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(IP ,1 Mi KSTABLISDED COR TUB DIMEimTIM OF DElOCRiTin r&l.lCIPLES, AM TO KIRS IK I0BISTL1TIM BY TIB IWE1T OF Oil BROW GUARD, EUGENE. OK., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30 1897. NO 44 I'" mini ICHCD -orELL rws. ...... r wllLawitte twtwecn ln ------ j viifhih StreeU, K" ...... unUHCRIlTION: I? oo l.oo. .60. .. ' . ' . ' t ! f ! rates made Known on latter to OCARD, S.LUCKEY DEALER IN .. . . Pl,in lawolrw. Ftr Mj, ffaicnes, whb" vnwti j .... LurISO promptly DONE. prill W" WarraaU. t. W. BROWN, M. D. " . CJ . . .i.ian ana f . i iZZ. ..riw.tofBoe. Hours; U to , B,0- H1TE AND MARBLE WORKS. . DJm In VrtMl.n end D-lmi na new - - matftie Mrble a Oraulle. MonunenU. getdttoud nd Cemetery work of til kind! lor 1898. ALL WORK GUARANTEED ! I mr-i. neu Poetofflce. Eugene, ur iix"" C. WOODCOCK, Attoriicy-nM-aw. omci-On hlllook south of ChrLmsn'i MOBSK, I ' ORBOON. iril.M.U. K.E.MABKUT ITTORHEIS-JIT-UW. i . iri.cn WU ; )nitUe iu ll lie . of Jutt Offior In Walton idotk. L.L. WHIT SON, DENTIST. Bnln nuirhued the offle. nd fixture! o l!ilt(liT.'Ml W. V. Heuderwio, I " iHil lo do anrthlni In the line o i lit ibOTV Mid ulttce. Cro.n in Brldgt ork Ipeelsltl, I tfCWN, rnildtni. B. 0. MINI. VlctPrtildtxt. THE F.W. OSBURN Caihlar m Loan and Savings BANK, 16 CTORS D. A. Paluo, J. B. Harris, J. Wit, B. D. Plne, W. t. Browu, J. F. Kobluaon, F. W. Oiburu. fill Dp Capital, : $50,000. fieieral Banking Business Transacted 'to It allowed on-time daroilta. pilnctlom entrusted lo our caw will receive pl tteullon. lane County Bank. uZata'iUtbed In 1881) EUGENE, OREGON. A general Banking business ill branches transacted on vorable terms. . v A. O. HOVEV, President. J. M. A BRAM8, Cashier. A. O. HOVEY' Jb., Aaet Cash 1. HiHnaimca, H n.Kiailt. rreament. Cahlr PIE. Snodoulu, AuUtaot Caihler. II Ol Eugene. n Plld tin I tjnh r.nltal ft&A.flOO Surplus and Profits, $50,000 ugeno - - Oregon. A HUM.) 1 , . 1 Cliiff?"- 8iKt draft, on NEW YOBK, au auo, SAN FHANCI3CO and POUT- n"ofohM,g,10llOI1 (oraUra oonntriej. "spoilt. Mn.l-4 .klA .kk Ttifi- U pf dv,it. uooUecUoM eot, to Q wlU itcrtw attention. MU Saul: SPECIAL COUNCIL IMEETIHG. tailed lo loiisidtr Anuthcr Elcclri Hill r. Light FrancLise. r.l Kali way uivea 1 uriher Tli Pallf (Jurd Uclobe -M. 8liclftl lueetlng of the city council uunveDtu al lit.-council chamber laitl tveulog. rreneut Mayor Kuykcndi- I. and ti . . touucllmen Horn, Duy. Luckey. Hen ueraou, iuer and Oray. Mayor Kuykcudall atated that the object of the uieetlujr. wai to consider the oiatter of granting a frauchlae to Ldward M Force, to eunatruct and operate u electrln light plant wlthiu tbe corporate limits of the city of Ku gene. The following coiiimunlcatlou was preaeuted and read from Mr Force: El'OKN E.Oct V.. 1807. To the Mayor and Board of Cuuiruou Cou noil of the city of Eugene, Ore gon: Ue.ntxemen. I hereby ieliliou your houoroble body for a frauchlae grautlng my associates and myself He right to aet poles, string wire and trausmit electricity through, In, undsr, or over the streets avenues, alleys. pa ks aud public places in your city, ii me uancnibe is grauted the power slatlju I propose to erect will be of modern construction and of eithtr atone, brick or iron. The system to be lustalled w ill be of the latest successful type. The wiring will be doue In a tboiougb and workmanlike manner ud be first das lu both electrical ahd inechauical construction. Water will be the general motive power, but this will be supplemented by a first dabs steam plaut of ample capacity to run the plant without the water power. And If the plaut is not completed or well uuder way on or before the first day of October, 1808, it shall work a forfeiture of the franchise. Very respectfully youi, Edward M. Force. Couucllan Day moved tl at Mr Force be Invited to stute his prooi- tlon before the couucil. Mr Foret