THE WEST SIDE. tlWKO BY Vest Sii 3 .Ktthz C::;:ij FRIDAY, AV0l8T 2 im. Tu.n FAcroaY.-The til fcctoryln th north of town started thta wk aud b turning out tile a fast m you can count. 111 proprietor ft ml that the ehty l of an excellent quality. That to right, let ltidcpeudeuc puah her eutcrprl, Sad Nswav-J. C lUll who ha fur out tliu beeu lu our elty, wu called to hi home In Turon, Kansas, by Ul egrant tttng UmI lib wife wa uot g. peeled to llv. Mr. Halt kft on th afteruonn tiulu Monday. We ar aorry to learn of Mr, Hall' probable ad mis fortune. J To FoRTUNix-Jame Olhsou aud family will mov to Portland next wk. Mr, Ulbton baa told hb resi dence property to Peter Cook, and will retain hb restauraut property' on C Street. Tb tuauy frloude of tb faiu lly will b orry to have them leav Independence. Mr. lllbson b ft rust ler, and W lled Just SUch ItK'U. As Ol.t Puiw.-F, A. Patterson brought down an old plow from hi house, aud it b now on exhibition at O'Douuell A Irvine's hardware store. It wm brought acros tlx plain lu IMTbyJ. K. Davidson. Thla plow bof th wooden moleboard pattern and look very ancient beside an Oliver chilled plow of more moderu date. Chvhch Nuth k.-T1h First Baptist church, or Monmouth, will atoue pro ceed to build house ot worship, and 11 persona who hav subscribed money are requested to pay thwlr subscription by September 1st, as It la th wish of the church that th building b ready fur dedication by October I4th. Pay all money to . H. Fulkeraon, Nooiuouth A AllSlWDKWiTANPlNlJ, A.mioij took It upon themaelve to lufonu the IU1 Hill ball twuu, of Salem, that th Indepeudeuc ulna had disbanded, aud that, aa a consequence, there could ba no gam if th lied Hitter cam ovar. riw fialent boy thought th tab waa a tru one, aa It cam from partkw lu thin eJty who were supposed to know, aud so they did uot coma over. The home ItMun regret the matter very much. It waa oo fault of tha club, however, that no gtuue waa playedjliuuiuvlay. IUaitih l C'aub. Tha new cottage en C etmt Iu4 cumplcted by one of our leading mercbanta, Mr. Zed Riwen- dorf, b uch a brauty that It will be Jov brfvr. Tlie architecture b of the tooat wodern style, and the furulture, n,'ln8i awriea, together with the entire eimln(enta of tlx. domicile, are all that one could dvalre. It will ba occupied thb week by the proprietor. Thb b a moat beautiftil case, but where, oh where, la the bird, tlie mocking bird, toaing in It? Kuho an- awera. Where? Vr Want to Imi-rovk. We find that there b considerable money due u oo aubaoriptlon. We wlnii to make number of Improveiuenta In tlie Wiarr w aud it will Uke t"u or more to do what we contemplate. Mr. Huata b our authorial agent, and will receipt for alt money paid him. PtaM do not consider that we wbt) to erowdyou. We do not; but we will eateeui It a great (v"t tf J' w,,l preiwrod to pay when Mr. 8tata calla. The tUb are all amalt, and It will be no hardship to meet tlieui; bealdea, If you will make an effort to pay, you wilt aoon-at several great Improve menta in the Wkst i?tiK. A PLlASASfT Pakty. Mra. M. K. Ijk Itancleureiitertuloed ft number of her friend at Mr. J. Pornalfe'a rwl tienoalaat Tuemlay evening. To ay that the entertaining hoeteaa perforwel the agreeable In the hlgheat alyb of the art la not aay log too much. The amuse ment were elite, the refreshments ei quUite to the most sensitive taste, aud the eveulng waa Indeed very happy oua. Jtev.andMra. Poling reudered two vocal dueta, and Mr. Poling one eolo, which were the features of the evening. Many pleasant good-byes were said, and many wlsbee mr a aaie Journey to Mrs. La lUnslcur were ex tended. Never forgetting the kind new of Mr. and Mrs. J. Itoruslfe, the party adjourned tine die. 'o KK)M.-Couuty Judge Burch ba ordered ffchool Superintendent Hutch inaou to vacate the ofllce room which he now occupies In the courthouse, the Judge thinking that he b entitled to a rivata ofllOO Of hi own, not ueomug to make hb headquartere In the olerk'a efHce. Tlie superintendent hold a different opinion, however, claiming that be ha the most business to do and that there to no other place for It to be transacted. Really both officer need rooms of their own, but there are not enough to go around, and I suppose the uperintendent has the inside track, as he ha possession, and there i no legal way In which the Judge con cause him to vacate, so I am Informed by those who should know. Cor. Ketlbnki YEHTKKDAY.-Btate Su perintendent of Public Instruction F, 11. McElroy, wife and two daughters, arrived borne from thoir Kastern trip of lx week on last Thursday's train. They attended Hie National Teachers' Association at Saratoga, New York, from the 12tb to the Kltb of July, In clusive. There were over ten thousand teachers present. The session for next year will I at Chicago, during the world's fair, In divisions. Prof. McEl roy advocated the holding of the ses sion for 18U4 at Portland, and there I a fair prospect tor the success of this scheme. They saw the leading school buildings of Washington, Pittsburg, Wheeling, Chicago, Denver, and other cities. They gave a week at Chicago to the work of arranging for Oregon's educational exhibit at the world's fair. They visited the world's fair buildings, and found them Immense and grand beyond description- Tbeone question with Prof. McElroy Is, How to accom modate the vast throngs of people that will flock to Chiago during the fair: but they are building great hotels, sys tem of street-car lines, and tlmusand tA dwolllngs In anticipation of all this, t4 the Chicago people confidently us ert that they will be prepared for the great pllurl mage. -&lateman. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. LOCALS. T I Ull and et bop ticket. Hop Uekata at tha Wawr Bum oAto. Plenty of gralu aaeka at tha Talmaga ' mills. to -3 1 Hop picking will ba la Ml Monday. -'. a ; i Buy the White Star Holler mllb flour. IWat In tha market. Mt punaay-agame will ba aura go. There will ba uo (Wllurw thb Urn. lAlWyetta va, luuVnetidano at tha Taluiftg ball grouud next Sunday. Ouly one mora week of "Soda 8prlng, and Newport'1 knd ahW Uo and that Hue display of new oohool bookajuat reoeivad at Huatcr Slielley'a. ! v 4Mt Tha Heudrlck elevator, praaldad over by M. Morwlu, b storing a Urge amount of grain, Wauted, Bright boy atd about fifteen yaftra to Warn Uiaprtntara trade. Call at Uibohica. J. V. Edgar bought IL Ulrachberg's Sua black trotter thb www. paying fSM nr tha aama, The footbridge acrosa tba bayou lead lug to North Indspeudeuo b being re paired. It waa badly needed, After the ball gams Sunday there will ba wreatilug match between PiU her Green and W. A. Soott Senator Oolph'a aon, Cheater, ha married bb eoualn, Mlat Armstroug without tha ooMvut of hb pareuta. Tba undersigned wbhea to get a elaaa in ahorthaud aud typewriting. Addrvae M. Kate Stapbton, lndepeudeuoa. It the Haleiu Matetnit Polk oouu- ty ourreaiKindent would take a due of "fklmoaa" ha would M much better. C A. ilodlvlter aold flat Imported Parcheron stallion to O. A. Law, of Multnomah county, lor 11,800 reoautly That eclmeu of honey brought u by Mb Mat tie Longaer waa very de licious and much appreciated, but It makes ua "loug" for mora. We are aorry to team that Mr. A. B. Atklua luat about 600 buaheb of wheal by Inadverteully mixing boom unrip wheat with the good w heat. Mra. N. P. Ilrigga, of Curvallb, wai burned to death bat Friday avenlng Fir caught from ft gasoline stove, aud the whole house waa deatroyed. Store your wheat at the Tnlutag mills. Tha new warehouse b now reaity for receivlHg 90,000 buaheb of wheat Your rwpeotfUlly, 40-31 Kbinaen A CMntlter llroa. J. O. Davldaoo, living near Parker, had one hundred aorea In wheat, which averaged 37) buslieb to the aera. Altogether ha raised 8,000 buaheb of grain. Mr. J. J as person b makiug some ex eelleut repair on hb bouse. In fact. be b building it almost new, and it will be both a comfortable and hand some resilience when ooiupbted. Mra. Stlne, proprletres of the "Chrla- turn House," would ay to her patron that ahe nukes a specialty of Suuday dinner, aud always servea chicken or turkey. Price luvariably 50 cents. 4!t2 Dr. K.O. Young, veterinary surgeon and dentist, bta of Newberg, baa lo cated permanently In Iutlepeudenoe. The doctor come highly recommended. Hb ofllee I over tlie Independence National bank. For a sluggish and torpid liver, nothing cau surpas Ayer'a pi I la Tbey contain no calomel, nor any mineral (rug, but are composed of the active prluotplea of the best cathartic, and their use always result In marked ben efit to the patient. Borne people are constantly troubled itb bolls -no sooner doea on heal than another makes Ita appearance. A thorough course of Ayer'a Sarsaparllla, the beat of blood purifier, efleotualiy put an end to tbb annoyanc. we recommend a trial Cooper aud Wllllama will begin hop picking next Monday morning. About flfty white people wanted. It b rum ble for bop pickers to furnish their own boxea. If picker will notify J. R. Cooper he will take bb team and haul the boxea to the place or picking. Do you think your girl will love yth If your collar bn't whiter Well she wont, and tbb the truth b; o run with all your might. To the lodependenoa steam laundry, and you will find that ahe will fall on your neck and hug you to death when you wear the linen washed and ironed In the elegant manner they turn out work from that establishment. Fact, we assure you. On thb coming Sunday evening, August 28, there will be service In the Christian church of tbb city. A song and praise service commencing at 7:30 will be conducted aoaatolntereat all who attend. Tbb will be followed by the discussion of the evening upon tfie subject, "What Are We to Believe? or, Is the Bible True Book?" You are invited to be present. D.V. Poling, Evangelical pastor, , "Two years ago two of my family, ft young man and a girl, had very severe and dangerous attacks of bloody Dux," says Mr. John Cook, of Pilot, Vermilion Co., III. "The doctor here was unable, after a week' time to check oi relieve either case. I then began to use Chamberlain ' Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhiea remedy, Improvement waa seen very soon, aud my children arose from what I feared would be their death-bed. It b a grand, good medi cine." For sale by all medicine dealer. When at Big Island, Va.t last April, I was token with a very severe attack ofdlarrbma. I never had It worse in my life. I tried many old-time reme dies such as Blackberry Wine, Pare goric, and Laudanum, without getting any relief. My attention waa then cafled to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy bv M. K. C. Tlnsley who had been handling It there, and In less than five minutes after taking a small dose I waa entire ly relleved.-O. O. Burford, Harrb Creek, Amherst Co., Va. For sale by all medicine dealers. I have no hesitancy in recommend ing Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy to the public, as I do to my friends and patron. I used it myself after other well-known remedies had failed, and It cured me In a few minutes. I recommend It can didly and cheerfully upon 1U merlte, not from a financial stand-point, be cause I have others In stock on which I make a larger profit, but because Chamberlain's Is the best fBmnI know of for bowel complalnta. There Is no doubt about It, It does the work. James Forgy, DruggM, MpVeytown, Peon, ForsalebyallraedJeiMWbrs. oooDniti. Frim, tsar ins to ray sorrow, Mr hsart'iopi'nwwd to-dfty. VtH I mast start fcunorrow roe latrlaaaihr away. W asm, bat at sirtrsn . oinU if I'll rlura, . Andtamr atari, tht Hani of lr ror you will erlfhtly burn. Tha day r at Is Aawelnii Our Joys ul at e swt WkM aa kwhi ruiurt moraluc Agala w'llla4lymt. J will not taint wllh Jsarln Tala masUiif U Ui last) twt dulcet ton, aaa ebearln Whlapsntnla Ui thy lot l east. Mo UI aaa tow bUd mi ' W 'II Mr Haavsn eat ' Terouh kllluwt on IIM'a urmy M Wltb aaUBM wateh and wait. Owd-bya, thta, trlands, ood-b3ri My Uwuihu will aft ba wltft youi I 'II waieb and wait, without a aOajlii rarwwall, ad majf Utid blaas yuu. Masus K. I