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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1896)
DECEMBER 27. et Is Inactive. ";tlnS tohavoa.Uum ,rt,d W lncM-MU-epI" .iiiwMiiw &;iB.on the river. m M.ru,le.l some alto- l1"1"' ..i.i . .ri.trnnOII. e asylum at baleuiJ week ,or , tiliK in lmluliel to h . . i enmity central com. tVR"r "it S ine "court hoaM In Ma" .n..,uuyba. F'" Z r ..ret "'W calandcr ft. a vrry I rU ' w . "- . .. bJ 4. II r I . Urn ppolnM to u.trJ lTrlvr ud lrbr work. . u iwi rolling la Oil HIO " ' " 1 ,!n7l EiumI under the new manage- .Ingram killed a large IK.II Atr.i..ii. Washington, last I .. Wr. n n 10 IIP OI R iiielured over seven feet. cV-"NE Markley received n LoegbUI walch i it from us ai"". tun, tno is iCO. I 9 . . . - ..l.lt..l.,l u Oregon scout, iuuiincii . i...A.n enlarged to thi seven- 1 ilii noire size, ana maintain fitinj as one of the bent aii.ms in the state. FiTri.ii iiiddle. of HurrUburg, L'had throe attempt made tip- r . i ...ill ... . tt 'I I i la lira recently, win near where her parents are, to In order to gel away irum .. liliinC I 7 . . nrw1 (.Ulcers in Eugeno Lamp 5 ohIhiiiii of the World will B'V4 one week from tonight -- ar.l. The lustalliitiim cere- uy n snot. l cal Juries murders and traiu will be followed Intid social, teaman: If Oregon .. ilivir irrlt. I) I . rwili urow less frouuent. L,nd efleclive justice is tne gnai Mprrunt of such crime. ru will not bo many cattle lert . . I .I.I. fl..lnr hu r.itufA TO llllBUO tins ""'."'I Lftlie stockmen having plenty of 'iid belug prepare.! to siana uune -ofebld weather, says the Cou Ity, Wash, News. jiss O'Donnell, a miner at tne e u.'.ue near Baker City, Tuesday k fell down a abaft from the Sou level to the bottom, a dlstnuce of fret. His brain were uasneu uuv j bone in his imtiy oroaen. X iern Oiegon ranoher by the ., biith has oflered the Jgovern . . hi.uil if RHvalrr hoisea 111 ITW M with England. Tbli is a InU'il A Patriotism. H.,rf!v?v.n. between Adama A.lurfa. tin" founa uve b Itmi had bee " ?vef, &MUVIKlltllll w a .1.. aU.k HUU UIC "liivi Id Kill I way L Tn were dead md legs cut olF. t Dalles Chronl'de: n irt In the city Miss Clara filing her andku.it, Mrs J 11 Co.. m. L, U a daughter of .vf'f m Condon, the emiBentg.010" o::, and wen known to in - r- I ti Dalles through his past Ke Congregational euurcn u yaru ago. it Imprint: During the month vember the Albany creamery 3, 3M pounds of butter, being n M 594 pounds over the previou lTr to the present lime mis 111, 2,BU2 pounds have been mane. ulhig price per pouna uunujv-j Bcia. Nov 22J ctsautt ueoa.j t on cll-ide, retiring president of ft'ration of JjaDor, win pruu- ia into tue newspaper u.u.j.". iolliired the editorship of the la- i.imr itutnt nr one ui niuwps. Htid iintt been ankcd to c l ... . If... clmrga of a daily paper at .w :!, Uj lils Dome. ln i.oon nnlveii at Canyon ti'h, two liovs, 8 aud 11 years oni, f I'M ward Maloney, wereurown- ..i.f u-iii 1b itiwii iiic t ie riouin Ulal riwor uVrll 111! eS MOrlll OI ..nuiiia rixtir lwiHt was found ttiiur the river empty. Iheir ion have not yet been iouuu. delleate little C-year-old giriar- 1 in tirant'i Pns. from Walpeter KiiAHutf nil nlmip. A shipuinx Iattftclied to tilt conar u cloak read: "Mabel J.or.i Mury Halleck, her aunt nt'A puss, Or." Bhe had evidently tn kindly cared for on her Journey, iJ rejlie'd hor friend"! all right, fhe aoldlers' home trustees have in in Minion with a full board for putt two days. The time was ent In iiiidltlnn- hills, etc fhev also Irertised for plans for the building of BiMsnilal not to exceed a cost oi tuw. Iieexecutive committee will meet in ilem Hi February, not later than the ith. tflkouslder the Dlann. Thetrus adjourned to meet agaiu Maroh 24, wo. I Albany Democrat: A Eugene utchef irives an 18 cash prize to the Himuer guessing nearest the weight ' a tssrf ho m exhibition, to be given aiunlay night. As there are more -'ni who know just what a hog I than auything else thU will be Democrat