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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1893)
o JflHiK HEADY DEAD. , mliuir Jurist of trifiiu llr a Today it uou. 111 l'uruM', nr., March 21. Judge M. I iNndy, judge of the I nitial Slalt di'.tru-t c-otirt, died here at ihmui Itnlay. Ijudui' IKikI.V waslmrn war Ijt-lon, .1 JhIIh.I county, Murylund, on May I l.l. ixtnllll were .iiirpiiiiiuui Mil rcs"Ctttble nildc, his father In ing iim lirr ly profession. In I'd the family iikv-1 I" Whirling, V., w h re (lit; fiitln T W tllijiloytl an Jirllicipul df the I.uiicBslrlaii ui'iiilt'iuy for noine tear. I" lt4 I'" mother died mi Iht Vtay b.k l Wheeling fmm Iwiltiinore, where Tie family hud gone on vUit tn her father. In KiT jKUinf iK-ady re moved to I hlo with hl father, nml lit MiTHf Vinrn on i fiinn. He li ft Hie f.irni In Nl nml went to Harm--x ill,-, where for four year In wrought at the anvil, nml attended the then ...un u hat fainnu Ilariicsvllle academy uorklmiiin well at the form of thought . thai of mutter, liiniiiuirtinr ami rdiupinu In hi mlml the on- of know I edge fimml In I he mint of hook. Hit-l-Ttintf hlmnlfby leaching wliiil, he (-gaii the ntudv of law III llj w ith the lion. William Kcllhnll, of St. tiuir.ville, O., nlnee on the supreme l.tieh of the Mute, ami now tltm-ased. In llctnln-r, 1hT, he wan ailinitteil to the supreme court of the state ami ,,,t i-iitiil iimi'tlev In St. Cliilmvllle. He i'n-u the ilailia to Oregon III s,i. Here he nupmrtcd hliuntif dur ing the w inter hv i ni"K. mid In thu .t.ringof IVnl commenced IIm, ,.r. lice ol in- r.r,ln, ami aooli ln-came a man of mark in the community. In June, 1 v ill, ho w as chosen to the lower lioiix of the territorial legislature from Vainlilll founty. In KM, after a seven- contest, he wan f Imwii a nieinher of the territorial eouiieil from Yamhill county over liavhl I,ognn ami acrvcd a chairman of the Juillclary eoinuiit. lee of that IxhIv In the m-mIhii of s.. :.', and a presiding oillct-r during the lfl:il mtwiIiiii of K"J, ami the regular one of S.'il'-.'t. He was strongly urged In tin' spring (if 1,VI un a candidate for delegate to (niinri-m. hut he received ami ami ac-ccpti-d the niMiintmt'iit of axMielate jimliiv of the auprc me court of the ter ritory, w hich he held until Fchruarv 4, I "''. He wan it Ilii liiUr of the const I tutioiial foiiventinli w hich framed the iniiMltutiiili of the ntatc. After the admission, Judge Di-ady wan iipiMiiut-t-djudguof the rnited State ilUtrict court of thin stutc. u ISH) he removed to Purl land where he hint ver hi i hi- made hU home. In sil-2 he pn-liured ami rrirled ole of civil procedure. It waa udnpt tn the li'uixlallire of lMil, the present iil, with two small amendments, ami. with hlinlit altenitioii, Iiiih miisiiliitiii the code of civil iiroftihiru for On ircm. At tlie reiUeit of the li iflwlature of lNi'J lie li ireiared ami rcorted to the Icuixlature oflM'4 a rtMle of crimi nal procedure, iiichidinK thti ili lliiltlon of crime and their punishment, Mhich wan iMiwctl at thnt cclon w ith nut aiucmlmetit. he ha btvii rrenlilclit of the 1'ort l 1 1 I I.ihniry Ansociation ever nincv N.". He wun iiImi pnnidciit of the t'liivernlty of OrcKon, in w hich mai ily he ha contriliuted much to iUcle viiliuu mid iiwfiiliiewi. At the annual iiMimieuivmeiitn of S7S and liT'.i Jlldki' liiely delivered two aililniwtn to tlie niiliuiling cliiMMeM of thoMt yearn. HIS HAI I V MAItltl.MIK. Ill June, l'2, Juilite iN'mly wit iiuiti'd ill marriau'c with Ml- Lucy A. Hi nclir-Min, tlie dauuhtcr of one of the old mid hlthly cMceincil plonivrM of