IUiSV NawroHT, Auguat 23. Knrron Wan Hma: Tbera la an In il ration eonuected with th aea shore tbatoauuut ba ftiund abwwber. and thpron who b permitted to emt even , brbr vacation here, leaving behind bualneta care and Hi thlnira that ao worry and vex him at houM.la Itxkwd brtunat: and tha vbl tor who fklb to lift tha vail aud look Into Um hidden treasure of nature. kwea th beat part of the trip. And he who. amid Ui roaring of Ui breakers, and th ilaah tnar of th snrav aa (I,, wave laah theinsslvea into a fury againat m background of towering rucks, hi not Inspired with truer ooii- oeoUona and nobler asDlrallotta concern mg thta life, b, in my Judgment, bat to th aurrouuillng. Th nob aud bust I of th now busy etnwta of New nort ar tame In ttunparbon. with the aranotourand sublmilty of th ocean beach; butO! suoh sweet relief ibrth odd who i tins! In oudv and brain ho la Snob aurroundlngt bav a tendeucy to WrtWi" !. . iiiaa avaa stiiti mjr vivuv i iie i . ffl,. on thoir return home. aaaau aauu vuiasu wsiwr ar wwwww viihi m Tbaportaoruitbeaen ar too wen umbraluod by your reaitera to need any mention bar. SulTu It to aay that thta who seek nleaaurw oan fltul It her, notwlthsbndlog w Mod here as ease w I) ere, tbeohroule kicker. But my xprince bad m to believe that ukms wnoaoinemoai gruwuug awsy rrotn borne have the least oouiMrta at hotn. lVniorrow In eomnaoy with tome friends w will drive up the baaob to Otter rook, a distant of twelve mile. aud Thursday we will probably go to hmu ituoR, anoui ui sain aiaianceon Hitb lieacn. I hsse two piaoea eoiu pna mm attuia ot uiwrwH auaceii to w aiiaJl remain anotner waea, ana xrwetto ojoy every minute of the tint. Weara very uosi wftr very mwpitauiy emer- taiuwd bv an old n oneer. J. W. Bell. ,a 1 IV Hull They treat ua rovally.and I amur you, we ar axttlnu Ui worth of our money, a our appetite seem constantly Increas ing. It. CIHKMJiT. FATAL riftft AT CIOBVAU.1. ra. M. r. IMni Haraad Uttk aa4 th RtaaM tMirarl, CoRVAU.m, Aug. 19. Fire broke out at ft o'clock this afternoon In tlie resi de no ot N. P. Brlgg. Th flames were discovered by workmen on the city ball, who gav the ahum aud ruahd to the actus, finding the build Ing enveloped In flame. Thinking they board th groans of some cne Inelde, they went lu at th risk of their live and bore out what proved te be th charred remain of Mra. Brlgg. At first it was thought life waa uot entirely extinct, so physician were summoned: but It waa loo late. She bad evidently lubaled the tlauie and, being partially overoome, had started from th room in the hop of makiug her eJfeape, but sank exhausted In the ball where she waa found. No ou aeeioa to know bow th fire originated, aa th rest of tlie family wer away, but th auppojitlon b that she was starting a fire Id gasoline atov, which exploited. Tb death of Mrs. Brings, together with th threabulug flames, caused Ui wildcat excitement. Men, women and children were rustling to and fro. Tbey aeemed perfectly wild. Mr. Brlgg waa well and favorably known throughout the state, being the sister ot Prealdcut John W. Johnson, of the stale university at Eugene, and the mother of Mrs. J. R Bryaon, of tbl city. The fir soon spread to adjoin ing building tod for a time It teemed a though the town waa doomed, owlug to th heavy west wind and an Inade quate) aupply of water. But, thanks to a row of brge maple tree, Immedi ately In front of th house, th fire did not spread eastward, in which event th main business portion of the town would have been destroyed. At thb r was about under control, another alarm waa turned lu, which proved to be a large warehouse on uie river bank, and owed by the Oregon Pacific. It caught from tpark from the former flre. which was three block distant After a bait noun nara wow, me flame were extinguished. The total Ion la about $5,0(10, partially Insured. Basklss'i Araloa salve. The beat salve In the world for cuts, bruise, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever aoree, tetter, chapped hand, chilblains, oorna, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cure piles, or no pay required. It la aruarauteed to give perfect satis faction, or money refunded. Price, 25 cent per box. For sale by any drug gbt. T THIS IS THK LAST MOT1CK. I, the undersigned would re)cotfnlly but poeltlvely notify all persons In debted to me, whose account date nrlor to January, 1802, to come for ward and settle at once, or else I shall be compelled toplace aald note and atvnunte In the band of my attorney. Cost will be saved by heeding tlie above notice. All persons knowing themselves Indebted to me since Jan uary,18, will also make settlement as oou aa convenient. J. It. Cooper. Aug. 16, 1891!, Independence, or. - 4?-4t j Oats Wanted. The highest mar ket price paid for oata by Geo. K. Brey. 40-81 Wanted. A good blacksmith and horae-ahoer oan find employment at Lewbvllle, Polk county, Oregon, In quire of W. W. Smith, Iiewlsvlle.89 4t TtAaoAiN. The West hide bat a 1500 organ for tale ata genuine bargain. For particular! call at tbia office. The nriran Is of the floest make aud has every known Improvement, Wbea Baby wm rick, ws -ave hse Csstorls. Whan she was s Child, sba orled for Csitoria. WIm sha bMsnw UlM, ah olung to Outoria. When shs hsd OhlldMB, sli f.r tliam Outori. lgWON4tl MENTION. llcv, Heraohner waa In town Tueaday, Claud Fryer b back from Newport. Mr, Pool, of Monmouth, died Inst Friday. Goodmau A Douty ar doing a rush- lug business. Mrs. W. W. Perotval returned from the bay Tuesday. Mr, and Mra. Mark Potter returned from th bay this week. Frank Keunedy aud hit better half have been to tha bay rusticating. H, M. Line and family hay re turned home from tha Soda Springs Mra Jeff Fryer and daughter, Mb Ibrtha, returned from NWHirt Tuea day. Mra. A. K. Davis will start on a visit to relative In Toieka, Kansas, tou row. - t ruucii, mruiuiijr ui una vh), uow of Portlaud, was lu our city Sat urdy. J, Jaaperaon, who has been ou the sick lbt, b uow better, w are glad to report. Mr. AJ, Iluusaksr has been ou the sick list