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PASSING OF SPANISH RULE promi For Ibe EtwuIIm CertBO m'ps to Be Held Sunday. OTH n '1 WIXli AfcPTfcl. KfjW Y"KK, Dee 30. A disputch to ,!. World from Havana says: The I iheevaouatlon iwremoulet mi Sunday next ive Ueu completed. t i i '" thH Amertoei oominle tooera, ;.neriM (Pad cious and Botler, iH their staffs, will leave the Tfocha li''ei at Vedad'i for the . , horseback and In full linl- nun 1.1. u iii. uii rv . ii ,itli a cavalry esc rt. They form, but arrives' the reception r"ins of thepalace at una, wnere tiny in meet General! Brooke, Lee ami Lud. low and their staff. C I 1 1 i - a-neral Caetellaiios, Admi-, ral .Monterola and the Spanish evaeua- I Hon eommlmonwi and their stalls will stand in I he throne room, the IbrDM having heen removed, ullanna a111, in a lew wordH, at j.aH noon sharp, turn over the command to General Brike. One dlvialOB of Lee's seveii'h corps will he massed at the lee end of the Prado In the meantime, and these tro(iH, 800 strong, tinder General Kelfer, will march in review. Then tlaH will be ofltcially raieed at the i alace, at Morro and at Calmniis by , . t . WmAm I Kf..l. ,. , . q. , , Butler, all sous of generals, The salut mg will be with the bronze guns of Cabanas, made in 1740. American artillerymen will tirst salute the falling Spanish llai.', and then Spanish artillerymen Will Ilea the same guns to salute the American Msg. 1'romplly at uoon Hulled Hlates regulars will patrol the entire city. llebate Dales Reset. Mi Minuville Register Dec '.'9 "The ! executive committee of thestnte inter collegiate debating league ruet in this city Tuesday to reset dates for coming debates. The committee consists of Horace Kamaey of Pacific university, pre.-ideut; C V Galloway of University of Oregon, secretary; B K Haney of of Willamette uulversity, treasurer. The llrst debate will occur at Forest Urove, February 24, between P (' and V of O. The ijuealinn for debute on this occasion will be, "Reeolved, that it is not for the iiest interests of the United Btatea to hold outlying colo nies." The college wiuniug the above debate will meet Willamette university either at Salem or Kugeue on April 28." Real Ketate Transactions. loue Lyon and D E Lyon to George P Hale, 240 acres in t'lS a r 1 east; con sideration, (ienrge P Wall to Mrs Ella Wall, lots 3 and I, block 1, In D G McFarlaud's addition to Cottage Grove, except 27 feet ofT of the east side of lot 3; $1 . J h Weaver et al to the Booth Kelly Lumber Co, quit claim deed to 4 acres iu tp 20s r 2 w; $300. Daniel H Roberst to Richard A Gray, lot 3 block 2 Harris' addition to Kugene; $40. W W Withers, sheriff, to Georgiana Svarverud lot 22 block 0 original town of Fairmouut; $150, Llllie Jolinaon to Louise A Johnson lots 1 and 2 block 7 iu Fisk's addition to Gleuada; $150. Franklin B Wilson to A C Wood cock 141.77 acres in tp 18 s r G w ; $25. 0 F Smith et al to P W Davis, east DO feet of lot 11, block 1, Fairmount; $210. BUDDKJi DEATH lieorge W McQueen Expires Eatiug Breakfast. bailr GurM Dec 31 George W McQueen, who While reg,eg near Lorane, in Kiuslaw precinct, died quite suddenly at the breakfast table yesterday morniug from heart failure. When he arose iu the morning he complained just a little. He was 62 years and 4 days of age. He leaves tve children, three sons and two d"ghters. His eldest son Represeuta "ve Ivan McQueen, was at home "hen the dread summons came The funeral will take nlace tomorrow, we interment being in the Loraue IOOK cemetery. Card of Thanks. We desire in thanks to the friends who so kindly assisted and remembered us during the ' "luess and death of our beloved father. MB and Mrs f. O hmiiiiw Eugene Dec 31 , ' ' ran ,reported from LonK rrelk tllat ge horses throughout Grant county leasT lflD' aDd U exPecte'1 that ht irirtl "i f tbem W'" (liedur" of n in,, Dt!r They are considered waste b f owners will not . y feed'ng tbem. I SOCIAL II. "AT 110MK." r.uK'iH i.