tin-Koii. Tlie marriage tools iilaee In Yuuihillfiiuuty. She wan a lady of cul ture and refinement. Three wnmwerc tin- fruilHof (hi loiiif and hui'py union Kdward X., I'aul It. and Hendemoii H. Tlie tun former are pnictlclnif at toriicyH In rortlaml. Tlie latter, the vouiiift aoii, U pn-parinir for the med ical profoxion. lie wan a irolliineut inemher of the l'piciiMi church. Ily an act of the lat innyrcHii Judpe IV.nly wax allowed to rcllrc mi full pay al any time ho dcHircd. However, the law w im ptiM'd Iimi late to be en joyed by the tleccawil JlirM. .., ... i. i The n j-ular Weekly llicetllljt of 11" t'i(icim' JiiL'ilf wit held hint lll(.'ht ut the oH'nt hoiiie. Tim Iioiim wan wi ll lUli-d with ladlcH nud Ki'iitlclucn, liii liilient of the l'UKlie w itil a rimmI iii Itibby of the eurioii opMiitioii. Tin- convention oiiencd with prayer by Iti v. i:. I'. Hi inli rxon after w hich the liiiiiulcn of the pn'Viou iiicetlUK were mere read and approved. Then fob lowiil nn addre by the I lev. II. L. Itiitc. takiui; an hi theme, "The miw- rof rul.lii' Opinion." After the p iitli'ltmii had tllilheil Mr. MK'luiiir, prenldent of the local W. C. T. I'., made a nhort .latcmeiit liowiiiK w hat had Ikvii done In get an expreioti from the women of the city ri L'tmliiiK the Milium. The exii iilivc committee in accortl iiiiii' with their i nut ruction rcrtiil iiiiiiii! an follow: Mayor, Hon. J. II. M.-t Inntr: niuiii-ilim ii': Ut want, lr. Win. Kuykemhill; 2d ward, C. Knink; ;M ward.'tJ. X. Fr.iar: tnaun r, I. K. 1'i ti r. Tlie otllce of recorder wiut purpen'!)" , a vacant to bo tilled later. The reirt wao unauinnuly adoptiil nud a resolution ndpted aiithorizinif 'He i n uiiv- coniinitli' to till all va ihiicUt. now exUiiinO'iid w hich may '"enroll tlie ticKet. A not tier n-iolu-ion un. pre, ndil bv llev. Ihivid X. Mi Inturtr, 11. 1., to theetli-et that the x'utiveoiimmittee ap'lut nuitable I rii t,, ,. pnt-ut nl the illn in h w ard to prevent ilb uil votinif. 1 hin revihltion wan nl mi adopted. Al'li.tNTKH ItEiiKVT. We under tnnd thtt Judife Walton ha leli apMiiiittt a n-vi nt of the State I'ni verity to till Judki' Ih-ady'n unexpinil 'nn. Mr. Walton han' Ut-n a true frimd of the uiiivt-rity tiver nlmv It bn-allon tale. He 1 now necretarv of the board, and for ocveral y i-nr. nervttl a a t p nt. Akkkt on Aai i t. On coiu plaint of C. K Winter Milburn llmw n wa.arrt-.ted by Xt-iuty ShcritrCroner, t'-l'iy. at penc-r I reek n the chargf "fatiit. It nritnfint that tlie liLrbt 'k phut? in t,t n'ighlrhoHl vt-ti-r-! "".v. The trial w ill t.roibly t ' pioiv tn-fore Juntice Kiiier thi aftcf-1 tioou. TnH.Y, MAItt ll 2s. Tolit ii vi.iiTd I'ortl.md rti r- duv. I- M. Strcetcr, if Ih ., KlIKi'lie. O K. J. MiH'launhiitl iil burn toilav. Cul.. I. I llarri- Vci'talle of alt kllldnure llow rapid ly KToW llljf. Inrw in Itri-tow of Ciittagi' (irove wan ill low II tmhiy. I I.. II. Adair ri'turneil home from, I'ortluml butt iiight. j S. M. Y'oniu twnt to Salem on thi i luorniuic'a liK'at Tiaiu. I W. H. Iee if Junction t'ity wa in! tlie city thin afterniMiii. ; lUlitor Monhend of the Junction Time in In the city. Itev. I. I). Iirivcr rcluriii-d from I'ortlalnl thin afleriHMiii. W. II. Ibtln-r, the grain Inerehalit of Junction I'ity wan In low ti today. The welcome little nw allow have ar rived during the lat twelve lioum. W. W. lluiiien left thi inortiini; to vi-.it Salem ami other valley tow n. There will bu two aiwuieutn ill tlie A. O. T. W. order for the mouth of April. I'lMtmintrtKH Wunhhurue mid Mr. W. T. I-Jtkill iited relative at Junc tion tixlay. FUlier A Watkin pun hit-el twen ty heud