;i l . : t 4 i 1 f.. . t . . '. -i ;; ! i f EUGENE CITY GUARD. 1.1 CAMPBELL. . . Proprietor. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. ITEMS OF GENER.' There are twenty-two crematories in Europe, in wLich over fourteen hun dred incinerations have taken place during the pat year. The latest Arkansas sensation is a negro baby with two heads and faces, one arm and three legs, upon which it stands tripod fashion. A lifo-size marble bust of Garibaldi, with a marble pedestal of about four foot high, has been received at Wash ington and placid in a hull of the upper lobby of the senate. It .was presented by American citizens of Italian birth. Mr. Nannin, a well known Norwe gian athlete, is alxmt to make the at tempt of crossing the vast snow fields of Greenland on siiowshood. A wealthy Danish meichant has sup plied the money for the unique en terprise. To oxidize gold, silver or brass paint over the parts to be oxidized with a solution of chloride of plati num ; then let it dry. To piake the solution of chloride of platinum dis solve ne dram in two ouuees of hot water. Electric rifles are the latest. In stead of the oidinary percussion tir ing device, a dry chloride of silver battery and a primary coil will, so it was lately stated before the American Instituie, fire the ride 35,000 miles without recharging. Pyrofuscino, the new tanning ngont, is obtained by digesting coal tar with caustio soda at a boil, and neutraliz ing the resulting liquor with hydro chloric acid. The inventor claims it is only half xs costly as the bark pro ws and from 20 to 30 per cent, cheaper than the alum process. The Electrical Review warns man ufacturers not to use resin as a remedy for slipping belts. It will produce immediate adhesion of the bolt to the pully, but the resin will toon be ground into the leather, stiffening the mater ial and make the last slate of the belt worse than the first. It is found that nearly every kiud of glass, especially that containing mangenese, is liable to a change of color by the action of sunlight, but the glass can be restored to its origi nal color by heat. Stained glass in windows that has changed tints through solar action cau thus be re stored fey heat. According to Mr. E. G. Iiavonstein, the English foot is used as the stand ard of length by countries having 471,000 000 inhabitants, the metre of 347,01)1 000 people, and tho Castiliau foot by 6,005,000. Denmark and Rus sia are the only countries in Contiu culal Europe which have not adopted the metre. Empress Victoria, of Germany, has turned inventor. Sim drew plans from which a writing disk has been manufactured, which enables the cm jieror to write whether King in bed or standing up. It is available iu any position, and tho mechanism em ployed is a dd to be intricate and re markably tUlctive. A new candle has been brought out which extinguishes itself in an hour. This it does by means of a tiny ex tinguUlurot tin which is fastened in the wax by wins, and which ttYect ually performs its task. It is only necessary to remove this diminutive extinguisher when iU work is done, and thu caiuilu is again ready to burn another hour. A Boston genius has been estimat ing the candle power of the moon. By comparison with an electric lamp of four hundred power at a certain distance he find the light of tho moon to bs 131,000,(100,000,000,000. This, ho calculates, is about the number of candles, placed one-half inch apart, it would take to cover one-half the sur face of the moon. Seven pirates four Auaniitn and three Chinese were captured by a French gun-boat tne other day at llalong Bay, and were subsequently executed at Haiphong. To each man a separate exeentioner was apiointed. Of the veu only one iicceed d iu sinking oil" the head at the first blow, all the otheis haviiitf to h ick tl.cm off by a kuceeeeiou of blows. THE RICH GOLD STRIKE. Marrow Kurape From Mtarvatlou, Train lu the 3ful. Hui-rmxiul Mwlndler. Ills; F.xploNiou. A WOMAN BURNED AS A WITCH. Itlrli Hold Htrlke. Thomas Maegher, who is engaged in mining on the Swauk, cleaned up $1,400 in nuggets and fine gold. Among the nuggets was ono weighing $G4. He informed the correspondent that he had traced the llout and had discovered a fine ledge, in connection with Mr. Black, which was regarded by them as the