I THE "DBF SIDF
i
I l'avora ISqual Law and Equal
j Taxation. A Protective Tariff mikI
j Tariff Reform, tn Allen Land turn
Senator elected hy this peopl and
! U Aier needed reforms.
.da,
$500,000.
. Id improvement should be
mad in Independence and vicin
ity, during ttie next two year. '
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AN INDEPENDENT PAPER DEVOTED ESPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OP POLK COUNTY.
NO. 24.
VOL Vll.
( 12.00 TEU YEAH. )
INDKPENDENCE. I'OLK COUNTY" OREGON, FllIDAY, APRIL, 18, 1890.
( FIVE CENTS PER COIY. )
J.
Ii. STOCKTO
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OPERA
Is pleased to announce
Mohair, Seersuckers, For
Fine Shoes, Men's and C
THE WEST SIDE.
E. C. PEXTLAND,
PUBLISHER.
RteUtiMtd M the ISvrt oAW III ludf puJue,
Oru, as sacuaii alsaa saauer.
SUHSCNIHTION RATKS.
rAVAKLI IN ADVANCK.
OueYear $1.00
Six Months J.oo
Three Mouth, ' . 50
Whcu nut paid iu advance 1 jo
TO ADVERTISERS.
tutl.'tiit-ti U ltll at llw amvl at aal
, (ih ni.i at iho , I, on Ik. Wtllaaati
liter, tint on ihc aita Una al the Otr and
allfor.iia Katlnal, eoulaiiu a tmaiiileiloai c4
lUU . I thw arluoipal ahtppiut tntat to
ih ahlrh 1. an ol lb. Unr.!, (am,
alitit l thirkt)f pupttlaiiHi la Ih W'ttlesa
vlli-y.
I'bv.knilllv Inrrraalu Irettlsllon the Was,
alius i. tul.ijrliit ouahiM II lu tw.nua "I lli bl
ul AUvttulu Mctliutua.
JOB PRINTING !
.- IX THa -.-
Latest and Best Styles,
-! XB AT THi !
L0WUS1 UVIXlJ r KATES.
rUYSICtANS-HKNTISTRV.
LKK & HITLER.
Physicians &: Surgeons.
1. S. Examining Surgeons.
UAr. ! aide l Malu St.,
IMiKfRNDENtR, - ORKltOM
w. cai-wxu, M. D.
K U Karviiv. M D
GRUWELL & KETCHUM,
Physicians and Surgeons
OAta: Oppoatt First National Baal,
INDEPENDENCE. OHEOON.
DR. J. K. LOCKE, j
Physician and Surgeon, j
Buena Vista, Oregon. j
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J. E. DAVIDSON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
U. 8. EXAMINING SDROEON,
Independence, - Oregon.
DR. J. B. JOHNSON,
Resident Dentist,
All work warranted to give the beat j
of Satiafactiou. I
Okrcon.
ATTORNEYS.
JOHN J. DALY,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
COLLECTIONS MADR.
OlVca: Mill Ml., Oppotlla Court Uouie,
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREOOH.
A. M. HURLEY,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Offlce: Cot, Main and Moumouth 8U.,
INDEPENDENCE, OREOON
BANKS.
prstfJatioijalBaijH
INDEPENDENCE, 0RE00X.
Preaident J. S. COOPER.
Vlos Preaident, L. W. ROBERTSON.
Caahler W. H, HAWLEY.
... . DIRECTORSi
D. P. Thompton, J. t. Ctoptr,
I, W. Uabtrtion, W. W. Collin;
O. W. WMtnkw.
Tranact a general feanklnt bualnaM. Buy,
and telli exchauge on all importaul potnta.
Dipolt, received aublact to cheek or on
:ertlll(!ata ol depntlt. CollectloBi made on all
Hull on favorable terma,
f-Offlcabour,:9A. M. to4P. M.
Hall', burglar proof aafa Kourad by Yale
rime Lock.
THE, INDEPENDENCE
National .'.Bank!
CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.
H. HIR3CHBER0, - Preaident.
ABRAM NELSON, Vloe Preaident.
W. P. CONNAWAY, - Caehler,
A general banking and axehange bualnan
trauaacted ; Inaua maila: bill, diMountad; qonv
merolal cradlta granted; dapoilti received on
currant aecuuut luljject to obeck; Interaat paid
00 time depoalta.
