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VOL. 6.
BAKEE CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 2, 1875.
N e w D r u g S to re.
Ho Ho
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J. f . WISDOM, Proprietor,
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Corner of Main Street and V alley A v e n u e ,
BAKER CITY, OREGON,
8 . M . P E T T E N G I L L & C O ., 10 S ta te
Btreet, Boston, 37 Park Row, New York,
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
our A gents for procuring advertisem ents
for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising tour low est rates.
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W ould respectfully inform the public that
ho has recently received a w ell se­
lected and fresh Stock of
Drugs,
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils,
Perfum eries,
Patent Medicines,
JOB WORK-
Soaps,
W ines,
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona­
Brandies,
ble rates.
Whiskies and
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
Cordials,
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi­
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­
tions accurately compounded,
at all hours o f the day or
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L. O. STERNS,
N otary P u b l ic .
T. C. H Y D E ,
night. Give us a call.
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MILLINERY AND FANCY 600DS,
S te r n s & H y d e ,
AT THE
NCEW
C o rn er D r u g S to r e ,
STO R E,
A tt o r n e y s a n d C o u n se lo r s A t-I.aw ,
BAK ER CITY, OREGON.
First door above the Express.Office.
L. O. S terns will attend tho Courts of the
ad ies Fancy an d M illin e r y
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv­
Washington Territories.
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a most reasonable Prices.
S p e c ia l t y .
Collections promptly attended to.
~une 18, 1873.n6y
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6
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MAIN STREET,.....................................BAKER CITY.
I L L P R A C T I C E IN A E E C O U R T S
of thè State.
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Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.
B A K E R CITY', OREGON.
S. V. KNOX,
(And Notary Public,)
M 'E U T O J i, O R E G O N .
Will practice in the Courts of this State and
Washington Territ uy.
PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
Business, and Collections.
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ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re­ Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
Stock of
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be­
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will be found a and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
first elass
his line of business.
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
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Prices
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Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
all in good order.
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W H O L E S A L E an d R E T A I L
N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
DEALER IN
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’s office and settle.
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H p a p l e v in s ,
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HOTEL RESTAURANT
F R A N C E ,
A N D
JOSEPH MAN AIDAS, P rop rietor,
I C on v e y a n c e r,
Will attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
I Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872.
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E. W. REYNOLDS,
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
I Office with John BratUin, Three Doors
South of B edrock D emckat office,
on side of the Street.
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
r g y ilE P R O P R IE T O R
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H A S Bought
the H otel R estaurant, n e x t door to
the Post Office, form erly k ep t by Sicord A
W hitcom b, and has fitted the sam e up in
th e best sty le as a H o tel, on the French
R estaurant S tylo. H e is prepared to ac­
com m odate the P ublic, and is determ ined
to give entire satisfaction.
T he H ouse is open from five o’clock in
the m orning u n til tw elve at n ig h t, during
w hich tim e custom ers w ill be supplied
w ith the best o f everyth in g to be had in
th e
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AUHLEST,
B aker City, J u ly 4, 1874.-»9tf
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
t J, TlllBODO, M. A. M, 1).
! M. A Q ueen’s U n iv ersity , ) Canada,
M. D. T rin ity U n iv e r s ity ,)
1854.
Fred. _A
^. Bolma’s
SALOON,
AT THE OLD StAND OF
P h y s ic ia n , S u r g e o n , & e.
Bamberger & Frank,
[ O ffice and Residence, at A. H. Brown’s
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGO N.
former residence, nearly opposite the Bed-
frock Democrat Office.
[ Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 1874.-V
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• T . “R . A t W
O O d , M. D.
(Graduate of the College of Physicians and
burgeons New York and of the Medical De­
partment oi the AVillamette University,)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north oi City Drug Store.
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FR ED . A. BO H N A
T> e s p c c tfu lly in fo r m s th e c iti-
XAi zens of Baker City and the Public
generally, that he has purchased the inter­
est oi Bob. McCord in the above
One of the Finest and Beat
To be found in the City. “ Fred” will be
pleased at ali times to have his friends give
him a call.
FRED. A. BOHNA.
Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. n39tf
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
Designs and Specifications Furnished.
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.
Baker City, Nov. 17, 1874.
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S J M ’C O R M IC K ,
Importer and Dealer In
Boob, Stationary, Toys, Music Aui
N EW SPAPERS,
LIV ER Y S T A B L E
MESSRS, E1LBURN & PERKINS
T> e sp e ctfh lly I n fo r m th e C it-
X V izens of Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have pur­
chased the
L iv e r y
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FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Briok Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
Oregon.
