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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1897)
FRIDAY VEMBERB. Drummer Seal was la Iowa (gain today. Miss Ella Kent of Drain, it vlalting o this city. J McCurdjr and child, of Roaeburg, re lu Eugene. Tbe Eugene Ioe Company received a ear had of beer tcday. N L Cornelius returned from South era Oregon this forenoon. J B Harris returned hut night from t short business trip to Portland. DrJW Harris returned thle fore noon from a professional vlblt to Cot tage Grove. M It E Sultzman bu returned from .business trip to Brownsville, where tbe bae a branch store. PB Whitney, ofAiblaod, general traveling freight agent of tbe 8 P R R, wu doing butJasss In Eugene today. Cottage GroTe Messenger: Mre Banson, of Eugene, le visiting her duugbter, Mra J 8 Medley, tbla week Walter Hodea left on tbe overland for Ran Francisco last night. He In tends to visit Loe Angelee before re turning. It la probable that Drain will have a fjint-claaa newspaper plant within tbe ner.t few weeka, aa negotlatlona are now almoet complete. Tbe mother of President McKlnley it very 111 and not expected to recover, Blie la 80 year of age. President Mc Klnley la at her bedside. Two atrange women were notified to leave town today by Marabal Blilea, Tbey compiled, one going to Cottape Grove and Ibe other to Itoseburg. Mlaa Eva Copeland, who baa been quite 111 with eolatlo rheumatism foi several months, la worae atpreaent, her friend will learn with regret. - Mlaa Nannie Anaeny, and Mr and Mlaa Cantrall, of Jackson county, who have been visiting Mra Ankeny and fauiilv, went to Balem tbla forenoon. Coltase Grove Messenger: Miss Minerva Hemenway, who bat been nulte alok for the put week, waa taken to her home at Eugene Monday. Will McQueen baa taken charge of her room in the public acbnol. John Wllao i, of tbla city, who, It will be remembered, had bia tongue taken out about a year ago on account of a cancerous growth, la In the hospi tal at Portland again where another delicate operation waa performed on his throat the other day. A M Baxter returned on the over land train Wednesday night from Dickinson, Dakota, where be baa been engaged in the cattle business for tbe paat eight years. Mr Baxter report that a considerable number of Oregon young cattle have been distributed through the Dakota! The Albany Democrat aays the ne gro thow took In 1305 in that town at 60 and 75 cents. They "raised" Eu gene to $1.00 for loge eeata, other pricea remaining the aame ae at Al bany. We suppose the receipts were better than at Albany aa the opera house waa crowded to the limit. Albany Democrat: "At a big meet ing lo Eugene Tuesday evening It waa uuanlmoutly decided that Mr Flake ahould at once order tbe Improvement of the Willamette above Harrlsburg, and he will be Informed at once of tbe aotlon of the neople of our live neighbor. What will MrFiskedo?" The following atates will elect gov ernor In 1898: Alabama, Arkanaas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia. Idaho. Kansas, Maine, Maes ohumttii. Michigan. Minnesota, Ne braska, Nevada. New Hampahire, New Jeraey, New York, North Dakota, Ore Ron, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Bouth Dakota, Ten neanee, Texaa, Vermont, Wlaoonsln and Wyoming. Married. In Ban Francisco, California, Deo 2, 1897, at ihe Hotel Grand, occurred the marriage of Mr Eldon M Bratuin to Miss Vyrtle E B at, both of Lakevlow, Oregon, John A B Wilson, D D, pastor of the Howard street M is cnurcn officiating. Mr and Mra Brattain will return to Lakevlew to make their future home after a short, night-seeing tour through California. Mr Brattain la a prominent attorney of Southern Oregon, and la well known In Eugene, having graduated from the University of Oregon. He baa many friends who Join tbe Guard In extend ing to him most hearty congratula tlona and well wishes for a most felicitous married life. Correct. Eugene Guard: "The 'South Before the War' troupe gave a short parade today At Albany tbe prla-e of admission were 75 and 50 cent. In Eugene they are f 1 and 5 ceota. Why the difference?" The Albany Democrat aays: ' Tbla la what auch ahowa ahould be In tbe valley towna alao." ' A Peocliar Stone. Referring to the Junction City stone with IU life like face, the Albany Democrat aays: 'Mr R W Moeea of Crawfordsvllle, has a stone which Is an odd affair. In itead of one It has four beads or faoes, la Silhouette form. Tbe stone is white BATUftDAY NOVEMBER Tt V f u..ir ... '-""uivenney or Monroe, walu cugene today. Hon C. W T!L... .. lir .. i i , "I naiiervuie, waa iu cugene today. P J Bacheider, of bun Frauc!co, was u iue city today. M O Warner returned todav from a Ll.i.e ........ n mj oouiuern Oregon. Secretary of State Klncald arrive,! up from Salem this afternoop. Mrs Frsnk Alley arrived from Tin.. burg on this morning'a overland. Johnny Stewart. We understand. 1. working at Baker City at present. Joel Ware, Jr. whe has knn miiLi in foraeveral days la reported bei:er. Ten wople left Albanv vmUtiUv for the Alaska Klondike gold fields. Mr. aad Mra. I. N. Laird, of Pleas ant Hill, spent last night In the city. Mra. F, 8. Duun and child returned to tbelr borne at Balem thla morulng, Attorney A O Woodcock went to Cottage Grove on business this after noon. Mrs EF Chapman writeafrcm Oil- roy that tbey are bavins white frosts at that place. Caabier J M Abrams, of the Lane Couuty bank, went to Cottage Grove this afternoon. UW Griffin re urned on today's 10:50 local from a short business ttln to Cottage Grove. Misses Molllo and Myrtle Bakei went to Drain this afternoon to visit rea.ivesaud frleuds. EU Bangs is still visiting relatives iu KauBs. He does not mention any thing about returulug yet. Cbas Collier arrived bourn this morning from a aui eying trip to the soutueru eud of tbe couuty. Ed Bangs arrived heme last night. He had been working In Eastern Ore gon ior tbe past few months. Mra. B. A Washburn and Mix- Ethel Stewart, of Springfield, went to Dayton, Oregon, today to visit friends. RACoppleof the Divinity school, went to Corvallla today, bere t e will conduct religious services tomor row. W FBryaut, of Richardson precinct, returned on the overland this morning from northern California, where he bad been residing for the past three years. Lee M. Travis went to Corvaliis to- ay to umpire tbe Oregou-Washington Intercollegiate championship football ame. A B Seal, the well known drummer, lnlormed us yesterday that this was probably bis last trip "on tbe road" for sometime. He ia talking of going to Skaguay, Alaska. Advices received today from B W Condon at Oakland, Calif, state that tbe condition of Miss Fannie Condon la slightly better today. This is cheer ing news to her many friends. Harrlsburg item : The members of tbe M E church of this city are taking steps to erect a new church building in the near future. Something over $1200 hat been raised up to the present time. ' Archbishop Wm Gross and Father Daly, accompanied by a number of the members of the Catholic church, weut to Cottnge Grove this afternoon to attend the dedication of the new Catholic church at that place tomor row. From E O: W 8 Mayberry, former ly of Coburg, writing from Moro, aays: "Old winter" Is here lu full blast; plenty of snow; lots of wheat In the fields not marketed; wood 9 a cord; coal f 12 a ton; achool progressing nicely and everything moving smoothly.. . Albany Democrat: Mack Wiley and Mlaa Dollle Flelda were man led Weduesdwyof last week, at the home of the bride uear Eugene. They came to Tillman Friday and visited with Mr Wiley's parents until Monday. They then left for Portland, where Mr Wiley holds a position as telegrapher. nonfebura Plalndaaler: Governor Lord haa granted a pardon to J E Sutherlln, sent to the penitentiary about, a year ago from this county, on sentence of two years for man slauirbter. Sutherlln killed a nan breed, In defense of a friend and corn ranion, aad executive clemency Is ex- Aanla.i In 1 116 CQS6 At 1110 INHUinctJ VI ' . ..I S...!.. - V I viuw - - the trial Judge, Hon J C r ullerton. Eugene Journal: One of Eugene's . 