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Boot and Shoe Store. A. HUNT, Proprietor. Will hwMfUr kp t oomplel itock of Lalics', Misses' anl Children's Slioes! BITTOV HOOTM, Slippers, White and Black, Sandals, raz no shoes, MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS AND SHOES! And In fact everything In the Boot and Shoe iline, to which 1 intend to devote oijr especial atteutiun.. MY COOOS ARE FIRST-CLASS! And guaranteed as represented, and will be sold fur the lowest prices that a good article van be afforded. vY. Hunt. NOTICE! TO WHOM IT MAY t'OXCEBX: I herebr (rive notice that I am the sol owner f the Patent KiKht for linking and Driving Wells in Lane County, itateot Oregon, and that aid Kight is protected by Letters Patent is ued by the United States Government to Nel son W. Green, of Courtland County, State of New York. All persons who have driven wells or had them driven, without my permission, since the 21st day of Febuary, 1873, are liable to proseoution for infringement of said Right and are hereby notified to come forward and adjust the same. All infringements in the future will be prose cuted. I am prepared to drive Wells or will grant permission to others ou application. 11. r. UORRIS. . SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM CHARLES M. HORN, Practical Gunsmith DIALER IK GUNS, RIFLES, , Fishing Tackles and Materials Repairing done In the neatest style and warranted. Hewing Machines, Safes, Locks, etc., repaired. Gum loaned and Ammunition Furnished Shop on Willamette St., opposite Poetoffice. Book and Stationery Store, Postofflc Building, Engine City. I have on hand and am constantly receiving n assortment of the best 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 Mtreet. Bugrme City, Or. B. F. DORRIS, DEALER IX STOVES, RANGES, Pumps, Pipes, Metals, TIN" WA.IM3 AND Honse FmnisMng: Goods Generally. WELLS DRIVEN PROMPTLY, And Satisfaction Guaranteed. WILLAMETTE STREET, Eugene City, - - - - Oregon. Central Market, Fisher cScWtxtkiiiH PROPRIETORS. Will keep constantly on hand a full supply of BEEF, MUTTON, PORK AND VEAL, Which they will Bell at the lowest market prices. A fair share of the public patronage solicited. TO THE FARMER: t We wiU 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. junU F. M. WILKINS. Practical Drncgist I Ciiemist DRUGS, MEDICINES, Brashes, Palate, Cilae, Oil. Lead, TOILET ARTICLES, Etc. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded. RUSSIA'S GOOD WILL. Why Her Fleet Remained In Our Waters In War Times. f Memoir of Tlmrlow We.fl.1 It will be remembeed that early in the rebellion a Lussiau tleetlay .or sev eral mouths in our harl.or. und that other i uss.an men-of-war were stationed at f an i t ancisoo. Admiral rara.tut lived at the Astor house, win re he was frequently ws. ted by the Russian ad miral. between who ii, when tl.ev were young oiiii era serv ng in the Mod tor ruiioun, a warm tin ndsliip had grown up. Sitt ng in my room oue d.ty alter dinner. Admiial l ut raM suid to his bus inn friend: "Why are you spend ing tho winter 1 o e in idleness "I am liere," replied the Russian udm'ral, "tin er sealed orders, to be b okeu only in a contingency that has not et occurred." lie added that other llussiau war vessels were lying oil' .Sun rrancisio with similar orders. During this conversation theLusan admiral admitted that he bad received ordeis to break the seals, if, during the rebellion, we b came involved in a war with foreign nations, strict cuuti.lcuee was then en omed. When in Washington, a few days later. Secretary Reward informed me that he had asked the ivussian minister why his government kept their ships of wr so long in our harbors, who, while in answering he disclaimed an, knowl edge of the nature of thoir visit, fo t at liboi ty to say that it had no un friendly purpose. "Lou.s Napoleon had invited Russia, us he did i ngland, to unite with him in demanding the breaking of our blockade. '1 lie llussiun embassador at Loudon informed his government that England was preparing for war with America, ou account vt the seizure of Mason and Slidell. Hence two in-ets were sent across the Atlantic under sealed orders, to that if the r service were not needed the intentions of the emperor would remain, as they have to this day, secret, it is certain, however, that when our government and union were imperiled by a formidable re bellion, we should hue found a power ful ally in Russia, had an enier0oney occurred." 