A MOB DOES QUICK . WORK.
Four Men Hinged ' lij a Mub at
Yreka This Morning.
ft Kicnin Taken.
Special to the Gu.110.
Ykeka, Chi., August SW.-At one
o'clock tli Ih morning about one hun
dred Hiid (lfly masked men surrounded
the county juil, ami inude sutllcl. nt
noise to draw the Jailer to the door,
where tie wait confronted by several re
volvers and the keys to the Jail de
manded. He liuineduitely complied.
The moo had already rfected all ar
rangements for their work, a railroad
lrou rail having bceu placed betweeu
two trees near oy.
They first took from the lull John
son, charged with with murdering, bin
wneai laiiamurs rnncli and strung
nun up, me victim crying rr mercy
rI he only answer liu received wus that
be showed none.
The next to hang was Moreno,
Mexican, chafed with murdering
ueorge Dears and i aspur Meierhaus In
a saliMii at Bailey Hill. To the ques-
lion, iibi nave ynu 10 sny;" lie re-
idled. "Nothing to Hay."
Mull, who killed Aulner at Etna,
and whose plea was Infinity, wus the
third. He wished to make a speech
auu asaed una tie i allowed
"Stringing -up-Ih good enough Tor
you," and stringing followed.
The fourth ami last was Htcuiler,
young mliu charged with being wlih
Moreno at the liuiley Hill luuidi-r. In
his case, at the first ai tempt, the rope
uroae. ne men said: "uo ahead
but tell my mo' her that I am In
nocent." The second uttempt ended
nis i lie.
Moreno and Slemler were to have
had a coutiuuance of their preliminary
inai louiiy.
Everything wan well planned: all
bell roies were either cut or nut out of
reacn in prevent an alarm ueing given
All stragglers found on the streets were
walked along tor the buiiio purpose
Sch oid Uook hanged.
School book dealer have received
omclal notice In the changes tliat aie
to be made in school hooks, in ac
oordauce with the selections made by
the county superintendents last win
ter. The. changes are not very ex
tensive, being con lined to less than
half a dozen. The books to be dmpivd
from the lint are: Humes Language
Ijessons, Sill's Grammars, Young's
Government Class Book and Claik's
Normal Grammar. The new books
adopted in place, of those discarded,
with their exchange and introductory
prices are: Maxwell's First Hook in
English, exchange price 25, Introduc
tory 40; Maxwell's Introductory Eng
liali Orauuuar, exchange 80, lutroduo
tory 40; Maxwell's Advanced English
Grammar, exchange so, introductory
70; Peferman's Civil Oovernment,
- Oregon edition, excmiuge 48, Introduce
tory 60.
Two Examples From a report f
the t achers' institute, by the Jtcpubll
can, held last week at Union, Oregon:
"Hunt. Irwin addressed the tuachers
and friends of education on the sub
ject of how to ohtaiti an education. It
was recommended frt.ni a practical
htandiHiint that the boys should have
a part in obtaining the means for get
ting an education. This same thought
was continued by 1'resident Chap
man, of the Mate University, who
said hu started to school with $60
which he had earned by teaching a
two months' school and ho determin
ed was he to obtain an education that
he did not so much notice the poverty
throuirli which he had to go In order
to obtain his education and which was
never regretted. He is now the hon
ored prexidttit of our gi and I' diversity
of Oregon, while Mr. Irwin Is our
state superintendent two good exam
ples of what our boys can do who have
the pluck and energy to push out Into
the world ami make a name tor tneiii
selves regard lets of poverty fiom the
worst condition of which some oi our
best men have gome."
Dully (funrJ, Augtul '.!6.
Quite Sick. Today's Orcgonlan:
Rev. G. A. Blair, pastor of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church, Just be
fore preaching yesterday morning In
the hall on Kut Morrison street and
Union avenue, was taken seriously 111,
and had to bo conveyed home In a
hack. He appeared In bis usual health
when he went to the hall for the reg
ular morning service, but was over
come with a sort of nervous collapse
that caused great apprehension In the
assembled congregation. After his re
moval to his residence, on East 13tli
and Belmont streets, he partly revived
from the collapse. His physician
stated that he must take a needed rest,
ana ir ne is auie to travel touay ne win
go to the seaside. The attack was
nervous prostration, caused by over
work. Delany Heard From. Saturday's
Albany Democrat: 8 O Irvine, of
Newport yesterday received a letter
from Frank Delaney, the missing
restaurant man of Newport, dated at
San Francisco, stating that he was
about to ship to Honolulu. It was a
plain case of skip, and no doubt Mrs
Delaney will be glad to know her
husband is on the rolling deep and
not being rolled for his money. The
amount he had on Ida person has been
estimated-all the way up to a thousand
dollars. Mrs Delany told the Demo
crat that it was a little over $500 and
no doubt knew. In the mean time
she has the restaurant on her hauds
and an attachment against It, and un
doubtedly deserves the respect aud
support of the public.