-itu-, sow, bpo en will give an "ut I a ihlaM.. , , ' """11 i , ,,- 1 1" 1 1 ra in in .,- il ''t vi nlcl) ing (lie "oW sesr Mil anil Mm hi w iii." IBTHDA1 PAKTI Little ft aaler Uhl , Mule friend- an eleMSUI 'ae h hirtiidnv party i ini afternoon m tin- hom parent., Mr am'. Mr .1 RChrieaMB It waaav, ry pleasant event. ANNUAL KKCBPTJOJI, Hia Fortnightly . lut. ,, f many hi i lt- prominent ladles of the Pity, gnVe III. ir Hill, 11 ll MM ll.- residence of MfH Eleventh street, uumerou ku its Raj D'L.ni, ou t i llianbrri and llii i' iii .. I, Im-- ; t ween i he hour. ,,f .1 , inl 6 'eloek It ai id vi,- nunier- s uli elegant tt'ii 1 1 nuely at landed, MBKKAH PAKTT. The grand lull ulven by Kuttene Rabekah lodge nt Arwury Hall iant availing ; roved lo be adeeldad rai oaaa, I'li.h .I.I" TA . . J "i,r in mti iiiiiire ' lr,""l',y ' o'olook the irand maroli Biarieo led ny .mihs Kuillia Sal umn and Mr W H Alexander. The well- delected program of nil uben aru I I it I I l iu,l,,Uu.l I 1... f I. I .. ..... ma I I i..ii.h vu.fiwuuijr w ee i-ii ia iniiirB navim; arrived ere tile merry crowd of HehekaliH and their gtieelH departed for their bODWa Thi. expres sion wan made universally that the patty was one f the most pleasant "lo'rr 1 lie V . It iii 1 ., . . , . hImIH local lodge of Kelieki hi. i certainly en titled toils reputation as a tasteful, graceful and successful hostess, com prising as It does, many of the society leaders of the city. The ball was given for the benefit of the Orphans Home and after expenses are paid it Is hoped to be able to pre sent that institution with i neat sum. The ladles served punch during the evening, which wag highly ap preciated. Nva'verud's orchestra of ilx pieces furnished excellent mu-ic f,,r ihecvent and is proving luelf a creditable organization. The success of the hall was due in lare measure to those having It In charge. The coamittee on arrange ments consisted ofC'F Llltlelield, M Svarverud, and Q N Krazer. The com mittee nil entertainment was Misses Emma Baltiman, utssic Day, Flora Young, Edith Hoffman, and MreGreo Uroner. W H Alexander officiated as tloor manager in his ever courteous and gentlemanly manner, keeping a careful watch over the details that made a success of the evening by their perfect ion Maudlin Nentimeut. The Portland Oally News yesterday editorially said: "Judge Moore of the supreme court, slobbered over I" giant ing an appeal in the case of the con victed Lane county murderer, Claude Rrautott. He gives no other reason foi ids action than that ho would always grant an appeal where a man's llle was at stake. This is nothing more nor les than maudlin sentiment. Judge HattilltOB, liefore whom Bran ton was tried, granted the defense every opportunity aud justly refused an appeal. "Judge Moore Bte;s iu and says that he will listen to the appeal of BrantOB and to the appeal of every cold-blooded murderer. This is a subversion of justice. Brantou killed his victim in a deliberate manner, having planned the murder for Weeks. He was given a fair aud impartial trial. Now the case must go to the supreme court, not because there was any error iu the trial but simply because a supreme court justice, regardless of the law aud evi dence, asserts that every murderer must he brought before his court. It Is not only nonsense but it is a shame." In Luck. Cor vallis Union: "Last spring when recruiting officers of Uncle Ham were doing a rushing busi- ness, one of the most daring and per slstent attempts to get his name on the muster roll for foreign service was made by Julian McFaddeu. But Jullian wasn't born as lucky as Billy Bryan, and this together with a con catenation of circumstances resulted in a failure of his efforts. Julian bore his defeat like a man, however, aud now is about to receive the reward of his pa'ience. A law was passed by the special session of the legislature Bp- propriating money to pay each man who volunteered under the president's call but was rejected hy the medical examiner and a list of these recently published contained this Item: Julian N MeFadden. A, Hist, $12. Some uperscitinusi friends of his attribute hi" Kd fortune t0 otner but ,hat is foreign." " Wnv?