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A PETROLEUM VOLCANO.
k Upoctacla the Like of Which My Never
I . Again lie Seen.
Petroleum, or "rook oil," according
. to the present theory of its origin, i
a distillate from the remains of marine
life, both animal and vegetable. It
sometimes finds its way to the top of
the ground and forms springs, as does
water; but it is more frequently held
down, at a great pressure, by hard.
Impervious, rocky Btrata, lying above
the oil-bearing beds; and when in such
cases a hole or "well" is drilled down
to it, through the superincumbent
mass, it gushes up with great force.
Within the last ten years the "holy
land" of the Parsees has become the
Beat of j. TWt pfetroleum trade. Baku
Is now a grand kerosene oil refinery.
The industry is not yet as fully de
veloped there as in our own oil region
of Pennsylvania. -.Pennsylvania has
nearly thirty .thousand oil-wells,
against five hundred at Baku. But
the five hundred Baku wells are dis
charging as much petroleum to-day as
the thirty thousand American wells.
At Baku the oil is nearer the sur
face of the ground than in Pennsyl
vania. American oil-wells average
nearly fifteen hundred feet in depth,
while in Baku the average depth is
Bcarcely six. hundred feet In Ameri
ca, too, the diameter of oil-wells is
but about five inches, while those at
Baku are rarely drilled less than a
foot in diameter.
The discharge of oil and gas from
Bome of the wells at Baku has been so
profuse and violenUthat a mere state
ment of the facts seems too marvelous
for belief. These facts, however, come
to us well attested.
In one case where a well was being
drilled, the auger, or drill, at a depth
of five hundred and seventy feet, sud
denly penetrated to the oil strata and
was blown bodily out of the shaft with
tremendous violence. With a roar
that could be plainly heard at a dis
tance of two miles, the gas blew off
for Some minutes, and was followed by
an equally terrific blast of oil.
The derrick which had supported
the drill was seventy feet in height
The jet of oil and sand blew away the
top of the derriok and rose two hun
dred feet above it All efforts to check
the discharge by blocking the shaft
proved useless. Log plugs, and even
huge stones, were thrown aside like
feathers. Throughout September and
October this geyser continued to dis
charge oil at the rate of nearly two
millions of gallons a day. Pools and
lakes, broad and deep enough to row
boats on, were formed on the adjacent
plain, and a good-sized brook of pe
troleum flowed from them down to the
Bea.
i The sand which was vomited forth
with the oil accumulated in huge
drifts, burying the neighboring der
ricks along with Beveral Bhops, tanks
and other buildings. The sand and oil
- drifted first to one side, then to the
other, according to the direction of the
wind, and a vast mound wa3 formed,
having a saucer-shaped depression, or
crater, at the center, whenoe the jet
issued.
This center orifice, or crater, con
stantly obstructed by the sand, pre
sented the appearance of a wildly
seething caldron, which it was dan
gerous to approach. All the fires in
the vicinity were extinguished to pre
vent explosions and conflagrations.
. Thus, day after day and week after
week, this oil fountain' continued to
play, presenting, it is stated by those
who baw it, a truly grand and memor
able spectacle.
It is estimated that not less than five
hundred thousand tons of oil were
Bpouted forth during the months of its
unrestricted flow, nearly all of which
ran to waste! In America this crude
oil would have been worth at least five
millions of dollars; yet the unfortu
nate company that drilled the well,
being quite unable to control it, was
ruined by the damages which it oc
casioned to its nolghbors. Unwitting
ly a monster had been let loose which
no one could capture or curb.
The Russian Government was at
length appealed to for assistance, and
two imperial engineers visited Baku,
to see what oould be done to this end.
They were able to devise nothing
which succeeded, however, and it was
not till late in December of thut year,
when the geyser' had spent its first
violence, that a resident engineer su
coeded in fixing a cap of boiler iron
over the mouth of the orifice and ef
fectually "gagging" it -Youth's Com
panion. FLORAL DECORATIONS
ituw to Make a House Look At It. Best
for Weddings and 1'artlog.
fti.is truly amazing to know the
amount that is spent for floral deco
rations every year. During the pres
ent season "flower weddings" are the
correct thing, and are as pretty as
they are novel. One bride, whose
name was Lilly, had the whole house
decorated with lily of tha valley.
Another, whose name was Rose, usod
roses for the decorations. Pantiles,
with their almost human faces, make
vory effective decorations.