'Ihe latter revelat on is corroborated by a well known New lork gentleman, who was i St. l'eter burg w hen the re bellion began, and who, during an unotlicial call upon Prince tiortschakod', waB shown by the chancellor an order written in Alexander's own hand, di recting his admiral to report to 1 resi dent Lincoln for orders, in euse Lug land or Trance sided with the Confed erates. IlumorUt Sad aud Sober. Chicacro News. In a recent interview with a reporter of The New York Mail and Express, Mr. loshua Billings reiterates tho. pop ular notion that "humorists &re tho saddest aud soberest of fellows." Then he goes on to say that Mark Twain does not know how to laugh, and N'asby never laughed in his life, iiah ! Mark i wain does his bhare of laughing, and don't you fo. get it. It isn't fair to judge Mark 'iwain or Nasby or any other professional humorist when ho is on dress parade, for a professional humorist knows very well that when he is on dress parade he looks so. Hut in their private lives you will find these humorists at sociable and mutry as other nif u. As fur N'asby, he is notoriously a soc al limn he revels in a good story aud in a good joke, and his laugh is as boisterous as a peal of August thunder. Burdette is as frisky aud chirruppy as a cricket, and La ley, of Danbury. is eminently a social gentleman. Feojile are apt to get an erroneous impression of thoe peonle by seoin them ou the lecture plutform, when they are re peating the tame lunny things they have repeated for seasons alter seasons, and at which other folks laugh, but which have become old chestnuts to them. Gravity of countenance is the sauce which makes the humorous lec turers wit more j alatable to the average audience, and liav;ng discovered th.s great truth, tho humorists utilise it for all it is worth. Death to the t'uOt. IChicHuii 'i riliiiiie. Dr. Eenry I. oilman, a chemical ex pert, le. tured iu 'hiladolphia a few evenings ago to a semi-professional audience on what he called huthauasia, or the propriety of putting cerlain use less individuals comfortably out of the way. his idea wai thus expressed : "The evolution of humanity to a higher form cannot be accomplished without some method of preserving and propagating the best of the species. Ilad we, as human beings, with all our present powers, been placed on this world in association with a race as much above us in capacity and power as we are above the lower animals, a system of selection would have been ap plied which in a few hundred gent ra tions would have produced a much better humanity." Having laid these foundations, the lecturer asked to what extent the law might t ontrol !i e"in cases where to the certainty of a fatal disease is added in tense physical misery," and in the cases Oi tho birth of monstrosities and idiots. A Coupon Clipper. Chicmo Tiil.u'H A Boston man has been granted a patent on a it achinj for cutting the coupons off bonds, iiivery newspaper o.l.ce will need one sooner or later. e have had our shears sharpene d and will be able to worry along w.thout the c ntr.vanee for anotLer year, at lea. t. Perhaps two years. A Law Point. I aw Fro.'essor What constitutes burglary t Student There must be a breaking. Professor Thin if a man enters a door and takes a (.olLir fron your ve t pocket in the hall, would that be bur glary ? Student Yes, sir;beca Re that wo.ild break me. Dr. Talmnge: The wcrdnrstake will often cover what the world calls a swindle. Live np to the light t'unu hast, and more will be grant, d thej. A TXU'IiIkbu Sugar Camp, iiw i f rit press. I. One of the finest maple sugar cimps in the west is situated right here in De troit. Tho oa tup, which, when first