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EUGENE CITY GUARD. TELEGRAPHIC. COAST CULLINGS. CONGRESSIONAL. OREGON NEWS. AGRICULTURAL a.lCAHrBKLL. . . trprletr. EUOENE CITY, OREGON. Turks are twenty-seven Japanese tudenU t the Michigan University. Thk deepest drilled well in the United States ii near TitUburg, I'enn. A depth of 4,618 was reached when the tools were lost and the work ceased. Jli Epitome of the Principal Erecti Now attracting PaLlie Interest Victoria Lkk, aged 16, polygamous daughter of John D. Lee, the Danite chief of Utah, committed suicide, at Winslow, Ariz., after a dance, by tak ing laudanum, and died in a few hours. No cause is assigned. It is a curious fact that while Queen Victoria speaks German in her home circle, the present German Empress disregards it in hers and uses English as much as possible. English is the fireside tongue of the Greek, Danish and Russian royal families. It is proposed to erect a monument to the memoiy of John Eliot, the 'apostle to the Indians," in Eliot equare, Koibury, Mass., and unveil it t the two hundredth anniversary of his death, which occurs in about two years. Tux I'ingtu gold mines, the copper mines of I'ing-chuan, the galena milieu of Jelio, and other mineral de posits of Northern China are about to te worked on western principles and by modern machinery, under the sup erintendence of Mr. Church, a mining engineer engaged by the Chineso Government Tub theaters of London 250 and they give employment to 15,' 000 people. There are in the United States about OOoplay-liout-es giving employment to an army. TRe sums Iaid for annulments in this coif itry aggregate 11,000,000 a day, bttf man agers complain that moat of this gjies to the railroads, e Devoted Prinripallj to Washington'' Territory and California. Unit city of Savanntdi, Ga., ao longer tines river water, a siojioieirt eupply being derived from .arttsian wells. There are now 'fourteen of these wells at the water-worlu and four more ar being9bored. They cost about f 1,000 apiece, and those iRiw runningurnish 6,000,901? gallons of wales daily. Probably tfavaroiaii is the only city in the world thus jilied with wator.0 b. . akki.ky h mysterious mofcr will soon bo inspected under the jr lere of the Pennsylvania court. Ben nett C. Wilson claims that in 18i!, Keeley, who was then poor, aligned him half of his invention. He has asked the court R) appoiift experts who will be sworn to sccecy, but who will have the right to insist that the motor be taken to pieces and the lowcr revealed. Lewis J. Williams, medical dieector. United States navy (retired), died at Baltimore, Mil.; in his t'Jlh year. The principal business block Cherokee, K., burned. The Ions between f 75,000 and f 100,000. An explosion occurred in a dyna mite factory at Grenoble, France, Nine persons were killed and others seriously injured. At Omaha, Neb., Peter Vergo, mechanic, in a moment of jealousy cut Ins yonng wile's throat with a ra zor so that she will die, and then at tempted suicide by cutting his own II is wound is not fatal. The will of the late John Roach the well known ship builder, was filed for probate at New York. Roach leaves all his estate to be divided among the members of his family and their children. Mrs. G. W. Turpin, wife of a promi ent business man of Weatherford, Texas, was stabbed fourteen times in the heart, and killed, by her father, J. N. Alston, against whose wishes she married. Fire originating in the eas of the foundry department of the Wood Reaper Works at Youngstown, Ohio., made that expensive plant a mass of ruins. 