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THE INDEPENDENCE Subscribe for this Paper until June 4th 25 Cents. 55Q0.DCQ. In improvements should be made in Independence and virin ity, during the next two yeara. A AN INDEPENDENT PAPER DEVOTED ESPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OP POLK COUNTY, vor. VII. ( $2.tM) n-:n yf.au. ) INDKPKNDENCR POLK COUxNTV OREGON, Fill DAY, APRIL, 25, 1890. ( FIVE CENTS I'Ell COl'Y. ) NO. 25. J L. STO I Aw A m , OR. O P ERA Is pleased to announce Mohair, Seersuckers, For Fine Shoes, Men's and C THE WEST SIDE. e. c. mruxD, ri blisukr. Koal.trwl tt lh rNl taiy lu ImlriwtnUue, aUBSCKIf'I'ION HATKS. rAVAMLK IN AUVANCR. One Year ..... $i,oo tx Mout'i .... i.oe Three Month .... jo Wlitti not paid in advance t jo TO ADVERTISERS. ItHlKpt'ii.tw I" ill Mm hca-l or aart- iim I'-tu- i.J th yean, I'M the a ttlaniaita rnvr, 1 n t. m ilu tin ( lh otoaaml "altl..nla K.iin'Vt; tv.ttAlu a ulallui al Kvu (.,! I, t Hi iirln- ltwl hlimt ri"' lot ii tMtitiiv. whti'li i uii i4 lh larr. mam kcoIUiv a a I III i'i. y i.iUlf4 lu lh Wlllaat eft sailvt. Nieaimtililr tnwalit elreulaHoa tha Wt iib t r.ti"iiii ru.it!,-. tl to batti, ol tha baal if A.i r-ll-lus Milium.. JOB PRINTING ! III TS ! Latest and Rest Styles, . SO AT THS l.0YK$T :: IJVIXi; ' RATES. PUY.SICIANS-DKNTISTRY. I.ICK & BlTLliR, Physicians & Surgeons. U. S. Examining Surgeons. (irlcf ul.ilu( Mailt ill.. IM'Kf B.MiKM't!, OHKUOS V. I'.arwtLt, M D. H. I,. Kau'HCM, M. D , URUWKIX & KKTCIIUM, ; Physicians nnd Surgeons Oltlc; Orpn Ft"' NaOunal Bank, INPKPE.NIiKM'It, OKEUON. DR. J. K. LOCKE, j Physician and Surgeon, j I'uena Vista, Oregou, j J. II. DAVIDSON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. U. 8. EIAMININQ SORQEOX, Independence, - Oregon, DR. J. B. JOIINSOX, Resident Dentist, All work warranted to itive the best of SatislHction. 1.NDKPKNDKNCK, Ok hook. ATTORNEYS. JOHN J. DALY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. COU.RCTIONS MADR. Olllre: Mill t , ()plte Court Hunt, DAIXAH, Pol. It COt'NTY, CkEOON A. M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Oltlne: Cor. Main anii Mnnmonth 8U., I.N'DEPESDENCK, ORKOON BANKS. first fjatioijal BaijH 1NDKPKNDENCB, OKEUOX. Presldnt J. S. COOPER. Vice Preaident, L. W. ROBERTSON. Cashier W. H. HAWLEY. DIRECTORS D. P. Thompaon, J". 8 Coopert I. W. Itobfrtitn, W. W. CotMiM, O. W. WMUaktr. Trannneti a Kneral banalna bmlnem. Bur, n't aella excliame on all liuorUut pulola. rienolt renelvrf wbjenf to ebee oe on -urtl float o dvpoall. Oolleetloui made on all point, ou larorable tarua, (TOlti hour,: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Hatl'n burglar proof tafa teonrtd by Tala l'iaie Lock. THE INDEPENDENCE National .'.Bank! CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. H. HIRSCHBERO, - Preaident. ABRAM NELSON, Vloe President. W. P. CONN AWAY, - Caahler. A general banking and einhani bailneia trannaoted; loam made; bill, dlnoounted; oom merdal credit graiued; devoMU reoalred on rurront account aubjact to olnck; lnteratt paid 00 time dopotlta. DIRECTORS: Joshua MoDanlel. H. H. Jasperson, A. J. Goodman, H. Hlrechberg. Abram Nelson, T.J.Lee. I. A. Allan. BLOCK, thatlhe hasljust received elgn and Domestic Sattee hildren's.Clothing, Hats, J. L. STOCKT THE .