started, occupied one room in a base ment, has now extended over tho entire underground floor of a large buildin?. A reporter, on visiting this maple grove, found the horny-handed farmers hard at work, sugaring off. (.treat barrels of the poorest sort of Cuba sugar, damp, dark and clammy, stood in the cellar, like executed Cubans with their heads oH. Shallow copper tanks simmored over coal fires. "Ye i," said the bronzed agriculturist, "now is our busy season. We nse up several barrels of muscovado sugar a day. We dump tho sugar into the nans aud stir it up with hot wator. Then we add the sand aud ground leaf and twigs " "1 don't twig," said the reportor. "What ground leaf do you use, and why?" "Oh, we got maple leaves and break 'era up. Nothing pleases a man io much as to find a bit of maple leaf or a suapped-off twig in his lump of maple sugar." "And tho sa-d?" "Uh, well, sand is choap enough and holps big iu weighing out tho chuuks. People are sort of educated up to ex pecting sand in their maple sugar." "You uso real maple sugar to give the flavor, I suppose ?" "Hless yon, no; that's the oid-fashioned way, and it's expensive. No, we have our flavoring extracts in thorn ear boys, and we can turn out any brand of maple that's called for." The boy was ladling out the dark looking fluid into moulds that held a pound each; some moulds held five ouiids. Another poured the more icjuid .stuff into cans labeled, "Pure Vermont f ple Syrup; Beware of Imi tations." "I suppose you sell most of it in the city hore "No, very little. The greatr part goes to farmers in tho country, who bring it in again in farm wagons and sell it around the streets at houses where the people will only have the pure article, and who won't buy from the regular stores." A Watch made to be Founded. New York Hun. When a vjsitor to the office of the American lionk Note company sat down to talk to Mr. lee, that gentleman put a piece of white paper under a stamp, pounded on it, and laid tho pap jr aside. vVhen the visitor arose to go away Mr. Lee put the paper under the stamp again, and pounded it once more. "You talked eight minutes," said he; "that wasn't bad." He showed the piece of puper to the caller, who saw upon it two printed clock dials. One showed the hands at four minutes to i o'clock, the other showed them at i minutes past 4 o'clock. "We keep that stamp," he said, "so that you shan't go away aud say that you came here at 11 o'clock in the morning, or that you had to wait an hour and a half, or make any other misstatement that can be guarded against." "No," ho added a moment later; "that Btaiiip is the latest wrinkle in oflice furniture. It. is an ordinary stamp with a clock attachment. .The hour hand is simply a raised point upon a movable circle. The usual inked tape passes over theso indicators and the outer circle of hour ltguTos. Beside the clock fa e is a cylinder with several faces, each bearing a word one is 'up proved,' another is 'wirejd,' another is 'answered,' others are 'delivered, "l.ee,' 'received.' Thus a business man is able whenever he sends away a letter, tele gram, or package, receives an order, or transacts any business whr '.jver, to re cord the precise moment at which the thing was done. It costs $'dd. I did not invent it. I bought it." j As Poor a Europe's Pauper. Boston Herald. j Take, for example, a district like the South Cove, certain parts of the Aorta end and of south Boston; take great areas in New York city, populated by scores of thousands; take similar locali ties in all of the growing American cities, and instances of extreme aud de grading poverty can be found which had not their parallel a generation ago. These men and women may receive more per diem for their set vices thun our fathers were disposed to pay their predecessors. But the struggle for a mere existence is much harder now than it w as thou. A great deal is said from time to time about pauper labor of the old world, but one can find as wretched and noisoino quarters, which are the homos of many of our people, as one can find in any of the cities