-Our poultrynien are wonder- Ing what the Oregon 1' iultry Journal, i published at Halern has against them. j Tne paper does not even mention the I late Lane county sho In this uumber ' 'of the paper, notwithstanding six of, j tneai dave ads In the paper. Goodhue j must dictate or i,e wi not pay ball' is wbat of our breeders claim. inrl,!,. Kllnx.'. a V, l. Iimai, Afi. i ssveaal Haiti in Bootiaad th I8g the emmu,-r of Imw, CiirlrKt wt ut ! borne again to Seot.brtg. writes Charles T. Copland , Tli,. Atlantic. (u bit return tli dm be spent n few days in juuMbwtM nh lira Harming. "Hi uau been pin o !,,.,, i,, n old fVd, ""u nn wuiH.iNr.il in hi. fulle r. llnllse. "I wu just closing uiy souses IB sweet oblivion." wrote ho, "when the WaJohnun, with a voice like the fi ' 1" t grourmf the highland hagpijio rr wnat mi ostrich rorncraik might ut ter, groaned ont 'Groo-o-o-o!' close under in" Ud t mo all in h aalloti aaata. of hisj'C,roo-o-o-n!' for theru WMBO articulate announcement at all in it. that I could gather, '(.iroo-o-o-o!' repentod again und gain at various distances, dying out aim meu growing inuu again for an hour or more. "I grew impatient, bolted out of bod, flung up the window. 'Uroo-o-o-o!' There be was, advancing, lantern iu band, a few yard off me. 'Can't you give up that noise'.'' I hastily addressed him. ' You are keeping a person awake. What good is it to go howling ami groaning all night and deprive people of their sleep':' He ceased from that time at least I heard no more of blm. No watchman, 1 think, has been more as tonished for BOOM time back." KUah lilldren nnil Nf-umra. Tho negro is not so well known ae one might expect, considering that geog raphy is widely and often excellently taught iu our primary schools. The ideus most frequently expressed con cerning him that he is black uud a foreigner. Hew ore sfflue of the definitions: "A black mini who lives iu India." "A dark muu who comes from America." "A negro is a slave wo read of tie m in 'Undo Tom's Cabin. a gentleman who lives in a foreign country. " Tho country children are even more lively in their descriptions than the town children: "A negro is a foreign man with black skin all over him with thick lips and curly black hair ho goes nuked. " "A negro is a muu and they live in a very hot country and they have little huts to livo in." "A negro is a black man who acts iu a circus." "A negro is a muu whose skin is al ways black, they aro strong and they live in huts, uud do not wear clothes and they shoot with n bow." "A negro is a man what cuts missionary. " The Suuday school missionary stories aud the truvoling circus color tho village children's ideas ou ucgioos. National Reviow. tilyeerln nml KorriirUlnalloa. A glycerin man in conversation with a reporter the other day said that the majority of those who are euguged in the business of shooting wells believe in foreordiuution. "I think that a muu will not die till his time comes," he said. "A man is liable to die ut any calling, no mutter how safe it may be considered. He will pass through all kinds of dangers uud never sustain tho slightest injury. Then ho is kuocked out of existence wheu ho least expects it "Glycerin meu have to bo quito norvy, but there is not ono of them who does not ferl that ho is iu no great (lun ger. They think they will livo out thoir allotted time aid will not bo blown up uutil tho predestined cvout is due. We are handling deatli every day aud know it, but by tho exerciso of caution and common seiisn tin re are hut few of