of Hue ntall ft I cattle from llobt. Alllnoll, of Cllfnher prtvilicl, enteriluy. J. W. Iiwry, w ho fame In re everitl day niuc froiu ('i nln vlll.', Snilli Ihi kota, dan alniut decideil to Imnte ill tlii vicinity. Mr. U. S. llcau and children, who dave Ut-u vlnitiiiK n lttlivcn here fur neveral day retunnil home to Salt-Ill thla morning. It In now pulilUluil that the I tot; no Illver Valley ntilnnul will ln fxtemleil fnun Metlfonl to Klamath City, a din- tuiicc of Ml milc-n. Iietirife and C. K. Hale hlilpd a! car load of line Int f cattle to l'rt laiiil limt wtfk. Tlie entile averaged over 13 H llw 1 r dead. M. Kondlaml, who nit iilly faili! I in I'ortlund wun indictt! In 1'ortliiud yenterday for oliialulmt iiiouey under i'alitt pretvllne. He gave bail ami wan ri'leaned. Oliver NV. Ijfllt, who wan poioue.l at Mount Tulmr lout week from eaiing cuuneil Mtliuon, la ntill conllueil ami making very alow progrcNt In the di rection of recovery. With tho exception of f jm tlie $."-,-OtM capital ntock of the lleW Imlik to lw onnitiieil at Junction ( Ily han In-eu tnt-n ubf ribed. An orgauiat ion w ill I cllii tcil at that city next Sutui.lay. H. It. Siielllng, formerlv a citl.cii of Iano tsmnty, ilieil in Siklyoti ooiiuty, California, at the renideiice of din ou, retvntly. Mr. Snelllng wan regiterof thu Ijikeview land nlllcc under 1're! dellt Clevclnlid'n udmiliMrutinii. Marxhal I ju-lland nhot a Htnuige dog lut night oi. went Seventh ntreet. It wun thought thnt the dog bad eaten broken glunn, ut any rate lie had fright eucd nevernl ladle, no couiplaiut wa made with tlieulHive-inentioned rcult. The T. S. inamhnl dan m ut dcputlc to llruilin to protect the Jiilaliee ni- I Ion hand. iov. IVimoyiT iUenlioii the aullmrity of the 1'. S. nmr-hnl nml ay the nherltl of Ilouglan county ought toarrent the di putic. C J. Smith, who wa nhot by Clmrli-n II. (iove, In I'orllauad, Salur duy evciiliiif, dlcil (hi uioruiiig lit '-M" o'cliH-k. Tlie eoroiier'a Jury on tlie tlcnth of Cove, held that he tiled from the eltW'tnof a guimliot wound. Inllictcil by Ida ow n baud, while liiUiring mi ller a M'II of ineiilul nln-rratiuii. They are Junt picking up gohl out in JoM'phine founty. One nugget wa found containing f3T.'i. It ha lin on exhiliition in the bank at Ornul'n l'ann for neveral day. Lunt Fridav another wan found In the name gulch iimtnlnlng $220. If thi ki up Jont'plllne tsmnty will hefamnu. J. K. McCornnck, formerly of F.u P'lio, liaa lafll npMiinted receiver for tlie l'uloune Mill Company, nt ralou-'. giving a Nind of r:wi,ni. Tlie liablli lien of the foinpany are f.V,tl mid uv netn t U7,li. Tlie eolnHtiiy mill wn burned hoiiic lime ago, cunning n lw df flu,ii, and oilier unfortunate cir flimntullif linnintcil ill I lie trouble which finally ended in lnoveiiey. Mr. Mcl'orniick exHi(n to pay ull tlcbtn ill full w ithin u year. From the San Jone, Oil., Iliiily Mer cury, of tlie 2lt In-t., in the county court proceeding for Santa I liira eoun ly, we glean the new n that John lug. ham, formerly a resident of Iaue wiunty, liaa lai'li Bpmlntel ol f the annintnutn to the manager of the world' fair exhibit from Santa Clara county. Hin dutie w 111 U to nnni-t in plutiug the exhibit in Hitioii and caring for it at Clilcago, mid dl nalury I t7" r inoiith, wild an ttiual amount for exn ne. Ho w ill I tluin einployetl for alut eight month. The Salem Stati nuum hit the follow lug concerning one of our honorable titieii: The iutrmhit lion of a bill in the Miiinenota legllature to coiiid Chinamen to wear their nhirt limlde of their pant reiuliiiln old llngonlan of a nieaniireof t In- name dun thnt found it wav into the Oregon legi-lature Inte in the mi n. Ib prem ntative Amin wan father of the bill, which pro vided that all Chinamen who Tlilght come Into tlie ntate to ivinaiii would In coim IIihI to forfeit their iiif in. Mr. Ami reniden III Lane county. Itfiii.xi:i. Oregon Inn: A"!