1 he loss is a quarter of a mil lion, insurance, $80,000, Members of the Salvation ArrrfV a sembled in Congress hall, London, to witness the marriage of Gen. Booth's second daughter, Emma, to Mr, Tucker, an ex-officer in the Indian civil service. Seven thousand persous were present Mr. and Mrs. J. J. I&ynolds arrived on the morning train from Las Vegas, IV. w. Un the way to a hotel . Mr. Reynolds let a pistol fall from pockgt of an ovcrcW he had on bis arm. j tie Hammer striking the pave ment, the revolver whs dischalowW, the numhor i "no "WiKing MrF. KcynoWta ir lite neart, ailing ncr lwiajuiy. Forty farmers of Auhtoid mi other Southern Kansas' poiafci organ ized a Vigilance Comuhtue and nnftfe a raid dh a biffed tf Indium. Fous of tke britad ywm ciwgbt and a ft wo g up, to lift nem&l twee. Nine Ma we wte ttfifred info the trad k&s of tke CWw-ola-e stiia md bpm now HwwHBided u a (h4! nii. They nefn.se to HwsendUr, ana tne herwew propose to tfeaue then md nafttg throa. JHss M. Axskoa Jenes (bopped, cfcicd Kt Boston, Iffciss., of lft'iwst'dteeKW), irt too HJotel i ndoioe, ifoaunz a tuvoo tioa winch she wis eivwy. Hie bad bcn cwUud niwm foe a sonnr, imd cave A ' .... a Miocnoa, a revision of whaoh mi requested. Ia wspoAse she sffiaf brrizh of mother song, bot in tke iraihKo of t4oj second vete'siod t ttft) tRior aw ewp fired almost isamon! sop- uceuly. In the French chamber and Senate there are no less than eighteen differ ent cliques. The republicans are di vided into the left ami the left center, the extreme left and some three or four other Btualler factions. The two Unit represent the conservatives or op ItortunifU. To them belong CuriR.t, Ferry, Raynal, Rouvier, Ribaud, the !fjmhli(ju JVatkxiifi and tho majority of tho senate. The extreme left is led by Dr. Clomenceau on tho floor and in tho tribune or tho ohar.iher of depu ties; in tho president's chair of that A niftseDunr trow oja tke Erie rail road, which left BnacKord, Pa.,coHidtd wo a neitut tnnoa at a ponxt ix nfen befcw tiie cty. Tbw noawy oaw oi woaa me twavhot trmo ma com posed, togetkoea with two eetgiocft-s, woe pkiea tip m a nmpeless ratms. The en ginwias ana liremna of both trmas saved Wioir lives by jumping, t the passenger engineer was severely, though not totally injured. None of the passengers sustained hetal injuries, Tho State Normal school at Terre Haute, Ind , waa burned completely except the walls. Eight hundred pupils were in the building when the hrg hroko out, all of whom escaped without a scratch. Thy lost, how ever, moHt of their books and wraps In iiruanco of the policy of the State there was no insurance on the structure. Its cost was $18H,000, of which tho city of Terre Haute gave 80,000, in addition to the grounds. An exploaion in a mino three miles The Central school building at Seat tie, W. T., was burned to the ground, Charles E. Broyles, register of the land office at Del Norte, Colorado, has resigned. An old man, a stranger, was knocked down by the Hinta Monica, Cal freight train and cruslied to death. Ho Yung, the celestial smuggler captured at nan t rancisco, was re leased on f 1,000 cash bail. He is not expected to appear for trial. Mrs. S. J. Evans hat been appointed postmistress at Tualco, Snohomish county, Washington territory, in place of J. c.. Dinallman, resigned. A snooting an ray occurred near Summit Lake, Cal., between A. M. Bentley and I. W. Hitchcock, farm ers, which resulted in the death of the latter. The trial of Dr. I. A. Powell, at Redmond City, Cal.. who shot and killed Ralph Smith, editor of the Tiwt Gaz-ttf, wag begun in the Su perior Court. Benjamin Anderson, aged 58. fell dead in a saloon on Montgomery street. Han t rancisco. Deceased was brother-in-law of Jim Keene, the millionaire, but for several years past nas not uvea with ins wile. The Kootenai Indians, near Helena. Montana, are .in an ugly condition They0are threatening to avenge the hanging of three of their number by whites for murder. The governor has ucen cailea on for tijops. The will of Bertha Berton, lafe pro prietress of a San Francisco restau rant, was died for probate by bar hus band, Flavien Berton. Deceased left an estate valued at something near WO ,690, which she leaves to Jier ha batfd tfnd two hildsn. Jawes MWen, a hid 18 years of ii rs, was killed abomd life schooner KD, at Sun Franoisc When Bear the Uif of frke awwetniiriWhe ymrtWaJ sailor Tost km hold awd feU to the