A Orubbino Machine. T 8
Riddel, an old man of this city, aged
over 80 years, has invented a grubbing
machiug, a model of which ho now
has on exhibition at his place at the
outhend of Olive street. The ma
chine, for which Mr iiiddel has ap-
Slied for a patent, consists of a large
rive wheel, 6 feet In diameter, set .in
a frame, which gives it a Si-horse
power. It pulls stumps or trees
straight up out of the ground, re
quiring ouly one horse to operate it.
THE mum I.NDU8TBY.
orsson upens on the Hiiulaw River.
.i ..I? ?eV- Au.:. 2 The arrival of
j. xw.mru.anii Harrison from Astor
ia signaled the opening of the Ashing
SeMMon ..II II. id i .....
- .,,, nTrr, nome seventy
Lhluamen and about forty fishermen
came up from the Columbia and are
now gelling ready to fish and receive
". ui lew salmon have been
caught thus far, they being chliiooks.
The run of tilversides will commence
lu about rwo weeks and they are the
mainstay of the river, theugb the
former are the larger. 'The price Paid
uy both canneries will be the same as
msi year, so cents for Chinook, and 13
for tilversides. Over 125 men will lw
on the river and the upiwrcaiinery has
.utUnireom. i lie trap questlou
is exciting very little comment. Mr.
Kyle has 0ieuly asserted that lie will
Mace l o ami tli niiinn,, nfiu
Hose Hill cannery says he don't pro
pose to tie left liehlnd In the race for
nsn, anuirthe Florence Canning Co.
do as they say, the uo river establish
ment will undoubtedly follow suit. As
yei uo imps nave neen put In
At the Hose Hill cannery several
Improvements are under way. A new
tlsh dock Is Mng built, which will be
considerably larger than the former
one, and a new water tank put in,
JOxtf feet aud 80 Inches In denth. On
the Harrison were tin aud supplies for
lO.Oon cases and a retort for cooking
iisii. ii me ruu i usuries, another
warehouse will be erected.
The Florence Canning Co. are turn
ing out .-ana at the rate of 25,000 per
.... .
Kiuy. iwo earpenteis are naru at
work on flsh boats. Four new ones
are Unladed and two more will be con
structed. Cases are being made and
everything is running along smoothly,
so that when the run commences, sal
mon cau be handled w ithout confus
ion. Four hundred cases are uow in
thecaunery, with 6cK more ou the
way.
A Prominent Masou Dead.
Dsllj tiosrd, Aufuttlt.
David O. Clark died at his home at
Ashland, Sunday evening, August !,
at u o ciocK, aged 71 yeais. lie sutler
ed a stroke of paralysis about a month
"go, ana afterward was attacked by a
complication or malarial lover and
pneumonia which caused death
Air. Clark came to Oregon in 1652,
and for rears resided at Corvallis, af
terward at Albany aud latterly at
Ashland He Is widely known all
over the state, his standing In Masonic
organizations having been especially
prominent and continuous until the
lime of death. He was a past grand
master ot the grand lodge of Oregon.
lie leaves a wire, one son. Edward
Clark, formerly of Eugene now of
Portland, and two daughters. Mr.
(.'lark wus a nrother-lu-law of County
Treasurer J. G. Gray. A dispatch was
received by Mr. Gray this morning
conveying the Intelligence of his death,
out u gave no information as to the
time and place of burial.
Dill? liunrd. Au(UM
Destitute- Family. Judge Fisk
returned last evening from the Three
Rivers country on the headwaters of
i lie A I sea country, where he had been
lonkiug after a destitute family.- He
had quite a hard trip, aud after driving
some 60 miles over horrible roads be
had to travel ten miles further over a
trail. He found a woman named
Hanson and her 'eight small children
nearly destitute. They had been with
out bread for over four weeks and were
badly in need of food and clothing
The father had come luto the valley to
pick hops. The place has Ave acres
of laud oleared but no fence aud the
closest neighbor is several miles away.