of Europe Statis tics us to the wages which carpenters, cotton weavers aud boot and shoe mak ers obtain, have no particular boaring on thin great class of laborers, wlio are, we maintain, less favorably situated than they were a generation ago. The Suicide. Detroit Free Press. A Citizen who had lost all Confi dence in Mankind and no longer cared to Live in a World whore Jay Oould runs all the Railroads, jumped himself into the River and gave the Coroner a a Job. When his Administrators come to Look over hia papers they cried in Chorus: "What a Fool! He was getting 15 per cent, on his Money, and by giving his wife a B 11 of Kale of her Personal Property he hud Everything 1 ixud to Beat all his Creditors." Moral: It is that sort of Men who compla n the Loudest about the V orld's Chicaner r ami Ingratitude, and it's a wonder he didu't hang on. A Poet' Had Kliyme. T. B. Aldrick is taken to task for making the word Kic-1 (in describing a Marechal Niel rose in a poem in 'Ihe May Atlontic) rhyme with "steel." Ilia critics urge that the French word N'ii 1 of two syllables might rhyme with "well' or "dwell," but hardly with "steel." Henry Clay Dean : But this must be borne in mind : in a direct cont.ict be tween the law and order of society and ruQianism. the law and order side will always win. Cholera has appeared In Vienna. The public schools of Toulon and Mar seilles are closed. General La Cot era, a distinguished Per uviiiu ollicer, is dead. Portugal has extended her quarantine to all Kuropeau shipping, Foo Chow has Ween captured by a French squadron under Admiral Courbet. An unknown vessel was seen bottom up in the bay of St. Johns. No particulars. Hanhiu and Beach are matched to row at Parrameiits, Australia, for $5,000 a side. Dr. Calser Henry Sawklns, surgeon of the Queen of England, died In Loudon last week. Tho total number of deaths from cholera at Marseilles since the epidemic appeared there is 671. At Berne, Switzerland, recently, a mob attacked the Salvation Army and wounded many persons. The Austrian and Hungarian societies have formed a federation, for the purpose of securing unity of action. Johnstone and Little, Implicated In the Cornwall scandal, were arrested at Magu erafolt, and brought to Dublin. The bark VIcksburg, from Qwebee for Loilh, has been wrecked near Portland Skerries. Nine lives were lost. Lord Rodsdale Intends to settle the ex isting dilllculties by adjourning Instead of proroguing the British parliament. The Spanish government has strength ened the sanitary cordon in the Pyrenees to prevent the Introduction of cholera. During tho examination of Anarchists at Marseilles recently, the leader, a man named Bulson, was seized with cholera. Lord Randolph Churchill Is considering the question of taking an American tour during the recess of the British parlia ment. A largo number of rebels surrounded Khartoum recently, but were dispersed by General Gordon after losing their leader. The steamer Bourne, from Newcastle. N. S. W., to Manila, has lieen abandoned In a sinking condition off the Phillipine Islands. There was an anti-Jewish riot at Droho bios, Austria, recently, during which a large number of persons were killed and wounded. The applitatlon of Mine. Pattl vs. the Marquis De Caux, for divorce, will be the first case tried under the new French di vorce law. A large number of deaths from typhoid fever have taken place in London, caused by drinking the impure water oa the Thames river. A dispatch received in London by Reu tor's Telegram Company says the situation in Shanghai has improved, aud there will be no fighting. It is reported from Algiers that a French comedy troupe, traveling through Algiers, were massacreed by Arabs, near the Mo rocco frontier. A very perceptible shock of earthquake was fell lust week on the island of Isclila, in the Mediterranean sea. The inhabit ants are greatly agitated. John Bright Is preparing a measure for the English House of Lords, based upon tho principles of life peerage, with a num ber of hereditary peerages. Advices from Assouan state that a largo