- 11 l 1 n wiUKiie ileal m 1 Of Independence, Oregon. Transact a general Real Km ale HuaineM buy and sells Property, afftcta Insurance aud doe a general . Con vfy mice Buaineaa, Partie having Land for mile will find it to their advantage to list their raorarro With thil Company. a they art daily ending lint of land eaat, thu plac ing desirable property before the real drill of the Kaal JAMKS GIBSON. J. W. KIRKUN1), .President. Secretary G. W. SIIINN, Hquib, Sign & DrnBmentBl Paper Hanging, Graining, l'rrsvoiiig, Kto. Paint room opposite JuLimon'a Stable, Independence, Oregon, Arcade Saloon J. U. COOI'KU, Proprii-lor. HKST HNANIIi OK IVincs, Lprc anil Ciprs. Iijd?pc9de9ee, 0re07. M. BEAMER, : .Mauufai'tiirer of And Ieslrr In All kinds of Harness 4 Saddlery Goods, Csrrinne Trimming and Repairing INDEPENDENCE FOUNDRY, K. BUXCn, Mntwger. Ia now prepared to nmkvany kind of Canting ill BRASS OR IRON, On abort notire. I now at work manufacturing Bunco's Improved Grain Crusher AeknnwMj(-H tobr Ihrhftt Rrntn enmher In Amrricn-ir(iiiKrl,ihtnp?tBii(l mui d urn hie. A tut I !i-t nf thr cn of work 'l.mp at thi foun dry wilt be piiblinlird in thin paprr. Any peitmii in want of n -PORTAW.K RAW MUX Can Hf fmppUni hrrr. Rfpairtim don for nil kiul of m'ht tuttery. Main trrrt, Ilidrpriiiicucc, MONMOUTH, ORKOON. Incorporated under the I,aw of Oregon. D. T. STANLEY, 1KA C. POWRLL, Prualilcnt. Canhler. Poc a certernl banking biulniM. Right drafta on New York, Han Kninclti-d and Portland for any amiiiiiil. Kornlvea dpoalta auhjcot to click or mi nprtlfli!.t.aof diMioalt. Oolleotloua riwxlvo prompt atlciitlmi (iiianlcil by doubla chroiioiiii'tur Vale lime lurk. Mis Ada Jiulson. Mrs. WillianiR. JUDSOX & WILLIAMS, DRCSSMAKERS. GwmuGSi Filing A SPECIALTY. JOHN ALLEN, Deal cr in CHOICE BEEF, Mutton. Lamb. Veal. Pork. Hama, Hanon, Corned Hi e(, lumrne, Kl". Pointry and llama lu tii.-a.oii. All Uood Uriivcrua iree 01 enargo. Jasperson & Parker, Independence, Oregon. Arcbitscts, Builders ant Contractor.. will try tiiMtr ht in pltttntfl nil. Olve them a trial ftnd k roiiviii(!d Hint they &r worthy of VMl fnllalllaj, A. B. GRIGGS, MEAT : MARKET, S. P, Irvine, cutter, Choice mea1 eaoitantty en hand. " Davidaon'i Britk, ilAI.NrvSS AM) SADDLES much the Largest Stock m, Ginghams, White Co Furnishing Goods, Etc. ON, E. E. Krengel, 'niiirnimT till I III! -AND- -:- WAGOX REPAIRINCL Manufacturer of the BOSS CULTIVATOR :And;-- Krengel's Iron Fence. HORSE SHOEING. Mr. Thorn 11 Fennel, late of Chi cago, au experienced horse ihocr, makes a specialty of that line. Circular and Crosscut Saw Gumming DON K BY E. E. KRENGEL INDEPENDENCE FERRY, . YVM. JOM-S, Proprietor. This Ferrv i now in operation, and prepared to tranafer pawnijera anil wap ona to or frmii the City. It will pjy persons warjtlrj a View of Polk County. To crnaa the Ferry ami go lo the top of Prospect Hill. Elkins & Co., PROPRIETORS OP THR City Truck and Trapsfer Co. Hauling of all Kinds Done at Reasonable Kates. .1 a-aii i. Till Feed, OaH, fit) 0 Fir Uood For 5ali?. HSrCollections Made Monthly,"M INUEFENDENCE, HtOGO.1 CITY jHOTEls, C Street, Independence, Or. A. W. HOWELL, Prop. Flrat-claim in every reipert. Special attention given tranaieut cuatomera. A ample room for commercial traveler!. Mitchell & Bohannon, : Manufacturer of SASH & DOORS. SCROLL SOWING AND WQGON HEPfllRING. Maiu Street, Independence, OrcKon. J. H. ALEXANDER, : Dealer in: Drugs and Medicines, BEUNA VISTA, OR. TTavinK purchased tlie alnck nf Hni(( formerly owned ly I. W. Koliertmiii, I am prepared to itiret nil the old cuato mera, and many mure new one, I'air aud courUoun treatment, to ul 1. TUB WEST SIDE JOB OFFICE, INDEPENDENCE, OR. J prepared to print II0RSR BIIJ.S and HOP TICKETS at the lowcat pneea, PRINTING Of all kinds executed on short notice by an experienced JOB PRINTER. A. WILSON, Propr. HopG of Goods that he has ever ods, Silks, Plushes, Lace Please callland see him a The L GEO. E H K EY, Commission Merchant AND GRAIN HKOKLR. IntttpindBriCB, Dragon. FRANK HUTI.KR, county sumrot a levcler. Auctioneer and Appraiser. KalliKatra uf all Cunrmilv wot k mailt aaj (ilaua Iniiil.lKd. Atl.ll.1. tt'Mtnttilw UH.I h..l.a lHin - Conn wrfk al llla., tiirg.in, Address, Dallas, Polk Co., Or, F. J. MORRIS, Prop. Pine Wines, Liquors AND CIGARS. MI.XLD DKIXKS A STIX'IAI.TY. Whiteaker Brick, Independence. (Kataliliiilird by National authority.) THE :- Cupiliil : National : M ! OK MALKM, ONKOUN, CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o,ooooa, surplus, 1 5,000. 