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5 IE EUGEHE CITY GUARD. TURDAY JANUARY 9, 183(5. A Cliinemj syndicatH recently offered .(") 00 for the Palace HoUil in San : I J . .. ,500,000, but finally concluded, that e inveatnipnt would lo an unwise one . the present timn. " The little- hou of the Mayor of New deans hurt himself with a toy pistol; io next day somohody with a toy pistol lot tho Mayor's dog, and on the day Mowing the Mayor issued a proclania on against the toy pistol. According to the Astonun the cap tin of thirty-one English deep sea easels had their Christmas dinner in- 1 ide the Columhia river bar. There re' but two American vessels, the louthard and the Sturbuck, in port. Governor Foraker, of Ohio, has re :eived aiore than five thousand appli cations for the few petty ollices within lis gift. There must be some mistake ibout this. It is only the Democrats Who are "very hungry and very thirs ty." i Democrats should rememtier that the County Registration Doard will sit in ; the different precincts April 5th, Clh and 7th. Ho one will be allowed to ' vote who siiall not have registered t Democrat aee that your neighbor reg- ; istm. The Government has given orders ; for the rccoioage into dimes of all the uncurrent suUidiary silver in thf Treasury. Dimes are not very valua ble, but they are often found extreme ' )y useful. . A poor young lady in tho Stato ol New York, who, about a year ago, as silted an old lady across the street, has been left a fortune of 250,000 by the grateful old person. The dudes who stood and looked on are reading the , news to each other. The President declared in his mes sage that "Congress should deal with the tariff in such a manner as to pro tect the interests of American lubor." I 'This is good Dcmocratio doctrine, ' Heretofore the rule has been to lca! with it so as to protect tho interests of ' organ wed capitaH, leaving labor to shift the best way it could. 'We are not President Clovclnud'i apologist or mouthpiece," says the New "York Freeman (negro organ), "lie is eminently capahlo of taking care of himself. As long as he treats the race fairly and administers the govprn.iiont justly we will continue to commend him and his policy. We do this not as .a partisan journalist, but as an un ibhakled, unbiased journalist, solicitous for th welfare of the raoo and -the country." ! August Drlmont, of New Yoik, on .Saturday brought suit iu the State Circuit Court to recover $154,000 from .Don Holliday. Plaintiff allege -.hat judgment for 1 14,000 was vbtained -by jilaintiff against defencluiit in the Circuit Court ef New York, which has never Wn satisfied. That V intoroMt, eta, has swelled the $114,000 to $154, 000, which amount the plaiu'.iff prays the court may give him judgment for. --Portland Telegram. Three companies, two of them backed Aj geeat wealth and resources, and one a home arganization, are -can testing for ithedghtof way luildhip rail way arounu the chief oUtruotiotia to the navigation of tie Columbia at The Dalles, and get the railway in oper ation before the cotwpJetiou of the canal and locks at the Cascades. The object is to transport stcamlioats and freighted .craft! over this railway, around The Dalles, thus opening the river to unolt atructed navigation The project is a H igantio one, but it will probably be Accomplished in time. Tho oldest man in this Congress is John T. Wait, of Connecticut, who was born in 1811, and is 74 years of age. The youngest man is Wiu. McAdoo, of New Jersey, who was bom in Ireland, October 25, 1852, and is 32 years old. Next to to him come Charlie Yoor bees, of Washington Territory, who is the son of Dan Yoorhe, w ho is also 32, but who was born in June instead of October. There