If OREGON COURIER .'PT'-' . I VOL. VII. OltECiON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY,.. O&IWON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 18.10. NO. 38. t V News of the Week Tliu Northern I'uvilli- wi'l fliltl the In Junction suit riMcnlly decided in 'svornl Ilia Union l'willi! Iiv Mm D.mly, ttt l'ortluii.l. Ju.l W. II. Calking, of Tmwu, ii Iwoiiiinif conlMciit that I ib will lie up (minted United SluU'K district judge lor U'usliiiiijton. A $1(1,1)00 l.ridiifl ia to he liuilt over the 17iiiutill river ut the iiiht end of Pen rilctun hy rlvlo aiilurription, uaaisU'd by the county. United HluU'i jtnlie M. P. Deady, of Fortluixl, ii at the rJniidwicli JhIiiikU on a vacation. 1 1 hfiich ig oraipiod by Jutle Kahin, of C'uliloniia. The new fuir rissociution at I'ortlnnd ro elocto.l Frank lh'kuin hresiilont. The xHiHition for IWO will lie held from . SoU-,lt'r 2.i to (Molx'r 25. (loo. W. Wriiidt. aocrot orJor default- IriK treasurer, ha boon fined $1,000 and sentenced to four year, and nine mouths imprisonment at rMladelpliia. The statement that Mr Kelil has tale Kntplied the secretary of the Astoria and Houth (Joust rouil that all itemling fji'KO- tiallons are oil, has wen demul. The city of Alliina was enjoined from carrying out a Intt pm-ed contract by taxpayer, and sooner than fight the case Have lite work to another competitor. Frederick (i. Yoiihg, of Madison Kou'h Dakota, has lieen elected principa of thn Portland high school. He lnt accepted the plat- at a salary of $.'000 a year. Ioniah and Charles D.'nt were banned at Clinton, Ia , for the murder of Mr. l'niet rho8 uear Kilicl, I, , whom they waylaid and shot on the 1st day of last July. At Cincinnati William (ierling, a mu latto, aged !).', died in a tit of sneezing, lie had hcen suHcriug from inlhien.aonly dining the evening, and died before re lief could le obtained. James Bell, a pioneer, perished in the snow on Duulnp mountain while at tempting to make his way from Fresno flats in the mountains, lie was found frozen to ueatli. The (Jhrouii le flxeb the orange crop of 18 U-D0 at 1,0119,4:1) boxes. The acreage ia oranges is set down at 81,4 .1 acres, WU ch will le inureased More the close of the present year to over 50,000 acres The number of seals in Alaskan waters Is est mated at 5,000,0 0 Of these 3,00.000 are brooding seals and vomit', one-halt being pui.s and a million and a half young males and yearling leinales. It is said that Mexicans have in the past two yearn coined 6.0.H),0,iO of our sil ver dollars, and after shipping them across tue bonier, have dis josed of them with a profit to tlimneoKes of 2tt ceuts on each dollar. . , . The oity vxmn.41 4- Twhiw pwm an ordinance to suppress gambling. It provides that any person running or keeping any gambling house shall be lined in any turn not less than $;1J or more than $100. The inter-state commerce commission lias presented a report on railroad casual ties in the United States during 188!), from which it appears that the number of paBsengera killed was 315, and the number injured was 2,138., Professor Pickering, of Harvard uni versity, discredits tho Vienna cable of a few days since, which stated that the "Star of Bethlehem" io again to be vis ible this year, being its seventh appear ance since the birth of Christ. ' The Canadian government, on recom mendation of tlie Canadian Pacific rail way, has decided to enlarge the dry dock at Etqnimalt, making the total length ' 1174 feet. Parliament will bo asked to vote $4'J0t0iH) for this purpose. A. Sherman was working near Fresno, thinking he was rapidly making a for tune in the raisin industry, when a let ter was received from ttmrland, stating that he bad fallen heir to $2 0,100. He is now en route to secure his ptoperty. In his inaugural message lo the legis lature, Governor Leoc Abbott of Ntw Jersey comes out flat-footed in favor of ballot reform. He says the best senti ment of the country in all the states de mands ballot reform and honest elections. Dalton McCarthy, has introduced a bill in the Dominion parliament to amend the northwest act. The measure provides for the abolition of French us the ollicial language in the Canadian Northwest. It is only opposed by the French members. Frank Slavin cables from London, challenging Sullivan to fight for $12,500 a side, London p'ize ring rules, in America or Europe, or tight with small gloves, for $."0(i0 a Ute at the California Athletic r i B.tr;" ). .oi,B. -V 1 V-lli Carlton C. Cra.' e, the agent of the X N ,'anderbilt lines in Portland,' has been "" promoted to the ollice of Pacillo coast manager, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William S. Baldwin. Hereafter there will be no general agendas at Portland aud Los Angeles. Nearly 200,000 shares of Atchison stock were represented at Tuesday's modified flve.