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in the best advertising medium
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INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1691.
, Five Cents Per Copy.
NO. 24.
THE WEST SIDE
PolkCcjnlyPdistiinjCcjiny
CUM I OsTM, NMaSCftS.
Kegiatereu Hi iumr In tndepriv
dcnc, Pregntt, m ods matter,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
rAYAKI.I IN AUVAKCH.
Oil VM ... . Uttl
hix M.milM . . . . i.ao
ThrM Month . J
Aritlreaa all eiwimiiMlcatlnua r publlcaUon
In Ti Wntr Hitn. Mitl mult nil rvtnltuitce
IHtyntil lu tli tVU tMiuiijr riiulublug Omu-
KUl)f.
TO AOVtRTISERS.
Indapeadenc I ewalatl l lh bead of Bt
tm lii tihvnuwl of tlx yrart.ua th Willam
ette rlvvr, end t thmla lln t ihcOrMnn
falUmntia Kollrxnd; nwitaln a kMtlU,m
n( u Ktil the urtiii'liwl IiIihiIiiii point
tor III county, ariiuh In on of I (if flrr.l,
mt wealthy mil thickly k,nultd lu tlie
Willmnatt Valley,
HIT ' 'camfc-jasav:.
HK1-UKT tHK'IETlrX
AO. V. W.-IXIiKfKSriltStK I.OIHIK
MX Si. meat every Monday ntgtil l
Mwmnlp hull. All euhniriilng hmthvre lnvltad
lokttend. JAMKM OIIIMtlN, M. W,
K. V.1IAI.TUH, Ktvurdvr,
V AI.I.KY UUHIKKO.ll
I. U, (I. K tnmia In Ma
aunle hull evy Thttmd
VMiIti. All Nlil lkira
eunllally lnvll-d t.i al-
tend.
T, U, rB Y Kit, N, .
r. A. tOVTY, Secretary,
i. von uuxiK, n t. a. r
A A. M. Mated e.umnunk'-
mm on nr DvKimnui wmuxi
h niouth na twu
litrrallpr. J. W. Iliwiwr, W. M.
K, t. Kf u hiiin, Nv,
PHYSICIANS DKNTI8T AY.
LEE & BUTLKt,
Physioians & Surgeons.
U. S. Examining Sorgeons.
0i MM M l ! .
INDiriNl'lMlt, .. 0RI00W
1)11 J, K. lAKKK,
Physician and Surgeon,
Buana Vista, Ortfltn.
DR. J. B. JOHNSON.
Resident Dentist
All work wrroiild to lre tli bt
INIiKrKNDKKlK,
OltKWifi
ATTORNKY8.
Attorney and CounIor at : Law.
(mv! St to Indepandn-no Kt'l Bok.
lndi'nidiin. Or.
C. S. McNALLY,
ARCHITECT AND DBAUBHTSMAM
HOOMD fl A T BtiM-BBAN BLOCK.
COMMERCIAL T 8Al.KM.OK.
Mitchell & Bohannon
Unnufaclurera of
SASH AND DOORS
AIJOTHCROIXtAiriKO.
Uioiln - - Inopodne
G. W. SHINN,
HOUSE, SIGN ORNAMENTAL
rper Hanging, Fiwiailng. Elo. Plnt room
nppnull Jonm'HUlii, Indnppndenw.
IM Ada Juilmn.
Un. Wllllamt.
JUDSON & WILLIAMS,
DRESS MAKERS
CUTTING 4ND FITTING I SPECIALTY.
New Hunk Building, ' Ind pndenc.
DRESS MAKING!
MISS GHOKGIA KISOR,
Mniimoiilli Ht., Indt-pendmce.
Drwwoi rnndii In order, and culling m on
Hie lt and numt iiiiidurn yHnii. A trial
will cunvlii that my ylni l bamiU
on Kli'ntlllc prlncltilm and l aura
Ui plraae my palmna,
Prli'ea reoaonable and work furnlalifd aa
proinlaad.
MRS. A. M. HURLEY,
UUHnerj s F&acy Goods
Next to Indapcndtnc National Bank.
Imdifimdkiici, 08i00B
S. A. PARKER,
1 Manufacturer und dealer In .
Sash, : Doors, ; Mouldings, : Etc.
Kull aUiek ol Olaaa, all lze, kept eonalnntly
on hand. Hpcdliil ratea on contract.
FacUiry on B. It, street uoar depot.
CITY HOTEL,
C St., Independence.
