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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1896)
FRIDAY, MAY I. A steady night' rain. Collector abundant today. Dr Oghsby, of June! Ion, U In the city. Itoawtll Shelly, "f rrlIuiMl, I In the city. No My Day picnic In till section thin yea (Jeorg Hldn, of Tliuiion, Wax In Eugeu today. Mr Ell Houston -m to Rnsehurig lid hfu-riiovn. Dr J V Harris returned from Purl laud lut night. Col H T Hladden returned to Port laud till morning. 8 llandsakcr U confined t hi room with la grippe. Sumuel Hwlfi left for lib homo In Poitlaud thla morning. Mra Charlc Croncr and daughter Ml Maggie are both II!. Cliaa Klssenger l studying law un ler Attorney II D Norton. Tli Albany Salvation Ariu.v captain returned home this forenoon. The receipt of llui ch-rU'a office t t Hi month of Anrll were ti!l!S.05. Well Fargo Express Co lot a new ly painted wugon on llie streets. A new sidewalk lan-n const ru;ied In front of the l'rull block on Ninth treet. Clia Hladi't-n, formerly of ihU city, la taking a special courito at Yule col lege. MIm Mamie Whittle ha gone fo Keaton where aim will teach a term of school. Oshurn A DeLano expect to move hack Into thulr old iU,utcr In about two week. Mra ColkliiH, who has beoii visiting In thin city for a week returmd to her home at Hulem thla afternoon. General Weaver hiia arrived In Port land aKutn and will proceed to slump the stale for the jstnple party. Win Weber, of Jniicllon City, tin returned from a vlait to .Southern Cal ifornia much improved In health. Salem Statesman: Mr and Mr W A Hamilton have relumed from a brlt f hut pleasant trip to Eugene. Bcott llymuii'a butcher wngon ttaui took a apiu yesterday. A broken tongue wan about i he only damage. John (liay hit ruluruud from hi Conl Fork clului. Me stale that snow fell at that place Wednesday night. Hon H II Friendly and daughter, Mian Carrie, will leave Han Francisco for home tomorrow eveulug, arriving on Monday morning' truin. MIm Catherine C Coggswoll ha in cepted a two moutlia engagement with the Keeue Compiiuy tut leading lady. The engagement la confined to New York City. The College Y M C A ha elcetWi Htunrt It Huoua and John llamlsiker deli-gules to the Hummer Htihoul which will be held at Ellin drove, California May 22 to 31. The school superintendent of Whit man county haa announced that Jna nutn Miller, the poet oflhe SlerruM.will deliver a lecture In Colfax before the teacher' lustitute. on July 1. Kalmii Journal: Hugh Thompson willhorlly lal a trip to ban Iran claeo, to take a preparatory course of medicine during the ummer. He will be abroad about three iuoiiiIih. Mis Heal, who Is unite ill w ith con tumpllna In Virginia, and for whom money wna subscribed by our chari table citizen to bring her home, ex peel to Mart on her Journey to Ku gene thla evening. The O A C I to he represented ut an Inter-colleglato oratorical content, to be held at Seattle May Z't, In whit h the universities and college of Oregon, WaHhlugtoti and Idaho are to lie rev refe iitcd, by Ml Mildred Lluvlllo of the (enlor class. Halom Journal: Hupt D A Paine, of the tlu Insane acyluiu. returned from fort In lid tod v. ileaay the Indica tion are that the Mitchell republican ticket will be elected. Mr 1'ulne la ooiiMlderable of a Mitchell miui him elf though not a frve ailver man. Jacksonville Times: Article of Incorporation of the Whitney Victoria (told Mining Co have been tiled 1:: the ftto of the secretary of stale by J It Jthluehart and wife and F 11 Itloc. The caoltal tock I f io.OOO iu shares of II each, and the prluclpul oft loo la Med ford. , Urant'a Pas enloy the dilinctlon of having a delegate to each of the national convention. Abe Axlell baa been aelecled to represent Oregon In tho populist oonventloii, J. W. How ard la the democratic and It A Hooth tu the republican. All expect to ho present In person. Salem Journal: "Uenoral Odll of tli date achool laud department, who last year went Kaat and got hlitislta priceless WeMlng in tue anape oi a wife, and thou got liltmulf a fJ,.V0 orilee, now propose to build himself a $ 2.1KK1 residence. It I to be located near the university." Odell h held