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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1890)
m mm cm guasd. SATURDAY AIQUST 9. ItiW. SUPPLEMENT. OKKCOX CROPS AM) WKATIIEK, For Week KiKlmjf Aujfu.tt 2ml. WKATilKU. The ti-mp'-riiture hint been Iwlnw the ver rne for the wui li, huiI hus run;;td Ituui 15 to 11! ll'rt;l. Rxivpl a f-w local Hpriukl-H nlnnt; the ccmul and ii MptiuklB tit Wml Wall on July :J1, uo ruiu ii rrporltid lo have fulluu in tlie Hill r. '1'Ihi iIii.vh lmvo bi-en elo'idy or partly ilmiiiy iii tlio luuruitirtf the udi-inuouj hitve 1.1'fU ulollilltliH. (MlliP-t. Tli- cool, putly cloudy weather nan very I ,v .r il.li' lo hiiivi Htinn opeMtioua, which have continued ' itunun the tf.-ek. The weiithi r condltiona have also been favorable to tlu crops nut jet matured awl lo tbo rip filing of Irnit. . The wheat undoaN urn. g-u-rully yielding letter than wan expected. The liny crop wn in eh lr-ir than W.IH txptctcil. Til Ikiji enlitiiiiii' to be Jmwt promising. An wit expieieil the peaeh crop is poor. The tipple yiehl will he lair. Th cihIIiii ni"th l.aa done cnuMileriiblo injury, I'liium and primes will be. etpui-hilly ph nlifnl. The i;rnieH kivu proiuirte of an uliiiudaiit xi' hl imil viiif vu (la are report, il to be in a healthy condition uuil thriving. The yield of torn will not be up t. the average on account of the ilry weitlhtr when needed, and cool liihlH ililiiliK (rowing aeiiaou. vWieit yield of In bnsheU per acre are n ported from various localities, Senator I.. 1'. Hatch, .McCoy, Polk county, repnrtH, I bail thirty-three acre which yielded forty iii.it oiie liall bushels per acre, i his may be i-.'iiHidcrcd an luilicntion of what miiuuier l.nlow wheat will average in this locality." 1'ioui the Willaiueltn valley neut ral report as to yielda have not been recorded. The number of bushels per aero from Eastern orennii will iiveraxe well. Wasco, Sheruiau, (illiiiin and Morrow counties have very sat isfactory crops. In Umatilla to (he west of 1'einlleton the wheat is poor. """ will not ield over ten bushels pc acre. To the Iiiiitll and eastol 1'eudlctisi it will average fully ;i'i busbils per '. Cuion county will averse from 3.) tt-- mihel per acre. The most Mitiaf.ictor reports are wived tiotu ulluuuuties, The postmaster at Graut, although a din liiliutiiiH point for uliont forty olllces in tlr.o u and Washington, receives only $150 ;, ear lor clerk hire and about :tMI kalary. uiir postmasters are the poorest paid of any id the public servimtR, Mid our senators and oiiressinan should interest themselves in this matter. Theie are no publin olUees which reiiiiro the same care and ability as ilio postal departuieut and iu every instance llie laborer shoiil.l be worthy of big hire. Tiuics-M. Since the presidential election of 1 SSS nineteen votes have been added to the elec toral college, including the six which Idaho hud Wyoming will coutiibuto. Wood Sawing. Mr. Win. Horn is prepared to saw wood w ith his machine. Leave orders at J. I). Matlock's store, and Mr. Horn will com mence work the Moudays of each week. Konimlcr Electrocuted. The first execlloD ny eicciui j -place under the new New York law occurred at the Auburn penitentiary, Aug 6. A dia- ''"a Muli electricity was dischared into the vitals of Win. K-iutuler at the prison here tins inoriiiKt!. He dud, so lar as any a iperlicial eudi lue indicated, upon the in-s-uut that the sw itch lever was puhed in Idace to eslablish a cuireut through bis body. His eyi s were resting, paruy ope.. l.n ....II.. ..urlfbU it IS believed, beiun IU ktanlly paruljied or diMiil. grated. The I.....H ., n,i,ii,.il unou a halt brat, and uo leiauic convulsions marked the iuliiut ll l.MIlllll lllll. Keuiiuli-ra nerve was aonirt thing wouibrlul. lie never laltered. U directed the adjustuient of bimselt in r chair aud colisuled the wardtU to uiovlt' Hon to secure perfect fcilety. lbe hB was given at tiil i,1 a. ui., aud was " m il aiiout eighth u Hiconds. Two luitlt alier the euueut was cut oil' there was ' piratiou. As soon as possible the cO""' was returned, then cut oil, aud again l raliun was evident. Alter a few moJ"',B iulna cauie liuiu the mouth, the-''J''h' heaved, and there was a heaving ' ,ue Ihrout. A shock was again put to tt P'"1 oner, who, the doctor remarked, v UUJ coucioiis from the mounul of ' msl shuck. In a short time smoke upp'leJ Ju the lace and the llesh was bum special lo was most trying. 