The mother and little children are
herding cattle off of a small patch of
vegetables. The Judge furnished the
fiimllv with an order for provisions
and clothing for Immediate use.
A Lono Shot Ad. An advertise-
meiil; like a rifle, often carries a long
distance. J. D. Matlock & Co thought
so the other duy when they received
bv freight 160 pouuds of wool from a
a lady, unknown to them personally,
residing in the vicinity or bpoxane
f alls. Matlock u had advertised
n the Uuaku to pay the highest cash
market price for wool, and in response
to the advertisement it was sent, ine
freight charges were rather expensive
tor a small amount that long distance,
but the lady got the highest market
price.
Pllj Qturd, Auguat 26.
More Game Offenders. Deputy
Game Warden McClanahao left for
Linn county this mornlug with a war
rant for John Goodman, who is charg-
ed with killing Chinese pheasant on
August 17th. lie win aiso arrest one
Frank Hermann near Coburg, who is
charged with killing a pheasant near
that place yesterday, in racuneiasi
named gentleman was caught in the
act by Mr McClanahan and the bird
taken away r.om mm. iney win
be brooght here this evening or tomor
row morning and be tried before Jus
tice Wheeler. ,
Dsllj Qnard August 26.
Delinquent Tax Bale. The sale
of the property levied upon for ilelln
qurt.t taxes for- the year 1804 com
menced tills lorelioon at 1U ocioca anil
will prolmhly be- completed this after
noon, mailing at tunes was mine
llvelv for some choice tracts. It Is
estimated that one-third of the proper-
ty will be bid in by the county, w
C Yoran assisted Sheriff Johnson In
making the sale.
Harriubcro Bridob Junction
CItv Times: "A gang of about twen
ty-five bridge carpenters are at work
on ine railroad onage neiow iown.
Two new piers will be nut undsr the
north section and the bridge thorough
ly repaired. New trestle- are also be
inimutln this tide of the bridge. 1'he
work will occupy about two months."
Died. Near Myrtle Creek, Oregon,
August 15. 1K. Mrs. Eda Hayes, wife
of James H Haves, aged ii years. The
htdy was sick about four months. Hhe
was a consistent member of the Chris
tian church. Hhe leaves three sisters,
four brothers, a husband and four chil
dren te mourn her loss. Hhe was a
kind and loving wife and mother.
Circuit Court Case. John Kelly
has brought an action in the circuit
court against K E Campbell under a
warrant v deed. Judgment Is asked
against defendant for the sum of $1,50
and Interest. ,
Personal.
Dally Uttsid, Augutt 24.
I rof. McElroy came up from Halem
Jdin Davis U home from a visit to
Alonroe.
J miardcsty, of Browosvlllc, Is lu
Eugeue.
Geo T Hall Is homo from a brief stay
to Portland.
Hugh Itcnshsw has returned from
an outing up the McKcuide.
Volney Hemenway and family will
reluru home Sunday or Monday.
Prof and Mrs McElroy are at their
fruit ranch west of Juuellon City.
K K Hklpworth went to Cottage
Grove ou business this afternoon.
Jas M A brains was a passenger to
Salem ou this morning's local train.
Rev P R Burnett went to Halsey to.
day and will preaeh there tomorrow.
Mri Franzen, of Junction is visiting
in Eugene, the guest of Mrs J M Howe.
Miss Carol Johnson went t Cottage
Grove this afternoon for a short visit.
Prof Johnson and family will start
home from McKeu.ie liridge Monday.
Arch Rice went down to the farm
near Harrlsburg to lay for a short vis-
Its
Mrs Chase and daughter are vlsl'ing
at the Cogswell ranch ou the McKhii
tie.
Misi Hammitt, of Mohawk, was a
passenger dowu the road this morn
ing. Dr J J Finluy went to Salem today
for a few days' visit with old-time
friends.
Tlios Brown and wile, of Falls City,
Nebraska, are registered at the Hotel
Eugene.
Misses Rose and Best-ie Cn'eninn
were passengers to Harrisburg this
morning.
Misses Myra and Lulu Norris are vis
iting with Col Folsoui aud wife of
Juncliou.
T Dickson and wife, of Coos Bay, are
among those registering at the 'Hot!
man House today.