8. WAUACR, W w. MaRT.'K, rir.lilrnl Vie fmlJauL 1. II AI.HrRT, Ca.bl.r. LOANS MADE. To f.fm.ra on hM and ntlHir marrhanlahls prudar. ma. Irani at lu aluf , alitwr layrlraM anuMria ur ihichi warnatMiaaa. UnfUdraaa alma m o V,,.. rkkwn. aa rn,BMKn, )inl. liHMtua, rarta, kkfllu, Umu kuu a4 I'Meiilta. Prlfale Onrnian's Plari. Wa hand in our coinimiiv a ear? soncritoil vonng mail immml (iurnian. ays a writer In the X. V. Suit, ami from Itm day lie alimildaiiil a musket he wna aiulmta lo invent a plan to savn Hie eouniry. Hit had somewhere, read that a prlvaje aoldler pve Napo leou Ilia plail of a aucceasfui catiipiti'ti and dm rewarded by liiijf iimdn a Krnernl, and his whole time wai taken up In linenllnif pliitia. all of which neis knocked In Ihe. head by our c liiin. Ous fiilluie after another hnd nn damiieiilnu' elTicl on Private ur- man. however. The mora he was sup- preed the harder he thought, aiulaln lime llnally eame. When Hnrnaliln moved up lo attuck at Fredericksburg (inrnian wrote hi in a Inter, iaylnj; that he had a plan by which Lee's whole army iioiild be driven Into Kloh mnnd in terror or captured without blooiUhed. The letter was tint in mioh atroii) liuiininge that the general de cided to inveatiunte. and Private Gor man wan sent for to explain his plan. Ila came buck to na a nrUoner. and im kept in the gimnl-lmine all that winter, anrt II wna wren mtinina i fora we K't a chanee lo Hnd out what had happened at licai!iUiiitcra. Jin explained timi tie wiui iineren nto thn nroaencn of Gen. Ilurnaiila with enrnninnv, Identified myself an the writer of Urn letter, and the ceiieral wheeled on him with: t'VVtill. how would you scatter Lees armvP" 'k.nleat thlntrln the world, crenernl." waa the tinbiwhed reply. "Valt, for a ark nltrht; then lei lti.ww aoiiners Ires 11 1) aa ajiooka, put ou IiiIhs facea, ml ernaa nr the river. Kitiih one is lo atep softly, eronn every few second., and if acooHted lie la to answer that ha i the trlinsl of a soldier alnin at Hull Kun. The aiuht of theae spooks, will itrike terror to every rebel's heart, and he will either fly or surrender. If this don't work I" lint he got no further. He wild that the general booted him out of the tout. It was a million and radical euro, and he suent no more time iilur uiiijf irreat campaigns. Mary's Mule Pup. Marv hnd a llttlo brute. Hi fat a It could waddle, and everywhere that M.irv'I cn,.( tlilu little mil) would tod dle. It tagtfod her down the street one day, oloe up heiiinii ner nuKi?y, on, how It Invotl to run away, una uauKiuy ItitU in.M.u t'l'iviia ulwavs dolntr aomothiii( wronij whon Mary turned her back; and all trie time ne scemeu to long to walk the railroad track. One iit, when Mary was at cnurcn, mis (flaky little soiunp thouirht ha would leave hnr in the lurch and go nmt play the tramp. Bo down upon the tie he trod, the one the poor trumps use, till worn out on the track he "mints and II M . .a. 1 . drops into a snooze. 