1 iwf!w!, THE WEST SIDE. West Si Publishing tew FRIDAY, APRIL , WA Smr lratiim.A full aortnwnl of boot-and-shoe leather, aolea, calf ami kip skins, (brash? at IVwiiw A Craven', Losr.-On amalt gold lotiket, con talnlng small picture of Mr. unit Mr. O, V. McLaughlin. Alao a whale bunt buggy UIV Tha Under, by leaving turn at tht office, Willi suitably reward- LaStmmi'Ai.K.-'lVa acre of finely Improved laud, building, young orchard aud lo yard. AIo Ion acre highly improved, partly set In choice fruit tree. All adjoining Itidepudenc Inquire- at thl oftlvws IT TiikCannmiy. Mr. Cnr, trf Mo Mluuvtih', our cannery tuau, wm In (.wo Monday, and ya that m th lumber ) mi the ground and kit thing roa-ly, he wilt begin Mm erection of the cannery building ucxt week. TUU I good news, and tht tulcrprla, )U)! proprietor will uh the work to MtnWthm Hi an early day, su,t Orr.-U. Ik Taylor, of th (Irm of Taylor Wilcox, haa sxdd hit Inter est lu hi grocery nd tmkery hiislue tu Mr, Msltoou, who will assume charge with Nr. WUcox next Satur day. Mr. Taylor will take a trip to l ulimrula and rest awhile,. Wa b lAk for th ucw firm tli continued popularity of their predecessors, TAU.tlHAM.Markta Pmlth, Mon ' day morning, brought In a bunch uf orchard gnts, averaging three feet In height, aud headed (Hit, th growth of till spring, It being now only tlt 4th of April, This speak well ft Ui fertility of OWgon dk Ye. to-day Oregon ran brat th world In th til' pbty of luxuriant grass aud ewala Forsake th froten region of th East, mitl come kin) tmt by experience tli truthlulmwsofth above assertion, HkKKY WaTKIX. The public to Imk-pendeuoe has been rvgaled by some of the most uuiqtw mid Interesting leo l an by Harry Watklu tint It has ever been It good fortune to hear, III ser mon er U1 to hi lecture n4 hl tuautierol putting lhltnr luumtiyro upwts to jtullrly woniWful. Any one having Hint! heard till kwoulc kvturvr wlllturvly wut to go again. We only rv'rvt that w hve not niuw to pttnU'tiUrtw conrvrulng lib riuoiui mxt kt-turf. We wilt have umr to my about tliiu lu U future, Thk Motor Link. The motor II u rarrkn) ZM iwnMiigvr lat wwk, Ui ltirgvt mimlHT lu tint aui Ivugtk of Uru to IU liWory. Wnth Sllh of hut AugnM tolb prwout, MM) more imrieiettgur hart bn carried than during the wine time but jvar. Last yvM thr wtr uearly eO.UR) paimn giTs Ciirrlnl, aud the excewa, m far thin year, ho that tht 11 oa wilt rarry about 10O.0D0 HWngtr tbla yr, Tht riiU'rjtrislng nianagvni of tht motor lino iWrve uiuih cmtlt at tht hamta of the citin-ua of Iuik-peudi-ai ami Monmouth, and alao for thfir liberality to the tracurn d (ring tht laat luntlt Jtt. A 0hd Jok B. A irtKMlJokt or two I cm-ping around " concumlng our gHl frlt'iid A P. lUiny, who llvmon hi farm out a few tula-a from our towr-! One b, that tuot wwk he built a Ore In hia cooking atove to Kt dinner, when la a ftw mlnutra tlureaftcr he beard vlgofoue criea of a cat aornewhert about the hou.e, Indicating that it wa In great agony, wheii Mr. 11. went nulling to every department of the limine, but could uot till from wht-nce the vok prmfedwl. Fiimlly he bethought blm adf aod nuhed to the atove, oieiied the door, and sure enough there wo tho cat, and out It aprang, and thua our friend lt IibvIhk a dainty nwr aid ofroant cat for dinner. We would nlnonay, tlmt any oue wUhlng to know howlo make good blat'ulta with baking powders, pleae inquire ol our friend B. liar Vlts Mat. MkM Xota Blvena la exierted home ncit week from Haleiu, to vialt ber par ents, Mr.aud Mr. J. 8. 1U vena, Mm. W.J.8(eel,ofMouroe, who haa been vbdtlug her ireuU, Mr. and Mir, Joe Miller, kavea for her home to-day. There areneveral thousand bualieli of potutoenln thin vicinity th it have goue to wate, forwanlof a market The hop men nay their hop vine have all come up nicely, and nioet of them are trainlnglbevlneaon the pole. The outlook, ao far, la quite encouraging for a good crop. Mra. George MeLouKhlin and Mr. Klmer Hull have been at Woodburn the pat week, vWtlng frlcula and relative. Urn. A. Torglaon and Mrs. Annie ll!fl went toHulern loat Veliieluy. Hugh liuldwln for county clerk, M. O. Potter for JUHtice, W. W. Wlllianm fortionntable.and II. M. Iilueafor cor oner, we think la a winning ticket. Voter, what think you of It? A Mtttedlrl'i Kprlnc In A I.Ilithon. Mr. and Mra. Ircn Trettcott are keener of the government lighthouse at Hand Beach, Mich., andnre blcaaed with a daugliter, four yean old, Lai t April he was taken down with mea nil, followed with a dreadful cough and turning Into a fever. Dwtora at home and at Detroit treated her, but in vain: she itrew worae rapidly, until ahe waaa mere "handtnl of bonca." Then (die tried Dr. Klnjr'a New Dla co very and after I he uae of two and a half bottle, waa Of)mr)letly cured They any I)r, Klng'a New Discovery la worth ita weight In gold, yet you mny get a trial bottle free at any drug More. A (IHKaT tiakoaih. (iood fur '1 waintjr Vmj; One tMimlred anrea of nrHt-cliuti land, off the north end of the 1 1. F. Huron farm, one and one-half mile aouthof xnuepenncnw, all cloareo and in a ?;ood Binteor cuiuvuiion. Hon auitutiie or raiMlng any kind of produce. Nota fK)t but what can be utilized. Fine building location, and one of the bent location In Folk county. At 140 nor acre, who could ak for a better bar gain? Will also noil ten ana twenty acre tract en" the aam farm at alike reaaonahle figure. Inquire of II, K, Jturcti lr ttmnoranly with M. M Li riea. 21 2t Children Cry tVPItcher'i CastorlaJ LOCALS. IK n't ftirgvt lh fair, (llowaat tht