DIRECTORSi
Joshua McDanlal, H. H. Jaapereon,
A. J. Goodman, H. Hlraohberg.
Abram Nelson, T. J. Lee.
I. A. Allan.
BLOCK,
that he has Just received
eign and Domestic Sattee
hlldren's Clothing, Hats,
J. L. STOCKT
MEAT MARKETS.
a. b. QRiaas,
MEAT :MARKET,
S. P. Irvine, cutter. Choice meats
constantly on band. ' Davidson's Brick,
- PILES
SKIN DISEASES
ran Kwraron w raor.
U allls all taaaaaaaanns) aa4 Inttallo. ai la Usa
aaua mm aatqir awsuajae aaa ataar aaw
tWAav rMoe. 85 cant So.
THE s-
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1111
Of Independence, Oregon.
Tranaacta a general Real Estate Ruaiuea
buy, and aella Property, effect
naurance and doea a general
Conveyance Business,
Parties having Landa for tale will find
it to their advantage to
LIST THEIR If PITY!
With thia Company, aa they are daily
aending liata of land eaat, thui plac
ing desirable property before the real
Ueuta of the Eaat
JAMRS CBSON,
J, W, KIRKLAND, .... Preaident
Secretary.
G. W. SHINN,
Houbb, Bign & rJrnamBntal
Paper ltanxini(, Grainiujr, Preacoinx.
Etc. Taint rtHtma oppoaile Johnaun'f
Stablca, Imlependence, Oregon,
Arcade Saloon
J. II. COOl'ER, Piopriotor.
BKST UKAND Of
lilies, Liquors and Cipro.
. iQdperjdeQoe, Oreo.
M. BEAMER,
: Mrtinifui Uinr of :
And Pealer in
All kinds of Harness & Saddlery Goods.
Carriage Trimming and Repairing
INDEPENDENCE
FOUNDRY,
E. BUNCE, Manager.
Ii now prepared to make any kind
of Casting in
BRASS OR IRON,
On ahort notice. Ia now at work
manufacturing
Bunce's Improved Grain Crusher
Acknowledged to be thehent grain cniiiherlii
America ulrongeat, cheapeat and moM durable.
A full Hat of the claaa of work doue at thia foun
dry will he published lu thia paper. Any peraou
In want of a
-PORTABLE BAW MILL
Can be supplied here. Repairing done for all
kinda of machinery. Main afreet, Independence.
Qow (oUNity Bank,
MONMOUTH, OREOON.
Incorporated under the Law, of Oregon.
D. T, STANLEY,
President.
IRA C. POWELL,
Caahler.
Doea a general banking biialnota. Right draft,
on New York, San Franolaco and Portland for
any amount. Receive, dxpoalt, aubjent to
check or on certificates of deposit. Collections
ronalve prompt attention. Guarded by double
chrouometer Yale time look,
Miss Ada Judbon, Mr,. Williams.
JUDSON & WILLIAMS,
DRCSSMHKERS,
(5utong Filing
A SPECIALTY.
HARNESS AND SADDLE.
much the Lttrgast Stock
ns, Ginghams, White Co
Furnishing Cooda, Etc.
ON,
E. E. Krengel,
TPI1HT
-AN
N RE
T
a
llUi
Maiuifactttrcr of the
BOSS CULTIVATOR
-:And;-
Krengsrs Iron Fence.
HORSE SHOEING.
Mr. Thomas Fennel, late of Chi
cago, in experienced horse
sboer, makes specialty
of that line.
Circular and Crosscut
Saw Gumming
DONK BY
E. E. KRENGEL.
W. GRUWELL & CO.,
INDEPENDENCE
City Drug Store.
: A full lint of :
DIUGS $ CHEMICALS,
Druggists' Sundries,
FINE CIGARS.
C. W. Cruwell, a competent prescrip
tion clerk, will be la charge. Prices
Reasonable.
. VM. JOXliS, Proprietor.
This Ferry is now in operation, and
prepared totranafer paaaengeraand wag
ons to or from the City.
It will pay parson; wanting a
View of Polk County.
To cross the Ferry and go to the
top of Prospect Hill.
Elkins & Co.,
PROPRIKTORS OP THB
City Truck and fiYapsfer Co.
Hauling of all Kinds Done at
Reasonable Rates.
fTill peed, Oak, M 0 F'"" 1100(1
For Sal?.
WrCollections Made Monthly.
WDEPENDENCF, EROGON
CITY jHOTEU
C Street, Independence, Or.