110, lam aeieep. did not olwerve ah, aad Indeed tho atory tha fast express oome around the curve; that pup went up to glorv. There oame along a butcher man who once had loved that pup, and with a brush and big dust-pan ne swept mm Nmt Wednesdav Mary got him buck; he did not look the same: ha would not come wnou am oalled "Jackl" Bologna was his name. Atehiton Globt. , Killing Quail In California. 11 ..., liio.rr. c-ii. last season one market gunner killed 12,000 quail, to accomplish which no urea w,uw iuuo. 1'hU is a large number to fall to one gun, and rather put to shame the EoBHleil records of eastern gunners, whoso occasional total of 800 or 400 birds during the open season never tails to be recorded by the rural news paper. The California record li ot oled ai an txceptlonal ou. CTO I carried: consisting of Pla s. Ties, Cotton, Zepher a nd he will Surprise you, a eading Dry G 0 z 0 Q CO u u CO NDEPBN In and Fancy Lutsres, nd MerinoUnderwear, T t thea mount of Goods an oods House of EASTERN MEWS. Obloiod Mississippi Floods will Cause Immigration to the Northwest. CONSOLIDATION of WHITE LEAD FIRMS. Omaha Ctarhnai Commit Hoirlds. 01a- ease and Htarrk Trail. The lower Miasiaaiiiiii ia the blithest aver known. The Red River Presbyter? volea againat revision. It la stated that the Oermsn reiclmtaK will open on May 0. A German Kvanuellcal church opens in Chicago with a row. Duluth riparian cases are" decided by the state supreme court. Htriklng plumbers In Chicago talk of starting co-operative shops. Arkansas City. Ark., baa 11.000 imoide homeless trnm the floods, Cuba is excited over pnwiavtlva an nexation to the United Htatus, The sdmieaicm of Idaho is decided up on by the Republicans ol the house. The Kteeln court martial reunite in a sentence n( reprimand aud confinement. The lease of the Vlaronain Central by the Northern I'acillc ia formally an nounced. The Chicago board of trade is power less thus far in preventing quoUtiona from leaking out. Aaalatant Poiitniajitr (Itineral (Mark- eon admits the complete (allure ol pro- ,. 1 i.i. 1 11 1 im tun in lows. tMnatnr Cullotn intnaluces a bill to make things more unpleasant fur the Mormons than ever. Two thousand Ave hundred Utah Mor mons are to migrate lo the Canadian Nortbwtst this spring. Horace Kmller, a New York printer, shot and killed hia wife because she re fused to live with him. 1 !.: ...... .vuivaa" I 1 lim.n. twit hi.ib rbargus against the city authorities in connection who gaiiioiing. A system of messenger pigeon stations is being ectahliHlied throughout Canada to ahsiat in detecting poacher. The Riaiilian bisbnps will shortly is sue a pastoral refusing lo consent to the separation of church and state. As Ihe result of a dispute in a restau rant at Dchrevxin, Hungary, forty chal lenges to duels have been issued, A bouse committee will visit Southern states and investigate charges of corrupt practices made against fetleral olticials. The two steamboat companies oerat ing between ISt. l'aul and M. Louis make an agreement touching the season's bus iness. The Massachusetts house has adopted without division a bill making nine hours a h-iral dav'a work in state and municipal employment. Nine hours wilheut a reduction in wages has been granted the 2,200 work men employed in twelve of the marble factories in Boston. It is predicted that the Ohio and Lower Mississippi river Hoods will cause a large immigration from the inundated districts lo the Northwest. Sixteen persons are poisoned in Ar kansas by eating wild turkey that bad eaten bait impregnated with strychnine. Twelve will probably die. Owing to the prevalence of smallpox at rini'iis the American squudron of ev olution will not go to Athens. The squadron remains at Corfu. The bouse on the old homestead of Horace (ireely near ('happanat)iin, N. Y., and occupied by his (laughter, baa been destroyed by fire, The trust tecently founded for the pur pose of controlling glucose and starch has purchased the extensive works of the Voorheoa March company in Danville, 111. The crusaders excitement at Karming ton, Mo., is still at fever heat. The two wrecked auloona will not be reopened. The women destroyed llfty-llve barrolu anil eleven canes of peer, Six of the loading concerns manufac turing white load in Now York have con solidated under the name of the National Lead Company of New York. The com bined capital la $1,000,000. Dudley Furl in, president of the Lima (Ohio) Oil company, ia authority for the statement that the property and fran chises of that company have been sold to the Standard Oil company. A coachman named Gotloib Benson blew out hia brains in the parlor of Millionaire.1 N. H. Patrock at Omahu in the presence of the setvant girl, who had refused his offer of marriage. . Edward Sylvester, Charley McOran and Harry Williams, three of the most expert counterfeiters in the United States, were arrested at RufTalo, N. Y., while at work turning out counterfeit coin. ' The Portuguese government has in vited one firm in America and several firms In other countries to make tenders for the construction of four new cruisers. Notendera from English firms are In vited. A new manager of the Savoy hotel In London offended the chef, who immedi ately struck, followed by sixty cooks. Then the waiters, maids and porters struck, and the hotel is practically dosed. DENCE, Henriettas, Cashmeres, able Linen and Bed Cove d with his Prices. Polk County. " SPORTING " NOTES. " California Represented by Three Com binations In the East. JACK DKMI'SET IN PORTLAND, OREGON. All arootii) Hporling Notes. Bawball Sea 10a Opening. Jack Iavis will come to the coast iu about two weeks. 1 Peter Jackson w ill lie among his Cali fornia friends in a Very short tune. Tha AlnitiMila fllvmtil f'hih will vivM Its monthly party on the lrith int. Twenty-live Olympic athletes are training on the new ground of the club. Iluirh W. Collender, the veteran bil liard player, died in New York on April 1st. Jim Full la atill on tb f :nntK k: looking for battle with a local heavy weight. William K. Vanderbilfs stables al Oakilnle, L. 1., are completed. Cost 4Oi),00D. The member of the Acme Club are contemplating a croaa-country run in the near future. The Oakland arid Alameda tennia players are practicing; daily fur the com ing contests. At the recent Louisville, Ky., disaster. Chas. E, Davie and Peter Jui Lon had narrow escape. "Senator" Morgan's bicycle leain has disbanded, several of the uieiul)era re tiring to private life. President Hammond of the Olympic Club tisolf Jim Corbctt as a sure w in ner of a four-round go with (Sullivan. Jack Itompsey is in Portland and will watch fur the onU oine of the "Murine" Young Mitvhrll battle with an anxious eye. Tom White of Chicago, and Hilly Itrennan have signed urticlea to light in May in Chicago, at 128 pounds, fur H00 a aide. Joe Choynski ia taking a rest prior to starting in for hia training to meet Jeck Davis at Ihe Orci.lnnlal ( lub next month. The Dayton, Ohio, Athletic ( bib have arranged a glove light lietucnu Jack Bo Ian uf Cincinnati, and Hilly Corcoran of Pittsburg. A. Cock hum 'a aged bay horse Jexree won the Nottingham Spring llandicnti of 500 sovereigns, at Nottingham, England, on April 1. W. Hatpin of the New Jersey Athletic Club, who has a record of ll;l feel for a running broad jtiui p. leaves for Europe iu a short time. Richmond, Va., sports are in high glee, nuw that a bill has been passed to allow glove contests. Pugilism is boom ing and no