thuket atom, K tht algu lu rattcraon ItrW, win dow, It'i a novelty. A targt dlxplay of ladlea and gent' glowaat tht lUeket atorv, F.niH'h Chambtrlala tmHighl lu umt Aim meat blooki for Uat lu Ui new market Sat u May. lUv. I. lart will jireaeh tu th Kvangtdtcal cliunjti rAmutay morulng, and Mivnimmih at night, O, T. Murphy haa ftiraale m flut potato at ten rout a bualiet. Immlrt at It. W, Murphy1 plaiw. It Tht Walker tin, wvra doing a nutt ing bualnea Halunlay , They will aou Mint with aple fortuura, The IuleKuilenc Mualoal Hiwkty wilt rvuiter an exwllent anthwu at tht rrwbytery next week. Htoekton A llouklt had their hand full lat Maturday atUHiiling to lh want of their mi uwroua euahHuer. IWv. H. H. IXbhliia,of IWrketty.CaL. will iMtvaeh at tht lVabytertau churvh next ttebbath, both moriiltig and even ing. Ijkdk, It will pay you Well to call In at Stockton A llonklo'a and mm their elegant Hue of dreaagood, It la Juat apleiulld. When you build your hou you can rvnlueetht mat by unliadug your nalla, hanlware, and tlnwork, from It M. Wad A Co. IVtteraon Bm. ntakt a Out dUplay of elocka, watehe and Jewelry, lu couuectlon with ttndr nip ply of drug aud medicine, Itev. 1. 11. FMier, of JettVraon, will pxu li lu the Kvangvlteal rhuh on jUturdny evening at T;30 o'clin-k, Tht public b Invliiil. Daiuou A tVA art considerably lin pniviog their livery atable reetutly purchawdofj. X. June, Itead their new ad. thla week. MUea IVrtvrfl. ld aud Hilly Moore, In eoiwuttatkm Saturday, thought pola toe a rather umvrtain crop. Ttiry would rather ruk hop Another article ootiMrnlug tht late Rev, C II. Hpurgvou'e view will ap pear lu the Vt 8m neat week, by Itev, A. J. lluiomker. J. F- Hubliard haa told all hi livery buaiuoa to Iamou A t'ook, and will confine hia atteutlou atrlctly to tht truck aud dray huaiueaa. In iiaaslng over the motor line to Monmouth th ttrnt of the week, we noticed one teut already at retched for the lVIk couuty fair thl fall. For any and everything kept In a hardware ator. from th amalleat ahlngle nail to all kind of harvwllng machinery, go to O'Ikmtiell'a. iWper A William received a packag from K Meeker 4 tV.Puyalltip, Waah., on April lt. On opening Ui pac kage April foul wa fully displayed. A light three-quarter Stadebaker wairon, worth too, fr aale at (35 caab, Auo a llglil buggy liarnew worth fcS) for uh, Ili'iO. Inquire at thl office I .ad ten, if yu wutli to aoiiiethlug gay and hautboma In th line of aun bade and iwraaola, do not fall to call at Stockton Heukle'a, They have them. The bent spring medicine la a do or t o of 8t Patrick' plHa. They mrfonly phyalc but clean th whole ayalem, and purify the bkod. For aale by alt medicine dealer. W cull attention to the new furni ture ad. of W. 0. Cook, and alo the new livery ad, of Damon A Cook In thla week baiie. I-o Uiem up and what they any. Hy an overnight, our reporter anid the name of I. a Smith waa prevented to the Itepubtlcan convention for county treakun-r, which waa a mlatake, and which we now corn-ct. Skinner A Co. hlpied from their mill lu thla city thla week SW barrel offltRir, repreaenuug 1()V bimliela of wheat. Tlila la the largeat car load ever hipped from thew nllla. Say! you fellow that have not paid your achoot tax will have eome fun paying aherifT fwa In a few day If you don't alack up Immediately. Only a few daya ol grace left. J. I). Irvine, District Clerk. Btockton A Ilenkle are Juhtly proud of their large aud very handsome atock of dnwa goiKl, ladle, gent', and chll drcn'a fine shoe", mcu'a, boy' and chil dren' clothing, all lu the luteal atyle and beat of gtKala. J. D. Irvine aay tome one will get their foot In It If they don't acttle their old grocery bill Immediately. Thl la the very liutt call. Bo don't get hot If he put your account In a collector' hand for collection. 22-21 Quite a aerloua accident occurred aa the motor waa making one of ita n-gu- lar trip to Monmouth the other day. It ran over one of I). M. Klemaeu't "abickemi" and killed It. lieaayibo In teiidH to oue the company for dam age. The confidence that people have In Ayer'a Sttrnaparllla aa a blood medicine la the legitimate and natural growth of many year. It haa been handed dowu from parent to child, and la the favor ite famllv medicine In thouaanda of household. "What a debt of gratitude the world owe to audi men aa Dra. Ayer and Jenoer the latter for the great dlacov e -y of vaccination, and the former for bin Extract of SarHuparilla the beat of blood-nurlflerel WhocaneatlmaU) how much theae dlaooverle have benefited the race! . The editor of the Wkst Sidb aud- donly became cnthufla tlo, and Joined t la proccaalon of those making Im provement in the city thl week, by erecting a neat little barn and mak Ing other minor Improvement about bla residence property. Mr. J. P. Blaie, an extensive real en Ute dealer in Peg Molnca, Iowa, nar rowly eHcaned one of the aevereat at tack of pneumonia while In the north' ern nurt of that atate during a recent bliiward, ay the Saturday Review. Mr. Watae bad occaalon to drive aovor- al tnile during the atorm, and waa ao thoroughly chilled that he waa unable to get warm.and Inalde of an hour after hia return he waa threatened with aae- vere attack of pneumonia or lung fever. Mr. liiaiise sent to the nearest drug atoro aud got a bottle of Chamberlain' Cough Remedy, of which ht had often heard, and took a number of large done. Ht tayt Um ttteet waa wonder ful, and that In a abort Unit ht waa breathing qultt taally, 11 kept on taking the uitdlotut, aud tht neat day waa abkt to ctaut to