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fry AND COUNTY. L I.?utitry go to Dr N .1 Tay dor. i. (), cliciip for ri.h ut Matlock . I .alceJ bou'lit and sold nt (joldrtuith's. I . t ..il will t.lLlM fill ujliaqt f . n Hunn. ir v 1.. jcrei ( fine land fur sale. Impure of j I'oieuMu- flwtogrsph finished neatly nod In.. .1 Winter's. iu Use !. lino of auk pluslics m all aliadci grades stf U wuoni. Maud celd bath overy nay. mine week ii ir,.m i barber snop. I'M can purchase Waltliam watches at J) IVatta rom lu n"wunl"- lid ImpnliiaAil tU r"? "l.t VrUnp for SSO. fcarnHii"" - - if V(,a want hardware at reasonable prices j ti, itora of iVitcliott & bVrkner. ivrlinir UIU kps in stck Bn excellent UcalL ..rtmen ' b loMimitli py '"I1 beaver J2 to ?3 50 per i and cooo 15 to c0 cU ijlier and utteri Pleasant Hill Items. May 19, 1887, Jr. H. L. " ueeier gave ineuiis ai irving ... 1 - - rf-! 1.. -A T . - Wl the first oi tne wock. Vr. Wm. IMstow spent a fow days of last k with friends at Irving. lit Edith Parker ban been visiting her ,r, Jim. Uundy, ot Monroe. Outlier fine: grain growing nicely, and ,J prospects for a lurge yield. ,Ir. James Bnstow, of Alonniouth, is visit relatives aud friends At tins place. Ir. and Mrs. Thos. Burbro, of Dexter, lea visit to relatives here tlio first of the k. Ir. and Mrs. Henry Matthew and Mr. Mrs. B. F. Keeney, were up from Gosh- Sunday. ' ,Ii8 Rachel Monroe, of Cumas Swule, has a visiting her Bister, Mrs. Jus. (stoops, ut ii place. ;heeD sbearug is in lull blast in our rbood, and dipping will begin as soon they nave done sneunug. 'rof. Powell, of Monmouth, will perhaps :amze and conduct a class in siugiiig at s place in the near future. (The auctioning off of the remaining pro- frty belonging to the Dodson estate will uron ine nisi at. tuo uouson iarm. Jtr. W. L. Briatow went to Monroe last ki, where he bus secured two or three Les in singing. He will be absent about weeks. Hr. B. F. Mulkey and Mr. W. T. Sellurs, o tie attending the State Normal School in here, will graduate from that iustitu u in June next. Jlr. B. B. Rutlcdgb, who spent the winter 'Eastern Oregon, returned Wednesday., lie 11 make a short stay with us, and then re in to Eastern Oregon, where he will re ie in the future. p. Douglas Sellers, who has been snffer $trom the fractnro of a limb, caused by a ;m (ailing on him two or three years ago, jow placed himself tinder treatment of Sharpies, of Eugene. bOBOHUM &AL. Notice. olim in horobv oiven to sheen raisers and niters (lint licrpiiftcr tlll'V lllllfit DrOUCUre roper certincate irom me oeiore ice niov or shipping of sheep, as provided for in n V 4 0' 7. All violations of the act will be prose i to the fullest extent. M. G. Smith, Sheep Inspector for Lane Co., Or. )ated Eugene, Or., May 18, 1887. City Transfers. t lohn Q. Muellur to L. Wilson, land in ulligan's addition; consideration $170. J, A. WiuU'r to H C Brown, lot on Willam 18 street; con $12U0. 0. A. Meriaa to 15. F. Bond, lots in Eu ne; con $'J(!00. (Sidney Potter to May V. Potter, lot in ickard s addition; con $125. List of Letters Itemaininc uncalled for nt the postoffice in JiRene City, Oregon, May 20, 1887. irkms, Mrs Annio JJlurcU, U v ivk, Rev Brother Robinson, P K -Dole, Mr. M. Whitney, J M Persons calling for the above will please T advertised, giving date. a. v. usbubn, r. lu. Don't Believe It ion told that F. M. Wilkins, ths druggist, not selling "Wisdom's Ilobertine" for the nplexion, the most elegant and only really nnlesa preparation of its kind in the Hd, and giving a beautiful picture card th every bottle. Wisrr MrBDBB? A Rosebnrg dispatch of J9 17th says: Mrs Paul Bruckner, who I'M about nine miles south of Roseburg, n found dead this morning in the Umpqua 'M, with her throat cut. At first it was be evedtobe a case of suicide, but it is now ved that she was murdered. There is con- Itrable excitement over the affair here, ao rests have yet been made. Mr. Bruckner young German, and has been in Oregon om eifht to tan TBum. Ilia wife, the dead icman, came out from Germany a few years aoe, and they were married at Roseburg. I A dispatch of the 18th says: "The coro ? er'i jury in the Brock nur case returned a tAnli. i im.. i f owever, is that the poor girl was murder- as outlined in yesterday s dispatcn. A Lost 8hkphebd. We are very solici ' M for the welfare of missimr brother, a j-oent minister of the gospel (so-called) at rnj, wqo lias very mysteriously ueparicu pom the gaze of anxious and inquiring Inendn. ti, T u f . 