mistake. The directors of the Olympic Club will hold a meeting on next Monthly evening, and on May 6th the club will see its thirtieth anniversary. It seems now to be a sure thing that Corbett will meet Sullivan inside the next two weeks. In the meantime Jim will have a go at Dominick McCall'cry. The National Athletic Club, a piomi nent amateur organization of Brooklyn, N, Y,, at a recent meeting unanimously elected Richard K. Fox an honorary memlier, The great chess player, Mux Judd, is expected to arrive in St. Louis about April 11, when the minor details of his mated with Sliowalter lor a fitHl stake will be arranged. Gaudaur savB he will be most happy to row Hanlun, . ex-champion of tiie world, a three-mile race any time before July 1, U0, for as much money aa Air. Ha'nlan wants to row for up to f"i,000. t . Mike Lueio has been granted six weeks leave of absence by the Golden date Club, in order to allow him to ac company Iho Murine" on his Eastern spurring tour. They give their first ex hibition at Leadville, Col. The baseball season will be an inter esting une, and the struggle between the players of the Drotlierhoutl and the Na tional League will create no little inter est. Which of the two rival organiza tions will make or break themselves November next will decide. The young ladies of the clium of 'ill, of the Packer Collegiate institute, Brook lyn, N. Y., have formed an athletic club. They exercise regularly in the gymnasi um and engage in long walks or tricycle rides on Saturdays. They have not yet decided to give athletic games. The ureal. Knirlinh Collie dog. Christo pher, accordion to an English sporting sheet, wiucn was nrsi in tne recent. tlon Collie dog show, 1ms it ia stated, been sold to Mr. Michael Hurrison of the Chestnut Hill Konmtla, Philadelphia for $1,000, the hia-heat price ever paid for a collie. California is now represented by three snarrii.B combines in the hast. Hig 11 nd little McAulifl'e, under the management of Billy Madden , Murphy and Gibbons under the management 01 "Parson" Ab rahams, and Ueorgo La Blanche and Mike Lucie who are liemg piloted by Phil Sesstinger. , , There was a spirited cocking main be tweon Htoneham and Wakefield birds on the morning of March 27, near Wake field: the Stoneham birds winning by the close score of 10 to 0. Throe birds nn.a blll.i1 in tYiA vtlf ami flva dia,l mif side. The main was for $50 a battle and $'iuu n th ona Mine. OREGON. Nuns Veiling, Albatros, rs, Ladies' and Children's COAST NEWS. Frank Harper, the San Jose Fire Bug at Liberty. BICKLETON EIRE. NEIIALEM COUNTRY. Travel lietweui Marina and Polk Ceintfest b the Increase. Heavy rain falls in the Northwest. This season's log cut is the largest ever known in the Northwest. Argument of counsel was commenced at Sun Francisco in the Iilythe case. Cheney olllcials have tieen busy lately In arresting and chasing tramps out of tha town. William Ronnie, tne opium smuggler, did hot aiinear fur trial in Kjtn Francisco. and forfeited (JoOO bail. The contractors of Montcsano are taxed to the utmost to meet demands in the ceustructiun of many new buildings. Richard V. Dey, of San Francisco, private secretary to John W. Mackay, was seriously attacked by heart disease recently. II. M. 8. Warspite, a turret ship, is on her way to BhMi Columbia. Whe will -lie tho lar-iai man-of-war ever in the Pacific ocean. Frank Hunter, the notorious San Jose. Cel., firebug, has been released from jail, having served a ten years' term, de ducting exemptions. The Wallowa Chieftain has finally summed up slot losses, in that county as follows: Cattle, 10 per cent. : sheep, 5 per cent; and horsea, i per