staled to tl e couucil bis plan and con ditions and explaiued the mutter iu detail and presented ordlnauco cover- lug the auiue. Couuclliuau lloudersou moved to refer ordinance to tue Judiciary com mittee. Mr Gray moved to aiueud by ddlugclty attorney to act as cliuir- uiau and report at the uext meeting. r Fisher moved to amend by refer ring ordinance to the council as a com mittee of the whole. Couucilmen Henderson and Oray accepted the amendment of Mr Fisher; carried btkkkt; railway mattek. Mr Holdeu staled to the council that be would repair the Street Hall- ay track lu a few days. That fuuds for the purpose would be forthcoming time was given him. Oj motion of Couucllman Gray, the city attorue was directed to have the casein tbe circuit court against the Street Railway Company coutinued until theMarch term of that cour'; carried. Adjourned. NKNV rASTOR SELECTED. Rev P O l$onurake or lob angeies, loTnke Charge of the United Brethren Church. At the stule conference of the United Brethren church, held at Dufur, Rev O Bonebruke, now of Lob Angeles, was selecte i to succeed itev ueo u Needy as pastor of tbe church of that denomination In this city. Itev Needy, who returned here lasi lcfht with W O Zelgler, the delegate from the Eugene church, will leave In few days for his new field at Spo kane, Washington, and enter aionce pnu his duties. Rev Bouebrake U not unknown to tbe people of tbla part of Oregon. He Is a man of wide education and for a n, olliciated as a missionary u Africa, but was compelled to retire on account of bis health. He was for mo years presldeut of i-nnomaui At present be Is principal of one of the Los Angeles public schools, so that it U not known Just when he will enter uponbla pastorate here. Mrs Bone Srake will be remembered by many and both Mr and Mrs uoneoruac receive a cordial reoeuuuu . i... ii.ulr hnnia here. come to ni." DlKD.--I,ErnOregon Suray, n. "I lbU7i oi . Uet, i' n.nnti,g. Blgelow,.ged,u y nd 20 days. '"'a mt aueic- ':-.,.,. ,iurch. tbe berland rreuj.. D"rl" . . i,rrH in the A FA A mains wing "" nipmber of M cemetry. He was a Mr Bigelo TD Sufferer fo -ome time, and i, been a suflerer ior bis many Wends this sad news. -,iii mrret to ltarn T it - - a MONDAY, OCTOIlKlt 25. Circuit court in session. JnoM Sloan made a visit to Albany today. Dr Oglesby cume up ou this after- noon s train. E L Irwin of Albany, visited In Ku gene yesterday. cam Uoldsiuttu came up on thl afternoon's train. Col S P Sladdeu, of Portland, spent nunuay in Eugene. Secretary Klncald returned to Salem on the 10:50 local today. L. Itowlaud went to Row River today on a short business trip. JudgoJuoJ Daly, of Dallas, Is iu tne city, lo Httend circuit court. I TMcklln went to Yoncalla this afternoon on a short busluesa trip, Mls Leta Park has returned borne from an extendid visit in California. G II Hale of Hale, and RM Iitach ley, of Meadow, seut Sunday In Eu gene. Mark It Kalz, of San Francisco, the well-known commission merchant, is In the city. M n mincer and AI D lilwn-11 are home from a week's hunt. Tlity capt ured one buck. Hazeu A Iirattaln, of Puisley, Ore., an alumnus of the University of Ore gon, Is in the city. Will Goldman, formerly a well known drummer, Is now a special life nsnrance agent In Portland. Mrs S H Friendly and daughter, Miss RoaMe, were pafsengers for Portlaud on the morning local. Fred E Chambeis, of Independence returned home on today's 10:50 local teran over Sunday visit with rela tives. Ole Fredrlckson, a native of Den mark, was granted citizenship paper by Judge Fullertou this afternoon. Miss Delia Ham returned home from Salem yesterday where she has been visiting with Prof and Mis C II Joins f that city. Itev J C Richardson arrived home this afternoon from thettate ossoeln tion of the Baptist churches at Mc- Mluuvllle this week. Geo H Williams, of Portland is in the city to attend circuit couit, being