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Commissioner Court. At this tint It was ordered that the plttce of voting of Mohawk precinct be in d the some I hereby established nt the school house In school district No 111 and known a the l'lng Yang ehool house, thr former voting place, the Weddle school house, having buen torn down. At thi til"" t'1 court entered Into an agreement witb - K Peters that for and in consldaraliori of. the painting of the railing of 1116 Spingtleld hrldire and approaches one good and heavy coat of paint by the Bald I K l'elers, he is hereby granted the ox .i...iv0 ue of said railing for alver- f tising purpose for the space of two rxtni frolll umo lit, miu nnveriuo iiient to be paint! on said railing, but no loono postern or paper ostrrs shall be Uea ior advertising puriiosea nn mi d bridge or approaches. At this time the. court considered and allowed tho following bill and 1 the clerk ordered to draw warrant 011 tho general fund In payment thereof, towit: John M William deputy prose, cuting attorney state v riutli- erhnd' 00 J M Wllliunii state v Kuther- land ft 00 Robt Johnston care ol paiicr 7 00 (1 a wilier J l' jury 11st rr Creswell precinct 3 00 J II Whiteaker assistance jury lint for Creswell precinct 2 00 W M Itobinett ascistanee jury list for Creswell precinct 2 00 I S Day repair on bridge Cres well precinct 15 00 A ' Jennings stamp and sta tionery 22 05 T J Craig stamp for sheriffs office 21 80 Is Hanson house rent for iau- wr 2 00 J fc" (Joerle claimed b'.Z'i, timber for roads; continued for cer tificate of i-upcrvlHor. At this time It was ordered lv the court that the bnby which watt lately given li" chare of Dr B F Russell be committed to the fare nt John Hrigg to be cared for by him for $2.00 per wetK, tne county to ruruisu necessary clothing and medical attendance wheu needed. . Real Estate Transaction. Kefturtod dally by the Kugcne Abstract com pany. OfBcu In Titus block opposite IIofTiuau Houao. . COUNTKY. U 8 to Daniel Bpencer, ne at tie , sec 28, tp 19 s, r 2 w; 40 acre patent. Daniel Hpencer and wife to J II Wbiteakor, ue i of ne 1, sec 20, tp 10 s. "J r 2 w; 40 acres, W D, consideration R H Mosby and wife trt II C Veatch lot 3 and s J of n w sec 7; w 4 of n J and e of 11 w , -c IS tp 21 s, r 2 w. I Also purl of d 1 0 No 03 notf 800 in sec J 33, tp 20 s, r 3 w. 8 w J of s e sec 3-', tpLDs, r3w. Also tract of land in i sec ?o-;i', tp 20 s, r 3 w. Lot 4 and se I J of s e , sec 3.', tp 20 n, r 3 w. Also t part of d I e No 53, sec 22, tp 20 s, r 3 w I and 11 of n e , sec 2, tp21 , r 3 w. J Also Vm Oglesby cl notf 012, tp 20 s, f r3w. Also David Mo? by cl notf 801, tp 20 and 21 s, r 3 w. 1300 acres con ' f7000. EUGENE. ; Charles Johnson nnd wife to Edward Hanson, the undivided i of w i of lot 0 and 7, block 1. Skinner's Donation; consideration 100, U V V. Catharine J Uilz, ft al to J F Seurles et al, lot 7 block 4, orlglnul town. FAIltMOUNT. ffm F Wooden ttnd wife to W T C Wooden, lot 2, block 34; amended platt. CorrKR Minixo. Hon H 15 Miller is home from a trip to (Irunts 1'ass. He report much activity at present in both rold and copper mining. A number of good paying copper mines are now being- worked. One smelter ha9 already been erected, and another is to be erected at once. One mun hasjust been ofl'ered $75,000 for his copner mine but lie holds it at $100,000. It assays 40 per cent copper, and it is estimated that the gold and silver in the ore will pay the costs of mining aud transportation. I'nrey .tlnrlln Talk. Salkm, Jan. 19. Carey Martin, an employe of the secretary of Mate's oftlce, volunteers tho advice that newspaper publication of matter In the lust house journal wiil tend to make matters worse, and reduce vng . Mr Martin suys people who want to know wlmt is in the journal should buy one, and it Is food for such blackmailing publications as the Ore gonluu only. Mr Martin is a nephew of Secretary Kincald. He cost the taxpayers $125 per month. An equal ly competent clerk can be had to 1111 his phieo nt CflO per month. I'enlly aiiow Closed. Pohti.anp, Jan 10. The exhibition of the Oregon ritate Poultry Associa tion ciiine to a close last night and the management Is now in a position to congratultite Itself upon tho success of tho undertaking. The receipt were uch that the association was not only nble to pay