long-sought mother ledgo. They first discovered decom posed quartz, which showed from 200 to 400 colors to the pan, and after go ing through this they struck what they regard as the main ledge. This is free milling, and will assay about 180 to the ton. This gold discovery is within twenty-five miles of Ellens burg, and almost within sight of the railroad. It is r gardeu as a most lm porUtnt discovery. Train Murk In the ITIud. The Berkoley train met with an ac cident near Shell Mound park, Gal., which delayed tru flic to a considerable extent. Workmen had been engaged in repairing a piece of side track switching oil' from the main truck, and the entire nassemcer train bound to Berkeley ran into the mud, sinking about three feet. Ihe rear car, how ever, remained on the truck in such a poi-ition that the Sacmmento train could not pass, and freight and pas sengers wire transferred toother cars gent from Oakland. An extra boat was sent over from San Fraucisco to biing over the delayed passengers. Ilururd a a Witch. Frank Seinon, formerly a policeman at Los Angeles, Cal., says about three weeks ago, near Rock Springs, San Bernardino county, a band of Mojavo Indians tied a young squaw who was leportcd bewitched to a stake and burned her alive. It was two hours bofore the terrible deed was completed and the girl's screams silenced. Tho Indians told Semon that it had been several years since they had burned a witch, though several had been con demned since then, but managed to escape. ICxploklon ol a Magazine. A magazine on Two Brothers island, E?quimalt, exploded, sending up a dense volume of smoke, and demolish ing the wooden building. Stored in the magazine was 300 pounds of pow der iu cartridges, twenty-two bomb shells charged, and eight not charged, together with a quantity of fuse and gun tackle. A fire was caused through the keeper burning bnuh on the island, and this communicate! to the magazine. No one was injured. The fire brigado on the man-of-war, Esqui mau, proceeded to the island and ex tinguished the (lames. Tho magazine was under charge of C battery. A Narrow Kurape. Capt. Saxe. of the schooner Addie C. Hosseltino, and his crew, had a re markable experience on their last voy age. Sho arrived at San Francisco fifty-seven days out from the Marshall inlands, with not a single thing edible iu the store homo. Capt. Saxe did not consider when he started that the voyage would last longer than thirty days, but he took provisions sullieient for forty. The little schooner was be calmed for days together, and finally tho provisions gave out, although toward the last everything was care fully hoarded. Luckily the Eteward discovered a barrel of beans and some lard, ami for several weeks the cap tain aim his six men lived on beans and lard cake, nlioved by cocoanut. They grew sd tired of this that they could eat but little. A Suicide' Heath. Daniel ILihs, a farm laborer em ployed on Henry Stover's ranch, on Birch creek, Or., committed suicide by hanging, while in a tit of teniiHir ary insanity. Ho had been acting strangely for several days and a razor had once been taken away frm him. He took a rope from the barn, went to a bridge over a small creek, fastened the lope to the bridge, m.ulu a slip noose and put it around his neck and then jumptd oil". He wai strangled to death. Deceased was 24 years oM, ami his parent live at St. Joseph, Iudiana. Surrrtaful Kwludlers. Two men, registering as A. Black ford of Texas, and F. A. Johnson of Washington territory, have victimized ditl'ertnt saloons at San Francisco, by a somewhat unusual method. They would visit saloons dressed as country youths who were in the city for the first time. Having given many small orders for various drinks and refresh ments, and paying for the same they would paestai a note, which, after careful examination by the proprietor, would be aceptid and change re turned. The nott s given were invar iably of the twenty-dollar denomina tion, and were UsUcd from tho Bunk of Columbus, Ga., in 1856. There notes were accepted at many places, and in the course (f business were passed from one concern to another. That they were genuine was not doubted until a day or two since, when un inquiry having been made at he sub-treasury, one was rijecud. At the Bank of Calif ria ihe paying