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NO. 29.
VOL. VIII.
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gation (llif moat r III vvari.on Hi Wlllam
Ml Hwr, ami on Hi main lln tif III Oretron
riiHIurnln KntlMadt runtaliit population
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air th count, will.' It la tin of III large.1,
mint wmltliv unit tliUSly populated In til
WlllMitvtM Valley.
EKCKKT SOCIKTIKH.
A.
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NO, Si. meet every Mtmdav uluht in
Miuonlr IihIU All atdounilng hp.itiu.ra Invited
tuattend. JAMKH (ilHMO.N, M, W,
K. V. DAl.TON, Uecorder.
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lirnrii.r, J. W.lliwtfr. W. M.
PHYSICIANS DBNTISTIY.
LEE & BUTLER, ,
Physicians & Surgeons.
U. S. Examining: Surgeons.
Offlc: ul ld Of MftlB St.,
ISDKMSPINCR, ... 0KQO
DK. J. K. LOCKE;
Physician - and - Surgeon.
Buana VliU, Oragen.
J.M.CROWLEY,
Physician andSurgeon
MONMOUTH, OR.
DK. J. B. JOHNSON.
Resident Dentist
All work wrrnld to lv Hie bwt
f mllnhwUim.
JSDKI'KNMJXfK,
(lltK(K)S
ATTOUXEYS.
A. M. HUE LEY,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
OfflK Next to Indrpfodi-uo N(it'l Uuk.
Iudcpntluce,Or.
u if nullum. H. N. IliUfdtn. W. HI"'W
BONHAM. HOLMES t HATOtH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
OFF1CR IS f8H HI-OCK,
Ilntwrrn Sll nd Court, RAI.KM, OK,
on lomim'rt'iiu nu
"miscellaneous.
C. S. McNALLY,
iRCHITENySHTSM,lN
KOOM8 fl 1 llt'SH-HBEVMAN III-OCH,
COMMEHOIAL T, 6A1.EM.OR.
S. A. PARKER,
Munufucturer ud dlr In
Sash! : Doors, : Moulding, ; Etc,
Kull nuick of Oliwn, ll nlw. kopt oonntantly
on hand. HM'dlnl raum on contract.
Factory on R. II. trtt uer dnpot.
CITY HOTEL,
C St.," Independence.
JAMES GIBSON, Prop
Firnt clnM in every reitpeot Special
attention giveu trBnsient cuntomen.
nample room for commercial traveler.
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 Land a fine quality of
Brick, which will be sold at reason
able prices.
-:TIIE:-
Willamette Real Estate Co.
Independence, - Oregon.
TratiBUCtB a general Keul Kntute IJuhI
newt, buy and sellit Property, enecw
ItiHurunceand does a general
Conveyance Bunlnewi.
rartle. having Lands for role will
11 nd It to their advantage to
List Their Property
.Mil. 11.1.. n a HiAV AMI flllllV
Willi MIS MJIUJlllliJi nn wv "
sending list of land east, thus piao-
ing desirable property before the i
erew -
dents of the Last.
JAMES GIBSON,
J. W. KIIIKLAND. . President.
Hccretury.
HANKS.
KuttilllitHl by Nnllonitl Atilhorlly,
-TIIK-"
IRST NATIONAL BANK.
nf Indvptintttiaee, ttrvRttii,
Capital Stock,
Surplus,
$80,000.00
$10,000.00
it
.H.COOPKU,
W. KOHKHWON,"
VUm I'nwldcnt.
I'rmltlitnt,
W. It MAWI.KV, 0lilr.
DIRECTORS.
. K l!wr, U W. Kotwrtium, lwl Hulmlrk
O. W. Wl)ltkr, W. W. Culllmt.
A general hanking liiulnnM tronaaeled.
Itny Mid ll exi-hunge int nil Important
point,
Hpoalt received HubJooi t" eheek er-
lineal of dapualt. I'oIImm lull mud.
Offle lioum; t ft. m. U i p. m.
THli inn-i-.sntci:
National Bank I
Capita) Stixk, $50,000.00.
