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EUGENE CITY GUARD. X, I. CAM J" If KM, Iroprlrtr. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. 1TLMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Frince OecHr, o( Sweden, and b bride have gone to Carlscrona, their future residence, in the south of Sweden. They are now known as the Prince and Princess Uernadotto. The largest known flower Is the Eafllesia, a native of Sumatra. measures three feet in diameter, weigh fifteen pounds and has a calyx lw ing six quiirU. Tlie odor is offensive The statement is mado that no Iff 8 than six species of North American birds have become extinct during the last ten years, and it is claimed that English sparrows were tho main cause, A box of manuscripts relating to Poe has been recently discovered in Georgia. It is thought that they may be those of Giiswold, who was known to possess many of Poe's papers, all of which unaccountably disappeared. A Chicago burglar overlookel $80 in a bureau drawer, and the papers announced it the next morning. He returned the next night and not only secured it, but a suit of clothes be sides. The gold shipped aud withdrawn for export at New York so far this month amounts to $5,600,000. The amy office still has $85,000,000 in gold bars on hand and $11,500,000 in doublo eagles deposited to its credit in the tub-treasury. Goat Island, at Niagara Falls, is be ing washed away by the rapid current, and the State Engineer recommends an appropriation by the legislature for the erection, of a retaining wall of timber to prevent further ravages. Judge Hare, of Philadelphia, gave his advice to a wife-beater who was discharged upon the appeal of the abused wife: "When you rind your self getting angry again fill your mouth with water and keep it shut till you cool off. While Sarah Edmonds, a young daughter of William Edmonds, of Wheatland, Penn., was lowering a window, a flash of huhtmng struck the house, panning through tlie girl's body and tearing off her shoes. She died before medical aid could be sum moued. Sines Minister Hubbard was ap pointed to tho Court of Japan by President Cleveland our trado with that country has grown from $13,000, 000 to $25,000,000, $2,500,000 in ex cels of tho total Engli.ih-Japanese trade for the same year. It also ex ceeds the Gorman-Japan trade by $11), 000,000, and that of France by $12, 000,000. The Duke of Sutherland hasbeeomo so impovorished by tho agricultural depression in England and Scotland that he contemplates selling Stafford House, the wonderful mansson, which, when Queen Victoria entered, struck her as being so magnificent that she aid to the Duke : "I came from my house to your palace." Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, who will visit England for the first time this season, has an income of $1,000, 000 a year, but is said to be always in debt. Slio maintains no house in Paris, but always resides at a hotel, She spends vast sums in horses. Her executive ability is clearly shown by tho ease with which she constantly sHnds more than her enormous in come amounts to. A great parrot show is to bo held in Turin this summer. Prizes are to be given for the olly who cau use the most phrases aud for the oldest parrot. It is said that a polly who has seen eighty yearr will be present. It is re lated, that Cuvier, the celebrated naturalist, had a polly in his vestibule who, upon teeing a stranger, would cry out : "What de you want with my niasUirT" And when a reply was given he would respond : "Don't talk too much." Tho Bavarian General, Sigmund Ton Pranckh, died recently in Mun ich. He wai Miuister of War from lfcOfi to 1875, and at tlie outbreak of tlie Frauco-Germm war it was greatly due to his influence that Bavaria at once joined Prussia, instead of simply maintaining an armed neutrality. When the unification of Germany was consummated he txerted his pair riolio teal to wvure for Bavaria, as far as itib!e, an independent position iu the new empire. Pram Lh was among the German (It in r.. Is who nceived lar:e pfcunuiry rewards at tlie tlute of the wr. NEW OREGON IRON WORKS A Wallor Drowned. hlnre Murder