lkw Molnca, Mr. ltlalm reganl hia ouia aa almply won derful 60 cent bottle on aale by all medicine deaWtt, Wt havt mail arrangement with the San FrancUoo whereby wteaa give you Um Ikdly (W( for out year aud tht Wht Hina both h H or wt will tend you th Weekly (tiff and tht Wnrr Smii out year Ibr fl5u, Th (Wf taunt of th beat newapaper uu th eoaat, and thla otter aliould bt taken advantage of by anyou wlahlng a nntMaaa dally paper. A traveling man who chanced to be In the atom of K. V. Wood, at McKeea Hook, Pa,, aay while he waa waiting to act Mr. Wood, a llttlt girl caiua In with an empty bottky labeled Cham berlain' Palu ludui.and aaldt "Mamma wauta another bottle of that medldnri aht aay It I the beat meillclne A r rheumatlaiu all baa ever ttaed," 60 tent boltkw en tat by all tntdlelut dealer. II. II, Wagoner ha uet about com pleted hia handsome realdeiice In IVtteraon'a addition, and occupied tht anw laat Moiiday, Thla I among 11 nliHwt dwelling lu towu, costing when fully completed, between twelve and ttteeu hundred dollar, Wt art glad to awe such residence a thla erected, a they awk well ftr tht pnetwrily of our town aud are .an ornament t lereto a welL BUhop W, M. Hlaiifnrd, aa per an nouncement, preached In the Christian church Tueailay. evening to a well tilted houe, II very graphically aud plaiuly expountWd hi text, ft Hind In the second epistle of Peter, first chaphr aud thirteenth verse, and hia eullrt ser mon waa lilted with beautiful genu of thought. Wt are certainly glad of having had tht opportunity of bear ing Bishop Stanford. McKutght lu-ne. will again place their tMttlng stallion Oneco, rreord 3,ln lliesiudat Indepeudeuce, and It la to be Imped that breeder of Polk county will reallat the wealth th e atalltou will bring If rightly patronised. Dclco, tht first colt Oueco ever aired, hold the stallion record over all Ore gon track, 8 23, and also bold to hia credit the three fastest heat ever trotted In Utah. Will be at Indcpen donee Tuesday and Wednesday of each week after next week. tHafstsi tuiM Iw Cu-4 By local applloatU'iia, aa they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There 1 only on way to cure deafness, and that la by constitutional remediea. Dvafneaa ia caused by Inflamed cond1. lion of the mucus lining of Hit F.ui. tachlau tube. When this tub la lu fjamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect heartug, aud when It la eutlrely dosed, drafuesa la Uie result, and uulesa th lofiamatlou can bt tak en out and thla tube reatored to Ita nor mal condition, heariug will bt de stroyed forever. Mm caaea out of ten are caused by catarrh, w hich la noth ing but an Inflamed condition of th niueu surface. Wa will glv flOO for any on of deafueat (caused by catarrh) that can not be cored by Hall' Catarrh Curt. Send for circular; free, F. J. Chbhky A Co., Toledo, 0. itf-Sold by all Draggle!, ?So. ItOTKL AKKIVAL. UTTLa rauica. Tbnntday, March SI E II Anderson, O W WblppM, J A Hellwood. A W Long, Mis Msrr liejnolda. Mm Jeaait North. up. Miss llwinne. Mrs. Iturk, A L Hod- sun, Haiem: r Bi iiaagni, it a nmmuacr, W H Ash, Haa Fraucisoo; W 11 Uiveo, O Leidel, W V Bobiason, A Usroburgs-, Portlaud; 8 A Handle, JefTontoa; M 8vr verud, tuireoe; O W nnydnr, Astoria; O W Todd, Dm, i.-.. i t r n .... o..- land: Oeorae K Brey, citr: It B tiaff, Chioagoi J A Veneaa, Buena Viela; P J Fransiah.Tsennai V it Adair, XsiUi Pesroe, MUsifaippij D W Hear, MoOoy. Hrtlusjr, April iJ V Mampal, Port land; J B Uoruer, Corvallia; W It Cra ven, Dallas: L Matney, oily; J J MoDan tel. Lm McUaniel. Uocbran; A Jaokaoo and wife, Unrry Wadkina and wife, Mo- Mmnvlllei r V Urmliee, i:arltoo. Monday, April . 0 L Doughty, L F McCoy. Dallas: Frauk Morris, FA M Creary,clty;M F White, Dixie; A U KniHie, I'urtland; YU Blnriey, KudrvIi W B lHty, A Disdiltle, Kings Valley. Tmwtlay, Ap-il 6. Tom bpenoer, M B Walhs. Adam Appsll, L Barman, Port land; George A Hmilb, eity. Wrdnemlnr. April 6. -J Porllar, II IkKlger. J A Waddle, 11 1 Waller, Port land; Lewis Mslney, J II lUuiey, city; F M (Jooley, Hnlsm; Q W Oladwali, Han nibal, Mo, ' Oar Msrca WsaUisr. Tbrsi. Pearce, weather otawrver at Eola, gtvea the following summary of the weather during March: The mean temperature wa 60.2 de gree, which ia 4.6 degree above the normal. Tht highest teperaturt waa 73. on tht 10th, and the lowest 80, on the 8d. Three time during tit mouth the temperature waa below the freezing point There were 3.23 iuchea of rain, which la 1.43 lew than the usual amount. There were two clear daya, fourteen nartlv cloudv. and- fifteen cloudy Itaiu fell on firteen day. Light frost fell on the Zd aud aa. A ooon DA HO A IN. For aale In West Independence, eight blooka from main street on Mon- . . . -i ...... I,.t m Auilmmi cottage, with barn and other outbuild ing, nartlv act to young orchard and small fruita. Thla la a good bargain If taken toon, inquire at thla onice, ICXKCUTKIX WALK, I will aoll at public auction, on Sat urday, April 23, 1802, at the farm two mile north of Indcpendence.tne follow intr personal property; 4 cowl, 1 bull, 1 three-year-old atccr, 10 yearling calves, 2 colta, 4 young horaca, 8 apan of work horses, 8 double seta or harneaa, l noialo nlow. 8 fourteen-lnoh plowa, 1 stallion, 1 mower, 1 wagon, and 2 twn-vear-old steer. All aumi over 110, alx month" time, with approved security; amount leas than fio, caan. Mrm. Husan Jonks, Executrix of the estate of Wm. Jone 22 at deceased. MOTICK. Tha board of school director of dis trict No. 29 will hold their regular nie 'ting In the director' room