'J "" the doctors bald, btill'ered no pain hutever. Tue warden says the voltage atthe Ursl shock was at lrttU volis, whiol ru doAUtua point not named. lM ltiu the tliiid coiilacl nl four minute the uiiui was declared dead. The uidi.O,'""'"-, of death was stgued by all. Whi lbe mask was taken oil Kruiiuler's lace hli") found half opeu, aud his espwou, wtiile uol normal nor placid, was horp " vr ..K ..i... ... .l...l within iicoud attei the alteriiatiBi; eurieut was mild u,' aald Harold UVowu, of No York, uhe Courier Jourual I- porter lo night. H" 'be uiuu, who, after the New York lecture psu the law to execute by eleclilo. UJade ex p.rimeuts and plated in poil tb deadly ilvnemoat Aulinrn. Wheu Ul)U1 ths execution Hrown sutd: III legard lo the Ketuuilcr execution I wil y lbt ex perience with auimals and iports of the diath showed one act-olid a Cil' ',u "le alleruiiting current will piov instantly fa tal, but that if this current a stopiie.l be fore the expiration of twcut-liy or thiity seconds, muscular nguiit; caveu ' mc possaKe of the current tUw.gb i uuscles will be followed by eorresiifmimircUtatiou, which may iirod'j spasmodic, ilubou ol hieuth aim alleinpis at repiutv. n m unrreiit is on inure than thitty- aiouds there is no inovtuieiit whatever ol the -nis ei, s wheu Uie cuireut was elf Keu,Hr was killed nwnutly and patuiesrty ,lu lbe tirst aecoud, hut us tbo current 1S opened aud taken otl before tlio thy seconds had passtd, which frightened no. of the attendants iuto thinking he was l ilea.l. the current was untitled eL'alll. ail produced on the f ice and hands the twitel ing, which showtd beyond a doubt that th. first shock had killed him. Doctors iu general declared Hint the man from the vety tirst contact was beyoud cou sriousuess, aud some thought the actum which startled all aud sent the warden away with a white face to order the current re newed was only lha reflex muscular action. Notfso with one physician, who declared he wuiiid stake bis name that he could briug Kouiuiler buck to conscious life with braudy hypodermics. Woou NoricK Those who have agreed to tiling wood to this olViee are reminded that we dj not wish to wait until the raiuy seasou for our wood. 7v7 TT71 T1T CI OtTV DS5 A FINE ASSORTMENT OF ?4 BEAUTIFUL DRESS GOODS prom the Cheapest to the Best at prices according to quality. A LARGE STOCK OF From the Cheapest to the Best. All parties can be suited either as to Price or Quality, : 1 Our assortment is Complete, from the lowest Pi-iceupto the Finest; can suit you if you give us a call. OUR STOCK IS CSrFrec New and Stylish.. Look us over: if we do not a.ve you money, we will make some one el sell to you low. -A FULL LINE OF GROCERIES P. B. DUNN HainessShop nAVIXU OI'KXKD A NKW SADDLE AND HARNESS SHOP 0 !Hh STKEET opposite Star Jiakery, I am now prepared to furnish everything: iu that line at the The Most Competent Workmen re employed, and I ill endeavor to give satisfaction to H li) ma w nti a can. favcr Eugene 9 Foundry ! u Machine Shops f G. N. F15AZER, Proprietor. MAKES ALL KINDS OF CASTINGS, STORE FRONTS A WD ENGINES. KErAIRING OF ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY. (live ma a trial. I Kiiarautc uy work to give satii-faction. Shop corner of Eighth utrvet auJ mill rao. U. N. F HAZE It A. A. C:UI5I!IK. (illil; 111 FISI?R & V ATKINS, PROPRIETORS. Will keop unt,y on hanJ a fliU SU()l,ly of MUTTON, RK AN1) VEAL, VI ich they will, , . . c, Afairihai,1' the We.t mRrW-t pn- licited. , 'tli public patronage ao- TO TBL. HlljBkcksmith Shop, Wagon and Carriage Work, H9rse Shoeing nnrl tiano iri'n o flf fl.ll CiiUU icuau lug --- umas promptly alien ed to. All w 1- jiov.nifnrd SHOP, southwest cor ner of Eighth and Olive A. A streets. .FARMERS : We will pay the hm, , . , . (att.e.tee for Ut SHOP ON V1LLA;XTE i, REET. EUGENE CITToREGOy. M.'ta delivered to any p.,( At city ,.f charjrf 7" . . . . ' I N Hohl & McMuny Taka warnina all vou farmers tlist aummer fallow to work ro and get o"' rajne'g Boss Cultivators, and stop fnnli,.n Thm l!,w H,,,a thn hiz aud Jon forget it.