In t'hluatown. Kartli quake 'at Man 1'raurlM-o. INDUSTRIAL FAIR BUILDINCS. Heady for Work. Everything is now in readiness for starting up the works of the Oregon Iron and Steel Company at Oswego The ore road is ballasted, and ore is being hauled from the mine to the stock house. The company has had mude in Portland twenty hopper shaped cars of stout boiler iron, the bottoms of wUich can be opened to let the ore run out. These will make two trains of ten cars each, one of which can be loading while the other is unloading. Everything is arranged so that the ore is not handle d from the time it leaves the mine till it is in the shape of pign. The company received 100 ions of coke from England on the Anumba aud sixty tons from the Round to be used in the pipe foundry. The tires will soon be blown in, and as soon as some pig iron is made the wark of coating pipes will begin. A Sailor Drowned. Harry Downing, a seafaring man, aged 36 years, was drowned off the foot of Walnut street, in Alameda, Cal., while bathing with some com panions. When reached be was feebly swimming wiih hi head under water. He could not be resuscitated. Deer I'olnonrd. A large number of deer have been found dead in the woods near Grass Valley, Cal. . It is supposed poison has been put out on their feeding grounds. Earthquake at Han Joc. A sever earthquake shock was felt at San Jose, Cal. The vibrations con tinued five seconds. No damage was done. DIatroua t'loud llurmt. There was a grout cloud-burst at Perris, Cal. A house was blown down and several persons were severely in jured. Killed tr a Caving- Hank. S. T. Johns was killed at Austin, New, by a caving bank in the Mag nolia mino. Hilled by a Train. Frank Maley, a twelve-year-old boy attempted to jump on a passenger train on the railroad bridge at Sac to, Cul. He was knocked down and re ceived injuries which caused his death. An Earthquake Knock. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at San Francisco. s The motion appeared to be up and down and was accompanied by a deep rumbling sound. As H occurred during the hour of morning service in tho churches it created momentary con sternation in some of the edifices, al though in no instance was there an effort to leave the buildings. Killed by Drinking Coal OU. The 3-yeur-old son of Joseph Frey, Jr., of Santa Cruz, Cal., died from drinking coal oil. He and an older brother were playing, and tho latter asked tho little fellow to suck a long time at the spout of a coal oil can. The child drank quite a quantity and died the second duy. Kulrtde of a Student. Carl Riley, a student of a business college at San Francisco, while in a supposed state of momentary insanity shot himself in the eye with a Smith it Wesson revolver. The ball went through his head and lodged in the wall. He was but 18 years of a o. His parents reside iu Woodland, Cal., and his father is reputed to be a wealthy land owner. For, tho past tint's or four days ho has been some what sick, but his illness was of such a nature as not to excite comment. When his room was searched his trunk was packed, but no letters were found U shed any light upon the cate. Captain and Crew Drunk. Henry Weatherbee, owner of the schooner Tot, which was dashed to pieces at the northern entrance to Golden Gate, says the loss of the schooner was caused almost, it not entirely, by tho captain and crew be ing under the influence of liquor. Murder Iu Chinatown. Lung Bark Heoug was stabbed aud killed by some unknown assailuut at San Francisco. The 'ice were noti fied of ihe murder by Tin Tink, fore man of a gang of Chinese laborers, who hinted that he h oi paid Heong i:U several oiners .u each iluruii: the day for work. Si vend Chinamen occupying llm omitting id they heard a struKJjle and Heomr excliiiu that he was being robbed. The police arrested a number of Chinet-e on suspicion. Nad Awakening of Wife. When Mrs. 8. D. Smiih awoke, hI Marysvillo, Cal., and reached over to kiss her hui-banJ at her tide, she found he was dead. The cause waa heart disease. fiad Cne of Poverty. Mrs. Hutchins, an aed widow, ha been living alone at Albany, Or., for some time. A friend, who