oir till Its indebtedness, but to pnt away a small fund as a nucleus of an other and much larger exhibition of the same kind next year. The Gypsy. Harrlsburg Review: The t atner Gypsy made the trip to Eugene on Wednesday, carrying 40 tons of freight. On her down trip to Harrisburg she broke all previetis records, making tho trip in on hour and eight minute net running time. Tho advent of the Oypsy make it possible for the Eugene people to have a river service that is reliable In every respect and nt rate as cheap a Is consistent with the expense of nav iuallngthe upper river. Now it re main to be determined, whether they will give this comp my sutllclent business to pay the exense of making recti lar trip or not. One thing they can safely figure on, Captain Gordon fan make the trip wheu It is In the limit of possibilities. Pally (.nurd, January 2a Disturbance at the Barracks. A disturbance was created at the Sal vation Army barracks last evening by some young hoodlum. Two of them were cjcied by one of the officers of tli-army. When on the outside they Lis'-" t.. ti,e door so that those on the inside of the building could not get out for some time. KEW i'OULTRY MARKET. A Car Will Leave Krery Two YTeek ior Mm trancisce. .:ilin Htalemnan: Farmer and other Intcresttd In raising poultry will be glad to learn that hereafter they will have an aolive demand for an they may have to sell and not b depending upon rortlnna alone for market. Murk B Katze, teprcsentlng Chns Jacoi on & Co, of Hun Francico 1111 ueen 111 mew part a few day and nun inane arrangement whereby neciul car provided for live poutltry shipment will be loaded from Salem every two week and ent direct to t?un ranclc. C T Doty will be the Rleni purohaslni ageut and the intention I to procure a many fowl a posui at ibis point an loud them In the cur a It arrives. Stop will be made at diitlnuted station from here to uultliiud, oreg n, until the car i filled. Tlierlrutcur wa started lust Wednesday from kugene, the next will leave here ouThe 6th of February and regularly every two week there after. 1 hi w ill doubtless add a new lnietu to the poultry buine In Western Oregon, as Mr Katz assured the Statesman last evening the sellers would obtain a good a price in 11 e cash right here as they can eet In Portland, aod that they need not fear giimmg me QiurKet. Florence Westllng. From The West. Born. On Friday. January 3d. at Gleuada, to the wife of D H Stevens, a son. Chlttem bark seems to be In urgent demand. Eugene parties are making inquiries tor it uo.vn nere. It will be of interest to note that Joel McCorunck is meeting with uuces In his business In Euuene. Many of his friend here will rejoice. Mr Geo O Knowlc returned Satur day from a week' trip to Eugene, where lie attended a meeting or the populist county central committee, During the late swollen floods of the siusiaw river, the ferry boat or Mr L, r Tallman was swept from it moor lug and I now quietly restingon the rock In front of lieecher. Air tail man Is preparing to build another boat which will he completed in about a mouth hence. It Is creditable to Mr Bang' enter prise nnd deshtt nnd determination to serve the public, to state that notwith standing the bad condition of the roads, his stage arrive in nnd go out on time, nnd with one exception, not a trip lias been missed. This la the result of good stage wagons, good team and good drivers. Fkkshmax Class. Mis Clara Pengra entertained the Freshman classofthe university at her home on Tweirth and High streets Saturday evening. A very pleasaut time was had. refreshments being served during the evening. In the game, "Floral Transposition," Miss Brown and Mr Grimes won the prize. Those present were: MlsresAnnn ana zoia unities, Dale. Cornwall, Kenshaw, Murray, Thompson, Slate. Ktraub, Powell, Marsh. Adams, urowti, uriinn, Alister, IVntra, Mabel and Flora Wheeler; Messrs Bryson, Davis, Car rico, DeLashmutt, Boone, Bradley, Gilbert, Chas Temnleton, Grime, Willoughby, W L Wester, Gilleland, Alderman, Btraub, Day, Whipple. City Tax. The council held nn adjourned meeting Saturday night and made a tax levy or 0 tuiiis witn which to meet the expenses of the present year. Of this amount 4 mill la for general purpose nnd 1 mill for sewer purpose. The council believes this levy will meet all the current ex pense of the