4W 1H W U.Wiia V(M hen Ust heard of he was in Portland Mailing a remittance or something of the n wiia which to liquidate sundry unpaid pills and his friends fear that he has met mix "fowl".play. . Any advices concerning f-aa. if a bill of $12.40 can be collected, will J thankfully received. McMinnville Re prter. We also mourn the loss of a bill ? the same individual to the extent of $13. f1 preached in Eugene a couple of years. Poa S a i0t of nice show-cases, as jt'Jod as new, at E. R. Lccxrr & Co's. &ORX. In Enigma fitv LfrtV 15. 1SS7. to ae wife of Geo. Collier, a son. ASos. Bor in Junction City, May 14, ,u ne wile of 3lr. PeUr Runey, sou. University of Oregon. Following is the pronrunnno of eiiuuuuuua mont exercis. of the University of Olt noii at Eugene: Sunday June 12, 10 n. m.-Baivulaiireate Sermon, by the ltev. John W. S. llwoo.1, of 1'jist Portland. Tuesday, 14, 10 a. m.-Address Moro tho Literary Societies, by Hon. John II. Mitch ell, of Portland. Evening Reunion of Literary Societies. Wednesday, June 15, 10 a. m. riuntiiig Clusg Tree. Afternoon, 3 o'clock Alnmni Exercises. Eveuii)g-7::i0-Addrcss before the Uni versity, by Hon. Roger S. Greeno, of Wash iiiton Territory. Thursday, June 10, a. m. Annual meet ing oi tne iJoard of Regenbt. 10 a. m. Graduating Exercises. Aftornoon Alumni dinner. There will he ten graduatei, representing Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon and Western Oregou: Eldon M. Brattuiu, Luke; Emily Bristol. Benton: Herbert 8. John- son, ljine; Robert O. Johnson, Lake; Jessie li. Jleuuug, Lane; J rank L. Moore, Baker: LuraMurch. Laue: Edwin O. Potter. Lane; Edward L. Powell, Multnomah; Sep- uiuns n. icneer. Lane. Dexter Pickings. May 19, '87.1 Considerable corn is being planted here iuih seusou. Messrs A. Roney nnd Thos. . Hunsuker spent Tuesday night in Eugene. Work on the bridge to bo built across Liosi creek will begin next week. Mr. Chas. Benrfield has cone to Eugene. where he will work during the summer. Thos. Graham, while slashim; brush one day last week, cut his foot quite severely. Mr. P. H. Biiughman, of Pleasant Hill. made relatives at this place a visit Sunday. Our grangers now assume a sarcustio expres sion of face ; they fear a drought will be next in turn. Hop growers in this vicinity report the vines in excellent condition nnd anticipate a largo crop. Miss Iua Callison, of Eugoue, is wielding the rod in Egypt. They are quite fortunate in securing the services of one so efficient as Miss Callison. Uso Hoo. Twentieth Annivebsaby. Tho Ladies Guild of the Episcopal church nud the Woman's Relief Corps, of the G. A. It., gave Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Craw, a genuine sur prise last Weduesduy evening, it being the twentioth anniversary of their wedded life. They were invited to a meeting at the Epis copal church, where they found about fifty of their friends assembled, and long tables laden with the best of edibles. After tho party had doueamplo justice to the good things provided for the occasion, Rev. Mr. Parker stepped forward and in a neat and becoming speech presented Mr. Craw and wife with a valuuble China tea set cousistinc of 6C piec es. Considering his surprise and embarrass ment, Mr. Craw responded in good style. A very pleasant evening was enjoyod by tnose present. The occasion will be long and pleasantly remembered by Mr. nud Mrs- ;rnw. Talk of Reddcino Tim. Officials in San Francisco ore considering the advisability of reducingXthe time between that city and Portland to forty hours, the reduction to take effect when tho California & Oregon road