would like to hav o " ne tell )ust what the Salem ho v. As it is pretty licht now, our City being ud its good behavior, Qtss high. BA rCRDAV, DECEMBER 28. A quiet tialuiduy. . A l.eivy front this morning. J.snp year (iuimemis Weduenday. Rodney rt.ritl was In Eugene today. Next. Wediieftd iy i" the first day of 1SIHI. Mr Wliitsett ol ( reswell Is In town today. J RKcllum was In from Pleasant Hill today. Uev Hiiiii-! (pilte sick at (.'cUiife (.rove. lion A ! Woodcock Is home from Halutu. County Clerk .leliniugM Is on tin sick list today. Tim Oy'pv will, be here Monday evening. Cr'ios llarUeli hH recovered his large MAstiif dog... Arch Smiih -f Cubury, was. in Eu- Kuo today. John Diiimoiid was over from Co- burg today. Hon H 11 Miller returned from Cor- vallls todayi MIh Leota Ply mate went lo llulsy this morning. Geo Alexander returned Ik Lebanon this iiiorning. Russell WyullYof. Albany, came up this afternoon. Hon ht L Moorhead. of Junction City, U in town-. V J Inckey of HarrUburgdld bus! nesA In Eugeue today. Hon C K Wilkinson returned to Portland this niorniug. Miss 81:ivter returned this afternoon from h visit to Pwrtlond. U II Hawlev Is quite sick with typhoid fever at Croswell. There are now 3'JU prisoners in tlie state penitentiary Perrins comet Is said to be now vis ible at 4 o'clock in the morning. Arthur Wattle, of Portland, is spend lug the holidays at home. Prof. Ortnii returned this afternoon from visit at Junction City. Mm t? D Combs and children were passengers to Kalcm this morning. An auction sale tabuing conducted at CJ l!ci.tiii!iu' store this afternoon. Rev A Tlnncll, the evangelist uf Sacmmenlo, California, Is in the city MIhscs Iiclle Lyons and Carrlo Cow gill have returned from u vltlt t Wal ton Wulter Hinlth and Miss lVVanry will lie married tit Thurston New Year's day. 'Ph.. Mh.oiiIo lodue of Junction ('Ity held a public installation of fflcera luft eveiiing. MrsTJCialir and Mrs Harris n l timed this afternoon from a visit at Monmouth. AMP.nor I) P. Rurlon is at Palitrn on before the Siato bmrd of equalization. Clin a .Inhtismi I.HS rrttUriled to Ell o-piie. after an absence of aeveral months at Hrowusvllle. Prof Joseph Wldmcrleft forbwiattle thla nini-uW after simidiiii: a few days with his parents. Tl. nrmltrv growers of Salem and wlclnitv met today to arrange foi a poultry show at that city. Misses Myraand Lou Norrls went to iiiieitnii Cliv this morulne for a few days visit with relatives. Miss Lottie White went to CottugD Grove this afternoon, where she Is eu irairel in teaching school (' W Dovlo will en to Portland to morrow, w he. e lie will visit aliout a week and then return to 8au Francis CO. fio II Skinner, a brother-in-law of i'OSTKKM FORECASTS. Weather rpsldent Oilman in I'll it Uuara, Dccmber2S Tihkeys. - J. II Sellare of nt Hill today brought Into town lurkevs that welifhed 75 pounds u- l. Turkev rauge must be good 1 fiunt Hill. G W Martin and formerly a here, arrived la-t uighl from Colorado. Capt H P Nelson, of Baker City, has . 1 . . . C? I I .... arrived in town to open me ouiunm Army work here. He expects help a few days. A woman br the name of Hughes of Hnrlnirfteld. was in town today limnrinor alma for her eraiiUson, who is n orphan. lrs Bargcss, w ho has been spending av rat nays wun xvev aim d GiHaj It, lell tins morning lor ncr iioum at Ya-iuina. Mis. Bwaiilt, who has been visiting several days at the home of her bwth a t i'oekerline. returned to her 'lt . .-1 l.l ....rulnir lionin ikl n.'lieiu ion Tim Wunriell aud wife, former n j..... fti.i. ritv. came up from At UVIIIB w' tf , l...... ilila nrisrUOOIl lo nurim a it" day; with Mr and Mrs 11 F Holleu iihuid Tidings: H W Holdun i..mr rtf the Kuuene street car h .1 mi todav's train en route i Foit Worth, Texas, to be gone Home ihirtv davs. nu.A .... .ii. I for Ciisa and Pool, the ,t...i train rohbors. has askud a.... .iiiph to urenaro for a niotlou , .. .. irui The renucst has been loi th it r ....... .: ... r,vtA,l liv Judiro lhillinger. n vv rrowi.ll is loadniK his stock of lewelry and store rlxtures for ihlpuient J,;. wofiihern California. He has not v.Mleeided udoii a location El'rov was a passenger for hugcim tins 'rZ..l ,i,',.ro ho will loin his fanil- " - .'