New erotjuet acta null tittup stool at
Anstlne'a.
Mif Crowd', from the East, in visit
lugrelalivrao.lv A few of our wheelmen attended the
jfrunge lumc up llw nvvr rtatunlay
Jt.-v. J. L. ru'reli, or tangent, wa
in town I hi mik luokitnc over our
surrouudiiig.
V. 11. MaimtleM and 11 S. Durker.of
the atate piloting office at r-aU-m, paid
im a mil t-uininy.
Mr. ami Mr. Wuj. Toney, f Mc
Minnvillt, it- in town thia week
looking for property.
Mia Cora lXnipwy went to Dixie
Tu aday to attend the marriage of her
ttUter, Mary, to Mr. Willi Mimontou.
K. A uhI ine baa a new atock xf haui
cuocka. lk fail to get one to hang in
your yard and to take to pivuics wi h
y ou .
Wiu. liooUi and family, of this place,
left for the mountains ou Wednesday
where they will spend a few xeekn rus
ticating. Mm Marie Andrews, student of
JSaieni, was visiting with ker friend
Mian Conalauce liawiey of thfa) place
tbia week.
When you go to the capital call at
the State street photograph gallery .and
examine their fine work. Crouis &
Crouis, proprietors.
The Sum lay acltooi convert at the
Christian church iat Sunday was a
uccnav The proceeds went to the;
luiiwionary fuuJ)-.
Miaa A Hie IlaviH, of Kaleru, who has
been attending acliooi here, went home
Tuesday, and from there abe will at
tend the World's fair.
T. J. Tborp returned frm the
Worlds Fair this week. He reports:
very unfavorably of the pleasure of a
riait to the white city.
Salem Steam Laundry gives aaiisfae
tiou, so the people who get itw.-tr wo.'fc
done ttwre say. Ia,ve your clothes at
the Normal book store.
A large number of young people
from liere attended the Y. V. S. C. E-
pk-uic at Dixie last Saturday and re
port a quiet but a happy time.
Cliff Ball, of Ballston. who is now
portal clerk on the Northern between
Portland and Pendleton, wa vW'injr
hat mother ben the first of the week.
Ib-v StruMe pastor of the M. E.
church at lonependence. rave the
College V. M. C. A. boy here a very
Inittmctive lecture on the two tables.
illustrated by the Lord'sana the Devil's
tables.
Tle following delegates were elected
last Sunday to represent the Christian
cburvb at the Turner meeting next
week. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Smith, Mr.
Mrs. K. R Powell, Mr. R- C. Perdval,
and W. H. Hawley.
Prof. Hart, of Falls City, ws In
town Suuday. He says that every
thing is now ready to receive the pic-
nicekrs on tne loth of June, and a
very larice crowd is expected and a
goud tine for all is insured.
I.aM week our publie school girls
challenged the girl ot tbe Fails City
public school to iiM-et them on tlie dia
mnd at that place on tte lRh of June,
but tlwy, knowing then is no glory in
defeat, politely tleelined. Our girls are
ball players.
The man a bo utoj an' rebukes the
boy on the streets fir grabbiu his
weaker playfeller's rookie, gfs tew
his office n' studies how tew grab bis
wraker ft Iter's brpaid, in a deal on
vlnnt option!, fuy Farmer John.
V. H. ltaldra.Uie dray man. will start
a Mrwl sprlukler wn if he cn g-t
patronage enough to jurtify him. He
should native the patronage of every
bufitie man and al from thw living
along the duty treett. By all iiun
nh'iul.1 north Main be sprinkled during
t.Vmmeiicemt-nt.
Over a hundred from the Normal
atteuded the Inter-coIU-gistte onttoriral
contort held at r!em lat Friday in
the M. K. church. The contest was
very iritervstittsf the competition bi'ing
socle. F.very colk-i in the stale
was tvfreetiled ty a compeditor for
the ntednl and a number of deW-gstes.
At the close the prize wm awarded to
the representative from Newberg.
To prove t hat the eastern people are
green as well as we, out of their swtlou
I will relate a true incident which
happened not long sinoe. A gentle
man who was headed for Polk County,
Oregon, was asked: as I be train swept
through a poled hop yard,' just after
crossing the Oregon line, what was
planted there; his immediate reply was
"Beans." The whole car took him for
authority and were perfectly satisfied.
Home mumps in town yet-
U. T. Waller visited the county seat
Tuesday.
C. L. Hawley has a fire-proof safe in
bis place of bus! ties.
K H. Hosuer sold his property lust
week to Mrs. T. O. Waller.
The class motto of the claw of US' I
"The end vrowus the work."
Mr. tioodmuri, of Nsshvlile, Iim-olii
county was in town Tuewlsy.
, ou can't tell wbitber a man was
really great until a thousand years or
no after he Is dead.
C. C. Lewis. the Sooth Main street
photograplier, takes special pains in
pleasing his customers.
Geo. Fisher started for the mines
in Northern California Tuesday
where his father Is at work.