number of desertions have occurred in the Egyptian army, and that rebels are mass ing fifteen miles from that place. Queen Victoria sends her gratttlatlons to tho President and the people of the United Status on the success attained in the Arctic seas by the Urvely party. Tho body of Volknian, a well known financier, was found iu the Seine oposlte Paris with a bullet through his head. It is supposed to be a case of suicide. The French government has decorated Dr. Koch w itn the cross of tho Leglou of lienor, in recognition of his researches as to the source and spread of cholera. Tho Mudlr of Dongola telegraphs that he defeated 6,000 followers of El Mahtli. near Debbeh, and captured 400 Remington rides. The rebel losses were very heavy. Tho Anarchist, Hammer, In prison at Vienna, has confessed to the murders of Banker Lelnhart, and Sontlnel Adels at Strasburg, and of Banker Eisert at Stutt gart. The steamer Faraday, engaged in laying tho Bemiett-Mackay cable, has reached the buoy in inidocean, which makes the end of that portion of the lino luid from America, John C. Eno has rented a splendidly fitfiilultufl ritullllMWA nil St. .loli us street. Quebec, Canada, and his wife and three daughters joined him irom Aew xora last week. A London dispatch says: Losses from the great lire of last week at Crane wharf, ...,.!, ft'A'J) INMI. l.nri7H ouan- tltlos of oil, stored at the wharf, were not t J mucn uamagea. A London dispatch says: The Commons will bring up the question of redistribu tion of parliamentary seats at the autumn session, while the House of Lords will dis cuss the franchise question. At Wcizlar, near Coblentz, formerly one ,i,.a niriuu i.f t Via Ceriimn emnire. an Ul 1 1 1 1 I V Liv,vq " ' " " " ' Instance has come to light, the Duke of UruuswlcK is ueienuani mere iu muu suit which was begun in 1004. It t nnleratnod that the Eevptlan con ference is unublo to agree iu regard to England's financial proposals. England and France are wide apart. Granville is empowered to .summon a conference to another meeting at any tune. A society composed of German noble men llAH been organized In Berlin for the purpose of sending indigent members of noble German families to Chili, where they will have all the advantages of fer tile soil and lavoraute cnmaie. A spy from El Mahdl, captured at Suukem, w as hanged last week. Nntlves say that General Gordon's gunlmat, be tween Khartoum and Berber, Bpread great terror among the reliels. Osinan Digtna Is doing his utmost to counteract tneir alarm. The number of cases of yellow fever at Panama is increasing dally. Two staff officers have died from the disease, mere are 170 cases of dysentery in the city. The hospitals there and in uoion are crowoeu. There were seven deaths in the Canal hos pital last week. The annual conference of the National Conservative Union was held at Sheffield, Enifland, last week. One thousand dele gates were present. Churchill was presi dent, supported by the Duke of Norfolk and others. The Marquis of Salisbury was conspicuous by his absence. A Paris dispatch says: Ministers of the interior, commerce and public works, on a tour ef Inspection in cholera infected cities, have returned to Paris. They state that the adoption of strincnt measures is Imperative, and that 2,UUO,000 francs will be inadequate lor renei measures. DOMESTIC TiXtTJEAl-HlC NW. Butte, M. T., is to have a city hall. Scarlet fever is epidemic at Ogden, U.T. I'klah, Cat., is to have an artesian well. The New York laborers' strike is virtu ally over. Philadelphia's cablo roads are nearly ready to run. The Sacramento county, Cal., treasury has $71,X7,41. Iincaster. Pa., has a new crematory in working order. Bodie, Cal., was visited by a swarm of buttertlies last week. Hailstones as large as walnuts fell at Omuha, Neb., recently, A 2-year-old child died from yellow fever last week at New Orleans. Andrew J. Alien, of Draper, A. T., was killed by an enraged bull recently. Frank E. Hutching, the San Francisco strangler, has plead guilty to murder. A monument to Beethoven was uavelled in Central