1- I I ,..,. .tl.1tM voune Diooos wok bis nine uu,ii home from the snow xuursaay iiikuv, - .. . j- and when partlug at the gate stoie a kiss. He hesitated, hummed, hawea, hiiM,xi tin hi trousers, ana wdis- n,TA- "Tell me dear, am I the first man you ever kissed?" She answered: iVmi are the first one who was mean and tuBplclous enough to ask me that question." Hon A O Hovey has Just received the sad news of the death of another brother-in-law, Hon J 8 Bpraoge, a retired newspaper man at warren-, Ohio, aged 66 years. Mt Hovey has in.t hv death In the last two years a brother, two sisters and two brothers-in-law. leaving blm uow living only two brotbere out of a family of tlx sods aad torn daurhtert, I TAD'SJM U'lT. Kurrl. li Uruwn put s dry jpaxu bos out Win of lilxiiiimMlonr at WVhlt 14 years aya It h'h nut a roinmou dry goods box. frnKlli-an, mrvlnof pin Not at all. It a m.l.lu tmx f which had bold a fwiH:inn. nt of Mil,, hWI trinket, mads by a iiihii up n ii,e Kupprlor country, whi ii Furrbh Ilmwn put tho box out, he hud an I.Ira that It would be a good plare to dUplny hU itk1h, but twf.ire tha mer chant had cl(iil tho Roods ho was to ar MiiKutln ruTml Hunt caiue along and sat 4uwn "XIcotKix." said Hunt "Yin," Mild llrown. Tliuro wus nlli'iicu for a fow momonu. Hunt sut still and lNiknl pcnMve. It em-iiui as If ho wi re tliln V. luff. Ho was a peculiar ninn ami had wandt rud about tho atrecu fur several years In a lost sort of fiixhlon as If he wvr sixklns for sumo thing. IIo hml novcr boon ahlo to gut a Jb. Ills wlfo kept a boarding houao, and It was said that 'lad was hT man of affairs that Is to nay. her steward. Hut, as a matter of fnet. Mrs. Hunt could not trust Tad. Hie had fuiiiuilwloned hlin to pu ehiwio tho nieut, but ho had mudo such bod sel tlons and hmuKht home such dcJocUxl looking cuts that slis had been obllird to attend to that herself In addition : i her other duties. Then sho put him . ; carv ing at tiihle. but ho couliln't rvMeiuhcr which way tho grain of tho meat ran. So she had to tuko that off his hiiniU toa Then It arcurn-d to her that ho might split tho kindling wood, hut after a week or two of that bo took to buying patent kin dling wood, und then she pao It up. 1 bothiy ho found this Iwx In front of Ilrown's bo ni enivd to have attained sat isfaction. Altera happy and 'nlre si lence ho began to talk to a man who stood near. "It's a queer world," be said, drawing a knife from hi rocket and oicnlng It, "men and women everywhere and nothing but men and women, and nearly all of 'em making one another miserable and nothing to show fur It but tho grave at lint. The plm-n that knew them once know them no more forever nnd tho sun rlM-s each morn and sets each night and iiono nf I In' tictloiis of man Is annworcd. Talk of tlicj ;1iiixI Why, every blade of grass Is axpliinxnnd holds a secret There Is not a star In lieuvvu that ws aru not obliged to question Anil what answer hovo we? HilcncoL filleneo." IIo wu tracing a llttlo bonier on tho box, miuleof an Intertwining of llguro 8's, and tho man who stood near watched hi in and was much Interested; so much so that another ninn who wasn't doing much either stopKl, too, ond watched tbe mak ing of tho bonier. Tad looked up aud nodded to him. "It Is astonishing." went on Tad, "to seo how men toll and toll. This man has onew-henioand tho next man has another. Yet talk with any man over 4U and you find him to bo a gravryanl of blasted hocs. Tho struggle has been In vain. Even succifs proves to bo failure, for no mini mnkt's a success which satisfies htm." KiirrWi Iirown, having no customers at that iiiomeiit, eamiMiutnnd lmnel against the fnitiievvnrk of tho door and listened. "And yet." said Tad, "it Is the destiny of ninn to as;in. Sumo great jxjwer ho jiiml himself drives him on to hope, IIo must rise. IIo Is a l-irt of tho schemo of evolution and cammt help himself any more thun as If ho were a iiiollusk In the k;ii. I'.o Is driven to settlo Amcjrlca, In vent iii.iclilncs, to miiho Inns udupted to wider lilias of lib.Tt;-. IIo congratulates liliii'vlf on liU liu rovement. but he has r. ally no cull to coiirutuluto hlinselt. He Is driven by tl.e w inils of destiny." IIo did qulto a strip of tho bonier In si lence, wiped hU fun-head on his shirt sk eve for ho vvuro i.o eont and n'peuted w llli iK'iislvn nccint: "Driven iy tho w inds of destiny." These n-iuurks won- n'H-nted alsiut town by tlioio who listened to them. "Tud Hunt Is qulto a philosopher in his way," they said. Tud had staid on tho box tho Urst day till noon and returned at 8, after which ho left tho spot till 0:46. Tho next morning ho