of tht Indetendonc National bank at 4 o'clock n. m.. Friday, Octola 2, 1891, and on Friday at the aame hour of every four wecki thereafter. Signed, tf Board of Director PtWONAL MIWTION. Mia Carrk Munkera went to Mo Mlnnvlll yeatenlay. M. Ik Hendricks, of Wheatland, oamt up on Mouday morning's train. Itev. It Fay Mill, the evangelist, will be lu Salem until tha 12lh Inst. U. A. Smith, attorney at law, re turned from a vialt to Portland hut Monday, P, B. Haley, i-reprvaentatlve, paid thtcaty a visit last wtek. lie I uot a oaudldatt, Hank MaiUaou and wife, from Luck- tatuute, wart almpplug In tht city laat Saturday, T. W. Kate took a flying trip to Walla Walla, Wash,, during tha laat ten daya, on hualncaa, Mr, K. W. t'ipr came down from tlarrlahurg Wednesday to vialt relative aud friends for a time. Jay Dcming want to St lleleua Tuca- day to accept a Miitlou on tlit .Vif published c4 that place. Mra. I). V. Poling la much batter a iw, wt ant pleased to atate, after an I lueaa of tw or three wetka, Itev. Plowmau waa In our city Tues day, He left yeatenlay for conference, which will bt held lu IVrtlaud. Mini Lottie HutU-r, one of th Wawr Mion typua, nt laat Week vUiltng la Dallaa with friend and relative, , Wm. Davidson waa doing tht town Saturday. He will bt at our county fair with something worth looking at. Jams Alexander aud wife cam In to do their nsual trading Saturday, lit k ont of your II vt and thrifty farm- tra. Wt art aurry to slat that Ml Alhw Maoaulay, of th millinery firm of Ma- caulay A Ibibertaon, la quite III thla week, - Mr. Krltchkiw, from Lucklamute, rewrta Hums' mill In good running onler. Forty barret of flour a day la tht output. John Moran, th real-eatatt man, of Monmouth, waa In town laat Saturday, lit report several real estate sale In prospect. Jap Ithoilea, lu town, aay he ha not finished sowing bla spring grain yet. lit ts waiting to take advantage of the wild oata. John McDaulel, toil ot F.IWia Mo- Dan let, deceased, waalu town the last of Die week Uylug In auppllc for home oonsumptlon, L. W. Laughary came luto town the laat of the week with a haul of corn-fed bacon. !af laughed while the bog fed Uiemselve, Oeorge Ullssiu, from Well station, waa patroutting uMMiman lamiy Saturday. A fine stove waa takrn home with hint. J. P. Tethcrow aud daughter Ht Wednewday for Watervllle, Wash., for hia daughter' health. Ttie young lady will be absent several week. John Oaborn waa In tow n a few da) ago. lit waa not reeling in neai, imi ht expect to live to attend the meet lug of the Polk county pioneers. Word Butler, who baa lawn on the sick Hat for a few daya, ia able to be around again, though looking a little pale, and aomewhat reduced lu avoir- dupola. Prof. Mulkey waa In town Saturday on hia way bom. Piaalbty be may be our next county clerk; probably not. Many vote will have to be counted ere that event happen. We art aorry to chroulcl tht lllta of our fellowtownsinan, K. A. Parker, who ha been qultt tick for over a week, but trust he will soon bt able to bt on tbt streets again. W.J. Campbell, of this city, waa grau ted a pension of twelve dollar a mouth, and back pay from last July, tht time of filing, for Injuries received during service In the Civil war, Mr. J. It. Cooper and daughter Lillian, started to Portland Saturday Uat. Mia Lillian la grievously af flicted with a disease of tht throat, and goea to Portlaud for treatment. Jaaper Kennedy la a candidate for aa tutor of Polk county. Jaaper la a son of Mnrdecal Keuntdy, now deceased, who waa In obk-n time one of tht wheel horar of tht Democracy, W. D. Scott la tht sole agent for that otdebrated book just being Issued from tbt prvsa, "Tha World' Fair," by It. Q. Cutler. Any on will do well to subscribe for thla meritorious work. Mia Ernie Ilobertaou received the appointment of poatmlMtnwe for this city laat Saturday. Thla appointment la a good mi, as Mlaa hsalt haa been t'led and ha given good aaliafaction. Mr. Metcalf, of LaCnuac, Wlsconalu, uucle of Mrs, J. L. Stockton, of tide city, paid a visit to relative lu Polk county during th laat week. The gen tleman will settle In Oregon, and we think he haa made a wlae choice. J, O. Btantr, ofLuokUniuto, la here by announced aa a candidate on the Democratic ticket for tht nomination atone of Polk county's rpreeuttlvin. He la a young man of good abilities, and worthy the confidence of the peo ple. Messrs. II. 11. Patterson and Ira Smith left on Monday afternoon's train for Portland, to attoud the lfo- publlcan state convention, of which they are two of the delegates from thla county, to bt held In that city this week. Dr. T. J. Lee started Saturday morn ing for New York, to be gone about six week. He will attend a poet-graduate course of medical lecture while absent, and thua on bla return he will be bet ter than ever prepared to heal the sick. A pleasant trip to you, "Doc." Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Talhott, of Brook lyn, Iowa, have been visiting the fan. fie of their son and daughter, J. s. Talhott and Mrs.