is open to Cole's. Should this plan be adopted, tho probabilities are that north bound trains will leave San Francisco at 6 p. m. daily instead of 4 p. m. The shorten ing of the time will depend on whether ar rangements can be made for eating stations at suitable dismuces apart. Such rapid pro gress is being made in tunneling on the soutn side of the Siskiyou mountains tliat it is expected that the line to Ashland will be completed by the middle of September, EauEh. AuuuuucouiouIb uf Buvmal coun ty races which are to take place during the coming summer have been announced. The first one is that given by the Lane county agricultural society, to be held May 30th and 31st. Kitty Winters and Occolono, belong ing to Keyes brothers, and Kitty Wells, be longing to Lute Savage, all running stock, left for Eugene yesterday, and will take part in the races there. Soveral more will leave next week. Wednesday's Salem Statesman. The horses arrived Thursday morning and are nov in twining on the track. IlkS been in Tows. The agent for the J. B. Pace Tobaoco Co. of Richmond, Virgin ia, has been in town distributing samples and painting the country red with show cards of their new brand of Plug Chewing Tobacco. Escort. The general verdict of the chewers of the weed is Escobt is simply fine, and we look for a large sale of the brand. The reputation they have for their Scroll Tug Twist is sufficient; they will not put their name to a poor article. Wo say, chew Escort. Mvstebious Disappearance. John B. Hawk, of Coburg, mysteriously disappeared Wednesday of lust week. For some time past he had been working for Mr. G. R. Ward, who lives below that city, and left without collecting his wages. Some of the Eeople in that neighborhood think that be as been foully dealt with, while others be lieve that he has committed suicide, and othors that he has skipped the country, as he was a little in debt. We incline to the latter belief. A Sekiocs Fall. Wednesday morning, as Mr. S. H. Friendly reached the top of a tall step-ladder for the purpose of adjusting the prices to an immense pile of Spring Goods, they suddenly dropped with a dull, sickening thud the prices we mean. Mr. Friendly says there will no effort to raise them again, and, as a natural consequnce, the place to get your new Spring Goods at prices way down is at Friendly's. Delegates, I. 0. O. F. Lane county lodges were represented as follows in the Grand Lodge at Portland this week : Spen cer Bntte No 9 J W Cherry, R M Day and J R Cumpbell. Oasis No 41-D. C. Bruce and R. P. Caldwell. West Point No 02 Jasper Wilkius nnd 8 Skinner. Cottage Grove No. 08 D P Burton and 8 Veatch. Springfield No. 70 T. O. Maxwell. Irving No. 7'J J M Kitchen and 8 E McClure. rnTirrr T.i-r T)r T W Shelton has let the contract for tho building of an elegant , . .1 . u :.l residence ou nis property on ins mum uuo of Skinner's Butte to Messrs Roney A Abrams. The terms of the contract are pri vate but we learn that the residence will cost about $3,000. This will be one of the hand somest residences in our city. Fakes Redcced. The C. & C. railroad company announce that they have reduced through-rate fares as follows: From Port land to Sacramento or San Francisco, first class, limited, f 22; unlimited, ?M; emigrant, limited, $1j. These rates went into effect Monday. Lost. Somewhere between Eugene and Irving, an overcoat, last Wednesday. The findi-r will please leave the same at this office land be liberally rewarded. Brevities. Decoration Day May 30th. The crops are now growing fast. Maple sugar cakes at the City Grocery GomrlK-rri. are now ou sale iu the mar Portland has raised $1,000 for the Nunaimo iiiiertrs. Mechanics aud laborers are now nearly ull r;. The weather in Indiana is decidedly Dem ocratic uow. Read Sheep IusWtor Smith's notice in una issue. Maple sugar cakes nt the City Grocery try your luck. Smoke the "Guess" cigar at the Grocery Six for 25 cents. Street work is being actively indulged in ijr uui ICItllirHCrS. See change in the 0. P. R. Co's advertise ment tins week. Seed