M A Moore, of Prlneville, and J E
Foss, of Mitchell, Crook county, speut
last night in Eugene.
P F Cnstleuian, of Portland, is in the
city. He is here to look after his hop
yard on the McKenzie.
Hon. A. H. Tanner, of Portland, ar
rived lu Eugene last night. He is vis
iting with relatives at Springfield to
day.
A Goldsmith and duughtcr, Miss
Celia, went to Oregon City today to
visit Mrs Bollax, their daughter and
sister.
E J McClanahan returned last night
from Belknap Hp rings. He reports a
goodly number of people still at this
resort.
H O Humphrey and wife left Ppo
kane. Wash, lost Tuesday. They ex
pect to arrive In New York City this
eveuing.
Miss Eva M Roach relumed home to
Portland today, alter quite an extend
ed visit Willi Alias Carrie Hovey In
this city.
Geo Handsaker visited in Junction
today. He expects to go to Halem to
ake his iiosltion In the state Insane
asylum Monday.
Medford Moore, a crcllst of Boar
('reek Buttes, Crook county, has been
in the city and was a passenger to
Hoseburg this afternoon.
Mrs Rav DeLano and daughter, Miss
Fa v. and Mrs Julius Goldsmith
drove to Harrishurg this morning and
visited during the day. -
Geo C Croner left this morning en
route for his home at Kansas City,
Missouri, after a visit with his uncle,
C C Croner, of this city.
Wm. H. Harvey, the author of
Coin's Financial Hchool, will visit this
state soon. He will give a number ol
ta'.ks on tho silver question.
Ed McClanahan Jr., will go to Rose-
burg tomorrow expecting to make
the ride in one day on nis wueei.
From that place be will go to Grants
Pass to atteud the bicycle races.
Mr and Mrs Henry Rogers, of Halem
who are traveling overland in a buggy
to Iios Angeles. California, have
stopped in Eugene for a short visit
with Mrs Pogers' niece, Mrs J M
Howe.
Mrs Dr Willoughby and family, and
Mrs J M Vanduyne of Independence,
are camping ou the McKenr.ie about 6
miles from Eugene. The Doctor
drives out each evening returning to
his ofllce next morning.
Mrs Hat tie Bristow, who has done
such efllcient service at the Chemawa
Indian school for eight years past, has
been transferred, to Carson City, Ne
vada. Hhe was a passenger on the
southbound overland on Tuesday, en
route to her new home.
TltRBK INDIANS HOSHtO.
flecking l"ln l.owUlan aS Spend
ing Dlssrf trrelf-
Lewirton, Idaho, Aug. 24 Three
Indians were held up yesterday by
three masked men thirty miles south
of here aud robbed of $2,300 paid them
by the government for laud.
Over IHOO.OOn has been paid to the
Indians in the last two days. The
Indians are flocking Into Lewlatnn,
and sending money freely. They
And nodifllculty lu getting whiskey.
One shooting nllYay liss already nc
cut red.
Dslly Uusrd, Aug ml 'O.
Will Locate at Hpkinofif.ld.
Dr. Van Valzah and family, formerly
of Hprinufleld, arrived In Eugsne last
night from Pennsylvania, where they
have been lor the past year or two.
The doctor today took his family ovfr
to Springfield where he Intends te lo
cate nr future practice. We under
stand that he will also have charge of
the Springfield drug st.ire.
Maici.ko Bctter. Douglass k Lev
Inger again eoniirenced the manufac
ture of butter on their dairy farm
above Hprli.gfleld today. During ihe
summer months they have been mak
ing cheese, but will now make butter
during the fall and winter.
Lorn of Wheat. The Springfield
flouring mill Is receiving about 8,000
bushels of wheat during the daytime
while at night I bey take In about
2.0(1" bushels. They reixirl wheat
coming in much more freely than last
year.
MONDAY AUGUST M.
Dr J C Gray Is at Cottage Grove.
Mrs J L Page went to Albany today.
O P IIofT, of Irving, was in town to
day.
C II Burkholder, of Leniatl, visited
Eugene today.
Miss Nellie Gllfrey returned from
Newport today.
'Win. Wright, of Coshocton, Ohio, is
lu the city.
One A O U W assessment for the
niouili of September.
Rev P R Burnett arrived home from
Halsey this afternoon.
LO Adair returned from Boswell
springs tills morning.
Francis Fitch, a prominent Medford
attorney, Is iu Eugene.