A silly oke is a deadly weapi D
Satin keeps laid up for limes of deep
eouvk-tion in the community.
Air. and Mrs. J. E. Hosns?r, of the
senior class, will teach in the Indep n
denee public schools next year.
Miss Elsie Hefty, of Drain, arrived
here laxt week where she will spend
her vacation with W m. Hoots'.
Dr.Parrish has started a brick yard
one mile west of town, where he will
sisMi begin the erect ion of a sanitarium.
One day last week there came a 'lit
tie one" to the house of I. G. BingkHon,
and on the same day one at A. J. Ship
ley's.
It. D. Perkins has purchased the
bouse and lot next to Cook A Port-
wood's, from J. E. Miller and is now
dwelling therein.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Emmitt went to
Eugene Tuesday, where they will spend
two or three weeks with Mrs.Emmitt's
father D. Til ton.
John McCuIioch, of this place, who
bastwen teaching at Stayton, Marion C. L. Hawley, at the Normal book
county, n-turtied last week after a sue-; store, is continually receiving some
eessrul year's work. j thing new, and his trade is increasing
A day that didn't brin its npporta-1 'T-
nity for dointt good, must have been i Groond Frazer, the bard ware men,
one that stinued into th clendw
whhout Providence knowing it, j
i
Lydell Baker, of Portland, addressed i
the students Thursday, on the life of'
Abraham Lincoln. The lecture was well
attended and very much enjoyed.
'All the rigs at Fisher 4c Edgar's
have been engaged long since and
they have engaged several more from
Salem for their customers ca the day
of the teachers picnic
Pies. Campbell requests the student
to make themselves famillier with the
college cheer and have the college col.
m, "crimson and grey" ready for the
commencement exercises especially for
the at bletic tournament.
N. A. Emmitt while working on
Wru Smith's residence fell from the
top round of a 25 foot ladder with
haul of brick on his shoulder. While
the fall was a hard one we trust the
results will not prove serious.
I Ji;ii:irii is afraid that some of the
European, might spend a shilling
or two at the World's Fair, so he is
throwing jokes at it. He told a
Swfcv journalist that the Exposition
was got up by a number of Chicsig"
bote; keepers. Bismark is talking
through his tile-
Farm work with A. B. Conley, of
Union county, is carried on with
something of a rush. There are
abottt a dozen eight-liorse teams on
the pSow.s, and the plowing and t-eev-ing
of 120 acres is considered an av
erage day's work. Last year Mr.
Con ley sold 80,000 bushels of wheat,
Bvin 7000 Ixi-hels lor seed. This
year he will put in about 7,0H)
acres of grain.
Among Live Business Men.
F. It. Xesie, the butcher,
well ntocked meat market.
keeps a
Otho Williams, tne Dtllas tailor, is
an eipert cutter, and insures his work
to lie fint-clsss-
Drop in at the Elite and see bow
ueat, with stock complete, and fruit so
sweet. ciHrs Imrd to heat, all thiii?
are there. -
John Howell, the contractor, inviies
your fuspectiou of his house plans aud
estl mates.
When you want to take your girl
out riding, or your picnic party out to
the i alls call on Fisher Sc. Edgar for
teams
Cook A Port wood are selling shoes
not only by the pair, but by the score.
They are a stylish fit, and fit is style-
When you want to settle down to
live, bny a lot or buy a farm through
J. 11. Morau, the dealer.
shoemaker,
about shoes
if you will ask him.
Dr. Parrish has his office near the
Polk B. Uai.k, at his residence on the
corner of Pine street.
Dr. J. M. Keene, of Salem, is a grad
uate of one of the largest eastern col
leges. - '
C. H . Morris, the jeweler, keem a
well selected stock of good and by
-elllngat such reasonable priivs. has
l wen iomg a fine business.
riie Polk Co. KanK is ably presided
over by J. H. Hawley president, him
fra C. J'owell as canhier.
1 J. Jones, the barber, is alwavs
ready t' seve "the next S
Smith A Jordan are reo-gnizirig the!
fact that prices are w hat tell and a f
consequence they are selling their
goods at very cloae prices. i
Dr. J. M. Crowley bus his office at i
his residence on Main street near Col-,
lege. , i
Craven Fulkerson keep all kinds of
lumber shingles and lath constantly
on hand.
(.. C. Lewis has the reputation of
doing good work, and bis nbotograpbs
give satisfaction.
J. Jordan, of the Monmouth hotel
Is wanting to secure a first class
to manage his hotel business.
The Misses Cooledge have opened a
dressmaking est blUhmi-tit and a stock
of millinery in Monmouth, and invite
she patronage of the public.
Dr. D. M. Doty, tlte dentist, resides
in Monmouth, aud is a pemianeut fix
ture. Call at his office when in need
of work.
Charley Taylor, who keeps the neat
fruit emporium, and candy stand, in
vitee you to call and try his fine ci-
gars ;
18" aetiiers tn agricultural ma-
chin'r-nd nv their warehouse full
of farming implements.
.
" "
ONE ENGINEER'S EXPERIENCES.