us comparatively that aro killed. Tho rail road men are much mow liable to acci dental death than glycerin men ore." Bradford (Pa.) Era. Cheerful Antipodean Trntli Teller. An ex-sea captain, now living iu Syd ney, many years ago was iu charge of a ship carrying some convicts. Tho con victs mutinied, murdered tho crew and ordered the cuptnin to navigate thorn to tho islands, and, being a prudent man, bo did so. Whon satisfied as to their course, the convicts deliberated, decided that ho had behuved himself well and put him ashore on tho first largo island they camo to. Ho was a musician and took his violin with him. A threatening crowd of savages greeted his arrival, but Orphous playod to them till they thought him a god, brought him unlim ited pigs aud yums and bowed in adora tion. Finally ho married the chief's daughtor, succeeded him and ruled the island for years, till a ship called in and ho sailed away. Syduoy Bulletin. Mom llnve Ueen a Cniinllinl. The writer of a book of travels, toll ing of the insect pests oncountered in British Guiana, makes a statement of which tho host that can bo suid is that is is probubly not so bad as it sounds. "One lady that I knew, whHo busy at her toilet, felt something crawling on her shoulder. She screamed und culled her husband, aud ho had just timo to knock the ceutipod off before biting her iu tho neck." DUciiurnglns, First Theosophist This sottlus it I resign from tho society." Second Thoosophist What's the mat ter? First Theosophist Why, ono of my tenants has gono off without paying bis rent and left me a noto saying he would try and squaw with mo iu some futuro existenco. London Fun. Cheap Injur, . Casey Shure, an it's th' uulocky mon Oi am I Clancy Unlucky bodom'd! Bov'n't yea kiin out av th' wwck wid only a broken arm? Casoy (sarcastically) An for which Oi only git foivo hundred dollars ! Tbim fellies thot wor kilt git foivo thousand New York Journal. Th" ballet is rented by tho Paris. said to have been In Duchess of Maine. in OraiiL'os. limes, banunns and 0 nuts gr w wild in Costu Rioe. Itanitrra V.n l-'tt.ria HlUlna. iii The Oentnry than la an article on "The I'niiv I ; i, ' l.rwvenSt Jo. eapb, Mo., and San Francisco, written by W. F. Bailey. The author nays: Considering the daBgaf one luutensl, Uw percentage of tatvJitk s was axtvaor, dinarily small, fur morn nation em- ployeee than ridera were kiihti by the Indians, and even of the latter more w, re killed off duty than on. This can h , plain, d by the fart that the horses to- lied the riders, selected as they m i t speed aud endurance, were far supeiior to the mounts of the Indians. There is only on,, case ou rivord where a rider was cam: lit. and that was owing to his having hen surrounded. This ocenrwd in Ncbiaska, along the Platte river. Be waa shot, and wvaral days later his body was found. His jsiny, still bridled and saddled, was also found with the mail intact It was transferred to another horse aud snou forwarded to its destination. In laying out the route through the Indian conn try pains were taken to avoid anything that would afford cover for an ambush ed foe. 'tie of the greatest dangers eucoun teied by the pouy express riders was from immigrants and others who mis took thrin for Indians. In those days it was slii t first uud investigate after ward, provided the shooter survived to make an investigation. A number of the liders met their death in this way. be ing mistaken for Indians, horse thieves or rouil agenta It is a strange bnt nota ble fact that the Indians often stood and saw the during riders fly past without offering to molest them. There was a mysttry ul, ut it thut made it "bud medicine" to interfere with them. Su perstitious ns they were, they seldom bot bee ed With anything that they could not understand. A Slmllilr I Mae. The Indian may bonaaophisticatcd hy tho side of the white muu, but Bishop