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"U n d er t a k e r .
J. W. C L E A V E R
Informs the Public that he is prepared to
all kind of work in the Undertaking Busini
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1873.n21tf
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M achines— a d r o v e r
& Baker, and a Florence, both new and
'leI7 ,uxSt~ iior sa e' ^or particulars, en­
quire at thts office.
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A ® V E R T IS IS G s ( hoi
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Systematic. —All persons w
plate making contracts with now
the insertion of advertisements, i
cent* to Geo P. Rowell & C
Row, New York, for their PAMPI
(ninelv seventh edition), contaii
over 2000 newspapers and estimat
the cost. Advertisements taken
in many States at a trer
a from publisher’s rates
S
B
ook ,
Tobacco & Cigars,
General Assortment
Of all articles iu his Line, which he is selling
at L owest P rices , for the Ready Pay.
His houso is located on Main Street, nearly
opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon.
Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf.
Wagon Making.
E O . J . B o w m a n b ein g a
Wagon maker by trade, will continue
G
t<s work at his trade at the Wagon Bhop ad­
joining the Blacksmith Bhop of the late firm
of Gaines & Bowman. He is prepared to do
all kinds of work in his line at short notice
and at reasonable prices. He can make
Wagons or Buggies from the stump up, and
uses none but the best of material, bought in
the east and shipped direct to him at Baker
City.
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
May 10 th 1875nltf.
The fu ll resu lt of the p a tien t w atchings
by the various parties of th e la te tran sit
of V en u s, w ill n o t be fu lly w orked|up by
th e scien tists for several m o n th s. The
first p roxim ate d eterm in ation of th e d is­
tance of th e sun from the earth, h a stily
com p u ted , com es from a French source,
In th e form of a letter addressed to the
E n g lish astrom om er royal, Professor A iry
and w as p u b lish ed by tho latter. The
com p u tation s are m ade by M. P ulseux,
an astrom om er of th e Paris Observatory,
from ey e observations a t P ek in g , China,
and ]the ¿island of St. P aul injt-he In d ian
ocean. The resu lt announced for th e so­
lar p arallax is 8.879 seconds. T his is a
so m ew h at larger parallax th an th e favor­
ite figures now In use am ong astronom ers,
though n o t as h igh as som e estim a tes th a t
have been m ak e. If correct it w ill reduce
the d istan ce of the sun to about 91,900,000
m iles. ^Professor N ew com b's stu d ies, in
advance of th e tran sit, led h im to the be­
lief th a t th e d istan ce w ould u ltim a te ly be
determ ined b etw een 92,200,000 and 92,700,-
000.
Som e of th e d lfllcu ltles to be m et w ith in
ad ju stin g and com paring th e observations
tak en a t th e various poin ts were alluded
to as follow s b y Mr. E. Corbet, a t a late
m eetin g of th e Chicago A cad em y of Sci­
ence: "I h ave called your a tten tio n at
form er m eeting* to th e dlfllcu ltles w hich
w ill be encountered in th e a ttem p t to re­
con cile th ese observations—difficulties
arising from , first, th e irregular shape of
th e earth, w h ich is n o t a true ob late sp h e­
roid; second, th e irregular contour of the
su n , its surface being in a state of perpetu­
al com m otion ; and third, the errors of ob­
servation , w h ich m a y be regarded as an
extern al k in d of ‘personal eq u ation .’—
S u m m in g th e probable average of these
three factors of error, I conclude th a t the
astronom ical world w ill be fortunate If it
is able to reconcile a ll the observations so
as to m ak e it certain th a t the accepted
average is n o t m ore th an 100,000 m iles In
error, or one p a r tln 900 of .th e w hole d is­
tance.
“ There is no reason to doubt that we al­
ready know the distance of the sun to within
300,000 miles. This is about one part in
300 of the wholo distance; hence tho proba­
bility is that observation of the transit of
Venus in 1874, on which more than 51,000,-
000 have been expended, and involving the
equivalent of not less than two hundred
years of labor on the part of one man, will
only reduce the uncertainty to about one-
third of its present magnitude; but this will
THJ£ undersigned is prepared to be no mean achievement. It is not saying
do all kinds of work entrusted to his too much to claim that this result will be
care in his line, and all work war worth at least ten times the money and la­
ranted to give satisfaction. I em­ bor expended in obtaining it.”