was on hand at 8. Hrown thought It looked ruthcr huslness lll;o to I live a crowd nlxiut his doors and didn't object much. Ia-sIiU-s, ho enjoyed Hunt's n-llcctlons, which cimio nearer be ing thought than anything Erown had met with for some time. Hunlmoi-l thought himself as ho llstcni'd to them, and sum moned from that unused chnmlicr politely denominated his mind sentiments of ap proval or disii. lovul. As tlmowonton limit liuprovwl in iipiieanuiee. To bo sure ho wns no mon pnrtleuliir about button ing Ills cuffs, nor wns ho moro addicted to tho wearing of cmts, but a certain look of Dm und enthusiasm cuiuo to his eyes, such ns may bo seen In tho glnnco of a popular actor or preacher. Ho walked down tho Ftn-ot to his Imix mornings with an alert step. IIo became eager for his au dience. Sometime ho returned In hc evening aud talked till tlino for shutting up shop. As tho years rolled by his audience changed, but he seemed to always be able to secure a hewing from solno one. Thus It camo nlxiut that he snt perched on his placeof pn-achlng for H years and differed from the East Indian mystics whodoslm llur things principally lu tho facts that he went home to his ineuls and that ho de sired to disseminate his views. One morning Hunt came swinging down from his house leisurely, but With a look of self satisfaction, ond mado his woy as usual to tho store. There ho Btopiied as If parnlytnl. A cold jicrsplrutlon erupt out on his forehead. IIo grew red and then white. For tho box was boiio I Tho pulpit was dcstnived. Tho high place was over thrown. There wos a crowd ubout him presently, elinflllig him and roaring, but Hunt seemed to hear nothing. Ho looked aUiut in utter dismay. It was as If a man with all his vineyard on a mountain side hnd gone to till his vines and found tho mountain guno. Then something remarkable happened. Tad brought a suit for damages against Urown. Tho court had to actually consider tho case, and Tud Hunt was bis own coun sel and put up an eloquent argument. 8o the court granted him tho suit and gave him o penny. In n way Hunt felt himself vindicated, but that didn't restore his box, for ho hud liecn uiiablo to secure a man damns for Its return. So ho walked about smlly for a few duys, louklng detached llko a protoplasm cutoff from Its own par ticular slimy ooze und at last staid In doors at home After that tho Doarders begun to leave, and ono day Mrs. Hunt broko up house and took Tad away with her on tho train They didn't say whore they were going. Tho ticket agent might hao told, but lie didn't -Ella W. I'eattle In Chicago News Taking His Lire la Ills Bands. ..n-M . i Kv OR mntsonaoODY VI 111 UU " i " - - of my autobiography?" anxiously whis pered the struggling author. lag pawnbroker Chicago Tribune. THE PHANTOM HAG. The other evening In an old eastle ths conversation turned upon apparitions, each one of the party telling a story. As the aooounta grew more horrible the young ladle drew closer together. "Have you ever had an adventure with a ghost" said they to me. "Do you not know a story to make us shiver? Come, tell us something." "I am quite willing to do to," I replied. "I will tell you of an Incident that hap pened to mysolf. "Toward the close of the autumn of 1S5S I visited one of my friends, subprefect of a little city In the center of France. Albert waa an old oompaulon of my youth, and I had been present at bl wedding. His charming wife was full of goodness and grace, lily friend wlshod to show me his happy borne, and, moreover, to Introduce mo to hla two pretty little daughters. I waa feted and taken great oare of. Throe days after my arrival I knew the entire elty, curiosities, old castles, ruins, eta. Every day abotu 4 o'clock Albert would order the phauton, aud we would take a long ride, returning borne In tbe evening. Ono evening my friend said to met " 'Tomorrow we will go farther than usual I want to take you to the Black rocks. Thoy are curious old Druldlcal stone on a wild and desolate plain. Thoy will Interest you. My wife has not soon them yet So we will take hor.' "The following day we drove out at tbe usual hour. Albert's wife sat by his side. I occupied the back seat alone. Tbo weath er was gray and somber that afternoon, and the journey