Whipple, writing iu The Temple Mugu cine, shows that ho has a dry sense of humor. His Indian (lock was visited by a speculative Yankee who hungered after their good hinds and tried to persuude them to as hange their reservation for a worthless tract of country else wh, re. A council of the tribe was called togeth er, nud the Yankee addressed the assem bly. "My fin nds, I hnvo lived 68 yenis in this world, ' he said, "und the winds of M winters have blown over my bead and silvered it over with gray. Asa true man 1 advise you to accept this new treaty at ouco. " He sat down, uud at the sumo mo no nt an old chief sprang to his feet. "Look ut nnil" ho said. "The winds of 55 winters have blown over my bend uud silvered it gruy, but they have not blown away my brains." "Thut conference wus ended," said tho bishop laconically. Wreila na t o", I. What is even regarded an n vilo w, ed can, with a little stretch of imagina tion, bo turned into an ornamental plant or delicious vegetable. This is eapeoial ly the case with tho common burdock, Lappa major. Schnolbovs all know it from gutlu ring tho burs uud compress ing them together by tho carved points of tho flnrul involucre. This is nil tlnw kuowuliout it. It is difficult to see any thing more to I n d, spised in the bur dock leaf than in tin- leaf of tho rhu barb. It appears that it is largely used iu China for food, but it is stated thai if tho stalks bo cut ilowu beforo tho flowers expand and then bo boiled tho taste isielishe.l i qually with asparagus. The leaves when yonng are boiled and Cta ten us WO eat spinach. In Japan it is iu universal uso. Thousands of acres aro devoted to its culture, but in this case tho root is the object, it requiws doop soil to get the roois to the best ad vantage. Median's Monthly. s,.ii,.,i Beat. A tj i leal I aji -h woman, when some one spnl,o t Jim other , lay or u certain man having a "swelled head," looked da.ed. "ii, ally' You don't menu itl" ctiod the English woman. "I'm very totry." Adayor so later tho English woman, happening to meet the wife of thu man In question, obsi rved thut she was so sorry to bear that Mr. Blank was ill. "But ho isn't I" cried tho wifo. "Ho was never better in his life." "Is thut so?" suid tho English woman. "Why, what oonld Mrs. Dash hnvo meant the other day when sho said ho was suffering from u swelled head?" W lint lie ll.nl n Ilia Mind. He Them is something I have want ed to say to you for s long, long timo. She (demurely) W. ll, don't don't you think this in as g 1 it time as as any to say it'.' He That mole on tho left side of your nose I know u surgeon who can removo such things without a bit of danger. They adjourned sine die that evening. Chicago NeWS Italy's I'oor. Ilarvalons ei onomy is practiced by tho poor i f Italy in looking aftt r tho wants of the Inner man. Coffee grounds from thu wealthy man's kitchen are dried and rt -old to tho poor. Iu a simi lar way oil is twice, and sometimes three times used, tho drippings aftor each snooessive frying being gathered from tie pan and sold to tho poor. C'oiialatent Indolence. "Wot's do use o' wakiu up dis way at 5 o'olook in do dmcbIb! Imjoirad Plodding I'eto indignantly. "Well," answered Meandering Mike, "I take SO much comfort out o' doin Qothin dat I t'ooght IU like togrfa'i early start. "Washington Star. Ilueer SMtaJ BfU. One of tho peculiarities of postofBuv rales is that a postmaster cannot nocep postage stamps for postage due ou let ters at destination. Tbw Mm Killed mil One Hurl in i Denentt Fight It I'M I I II I . I'll I ii I I kUK I llll AfTnaiA, Or, Deo SO. The burning ol the Pu ton e ItagO at Sea-lde, last Wodueedaj morning culminated this af'eruiHiu In tin blnodlesl tragedy in the history of this enmity, as a result of which Mure men arc cola in death and one oilier badly wounded. The dead are: Sharif! J ' V Wllllama, Deputy (she! ill .latins I tuners ( barbs