-year trust meeting in Boston. B. P. Cheney, Levy C. Wade and William J Koclie w ere chosen new trustees. The tru-t indenture is modified so that any vaiai.cies in the trust shall be filled by the trustees. Owing to the severe weather, deep snow and short fe?.l, tattle men on the Uintah range are gathering together all their cattle for the purpose of shipping them into Kansas and Nebraska to feed. It is estimated that over 60,000 cattle will be rhipped into these states during the next two months. The president of the committee which i studying the Panama canal works, say the committee found the condiii'in of the works and pknt extrenielv tatnlactory. He denies the statement that the com mittee, live members of which are now on the ground, is, or has in any waj , boen influenced by De Lesseps. John KuDte, who was among the four men found guilty of the murder of D . Cronin, and whose pnniahment a j lry fixed at three rears in the penitentiary, is a free man. flia bail of $3000 was :ir ntshed by a dirae mnsenm manager, fi is not at all likely that the state's attor ney will prosecute Konze again. ' The actual horsi power performance .1... 1 !,..!.! ' I uib new i-rmiwr nuiuniuro on uer recent trial trip has been made known by the navy department. The trial board stated that the aggregrted indicated horse-powt1 developed by the vessel was 10.014.18 This gives the Cramps a purer premium ni iiu.oh.ih. The North Dakota legislature has be- gun meeting at 7 o'clock daliy. The ser- Keaiit-at-arms nulled a nuinlier of absen toes out of bed before a quorum was se cured. The speaker called the house to order by lamplight. This is the fruits ol an economical streak developed by the house. The heavv purchase of bonds during the past week, amounting to nearly $ 1,000,1X10, resulted In reduction of the available treasury surplus to about $20, 000,0X1. The secretary of the treasury has therefore uecided to suspend the pur chase of 4 per cent, bonds until further notice. Warm weather Is plaviag havoc with the Philadelphia ft Heading coal uiln 'S Over one-third of all the colleries have already shut down entirely. These em oloy ahout eight thousand man. Ollh lals say that of 20,000 coal cars in the service, 11,0:0, all loaded, are now lying along the company s lines. Mr. II. S. Huston, of the Northern Pacitlc, has taken steps toward the con1 structinn of the line to the international boundary line. The line will run from Heattle or flora some paint on the Puuet Sound shore road northwest to the inter national boundary, with branches to Bollinglmm liay and Ship Harbor. Secretary Noble has decided that married woman can make timber land entries or purchase such lands in the States of California. Oregon. Nevadi and Washington, provided it is c.nclu sively shown that the ent y is made for her own use and benefit, and not for the benetu ot nerseii and husband jointly. Hecretary Noble, through special agents ol the interior department, lor sometime has been investigating the accounts ot a large number of receivers of public moneys in 'Utierent parts ot the country. The accounts of a number were found liort. aud in these cases vigorous action will lie taken. Upon recommendation of the secretary, the prtsidfint has made seventeen peremptory removals. THE ACCIDENT BEOOBD. A. O. Freden. an employe at Weldler'a mill, Portland, while attempting to cross inn northern racmc railroad track, was knocked down by an engine and killed. The Hotel CasaDel Mar. at Delmar. wenty miles north of San Dieiro nu the coast, and owned by Colonel J. S. l ivl-tr was b'irned to tho ground. Loss, $5H, 000. A wreck occurred on the Georgia Pacific railroad near Birmingham, Ala. Engi neer Deeny was killed and several other persons seriously and perhaps fatally in. jurcd. Ttl.1 luidtnuoa wnwflnn U1L Fruiraiitv. Fa., was destroyed by tire, Several occupants of thn hotel had nar row escapes. The losses aggregate $110,000. John Qorley and three children peri lied in a fire at St. John's, N. F. Uorley died in the flames while making a third attempt to rescue the children from h burning house. J. T. Bai, a young man who accident ally stabbed himself some weeks since at Pendleton, is not expected to recover, An artery was severed and the flow of blood cannot be stopped A highway bridge being constructed over the Little Miami river at Oregonia station, ., fell. William