oftlc the nialor imrtlonol his life. He it not lu politic for fun. Corvallla (lazette: Ex-Superlntun-denl Clark, of the O C A. K, is expect ed to leturn to Corvallla In a few day where he will visit for a time before leaving for In old home In Chicago, la a recent letter to Manager Stone, Mr Clark atated he had Just returned from a trip to the Sandwich Island which he greatly enjoyed. From San Francisco he will go to I.o Angele fer a brief stay, when ho will leave for Oregoa. Mayor Fawcett, of Tacoma, promise some luuovatlou In the way of reform during hi administration. l'tciricUvo measure will he titkeu with the dml monde.and the pollen will le limtrucicd to keep (lie youthful wrongdoers, as well as the young of both sexea, oft thetrvet after tl o'clm'k at night. Something lu the way of curlew may be Inaugurated. II I' Morv, on the Illinois river, lu Curry county, say he I uevifully raising tigs. He has a true on whleu the first crop wilt soon rlien, and other are coming along ft. I.axt year the tree rlpeiisd (, and will do aoagalu this ye!r, thus shotting that tucy can be rained In his vicinity, lie lias un olive tree, which he w III culti vate as an expeiluiout, to see If they will thrive In that eMlon. HATL'ItDAY, MAY 2. ll A Wanhbume was iu the city to day. I'rol J P Holland I up from Juno lion. W W Heoti, of CrefWell, was In Ku gene today. Mr H F (illt h lte sick for the past week. The (H pxy I expected to reMimo her tllps to Kugi lie. The ti list Held d.iy couWst of the U of O taki pluce one week from today. The atate Intercollegiate fluid da contest will le held at Halsiu June 0. The river la rising and regltied 7J feet today. The Kugeiio Ice Works III ship it fl.sl cur lo id of Icj for till aeuaoii to Itokchurg lomoiro.v. Mir Hayes came up from Harris burg hi aflerno ni. Mr W IJ Wuxhburu, of Brown ille, Is Viritlllg lu this lily. Attorney J M Williams attended to buiueut Junction today. Kill tor M .airhead of Juucliou wa an urrivul on the afternoon train. Hon H II Friendly will return home from San Fiaucisco Monday morning. Horace I lampion, the. ilcuiociiilic nominee for aherlir, wus lu Kuyeiie today. Miss Carrie Hovey. who ha been visiting at Portland, relumed home today. Walter Jackson, the popular Port laud drummer, i doing busiuei In Kugeue. F H Younger und duughter and Miss Hanson cumo down from f.'oltHgu (irovo this morning. Ml Ho-ulle Friciully who ha been visiting In Portland urrived home ou the afternoon train. The tax lolls will probably lu kept open during the greater portion of this month. Shci 111 Johnson I becoming (juitu leliivlit. I N Hembree, of Fern Illde, had a small smoke house uud storage room burned lust week. Hon TU Tongue, republican can didate for congress, will speak ut Junc tion City May Uth at 2 p m. Jlurrlsburg Kevlew: Kugeue Is niukliiir nreimrations for a big lime at that nlttce on the coming Fourth of July. Dean i; C Sanderson of the Kugeue Divinity School went to Salem today und will conduct religious services ul that place tomorrow. Tho physicians think that Miss Maud Matlock, daughter of Mayor Matlock, caun l live more than another day ut the longest. Mr Job Davis, of Mohawk, who Is expcrli)ucinir considerable trouble with bis eyes, will go to Han Francisco In a few days to re.elve medical treatment for them E It Ilryron returned today from Albany where hu had been to attend a meeting of delegates of the state col lege i.thletlo association to arrange for the Held duy contest. Ilcfcrce Woodcock has decided against the ullowaiice of T E HoL'g' claim against the O P It 11 and make mi additional report ou tli matter. Idwelitirg Plalndealer: The bowling allev of W. S. Moon on Main street i I he "center of grifnt attraction Just now. The roar of liguumviUe spheres und the rattle of toppling pin la deafen ing. Dallas ltemler: Judge llurch and Samuel Orr have contracted their hop output fur threo year at eight cents, get 2 cents now, 4 cents ut picking time, and the balance ou delivery. Harrlsburg lleview: Ell Hangs, mall contractor and liveryman, of Eu gene, camu down on yesterday morn ing' overland, and accompanied hv Liveryman McClaln, went to Corval lla by team to