toller staud that the note w is genuine, but gave it as his opink n that probably the Bank of Columbus hud long since closed its doors, as hundreds of local banks had done since 1850. As it was the note was no commercial value in this city. The two sharpers have dis appeared They have been succesiful, and it is thought they realized several thousand dollars by tiieir scheme. Furniture Factory Burned.' Ilosiinau & Boeder's large furniture factory at Tacorna, W. T., was discov ered on fire, and the flames gained such headway before the fire depart ment got into service, that they could not be stayed and thu factory was to tally destroyed. The loss is aliout $25,000; insurance, $8,000. The watchman discovered the fire iu the ollice. Its origin is unknown. Crushed to Death. Patrick Kelly, an employe of Sells Bros.' circus, was crushed to death at San Francisco by having a large tank of gasoline thrown upon him from a railroad car while switching. Mull Service for EnterprUe. Senator Dolph has been notified by the second assistant postmaster gen eral that Enterprise, Or., will here after be supplied by the mail route to Ilio Grande and St. Joseph. A Jewelry Thief Arrented. The mulatto J. Kelly, who broke intoCatlin Bros.' storo at Freeport, W. T., was arrested at Winlock, and brought back and given a preliminary examination. Justice Hinson bound him over in the sum of $1,000 and not being able to give bail he was taken to jail at Kaluma. Most of the jewelry waB recovered. An Encapcd liurglar Captured. Henry Cohen, one of the four bur glars who committed a daring robbery in Gross Bros.' dry goods store at Ta- coma, W. T., and who escaped by a run and a iumn over the high board fence surrounding the jail yard, was captured in a reckless attempt to "tap" the jail and release his 6onfed erates. He returned shortfy after daik and circled round the jail build ing to a point -immediately beneath the window of the prisoners' cell. Evidently by a preconcerted arrange ment a string hail been dropped out of this window, and to this he wss tying a packsge Containing a chisel, whetstone and a knife, when Deputy Sheriff Duflield, who suspected the plot and was iu hidim: near by. or dered him to surrender. He sprang (or the fence, and JJutheld rued on him when he fell back and was cap tured. He is only 20 vears of ate. and comes of a good family in Chicago. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, Fnder Contract to Marry. Two dozen young Swedish girls, first-class passengers ou the steamer Keka, landed at New York. It is ad mitted that they were imported under contract by an agency in this city to marry young men they had never seen except by photograph. They had not even courted by mail. I wenty three gills go to Western Soiies, whore they will find husbands. Tho other remained here. Tho authorities will inquire into the society's methods. An Accomodating Conductor. Two men, Steele and Maekalie,both drunk, boarded the train at Mt. Sterl ing, Ky., aud fought all the way to Sieepstone, where t.ie conductor, for the safety of tho passengers put the men off and let them right it out. They drew pistols and exchanged fiw shots each. Thu tifih shot fioin Steele's pistol passed through Mao kabie's brain, killing him. They were cousins. Alrer tlie killing (Steele boarded the train and proceeded homeward, the train having wailed until the duel was over. Hi-alh of H Wealthy AVoinun. Feoplo at Portland, Me., are feeling deeply the sudden death of Mrs. Anas- tasia Patten, a well known society lady of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Pat ten was one of ttie ncbst women in America, and is said to have been worth $5,000,000. She was a bold speculator, and during tho past few years added largely to her wealth by real estate investments. Eighieeu months ago one of her daughters was married iu aslnngton to Congress man Glover, of Missouri. The wed ding was the notable society event of the season. Mrs. Patten sigualixod the occasion by presenting the bride with half a million in 4 per cent. U. S. bonds. Lawless Chicago. Mrs. Tredrick, of California, on a visit to friends in Chicago, was knocked down in the heart of the business district, in the afternoon, in the presence of huudieds of pets pie. The thief snatched her pot kct-book