city, nnd will also pay about $500 on outstanding warrants. The amount of warrant outstanding now Is $7078.63. Of this amount $2700 la in litigation, being street assess ment for which the city ha obtained a judgment for the amount. This leave tne actual amount 01 indebted ness at $5278.03. Harrisbdro's Election. Re view: At our city election last Mon day the f Mowing nominees were suc cessful, viz: For recorder, G W Iaham; treasurer, Damon bmith; councilman, Jaa McDonald, O P Hyde, DC rfolt. Dan MoClaln, U 1j Morris and Min i Nixon; marshal, I M Wood. M W Canter and Dr Mackcy, the contest ant for the mayorship, came to n standstill on a tie vote. t'lftyfant Wheat ml Walla Walla. Walla Walla, Jan. 18. The wheat market took a sudden jump today nnd caused considerable excite ment. Over 100,000 bushels wtre sold. Eurly in tho morning oilers were mad at 41 and 43 cents, but soon local buy ers begau to raise until it reached 60 ents for bluestcm. One buyer pur chased 05,000 bushels of bluestem at 50 cents, while another lot was sold for 50 cents, fo b. Buyers attributed tne rle to the excessive demand for mill ing purposes on the Pucillo coast. naiiy Guard, January 20. Boys Arrested. Ray Bubb and Frauds Hempy were arrested this afternoon on n charge of disorderly conduct nnd disturbing the meeting nt the Salvation Army barracks lust evening. A warrant has also been Isiued for the arrest or Liiun Alexan der. Babb and Hempy nr now be fore the recorder, nud have pleaded not guilty nnd will stand trial this evening. Pally Guard, January 20. Track Cleared. The track of the Southern Pacific In the Cow Creek canyon la now cleared, alter n blockade lusting several days, caused ny shots. Tho overland from San Francisco pssssed north this morning about 9 o'clock. The train men stated that the ear of peultry shipped from here a few clnrs airo. was held nt Roseburg several days, but has again been started 'on Its way to San Francisco. t'lnanclar l'lraae. New York. Jan. 18. The treasury circular announcing" n modification of the term of subscription to the new government loan was hailed with grett satisfaction by the financial commu nity at large, l ins action tend to dissipate any appreheuslon of extreme river yesterday morning, lias not lm disturbance in the money market in proved any yet. He is lying very low the interval preceding the allotment i nnd his chance for recovery are very of subscriptions lor bonds, J doubtful. Meeting Uojed. Pally Uturd, Jauuary 'JO. The series of evangellstlo service conducted In the U B church by Evangelist D Luppert and wife closed lust evening amidst the universal in terest of n large audience. Kev Lep pert proved himself capable of han dling any sized audience aud as n gos pel singer he probably has no minimi the coast today, nnd as a preacher he Is earnest, consecrated and thoroughly evangelical. During the meetings ver inauy nave professed Chr a quite a number have joined the churc and others have promised to unite with various churche ef the city In the near future. A larir number of Christian ieple, both within an without the church, testified that these meetings have been very helpfu 10 mem 111 ineir jurist mn weiruro, am no doubt from the large audiences that greeted Mr Leppert, there will be louod very many w tu whom it was Impossible to come in personal coiitac auu 1 roiii wnom no expression was ever taken, that went away from these services determined to live purer lives. Thus the good accomplished in these service aud In all service of such character will extend far outside of the church nnd only eternity can fully tell how many have been helped sod saved uy must services. (1EO I) NEEDY, Pastor, Brown Seen. Roseburg Plnlndealer: Thur.duy evening the report eume to the city mat imiii u lirown, the escaped con vict, had been wen a few miles north of Wilbur. Soon the cltv was all ablaze with exci'.e inent aud in a short time the city win full of wild rumors as to where, nnd when and by whom ne was seen. I lie story, however, had such a color 01 tr it 11 as to Induou the sheritrntid n large posse of men to go to the scene of li it reported where abouts. All day yesterday and all this rorenooii Knots of men were seen gath ered on the principal street diuuxtlug vne sjieeuiuiion upon ine upsnoioi tne "nasco" the escape, recapture and hanging bee the 