-G. A. Smith, of this city, tha paat month. They left for the East Tuesday, but before returning will vialt Portland, Astoria, Lo Augule aud other pol n ta. They expect to return to this state and make It their perma nent home, Mrs. O. A. Smith accom panied them aa far as Astoria, Uueklsn's Arnlsa Sslvs. The beat salve In the world for culs, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skla eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction, or money refunded. Price, 26 cents per box. For salt by any druggist, WOMAN ! Mission AUf SOUIKTV. Th Woman's Missionary Society, of th Willamette Proabylory, will nt lu this city In conjunction with tht Wlllaniottt Presbytery, Weducatiny, April 18th. The programme will b aa follow! MIIUNINU aKHMION. Devotional exerolatw, led by Mra. Van Ormlel, Inden h'iiw, Address of welcome, Mra. Scrogga, Independence, lUwpuiisc, M r. Job iisoii, Corvalll. Hinging. Minutes of laat meeting, Mra. Wallace, Salem. tlcsirt of delegate. ' Hinging. Letter from Annie llhee Wilson, (Pcr- ala.) Mr. Jones, Oervala. P.per, "Christian (living," Mm. Jaeka, licbaiiou. Letter from native Koreau, Mr. Beam, Albany. Hinging, Paier, Mra. Miller, Eugene. Appointing nominating committee. Chsdiig hymn. ArraMKonN swwniN. Devotional exercl-rs, led by Mra. Den- ham, Albany, lUport of band secretary, Mra, Beetle, Mehama, Iteporl of twaaurer, Mr. Lamsnu, Eu geu. lb-port of cm-nN,u(tlngseeri'Ury, Mra. Itcdfleld, Albauy. Iteporl of nominating commlilee. Hinging. Iteultatloii, "The lleallw-u Clilne," Mlaa Viola tlol ii, lbanon. Paper, "flak and tbt Work Titer," Mr. Coiidlt, Halem, Inciter fnxn Mlaa Kiwi, Chili, Mr. Ambnaw, B'ownsville. Hinging. Paper, "Persia," Mra. Shaw, Corvallla. Recitation, The Heathen Woman' Cry," Ml Myrtle Scroggs, ludepn dene. "Work In Alaska," Mr. Sear, Albany. Hinging. IHacuwlou, "How Shall wt Interval the Children lu Mission?" 1-1 by Mra. JU-stle, Mehama. MimM missionary niwilng, couducted by Mra. Wolverton, Albany. Chsiliig n-marka, KVIMMI SKWIoN. Popular it)Nllug, consisting of address ee, etc. Hesitation, Mis Case Jeifhya, Hakitn. Paper, "Voting l'eople In Mlsslou,'" F. Fortmlllcr, Altiany, A fine musical programme haa been prepared for thla occasion, BUSINESS LOCALS. Salt salmon al Walker Bros.' Cox' gelatlue al Walker Bros.' All kind of ganlvn seetla at Walker Bro,' Oanlen cultivators, plows, and drills, at K M. Wade A Co. Pumps, pla, A'tinga, aud plumb ing, at H. M. Wade A Co. Just received at Walker Bma,1, ete luti-ly pure Ohio maple syrup. For the fineet (-nudlea and cinfi-c- tionary In the city, call at P. C. Patter sou 'a. If you w lh to buy trash do uot go to Stockloii A Heukle'a a they have only Uie best. P. C. Pattoraon always kw ji ou hand a full supply of Havana and Key W est cigar. Headquarter tor the largest and beat stork, and lowest price In carpenter' tool, ta at Ik M. Wak A Co. Have you a broken meerschaum ple, parasol handle, or anything (bat needs a ferulcf 1 f ao, take It to Cherry Try Strong restaurant, Wealacott A Irwin, propitotora, when In Salem. Meals, first clasa In every way, 2ft ceuta Stoves! stove!! stoves!!! They must go n-ganllesaof price, to make room for the big spring atook of 11. M. ad A Co. Thteewlshlug to buy canned good by tht case should call at Walker Brow.' and get their price before buying else where. When you want a well leave your onler with tioodman A Douty, and Cooper A Hlopt-r will drill It for you a cheap aa anyone. Stockton A Hankie bought their clothing, sins, hats, gloves, suspend era, aud some drvaa goods, dlrwt from the nianufoctun-ra for cash. hend your laundry to the Salem steam laundry. Mr. (loff, driver of the Salem atagc, will take It for yot. Leave order at th upwr livery atable Every Wednesday I give my entire attention to ropaliing clock. If your cloek needs retiring bring it to me. A. 11. Cherry, Watchmaker and Jew eler, Independence, Wheu Ctopcr A Sloer drill you a well they do uot endanger your rner- ty and life by lire or expliwlon, or burn your wood with a steam engine They g mm n tec antlafuetlon In the future aa they have given In the past. When you want a well drilled, give the contract to Cooper A Hlopcr; they have drilled more wcl la thau anyone, They underNlnml the business bettor, can give you better satlnlm-llon, and you can (lepend on them, becatiso they arc sponsible, If you are at all particular almut the lixika of your collars, eufj's, and shifts, you will send them to the Sulem steam laundry, where they will bo turned out with a gliswy finish tlmt ia elegance Itself. Prices very low. Leave orders at the Salem auigo bum, Goodman A Douty begin already to realize a large InerviiHc In their hard ware business since they have incorpo rated with K. M, Wade A Co, Their prices are reduced much lower and they have tho largest stock. When you want anything lu their line see them; they can save you money. There Is no place lu Oregon where a better meal la served than at the res taurant of Wcatocott A Irwin, 271 Com merclal street, Salum. Courteous at tention, a fine meal, aud the popular price of cunts, have mudo thla house the headquarters of everyone who hus occaalon to dine In Salem, THE CRADLE. WH IT15AKEU. To the wife of B. F, Whitcaker, a son, April 3, 1H92 Weight nine pounds. Mother doing well, but no hopes fur the father. KELLOOa. To the wile of B. A. Kol logg, of Buena Vista, April 8, 181)2, n girl. Weight, eight pounds. All do ing well. MONMOUTH MOT KM. Republicans alsHJt her don't seem to take much pridt In tht Uomlntes of their convention. Well, wt bad no hand In their nomination, aud If Re publican feat discomfited they must "grin and hear It," , , Mr. llallook la putting up a mw house, and prolmbly before w furnish nou for siuther lasut of tht Wawr SiHK titer will btadoasu mora started. Bro. Belt stoma to havt taken by atorm the affection of the taxmlt In this vicinity. Th motor still runs, Jennie?" Jeuulti "I do n't expect to j marry a man who needs to wear darned stocking " Professor Mulkey, candidate for county clerk on the Republican ticket, waa