It. IlllWt IIIIKItt),
. Prwldont.
AHltAM NKIJH)N,
Vlt Pnldnt.
W. P. CONSAWAY
A (rntiral luinkln( ftu'd xi-linito bu.lliM
triiuuH'inl; lontw Mmd, bill dlHiunltd,nn
niffroiul crvdll nuild; dill riwld on
etirmit nuutit auliKt to lieek, Inlvmt lUd
on tllll tlfpnall.
WUKCTOKH!
JtMhu. Mrnll, II. H. Jnnnxin, A. J.
(kxidiimn, H. Hlrrfhlwrt. A. Mlm,
T. i, I. A. Allen,
(KHtttliliMued by atlttt ul Authority.)
Til K
Capital national Bank
OF SALEM OREGON, ffl
jmid up, $10,000.00.
Surplua, $16,000.
H.H.WAM.ACK, W.W.MAItTIN,
Pnldtnt, VlilrlilBiiU
J, H. Al.llKHT, Ciuhlor.
LOANS MADE
To 'rninion whwit and other mrchnllil
produrv, roimliined or In Mor. elllier In prl
vl gronerltM or public wrvhon.i.
lirnlUdiikwn direct on New York,fliio,
Han Kmnclxii, I'ortlitr.d, lundon, I'urii, Ht
lln, Hoiik Kong and t.'uti-uilm
THE POLK COUNH BANK,
MONMOUTH, OftlOON.
frM'nt, (Portland)....
..T. A. MrRHM
iiiu iA . P I. PAUIHIKI.L
Cwhltt L 0. r0WKL,b
111
Capital Slock,
Ptia Up,
(50,000
23,000
DIRBOTORSi
H:"ritMP ISAAC M SI MI'SON
V. B, liUri ER. A. H, OHIOOS.
r.L CAMHUKUU
a tonkin bn.lneM trttiwinl. t
mmiU iwld tnblwil t hei. or on rrtltlri
ul detlt. Ii mada. bill! rtlfounted ai
i'hanbouihtaudold. Intctaal ald on lima
rtrlxMlt
riwprnot nltnd burglar prool aala. totir4
y vai Una loca
MT-Offloa honra ( a. a.to4p.
Good
and
CHEAP
We have tho largest and Ul'Al
Stock of Harness ever brought
to this Section.
All Our Own Manufacture.
Our Whips are direct from the
Factory and are the best
' out of 150 Stylef.
Trimming at reasonable Prices.
Beamer & Craven.
TAYLOR'S
Cash Grocery & Bakery
ON 0 STREET. .
Freih Broad, Plea and Cakea on hand STr daj
axoapt Sunday.
rail and frenh atonk of oannsd goodi, lur.
Mas, coffua, augar, candles, elgara sud tobaoooa,
P. . TAYLOR, Proprietor.
H. II, Pattkbsob.
. P.PATTItlUIOK,
PATTERSON Bros,.
DRUGGIST
-DIAI.BE in-
WA1CEES,
CLOCKS MD
JEWELTLY,
INDEPENDENCE,
OREGON.
W. G. SHARMAN,
, , Ft" ' 1 I
j m rr, yipf Q 1 A
j 1Y1C1V.-11U1I V iunwt i
MB
C STREET, OPPOSITE POSTOFEICE.
Suits in Any Style Made to Order
AT HEAHONAIILK BATHS,
HENKLE &
IIKAt.KIIH IN
FfifvllLY QBOCERI
TAKEN IN 1CXCHANOK KOK GOODS.
iUSTER
USTER
'USTER
DRUG
DKAI.I'.IIH
Drugs, Medidse:
Spenaaa, Bruahaa, Parfumary. Sohool Beaka and ArtlaU Suppllaa.