happened to call, found the door locked. Call ing assistance, the window was pried up and an entrance effected. Mrs. Hutchins, in getting up, hud fallen in such a manner as to bresk her hip. A surgeon was sent for, aud tlie poor old lady was properly attended to. Being aged and feeble, her recovery is doubt ful. Her husband died a few mouths ago, a county charge. l ire at llarrUvllic. Fire broke out at Harrisvillv, Cal., in a large brick building owned by Mrs. E. C. Koss and occupied by Tuen Wo x Co., Chinese butchers, ami Quoug Lung, Chinese general mei chaudiso. It started in the eecond story among a lot of oil and lard. The building is gutied on the second floor aud is badly damaged on the ground floor. The total loss to both places is $9,000. The building was insured Lr $1,500. Died on fillip Hoard. John Freeman Smith, aged 70, a resident of Visalia, Cul.,' died on the steamer Acapulco,of typhoid-malarial fever. The body was tiubalmeJ aud brought to San Francisco. DUcovery of Iron Ore. Large quantities of oie have been discovered on Lopez island, near Port Townsend, W. T. Shufts are being sunk, and Peter Kirk, of Seattle, is examining the ore, which, it is claimed excels the Texada ore of British Col umbia. The mine was located and tested by George G. McNuniura, and assays dz per cent. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, White wive for Chinamen. Sam Wall, a Chinaman, and his wife Augusta, a white woman, were locked up at the armory police station at Ciiicago, charged with bringing white women from M-lwaukee and fur nishing them for wives to Chinamen at $25 each. Through their matri monial agency it is charged four or five local Chinamen have been fur nished with wives. Died In the Street. Augustus V. Bracoueer, a well known young man of St. Louis, w ho has run through with his fortune, was found on the street with his skull fractured and has since died. A citi zen reported to the police that he had seen a man thrown out of' Patrick Montague's saloon near where Bra coneer was found, and saw the pro prietor strike a man. The police ar rested Patrick Montague, Edward Montague, his brother, Charles E. Powell, a lawyer, and Dr. Pococ, who were in the saloon at the time. Ow ing to Braconeer's high connections and unfortunate life, the case is ex citing much interest. A Double .Suicide. Patriek Linch and Annie Driscoll were found dead in a bedroom at Wil low, CoDey island. The gas had beeu turned on, possibly with the object of double suicide. A Child Devoured by till I'nglc The two-months-old son of Wm Beat tie, a farmer who lives on tho Cimarron river, Ktnsas, was taken up by an eagle, while tin child w;n play ing iu the front yard, ami carried off. The babe was partly devoured, aud was dead before the neighbors found it. Kulrtde In a Hugg-age Car. Wm. Synis, baggage-master on the Pittburg and Chicago express on the Fort Wayne road, was fouud dead iu the car near Beaver Falls. He had blown out his brains with the express messenger's revolver. The latter was asleep and knew nothing of the trag edy until awakened by the conductor. Accident to a Helena Tlau. George Crocker, a wealthy cattle man of Helena, Montana, met with a serious accident. A cab iu which he was riding dashed against a curb stone, throwing Crocker against the glass side, breaking the glass and cut ting his face bauly. It is believed that be will lose his eye sight. lllg Fire In a Brewery. Fire broke out in the brewery building of Henry Elias, in New York. Three upper stories of the main structure were burned out, and the ice house was completely wrecked. Above the second storv iu tho ice house was stored $ 180,000 worth if ber, audit is th Uj.Iil possible thxtj this was, totally destroyed, the loss,! txclu-ive if ihe s'owl taatr, will f'ij up more than $150,000. Tho buiil ing were valued t $000,000, and in sured for $200.000.. Thieving Conductor. Several Vgner pains car conduc tors Lave bteu discharged at New York. It is as rU d that a systematic course of thieving, running into thou sands of dollar, waa discover d. A Lynching in .lllnmourl. Word comes from Steeleville, Mo , that Louis Davis was lynched