31st. Our reporter has hteu plied with a thousand an on question concerning tho matter, as if they thought lilm u clairvoyant aoie to see through mountains, peer into Darns, caves and out nouses, un der straw stacks or Into cellars thousand miles away. Brown Is re- ported to have been spoken to. He is said to have n Winchester rillo nnd brace of pistols upon him, nud that he bag declared lie will never be taken alive. While this may be true wo will not vouch for it it is too much like liars n Munchausen tales. tlflrt-n Onls prr Pllle. Salem, Jan. 10. Among he reports n the iioiiH1 Journal of the last legisla ture which aie proper subjects for sober nud dispausioiiato thought, after n lapse or n year, is that or tho com mittee on salaries and mileage. S L Moor head whs chairman of that com mittee. The report shows the eggre gate mileage allowed memlcrs of the house for coming to and returning from Sulem, to be 18.7IHI miles. For each mile 15 cent was allowed, niak ing a cost of $2S10.40. The total number of miles allowed by both house and senate was 3'.),4!iO, and the total cost on.4.4). Tlirte Frlsonsra i:rape Irtnjt At reriland- Portland, Jan. 13. Three very bad men, Con Kelliber, Mike O'Brien and Frank Bauds, In jail for burglary aud arceny, managed to make their escape from the county jail In a most myste rious mauner, some lime between 7 clock last evening and 8.15 this morning; It is believed that they used skeleton keys. Kelliber had just been sen tenced to the penlteutlary for 10 years for burglary. Imminn Enculsr I tci. San Francisco, Jan. 10. In the final distribution of the Blythe estate before Probate Judge Colteo today, fixing the fees of the public- admini strator was considered. Attorney W H H Hart, for Florence Blythe Hinckley, stated that no Had agreed with the attorneys of tho estate of the respective administrator to allow those officials $350 per month compen pensation during their respective terms ofoflice. On tiiat basis the estate of Philip A Roach was entitled to $24,000, theciiate of Jude Hennio to $20,008 and A (J Freese, present administrator to $M,00. Twunty thousand dollars have already leen paid out to these three officials. Vuluable records In the Blythe cusc had been allowed to remain In a store room as rubbish by thejniiltor. A Chinook Wind. Tho Chinook i ud which prevailed yesterduy on the higher elevations got down into the valleys last night, causing the leet and snow to disappear very rap idly. It ha brought tho streams up quite rapidly, but will probably not raise them much more as most of the snow has alreudy been take.ioutof the mountains. K ok P Installation. Cottago Grove Leader: The following ollloers were Installed in the K of P Juvoutus Lodge No 4S, for 1SIKJ: A I) Lincoln, C C; J K Buriett, V C; J M Culp, P; J W Gowdv, M W; W P Lockwood, M F; B Lurch, M E; Geo Wall. K R S; J H Medley, M A; Fnnk Jordan, I G; II II tstr'io, O G; J K Barrett, T. Pall; Guard, January.lH. Transferred Again. The big slide at Cow Creek canyon I not yet cleared away and another transfer of fiasssnger bud to be mado The over aud train due here at 3:09 thl morn ing reached here nt 8:30 thi afternoon. A large force of men are at work on the slide but as fast a cle trcd nwny it keep caving in. Pallj Uuarl, January 17. A Transfer. A transfer of pas senger and mall on the overland trains was made at the big luudslide at tunnel No 2 in Cow Creek canyon and the northbound train was expected to arrive here at 4 o'clock thii afternoon. Palljr (juard, January is. Very Low M II Harlow, who re ceived a stroke of paralysis in his right side at bis home on the east side or the Srheol Taxes, The following school districts of this oounty have made their tax levy nnd reported the same to the county clerk. All levying n tax must report the same to the clerk 011 or before February 1st: District 13s 5 mills " ' i47!!!!!!!;;"!.""."".""." 