are in the present Congress four nu n who are over 70--Wait, of Connecticut, Elilridgo, of ... ,. ... i . xr:..: . Uliciusan, oingiriun, UUM,ll,Hlrpi and Judj;e Kfllr ot rtma1vaiii ' . . I Twc pty-aevBii iiiiuUra ol tlie prewnt Coiis. have aSc. ranging between CO 70; aiity-aeven are Utween 50 and 60 tear of ago; and hundred alid thirty night ara between 40 and 50; and j l:irty til ara between 30 and 40 yean ; Teifgrnphjr In Brazil. In Iirazil the air lines have to con tend both with tho natural decay, rapid as that is in a tropical country, nd with the sudden fall of the tern- erature at sundown, that causes wires and insulators to break by contraction. All nature is leagued against them. The luxurious vegetation of the trop ics, despite all attempts to keep it down, causes no end of trouble. Dirds build their nests on top of the poles, and ants up their sides, while skunks and armadillos undermine them aud cause their ludden fall. The ants' nests have to be chopped off with axes when old and hard. Waps build nests in the bell shaped porce lain insulators, apes meddle with the wires, and enormous swarms of birds, flying by nitlit, often wreck or tangle them. More mischievous than any of these is a huge spider that weaves its wet; between and interferes with .the electiic currents. Worst of all, the tremendous tropical thunderstorms smash wires, polim, iiixulator aud all, almost daily in their season, jespite all precautions. The Funny Men of lite home. The Democrat who succeeds Itoswell G. Horr in a young Irishnmn with the euphonious and illiterative name of Timothy Tarsney, says a Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader. Mr. 'larsney is said to inherit all the wit of his Irish ancestors, and his Michigan friends say he. can tell a story better than any other man in America. They expect him to take llorr's place on the floor of the House as a national humorist, bin Mr. Tarsney tells mo he never uses his humor in making speeches, lie believes there is a time to laugh, and does not think this time is during so serious a matter as a speech iu Congress. His speeches will be sober and sellable, and 1 supprse that John J. O'Neill, of Missouri, with his turn up nose and laugh inciting grin, will till be the funny man of the congress ional circus. A circular of infnrmatiiin, designed for contructois who liave lieeu invited to bid on the tunnel work on the Cas cade brunch, gives the following specifi cations of the work required. The tun nel is to be 9350 feet long, without the approaches, and including the ap proaches will be considerably over two miles. Its height is to m 22 feet and its width 10 feet and 6 inches. Pro posals ate to be received, tho contract will soon be allotted therefor and work be commenced as soon as possible in tho Spring. Two years and four months are to be allowed for its com pletion. Forty-nine miles of road must be built from Llliiuxbur westward before the location of ircachiM.-.Ooldendulo Ti the tunnel is I iu no. A recent improvement in the Hesse. iuer steel process as carried out at the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, near Pittsburg, will have the effect, it is said, of making Ilessenier steel equal in quality to the crucible product, nnd at only about one tenth the price. The change consists iu a tlioronyli mixing of the spiegelisen with the molten iron in a ladle, in such a manner as to make the carbonization much more uniform than at present. Bessemer steel can be produced at a cost of a cent to a cent and a half per pound, while that made in cruciMea costs at least eleven cents per pound. "This is a wonderful city uf over 350,000 inhabitants, and is a revela tion to me," writes Minister Hiuna from lluenos