by a mob of forty men. Tho jiil was broken open with sledge hammers and Davis was soon overpowered, taken a half mile aud lynched. He made no confession. He was charged with murderirg David Miller hist January. Miller was found dead iu a field. Divjs's boots tilled the tracks of the murderer. A fatal Prize tight. A prizu iifilit took place at Grand Forks, Dakota, between George Full james and an unknown. Ful'janies received a blow over ..the heart that knocked him out and resulted iu nis death. The unknown was urrest-d and locked up, but afterwards made his escape. I'leamure Keeker Drowned. The Erie railroad ferryboat Bwawped a small bout between tho New York and New Jersey chore, throwing three young men and a girl into the water. The girl and one of the men were drowned, and the bo.lies swept away by the tide. A lilgautlc Robbery. Thieves entered the pay car on the Lake Shore road, in the outskirts of Buffalo, N. Y., administered ether to to the occupants, and escaped with $100,000. A murderer Arreted. A man supposed to be the murderer of S. Morris Wain and Harry Stone of Philadelphia and Now York, was arrested ut Lander. N. Y., while try ing to dispose of a camp outfit. A Check Lout or Moleu. . An alarm was sent out from New York police headquarters warning the banks to stop payment of a check for $1,480, drawn by D. D. Withers to the otder of Geo. W. Hearst, tiie Califor nia senator, and endorsed by him. Both are prominent hoi somen, and tho check represented the balance of a trade between them. It was either lost ir stolen. The Dreadnaught Wrecked. News has reached New Yvtn, ny the schooner Flying Scud, just from a fishing cruise on the coast of L ibra tor, that i he famous old clipper ship lresdiiaught is one of the vessels wrecked on the coitst of New Found land. ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN. , They Wera tlm Property of Their Him bnndi and Had No nights. In the early stages of Roman history there is reason to believe that the Roman wife was completely under the control of her husband. The Roman idea of a family mado the father a des pot, with power of life and death over his children, who could do nothing without his consent This was the case in regard to the mnlo children, even after they had reached a considerable ago. omon, according to the opinion of the early Romans, wero always chil dren. They roquired protection and guidance during their wholo life, and couiu never bo freed from despotic con trol. Accordingly, when a Roman cirl married, sho had to chooso whether she would remain under the control of her father or pass into control, or, as it was called, into the hands of her hus band. It is likely that in tho early nges of the city sho always passed from tho powor of her father into tho hands of her husband, and tho position sho occu pied was that of a daughter to her hus band. She thus became entirely sub ject to him, and was at his mercy. Roman history supplies many instances of the despotism which husbands exer cised over their wives. The slightest Indiscretion was sometimes punished by death, while men might do what they liked without let or hindrance. "If you were to eifteh your wife," was tho law laid down by Cato the Censor, "lu an act of infidelity you would kill her with impunity without a trial; but if she were to catch you she would not venture to touch you with her finger, and, indeed, she has no right" Wives wero prohibid from tasting wine at the risk of the" severest penal ties. Tho conduct of Ignatius was praised, who, surprising his wife in the act of sipping the forbidden liquor, beat her to death. The same sternness appears in the reasons which induced some of the Romans to dismiss their wives. Suspicious Gallus dismissed his bvau.se she appeared in the streets without a veil. Antistius Vatus dis missed his because he saw her speak ing secretly to a freed woman in pub lic, and P. Sompronhis Sophus sent his away because she had ventured to go to tho public gamos without informing him of her movements. L'onUmorary RvUw. AGRICULTURAL. " Dkvotkh ? the Inti kksts ok Farmers and Stockmen, Sylviinii, G., has a s'allc of corn ten