Arthur Douglas, of Pendleton, will
attend the U of O this winter.
Five weeks from today the Portland
Exposition will be thrown open.
The free ferry ou tho McKenzie Is
agaiti In tlrst-class running order.
A bracket for advertising mutter ha
placed iu the waiting room of the S P
depot.
The session of the Uof O begins three
weeks from today. The attendance
will be large.
Little F ratio Howard went toRalem
today to visit with the family ol W II
Abrams.
Kev J II Black returned on the local
today. He was accompained by a
brother priest.
Sherman Hayes commences picking
hops tomorrow on the Dr Brown yard
above Spring Held.
Rev J It Parker, presiding elder.
preached at the U B church yesterday
morning ami evening.
The U B church dent has been lioiii
dated and that neat little edifice Is
now free from mortgage.
The Grand Coiuiuamlery of Knights
lemplnr or Oregon will meet iu Al
bany on October 3rd.
Alla'rt 8 Hawley. a well known
Portland newspaper man, died In tuat
city yesterday with apoplexy.
As usual, yesterday a large number
of Eugene iieoplo picniced on the
banks of the McKeuzieaud Willamette
rivers. .
Jako Lurch, of Cottage Grove, waa a
passenger through on the local this
morning, eu route to Stanford univer
sity.
Prof Charles Fiiedel, tine of the
newly elected ineniliers it the faculty
or t no university or Oregon, arrived iu
feugene ou this afternoon's train.
Some very rich ore Is displayed in
the window of Wm Itenslmw s Honor
House, irom L W nay s mine hi Idaho.
Mr Gay Is an old resident of Lane
county.
Oreimn neonle are hles-ed with an
abundant yield of all products of the
soil. Prices are low, but no one may
sutler for waul or necessities ol life.
Quite a number of Warm Spring
Indians are camped on the upiter
Mciienzie. iney gamer wild liueKle
berries which they sell to tho white
people.
A marriage license has been Issued
by County Clerk Jennings to Humil
ton Plnkertnn and Ella M Joy. The
young lady being under 18 years of
age, the rather tiles his written con
sent.
Martha Stanton has commenced a
foreclosure suit In the circuit court
against M E Browulee for thesuiuof
K75. The mortgaged premises Is the
EJ of lot 2, block 8, Skinner's dona
tion. A suit drummer Is in town today.
Ills the correct tiling for our people
to patronize the 'tome tailors. Tjey
will get belter goods aud for less
money.
J E Davis commenced nicking early
hops ou his yard ou the McKenzie
this morning. Ho pays 80 cents per
nine bushel box, and bus more pickets
than he can use. He Informs us Unit
uo growers In that vicinity will pny
more than 80 cents.
Mrs Emma Moore, the lady who has
Im-oii In charge of the Viavl Co here
has sold the business to Mrs (I J
Travis, and yesterday morning left for
Georgia, where she will hereafter re
side. En route she will visit Portland
and aiau Francisco.
In speaking of the Eugene teams
hauling freight from Corvallis the Al
bany Democrat com men Is as follows:
"And this In the face of a big H P re
duction. Tho trouble, though, lies In
the fact that this reduction did not
aftect short hauls and between points
not allccted by river competition."
Salem Statesman: Perhaps the
fluent lion vsrd In Oregon aud one
among the largest Is that of W. II.
Holmes, south of halem. It embiaces
10 acres mid it will require 400 pick
ers to harvest the crop. Picking com
mences Sept. 2nd.
Mrs. Mary E. Ooddurd, formerly of
Portland, arrested for the murder of
John Hears near lwlston, Idaho, has
lieeti admitted to bail in the sum of
$,000, ami her son Fred, arretted as
accessary, Is under a 4,(uu bond.
Lakeview Examiner: Robt MrKee
baa gone to Montague to !"ok at a hay
press, which he contemplates buying
and briiigiugover to the Gtsise Lake
ranch. He may go on down to i-.u-gene
before he returns.
The O C fc E are advertising foi
bids for putting their river bouts in
condition for use. This means lively
times on the Willamette when the
river rise. The Hong, Beutley and
Sisters will all be put In good condi
tion.
Newport correspondence lo Albany
Democrat, dated August 10' "Last
night Mr Hendricks, of ' Eugene, gave
or rather made the finest bonfire I ever
aw, all the Nve creek sojourners be-
idg Invited. I lie bench was ts-autl-
fu v Illuminated. Ihe people sang
old songs, suidi as, Huwanee Hiver, anil
Home Sweet Home, and the children
played In the sand, and were happy as
children are usually over here."