The old-timo wedding bell has been
done away with and the umbrella,
wishbone, four-leaf clover and othor
now designs have taken its place.
Among the latest things are found the
portioros, which are formed of
dozens of ropes of smilax, dotted here
and there with rosebuds. A canopy
of smilax makes a most effeotive and
Bimple bower of greon.
Large balls, suspeuded by almost in
visible wires, are as odd as they are
protty. , The frame I) composed of
wire and filled with wot moss; then it
is filled as any other dosign Is. Ferns
and scarlet flowers are especially pret
ty for such a dosign.
A pretty idea is to decorate a house
throughout with' the same color; foi
instanoe, yollow or pink. Roses, car
nations and other flowers of the sam
shade are used. White can be used
with any color and plenty of ferns,
amllax and othor greon. j
At a pretty weddiug that occurred
in November, when flowers were
scarce and high, the deoorations were
mostly of arbor vitoa and the rod, bit-tor-swoot
berries. The dining-room
was festooned with ropes of arbor
vitre, dotted here and there With the
bittor-sweot In the parlors there!
were ropes of green and a canopy 'of :
smilax, under which hung a four-leaf
clover design. Bouquets of roses and
carnatioui were scattered here and
there.
.An apple-blossom wedding, where
the entire decorations were the ''sweet
soontod apple blossoms, was truly a
pretty scene. Field daisies used for
designs, banks, bouquets and baskets
make lovely deoorations. Fancy
shells filled with moss and flowers and
an occasional fori make tho most
gracoful and effective decorations.
All sorts of odd shapes can be used,
and where they will not hold water
very well, fill with wet sand bofore
putting In the flowers. Nasturtiums
a e especially pretty for decorating a
bouse and will last id long. They
can be grown In water all winter, or
in earth, and their foliage is so grace
ful. Sweet peas and mignonette are
particularly pretty in a slender, glass
vase. Rose-bowls or jars of blocked
jlass are much in vogue now, and
can be found in all styles and sizes.
At a recent wedding reception that
was given by a bride who had every ,
Jiing that love or money could buy, it
was noticed that the house was deco
rated with garden flowers. The j
parlor was made fragrant with j
ilendor vases and rose-bowls, filled ;
r ith sweet peas, and the dining-room
.i'.va gorgeous with the many colored
nasturtiums. Carrie May Ashton, in
Farm and Fireside. ... t
HUMOROUS.
It is a queer coincidence
and numerals are both natives of Ara
bia. Exchange.
The profession of rat-catching has
not yet been invaded by women. Bur
lington Free Press. '
There is talk of the oyster getting
into a trust Down with the oyster.
Yonkers Statesman.
. There is no full stop to the furnace
in cold woather. It always requires the
colon. Boston Gazette. '
One who delights in carrying a
perfumed handkerchief is seldom with-;
out a scent in his pocket -
When Miss Flora McBulllon en
tered a "tonsorial palace" in the city
Me other day to get her bangs
trimmed, and- found the barber to be
.he French count with whom she flirt-1
cd at the seaside during the summer,
he refused to recognize him. He cut
her bangs and she cut him. -
Graduate (to critic, who has been
looking over his essay) "What do
you think of it?" Critio "Well, the
first time I read it I was favorably im
pressed; the second time less so, ami
iftor the third perusal I put it down
j.t bosh." Graduate "That's all
light, then. I've only got to read it
nce, you know." Lawrence Ameri
can. ,
Conductor (after a collision in
diich every body got bounced half
.-ay across the car, but no one war?
luirt) "Gentlemen, 1 find that no
jroatharm has been done. We rar
b to the rear end of a freight train
-id if some of you will come out an.,
.alp clear the track we can proceot"
i our journey." Fat Passenger
Conductor, are there any more f reish;
tins on ahead?" "Oh, I suppo.-'
j." "Well, let's stay where we a e,"
One day a clergyman's wife, pro
vmg to give a collation to her
eland's association on the fol
"ing Monday, and not being in tho
hit of doing extra work on Sunday,
,4 her cook that she had better boii
i ham for the sandwiches on Satur-'
iy, lost if boiled on Monday it might
; too warm to slice. "W'y," drawled
io cook, "Miss W'ite, yer don't think
. ud be wicked ter bile it Sunday, do
,'ar, ef we biled it slow P"
One Way to Boom. Chairman of
Ijourned "indignation ' meeting"
n"e have called, sir, to see what ex
Isuation or apology you can offer
r your infamous article of yesterday
a which you state that the young
'lies of our oity are 'more boldly j
.ul notoriously given ; to flirtation
,:n those of any other town of the I
.ne size.' And we ; want to hoar I
";.m you durned quick, too." Ed-1
r "Really, I meant no harm. I
ought something ought to be dor oj
i attract strangers to the city.",
. orre Haute Express. .... , ,
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
There will be thirty -five Japaneso
uttonding Ann Arbor University and
high school this year.