Willard, Deputy Sheriff A K Miller was shot Iu the leg. ll was considered eerluin by every one that the burning of I lit cottage whs for the put pose of concealing a robbery, ami suspicion pointed to Charles Willuid as the entity person, partleulurly as he was seen a s'lort time after I he Ore Doming from the locality with a wheelbarrow loud of goods. Acting on iheeusplcl ii then aroused, Bberifl Wllllama this moralng secured a scinch warrant and In company with Senator C W Fulton ai d others, went to Seaside to search Willard's prellil-es, and also all the OOttBgaa of which he bad charge during the winter season About Bo'cl ik this afternoon, hiher- ill Wi'liains, Senator huh on uud Deputies A E Miller and Jamee Lama ers, the two latter is'ing residents of Hcu-iito, went to tbe oottage of Mrs duals Lewlaton, where Willald was living, to search it. After searching a cottage Willard suddenly eliot aid killed Sheriff Wil liams ami Deputy LaineiS. Senator Fulton then shot Willard in the face and he fed apparently dead. lin n Pulton started for help, leaving Depu ty .Miller on guard, title iu hand. Willard came to, and quicker than a flash, draw a revolver uud shot Miller through the leg; then .Miller shot Willard through the groin, killing bun Instantly, Sheriff Williams was u single muu sa was also Deputy Lamer. Williams had just taken out a 16,000 life insur ance policy. SATURDAY, DRU M N ATI VI Hons A petition for a charter of tbe Native Sons of Oregon lodge, to be Instituted In Eugene, was being circulated today, Many of tbe native sons were placing tlnir names on the roll of membership, The organisation in other places la prosper mis and is doing a grand work, ll w ill also bent lit society ami ils mem bets here. MABBIKD A I the residence of the bride's parents, Wednesday afternoon, Deo 88, Rev M 0 Brink officiating, Mr W F Wakley anil Miss Cecil Doty, both of I, oral ic. About 70 or 811 young people met III the evening to wish the young couple a long and happy life. (ii.iiRY TlCKBTS. The following glory tickets were Issued by County Clerk Lee today: Levi Vaughan, 68 years and Flora Mabel Btsiker, 47 years; Willard Hupplngllehl, 2.' years, ami Laylna Bosserman, Is years. it, it n 1 1, in k staeats Bxeeyteeb The following official order has been t -sue, i at Dawson: Dawson, N W T, Nov 18: The com missioners of the Yukon territory order that no person will be permitted to enter the territory without satisfying the Northwest mounted police nlllcers ut the White Bass, ( hilcisit l ass. Bennett, Taglsh and White Horse rapids that they have with them two months' ass'irted provisions and at least ; ii" i ,i cash, or six months' provisions and not less than$2(M)iu cash over and above tho money re- i ii In, i to pay tho expenses from the bonier to Dawson. N II-This order will not apply to residents ot tho Yukon territory re turning, if they are Identified and prove their competency to pay their way Into the country. Signed i H B STKKLB, Superintendent ('nniiuauding F W M Police, Yukon Territory. CaxpiTOBS Sobbow. Here is how the Junction Times of Dec ,11, relates Its pent up sorr iw: "B F Bruinuieit and family left on the overland TUSS- lay morning lor Pendleton, His career ns a merchant in this city was brief and ended in a blae. Here- covered his Insurance and numerous creditors are left in the lurch. Ills ac- otintat this olllce Is unsettled aud will be wold at a big discount. The town will lone nathlng by his de parture." . aaa Ex -Senator J H Slater, who has been very III at his home in LaOrande, is reported slightly Improved. DAWSON GOLD FIELDS Losing lin n Lustre u Substantial Report, CnBe Out. UOI li LIMBO l l. ill uia l", lining out over the Ice, a traveler from Dawson brought, among mine rmis others the oilier day, a letter that will appeal to all liunest consei va llv pernors who are posted on the Klondike situation as