-laiit rniteil Statin Attorney I 'baric K. I.orkwootl, nelit hi n-dgliutloii to the altoiA-Q:eiieral lant iH-celuln r, t"tiike ettci rJaiiuary 1. A there were .till nollie nptfiar luaMer oil baud Heed ing the nervine of Mr. Ii-kwoml no action wan tukeu un hi r uet until a few day ago. w hen he wired the atlorm-y-gi ni nil tiiiettiig immediate action, and the n-nignatioii w acit-ptiil. iMiring hi term of oflbv, Mr. IM-kwiXMl hn made v,.rv i-tie i-rlli lent and liaili.takilig G'-HnT. lb' ban funm-d a n Ii-'t i li s'i the law ilmi or Mt-iiiiin, .-ear SV.oii. A !. I. Mr. Sihk ank, Man h 27. Thi the day act for tlie hanging of MiiiTTi who f'Uiuiittfd the atrm-iou iminb r of an old f irmer in thi county but the cane ha-(a)eli carrie.1 to the niipn-uie t.iirt, The and tin-re will ! no exei utloii i i I gallow la ready for ue. 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T1 ' IX summetl up means that if vou will send us $: to pay for the 1 111S Olid Wkkki.y (it aki. and Weekly New York World for one year, you will receive VllVA) OF (MIAWIF a complete new edition of Chamhers's I'niversal Kncyclopieilia, irovidel you include ,M0 additional for packing, insurance and transMrtation'chaies. Jn other word, you will p-t two splendid news papers for one year and a complete family lihrary of ." volumes for only .10. Address ATT:nPTi:u hi hui k. Ikrai kaliUrt. I'ollTI.ANI, March SV Conrntl J. Smitli, lnikkcn-r for Ix-vy, Spicgl & I'o., wa nhot ami rbnm fatally woumleil alniut 7UUI tonight al the cor ner of .'Id and Abler ntntU by I'. A. liove, a realt'.tate dealer, liove thcii blew out hi own brailin. The men were ntamllng on the cor ner indulging in a heated con vernation when ntnbleiily Hove drew out u JW calibre revolver fnun hin itockct ami U-gaii tiring. When Smith naw liove reach for bin revolver, he Marled to run. I love'n aim, however, wan accu ral!', and he hit Smitli In the back the ball lodging in the abdomen. After tiring two nlintn at Smith, he turned the wt aHin to hin own head anil tired. He fi ll and dliil nt once. The ntrect wa crowded at the timeaml the shoot ing drew an imiueiinu crowd to the nceiie. Smith wa taken to the lump! (al ami I love' Innly to the morgue. The deed wa 'preineilltalctl, an a large knife wan found on the lnwly of tlie il. iid man. He left a ntnlcmeiit accti.ing Smith of nnniiltlng hin wife neveral yearn ago. Mm. liovo in a well know n teacher in the public m'luHiln of thi cily and alniut ten yearn ago aha w an elected county nchonl uiln-riliteli-dent. The nupreuie court held he waa not eligible and her liunbaud waa aje Mtilitetl to tlie Mmitinll. The nhiMitlng crtnled a profound nen nation nml wiu the priuclplo topic of eonvcrnatioli on the nlreeln. It wan nil the opIMtnite corner when' Kiuil Wel l r ft II a victim to Sandy Oldn' bullet four yearn ago. There in a myntery Humiundlng the trouble Utwmii Smitli and liove. Many claim that liove wa Insane. In a Hinall memoranduiii Umk which wa found on the Innly thcro waa a ntattv mcnt that live yearn ago imilii ai-i tempted to outrage Mm. liovo but i failed. Smith, who I daiigerounly ln-i jtired, may recover. He wan wen U-' night au'tl deiilen having made an an-, nault Umiii Mm. liove. i Mm. I iove in out of the city ami dm , not yet know or the tragedy. THK I.ATKST. roKTt.AMi, Marrh