In a conservative Eastern town,
bloomers made their appearance, ami
the shisjked ones took steps to keep
them awsy. They employed a corpu
lent negress, dressed In her bloomers,
sud made her ride the street for sev
eial davs. The young ladies who
hail fetching bio mier ositunies mads.
could not be hired to make their ap
pearance lu the new garmenu art-r
that.
DISCOURAGES HOP CR0WKKS.
Tho Three Sisters, published at
Bifrlow, in the hop ilintrict of
Clackamas county, does not en
courage hop growers. Referring to
present conditions it says:
"The hop situation, in Oregon is
assuming a somo'vlmt ditlercni
shapo now that picking time is at
hand. Many growers have not se
cured pickers or picking money yet
and tho action of tho pickers in de
manding 40 cents a box will pre-vent-m-ny
from picking. Owners
of new yards cannot get picking
money either at tho banks or from
buyers, owing to the uncertainty of
ll . . I'i.. J . I s
tne quality oi ine nops wtneli will
bo turned out. To pay 40 cents
box means that it will cost a grower
from 5 to 5 cents a kuih1 to put
tho hops in bales, when the nuuv
her of yards that are run by rent
era is considered it will be seen that
they cannot pick their hops at the
prices which will prevuil.
"under the circumstances it is
s:ifo to tired ii't that many yards
will be plowed up this full and it
may be possible that Oregon will
pass through a similar experience
to that of iscoiiBin, where 100,
OIK) hales were produced in 1885
and not to exceed 3,000 any year
since. The hop craze has had its
run, lli renters and small growers
will be fohced out and onlv the
large growtr who produces a choice
hop will be able to continue in the
business. Tho limited use oi hops
place them under a diflcrent hoad
Irom ordinary farm products ami
no matter what the price only so
many nro needed to supply tho de
mand."
No community can bo fairly
propperous when hampered !y
onerous transportation rates. Ruil
road and river competition make
manufacturing pos.-iblf while eav
ing the tiller of the soil eubstan
urn amounts. ;n exchange gives
a ease in miut: "Wheat is selling
in I he Dalles at 4o cents, and in
Portland at 48. The Chronicle
notes tho fact thai there was a time,
not long ago, when the different:
was very much greater, nd adds
With the completion of tho canal
at the Cascades tho ditlcrenco will
bo decreused about one half;' then
The Dalles will be, by long odds,
tho best wheat market in Oregon
outside of Portland. The placing
of a line of boats on tho upper
river, and the building of a port
ago about the dalles, will aid the
country east of here iv much lis
tho state portugo and boat line
have heretofore aided us. o hope
this will soon be the situation."
Surely tho times are vastly hot
ler than they were a year ago, says
the Portland Commercial Kevicw
"inero are evidences ot tins on
every hand. For insUneo, hurdly
a day passes . without tho an
nouncement of wages being volun
tarily advanced; Iron mills which
had let their tires die out in 18'J'M,
are again in full blast; the indus
tries of tho country which hud been
closed are onco more in active oper
ation; commodity values are on the
rise, and employment is given the
workingtuau, while the ruilroads
are doing letter, and are preparing
to move the great crops of Western
corn and wheal to tho seaboard
markets, a fact which is sullicicnt
in itself lo show a lively improve
ment in business. Another and
very significant sign of general
trude and commercial recovery is
found in the bunk clearings, which
have about attained the basis of
1802, that "record" year iu the an
nuls of our national prosperity."
Tho "organ of the common pro
pie" refers to tho Guard and Al
bany Democrat as "great organs of
news and publio opinion." It in
tended to lie sa'cuslic. These pa
pers far better fill tho field which
they occupy than the Sixth street
monopolistic organ of Portland.
W e might retort that newspapers of
enterprise like tho Ban Francisco
Examiner and Chronicle, Chios' o
and New York journals are hard I v
conscious of the existence of a paprv
in Oregon that in its own opin
ion furnishes all ethical, ucotiom
i'-ul, u ml financial food for
tho denizens of Wehfoot.
What it Iocs to the country
that the "orgon of tho common
leoplu" does not . omtnsnd a wider
field.