Deneond was killed and ten other men more or less seriously injured, one fatally. At the Erie roliin g mill, Newcastle, Pa. , a ball of red-hot iron fell in a puddle of water. The moment the iron touched the water an explosion occurred, throw ing huge chunks of iron about the mill, and burning several workmen, some fa tally. The National line steamer Greece, just arrived from New York, reports that she saw nothing on the passage of the same line's steamer Erin, which sailed from New York Dwembar 2i for London, and whi 'h has not yet arrived. It is feared the Erin is lost. The steamboat Katie Robbins collided near Vicksburg with a barge towed by tbe steamer Josie Baskins. Four of the deck crew are missing, and they are undoubt edly lost. Three ladies and several gentle men passengers were arouBea ana goi out with difficulty, but lost their baggage. A band of 800 Indians on St. Peter's reservation, a few miles out of Winnipeg, is being wiped out. The Indians are af- Uiuted with the grippe in its most severe form, and are withi ut proper medical at tendance. Seventy-five per ent. of them are down with the epidemic, and if speedy action is not taken by the authori ties in the way of sending physicians, few win survive. CEIME AND CBIMINALS. Dr. I. P. Guthrie, a Seattle physician, has disappeared. He 'eaves behind him several mourners, whem he cheated with bogus bank checks. L. L. Bromwell, pr-ideut of the Cali fornia Insurance Company, was shot by his general agent, G. C. Pratt, in his of fice at San Francisco. The cause that prompted Pratt to shoet him has not yet been revealed. W. C. Roberts, cashier for Dunbar & Cj., the Portland wholesale commUsion merchants, is missing and also the cash book of the firm. For three years past Roberts has had control of all the firm's money, and has handled considerable money. James Fortner, the dofaulting treas urer of Riley ccunty. who was arrested and brought to Manhattan, K-tn., from Memphis, lenn , has announced his de termination to starve himself to death rather than take punishment for his crime. He has not toucbea lood or water for ten days. Seth R. Johnstor, a lawyer and super intendent of a Brooklyn Sunday school, was arrested charged with forging a $ 500 noe on a Chinese society and $760 on a Mott-street firm. He gave bail in 50,000. The case grows out of Johnston'iconaej- tion with the Chinese forger, Clio Fonp, one of Johnston's Sunday echeol pupils who is in prison on a charge ol niv.raut $40,090 of forged notM. of I . 1 THE OLD WORLD, The lxmdnn jury in the case of Claude Marx and Sidney Wolfe, newspapermen. who were charged with blackmail for attempting to obtain money for suppres sion of articles afle. ting a gold mining company, have disagreed and been dis charged. Prince Amadeo, duke of Aosta, brother of the king of Italy and formerly king of .i . ' ...i ni : I . -. . : npaiu, imu at j uriu. ni wiw i-'iiiocmuB at the moment of his death, and received the pope's blessing from Cardinal Ali monda. The duke died of pneumonia, and had been .11 but a few days. The Brussels infantry are confined to Iheir barracks in readiness for any emergency in connection with the labor t'ouliles. A squadron of cavalry has gone to Charleroi. where the miners are arming themselves with axes and other Implements aud assuming a threatening attitude. . Cr .ttchwenniooer. Prince Bismvrck'r physician, cuonsels him to remain at Friedrichsruhe, but it is asserted that he insists upon going f Berlin in the hope of forcing the passage of the socialist bill and to give an Inspiration and war- cry lor the electoral conllict to the gov ernment parties. Robert Iouii Stevenson, the novelist. with his wife and rarty and his stepson- in-law, Joe Strong, have arrived at Samoa. He is industriously picking np information about the late war, but whether for a tnatter-of-fa' t history or tor the ground work ol some interesting niunea is not iuowii. ain's naw cabinet is as follows Prime minister and president of the ouucilate, Praxedo Matio Sagasta ; min ister of foreign allairs, Marquis de Armiio; war. General Reina: justice, Senor Puigcerver; finance, Equeliar; marino, admiral Romero; colonies, Gullon; trade, agriculture and public works. Becer a; interior, Kuizcapdepon National Capital. In the senate Blair presented a me morial of the board of missions of the Afrii an Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of America in favor of the Blair educa tional bill, and asked to have it printed in the Recorl. Blair also presented numerous other memorials of the same character, all of which were laid on the bible. It