bawd deed Miny fey bew, crushing his slonU atfd oearjiBiag Mmtuwt feah. Job Cool, a WaJoaam of tho SeaKher R&Uk Rmdway Compmy, whs fofend on rtre tMv& mfcarwMoay, btocOy brtweiawnf cu, near f&ba, CaJ. lie titbkr fcfi from tfoi top of car or mm ttaew off by taok8 who wwee rteafexg a rid ot the bhtrd ifHRawi. Mm SSSamkiiw, a ticcn-ctur. mot wfrfa a bil aewfthnat at rim Frwoo. J9 wow dwig m Qimptf ci(4 ciK axqsoss a xtwdl bridyjs, wln a bwwy trwk liKiVa aih iron eppwivehfld in the op posite daMaV, Tlrc twvAicKs o)iidvd,,H,nkiw w tboriwu lHm n acta, and whk4 of the Iwick paused ovit nw nena, nursling his moA aaoi cimnktg iiiKftiart dth." The pavilion whwe the 6jA citrm biir wm WM was bwroPed U the griwod ai Jtiwrsicte, Cal.; afeo the trick Wcl adjoWng, cuatamg Welfa, Fargn & Co.'s exrees oc. rh loss oa tl pavikin h i.OOO ; insarnwee 0,000. Oa Welfa. Tun I- Co. bk, ertisoathid f-W.eOO, and the iortwiwse WMrly cflvers tin loss. Tfe we wjw ciwwea Dv the eiiiosan nf a lawp ia lighting up th pavilioA. A trauedy (wok place at Twin Bridge, Jboanrt. Tha victim, a ntm diawed Day, who Bapt a saloon there we touna dead niir h a place. Th murderer, after killing Day. peered a quantity of coal oil oer the bodv ami set fire to it. When discovered it wn burned to an iinrncHrnial,U One Kline is under arrest on suspic- Legislation Pertaining to the Interest Everything of General Interest in I of the Pacific Coast MEMATK. The nomination of Consul-General Rathbone was discussed in secret ses eion nearly two hours and the point of action was reached. A test vote showed an overwhelming majority in favor. Senator Jones s bill paying the State of Nevada $11,840 for the equipping of volunteers during the late war has been favorably considered by the senate commute on claims. Senator Stewart presented to the senate a petition from the board of trade of Boise City, I. T., praying for the passage of a bill for the issuance of silver certificates, which tlwll circu late as money. Senator Sherman, from the com mittee on foreign relations, reported a resolution as an amendment to one offered by Stewart, requesting the prenident (in view of the difficulties and embarrassments which have at tended the immigration of Chinese laborers, under the limitation of treat ies with China) to negotiate a treaty with the empeior of China containing a provision that no Chinese laborers shall enter the Uhited States. Senator Dolph lias reported his bill to the senate authorizing the secretary I or war to purchase the necessary land at the mouth of the Columbia and Yaquina fcay for the improvement of these two waterways. I t is proposed to construct a railroad some twelve miles in length, at the mouth of the Columbia, and bring material from a quarry to the point where the im jiiuvi-mcni oi me nioum ot the river is being carried on. A joint resolution requesting the president to open negotiations with the government o Great Britain and the Dominion of Canada, for the nurnose of having the Welland canal free to Merchant shipB of the United stapes, ai also for the construction ojid opening of a free ship canal from tto Bay of Fundy to tl?e Gulf of St. Lapwwpce, at the jant expense oPboth atsotw. The president is also re qnesVed to etr upon negotiations wifch tBe pucker authorities to secure to Anwriean. vessola ofreedoro of the Fpo8d tanai to unite the Atlantic ad Pacific oceans, and afeo to Jake MwUspr steps to oUaia an American meooWntiii servwe. . Www hflttmrappeBed bofor the ftawt ciaanxittee tw Military afPiirs, awd presented th claim of the fcjtale evsrfa ior wtmey paid by that state dufiocg t8 civil, war for enroll- wwt, pay, and transportation of troops. The Htate paid $11J,800 Air ing thjwur kn this purpose, which it ui.ii.weu, ana upon winch sum it has already paid i9,S97 interest.0 The KRttv now arias Jhat this sum be re "" j iu ai uw uijje tho expense wiu- uvurjeu an otiicer of the govern Bttwt promised that the state should Lit TWliJ f.iW m!1 .11 ..O -v n.4 m muiiejr expeisieu m