Blacksmithing.
ploy none but the best of hands in
my shop.
H o r s e -s lio e iiY g .
I have a good Horse Shoer in my
Shop, who understands the horses
S A L O O N ,
foot in all its different shapes, and
Where will always be found the very best
will shoe to fit the horse. Our work
W in e s , L iq u o r s and C igars.
in this line is warranted as good as
the best.
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[Billiard Tables
J o h n F . C h o rd ,
Carpenter and Joiner,
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TOGETHER WITH A
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Notary Public
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WATCHMAKER AND JL vVELER,
R EID & CONSTABLE, Prop’r.
J O S E P H H. S H I N N ,
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T h e T r a n s it a n d P r o b a b le R e s u tlts .
S A L O O N !
Attorney at Law,
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J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
A tto r n e y a t-L a w ,
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My Lord rides through his palace gat«,
My lady sweeps along in state;
The sage thinks long on many a things
e e p s c o n stan tly on h a n d
And the maiden muses on marrying;
a Full Assortment of all kinds of The minstrel harpeth merrily,
Goods, consisting in part of
The sailor ploughs the foaming sea,
DRUGS,
The huntsman kills the good red deer.e
MEDICINES,
And the soldier wars without e’en fear;
Bat fall to each, whate’er befall,
PAINTS and OILS,
The farmer he must feed them all.
WINDOW GLASS,
Smith
hammereth cherry red the sword,
VARNISHES.
Priest preacheth pure the Holy Word;
BRUSHES, and Dame
Alice Worketh ’broidery well,
Clerk Richard tales of love can tell;
T O S IE S & M B W M R S
The tap wife sells her foaming beer,
For M edicinal Purposes.
Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere;
courtiers ruffle, strut, and shine.
TOILET ARTICLES And
While pages bring the gascon wine;
Of Every Description.
But fall to each whate’er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
P rescriptions prepared at all H ours. City Man builds his castles fair1 and high,
Wherever river runneth by;
and Country Trade Solicited.
Great cities rise in every land,
Best B rands, o f F a m i ly G r o c e r ie s , T o ­ Great churches show the builder's hand;
Great arches, monuments, and towers,
b a c c o s , C ig a r s , A c ., co n stan tly on
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers;
H an d , at the Low est Prices.
Great work is done, be it here or there,
B aker City, Oct. 7, 1874.n221y
And well men worketh everywhere;
But work or rest, whate’er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
'W e s t e r n H o t e l .
B A K E R C IT Y , O R EG O N .
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Tit* F a rm er F eed eth a ll. J
Corner Main Street and V alley A venue
Southwest Side,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON,
D r e s s M a k in g
Attorney-at-Law,
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W ashington (D. C.),M ay 15.—The fol­
lowing order was issued to-day:
P ostoffice D epartment ,
)
W ashington (D. C.), May 15, 1875.)
Ordered, that section 103 of tho Regula­
tions of the Postoffice Department be amen­
ded by striking out the words, “and the
subscription must be for not less than three
months,” seventh and eighth lines, and the
W a g o n M a k in g a n d R e p a ir in g section so amended shall be as follows:
Iu all the various branches done in
Section 103—A regular subscribor is a
connection with this shop by Geo. person who has actually paid, ©i undertaken
J. Bowman.
to pay, the subscription price for a news­
paper,
magazine or other periodical, or for
[ P l o w s
whom such payment has been made, or un­
Manufactured and Repaired.
dertaken to be made, by some other person.
In faot everything in my line made But in the latter case such payment must
and repaired at reasonable prices.
have been undertaken with the previous
Thankful for past patronage I res­ consent, or at the previous request, of the
pectfully solicit a continuance of person to whom such newspaper, magazine
the same.
or periodical is sent. A person to whom any
S. A. GAINES.
such publication is sent without his consent
May 10. 1875.n ltf
or request, is not a regular subscriber with­
the meaning oi the law, andi transient
Buy Your Lumber at the in
rates of postage must be charged and collec­
ted on suoh publication before delivery.
Old, Reliable
(Signed)
MARSHALL JEWELL,
E b e l l ’s O l d M i l l .
Postmaster General.
E H A V E R E F IT T E D T H E
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Mill and make the best Lumber in
the county, at prices to suit the times.
The pretty playfulness with which little
children charm away the cares of their par­
Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt ents was illustrated by a touching occurence
attention in the future as in the past. We
saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest in Indiana. A boy of six years after watch­
ing the laundry proceedings, and especially
Timbers.
Clear and seasoned Lumber always on tho way in which the wrinkles in the linen
hand.
Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive disappeared before the flatiron, retired to
immediate attention. By strict attention to meditate in the room where bis father was
business, we hope to receive our share of taking his after-dinner nap. There, gazing
public patronage.
upon the furrews which years of struggle
An unlimited amount of Grain taken in
had made upon the marble brow of his par­
exchange for Lumber.
ent, he was seized by a beautiful idea. In
ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN.
March 1 1874.-n34tf.
less than a minute that devoted little hoy
was smoothing out those ¿narks of time and
GRIEE & KELLOGG
sorrow with a very hot flat-iron. Life dos-
W a n te d ,
en’t seem so happy to his young heart now
Having com pleted their New Stable,
Q A A A A P o u n d s o f W h e a t as it used to.
have now the f i n e s t and best regulated O
V / * v / U U at the B edrock D emo ­
The Louisville Courier Journal, hearing
crat Office immediately, for which the high­
Livery Stable
that a clown asked for a salary of 5600 a week
est Cash pr’iec willbe allowed.
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of six times that of the greatest astronomer
In E a s t e r n Oregon,
in the land, asks who would be fool enough
W o o d "W a n t e d .
to pay the gaeatest astronomer 5600 a week
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­
•‘merely for sitting on top of a tower and
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ness in all its branches.
£ } VX the B edrock D emocrat Office imme­ looking at the stars all night through a
STOCK BOUGHT AND SO LD .
diately, for which the highest Cash prioe stove-pipe with a piece of glass in the end of
it?”
will be allowed.
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Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. nI3tf
Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but
the best of Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our best to please you.
KILfeURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
LIV E R Y S T A B L E
F i - ve H undred S hots a M inute . — A ma­
chine gun was exhibited and tested a few
Affairs in Columbia are assuming a seri­ days since in the Twanty-second regimont
ous aspect. The time for the election of a armory. Mr. William B? Farwell, th9 in­
ventor, operated and explained his invention.
new Governor is rapidly .approaching, and Among those who saw the experiment were
party spirit runs high. While the best ele­ Col. John E. Gowas and Col- Knox of the
ments of society are content to have their Ordnance Bureau, Col. Porter and many
other officers of the National Guard.
differences adjusted through the medium of
Mr. Farwell’s invention (consists of ten
the vote, the more violent hope to carry steel barrels of twenty-five calibre, arranged
their measures by a displayjof ¿force, and the ! exactly parallel to each other in a metallic
frame? From center to Center of the outer
dangerous classed are looking forward to barrels is three feet. Each barrel is charged-
the election with the hope that during "the separately from a magazine containing fifty
excitement a disturbance can bo easily cre­ rounds of ammunition. The charging, fir­
ated, and opportunities afforded to pillage ing and extraction of exploded shells are all
accomplished by the turning of one crank,
with impunity.
at each revolution of which the whole ten
The United States Government has been barrels are discharged, emptied and re­
fully informed of this ^condition of affaire, loaded.
With relays of magazines five hundred
and is aware that in the expected revolt at­ shots can be fired a minute, A system of
tempts will be made by lawless parties to cog wheels connects the firing crank with a
tear up tbe Panama Railway at some point traverse, and each turn of the crank traver­
ses the exact width of the target. Thus the
between Aspinwall and Panama.
gun is automatic in this particular, design­
There are about thirty miles of this rail­ ed to pick off a line of battle iu regular de
way to protect, and the Columbia Govern­ tail.
Its points of difference from the Gatling
ment is not in a.condition to spare an armed gun
are in the simultaneous loading and
force to guard every mile of this track, and firing of ten barrels, the latter loading each
at the same time preserve order in Aspim barrel through tbe same magazine aperture
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wall, where the revolt iB expected to break and firing but one Bhot at a time.
Mr. FRrwell had only one magazine .at tbe
qut.
trial yesterday, so the actual rapidity of fire
On the Pacific side Commodore Collins attainable was not demonstrated. The fifty
has been ordered to Panama, and will, shots contained by that one magazine, hew-
ever, were several times fired iu six seconds,
should the situation demand it, throw a ¡ | The
appearance ol the target after firing, all
company of marines out on the road. A 1 the shots having struck at about the bight
platform car and a boat howitzer, with a of a man's breast, showed how irresistibly
destructive such a weapon would be in a
small show of marines, will probably be all street
fightor resisting a charging enemy.—
sufficient. That he is auabled to land Uni­ N. Y. Bun.
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ted States forces will be readily understood
S tirring B ear -F ight .—A terrlfio combat
when the terms of our treaty with Columbia
are remembered. The United States has a lately took place in tho Santiago Mountains
joint protection of this road with Columbia ; of California, between a couple of stockmen
and a huge grizzly that had long been the
for ninety-nine years.
To protect the Aspinwall end of tbe Rail­ terror of the cow-herds. They enoounter
way, Admiral Mullany has despatched Lieu­ the bear unexpectedly, and the monstrous
tenant-Commander Livingston Beeze to As- brute attacked Mr. Carter, knocking him
pinwall with the sloop-of-war Ossipee and a j down before he tould draw and cock his pia-
complement of 210 officers and men. The tol. The bear made two terrible bites at
Ossipee left Pensacola harbor for Aspinwall his breast, tearing his flesh in the most
on the afternoon of the 13th inst.
horrible manner, and immediately pusued
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Mr. Waston, who had retreated in order to
W h o a r e t b e P e r ju r e r * ?
procure time to prepare his rifle for action.
The testimony in the great Brooklyn trial Mr. Watson fired a ball from his Henry
shows conclusively that a number of tho rifle, which lodged behind the fore shoulder
witnesses have committed perjury, but pre­ of the iniuriated brute, but produced no
cisely who the perjurers are is a very com- effect except to enrage him still more.
Another shot entered his thick hide without
plitcated question.
If Mr. Beecher has testified truthfully, avail. At the third trial the "rifle missed
then Mr. Tilton, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Moulton, fire from a defectivo cartridge. When the
Deacon West, Brother Bowen, and Mr. bear was within six feet of Mr. WatEon, he
fired a fourth shot, and succeeded in send­
Janes have all sworn to lies; and, vice versa, ing a ball through the skull just above the
if they have told the truth, thou Mr. Beech­ oye, which stretched the monster at his feet.
er has committed perjury.
The Jameses and Youngers have been
If Mr. Tilton has sworn to the truth, then heard
from again. Their last job, according
not only Mr. Beecher, but Bessie Turner, to the report, was in Henry county. Missou­
Essayist Tracy, Oliver Johnson, Sam Wilk- ri, about twelve miles north of Clinton, a
enson, Mrs. Palmer, the negro Woodley, man named Lambert, who keeps a thriving
country store, being the victim." Aboutnoon
and all the witnesses who testified that they on Thursday, while a party of young men
saw Mr. Tilton walking with Mrs. Woodhull and womon were playing ^croquet near the
in the Rossel procession, have sworn falsely. store, two gentlemanly-looking strangers
rode up and dismounted, and entered the
If Mr. Moulton is not a perjurer, then, store. Directly two other strangers came'
besides convicting Mr. Beecher, he convicts up. When they reached the store, two drew
pistols on the proprietor, while the other
of perjury Essayist Tracy.
two invited the eroquel players inside. The
The same issue of veracity i3 made be­ players went. Three of the men guarded1,
tween Bessie Turner on one Bido, and Mrs. while the fourth searchod tho store, 5200 in
Bradshaw, Mr Richards, and Mr. Martin on greenbacks, a shot gun, two pistols and a
lot of goods being taken. When be bad
the other. It i3 also made between Martin picked
out all he wanted, the party moun­
and Tracy, and between Woodruff and ted, bid the party good-by, and rode away.
All wa3 done so quickly and quietly that a
Tracy.
Mr. Bowen, too, comes and squarely con­ black-smith at work a short distance off
knew nothing of the affair until it was over.
tradicts under oath, Mr. Beecher, Mr. Claf- The men answered to the description of the
James and Younger brothers, and as they
lin, and several other gentlemen.
It fairly makes one’s head ache to try were seen the same day in that vicinity, it is
believed that they were the robbers;
and unravel the tangle.
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T here You Go.—The Northerner, pub­
T he E ffects of I ron on F ruit T rees .—
lished
at Lewiston by Judge Whitson, says-,
The Louisville Ledger Bays, we recently
couversed with an old gentlemen who al­ Bro. Shepherd, of the B edrock D emocrat ,
ways succeeded in having a thrifty orchard having announced himself as a candidate
of iruit tx-ees. He says that for years he has for Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
experimented on different classes of or­ the death of Colonel LaDow, Bro. Abbott,
chards, and finds that nearly all sorts ef of the Tribune, shows a disposition to dis­
fruits are improved by scattering some iron parage Bro. Shep’s claims- Now, Bro. Ab­
dust about the roots cf the trees. His plan bott, you or’t’nt to gone and went and done
is to scrape off the top dirt for some two or that. We want to change the custom gener­
three feet around the tree, then sprinkle a ally prevailing and send editors to Congress,
pint or two of the dust—which he gathers and we had just as well experiment on the
from around a blacksmith’s anvil—over the quill-driver of tbe D emocrat as anybody.
roots, and then restore, the dirt. His expe­ It’s a change of base we want. That onoe
rience is that with pears particularly it adds accomplished then we can fight over tho
us first get the bone.
largely to the size and flavor, and that with bone. Let
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cheeries, plums, peaches and apples, it im­
C hicago , May 23.—The ¿.Tribune’s Wash­
proves the growth of the trees, and keeps off ington special says some very curious cor­
respondence was "intercepted yesterday be
worms and curculio.
tween General Sheridan, the President and
If our friends would try a tree or two the Governor of Texas. The United States-
they might soon learn for themselves -the military authorities have complained that
Texas officials on the Mexican harder have (
truth or error of theso experiments.
caused the arrest, on the charge of murder
Tho Rural Carolinian speaking of tho ef­ of United States soldiers engaged in prevent­
fects of iron and fruit trees says:
ing raid 3 . The President, after reviewing
11 We have taken the trouble, in extensive the correspondence, informs the Governor
that a repetition of such acts by Texas peo­
trips over the country, to make some inqui­ ple
will result in the withdrawal of troops
ries about certain fruit trees which attracted irom Texas. Texans who are in Washing­
attention on account of their thrift and fruit ton say that the withdrawal of troops would
such an impetus to volunteer compan­
bearing qualities. They were fresh and vig­ give
ies as would lead to a border war.
orous, while all around the other trees were
C assius M. C lay , th e o ld tim e a b o litio n ­
decaying or dead. In nearly every case it
turned out that tenpenny nails had been is t, w ho fo u g h t th e D em o cracy in fo rm e r
driven into the body as near the ground as y e a rs, c o m m e n c e d a c a n v a ss of th e S ta te
possible. Trees selected in this way always of K e n tu c k y o n M o n d a y for th e success of
th e D em ocratic S ta te tic k e t.
H e ta k e s
turns out to bo healthy, vigorous and ex­
th e stumj> becau se h e b eliev es t h a t t h e
cellent fruit-bearers, producing the most success of th e D em o cracy is th e o n ly way
luscious frnit. The reason why tho worm to p re se rv e th e p rin c ip le s of lib e rty and
will not attaok the tree is because the ox- ju stic e u p o n w h ic h th e g o v e rn m e n t w as
ydation or rusting of the iron by fo u n d ed .
the sap envolves ammonia, which as the
D ied ,—H ill Beacby, well known through-
sap arises, will of course impregnate every
!
out
tho Pacific coast from his extensive con­
part of the foliage, and prove too drastic a
dose for the delicate palates of intruding in ­ nection with the stage and transportation
sects. The salt o f iron afforded by the nails business, died in Ban Francisco about 7
is extremely offensive to the worms, while it o’clock May 23rd, He was stricken with
is not only harmless but beneficial to the paralysis, since which his demise has been
hourly expected. The remains were taken
foliage and fruit of the tree.
to Marysville for interment beside bis de­
V ario u s n ew sp ap ers a re c a llin g L o g a n ’s ceased wife and children. He leaves two
a tte n tio n to w h a t G en. S h e rm a n sa y s in children.
h is m e m o irs o f th e Illin o is S e n a to r’s so l­
d ie rsh ip , w h ic h re a d s s o m e th in g lik e
this: “ I reg ard ed b o th G ens. L o g an a n d
B la ir as “ v o lu n te e rs ,” th a t lo o k e d to p e r -
so n a l fam e and glory-as a u x ilia ry a n d sec-
o n d a r y to th e ir p o litic a l a m b itio n , a n d
n o t as p ro fe ssio n a l so ld ie rs,”
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W h e n an y one o u t W e s t re la te s & eir-
! c u m sta n o e t h a t ta k e s m o re t h a n tw o men
| to b e lie v e , th e y in te r r u p t h im b y quietly
.
a s k in g if h e h a s a p h o to g ra p h of the oc­
c u rre n c e.
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