A. W. HOWELL, Prop.
First-class In every reitpect. Special
attention given transient customers. A
sample room for commercial travelers.
Mitchell & Bohannon,
: Manufacturers of -:
SASH & DOORS.
SCROLL SQWING AND
WJfGON REPAIRING.
Main Street, Imlependence, Orefron.
J. H. ALEXANDER,
:Dealer In:
Drugs and Medicines,
BEUNA VISTA, OR.
' Having purchttHi-d the stock of DrtiR
formerly owned by L. W. Kotiertaou, I
am prepared to meet all the old custo
mers, and many more new ones, l'uir
and courteous treatment to all,
of Goods that he has ever
ods, Silks, Plushes, Lace
Please call and see him a
The L
GEO. E. BREY,
Commission Merchant
AM) GRAIN HKOKHR.
lnrjtjpBndncH, Oregon.
FRANK BUTLER,
COUHTY SURVEYOR & LEVELER.
Auctioneer and Appraiser.
Kailraalm of all Cuaatnuilva woik mail, and
plaaa Imulahrd
Alim.l. WnlnrMlay and Thurwtay III Calmly
Court wck al t'oll.a. utrgt,
Addreaa, Dallaa, Polk Co., Or.
F. J. MORRIS, Prop.
Fine Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS.
MIAED DRINKS A SI'liCIALTY.
Whiteaker Brick, Indepcndvnct.
(Kaliihllshrd liy Nutionnl authority.)
-: THE -
'npital : Nilimul : Dint !
OK NAUKM, ONICOON.
CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o,oooo
SURPLUS, I B.OOO,
a, a. wi.t,c. w. w. haktih,
fr.IUeal. Vie rrttl-Jtal.
i, II A UK It T, Caatilar.
LOANS MADE.
Tn Faraaan oa vhaa, and other marrhanlatila
pradaos. uwi(an or lu aw,sHlMr In private
n..riM or pupita waronoiiaaa.
Unia4taea 4ima M Ma Ymk. Chlrato.
aa miHawm, Paniaw4. Uwtom, fala, ttarllu,
WMf an aae l vvuau.
JOHN ALLEN,
Penler in
CHOICE BEEF,
Wqrtou. lAtah, V.at, I'm a. llama, Karon,
CuruaU MmI, I.mijjo Ki. finilir, and 0m
la staaiun. All Uwl ilfltreml Iroa ol ohar,..
Jasperson & Parker,
ludrpeudcure, Orrgon.
Arcbitects, BuildmaDi Contractors.
Aloaralii It'.lr Haah anil floor Fawn,, and
III u, thir hi-al to plM all. din limn a
(rial at4 b mievtuoed that Ikar are wurtlir ol
,uur paimoaft.
THE
WEST SIDE JOB OFFICE,
INDEPENDENCE, OR,
! prepared lo print HORSB DILLS
and HOP TICKKTS at tUe lowest pricea.
PRINTING
Of all kiuds executed on short notice
by an experienced JOB PRINTER.
A. WILSON, Propr.
AnU la a Hotel Dlnliig-rtoom.
"Snethatf" aakod a waller In the
Fiilnce hotol, holding up a dish lllied
wllh black Insocta.
"Cavlnrf" liKinlrod a San I lanolsco
Examiner roportor to whom tho iuee
tlon was adilrtissod.
"No; ant".," was the smitimtious re
ply. "This la my harvest sliico noon.
Kvury othur centlimiuti In this dining
room has collected ns imuiy more. Tlii
hotiso Is lltorally overrun with them,
anil .has been for three Jfurs to my
certain knowledge.
"Xrylng to evict these lltllo crawlers
has cost the Shnroa estato $10,000, and
It will cost many a thousand more bo
fore any effiict will bo nuulo on thone
intruders. Thoy creep in everywhere
and there is no way liivontod to keep
thorn out. I don't think wo can (jut
rid of thorn without moving tho hotel,
They are In lota of' houses and nothing
has teen found that will feit.o Iheiu.
ThV are worse than lllos, hecauae poi
son "doesn't have any effect on them,
unci they are worse than cockroaches,
bfcmiHe they are smaller.
