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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1892)
Mae River Mines. We clip the following eorres)iond ence from t lie Ilrownsvllle Times con cerning operations in tliu lilue river miiiiux dimrict: The Eugene company has Just hud a lift v foot tunnel run on the Durango, and Mr. Drown, one of the owner, in formed u this morning that they were getting out some fine rock. He Maid they hud the rock tested and that it went from $1.1 to $100 per ton in gold, and from tlO to 0 in nilver, Martin & Peltier hnve been at work all winter running through the moun tain rook, running fora ledge some two hundred and fifty feet from where they Htnrted. They Bre alxiut to he reward ed for their laiMtrs. Tliey run Into one of the MlringerH of the ledge lat night, it looked very well and they cannot lie hut. a few feet Irom the ledge Morenre Sew. The West, August 12. The Mary Gilliert Is now loading with lumber at the Hiusluw Kiver Lumber ( Vs. mills. She will take on about KiO.OflO feet. Steamer Coon came in Wednesday evening loaded to the guards so to speak. Hie had three scows In tow loaded with immigrant moveables be longing to incoming settler, tourists equipments headed for Heceta, to gether with n large scow of baled hay. while the cabin and decks were loaded with passengers and their baggage. Passengers on steamer Coos Wednes day evening were Misses Luella, Har riet, and Belle leaves, of Eugene; Miss Elsa L. Ames, an art instructor in the Stanford University of California; Mrs. Itev. Iuilih, Mr. and Mrs. Judge Wal .Mango A Hutler's initeity looks Ut- ton anl family, Clyde L. Patterson, ter with every lick the.v strike, ami they claim they are getting line pros- Ht'l. Mr. Joint Downer is still going ahead on his claim und says that it is far better than it ever was liefore. He is getting out rock now in which gold can plainly he wen, and he is dream- J. M. Widuier and brother, all of Ku gene. These people are all upon pleas ure bent, and yesterday morning start ed for a several days outing at Heceta Head. Messrs. Mitchell & Bailey commenc ed work yesterday In clearing the great Siuslaw river of rocks and other ob structions from head of tide to the falls inar of haiuiicr days in the future, Mr. Ditlclsdiirifiiiitawayon one of ,.,,,. i-inww. Tim rimt. work will ln Ills claims and the old man has great tliat of blasting rocks and straightening hopes of the future. the river at the land slide, a short ditt- ThePoonnan boys arc still luring tanee above Mr. Net-lev's place. They into the mountain, although they have yrnpm: to so clear the' river of obstruo- niit Kiiuiii uic iiinui letiire nicy innc t ,111s ns to make It tiav mill e for loirs the entire length. They will a'so put in a boom at a point three tulles below head of tide. Steamer Chance came in yesterday afternoon from Portland loaded with material for the lighthouse valued at liecn taking out the best rock for the last two weeks that ever cume out of the mine. A Lucky Piece. The diwovery ha been made that ou one side of the new quarter there are' $!M),(00 comprising glass, lenses for thirteen separate representations of the; the light and heavy iron castings for number thirteen. It was probably the : the tower. She also had on fifteen Intention of the designer of the new ! tons of merchandise for this port fotir Mlver piece to have t lie number tliir- j teen Chinamen and sixteen passengers, leeu occur thirteen times, and thus ; She unloaded her cargo the same af break the thirteen suerstitiou, but j tcrnoon and today put out to sea there are but few people who have ngaiu bound for Coos bay and Coquille. noticed tiiis fact. I After leaving Coquille she will at once There are thirteen stars, thirteen let- go to Astoria where she will take on a ters In the scroll held In the eagle's load of freight for Itose Hill cannery lieak, thirteen marginal feathers in ! and return immediately to this port, each wing, thirteen tail feathers, thir-1 They expect to lie here agaiu not later teen paralled lines in the shield, thir- j than next Thursday. teen horizontal liars, thirteen arrow heads in one foot, thirteen leaves on the branch In the other foot, and thir teen letter) in the words "quarter dol lar." Til