Mothodist students at Michigan
University are to have a $35,000 de
' nominational headquarters.
The faculty of the University of
.'annsylvania have voted to admit
tudonts without distinction of sex to
.ul the college courses. This action
vequires the indorsement of the trus
;ocs.
It is said that there are move
.Sows in New; York City than in
Jerusalem itself,' the number being
lonrly 90,000. They keep 'up. their
Utiuotive worship and maintain
orty-nine synagogues.
The Presbyterians and Episco
palians have decided to erect sub
Uintial headquarters at Chautauqua
;ofore another season. The Pres
byterians will build near the heart of
Chautauqua with stone material.
A Chinese guild is to be estab-l-hed
in New York where the (S00
;idpils in the twenty-five Sunday
3'iools in that city may find enter
al! ment and instruction during the
eok. A reading-room, games, gym
nasium, bureau of information, an in
Innary, and attractions peculiar to
Ue Chinese are to be provided.
New York churches have a not
usual feature of a table placed near
:o platform for the purpose of stenog
. -iphors.'" The young men are not
eporting for the papers, butaremost
y clerks in law offices who have
allied shorthand and go to church
r practicing purposes. Some of
lum reduce the Bormon to typewrlt
and sell copies to membors of the
jongrogation.
A novel method of raising funds
has boon tried by a Sunday-school in
Burlington, N. J. Some time ago
250 new five-cent pieces, called "tal
ents," were distributed among the
scholars and teachers, with instruc
tions to do whatever in reason
thoy could to Increase the sum.
Lately the talents were oallod In, and,
notwithstanding all the scholars did
not make returns, the sum received
was $587.
The correspondent of a Toronto
paper says that one of the reasons
why the English church is so weak In
Canada is Its peouliar system of fees,
'n the diocese of Toronto there Is an
uufhorized schedule of foes which the
jleigy are eutillod to exact for the
performance of certain duties. The fee
for marriages, for Instance, is $4 An
additional fee of $1 Is exacted for a
certificate. The foe for burials is $2,
and $3 if at a distance. In this case
h so a certificate entails an additional
fee of $1. For publishing the banns
of matrimony, the fee is $1 in ad
vance. Nothing is charged for bap
tism, but if a baptism certificate is de
sired $1 is charged.
Justice "Officer, what Is the
charge against this prisoner?" Officer
"Well, yor honor, I was called into
tha theaytor to arrist him for disor- t
dorly conduct" Justice "What was J
he doing?"- Officer "They told me ho 1
was hissin' the villain in the play for ,
stcaliu'. I let him off after quiotin' ,
him." Justice "Then what is he do
ing horeP" Officer "1 arrested him
again as he was lav in' the theater '
be was piekin' a pocket" -America.
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THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.
A Queer Cua Which One Came Before
Mew York Lawyer.
. In the way of twins, says a New York
letter to the Buffalo Express, you have
probably seen the so-called two-headed girl,
Millie-Christine, consisting of two negresses
join ed.togsi her by nature much more com
pactly than were the famous Siamese twins.
Millie and Christine have been shown by
Barnum and other exhibitors lor many
years, and are now aged about forty. The
Siamese brothers married two wives, as
you will remember, and lived in South
Carolina after retiring from the museums
until the death of one from disease was im
mediately followed by that of the other
from fright A post-mortem examination
proved that physicians had been right in
saying that a surgical separation would
have been fatal. In the case of Millie and
Christine even the suggestion of parting
them can not be considered, because they
are joined from their hips nearly up to their
sh- -uiders. But it was not a question of freak
ish anatomy which led me to write of these
women. Ex-Judge Bittenboefer is a New
York lawyer to whom show people go with
many of their knotty legal questions.