"Do you sen those gentlemen across
the roomP Tliey appear to be brush
ing orunihs off the tnblo, but they an'tj
it's au's. Kvorv gentleman here has a
small covered dish like tho one t just
showed yoii, whloh ha just tits Into his
left hnnu. All tho spnre time he has la
occupied In collootlng ants. UuIobs a
gantleinan turna in his quota at night
ha gots a black mark, because it shows
that he 4n8 boon limy, and If he keeps
it ifp he Is discharged for neglect of
duty.
"That is one of the things that make
the work so hard for us goiitlomoo la
the dining-room. Exouse mo," and
with a geiitie awenp of tho hand he
brushed a snore of ants Into his little
box, which he doftly closed In time to
preyont tho original occupants from
creeping out.
Mini's Mental Superiority.
VIYa TTnv.nnH fnn a crowded Nw
York thoroughfare) Snkos alive! How
air we goln' to git aorost the streotP
Mr. flayseed (pointing to an elevat
ed railroad statton)-rNow, see here,'
Amandy, you must stop aclin' as if you
woe never In a city before. Can't you
see that bridge P zV. Y. Withly.
HopG
I
carried: consisting of Pla
s, Ties, Cotton, Zepher a
nd he will Surprise you, a
eading Dry G
MARKET UEPORTS.
Ruling Prices of Poultry, Krrs tnd
Diary Produce.
rKF.Il, riOCK, GUAM AND LIMBER
Waal, Urasj 8ee4a, Clever Heeds, Xisrelli
aewsHeeda, Elfc, KU.
DAIRY PRODUCt.
Duttar.
Oreuoii
Knry cniamory 5W
Choice dairy VO
Common MtolD
1-l.hlod (Cal.) ladLD
KaaUirn c earner fant f
Cal. freali roll I8t20
Cheaae,
New California 12','
Oreifou hkimaand oreaia .. I2i(l
Hwiaa Cheeao. douieatto U lo lit
Young Awnrira Or. U
Ega.
Oregon V due 1
l.alera Uo
rtouR.
Cortland Cat. Itollnr. bhl. S 75
ulimi do do 1 76
Dayton do do t W
I 'aiH-ailia do do 3 II&
Country Urauda , , , 60
McMinnville 3 76
Stiwrlltii 1 60
VVlnlo Lily , .... 375
liraham i 25
KyeHour. 4 60
FEED.
FRESH rRU'lT.
Apples 160lt2(3
Hananaa, p, tiunrli ,3 6Kft4 00
lemons, Cal. p. bx I b (H)
do HWIy.p. bs. new.. ft
I.iuii ier bun 1 60
Or. Crangea, Kiveraldra. , . , 3 00
" Scediees...... 40$t4 73
IVara ier Iwx None.
iVachca kt box do
rlunia r lb. . . do
I'rnnea r box do
Wett'rnieions V doa do
ORAIN.
Barley, whole, p. rtl lOajitO
Corn, per 100 lite 160
OaiH, itiiod, old, p. bu ,
do, new, 'r bu
live, p. HHI lb tiominal . . 1 20ftU
Wheat, Valley, p. 100 lba. . 1 151 17'v
do Eastern Ore 1 1,SJ16
POULTRY.
Chii-keni,larir young If da. 00(150
do hroilcra. ....... .
do old 5 003S50
Out ka V !" 1 WW 60
uitki, yutitiK V d 0 UOittlO 00
t'uikeya, youiiK, V !' '0
tjioiiae and 1 ueaaauta. .... S 00
SEEDS.
Craaa Saede.
lb n.
11CU
K'(tl4
"Wl
VSll
7'i(iti
7t.10
' 6t0
68
l'iil&
rimothy
rrhnril tirnhS
Red l op
olue uraxa
KhiiIIhIi Kyo GrahS
Italian do . .
Auatralian do
Meaiptile
Millet
Hungarian do
Mixed Un Uruaa.
Cover Seed. a
Bud Clover 10MHK
White Clover 1517
ilycke Clover 16(ffl7
Alfalfa, S10,,
Mlacellaneoue.
Canary ,(55
Flax 5
Hemp 6;jt5iJ
Baio 3(S4
LUMBER -ROUCJH AND DRESSED.
Hough Per MI0 00
Kilge.l.. "00
r. & 0. tiheathlnu. 13 00
Si. 8 flooring 18 00
No, 2 ceiling 100
Nj.2 malic. 18 00
Clour tough 20 00
Clear P. iS 22 60
No. 1 flocring 22 50
No. 1 ceiling 22 60
No. 2 rustic 22 60
Shipping 25 00
Ovor 12 inches wide (extra). . . 1 00
Length! 40 to to " ... 2 00
LeiiKlitsOS " ... 4 00
1 i Lath 2 28
Hi Lath 2 50
h ingles, cedar, per 1000 2 25
" red cedar, f ,1000. .41 0050 00
WOOL.