A Pull stock of Watehai. Clooki and
-Phyalelana' Praaerlptlana
MAIN STREET,
E. C. PENTLAND,
Real
INSURANCE AMD
Main St., bet. B and
Tim n.l iMiufo niiirt.,! lai.iili.l tint T
in.i ilium v nf iav lOmlm fur itiv frlcniU to ilitiii III mill nut tlieinwlvtn; niul
It anyone luis cimmw in iiikxih hi n-iti
hiv.Jimi.iita In r.il oHliitn tin not Hi t
of land whlfb tltev wmit whlt'li Isttlsmt to Iw IhiukIiI up y some one i liey
soiiii'tlnifs t't a liltlf axelu-d. VVe w Uh llttue having nul vstnta for aal to
wine In uiul lei u help yon wll It. I'lmt Is our tiiisliuito lirlng buyer niul
selltT ttiKolhfr.niitl we ilo not know of itiivone wh wonUI U'lrrudge pnylng us a
n.,i.iiluyl,,ii iimvlili.il llmv tftit tho tirltvtt tit'liiillitU'tl.
... . -i' " .,1
We lliivo a vory itltrut'live nm tu
persons wiiti otiiiieinpiiiie purcntiiting in
I iltl A illttfre trnettif land, uulniprovl, but Jint tbe very lt of hup laud.
It will pity someone Pki jicr tfiil,. mi Hie liivfslmtnl.
WK A 20tiere Init tof fruit or Rralii litiul, wltluli Is beuutlfully loetttetl. The
prit-e Is tisi low to rtMimlu long without takers,
lino Uwi'lltntr house, four rtsmm (now). JubI the thliitf for an ortllnary-slMHl
ftinilly. Two finely lisaietl lots. Terms, one-luilf essli.
Oil-I'lve lots on one of the be! bbsks lu Moiiuuiutli. The five for only ftii'i
Mtt'h. Juittltlnk of It. Cull niul see tl almtlt It ntonee.
ft'iU Two lots on A txiriM-r In Hill's ailillllon, JUally worm ftOO at proseiit
iirliva. Terms ptutv.
6000-A fruit farm near town, with new
Just tliree-fourtlis of a tulle
INDEPENDENCE,
HAS NOW, AND PROSPECTIVF,
Ma ny Acl va ntages.
FIRST.
-A RAILROAD CEM TER.-
Independence to Corvallisby 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.
Independence to Albany by " ; "
A HOP CENTER.
The present area in Hops, tributary to Indepeudonco, will
soon bo trebled. The amount of income will reach in a few
years , at least one million dollars.
The adaptability of our lands for special fruit-raising, such
prunes, pears and apples; will employ hundreds of men; bring
into tho country thousands of dollars, and make our farming
lands worth from two to three hundred dollars an acre, tfruit
raising will bring canneries and fruit dryors.
SUGAR BEET RAISING
The rich bottom-lands of this section aro peculiarly well
adapted to raiscng sugar bcete, the profit, above cost of produc
tion, being estimated at from thirty to forty dollars an acre.
One sugar factory will call into use over 3,000 acres of land, in
creasing it value half a million dorian, and employing labor.
WALKER,
OCKE,
OCKE,
iOCKE,
IN
Jawtlry. Rapalrlna Naatly Dana.
Carafully Campauntladr
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
state!
LOAM AGENT.
C, Independence.
Imvi- nil iillnti'livn tin I lie limi.'l
fmniu i tun nit- Hrwni, .uimi iinminn
lutrrlitllv. nlitl vet. wlii'M lln'V wt n Irnt't
..i. 1 A.i..iA
jmiis - rty in mifr inn ww nun
esti nuti v us v umv. " iim '
fences and btilldlnirs, for ttM) an acre.
rroin me new seiioui uouw.
COAST NEWS.
Et-Attorney Ueneral J. F. Alexander
of Mcvailft tiled very recently at Orange,
Ul.
Kan Francisco lias nut In her bid for
the uatlonal volition! convention next
year.
Evidence tn the Colusa election fraud
case ahows that many men whose names
were raoortled aa having voted did not
vote at all.
Stephen Venard, fainons as a hunter
of highwaymen, died in Nevada City,
UaL, aged 07 years. He came to uia
plj;? in the early fifties.
A Chinese laxaretto has been estab
lished on Dsxcy Island, about twenty
miles from Victoria, B. C, and five pa
tients have been taken there.