U expected that President Harrison will withn the next day or two issue his proclamation throwing the Sioux reser vation, in South .Dakota and Northern Nehiiska, open to settlement. Settlers may enter upon the reservation and take the lands (about 10,0j0,OOJ acres! under the homestead laws as soon as the proclamation is issued. j Senator Hearst lias introduced a bill that any grape brandy removed in bond may, upon its arrival at the special bonded warehouse, be deposited there, unon mnkinur such entries, filing bonds and giving such other securities as shall be prescribed by the commissioner ot in ternal revenue. The bill provides that all brandy made from grapes found else where, shall be torieited to tne govern ment. Senator Pettigrew has introduced a bill, providing that in all land cases winch had been proved up prior to Janu ary 1, 18 0, and where innocent parties havo obtained an interest ny pnrcnase otherwise, patents shall be issued. The bill is intended to clear up a large number of cases all through the North west which have been hung up for years, and where it is almost an impossibility for the present holder to make proof that the law has been complied with. A Torsnto dispatch states that Farrar, Canadian newspaper man, had been secretly before the republican members of the senate committee on relations with Canada and influenced them in oppo sition to the commercial union bill, in or der to force annexation S mator Hale said the story was sensational and ab surd. The republican members of tbe committee beard no one in secret session. Senator Dolph, another member of the committee, also denied tbe story. Representative Carter, of Montana, has introduced a bill of importance tj Montana, Idaho and Washington. It asks for a re-exainination of the public lands of the two states and the territory to their mineral or non-mineral character. The b 11 will ask that the secretary of the interior direct the work, and it is Mr. Carter's idea that the na tional geological survey bureau would probably have immediate charge of it. The expense is estimated at $50,000. Vest spoke of the abnormal depression of the agricultural interests of tbe coun try, evidenced by the fact that corn is (.ringing now to its producers in Missouri and Kansas only troui J.J to 14 cents a bushel, and wheat from 40 to 50 eents, while coal costs them 2!) cents a bushel. Thi farming community had a conviction that legislation was largely responsible for the existing depression. He was au thorized to make the statement that the superintendent had written a letter to bis colleague (Cockrell) that tbe census supervisors would belong to the republi can party, and that preference would be given them in every instance. Senator Mitchell has introduced a bill which hat been prepared after a good deal of study of Indian claims. It pro poses a new method of settlement. 1 he bill authorizes the president lo appoint three commissions a. to be known as a court of adjudication. They are to draw $5,000 a year salary, and are to be authorized to employ a cleric at $2,000. They are to hold ollke till 1804, and are to take testimony as to personal and proiierty injuries received at the hands of the Indians and pass on the just'ee of the claim for remuneration. Representative Hansbrongh has in troduced a bill to repeal the timber cul tnre laws. It provides that all entries heretofore made mar 1 perfected, and that in all entries " before January 'JO, 181J0, the entrymcn may pay the govern ment price per acre for the land entered and receive a patent, on condition that it be shown that an honest effort has been made to obtain the growth of trees on not less than the a res for a period of not less than four years, and that there has been a failure to obtain such growth is a result of fire, climatic influence or the condition or infertility of the soil. PORTLAND MARKET. Evidences ars not us-ithnr if a quicken ing of trade In sereia nip nam branches as soon as the t annpuriat tin n.ute are open and to be depended on, I idee d, III n is all that seems lo arrest the early r sumption of general bushim scilvliy Hut while overland frejght can neither b received nor shipped, and the malls and pasxenrers ae many day late, a blue reeling prevails. iUltlt'VITl'IIAI Itll'I.RWRST. Hr aklug Plow... Uroadcait Seeders Minding Twine.... liinding Wire drain Drills liang Plow. 8Tr V (cl, ...ID per ct dis 18c ,.. " " 12 c HOalli .10011 Jsburne s Mowers iu per ct (Ji " lteapern " ComMwra&Rprs " " " Droppers. .. ''i " Steel-frame fi"-,.viT"ji' " " bind' HarvetiteM"JJr tailroad Harrows. Iron w)iltdoi Itailroad Barrows, wood wills " I toad Plow Solid steel scrapers Steel disk harrows 7 1 15 111 If 48'- f 30?: 12 " 10 t 125 17 Spring wagons Su ky Plow tValklug plows tVag.uis, all makes 75l 9' lingn H.IUM. , ' inrlaps, 40 In Ilurapa, 45 in iliirlapa, 0 1 In linnuioH, 8x40 ..a.' Potato baga, net caah Wool 4 th, " Wool 8 tt, " Wheat sacks, spot, nets th .... Wheat Hanks, extra, second hand iO''RKSI " Urern. 