purchase some rig from the carriage factory ut that place. Harrlsburg Itevlew: Trout are 'raising" to thu tly splendidly iu the river near town ut present. Vim William caught a dozen of the speck led beauties, from 10 to ill inches in length, In an I our' time Wednesday Yesterday's Salem Journal: Miss Minnie llnlcund Miss tlertrude Dick man were discharged from the asy lum as cured today. They both re side ut Eugene mid returned to that city this morning. While potatoes are selling at twenty cents a sack In tho Willamette valley, they are said to ho selling at $100 a sack iu muii of tho Alaska mining regions, (lold or silver nuggets uro good to have around, but to a hungry man a cold potato is better. MrsW S Mowers, of Haker City, who has been visiting with relattvrs iu thl city for tho past few days, left for home today. She wa accompan ied ny her sister, Mrs P E Snodgrass, who will spund several month visit ing In Haker City, Pendleton, und Walla Walla, Washington. Mr and Mrs Wiu Taylor, of Fayette, Iowa, who, while returning East fro in a visit to California, stopped oil a few duy In this city to visit with their old aoiualntancc. Mr and Mr Hillock, and ulso with their niece. Miss Maud Cornwall, u student of the U of O, left for Salem today where they will visit with Prof Cochran, a former acquaint ance. Hnrrishurg lleview: The O II A N (Wa warehouse at this plueo Is chuck full of Eugene freight, which, will be luUirlou to forward by team a the present condition ot the wagon road would render It utmost Impossible." Seven wagon loads of I he above freight were brought here last evening. Corvalll Time: M. W. Wtlklu has W O luckart employed preparing a sccttou of his hotel tor a bowling allev. Messrs. Trent and Stlckuey are the gentleman who are putting In the alley. They are irom r.ugeue, iwr Stlckuey being a resident of that plucj. 1 hem will Im a ilouhlu allev nut in. and tho alley Itself will lo Unit by the projectors, usslstcU ly Air llecKuri. Corvnlii Times: That the Corvai Us baud tsivs enjoy uu enviable n-p-utalion at Eugene is made evident by the fact th' they have received a letter from Kugeno wanting lo know : their price for furnishing music there next Julv 3rd and 4th. The boys will ' not go If Corvalll celebrate and do. sire their scj vices. Eugene Intends having a grand celebration and Is be 1 ginning lu i;ood icasou. Drlfl. "Diyou think," said ihc'inedlcal couhln to the dramatlo cousin, it U good unite tu wear a flower garden on one's head?" No," was the emphatic reply, ii is not. It is, In fact, very Ud taste, uud In addition it I unUTomlng." "And yet," sighed the do.tor, con templating her own modest head gear, "It I fashion. Everylsidy In Chicago doe. 1 was tho only woman In a crowded car on Wabash Avenue this morning who had not ut least ten on ferent kinds of gorgeous flower ou her bonnet. I exiK-cled each moment that somebody would ask me where I got my iiat." ..at The millinery this anrlim Is a floral .. i. . . .,,.r. Vuvnr iM-riire In the his tory of the hat hu Its color scheme li.irne sucli a maniing rrKim the warden bed of our grand-lnotheis. tiniu anil thudes. beauty of form, grace, uud adaptation to tho .... . ... ..!... Iminu II liitiiviiiuai reuuireiuo usoi mo i." face lire sublimely-fMiored in the so lution uud construction of th spring hat of ISM. Every woman otid child one meets, whether from thestately homes ou the Avenue or the tumble L.timi.tii mi mime lioulected l J T. t. . Ill ... .. B w. r- street, dlspluys ps many llorul tribute on her iiemi as ine mnuoei cn lingers can crowd und crush together In the allotted space and the only uo ticeublo (llllerence is iu the quality of tho material used, sj far us efl'ect go. The fushionuble young woman s dahlias uud eubbnge rosis and holly hocks uud soon lire mudu ol velvet and silk. The poor shop and fuctory girl content herself with cotton Imitation hut exhibits the ame extravagance a lo color und ipiantity. I nut a beau tiful nl I at the bicycle academy on Michigan Avenue the other day w ho hail hi dill'eiunt vurielies cf phox, China Hstcrs und Curlerhcrry bells on ouo not very large hut und every single bloiwoiii (iiarrel;ed