an attorney In the suit against the board of county commissioners. The GrjAKD olllce has a Chiuese pheasant, of Jay Ferree's niounting, that measures 81 Inches from beak to Up of tail. A beautiful bird. Geo W Gibson and family left for their home In Ciook county this after noon. They took a large wagon load of provisions home with them. Henry Jackson, a well-to-do Indian iviug on Sprague river lu Klamath ounty, sold to Edson & Reynolds last week 0,000 worth of beef cattle. M Relusteln, of Portland, hop buy er for Ballour, Guthrie & Co, was in Euirene today inspecting the Haunan lot of hops, which tbe firm purchased riday. Chlco, Cal., Enterprise: Mrs Fred Rich and three children, of Eugene, reeon, are at the Union Hotel. Mrs Rich is a daughter of L E Day of West Branch. HonHHGilfry, reading clerk of the United States senate, is iu Tort land. Henry will visit his many l ane county friends before returning to Washington, Rev M L Rose pastor of the First Christian church of this city, who is now conducting a revival at Junction, reports eight additions to the church there yesterday. GivensQ Day, an old time Eugene boi and a brother of Councilman Day, arrived here from Rossland, B C, on a visit. He is Interested in mines at Rossland. Givens' many friends weie glad to greet him again. He has not been here for fifteen years before and be says he hrdly knew the place. E Whitney, of Merrill, Jackson ciunly, In writing to renew his sub scription, states that huge crops are being grown In that section. .N 8 Merrill secured 4500 pounds of alfalfa seed of! nine acres of ground. A large number of hoes and cattle are being fattened In that section for the mar ket. Amended Complaint. The com plaint in the ce of certain property holders for the restoration of the pub lio square against the ci'y of Eugene and the commissioners court of Lane county, bos been amended. The plaintiffs are now J E Davis, Isaac Gray and W W Haines. Tbe names of R E Campbell, I D Driver and Jas Ebbert, as plalutlfls have been drop ped. It is also amendtd by addiug that they are "City residents and lot holders in Eugene City.". Electric Lights. Edward M Force, the gentleman asking for an electrical franchife from tbe city coun ii aftva this office a call tbla forenoon. He informs us that if the franchise la rnted that he will put in a planf; ,.,. has bad large exierbnoe in ,i. business In the Fast; that be has j.. irnmfiits to rent water Uiauo - c .... ,,, power from Wm EUlis; that he will move nis i.ranjr iu nw- OREGON CITY ACCIDENT Two Mtn Killd-Seven: Others Seriously Injured, A I'luui lair. f H'ci.l to tbe (iUAin. Oregon Citv, Oct 2-Thls fore noon an accident oecurredjat Oregou City that caused the death of two men, and tcrlous injuries to several others. A foice of men were working several feet btlow the surface of the water on adumat the Hutlmi or the EUctrlo Co that furnishes light and power to Portland, the building aud plant being situated in the river channel on a edge of rock, at the falls on tbe west side. The men were working in a pit, walled up ou all sides with rock and timbers to keep 'lie water out. Sui deiily the flume above them collapsed and th heavy thai era aud water fell upon the men before they could ea cape, me pu lined witn water so quickly that two men were drowned fo a'S'stance reached them. The oiber men lu the hole were severely injured by the falling timbers. EUGENE STREET RAILWAY. Ufssri Holtlen Will Improve the Sail- way for the W iuter Kuu. IUIl; Guard Cctobor W. The suit against Messrs Holdeu In stituted by the city to annul franchise having been continued to tl next term of court, the matter takes on a d liferent aspect. A Guard reporter tills morning talked with A G Holdeu relative to the matter, and learned that they will In a few duys commence to Improve ho roadbed. He said that having a gravel roadbed which was solid during the