the equipwent, pay aRd transportation of uoops eoBixoj-eo: to djefend the over law rtajw Un, aad other purposes, Condensed Form. Roseburg has finished a $30,000 school building. The president has appointed Daniel W. Butler, of Wasco, to be Indian ageutat the Warm Springs agency. There are 488 patients in the Salem acyjum, me largest number tvar in carcerated there. During a wind storm the roof on the large warehouse at Coburg, was nearly ail blown away. The school houee ou the west fork of Birch creek caught fire anil burned to the ground. Fruit trees never bloomed heavier th in this year, says a Eugene City paper. During the past month it is esti mated that about $45X00 worth of real estate has changed hands in the vicinity of Corvallis. Hiram Smith, a prominent citizen of Harrisburg, died of neuralgia of the heart, after an illness of two months. A small barn belonging to the Curl estate, in East Salem, was burned. The origin was probably incendiary ; loss, $100. A young man named Juhn Henrv. while fooling with a pistol at Albanv. accidentally shot himself through the nanu. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State at Salem of the Oregon Spiritualist So ciety of Portland, in the sum of $200. Young Nesbit, accomplice of John Booth in the telegraph office burglary, was brought down to Salem from Eugene, examined and bound over in 250 bonds. The residence of Ike Herron. en gineer on the 0. 8. L. at Huntington, was totally destroyed by lire. The tire was discovered in time to save Mr. Herron's boy from a horrible death. Charlns Walton, of IbAnnn a or ait 17 years, while handling a box of now- , iguiicu n wun a match. The explosion burnt the young man severely about the hands and face, but it is thought not fatally. l he water works question was mih. mitted to a vote of the people of Mil ton, and carried by an overwhelming majority. A good, substantial rtl unr for tireVrotection and domestic ue! will be put in immediately. Two boys named Caldwell. and 14 years, who live in the Gold Hill district, were arrested m-t.ni.lv f.. threatening the life of Max Jacoby of I It . t ..1 mi i . piiice. iney nave been lodged Devoted to the Interests of tad 8tockmen. How to Feed Hon Construct your troughs for f hogs, so that each hog cannot priate more than a foot m Have division, by mean? 0f ? 'j fenced yards so arranged that a i 11 three sizes of pigs can .lip be divided into th -L V have a trough to eat from "!Lk have a trough to eat from ZH pouring the swill into the trouZ' ft thesma l d m th .;n "'.'. ."v.. viio uioi, uU(j QUl QJ JJjg Hlto way 0( Thea the older ones. safe. u (in take the second grade, and tl'iey S I1 liu" ttnd out VI vi -uc buii mrger ones. In a manner a factor . . lni and grade his hogs iuTaU g manage a large number and haLL! get a proper share of bmH I Kb get hurt. Do not underbill, , Dul yo hogs on grass alone. They 2 at least one ear of corn ptr dayloS them heat and to neutralize the 12 arising from eating the grass. A ton supply of ashes and slt should S kept in reach all the time. Charedd is a great neutralizer of rM d. cobs are good. Remember that clu 1 full nf uMA - iuttx v NWIUf llllli It. soon leads to disease, ur stomal, An rtnnnA . t i"""""' 'o wuiui a pouua of in this case. cure" EunlliiKe. 0BXO3CO einOX, iCbHvRA Fancy roll, if ft 30 cannot be ascertained. Instantly an explosion of gunpowder wfts liear.l. ---v."."-uu, rreyeinei. j lagged beliuut were caught by the 1011 When the announcement was made at San Francisco that one Dr. Reme had attempted tookidnap Florence Blythe, heir to the millions of tho Blylhe estate, not much was thnnvbt. of tho circumstance, as Rcnft is con sidered a half-witted individual. Miss uiythes grandfather. J. C. Vttv l . ; 7 1 - . J ' I'luiiiiH nnv nnii.,,it. ... i. . .. . from Corrilos, N. M.. x-curred. The "VrC. ' "l? shifts, n the n,,e were about cjjang- .0 tho plot under the influence of Z ,.ti"l,,!lr"V!;f lng f.r.m $10,000 if Florence f 1 1 1 i - T , 11 u,e M,K"1 Could tie