and escaped. Mrs. Piedmk dis not seem to be badly hurt, but suffers from Ihe nervous shock. Four Children Hururd to Death. The 11-year-old daughter of Byrd Smith, of Divine Station, Tex., tried to kindle a fire with keenc. The can exploded and burned her and three younger children to death. Mrs. Smith wi.s seriously binned in trying to save them. A Dekperado Killed. ' ' John N. Wogan. aged CO, the most notorious desperado in Southern Illi nois, who for ten years has figured in the criminal courts of Wabash county, was shot and killed by Constable Hail of Belmont. Hull hd arrested Wo gan ou a charge of attempting to kill his own son and daughter, and Wogan making a suspicious move which in dicated violence to Hall, the latter drew a revolver and shot him through the head. Terrific Fxplokion. A terrific explosion occurred at the mills of the National Milling Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The mill took fire and was destroyed entirely. Loss, 1150,000; insurance, $75,000. There were tigli'een men in the mill at the time. Peter Giernian perished in the flames, aud four others uie seriously buintd. Six escaped without injury. Tho others are unaccounted for. It is thougnt that at leant three of them are dead in the ruins. Flood in taeorgia. The flood in the Savannah has cov ered the rice plantations near Savan nah, and the rice crop is nearly, if not quite, a total loss. Reports from country districts stato that tho low lands are all under water, and roads and bridges have been carried away, so that travel is almost impossible. While there is great damage to prop erty, no deaths uave yet been reported. Shot Ilia Wife and Killed Himself. John Spilinek, a Bohemian tailor, of Omaha, iu a fit of tomporary in sanity, shot his wife. He discharged four chambers of a revolver at her, each bullet taking effect. He then placed the muzzle iu his mouth aud killed himself. Fatal Holler Explosion. The boiler of F. W. Brown's saw mill at Axe Point, W. Va., exploded, killing William Brown, manager and sou of the owner, aud William Knab enshue, a mill hand. An Actor Tried for Stealing Chailes C. Fair, an actor, was ar rested ou complaint of Louise Pauline, who claims that in May 1S8G, she fainted after a matinee at Philadel phia, aud that her dress was loosened and a purse containing jewelry and $1,500 fell from her bosom that was given to Fair, who never relumed the money and tried to make her believe one of the ladies took it ; and that he afterwards confessed he theft and begged her not U dis-grace him. She waB unable to get her money and therefore had him arrested. An Oily Prisoner. The jury in tho case of W. A. Strong, ex-secretary of SUte of Louis iana, charged with embezzlement, an nounced that an agreement had been reached. The sheriff went out to call the attorney-general and Strong fol lowed without attracting attention, and has not since been seen. The jury had found him guilty. NOTED HUNCHBACKS. Some llrilllmit Militia That Dwelled in De fcrriiiml Iloillex. Hunchbacks forma tolerable numer ous list. There is that brilliant sol dier, tho Mareehul do Luxemburg, of whom Macmilay writes in one of his most finished 'passages: "Highly duscondcd nr.d gifted as ho was, ho hud with ditllculty surmounted tho ob stacles which impeded him in tho road to fame. If ho owed much to tho bounty of nature and fortune, ho suf fered still more from their spite. IKs fcutuivs were frightfully harsh; his stature wn dimiuutivo; n huge mid pointed lump rose on his back." Tho reader knows the htmehbanked Rich tird'of Shakespeare's powerful drama; but historical research seems to havo delivered tho King from his burden, and to have sworn that ho was only high shouldered. Lord Lyt ton, in his "Last of tho Harons," has adopted the modern view. "Though the bac!: was not curved," he says, "yet one shoulder was slightly higher than tho other, which was the more observable from tho evident pains that he took to disguise it, and the gorgeous spiendor, savoring of personal cox combry from which no Plantagenet was ever five that he exhibited in his dress." Tho groat Minister of Queen Elizabeth, Willium Cecil, Lord Bur leigh; the learned German theologian, Eber; our "glorious deliver," William III., tho famous Goueral of Spain, the Duke of Parma, these