.i;;..t visit with relatives iy ill m -... mil frimids. WTEukln is engaged at the court house In copying f.o.n the ;'";'' rolls the amount of taxable r" r iut his city for the purpose, ofde.er mining the amount of city tax Jecus BSry to bo levied. Albany Democrat: Should tl eie be u levy of 7 mill made by the s'ate ; Or.goii there will be a imwl go u that will t heard. It is declared sue! a levy will be necessary. '1 ;'ie f levy was only three inms, uooui ....... It ought to be. It will le time enough lo talk after the levy is made. Hou C K Wilkinson, examluci in ., i .... , iw.nu.. ui I'ortliind. re- IIIU ( liniw... .......... - - - - . turned to that city today, after -peiiil- lnir Christmas at ins iioine m " rliy Mr Wilkinson is one ot Oiegon s brightest young men, and posesses ureal lionety and InU-grlty of charac ter. While he Is at present a govern ment employe at Portland, yet that does not necessitate that he change his riu'ht of residence, and Eugene is proud to claim liiui as one of her tltlxens. PriUi'tinux for Teu Days. The Sew Diphtheria Treatment. In a U'o.'iit weather bulletin Prof. Foster give fori cunts of the storm waves to cross the continent from 21xt to L'itll and U7th lo 3Ut. The next dinlurbaiice, according to this authority, will reach the i'acitlo coal about January 1st, cross the went ol Rockies country by close of I'd, the great central valleys 3d loom, l-.asteru states (ith. This disturbance will culminate the first period of moderate temperatures January and following it win uu ubouttwo weeks of low but fluctuat ing tern pcratu res. Then again will come twu weeks of modvrule tempera. tures culiuiuutinir in the highest tem- peiatures uliout 27ih to lIKili west of the MIa'iH.-ii.iil and the -UtU ,md SUtli further eiii-t. The w arm wave w ill front Hie west of Rockies eouuuy about January 1st, great central valh-s 3d, l-.uttni suites 6lh. ( iniI wuve will i'tot-s the west ot of It khs country about January 4th, im'Bl central valhys Cth, Eastern states Bth. Tills disturbance will not cause gen eral precipitation but will inaugurate long I if nou oi neavy nuows nun ruins which will average heaviest r January east of the itockiei and iuth of Denver, St. Louis. Cincinnati and Washington, extending to Hie Northern states the last of the month and in February. By the close or r ehruary the wnoie United States ill be in a good Condi tiou as to rainfall but Mar h will In augurate a dry period for large ior lions ol the country. April and May will cause serious drouths in pinccs, to such an ext. ill, at least, a to make It advisable not to put in certain crops fur the drouth will surely muke thciii unprofitable. Other localiut'8 win nave iihi iimm-h rain. t he crop m-anon oi i;m mm a geuoral dcllciincy of rain but It will not bo that way In iwti l.iirge Mo tions v. ill have too much, other hirce meltons a dellciency, so that for the whole country aliout an average rain fall may lie expected. .UUblcnl Ki'ivpti'ia. Pslly tiisil, Puwnilur Among the uijoyuble events of the linli.liivK whs Hie reception last even- ' ht lliu horn ! of Hon J it m-a lung on renin anu ii'ku sirei-is, iuiuk m the members ol 'he l'.pwcrt'i League l.v Mises Jiko Mci'lung and KaiM- i.nno l'atlersoi. Sixty guests were orcsciit. Tlisiailors were beautifully decornttd in Pi ic and mistletoe while (Ii4 diiimtr t in w un its i'.ngiiso iy (inisticallv ai ra iged pre.