lor several day, but la now some belter. Dr, O, IX Butler will oou move luto lib beautiful new resldeue ou Mon mouth street D, I Hedges and Sam ("arils, re turned from mouth's aojuuru at the Soda Spring. W. K. Cnwacy and T. J. Hmtkle's fblka all returned from the Soda Spring thb week. That dot mMttfrtitrHM. W. If. and Curtle Haw ley, vblted Ihelr arenU in Salem last Sunday. Dav Slapbtuit Is uuder the weather, It went down to lib father's ranch to spend his slox spell Urandma Irvine hat been to the Snrlnita fix ft few week, and now i rw kaika as spry as you please. Jam Uibaon hat sent lu hb resig nation to the city couucll aa he will leave Air Portland next week. Mr. Ben Whlteaker, In Jumping from th moving tralu last Saturday, fell and tadly spralued her aukle, W. II. Haw ley left for Ihmh last WeduWajr. IVrbatM It b th Mt. Horeb wken of lu the tcrlpturea. H, Hlnohtwrg has erected a fine hop- bouse, the dry room helug thirty feel ouare. and all nnsiern appliance af UwHji mamm v ........, of Curvallb, wer vbltlug friend tu rujrtlf,ldUl. and Dtxb a few day. I V since. It. F. Burch and ftuitlly returned from th Spring this week. Brother Hurch b not a well aa we would like to see him. Mr. Isaac Maltlsonand wife returned from th Springs Tuesday, looking ao fat aud flue that .we thought aodawater would be good for ua. MUHattle Virgin relumed to her home lu Mbaourl Tuesday. Hhe has been visiting frtetida aud retnllvea here for alxHit three months. Mr. Dr. Davidson gave an elaborate dinner parly ou Monday, tu honor of Mm. Ia Rausteur, Tlie delicious viamls were hugely enjoyed by the gueata. J. H. Itebluaoii, of Album, sun of Janice Roblnaon, of this towu, has been on a vblt to ludcpcnuunee for several days. He returned home last Suuday. Hon F. A. Patterson Weill to Hllb- boro Mouday to see bis brother-in-law. Hon. J. K. Luttrcll, of California, all visiting at Mr, Pftttewiu mollier s residence. A. J. Uoodmau and wife, Mr. Sam Ooff, M las Sophia Ooff,and Mr. Dal- Ion, all returned from the bay last Friday, happy, and with au Improved complexion. Mr. Lewb the butcher, who ha beeu quite sick with typho-malarlai fever, la very much lietter, and Dr. Ie aald to us that he believed that Lewb would get well In tplto of lilui (Lee.) Mr. O. Butler and his daughter, Miss Sadie, of Harrlsburg, have been the past week visiting Independence and Moumouth. The, old gentleman stopicd over several duys with his aon, Dr.O. D. Butler, of this city. Mis Poppteton, of Portlaud, niece of Ezra Poppleton, formerly of this city, and Mra. Poole, of McCoy, wife of Dep uty Collector Poole, of Alaska, with Hon. I). W. Sears, were the guests of Herr H. Hlrschburg last Sunday. Rev. O. W. Qulrnby, of Myrtle Point, Coos county, aud bis father, Rev, J, M. Qulinby, gavo the Wkht BiOKavery pleasaut call last Saturday. They were on the way to conference, at Portlaud, and stopped off to visit relatives here. , L. P. Tattle and wife were in town Saturday. They have been visiting different parts of the valley, and they declare with much enthusiasm thatt Oregon b the finest farming country they ever saw. Tbey are from Massa chusetts. Henry Patterson and family are In the mountains near the logging camp, This la Henry's third trip thb year. He It a til m rod that yon read about lu the scriptures. We suppose he acquired a taste for hunting by close application to reading the bible, , or other good books. Money to Loan -On good Improved forma only In turns from $.r00 to $5,000 at six per cent per annum. C. P. Wells, three miles south of Indepen dence. 8fltf Fok Salb. Two small tracts of land near Independence mostly set to fruit trees; also one ten-acre tract with good building, hop yard, and orchard. In quire &t thb office. That Group. The following group of Indopoudencoltes took In the sound ing tea at Newport last Sunday, going on hand-car express to Corvallls: T. M, Stiver, A. B. Cherry, R. II. Wltoox, M. Baldwin, W. 0. Cook, Will Patterson, Blair Miller, M. K. Mastertoo, Chapman. Preaching. The officers of the Presbyterian, church have made ar rangements to have preaching In their church every Sunday until the pastor, Rev. Dr. Towusend, arrives here, in October. There will lie preaching in said church under thin arrangement be ginning the first Suuday In September, or next Sunday week. All cordially Invited, end atrangcro especially made to feel at home, Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. OttONerngATiON iano fwiMMmorJ THE WEEK. Inhki'Hndknck, Aug. 1(1, 1HU2. Knmm Wawt Siuki In the August tilth Issue or Ui MyoMm, in an ar ticle on gold and silver, I find certain statement which I desire to answer through the columns of your tier, lu reading the article 1 find the as sertion, "It is sheer nonsense to say that we deiuouelbed silver In IMT.'l.'' This assertion wilt not hear close I uvea- tlgHlluu, for It Is a fact well known in this country Well as lu Europe that a bill havlnir for Ita ulmit the demoiie tlftiillou of silver, was drafted, aud to aid In It passage, the banker of l.oia. hard street, Loudon, raised a fund or evMsi.uou wiin which hi iniiuence cer tain meiuliers of conuriMs, aud llius so- core (he PassHire of the bill. How waa th blllnassedr It ccrUilnlv did Uot hike the usual oourss of ieglslu- uon. a nw senators were in tlie sen ate chamber at the time, aud a few werasMHiiiluK In th clonk moiiis. A bill waa nnwenUxt relatlmf to the deiuonetlKMtlou of silver. There was uo discussion, public or private. There were uo aruuiuetils. The bill was mi Innocent, sitiiulo affair. The Mil was called, and fouror five responded. The others, aa usual, paid no attention , to the matter. The presiding ulllcer, In au unconettrtied manner, declared passed, It waa signed by the president without readlug, and six mouths after wards th nrvaident declared In a letter that he had never signed a bill demon- etUlug silver. That president was one of the moat prominent generals lu the war of the Jfotadllou. aud one whom the people of the Untied Suite love to honor and revere as such, but who, as iircsldeul of the United Stales, aulio Honed the Mowaireof a hill which for Ita blighting eit'ect ou the dohter claa of latoiile, as well aa uimu thevoiumurijeof tue nation, una uo eipuu. Why? At that lime silver was worth oncfourth ot one per oeut, exchange, more than gold, stundiird for standard, aim uiererortt tlie "honest dollar" nou sense had uot yet been born In the unuu oi ma monomeiaiiai. it was wholly a Question of rubhlua th iieonle of a.misW,isi. retluclng the value of nruducta aud Inureaslna the amount of every debt In th laud fifty er cent. The man WHO paid IWl buxltcl or wlient for Intercut loonay. the uext year would pay ISO bushels. 