with the rest ot her very eh guut costume. In a fashion able luucli room on W'ubush Avenue, the aume duy, a woman sat opposite me who wore seven shuiles of red and pink, three shades ot purple and sev eral of green iu her llorul headpiece. She was u W C T U woman, too, and hud a sweet suiiilly face framed in silvery gray hair; yet she seemed quite uncoiiscii us ot the startling splendor of that bonnet. Verily, Ilia;, fickle goddess, Fashion, leads our gentle si x chained to her chariot whei Is and we ure such willing sluve we never drcum of open it volt. Chicago 1 having uimtlur ntturkof the "Mefuncholy Dane." This time it IsKulvlna who is "tearing piasiuu to tatters," with Muntell at the Columbia and Keine ut McVicker's a rival Hamlets. ltolh Mantell and the fat Ituliun ure too bud to be (Usci ilied in the role f the Dullish prince. Keene. may he tictter. He Is reserving his Hamlet for next week. If he cuu in any way ap proach hi Iticlicllcu the public should he satisfied. As the "Cardinal Kin t" he Is without, n peer. In the scene where, btseiged by the favorite of I.ouls who come ut tho king's com u. und to tear Julie from his protection, Klein lieu draws about her the "sacred circle 'of the Komiiu church nnd pro nounces the curse upon him who shall break it, ho stands upon the heights und seems to reach the utmost hunts of human power. Kiine l very well supported; Sal vlui also, but Mantell makes tho ser ious mistake of having a very Incap able ant) unattractive leading lady. Did you know that Chicago hud a Tulterlls? 1 did not until lecently. Hut Tattersalls In Chicago isun existing hid, ut least the nanio is uud it was gotten honestly. During the preparation for the World's Fuir (ho lumous London Tattersalls came over und erected a mammoth pavilion on State uu I Sixteenth streets, in which they held a wonderful horse show. This pavilion is one of the memorials of tlmt year uud is used for exhibition purposes. For thu past two u'wli. It Ima lalieltered Kinelllie- ltros circus, and one night not long since, t lie juvenile menioer oi our nnuscutuu having accepted an Invitation to oc cupy a box und gaze upon the wonders of tho ling, or rings, I suppose, I should say, we, her natural guardians, relt It our Imperative duty to go along and see that she didn't miss uuytliing. After walking around lu n circle for about ten miles anil asking every un informed attache w came to where our box was, and taking object lessons In zooloiiv between times, wo found ourselves lu a vast amphitheatre packed to the roof with expectant humanity. From the moment I entered the portals of thu place 1 abandoned my self to the mugio lutiiienco of trained elephants, light rope walkers, acrobats and the Hying trupe.e, When the stout youth in pink silk tights dropped from the eighty fmit celling straight down Into a tank of shallow water I experienced (he most delicious thrill of horror, and when he cunie up wet anil smiling and unhurt I hoped ho would drop nguln, but hedidn't. Evet) the clowns innved me to mirth and the Iron-Jawed woman tilled me with euvieus admiration. If 1 hud her slaying power 1 should take to the pla'tform and lecture ou woman's rights, and perhaps, in (line, I might become as popular us Mrs Lease. When two panthers hud a dill'eretice of opinion tlmt had to be settled by a boxing Unit there was nothing left to be desire i and 1 caino away sutislled. Had I not been young again for three hour at least'.' And who that hns crossed the dividing line ever fails to feel thankful for u lit le sip ut the fount.itn of youih? "Why," 1 asked us 1 looked about the great pavilion, "why don't thy imve io ui looeiuiiu run vruiiuii m-iv Instead of going to the trouble uud ex pense of erecting a new luii In in a for 'he purpose out at Jscksnu'8 park'."' "Heeause," was the reply, "Tatter salls Is dedicated loru higher purpose," He said it with conviction too, but tl.cn he was a McKlnley mau and so I excuse him. "The best laid plans of mice si d men gang alt ngle." It sometimes happens so with the plans of women, too. 1 meant t tell you about the Chicago I'niversity this evening und Instead 1 have strayed into the circus. So the