-outed a lii.rinlni iti.it. to nice. Misses lvern., Wilkiiisaud Wilton presided at the tulila. Tliu iiv.iiing win Mieiit mi gucsMing piui.lod conuiidrunn suagis cil hv the various 'obiects about tl ! ..... . room, and hi imuciung musical en positions with their composers. Se eral pleasant selections wcie sunt'.oi e being a luss soio oy .ur viyue hjrib. At eleven o'clock tne guesis uepaid u with wishes for many returns of the evening. Dally Uurd, Pvctinber 2. A Nakiiow Kscape. Mr. P.rook- man. oi independence, nan a n" e-(aio this morning from a serious ac- eii'.ent II not (lealli. n was gouir! i" take parage on the locul train, but le maliicd on the platform unlii after the train started. Hu then started lo Mcp In tho car. but slipped and fell, one leg fulling across the rail but a foot or so ahead of the wheels lie recovered himself in time to prevent boing run over, lie then huoiii neu in kvi tho back cud of the train, but swung out aud struck the express muck standing on the platform and was knocked down. J lie nam was men stopped and In; got on, with no more serious injuries than a few bruises. The noxt time he trnvcls he will proh- ably get on tho train before it starts. ently, and is highly pleased with the csults obtulned. Au etl'ort was made l)ll j Guard, Decomtx-r '.'H. Pi.kasant Party. A pleasant nnrtv was clvell at tho home of Misses Murv and Cora Prilchctt last evening. Rxfreshn ents . were served. Those present were Mr and Mrs John Hess, h rim k Wilkinson and sistets. Mettie Htellu and Albert Gonlan, ltoheri Klnenian. Miss Llllie Pool. Miss liaiiia Peunington, Mrs Kissinger, miss Frances Brown, Sarah Harnsler, Elva Iyons, Noah Purkerson, A K Me Pherson. Knnls Mcl'herson, Clara Hum. Bertha Young. James Nettlo ton. Delbert Andrew and Robert liuslitieu. Psllr liuard, Dtct'Uibor :7. Dr W Kuykendall has used tho new diphtheria treatment, known as aiitl- loxinu, ou a couple or ms pansuis re- c results obtulned to secure a quantity of anti-toxine when Mrs Wiudeii was takeu with diphtheria, but as it has been used bill very little In this couutry none could be obtained. However, a tresli supply was received lu Portland re cently, and Dr Kuykendall secured small quantity. A few words concerning this anti toxine will briiiitcrcsilng. In securing it a healthy young horse Is taken, and subjected to injections of diptheria virus, in very small quantities at first, which Is increased until no amount of virus injected w 111 produce auy ell'ect upon the horse. The virus is injected into his system until lie possesses im mtiiiity to it. His blood is theu drawu and undergoes a process of preparation into the anti-toxine. Then this prep aration is injected Into tho system of diphtheria patients. i)r Kuvkeiidall patient was me daughter of J G Stevenson, tho county school superintendent. The nit in- liratie which forms in diphtheria had formed about the tonsils of the patient aud was rapidly spreading and threat encd to form in the larynx, when the disease assumes a serious form. The anti-toxine was injected into the sys tem of the patient about 3 o'clock one afternoon and the next moriiingthu spreading of the membiaue was not only interrupted, but was rapidly dis appearing trom tho tonsils anil oilier places wheie it had formed. The patient is now recovering nicely, and Dr Kuykendall thinks this treatment is far ahead of unything ever liefore introduced lor tho treatment of diph theria. An'l-toxiue has been known lo the medical fraternity but a short time. At first it was produced only in Ger many tint now a fairly good urticle is produced in this country, and will doubtless be In general u;-o by the im diciil fraternity. The Kugeiic Utni Factory. Pally (iUlJ, Pvccuibfr's. Mr G A Sachs, the founder and manager oft he Eugene Gun Factory, has his machinery again ill operation and bus been at woik for ubout two weeks. Diirim; the Idleness of the factory Mr. Saciis busied himself In trodiicing his gun. of a hammcrless pattern and undoubtedly one of the best evi r Invented, and he now has hiree orders ahead. Kvcrv piece of machinery in the factory Is of his own design und every thing'. constructed of the best ma terial obtainable. He now has con structed all the machinery necessary for gun making, with the exception of an appliance for emerylng a gun Unrrei aflir it is bored, which lie is now- con structim?. Mr Sachs