UT. Smith la renting ea.ily ami hin phyniciaiia are hoiM-ful of hin ultimate recovery. Mm. Hove refune to In Interviewed and will not talk about the cane. Cask I iwi prii. Judge Fullerton, thin inorulmr, tiled hi opinion in the caw off. J). Maxwell V Jullie II. Vales, Bpitl from tlie itmnty court, w I. it'll wan heard at the recent tena of the circuit court, ilimuinning tlie apial. Thin in a cae w herein Jamen II. l ate wan apMiintetl guanlian of the estate and n-mn of the minor children, May S, Jane Kliil-th and Jiniie Y. Mux well. Mr. Vaten l-ing their unci. Their father, ('. H. Maxwell, objected to thu apHiintuieiit riaiuiing lie waa their projn-r guardian. Judge Fuller ton state in hin opinion that a writ of rexiew wan the pron-r remedy, instead of an apal, ami alo intimati-a that under iieh a ppMnntliug that the can would he det-idi! in favor of the father. It in likelv that tlie cae will now be compromised. Dtllj luar 'v'rrh T.. KxAMtSATiox. TS puty I,rs;utlng Attorm-v I'otter ai-iuiniiiicl lleputy -beriil I' n'iier, who tn.k a prisoner to I reswell thi afti-rnimn. Thin l the tramp which liaa lu held by the offl ivrs here for aonif day In honof galni'ig limre rvidenee. Kalllnir in thi Unow taken Ut t'renwail for IdeiiTiflralioD. NKW EDITION ir i oi win it v O 0 -r- ' 12mo Size and 400 Pages Each; 12,000 'Pages earl i Suli-crilnT wluwr iianic is Yiirk- NVi'klv Wtir M ainl Wkkki.y ( !cm:i. iii tin il.iv it will mi'ly for dflivery, April loth. of this Popular Kncyclopicdia. now on the press, has heen revised to 1 SO 1 , and reset in clear luit tine type, llach volume is hound in stroiii; Manilla llexihle covers, and the ."! voltunes will weih. They will he i-cnt with all charges prepaid. intut he sent to the Kli.KNK transportation and insurance - criher to the (JvAiin and Wecklv World (the suliM-ription rr HI ii:d 111 IIKA1 It. tnkra In Ik I lantrn. I.AKAVtm'K, llr.. March -T. A antl accident invurred lal evening down on the liiblninn llron.' farm, about 3 mile eat of tlii place. In which litmrue liibbonn lost hin life. ticorgc ami I Hill liiblnmn bail Invu doing some butchering mime distance fnun the for mer' home, when they discovered hin limine wan on tin'. Ilu arriving at tlie house Icorge, U'llevlng hin family to In' w ithiii, made n rush into the limine and wa mniii overcome by the intense lient ami nmoke. Dan made re uteil ctl'oiln to p i at hi unfortunate brol her but owing to the intense heat wa un able to do no. I Inly a small portion of the remain could I' found. I Hi it I iih Imiiim waa neven ly burned alniut bin face anil band. At the time of the lire the family of thu unfortunate mail had gone over to III brother' house vlnitiug, ami had (icorge know n of the Nifcl)' of hi family the unfortunate af fair would not have occurred, (iisirge'n family couninln of a wife and four children, w ho have the yuialhy of the large community in which they live. .nai wrll OHlllur 111 llMlr. Wamiiinoton, Mnnh -7. Fourth An-islant I'ostinanter-I icneral Maxwell ttnluy Imlicnttsl the line of ollcy w hich will govern him in hi selection of i. Unit Till,!) fourtli-t'lasn nstmatcm thi year. He wild: "In the llmt place I ilmi't proH to rinlt UliiliiKi-wful Militlciaii Iodic title apKliUtlncnt. KxHiiugresnmell and men who ran for congresn ami were defeated w ill not control apiii:t nieiita timler me. In the stale when there I not a democratic senator and the district ar" represented by n pul llcali III co igrt-sn, the state, ditlict or county ili inin ratie commiUi' will In asked to make recommendation for iMMtmantcr. Wo waul to deal with live