Eaotern Oranon.
Aoconllng to abrinkage.
Va.ley.
Spring clip
Umpqua
" Lamba and fall.
lOtf 14
KlffilS
1920
1014
VEGETABLES (Fraah.)
Carrots por sat k... ........ 125
do young lb doi 15
Celery por do Wffil 00
OiMuii b.iro'V dt
Green Pets ? lb 12
Lettuce V dox 12)'
Oniom f 100 lbs ' 4 00
Potatoes.perlOOlbs 1 CO
do sweets, psri'o. .. . 2
Asparagus V lb.,.. ; 12
Beans V lb
Bran per ton , 17tl!00
Hay " lll Ilftwlriuu
( ir'd Carley, -r Ion . . .M: fH)w:'4 tH)
Mill Chop tier ton $IHi'JU(H)
till Cake Mf al pur ton . . . K'7 6()C0 00
Aborts m ton .tlniT.,l W
N DEPBN
in and Fancy Lustres,
nd Merino Underwear, T
t the amount of Goods an
oods House of
EASTliiV NEWS.
Powder Works it Day Center, New
York, Blown Up.
lllllT AT Hlmn FKRIIY MM VATALLT
Cleariig lltase ExckasgM.-Dsatk tt aa
Mi UreaetiM Eijleeer.
Stanley liaa left Cairo for ItruaaeU,
Itich coal discoveries have been mad
In tjiierutaro, Mexico.
dermany baa accepted England'a Invi
tation to the Intairnational Ualiery oon
furonce. Ueorge Francis Traln'talegrapha from
Nagaaaki, Japan, that be will reach
lirindial, Italy, May V,
Wlnaliiw Jiulaiin. imiaulMiit KI
Jowiph, Nt. Louis & Hanta Fe railroad,
! tueu at Bt. uiuia ol partwis.
Ki'imtor and Mrs. Dolph were among
, the guesta at tlieelalxirate Kaater break
, fast given by Hecretary and aire. Noble.
i The steamer City of Paris a as found
not to l aa badly damairad aa at Drat
supitoacd, and left IJiii-enatown for fJver-l
pool.
The powder works at Hay JCbeater, N.
V lili.Hr 111, Twit inun w..rj. Itdl.ul i. n.l
i great damage was done to housea In the!
j vlrlnlty.
j At fit. Thoinua, Qunlaic, the murdorrr
j Morin, who waa convicted of killing bla
partner, Hoy, baa been aenUmcedAto be
' hanged May Itl.
) J. S. Morgan,4 Ixmdon mauauvr of
Drexel, Morgan A Co., who waa injured
i by leaping (rum a carriage, Is not ex
; i'ted lo live.
j W. p. IVenllce, at one time a noted
ideaHrado, waa shot and killed on a
ranch near Virginia, Nev,, by John Tay
' lor, owner of the place.
The United States grand jury baa in
iIIi IikI P. J. C'laaaaen, of the Sixth Na
' tiuiial Hank of New York, for embeaxle
! nie.it. The trial will occur May 7.
A verdict for 1.01H.400 franca damages
j and the costs of the action has bawn re
turned in the suit of Uibbe A Sons
againal the Kociele ilea Motaux of Paris.
Clearing housea exchanges in the
United Hutos aH Canada were 0H3,
9H2.I65, decrease .2.2 per cent, as com
pared with the porreajionding week last
year.
Frank McMahon, a locomotive fire
man, was run over and killed at Matlin,
Utah. He leaves a young wife at Ter
race, Utah, lie had been married only
two months.
A rait containing twenty negroes, w ho
were trying to keop from the flood, cap
ised in the mouth of the Hogue river,
.MiHsiKsippl. Only thirteen reached the
shore alive.
A i rents of students continue to be
made dailv in the university towns o
Husaia. The students am apparently
determined to bring their agitation to a
successful tcrminua.
The record of the court-martial of
Lieutenant Stoole baa been received by
Uun. 8cliofluld and referred to Acting
Judge-Advocate Uoueral Lieber for ex
amination and report.