oats for salo in Farmer's Warehouse, Inquire of Bettman. A fow mire chances ou the Ret of dishes leu at tuo uly lirocer , Burker the guusmilhchangei Itis ndveitiso- uieui mis weeic. Ilea a it. Our motor and presses have I "en busy this week turning out jot work. Governor Pasco has been elected United suites Senator from Florida. The proprietors of the ice houses are now ui'uveruig pure irozen aqua. Rev. McDonald preached at the M. E. Church lust Sunday evening. Snow in the Cascade range of inountuius is reported to be unusually heavy. Stone is being hauled for the foundation oi ut. siielton s new residence. Edward E. Davis was appointed last Wed nesday postmaster of Uarnsburg. Scarlet fever has broken out among the students of tne Willamette University at So lem. Soveral horses have arrived from Salom to take part m the mens one woek from Mon day. Smoke the noveltv at the Cilv Groaorv. The old stand by. The best 5 ct. cigar in tne city. Mr. Walker Hinton, formerly of this coun ty, lias taken np a ranch on Camp Creek, irooK county. The "Tigers," of Salem, will send a hose team to the State Firemen's Tournament to be held at Vancouver. The railroad switches here are being placed in first-class condition by Section Foremen U linen and Lawson. The Oregon Pacifio's steamship Eastern Oregon arrived in San Francisco from the East last Wednesday. Al. Churchill ran a pitchfork into ono of his feet this week. In conscqueuco thereof ne carries a walking stick. Wo understand thnt Hon R. B. Cochran will have a haudsome r jsidonee built on his farm below Coburg this Summer. When you want groceries d' n't fnil to call and get prices at the City Grocery. Yon will get good goods and honest "veight. Come to the City Grocery and talk with us we will give yon our prices, and then yon can buy whothcr or not just nit you see fit. , An elegant and costly mounmeut was placed over the grnve of the late Hon. J. H D. Henderson, iu Odd Fellows cemetery, last week. Geo M Miller will furnish information nnd sell farm rights for the combined wire aud picket fence during our absence. - J. P. Sweet k Co The Woman's Relief Corps. G. A. R.. will give a Literary Entertainment at Rhinehart's Hall, May 27th. Refreshments will be served. All are invitod to participate. The Eugene Social Club gave their last dance of the season last 8ihiisy eYsnicff at iminenart s rarlors. it was fairly attendod. As a family medicine, the Oregon Blood Purifier has no equal. It has proved Hfelf a certain and efficacious remedy for all dis eases caused by an impure state of the blood. We have boen informed by a prominent contractor that the amount expended for buildings in Eugene during this yaer will ex ceed that of last year by at least $50,000. And still we prosper. Rev. Geo. A. MoKiuk y, of this city, has accepted an invitation to deliver lecturo before the literary society of the Albany Col lege, on June llllh. He has chosen for his subject, "Life Lesson from Hugh Moore." Two prizes of )300 i.nd 1200 f,.r the best drilled Millitary companies have been offer ed by the State Agricultural Association, to he competed for at the coming State fair. What's tlie matter with "our company" car yiug off th9 prize? "There should be a liberal response to the call for aid for those who suffered so terribly through the great mine disaster in Oregon, says an editorial in the San Francisco Chron-i icle. Will these San Francisco newspsper men never learn a little geography? Many of the farmers and business men of Columbia and Walla Walla counties have been roped into the Western Mutual Benev olent Association, a fraud concern of Beat rice, Nebraska. It is said the agents of this concern are now making a tour of Eastern Oregon. Pass them by; they are bilks. Joaquin Miller, in one of his spicy letters describing the spotted horses of the Oregon Valley, that is surrounded by snow-crowned mountains, says: "And why are the horses spotted here? Look at the spotted moun tains that encircle us here, and then go and read the story of Jacob and his spotted sticks