captured. mtu i miihi, mr Winn reason Tho present premier, Floquet, is in the very first rank of French statesmen, and has formed the second ablest lain Istry that France has had since tho German armies left her soil. Frey- cinet is a civil engineer by profession, and Goblet is a manufacturer. Pkokkhhor Human leaped fioru a lalloou at Jackson, Mich. The first, attempt at at-cension was a failure, but the second one was a success, and the air-ship soon reached a bight of 1,000 foet At this elevation the baloon teemed to stand still, and by the aid of glasses Hogan could be seen edg ing over the side of the car. Suddenly a cry went up. "He's jumped," and the crowd craned their necks to so the plosion and blown One of tho men is named John bin. The other is unknown. The town of Boca, Cul., ia on the is ma. mo ouucuiiy origi nated between tho admirers of two women. '1 he factions finally formed, and the town is now divided' into two 10 ex- Cog- tv.,d ul..,. !... : . .i i.i ... niv.i, un, u iS iiiuugni ne win re cover, fleck frii-mly ..,in,,l,i .... Alxiut 100 laborers, emnlovn.1 nn nosed assailant i no lennoHt tunnel, near CnmLN hioneral row ttlr til til A tit u twt land Gap, struck for $1 50 per day. badly cut and injured. The brewerv i Ins the contractors refused, and meu sent word strikers tH)sted notices throughout the 10 take the town. ifU.nvnrLC0!,',ltry w"inK,-U A tramp made an attack on Mrs. H if any one went to work in t in in,,, ir n;.i.i:..... . o . ..., . . , . " . , no iiiiiuiiii(HU murderous blow it nu n ami ihh mem to Mr. n ..i. .1... . i- , : t i l l " i uui niisscu anu tors sec u mi work d 16 Cd) 14 (A 18 8 pttH6 :::: 15 rtckled lit m California roll . , do pickled -jg ffl Chkesb Eastern, full ciwm DreKon, do lflitornla E(W8 Fresh Dkikd Fkdits o Apples, or. sUs and bxs. do California Apricots, new crop Peaches, unpeelert. new'.' Peara. machine dried.... Swu uavia i-ivn, ..,., Mtted plums. Orearon.. Fi(t , Cal., In bKsand bxs Cal. Pruiius. Krnrh Oregon prunes in a Vt nrrn Portland Pat. Roller, bbl 4 Salem do do 4 Whit Lily if bbl 4 Country brand " SMfflS Siipertine 2 to a Grain Wheat, Valley, 100 lbs... do Wall Walla Barley, whole, tfctl do BTuund, (t ton Oata, choice milling tf bush ao iten.Kootl tocho ce.old RvMHOOHmio. 1 Fkkp Bran, tf ton . in nn it fc'L ..,11,1 MM Vtf HI 1 , !! ftftv; 18 00 tltt 00 Chop tf ton ; ?3 00 (825 00 0.1 cake meal tf ton SH 00 33 0C miJ Jill I 3 20 20 SL'J 85 20 16 14 20 6 6 28 14 10 40 124 tf 10 l-'i pn 00 73 75 1 1 25 I 15 is 1 W I lL'i OJ vi (oas U0 47 60 46 (6 47 10 1 25 that in the county jail, their cases now be ing boiore tiie grand jury. Rescue Hook and Udder Company of Albany, tiled articles of incorpora tion with the Secretary of State. The incorporators are W. F. Read, presi dent, E. L. 1'ower, secretary, aud H. F. Merrill, financial secretary. The . nii, uiik wun a very severe acciuent wtnle working on a farm at uoos Bay. it seems he was using a crowbar, and that a large rock fell on me enu oi ine par, eausiift it to fly o..u ouiiknig mm a neavy blaw on 110 J ,wi cuiung a large gash and loosening some of his teeth. Owing to the difficulty Ilia f .1... . . . ""6 vm0 iur intj new scnooi liouse at urownsvuie, the motion rmnti.m (Jirectors ower o borrow $5,000 his been reconsidered, and no provision is now made for building a new house this summer. The successful practice of eneifaee during the past few years will uo dJL lead to its ttill further extension Z economy of labor and material such aa to recommend it toeverr farmer who has horned stock to feed during the winter. But we have not as yet nearly exhausted the possibil Hies of this practice. English frm. ers have gone further than we have in its application. They have got so far as to do without a silo, and preserve wic luuucr 111 bucks covered with 1 tight roof, and either weighted down or drawn down by means of chain and screw bolts so as to compress the mass after it has heated sufficienilr cm iiijuiiuus icrmentation and acidity. Another