sunimei it would have been a very illleult Job to fixed It up before tbe fall rains set iu, but that now the ground was in such condition that the necessary work needed to plate the track In good Bhape could be made. It is very grutifylug to those to whom the line seems a necessity that the mutter has taken this turn, and probably there are none who would like to see tliecliy without a street railway. Right hero would be a good time to remurk Hint when you have occasion to travel over tht part of the city traversed by tbe street railway, patron ize It aud assist a most commendable enterprise. "Klug of Trampi." "Jack" Wilson, who has been ad vertised all over tbe United States as the king of tramps and In whose fa vor a Judgment for $4,000,000 against bis dead futher's estate has recently been rendered In New York, la ana In lu town, says the Telegram. When he was seen this morning coming out of Lawyer M J McMahou's olllce, be was fashionably attired and said that he would leave for New York this afternoon aud take possession of bis fortune. It U claimed that he signed away all that Is coming to him from theestat before bis Interest was Ju dicially awarded to hliu. But Wilson is a pretty good theoretical lawyer himself, aud will likely set up the plea that he signeJ away most of bis pa'rl mouy under duress. However, this peculiar character was not In a very communicative mood this forenoon. He wa9 especially annoyed at being alluded to as tho king of hobos, or tramps, a title tie well earned, aud from the moment his unarlstocraiicpe egi Inatloiis were referred to he refused to divulge any more of his plans. A Sweet Poem. (Daily Balcm Joum.l.) A sweet pom by ihe sweet singer of Oregon, Llsthen Maud Winer, appear in the hvt Woman's bmpire: It sometimes happens two will meet, Who all the years have walked apart, Unsatisfied, yet still discreet Enough to hide the hungry heart. It aometlmes happens here on earth, A nerfect friendship buds and flow- era, Without one blemish from Its birth Tt umw and deepens with the hours. It sometimes happeUB-how and why What mortal of us all can say7 This perfect flower will droop and die, The gold will turn to socmen gray, It sometimes happens two will part, That lips will grow too cold to kiss, And then God help the aching heart, For death is not so hard as this. UtilT Gatrd October 26. To I.nbpect Timber. This morning Horace McKlnley left for the Cala poola mountains aboxe Brownsville, where tbe company he represents ha large timbeied Interests. N H Withes and C W Dawey accompanied him. Mr Wilbes being a lumbering capi talist and will look over tbe property with a view to purchasing the tame. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20. Arch Rloe Is In the city. P W Beckley, of Elkton. Is lu tbe city. Harry M Hotden went to Portland today. W MBfottofCreawell, was In Eu- gi n etoday. Hon A G Hovey IfsufTeilng with slight Illness. Hops are selling at Salem at from 12 t) 14 cents per pound. Mrs W RCartwrisht went to Har- rlsburg this morning. OQ Rawllngs.of Albany, Is doing business In Euitene today. Mrs F L Campbell returned from Liun county this afternoon. E S Holderman and wife, of Cottage Grove, were la E"gene today. Dr M M Davis, of Corvallls, was an arrival by tbla afternoon's train. Dr W W Oelesby returned to bis borne at Junction Ibis morning;. R D Ramp and E U Townsend of Albany, were In tbe oily tod.y. Vr aud Mia Robert Johnston are over from their Crook county ranob. The roof la being placed on tbe new foundry building of Geo Frazer today. Buyers are paying 70 cent fur wheat t day, a drop of one cent from yester day. J F Robinson and N L Roney went toRoseburg this afternoon for a short trip. ITNIcklln was a returning pas senger from Youcallaon tbls morning local. TD Linton and family have taken rooms up stairs In tbe Rlrdon block for the winter. Dr Brown removed quite a large polypus