J. J. 0 ELL t I,Fjriik
Fimt olnM Id evry respeot. Hpeoial
Btlentinn given tranieDl customer, a
anmple room for oommeroial tmvelera.
BRICK YARD.
J. R. COOPER
Of Independence, having a steam
engine, a brick machine and several
acres of finest clay, is now prepared
to keep on hand a fine quality of1
Brick, which will be sold at reason
able prices.
II A II
HANKS.
IMabllahad y NaiiAal Aailiarll.
-TUB-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
of lndvndat,,OraMa.
CIUI SUak,
SMriilyfl,
$60,000.00
$10,000.00
J.H.OMU'Klt, U W. HOIIKHTHON,
rrmldenl, Vlr PrMliWnl.
W. II IIAWI.EV, lhlr.
DIRECTORS.
J, B, ClKipaf, U W, Hobvrtann, LwU llelllllrk
(I. W, Whltr. W. W. O'lUn.
A gnri banking bualuaaa Irauaaelfd.
Buy and avlla ehMi( on all Imporlanl
Bvlala, ' ,- ,
i IVpoalla rwlvad auV)iel la ehwk or un r
UHMlaTdpuIU Oillwllutia ils
OaVanrt I a, tu. lu 4 p. m.
THE INDEPENDENCE
National Biink !
Capital Stock, $50,000.00,
u. itiniKiiiiKitu,
AHRAM MKIJMIN,
W. P.fONNAWAT
lrwldal.
VM IWdwil.
. CaahlM.
A gnaral kanklng and Menang bualaaaa
lninaaetd; fcuana niada, bllla dbwuunlml.aum.
marelal crwttta , ran lad: dapualu racaUrd ou
arrant aewunt aubjaot lu cliark, lulrwl paid
en tint dvuualla.
JUHrtTOIt
Jmliu McliauWI, II. II. jMirn, A. J.
Ooudman, II. Hinwhlwrg, A. Nalaon,
T. i. I. I. A. Allan.
(EalablUhtil by National Antlwrlljr )
-T1!K-
teitil titinil Bick I
Or SALEM OREOON.M
(Btf.il jmbI , p0,000.00.
Sttrl-a. $16,000.
K.ftWAUCK. W.W.MAKTI.H.
rraldcnU Vl Pra.l.lnl.
J. H. AlJlKBT, C"ahlr.
LOANS MADE
To Farmer on whaaU and olhar march01aUla
pmdur,ronalnad or In ur, Mhr In prK
rata fanrlur urUMc warahatta. .
J)rafudri dlrneloaWaw f ortrWIVl,
Man rranelaca, Porttaad. Uadoa, Part,Hnr
Un, Hong Kong and Calculi.
THE POLK MTY BO,
KOMMouTa, omoov.
Pnat4ant, (Tonlaad) ..
Vlra Praaiiiaot .,
Catalar .
11. BrRni
r..CABKI4.
fa roiu.
OtnlUl IkMk,
M,000
li,00
Dl It KOTOW Si
k fmfT! Hauling bmlnaaa trMctd l
rid aublaei lo aback, or on ertlce
if daaoitL Una d. Wll dlaconld,
.hauaabauhtaadaold. lntwaat aald M UaM
aapaaH
M.Mnnttand banlu fol aalaacra
by Tab MM Mk.
lot Blt aVBkBllfl.
HARNESS
Good
and
CHEAP.
We have the largest and BEST
Stock of HarueHS ever brought
to this Section.
Ill Oor to IWictire.
Our Whips are direct from the
Factory and are the iki
outoflM Stylcf.
Trimming at reasonable Prices.
BeamerA, Craven.
TAYLOR'S
Cash Grocery & Bakery
OH 0 STREET.-
fraak Brawl, Plai and Cakai on bd mry dajr
aioapt Sunday. . .
A Nil and Irtab atock al ad gwd. toar.
I. eoaW lunr, wadlat, (lean od lobaana,
D, B TAYLOBi PfOpHfM
H.H.PATTItRHOM.
1J. P.PATrk0
PATTERSON Bros,,
DRUGGIST
-DIALIB 4M-
WdTCHES,
CLOCKS
JEWELRY.
INDEPENDENCE,
0EE00N.
W. 0, SHARMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
8aitt Mads to Order and fit Guaran.
Uad.
Cuatom Ooodi lor MnrchanU and otbr IU
gutand Preaaed. ' I rt opeir manthly ao
eouu with Merohanu at Ifidependnnce ud
Homnoutb for Remitting.