The Petaluma Fruit Packing eompany
us commenced work for tba sessou on
cherries. The company expecta to pat
up during the season 75,000 cases,
The court have decided that Ban
Dleiro must nay the Coronatlo schottl
teachew their salaries from the 84th of
tXtolsf, 1889, up to the data of the In
oorporstlon of Uoronado City,
Representative Herman of Oregon has
reeoiumended to the secretary of the
interior the appointment of John W.
Crawford of Salem as agent for the
Umatilla Indians, vice Lea Morebouse, ,
resigned. ,. .
(Itarles Hawley, a laborer from Mo
di to, Cal., ha been awarded at Stock
ton a verdict of $2,000 damages against
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
for being ejected from a Pullman car in !
December, 18S0. '
The 1100.000 of Helena, Mont., city
bonds, the issue of which was authorised
by the legislative assembly to fund tba
Hosting debt, were sold recently by City
Treasurer Walter at public auction.
Wilding was lively, and the
bronght i premium.
bond
The other day near Grass Valley
Jsmes Hayes, a young man, was riding
a horse when tbe animal reared up and
fell on Ita WV emaliliitr Have beneath
fell on iu nat K, crnsiung Hjes oeneain
it. The pommel of the saddle struck
the young man in the stomach and dan
gerously injured him.
The sixth annual meeting of the Ore
gon Hints Hundny-school association
was held at Eugene, Or., recently. Re
ports from county asociatiois show
40,000 children in th Maitiluy-schools or
the state, and the fiimtiees of the associ
ation are most satisfactory.
Judge Alphonso Taft, ex-secretary of
war and ei-miuister to Austria, died at
his home in Ban Diego recently. The
remains were taken to CHiiciuuatl, and
the family ' accompanied them. The
three department of the auiwrior court
adjourned out of mipect to the deceased
statesman.'
John Brooks entered John W. Smith's
limine at Wheatland, Or., and fired at
the latter with a revolver. Uiutth then
iuok shot at his assailant, inflicting
two scalp wpunds. The .trouble grew
out of Brooks' attention to Smith' wife.
Brooks was arrested, and there was talk
of lynching him.
The schooner-yacht Halcyon, during
all the time she has been reported dodg
ing around the Hawaiian islands and
the California coast, has been lying
qniutly at the head of the Inlet on Bar
clay sound, on the west coast of Van
couver island. She reached Vancouver
from Japan April U0.
Joe Medley, an old-timer, killed three
California lions lately within a radius of
one and a half miles of the Fresno toll
house. The settlers in that locality
have suffered considerable lotts from the
attacks of these beast on their stock.
One of tho lions is being stuffed. He
lucwires night feet from tip to tip. The
others were nearly as large.
The Paciflo Fast Fruit Line company
has been incorporated at Chicago. Tbe
new organisation has made arrange
ments with the Santa Fe to transport
their car. The company will compete
with the California Fruit Transportation
company, which has long had a mort
gage on the business. The new line has
had 150 new cars built for the shipment
of fruit. ,
At a convention of swamp land own
ers of Sacramento the reclamation of
600.000 acres of title lands in the Yolo
basin, opposite Sacramento, was consid
ered. It is proposed to cut a drainage
canal from a few miles above Sacra
mento, on tbe west side of the river, to
Suisun bay. It is a revival of the project
suggested by the state board of engineers
under the act of 1878.
The two rival presidents and boards
of directors of the San Diego Land and
Town company have fallen out to such
an extent that a receivership has been
asked for by the opponents of the Kim
ball management. The great Sweet
witter dam and irrigation system, to
get her with the National City and Otay
railway and thousands of acre of the ,
finest land in the country, are owned ny
this company. . i, ' 1
A jury at Spokane, after being out
twenty-four hours, could not agree.
The judge ordered them'back into the
jury room to remain until they reached
a verdict. He abo instructed the bailiff
not to give them anything to eat until
they had found a verdict of guilty or
not guilty in a highway robbery case.
In ten minutes thereafter tne jury re
turned a verdiot finding the prisoner
guilty as charged. 1 , .