1 ll 6&l Guatemala, p tbM ', ,, lava. If lb , . .. Mclia, " f 'o, ICoBla Rica, IP' tb Itio, ,H th ; . 2 - ..: . rl (a . n ( m t , tw , 25 Ca . 20 p: 25 Co: . 8 . (, . 35 (j.. Salvador, lb Ilnvaleri. In Una;. rbu;kle'n Arioa. lb. . . ; , Clo'aet &D.'n Columbia 1 tbprx Costa Hica uatemala. . . Koas'ed Java It. .sated Mo: ha Rantera Oregon. Acror lug to shrinkage ,., 10.'ff in 10 10. : Valley. Spi illg clip : Umpqua Umpqua, lambs and fall Vegetable Krexhl Cabbage, If Ib ;arrots persK Oari-ota. vounir. V dos 1 ! 1 tl ' I I 25il 5 1 in I.. I: fe'ery, f doz ; i.ettuce. v aoz .- OlliOIIK, 0 100 tt.... Potatoes, V 100 lbs ,. I tatoes, awceta, V Ib I!a Ii- lies, tC dos Suin.'.ch lurniiw, k bh POI I.TItY Chickens, largi larir.. vminff, If ilnfr-,4 004 Oiiickena. Glil l),'H.-H Srlnx Oeco. vounir. If eft. ....10 UKgll Turkeys, young: If in Grouse aud Plieaaa ita PRK8H FKI'IT , Appies. 1 K82 00 Bananas. bunch 8 60 4 00 Lemons, California, t b 6 0 " 0 00 Lemons, Sicily, V bx, new...... IWC7 0 Limes, cwt , , Quince., bx. i00?1 Orangea, Riversides 8 2 it 3 5 O anges, Seedless 785 tn UKAIX. . Barley, whole, V ctl H0 Corn, moons 1 6U 1 1 tx, good, old, V bmliel m- Oata. iiew, 88 39 live tf Hill Its. nominal 1 2tl 25 Wheat, Valley, If 1 0 s 1 2u fel 2 J Wheat, Eastern Oregon .1 lo (fel 17 DAIRY PKOIi::B Hutter. Oregon fancy creamery- , 8 Choice dairy .... 7 Common 8 W12 Pickled, California 18 r(2 Eastern fancy creamei y W California choice 85 Cheear. j Oregon full cream J Oregjn Bkims and old ' Swiss L'hee-e domestic -.. U ?' Young A m Ties, Or. '4 Oregon, (?dos 45 Eastern, du 32 (g) ri.oin. j Portland patent, roller, tf kbl..i. jj Salem patent roller J Diyton patent roller 3 t ascadia patent roller i j Country brands 3 n McMinnville , 8 7 Sup rllne f 2 n White Lily f 8 7: Graham 3 2 Uye flour i 6 0 KFKItN. urana Heeds, Timothy Orchard Gran Red Top Hlue Grass English Uye Grass.. . . lUlian Ite Grais.. . . XuOralian liye Grass. Mesqulte 0 a e IVW2 im 12 m 7'ft) ,.vr.,. Bi-iii - 7 B 7 f10 5 9 5 6 12 15 10 ll 10.'18 il" Vra) fi i9 b 5(4 6 4 Millet lluiuarl n Millet Mixed Lawn Grass lover Meed. Ked Clover. White Clover Alsyke Clover Alfalfa Mlnrellaaraas. Canary Fiax Hemp Itape, Ca'lfornia rKRi. Bran, ton- H iy, ton, bated Ground ltr. y, (f ton Mil Chop, 9un Oil Cake Meal, I? ton ... Shons, 0 ton 18 t .. Ii 00 -18 00 .. 22 SH&24 00 . 18 OtTOjtf) i0 .. aU WaHi 50 . 21 00 2! ( l.lHHKR-ROnH AXO lKKHWKI. Knugh. PerM, I0 00 Edited 12 00 t' & G. sheathing No. t fl.mring No. 2 celling No. 2 rustic Clear much Clear P. 4 S. No.1 flf.-tng -. t, No. 1 ceding ,. N i 1 roHic . titecpiug. . MALT. 4'aarae Vint. 2lMIblMgs 'ton PWtbbs. t .n Grjaiul Kock, 50-Ib hags, p ton. - 13 ( 18 0U 18 00 18 00 2b On ii 60 22 22 .VI 22 Ml 2 00 17 00 P 00 12 W The Northern Pacific branch from Seattle to the international boundary will parallel tbe Seattle, Lake Shore & East ern to tbe Canadian boundary. SOCIETY ON JUG RIDGE Tha Daatanlljr Fraud Forpatratad by the Htorar'i Hill Hat. ISTThe corn-husklnj at Rube Rny dor's place Saturday evening was a so cial event Ion? looked forward to, and drnw togethor a large number of our best young people. It was the initial event of this kind this season, and was held In the new barn on tbe back place. Some of the Stover's Mill set were there, and only for their presence among the matured ladles and gentlemon of the Ridge'every thing would have passed oft with the utmost harmony. It is a pleas ure to record that four of these wretches were laid out horn de combat very early in the evening, and were takon home oa a stone sled hy friends who wore them selves In need of thn mlnlstorlng kind ness of frlonds with stone sled and a yoke of oxen. BTH was observed early in tbe busk- ing that the Stovers Mill boys were fretting ail the rod ears aud conseauont- ly was kissing our girls right and left, while the Ridge boys were simply left. If you will pardon a wittloism. The Stover's Mill crowd had been around the olrcult half a dozen times each, while the Ridge boys were left to suck our thumbs, as it were. We of Jug Ridge husked like fury In order to find a red ear and enjoy tho delicious osoulatory privileges whloh came with it, but were doomed to