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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1893)
LOGlb 3OM!II20S.' ' Frank Mil key went to AHuuiy Mon day. ' . ; : ..'. H. I Imur, of 8uver, a i lonti Mrs. W- K. Da u.u wua lu town Monday. Dr. PurrUli'n brickyard in in running order now. . IX. M. Sii.ith went (u KmIviii iu lm4- . nnu, Friday. C. A. Hall U iu (he city vfitin bl tatbr tub week. Prof, and J. 1 Murphy went lo Dal las Monday oo buaiuma. Toe pnmteiera are at work on Mul-U-y A Halea new brick. , T.J. Jacknou, of this place, made a -rbit to Corvaliia Monday. tSarvia, liie piano uiau, of Malem, wa doing our tow u Wednesday. i ra. Harvey Uultirie and family vis ited relatives iu uwn Friday. Mr. Bond,' of Koreat Grove, ia viait Jug frienda in town tbia week. M Um Kdua riklnner, of Salem, waa viaiting at Mra. htoiil'a Sunday. J-.hu rfinitb and wife, of Bridgeport, weie viaiting iu tow n lat week. A number of the young people took in the excursion tu Albany Puuday. Mr. Vance, of Albany, ia viuiUug wilU Mrs. T.J. juiil-ll, Uiia week. More new utaMt-s are being built at tbe Taluiuge 1 a k for the raw boraes. Muikey 4 Hale witi move luto tiwir new l.ruk ihe li of next month. Mrs. McCullocb recently made aome iuipruveujeuta ou her properly iu lliia city. W. it- Baldra baa put ou a street prinkicr wbk-b was very iitui.ii needed here. Photographer V. C. I-ewui will be pleare-1 u see you at any tune tbia week. t airs. Prof. ipilluian baa been quite Kick for tile pant two week, but b now better. ' . K. Anatines furniture and wail taper eic, b unnuaiel anywhere iu tbe country. , . We utM.in-1 M:ue very beautifnl fields of wiw-at in the l.uctbaiutc val ley Uwt Saturday. -' The st-rOotf bova wore "Muilini? facea "Wwliwoday, on account of tin? appear-i a nee of tbe pay car. Prjte are already oniiiiij to town in anticipation f tbe commencement i n-ia at t lie normal. Tub C. W. 15. w. met ruuday afler fra ami apinted tlarir delegate to ttie Turner cnu vetuioa. Mrs. Cox, of thw place, na frone t Lincoln county wbere Mr. Cox ia fix ing t' run a Mock ranch. Mm. Tathain and Mrs. Vance, of Al bany, were vtKiting Mrs. T. J. Camp bed, of I !! pla-, llii Week. fMgJw anUoiL l jGjjch ra ue cnnunyc arioi.Mr month unu..-r the eiln-ient leadership of Mi Norn Mwr. ik 4 Prtwond have juit received large te of very tine butt' shots atwi a tttrk of fat bubii-" shoes. Tle -rruon by Kev. ; Sniitii to tbe you U;; peo4eo thesubjevlof "tMiossw lu i.iie' waag'liM-,ai!dail profiteo by it. '-. The CVrvUSia carnage factory iimdi an aiwignuieiil last ek. It iil 1 but a eiiort time till .work U U-guu again. .V.av Mary Cits wjio haA leen teaching in lou;li eouity duriu tl; pa.t fw iiwutii, returned lte sji.-i we. k. . J;iiiKt rtorm. a graduate of the Ag ricultural cjlUae of (. Virvaliia, thin apnng, M visitiug iu this city and at iMils, faturilay. - Union Itauion of Independence, ran aell you at very rvtuouabte ratea soiik of the fines low in Mvnmontb, dtu't ncglt aeeing him at once. Tbe water company are extending their main on MoiimoOth avenue this week. It will be but a Kliort tline till tbey have their main all over town. Loring Bed well of this place, who went to the Southern Oregon minef last month returned home Monday but without a aack of yellow metal. The bridge carpenter of the narrow gauge have built a new, bridge and hive widened the grade south of town, which looks like we will have a stand ard gauge mad here before a great while. Jen Hawk, tbe Chinese preacher, of Portland, gave a lecture here Tuesday evening on Chinese religions and their manners and customs. He bad a very good audience and all were well enter tained by bis talk. Jeu Hawk recently made a visit to Han 1 Francisco wbere he entered the intrinioill stale. His wife did not accompany hint on bis trip here but remained 'it Portland. Normal Kvtc Mr. Voder, of Clackamas county. student of last year, ia vfadtiug the school' thin week. . der J. N. Smith led the devotioual exerciitea in cbaiel Monday niruing. ! rs. Tatbem, o. Allainy, who lec tured In Indepeudemv last Friday evening, vixlted chapel M today morn ing nod gave us a very interesting talk on kindergarten work. Tbe Christian Endeavor Society wil; bold their consecration meeting next Huuday evening instead of the follow ing Sunday as it will be the last; ti . e many of the students will be able to Karl Weatbejford and Kd. Smith, ol Eastern Oregon came down Wednes day to attend tbe commencement ex ercises. ' Hoy Gill, of Scio, is visiting school this week. Th Hia Uw Prmunr There is t man the printer loves. and be ia woudrooa wwe; when'ei tie wriea the printer man be dotteth all bis i's. And wbeo he's dotte Item, wiib carefulues and ea.H-, be punctuates each paragraph