waa not very pleasant When we arrived at tho Black rocks, the tun was setting. We got out of the phao ton, and Albert took oars of the horse. " We walked some llttlo distance through the fields before reaching the giant re mains of the old Druid religion. Albert's wife wished to climb to the summit of tho altar, and I assisted hor. I can still seo her graceful figure as she stood draped In a red shawl, her voll floating around her. " 'How beautiful it Is I But doe It not moko you feel a little molancholyf ' said sho, extending her hand toward the dark horizon, which waa lighted a llttlo by the but rays of tbe tun. "The afternoon wind flow violently and alghed through the stunted tree that grew around tho stono cromlechs; not a dwell ing or a human being waa in sight We hastened to get down, and tllontly retraced out steps to tho carriage. "'Wo must hurry," said Albert "The sky is threatening, and we shall havo scarcely time to reach borne before night' "We carefully wrapped the robe around his wlfo. Sh tied the veil around her face, and tha borne started Into a rapid trot It waa growing dork; tho scenery around us was bare and desolate; clump of flr trees hero and there and f une bushe formed tho only vegotation. We began to foel the cold, for the wind blew with fury. The only sound we heard was tho steady trot of the horses and the sharp, clear tin klo of tbelr bells. "Huddonlyl felt the heavy grasp of a hand upon my shoulder. I turned my hood quickly. A horrlblo apparition pro tented Itself before my oyo. In the empty plaoo at my side sat a hideous woman. I trlod to cry out Tbe phantom placed hor fingers upon her lips to lmposo silence up on me. I could not utter a sound. The woman was clothed In white linen. Her head waa cowlod. Her face waa overspread with corpselike pallor, and In place of eyes wore ghastly black cavities. "I sat motionless, overcome by terror. " Tbe ghost suddenly stood up and leaned over the young wlfo. She encircled her with her anna and lowered her hideout bead at If to klst her forehead. " 'What a wlndl' crtod Mmo. Albert, turning precipitately toward mo. 'My voll la torn.' "Aa ahe turned I folt tbe same Infernal pressure on my shoulder, and tho place oc cupied by the phantom waa empty. I looked out to the right and loft the road was deserted; not an object In sight " 'What a dreadful golot' aald Mmo. Al bert 'Did you feel It? I cannot explain the terror that seized ma My veil waa torn by the wind aa If by an Invisible hand. I am trembling still.' "'Novcr mind,' said Albert, smiling. 'Wrap yourself up, my dear. We will soon bo warming oursolvo by a good fire at home, I am starving.' "A cold perspiration covered my fore head, a shiver ran through me, my tongue olov to the roof of my mouth, and I oould not artloulate a sound. A sharp pain In my shoulder was the only sonslble evidence that I waa not the victim of a hallucina tion. Putting my hand upon my aching shoulder I folt a rent In the cloak that was wrapped around mo. I looked at It Five perfectly distinct holes vlslblo truce of the grip of the horrible phantom. I thought for a moment that I should dlo or that my reason ahould leave me. It was, I think, the most dreadful moment of my Ufa. "Finally I became mora calm. This nameless agony had lasted for tome min utes, and I do not think It la possible for a human being to suffer mora than I did during that time. At soon as I had recov ered my senses I thought at first I would tell my friends all that had passed, but hesitated, and finally did not, fearing that my story would frighten Mme. Albert and fueling sure my friend would not believe mo. The light of the llttlo city revived mo, and gradually the oppression of terror that overwhelmed me became llgntcr. "So soon as we reached homo Mme. Al bert untied her veil. It was literally lu shreds. I hoped to find my clothes whole and prove to mysolf that It was all imag ination. But no, the cloth was torn In five places, Just where the fingers had seized my shoulder. There was no mark, bowover, upon my flosh, only a dull pain. "I returned to Paris tho noxt day, where I endeavored to forget the strange adven ture, or at least when I thought of It I would force myself to think It a halluci nation. "The day after