lMrrMlarlesl'aalcas. Sai.e.m, Or., Aug. li Thomas McCarthy, the detective for the un derwriters, this evening succeeded in obtaining from Captain John Dove, David Youug and Charles Pybiirn a Ail I and complete confession of the homing or me steamer it. i, Fall Cr.fk Flashes. Anna, where was Ed, Sunday? C. D. Edwards, of Eugene, was in this vicinity recently. Mrs. C. (. Matteson was at A. D. Hy land's one day last week. Miss Celia Hylaud Is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Emma McFarland, at Junc tion. Frank Warner and family, of Big Prairie, are visiting relatives at this steamer Young for which crime this trio are i ....... I.. I..II VI..... .!... -I... I was burned for the puriiose of securing M V' . fcd!w7lg' of ,HiKh the Insurance. Pyburu and Young Ilu"k' vWted A- & Mattcwu'- re pouivd oil over the boat and Pybum i wnuy set a match to It, while Dove was otfi L M. McCollister, of Santa Barbara, w ith the engineer, whom they were aurornia, was at a. e. Matteson one afraid to take into the scheme. IUikru Bill. Herald: Yesterday one of Albany's laboring men had re in rued to hliu a ten dollar bill, with t lie claim that it came from him. In vestigation of the facts showed that he had only been one of some half dozen wlio hail continuously had led a ten dol lar bill, but to clearly establish the Identity of that bill was difficult to do. Tiie one returned to hlmwas plainly deficient, a it had been raised from a $- to a f 10 currency bill, by erasures and by pasting tens taken from cigar Ixixes or from spurious advertising bills over the twos on the genuine MIL It was rather cleverly done and likely to deceive persons who do not observe very closely. Iiul rail Iraaa Cmm4 at Hap Oakland, Or., Aug. 11. Mrs. C. Bard, who lives near this place, was riding on a load of hay with her hus band, when the team took freight and she fell off. The wheels pamed over ber and she died in four hours. night last week. from and Aaaaalia lrl. Salem, Or.. Aug. ll.-Jack Sher man, a young bookkeeper from Moo mouth, was arretted today and held to await the action of the grand Jury for the crime of assault. The complaint I made by Nettie Uoode, aged 17. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey were up Eugene hist week nicking berries visiting the latter' sister, Mrs. George ? ai iier. Messrs. Anderson and Johnson, Rev. C. M. Hill, of Portland, and others passed through here last week, on a pleasure trip to the mountains. Rev. J. M. Sweencv. assisted hv Rev. 1. D. Driver, of Eugcuc, com menced a camp meeting at Lowell, Thursday evening, August lltb, which will continue until the 27th. YOD ARE III To call and examine our stock of We carry the largest and most varied assortment outtiA Portland. UfflltUKIIEMI We sell an A 1 line of fa ling and Mill We have anything you want in the way of Walking, Sulkcy and Gang Plows, II rows, Cultivators, Seeders, Drills, Feed Mills, Hay Cutters, Churns, Washing Machines, Etc. We 11 MITCHELL and STUDEBAKER WAGU&. Don't fail to see our new improved CHAMPION BINDER. All mailable Iron and : The new CHAMPION MOWKR is a wonder. Gearing and pi':: conneetions warranted against breaking or wearing out. The best BUGGIES, CARRIAGES and CARTS for the II MONEY. Wk ark i. it and are boi nd to sell, so don't fail to call on- H. D. NORTON & CO. 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The coroner called a jury which returned a verdict to the effect that ahe came to ber death from au overdose of oil of tansy, administered by ber own band and without suicidal intent. h was 20 years old. A alhra rg-a Waaar aVa4. Kokebiro, Or., Aug. 11. 8. p. Hamilton died at bit horn on Oak creek yesterday after a lingering III- neaa, aged 78 years. He was an old uiouerrof Douglas county, and was well known throughout southern Ore gon. Farms. Fruit IM EUGENE CIGAR FACTOB No. lOO.- CIGARS udlYMirrvMaf .11 kMik wnni.nAtf and RITAILTK-U' Tht Lsi(al tn4 Brat Setae Btock o( Clans, Tabaecaa. Hpts, Etc, nmnnf iipUw4 this Mark at (mat dlamont, I aai aMa o tell of aw wiwiii( aaywiav is iaa iiaa ami wall ta ansa my faaoi arwra OLD rOSTOmCK COKXU, EnOKNK, ORXCOX, Anything In the Gro cery lino, Goldsmith's. We lead in quality & prices. Goldsmiths Cash paid for pr at Goldsmith's. For a square deJ to Goldsmith's. H