disappointment. We rip ped the husks oft like mad men, and were finding nothing for our pains, when at the same time tbe Mill boys were kept busy kissing our charming girls. The adverse luck of the Ridge boys was ex citing much cbargln, whon lo and be hold it was discovered by a lucky cbance that the Stover's Mill crowd ot hood lums were perpetrating a most dastardly fraud and outrage upon us a deep laid and diabolical piece of business, vis: tiT It was found that they had pre pared and brought with them a can of red dye made, we think, of pokehcrry juice, and this they had hung with dev ilish Ingenuity under one of the chairs occuplod by tbom. Tlfo plan of opera tion was for some, one of the Stover's Mill boys to occupy this chair, and when he got ready an ear ot corn would bo surreptitiously immersed In this dye. In a moment It would be dry, and then. with a dexterity bom of the devil, it would bo flashed upou the husking party as a bona fide red ear fresh from the husk. This would not be gainsaid and the fraudulent tinder, with a wild swoop, would make the grand rounds of our girls, kissing every one he could grab, and none escaped. Then In the exaite ment attendant upon the wholesale kiss ing some other one of the Stover's Mill party would get this chair with the dye under it and the same outrage would be repeated. Is it any wonder these das tards were getting all the red ears? Our blood bolls with righteous indignation whon we think of this nefarious scheme Mill .ikv.umw'B . iRaanftLiajir. tSTNeod we say that a riot followed this discovery? Nay, we wot not. We of tho Ridge are not made of the stuff that tamely submits to such unseemly conduct. It was the lynx eye of Perse vere Benson who detected Zebnlon Boyd dipping a yellow ear into tho red dye under his chair, and In less time than it takes to toll it, he "cllmbud.his form," In common parlance, and ar'-wy pretty rough and tumble-followed. We think Persevere lacked fliaaretlon in tackling Zebulon, as the latter' is known to be. one or the most wiry TJt tne stover s ill crowd. Persevere was no match or him, we regret to say, nd Zebulon, scattered the corn-heap with Iris gallant form in a Martllng manner. With rare presence ot mind under distressing cir cumstances Persevere managed to point to the can of pokeberry julco under the chair and the mystery of the sudlen at tack was made clear. An ear of corn was even found in the oan, Zeb not hav ing had time to remove it. Hf"I wdsh I eould convey to my many readers an adequato picture of the scene which followed this discovery. But here is where the puny pen falls from the nerveless grasp. With a yoll of rage, the Ridge boys sprang at the throats of the. dastardly Mill crowd and literally flayed them alive, albeit my duty as a journalist compels me to say that the Mill boys were there or there abouts all the time. By a regretable coincidence, after tho two contending parties had each closed in with a foe man, there was no man loft foryourcor- respondent to assail. Although I was wrought up to a pitch of wild frenzy and eager for the fray I had to ascend the hay-loft, whither the ladles had fled, to see that no 111 befell them. The con flict that raged below was something not often seen since the knlgbts of old mopped the ensanguined with all that was mortal of each other. P" We are requested to announce that the spoiling bee at the red school-house next Tuesday evening, at which a num ber of the Ridge boys were expected to contest, has boen postponed for six weeks. More anon. N. Y. World. Not a Fair Deal. "What's the matter here?" asked a patrolman at eleven o'clock the other night, as he found a girl leaning over the gate and looking hard at a house on Elizabeth streot. "I am the hired girl," she replied. "Then, why don't you go In?" "Locked out." "Well, that's bad. You should have been home earlier." "Yes, I suppose so; but it's not a fair deal. I bad to sit up till one o'clock two nights this week to help get the boss to bed, and now they lock me out at eleven." Detroit Free Press. Taking film at HI Word. Dentists-It will be over so quickly you will hardly feel It, Tommy, and you'll be at least ten dollars better off when you can hold that tooth in your hand and look at It. Tommy (looking at It a few moments later) I think I'll keep the half dollar papa gave me to pay you, doctor. That tooth's worth ten dollars, but you can have it for pullin' Ik Well, I must go. Chicago Tribune. A Cleveland man attends funerals, takes the sermon In shorthand, writes It with a typewriter on bordered paper, and sails I to the family lot from 5 to At