6 " 127 7 " 12 4 " " 144 3 ' " 8(1 4 " " 133 2i ' 8 2i " 4 2 " Hrewn Male I Sarreunaae. RoSEHCRd, Or., Jan. 17 Pamuel G. Browu, the murderer of Alfred Klu cnld, at Oakland, this county. In Ail rust, 1SD4, who escaped from Jail here December, 30, 1SU6, it, said to be sur rounded at n point on the North Uuid qua, n ftw miles from Wilbur, In the tume locality where be was fouud when he escaped last May. lirown I supposed to le heavily armed. SlierlR Calhcnrt nud a posse left last night ior me scene, runner details are ex pected soon. a istaa Crisis. Havana, Jan. 17. Captain-General dei ampos tonight formally resigned his command or the Ppanisii rorcee In Cuba, as well a hi otnee of governor. Thi I n decisive blow to Hpanlih ruio. i he new man appointed govern or and captuin-general la cordially uated nmoug the loyniPt or lube, many or whom win now join the in surgeuts, making their eucees n mat ter apparently within easy reach, f.ngagtman t Aaaiuacii. New York, Jan. 10. A Wasblug ton dispatch to the World savs: llio engagement Is announced of Miss Catherine, the eighth duuehter of Ciller justice fuller, or the United States suprem court, to Mr Beecher, of Buffalo, n couslu of the late Henry ward needier The date or the mar riage Is set for September 17. Madrid. Jan. 10. Dispatches from Havana say tho insurgeut have cut oil' all mean of laud communication between that city and the Interior, ex cept by a short railroad from Havana te Marlanao, in the province of Ha vana, and over n still shorter railroad between Psgla aud Gunabacia, su burb of Hint city. Consequently steamships are tho only mean ef com munication between the -capital nnd the provinces, which remain nt the dispotnl ol tho authorities. Sun unarm at Taceuia. Tacoma. Jan 10. A sleet storm this afternoon and evening covered the electric, wire with n coating of Ice nud somewhat Interrupted the run ning of electric cars. Snow U pre dicted for tomorrow, nnd dnnger sig nals are up at weather stations along the Sound. Cleveland's Caaaldacjr. Chicago, Jan. 10. The Post' Washington clal says: "A demand laving been mudo informally upon President Cleveland for nn nuthoritn- tlvo statement upon the thlra-term proposition, he has given it out that the democracy will be entirely safe In proceeding upon the theory that he la not aud will not be n candidate." Tne Wait Heserva. Washington, Jan lO.-The treasur lost $114,000 In geld today, which leaves the true n mount of the re vers $54,733,115. What's This? Florence West: It I startling how much devotion Eu gene citizens have fer the law tbnt is if it pays to have rctpeot. MONDAY, JANUARY 20. A couple cf tourist cars were at tached to the local thl morning. Chu Witter carrie n very bad eye, from coming In oontact with a door. Lebanon' diphtheria epidemic. I about over, nnd nil quarantine have been raised. Mr Chas Buckman. of De Buoue, Iowa, I visiting with H C Buckman, in the vicinity of Irving. ar Someoftbe citizen of Irving will meet in that town tonight for the purpose or organizing a band. Ed Hanson I moving his household fleet into the Perrln house on the cor nor of Sixth nnd Oak street, re- oeutly purchased by him. The Advancement club meet nt Mount' hall tonight. Hon H B Mil ler will read a paper on "The function of wo.nun ill social progress." The Weber Dramatlo Comrany played "The Stolen Deed" Saturday ight. Tonight they preacnt the comedy. "T'rlss, the Waif of-the Sierras." crowd of "local sport" w,ore parading the street nnd attendeif the theatre Saturday night with- their youthful craulum encased In silk hats. EC Lake went to Oakland thl af ternoon. He has shipped a mon ument there to be placed over the grave of O W Morrcll, formerly of thi city. The Eugene flouring mill started up last night after being shut down a few days by tho high water. The river 1 now rising and they may have to close down again soon.. Chronicle. To the industries at The Dilles has been added, during the last two years, that of sturgeon fishing. These fish have recently been found to possess value In tho eastern markets, aud a ready sale is fouud for them both InthoEattand nt home. Repulsive as the looks ol the sturgeon may be, there seem to be many people who like the flavor of the fish, nnd whenever n catch is made, the lucky fisherman is sure of a neat little sum for his trouble. Frem The Dall to Hood River stur geon lines nro placed nt Intervals. The manner of catching the fish is rather peculiar. A loug line Is sunk In the river with hooks placed In a row at n distance from on another ot about n foot. The line Is sunk to near the bottom ef the river, and the tiieory is that the sturgeon lu lUelr cavortlngs will run against the hooks and get caught. Not only Is the theory good, but It works all right la practice, as some of