C. Street OppotlUP.O.
W.'H. WHEELER
Ktnm
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,-
-PIANOS and ORGANS -
-SEWING MACHINES.
Ximtiiet in Slathttory, Lattd U Wy Writing Jlijwc, Uk ulamU, TabMt,
of tl Ouhr$, JWtfj, Fahion ami JriwUcnli,
THE LA TmT .V ALL 8TTLM OF MUSIC.
OsniUrt, Kut and Cigar. .
,j t
HAS NOW, And PROSPECTIVE,
Many Advantages.
FIRST.
A RftlLnOiD CEIITER;
Independence to Corvallis by S. P. R. R.
Independence to Portland by " , ; " ; -Independence
to Falls City by Motor Line.
Independence to Salem by
Independence to Astoria by A. & S. C. R. R.
Ifiaejxindence to Albany by .,i 1 1
mp
The gmwnt area in Hops, tributary to ludeiiendence, will
soon be trebled. The amwmt of inooine will reach in a few
years , at least one million dollars.
The adaptability of our lands for Bptclal fruit raising, such
prunes, pears and apples; will employ hundreds of men; briug
into the country thousands of dollai'S, and make our farmiug
lauds worth from two to three hundred dollars an acre. Fruit
raising will bring cnueris and fruit dryers.
-Sugar Beet Raising-
The rich bottom lands !of this section are peculiarly woll
adapted to ruiseng sugar beets, the profit, above cost of pi-oduo-
floty belug estimated at fril'm thirty to forty dollars an aero.
1 One sugar factory will call into use over 3,000 acres of land, in
creasing its valne half a million dollars, and employing labor.
How does
it
Strike
tub 11m
Nubfripdmu jfiWmlw all ltpm.
vr. n. wiim.Mt,
, IndeiMmiltnee, Or,
ura
you
BRIEF MENTION.
Tli cbiirolimm ami dtlxxM of Troy,
W, Y ant up tu arm agalnut priw
flylitlug.
Tlie wurid'g fnlr Wll stiuroprisUuK
$$UO.ogO hu (iimstxl It tliirJ reading In
tM PMDaylvaala hnnan,
A Hannntm, India, diwtvb nay Copt.
lYrwifravf' fiir mot and dfutd 1W0
Manipnriii, klllltif flftnen ynu
lu a eollWiitl In tli Engllab oh.inncl
the Drttlab tamr Ulauiorgan waa o
badly iUhumH that !) mn tank. Tli
cnw wai pli ked op. .
HfTeti tnak4 tutm khut to Aaath In
tha old Union priaon, near Bowling
(trKfl, Ky., Will Hkig, colurm), w)h
bad fatally wouniWd wltb a knife a
young uiuii uniued Ktrby. ,
, A Iwible Mpl.auim of ga and Art
daiuii oiTwrrd at No. 10 colliery, Tatf
q3, Pa., by wbtoh thrt nwn wr
lilllml and fiv wHutmly Injured.
'A freight train on tha Maryland (Vn
tntl railroad link tlinniKh a Ireatle at
FalUton, killed three men and hadty to
Jurd two,. wliil wrernl win wr
btirnwt. ,
A line of rllnd from Oorpn ClirUtl,
Tf i., to Panaiiw ha btwn wimineiionl.
It in to b niiUlwd In thru yr. All
racMry iwiocwlun bar been made
by the varloui governments,
i Th Wiiumer Investment eompuny of
Eanaaa City, tlirmigh President W. E.
Wliiiincr, ha mad an aaalgninent. It
had a capital (. k of fl.lHW.OOO. Yountf
Wlliliucr, who I In aeverul big u lieuic.
aa' It la not a failure,
' The city government of Woonaoc-ket,
ft. I ha voted to grant ten year' lm-
unnlty fmni Uiatlon to th Meaara. I-
(lulre or llclgliim anil Legg o( Kngland
If tliey will erect a large woolen factory
In that city. The goutletnen named
have cloned the bargain.
Prince OI Fixlorowna, mother of
Grand Duke Michael, eonatn of th Kojh
ln nutr, la aald to have taken her own
life on acconnt of th raar'a refnaal to
reatoiw her un to hi port In the army,
from which hewn dtamleaed for marry
ing the comile of Nnremtmrg,
Titer ia aerlon trouble In IWnarea,
Iuill, on account of th local author!-
tie having commenced th deilrnotion
of a grand temple which ha been for
many year a place of pllgrimag via.