Park, New York, last week. New Y'ork's attorney general decides a parsonage is not exempt from taxation, John Schafer jumped out of his cell In the Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jail and killed him self. Patrick Euan, shot by one Murphy at Park City, U. T., last week, has since tiled. Can a bank own grnln'has been decided In the altlrmatlve by a South Carolina court. Burglars found but little booty In Brlg ham Young's residence, Salt Lake, last week. In Howard county, Ind., Mrs. William Tubley was shot and killed by Rome un known person. The San Francisco Chronicle places tho wheat yield of California this year atOO, 000,000 bushels. The Secretary of the Treasury has Im posed a duty of 40 per cent ad valorem on salmon net twine. Henry Harjman, of San Francisco, was found dead in his bed at the Palmer house, in Chicago, last week. A cattle sale, aggregating between $00,. 000 and $70,000, was made in Gallatin county, Montana, last week. Scofleld & Cooper, carrlngo and cutter manufacturers of Ovid, Mich., have as signed with liabilities at $05,000. At Baltimore, Md recently, a 20-year-old idiot drove a ten-penny nail into his father's head, killing him instantly. A commission appointed by the Cana dian government is now in San Francisco investigating the Chinese question. The rumor that John Kelly intends re signing tho leadership of Tammany Hall, New York, is denied by his friends. An ore body, sixty feet in length and twenty-five feet in w idth on the surface, has been found in Mono county, Cal. The Georgia capitol commission has re jected all bids for the erection of the cap itol building and will advertise for mere. General J. A. Louan has left Washing ton for Minneapolis, Minn., to attend the ro-nnlon of the Grand Army of the Re public. It is proposed to transfer railroad pas sengers at Harlem river to the elevated road and have a big depot at the upper end of New York. William Dolun. a San Francisco hack man, has been arrested, charged with the murder of his 2 year-old sou by neglecting proper care of bun. James B. Parke, a rich Buffalo coal mer chant, has disappeared, and is thought to be crazy and wandering in the West. His business is in good shape. The steamer Empire State, with 1,000 excursionists on board, struck on a rock iu Boston harbor last week. The passen gers were all safely landed. The sub committee of the House mili tary committee, appointed to investigate tho management of the various soldiers' homes, met at Dayton, O., August 1st. In the Eureka Springs (Ark.) land case the Secretory of the Interior has made a decision awarding the title to the town, as against pre-emption and homestead claimants. Tho coroner of San Francisco reports that the year ending June 15, 1KK4, was productive of 29 homicides and K5 suicides, against 21 homicides and t0 suicides the preceding year. F. Bradshaw, of California, George Ew ing, of Pennsylvania, and Harris L. Bruce, of Illinois, have been appointed members of the board of pension appeals, provided by the last Congress. Surrogate Rollins has decided that the will of the late James Tllby.of Now York, giving his second wife o00,000, is void, owing to deception and undue inlluence. She bad another husband. The completion of the Washington monument by February 22, lMh5, will probly bo prevented by tho inability of the contractors to supply the necessary dressed stone for the pyramid cap in time. Two young girls of Easton, Pa., at tempted to run away from home last week. For their rashness their mother caused them to don male attire and sit on the front step every night whore they eould be seen by passers-by. The Philadelphia Medical News of last week says: The progress of cholera dur ing the past week has been such as to warrant the belief that it will spread throughout Europe during the next thirty days and may reach our shores at any time. In West Point, Ga., Sam Gibson (col ored) grossly assaulted his own daughter, and was put in jail. The same night a party of colored men broke into the jail to lynch the prisoner. He resisted, cut ting six