1'hts aH'rt lufamy was purchased (IimukIi ft IU-lultl Iran Columns by the gold of lmiibard strtet, London. To prove Una statement we have only to refer to the tmukers' limKHlue fur Au- gust, IKiJi, ami we llnd this statement: "lu 1.17a, sliver being (IclilouetljHta lu Kralice, Kngland, and HoIImimI, a citiil- mi of Ks,(ssi was raised, mid Frnet syd, of tiimdon, was sent to thlscnuu try with this fund as agent of the for cln bond holders ami capitalist, to ef fect toe same olmttt, Idemoiietlxntlou of olivet, which was accomplished." The "silver bill" which concealed the lnlUtly waa lu Die handwriting r this Kriuwl Heyd, aud lie "worked" the committees for Its itaMsage. He was ac companied to Waahiiigtou by a com mittee of the American Hunkers' Asso ciation Thb hireling of Luroiieau hnuker veil got in his work on congress, as we nud the following In tlie t OiiKremloual llceon! for April tl, IHVl: "Krncal Seyd. if umdoii, a dlstluirulshiHl writer and bnllloulst, ho is now here, Icm ulveu great attention to thesuldeet of mint and coinage. After having examined the first dm ft of this lull for (be Jcmoii vitiation of silver, he made various sen ilile suggestions which the (HmimltU'e adapted and ciiilx-lliil In the bill.'' The distinuuished st-ileamaii, Jiidire Kelly, staled that he saw the orlulual bin in beyd'e own iiaiuiwriuug. Now Is silver actually depredated In value to-day? No. lu ui has Ihmiii limited and the price ha dropped. mi it as Iwfore, aud the val ue rcttirns. It value before 1H73 lu the cut waa the same aa It la today. How ulsuil gold? Demonetise gold -llmt b. remove its Use, a was done with stlver-aud the soundest flnniielera hold that Its value will be but iM) cent on the dollar. Would it enrich Ihe silver miners to Mum to holiest coinage? It would Uk twenty per cent oif from the profit or the itold miner, and return tlieui to the silver miner. The silver ...I.... ...... . ... .i.. i.i... .u i iWlVi wm, .qua! Justice lo the pe..ple. would i-.unie nKHi us wiin stiver? The jiiet Ion Is too silly for attention, soy mail whoaayst,lsejthcrkiinviahor demented. Kurop gets her silver here lu tuaulitlea varying from thirty-five to forty million dollars' worth a year. Ik-fore she could unload her silver here she would have to oomc here to buy It. sin) every dollar's weight of silver would cost her loo wnt. Would a mini be fool enough to sell his silver for ho cents a hen he could uH lou cent for It at the mint? Sliver is Uslay the standard coin u morecotiimeMid relations than irold. There are ,7tX,tW0,iKai of gold lu use and H,Huu,oun,U(iu uf sliver. India aud China use uo gold, h ranee uw a hundred million more sliver tliim gnld;uud France Is the nustt prospitrous iialioti on the glnle. Tlie deal ruction of silver wosau outrage and Mlils-ry, and It as accomplished by tue plutocracy or r;uroieaiut Amer ica. 1 also see It stated In the Onmmmn that silver formed no rt of our circu lation for forty years, which U the most absurd statement (and Is wholly with out foundation) that enn be pinned be fore au enlightened putiilcal ttie present lime, Silver and Rold were coined enmtlly, without restriction, and were equally, legal tender cmilliiuously for elgtlty oue years until sliver was demonetized In 1873, of which fact I am In iKmscaslon of ample proof. , It Is ruuk nonsense to talk of the depreciation of silver. A dollar's weight of silver, 80 cents, will to-day buy more than It would in IHTil. (lold bas gone up, not silver down. When can the American people huve this great wrong righted? When they, una icople, rise up lu their nuulit and hurl that party from power which x'rpetratcl this great wrong upon them, unit plnced lu the halls of congress and In the president's clialr, men who cannot is) bought nor controlled by the money Kwcr of Europe and America. W. L. Wll.KlNS. A TON TO TIIR ACHE. Hon. J, 8. Cooper, a banker of Inde pendence, Polk county, waa In the city today. "Wo are having excellent wheat crops up In Polk," mild he to a report er, "and our hop fields are simply gloriously full, The yield will run ull tlie way from l,o(H) to 2,0X) pounds xir acre, and we think prices will be good. I would not tie surprised if we sell at forty cent per pound yet. This Is going to bo a banner year with grow ers. Our hops, so Ezra Meeker tolls me, nro ruted two cents per pound higher than Puyallup hops In the Lon don markets. We have the finest hop country on earth." I'ortland Orejon ian. r Mr'; Niealmn Causa, 8.' H. CllirordnSiwe, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheuma tism; his stomach was disordered, hit liver wasafteotod to nn alnrmlilg degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced In flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Jlltterg cured hltn. Edward Shepherd, Hurrbburg, 111., hud a running sore on hb leg of eight years' Btundlng. Used three bottles of Klectrlo Bitters and seven boxes of lUicklen'a Arnica Salve, and his leg Is sound mid well, John Speaker, Cataw ba, O , had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was Incurable. One bottle of Electric Bitters and one box of Bucklen'a Arnica Salve cured him entirely, Auuimt 17, Taeom 12, Portland 8, at Portland. Seattle 6, Himkaiio 1, nt Seattle. An effort it being mails to form ft fu sion nvtween in Jtepublloant and Peo pies in Aiaoaiua. - Ak Astoria, Oregon, Malt Kraticto- vitcii was almost instantly kllli