and the cattle troughs in your family Bible. Cuivallis Chronicle: Judge Wm. M. Simp sou, of Portland, arrived in Corvallis last Saturday, and since that time has been en gaged iu canvassing the city for the parallel Bible, a work for whioh he is the general agent of the State. The Judge is a brother of Sam L. Simpson, Oregon's most gifted bard, and is himself a writer of great ability. We bid him welcome. Brigadier General Siglin hat announced that he will appoint on his staff the follow ing: Assistuut adjntant generul, Thos. G. Owen, of Marshfield; quartermaster goneral, L. II. Montnync, of All iny; aiibs de-camp, Isaao A. Manning, of Salem, nnd Palmer Wheat, of Portland, li e two first named will have the rank of captain, aad the latter two tho rank of first lieutenant. The gover nor will issue the com nissious to date from May 20. E. McD. Johnston, of the San Francisco Call, and C. II. Tibbetts, both in the em ploy of the Southern Pacific, were in this city to-day taking views and notes prepara tory for descriptive newspaper articles and other publications, setting forth the scenery and general resources of this portion of the State. The Southern Pacific, they say, since securing the O. k C. road desire to at tract attention to the Willamette Valley and has photographers and writers busily en gaged describing in glowing terms the scen ery of that part of Oregon through which the road runs, with a view of advertising the country. Albany, Oregon, dispatch, May 17th. Choice syrups at Sladden & Sou's. Trout fishing is now said to be good. Read the locals on the first page of this issue. The street sprinkler lias put in an appear ance. Wall paper at MoCoruack k Collier's Book Store. Cash paid for poultry and eggs at Sladden it Son's. The parks in the Court House Square are looking finely. . Read Mr B Goldsmith's advertisement of money to loan. The 9:55 p. m. train is visited by a Inrge number of our citizens. The stone work around the old county vault has been torn away. We are informed that travel on the Eugene Express is increasing. They say Goldsmith pays more for wool than any one in Eugene. A marriage license has been issued to John Ilaselcton and Anna Wygant. Call aud see the new shape that svrun is putnp in ut Sladden k Son's. Mr. John Davis, the tailor, has moved iuto his new shop on Ninth streot. A few days more of pleasant weather will bring strawberries into tn market. Memorial Day will be duly commemor ated by the G. A. R. Camp of this eity. The new marble shop built for Hiokethier & lurrell by J. it. ltoam is oompleted. The National Bunk Block has received a coat of paint and looks quito handsome. Mr. J. R. Ream is having a huge sign painted ou ths side of his furniture shop. Mr. Wm. Alton, ot Cresswell, was con veyed to the insane asylum last Saturday. Peck's Bad Boy Co played to a fair aud-. ience at Rhinehart's Hull last Tuesday even iug. On account of the crowded state of our col umns we are again forced to issue a supple ment, Babv Carriaees aud Toy Wnpona at re duced prices at McCoruuck & Collier's Book More. Judgo Walton and Mr. A. G. novoy at tended the Grand Lodgo I. O. O. V. at I'ortland this week. Mr Maurice Abrams, who formerl y attend ed the University here is now running a ci gar store in Roseburg. If you want to get bargains it will pay you to read Mr. F. B. Dunn's now advertisement in another column. Salem also intends celebrating the coming Fourth of July. What is Eugene going to do about celebrating? Mr James Ramsey has received the con tracts for plastering the new Titus building and tne Alasonio Temple. Mr. Geo. A. Dorris is building a handsome cottage in the western portion of town. Mr. W. 11. Alexander is the contractor. Bricklaying oommenced on the new Titus building last Thursday morning. Mr Bell man has the contract for laying the brick. A petition is being circulated asking the council to pass a law to prevent cows from niuuiiig at targe iu tuis ony even iu iua uny time. The race one week from next Saturday be tween "Rimroek Belle" and "Garfield," for