of them severly. The lynchers then shot him dead. Bob Hunt and Dan Parker, both colored, were hanged at Greenville, Miss., last week. The former killed Burrcl Best (colored) at Refugee, on the 0th of October, 1"2, and the latter killed Richard Barrett (colored) on Deer Creek, May 11, ItftU, Both confessed their guilt. Twelve cowboys, belonging to Hard wick's "wild" show, made a drunken raid on South Clark street, Chicago, recently, in the regular Western cowboy style. They succeeded in frightening people from the street, but were finally captured and locked up before doing any Injury. The ice houses of the Buckeye Brewing Company and J. M. Wasson, of Columbus. O., ou the river below Toledo, were burned last week. The loss will reach $8,000. A sand scow tied to the lock was also burned; loss $:i,000, no insurance. Law rence Thompson, who was on the scow, is thought to be fatally burned. The authorities of Bandora, Blanco and Boerna, Texas, aided by the United States marshal, are scourina the country after a band of road agents who recently stopped the stage and lioernla hack, robbing the nassenirers of StoOin money, steld watches. chains and jewelry. The robbers did not molest the United Mates mans. rOKTLsJUD MAKJUfT KKKMiT fLOUR Fancy extra, (f bbl, $4.75; country, $4.00(iii4.AO; superfine, $:i.(Xtotf.U5. WHBAT-Good to choice, V 100 Ihe., $l.:XKa l.3.y good valley; Walla Walla and Eastern Oregon, $1.2(XU.25. FEED, ETC-Corn meal, 1 100 lbs.. $2.71 ft 3.00: buckwheat, $A.o0; oat meal. $4.00(4 425; cracked wheat, taiVtfil.nO; bran, if ton $ll(a.(l; shorts. middling, due, $22.:(Ki.2".00; hay, baled, $10.0tU2.00; chop, $22.50(0,25.00; oil cake meal, $:J5.00. OATS- Choice milling, nominal; good feed, 4.sV&.Vc; ordinary feed, 47M8c. BARLEY' HrewinK, 100 lbs., $1,109 1.25: feed, $1.1: ground. $25.00. CORN No demand. RYE Nominal, f 100 lt.s., $1.502.00. SUGARS Golden C. In tikis.. lb., 8c. In ht bills., Hie; retlncd D, bbls., , hf bbls., ; dry granulated, bbls.. 91, hf bbls., 10c; crushed, bbls., Djjc; floe rushed, bbls., 0, hf bbls., the; cube, bbls. 10c. hf bbls, 101.c; islands, No. 1, kg, 7w7je, bgs., 6j(Ji 7c. SYRUPS-Californla refinery fsj, V gaL, bbls., 40c, kgs 45c, cs., gal. tins, 05c;. Eastern, bbls., C gal., 55c, kgs, 50c, cs,, 06c. HONEY In comb. 18 20c: strained in 5 gal., 11c t? lb.; 1-gal. tins, t doc, $14.006115.00. halt-gal., $7.50. VEGETAHLES Potatoes, f bu., 50 75c, according to variety, new, tt, 14c; cahbage, t? ib,. 2(24c; turnips, 4 sck., $1.60; carrots, $1.50 beets, $1.0; onions1 if n., red, lc, silver, Uc; parsnips, 2c. B UTT ER Fancy, fresh roll, t ft., 25(1 274c; inferior, grade, 18 20c; pickled, loX 20c. CHEESE-Callfornla. 13c; Oregon larg choice. 15a.l7c small, llrtc. EGGS V dos., :i0c. GREEN FRUITS-A pules, new, bx.. 2.00; lenious, California. $3.7fxto4.60,'Slclly, 10.50; oranges, bx., $4.00C4.75; cherries, i iui?inii. lin,..a i4 loo ei oc. .n,lMi. j .pl.t" u.iiie. v iw, fiiM, nfi bx, $1.2o$1.50; peaches, $1.U.&U; plums, $1.7o; currants, lb, 5c. DRIED FRUITS Apples, machine cured, t lb., 16lllc, sun-cured, KK$12c; peaches, machine-cured, in boxes, 15(a)lHo; prunes, German, in boxes, 4 ft)., b($lCc; plums, sua-cured, pitless, 1415c, machine-cured, 15(a;10c; pears, machine cured, lc, sun-cured, none; tigs, California. 25-tb. bx 8c: Smvrnt, 10;di2oc. WOOL Valley, 1215e; Eastern Ore gon. 12fa!l7c HIDES AND BAGS Hides, dry, over 1$ lb., 4 ft., 10Ci'15c; Mun-aln hides, one-third off; bides, wet salted, over 65 lbs., ft., I (aj7c (one-third less for light weights, dam aged, cut grubby or dry salted); neJia, shearling. 12(u,75c; deer skins, winter, 15(a:20c, Eastern Oregon, 22c, summer, B (J., 2027ic valley, 28(27tc: burlaps, 40 In., lc, 43 in., 8c 00 in., 15c; twine, flour, 35(9 40c, wheat, &c, fleece. 12(313c; gunnies, 15(a. lHc, wheat sacks, 7i&7c: POULTRY--Chickens. dos., prlng. $2.503.60. old. 85&5.50; ducks. S70D8; geese, t$(a 0; turkeys, f lb.. 12(j$15c, HOPS 4? It.., 25(:i0o: ' PROVISIONS-Bacon, llj12ic; hams, country, ? lb., lUlSc, butcher, scarce; shoulders, 10(u lie. LARD Kegs, V ft.. 1213c; Eastern, palls, ll12Jc Oregon, tins, 12134c. FISH Extra Pacific codfish, whole, 1 e., 74c, boneless, in bxs., 8tc If ft.: domestic salmon, hf bbls., $tl.