Ayres. "There is more money hero than any place I ever saw, but they are now having our greenback days over again, gold being worth 41 J. It is the most extravagant government on earth. The threat of the seventeen Orange men elected to Parliament, from the north of 'Ireland, that "bloodshed, pan demonium and massacre" would follow home ruie, is alout. as sensible as the bloody-Bhirt speeches of Sherman, ToLrr. In good condition, a mmfortahle tit room liouae. Fr further particular in quire of Kev O Parker, at ill Fpiavopal C unroll Kectory. Take Notick. All thoa owing ma by note, account or other it are requested to call and settle the same immediately, as I must hav what ia due me. I do not want to put the account ill the hand of au at toruey if I can help it. J. M. SI.OA. A. CARD To all rlio r (ulfering from the error and IndiMrrvticti of youth, aervniw weakne, arly i-y. Kweoi manniHxi, .to., i winwn.iarwii" that will cur you, t'KKK OK CHAKliK. ' rHy .WM by nonary in Suth America. S-nil a elf aj iirwed enyel.. to the Ukv. JonKm T. Inmak, 8uUy PKW YCi Notice. J will bar f ir ule, alut Sept 10, 18SA, lWnJit ril.r feiie uU. at li.r 1,111 in C; iurg. Tb rio will b U iwr hum rt liny JIayward hand grenades. Tlit liixheat cuh price will be paid fur wheat by F Ji Duiid. Ak yeiir druithit for a package of Oregon Kidney Tea, Photograph finisliod neatly aod artis finally at Winter'. A fine line of lilk plushes in all shades and grade at K B Dunn's. The beat candie and orange cn alwaya be found at K ISaum' confectionery store. Osburo mower ran be purchased at tit tore if 1'ritchett & Forkner for $80. If yna are in want o' agricultural machin ery t any kind, remember that Mr J M ilendriuk keep a full asitortment. MrS H Friendly will pay the highest sash market price for wheat. Give him a call before selling your grain elsewhere. Fish M arkct. Mr J P Dltchburn has Just started a fish market in thia city on Ninth Street, opposite Day ft Pratt ' blacksmith Imp, lie will keep constantly (in band all kinds of hh, oyster, clam, poultry nnd gurae, eta The people should give the gentle man a (food support. Tax Notice. TAXPAYERS WILL TAKE NOTICK that I will be at the naunl voting plncea of the respective precinct of Lane County, from 10 a m to 8 p in of each day, fur the pur now of collecting taxes fur the year M (olio iOwa, to wit: Willamette, Irvintf, lorK Tom, Richardson, Cheshire, -Hpencer, Cresswell, Cottage Orove, Niuslaw, Coyote, HpriiiKtield, Middle Fork, Full Creelc, Lout Vallt-v, Pleasant Hill, Mohawk, ('amp Creek, .function, lluzla Dell, McKenzie, Florence, South Eugene, North Eugene, Saturday, Jan 0, 11,. 12, ' 14, " 15. " 16, " 18, ' 1, A. " 22, " 2.r, lfW6 Mmnlay, Tuesday, Thmiwlay, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, 'I huraday, Friday, 27. 2H, 2".. 30. Saturday, J ueMlay, Feb 2, Wednesday, " 3. Friday, " 5, " Saturday, " 6, " Monday, " 8, " Tuesday, " 9, " Wednesday, " 10, " Thursday, " 11, " Taxpayer will take notice of the following law, page 702, Section 04, Law of Oregon: 'If any penon residing in such precinct ehall full to Httend at such time and place and pay his or her tines, such delinquent may pay the same within thirty day at the County Seat to the Sheriff j aud if lie fail to pay within the thirty day a aforesaid, and the Sheriff visits hi residence, the Sheriff may collect of such person, for his own use, ten centa per mile go lug an d returning." J. R. CAMPBKLL, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Lane Co., Or. Dated, Kugene City, Dec. 18, WX Notice, CTICEIS HEREBY GIVKX THAT Itiv wife, Kliiabeth L Scott, ha left my bed and iHmnl without just cause or provoca tion, and the publio is hereby cautioned not to credit her on my account, a I