deiuocratn, men of Inllm-ncc, and not woniout tMilitlciaii. Men and women who held poaturllff four veam ago w ill not be ariiMiliited if new IiIimmI call ln found. The 'No ex' rule will apply for tlie aelection of fourth-class ntiuiistei. Of coume, if we cannot get di'iiHn-raln who have not held olllce to accept them, We will reinstate old IMwImantem rather than npjniiut n pult ic lis to bold otllccn. o are now reatly for bllsilleiM and the change will I' mailc aa rapidly aa nnv,iblu." 9- Ismaml Vcntcrdiiy afterntnin Mr. Saruli Hav wa exaiiiiutsl at Junction I 'it v, on tlie charge ot Insanity I. fore Juilge Flsk, I'riwuting Attorney I'ot ter and M. "Ileal Fxamiiiem I'r. I). A. l'i up and Noriiut n !, who intiel a roiiimittiuent. '1 be lady in the wife of I ieo. Hay, a farmer, In " yearn of aire ami la the mother of three (mall children. Her mania I of a morose and nuspicioii character, from w hb-li he liaa ln-u stitli ring for over a year. Ileputy Sheritl' Matthew took the un fortunate lady to the a-yliim thin morning. Tin' F.ugene ibbgatioii Wi lli to Jllln ti' ll u gueL of Sllnrill tendeltt Meld, oil thenn-clal rallroud comiuiMioiiem' latin, n turning on the overland. InVoKCK (illAMKH. The I'orllallil Ihtily l'ist-h sa n: "Julius Kuitill han taken di-fuiilt for want of a '0f U r ailiwer lei'tlo.t hi wife, Jennie, wTioiil he marr C )nv. 1, lsirj. In Vancou ver, and whom he aintn of criminal intimacy with unknown parties from that tiuie until Marrh loth of thi year particularly al a hotiw on Third and Sllil strt-t "in thi cily." Kuinll former ly wa proprietor of a aaloori In thin city. in GUARD, OF u tin StiliM iiiititui l of tlu (Ji Aiin, accompanied hv the charp s of .-J'.MO, and if the TIIKY IIAVK MONK. Nye and llurliatik Take Their Iie liartare hiNiii After the Ku tertaiument . i,unl, Marrh .T. Those who went to thu oteru house Saturday evening cxftliig an excll Im: entertainment were nnsl ib-eldedly disapMiinttil, for neither Mr. Nye or Mr. llurbauk iim of an excitable turn. If t lit-V were thi'V would In unable to be no funny. Mr. Nye's humor in nT luipn mnrt' aircctlng in hin coiiversii lioiinwith an auilicmv than in bin w ritings, for he then hanthe advantage of being seen and heard a well an un dcrshnMl. An hi humor mostly arise from bin a i it ncsn In thu illstortlon of tlie F.uglisli lauguago and CHi-lally certain ambiguous application of pn vintialisiii and slang phrases. III cul tivation of thin proM'iinity for yearn make it easy for hiui now to enter tain either an audience or a render. On the stage or oil' ho liaa that name droll manner In talking. Mr. Iturbauk sin prised many In the audience who had never Ilea id him. A a dramatic reciter lie certainly can bold an iiudiciico In the closest atten tion, every word and k,"w'"' convey ing a vivid Impression of thu scene he Hrtniycl. In a short conversation with a reporter, before they left yesler day morning, lml h he and Mr. Nye gave a gn at ileal of credit to thu audi ence and thu arrangement of thu os ra limine, Hn other lecturer have done. They claim for the latter that It gath er t'hu audieiic) around thu nkcr liku a family circle and the audience itself neciiicd to ln ill sympathetic touch with thcn-akcr, thu enabling him to do hi In-st w ith little ell'ort. Hill Nye' writing will Im read with greater Interest, now that wu huveaeell hi in, and Imlli gentlemen have made many admirer here w bo would gladly welcome them again to our city, a-riarr ilaka amliat Mak ! lie lit lalilal J I. Wahiiixoton, March St. Hecn Utry Hoke Smith bnlay reiitleretl hln llrst dtH'isloti. It wan a cane of the Southern