great university and It Is great will have to goovel to next week. LlSCHKN MAin Mll.l.Klt. Chicaoo, April li'i, lt'JU. I. J. VKATl'H I.Ei UKH. 11. FH Ills .VnMcV of Hecliiitttiou, Ulvlnir the Kcu Hieref-r-Vtll Hirow III StretirUt to HauiptoM- I'nilj ouanl, HJ t I. II. Veateh, the iople party c; .II.UU. for .hcr.li; h. withdrawn n o (he rue and will in throw hi strength lo lirou"""" !0 ain ton. the deni.M-ratic ii , . following notice or wtmu aw. . U-t-n filed with the county eleik. "I hereby glye notice thu I 1- ' J rully iieoime ine iiomiio.. ,... by the Po. t.le'. Party of Lati county , Orairon. for sherlir of said county m.ile April 24. WJ0, my acceptance o i... same having Isxtn Illea wn in.--;- same iiaviun " :, , 1u-u amlille Iril g an , , ... ty clerk of .aid couuty April , f - " " e ,'u improve the procc. of 'My reason for declining dd uni.il- caut to. u i f ttllll wl I nation U tlmt the Interests of lbf rlg ,,,ew bicycle bearing-, wl, ch pic require tho sherill' o IK to be Vu,tlll(? ;d when adjusted I .....i u ihi. nw rvusril- 1 " ""Ju"" ... n,u ,,rooer co- ed&ccon iugemolumetiu, and tils re-n , not be secured l,y run., ng cu "7 , neulnst the candidate of a .troug plurality pur ty." Eugene, Oregon, this 30tll dyof Apr.l, AD, 18110. IHVKATC1, tjutiscrlbed und worn to before me thla 3Dlli day of April, l v.nl. J 1 AMIsS, skalI N"lary Public. Mr Veatch say Mr llumptoii I a good a fr-e silver man a himself, ami, if elected, he Is sutislled he will keep the expense or the ofllco within tho limits pieuoriU-d by law. llev. Wcinlto Uut I led. KevC V Wendte, pastor of the First Unitarian church of Oakland, Cal, has visited Eugene sevenil limes, uud ha aoiiie acquaintance here Those who know the populur Oakland minister will learn with Interest tliut he was inurriod iu tliut city last luo doy to Mis Abble I. (Jrant, daughter of Mr and Mr 0o E Urunt, of Third avenue, East Oakland. Tho wedding wus a quiet one, only Immediate rela tive of the couple Mug present. Of the bride ill Sun Francisco Call ays: "Misslirant is one of llm leading members of tho Fir-t Unitarian church and hu always beet promi nent lu the social work of that relig ious organization. Shu is a prominent memlier of Oakland' society circles and has hundreds of friends aud ac quaintance who are somewhat disap pointed at not being accorded the privilege of attending a pretty church wedding. The bride's family is one of the oldest In Alameda county. Her father is u pioneer and bus uuiHssed a fortune, lie Is oat) of the leading spirits of the church and for a number of yars has been one of tho trustee." flop Intelligence. -Tbet'oklrsklll, N Y, Timet say: No news of importance lu (he local hop market, regarding either price nr sale. mi far us can bo learned the acreage to be plowed up will rot be large, ut leimt not near what It should be. Each grower appears lo be waiting lo kt his neighbor do the plowing up, uud his neighbor seems to lw wnitiug for the next man to do It. As a result, therefore, the number ol ucres culti vated will probably not vary greatly from Inst year. News of a very dis couraging character cones from the Pucilii: coast. Ills to the efl'ect that capitalist huvo contracted to advance five cents per pound for five year to Piicillc const growers, take their crop, uud ufter deducting cost of marketing it divide prollts with the grower. How will this strike our Eastern hop farmer'? Puyullup Commerce: P () Ekman of Osceola hns plowed up all his hops. He has decidcil to ruls.- grain and hay for fetding stock. It now looks as though not over half the Imp land in this state would be cultivated. (' T Johmon, of Holse, contemplates tow ing hi hop land to barley. a Stay at Homk. There is no ques tion but what the men who huvo been rushing nil to Alaska, Cripple Creek, and most other places for gold have made sad mistakes. The Salem Post tells of one cue: A man arrived lu Salem today from Cripple Creek, Col orado, who does not paint the situa tion there in tho most rosy hue. He stuted that he was ublo to ride there, but hud (o walk back, and is now on the wnv to his home near Myrtle Point, Coos county. He said I he land for (10 miles i.r mod