and crosses all his t'a. Upon one side alone be writes, and never rolls bis leaves, aua from toe man ol ink. a smile and mark "insert" receive, and when a question be doth ak taught wwely be bath been he doth the goodlystauip enclose for pueUage back again. He gives the place from which he writes the address the printer ueed&, and plainly writes bin honored name, so he that runneth reads. lie w riled revises, reads, cot reels and rewrites all again and keeps one safe and bends one to S tbe printer man. Audtbusbytak j tg iiule pains' at tritliug care and cwst, assures himself bis maunt-ript : willt not be burned or lost. Sc let thocie who loug to write, take pattern by this man, with jet black ink and naner white, do inst the best thev cam and then the printer man .hail KuoMt auu uiob mem as nis ii ieini Ml through life'Sjjuuriiey as the go uulil that joaraey euds Ex. There are about 5J0 aerst of straw berries in Ihe vn iuity of .Salem this year that will lie iu full bearing. It l said that- iu New i ork C ity tl ere are 8400 saluon-4, and which if p.aeed side bj side they would form a street nearly 50 miles long. Indianapolis laundry girls own a co-operative plant worth . $15,000 and do a business of $320 a w ee. XlMpaeacut and prospect ive high stage of water in the Columbia isue- laying the great industry of jotaKi ctuHire on the bottom land-s. and it is thought potato growers iu Ore gon will realize good prices for his year's crop next winter. Oie Frank Woods, of IXil!a.s, a-iSiaitetl A. K. I'ereival, gen eral ajjent for the Sin er Sewing Machine enmuauy at S;i!etn. A"oxl is agent at 1 ali;m and got on a pree Memorial daj-. He bad a team at the jivery stable lielonginje: A44,Twnpaliy?rTlk"erritral'- forbid him to take the team out. when be drew off. and hit PerHval, who turned hiiu over to an oOicer. lit iriel in the recorder's court and fined $10.M and ctsts. Among Live Business Men. K. K. Nt-alot the butcher, well flocked meat nuirket- keeps Otlio Williams, toe Dallas tailor, ii an exert cutter, and insures his work to be Mrst-cUss. Drop in at the Klite and see how neat, with stock complete, and fruit so sweet, cigars hard to beat, all thing are there. - John Howell, the contractor, invites your inspection of his house plans and estimates. When you want to take your girl out riding, or your picnic party out to the Kails call on Fisher & 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, buy a lot or bay a farm through J. H. Moran, the dealer. Chs. . VVocxIm, the shoemaker. will tell you a little secret about shoes if you will ask him. Dr. Parrifh has bis office near tbe Polk Bo. Bank, at bis residence on tbe 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, keeps a welt selected stock of goods and by selling at such reasonable prices, bas been doing a fine business. Tbe Polk Co. Bank is ably presided over by J. H. Hawley president, and Ira C. Powell as cashier. Ii. I). Jones, tbe barber, is always ready to serve "the next." Smith & Jordan are recognizing tbe fact that prices are what tell and. a consequence they are selling their goods at very close prices. Dr. J. M. Crowley bow bis office at his residence on Main street near Col- ege. Craven Fulkerson keep all kinds of lumber shingles and lath constantly on hand. C. C. Iewis has the reputation of doing good work, and bis nbtitographs .give satisfaction. J.Jordan, of tbe Monmouth hotel. is wanting to secure a first class man to manage his hotel busiues. Tlie Misxes Cooledge have opened a dressmaking establishment alil a stock of millinery in Monmouth, awl invite he patronage of tbe public.- Dr. D. M. Doty, the dentist, resides in Monmouth, and Is a perruaneut fix ture. Call at his office when .in need of work. Charley Taylor, who keeps tbe neat fruit emporium, and candy stand, in vites you to call and try bis fine ci gars. C. Lu Hawley, at tbe Normal book store, Is continually receiving some thing new, and his trade is increasing daily. Ground & Frazer, the hard ware men. fare alxo dealers in agricultural m- chinery. and have their warehouse full if farming irijpKments - j " m rrk r a Bniiet. i There used to be a hotel clerk in St. a remarkable a bullet. He ) xJld it with great warmth and with ! ench an air of truth that it would be bard to believe that be bad fabricated it. The story, about the way he used to tell it, was this: "I got my memory back and a bul let on tbe tongue in a jiffy. Yes, sir, a jiffy. Look right there between my eyes. See that scarf That's wbere the bullet went in. I don"t know how far in it went, but I know that it didn't come out; at least it didn't for a long time. Well, I went ahead about my work with a bullet in my brain, and I felt pretty queer all the tune. "I didn't seem to