and his force are now busy turning out twenty-four guns, whlcu they win compiuie in ii I mi it. h month. Orders are now lu for over tiOO nuns, which, with the present force of workmen, would re quire three years time to complete bucli n condition nnorus nrigni. pio- pects for the factory. Mr Sachs win secure additional workmen as soon as possible, and if orders continue to como in iu in increase me capacity in ins factory lu all respects as fast as his re sources w ilt permit. He has a large order from San Francisco to till and additional orders foiui various coiu-t points. Mr Sachs has met with many ditllctiliies since undertaking this en terprise but with untiring energy has unshed on l mil lie now neuiiis iw experlnce a relaization of his hopes. Thomas Todd Killed. Mr. Thomas Todd, who resided hero for some time aril attended school whs killed recently near Fallbrook California. He wai working for his brother, who lias a bee ranch near i.vi n milt when lie met his death was on his wav to the city with a load of produce. When going down a steep ill he was anplvinir the brako with his foot with all Ills power, when his foot slipped and he was thrown before the waiioii. The wheels of the loaded wHiron missed over Ills body and he received lnluries which caused his death In four hours. He was a brother of Mr. A. Todd, of Cottage Grove, and had many acquaintances In this city who will rcirret to leuru of bis unfor tunate death. RITEBS A.1I) 1HUB0US. Capt. Srmens' Keport Improvements I Slu.lnir, Tf.npkkkkto a Si'ouank Man. HO: President Chapman of the Ulil- vuisity of Oregon at Fugciie has been In Spokane In the lutereslsoMnet.nl .leiif ileiiiirtmeut of t hat Institution. lis chair of music has been tendered to Prof. Fran. Mueller or Spokane and President Chapuiaii went to confer with him in relation to, the matter. Prof. Mueller has not yet decided to accept tho oiler, as he is well pleased wltlihls work In Spokane. Pally Uiisrd, Dccemtwr I!. Moving. .Messrs Lo igiimiUvr it Peter ate niovii g their stock of hard ware aud fiirir implements Into the Hendricks building, Just across the street from their old location on !nh street. Thv v 111 occupy the building after January 1 It has been divided into two ilenir n.enis olio for hard ware and tlie o' h r for linplc neiits p.illj Ui i.l. l)i comber W. lN.-irAI,I.Al'I0N IK OKKKKKS. New ,.ni....n were inf ti lied III Kugetie loike No 11, A F it A M, last evening us r,.itu .1 I. Pu . W M: E O Potter, S W; P E Hi. dgrasi, J W; J C Church. Treis; .1 F Robinson, Se ; Howard Davis. ;-t I); E McClure, J l; V McFaliai d, Tyler. Want a l'l KB. A young fin raiser who live near Eugene adver ...... i.i tii. wuiit columns otthehuii Fram-lsco Examiner to correspond with n young lady with a view oi riniony. His poslotlkebox Is now full of square envelopes. Jl'iMMK.vr Ghantki). Corvallis Time.: A decision lias been received at the clerk's oillce, ordering that J C Goodale recover Judgment by default against R U Headman for lwi, togeth er with costs of action and interest since August, 1W1. The annual remrt of Captain Thorn as W Symous, of the Luitud State engineers, upon the Improvement of certain rivers and harbors iu Oregon has been received, and, among other things, lias the following about the Improvements of the Siuslaw harbor in this county: Moutliof Siuslaw river, Oregon The Siuslaw river enters the ocean lu the midst of a vast, shifting, sandy beach, without any lieadlaudor fixed point to determine the location of the etilrauco channel. Tho iliiconllned channel has a range of about one mile, over which It wanders. 1 ho depth of the bur varUs from Mo 12 feet at low water, and the bar channel s very variable in position and cireu- tlo i. At times a channel running nearly parallel with tin" coast Is de- eloied inside the bar. nils channel is nanow. tll-di-lliied and dangerous, us boats have to pass through It in the trough or the sea. At other times there are two channels. The plan of Improvement is to con. flue the waters butweon high-tide brush and stone jetties, so located as to direct tho currents upon the bar lu direction practically perpendicular with the coast. The north letty will be 40UO feet long, tlie south jetty 8L'( feet long, aud they are to converge to an entrance or 000 feet wide at tho crest of the bar. The estimated cot Is 700.000. "The amount extended prior to June 30. 