Cripple Creek wus slaked out In mining claims, and that very few of them are worth tho paper the clulm notice Is written upon. There arc four thousand Idle men in the district at present, whoj.have no means of getting away from the plnce but by wulking. Everything In the way of a necessity Is very high priced. Rooms are so scarce uud costly tliut men are glnd to pay 00 cent for the privilege of occupying a chair in a saloon during the night. Aftkk a IUi.v A poet in the Hakerslleld Cullforulan has turned his thoughts upon the spring rain. They gush forth us follows: A short time since the cow was tad, she senrce could raise her head, begiul; her hoofs were sore, her tail w as limp, her mane and bangs hud lost their crimp, and miles sho trudged from grass to drink, with scarce enough strength to wink. The owner, too, looked blue and glum, and cursed the cattle business som; but since the rain the grass is tall, the cow can raise her head ami bawl; her hide is sleek, no b'us protrude, she prance like an English dude. (Jod bless tho rain, the gentle rain, it makes a man feel young iigsin. Dally eiuard, Mj i. AIoviNo. Dunham A, Carver today commenced movlnpt their stock ,",f gooil into the Davie' bulldini on Dav es' bulldine on i .Minn sirm. i ne iiutiiiing tiat been 1 tlxed ill) and will furnlali that inin.ii nicer location for their business. They ate stocking up and will keep a better quality of Loth new and second hand goods ol every description. , rally Uuid, Jiyl. Teams to IlAnuism iui -. nuiu - ler of teams were sent to Hnrrisbunr yesterday nlteinoou to haul the de- tivign i, i V 'm 10 U"? rt,7- is delivered her with only l cliarae of Hv nvnt ..p the In iclit nn additional 10.) lbs over the Ut rate. The c, m- 1 MSH,rk,h.r"r.'-SS i , thu id naiuiieiii. - ' . i........e...nel,t Oil I.lllHlltS on several m- ; n,,, IT. i..s I la m i try io - Uiejuv - . foliowiug i'-;-,: , .nreailsd crew Ablcycl.rini with ur'tt ito ruiiulscn ,--,-, M,nt -r!' T iV co-u.tn.ctlonoft.,. , - - u cou, IC ' , . mlilCU Will i"' rill ! . ... ii i.w.tt ileum .... r,mn. in noi' ; ...,is Mug In tu. )"" . . .Ti,.,! race , Invented u.rw-wall tuning ' iMklr wllleh I. ' , one direct ". t oiie-tuiru tlmu In au- usod so a t .tlr. The tuning wm , i ",!,. oiiir. l0ft mrengtli lu the t '.. greatest .train rim i.atent will uiocovi-i . ... i.ii ,uiat. ami ' T. . , - . UOIllv. I , ldleprliiK ami lUU'liu I Po, "' r,IIIin,ved rear uIoau.l ! Min-are also on the IW. ... .. " " "': :aiT, of cycle WHO 30 f,o Inventton. ouy ; - r eent without Increasing the cost Lf nm iufa ure. Mr Marker has been working on hi Inventl.u at odd time, for over two yea. and think, thev are worth protecting. Afrltarker has' also Invented a 3-w all and a 6-wnll structure scum tubing, which he will endeavor to liuv. pat en e This tubing can bo made e -tt ier than the cn.nles tubing and U at least W percent stronger. 1 hi. h "le o t .r.li.J can beu-ed for bulldlnii ,u,,olof in-arlyall kirn uch h. aroused for frame In bridges, n, towers and dillerent kinds ot machin ery. The system Is a simple ond Inux- ,K'Mr Parker' hu let several valuable Invention slip l"l!t 'll" 1,1 ,liu 1 th.eiiyeur. On of these wus all Im prove.uenton a bicycle tire w hie h a New Yoik man afterwards patented i . ' i.i r... viiihoiji. filno a blCVCle ami v'"i - wrench, a hub uud two proectae of lube making. He is uow trying io putent a part of his conception. Unity Item. More rain more rest. MrC II Mcrrynian returned from Philomath where he was summoned to attend the bedside of his mother, but before ho urrived there she died. He Just arrived In time for the fuueral. The relutive of di censed have our svmimthy. Jl c Edwardt returned from Jatper Tnnailav where be DUrctlHltld a milk CoW. (irnln and vrass are looking fin this spring. We look for a good crop this year. Our obtervation is that fruit Is set ting well on (ho (rees uud no damage by frost except to euchcs. John Hcuner Is building a burn on his lot at this place. For pity sake repeal that Indebted ness tax law. Free silver candidate are all the rKe here. Thu school Is progretslng nicely at this plnce under the management of Mr Charlie Merry man. Wellington Humphrey vislttd ICu gelio on business. Coa. . . -aa. Park Pboki'f.itcs. Mr C V Ju.nes, the new lessee of Meriau'a Park, is going to a great deal of expense to make the park nn u'.tractive place of amusement. Everything Is being tlxed up In neat shup und the grounds Hre being lieautilled. Mr S Merinu, the proprietor, lint spent thousands of dollars In work and im provenients ut t lie park, yet but few people iu Eugene are nw ure of the real value of (lie park as nn adjunct to tills city. Mr Jumcs will be prepared as soon ns tho weather be.