Col. Compton, commandant or the
fort at Walla Walla, while giving testi
mony before the conrt of inquiry into the
recent lynching at Walla Walla, stood
cross-examination manfully for geveral
hours, when at butt he broke dbwn and
his eyes filled with tears. He said it was
alt due to his non-commissioned officers.
He bad trusted them and found them
unfaithful. Had they done their duty
the lynching would not have occurred.
He thought he had such perfect dis
cipline that after his earnest lecture the
night before no further violence would
take place, .
A lilt of a Woman.
: Louise Lawson, the sculptor , whose
statue of Sunset Cox is occasioning con-,
sidorable discussion just now, is a
bit of a woman, with golden brown
hair, gray eyes, a lisp , and a viva-,
oious manner. She wears, when work
ing iu clay, a dark blue blouse and
trousers, and her studio costume is al
ways of white linen skirt and coat the
latter fiuislvod with an extraordinary
collar of course embroidery, tied with the
traditional knot of baby blue ribbon. ,
With this costume yellow shoe are worn,
The wholo effect is rather more blxarre
than attractive. Whatever the oritics
say, the bitter carriers swear by Louise
and her nine-foot image. Exchange.
THE JACKS0N-C0RBETT FIQHT.
tl Was a Orat Haiti Hut Malthas Mao
Wun -DwilSod N Uuntoat."
Tha long-looked-for Corbett-Jackson
right ended a few dreamed it would
both men fought to a standstill in sixty
rounds and unable to injure the other in
tha least. Tha men were in the fluent
possible condition. Jackson's black
akin shone like polished ebony. Corbett
in tit ring was the picture of a well
developed, lithe athlete, his extremely
white skin contrasting strangely with
that of the Australian. Th cleverness
of the two men was shown from the
moment they entered tbe ring. Corbett
showed up bravely and confidently, and
JAMKH COBIIETT.
Jackson fought admirably, ne was not
aa aklllful as Jim. but Peter weighed
twelve pound more (107 to 185), and
, that with the exigence ne nau maae
things pretty even. There was a good,
enthiisisstlii crowd there just enough
to fill the ball comfortably and they
cm WI,n luBlr ,n"!rv " l"D ""
PBnaP(1 ... M immenselv nleaaed
and enormously entertained. Bo ror
twenty-five rounds the fight was a bril
liant success. Had either of the men
been knocked ont there, the contest
would have gone down to history as the
finest ever fought in California.
All the San Francisco sportsmen that
were able to toddle were t here. Corbett
for half a doxeu rounds did not pay a
bit of attention to the Australian
fighter. His unvarying scheme was to
make a play at jumping back, and in
stead of doing it to setid his left hand at
the narrow line of black skin that
showed between Jackson's guarding
hand and his belt. He usually suc
ceeded. Jackson would try to uppercut
In return, and Corbett would beat Uiat
bv clinching,
Dirbett's brilliant boxing showed from
the first round. The two moved about
the ring litbely as two snakes and as
cautiously as two men fighting for
110,000 in cash and a fortune beyond
should. For a while neither took the
offensive. They imply moved around,
PETER JACKSON.
watching for an opportunity to send a
fist into any opening that presented, it
self, There were not so many of these
openings, either. Corliett managed to
get in the greater number of blows and
to labor the least. Jackson' great work
in his previous battles ha beeu a pec
liar jerking of his slender body out of
harm's way. Peter missed the trick
when he tried that in this contest. Cor
bett's arms were too long and he was
too long. When he reached for the top
of Jackson's white tight he usually
touched it, an! he tonched .it nsnally
with a retmrt like a bursting paper bag,
Jackson showed his great generalship
in keening Corbett moving backward all
the time. This tired Corbett more than
anything else. Jackson was stronger
than the 8nn Franciscan, but Corbett
more than offset this with superior sci.
ence and agility. Both fought for the
body of his opponent and were severely
punished. Jackson's stomach : and
shoulder were completely goneaud Cor-
bett's hands were practically useless.