reflecting an actual condition of things. The letter eaya: "Coming over the divide from Sulphur last Wednesday In a heavy snow storm, 1 passed near ly 200 men, most of t hem dragging heavy loads on sleds over to the mines In the Indian tiver count'y. On a good day twlos tho ,rree times that number will te met A few have dogs but most of tl i are wearily pulling tln ir w n sleds, which in a distance of SO miles from Dawson, must be balled up hill, In place- very steep to ail ele vation of at least MOO past, "Coining down Bonansa, any day, HOW thai the roads are good or sleigh ing and traveling, one will meet between Ibe Forks and Dawson, a distance of sixteen miles, .'(HI or 300 men ami hundreds of dogs and sleds. A large proportion ot these ,lr,, moving their ow ii outfits to claims on Bonan za, Eldorado, sulphur, Dominion or their branches, where they are to work during the e tiling winter. "It la very bard to estimate, but l suppose there tuns'. !, over ,'lll,U00, ami probably uver IK.lHlO men in the minus on th, Canadian aide of the Yukon. Creeks which were but slightly pros pected last winter will now he worked, In many ccses quite extensively. Hold Bottom is nil example. For six miles iu Qold Bottom nearly every claim will have from two to half a dozen miners. So It Is with many other creeks nud brunches Ol the lamer creeks. Ou Dominion and Sulphur creeks more men will be employed, mostly on lays, than were working in the w hole district last winter. The Is'tieh claims along the F.ldo- radoand Bonansa particularly, will give employment to several thousand men Much more work will be done on beneli claims ami on creeks which have proved to be very richtimn was p, 1 1, d u month ago. Mnnv men are accepting lays UUadvlsedly, and will u t with disappointment, but the district will be thoroughly prospected, and no doubt many good claims do veloped, Unless some of the new oreeka which have not been proved rich, show up very well, this will, how ever, be I he last of Dawson's boom ami the end of the Klondike excite ment. That other Eldorados may be developed Is possible, but so far noth ing has been done to prove that they will or will not. "The most important development this year bus been in Is rich mining. It has Isen shown that In the benches la probablv mors gold than in the oreek lands, and that tbey may easily tie sluiced by hydraulic methods. " J UN i HON CITY NF.WB. i lipped From the Times of Decem ber 81. There in. sums talk of starting up the creamery again. Wayne GibliN has departed lor tbe gold field of Southern Oregon. Hon Root Clow and B P, Hylsnd attended the ceremonies of dedicating the new Masonic temple ut Corvallls, Tuesday. Born, to Vr aud Mrs B F Howard, Dcce tidier iJ5, I vs. a son. A vary SO- ccplnhlr Tirlsttuus gift. There Is not a vacant business 'house or dwelling In Junction. The outlook is quite favorable for a number of new buildings for the coming season. We are expecting a wedding In the near future, the contracting parties lielng very prominent In social life. Fine wedding invitations have been printed, A law suit will occupy the attention of the justice court in this city today Friday) Herman Drugg is charged Willi seduction by Miss Hlllda Usher land and the preliminary trial will be held as above stated. Justice Clark has wisely concluded to conduct the trial behind closed doors and those who aro counting on holding dowu the usual reserved seat will Is; disap pointed. Makiiikd At New berg, Yamhill county, Oregon, Dee Jo, Mr Win Law rsnCS and Miss Minnie E Wheeler. The young lady is a grand-daughter of B W Baker, who Uvea across tho river from Eugene. Lakevlow Itegister: Very few of the cattlemen of Lake county l ave so far hiiind it necessary to feed bay. Espec ially in the northern districts Is the pusturugo still goort feeding, owing to slight snowfall, and tbe majority of cattle are fat aud sleek.