I ted by Hindoo and Bmldhiita from all
part of India. The aiithorltie want
th U fur their water work.
Th board of lady manager of th
world a fair are ilolng tbeir ntnuwt to
ont Mi Phnl Conaln. the eoretary,
from her poaltlnn. Kh w locked out
of her room, but took poaaeealon of th
next apartment and held the fort. Mie
(i)iuiiia' HI. LouU lndy frtetidi ar to
bold an Inil.KtmUou iiieetiug,
! W. K. VnmWlillt'a team yacht Alva
which ha jnat returned to New York
from a two niouth crniae in the Allan
tic and Mediterranean, had on board a
aa of email p. aVveloped two day
liefor he reached iort. An oiler wa
th victim. Vandcrbilt and three friend
were th only one on board onteido of
th crew.
Bimnarck ha only a plurality over hi
three opponent In hi rare for a teat In
the Relcbrtag, and therefor niuat ult-
mit to a Rupplementary ballot or retire.
It I mire to win on th next ballot, it
in claimed, ami Wa only about 1,000
vote nhort of th required ma jorlt y . A
light vote wiw polled, owing to th ab-
i tent Ion of national liberal.
Father Jnmea McMahon of New York,
th wcttlthicat print In America, ha
made over to th Roman Catholic Uut
venitty, Wwhington, D. C, real eetate
valued ntf!IKl,000 to eatabllah achool
of theology. II made a great fortune
by inventing hi money In Long Branch
property ninny year ago. This I the
univeraity lo which Mia Mary Caldwell
gave l-'tOO.OOO fonr yean ago,
From Bournemouth, England, come
th itory that Mary Andornon Navarro'
married life ha been an unhappy one.
"Our Mary " ha been ill almost con tin
nally since h married Navarro, talk
very little to any one, and Intimate
friend and nlHter of tho Tartoim relig
Ion order ar the only visitor ah re
ceive. It la evideut, aaya th writer,
that Mr. Navarro mnat either return to
the theatrical profetutlon or die. The re
port that Mra, Navarro wa the mother
of a new-born babe lacked foundation.
A cablegram aayt th Chilean con
gree held it unit aeaiion on the 15th
irwt. There ii no foundation for th re
port that Carlo Antunea ha placed the
government fund In th hand of th
liumrgeiitH and realgned hi pout a niln
inter to Franc. Th inaurgenta holding
th nitrate port ar having a hard time
getting proviMona, Nitrate ia not now
being produced, and they ar getting no
revenue through tta exportation. It
wna for thia reftNon that t he government
abandoned theee porta. The insurgent
now have command of the tea.
Th reply of Hecri(tary of Stat Blaine
to Premier Rudinl ho "rattled" th
latter ' ttateman. ' When the matter
came up in the Italian chamber of depu
ties recently Rndini said Italy could not
admit that the diplomat lo incident whs
closed nutll the United State govern
ment acknowledged th duty of deliver
ing the known guilty member of the
New Orleans mob over to Justice and
indemnified the families of the victims,
wlm were Italian subjects, He regretted
that such a highly civilized government
as ours, should not fulfill the duties of
justice and morality. Budlni ezprtssed
the hope, however, the hope that some
means of conciliation honorable to both
countries, wonld be found. Minister
Porter and Count d'Arco had a atormy
interview at Rome, in which th latter
declared that Italy had nothing to do
with our constitution's shortcomings or
merits. "The just application of the
penal code," said d'Arco, "is the first
basis of civiliced society. " Ministot
Porter demanded that Italy delay fur
ther step until a definite reply from
the federal government is received.
An infant phenomenon of unprece
dented abilities has made her debut on
th Spunish operatio stage. She is Milu
gro Uerje of Alicante Andes, 10 years
old. She sings nil the parts of a prima
donna and charms her audience with
th strength and purity of her voice.
Her vocttliuatiou is said to be apparently
the product of a thorough course of
musical study, and hur mastery of the
difficulties of shuding is accomplished
with such eiiie that her throat and
breast do not give the slightest indica
tion of strenuous exertiou when she
sings. .Moreover, the tiny Gerje is a
fine emotional actrens, so that, says the
critic, when the auditor closes hi eyes
he can eaeily imagine himaelf to be un
'er the influence of n second Patti,
((mall pot ha broken out i XfW
York.
Th Mlnncaot legislator ha pawed
th Australian ballot system. 1
Mori ar current that th Vandcr
bilt and Jay Oould ar at war.