a purse of 11,000, will be a very exciting allair. It is now confidentially stated that the Electric Light Co of this city will bnve their plant in operation in four mouths from this date. MrR M Day was elected this week nt Portland Grand Patriarch of the I O O F Grand Encampment. We offer our con gratulations. An entirely new stock of Birthday, Re ward and Sunday School Cards has just been received from the East at AloCornack & (Jol lier's Book Store. A large number of horses have already been entered for the races May 30th and 31s. They will be warmly contested and witnessed by a large crowd. ; The Grand Lodge 1 0 O F. has had a fine portrait of ex-Grand Master J JValton made to bang in their hall in Portland. It was uiado at Winter's gallery this city. The night watch at the depot has been dispensed with and an engine wiper now looks eut for the inteiests of the railroad oompany's property during the night. A social dance will be given at Rhinehart's Parlors, Saturday evening, May 2Hth. Musio by Watt, Christian, Moore and Croner. A goneral invitation to all. Tickets, $1.00, Mr. Wilson, who purchased of J. B. Rhinehart the vacant lot just west of his theatre a few months since, we understand, will erect a brick on the same during the summer. Mr. Chas. Laner went to Portland Thurs day morning to meet his sister from New York City, who will visit here during the Summer. They will arrive here by this af ternoon's Express train. Having established connection with Cali fornia agents I am now prepared to give my patrons the benefit of the very best medium for selling real estate ever offered there. Uio. al. MILLER. A peculiar sight was that of two tramps lying on brake beams on the overland train last Thursday night. A third was rustling for a berth and condemning his "pards" for not giving him room. Rev George Hill who has just graduated from the Rochester Theological College, has received a call from the East Portland Bap tist Church. He will, leave Rochester for his home here in a few days. Through travel ha greatly increased on the O C R. R. since the new time sched ule went iuto effect. It now takes three stage coachs to transfer the passengers be tween the ends of the two railroads. Mr S Mereaa has purchased of Frank Bond 189 acre of land near Irving for the sum of $C,000, putting in his town property on Willamette street for $2000. Mr Merean will plant a large orchard on the place in the near future. Next month the regent of the State Uni versity meet, aud the outcome will prob ably be the organization of a new medical college in this city. Already some eighteen or twenty physicians have signified their willingness to join tbe new movement, sev eral of whom were formerly connected with the faculty of the old college. Sunday Wel come. We are informed that Fritz Muntz, of Sprague River, after disposing of his prop, erty, forfeited his bond of $0000 which be gave in the case when he was arrested for killing an Indian last full and has skipped the country. Lakeview Examiner. Muntz is well known by all old time resideut of Lane county, having been engaged in the furniture business in Eugene for several years. Harney Vullv Ituna: A few davs since as Mr. M. Fenwick was taking the shoe off a vicious horse tbe animal reared np and when he came down alighted with his forward feet on Mr. Fenwick's bead. Mr. Lampshire passing that way found Mr. F. in an insensi. Lie condition, but he soon revived and is all J right now." Mr. Fenwick was a lesidi nt of Siuslaw preci net for years. 