very useful modifi cation of the practice is to mix the cut fodder with dry straw, cut fine and leave the mats to ferment, by which the straw absorbs some of the aroma of the fodder and becomes softened and more digestible. This, however, is not a new discovery, ar it was first used by Dr. Voelcker "several years ago, and described by him in an article published in the Journal of the ivoyai Agricultural Society of Eng land long before ensilaee was tW. o"ed in America or in England. ,;,k The strikers, who had been the n, Ihe .Z m l milting heavily, apin-ared on ilil svene and as soon as the men ,00k .taQto their p aces, ..jn-ned hre on them with to bring a rifle from the houie an rjr .Pi- oottheman. The little fZw 'did laiawrs, wnose names are not UintHl, were killed outright. MM-,-r I iliii. u.i.l a tl.n ...a:..i. . . . - ...u ma ine tumuli was aoout to re sume ine attack on Mrs. G. tli xv At Centerville, Ga., thirUen ierons I firol, sending a ball through the man's were poisoned, two of wlinm .li.i 'eg at the knee. l ie man di.wt f ,.,.. man rtash lumself to pieces. The par- "i"" . Cochran, who owns a corn 10M 01 D10oU- achule failiHl to work at first, and the ' 1 """"V" nunumi yards from At SanU Barbara, Cal dttrnin? ftpfttnstul wju i4wn .i,swi;n ... : . ' u o w ('vniii iKj earth with lightning sjieed. A mo ment laU-r, however, the umbrella lisped life-prerver opened its wings and Hogan's rapid descent was cheeked. From that point he dropped lowly and reached the earth safely In 1 M ". rmi aooui one and ( """. " "i uea sime of the nto this ciuntrv Ui ii,.t .i,. 1 one-halfmilc. from the city. Th. f BW o convul- n" n S 22 J L . "tV fuilhaniym-ndnip, 500 fw-l lLl,;: '.,1 nuke actual e,,H-rimenU here in the lore his parachute oj-eued pro,H-rly. , all who were suffering from th Fruit IHI-A I (IntvuM rt n.T.t .- . L ... I 1 . ... , - un'-vii in valla-mitt uiive auoiuetl to grind, leaving ,t,n ,he mill over resolution petitioning Conm to .1! Tta m2 .,2,Slng V" n,Jtdy- P"'rHto not less than 1 he meal was taken home an.l ,,..1 ul.j . . ' . . of itwasusiHl for linnur i . 1 . ' i"i-ut-,.nnienioi agriculture Shortly afterward hi. two ...t . ".'VrV "erB .' l-wta dr,-n wer. ..rw l-n ! ,u " .V"' nave onginalea to dis- dr. f, 1C1 - jHwsime, meir natura ene f t'u I r,..Ar the parasites, and intnHlnce t.u JUvemlde orannea. tf box ixi Ann f. in H Peckea,tfbox BlDKS Hfy, over lfl fti. tf ft et salted, over 65 tt murrtla bides veiu VnORTABLR Cabbajw, f ft Carrots, tf sack Cauliflower, tf dot Onlom lntatoe. new, tf icb' lbs ITOOL 7 (H n B 10 0 1 25 I 1 IV 1 James Andrews, boatswain British ship Stockhrid (TP (111. I n board that vessel. He limi a short time aud under the doctor's bunds, and while the ship was beini: UlAI'n, I rw -. A All- O aiiuw io Aioina ne attempted to go up out of the foreeasilp f..n i...i 1 . 1 . . uul. hiiu oieu in a few minutes. He was a native of Devon, England, aged 4'J years. The big barge which Wiberg & Johnson leased Irom the O. R. & N company sprung a leak at Fort Stev ens, and listed over far enough to slide her cargo of 500 tons of stone into the restless sea. The stone also carried along the Una anchors, lines and everything else that was loose. After getting rid of the luiui sue straightened 11 r n,i leaking. Reliable stockmen of Ada County, Idaho, say that glanders has appeared' among their horses. The number of hogs packed in the Western marketB from November 1 to January 25, is as follows : At Chicago, 1,325,000 animals ; Kansas City, 590, 000; St. Louis, 295,000; Indianapolis, iou,wu; Cincinnati, Z81.0UU; Milwau kee, 164,000. An Arkansas fartner writes that last year, when coons made havoc in his corn field, he went to the drug store 10 Duy stnychnine with which to kill them. By mistake the druggist gave him morphine, and the next morning he found his field full of sleeping coons. quit East Oregon, Spring dip. . Vallsv Orcron, 5 p" 16 a 18 in held, and, if possible. these injurious iusccts. m- em art- ed to in the to overcome 10 76 If) 10 -A qunini 0111 orm-e dan beenlonmt in theKiverGloii at SpaWinsj. Lincoln hire, where the river bed was beit.r l.H-pened for the construction of a lew biidw. Local tmJitim, i t bridge had existed there ... fear back, and had been w.vsl,ed ova storm, and now tho lost Mruelnrt. i.