from the throat ofR CCalll- sou yesterday. Hou P H D'Arcy, ex-Mayor of Sa lem, will preside at the Elks' social tomorrow evening. i Mrs W II Abrams arrived up from Salem this afternoon for a visit with Eugeue relatives. Miss Vesta Drake left this morning for Malad City, Idaho, where she will teach in the public schools. The picture of Maltle Mitchell Roch ouotuld appears In the October Mun- ey. THUS is uregou uouorvu. Heury Mulkey, well known to many Lane county pioneers, Is now located at Kerbyvlile, Joeopblue county. RevE A Roes, evangelist, basjust closed a aeries of meetings at Harris- burg and gone to Noith Yakima. The Umatilla graua jury is uoing business on the wholesale pian. n brought 9 IndlotmenU Into court Sat urday. Three new persons joined tue Christian church at Janollon yester day, th work of Rev Rose's revival being held at tbat place. Judk-e Walton returned borne irom Albany last night where 'he bad been attending to a case In the Linn coun ty circuit court, which Is In session in tbat city. Mr and Mrs Ell Bangs ana oaugnter Miss Addle, expect to leave on an ex tended vUlt to Kansas, Iowa, Mis souri, Michigan and probably mew York, next week. An ex-marahal of Pendleton reel in suited because be has been indicted for gambling. He thinks It Isn't fair when tbe city Is run or nn uorns wno are unmolested. Attorney Wm T Mulr.of Portland, a member of the firm of Fenton, Bro- nauah & Mulr, Is here looking after the Interests of the defend in t In tbe damage case of Mlaa Bmltson vs The Southern Pacific Company. John W Backus, of Portland, has set a good example for worthless hus bands. With his life insured for st,ouo he Jumped from a slrth story window lu order to give Ms family what be did not have tbe ability to earn for them. rbe Pendleton Tribune tell how Geo Wilson, who Is employed on the extra bridge gang on the O R 4 N Co's lines, on Friday fell 85 feet from a bridge at Hilffard and did not hurt himself sufficient to cause lameness. He nraint done of his toes a little but sustained no other Injury. Albany Democrat, Oct 25: A nurse In the Portland Hospital writes a fol lows to an Albany relative obout Rev Loiiicbottom, who Is In the hospital for treatment: "The Rev 8 F long- bol'oin has been a patient since Sept 2nd. His physician Is Dr Brown, who ss) he Is getting along very well. Uls trouole U ulcer of the stomacb. He only weighs 00 pounds. He Is able to sit up only a very little at a time and is very low lo spirit." Rumors have gone abroad of late, writes a Washington correspondent, totha effect that women are being crowded out of tbe government service. Figures however, do not Indorse any such bellof. During tbe 12 months ending Sept 15, 1807, I o fewer than 304 persons of tbe gentler sex were ap pointed to places through examina tion by tbe civil service commission. Tbls reckoning does not I icluds large numbers of women put Into tbe executive departments and elsewhere a charwomen and "laborers," most of tbe latter doing clerical or other skill work at 40 to $65 a month. JOE TAYLOR ."CURED. Probably S Uountaiu Made of a Mole IIIII Advertised Free. If Dr N J Taylor bad paid several hundred dollars (or advertising he could not have secured such notoriety a U glvtti him free by the Portland press. We believe, however, Dr Taylor ba not received Justice. His daughters have often appeared before tbe Port land public, and we cannot couipre- neua wny Vr Taylor should be so severely ceusured for allowing them to do lu Skaguay what was considered proper In Portlaud. It is a distinc tion without a difference. Dr Taylor I a poor man, and so long as the girls are allowed to appear on tbe atage we fall to realize why they should not be allowed to make flO In Skaguay where they oculd make 10 cents In Portland by their talent. We do not believe Dr Taylor should be too hastily condemned. The Telesram says: "Recently an artlce