1 Personal. Mr. Al J. llouck was in Eugeno Thursiluy. Postmaster Currin visited Eugene Thurs day. Mr. O, R. Bean, of Lower Siuslaw, is in town. Mr. T. J.'Gill was in town soveral days (hi woek. . Mrs C W Fitch visitod the metropolis last aiomiay. Mrs. John Brown, Sr., is much improved iu neauu. Mr Frazier the fonndrymnn visited Port land Tuesday. Miss Bessie Day visited friends iu Tort land this week. Mrs Chas Baker has been quite sick, but is now mucn better. Mr. neury Baxter went to Portland last Wednesday morning. Commissioners Green and Day were in rown yesterday. Mr. J. C. Alford is confined to his resi deuce with measles. Hon. Enoch Hoult, of Harrisbnrg, was In bugone last Wednesday. Mr. R. V. Howard tho Junction mill man was in town yesterday. Mrs Geo. Sterns, of Oakland, visitod friends in Eugene this week. Messrs S II Friendly and X Humphrey visited I'ortland tins week. Mr Houston, railroad agent at Junction, was in Eugene lust Sunday. Mr J A Ebberta last Monday morning left on a visit to Idaho Territory. Mr. 8. J. MrCracken, of Portland, was in Eugene last Thursday afternoon. Rev. A. 0. Wooley, of Brownsville, pnid Eugene mends a visit last Thursday. Rev. Wm. Houston, of Junctiou, was in the county seat last Thursday afternoon. Mr Elderkin, Secretary of the Northwest Insurance (Jo was in Eugeue last Thursday. Mr. C. A. Cole, Of tho Corvallis Chronicle, paid this office a pleasant visit Inst Wednes day. Mr Chas F Baxter ot Mohnwk has gone to Crook comity whero ho will spend tho sum mer. Sheep Inspector Smith went to Junction one day this week to inspect a car load ot sheep. Mr. Scott Siler is in Eugene being troatod by Dr. Harris with the new consumption remedy. Ben. F. Jones, one ot Portland's wholesale hoys spent 'Thursday night in town. Ed Harris also. Roadmastor Wait of Junction was in Eu gene two or three days this week on railroad business. Mrs. Prof. Condon wont to The PbIIcb Inst Monday to attend the Stato W. 0. T. U. Convention. Judge Bean loft for Coos county Thurs day for the purpose of holding a term of Circuit Court. Uncle Johnny Diamond ot Coburg, left on a visit to Ohio and the Eastern States last Monday. Mr. Chas. Stouffor, City Recorder of Cot tage Grove, made this office a pleasant visit Thursday. Mr. John D. Brown and Mrs. F. J. Bealo left for their homes in Umatilla county last Monday morning. 4 Mr Owen Osburn of Brownsville was in Eugene several days this week visiting rela tives and friends, Mr. John R. Foster, of Albaay, is in Eu gene, caring after his son who is quite ill with consumption. Attornoy Condon, Mrs M P Spiller and Prof Strnub visited Salem last Saturday, re turning home Sunday evening. Gov. S. F. Chadwick gave this office a pleasant visit last Thursday afternoon. Ho went south on the 0:55 train tho sumo even ino, Bishop B. Wistar Morris, ot the Episcopal Church, was iu town sovorul days this week attending to business pertaining to church matters, State Sunt, of Publio Instruction, E. B. MoElroy of Sulem and Mr. W II Dickson of Portland were registered at the Hoffman House last Wednosday. Mr. A. Tilton, who has beon working for Mr. A. Goldsmith for some time, returned to his old home In Iowa Friday, where he will permanently reside iu the future. Mr. Geo. Foster, of Albany, was brought to this city last Saturday to be treated by Dr. Sharpies with the new consumption remedy. He is stopping at Mrs. Uminley's. Five young mon were triod before Justioe Kinsey, last Thursday, on the charge of trcs- f musing on land belonging to Mr. Chamber ain, who lives on Forn Ridgo. The jury gave a verdiot of acquittal . Mr. Casper Sharpies, who has been attend ing tb medical department of the Universi ty of Pensylvania for the past two years, je turned home lust Tuesday evening on a vis it to relatives and friends. He will return to school in the Fall. Mr J M Sharp and family of Ventura county, Cul , are hero visiting relntives nnd friends. Mr Sharp is an old' time Oregon iau although be has not lived here for a number of years. He reports a veritable boom in Southern California, land having gone in many instances from $100 per acre to S'iOO during the past year. A good place for til rich he says, but the poor cannot afford tra nivn tiitifi I The north bound train wa two hours be. hind time Thursday morning. The session laws ot the recent Legislature have been received. - Geo. M. Miller is having some fine photo- grspio views of Eugene prepared to be neat ly framed and sent to the leading hotels of Sun Francisco. Bishon Morris administered the rites ot confirmation according