Has Killed Twenty-two i. bat In
Beganlsd a m Safe Hu.
"Lafayette Truman, engineer of the
Erie train that ran into the eastern
Illinois tram, has killed 22 men," said
C R. McCullougb, a brother engineer
of the Chicago and Erie road, at the
Clifton, "but," he continued, "in no
case was he to blame, and in every
case he has been exonerated by the
jury. Most of thee killings were at
railroad crosBings and in other Kimilsr
accidents where the engineer could
not be held responsible. He is only
a young man. but I want to relate
two experiences of his which show
him to be possessed of a marvelous
presence of mind.
"In October, 1890, he was engineer
of a train tliat was dashing through
burning forests near Lima. O., at the
rate of 60 miles an hour. That night
the sky was concealed by black storm
clouds, and before the burning dis
trict was reached the darkness from
the window of the cars seemed im
penetrable. Then, as the train pro
ceeded, the horizon became hazily
red. As the train sped on nearer, the
blood red clouds appeared to be tum
bling about tumultuously. as if it were
a sea of fire buffeted by angry winds.
At length the train seemingly plunged
into the heart of this forest of fire.
"There was a straight stretch of
track continuing for seven miles. As
the train dashed along, the fire sprang
up in sieets from crackling, falling
trees on either side, and above was a
canopy of shifting, eddying red smoke.
Down the trat-k. beyond the reach of
the head lig lit. there was only a red
blur. A bridge spanning a deep ri ver
was ahead somewhere. Suddenlv,
immediately in front. Truman saw a
shower ot hi sparks fly upward. In
an instant he was reversing his en
gine, and the train was brought to a
standstill j,st on the edge of the
river. It hr.d flashed over him when
he saw the sparks that the bridge
was burning, und that a spar had
fallen, aenditig up as it went down a
show of bgiit. lie saved the train
and tiie ti vt i f 300 iis.senirers. There
is not onoen'r.neer in a thousand who
would huvo arrived at the conclusion
so quickly that the addiiionartransi
tory light was from the bridge burn
ing. They would have supposed it
was an inconsequential lart of the
phenomena and plunged on to de
struction. "The other incident, while not sur
rounded by the popular herolike
aspect lent by the forest fire and the
run through it, was no less heroic
and showed a far greater presence of
inmd. This was in Ohio, too, near
Hepburn. His train this time was
running at about the same rate, 60
miles an hour, when the rods on each
Chas. N. Woods, the
will tell you a little secret
ErSOuHDS PEAZEH
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Monmouth - Oregon.
Proprietors of
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Monmouth, - - - ' Oregon.
Kirxt -l:is ris, single and double, light and heavy, to accommodate our patrons.
Careful drivers furnished when desired.
Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
COOK & PORTWOOD
Dealers in-
BOOTS, SHOES, and
nts' Furnishing Goods.
New firm, New goods, and New prices.
MONMOUTH - - - - - OBEGGN.
J. H. MORAN
THE GENERAL REAL-ESTATE AGENT
MOXMOTJTH
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Call if You Want Baraains.
L. D. JONES
Tonsorial Artist.
Hair cutting, 25cts.: Shaving, locta.;
uatns, isx-ts.
Corner Knox and Main streets.
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slue or tne ensnne oroKH. msiaauv
tilling the fireman aiid wrecking
the cab. Truman, to save himself.
jumped into the tender. And there
he was isolated, as it were, the broken
rods flying madly and beating deafen-
tngly. and it was impossible for him
to reach an airbrake with the train
Soing at that speed- He is only a
young man. but he did something
then that many old ensrineers have
since told me they would never have
thought of. He got out his pocket-
knife and cut the hose, thereby ap
plying the automatic brake, and suc
ceeded in stopping the train. I would
rather ride behind that man," con
cluded Mr. McCuUough, "than any
engineer in the United States." Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Many women read a magazine
sketch or a novel in the same fever
ish way in which they hurry from a
committee meeting to a tea and from
the tea to a reception. "Oh, dear,
why did I turn to the last page?" ex
claimed a girl the other day, who had
spoiled a good story by her hasty
anxiety to know the end It was one
of those stories where the last para
graph contains some charming and
most surprising . revelation. Ex
change. ' -
Hard Water.
Aunt Jane Is the water where you
live now soft or hard!
' Wee Niece I guess it's pretty hard.
The girl spattered some on th' lamp
chimney the other night, an it broke
all to pieces. Good News.
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OREGON.
Books and supplies at lowest prices.
BILL iKD TENNIS SUPPLIES.
The Popslu Hotel
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Most CeatraUy-
Freo 'Bus to and
from an Trmlms
and Steamers
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The H
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IM.U ROcHE.
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Dealer in
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nuts,
CONFECTIONERY
Artie soda water, tee eream and oyster parlor
in cwnueetion.
Monmouth - . Oreimn.
J. M, CROWLEY
Physician and Surgeon.
Office One door west of Polk Co. bank
Main Btreet, Monmouth, Oregon.