appeared In these columns, which was vouched for by a eye-witness, that 'Dr' N J Taylor formerly a dentist here, bad hi two young daughter dauclng lu a low variety theater In Skagiay, where they were surrounded by all manner of vice. This paper's Informant added tbat the 'doctor was acting as bis daughters' financial and burinea ajreut, collecting f 15 at the elose of tbe performance each night for their ser vices. ' The natural Inference was tbat the mother of the children also wa at Skaguay, abetting the reprehensible conduct of Taylor In exposing hi young girls to sights and language tbat should never greet the eyes and ears of tbe daughters or reopeoiauie parents. But a friend of the Taylor family requests the Tel gram to say that Mis Taylor kuew nothing of the visit of her husband and her daughters to Skaguay till she was apprised of that fact lu the colums of this paper. Tbat friend adda tbat when Taylor and hi two little girls left here, Mrs Taylor remained at home, aud was given to understand that ber talented children were to be exhibited lu the Sound cities aud town. The subject of a visit to tbe dreary Alaska region was never broached. Hence when Mrs Taylor was Informed, through the medium of this paper, what ttie lot of ber Utile girls was, It la atated tbat she became prosi rated with grief, and sail ed ou tbe first steamer that sub sequently left for Alaska to bring ber children borne. Mrs Taylor Is spoken of as being a very good and exemplary woman, whom no sum of money could influence to allow her daughters to ex hlblt In such a place as a Skaguay va riety 'theater.' "These children were popularly known here as the 'Taylor Sisters,' and fcr their age were remarkable terplschorean artist, who exhibited their talents at some of tbe most re fined entertainments given In this olty. Their father also was regarded as a man of much personal pride. He was extensively known here, and when publicity was given to bia Alaska 'venture' It created no end if surprise." INTERCOLLEulAl'E DEBATES. Tbe Executive Committee Met at Sa lem Monday to Arrange Dates. Tbe intercollegiate debates for the '67-'fc8year have been arranged, the executive committee holding a meet ing for that purpose at Salem on Sat urday, Oct 23. Tbls committee con lets of tbe officers of the association President, W J Shepard, V Uj Secre tary, T Bweek, P U;and Treasurer, Theresa Friendly, U of O. But three universities are In the contest and the schedule of dales for the meets have been arranged as fol lows: Jan 14, 1808, Willamette university vs University of Oregon, at Salem. March 4. 1808. Tbe winner of the above debate vs Pad 11 o university. In tbe latter Instance two stipula tions are made; one that if U of O wins tbe first debate the second will be held at Eugene; aud If W U wins tbe secoud debate will be held at For est Grove. This gives both Eugene and Forest Grove a ohanee to witness one of the debates. Intercoll glate tests of varloui kinds are proving to be veiy helpful to tbe student. As It Is now tbe Contests commence with football In the fall then the debates, oratorical contests, and field day, lasting through tbe en tire year. Married. Sunday, Oct 24, 1807, at the home of the bride's parents, near Coburg, Frank W Taylor and Miss Clara L. Wtlklntou, Dean EC Sander son ofllclatlna. Only tbe imnndlate relatives of the contracting parties were present. The young couple are well known and very popular and tbe Guard Join in extending congratula tions. Bahkinq Logh. Tbe Eugene -eaw mill are pulling their saw logs out of tbe river and piling tlieru on the bank. Tbls Is made necessary to prevent loss by high water which generally n uet duilng the uext two or three months ;SlMMOlTS 4 Jbi recuutor7 uuauu. THE DEST SPRING MEDICINE I Simmons Liver Regulator dont forget to take it. 1 lie Liver gets sluggish durmz the Winter, just like all natur, and the sy-in becomes