my return I received a letter from my friend Albert It was edged with black. I opened It with a voguo four. "His wife bad died the day of my re turn. "Exchange. A Story of Scott. Sir Walter Scott once told, with every tlgn of belief, an extraordinary story of tho supernatural which he had received from hi grandmother. "But how," asked bit astonished and Incredulous bearer, "do you possibly account for ltf" "Albllna," replhxl Sir Walter, "my grandmother waa a liar. "Argonaut A Haw York Mosleiaa Mow. A Lawrence (Ean.) man, writing from tbla olty to the Lawrence Journal, aaya: "Tbe greatest thing I saw here wa a former student of the muslo department of the Kanist university playing a hand organ In Centra! park." New York Trib- RELIGIOUS CENSUS. Member, of the Cbrblian Cburcb Classifying tbe City. tlllfrov of Inurrsl. Pastor Morton L llose, of the First Christian church, of this city, Is hav ing a religious census of the elty taken. Jnn. Jlandsaker la acting aa superin teudent of l lie wotk and haa uuder lil iu 10 assistants. The city has been systematically divided Into dlatrlcta and the major portion of the field work will be dotie today, aud thereat Mon day. 1'rlinarlly, it was the object of IU,v Koe to take simply a religious census of tbe town aa au aid to the revival meetings shortly to be started by the chuich, t ut thla plan hat been modi fied and an effort will be made to make the census as general aud complete aa poeeiblB. Tbis will tuak the census of considerable interest to citizens gen erally, and aa soon aa the work can be completed, the results will be made known. AN OREuO.NUS ABROAD. gaw a Klondike Sl.W Nugget-Observations Along the Road Frmu Eugene to Whlttler, Calif. Cliinbiug the Bisslyous at 11:30 am Deo 'I, while aealed iu the elegant slteper AlbtAiy, we chanced to fall In with a party from Klondike on th-lr way toSau Fraucisco. The specimens of gold brought from the famous Alaska gold flelda were simply im mense. Captain C W Galea ahowed me a large collection of nuggeta rang ing in value from 0 r. ills up to $450, and there were hundreds of them. I have been more or lesa Incredulous as to the reports from thar country, hut find In conversation with Gates and his Indlau guide that there are gold deposits lu Alaska far exceeding In richness any other mines lu the world. The 1400 nugget possessed by Galea waa the finest specimen I ever saw, The nuggets ranging in value from $10 to (75 were splendid spec! mena of molteu ore, as tbey were evidently tlirowu up by some volcanic pressure. Tbe party had on board tbe traiu a band of dogs which they ars collecting lor training to work In transporting freight to the ml ties. Their famous guide waa much luterested in the eights witnessed lu crossing the Blsklyous, ai d seemed a little nervous whsn going right through a mountain iu place of going over it aa he waa want to do with his snow sled and dogs. Beautiful auuBhine ou the California aide of tbe mountains, giving new life and vigor to the whole system. Block rangea adjacent to the Hue of the rail road, covered with thousands of cattle, showing that the people of the Paclflo slop are awakening to the fact that Eastern markets must be supplied to a great extent from these pastures. We have argued for yeaia that the Inter esls of farmers through the VVHIamette valley could ba greatly enhanced by a more diversified farming. At the present time there Is more money In stock-raising than any other farming ludustry. It is all wrong for the whole farming community to center on oue commodity aud raise nothing else. . For a time it waa all bopa. how it is all pruues. Do a regular Yankee farming by producing something of all the ataple articles, and let these be produced to perfection, so that con sumers will alwaya be assured or firs l class products. A. Junction Hews. Timsi, Dso. V Virgil Wblto left for Cottage Grove Thursday where he has seemed a posi tion In tbe Saginaw mill. Dr Oglesby haa moved Into his new oflloes in the Ehrmau building, lie has neat aud attractive rooma. J M Moore aud B Robinson will ap ply for saloon licenses at the next meeting of the city council for a term of twelve months. JJJ E Butler passed bia 02d mile alone last 1 uesday. He hadn't thought very much