the close or the war the nmt ot West Virginia made a duinund on old Virginia for the surrender of O. T. O'Fer ral, an ex-Confederate colonel. West Virginia wanted him to answer for de struction of property In a cavalry raid during the war. The property had been destroyed In the neighliorhood where O'Fernil was born and reared. Ria old nelglilxirs formed a plot to take him from the custody of the officers and hang him Id a troe close by his mother's house In case the requisition was honored. But it was not, and O'Fer ral escaped bang ing. Time went on. The ex-Confederate studied law and went to congress (roin old Virginia. He became Repre sentative O'Fer ral. Not many years ag his oid friends who were going to hang him Invited him to visit them and de liver a Fourth of July oration. Mr O'Ferral did so and was warmly wel comed. So times have changed. . "'The faults of the world can only be icarnea ny a long acquaintance with It, ana ny su.ionng rrom that acquaintance. N. Y. Ledger. Tho man who has dominion over himself is very groat, but even he can not always control his youngest child. Komnrville Journal. The physical weakness of an ac quaintance will call man's sympathy, but mental weakness only attracts his contempt. Atchison (ijobe. Ita peculiar efficacy Is due ,,,. a inuen io ina pnireaa ana noTtvna aklll In mmpimndliit; as to LIMB IT the Inxredlenla thainselvea. una ii Tke It In time. It check! diseases In the outsat, or If thtjrbe advanced will prova a potent oura. No Eoie stoi te Vlout It It takes tha DtaM or a doctor and coatly pre aorlptlom. All who lead sedentary Uvea will dud It tha twit preventive of ton WHOM KNIFIT and cure lor Indlaenllon, Conitlpallon, lleailanhe, Bltlniuneaa, Pile and Mental UeprcHlon. No lnas ef time, no Interference with buslnaaa while taking. For children It Is moat In ocent and harmleu. No danner from exposure after tukhni, Curaa Colic, 1)1 rrhoea, Bowel Cumplaluta, favariah Ban and Favarlih Holds. Invalids and dtlloata persona will rind It the mildest Aperient and Tonic Duty can use. A little taken at night Ituures refresh Ina sleep and a natural evacuation of tha bowels. A little taken In the morning sharpens tha appetite, cleanses the sloiuacli aud sweetens the brealh. r-t A PHYSICIAN'S OPrN?, likt i mmoni Liver Keuiilatur. promptly and effectively move tlie Liver to action. and at the lame time an ytntleaa ot weaa enini) tho digettive and assimilative C,vr.of the iytem." M. Hinton, u v., Washington, Ark. BTarke of Gannlitenessi IrfMtk for the red Jrade-Mark on Imnl of Wrapper, and tha al aud Hlkunture of J. H.ZeUIn A Co., In ad, on the side, Takenoothor. OVERLAND tfc CALIFORNIA. SOUTHERN PA'lFiC CUMPANY'SLINE Tllli MT i vM ItOVTE. Time lit-lium Ori K ) "J Franolaee . ,is ImtirN. CAI.IKOKMA KXI'UKMI Till I Ml Sl'N P1ILY llvtuct'll forilunil mill Nan Iraiialauu South. I 4:00 r. M I iiv 6:(H p. M. l.v 7:f a.M. I Ar North; AM nu.Sa.al l.v ti:7.n1 l.r 7:011 r. M. Portlainl Oregon I'll) Hau l-'raiicisco llWAIi CASSKNCIKR TWAIN IIAII.V 1KXCBPT SUNDAY .(XIA.X. :11 A.M. 2-AII l: M. l.v l.v Ar 1'iirlluiiil OrcKon city Kugetie Ar 8:tr.M l.v 11:40 P. M l.v I A. K H'l.LMAX fi.Kt:rt:Ks. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For accommodutli.il ol Second CIiinh PsHsengera, Hltsclied lo Kxprcatt 'I'rulna. The H. I'. Co 'a Kerry umkeB contii-ttluit will) all Hi rimilnr trains on the best Bide Dtvliiou from loot of F street, I'ortlioid Waal Nllia Division, BKtweeu POIil LAND anil COIt VAI.LIS. mail train imii.v ikxi nn scni.a v.) 7:8(1 A". M. I I.t I'lirtlaml Ar j 7ii. M. Vi.-a l M. I Ar CorvallU l,v 1:80 P. M. Al Alliauy and t'orvalila connect Willi trains of Oregon raclllc Kallroail. IXraSsS TRAIN DAILY (gXCgPTjsUNnAT.i t:.VI P. M. l.v Portland Ar 19:00 A.M. 8. 00 P.M. Ar McMliinvlllv l.vS:46A.M Til Hol d 11 TICKETS 'I'D H 1 1 PotlllN gOITII AMI KANT VIA CAJ.IKOH.NIA. For full Information regarding rales, raapa, etc., call on comiisny a nsetiiat (ircgnn i;ity. n. Kor.in.r.ii, r.. r. niiur.n (H. Uaiiaver. F. 4 i'aas. Aseu Thohab ('Harman, Prssidknt. ( HAS. ll.CAUrlKI.il Cashiir Bank of Oregon City. OKKliON CITY, OKKfiON. Paid up Capital, - - - $90,000. A general tisnsina i.iisimpms iranaaciea. i-oeni made on available security. All kinds of good nni.r(liscouiiteil. (.'ollecifona made. DKAKT8 Ht)U ON POItTI.ANI), SAN FRAN CIHCO AND M'.W ItlKK. Intercut paid on llmeileposlla. 