to the ceremonies of the Episcopal church on seven candidates Thursday evening. County Commissioners Court met in siileiul session yesterday at 10 a. m., for the purpose ot considering the building of a new Court House. After discussion until 3:30 p. in., by citizens, the Court adjourned without taking any action whatever. Al. J. Houck came np from Portlund Thursday bringing Ohio and Iowa gentlemen with him. The gentlemen were favorably impressed with the country and one of them baa returned to Portland to bring his wifo, after which they will be among our perma nent residents. Few if any places in Oregon are indicating a healthier, mora reliable growth than Eu gene. With a good location, fine water worxs ana emerpnsing uiwiueii im-n, ii surging ahead with remarkable steadfast ness. As a rival Albany bus more to fear from it than from Haieui, which, though growing slowly, is probably limited in its population, as most Slate capitals, which nearly always occupy an inferior position an a State develops. Unlike other Ktnte.i Ore gon has centralized its State bnildings there, a very bad practice, one though which gives the city iu position iu postal matteis. Albany Democrat. A Progressive Age, win THE FRANCHISE NOT REQUIRED. WISDOM'S -vs.- AH Other Preparations of a Like Nature. On Iria Verdict In Favor of tYlsilom's Uobcrlinc -Found Scpcr ior to Anything of Its Kind Ever Discovered. THE CLAIM OF THE PROPRIETORS FULLY ENDORSED. Keiul the following Opinion lYom the lmtUititc Hoi'lety Indian of Iort lanil.Hiin I'YtmoiHoo uul Chicago: "I have been prejudiced ngainst all cos metics in liquid form, believing, liko many others, that they always contained some harmful Ingredients, but at the urgeut solid tation of a friend who was using your Rob ertine, 1 tried it, and to my surprise and sat isfaction it produced tbe most charming effect of anything I hnd ever nsod, leaving the skin soft and smooth. Kobcrtine will always form an important part ot my toilet. ituowiug it, i consider h an important ac cessory. "I havo used nearly every preparation for improving the complexion to be had, and I can any frankly Robertine suits me bettor thuu anything I have ever triod." "Having used your Robertine, and liking it so well, I have introduced it to my friends. AH pronounce it perfect." - ; "I have bid farewell to 'powder? since using Kobcrtino. Its powers aro wonder ful. ,? A lady In Sun Francisco writes: "Ploaso send me one dozen Robertine, but don't imagine it is all for myself, but for friends I .I..I.I....I 1 11..,- Ill I... ....... wuu Uliva uiuuucu lul'iut All univ m- pled miiio, and say it is just lovely." 'Unlike anything! have ever used, it givos the complexion such a delicate tint, and docs not leave the skin dry and rough." 'It docs all you claim for it. Its virtues will advertise it wherever known." "Iu commending your excellent Robertine I cannot refrain from mentioning the artistio and suggestive design of the label, portray ing innocence, purity and art, all of which it gives me pleasure to say it justly niorits." An oporatio star known so well to Port land has spoken so highly of it that it is but proper to iiiiote the lady's testimony among others: "It is tho finest nreiwnitiim I have ever used, aud is a decided acquisition to a lady' toilot." The originals of the above can be seen on Jliiiir at the I'hnrmucv of W. M. Wisdom. 1'ortiuud, ur.j We could go ou quoting from the friends of Roliertiue until wo had filled column after column, but the above is sufficient to show the universal satisfaction the article i giving. Probably no preparation of it kind ever Introduced here or elsewhere has iu so short . time enjoyed such nn extraordinary sale. Though it has been on the market but a few mouths, its sales have reached many thou sand bottles, nnd the demand is steadily in creasing. P ifectlf Harmless. Wisdom' Robertine is gold by all Lending Druggists throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and British Columbia. F. M. WILKINS, Agent. Eugene City. Or. Positively Invisible,