A riot occurred at Btonp'a Ferr?, near
Pitteburg, between Italian laborers and
the keepera of two boarding botiHoa,
Michael Itoll has died of his injuries and
Antonio Kefao cannot live.
King Monelek, of Abyssinia, author
ises Italy to represent him at the Brus
sels anti-slavery cougreHS, alllnnlng the
intention of Ktiiiopia to co-operuta with
other nations ill suppression of the slave
trade.
Tho ltusaian government baa prohib
ited the circulation in Hussia of iiatton'e
coming novel entitled "l!y Order of the
Cxar," because it deals with recent
events in connection with nihilism and
Semitlsra.
'ine PortinuiU (Germany) etrikors
made an at tuck with stones upon a num
ber of workmen loaving the Uheinelbe
pit, Tho disorder was suppressed by
gonihtrmeB and many of the strikers wore
arrested.
T A large yacht was slahted beadinji for
oronto, (int., under full sail, April 4.
Later she capsized and all the crew were
tout. The name Idler was painted on
the stem, but none of tho Toronto yacht
men knew her.
Mevllle 11. Plckthall. who mysterious
ly disappeared about the time liiircliell
and his party arrived in Canada, and
who was supposed to be in some way
connected with Burchall, has arried at
Woodstock, Out.
The Iowa senate has passed a house
joint resolution asking congress to pans
laws for the protection of minora in the
territories ; ulso asking that tho present
bill for refunding the Union Pacific in
debtedness be not passed.
Three negroes at Irondalo. Alabama,
were caught stealing railroad iron, and
in resisting arrest were shot dead by
Deputy HheriffFortonberry. City Mar
shal Kndland was Bhot by one of the ne
groes and will probably die.
Poulanger, LaisHant, Deroulode, I.a
gnerre, Koohcfort and thirty-one other
members of the Boulanglst cdmmittee
held a conference at Joraey April 4, Up
on the conclusion the committee gave a
grand breakfast to brulunger.
Wm. Galloway, who ran the first loco
motive on the Baltimore & Ohio road, is
dead, in Baltimore. He retired in 1887
and was probably the oldest locomotive
engineer in the world. At the time of
his death he was 87 years old.
It is reported that the French govern
ment has ordered a census of the Ger
mans residing In the suburbs of Poris.
It is understood the step is taken so that
German residents with means of sub
sistence may bo sent to Germany.
The supplementary election In Ithode
Island was under the old voting system,
nnt. tinder tha lisw ballot law. The law
enacted last week making the ne .v ballot i
saw apply to suplementary elections
reached the secretary of state too lute.
DBNCB,
Henriettas, Cashmeres,,
able Linen and Bed Cove
d with his Prices.
Polk County.
COAST NBWST
Snow Still Nine Feet Deep lo Tlllt
nook County.
COLIXBIA COUNT! TAX BOLL 921,000,
EVelpli ef the McMliarUU PeaUflaa,
TkeMliisf Situtuu.
Santa Rosa has three daily mail de
liveries.
The Ferndale creamery is turning out
000 pound of butter a day.
A piece of granite weighing over 9000
pounds is set over the doorway of the
new Hpokane National Bank budding.
An unknown Spaniard, believed to be
insane, mad three attempt at suicide
at Los Uatoa, but was twilled and locked
up.
Pendleton has to pay for an injury re
cently occasioned by a break In a aide
walk, and the defect I still unrepaired.
Two ti nber claim prospector report ;
that snow is eight or nlue feet deep on
tho summit of the mountain in Tilla
mook county.
The Canadian Pacific w ill run excur
sions from California tbi summer. The
first one of teacher will leave Kan Fran
cisco May 20.
The groat receipts of the McMlnnville
poslotlice show an increase of over 60
per cent, for Uie last year. Tbi i an
Indication of substantial growth.
The entire threshing outfit and ware
house of Peoke Bros., near Henleyville,
Cal., waa burned recently. Loe 15000;
Insurance, I2&U0, Origin unknown.
The Kocklin, Cal.,uarrymeo' strike
Is still on. An effort is being made lo
hire non-union men in ban Francisco,
hut In that event the stone-cutters will
strike. -
The United Htatcs vominiHsioner of
public building lo ISan Franoiaco have
advertised for ttie sale of a site for the
poet-oHlce. Bid will be oiened April
22, 18W).
Antonio Manrico, a wealthy Mexican,
was killed at fant Monica, Cal., by a
train striking him on a crossing. His
body waa carried several hundred yard
on the cow catcher.