Th Chilean government ha cloned
all lis port to foreign veU.
Th official canvaa show that Hemp
stead Waalilmnie, Republican wa
levied mayor of Chicago by a plurality
Of oHI), '
Th Australian government I going
to grail Women th right of snffrag.
Two Oil City, Pa, men are building
miniature oil farm complete In all It
detail for the world's fair.
' An attempt to evict tenant near Con-
BelUvill, Pa., Msulted in a riot and th
law officer wer roughly bandied,
Twenty-fwnr skeleton have been un
earthed at Fort Andent, O. They ar
npfoaed to b th remain of mound
builder.
K Fred lUrf, a fireman at 0koh, Wis.,
ha jnt received tfl.OOO bequeathed to
bun by man who wife k aavedtea
year ago, ... -.-
Mai. Benjamin F. Talbot, prominent
in Philadelphia society and well known
In Boston, committed anicid while
craxed by grip.
Ilav. Churlo W, Bennett, profeaaorof
historical theology in the Garrett Bibli
cal inxtitut at Evanton, Ind., died at
Chicago of th grip.
A syndlcat ha ben formed at Lon
don to Win Mr. Langtry. Lord Ab
ingdon, notorious nuiW th nam of
Mr. Baird, i at th head of It
Morion Mauola, th opera singer, ha
secured a divorc from her husband,
Henry Mould. It I aaid ah will marry
Jack Mawn of th Boaton Museum.
After seuaatiotial trial at Chicago
John C. Coagnive and James R. Elliott
bav been convicted of forging a rich
woman's will aud given thru year in
tbc penitentiary.
Th body of th bit (bowman, P. T.
Barnum, wa not cremated after all
Th wife' entreatie Anally carried th
day, and P. T. did not leav the order to
cremate hi body after death,
Th Inhabitant of Antwerp ar great
ly extiUtd over a eri of mysterious
murders, generally committed at night,
and apparently the work of on person.
Two wer killed in ou night recently.
Manuel de la Hera, th rejected lover
of a young woman named Posadas, mur
dered the girl, her mother, father and
slater at Seville, Spain. The murderer
escaped aud Is thought to h; y i sailed
tor the United State.
Th granddaughter of th late Com-
modor Vandcrbilt baa been sued for a
grocery bill by a New York grocer. 8b
Is a daughter of Mr. Monte, and created
considerable talk by eloping with her
mother s coachman.
Th five trustee of the Kaweah col
ony have been found guilty of cutting
timber on government land. An expose
of the colony show that the leader
bav mad much money and deluded a
iarg nnmlier of inuoceut pwopla.
Ex -Senator Ingoll has contributed to
a New York joprnal au able article on
the New Orleans lynching. He believe
that this country has received more of
tli refuse of Eurojie than it con stand
and it is now time that a halt should be
called. ,
The case of a J. St ill well against El-
wood Bruner, the aeeemblyman who at.
tained notoriety by accepting 1400 from
Slillwell a a bribe, will be. tried in
Sacramento, the motion for a change of
venue having been granted by Judge
Hoge of Han t rancisco.
Lieut. Harris, a Washington journal
Ut, and Dr. Verdi, Baron Fava'i iuti
mat friend, are exchanging couipli
uienta. The doctor denied an interview
which the lietenaut published. Th
lieutenant calls the doctor a liar and a
onward and intimr.te that he will back
his works with sword or pistol
Chicago has a new society. It is called
the Rational Dress Reform society. Tli
members, who ar prominent society
ladies, aim to introduce new dress com.
binalious, the rationality of which con
sisU of brevity of skirt, duality of uu
derdres and shortness of upper drapery
None of the member have ventured to
appear in public in the combination.
The English lord chancellor stated iu
the house of lords that the government
would not introduce a bill giving hns
bands the power to put their wives in
prison for refusing to comply with an
order of a magistrate restoring conjugal
rights. Parliament has abolished the
power to imprison a wife for refusing to
live with her husband, and th judges
could not alter th luw.