feet l.i'ijh, and which contain!" seven well-developed shoots, six of which have put out silks. Mi re improvement in the farm a d drift horses of this country has been mado in the past five years than were made in the ten proceeding years. Next to a sure and certain provision for the great beyond, the health of the farmer add that of his household should bo his first concern. Often times he makes it bis last concern. Mr. J. S. Woodward eays he has been successful in curing the black knot of plum trees in its early stage by the use of turpentine. He cuts off tlie knot and applies the turpentine. The damage done to fruit trees by rabbits, borers and . insects, may be prevented by applying pine tar to the bodies of the trees. Warm the tar and apply with a brush. The union between sc'on and sU ck takes place by tho inner bark, aud not by the cut surface of the wood ; con stqucntly the skill of the grafter is exercised to bring the inner bark of the scion in close contract with the inner bark of the stock. No farmer can continue raising scrub stock. Between twenty years of farming with scrub stock, and twenty Years of fannin? with irn proved stock, there will be a difference in profits equal to the price of a fine iarai. On all the fiolds where the mowers are to be used the advantage of the lmd having been previously rolled will be aoticcable. Fields that have been rolled can be mowud easier, and the work done more completely than wnere tne land is rough. The carcass of every animal that dies of disease should be burned. Only by this proce s can the virus and germs be annihilated, and the spread of the disease be prevented. This is especially true of animals dying of diseases known to be coutag' ious. President Chamberlain, of the Iowa Agricultural College, does not believe in permanent pastures, preferring a regular rotation of crops, with clover and timothy meadow for two years of the rotation. The land, under rota tion, is in better heart, and you gut nurc grass, relatively. Tlie moro the cabbage plants are hoed the better they will thrive. The cabbage is a plant that succeeds best when given clean cultivation and plenty of manure, as it is a grass feeder. During dry seasons the lo-e earth around the plants ass'st in re taining moisture. The sour currants are sure to be plagued with the currant worm. Look for I hem. A little hellebore dusted on the leaves is an efficient protection. The worm never gets a second tatteof inis insect ueatroyer. Apply it early in the morning, while dew is on the leaves oi tue bushes. The piueapple season is now at its height. New Yoik merchants are re ceivirig about ton thousand barrels a weeK. ine barrels contain twenty five to thirty extra large "pines," or loity to sixiy small ones. 1 he season lasts from April until August, and about five million pineapples are irn ported each year. An oblong form is bettor than a square one for the home garden. Seeds town or planted in rows instead of little beds siniuiities the whole matter. aud admits of the use of the plow and cultivator instead of the spade, the hoe and tne rake, and makes its cul tivation a pleasure instei.d of a dreaded task. A. C. Hammond, secretary of the Illinois Horticultuial Society, says he snraved his orchard of 300 trpoa wh London purple and gathered 500 bushels ol apples, td per cent of which were marketable and nearly 75 per cent perfect From the same number of uns prayed trees in an ad joining orchard be did not gather a peck of perfect fruit It does not take long to patch up and save a tree that has been com pletely girdled with mice. Take sev eral slips of last year's growth of the required length, shave each of the ends to s fine point, and insert one above and the other below in the liv ing bark. A union will be formed and the seared place will, after a few years, 1 grown over. While new bwk is beirg formed on the grafts, the girdle place should be coTered with soil ro exclude air. It is well to use these whip grafts wherevir al.irge patch has beeu eaten out In a tne girdled all around, four or five grafis should be inserted ; They should be of the sme varh ty as the tree is grafted to, and to make sure of tb.s, had l et tei be cut from the tree to be eerau.J upon. MARKET REPORT. Beliabi.e Quotations CarepUUt r .1...... T ... ''i i.