After the forty-first round no fighting
was done. A walking match then tx
gan and lasted until the sixty-first round
when the reforee deemed tne ngut "no
contest. It was evident tha the fight
could not be brought to a finish. 1 here
was not a knockdown in the fight,
i The important rounds of the contest
were the sixteenth, twentieth, thirtieth,
thirty-first and forty-first. In these
rounds some hard fighting was done and
it looked at times as if the battle wesjro-,
tng to eud, sometimes in favor of Jack
son and then in CorVett's. Little blood
was shed. Jackson drew first blood in
the sixteenth and Corbett brought forth
the Australian's claret in the eighteenth.
The fight was a test of the Dempsey
and Jem Mace schools of ft gating. Cor
bett fought Demps style all through
and Jackson followed the teachings of
Mace. The decision of "no contest"
make the two men dependent upon tha
generosity of the California club for any
part of the purse they may get. ,,
Tru to tit Ufa.
A painter was commissioned to portray
the image of a mint on the refectory wall
of a oonvent. The price stipulated was
very low, but it was asireetl that the artist
.iw.nid Imvn liia meiils nrovltled at the ex
pense of the convent, until his work was
nuMied. It turned out that the only food
mmllH.l to the uoor artist by the reverend
fathers consisted of bread, onious and clear
water. Tho day for unveiling the fresco
at leugt U arrived. The friars stood round
the artist, the curtain was remureu.
..,. n,i ilmilit ii verv line picture, but
tho saint had his back turned toward the
! spectators.
What does this mean f" shouted the in
dignant prior. ,
"Padre, I was compelled to paint the
picture as you see it, for the saint could
ii Claihio.
not bear the smell of onions.
-i !
BRIEF MENTION.
A terrific tornado is reported from Mex
ico, Mo. Many houses were demolished
and twelve people wore killed. "
Seven storett, two lumber mills and
thirty houses were burned at Houston,
Tex., recently. The loss was aoo,00(i.
Queen Natalie has been forcibly ex
pelled from Hervia. Affair in that
country are in a critical condition.
J. W. Mackey, Jr., is making quite a
name for himself in business circle at
New York. He 1 called the new NapoV
eon of finance.
Sybil Sanderson, the young California
prima donna, scored a brilliant success
in Massenet's opera, "Munon," at Lon
don. A company has been organized by
Knglisli and American capitalist to
build ten steel steamships to run direct
from Chicago to Wale. The capital is
f.VHW.000.
The New England Moral Kcform so
ciety is after the modern dancers. The
society declare that the old style of
dancing was commendable and enjoy
able but the modem dances are indecent.
An important question - ha been
bronght up in the surrogate's court at
New York. The court is asked to decide
whether or not an American woman
irfeits her citizenship in marrying an
English nobleman.
The fight between Billy Meyer and
Andy Bowen at New Orleans ended very
unsatisfactorily. Meyer fouled Bowen,
it i thought by accident, and the referee
decided a draw. All bet were declared
off.
Enoi mong quantities of gold are still
being sin piied from America to Europe,
New York banker have been unable to
determine where it I going. A panic
is feared in financial circles.
A special from Montreal says Premier
Mercler of Queliec, according to official
information, has been unable to induce
French capitalist to float his 10,000,000
loan on the ground that his securities
are insufficient.
Tbe referee in the case of Dr. Fraser
. Fuller of New York against his wife,
Lizzie Hastings Fuller, formerly of San
Francisco, has decided in favor of the
defendant. Ex-Judge Leicester Holmes,
Mayor Grant's secretary, was made
co-respondent by the plaintiff.
The thirty-first annual convention of
the United Status Brewers' associaticu
was held at Chicago a few day ago.
The past year, according to the presi
dents address, has been a prosperous
one. He recommended a continuance of
the fight against the Prohibitionists.
The association will erect a building at
the world' fair which will cost $168,000,
The story published of the death in
Algiers of M. Herculais, the French
naturalist, was a hoax. He went to Al
gier to find a remedy, if possible, for
the locust pest, and a friend of hi started
the story of his skeleton being found
under a pile of locust as a joke. M.