A Japanese paper ascribes the
following t Li Hung Chang, tho
great Chinaman: Li was looking at
sumo photographs. "What is this?"
he asked surveying one curiously.
"That is an American lady in ball
toilet." "Poor thing!'' he answvred,
"she must have fallen into deep
disgrace, as she seems to have lost
ul.nost as much of her waalrohe
as I."
For tho next two months the
public must rutTer the afllictiou oi
column after column of pugilistic
news concerning the promised con
test between brutes Corlx.lt and
Fitzsimmons. !
Vacant houses are fust being oo
copied or cngnged.
It is an indication of better
times that farmers are harrassod
with few attachment proceedings.
The out crop is a large one, of
good (prtlitv, and necessarily tho
price is low, as the demand is only
that of this coast.
Kailrouds do not make a town,
hut ono cannot become prosperous
without ample and cheap facilities
of transportation.
The Eugene saw mill is daily
turning out large quantities of
lumber. Tho owners report de
mands far bi tter than of last year.
Tho ninth juror in the Durrant
trial has been secured. It is a
tedious process. This is almost the
end of the sixth week.
As an indication of the number
of our people enjoying themselves
at tho sea cout and mountain re
sorts, this year, we may state that
at least four times the number of
Daily (Ji ahdh have been sent out
to absentees thun in former years
A New York preacher has raised
a hornets nest uhout his ears by
preaching a sermon from this text.
"And thus i-aitli tho Lord (iod,
Woe to the womon that sew pillows
to all arniholes." (Kzckia xiii :18).
The fashionable ladies of the con
gri gnlion resent the interference of
their pastor.
Tho Oregon Central and Eastern
railroad could socuro considerable
donations of land about Eugeno in
consideration of the extension of a
branch line to this plaoe. That
would give the road a direct inter
est with us outside of transporta
tion charges.
It is probable a considerable
portion of the hop crop in Lane
county will not bo picked. From
present indications a renter could
not help but lose money, besides his
work. Last year was a losing von
lure to many of the growers, and
some will now be unable to secure
picking money.
Boston tries very hard lo keep
ahead. Her board of aldermen
have given tiermission for oneumat
io tubes to bo laid under the streets
of tho city, for tho delivery of let
ters and parcels. The first use
made of them will i e to connect
tho Boston postodice with the sub
stations. Some one remarks that the
shock caused by the pssssgo oft
swiftly profiled bicycle, loaded
down by a man, in close proximity
to oue's person, is anything but
pleasant or healthy. Some ono
elso remarks that it is rather more
unpleasant and unhealthy when
the man and wheel fails to get by.
Tho land robber of the world,
England, is exhausting every re
source of diplomacy in a futile at
tempt to gain some control of the
Nicaragua canal. Tho American
people will not tolerate European
interference in this important en
terprise. It will bo built, and the
United States will be responsible
for the management.
The movement of the Knights of
Labor to boycott national bank
notes will fail of effect. Anything
of the money kind, that circulates
on an equality will be accepted by
the people. No difference if it is
gold, silver, or paper, so the govern
ment stands behind it, and so long
as the people have confidence in
tho government, the money will
pass at par.
A new and popular nickname for
the young emperor of Germany is
"William the Second-to None."
The emperor, by the way, has taken
to driving himself about Potsdam
in a low cart. As his horse is al
ways very spirited and as he can
only uso his left hand, those who
drive with him are said to be de
cidedly glad when tho ride is over.
The scene would be ridiculous, if
it was not humiliating, of Seorery
Morton paying out a lew paltry
dollars in silver to his score or less
of luborers, while Secretary Carlisle
pays without protest millions of
dollars in gold to the speculators
and money changers of W all street.
And that too when there are nearly
$400,000, in standard silver dollars
in the treasury available for par
ment. Cold is paid out then bor
rowed back with usury.
It is reported that bloomers are
the rage at the McKenzie resorts.
Young ladies, who, at home, would
not dare to don the bifurcated gar
ment, outside the sacred precincts
of home, wear them there with im
punity and as a matter of ootuse.
They are right. Whynhoold pub
lio opinion require a woman to drag
long fkirls along dukty roads
through brush and over mountains,
when she can get herself into a
comfortable garment, which is
more decent, to, on such a trip?
The reform sentiment ns to skirts
should extend t strett dress, and,
make it obnoxious for any woman,
young or old, to sweep the ride
walks with a skirt. That, duty
property belongs to a broom
brigade.