In town laat week. H I pleasant and genial lu manner, aud It will take a strong man to beat him for tht posi tion of clerk. Next Saturday hi oppo nentwlllb named. Democrat, no foolishness lu your nomination for clerk. " Bksa Hraaet! Another Ore, aud the Prohl party will oomt boldly to tht front, firUomiuf. Ak'tter from Dell Ireland report snow at tht meadows ou tlie Dea Chutes, tht 24th of March, 1 feet deep. He baa not yet engaged as teacher, but haa th pnupeet of taking charge of a school at 76 per month. School duo not begin titer aa early as here, Morulng and evening, Ben Church la seen wending hi way with hi milk wagon to supply tht people of Mou-mo-iih with Um richest of lacteal fluid. Mr. Ibsa's new storehouse will soon be ready for occupancy, when a new branch of bualuns will probably be oiwned there. Wonl from Ham Collins, brother of W, W. Oolllua, of thla county, report Ham aa having brought hia atock safely through tht wlutor. Th road Juat south of Monmouth Is sadly out of Joint Huprvlaur, can you not mak th approach to the city a little leas liable to break vehicle? We visited tht normal school Mou day mo.nlug, and were much pleased with the excroUe that took place. It is a groat pleasure to listen to tht ad dream of Pnwldent Campbell to the studeula. Hia address Monday morn ing was exceedingly Interesting. On last Saturday, Ben Whitcaker waa bhrnsed with another young Demo crat uiiliig to hi house. Hia wife pnwtited him with a beautiful lathe, aud all art doing well Ben feela aa though he ought to be governor. We were show n some work of some of the scholar of tbt public achoot. A map of South America, by Oecar Rua ell, ta worthy of eeeiat mention. He is thirteen year of age. Mis Padbeerd, who baa been 111 ao long at the Monmouth hotel, la now almost convalescent. Am at H ainan was In town Monday morulng, looking fur the possibilities of lnrmwlug bis worldly goud. Uucle John (ftiborn ttaaaed through town Monday. He haa no great tx pictalloiis of bt-liig elected senator, but h has g.vat hope of Cleveland for the presidency. Your reporter base all hia hopes for Uie success of Hit Democratio party In the coming presidential conflict In tht nomination of U rover Cleveland, tht honest man, tht patriot, aud the great lea ler of tariff reform. D. O. Quick, Republican candidate for repntacutative, waa lu town but week, He must quicken bla step er he nach the desired goal, a scat In our leglslatlvs assembly, . "Quick" step; maroh to Die front or rear of the ad vane lug column. L. D. Jone, the touanrial artist of Muumouth, passes bla rasor over Uie lucuiiibeiita of tht chair with ease, ce lerity, and pleasure to said lucumbeub Rkimhtxr. Th l. S. Mall la Ksrly Tlws. lu IHTil Um first contract for carrying the mall iu Oregon waa let by the V, A On-gou waa then under territorial government, sparsely settled, and mall matter had Uot assumed pnqiorUone Uiat required great mall facilities. The writer of this, conjointly wlUi a part ner, received the first contract for car rylng the mail from Lafayette to Cor valls, In I8A. At that time poatofuotw were few and far between. There Wert but two regularly eetabllahed oftlje between Lafayette' aud Corvallla at the time of our taking the contract. Oue of these oftlcoa was at Col. Nathan iel Ford's, ou the La Croolo, the other waa at "Lliivlllc," ou the Lucklamute, the polm where Parker Is now al lu ted. The mall was carried on horse back ouca a week from Lafayette and return. Our townsman, Harry Chris tian, waa the contractor for eoutluulng the mall from Corvallla to Sootteburg, leaving the mll at Star's Point, Ben Richardson's, Sluslnw, oncolla, and thirty miles from thence to Scottaburg. Iu these early time there were uo bridges for crossing streams, and mall carriers were frequently obliged to swim dreams hi order to reach post office. Crossing Pas creek, In the Umpqua, when the stream was high, Hurry bad recourse to a log on which he led his mule to the opposite aide of fie stream lu safety; the log being washed away by a Hood, hia only alter native wa to swim the stream. Harry waa fresh from okl England wheu he took the contract, and he carried the mall eighteen months before he be came naturalised American citizen. Ho took the contract ,for three years, and during that time made but one failure In promptly delivering accord lug to cotitiaot. To-day there Is more mall matter de llvercd at tho Independence paHtofflce d illy than was carried at that time ou the entire route from Lafayette to Soottaburg weekly, We look back to thoso times wheu the Oreyoiilan, un dor T. J. Dryer, and the Oregon State man, under the control of A. Bush, were the only pniers published in Oregon that had circulation; but to-day. tho Wbht Shim would give us a heavier mall between nuy two given points, even In Polk county, than we carried In the whole length of the valley lu 1831 Wtwa Baby wsslek,wa cats bar Outorla. -Whea shs was a Child, shs orlsd for Castor!. Wbsa ih bwams Miss, shs clung to Csstorla. Whea sUs had Chlldraa, shs gave them Cadoria THE WEEK. Maim h 81. McMlnnvilhj will build a flS.ooo school house, Cliloo, Cel., was visited by a wind, thunder, and hall storm yesterday. Wlaoonaon will send Cleveland delo- gstos to the national Democratic con vention. At Portland to-day tht state Prohl bltlon convention nominated a full atato tliket, A New Jersey reform school bus adapted electricity aa a mode of pun lahmg refractory children. Mra. Anna C'.Khaw and her sister, Mra. Johnson, were murdered lu (lot voslon, Texas, by a depraved sou of Mrs. Shaw. A prairie Are tu Nortou county, Kansas, rcudcred hundreds of families homeless, and Wllllum Dunn was burned to death. 