will not be res ponsible for any debts contracted hy her after this duto. W. W. SCOTT. - Dated, Decemlmr 18, 18 FEfJGRA, WHEELER & 00., Springfield, Oregon. Call attention to THE added a full line of staple Dry Goods, Boots and to thir stock of merchandise in the store, and to THE FAOTthat they offer signed to shorten the long face and smooth the wrinkled brow of the most exacting Granger that ever smashed a clod or whacked a steer. Also to The Fact That their Closing Out Rale of CLOTHING an l FANCY GOODS of all kind.8 continues at prices lower than the lowest, IN FACT M Cost! Below Cost!! Beganless of Cost!.'! TERM8J3ASH. Cash paid for wheat delivered at the, Springfield mill. THE Slaughter Sale Clothingv Blankets, Flannels, Overcoats, FURNISHING GOODS & HATS, AT THE i mm Will continue only 30 days after Feb, 9th. No goods will be sold at the present figures. W. F. MCCARTHY, Prop. Notice. Mr. R If. Jme having ret red from buslue and belnir delni f settling up, reqiitU all thone indebted by note or ao count to Immediately call and makea aettle ment. He can be found at bla oHic in the Court Hoiue, ready to receipt for all debts due him. I. X. L. Store. Notice I hereby given that all thou in debted to' the LXL. Store are hereby noti fied to call and settle the ame at once, or the accounts will be placed In the hand of an at torney for collection. Fair warning to all i our motto, . , t. . . . Wabshaieb Bros. Eugene, December 4, 18S5. Keynote to Health, Health ! wealth. Wealth mean Indepen dence. Th keynote i Dr B-waliko Conga antl Lung Syrup, the Wit Cough Syrup iu the world. Cure Cough. Cold, Pin In the Cheat, Bronchitis and Primary Consumption. One Am give relief ia every caae. lake no other. Prioe ftO cenU and 81. Sample free. Sold by Oalinrn A Co. GRAND Until Feb. 1, 1886, I propose to sell all kinds of GOODS at F RICES that will as tonish all. Jfjouare in want of anything in my line, ive me a call and' PRICE GOOD Remember I mean Business. This is a Genuine Clearance Sale, FACT that they have Shoes, and Groceries, the same at prices de GREAT B1E 11! i Sill. I Only 60 Bajs More, II EMEU All our entire stock of GOODS which are left MUST BE SOLD IX TIME MENTIONED ABOVE AT ANY PRICE. ONE ! COME ALL ! And Don't Get Left. AT THE X L ST011! GOME I Store Fixture for Sale Cheap. Bankrupt Having purchased the Bankrupt Stock of GROCERIES, ETC. at prices VERY LOW, formerly belonging to Osburn I now offer them for 7, ay Give me a call and Sheriff's Sale. VTOTICK IS HKI5EBY fUVEN THAT -Li by virtue of writ of Kxccnlion, duly iuei nut ol (lie Circuit Court of the Staif i f Orejjo" fr Imm County ly the Clerk thcrcol, Decuinlwr 8tli, lsS-'i, anil to mtt diricti'il, upon a jinltjiiient reiiilurl ir. sniil Court Oi:t. '21, ISSj, in f.ivor of J. Uiennur Si Co., I'M'., and nuaitiHt J. If. Berry. IMt, for tlie (inn of S 'lU !)l ami "0 nt t'y feo tuu tlie ftittluT (11111 of $22.(10 emu, with inteiet on eaiil jii'li(iiH nt nt the rate of 10 xr cent. er anniiui fmm title thereof, I'eing nuable ( Knil any (xrimnal property belong, ing to saiil Uen., I iliil, on the '-''21 ilny of locemlwr, 1385, levy upon the following ilecriheit real property, to wit : Iot 5, (J and 7. I'loclc 41), in Juna'ioii City, Lane Cntiuty, Oregnii; also coiniiienuing at the $ K cor of the N K of N K 1 of Sec 17, run ning W W) roil, N 40 rods, K 50 roile, S to pla.:e of beginning, CJiit lining 10 aenn; iiIko N J of 8 K 1 of S H i, Sec 17, containing 20 acre, all in T 13, S R 4 W, Una Coun ty, Oreij'in, col to eatiefy eniil . judg ment, ciRtn ami accruing cat and expense of mh, I will (ell the above defturihed real pnp rty at piblio aictiou t the higlicst bidder for cmli in hand at tlie Court tlouse door iu Eugene City, Lana County, Oregon, on Monday, Janoahy 23, 1886, At the hour of 2 o'clock P M of (aid day. Dated Dec. II, 1885. J. 11. CAMPBELL, Shorilf Lane, Co , Or. W. II. DELANO, -DEALEB IH Headetnuea and Tomb finished in American or Italian Marble. ALSO Stono Vorl; ati Cen3'.er,7; Znc'Enrcs Scotch and American Granite Nlonu merits. 