The most interesting topio under dis
cussion nowadays among naval officer
is the proposed naval review to be held
at New York iu 1803 In connection with
the world's fair. The statement that
such a review will be held has been
given out unofficially by Secretary
Tracy and it is now stated by persons lu
authority that plana are already being
drawn in the deportment tor this splen
did exhibition. The present outlook is
that tl(ere will lie thirty-six new vessels
lu New York harbor in 1HDI) to partici
pate in what Secretary Tracy says will
be th grainiest naval demonstration
ever witnessed iu th Western hemi
sphere. J, W. Henthorn, a Topeka, Kas.,
newspaper reporter, creoted a aenBfttion
before the Coffeyville dynamite explo
sion investigation committee. He tes
tified that at the time of th explosion he
was city editor of the WinHeld Telegram
and In consultation with the editor and
owner of the paper it was decided that
the Republican party should be charged
with the cause of the explosion. He
sent dispatches to" Chicago, St. Louis
and Kansas City papers which appeared
in October, 1888, charging the Republi
can party with having caused the ex
plosion, lie said he had no information
whatever on which to base his charges.
Loring A. Robertson of Brooklyn
died a few months ago and left an estate
valued at M.OW.OOO. He was believed
to have been a bachelor, but in a short
time a mysterious widow appeared to
claim her third of the property. The case
come to trial but the " widow " withdrew.
Current rumor has it that the heirs
thought it cheaper to pay her 50,000
thau no to the expense or a lawsuit wun
a chance of losing a third of the estate
in case the woman proved that she was
Robertson's wife. A New York Herald
reporter followed the cose up and that
paper print an expos or a great con
spiracy to defraud the rightful heles,
and drags In the scandal two well known
attorneys, Byron Cohen and John F,
Baker. The alleged widow was a notor
ious woman named C8! Brooks. She
Is said to have reoeived $18,000 of the
money secured and the two lawyer
got th rest.
COAST NEWS.
Santa CrWCal., b abolish! all
.mercantile license.
1 The travel to the Yosemlt valley i
nnnsiuilly havy for this tlm of th
year. "
( dor, Markham wa tendered a ban-
. . ..... . ....... . u..-
((net ley the Lniou league ciuo
FrancMCO. , ,
tea Diego ha closed a contract by
(Whit it gain control of a water ytan
for twenty years, inns insonug cuw.p
and abundant wter.
Dr. Kohl of Han Francisco ha sued
Jeasi Bartlett Davis, the opera ringer,
for 110.000 damage for lander. Wie
aid h wa mritheragood physician nor
gentleman.
Ham Stn. son of ex-Senator Stone of
Missouri, wbo kidnapped hi child aom
tlm mC tmtS' tml car at St. Lorn, '
ataUx AngclefWl wits hi mother
and tb child, :' . . .
riiMfordMrv. a nrominent merchant
of Seattle and Taeoma, wa found dead
In a Kcattl street about seventy yaras
from thedoor of hi residence, overlook
ing Lake Union.
A number of Santa Ana, GL, youths
wer persuaded by a stranger to procure
fund and start on th road with a min
strel troupe. They played in one town
to fair bouse. The stranger and the
money bav not been seen sine, and th
young star walked bom.
Airent Mooreboua of th Umatilla
reservation I In rcipt of a letter from
tlie department requesting hi resigna
tion, which ha been forwarded, to take
effect May 8 1 at. Th charge against
him ia that th Indians ar retrograding
under bis management
Ran I.nl.niilsno.Cal.. baa a sensation.
A young lady of irreproachabl charac
ter mysteriously auappearea, ana no
trace of her could be found for four
day, when she returned. Shortly after
her return she became unconscious, and
nothing can be got out of her regarding
her absence. It I believed she was au
ducted and afterward brought back.
Tli importation of California orange
to th State of Washington i likely to
b prohibited by law unleea they ar
disinfected of the scale. Henry nucey
of the tte board of Mrricultur of
Washington state that nearly all of tb
orange now brought from California
are burdened with the pet
Tb silver rivet completing the Bear
valley and Aleaaandro pipe lln was
driven home on the 16th Inst Water
ha ben turned Into the pipe, and very
soon will 1 running down the slope
Into San Jecinto valley to Moreno and
through the Aleaaandro tract toward
Perri.
Mr. Laura Cosgrov of San Jo,
aged IT, took a dose of Rough on Rats
and died thiee hour later. Her mother
kept a home of ill repute. The girl
married two yean ago James Cos grove,
an engineer. They lived together a few
months t4 separated. . Lately she bad
been -keeffiig company with young
man named Ed Griffiths, and learned
that the ne'ghbors wer circulating sto-
riea about hr. She assigned no cause
for the deed.
J. Vf. Cook, th treasurer of the
Southern California Orange exhibition
and supervisor ef Los Angele county,
Is dying at th Leland Hotel, Chicago.