having his head crushed In a shingle uiaoiiioe. Nancy Hutika lowered the world' trotting record a full second at Chicago. Her time was She Is six year old. Her owner I 3, Maloomb Forboa, UI ihshoii, : lb Tennessee mining trouble b more serious than first report indlcat. ed. It Is said that the striker number at least lai.oou men, Th entire state rullllla has been ordered out; but tlie to- lai uuniHorormen in that organisation m mjr aooiu s,uuu. I t U said that th ouly oars destroyed at uuniuo were suuii aa lisd been con demned and run Into a-ras grown aid ugs to mt, and that these were fired by the railroad oompaulu themaelve With the View of oreaUntf a feeilnir pauim ainaora, ru nrsl report was At. ..a at... ft a a ..... mat uie si risers nan imrnwl some HO.. ouy worth of proerty. Th lact that no ar renin wer luiuie, w lie II I lie yard literally swarmed with willwinn aurf detectives, gives color to the story that the companies kindled the fire. At present some g.ooo militiamen are uu nur arm. The strike ha extended to the New-York Central aud tba Laka Shore rouds. No trains are yet movlug. The strikers are quiet and there b no trounieorauy kind. At'Ol'HT 18, Portland 10. Taooma 4. at Portland. Seattle 7, Sisikan 2, at Seattle. RtMiubheana of IdaliA tiniliii.ul W J. McCouiiell, of Moaeow, fur governor. m Th lYunaylvanlaetate federation of iiiisir recommend that all union miti refrain from Joiulng tba militia, and mai au enustea union men withdraw, Nathan I'll a ati1 Mn, lllin. .r unnin, tia., KM)gei their flv children in the hmise and went to cliurch. The miiise burned and tlie oh dren tr. Ilied.: . ,, . lu ('liicairo another world's (iwnnl was broken by the noted ieeer, Hal renter, He paced the mile In MI. a full three-fourth of a second better (nan the dlstamw waa ever paced Wild reports oome from Tennesaea So far there Is nothing reliable, as wire are down and there I no way of get- iiiik i ne newa. ivuoxvi a a un-aiiv excited over reiuirt of a Utile be- wcen the millers aud mllltla. It la said that Uouera) Anderson, of the milltlaiueu, baa beeu captured by the miners, auu mat auverai men on eaeti side were killed. Pislhly to-iuorruw mo irum win ie anowu, At Buffalo the situation la not mate rially ehslik-ed. Futlvti.OOO troona are guanllng hiw strikers, but still no trains are running, me switchmen of the Mckie riatc Joined the strikers to dav. while the Lackawanna ended the strike an far as It b concerned bv not ouly acceouig in tue iieiuaiuia ot tlie strik er, but bv nutlfvluif Umni that Ihwv would not be askfcil lo handle boycot ted fnlghu The few iiou-uulou men the other roads have beeu able to secure are doing nothing, and If the roads attempt to work with iiim-uulon switch men, the engineers, firemen, brake- men and conductors will go out. If neeesaary (he strike will he extended west to Chicago and east to New York. Au ell'urt ou the part of the Erie to move trains proved futile, the non-union men refusing to work. New York has a state Isiunl of arbitration, but Ihe board can do little or nothing, aa the Heading aud the New York Central refuse to arbitrate, . Arocwr 10. , Cholera ha apeared In Hamburg, Uermany. The sugar trust advanced the price of sugar one-eighth of cent per pound. A fireman on ftateaniehlp plying be tween Hamburg and Loudon died of Asiatic cholera. At Hhermautown, Pa,, Ell Hulcner was overcome by gas lu a well ami fell rrom tne imiating bucket and was killed. At Farmlngton, Wash., Adelphla Probst, aired elirhtesu. committed aul- cldc by taking strychnine. The cause IS UtlKIIOWII. John Wick was killed at Ionian Puiilsuu A Co. 'a saw-mill at Portland by a rapidly revolving belt breaking aud striking hint ou the head. At t'hlco, Cal., a man named Wright attempted to fill a gasoline stove with out being sure that the fire waa exlln- ? rubbed. An explosion followed, and us wife and baby were burned to deat h. At Chlimgo C. II. Young displayed a bahy'a picture In hi trallerv ahow-wtn- dow b'tieath which waa the legend, "A homely baby sometimes make a pretty picture." The original of the picture was the child of Edward A. Da vis, who had refused to pay for the pictures, Davb shot Young fatally. There are all kinds of report about the war In Teunctwco That 4he min ers aud militia have been fighting la certain. A uumberof men wore killed ou both side. Itb said that the min ers have surrendered. The Coal Crock country Is not well supplied with tele graph lines, aud what few there are have been cut. Reliable report are not obtainable. While a circus wattUipplns at Mar ti nsliurg, W, Va., U. P. Evans, near whose pmperty tlie tent waa Pitched. Instructed a negro to shoot the first mun who trespassed on hit lawn. An employe of the circus attempted to make a short cut across the lawu, and the lie itro shot him dead. Evuna was almost lynched, but better counsel pre vailed, and be and the negro are now lujull. Nuthlnar of Importance ha transpired at lluM'alo, No trains are moving, ex cept on the Lackawanna. It Is certain I Hut If enough non-union men are found to move t ho trains at Uullalo, the strike will lie extended to other cities and the train crews will lie called out. The taxpayers of Buffalo are kicking: about the irreut expense of keeping the militia there, saying there Is no need of It. They do not like the Idea of paying fifteen or twenty thou sand dollars a day to guard the proper ty of several railroads that will not submit to arbitration. Auucst 20. In T.ewla nontitv. Wnuli.. TVmncrnta and Peoples will fuse. Portland 4, Tuooma 111, at Portland. Scuttle 6, SiMikane 1, at Seattle, At New Brunswick. N. J., Lizzie Hiiruuudy nud Sadie White were drowned, Bctiliimln Parker. Furman Mnnnnrv. anil Cimrlps Seaman, were drowned at A lianlia City, IN. j. Mi's. Ll.zio R. Hicks, of Richmond, Vu.. mistook her ftfteeu-your-old daugh ter for a burglar and shot her dead. Tho members of the Mahonlug Val ley (Ohio) Iron Manufuoturer'a Asso ciation have signed the Amalgamated scale. There were 0,008 new cases of chol era and 2,378 deaths from that