the fishermen lust winter are uld to have made as much as $2000 for thii r season's work. THE EXTRA SESSION J 01!. The Salem Journal is a keen ob server of public event", ami b is this theory of llio preisuro brouit j to bear by tho Portland ring for an extra legislative session: "From all tho evidence at homo o far the old Portland machino crowd want a special session nn want it bad. They have absolutely no poliliunl future unices they can set a chance to make sotno appear ance of favoring retrenchment and reforms. Thev wrote a reform platform and pretended to give tho people a new deal. They never kept a single pledge of the platform and prevented a new deal as far as possible. That it their record am they can noteicapo from it. The fight between the rwoplo in the ropnbli can party who wcro sincere in their pledget of reform and tho gang who wcro lalse to their pledges of a new deal it on just as hot at it was last wintor. "Portland wants a charter bil that will be worth a million dollars to the gang. They will eiwnd hundred thousand dollars to get it, I hey also want to re-apportion the state. I hey would prom lse all the offices for , tho next ten years to mombcrs who will stand in. They are bringing all torts of mlluences to hear to get an extra sosnion. All their howling of economy in tho only paper nt Portland u to this cud. Tho gang that want to steal and rob tho state want it, but the people do not want it. Tho people want nothing but a chance to get at these fellows in the noxt campaign. They will mako short work of every ono who conies before them." It is tho right of advertisers to know what they are getting in ro turn fur the money they invest in newspaper advertising. Tho only way they can form an idea of this it to obtain a truthful statement of tho number of peoplo they reach oy means oi me paper, it coos without laying that an advertise ment in a paper having 1.500 sub scribers is threo times as valuable as it would bo in a paper having 500 tubscribers. The character of a paper and tho cstcoin in which it is held by the general public, and its readers, are also factors that enter into and dotermino to a great extent its valuo as an ad vcr Using medium. If the paper is a welcome and looked for visitor to the homes of the people, tho friend ly feeling extended to it is also extended to those whose advertise' ments appear in its columns. Editor Amis site down hard on W 11 Spaugh, chairman of the populist state central committed, in the Broad-Axe of this neck From all appearances Spaugh is undor republican control, that party being extremely anxious to prevent any combination of ap posing forces. Spaugh's action in calling a state convention on but little more than a month s time during the worst of our winter woathcr looks very suspicious During that month primaries county and state conventions must be hold. Many outlying precinzts will hardly hear of the call, and if they do will hardly feel like braving the winter weather and muddy roads to attend conven tions. Spaugh is growing very un popular with his party on account of tho aptitudo he displays in acting the part of a 'dictator. The Silver Imprint tho populist organ of Linn county says: Let tho reform forces, bo they demo crats, republicans or populist, who believe in economy in county or state officers got together and form a union. We don't enro wbal name they go under bo long as llicy will nominate men who are honest, and who will pledge themselves to economize in public nfluirs. Parti cularly is this true of county officers. Thcro is no politics in a county office and the sooner tho people find it out tho better off they will be. It it now belioved that tho comparatively poor demand for dried fruitt this season in the United States is to a, considerable extent duo to the great abundance and low prico of apples in the United States. Tho apple crop of the past season turned out to be not only one of the largest for many yean, but in many parts of the United States tho fruit was muoh less affected by worms and tcab than usual. Tho Globo-Dcmocrat re-marks: Modern banking facilities were il lustrated in tho recent transaction in the bank of England, by which China paid to Japan an indemnity of $24,500,000 in gold. Tho coin would havo loaded thirty-five wagons with a ton each, but the handling of ono pieco