"But no case was ever presented to me
that was easier to decide, and yet more
curiously novel," the lawyer recently said
to me, "than that of Millie-Christine. The
death of Dick Fitzgerald, through whose
show agency much of the business of the
museums was done, recalls this matter,
which came to me about a year ago, but has
never been published. Fitzgerald called at
my office with a letter from Millie-Christine
requesting me to find out whether, if they
were to marry one and the same man, it
would constitute bigamy In the eye
of the law. It was evident enough, al
though they did not say so explicitly, that
an offer of joint marriage had been made to ;
them and that they contemplated an ac
ceptance in case the tripartite union would
be lawful. They urged that they had al- j
ways been advertised as 'a two-headed I
girl,' the claim being made on their behalf j
that they were one individual with two
heads, four arms and four legs, If that
view of them could be accepted in law then
a single husband would be quite proper.
But they were pious Methodists and bad no
notion of doing any thing wrong, legally or
religiously, Fitzgerald wished my profes
sional opinion for the guidance of the
twins. Of course, the theory that they
were one person was entirely untenable,
and I had no difficulty - in forming an
opinion that their joint marriage to one
man would be bigamy for him. It would
entail no criminal punishment on the wives,
nor was it likely that proceedings would
ever be had against him under the peculiar
circumstances. But I had to tell them that
if the question ever came before a court,
they would surely be decided twins, and
only the one marriage ceremony which pre
ceded the other would be valid, while the
second one, although it might have occurred
a minute later, would be invalid, and would
possibly subject the husband to prosecu
tion. At the same time I reminded Fitz
gerald of the late Charles O'Connor's re
mark when he was asked whether it was
legal to shoot a burglar to death on sight.
"The law would say hang you for it," he
exclaimed, "but no publio prosecutor or
judge or jury would punish you for it; so
shoot the burglar." After the same fash
ion I advised Fitzgerald that Millie-Christine's
prospective husband might be sent to
Btate's prison for bigamy, but that nobody
would ever undertake to do it However,
the two-headed girl concluded to live un
married." HOW DELIVERANCE CAME.
Peace Purchased at the Expense of a
Bright Red Jersey,
I was sitting at my desk writing one day,
says a writer in the Philadelphia Times,
when I was startled by a voice close beside
me. Looking up I saw a tall, slim negro
girl, wearing a most dilapidated costume of
many colors and pieces. Her face was
pinched and ashy, her eyes a kind of muddy
hazel, the peculiar combination giving her
an unusual appearance, : j
"Got any ole clo's yer wanter tradel" she
Inquired, abruptly. I
"No, I think rot," I answered, glancing '
at the baskets of berries which hung on her
arms. I
"Bptter git somerdese here berries; dey's
mighty nice. I'll take mos' any thing for I
'em. Gimme some ole med'eine ef you got '
any. Some uv us is purty nigh always .
sick." I
I shuddered to think of the consequences
that might result from my venture in a
second-hand drug establishment, but began j
to contemplate my . stock of old clothes, as i
she seemed so determined to "trade." It
was an evil hour, indeed, that led me to be-1
gin a serieB of "trading," that grew with
the weeks and strengthened with the
months until years even had passed over
my benighted head. Scarcely a fortnight j
passed after I first made her acquaintance j
that I did not have a visit from my :
ubiquitous berry woman. She brought ber- j
ries and fruit in their season, and nuts and
chickens in their season; in fact, she
claimed all seasons for her own.
When 1 had begun to despair of ever rid
ding myself of my "old man of the sea," j
when I saw a long vista of years stretch- j
ing out before me in which I must be trad-1
ing and giving in trade, happily we moved
to a distant street.
1 enjoyed a respite of two months in my
new home unmolested by the trading 1
Josephine. , . I
At last, one day in early fall, she reap
peared upon the scene with renewed vigor, I
bringing a basket of nuts and one chicken.
I was compelled to sacrifice a plate of "vict
uals" and an old hat on the altar of hospi
tality and the above-mentioned articles.
During my search for the hat Josephine
spied, hanging in my closet, a very pretty
red Jersey,, which a few stitches might
render very useful, and immediately began I
to devise ways and means to possess her
self of it.
I at first told her I didn't want to dispose
of it, but, suddenly, with the inspiration ol
a providential Interference, I oonceived a
plan of deliverance. With a sigh for my
dear departing jersey, but a bright hope foi
the future, I took the jacket down and gave
it to her, sayin?: , I
"Here, Josephine, you may take it, and
next week bring me two chickens for it."
"Yessum," she responded, eagerly. "I'D
fetch you dem chickens er Chuseday, sho.