11. II.ShuIlK, a brakettiau ou the I'nlon Pacific, while attempting to un couple cars, at Walla Walla, Wash., stumbled and fell, and was killed by the whcela. Part of Nubrisk were visited by a cyclone this evening, and lu the vicin ity of Nelson, the damage will reach loO.OOO. At Edgar, Clay county, two men art roportcd to have been KilUd. Since gaining control of all the re fineries, the sugar trust has advanced tht price of sugar a half cent a pound, and raw sugar has declliied, for the rea son that tbt trust Is the only buyer. The sixty -sworn! annual ooufereiiceof the Mormon church Is lu session at Salt Jka City, and over !2,oo0 Mor mons art In attendance. A. Kirk and M. McUowan, of West Melville, Ia, fought a duel with Win chesters, at 100 yard. Mirflowan I dead and Kirk la In Jail. Ten miles from Birmingham, Ala., a train, on tht Georgia Fuel flu, was stopped by train robber, aud every registered letter wa taken from the mall car. The amount aggregated 32,000. '-.' Tbt steamer Uoldcn Rule butned at Cincinnati unlay, aud Miss Nellie Maloney, while attempting to escape waadrowne. Sdeveral other ja-rson art missing, and are (bought to havt perished. W, H. driest married in Washing ton. Losing hia Job, w ith bis wife he went to Kan Fmnciaco, There neither one could obtain work, and In order to atavt offactual starvation, Mr. Orltet accepted a position aa pianist In a dive. This so preyed upon driest mind that bt attempted suicide. Hia life waa barely saved. Al Kll. If JtituUtrtftt reporta trade very dull al! over the United States. Hoarlet fever haa apjs-arod In Ii Oraucd, In the family of S.F. Wallace. Eight people were drowned from the steamer tiolden Rule, which burned at Cincinnati ymterday. Charles 1). Drake, ex-chlcf Justice of the court of claims, died at Washing ton to-day, aged eighty-one years. At Oakeadale, Wash., tJco. Miller shot and killed Frank Know Miller claim that he did It In self defense. The fire at Mauda!ay,Iiidta,iftnycd two and a half mile of the city. No live were hwi, but thousands are homeleaa. tarttdonne Oaliarde, an Italian, of San Francisco, while temporarily Insane, shot bla wife aud brother In ltw and Iticu killetl himself. , III the Kvangidlcal church fight, Judge I'paou decided to-day that Uie general conferonoc of the Bow mamtea at Indlauaailla was the true general conference. Considerable excitement was caused tn New York by tlie grand Jury charg ing tht police force with dereliction of duty. The charges are due to the sermons of Dr. Parkburat, of the Madison Square Presbyterian church. At Chicago to-day a cloud-burst, destroyed a seven-story building at mislead and Pierce streets. The building crushed a number of small frame buildings surrounding it, killing Horace Mott, aged five; Eddie Mott, aged two; and David Hulett, aged six moutha. James McOowao and 'wife aud son, and Mary Walh,are miming, and are supposed to tw crushed beneath tharulua. Alice Hulett, aged eight; Mrs. Alex Keown, Homes Wygant, Mary Wygant, James Mott jr., aud Mamie Mott, will probably die from iht effects of their Injuries, A cyclone In Southern Kansas yes terday destroyed the town of Towanda, But kr county, and did groat damage In Augustn, Kiowa, and Wellington, Full particulars have not yet been re ceived, but the storm la said to have done great damage In Barbour, Fnuier, Sumner, and Butler count Ich. At Towanda four persons were killed and forty or fifty Injured, some fatally. At , Augusta, Herman Haskins, James' Barnes, and a child of Will Rhodes 1 1.11, ...I - . T were suii-ii, null ijiiuiii-r iii ii-i?iiiie were Injured. At Wellington, four children of Wm. Little were killed In the wreck of his house. Owing to the fact that the telegraph wires are almost all down, particulars are meager. A serious tornado rsged over tho whole of Eastern Kansas, Northern Missouri, nd Southern Iowa, at the same time, doing groat damage to buildings, aud a train on a narrow gauge railroad near Burlington waa blown from the track while going at full speed. Ai'uil 2. A revolution Is in progress In Ven ezuela, The tndti time between San Francisco and Chicago Is to be shortened alxtcen. hours. At Plttalurg to day 200 blacksmiths lit Andrew Carnegie's rolling mill ruck against a reduction In wages. James Taylor was arrested lu New York to-day charged with polygamy. He Is said to have married stxty-oue women for their wealth. Two hundred aud fifty employes of the Oregon City woolen mills are ou a strike becuso the owners insist on keep ing an unpopular boss weaver. So far as particulars can learned, forty-eight people were killed lu the storm In Kansas. Tho storm was ggn eral from tho Colorado line to Chicago, and extended as far south as Texas. In Chicago eight deaths have resulted from the destroying of a building by a waterspout. AprtlS. Justice I.nmnr, of the United States, supreme court, Is sick. N. Johuson, a Taooma tailor, In jail Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. for wife beating, aulcided by banging himself. Tlie Argentine Republic ia on tht verge of a civil war, A state of siege haa been declared. It 1 reported thsta rsvoluUoa bat broken out In Equadof, and la Peru, una la Imminent, Four block near th river front In New Orleans were burned today. Tht loss Is over f.1,O00,000. Itev, H, D.Orant, late of Waltbam, Muss., ha accepted th pastorship of the First Baptist church of Portland. Ueo, Hpauldlng, of