-oiucs favora ble to entertain picnic and public or private gatherings of all sorts. The park will he mude a place of amuse ment ami resort ut nil times. A shoot ing gallery, croijuel and tenuis nud slmilnrgau.es will bo put In on the grounds, and the beat of muslo will bo had at t lie park ou nil occasions. The strictest of order will be maintained at all times. At thu dunces nnd on speclul gatherings a private officer will he employed nnd uny evidence of "rowdyism" will be promptly ejected without any preliminary ceremony. Car STATiSTics.-Uonm nnd Mnrcia the little daughter of 1) W Coolidge, w Ik. lives by the side of the railroad on fitli street, have kept a record of all the freight curs passing over the road during ihe month of April with the following result: Southbound, thore were. In all til!). Of this number but 22 were empty Hats or others which wete open. North bound, total number (WH. Of this number 151 were empty (lata or other which showed to be empty. S null bound trains nvernged L0i cars, 1 empty; north bound trains averaged 21 cars, 5 empty. bally Titian), May 1. Tub Wkono Hakn. A mistake was made In an item In yesterday's Daily tit'Ano concerning the arrest of three boy for brcuklng Into Norris Hum phrey's barn. It was the barn ad joining town south on tho continua tion of Willamette street, Instead of the one on his plnce four miles below town. Mr Humphrey snys he hns been bothered a grant deal by boys forcing an entrance into the burn, and proposes to stop It. The trial will tnke place tomorrow morning nt 0 o'clock, An Indian Divorce. Tendleton Tribune: Ell Parr, the Indian, who w.i married latt week to the divorced wife of Joe Koliton. U now lo-liniirlim J hriug tult to secure the 80 urs of .""" wnicn were allotted to Koliton , ,,,r F"erinin mi oetoro lit divorce i bv rtatol of his beimr a noirria.l 1 " consulted an attorney ami i tuink( ha a good cnte, which w,)uhl mean an increase in his worldly possession of gome f-tOOO. At anv ' rale he is coiur to trv it I h s ny u. 1 A Sinoclau Coinciukvce -Tweniv venn. ii, r.,i.. lmly opened It. 0 to ' ,,,, I,"re"1 !,ow on twentieth ann verwry vear It will graduate the Ivgost clasi iZt i,-T.. , ' k81. c"i!,8 '"at 't M an. 11 .r. s 1 . 1110 ll!st'tu- 1 or us) having nineteen members. No Equivocation, Epitoh Ouahd: Rev I D Drir-, "reply" to i my not-; of the d not detract In tho least from n atiiieinciit I made. I aunouueed u" before uny nomluutlon were nudii1 tills county that I was uut und , 5 not be phyiloally able tocnuiii, ootuity. 1 reqiiesU'd that only f,J uppolutinent for pubho speini! made and that wa refuted, ii'? ruuestd that I U permitted to tund substitute la the cumpulgu audu. Driver tlatly refused eucti an arrant mailt. That' tho wboleof the mtt.r and Mr Driver' lengthy diatribe T.' yesterday' Ut'ARU I simply n. , i...a ti,. I III, ii furl liar ti in. .v .i--""-rj n.ij BOOUlll), a Hair. i.J.....ir,.n.. E U Skipworth. Likes HI lioati. Corvalll Time: There la nmnn.. the goat tutiueu according totbeba! lief ef Irwin Smith, and hi conclusion Is based 011 til experience In hainllini goat for the pat year. He b.wf business on the headwaters of Hliot. pouch, near the foot of th (hjak, lut year, with a band of ulnety goat. i'n, lucreuso wa over seventy live par cent, and when he sheared a f weeks ago lie nan mngoat rrom which to sell tho wool. Home of the llkellnt kid sheared as high as four pounds of mohair. He ha now a stamiin. oiler of $3 per head for his gontt, from which It is scon that the lucreua alono netted him overtoil. Neri. this all. He sold to H L Kline Mon day, from his Roats 672 Ibtofuiolulr nt3fH tvnls per pound, and tlmt netted hiui fmi'd, or a total ofovertiuj prollt from hi original band. The ouso Is mado much stronger whea tij, fact Is considered that he did not girt during the yeur a single pound of fad to Ids gouts, and bestowed 110 further trouble on them thau merely to Ukt good rule of them in lambing tltnt, and to furnish them with warm, com. forublo sheds to occupy at will uuriof the winter. A Five Lkooed ToAU.