Ha lnu been suffering from the grip
ever since he went to Chicago, and this
ha turned into pneumonia. Hi fan
ily has been telegraphed to come on at
once. Several physician and nurses
are in constant attendance. Others of
th California party ar also wriously
ill at their hotel with. grip. Ameng
them ar L, Bridge, J. C. West of Glen
dora and O. H. Foedlck of Orange.
Ther is great rejoicing" in San Diego.
The common council of that city has
nnnimn8ly passed the Peninsular rail
road bill, which insure the bnilding of
a first elan standard gauge railroad
from San Diego, at least 300 mile south
ward and to Yuma, which give to San
Digo the must Important of all possible
acouisitions to her commercial suprem
aey. Contract have already been let
for th grading and laying of forty-five
mile of road northward from San Uuen-
tin. Locomotives and 8,000 tons of rails
are now on the way consigned to the
latter place and Son Diego for building
the road southward from San Diego that
will commence immediately and pushed
to rapid completion.
' Deeds have ben recorded granting to
the government the right of way for
cutting a channel for the San Joaquin
river through what is known to steam'
boat men as Head Reach, a long bend in
the river twenty-five miles below Stock
ton, Th cut will be 8,800 feet long,
800 feet wide and 13 feet deep. The
work will be done by contract, to be let
by the government in about six weeks,
and will be completed by the 1st of Sep
tember. This cut-off will remove the
worst bend in th river, and will give
the stream a better velocity, which will
improve' navigation by scouring out the
rhannl. These rights of way were pur
chased by (the Sou Joaquin Navigation
and Improvement company and the
island fanners who are Interested lu
navigation.
i A startling disclosure has been made
that the wife of F. A. Bettis, a promi
'nent citixen and ex-city official of Spo
kane, Wash., had been plotting to bring
tbout his murder. For a long time he
land his wife have been separated, and
rs. Bettis recently began divorce pro
ceedings, but afterward withdrew them.
lA bitter fight has been waged over tl
.'community property, as Bettis is u
wealthy mau. Not long ago the police
iaflloeri learned that Mrs. Bettis was in
(consultation with a suspected crook
j from the JEast They contrived to se
k'i'ete themselves in the presence of the
!conspiratars and learned their plans.
'The man agreed to murder Mr. Bettis,
and was to b paid $5,000, of which J
was to be cash, $750 in ten days, and th
remainder to be gent to him ou the isth
mus of Panama.
Tl Sextoii'a Itrlght Idea.
' The sexton of one of our city churches
has recently invented and perfected a
novel and, as he doubtless imagines, a
Btrikimrlv effective-piece of "business."
The interior of the edifice is always
bathed in a dim religious dusk until the
lime for the collection. Then as the
rector delivers with deliberate sonorous".
lies the words, "L-e t yonr-r light s-o
shi-ne be-fore m-e-n," the sealons func
tionary throws tho throttle wide open
and dazzles the congregation, with the
combined refulgence of a thousand gas
lights, producing an effect similar to the
thrilling moment when tho man in the
top gallery of ft Bowery theatre "turns
de calcium on Juliet." taie.
ITEMS rO OUR FARMERS.
Items of Nv- Net f Valu
Gatherings Frem AH Suee.
Mr. George Clark, a rustling fanner
m ar MouiiHiulb, say that on grub land
the mil! of the wood will aliimat pay
for the clear! Dir. and that f rub una. If
cleared, U a good a, if not fia-IU-r than,
the prnirie mini.
Mr. Georgtt Rogera, of Independence,
who I authority on tiling, aay that
from hi riawt vear of exuerteiitie he la
profiling, and tbat v will bury 20,000
mora tile this vear. He idace Urn
drain four rod apart, ana find the
ntmit in no s sora.
Mr. Fruiik Powell, of Monmouth,
ay that be I aatiefled that thousand
of acre of land in Polk county, now
UHy'iiayimf ilqtjtuMug wheat,
will is a ea"i toSke-the owner
wealthy (n fruit, and the fruit induntry
ill be the mean of dividing the lane
forum. ' ' 'j,- .
i(r. C. M. Brown, of IndVpendcBw.
ay that he b sat billed tbat arraying la.
neromry in our areiauus. auu urn,.
no former can raiae good fruit in Ore
gon, or anj-where else, unit he sprays;
that the careful cultivation of Califor
nia orchard would urpriis Oregon
fanners, and tbat fruit raising hi den
tilled to become a great indiMry here.