You kin 'pen' upon gittin' 'em. I ain' tole
yer no lie yit, an' I ain' goln' to tell yei
none now."
Bhe departed, to leave me in peace, for
five years have passed since, and to this
day I have not seen her or "dem chickens"
either.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Summer Guest (impatiently) I
have found dead flies in every dish I
touched this morning, and I think
you might at least make a reduction
In your charges.
Hotel Proprietor I oan't reduce
your bill, Bir; but if you will oome
with me to the kitchen I'll let you
hear me swear at the servants. N.
Y. Weekly. '
A Typographical Error.
Talking of typographical errors, the Bur
lington (Vt.) Free Press does not remem
ber seeing a more horrible specimen ot this
class of blunders than one which appeared
In a Massachusetts paper not long ago. At
the close of an extended and highly eulo
gistic notice of a deceased lawyer the re
porter wished to say that "the body was
takeu to Hull for interment, , where repose
the remains of other members of the fam
ily." By mistake a letter "e" was substi
tuted for the "u" in Hull, changing the
sense of the sentence to such a degree that
no extra copies ot that issue Of the paper
were ordered by the family of the dead
lawyer.
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BANKS.
firt flatiopal BaijK
INDEPENDENCE, 0BEG0N.
President J. S. COOPER.
Vice President, L. W. ROBERTSON.
Cashier....:.... ...... W. H. HAWLEY.
DIRECTORS!
D. P. Thompstm, J. 8. Cftpvr,
I. IT. Kobertson, W. W. Collins,
e. W. WhUtalctr.
Trannsnts a general banking business. Bays
nd sells exchange on all important points.
Deposits received subject to cheek en
lertifloate of deposit. Collections made on all
Mnta on favorable terms,
fsJ-Offlce hoars: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Hall's burglar proof safe scoured by Tals
rime Lock.
THE INDEPENDENCE
National .'.Bank I
CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000
H. HIRSCHBERQ, - President.
ABRAM NELSON, Vies President.
W. P. CONNAWAY, - Cashier.
A pcneml banking and exchange bnslnem
transacted ; loans made; bills discounted com
mercial credits granted; deposits received on
current aocouut subject to check; Interest paid
jd time deposits.
DIRECTORS:
Joshua McDanlel, H. H. Jasperson,
A. J. Goodman, H. Hlrsohberg.
Abram Nelson, T J. Lee.
I. A. Allen.
THE POLK COUNTY BANK,
MONMOUTH, OREGON.
Pro!'!ont, (rorllaud).,
Vice-President
Cashier
...I. A. MACRUM
P. L. CAMPBELL
... I. C. POWELL
Capital Slock,
Paid Up,
(50,000
25,000
DIRECTORS:
T. A. MAf-RUM, F. S. POWELL,
J. H. STUMP. ISAAC M. SIMPSON
J. V. li. BUi'I.HK, A. B. QKIQUS,
P. L. CAMPBELL.
A setiorprnl banking business transacted. De
posits rnnolved subject to check, or on certificate
of deposit. Loans made, bills discounted, ex-r-ha-
p;e bought and sold, interest paid on time
deposits.
Fireproof vault and burglar proof safe, secured
by Vale time, lock.
jy-OiIice hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m,
(Established by National authority.)
-: THE :-
U : National t
OF SALEM, OREGON,;
CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o,ooo.oo.
SURPLUS, $15,000.
R. 8. WALLACE, W. W. MARTIN,
President. , Vice President.
1. H. ALBERT, Cashier.
LOANS MADE.
To Farmora on wheat and other merchantable
produce, oonif?ned or in store, either in private
granerlefl or publio warehouses.
Drift dnvn d!rc4 on New York, Chicago,
Baa Frtuwtoco, PnrtUnd, Ixindou, Paris, Berlin,
Hoof Kouff and Calcutta.
-: THE :-
Willamette Real Estate Co.,
Of Independence, Oregon.
Transacts a general Real Estate Business
buys and Bells Property, affecti
Insurance and does a general '
Conveyance Business. '
Parties having Lauds for sale will find
it to their advantage to '
With this fompany, as they are daily
sending lists of land east, thus plac
ing desirable property before the resi
dents of the East
JAMES GIBSON,
J. W. KIRKXAND, President
Secretary.
G. W. SHINN,
House, Sign & Ornamental
Paper Hanging, Graining, Frescoing,
Etc. Paint rooms opposite Johnson's
Stables, Independence, Oregon.