1K!)4. was ttiS.ua.OH. The tramway was built to a length or 300 feet, aud paitlally enrocked, but the work lias not progressed suiiicieiiuy to product- any results or importance. "At me ciixo oi mis iwriixi me tramway and wharr had been badly duimiued bv storms and landslides. Tlie amount expended during me year ending June 30, 1A, ae J -OOH. "A contract was made for the re pair and extension of the jolty tram wav. tlie placing irus;i inuurusses, ami the eiirockmeut of the Jetty. At the close of the year the contractor had but fairly commenced operations uu der his contract, and no material bene- (Us had resulted. The appropriations unn unt to 000. July 1, IS'.il, ba'snro uiicxpeinled . . t 1,:1IS9, Amiuiiit nitiiruiiriattsl bv lii-l of Au- mist t7. IK'I s.i,iHuiu Tolsl. June ., l'-'.'.', nmuuul emended dur ing lifi-nl yenr I JtVllhfc i.tW f.J July. 1VA'.. ba'auce iineipenileil la.TainO July I, Is'.ii, oulalaudiiiK hsbllltles fcUUO July I, Is'.ii, amount eor- Ml..l 1V I II Ull l)ilIl'U cuiitraet It.iVi.V)- II, 60S Ml July I.1VJ.-I, bslaneo'svallsUo I la.niow Amniint f.tlmatfiP riMinlrcd fur ooui- lilelUm ol existiliK ln)eiH $005,0001)0 Amuuul thul i-a bo i.romtilily expend ed lu ii.cai year tiuiiug jiiiiu lr.L7 ' I 'J VOOOOO' FIRST WOMAN'S CLUB. Simietliliig About The Oue About The Eugene. In To Award the Pknnant. - meeting of the committeo to decide upon which team Is entitled to the pennant In tho intercollegiate foot bull sarle. will be held at Portland Janu ary 2. The U. of O. boys have no rear of the result nf the committee Investigations, but feel assured they will he awarded the pennant. Iho committee) will be composed of one alumnus of each college and universi ty iu the Ir ngue. Prof. S. E. McClure will represent tne univeisiiy oi uie- gon. Pally Guard, Peceuibur 27, A PA Demonstiiation. I'Iic local A P A lodge Is prepaiing for a demon- ration on the evening of January 1. They will scud boys through tlie streets of the city ringing oens anu ilisnluvlnir banners of the A 1 A order about ft or 0 o'clock In the afternoon of New Year's day. Tlie object Is to let tlie people know that there Is such an organization in the city, and no doubt, also, to drum up new members. The lodge lu this city has beeu In existence about a year and a half, and Is said to bo quite strong. The following Interesting bit of his tory concerning the Fortnightly Club of this city appeared in the Orcgonlan or December xx: In voiir naner this morning, in a report of a incetlne held in Portland on Saturday to oriraiily.ii a woman club. Mrs. A H II Stuart, of Olympla Wash., s minted as saying, "mat ore. gon was one of the two or three states in the union wtioro a ciuo uiu uoi oxist." A woman's club, kuown as "ine Fortnlirhtlv Club of Euuenc." was or ganlzed in this town In December, 1803 unit a at present III a prosperous con dition. This club was organized on plan Iniilur lo that of the oldest wo man's clun In this country, the Soro- sis of New York, and is unique in that it does not admit non-active memneis, thouirh distinguished women from other parts of the state and country are admitted to honorary tnembership, The cdub consists of the following teu deiiHrtments: art. business-woman, ed net Ion. ethics, house and home, liter aturo, music, philanthropy, science and sociology, and the chairman of each department is responsible for the nfternoon's Droirrainme as often as re quired. Tlie tonics considered nt each meeting are always discussed inior mally, after the formal presentation und the training In extenlporaneoui yneakinir thus uiven is not oue of the lenst of the beneflta