Mr. Haver Mixer hue aliown eoimidcr-
ablc taste in hi arrangement of Mower
bed in the garden of Hqulre Uutk-r, of
this city, lie has carefully anapea tu
bed into stars, heart, dub, padM,
etc., nk-ely bordered with blue gnu.
The walk are spaded out below the
surface ami kept nicely smoothed oil.
A nower garden w not only an orna
ment, but It nerve a useful purpose a
an educator.
It seem to be conclusively settled
that by for Uio best way to keep man
ure is lo let it remain under tu ani
mals all winter, accumulating to a
depth of several feet, under tbem and
preserving all tb urin. When thus
Iramned down firmlv it never heats.
and la fully one fourth stronger than
when piled out door exposed to the
tun and rain, both of which injurs it
greatly.
A farmer who know a great deal
about raising potatoes says tbat be
deems It a mistake for farmers to
plant only the email potatoe; that
whllo thev mav raise arood crom from
small seed" for one or two years, if they
do not obtalu their need from those
who take pains to select large aeed,
their potatoe will noon run out and be
come small. We (should, at least laelect
the plumpest and best, wheat vats, to
sow, and why not potatoe.
The Bugnr beet requires a deep, per
meable soil, for h root penetrate
deeply luto tb soil and are abundantly
supplied with fine fibre through which
it receives it nourishment A deep,
suudy kmm is the beet soil to produce
ocetN ncn iu sugar, tor wnen oeew grow
above the ground the crown is nearly
worthless for sugar purposes. Beet
will not flourish on wet, murky lands,
and what grow are not sweet.
Farmers in Oregon often neglect to
manure their gardens, because their
rich lauds are hardly ever manured,
but it will certainly pay. Xearly every
farmer keeps chickens, and chicken
manure is the very richest kind of
plant food, in fact too rich for use
alone. Go to some swamp, and get
some of the mud there, mix it with an
equal quuutity of chicken manure and
you have an excellent fertilizer. Try it
for your choice plants in the garden-
Farmers can Improve the wheat
raised on their own farms, and hi a
few years the result will be apparent
by observation. The simple plan is to
select the largest and finest heads of
wheat and each year sow them by
themselves. Select the finest of those
heads and sow by themselves sowing
the rest in the field, select the best
again, and so on each year. The
farmer who practice the above will
soon have seed wheat which will com
mand double prices if advertised for
seed.
Every body kuows how to plant
potatoes but still the opinion of a prac
tical farmer may be of interest to our
readers. "I only plant one eye at a
time, I would as soon think of plant
a whole ear of corn iu a hill a a whole
potato. I have even, where-a variety
was a new oue and very expensive cut
the eye cluster Into two or more parts
and be successful in having a good crop
from each, I always try to get my po
tato crop iu early as I believe the
earlier they can be got in, the more
certatuty or a good orop.
Farmers sometimes " sow com and
loose it all through the depredations of
crows, i ne crow is a smart mra and
soon sees that a scarecrow is a humbug.
The common devices used for this pur
pose. An open newspaper, bright tin,
a clapping wiudmill, au efllgy, etc., are
effect ion only for a short time, when
something now must be found. A
practical farmer suggests that early
planting is a gooa remedy, wnue an
other claims that a corn planter, which
covers the seed and presses down tho
earth upon it is a sovereign remedy.
Mr. II. Hirchburg, the banker.owns
several hundred acres of land below In
dependence, and says that - his experi
ence in genius rut oi ohk gruus is mac
the only way to do Is to hire ineu and
dig them out root and all. That he
tried cutting off the tops, and having
them grazed, aud he tried pulling with
a stump puller, but many of the tough
roots remuiued lu the ground and grew
again, He says that it will cost from
to $.10 an acre to clear grub land.
But t he wood if salable will reduce the
cost to from f 10 to $15 au acre, aud it
pays to get the hind cleared .
A novel method of growing straw
berries for ornament as well as use, was
seen by the writer last summer at Med
I'oixl. A box was filled with earth, and
several two-inch holes bored in tlte
sides and end of the box. In these
holes strawberry plants were placed,
and iu the center of the earth a large
tomato can, with holes punched In the
bottom was nearly buried. Water
placed in the can fed the plants for sev
eral days. The sun beating against the
wooden surface caused tlte berries to
rlpeu quickly, and the blossoms aud
fruit were very ornamental. Try the
plnn.
mr-r-f. re.