Elkins & Co.,
, PROPRIETORS OP THB
ity Iruck and
Hauling W all Kinds Done at
Reasonable Rates. :
Hill feed, Oak;, psb 0 fir IL'ood
For 5a!?. .
j"Colkctions Made Monthly."!
INDEPENDENCE, '. ER0G0N
CITY j-JOTEla,
C Street, Independence, Or, '
A. W. HOWELL, Prop.
First-class in every respect Special
attention giveu transient . customers. A
sample room for cpinmercial travelers.
Mitchell "&rMann6n,
-S Manufacturers of
SASH & DOORS.
scroll sowing And:
mOOU REPAIRING'.
Main Street, Independence, Oregon.
f
EMORY
in one roadinc. Tttimoniiil from all
IMtrta of t tin irlnbtv PrrsnanttM nn
FRXS. fnt nn Himlimlinn tn VnJ
Sfe A. LjiMttb, til Fifth An, Now f
The dynpeptir, the debilitated, whetk
er from execs ot work of mind
body, drink or exposure In
Malarial Regions,
will and Tutt'a Pill the moat genial
ronCorailve ever ottered, the a u life ring
Invalid.
Try Them Fairly.
A vlsoroua body, pare blood, atrong
nerves and a cheerful mind will re Bib
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
EAILROADS.
YAQUINA BAY ROUTE.
Oregon Pacific Railroad
Grsgsn Development Go's Steamers.
Short Line to California.
Freight and Fares the Lowest.
BTEAMEK SAILING DAFE8,
'.Steamer WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
Remember the Oregon Pacific Pop
ular Summer Excursions. Low Pate
Tickets nre now on sale from all Valley
Points to Yaquinna and return,
TM Minn auv rwervea the right to ebingu
.Hftiliut? ilnte.i without nnclce.
Ymins i!umti!"t K ith the 8. P. R. R. ami rle
hoatt. al Corvallis aud Albany.
r C. H. HOSWEL1,, Jr., C. O. HOOCH,
(Jul. Ft S 1'. Asrt. O. I). Co. Act. O.. K. A P. Art
04 MoutKOiaerjr, St.. O. H. R. It.
San Francisco. ,, . Corvullla, Or.
GREAT OVERLAND ROUTE.
Northern Pacific R. R.
TWO FA9T TRAINS DAILY.
NO CHANGS OT CARS
SHORTEST LINE TO CHICAGO
And all points Eait, Via
St. Paul and Minneapolis.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Is the only Line Running
Pamenger Trains, ...
Second-Class Sleepers (free of charge) ,
Luxurious Day Coaches,
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars,
Palace Dining Cars, (Meals 76 cts)
FBOM PORTLAND TO THE EAST.
See that your Ticket reads via the North
: era Pacific R. R. and avoid change
of Cars.
Leave Portland at 8:00 A. M. and 8:40 P. M.
dally arrive at Minneapolis or St. Paul at 6:05
P.M.
PACIFIC DIVISION Trains leave Front
and Q streets dally at 11:56 a. m. and 8;40 p. m.
arrive at New Tacoma, at 7:10 p. m., and 4:20 a.
hi., connecting with Company's Boats for all
points on Pugct Sound. A. 1). CHARLTON,
Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent, No. 121, First Street,
Portland, Oregon.
10" Depot Cor. First and G Streets.
ON SALE
. TO
DENVER,
Omalia, Kansas City, Chicago,
ST PAUL, ST. LOU'S,
AND ALL POINT9
East, North South,
For further pnr,i -nlar.-i inquire of any agent
ol Hie Company or
T. W. LEE,
G. P. 4 T. A.
Portland, Oregon.
R. D. COOPER,
Ticket Agent
Independence, Or
EAST AND SOUTH
; . via
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROUTE
Express Trains Leave Portland Daily.
Toil's Pills
TIES
South, I NorthT
6:00 p. M. LvT Portland Ar :86 i. M.
9:28 P.M. Lv. Albany. Ar (.14 a. M.
7:45 A.M. Ar. Ban Francisco Lv 9:00 P.M..
Above trains stop only at following station!
north of Kosebnrg: East Portland, Oregon City,
Woodburn, Salem, Albany, Tangent, Shedds, Hah
sey, Harrisburg, Junction City, Irving aud Kil
gene. Roseburg Mail,' Daily.
