the thirsty
eirtli ' and the sun that comes after the
ta"s252U reople.
Lake Marina insuntneo agents at a
meeting in Clilesgo agrtn upon a wIhs
nle of riitcs. A rumor that a pool on the
l ira wmU wM
be formed was uemeii.
At Peterslmrg, Ya., Thomas Bishop,
Mexican war veteran ami nsioner,
a ou e gldv yearsol.l.was arrested on
uiiii wuh ftiund ilouu In wil.
.' i
Breckenrldiie's furniture store am.
Burcliard's hardware eotatillshinent,
Own Sound, Ont., were burned Men.
day. Seven persons were severely hurt
hv a falling wall. Loss, (15,000.
A girl has ust died in Otttwa who
"if ''...!,., imrmnntli. In We she
Zlourproinlnently againsta shad;
owv background of thousands ol gins
who cannot sew with thoir hands.
itnn baa been received
UTaimAK miUtury headipiarj
U.rs ol the department of the Missouri
T wlU bo removed from Fort Leavenworth,
to St, bouis on or houiiv "j
The Htrugle Bea Auit Land.
We stand on a bluff at the -ehnre.
. i. .i.,.liiinir t. That deep
jiiu i..... "- " r... ,b. An
ciiltinir into l a nana i " ""
ove,ing
whW reduce it to gravel. J1.U
in ita turn becomes
hurlod against me sno.o.
this process Is going on, the kind falto
back before the advancing sea. and
considerable results are evident lu a
. 1 .!.... 'i i. U...11.I nf He lL'oland
hrTkhta a tkousand
years, from a considerable island to s
ntera rook. The strings of rocky is kinds
" .at. ui-n rennmnls ot
Z'. Thu. the luna
f"ir."ri.- Tn a body. The
lerniiim ji.o "v -- ,
ZuyderZeeso came Into being
u. .11, ..,,1 lmrt of w
vuiii'it nun. mm i,in...". . - . ,
if . . ". i.. i i ,.t ihn sea. woulil
have been likewise overflown if i had
. . i.. i.,n.l.i.l hv art hciftl .dikes.
S SmceVotuudhaye also been
.!..... .iJ.,ivi iliiniiir earth-
SOIUCUIIIC" u.mv. ' ., ". ..!.,.,.
m.akea. In other places U.e sea R.V.
way. Rivera carry out umsses
triu.s and deposit them alov
i,.i,-. eimsliiff the liiml t
Bv the operation of this proc wman
ports on the eastern coast ol Italy have
I10 . . ii.li.iid. and whole al-
ueon lei.niniv T...it.n. ..luln
luvinl (I strictsotiiieuppoi
haVa .been wrestwl Irom the sea.-
frpular RcitiM Monthly.
His Turn Now.
n...i ...l. Oi.ratir Norton was sen-
1st, by Chines lueuor, . -- -
who slashed his victim with a diri
knife, penet rating the left lung.
Francis Shobay, ft San Francisco cap
italist, 03 years of age, died rokta.1
i!lBt mHhed HKbtin a fire en he Ml
tlown aim tjximvu "
lorh Arndt. who
have bH.n drilling for coal on the Pa is
.iniui I hiv rivrr.
The Norwoghms are said to j ho the
lonZt-llved people in tho world. Of
longest i'"; '! i ,, , theavernge
S S Master
tl men 61.80 for t he women and 40.77
to? both sexes, -tha duration ot Ufa
has Increased of Into venrs. -A
curly walnut l..fi ;w.is recm. vs- d
In Logan tiounvy, .
1 13,000.
Kan.
The men-of-war Atlanta and Boston,
imariean aoiiadron of evolution,
V.' '"V.; d at Uenoa. The Chicago
:. Vu.. the other two vessels oi
the suuadron, nave roaci.cu
. i..... .....iniiun lit. a nine near ft
gatweUatM
Kolloweit. Tl.e dorru;k was ha ;
,.,,! and ft numnerui uwn -
A column ol lire Is now rising
well.
front the
. f..iiai, nuhllnatlon" tells the fol
Jr..,.'i .ip ndiiiinar to a certain
w. r Heas aum-htotal ah-
lafner and ft cyclist, and his seventy
rl.. ",vi ..drunk and disorderlies" Is al
most proverbial. Not long ago he
sentenced ft iirnee oi uicau K'""J 7 -fortnight's
salutary ercUe on he
tread-mill, auu, as mo " e""
week met the men as he was ascending
a pretty stilt inn on a i.uj .vVv.,
over a rough road, and in the face of a
stiff wind. - , , ,,
"Why, Bill," exolaiinod one to the
other, 'hlowcdif this isn't the bloke
that sent us on the mill!"
..v,.o " whs the response, "and now
he's a-gettln' tip-stairs hisself I Wonder
how he likes ill (Jo it, guv'uorl W ra
nut. it's your turn now?' '
The Blyiograp':"
Tho Inventor of tho stylograplilo pen
Is roputedto have inado 1,000,000 out
of It.
SS' three weeks have
struck petroleum at ft depth of lu0 leu.
t...i. iinoahaa decided that theLkk
forma school ot meci.aii.
of :40,000 to lie used in prosecuting the
work. " '
C. Moss, sheriff of Joseid.ine coun
ty, brought to the asylum at sa.e. , v.
,. :nr.. ... ;im tiatient. lie is
imagining liimseu 10 iw .,..B v .
bined nations of the earth.
Tho American sealing schooner Lilly
I,., from San Francisco, rut 'f,
Townsendfor provisions. St reports
that several seamen deserted the jessel
while coming up tne roam,,
She sails for tne worm t
The lighthouse tender, Manianita,
wi soonleave for Pnget Sound, bearing
Major llandbnry and Lieutenant Um
mauder Khoiles, whose mission is to ex
amino and report .upon a location for
S defenseVirtiflcaUons at the foot o
the Gulf of (ieorgia, near the British
boundary.
At Wallft AVallft the fruit-growers of
the valley met and orgaUed the IYb-
. ui.i:...!.,.. I'mnnunv. With tlO,(XKl
7ut todo'a pmfc' 'shipping bust
nwi . on a large scale, chiefly to con tool
the fruit shipments 01 iiua "J""" .
out the intervention of middlemen, and
v . I . A ...... I. Anna n ml hAVAB
to manutacuire irmi imwis
J. S. Barnes, ex-manager of the St.
Paul baseball club, is in Spokane Falls,
and will leave for the Sound, accompan
iadbv H. C. Moore, a heavy stock
Li.ir in the new baseball stock com-
nanv recently organised in Spokane.
They goto the Pound to perfect arrange-
ments or Uie orui x .. -e:-which
is to be organUed, to include Se
aitlo, Tacoina and rortland, Hpokana
Fulls, Helena and Butto.
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