were all "crook-backs." The poet Pope had a protuberance both on the back nd in front, and one of his sides was con tracted. Gcntleman't Mttjazinc. The lute George Sturge, of f'.n gland. left more than fl.SjO.OJO for nous charities. The French are acknowledged to have the finest guns and projectiles in Europe. Their Fermlny shell has been shot through an armor phit.j twenty inches thick, and came out with iu steel point uninjured. AGRICULTURAL Devoted to the Intmusts of Farmers and Stockmen. Condensed milk is being shipped from Lansing, Mich., to Buenos Ay res. A new green bug is causing a steady and increasing decline of coffee pro duction in Ceylon. One of the benefits of Statehood to Dakota is a donation of 9,000 acres of government land for the Agricultural College. Senator Leland Stanford's vineyard, near Chico, Cal., comprises 3,600 acres, and is the largest in the world. List year 1,000,000 gallons of wine were made. Matthew Crawford, of Ohio, recom mend! shallow culture for black berries. Some very successful planta tions are never cultivated, but receive special mulchings. For mulching gooseberries and cur rants no material is bitter thin the short clippings from the lawn. It lies cloely, keepi down weeds and pro motes needed coolness to the soil. The grape rarely fails when allowed to climb on trees. It matters not what kind of trees, whether they are living or dead, if they only have branchts that the tendrils take hold of. Currant and gooseberry bushes Bhould be pruned every year. If they aie pruned in tree form they will bear larger and finer fruit, and tho latter will not be so apt to mildew. The damage done to fruit trees by rabbits, borers and inscots, may be prevented by applying pine tar to the bodies of the trees. Warm the tar and apply with a brush. One-fourth of the cows in the United SUtcs do not pay the cost of their keep, the cause being the failure of farmers and dairymen to properly grade up their stock. The sshes of very old wood do not contain so much potash as ashes of wood of younger growth. Ashts gen erally pay well on all ordinary crops, but are specially adapted to the wants of fruit trees, grape vine) and all kinds of vines, clover and peas. Salt should be placed where all kinds of slock can get it. At this season, when green food is plentiful, salt will be found exeelleut, as it will often pre vent bowel diseases and stave ell in jury from the youug grass. A cow in Findlay, Ohio, has de veloped a strange appetite; it catches and devours every stra feliue that comes in its reach. When chicks are droopy or weak care is needed to recuperate them. A little more green food and onions sliould be given them, or, if they are too mucin purged, a little powdered chalk and bone 11 ur in their soft food one tesspoonful of each to a pint of food is sullieient. An oblong form is better than a square one for the home garden. Seeds sown or planted in rows instead of little beds simplifies the wholo matter, and admits of the use of the plow and cultivator instead of the spade, the hoe and the rake, and makes its cul tivation a pleasure instead of a dreaded task. The future pig must havo more flesh and less fat. It must not bo a mere lard keg. It must be fe upon Hebli-fonning ft ods until grown, and then fattened. It means that more clover, peas, oats, -milk and such ar ticles of diet mu.-t be used, and less corn. We will then have healthier and more palatable pork, aud hog cholera will be a thing of the past. Should a w;igon or buggy tire be come a little loose from shrinkage of the felloes instead of taking the wheel to the shop to have the tire cut and replaced tet half a gallon of linseed oil, and after heating it pretty wrll pour the same in a FhalW dish and give the rim of the wheel a few slow turns around through it. The oil pene trating the felloes will so swell tlif m that the tire will become as tight as ever. Xo kind of grain is so well adapted to feeding young stock of any kind as oats. Their large proportion of husk keeps them from clogging the Etom ach, even of stock tnal has too poor digestion for thriving on corn. Pigs will prefer the latter grain, if both are-) given together, but the pig is not the best judge of what is adapted to his needs. The oats should, however, be at least full weight to