Leave. Arrive.
Portland.... 8 A. M. I Kosebnrg ( P. M.
Koseburg 8 A. M. Portland. 4 P. M.
Albany local Daily (Except Sun'y)
ave.
Portland.. B;00r M.
Albany ..5:00 A. M.
Arrive.
Albany 9:00P.M.
Portland . 9:00 a. m.
"- Pullman Buffet Sleepers.
TOURIST SLEEPING CAES.
Eor accommodation of Second-class passengers,
attached to Express Trains.
West Side Division.
Between Portland and Corvallis
MAIL TRAIN DAILY (Except Sunday.)
?;30 A. H.
11:18 A. M.
12:10 r. M.
Lv. Portland Ar. 5:30 p.m.
Ar. Independence Ar. 1:49 p.m.
Ar. Corvallle Lv. 1 12.56 p. m.
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains ol
Oregon Pacific Railroad.
ETPHESS TRAIN DAILY (Except Sund'y)
Leave
Portland ,4:40 Mt.
McMinnville. ,8:48 a.m.
Arrive.
McMinnville 7:25 P.M.
Portland 8:20 A.M.
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POUTS
EAST AUD SOUTH.
00-Yot tickets and Information regarding rts
mans. ate., call an oomDaay t agent at lodeKB.
dene.
B.KOBHLSR, 1. ?. EOGEES,
Alas. ia Mm m m
AZER GREASE
BEST IX THE WOULD.
Its waring ittaima art. Mon . "'-'
eutlattinir two boxes i of "Thar hlf
fleeted by haat. t-KT TH B 43E.M IS K.
FOB BALE BIUMUIgmi""''. Mfr
Wagon Making
AND
Carriage Repairing
W. I. WEKBEHHOTH M
Wagon shop iu tlia naino building with K. E.
Kreugel's blacksmith shop. Re is an experi
enced workman hating learned hit tr ia
Europe. He solicits a share ol the patronage
and guarantiee satisfaction.
I. A. MILLER,
' - DIALIB IM
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Headstones of All Styles.
First-Class Work nd Prices 20 per cent.
lower than any other shop in the state.
SHOP COR. MONMOUTH INDR.R.STS.
Indipindincb, Omook,
H. M. LINES,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
-AND-
UNDERTAKER,
INDEPENDENCE. OREGON.
A full and complete line of Funeral goods
Always on Hand.
W. O. Cook
(Successor to A. J. Whiteaker.)
CXALEB IN
FURNITURE
PARLOR AND BEDROOM SETS,
SOFAS, AND BED LOUNGES,
Hat Racks, Rocking and Easy Chairs,
in Pine, Maple, Ash or Walnut. Also,
Woven Wire Mattresses, Coil Springs
Wool and Hair Mattresses:
CARPETS
CONSISTING OF
Two and Three Ply Wool, Tapestry
Brussells and Axminister. Also,
Oil Cloth and China Matting.
Wall Paper
FROM PLWN KITCHEN WALL PIPER UP
Also the Heaviest and Richest Gold Fin
ished Parlor Paper. Well selected
assortment of Fresco Paper
for Ceilings and Walls.
Picture Frames
MADE TO ORDER
From Natural Wood or Rich and Heavy
Pressed Gold. Framed Engravings
and Paintings for Sale.
Main Street, Independence,
Bat. B and 0 Streets. ;
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F. J. MORRIS, Prop.
Fine. Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS.
MIXED DRINKS A SPECIALTY.
Whiteaker Brick, Independents.
Miss Ada Judson. . Mrs. Williams,
JUDS0N & WILLIAMS,
dressmakers;
A SPECIALTY.
A. R GRIGGS,
MEAT ; Of ARRET,
8. P. Irvine, cutter. Chorea meats
r itsatly a h.n.t - DswiiLwa'i Brick.
R E fl D
And be Convinced.
72 Steel tooth iron harrow, $20.
5 and 7 tooth cultivutoi-s.
The best horse shoeing.
The best iu
Iron
Steel
or Wood
-AT-
Ei I KrengeFs.
Best price paid for
Old Iron and
Castings.
Main St.,
Independence.
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables.
FIRST-CLASS
. TURNOUTS.
Stock Left In our Care
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
MAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE, ( REGON.
THE NEW
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables.
O O O ' O O 0
YOUNG HORSES
DOUBLE
AND
SINGLE TEAMS.