have much mem ory, and sometimes I felt pretty queer and heard queer kinds of noises. One day I sat down to break fast. I'd been feeling better for some ( - time past. I had begun to remem ber things. So I was just sitting down at breakfast, remembering things and eating buckwheat cakes with syrup when I felt something plump dovm on my tongue. there goes that blamed eye- tooth, said I. "What's the matter, William T 'said my wife " 'Eyetooth dropped out, I reckon. said 1. "Then I brought tbeeyetooth down between my teeth and took it out with my fingers. Well, sir, it wasn't no eyetootS at all. but a bullet. You bet I was surprised.. It was the same bullet that had gone in between my eves. New Orleans Times-Demo crat. A BALLAD OF TREES ANDTHE MASTER. Into the weotts my Master went. Clean tor&;ent. for&peDL, Into the vmxis ray Master came Forspent w itn love and shame. Bat tnecti-i theswere not blind to him. The little s;ry ieavea were kind to him. The thorn tree h4 a mind to him. vt hen into tue woods he Ont of the woods my Masted went. And he wad well content: Ont of the woods mj Master came. Content v. i.u death and shame. When deal 'i and shame would woo him last. from under the trees they drew him last, Tm on a me they slew him last. When ont of the woods he came. Sidney Lanier. Explanation af a Sword Trick. A trick in which a sword is appar ently passed through a person's ab domen is explained as follows: The sword employed is a thin, flexi ble, dull blade. ' Tbe prestidigitator, whose body the sword will simply pass around, but not pierce, carries concealed beneath his vest a sheath that consists of a hollow tube, semi circular in shape, the two extremities of which are bent ia contrary direo- GROUNDS DEALKR8 IS HARDWARE Agricultural ! "7"eilcles LUBRICATING OILS. ETC. Monmouth Proprietors of Livery, Feed and Sale Stable Monmouth, - - - Oregon. First-class rigs, single and double, light and heavy, to accommodate our patrons. Careful drivers furnished when desired. ' Your patronage is respectfully solicited. GOOK & PORTWOOD Dealers BOOTS, SHOES, and Gents' Furnishing Goods. New firm, Xew goods, MONMOUTH - J. H. MORAN . - r ....... THE GENERAL REAL-ESTATE AGENT . MOXMOUTH Good Grain and Stock Farms, and Choice kinds, fcaf i hose who have KE fJOR uvaL C. L. Hawley, Prop. Carries a complete line of Public School Books and supplies at lowest prices FINE STATIONERY, BASE BALL AND TENNIS SUPPLIES. Kemember The Xornial Book Store Monmouth, Oregon, C. L. Hawley, Prop. CaH if You Want Baraalns. L. D. JONES Tonsorial Artist. Hair cutting-. 2-V-t?.: Shaving, locts.; liatbs, 25cts. Corner Knox and Main streets, Monmouth - " - - Oregon tioiis iu such a way that they are siraateti in the same straight line, the two orifices opening in front and be hind at right angles with the abdo men. This tube runs around the farther side of the man. who, appear ing instinctively to grasp the point ol the sword as if to protect himself, directs it into the metallic tube. The flexible sword makes its exit between the tails of the coat. It is necessary to operate rapidly, so that the spec tators shuil not have timorfo see that the length of the sword has dimin ished, the curved line that it follows not being the shortest passage from one point to another. Cincinnati En quirer, i The Odor of u Old Library. The library has its own odor to the born student as alluring as that of the salt and springing; waves to the born sailor. Old leather, a curi ous dampness, grave and wise antiq uity embodied in a scent. Habitues of the Athenaeum library know t in its perfection when they climb the corkscrew stairs and grope through the narrow, echoing galleries and half lit rooms packed to the ceiling with faded, dirty volumes whose very names are a .lesson in ancient history.' Boston Commonwealth. Th. Evil of Kamora. "So," said Mr. Donegan, "they're been printing the funeral notice of a man that wasn't dead yitt It's a nice fix they'd be in if he had been wan of these people that believe lverything they sea in the newspapers." Ex- & FRAZER - TINWARE ! Machinery - Oregon. in and New prices. - - OREGGX. OREG0X. Fruit Lands. Town Property of all property for sale, please calL Iook $tore. The Popular Hotel of Portland aad the Free 'Bat to and from ill Trains . aad Steamers Most CentraUy Located. EUROPEAN PLAN f HE' iOLTON XI. D. ROCHE,Mgn CORNER FSURTH AMD ALCER ST PORTLAND, f J. Ti. MARK LEY. R.R. HAYS. Proprietors M. D. Rllt'HE. THE ELITE rN'LOW A ANSTEfE, Props. Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nuts, CONFECTIONERY Artie soda water. Ire mam and oyster parlor In eonuection. Monmouth Oregon. J. M, CROWLEY Physician . and kgeci. Office One door west of Polk Co. bank Main street, Monmouth, Oregon.