of paper suf ficed to transfer the money from China s account to tho credit of Japan, tho whole proceeding ncctt-i pying but a fuw minutes. ' Tho National Democratic con vention will bo held July 7th. Peruvian? burned a lot of Protcs tint biliie tho other day. The surest w.iy f propagate Protestant creed. Mr. Eugene Debs admonished his audience of laboring men at Milwaukco to buy nioro books and less boer. Tho Jacksonville Times is 25 years old, 23 years of that time un der the nianagenient of Hon. Charles Nickell. Tho commissioners' court will act fairly and give the populist party one judgo in each precinct on the election board.' Tho engagement of tho eighth daughter of Chief Justice Fuller is reported. Ilo should require suitors to take them oil' his hands in rota tion us to age. Attond tho special school meeting thia evening. Every citizen should bo posted as to tho standing of our public schools, then there will be no causo of complaint. A man down in Atlanta is said to bo coining money by selling the negroes bibles in which ail the pictures of angcld show them to bo black ns tho ace of spades. As a result of the lirown scandal nil tho San Francisco clergymen have closed their study doors to sroaien unless attended by some guardian angel in tho form of a man. It is singular that ono argumont in favor of an extra session of tho legislature is that usod in appeals for pardon of penitentiary convicts that if allowod another nppor tunity they will reform and do better. Yamhilll County Reporter: The state democracy is already making amorous advances toward the popu list maiden. Sho" slues a littlo at first, but it is only to gain recogni tion of tho new' woman's privilege of wearing tho pantaloons. The wedding will corao off. Kev Dr Wallace, of Portland, tpooulated in mining stocks. He bought on a rising market and tried to sull on a falling market. Then ho squealed. Tho Dr. hut enough nerve in his pulpit, but on tho ttreet ho it liko other men soma other men. Rccont statistics ehow that the increase of divorces exceeds in per centage the increaso of population in nearly all of tho states. The causes are such as indicate a grow ing disposition to regard marringo as a moro contract instead oi a sacred union. Tho Pucifie Mail company has increased freight rates 70 per cent, on all important commodities to San Francisco. A potent argu ment for the snccdy construction of the Nicaragua canal. Tho Paci fio mail is controlled by the South ern Pacific, railroad. Tho directors of tho Eugene school district show the proper spirit in asking for a light levy to keep tho public schools running for tho ensuing year. The business character of those gcntlemon is a guarantee that oconomy will bo the rulo. The adoption of the Initiative and Referendum system of law making would chockmato corrupt legislatures. A few men can la controlled and led by their noses, but tho mass of our citizens are honest and in tho ond would reaoh tho right conclusions. Representative Hermann hat in troduced a resolution that the Rulwor-Clayton treaty be abrogated. that is statesmanship. Now if he will como down a few notches to a plain business proposition and se cure a $50,000 appropriation for tho improvement of tho Willamette rivor between Eugene and Portland tho peoplo of this .valley will rise and call him blessed. The Now York World is caught in a trap of its on setting. When it was thought for a certainty the contemplated issue of $100,000,000 bounds would bo given to a syndi cate tho world nudo a big bin IT and offcrod to take $1,000,000 of a popular subscription. Ibe syndi cate loan fell through, and the World must put up or that up. f tho proprietor lacks a few bits he should appeal to tho newspaper men of Oregon. They havo plenty of money to spare. Conditions are at present in favor of a larger volume of business this year than in 13'Jo. There is a argor crop to market, which even f sold at low prices will result in a vast vol umo of money circula tion. Industries throughout tho East aro busy, and thcro aro suf ficient new orders to insure activity and a liberal consumption of ma terial for months to come. The Pacific coast did not fid tho full effect of tho business depression until several months after the worst caino in tho East and in reason will bo later in regaining nnruiul prosperity. o o