The mouth of the Umpqua is dammed
up by a flood. Five schooner are
locked up in and will be compelled to
remain there until the river cut a chan
nel through the bar.
The schooner Pannonia, lfK) tons,
which left San Francisco for the Cmpqua
river, wo obliged to return on account
of the loes of her main gaff, which oc
curred off Point Reyes.
A company has been formed to con
struct a canal from the eas-t side of the
Strait of J uan do Kuca serous the Ban
de Fuc peninsula to a shorter connec
tion with the Skagit river.
The wilt of the late Colonel J. Mervyn
Donahue, president of the fan Francisco
it Northern Pacific Coast railroad, was
formerly admitted to probate in Marin
county. Cal. No contest of the will was
filed.
The tax roll for 1889 for Columbia
county amount to over $21,000, and out
of the sum Sheriff Neeker ha collected
over $18,000, which leaves a small de
linquent list considering the scarcity of
money.
Martin Olson, owner of the best hy
draulic mines on Salmon river, Hiakiyou
county, Cal., waa riding on horseback
ovor a trail to Sawyer's bar to his mines,
when bis horse fell, killing Olsen ana
the horse.
A chicken with two bodies, four legs
and but one head was hatched on J. I).
Bentley' ranch, eight miles from Modes
to, the other day, and was alive at last
account. Is there anything that Stan
islaus county cannot produce?
The Union Insurance Company, of
San Francisco, has brought suit against
the Pennsylvania Insurance Company,
of Philadelphia, to mover $1000 insur
ance on property of the Commercial Mill
Company, at Seattle, YVatdi., which was
burned June 0, lsli).
Captain R. R. Thompson, formerly of
Portland, proprietor of the Artesian
Water Works, is dissatisfied with rates
fixed by the trustees of Alameda and re
fuses to allow any more service pipes to
be connected with his mains. This is
creating much feeling.
The murder of Frederickson and wife,
near Bay Center, Wash., is one of the
most atrocious that has happened on
the coast for some time. For tho safety
of the community it is hoped that the
perpetrators of this brutal deed will be
punished to the full extent of the law.
At the meeting of the freight com
mittee of the Transcontinental Associa
tion in San Francisco it was decided
that all points on the Missouri river, as
well as Galveston and Houston, Tex.,
shail hereafter be termed liver points.
The committee then adjourned sine die.
The Orting Oraolo gives the t eople of
that place some stirring advice: "This
tiling of allowing advantages to pass
every day without a nod, or a bow. a
turn or a move of the hand, is becoming
extremely disgusting, and its hurtful ef
fects are seen on every hand. This is
the day for men of action and men of
thought. Think, move, work! Think
wisely, move quickly, work vigorously I'
It is reported that the Columbia has
raised but very little yet and is evidently
holding back for the big flood that is be
ing predicted by the old settlers and the
f;overnment signal service otHcer at Port
and. Immense quantities of snow are
reported on the mountains in the region
of the headwaters cf both the Columbia
and the Snuke rivers, and, there being
as yet no warm weather to take the
snow oft' the foothills and thus give the
tributaries of the Lower Columbia a
chance to run off before the main flood
comes, the prosjiects for a '58 high water
appear to be very probable, and the man
w ho has it river bottom ranch will be
wise if ho prepares for tho inevitable and
has a place to fioe when the mighty
Columbia shall take possession; ol his
lands, v;'.
OREGON.
Nuns Veiling, Albatros,
rs, Ladies' and Children's
STORTING K0TES.
Winnings of Banners tnd Trotters
for the Past Tear.
D0MINICK MCCAFFREY TO Tl'BN ACTOR.
Base lall News.-Pa(ilili Rett aa
Ilea f laterest
Auinut Belmont ha a crack two-Tar-
old for the Futurity stake.
Alcrvon head the list of winnln trot
ter with $21 ,500 to hi credit.
Sunol, record 2:10 1-2, Robert Bonner'
purchase, will go Eaat in Charle Mar
vin' string.
Charles A. Harrlman will itart'on bia
3,000-mile walk to Baa Francisco and re
turn on April 10.
It is announced that Washington will
succeed Providence in the Atlantic Baas-
ball Association.
The ten blir winning runner of 1889
earned $392,238, againat $71,920 for tb
ten leading trotUtr.