St. Paul.wa mur den d at Portage, Wis., by Geo, Whalcn. The murdorcr escaped. The motive wsa robtary. Mrs, James Hughes, of Port Town miikI, ws drowned by a squall striking and overturning a host la which ah wa sailing. ' March 4. Mft. Wlllh-a Little Spragu died In Boston to-day, aged 103, Flvt ople wert swept over ft dam, slid drowned.at Ureenfleld, Mast, Sir Adolph Caron, postmaster gener sl of Canada, has been lmjeacbed. A young son of Louis II. Manning! of Portland, waa accidentally drowmd to-lay. Storms still rags In Kansas, Two people were killed and six hooae de stroyed, In Cherry vale, last night. It is reported from St, Petersburg that a steamer, on th Black sea, with 200 passengers, was lost, with all on bosrd. Two men robbed tbt Boise City, Idaho, jxmtofTlce of f 1200 In cash and a number of jssdal notes, and money orders. Three persons of Fulton, IU., at tempted to cross tlie Mississippi river In a skiff. A high wind upset tht bout and all were drowned. Oeorge Wiggins murdered hia wife, st Meredith, New York, to-day. On account of his brutality, Mrs. Wiggins bad filed suit for a divorce. Geary's Anti-Chinese law haa passed (he house. Its provisions are very strict, aud If it becomes a law, Chinese will become conspicuous solely by their sbat-iice. An attempt on the part of anarchists to blow up the government buildings In Madrid, Spain, was frustrated to day, and two of the anarchist wert arrested. . Near Salmon Falls, Idaho, alx slater were am-sled while holding up a stage. The sheriff and ten deputies were hid in the wood and surprised them. Tbt girls say their father compelled them to commit the robe lies. A blizzard Is raging In Western Nebraska and South Dakota.and many trains are snowed In. Barnblll, Illi nois, w as almost wholly destroyed by a cyclone. Tht stonn rsged In Penn sylvania. Arkansas, aud Wisconsin. Aphil 5, A doctor with a stomach pump foiled Mrs. J, McDonald's attempt at auiclde iu Seattle to-day. . The city election of Taooma resulted iu favor of tlie Republican by majori ties ranging from thirty six to 15S, for all except the city council, which la about evenly divided. - The strike In Uie Oregon City woolen mill is ended. The company la al lowed, by the terms of the settlement, sixty days lu which to secure a boss weaver to take the place of Mr. High, now In charge, and tht refusal to dis charge whom was the cause of tha strike. Bill Murphy, a desperado of the mountains of North Carolina, declares his Intention to kill ten men, and ao far has met with success worthy of a better cause. He killed bla brother in a fiimlly quarrel, aud since ha fatally wounded a woman and killed three men. He la still at large. Arait.8. Daniel Lament is able to be out of bed.. Ex Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, died. Tho Hosteller's Bitters company has been sued for almost 2,000,000, A locomotive at Long Island, New York, exploded, and five men will die At Olcan, New York, a woman waa killed and a number Injured by a cy clone. Anarchists In France and Spain are still active, the police being unable to apprehend them. The striking steamboat men on tht lower Mississippi have won their point and roturued to work. The llodhoiaters' union won ita strike in New York, and four thousand men will return to work. Tho notorious Captain Hatfield, Kentucky mooushlner aud murderer, w as killed in a drunken row. Owcnavillc, Indian Territory, waa blow u away by a cyclone, and two peo ple killed aud several Injured. John A. Torrcuce, deputy customs collector at Boise City, Idaho, haa dis appeared. I lis accounts are short. The Southern Express Company is discharging all employes who belong to the Brotherhood of Expressmen. Charles Whalen, who killed Gerald gpaulding, at Portago, Wia., for S25 aiut a gold watch, has been captured. 8, V. Kutchcn and family of seven were burned to death at Fort Madison Au explosion of powder prevented their escnw. In Mississippi and Alabama tnun rain has raised the streams to heigh s never la-fore kuown, aud railways are washed out for miles. A number of people were drowned, The vote is so elose In Rhode Island that there was no choice, and the elec tion Is thrown luto the legislature. Tills will probably elect a Republican governor. The Democrat gained ilwut seven thousand votes over any p cvlous election In twenty years. Ki: QUARTER .er wui Oi'c- nm. nci . Wllttt OF A i uow uuker city, s rCNTlIHY I nun who has since oLJ I 1 U l I nrcome identified with the resources snd f f tevelopment of that country. Thlsaua ITV3U ,i no other thus Mr, John Stewart, ot of the seulthiest and most influential ciUsens in the Miinty. In a recent letter he ssys : " I had bees tuflerW ftom pnbi In my back and general kid ney complaint for some time, qd had used aun remedies without any but temporary rellet Ths pnltw in mv buck hd become so severe that I wu prevented from attrndlnirto y work and could not move about without the use of a enne. Hear ing, through a friend, of the wonderful cores ef fected by OrcRon Kidney Tea, I was induced to try box, and from that very ftrst dost I found instant relief, and before using half the contents of the box the pains in my back entirely dlsspfesred. I have every fnith in the virtues of ths Oregon Kidney Tra, and can conscientiously recommend t- to my friends. I would not be without it for anything.1' Oregon Ktdnev Te cures backache, Inconti nence of t -ine, brick dust sediment, burning or painful sensation while urinating, and all aiTec, Hons of the kidnevor urinary organs of either sea.