-mu 4LVC.KY WEEK. WHEAT Valhv Si Walla Walla, U ilOelVj m 31 BARLEY- Whole, l i01 ground, per ton, 525 0027 60. 51 OATS-Slling,,23fc, feed, , HAY" Baled, f lOQf 13. SEED Blue Grass, Hlglft. . tv othy, 9J10c.; Red Clover, If! i FLOUR Patent RolW j. m Couutry Brand, $3 75. W; EGGS Per do, 25c. BUTTER Fancy roll, per . 25c; pickled, 2025c. ? Krade, 15253. ' er" CHEESE-Enj.tern, 16a20c ft t gon, 14 16o. ; California, lc. "' VEGETABLES-Beets, Pvr u l 11 50; cabbage, per lb., 22' perek.,l 25; lettuce, per doi onions, $1 00; potatoes, per 100 t!,'' 4050c; radishes, por doz., 15'! rhubarb, per lb., 6c. , HONEY In comb, per lh., iv. strainea. a ra. tnu n, a: .. , . Q . tUi POULTRY Chickens, per d,z 3 4 00(5(6 00 ; ducks, per doz.. 15 0i 6 00; geese, $6 00 8 00; turE per lb., I2Jc. PROV ISIONS-Oregon ha,, l3;c per lb.; Eastern , P313Jc,; Ea.ul breakfast bacon, 124c per lb.; On.. 1012c. ; Eastern lard, lOffillk. lb.; Oregon, lOJc. GREEN FRUITS Apples, t J) 85c. ; Sicily lemons. $G 00(S,6 California, 3 505 00; NavalonU, $6 00; Riverside, $4 00; Meoittn. neun, $4 25. DRIED FRUITS-Sun dried ap. pies, 7Jc. per lb. ; machine dried, 10 11c; piUess plums, 13c,; Italian prunes, 1014c; peaches. 121lk raisins, $2 402 50. WOOL-Valley, 1718c; Eiusta Oregon. 915o. HIDES Dry beef hides, 8I0;.; culls, 67o.; kip and calf, 810i; Murrain, 10 12c. ; tallow, 33Jt. LUMBER Rough, pcrM, 10 00; edged, per M, 12 00; T. and G. sheathing, per M, U'i 00; No. 2 floor ing, per M, $18 00; No. 2 ceihnR, per M,i8 00; No. 2 rustic, per M, 18 IW; clear rough, per M, $20 00; cW f.i 8, per M, $22 50; No. 1 flooring, per M, $22 50; No. 1 ceiling, perl, $22 50; No. 1 rustic, per M, $22 50; stepping, per M, $2a 00; ovw If inches wide, extra, $1 00; lengths to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths 50 to B), istra,$4 00; 11 lath, per M, H 25; lath, per M. .$2 50. BEANS Quote small whifes.tl 50; pinks, $3 ; bayos, $3 ; butter, U 50; Limas, $4 50 per cental. COFFEE Quote Salvador, lit; Costa Rica, 1820c.; Rio, 1820v.; Java, 27$c. ; Arbncklo's's reacted, 2'L MEAT Beef, wholesale, 23c; dressed, 6t;. ; sheep, 3c ; dreed, 6c.; hogs, dressed, 8(Jo. ; veal, 57c. PICKLES Kegs quoted steady it $1 35. SALT Liverpool grades of IU quoted $18, $19 and $20 for the to sizes ; stock salt, $10. SUGAR Prices for barrels; GoHea C.64c; extra O.Cfo.; dry grauulM 7e. ; crushfd, fine crushed, cube ami powdered, 7c. ; extra C, 6o.; hl' aud boxes, c. higher. A Maine fishing schooner recently caught on tho Georges Banks, on halibut trawl, a queer fish. It weijrhel seventy-rive pounds, and is describe! as being "about ns" large m the top a hogshead, and almost as broad long." When first taken fnira it water it was of a bright red color xi marked with silver spots, varying i size from that of a thive-ecnt piece that of a silver dollar. Aft.- the L had been out of the wntnr a while. P red became purple, except on the ts which retained their vivid hue. Ti fins, three in number, were small a proportion to tho body, and the tw Was short and broad. "What b-e-n-u-tiful peaches." d an old lady as sho stopped at a stsJ the market and admired a basket of early peaches. They were covers with pink gauze and looked very tempt ing. Tho old lady bought the peaeW and took them home. The next d' she appeared again at the stalls showed the stallkeeper a small P'1 of pink net. "Do you keep that k'.w of veiling for sale?" she asked. Th stallkeeper told her that he did m "Well," she said, "when I got the peaches home they were small ' sour and green, and I thought u could get some of that stuff that m' them look so pretty aud plump in t- basket I'd wear it myself. If it improve me as much as it did t peaches folks would think I'd foC the Elija of lifa." Detroit Frit f- S Employe "Square & Co. ot rer'' write that' a mistake of -'') was m,J; in the footing of their K-t bill. they inclose a ch.x-k for the .im'm"' Employer "All r''ht. s.-ud a re.''" bv.t we mu-it look out fr t.iat f J hereafter. They'ru too h'in