(HK$7.00. bbls.. $11.00. 1-ft. cans, t? doi., $1.45; mackerel, No. 1, 9 kit, $1.75t?2.0O, No. 2, $1.60(.1.75, No. 1, hf bbls., $10.00, No. 2, $8.50; herrings, salted, hf bbls.. . dried, 10-lb. bxs., 75o. RIGE-Sandwlch Islands, No. 1, ft., 54c; China mixed, 4(g6c; China No. 1, none: Rangeou, 64c. FRU ITS-Pruues, II ungarlan, V ft., 15c; raisins (Mew), tf bx $2.nOV,2.5, hi bxs., $2.7.3.(K), qr bxs., $3.2(3.:i5, 8th bxs., $i.25(i3.60; currants, Zante, V ft. almonds, Marseilles, ft., 18i20c, Lane, 20c; waiHUte, Chili, 11 124c, California, l2(Biiac. PEAS. SEEDS. Etc. Beans. t ft., pea. 4o, a. w., 3Jc, Ig. w., 4Jc, bayou, 44c, pink, 69, II mas, 4c; peas, field, 24(&34c, sweet, liKi20c; timothy seed, loifrlic, red clover, 22&25C, white clover, 4Ku,ri0c, alfalfa, ltK 20c. Hungarian grots, w.iw, muiet, (w;iuc, orchard grass, lf(p20c, "rye grass, 'MXfiSc, red top, bVii 17c, blue grass, 18fa,lt)c, utee quite grass, 10(i(il24c. BAN FBANC1BC0 MARXETS. RECEIPTS-Wheat. 12,500 ctls.: tlcur, !' qr. sks.: oats. 8,500 ctls.; potatoes, 2,509 sks.: eggs, 10.500 dox. ri.uuiv oan rrancisco extra, oesi, at $5.0OM5.30; medium, $3.504.5O; shipping suportlne. $3.00(0.4.25. WHEAT Tho demand li steady, with out being pressing. Grain is being sent forward a little more freely, though ar rivals are yet snfflciently limited to admit of convenient handling. Prices seem to be established for the present at $1.374(j) 1.40 V ctl for the better grades, and the market at these figures can be considered rather firm. Operators are disposed to give quick dispatch to vessels, and the outlook is quite favorable for a good ex port movement within the next two or three months. Bidding was somewhat lively, but sellers were less prompt, or the record would have been greater. Sale were: Buyer season 200 tons, $1.47. Buyer 1884, city-100 tons, $1,424. Buyer 1884, after August lst-100 tons, $1.42.4, Seller 1884 1M tons. $1.36; 200, $1,304.: 200, $1,304.; 200, $1.30jtftl. Closing prices were: Bnyer season, city 100 tons, $1.48. Buyer J8K4-100 tons, $1.41. Buyer 18H4, city 100 tons, $1.42. Seller 1884, city 100 tons, $1.37 ctl. OATS Trade Is very slow, andolferings keep pace with the demand. We unoto: Surprise and milling, $1.05 1.75; No. 1, $1.45$1.65; No. 2, $1.30 1.40: black. $1.26(41.30 Iff ctl. CORN California yeliew is quotable at l.674(3il.624 for largo, and $1,0241.05 for small; white, tl.624fgd.67l; Nebraska, white, $1,4241.45 ctl. APPLES- bx.,80e$1.50.. HIDES Dry. it ft., usual selection, lflc; dry kip, 10c; dry calf, 20c; salted steers, 65 tlm, 104(6) 11c. POULTRY Live tnrkeys. gobblers. 11 (323c, do, hons, 20(422c. do, dressed, SKS) Ittc: roesters, $7.6tK.8.50 for old, and $450 (O.0.0O for-voung; hens $7.509.00; broil ers, $ .l.('0S4.&0, according to sue; ducks, $.-.(i 0.00 ? dos.: geese. $1.502.00 tt pair. bbMlA lirown musiara. ra o.w; WOOL - Mendocino. 18teiUc, ft.; Humboldt, lH(u,21c; San Joaquin, 10(gl5c; eastern Oregon, 15(S.10c. BUCKWHEAT Quotable at $3.50?.100 tr ctl DRIED PEAS Green, $3.00; niles, $2.0IX; 2.2.!: blacneve. $2.50 tcU MIDDLINGS-Active at $18.0020.00 ton. EGGS f dox.. 31 (5,32c. STRAW Quotable at 50(2o0c If bale. CHEESE California. 10(a)12c. ON IONS-Quotable at 25(it35c for red, 4."a 55c t ctl for silverskins. BEANS We quote as follows: Bayos, $4.70M.7S; butter, $3.50; pinks. $4.tKK?) 4.75; red, $5.00; Lmas, $2.60(a2.70; email white. $2.00( 2.70: pea, $2.802.85 f ctl. HAY-Alfalfa,$8.00(il2.50; wheat,$13.00 (?. 10.50; oat, $12.00rlfl.OO; barley, $0.00(3 12.00: mixed. $ll.(0,a, 14.00 ton. BEESWAX Quotable at 2527)c. ft. HONEY Extracted. 6(7e t ft for choice: comb. ll(a12c; extracted, 6S;7c. MILLSTUFFS Ground barley. $24.00 25.00 If ton; oil cake meal, old process, $:W.0O, new process, $20.50; rye Hour. $0.00 bbl.; rye meal, $5.50; buefc-wheat hour, If ftM 6c; pearl barley, 4 'soc; graham nour, 3?c; oat meal, 64c; Eastera oat meal, V bbl., $9.76, net cash; cracked wheat, tr tb., 4c