2alD F. I.. KAHTHAM. Managei IF VOU WISH A OOOD RIVOLVIR rWt SMITH & WE880N'8 rinf small rrauniifsu-tnmd and tbe flntt v.til:tt i xisaru. in cwlItirtM m ml ii.ua Hluirl Bmi nBtillir wrthi .a.a.1. narrullr 111 Lt-U-d tut rorkmaDiilip aiiiJ tct Unrl'iled for aal.k alaavsakillaar SI aaal 07. Ifl not t dxll y cbfHp maiirabU inm imitation ottn mid tor ihe Knu)n article. Tnry are unra- lltilila and dawr-mi. ar..i aa ami allainila4l 1 Tne BlflTti m vvbiwjh rtf Bariia, amidatmof atmu, an1 r mmr ite4 twrftMit. InnUt uin having them, and II Siur dealer ettnnot uuupiy you, an orner nikvoiw nw btflow will rwlvfipriMitpt attention. Ietarlr ut dealttr citnnot iuiiI U vMugum and piiif-aupon aMi'llcatlon. Hariailnlsi, Ka piles AUD AU. SKIN DISEASES HOORL'S CELEBEiTEDPOISON Oil EE11EDT. It kills all iBfUmmatlnn and Irrt.atloa. and Is tha only enra daatfuyev of Microbes sod otaar Ski a hnsUaa. Vmrmta. Price). 2 0 cettitt a Ki Ileal in. Itrglctl DJipimr,! J. HUTU KB88IJR, K. D., UaMr. tOI (Msas ltrt. aiw Taylor, PoHUnf, Oram. ou the Oral (nor. NoUalntodluib. Ths moat ronrrnicntly arranaiit fm In the A ellyrorUiainaimtiilofall fr vat. rl Tba Doctors su laranlee to enra any cate of Nau- ralala. Kick Heiflarha anH IfhpninNtiKm niiauai oi woman tucceunillr V treats narantee to enra anr Cough. Luni Trouble nr hroal Dlaeasa rnrahle. Iilacham Ann, f - cured lu a short lime. Old Sores, iHcers. lancira mm ain iiat-aaea l-lireo. Txxxxxoirm, Weua, And all klndaof growthi romovetl from any part . '.he Ik dy. no differpnce how longaundlnf, or aotv large they mny Is), There Ii connected with the 81. Medical Jltpenoan-ilm beatNiiMirail Mlclll on o.e p.ir Coast. - YOUni XavcrllMaa. ' rvni't go around any longer Kith Ihcae niolcliee ud Ploiplw a-id Fni-klcs on rour fncca.and thai arssiouai UftiK King under vour Kvca. Call o ATlta. Will rviiifive llmf M.rmMninllf mt,A tlv? you Beautiful Complexion. 4-Tlie Doctora furnish the n cdlclne Slid averr lliOi4larictly,riYnle. Consullalloii Free. vmct Honrs, v A. M toll M .and Slot P. M. P. S. A.I I. tiers aunvunil iroinplly. Call and M us, as a frleudly Ulk cosU uolhlng. The steamer Taylor Street Dock, Portland. Eighth Street Dock, Oregon City. LEAVE Oregon City 7:30 a. m. and 1 p.m. i'ortland, 10 a. in. and 3:30 p. m. Union Pacific Railway, 0Y Ell LAND ROUTE. Trains for the East leave Portland at 7:00 A. SI and V P. M. dally. Tickets to and from prlunipa points In the Dulled Htates, Canada and Europe NEW niNINfi CARS. KI.EOANT PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS. Free I'nlonlat sleeping can run tliroimh on ex press trnlna to Omaha. Council Hlutt's, Kansas City. Chlvsgoaud 81. Ixititt WITHOUT CHASOB. Close connection at Portland for Han Francisco and Puget Hound potntA. For further particulars tiHiulre. ol, any Agent ol the Company or , Tb Celebrated French Cure, w"o7,:r "APHRODITINE" M3t Is Sold on a POSITIVE .OUARANTEE lo euro any lot m of nervous dlaesse, or any , disorder of tha generative or- AFTER aus ol either sex whether arising from th eiceulve use of Stimulants, Tobacco or Opium, or through youthful Indiscretion, over Indulg ence, 4c, inch ai Ixms of Brain Power, Wakeful ness, Hearing dowu Pains in ths Dsi-k, Seminal Weakueii, llyaterla. Nervous I'nntratlou Nocturn al Emissions, Uucorrliuje, Dliilnoss, Wak llein. ory, Usiof power and Imimtency, which If ne glected often lead to premature old age aud Insan ity. . Price 11.00 a box, 6 boxes for 15.00 Saul by mall on receipt ol price. A WIlITTKNGUARANTKKfnroreryft.tt order, to refund th money If a Permaneas eura la not effected. Thousands of teitlmoulals from old and young, ol both aelet, permanently cured by ArMRoniTiNi. Circular free. Address THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. WKSTIRN RSANCH, BOX tl PORTLAND, OR, BoldbrOjlnn A Ixaits, druggists, sol agents Oregoa City, or GEO. A. HARDING, PObTOFFICK BLOCK, OREUOrt C'ITT ' Dealer in PA I NTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, TOILET SOAPS, FANCY G00D8, QdaaiK, Putty, Aco. DYE WOOD AND DYE 8TCFF8 GENERALLY Proscription carefully Compound. A 8 Dattmss. T A McBsid HcBltlDE k DHKSSKK, Attorneys at Law, OFFICE, MASONIC UU1LUINU, OREGON CITY Farmers' Land Company, Offlei at Noblitt't Stable, near Rallreatf Depot, Oregon City, Or. Buying and Selling Farm Lands In Clackainae County a Specialty. Correspondence Solicited. N. N. ROBBINS, Am Noblitt Livery and Sale Stable On the Street between the Bridge end tbe Depot. Double and single rlga and saddle hones al ways on hsnd at the lowest ratea. and a corral alao connected with the barn lor loose aloek. Any Information regarding any kind of stask piomptlr attended to hy letter or person. aiisnsiaba) asssiiitis a via aui.li, F. 0. McCOVVN, Attorney at Law, e, In Street, Oregon City, fregea. Land Matters a Hpeclalty, A All Ms f ( 1Z i m X J r