Paclllc rallrtNid. It involved the (iieatb)ll of the right of that com imny to Ian. U within lt gntnted liin itn ami thu limit of I ho grant to thu Atlalitio A I'aiillc rallrinid, Ininllig It claim on the ground the latter com pany had never complli-d with ita re-ijiiln-meiitn of the grant, In thu mailer of locatiiiK II nnul, ami the forfclliira of iln grant. The necretarv holdn, however, the Southern Fai'llle. (,'hiii. iiauy had aiitiiretl no title to the laud in Uctioti under it urant. The .li .i.iiill o rute to o ll these lalldn, air'regatiug many t ho iwiiol of acn n in Snullmru 1 ahforula, to wttlemeut and a-htrv. Thu couiliilnslnner of the I 01 ii-nt I land oflloa 10 aciMirdliiitly til- IH'IC'I to 1MK0 lltu nietn lieet-sitrjf I'l ft store theiii to the public domain. An Di.i Momkv OkIikb. Florence West: llitilitly, whilo limklng over nomeiild lim, Itev. V. II. Church fo'inV ismial money order and t'.k it to li.u swtoftlt iii Florence. The time for ayineiitof the order having t i i.i nl, it wa aeitt by the pwtiii.ter to ksliliik-toii, and having traveled In'tweeii tl.eolllif where it wan in!iii and that where it wu payable and the Flon-noc olllce, il wun Dually urib rtsl paid by the department, lu.t twtdve year lifter it wan given to Mr. Chun-h. t laavr I m t)ai rail !) W a s 1 1 1 f iT i x , M a r j, V. Secret ury I arli-le hu apMiliitil Tr. J. A. Sen- in r commln-louer oi Immlgrallou at j New York. llipil), Or. o FlllCw, MAKCII 2i. V. A. l ux, of A, me, i In the city. S. S. Strpheim Wl.,i Jui), t,i (,t tbt.V. Jaiiic .'iiu.-ril of I ti,.' I'niii'ie I in Fugciic. II. II. Noiliui, of Jilll. tloii, ban Invu iipiiutel a notary public. Hon. I'.iiil'i r II. nnaiin ha returned to hi borne nt KiHN'burL.'. V. V. Ibiiiie hi nt to Albany thi morning. I fJ'Uty Micrilt' I 'roiu-r wa in Salclii ocr lat night. la. I'tiwilen and fimilv have moved to Molt, l'alirnia. 1. Frank and wile wt nt In I'orvallU thin Uioruiiig os'ud a few day. li. V. I'iiktlt r. to red thi in. i ni n k from it trip to J." phiin' county. It I nHrie. tbut T. J. Illink will I' lt.M. lilted ciillector of custom at I'oitluud in ii few day. The south ami west had heavy cy clone ycHtcrday and collsideralilc Iosm of life and prt rty i n H.rte.. The seventy-fourth anniversary of the institution of American Odd Fel lowship willoccur April i t It. Mm. Kliiscv and daiiuhtcr Mamlo came up from Salctn tlii iiftcriunui alter a visit of sevetul W t-i kn. The Portland Ii-patiit say Jutlire J. J. Walton, of thin cltv, I a candi date for I'. S. attorney at I'ortland. Mine I'lani and licneva Slallortl, who have lvn atteiiillng the Iirain normal schmil, arc here for a few day vl-itlng friend. Mrs. H. S. U it ii and children caiuo up from Salem I hi aftcrnimn for a visit at the home of Iter parent, l'rof. ami Mm. Thon. Condon. Ml I llic Haven of lleppucr am rived here yesterdav oil an cxlciuletl visit w ith her aunt, Mr. J. II. Har ris ami other relatives. John Vet,of Florvmv, w ho ha Int'ii in Portland having a camvr trealitl, returned Inn' Ihl aftcrninni. He think he I n little Impmvctl. Invalids. A. Perkln and familic, who arriviil hen a few day atro fnun I'lilorntlo, have leased the Titua n Itlciice on Tenth stnt't. They rctvlvetl a cnrload of hoiinehold c ll'cct from their old home tiMhiy. According to thu teltgniphlc di pntihcn, Kev. J. I'. I tea. I, the llaptlnt finilcher W lio illsaiin iinil no Inysler ously from l-'jist Port land, 1 mliilntcr lug to the npirltual want of u nmall Mm k in lllinoin. The Springlleld Mcnnenger liaa com plcttsl It llmt year of exislcmv. It In a giMnl local pns r, edited