disease in uiMHia. f our deutns rrom cholera arc reported from Belgium. Freedom, Pa., a town of 1,800 people, whs greatly damaged by a cloudburst. The extent of the damage b not yet known, though It Is said that the town is a total wreck. Three of the oonvlots who escaped from the Oregou penitentiary have been heard from near Aumsville. The other Is thought to be la the neighbor hood or iirooKs. Ed. Banton'a barn, near La Grande, Or., burned. He wus awakened about niliiulirht by the triors of the ilanics, and rushed out, but wet too late to save anything. He found a valuable atal- l!on wlil(!h he had loft In the barn, to ft tree, A railway accident at Baltimore, Md,, caused the death of three colored people. A few passenger tralu are running in auu out oi uuniuo, f reight bltx-a ade b th greatest since 177. The Lake Shore road ouly succeeded lu moving three train. No more rain be received because every fuoi of available trae is iu use. While fighting a forest fire near Ne- vaua, uii.. iiarvev ilea . of Hacranieti Ui, was caught by a fulling tree and burned to death. The heat dlachar ing the cartridges In hb o stol llrat called the atkmtlou of hb companions ui ins one, Mr. Gladstone made a scrlnus blnn derlo thooriranlaotkm uf his irovern ment. He Ignored the radicals entire ly, aim uow they will oftisise him, which will make it neoessary for the new irovernment to reslin or hi bnw w i tie wishes or the radicals. The president proclaimed rctalialbm avalnst Canada ou tuwnuut or Canada's aiscriinlnatlou ngaluat American slui) Plug iu the Welland canal.. Tl, cnarges are twenty cents a ton, aud l aiiauisn vessels are allowed a rebate of eighteen cunte a ton . The preshbut't iirvviainauou levies bill of twenty cent t ton ou all Canadian freight pawing ttirouuh Uie St. Marv's Kails oauai. So far fifteen dead mlncra imvo lun found In the (Joel Creek. Temuswee. vuui,ry, ana mere are pmnaiiiy more, theuuiuU-rortiilililuiiien killed bas uot bean reported. About 400 at the miner are under arrest. Tha tronhie 1 practically over, (leneral Carnes lias placed theatate labor commissioner unuer arrest alona wih the miner The Commissioner maili. himself uiumiu, Ular with the general by reason of his sympamy lor tlie nitiiera. At'Ot'HT 21. Governor KtUf le. of Arkanan. la dy log. Marv Sedenburir. ut Minnniu,n Minn., was struck bv an eleeU-io ear ana killed. Four Kaunas "farmem" mhhoil a M. liOUls A San Francisco ex ureas ear of r,uuu or more, i ney wore captured. Kvani and Sotituir. the California tralu mhliers, are beading for Old Mex ico, i ncre is nine ciiauce of capturing iiieui. At Memphis. Tenn . tha killer ot an Iron Mountain ltMMmiotiva exnlmliul u , ., . : n. iiiuierneiu, eniriucer, aud lUHiert Prattler, fireman, were killed. Europe Is experlendinr a heat wave eclipsing that In America recently. It la not uncommon for the thermometer to mark 110 in the shade, Soldiers on duly In many Instance dropHl dead. 'I he war b over In Tennessee. Men are being arrested by the wholesale, but as the sympathy b ali on the side of the strikers, it b not nroliablu that they will be punished to any great ex tern. A horse driven bv Wm. Smith and Audrew Klrker, axed fifteen and six teeu, of Auburn. N. V. was frightened by an electric car and ran directly lu front of It. The ear crashed into the carriage and both lads were killed In Vienna. Austria, Thursday. Fritz Pachcra fell aabcu In a flue lu ihe Vo- gei iron wonts, tie waa bricked , op oy men wno uui noi Know or Ills pres ence, aim wnen tne nue wm opened to day Ills charred skeletou wm found. Sheriffs. A. Brllo, of Cameron conn ty, Texas, went to a fandnuiro to anvst some criminals, ile did not find them auu started, Willi ills deputies, to re turn. Shortly after the start someone shot through the bock of tlie carriage, siiimg me snenii instantly, At West Superior. Wis., a mob of about fifteen men attacked a couple of nou union uieu. une was beaten to lusenHlblllty aud will nmbuhlv die rue oilier lias disappeared, and was doubtless killed, as the ground looks as though hb body had been dragged over iu The switchmen' strike at Buffalo it not changed materially. The move ment of frclulit Is a tr lie easier, and unless the strikers Induce the train crew to aid them, they will be defeat ed lu a few days. Itb aald, however, mat interesting developments may tie looked for within the uext forty-eight hours, The northwest base ball league's se ries of games have ended. The season was uot over, but owing to luck of sun port the clubs decided to quit. Seattle lias first plaoe, Taeoina second, Portland third, aud Spokane lust. Se attle and Portland will play eight games to decide the championship, as Portland held first place In tlie tlrt se ries of games. The result of to-day's ? nines were: Taooma 8, Portland 0, at Nirtluud, aud Seattle 7, Spokane 4, at Seattle. AUGUST 22. In Tennessee everything It quiet. There It no news from Uullalo worth reportlug. The International hotel, at Blame, Wash., burued, and Ed. Jacohsou lost bb life. The Pennsylvania coal operator! de cided to reduce the wages of their min ers to three cents per bushel. In the CoHir d' Alene region. Wardner has been placed under martial law. The slate officials or Idaho, acting in conjunction with the military, are de termined to utterly exterminate the miners' uulon, and those mines work ing with union men have been ordered closed by (leneral Curtis. AU saloons have also beeu closed, on the ground that their proprietors were In sympa thy with tha ml uera, August 2.1. Edward Kane, of Seattle, Wash,, was drowned. " Andrew Holer, of Portland, commit ted suicide. ' Myron H. Clark, ex governor of New York, died. Three people were killed at Roan oke, Va., by a cloud bust. Louis Lowe, ex-govemor of Mary land, died at Brooklyn, N. Y. The supreme lodge of the world, K. of P., is lu schmIou al Kansas City, Mo, At Dayton, Wash., a team ran away and Willie Wagner, aged eleveu, wag killed. A sentiment among the locomotive firemen In favor of striking to aid the BullUlo switchmen Is