give tho best re sults. Much of the Western oat crop is generally light, from ripening iu dry, hot weather. The standard weight of oats in some Western States is thirty pounds pr bushel, and in others as low as tweuty-eifcbt I DouniLj. MARKET REPORT Beuablk Quotation p. i.u ii-vKitv week. if irf WHEAT Y?11e7. l30e Walla Walla, 1 20Q1 22J. BARLEY- Whole, N 10, , grouud, per ton, !25 00(327 OATS-Milling, 3C380 fw, HAY Baled, 110(3113. SEED Blue Craw, UWlft. othy.ttje IO0.5 Red Clover Wi! ' "(Si FLOUR Patent Roller CouUtrv Brand tl 7r ' rf v f U( EGGS Per doz, 25c. BUTTER Fancy roll, pe, 2oc. ; pickled, grade, 1525j. CIIEESE-EaHtern, 162(W gon, UlCc. ; California, lc. '' unw.ttu & I flA . . ....... . 4050c; radishes, per doz.. I5fl , i , injtttuiea. nor HONEY In comb, per IV . strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. BJo. POULTRY - Chickens, per U 006 00; ducks, pyr doz ,Uk 7 00; geese, $G 00S8 00; per lb., 12 Jc. . : PROVISIONS Oregon baa per lb.; Eastern, 1313ic; E2 breakfast bacon, 12 Jc. per lb.; Om 1012e.; Eastern lard, 10(3,111 lb.; Oregon, 10 Jo. GREEN FRUITS Apple,, l 85c; Sicily lemons. 6 00&j( California, $3 605 00; Navuloiitib $6 00; Riverside, $4 00; Media uean, $4 25. DRIED FRUITS-Sun dried pies, 7 Je. per lb. ; machine dried, Mi 11c; pitiess plums, 13c,; It prunes, luti-ic.; peaches, lm raisins, $2 40 2 bO. WOOL-Valley, 1718c; Ln Oregon. 9gl5o. HIDES Dry beef hides, 8p--S culls, tQ$e..; kip and calf, BglUr Murrain, 1012c; udlow,3, LUMBER Rough, per M, HOOD edged, per M, $12 00; T. and C sheathing, per M.$ 13 00; No.2Sm ing, per M, $18 00; No. 2 ceiling, pt: M,$13 00; No. 2 rustic, per II, 15 ft clear rough, per M, $20 00; clew U 8, per M, $22 50; No. 1 lleoring, pe: M, $22 50 ; ' No. 1 ceiling, w I $22 50; No. 1 rustic, per M, stepping, per M, $25 00; m U inches wide, extra, $1 00; leiig'.WW to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths SO Id 81. extra, $4 00; 1 lath, per if, 2 ji; 1$ lath, per M, $2 50. BEANS Quote pmall whites.! 50 pinks, $3; bayos, 3 ; butter, $4 M. Limns, $4 50 per cental. COFFEE Quote Salvador, l'r; Costa Rica, 1820c; Kio, 18?.; Java, 27 Jc. ; ArbuckleVs wasted,! MEAT Beef, wholesale, 2Jfjfc dressed, 6c. ; sheep, 3c ; drestd, k; hogs, dressed, 89c; veal, 57c SALT Liverpool grades of fa quoted $18, $19 and $20 for the t!w sizes ; stock salt, $10. PICKLES Kegs quoted steady $1 35. SUGAR Prices for barrel?; Golfc C.6Jc.; extra C,bc; dry granuhw 73c. : crushed, fine criishwl, cube" powdered, 7e. ; extra C, 6Jc; W aud boxes, $c. higher. HE GREW CARELESS. .-, i ...I vni ntiirrt V tl nj M iiontp-iiiii-i ..... ..... - TKkini- Hi MfKlli'lne. "Have you any thing: to say why? teneo should not bo pronounced c; you?" asked Judge Xoonan, of & Antonio, of a convorfed horse-inn "Xo. Judo-e-.. I've not 2ot any tt: much to say. It's all my own fault J brought it on myself." "1 supposo you got into bad Pny."J "Xo, that's not what I meant. "What did you mean?" "I mean that I deserve all I gf cause I didn't stick to my cami plan. As long as 1 stole horse art11- Ing to my campaign plan I never eotehed. Tho owuer of the boss new followed me." "Why. how was that?" . "Whenever I stole a man's made it a rulo to run away with t ...sr., i followed Taking his wife off sorter reeo'- him to the loss of the hoss. bat soon as I quit taking tho woman; I was follered and arrested. J,"s' it to me. Jedge. I deserve all yoa give me for being sieh a darned f- "You are a very dangerous man be at large in this section of the CO' try," replied the Judge, assesi"? l maximum penalty of fiU?en year"" A new French device for.aI'pl,v perfume is a pencil, which ". on the article to be scented. A' fashionable odors, such as y l heliotrope, etc. are now sold in form in Paris. The do? corps in the Freaeh ar being carefully trained at is being carefully Larue dogs nre chosen Ev-ry Him- in-.. Kh.ivrn fcoliliers in uniforms and taught to y at tU'-S bii'ht. VEGETABLES Beets, , H 60; cabluge, per lb., 2?c-fi.' persk.,l 25;h:ttuce. .; Z.C, ON es rani lent gs1 m ii alv ona i-oir are uffe ierc :x-c left to on kro 'ing i' tin t. J. ..tn n r v he -:,nd, the .veil ist( lard vt ;s, : 1 i.ati iiiixi i'he of ill ctl : bi .in' u" w '.bi i a Ion Irs a in; hm o i .T(V "til it! snd iir: .:in An ria in in V fin to m e ir in ir o :h