ofltlie club. Teas nnil leceniioiis are trlveu from time to lime, to which the townspeople are In vltcil, and the Influence of the club has been runner iiiown in me esiaoiisu ment of a town circulating library. Tlie work done by' this ciub corres ponds verj accurately to the excellent description of what a woman's club should do. as stated by Mrs. Stuart at t tie meeting on Saturday; white its ex istence pioves that Oregon is not no- hind other stutcs In organizations ol this kind. Emma Chark, Corresponding Secretary of the Fort nightly Cluu ot luigene. May Rebkin. Sulcm Statesman: "Humor atom; the river front is to the ell'ect that T W Lee, superintendent of the O. it. & N. Co.'s water lines, lias reniirned his pol I Ion and will return to his business interests in Texas. Mr. Leo is an exceedingly popular officer aui'Uig tho river men and all regret the intended c huime. However it is thouirht Cant. Ratlibone. now tho company's port-cuptain, will succeed Mr. Juee." l'eisoual. Pally OimrJ, Decc ruler ('apt Hatch is In the city. Senator Alley Is lu Portland. Mrs J W Christian Isqiiitolll. It E Morris, of Salem is lu the city. John Handsakerls at Independence. O W Pickett returned homo this afternoon. Mrs Long and daughter are visiting nt llnrrisburg. AL Rouey, the Goshen nieichaut, has btvn III town today. Mrs Kntteu, of Portland, Is visiting tier sister, Mrs G Rcltliiau. Mrs hScnrberoiigh returned today fiom a short visit at Salem. Jay Ferren went to Salem this niorn iug on n visit to his parents. Salem Post: Mrs Willis McElroy is visiting relations lu Eugene. Hou H B Miller left for Corvnliis this morning on a business trip. Miss Myrtle Doyle returned t her home at Creswell this afternoon. Master Frank Mathews returned to- lay from a Christmas visit to Sulcm. Mrs Geo II Dorris and daughter Stella, went to Salem this morning. Prof.F'rank Tllton returned thlsaf- lernoon from a visit down tho valley. Mrs 8 II Friendly and daughter Theresa are visiting friends in Portland. D II Roberts, of Tim Dulles, is spend ing the holidays wlib rclutlves and friends In Eugene. Mrs and Mrs Foss. of Siuslaw, oatno to Eugene teday and Mrs Foss left ou visit to ISCOllSlll. P W Davis, of Falrmoiiut, who is attending Philomath college, came up yesterday ou u visit. Mrs Train and daughter returned to Albany this morning after sMriiding Christinas Willi relatives in tills city. Prof J D Letcher left yes'erday on a visit to Albany and Corvallis, after which he goes 'lo Portland to deliver a lecture. Robert O Collier, who was so seri ously injured in San V ilsco on a rail- rouil crowing recently, is now improv ing rapidly. Medford Monitor: Lnwsun Bradley arrived home from the stute universi ty at Eugene, Saturday to spend the holiday vacation. Oregontun: Mr A C W oodcock, the well-known Eugene attorney, who Is referee In the Oregon Pacillu railroad claim cases, is in the city. ' Mr Chas Rotiey, ot Indianapolis, Indiana, arrived here yesterday after- noun ou a visit to ins nroiuer, l.i Rouey. Hu will spend a couple or months here. Miss Mlnnlo Bowmnn, a graduate of the Good Samaritan hospital at Port land, has been selected as superintend ent of the Sale.u Hospital that will open New War's. Corvallis Times: Kock n.ui r.d Brysnn and Julian McFaddca are all home from Fnzel.e for the holidays. Julian and Ed arrived ou foot from Albany, muddy, wet and belated, as a result or raiiure to caicn mo Oregon Central tralu. A De-stitutk Family. Corvallis Times: The Holcomb family, closest i.rkin iii Dm hiisbuiiil of Ann Eliza Sunders Holcomb, are now residents of (Wvnllis. Until a few days ng i they were residi nts of Luiio county, w here a week or so Biro one of the tsiys sut- fered the fructnru of a limb. They are supposed to be in destitute clrcum Inures and their removal to Corvallis u miIiI to have been mud' In order tliHt thev mlirht be aided by the coun ty court. Tlie Lane county man who imuiL.ht them down, rented n house for I liein for a mouth. Maukied. At the