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N \ bbbcsk ! s ^®^?55*! î *555 C hicago July 9.—A Washington special M IS E R O L O G T FO R FA R M E R S. ¡c d r it h ik m fln a t. J . M. S H E P H E R D , E d i t o r . 1 $a lte r C ity , J u ly 1 4 , 1 8 7 5 . THE BEDROCK DEM OCRAT h a s the E a rn est C ir c u la tio n of any P ap er P u b lish e d in E a stern O re g o n . C ir c u la tio n «00 c o p ie s . C O X D R E SSIO N A L C A N D ID A T E . That excellent publication, the Coun try Gentleman, contains m any valuable and practical hints, especially for farmers. In the last number we find the follow ing: ‘ ‘ Farmors see more o f minerals in their native localities than any other class of men. It is sometimes important for them to distinguish such as are valuable. Many yeays ago, in traveling through Central Pennsylvania, we saw a farmer who was drawing lim e fifty miies over a rough road for building purposes. W e inquired why he did not burn the limestone scattered over his fields. He denied that there was any limestone in that region. AVe called for some strong vinegar, and pouring it on the broken fragments of a stone, succeed ed in convincing him by the effervcsence which took place that plenty existed on his own land. There are a few simple tests by which any farmer may at once know limestone from any other rock. The first is to try its hardness with his pocket knife. It may be cut with some difficulty and a little practice in this way will ena ble him to distinguish its peculiar degree of hardness, although this will vary in some degree with its purity. AVater lim e stone and magnesian limestone are hard er than that which is purer. Next, burn a fragment in the fire, when it will soon turn white, and if pure slack with heat when a third of its bulk of water is pour ed on. Generally a very ready way is to pour on a small quantity of nitric or m u riatic acid, the effervescence which takes place in any form of carbonate of lim e, whether it be chalk, marl, lim estone or marble, being alike in character with all. Magnesian limestone effervesces move slow ly. There are some other minerals which will effervesce, but i hey are rare.— Sulphuric acid will not answer for this experim ent, as it forms a crust ofsuiphaie of lim e, through which the acid w ill not penetrate, ami the effervescence soon ceases. The Three tests—nam ely, the de gree of hardness, the effervescence and the burning to lime—are infallible distin guishing characters. These m ay be learn ed in a few minutes, and when learned may save much labor and expense—as would have been the case with the farm er in Pennsylvania Whom we have just m entioned.” FROM OREGON. W o take the following letter from the Plattsburgh, Mo., L ev erei June 25, 1875. It was written a short time after Mr. For- see arrived in our city, and in the main is a very fair and correct statem ent of m at ters and things as he found them here; he has made some slight mistakes as to dis tances, which we will correct as we pass along in the article. B a k e r C ity 7, O r e g o n , June 11,1875. * * I am sorry to know that you are again in the land of grasshoppers; hope they will leave time .enough for you to raise a sufficiency to live on. AA’ e are troub led with nothing o f the kind here; the spring nas been rather backward in Eas tern Oregon ; the prospect is better now for warm weather. AA'e had a splendid rain here this week, which is hurrying all kinds of vegetation on. A’ egetables of dif ferent kinds are being brought in daily now, which bear good prices. Baker City is situated in a beautiful val ley, which is from 6 to 10 miles wide and 80 long. [The valley is from G to 30 miles wide—average 18—and 45 long.—E d . D em ocrat .]. Powder River passes through this valley; it is a nice sfcrefim which af fords plenty of w ater all the year. The land in this valley is rich and can all be cultivated; the river affords plenty of wa ter for irrigating purposes. Good farmers are needed very much here; [that’s a fact]; they can soon m ake fortunes in tiiis val ley by proper management. Oats sell here for two cents per pound, wheat from 1 to 1 cents, barley from 2 to 1 cents, [grain ranges from 1 to 3 cents, according to sea son, and hay, delivered, from 88 to $16.— E d . D emocrat ]; bay from 32 to 16dollars per ton; hogs, gross, from 6 to to 10 cents; bacon, sides 25 cents; h am ,27 cents; [sides from 13 to 25, ham 15 to 27. E d . D emocrat ] ; beef, 6 to 15 cents; chickens 50 cents each; eggs 50 cents per do?en ; butter 30 cents per pound, and oilier things in proportion. Land is cheap here; good farms can be bad for from $15 io §30 per acre, owing to loca tion. Government lands 81,23 per acre. A ny man that will work can m ake a liv ing here; it is the best poor m an’s coun try I ever was in, AVages $2.50 per day in gold; farm bands $10 per m onth. Gold mines ore paying in m any diggings near the citi7, wages there $4 per day. Wood is plenty within 6 miies of the city and can be had for nothing by hauling it yourself. It sells for from $3 to $5per cord delivered; it is ail pine. l ’ino lum ber is worth at the m ills $12 per thousand, $15 delivered.— [Lumber at the m ills ranges from $10 to $20 per thousand and delivered $13 to $23— E d . D e m .] This is tho best place I have struck yet, and I will endeavor to get a foothold here and locate .permanently. I wish you were here; I am satisfied you would like it better than in Missouri. You could m ake a living with half the labor you have there. The land is just as good, and I think better; you can raise from 80 to 100 bushels of oats to the acre, 40 to GO bushels of wheat, the same of barley, and the finest vegetables grow here I ever saw; beets grow to weigh .‘» p o u n d s each. I never saw fine potatoes until I came here; some of them weigh 4 lbs each; they are white Neshanuocks. Times are said to be dull hero just now7. I d o not think the people of tiiis country know what hard times are. M oney appears to be plenty7; all gold and silver; paper m oney is only bought and sold. Hands scarce; Joe Coff man and Fred Rogers have been working ever since they arrived, at $2,50 per day, m ixing mortar and carrying the hod. A n y one that w ill work can always find em ploym ent at good wages. Theo. has been working a little for the Coffmans; they think of building them a house soon. Air. Rogers has a jo b for Charley, sprinkling Main street at $100 per m onth, which he will com m ence next week, «end all pa pers and letters to me at this place for the present and until I advise otherwise.— Should any of our Clinton farmers becom e dissatisfied there, tell them to try this valley, and I am satisfied they will do well; all they have to do is to work and take care o f what they raise,, watch after their stock. Plenty of range here and al ways will be in the mountains. Mechan ics make from $5 to $15 per day here. If there are any items in this scribble that your editors wish, they are perfectly w el com e to them. I can assure them that there is nothing herein contained that is not true. Best wishes to yourself and fam ily and all enquiring friends. J. N. FORSEE. W hile the balance of the Democratic pa pers i” the State, and especially those west of the Cascade mountains, have had con siderable to say in relation to w ho should bo the candidate and in relation to his an- ticedents and qualifications, we have said nothing for or against any man who is a candidate for the position of Con gressman. W e believed and still think the people should be left free from prejudice to act in their primary meetings, and then the delegates sent by them to their county conventions do not go there as the slaves of any man or ring, but as free men, who do not wear a collar, and are free to act for the good of the party—this is democratic, and will keep down all bickerings, strife and heart burnings, and will lead our par ty to success and victory. W e have no fa vorite candidate, present com pany except ed, among all who have been mentioned a s . candidates, and we are not over strenious about locality, but believe that, for the good of the party and in ju stice to this portion of the State, the candidate should be taken from Eastern Oregon. Both the United States Senators and all the State Officers, except Treasurer, (and that made worthless by the action o f politicians o f Western Oregon), are held west of the Cascade mountains—that portion of the Stato seem to act upon the principle of selfishness—they hog it all—and appear to think, as they have the power, that they can ignore our rights and that wo, like whipped Spaniels yvii 1 lick the hand that smites us, and continue to give our usual democratic majorities when the election takes place. This has been the case here tofore, but we cannot give assurance that such will be the case in the future; and The Owyhee Avalanche says: As a without the democratic majorities of Eas matter of interest, we give the following tern Oregon it will be impossible for our extracts from a letter of recent date writ party to elect the Congressman next ten by W'm. II. Habersham, form erly of October, and if we are defeated then we need expect nothing but defeat next year. this camp, and published in the New It is understood in this portion of the York South: ’ ‘In 1861-5 I resided in the State that certain U. S. Senatorial aspi Territory o f Idaho, being engaged in rants In and about the State Capital have quartz mining. In 1868 I discovered and formed rings to control the nomination of located a quartz ledge, which was sup Congressman this summer, so as to aid posed to be an extension to the celebrated them in their aspirations for Senator next ‘ Poor Man Gold and Silver Quartz Ledge,' year. W e hope that all of our present and secured by purchase and otherwise State officers can clear their skirts of this 1,800 feet of ground. In sinking a shaft on charge. The standard bearer of our parly this ledge, I discovered near the surface of of this canvass must be free from all Sen the mountain, imbedded in ferruginous atorial rings or Cliques; he must be unob sand, overlapped and underlaid by dark jectionable on account of his connect Ion blue clay or mud, nodules of various sizes with any of the frauds or corruptions con ranging from that of a small pea to the nected with the United States Government size and shape of a pigeon’s . egg, which against which the Democratic party, its when broken open were found to contain leaders, and the Democratic and Indepen a remarkably bard and brilliant sub dent papers have been m aking war for tire stance, more brilliant and harder than past two or three years. We must not be crystalized quartz. Those nodules were trammeled with C red it M obideroi -B ack encrusted by clay of the color o f crude P a y in a n y s h a p e —the people will not, at gutta perch a (-light drab), and could only the polls, endorse cither. Again J the peo be broken by using an 8}4 pound sledge ple of Eastern Oregon will not support any hammer, driven with great force. I have man whose record, in our State Legisla been informed by a Norwegian miner that ture, is not clear on matters of interest to m y description of the strata in which the Eastern Oregon,and especially is this the nodules weie found answers exactly that case with any man whose record is antag in which most o f the finest diamonds onistic to the Dalles and Sandy AVagon are found in Brazil—with the one excep Road. A ny man whose record is opposed tion that in Brazil they are found in the to this measure, if nom inated by the Dem same strata in the beds of rivers, whereas ocratic State Convention, will not receive in Idaho I found them ou the side of a the vote of AVasco county by four hundred hill, the top of which contained marine shells—and which must have been at m ajority, and in other counties, of this portion of the State, the vote would be some remote time the bottom of an in against him —even the Governor him self land sea.” Mr. Habersham is now a resi could not influence our people to vote for dent of'B runsw ick, Georgia, where his a man whose legislative record is against brother, Hon. John B. Habersham, resid es. He says that he does not wish to cre this measure. AA’e have always supported the regular ate a diam ond excitement, but only desir nominees of our party and expect to con es to call attention to the matter, in order, tinue to do so in the future; but we do ask if possible, to ascertain ‘ he character of of our Conventions not to nominate men the nodules, which he believes to be dia .whom, by supporting them , the Demo m onds, cratic press of the State would stultify and belie itself. AVe have good men in our A B o l t e r .—Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, part who are not chronic office-seekers; was interviewed at Kansas City, the other who are capable and well qualified lo fill day, and expressed the opinion that there any office within the gift of the people;men is nothing in the third term sim ply be who are not mixed up with any Senato cause Grant couldn’ t get the rumination. rial ring, and who would com m and the The reason he could not get the nom ina T e le g r a p h C o n s o lid a t io n . respect and support of the people. Give tion, in the opinion'of the Senator, is be us a good man, with a clear and unblem cause be is the weakest man in the party. AVe find the follow ing reference to the ished National and State record, and then' The Senator expressed him self pretty free- new telegraph line from AVinnemucca to Eastern Oregon w ill roll up her usual l37,an d stated, among other things, that Portland in the New York Telegrapher of Democratic majority. Grant, if nominated by the Republican June 26th: The State Convention was called- too Convention, could not carry a State in the “ Mr. Platt Burr, o f Idaho, Superintend soon; some think this may have been un- Union. After shelving Grant the Senator ent o f the Nevada and Northern Tele ttaoughtedly done, others say and think it said that the Republicans would elect the graph Company, the only telegraph com was done so as to prevent Eastern Oregon, next President, and the man would be pany in Idaho whose lines extend from which is thinly settled, and the means of Secretary Bristow. Ingalls is mistaken, AVinnemucca. Nevada, to the m ining dis com m unication is slow ,from having a full both about Grant and Bristow. Grant is tricts of Idaho, has been in this city for representation in the Convention. Be not the weakest man in the party, and if some days, and has just completed a wor the reason what it m ay, the com m ittee in he is n o ta candidate before the Conven king contract between his com pany and the western portion o f the State had the tion, will be apt to show that, like the the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com power, and they used that power to make clowns in the circus, lie has-a great deal to pany, whose lines connect, at AA’ innemuc- tnings conform to their own interests, say around there. And Bristow m ay be ca. Mr. Burr lias also purchased and ship AVe hope that in the future Eastern Ore the nominee, but his new broom is not go ped several hundred miles of wire, with gon will receive at the hands of AVebfoot ing to kill off Grant, Blaine, AVilson. Mor which his lines are to be extended to ‘ brethren her just rights and then we will ton, Conkling, and a half dozen others all Portland, Oregon, this Summer. The ter cease to find fault and quit our grumbling. at once. So says the Quincy, 111., Herald, ritory thus reached by this line is regarded and we concur. as one of considerable importance. The High toned officials at AVaslnngton,who AVestern Union Telegraph Company, do principally nothing and get paid for it, A C Q U IT T E D . whose lines extend from San Francisco to are m aking arrangements for the sum Portland, via. the coast, lias hitherto en mer excursions, which the people are to From the Portland Bulletin of July 9, joyed a monopoly of the telegraph busi • pay for, notwithstanding it was announc The case o f the State of Oregon vs. John ed recently that the Cabinet officers are A7. Smith, indicted for manslaughter in ness at Oregon and Washington Territory; going to put a stop to all that sort of rob the blowing up of the steamer Senator be but the successful issue o f this enterprise bery. The first spoken of is that of one tween Portland and Oregon City some will afford the Atlantic and Pacific Tele A very, chief clerk of the Light House time since, was resumed in the Circuit graph Company an opportuuiiy of getting Board, who, with the assistants, go off on Court yesterday morning, when the Judge a large share o f this very profitable busi a tour to inspect the light house system proceeded to charge the ju ry in a clear and ness, while it opens up telegraphic com on thi P icific. Then there is another dispassionate manner, expounding the munication to the people of Idaho and party, headed by Biuford AVilson, Solici law relating to the case and doing away Eastern Oregon." Mr. Burr, the Superintendent, says the tor of the Treasury, who propose to go to wit h many o f the popular notions upon Europe for the purpose, it is said, of secur Portland Bulletin of July 8th, arrived in the subject of accountability where no ing the United States bonds w hich have been called in for redemption. The ex m alice was sought to be proven. The this city yesterday morning, and will peditions will cost the people epr sidera. jury, after being out but a short time, re push the work forward as rapidly as pos ble money and w on’ t be worth a cent to turned a verdict o f not guilty, which was sible. W hen this line is completed we the country. received with demonstrations of jo y by will be in direct communication with all C a l if o r n ia D emocrats .— The Califor nearly all present. The case has been an parts of the United States, and no longer nia Democratic Sta e Convention nom i expensive one to the county; but we con at the mercy of the AVestern Union Mo- nated Irw in , of Siskiyou County, for Gov sider it money well spent, since m uch in nopoly. This enterprise is of great impor ernor; J. A. Johnson. Lieut. Governor; formation has been elicited upon the sub tance to all Oregon, and especially to the Thos. Beck, Secretary of State; J. AV. Man- ject of steam, and the lesson will have a business men o f Portland. dcvillo, Controller; and J. F. Estudillo, tendency to make all engineers and fire Treasurer. men more careful in future, apd, above P lymouth C h u r c h , in Brooklyn, is a all, it will bring engineers to the know l wealthy society: Since the disagreement I t is said that the Chinese cure toothache edge and the fact that if, through careless of the jury, in the Tilton-Beecher trial, the by applying a poal o f fire to tjie foot. A less painful operation would be to cut off the head ness, any acciden t happens, they will be churc-h has increased the annual salary of o f the patient, but we don't suppose the held strictly accountable to tiro law, and Mr. Beecher to one hundred thousand dol Chinese ever thought of sjtelra simple rem- punished the same as if maliciousness lars. Enterprising clergynien, who desire fuiv.. prut entered into the deed good salaries, will profit hv this hint. B A N K IN G HOUSE FEE STEW AR T. OF From the Portland Bulletin. J A S . W . VIRTUE, At the time Lee Stewart was killed in a First-street saloon we were given his his- tary, coming, as we supposed, from au thentic sources. In it we stated that he had been in the Confederate arm y and had fought under Quantrell, the raider.— Last evening Coroner W etmore received a letter from his m other, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, of Independence, Mo., giving his true history. At the outbreak o f the re bellion iris father, who was a minister and a Union man, was murdered in cold blood by a band of rebel cut-throats, he being the first man killed in that county. Lee was so incensed at this that lie at once joined the Missouri State Militia, where he fought nobly during iris time.— Upon being mustered out lie at once en listed in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, where he was promoted to a Lieutenancy for his bravery. In 1865 he was mustered out of service, and began a reckless career which ended in death. The cause of his m ad ness is said to have com e from the horri ble death of his murdered and mangled fa ther. TATOTICE IS H E R E B Y GIVEN TH A T the undersigned has ^ d v a p p o in te d Administrator of the estate- of Almanza ohpnherd deceased, by the County Couit S “ ;'cb »,,t,v ,Vrc'goi ■ A H P «11“ VlS e 3 T' ing claims against said estate are hereny reauired to present the same to n ie.w itn the proper vouchers, within six m onths from the date hereof, and all persons in debted are required to m ake im m ediate paym ent. R B C- BU NCIf, LATE NEWS. Baker county, Ogn., July 13,1875.nl0nl4 cam paign. m T advm sem ents . There was a desperate attem pt last night to rob A dam s’ Express Messenger, Buikc, on the Vaudalia Railroad. The engine was cut loose and the engineer killed.— Burke barricaded the door o f the express car and kept the robbers at bay, till help arrived. Gen. F. P. Blair died at half-past eleven o ’clock last Thursday night. He had been sick fora long time without any hope of recovery. Gen. Sibley, inventor of the Sibley tent, has entered the Japanese military ser vice. Milwaukee, AVis., has an artesian well 1094 feet deep, which discharges 6,000 gal lons of water per day. Under the ruins ol an old castle in Ger m any there was recently found a lien’s nest full of eggs. They had beeu there 1,200 years, hidden from the light and the air, and t lie changes of temperat ure. Tho waters o f Saratoga w ill inspire H en ry AVilson while he writes liis “ His-tory of Slavery,” this summer. A brutal Mormon violated his own daughter, causing her death, at Evanston, Utah, on the 2d inst. Tho wretch is in irons, and ought to be burned at (he stake. A Consolidated Virginia miner won 82,175 at faro ihc other dsiy, after which lie had sense enough to quit the game. Mortimer Thom pson, better known by his non do plum e, Q. K. Philander Does- ticks, died in New York on Saturday. For nearly a quarter o f a century he has been recognized as a leading humorist of the country. John C. Breckinridge’s estate foots up 840,0C0. Tho Republican State Convention of Wis consin made the following nominations on the 7 th: For Governor. Harrison Lulling ton; Lieutenant Governor, H. T. Eaton; Secretary of State, H. B. Warner:Treasurer, H . Baetz; Attorney General, John R. Bennett; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Robert Grali am. On the 8th inst. the Minnesota Democrats nominated the following ticket: For Governor, D .L . Buell;Lieutenant Governor E. AV. Durant, Secretary ot State, Adolphus Bierman; Auditor, M. Doran; Treasurer, Al bert Scheffer. (General C o llector» K e r O l t y , O BEOOJf, C2r CI> HHa JL> To n rs Ar BRITTEN, CITY M A R SH A L , respectfully informs the bustoe^s ■r,-,on nf Baker City and vicin ity, that ne w il?attend prom ptly to the collection of nil Notes Bills and Accounts placed in Ms hnnds’for collection. Hand firm your hills if you want them collected. aS k ir c ity , July 14,1875.nl0tf__________ GOLD TT U? mS ILVER BARS, And Transacts a General Hanking, Collection AND A d m in is tr a te r s Notice. T&TOTTflE - A L L PERSONS ARE H E R E I N by notified that th eja n d advertlsed for sale on the 24th day oi July, 1 8 7 o ,'if- the fractional N. E. quarter of section three, township N o. nine, south lunge thirty-nine, containing 156 56-100 acres, by virtue of an execution against AV . O .i a v i, is not the property of said AV C. Hugh, but the separate property of Mrs. IN. L. Rush, his wife, and all persons are hereby notified not to purchase the same, and avoid litigation. ^ ^ & BD0H> EXCHANGE BUSINESS. Interest alflowed on Special Deposits. C o u n ty O rders Bought and Sold A complete ASSAY OFFICE Is iii Connection with the Bank. AVe make it a branch of our business to give Correct Information in regard the to Mining Interests of E a ste rn Oregon. Dec. 1, 1874.n30y gxgawBMaBMBgaaaMBEaaaBBaBaiBBi J A S . A . F I N N E Y & CO., B o ise City, Idaho, GENERAL NEWS AGENTS Baker City, July 13,1875.nl0t2 AN D D E ALERS IN L a b o r e r s W an ted . Boots, Stationery, Clean P i M m s , ■a nu. OR TAVENTY LABORERS AVAN- ted im m ediately by the undersign- e/.l • A lso— EIGHT OR TEN BRICK MASONS. A. A. HOUSTON. Baker City, July 7 ,187o.n9if TOYS, YANKEE NOTIONS. &c. nsr o tic e . . c . e d w a r d s w is h e s a l l those indebted to him either on ac count or bv note, that is now due or to be com e due,‘ to com e forward and settle the same, cither with him or Sam. Ottenhci- H ank mC1’’ H. C. EDAVARDS. Baker City, July 7 ,1875.n9tf T o H a y S ta c k e rs. T I-IE UNDERSIGNED AVTSHES TO make a contract with parties to Stack 2 50 TO N OF Si A Y . For particulars enquire im m ediately of H. C. EDAVARDS. Baker City, July 7.1875.nDml E R E C E IV E Ssshscrijptioiis for, and furnish all oi the leading W P e r io d ic a ls , M a g a z in e s & Newspapers published in New York, Philadelphia, Bos ton, Sacramento and ban Francisco, at Pub lisher’s rates. BOOMS A SPE C IA LTY. Any Rook published iu the United States furnished by us at Boise City, at Publisher’s Prices. We are in constant receipt of NEW BOOKS of ail kinds. SCH OOL BO O K S, A largo supply constantly on hand, at Cat alogue Prices. Orders from a distance solicited and satis- * faction guaranteed. JAMES A. PINNEY & CO. Feb. 1, 1875.u3iliy TOM DEALT. WILL TWEEDIE. DEALY & TWEfcDIE, Wagon Making. B la c k s m it h s , i J . B o w m a n b e in g a | Wagon maker by trade, will continue tw work at his trade at the Wagon shop ad joining the Blacksmith Shop of the late firm of Gaines & Bowman, and also carries on the Shop lately run by S. B. McCord, adjoining Tom. Dea’ly & Twee lie’s Blacksmith Shop. He is prepared to do all kinds o f Wagon work in bis line, at both shops, 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 m the east and shipped direct to him at Baker City. GEO. J. BOWMAN. May 10th 1875nltf. Having Leased the Shop formerly occupied by S. JB. McCord, at the G EO. --------- ------------- Speaking of the excellent crop prospects in the South and the evidence of the return of prosperity to that section, tlie St. Joseph Gazette says: The people plant less, but cullivate their crops more carefully and thoroughly. Nor is this all; but being no longer content with cotton or cane, they are cultivating grain crops more extensively and are therefore becoming every year less dependent upon other sections for the abso lute necessities of life. The people of the Southern Stales begin to realize that Radicalism will no longer be permitted to crush out their vitality that the cruel, bloody, infernal policy of the Radical party has been in a measure arrested by the sober second thoughts of the American people, and must finally be completely overthrown Grant will never bayonet another State, and Phil. Sheridan’s occupation is gone. The time is near at hand when the last carpetbag ger will be compelled to cease plundering the people, and the South will enjoy the rights and privileges of other portions oi the country. Tho people have gone to work with a will, and with the death of Radical ism. peace and prosperity will be inaugura ted throughout the land. a P a y s th e H ig h e st P rice for Administrator. From the Owyhee Avalanche o f July 10th. B Head of Main ¡¿treet, B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N , They are prepared to do work in all the various branches of their busi ness on short notice and at reasona bl e prices. H o r s e S h o e in g W ill receive our most careful atten tion, and we Aviil warrant entire sat» isfactioD. Geo. J. Bowman will attend to the wood work department of onr W ag on Shop. Call and see us, and examine our work. D E A L Y & T W E E D IE , May 10, 1875. nltf B A K E H C IT Y M AR K ET. Siotile Bliss. It is impossible to con ceive of a more refreshing draught than af forded by TARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZElt APERIENT. which combines the advantages of a luxury with those of the purest, safest and most ge nial alterative and ionic ever administered as a cure for dyspepsia and billions affec tions. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. T o th e P u b lic . EPGRTS H A V IN G BEEN CIRCU- lated in this com m unity, and else K where, reflecting on the honesty of Mr. Thos. M cDonald, in the m anagement of the affairs of the Rye A7 a Hoy M ining Com pany. AVe hereby certify that, after a caret! exam ination of Iris books and ac counts, we found them correct, and we furthermore exonerate Mr. McDonald from ail such charges of fraud or dishon esty. AV ALTE R ft. THORNE, CH AS. H. PEARSON. Baker City, Ogn., May 29,1875.n4n7. E g g s in a H e n — A curious point of inqui ry among zoologists Lasbeeu, for along time, TH E UNEQ UALLED how many eggs here are in the ovary of a hen. To determine this, a German naturalist a short time since instituted some careful in vestigations, the result of which showed the ovary of a heu to contain about 600 embryo eggs. He also found that some 20 of these are matured the first year, about 120 during the second year, 135 during the third, 144 du ring the tourth, and during the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth years, the number de creases by twenty annually; it consequently follows that after the fourth, or the most the fifth year, hens are no longer profitable as layers,' unless it may be in an exceptional instance. ------ -— « -o-------------- These Superb Instruments have achieved a A nother outrage is reported from Iowa 1 “ th° hiStory ° f This time, instead of being a raid by women MaCnufactu?r They are remarkable for Great Volume, Purity upon a girl, it was a raid of men upon a and Sweetness of Tone, and Durability! * woman. The scene o i the affair was in Woodbury county, the object of the raid be THE CELEBRATED ing to force the lady to leave the country. An exchange says of it: ’’ What inspired this heroic assault does not clearly appear, but tho woman is supposed to be in possession of damaging information concerning some of her neighbors, and consequently needs to be gotten rid of.” What must we think of a state of society where grown up men, pres umably intelligent, will descent to a piece of cowardly rascality like this?” B egging for places with salaries attached DILL & WELLfiK, Proprietors, ESPECTFULLY INFORM THE CTT lzcns ot Bokci City and vicinity, tha M ni’ri have purchased from John Emange the B A K E R C IT Y M A R K E T , AVhcre, at all tim es, they will be preparei to furnish tneir customers with the BEST OE MEAT, Of all kinds, at m ost reasonable prices. „ , - D ILL & AVELLER. Baker City, Feb, 1 ,1875.n39tf tSaye C o s t . . & this m ethod of giving M uiov have em ployed James e s s r s g a in e s bow m an taki notice tha M. Shinn ti collect tlie accounts due the late firm. AV m ust have m oney, and those owing u must pay up or they will have to pay cos! G AIN ES & BOW MAN. Baker City, May 26, 1875.n3tf Call and Settle. N O T IC E is H e reb y g iv e n t h a t Ilia-! leased my Blacksmith and Wagon she to Deaiy & Tweenie, and hate closed n business. All those indebted to S. B. M Curd, or McCord Brothers, are hereby' nol Sed that they must now come forward ai settle their accounts. Money must com and there is no use talking, if you do not s< tie with me. you mu. t with an attorney. T, , „ S. B. McCORD Baker City, May 10th 1875nltf. "jV' O T IC E IS H E R E B Y GIVEN _L x that all Partnership relations between Dr. J. M. Boyd and H. N. McKinney have been dissobed by mutual concent. All ac counts against said firm will be settled by H. N. McKinney, and all accounts due said firm will be paid to him, it is hoped, withot do- lav. Baker City, Dec. 24, 1874.n35tf Administrator’s IS otice. O TIC E is hereby given that X X L. B. lsou was, on the 4th day oi May 1875, appointed by the Hon. Probate court administrator of the estate of John (Jliiourn deceased. All persons having claims against the estate, will present the same to the un dersigned at his office in Baker City Oiegon with proper vouchers, tvithiu six mouths from date. L. B. ISON. Administrator. Baker City May 11th 1875nln5 Dissolution Notice. heretofore r p H E p a r t n e r s h ip J exoDtiug between S- A. Gaines and G. J. Bowman was on Monday the 3d day of May, has broken out again among the supporters 1875, dissolved by mutual couset. All the notes and accounts due the late firm are of the Administration. Commissioner Pratt I placed in the hands of J. W. Virtue for col is said to be overwhelmed with applications ■ lection, and an early settlement of the same from office hunters who are willing to accept will save costs. S. A. GAINES. anything from the most important to an | The Most Desirable Instruments in the market G. J. BOWMAN. May 3d 1875nlno. insignificant position. Mr. Pratt is as ton-j ¿or church and parlor. Oyer 28,000 now in use. ished to find that there are so many people : HYDE, qualified to hold office, and who have ron- S H E E M A I A b se n t .— Dr. J. M. Boyd will be absent j from Baker City until July 1st, conse dered important service tq tjie Republican I GENERAL AGENTS, quently he cannot attend to professional party. 1 e ills until after that date. BAN FRANCISCO,. i ’