-Prof Jfi Welhcrbce of the University of Or, gon who I getting a colUutloa of Oregou snakes, lizards and frogs, yea. teiday received a curio iu the frog lino. The speclmau was tent him b; a gentleman who resides near Delphi. It Is an ordinary -sized toad aud differ from other toads in that It has Art legs Instoad of the regulation four. The extra leg I Jolnd to tli left shoulder just In frentof tb left front leg. It Is a perfectly formed leg, but ha only one joint where Iteouoecu w ith th shoulder. Tho frog It a viij lively one und when it walk hold tU extra leg in front of It body. JiKPitosY. A dispatch uyt: "Dr A W McCornuck and BupervltorFlin. egun, of Uklah, Cal, returned from Usui, whither they went to inveatlgiti a case of leprosy. At the last ruteticj of the board of supervisor a commu nication wus received from th citluni of Westport to the effect that a younj ludy numed Orinini, who resides with her parents above L'sal, was tllllcltd w ith that disease. It wa found the rumor was true nnd thut the young lady was in the lust stages of that di sease. She Is only 13 y oar of act tad is supposed to have contracted the di sease while residing in Hawaii." Dr McCornnck I a Lane county boy, be ing a brother of Dr II F McCornsck. Daily Uuard, May 1. Athi.ktic Mketino. A meeting of delegates from the various colleijssui universities in the state collvge ill letic association will be held Id 4 bany tomorrow. Koine luiportwr business is to bo truusncted atta meeting. An effort will be luuttCt have the state field day held at Htl instead of Porllnnd as was decided it the annual meeting lust yenr. Hleo business men have olfercd to co opsrM with Willamette University In tew ii.(t tho state field day at Salem. A number of amendments to the inter collegiate oonstitutlon are also pro posed. K IC Drysou of the diss of fU7 will represent the U of 0 In IM meeting. Dally (Juarrt Mayl. A Lively Runaway. Mr Ptltnw this morning about 0 o'olock hltclicd up an extra team to sud Ittolllut lliver. Tho horse became unmansjj ahlo and ran away, and when going up Willamette Btreet the tongue came down, and when the outfit readied tne rallroud track the tongue caught un der tho roil and snapped it off, but tM rig kept right side up; then tj)tca rau eastward some distance but" final lv stopped. Mr Palmer, tl.W nn old mau, stayed with the vehicle manfully. Ho has plenty of nerve, "Sound Money" Man. - (Srant'i Pass Courier: Madame Oulgon, of tM French laundry, left H-iturday for tm Frnnolsco, having sold her PfP" hereto a Mrs (loodman. Monl Oulgon left hero last full lor raic, having six pounds of $10 pieoes wn .... I f.. -f 1,1. ,lr.amni t 10 PT tial result of live years' laundry buw ness in Urout's Pass. Ho evideDUy had no fuith iu banks or express com panies and very little in Uncle Sam. " he might of exchanged hi 1 PoU"1, of gold for 3,840 iu greenback. 'f wife oxpects to Join him In the lauao. Uaul ero many weeks. Dolly Guard, May 2. Bicyclk Field Day at ItosEBt-w- T 1) Richardson, of Roseburg, n has been visiting in all tho towtit or here and that city, arrived In tlili ' cl7 on last i veiling' freight. Ho trave' It.g In tho interest of a bicycle nm day which Is to bo held in Rowjurg on the 15th Inst. It 1 proposed w make this field day contest , otme . event for cyclist and several rider this city will probably attend. 1 will bo given for the dlflorent J Mr Richardson will go a fur north Portland. Pally Uutrd, My Ph'ilolooians. - The IMilloW" ; met last night and Installed in , lowing onicers: President, i t ,, ;Taylo?; vlceprcsldent, E P H ck. . secretary, F W Wester; assistant iretary, Mr Young; treasurer, " "Resolved, that the U H 8oV flji should adopt free coinage of"" It was won by the negative.