1' in nt a ilii-Uiiiw wil! be furidlinl ith prirt and ili-K'.iiK f" eV(t fi.ini nn app icntinn. A!Jv3rk warrsnred. I '.-:'! i-jiil nnd Mimine mv nrU get i j r;e iH'iur- pui-!iaiiii: elwwlmiH, j f K-)N VNDWIirKKNCIxrj K' ri iolu j ;it Uianiifai'tiiivrV prices to my ruciiiirnt only. Simp on 8th utivet near S'oan' Stable. I'BGIlTABLB aa.f cmv CO., Oatrolt, Miotiigmn. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. ATOTICE M HPPFnv rtrrvimn .i 13 tlbKLBY GIVEN THAT v1! .Prtner.bip heretofore exUUer wee u.oun, i. dia-dved. . M B Iff A W-IT If -flW 11 win bum r U E E Ml arpUnaM. n4 aan m w witteu tuf il n rnuji, am in atntnaM br luUu .11 trlnm o( i M fLOW'l.R (KKIUL Hnm Sale Belshaw, sale at . own Prices. price the Goods. J. L. PAGE. A Safeguard. Tlio filial nipidity with wliith ulltiU Cold aud CougltH f renin nl ly di-velua Irnik llio invest nialiiilic of I lie Ihtvit uud Imi.w a ('oniUc-i'ulion hii li wbl Impel cverv prudent pcivon (o kee at Inind. ii a "hoiiK'lidlil ivnn-dv. n liuttte f AYKK'SCHEltKY Pl.CTOltAI.. yolhiiW else (fives micli immediate relief iir.il work no sure h cure In r.il atteellou of i hit cIiidi. That cniinciit )ihVKU'lan Vi-of. K. Swoeta-r, of the Muliie Medicat School, liniusv. k'k. Me., ayn : "Medical .ctenre hno pmdnrrd no othrr ne- ilvii" rH'Ctiinmc no (tikmI Ater' CbT t'ti TORAL. It It Invaluable fur diwamoflh llirmit ami luugt." Tlie same npinlon Is expressed by tha v.'i il-Kiiowii l)r. L.J. Addisuu, of Chiiago, ' 111., wlia iayj "I luivo ever f unrt, In llilrty-fire jrean o rMiilnumis eliuly and practice of tnrdlclnt, aiijr I'ii rillim of o sn-nl vulnea ATiK'Caiaav 'kctobai.. fur Iretitracm of dim-ane of th tliroat and Iiibks. It not nly break up fold 1'inl enn-s K-vrre contctn, but I more effective. Ilinn anythlni elm In rrllevln; even tbe moct vriuu. brenvhlal and inlmnnarjr affection..' AYER'S Cherry Pectoral h not a new vlalmunt for popular eonfl, tU'itie,, lmt a nn iliciuc wlueh i to-day nu hi,' tlio lives of the third feneration v1k have eonte into being (luce it waa first otU'ii'd to the public. There is not a household tn which thla Invaliinlile remedy ha once been ln tindiK-ed where It use ha ever been iiliiiiiilimed, mid there is not a person v1k hat ever piven. It a proper trial for any Hi rout or lung disease suneep, tilde o'f cure, who hai not been mada well bv It. AYtlt'S CHERRY SECTORAL ha, In ntntilHi-lest iivtanoes, rnreil obstlnata raws of chronb 1 ron(,'liitVs Lnrynsitla. ami even acuto 1'iieuiuoitln, uq bait Hit, v.! iiimiy patk-ntH iu the tanler "lajten of rulino'nary Consumption, )t in a niedii'titc that only require to be taken lqj small doses, Is pleasant to Hie taste, and U neeileil in every house where there ara children, there is nothing so pood aa A YER'M Of I EI! UY PECTORAL for treat, ment of Croup and Yt'boopJi; Cough, . These are nil plain facts, T hWa ran bo verified bv nnvboilv, rmd Khoulij e ro memhcnxl hy everybody. Ayer's Cherry Pectora.1, rREPARRD BY Dr. J. C. Aycr 6t Co., Lowell. Maa Sold by all Drussists. You Can Save time and money by calling on STERLING HILL and letting him re&ew yonr nubscrintion fof newspaner. itnrv oaorn anil numlnH. Ha also keep a complete tock of Magaanea, la: chid Ontury. Harper llirtc. All tha pomiL!, librari fESZl IiuV-Ja Munro .nd othe'r.: In facV .vhimT' OHBfRS EcLSHAW, Nov. 17, 18?. i new depot, P O BuiM; by Gro. Bel&haw. tnif, tubule. . ally found in a 1st c'a