by fair men, ami in ilcnerving of a ginnl upMirt. In fact, the pajn-r would ln a cn-dit to n much larger town. l'.d White write un from Prlncville. Mnrcli at, that 1'nnik county ban auf fensl llttlit Iomi of ntm k thi scamin. Sheep w Intenil well, ami U tter than cat tie of which the Ion will probably In) iM'twceu !i and 10 r tvlit. The gnmblcm of lttslvn were routed by the city council and llwtl toC'le-Kluiii w'hen they have o ntil up oil a grand m ale. That ICoslyu may ntill have the In'iiellt of their calling, they have established A lino of free 'bussea In tweeu the two til lea for the accommo dation of the devotee nf thu llcklo gtHl of chance. Salem Is inis nit: Two Indliiii Imyn, It in reMirteil, were cxn'lled fnun thu Harrison Institute one day Inst week for smoking and illol-yng the rule of tlie nchiMil. It in also stated they were turned out without a cent of money. While we In lieve thu oll'cnse lustiltetl the nuin rllitcll. lent in cXn'll lng them, we ulso l.ilive It I wrong to turn tin-in Imnte without money enough to pay their ex n'tie in reaching their home or friend if they have any. A California farmer living near Sac ramento wa recently w hulled out of three thousand dollar by thu gold brick device, lie Itnlgeil a complaint with the (Milieu but that dm not help mat tem In tlie leant. It d.n-n mt'lii an though the gold brick had played no many gaincn Unit it should have lif etime n client nut and musty enough to he know it by every one, but It I atlll bitten nt a readily on of old. It I aw. ful how the American jstiple do like to I si humbugged. Thu following apn-am in the Halem Statesman recently of the hint meeting: of tliu city council: Alderman C'roaa moved tlial the m-ctloii of the license ordinance prohibiting drug Ntorca ami restaurant from wiling Honor without a liccllne In enforced by the marshal. Ilu said that waa the way to b-sl thu validity of t lit ordinance. Alderman Hinllli wcombsl the motion. Marshal Mlnto wan asked If he could enfon-e It, "I can try," he n-piled. Thu motion waa put ami carried. Mis Mlllaii Uhimhart eiitertaimtl the "I'iiteii Tea" dub at her homo Thiimday afternoon. At 5 o'clock the guest were Invited to enter thu dining room, where thu table wa arranged fur six. The ladle found at their Id act sou veil I m, a inoiiouraru of the dti m "I," and "T" nlgnlfyliig "In tell Tea," til I with violet riblmu, thu color for Iciit. It waa tuitu late when the la. lien bid their InnileM g.ssl night, after lliaiiklng In many time for one of thu most t'lif vublii of thu tea' given. Thisss p( ut were the Minse Ithluehiirt, HufV imln, Fitch, Wat kin and Mruigt A Uiiiipie M'hcmu wa tie vised by young lady In thi city lust week to in duce h'-r nweetbeart to write to her. The lovcra had In-eu corresponiliuK regularly unlit a few win k ago, when the regular letter of the young mail did not arrive, llay lb-w by and the young Inly In-gau to grow weary of watching and waiting. Her pride oul. I not Tiiiit her to write to thu young man In-fur .i she had received an nli-.i. r to her lunt letter. Still ahu wanted to hear fnun him, but how to let him know without bluntly saving o puzzled her. After much thinking her Inventive genius i-ame lo her rescue. M-QM-furcd a ii and pen holder. The nu wan broken in half and then Muck In thu iil.ol.b-r. To tin she at t n bed a tag and aihlrcaavd it to till' nlt ntt O (klnrtt llrgllrlais la iQlrai rlr) San I'KAXiisio, March 2s. Tliere In m .im increase In the tiuinbt-r of Chinese n-i Ivlng n f 'mtldii ct-rtlll-raten, J) cert idaitc L ing ftiriilahetl yt-stt-rday. o 0 G O O o o o o e o o G O o o