Herculais has telegraphed the French
academy of sciences that he is alive and
well. .' '
The United States Consul at Gibraltar
in bis report to the state department
say that during the last four months
thirty-one foreign steamships have
touched at that port, carrying more
than 20,000 immigrant to the United
State and many more are expected soon,
The United States Cousul at Naples re
ports a vast multitude of immigrants
leaving for the United States on every
steamer.
A work train on the New York Cen
trnl railroad was blown to atoms near
Tarrytown by the explosion of dynamite
which was being transported for con
struction purposes. It is thought
spark from the engine caused the explo
sion. Die roves or tne expusnon was
terrific. The walls of buildings in Tar
rytown were shaken aud cracked and
window glints fell on the sidewalk in
showers. The track at the scene of the
Wreck was torn np for 000 feet and the
rails were twisted in all shapes. There
were thirty-three laborers on the train.
twenty of whom were killed and all in
jured more or less.
tianiomig will not be permitted on
the exhibition grounds of the world'i
fair in any form. That is one of the
first of a series of iron clad rules that
has been laid down by the way and
means committee to govern the men
who get- concessions. .Nor wiU any
drunkenness be allowed. Goods offered
for sale must be exactly as represented,
The rules that have been adopted show
that no visitors will be imposed on by
" fakirs. "t A distinction is made between
privileges and concessions. The for
mer refers to the sale of such goods as
are manufactured in order to illustrate
the machine or process exhibited, while
concessions apply to the sale Of all goods
and the of attractions from which the
seeming of revenue is the sole object of
the lessees.
A new political party has come to
life. It wits born at at Cincinnati and
the National Union Conference is the
author of its birth. The conference con
sisted of delegate from the Fanners'
Alliance, Knights of Lalwr, Prohibition
ists, Greenbackers Rnd other kindred
orgauizatious. The People's Farty is
the name of the new organization. The
committee on resolutions, of which Ig
natius Donnelly whs chairman, drew up
the platform, which is the same as that
adopted at OcahvFla., in 1800 by the
Alliance. It reiterates tho demands of
that platform for the abolition of na
tional banks and the establishment of
I eub-tatflsuriesi that the government
loan money at 2 per cent, on non-perish
able property; that laws be passed pro
hibiting alien ownership of land and
that the government reclaim and open
up for settlement aH lands owned by
railroads and corporations not in actual
use. An attempt to introduce a prohi
bition plank in the platform was voted
down unanimously. The wildest en
thusiasm prevailed after the reading of
the platform. The leaders of the new
party say this Is the beginning of a great
struggle between capital ana laDor,
A Bllg-llt B.IDll.
"You admit the profession free, don't
youf" asked the grlszled old fellow at the
door, ' '
"The profession? What profession? The
theatrical profession? Why, of course. Are
ou ou the sttiifef"
"Yes, sir. 1 have beeu on the stage tor
three years or more."
"All right, goon In."
He went in nud enjoyed the performance.
On the road out he was stopped by the
doorkeeper again. 1 ' ,,
"You say you are an actor?"
."No, I didn't say that."
"Why, yes you did. You said you had
been on the stage for three years."
"Yes, I said 1 have beeu ou the stage, but
I didn't say I was an actor. I drive the
1 Leadville stage every morning." Light,
ITEMS rOR OUR FARMERS.
If the old bone lying around farm,
bouse or about the yard, were gathered
together and burled at the root of fruit
trees, not only would the premise be
greatly improved but the growth of the
tree also advanced, for tree are very
fond of such nutriment a I found in
bone. Fragment of bones are Just a
valuable a bone dut, although their
lenient of fertility will not be found
available in so short a time a if tba
large pieces were reduced to atom,
Bury the bones at least eighteen Inche
below the surface so a not to interfere
with plowing. -
The new firm of Patterson Bro. 1 a
large dealer in watche. clock and Jew
elry. They have received a dainty line
of
ladies' watche In allver and gold.
ady school teacher should consult
lliein, a they offer extra inducements.