residence of Mrs Sarah Pitcher, Wednesday, December v.. hv Elder N B Walden. Mr Carey Pitcher and Mtw I-ena Lyuug. A I'Vykr. Corvallis Times: Tho "flag ship" of the Oregon Central and Eastern steamboat snuadron, the Win M lloag, turusout, Bince repairing, to le a regular river greyhound. Last Saturday she made tho trip from llnr risburg to lOugeiie In even live hours, the shortest time on record, nnd on tho down trip the following day, besides taking on trelght en rouie, ane mu.iu the run from Eugene to Corvallis be tween 7:30 In the morning and live o'clock In the afternoon. Sho finds plenty of tralllc work to do, having brought dowu 1000 sacks of wheat for the CorvalllB nulls, "0 tons of hay for Portland; atid 60 tons of eats for San Francisco. Ycstordny sho brought down from Boonevillo lor the Benton mills, two cargoes of wheat of 21W0 sacks each. She leaves for Portland this morning, nnd leaves for Corvallis on the return trip Friday morning. It Is expected' that tho Huntley will be launched next Monday, aud will be ready to pull out for the upper river the nilddleof no;xtjv'eekL. Drain Nokmal School Notkh. Every train carries away a nunilier of students wearing the colors of their respective classes to spend the holiday vacation at home or with friends. Among those who hwe gone, thus far, are Miss Emma Edwards, Miss Clara Edwards, Miss Withers, and Nlss Holt of Eugene, Miss llogiin aud Mr Looney, of Jefferson, Miss Cutler, of Crawfordsvlllo, Mr Rico and Mr Kasper, of Rice Hill. Miss Corn, of Dillard, will spend cnrisimas wiiu friends in Iugone. Must of tho students, howover will remain at tho Hall" during the vacation, 'lhoso who spend the holidays elsewhere will return by tho 28th, and school will reopen with the enrollment or every student who bus been In atten dance during in nrsi nan year m gethcr with a numberof new ones. I.ntkkehteu in Pkunim. Corvallis Gazoi te: Prof E R McElroy bus made urii.ngcments to plant another pruno orchard lu the vicinity of Corvallis In the early spring. This will be tho fourth orchard lie bus planted in this part of the country during the past t lin e years. Ha also has two other orchards In the northern part of Ben ton county. The active interest Mr McElroy lias taken in tho develop ment of prunes in our part of the state has bad much to do with the recog nition that has been given our fruit interests from abroad. Pally Guard. December 37. Retluns all In. The returns from the different counties in the state are now all lu and have ticen accepted by iho board of eiiuali.a'lon at Salem. The total value of ull property In the state Is given st tlftH,S19,7.'i0. Multnomah is the wealthiest county in the state, her valuation belnit placed at $50,073, 109. Curry Is the poorest, being as- sussed at IOH.UoH. i.aue is nun in wealth, being assessed at $7,300,ifto. Fell train a l.ft. Albany. Or.. Dec. 2u. William Mc- Kinnon, the proprietor of the riiotin tnin resort at Cunvon creek, near Low er Soda springs, fell fioin a bam loft yesterday. He struck head ilrst, dis locating his neck. He died almost in-stantly. Dally Guard, Decani er '27. A Ckazy Man Suicidks.-Esop Fox, an inmate of the state insane asylum at Salem, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by Jumping from the third story of the main building of the asy lum farm and breaking his nock. F'ox was aged about Vft years, and was committed from Jackson county In 1SU4. HewAsonoof tho early settlers of Fox Prairie, near Mehiima, the lo cation having derived its name from 1 1 1 in. No cntitu can be assigned for tlio man's rnsli deed, only that which seems to be prevalent as a rule among insane patients a general desire to destroy themselves when uiioportu ti ity preMints. ' ' Bouv In this city Dec. 27, lSU.'i, to the wife of Frank Stewart, a son, l-r; ' v.. ut.ni I inuii.iuiie.il people who are agieed lion. It Is initially certain thai be I prom Three to Six Weeks, MAKItitb.- At the residence of llci bride's parents at Irving by Rev H F Board and