choked up by the nccumtil.itJ vasti, vhkh bring on Malirl.i, l ever nnj Ague and Rheuma tism. You want to wake up your Liver now, but ha sure you take SIMMONS Liver Hhgulator to do It It also re gulatei tiie Liver keeps It properly at work, wlini your system will be free from poison anJ the whole bojy Invigorated. You g;t Tl 1 1 J It K.ST It LOO D when your system Is In A I condition, and that will only he when the Liver is kept active. Try a Liver Kerne Jy once and not th ditfereme. But tike only SIMMONS LIV1R REGULATOR It is SIMMONS Liver Regulator whfch makes the ditlercnce. 1 ake it In powder or In liquid already prepared, or make a lea af the fawder; but take SIMMONS LlVHK REGU ATOR. You'll find the RED Z on every pickage. Look for IL A 1L ZuUiu Cos Philadelphia, Pa. HIS TURTLE PATCHJ A Uau With a Kew Vocation-Re Hat a Herd of Long Tom Turtles. Corvallls Times: Tbe farmers bave been urged to eugage lu diversified In dustries aud lift themselvis out of the ancleut ruts. John Henderson, of tbe once proud town of Laucaater, Lane county, Oregon, has became diversi fied aud has been actively engaged tor the last several mouths In what Is known as the turtle Industry. He has now in stock a little the rise of 6X0 fnll developed turtles In one Inclosure. John is uow exeicising hiseneigles in keepiug tliem up to a normal condi tion ready for the Thanksgiving mar ket. The market quotation for the average Long Tom turtle Is sixty cents per dozeu. Just bow Henderson ottight on to this novel expedient of capturing live turtle is somewhat of a mystery; but that It has been a suc cess Is evident from the number of live subjects which demand his dally su perintendence. From the marks aud imperfect hieroglyphic carried on some of their backs it would seem that they boluug to a prehistoric race. Lancas ter Is to live In history and turtle soup Is to be placed within the reach of all Driver on the Sound. Alb.njr remocrat. Rev Driver has begun a series of ser mon or addrosse In Tacoma. "Although a resident of Oregon," said Dr Driver to a Ledger man, "I have always been a great believer In the future of Puget Sound. In Feb- ruuiy, 1874, 1 delivered a lecture on the Paciflo coast to Horace Greeley's club In Cooper's Institute. I then predicted that In 800 years the biggest city ou the earth would stand on Puget Sound. Joseph Cook lu his lecture on Ultimata America,' put It at 200 year. "The New York men (aid, 'top; yr.u're too far from New York.' X answered we are no further from New York than New York I from us. My friends In Oregon say, 'why are you always talking dp Puget Sound?' "I tell iheai I must be honest In my conviction, no matter what the conse quences may be." The doctor will confer a favor cn Oregou If he wilt move lo tbat country. Commissioner Court. Oct 10. O F Atklui, hauling rock to crusher $10 00 Awa Johnson, hauling rock to crusher 6 83 Wm Patterson, putting wood in shed, claimed $0.40 allowed... 6 40 E R Uollenbeck, balance as depu ty road supervisor, district No 27 0 00 W W Haw ley, work of baud on Sharp's Creek rosd 150 00 W G Mol'hepion, Victor furnace olaimed I'M), allowed 68 67 Delos4DNeer, arohltect 275 00 I N Green and Myron B Wood ap pointed special deputy sheriffs. G W Kerr road In Tp 21 P R 1 W; John England, J W Kirk and George Sears appointed viewers and C M Col lier surveyor. October 21. J E Kennerly and J C Rucker, Blue River road $500 00 Broke Her arm. Friday's Flor ence west: leateraay arternoou, Marguerite, the six year-old, daughter of O W Hurd full on tbe floor of tbe Cathey building aud broke her left arm near tbe elbow. Mr Hu d took her to Gardiner this morning to bave the bone tel. Died. At Rowlaud, Oregon, Octo ber 23, 1607, Mrs Ellzibeth Kizer, a .fed 83 years. Tha lady was one of the early Oregon pioneers. Tbe Inter tueiit took place today In the Muddy cemetery. V I '. 1 : i ' iu 1$ 1 ' j. - k Kft.i erv