Now that our fruit orchard are be
coming valuable we find that vigilance
I required to keep insect from destroy
ing all the fruit. June la the time
when most of the Insect lay their egg
and at that time lionfire should be
built at night, In tne orchard, when
the Insect will fly Into them and be
destroyed, or get some bottle with
open mouth and fill half full with a
mixture of water, molasses and vinegar,
and tie up in the trees; empty in a week
and fill again. During June the bark
hould be washed with soapsuds, and
as far a can be reached on tbe large
limbs, also sprinkle a handful of coarse
suit about the root of the tree. Ashes
placed about the base of the tree is also
good.
Mr. J. M. Htaats, who raised and is
the present owner of Jay M., a thorough-bred
horse, a son of the celebrated
Altamout, will be in Independence
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each
week. , .
Now that our orchard are about
to be n'planted, pruned and renewed,
a few words may prove of value about
reue wl ng a n orchard. Thoroughly
cultivate the ground between the trees.
Do not be satisfied with one plowing
but cross plow. It is not necessary to
plow nearer the trees than three feet.
Much damage is done to orchard by
careless plowing. Corn I the best
hoed crop for an orchard, and beans
the next. Potatoes should never be
planted lu an apple orchard,, a they
exhaust the potash from the soil and
that is what the apple needs. The
least exhaustive crop should always be
grown In an orchard, or else tbe trees
will be robbed of needed sustenance.
It is a double robbery to make a mead
ow in an orchard and nothing will run
an orchard down so fast The ground
may be plowed In tbe spring, but a bet
ter pluu is to turn over tbe sod in the
autumn In order that ,the trees may
have full benefit of the decayed sod and
the more mellow soil.
Remember when in Salem to call lu
at Strong's restaurant, now Weatacott
A Irwin, and get a meal not to be ex-,
celled on the Paciflo coast for 25 cents,
it 271 Commercial street. ; tf
The Fitchburg Sentinel tells how a
Leomiuster farmer cured hi horse of a
balky freak by gentle means.
He drove him, attached to a rack
wagon, to the wood lot for a small load
ot wood. The auimal would not pull a
pound. He did not beat him, but tied
him to a tree aud let him stand. He
went to the lot at sunset aud asked
him to draw, but he would not straight
en a tug. "1 made up my mind," said
the farmer, "when that horse went to
the barn, he would take that load of
wood. I went to tbe barn, got blankets
and covered the horse warm, and he
stood until morning. Then be refused
to draw. At noon I went down and
be was probably lonesome and hungry.
He drew that load ot wood the first time
I asked him. I returned and got another
load before I fed him. I then rewarded
him with a good dinner, which he
eagerly devoured. I have drawn sev
eral loads since. Once he refused to
draw, but soon as lie saw ma start for
the house, he started after me with tbe
load. A borse become lonesome and
discontented when left alone, as much as
a person, and I claim that this method,
if rightly used, is better for both man
and iiorso than to beat the animal with
a club."
Patterson Bros, keep the Royal Ban
ner cigars; they aro the best cigar
made. , t
Wo have noticed, says a farmer of
experience, that our garden plat seems
after a few year to get tired seemingly,
of growing crops, and we had been ad
vised to change to some other spot and
rest the soil. We have a better plan
than that, since it takes from one to
two seasons' cultivation to get garden
soil lu good condition. We rotate our
crops on the same piece of ground. It
is a good plan to make a diagram of
tbe pint used for a garden, and have it
marked off into divisions of suitable
proportions for the vegetables required.
Each division should be numbered, or,
what Is better, the name of the vege
table raised thereon written upon it.
These diagrnmsdrawn each year should
be carefully preserved, so that, by re
ferring to them, one could ascertain
just what had been raised on each par
ticular division for years back, and by
this means keep up a systematic rota
tion. A garden to be advantageously
cultivated should lie long and narrow,
thus enabling a horse cultivator to be
used to advantage. SuOh garden veg
etables as rhubarb, asparagus, aud
others of a like kind, requiring two or
more years to reach the proper bearing
condition, should of course, be given a
permanent place for several seasons;
but they, too, need removing about
ouce iu four year in order to got the
best possible results.