cent. The Nehalem river country has a great future before it. The river is long and free from obstructions, and traverses a tine belt of heavy timber throughout its course, Robert Brady, pioneer of California and a resident of the city of San Diego for twenty years, died from the effects of an overdose of morphine taken to pro duce sleep. The Seattle Journal aays that 0 the relief fund fJ0,(HK) remains unexpended, and suggests that the balance be devoted to assisting in the establishment of a homo for friendless boys and girls. Jarvis Emigh's store at Rickleton was burned shortly after midnight April rt. Tha buihling and contents were a total loss. Loss, ltKK); insurance, $1500. The fire is thought to have been of in cendiary origin. . Trim-ess Martha Eagalitcheff, who goes about denying that Siberian prison hells are uncomfortable, and that the czar is a monster, ia deeply offended be cause people think her a paid Russian agetit. Slie is now in San Francisco. The Sun Francisco Examiner's special advertising train has been started on its travels, going first to San Jose. The ex pedition will cost $Ji'.',000 and will visit and write up all points in the state that can bo reached by standard gauge track, The new steel cruiser, the Monterey, will be launched about October 15, at San Francisco. Work will be delayed somewhat by important changes in the plans of the vessel. Instead of one six-teen-inch gun, two twelve-inch guns will be used. Tillamook is beginning to receive due recognition at the bunds of congress and the government authorities. The estab lishment of a life-saving station at that place will be of great benefit and will give mariners more confidence in enter ing the jiort. There was brought into Redding, Cal., tho other day a nugget of gold mixed with quartz, valued at $500. The loca tion of the find is kept secret pending proper location of the claim, Mora gold is supposed to be hidden where this lump was discovered. The travel across the Willamette river between Mmion and Polk counties ia growing. An average of from seventy live to 100 leauirf cross daily. On Satur day lust tip to 6 o'clock 120 teams had crossed. The new steam ferry will fill a much needed want. The work of clearing the timber off of the hill just south of Fairhaven is being pushed, and good progress is being made. At night tiie burning timber shows to good advantage, many trees being 100 feet in height, and are a mass of flame from the bottom to the top. Colonel Van Cleve, of Scio, states that the men who are opening a coal mine near that place have struck a vein of coul ten feet thick at the end of a thirty foot tunnel., Thev propose to develop the mine thoroughly and expect to prove that they have a Valuable coal deposit Will D. Jenkins has divided King county, outside of Seattle into seventeen districts, and Seattle into fourteen dis tricts, for the purpose of facilitating the taking of the census. He estimates the population of Seattle at 41,500, and of the county out of Seattle at 23,500. To tal, 05,000. During the past three weeks a move ment has boon going on looking to the organization of a Cbehalis street railway company. It is understood that no money bonus will be asked, but a liberal oiler to land for the company's use at the beginning and terminal point of the road, will be expected. A Garfield citizen, according to the Enterprise, has discovered that the squirrels that are shot and left on the ground ara devoured by their fellows, and he has turned the knowledge to ac count. When he kills a squirrel he cuta a hole in it and puts in strychnine, and in this way has killed a large number of tha paats,