The manager of the New York Play
er' League Club, 1 Clarence L. Fairing-
ton, ol uolyoke, Mass. , . ma
John Morrill, the well known baseball
player, will manage an Independent
baseball team at Boston, Mass.
The Yale University and Atlanta, of
New York, eight-oared crews, will prob
ably measure strokes this year.
r i . n . u - r . t. u i i , a
. jwunm w tun i 3 truii jHtnjuauiK sum
Manufacturers' $10,000 stake for 2:24
class horses will close on April 15.
The prosperous Dwyer Bros, have won
In fourteen yea's $1,240,065, of which
mount they won $101,717 last season.
Mr. P. P. Wither ha engaged a
jockey J. Reagan, formerly known aa J.
Caldwell, the adopted son of Starter
Caldwell, - -
St. Paul, fMinn., is spending $23,000
on a club house for their trotting track
and $20,000 in puree are to be bung up
io July.
Hie constable at By field, Mass.,
stopped a cocking main between Boston
ana Haverhill game fowla on March 10,
and arrested twenty sport.
Secretary Brunnell, of the Players'
Baseball League, ha made an appeal to
the New York State Intercollegiate Asso
ciation for recognition and game.
The Philadelphia Park Commissioner
have granted the Vesper Boat Club per
mission to hold its annual regatta on the
lower Schuylkill course on June 27.
Dominick McCaffrey, the well-known
pugilist, will turn actor, and he is to
join a comedy company. McCaffry will
study elocution and he may make a hit.
It is said that more Australian horses
w ill shortly visit England to compete in
the big events, one of which being the
Victoria Derby winner, Dreadnought, by
Chester Trafalgar.
The Workingmen's Club, of Philadel
phia, billiard team has come off success
ful in tha tnnrnAmAnt innt Andm!. havinsr
defeated their opponent the Roz-
borough team Dy 34 point.
Billy Jordan, the master of ceremonies
of the California Athletic Clab, i still as
popular in San Francisco as he was ten
years ago. The California Club direc
tors believe Jordan to be hustler.
George Mulholland, the welter-weight
pugilist, who fought many important
battles on the Pacific Slope during the
past two years, has been sent to jailj for
five months for vagrancy in 'Frisco.
On March 21 the Riverside Gun Club
held its monthly live bird shoot at Red
Bank.N J. Fred Beats and L B. Camp
bell euoli won events, and Beats and A.
C. Ackerman divided first money in the
third event. M2
At St. Augustine, Fla., on March 21,
Anson's Chicago team did up Byrne's
Brooklyn Bridegrooms by a score of 6 to
1. Inks and Coughlin, both of the Chi
cago club, were the pitchers. None of
the Brooklyn pitchers are in shape for
work. '
Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider, held a
boxing show at Springfield, Mass.,. on
March 15. The feature of the affair waa
a glove contest between Ike Weir and
Bob Green, which pleased the targe
crowd. Weir was followed from the
Polo Kink by a tremendouscrowd.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brooklyn Jockey Club,
held recently, Messrs. Philip J. Dwjer,
John McCarty, James Shevlin, M. P.
Dwyer, Richard Hyde, L. C. Behman,
John Delmar, A. C. Washington and W.
L, Scott were elected directors for the
current year.
Wm. O'Connor arrived at Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands, on Feb. IB, and waa '
given a great reception. At the request
of King Kalakaua he gave a rowing ex
hibition, which so pleased the people
that the American champion was pre
sented with a purse of $500. H is in
the best of health,
' At Philadelphia, on March 20, the
South End Wheelmen tug-of-war team.
consisting of W. Pickson (anchor), R.
McCurdy, S. Young and O. McCurdy,
beat the Century team by inches at
the entertainment given by the Century
Wheelmen. There was also some good
boxing and wrestling.
L.Gibson and W. Harrison, of the
Sportsman's Gun Club, Bhot a match on '
March 21, at Keystone targets against
William Morris Pack and W. W. Abbott,
of the North End Club, on the grounds
of the former, at Fernwood, Pa. The
match was at 60 singles and 25 pairs,
Gibson and Harrison won by a score of
155 to 149.
Theodore! Winters, of Sacramento,
Cal., lost recently the yearling colt, by
Joe Hooker, dam Marian, dam of Em
peror of Norfolk, Duchess of Norfo'k, the
Ciar, El Jti Key, etc. He was the first
foal Marian i produced by any sire
but Norfolk, and the colt, although ly
Joe Hooker was a very fine one and ol
great promise, .,