about It, but Mra Butler bad and arranged a surprise by inviting a num ber of his friends to dinner. Mrs Grant Farley waa taken to tbe hospital at Portland Monday for treat ment. Khe baa been In very poor health for several months. Marrjaok Pkkmits. The fMlow; Ing marriage license have beeti filed since our lust report: Bruce Walker, 20 years, and Miss Ada Blngle, 20 ;.eara Leon Smith, 2-5 eare, and Grade P Hays, 17 years. Con ut of paie-ite filed In last named case. Revival Meetings Rev J O Richardson and J F Day are holding revival meetings at the Coon Rang cbool house, Just north of Eugene. Already three conversions have oo-oarred. a warsijq Note. Oregon U Became a Bllver" State In 1898. Tbe Salem Journal, an independ ent Republican paper, had this note of warning to its party man agers in a late issue: "It would be too bad if Oregon waa to become a 'silver state' like Washington where state taxes bava been reduced, state warrants ars at a premium, and legislative ex penses and appropriations were re duced nearly one-thud. Oregon politicians could never stand that, but the people would not shed tears to have just suoh a doss admin istered and kept up tor about ten years until tbe producer got caught up with tbe tax-gatherer and war rant scalper. "It may be that Republicans of Oregon are giving tbe people the best state, oounty and city admin istration and financiering of which they are capable. It may be that the Union Silver party in Oregon that supported Dryan would not be capable of doing better. But could they do any worse? Not easily. e would ask any fair minied, intelli gent Republican, whether Salem city, Marion county or the stte of Oregon has bad creditable financial management, honest administra tion, and economical government? is there not a disposition to throw overboard the Kopublicin state officials, Lord and Ki no aid, who have Bought to comply with tha party pledges of 1894, to introduce business method and stop steal ing? "If these are facts, as we believe they are, and at the people are l-e ginning to see them, how futile to threaten tbe people that Oregon may become a silver state! Have the cities of Washington ceased to grow because that state wont 1 ito the bands of the silver people? They are flourishing today. lias the credit of Marion county sutler ed becauHe we have a Bryan silver man for treasurer? No. He deals openly with the people and it an object lessjn as a model official. We believe be will never disgrace his office by making it a side show for some bank or warrant scalping firm, and at the and of his term will not require bis bondsmen to put up coin for bis deficits. Can the people of balem or the state ever expect an honest financial management from a Republican treasury oflkial elected by the m i ohine now in control of the Oregon Republican party? "A great many good honest tax payers are beginning to doubt it The cry that Oregon may beooToe a silver state in June 1893 will not deter the people from demanding honest administration, progress and reform, and they are not going to get very muob of that article at the hands of any but the Silver party. Are the Republicans going to correct, condemn and punUh their own defaulters, wrongdoers and corruptionisls? Where shall they begin? It is out ot the ques tion. They show a disposition rather to throw cold water on those who will not stand in with jobbery and ring rule. ' But it will take moro than the fear that Oregon may beoomo a silver state to gain the confidence of the people for tha Oregon Republican machine." Oovernor Lord is said to be figur ing on renomination and U making oombinatiotu to that end remarks tbe Corvaliis Oazette. It is also said that he has made a trade with a Benton republican for Benton county support. As if a dozen men cjuld be found in Benton county, goldita or silver! te, Mitch ell or anti-Mitcbell, Oregonisn or ami-Oregonian, who would favor or eland in" on any trade mads with Ltrd. Benton county people have memories and good sense. Mortgages Satisfied We take the following dlapatoh from todsy'e Oregnnlaa: Euoene, Or., Deo. 2 The amount of real estatt mortgages satisfied la this county between November 1, 1696, and Nevernber 1. S97, according lo the records, la 1201,640.