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First-Class Turnouts for Commercial Travelers. Prices reasonable and Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Give us a Call.
NORTH END MAIN STREET J. N. JONES, Pbopb.
INDEPENDENCE FENCE WORKS.
F. M. GATES, Proprietor.
Mr. F. M. Gates has one of the latest improved Fencing Machines
with which he is prepared, on short notice, to manufacture a
First-Class picket and wire fence. This is the best fence to be
obtained
For Farms, Residence Property, Chicken Yards and Divisor
:- Fences. ':
FACTORY :
On C Street, Opp. the City Hotel, Independence, Or.
W. T. SHERMAN, .
MERCHANT TAIL0R, '
Suits Made to Order, and Fit Guaranteed.
Custom Goods for Merchants and others Recut and Treened. I will open moathlf
accounts with Merchants at Independence and Monmoth for Racuttingr , :
O STREET,
PR HILLER'S HYORASTINE RESTORATIVF. ...,.. th.
Blood. urM U,, UMufcpnUoa o,j im. A psrteot tonic and strength buUJof.
DR. HILLER'S ANTI-BILIOUS STOMACH AND HVER CURE, o wo.
"d " Trouble Cbili. aad Fe, lialvial F.vers, atrir"! condltbntv
f-HllUR'8 qjTAsaaL w
Drtae. Guar! to cure the whM1 dlston. ar. Wlowed, momy reloaded.
DR. HILLER'S COUGH CURF. rwrun. nM.e-.CoaBh,Bre.chm,W.nritrv.d
Pueumoo, .ad relieve. Coasumption. Contains aoOpiatea. Corn Croup in 10 minutes. Tr) it
DR. HILLER'S DIPHTHERIA AND SORE THRflfiT wiw ftwn .
Diphtheria. Will ooeitiveljr our. any sore taioat iu from V to U houraTcuMe Quinsy In S days.
DR. HILLER'S FEVER CURF. Inilbie In ail acute diseases ,Hend. .. .ever.
, Haven and am Savbc t'.rer, Scarlatina, and lleutes. Mother, should bear this in mlad.
DR. HILLER'S MERVOUSDEBIHTYrnpr Neri0UJ d o,
Mk. Swl to Private Circular to Hill., Druj Ca. Sau Frano-eo, CaL
Chw. Luubsio, aoj Sciatica, by MattJmBf Ihe twod irhich eau thu
D3. HILLER'S TEETHING CURE. art. .v ...
tcCS&
n.r,,Lt.tna,nuqp,HB C0U6H
i.wper fackage.
HILLER DRUG COMPANY. SAN
r or daie oy UUSTER & LOCKE.
H. R. PATTERSON,
DRUGGIST
PSALM IU
WATCHES,
CLOCKS AJfD
JEWELRY.
INDEPENDENCE,
OREGON.
J. H. ALEXANDER,
:Dealer iu:
Drugs and Medicines,
BEUKA VISTA, OR.
tuvine n-irohwed the stock of Drugs ''
fonniv iv v I'tv'. by W. Robertson, I
im ur.-u.it"! l.i meet ail the old custo- .
.u,.rs many more new out. Fair
,.nl ro..neu trwUineut to all
TAYLOR'S
Cash Grocery & Bakery
ON 0 STREET.
Fresh Dread, Ploi and Cakes on baud rerr day
exoept Bunriay.
lul'i and fresh stock at canned goods, Jour,
tea. culT.-e, sugar, canities, cigars aud tobaccos,
D. B. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
MRS. A. M. HURLEY,
Mliaeiy Fancy
Next to Independence National Bank.
Indbpbnosnoi, . Orioon.
C. S. McNALLY.
Architsot and Draughtsman,
ROOMS 6 BCsH-BHKVMAK BLOCK,
flOMMERCIAL St.. - SALEM. OR. V
mm- u..v vrtiiv t.lnkftta !' Of V:
sUrMOOOr . 0. Pentland. - Lowt
rntos and most fuvor granted. Gull M tb
REASONABLE
, RATES.
will be well attended to.
FOR COMMERCIAL' MEN.
0 0 0 0
NEW BUGGIES
GOOD
a
.RIDING HORSES.
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DR. HILLER'S
Special Prescriptions.
HOME TREATMENT ... SELF CUBE
A Specific Remedy for Each Disease.
CURL fnmtt
Six Packages lor $5.C0.
FRANCISCO, CAL, U. S. A.
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