-lf haS bwn unearthed tive f.H-t b,low the bed of the stream. 11 was chu tlv constructed of earvel ones from the SnnMinsr M.maaterr. gulled down In lo.S7. ami niimb.-n of sanred cmn-lidi ad other relic were Vin-r close br. A couple of tramns brnk int n, residence of Mr. Maxwell, who resides near Irvine. Lane count.v. on.i ..i. about $40 worth of clothing, ot Tt seems Maxwell and his wife were out of the house at the time, but near by and Mrs. Maxwell found them in there and gave the alarm. Mr. Maxwell took after them and succeeded in n. lllrinonn.A( Ik . --..-a ,.,. wlc, ai, uie tune and una luugeu in jail. Th n,in..n .,1 . . . v vuiiiiou uiirnKM 11 ija wnmti . , . " " were unniuucea into the Willamette valley a few years ago, have alrfady become , "mi. nicy can te seen from the passing trains in large num bers. Although still protected by law, their slaughter has commenced. The fact flu t they stay in the open fields all the time, and cannot be driven in to the brush, would make them es pecially adapted to this country. Governor Pennoyer has made the ,uru,n appointments : Notaries public Donald McLeod. Pnrii,.j . v O. Buckman, Pendleton ; J. M. Kin- .-c. ' 1"1n: county; J. E Kirkland, Milton: S. R Tr..; i' bany; John A. Km p..h!.. James Thompson, Cherry Creek Grant county : G. Km,ii .' Innd ; g. Myers, The Dalles; S. B takin, Jr., Eocene Pitv t... 0 Austin, Seaside; H. T.' Itini,.,..' Port'and; V. S. lt,.tr..,.i v.." Lt she Powell. Crescent? rX'Vl 1 . . . - - - - . wiuu nan, Aiilus, usco countr - . - j A single diseased animal mav entail a loss in a community amounting to thousands of dollars. It cost Miimnri $1,000,000 and ten months' time to stamp out pleuro-pneumon'a, while the loss to the cuttle men of Kentucky has reached 12,000,000 The truly beef COW is a small and brief milker, often failing to give sup port to her calf, and the ulti rmitnni is reached when the beef type actually undermines the function rt hood promises the obliteration nf a He le,y family, while motherhood, in its oroauesi anu most complete sense, is the predominant trait of the dairy cow. Sixty million pounds of prunes were imported into the United States last year, but California is growing this crop more largely every year, and it is only a matter of time when the foreign product will be run out of our markets by home grown products. me amornia prune is said to be su perior to the foreign, and sells at bet ter prices. Common pine tar is excellent for colds in poultry. Put a tablespoonful 01 tar in a quart bottle, add twenty drops of carbolic acid and one tea spoonful of crude petroleum. Then add hot water and shake well before rising, giving a teaspoonful of the tar water to any fowl that may have hoarse breathing or that seems debili tated from colds. It may be kept con stantly on hand, and is a very cheap u cAvcuf ui, mixture. Of the 3,500,000 bushels of peanuts raised in 1886, worth about f 3,000,000, Virginia raised 2,500,000 bushels five-sevenths in half a dozen counties in the southeastern portion of the State. J. V. Johnson of Richmond, claims that for fodder the vines are nearly equal to clover hsy. Hogs will fatten on nuts left in ih rriiml. Peanuu are raised on land which will hot gTOW corn, tobacco, nr wlitat profitably. A poor horse eats as much as good one ; scrub cattle as much as grades or thoroughbreds ; mongrel poultry a mien as graties or pure breeds. Then why keep inferior stock? If this be sound reasoning in regard to animal?, why may not the same reasoning be applied to trees and shrubs? The rare and beautiful forms of evergreen and deciduous trees take up no more space and c-st no more to grow than the inferior kinds every wheie ttcn and nowhere prizSd.