growing. Cholera has broken out lu both Ham burg and Havre. These are among the most Important jiolub in Europe, and with them the United States has direct and rapid communication. Steamers coming direct from Hamburg arrive at New York, Baltimore, Bos ton, Philadelphia, and I'ortland, Me. There were 127 oases lu Hamburg yes terday, and one uowspaper places the number of vases at 800, and the num ber of deaths at 120. The department of State Is taking precautious to pre vent the spread of the discoee to this oouutry. AotiusT 24. An old man, unknown, exploded a I dynamite cartridge In the plaza In Port laud in such a way as to mow 1119 nena completely otr, it ocurrea at iu:-K p. PPKES mM Balcin Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. tied j fif., aud whether it waa accidental or notb not known. Tlie Oregon conference of tho M. K. Cliurch South b Inwawlon In Portland. At Pittsburgh a car consigned to the Carnegie was blown up with dynamite. Dr. Bowen Porter, of Gold Hill Or., died from the eft'oct of an overdose of morphine, ' ' The oonvleb will resume work hi th Teunesaee Coal and Iron Co.' mine under guard of the mllltla. At mldnlirht the swltchmeu' strike at Uullalo ended. The allied trades, iu oonfenuice, decided that while the demand of the switchmen were fair aud Just, yet they could not go Into sympathetic strike; and ao, owing te the fact that help waa not to lie looked for from the tralu crews, tbo strike wm declared off. The New York board of health will take the strictest measures to km-n cholera out of the United States. Five ships from cholera-Infected txirts are due in this country within the next few days. In Hamburu- tba di UttBJM la epidemic. There were 840 new case aud 1,10 deal lis. The disease hat also appeared In Berlin and Antwerp. COME A Nil atOTXK. Luther O rounds havlnir formed a partnership with L. B. Frazler. want nil old account settled by note or cash. Hardware and machinery cost money so don't fail to corne forward aud settle Immediately. au-4t AOMIN1KTHATOK- NOTICE. On the 2d day of July. W.V2. I was appointed admlulstrater uf th of Bethuel Dove, by the county onurt of folk county, Oregou, and I have qualified as such and entered on the duties of my said trust. Thb b te no. tlfy all persons having claims against said estate to present them to me duly sworn to as the law directs, at my res- luunceon me Willamette river near Hull'a Fcrrv. within six months fnun date hereof. Ji. p. Dove, 'It.'i-S Administrator of anid estate. a noon HAK4IA1N. For sale in West IndemiidcncH. eight blocks from main street on Mou- moutn itreet, first bouse on left across, bridge going west, four lota, a four- room cottitite, with burn and other out- buildings, partly set to young orchard and small fruits. This b a good bar gain If taken soon. Inquire at this of fice. WANT TO HttNT. The undersigned deal re to rent a farm of from one to five hundred acres of land to cultivate ou the shares. He bos teams and all runt-wary modern machinery te do flrst-c-liiHi work. He has Just sold bb farm at Falls City, hence the above proposltnm. Addrem. John I. Montgomery, Falls City, Polk county, Oregou. 41-4t MAKSHAJL'ANCT1CK. All persons are hereby notified that the ordinance mjuirliiK all live stock to be kept oft the streets of Indcsu- .leiiee goes into ellect 011 (September 1. IHU2. Ou and after that dute anv cat tle, horses, or other live stock found ruouiug at brge will lie impounded. J. li. tll'IUIAHII. 41 2t Deputy Marshal. MOTU'K TO FA KM ERS. All wheat stored at tho Tulmuge mills, If sold toother parties will l de livered freeou board at Independence. IV1.KM.SES A ClXIDI- KLTKK BkOs, 40-3t COW NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified that all cows or cattle of aay kind found on the st reets after 6 o'clock p. ni. will bo Impounded. This Is positively the but notice aud govern yoursel vea according- . ly. Signed, August 1, 18512. T, Fknnei.l, 89-4t City Marshal. FOR ALE. Seven and a half acre of land in Monmouth, on ludependunoe street Fair house aud barn, 230 bearinir fruit treea upplea, tiears, tenches, plums. Tbb place can be bought at a bargain. inquire 01 m. jniciioia. NOTICE. E. P. Dove bus purchased the Inter est of D. O. Dove in the firm of Dove Bros., aud now owns a two-thirds in terest tu the business, i). G. Dove has no Intercut whatever lu-the general farming, hnp-growlng and stock busi ness heretofore carried on by the Dove Bros. E. P. Dove. 41-2t BUSINESS LOCALS. The steam laundry Is doing oa good work m any laundry in the st-ite. Send your linen there if you wish to look neat and natty. To be In the twhu Is the desire of all the boys. But they can't be truly In It unless tbey send their linen to the Independence steam laundry. , There b now a big rush to Stockton & Heuklc's for the new gouds of all kinds Just arriving. Come running, but do u't fall, for we are trying to sup ply all. Stockton A Henklo have just closed au Invoice of their Immense stock of goods, and are receiving new goods every duy, which they are telling at the lowest possible prices. The new stock of shoes,- hats, dress goods, and furnishing goods, now ar riving at Stockton & Ilcukle's, are the beet aud cheapest ever brought to this market. Call and see our goods and get prices and see If our statements are not correct. If you are at all particular about the looks of your collars, cutis, nud shirts, you will send them to tho Salem steam laundry, where they will lie turned out with a glossy finish that b elcgauce Itself. Prices very low. Leave' orders at the Salctn stage barn. There is uo place in Oregou where a better meal is served than at the res taurant of Westacott & Irwin, 271 Com mercial street, Salem. Courteous at- tentlon, a (1 no meal, aud the popular price of 25 cents, have made this house the' headquarters of everyone who has occasion to dine iu Salem. T1MK TABLE. Indopenitsnoe and Monmouth Motor Line Leaven Iaws Indopeailonoe. Monmouth. 7:00 7:S0 V 8:10 8:ai 9:80 lino 11:15 12:110 1:50 l):16 8:46 4:iio &:00 B:15 8:15 - . 8:30 Powder: