Boot and Shoe Store.
A. HUNT, Proprietor.
wl hWMfMr kp somplat Moek of
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes!
Bl'TTO BOOTH,
Slippers, White and Black, Sandali,
nn CO SHOES,
MEN'S AND BOY'S
BOOTS AND SHOES!
And in fact everything In the Boot kid
8hoMna, to which I intend to devote
my especial attention.,
MY COODS ARE FIRST-CLASS!
And guaranteed as represented, and will
be told for the lowest price that a good
artiol can be afforded.
.A.. Hunt.
NOTICE!
TO WHOM IT MAY COXCEBX:
I hereby irlve notice that I am the tola owner
ef the Patent Right for Blnkinir and Driving
Weill In Lane County, rjlate of Oregon, and thai
aid RiKhtJ is protected by Letter Patent Is
sued by the United States Oovernment to Nel
on W. Green, of Courtland County, State of
New York. All person! who have driven wells
or had them driven, without my permission,
since the 21st day of Febuary, 1171 are liable to
prosecution for Infringement of said night and
are hereby notified to come forward and adjust
the same.
All infringements In the future will be prose
cuted, i
I am prepared to drive Wells or will Brant
yennuwion to outers on application. '
B. F. DOBBIs).
SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM
CHARLES M. HORN,
Practical Gunsmith
DIALS IK
CUNS, RIFLES,
Fishing Tackles and Materials
Repairing done In the neatest style and
warranted. Hewing Machines, Safes,
Locks, etc., repaired.
Qoni Loaned and Ammunition Furnished
Shop on Willamette St., opposite PoatofBce,
Book and Stationery Store,
Postofflo Building, Eugsns City.
I have on hand and am constantly receiving
n assortment 01 the Deal
SCHOOL & MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
STATIONERY,
Blank Books, Portfolios, Cards, Wallets,
, BLANKS, ETC.
A. S. PATTERSON.
D. T. PRITCHARD,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Repairing of Watches and Clocks
executed with punctuality and at a
reasonable cost.
Willamette turret, Eugene City, Or,
B. F. DORRIS,
DEALER IN
STOVES, RANGES.
f Pumps, Pipes, Metals,
TimVARE
AND
House Furnisliinff Goods Generally,
WELLS DRIVEN PROMPTLY,
And Satisfaction Guaranteed.
WILLAMETTE STREET,
Eugene City, - - - - Oregon.
Central Market,
IT'isliere&AViitlfiiis
PROPRIETORS.
Will keep constantly on hand a full supply of
BEEF,
MUTTON, PORK AND VEAL,
. Which they will sell at the lowest
market prices.
A fair share of the publio patronage solicited.
TO THE FARMERS:
We will pay the highest market price for fat
cattle, hogs and sheep.
Shop on "Willamette Street,
EUCENE CITY, ORECON.
Meats delivered to any part of the city free
of charge. Junll
F. M. WHKIKS.
Practical Drngeist l Clemist
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Bracken, Palate, Glass, Oil. Leads,
TOILET ARTICLES, Etc.
Physician' Prescription Compounded.
Cnstoni-IIouse Nlghl Inspectors.
ft Wbeatley in Harper's Magsiii.
The night inspectors are appointed to
prevent smuggling, are uniformed and
armed, and are authorized to stop and
search reasonably suspected persons who
may go on board or come from too ves
sei f Their olllce is by no means a sine
cure! It involves watching, exposure
and fatigue. The Cuban steamers have
been wont to bring men who inclosed
cigars in rubber bags and threw them
into the waters of the lower bay. Con
federates in boats then picked them up.
placed them in express wagons waiting on
tne snore, and then drove rapidly away,
There is something contagious in the
glee ot wide-awako oflleials as they re
late how they had watehed unseen the
whole operation until the wagon was
ready to start, when they seized the
reins and landed the spoils at the seizure
room. One French steamer, notorious
for smuggling by driblet, when searched
by this force was found to contain 1,800
bottles of spirits, which it was intended to
send ashore bottle by bottle. Tins about
an inch deep, and fatted to tho body un
der the armpits, have been takes from
the bodies of men who were thus
stealthly bringing in valuale bay oil.
Une dealer in human hiiir, who died
in possession of about $200,000, was de
tected in illicit importations under the
shirts of his agents. Another vivacious
fellow, belonging to a French steamer,
rejoiced in a profitable trade in kid
gloves, secreted by tho dozen In his nn
mense boots.. Sailing vessels are watched
by special agents, whoso duties are irk
some enough to render special super
vision by supervisors a mutter of posi
tive, necessity. Dealers in contraband
goods, scamps who live by their wits,
and unscrupulous traders of many kinds.
tax the resources of human ingenuity
and craft to the uttermost. Logs of
foreign woods, cunningly excavated and
packed with cigars or spirits; cases of
boots and shoes, in tno heels ol which
watches and jewelry are hidden; miracu
lous trunks, false as Machiavelli, being
thinly hollow on side and end, top and
bottom, concealing luces, hair, trinkets,
etc., are among tho common devices of
ingenious freebooters. Keen, honest.
true men such as may be seen on any
tour of night inspection, like mastiff's
at their posts, and especially if visitors
bo expected are needed to bafllo tho
plots of tho rascals, Political affiliation
constitutes no guarantee of tfliciencv
The best attainable is through rigid ad-
herenco to the rules of the civil-service
reform.
Gas In Competition with Electricity.
IWillinui Farmer, Gas Engineer
The introduction of tho electric light
has not hurt tho gas interest; rather it
has led to an increased consumption of
gas. It has certainly created a demand
for more light, and people whose eyes
have been dazzled by tho glare of the
electric light use gas more freely and ex
travagantly than they ever did before.
There was never more gas consumed in
New lork than now, and the same may
bo said of all tho other largo cities in
the country. This, in a measure, may
bo ascribed to the increasing demand for
gas as a source of heat as well as light.
l ou can cook better with gas than with
coal and with less trouble and discoin
fort.
Then the gas engine is being intro
duced' extensively. Manufacturers are
months behind with their orders and
running to their full capacity to supply
the demand. People do not know how
much light can be got out of gas. Elec
trie discoveries have ' stimulated inven
tions in gas burners, and there is now at
the Manhattan gas-works, in this city, a
Siemen's burner that gives a light equal
to 1,000 candles, and there arc others
which are of 500 candle power. I see
no reason why the illuminating power of
gas may not be indefinitely increased.
These burners have been recently intro
duced, and the demand for them is so
great in Europe that we can get none
hero. By their use gas is cheniier than
electricity of the same illuminating
power. The electric light has not had
things all its own way by any means. It
has been repeatedly beaten by gas on tho
continent and in England, mainly on ac
count of its expensiveness, and many
electric light companies have collapsed
there.
A Boy's Finny Pets.
Chicago Times.
Among the daily visitors at tho beau
tiful miniature lake in the eastern end of
Allegheny park, Pittsburg, Pa., .lay bo
seen a slight, pale-fuced, dark-eyed boy
of some 13 summers, who moves about
on crutches. His name is Charles Joso
lyn. At the ago of 8 years the lad
met with an accident which par
tially paralyzed his lower limbs.
The park is (lie boy's greatest pleasure,
and daily, throughout the entire summer,
ho may be seen in some of tho leafy
avenues or shady retreats, amusing him
self or gazing wistfully at his more
favored companions. The fish in the
pond Charlie seems to have taken under
his st)ecial care, and ho has acquired a
familiarity with them which is worn? jrfuL
They will swim up to his hand quickly
when he disturbs the water and playfully
nibble at his fingers or at bits of cracker,
which he carries for his finny pets. So
accustomed have they becomo to his
gentle ministrations ttlat they will allow
mm to take hold ot them and even lilt
them from the water. The boy has
names tor nearly all of them, and spends
hours in talking and playing with his
pets.
A Washington Crowd.
The streets of Washington are said to
resemble a tulip bud in bloom just after
o clock every afternoon, when the
various departments have disgorged
their thousands of clerks, malQ and fe
male. Gay toilets, new fashions,
flowers, feathers and furbelows give a
bright and attractive appearance to the
crowd.
Codfish.
Exchange.
A shoal of codfish one milo in super
ficial extent contains 120,000,000 fish.
Yet not more than half of that number
of these fish are taken in one year on
the coast of Norway. The cod lives on
herring, and such a shoal will eut 40,000,
000 herring in a week.
Boston Globe: "No," said Brown to
Robinson with a sigh, "I haven't got
change for a five, but I should like W
have a five for a change."
AN OLD COBBLER'S LAMENT.
How American Inventions Have
Crowded Him Out.
New Yoric Hun.)
"I might just as well give np," said
an old ngliau cobbler sorrowfully;
"there no usj in fighting American
machinery. Things get worse every day,
and all the cobblers are getting into
other trades.
"How long have you been at it?"
"Almost Lfty years. 1 was appren
ticed when 1 wan a boy lor so von Years,
and learned my trade under a good
master. I became journeyman, and did
fairly. Wheu I was about 24 I t ame to
tuts country and opened a small shop,
ttusiness waa good for ten or twelve
years, and 1 put by a little money. Then
they began to invent. i don t believe
there is a single thing about a boot or
shoe but what it is covered by a doen
patents. I here are machines that cut
pegs, and machines that drive them.
sewing uia.hinei that sew with cord, or
gut, or wire, and finishing machines.
"They were bad enough, until manu
facturers began to divide up the trade.
Instead of one man, who started with
the leather and worked until he turned
out a pair of hoots, they'd have two
dozen men, each one of them to do one
thing and no more. Then the Mas
sachusetts men made contracts with the
prisons and pen t.-ntiaries, and so got
their labor almost for nothing. You
can see how it is yourself. There is
that shoe store, a.rossthe way. the
storekeeper never handled an awl in
his life, out he makes money. Those
shoes hanging on the left, marked $2,
were made down near Boston by
machinery in a gre.it factory. They
sell 'em to the jobbers for about a
$1. The jobbers soils them again
to the retailers for $1.25, and he makes
75 cents n 'em. And they're not bad
shoes, either. I couldn't, to tell the
truth, make 'em for less than $:). The
shoes alongside, marked $1 and $1.50,
are what make me disgusted. They
come from some state prison and
usually wear two throe months.
"In the old days a mechanic or a
clerk would buy a good pair of shoes
for $4 or $a, and by being careful they d
last five or six months. He'd then
have 'em half-soled, and they'd be good
for a couple of months more. I or half
soling and heeling we cobblers would
get from $1 to $2. Nowadays the me
chanic buys these jail shoes, and when
they wear out gets a new pair. I don't
blame him, though. He keeps his feet
in better condition, and it costs less
than it used to. I suppose it used to
cost s workingman about $12 for his
shoes : now it costs $5 or $6. But its
rough on us old cobblers. Business is
just about one-quarter of whut it was,
and before long there'll be no cobblers
left. You may have noticed how most
of 'em are Germans. The English,
Amorican and Irish are nearly all gone,
and even the Dutchmen get discour
aged, and give up the lapstone and
oj;eu a small beer saloon.
Krnpp'e New Gunpowder.
. Exchange.
Krupp, the great gunmaker, has in
troduced a new kind of powder, which
is deservedly creating quite a sensation
among experts, inasmuch as it may
lead to the disuse of the blaok powder.
It is known under the modest name of
brown powder, owing to its peculiar
color, which resembles that of chocoluto
or cocoa, and owes its discovery to a
mere accident. According to the
reports on the trials hitherto niado, the
brown powder has a decided advantage
over the black in producing a greater
velocity, with an equal pressure of gas,
and being applicable to guns of every
caliber.
The remarkable fact about it is that
it explodes enly in a tightly-cloned
space, while in the open air or powder
box it ignites slowly and without ex
plosion, although it is said to cons.st of
paltpotre, sulphur, and charcoal, the dif
ference consisting in the relative pro
portions of these ingredients. It is
supposed that the degree of carboniza
tion of the wood from which the char
coal is made, plays a prominont part in
the new discovery, as the color
of the powder seems to indicate;
as also that the danserous
explosions in mixing and preparing it
may henceforth be provented. Of
special strategic importance is the fact
that the smoke of the brown powder is
much thinner, and hence will more
quickly disappear, than that produced
by the black powder. Trials are now
making in all the larger artillery serv
ices on the continent, and if they con
form the improvements claimed, there
can be no doubt that) the new invention
may produce an entire revolution in the
military world.
The Heat of India's Hun.
Cawnpor Cor. Inter Ocean.
The sun is getting very warm. Every
day the thermometer frisks about in
the nineties, and very frequently runs
up to above 100 in the shade. It has
already .been up to 115 degrees in the
shade. Nevertheless there is as yet a
pleasant breeze, and I have not suffered
much.
I am constantly amazed at the effect
of the active rays of an Indian sun. If
you are sitting in church where a single
wee ray of light steals through a tutti
mat upon you, some one will get up
and notify you of the fact. Such a
single ray, falling upon the back of the
neck, has more than once killed a man.
Strangers are said to bring with them
a fund' of "vitality, which for the first
season resists, to some extent, this
effect of the sun; whereas several
seasons here render one susceptible to
the heat rather than inured to it. I
notice that all the "old stagers carry a
white umbrella, even if it is only for a
waik of fifteen minutes at dawu.
No I! I it lt to Complain.
Texa? Hiftine.
A man who hod been crippled m
pretty badly in a ra'lroad accident, in
Texas, went to the ollice of the com
pany in San Antonio, end complained.
vbv, replied the cattle-claim
agent, "you ought to keep your mouth
shut, and be satisSed. You only had
your legs broken and yonr shoulder
dislocated, and yet you grumble. We
kill men deader than Julius Cusar,
almost everyday in the week, and none
of them ever come around here, raising
a row, and talking about damages.
FOREGH TELEGRAPHIC XsTWI,
The exodus from Toulon is increasing.
Weather in Ensland at present Is un
settled. London, England, has 3,000,000 of work
ing people.
Two canes of cholera have developed at
Saluiso, North Italy.
It is rumored that cholera has appeared
In Alexandria, Egypt.
Belllns is the name of the new Presi
dent ot San Domingo.
Subscriptions for a $50,000 theater have
been secured in Victoria,
Twenty-five hundred troops will leave
Paris for Tonquin in August.
Advices from Teln-Tsin state that China
has rejected France's ultimatum.
, The English newspapers heartily rejoice
over the rescue of the Ureely expedition.
Advices from Havana, Cuba, state that
a financial panic is reigning at Santlagode,
Cuba.
Overslx hundred deaths from cholera
have taken place in Marseilles since the
disease first made Its appearance there.
Several large houses In Mexico are clos
ing up and their proprietors will return to
Europe. ,
Havana has Instituted a strict quaran
tine against vessels sailing from Mediter
ranean porta.
The New Brunswick ootton mills, of St.
Johns, N. B have suspended work. Lia
bilities, $225,000.
The three sons of United States Consul
Piatt were drowned last week while bath
ing at (Jueenstown. .
The Chinese government Is preparing for
me saiety or its mercnant vcbscis in case
of a war with i ranee.
Tho funeral of the late Prince of Orance
took place at The Hague, Holland, lust
ween witn great pomp.
Diplomatic circles in Berlin are still
worried over the insult given the German
nag at fans on the 14th ult.
The enthusiasm In London over the
movement for the abolishment of the
House of Lords is at high pressure.
The police at Vienna have been ordered
to arrest all Mormon missionaries de
tected while endeavoring to secure con
verts.
The apology of Prime Minister Ferry to
. . .. i . . i .
luc ueriiiuu government ior uie recent in-
suit to the Prussian flag at Paris, has been
accepted.
Tha PuKon Inaurrronta n.lo 1.1..
ship of Auguero recently repulsed the
Kuvemiueuii truups in a pitcnea oaiue
near Jamacla.
The municipal council of Dover, Eng
land, Is preparing for anti-chplera meas
ures. Vessels will be examined before en
tering the harbor.
The Duke de Chartres has arrived at
Toulon from Paris with the gift of 2.500.
donated by the Compte de Paris family to
sunerers irom cnoiera.
The English House of Lords has nre
sented aa address to the Queen asking for
an autumn session of parliament to con'
eider the franchise bill.
The trial at Pesth, Hungary, of 420
peasants for complicity In the autl-Magyer
escuicneon riots or September last re
suited in convicting 200.
Labouchere, of the London Truth, says
mat fliooay, tne American revivalist, is
one of the most famous and effective pul
pit orators in tne worm.
The printers who were on a strike at
Toronto, Can., have returned to their
cases, having succeeded in their efforts,
and old rates are restored.
It Is currently reported In London that
the eldest daughter of Matthew Arnold Is
engaged to be married to Frederick White'
ridge, a Mew xork lawyer.
The Prince of Wales has presented Can
tain James B. Eads, the well known Am
erican engineer, with the Albert medal of
the society ol Arts lor itm.
The latest scare in Berlin Is the rumor
of a conspiracy to blow up the German
monument at iseicierwoia, as well as to
kill the Emperor, the Crown Prince and
Bismarck.
It is rumored In Montreal that negotia
tions are progressing favorably between
the Canadian Pad lie and the Boston and
Lowell, for through traffic between Boston
and the West.
The Inter-Oceaalc Railroad Company.
which Is building a line from Vera Cruz.
via Mexico, Irolo and Morloos to Acapul
co, receives all its rails and rolling stock
from Germany.
Michael Muldeweuy. ex-constable of
Sligo, Ireland, has been sentenced to death
for assisting to murder Doherty, a farmer,
in 1884. who was guarding the residence
of Thomas Henry.
Health officers of London are organizing
a servioe in case the cholera make its ap
pearance. Hospitals for cholera patients
Lave been established at Cheassu, Switzer
land, and Luina, Italy.
The charge against the commissary of
Paris police, alleged to have thrown a
Prussian flag to the mob during the re
cent disturbance created by the Asatian
societies, has been dismissed.
Holland and England have agreed to
Jointly demand of the Rajah of Tenom,
under pain Of punishment, the surrender
of the crew of the Nisero, which was
wrecked on the coast of Sumatra.
Unofficial advices from Marseilles state
that the situation there Is becoming more
grave. The heat is unbearable and no
wind stirring. The epidemic is spreading
and the mortality daily increasing.
The colonizing fever has spread to Aus
tria, and the imperial government at Vi
enna is planning for the establishment of
colonies for Austro-Hungarian workmen,
modeled upon those proposed by Germany.
A movement is on foot in Germany for
the erection of a monument In memory of
Weber, the composer, at his birthplace, to
be unveiled in December, in 18M5, which
will be the one hundredth anniversary of
his birth.
The Academy of Medicine has unani
mously decided that a land quarantine in
France is impracticable; that the disin
fecting process is inefficacious and il
lusory, and urges the establishment of
cholera hospitals at large at the railway
stations.
A Paris cablegram says: The Gazette de
France says Admiral Courbet has been
instructed to follow up his naval demon
strations with the bombardment of Shang
hai. La Temps prints a report that a large
French squadron has been seen making
for Fow Chow.
Tha visit of a number of Canadians up
on him at Wimbledon, England, recently,
impelled the Marquis of Lome, late Gov
ernor General of Canada, to say that in
case of emergency 20,000 citizens In Cana
da would spring to arms to assist the
mother country.
The department of agriculture at Otta
wa, Can., has Issued instructions to all
quarantine stations of the dominion, also
to customs collectors, calling attention to
the necessity of extra vigilance and care
ful Inspection ot vessels arriving from
Toulon and Marseilles.
DOMESTIC TKLEORAfHIO KIWI.
Leadvtlle, Col., had a $20,000 fire last
week.
Washington city is taking precautions
against cholera.
Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, Is com
ing to the Pacific coast.
Sheep and cattle herds In western Texas
are suffering from drouth.
Recent frosts have destroyed nearly all
the crops in New England.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt
In San 1'ranclsco last week.
Milwaukee is the last city heard from as
an applicant for a crematory.
Vicksburg harbor was never so good, so
say United States Inspectors.
The sum of $408,000 has been paid for a
postolllce site In Brooklyn, N. Y.
A package ot opium worth $5,000 was
seized In San Francisco recently.
The thickly populated tenement houses
of New York are being disinfected.
Ehe wine production of California tills
year will be about 15,000,000 gallons.
Eight families of assisted immigrants
arrived in New York a few days ago.
The Natienal Educational Association
convened at Madison, Wis., last week.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
will pay Its employees their back salaries.
The firm of Benneson, Llebmann tc Co.,
ot Oakland, Cal., has failed, with liabilities
at $80,000.
An enthusiastic welcome was given to
Governor Murray of Utah on his return to
Salt Lake.
A Chinaman was baptised Into the
fliotnoaisi unurcn at v nite riains, fx. x
last Sunday.
The Sunday open air concerts at the
Central Park In New York are attracting
large crowds.
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AHwiony rncKB, a wen Known sporting
man of Reading, Pa., Is dead. His estate
is vaiuea at viuu.uuu.
in boats in New York was found recently
ana posted as musty.
Secretary Lincoln savs Green countv.
Texas, belongs to Indian Territory. Troops
are driving on seiners.
The executive committee of the Union
Pacific has decided to close the New York
olllce except for transfers.
The Treasury Department Issued war
rants last week for the payment of $0,
000,000 In account of pensions.
The ftrst through train on the Denver
and liio urande itailrond for six weeks
left Salt Lake City last Tuesday.
The Pacific Coast Bloed Horse Associa
tion will hold races in San Francisco on
November 8th, Hth, 13th and 15th,
Bedford Karl, of New York, attempted
suicide with a large navy revolver, because
his wife refused to go for a pitcher of beer.
The track of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway near Grand Junction, Col., re
cently torn up by Lovejoy, has been re
laid. John Kent, a farmer of Shelby ceunty,
Ky., died suddenly, last week from lock-
iaw, caused by a needle penetrating his
nee joint.
Army worms, rose bugs and caterpillars
are making lively work for the farmers of
Long Island, N. Y., whose crops have al
ready suffered by them.
The Chinese Consul General at New
York advises his countrymen to obey the
laws and abstain from opium smoking,
gambling and other vices.
The Bell Telephone Company is prepar
ing to build a line of thirty copper wires
between New York and Philadelphia, to
be used as private telephone wires.
The New York Fresh Air Society, organ
ized for the purpose of sending tenement
house children to the country for two
weeks, has begun its summer work.
W. J. Lucas, jailor of the Owensboro,
Ky.. Jail, was shot and killed last week
while defending a negro prisoner named
Richard May from the hands of a mob.
The coroner of New York city states
that Charles Mitchell, a seaman, died of
violent cholera morbus, not from an at
tack of Asiatio cholera, as was supposed.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs at
Washington, offers a reward of $1100 to
the capture of the murderer of the Kash
Iway chief of the Sac and Fox Indians In
Kansas.
The Contract, Trade and Labor Union
of Boston has elected President C. 11.
Harrington as a delegate to the conven
tion of Federal Trades at Chicago, Octo
ber 17th.
The strikes of journeymen plasterers
and Knapp & Co.'s shoe hands at Phila
delphia, have ended. The plasterers got
tne auvances askeu, and the shoemakers
compromised.
Schedules in assignment of Pearce &
Hall, New York hat manufacturers, who
failed last week, show liabilities to be
$170,000; nominal assets. $124,000: actual
assets, $81,000.
The board appointed to represent the
United States government at the New Or
leans Exposition will also take charge of
the gnvernment exhibits at the Louisville
and Cincinnati exhibitions.
The Henry Bill Publishing Company of
Norwich. Conn., have applied to the United
States Court for an injunction against
Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati, to re
strain them from selling Blaine's "Twenty
x ears in uongress.
A Brooklyn, N. Y., dispatch says while
a number of men were excavating for the
base of the Williamsburg Gas Company's
tank tha earth cave wav and hurled sev
eral men. Michael McDonough and Pat
rick (juinbar were killed. Two other
bodies have not been recovered.
Secretary of State Frellnghuysen has
Instructed, by cable, consular officers at
London, Liverpool, Marseilles, Havre,
Bordeaux. Bremen and Hamburg at once
to appoint competent physicians to in
spect all vessels and passengers departing
for the United States from the ports men
tioned. B. D. Buford & Co., a corporation owing
the Rock Island Plow Works, situated at
Rock Island, 111., made an assignment last
week. No figures were given on the
schedules, but as near as can be ascer
tained the liabilities are about $500,000.
half of which are secured by mortgages
on real estate.
M. Lafalvre. of the French legation in
New York, states that he has received
from Jules Ferry a dispatch that) Charles
Renould, president of the French benevo
lent society of isew York, has been decor
ated with the cross of the legion of honor
for efforts In behalf of his countrymen In
the United States.
Fire Marshal John L. Durke has pre
sented his annual report to the New ork
board of fire underwriters, for the year
ending June 30, 1KM4. There were 353 fires
during the year, at a loss of $504,000. on
which mere was an insurance oi f.iefl.ouu.
For the same period last year the same au
thority gives 323 fires, at a loss of $800.-
000, aud insurance of $065,500.
PORTLAND MARKET KZT0BT
JTLOUR-Fancr extra, 0 bbl, $4.75;
country, $4.00(44.60; superfine. $3.003.85.
WHEAT Good to choice, V 100 lb.,
$1.80(0! 1.35, good valley; Walla Walla and
Eastern Oregon, $1.20c,l.25.
FEED, Etc.-Corn meal, 100 It.. $2.75
3.00: buckwheat, $5.60; oat meal. $4.0U&
425; cracked wheat, $3.2f(ai3.60; bran,
ton $14(410; shorts, $18(0,20; middlings,
fine, $22.60(0,25.00; hay, baled, $10,006$ 12.00;
chop, $22.50(42R.0U; oil cake meal, $35.00.
OATS-Ckoice milling, nominal; good
feed, 4850c; ordinary feed, 47(oj48c
BARLEY Brewing, 100 tU.,$1.10
1.25; feed, $1.10; ground. $25.00.
CORN-No demand.
RYK Nominal, 100 lbs., $1.502.00.
SUGARS Golden C. Inbkls., lb., 8c,
In bt bbls., 81c; refined D, bbls., , bi
bbk.. ! drv rra.nulattfd. hills.. Ola. ht
bbls., 10c; crushed, bbls., Ijc; fine
rushed, bbls., , hf bbls., the; cube,
bbls. 10c. hf bbls, 10Jc; islands, No. 1, kgs,
7(i7ie, bgs., 6i(fc7c.
SYRUPS-Callfornia refinery h, gal.,
bbls., 40c, kgs., 45c, cs., gal. tins, tJSc;
Eastern, bbls., t? gal., 55c, kgs, 60c, cs,,
65c.
HONEY In comb. If lb., 18 20c:
Bir&mru in o K&i.t no f 10.; i-irai. una, er
dos, $14.0(X(iil5.7iO. half-gal., $7.60.
vn.UHiAut.ES Potatoes, y bu., 009
cabbage, I lb,. 2(i,21c; turnips, If sckM
$1.60; carrots, $1.60; beets, $1.60; onions,
if tt., red. lc, silver, 14c: parsnips, re
BUTTER-Fancy, fresh roll, if 259
274c; inferior, grade, 1820c; pickled, 18
20c.
CHEESE-Caltfornia. 13c; Oregon large
choice. 15(1 17c small, 10Co,l8c.
, EGGS 10 doi.. HOc,
GREEN FRUITSApplea, new, t bx.,
$2.00; lemons, California. fl.75a4.50,(Slclly,
f 10.50; oranges. If bx., $4.U4?75; cherries,
$1.5('(o 2.00: limes. If 100, $1.25; apricots, 4
bx, $1.26(0.1.50; peaches, $1.25(0,1.50; plums,
$1.75; currants, k n. 6c.
DRIED FRUITS 'Apples, machine
cured, If lb., 1510c, sun-cured, HXo)12c;
peaches, machine-cured, in boxes, liKojlHc;
prunes, German, in boxes, if lb., 86J10c;
plums, sua-cured, pitless, 14(a)15c, machine-cured,
lrKojldc; pears, machine-cured,
10(a, 18c, sun-cured, none; tigs, California.
25-ib. bx.. 8c; Smyrne, li!fi)20e.
WOOL Valley, 1215; Eastern Ore
gon. 12(4170
HIDES AND BAGS Hides, dry. over 18
lb., if lb., ltKailSc; Murrain hides, one-third
off; hides, wet salted, over 65 ttis., If lb., 5
(o,7c (one-third less for light weights, dam
aged, cut grubby or dry salted); aeka,
shearling. 12J(o,75c; deer Bklns. winter,
15(a20c, Eastern Oregon, 22c, summer, E
O., 20274c, valley, 25(o)28c; burlaps, 40 in.,
Kc, 46 in., 8jc 60 in., 15c; twine, flour, 36(a)
40c, wheat, 35c, Heece. 12(a) 13c; gunnies,
15o,l He, wheat sacks, 7j(&7ic;
POULTRY-ChickeiiH. f dot., spring,
$2.5oCl&00. old. 55.50; ducks. 7ta8;
geese, $80: turkeys, If lb., I2115c.
HOPS- lb., 25te30o;
PROVISIONS Bacon, 114124c; hams,
country, If tb., 13(a) 15c, butcher, scarce;
shoulders, lllc.
LARD Kegs, V 1213c; Eastern,
pails, U124c Oregon, tins, 12(g)134c
FISH-Extra Pacific codfish, whole, la
c, 7io, boneless, in bxs., 8Jc f lb.; domestic
salmon, hf bbls., $6.0O($7.0O, bbls.. $11.00.
l ib. oans. If dot., $1.45; mackerel, No. 1, If
kit, $1.75(0,2.00, No. 2, $1.60(aU.75, No. L
ht bbls., $10.00, No. 2, $8.60; herrings,
salted, ht bbls., , dried, 10-tb. bxs., 76c,
UICK-Sandwlch Islands, No. 1, if ft.,
6c; China mixed, 4(g,5c; China No. 1,
none: Rangoon, 64c
FRUITS-Prunes, Hungarian, 121(5
15c; raisins (new), If bx., $2.60(0)2.75, ht
bxs., $2.75(0,3.00, qr bxs., $3.2i3.3&, 8th.
bxs., $3.25(gi3.&0; currants. Zante, If tt.
In bxs., 10c: citron, If lb. In drums, 224c;
almonds, Marseilles, If lb., 18 20c, Lane,
20c; walnuts, Chill, ll124c, California,
12 13c
PEAS. SEEDS. Etc-Beans. at ft., pea.
An a., J.ln 1 , ... A 1 Jl- !-. l
,V, T, ., tf(V, lg. OT., UBTUU, J1UB
5, llinas, ,4c; peas, field, 24(s,34o. sweet,
lu(a,20c; timothy seed, 104(aU2c, red clover,
22($25c, white clover, 4tKoOc, alfalfa, ltVa)
hoc, nungarian grws. tKajioc, millet, 8(01 lOc,
orchard grass, IriOc, rye grass, 20(28o,
red top, 15ajl7c, blue grass, 1 8(0, 28c ntes
qulte grass, 10(a;124o.
8 AH rRARCISCO MARKETS.
RECEIPTS-Wheat. 1.300 ctls.i flour.
13.500iqr.sks.: oats. l.lUO.ctls.: potatoes.
650 sks.: eggs, 10,000 do.
FLOUR San Francisco extra, best, at
$5.00(015.30; medium, $3.504.60; shipping
superfine, $3.00(94.25.
WUhAX foreign markets do not offer
any inducements to shippers, and local
trade is almost stagnant. Samples of new
crop have become numerous enough to
lose all novelty. The exhibits so far show
pretty fair quality, while the prospects of
a large yield are more than favorable.
races are more or less nominal, owing to
the absence of any positive movement,
though $1,374 P ctl is the recognized figure
for parcels that would grade as No, 1 qual
ity. Sales were as follows:
Buyer 1881, city 100 tons, $1,304.
Buyer 1884, after August 1st 300 tons,
$1.30.
Seller 1884-4AA tons, 1.3.'l; 200, $1.35;
100. $1.34J; 100, $1,434; 400, $1.31 ? sti.
Closing prices were:
llnyer season, city 300 tons, $1.41.
Buyer 1884-100 tons, $1.3d.
Buyer 1881, city 100 tons, $1.38.
Seller 1884, city 3U0 tons, $1.34 If ctl.
BAGS AND BAGGING Wheat bags
are said to lie meeting with very active
demand. Under the influence of a strong
consumptive demand, which may be said
to have (airly set in, importing holders are
generally unwilling to sell at present
rates, and are looking for higher prices to
prevail before long. The importations
for this season so far have been
several millions less than last year.
We quote best quality Calcutta wheat
bags, standard size and weight, at 7i7.30o
for spot lots and 7i(o,7Jc for future deliv
ery; ban Quentin factory make, 74; Califor
nia Jute Mill make, 7c; potato gunnies,
lli(oil24c: wool bags, 3550c apiece.
BARLEY There is a pretty fair con
sumptive demand, and a moderately good
trade Is in progress. The market is free
ot excitement or speculation, and business
Is entirely of a legitimate character. For
several days the situation has shown con
siderable strength, but this is to be at
tributed more to light receipts than to
pressure from buyers. Most parcels ot
Feed that are of No. 1 standard change
bands at 85c, though occasionally 824c is
accepted in order to close out an Invoice.
From 774c to 80c f ctl is the range for a
less choice article. The sales were as fol
lows: Buyer season 800 tons. 024c: 100. 02c If
ctl.
Buyer 1884-200 tons. 883c: 300. 883c: 190.
87Zc.
Seller 1884-1UU tons. 8t; If ctl.
DRIED PEAS Green. $3.75: nlles.
$2.00(a 2.25; blacaeye, $3.00 If ctl
MuuJkiaus Active at is.uua).uu 9
ton.
MILLSTUFFS Ground barley. $24.60
(325.00 If ton; oil cake meal, old process,
eUO.UU, new process, ? aj.50; rye heur. $6.00
if bbl.; rye meal, $5.60; buck-wheat hour.
If lb., be; pearl barley, 4(aioc: graham Hour.
3c; oat meal, 64c; Eastern oat meal, If bbl.,
$0.75, net cash; cracked wheat, V ft., 4c.
TALLOW-4irease, 64; crude, 64(s7c;
refined. 8(6;84c ft.
r.uus f doa.. 3ohc.
BRAN The spot market la quotable at
$15.&Offil6.50 per ton.
LAKD-'alifornia. 10-tb. tins. lOl&llc:
Eastern, 1212ic for tjerses,and 12i(g)12iJ
7 in ior pans. .
BUTTER Good to choice roll. If ft..
fl22c: fair, 14 18c; firkin, 2122ic; east
era. 143lHc,
STRAW Quotable at 45&5&0 1 bale.