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THE SIUSLAW ROAD OUR VOLUNTEERS 1' tl Y I fq pi tl ut ob Hi Wl P BO m WK by of III Oa ( get lug Mm CDt fro: qui aut or i Repairs to Be Made or the Stage second Oregons Expected at San to Be Stopped. Francisco Next Wednes" day or Thursday. ' THE BOERS AND THE BRITISH. i n nar of i In- Wnrli: ' Trend ..I AJtalVS In Lb I r.u.ttaul. n i tPTiii t.b. natik Ji PCTITION It CIBCULSTIO Mil '.uanl, July 7 00 Oil WILL Be THCftt can WuMWeuaa. Jul 7. I he I'lilted Tbe road from Eugene tp the Head f Hl ,,,.,, rl. Newport and Ohio, Tide la In an almoal imnabli " (III ion. It Iihh now reaehtd polnl ban doohrifa aatlon i uses arj j i. Yadan "f London, Keniueby, who loot tiif inii ooo tract 1 t iiii mute from 1 ) governuieot, Inn ex perienced ronnldera' I ibhViiliv in cHrry 1 111 out bla ontr 'd, aii'l lb ! llble condition of the roulln iep,.i... bla fbr If. Mr fadon sublet iba eo iwi to Mi'iwrH ( IfeiopbaJI A I'" lar, who ji 1 1 . 1 1 to run . -'in" line, 'ml 111 b Hliort time tliy were rompd'ed 10 give op the Job, an tha M of operating toe root over iba Hmln road exceeded tbaii Income. I'ntil Mr Yadn, the 0" ireatol oon Id again take obarge, III'- , It- uartroonl ordarvd LosptioaiU-r dot 1 nook of tiiiHi-iiy, to employ mum mia to oarry Iba nail. Tbli he did, bihI kii Bangs oootlnued Iba ran and ba up to lite ireenl time, now U-liig In the employ ol Mr YbiIhii. The expense ol operation Hie ho hen vy ami Iba mail in BOOfa Bondltlon that Mr Yaden hit' glfOO BOUOO thai he alDaOtl to abolinh the ntage line and put on a park (rain to redtir.' his i x peiiHeH, unless the road inn U- lin proved. Till" route prohahly the moat Im portant In the county, and a niage line In ulmont a necessity, to carry pa - 1 Kern and freight. An earneat effort In now bring made to indue altlaena and ti a county roiirt to place the road III b II' comll- tloo for trataL Thin norolag 1. B Bonn ctroolated a petition eui 1 iba oounty iMiard to appropriate foi thin work f'.' for every l Mbioribad by individuals, and a DOBlbar of iner- obanta algnad wltb K'" opposite tin ir name, Otbotl lor smaller MUOUIlta II f 1 1,11 or iimru can he Hpent on iln mad It will In- placed 111 nUcIi condition thai Ibe atago line can onotluue lo operate, otbotwlia not Too much . aiiu.it lie laid In favor of thla expenditure. It I- vital and im portant, livery mi-aim xhould Ik- ex erted, au.i promptly, to Inprova tin road, ll.-lp It along. Ml BLAW BOAII UmtSOO Han Already Hi. 11 -11I1 soribed. liHlty '.hi, .Inly I L I'. Bean who ban bOOO OlfODhltlng the pit.er for the purposed -(curing Dlono to Improve the low. 1 HlUala mad, han had very good MOONa, over 300 I clng guaranteed no far, and all of the bwelaeaa man have not yet boon Mcell. Monday the paper will la) taken among the people living along the toad, and to Florence, ho It In tbOUgbl ll li Bl 1 total will lie secured The propiMII..i stgllcd hy thene people In llml thev are to pajf thin amount If the county Dom mlmlonon will donate f'J for one dollar aobeoribed, w hich 11 1 generally under- ntood they are willing to d. Thla are now on' .'.I day from Manila With i h e. o-'d o . v vojouteera aboard I hev hollld re .en hOTO -x Weiliu -- lay or Thursday, The ratorolng troops will 1 glvan a waim reec- illno. The harhor cnmoil-ni .nern have 'placed tbo tOg (1 ivernor M.rkliain at In. ill iiiniil nl ll. .. ...... ol ( 'all- .... m - -- - Ibrola ami Oragou, who will on band lo maot tbo tronnB, The tram porfatiou dapartOM" f tin- goaarn" mant la now mahlni 1 angomaoia lm aiudlng tie- Oregon 1 . hntna, The.Newp f ulld Obl'l n'lll lie M lowe.i i.v ll - Indiana and Morgan t'My. with 11 valid; the m. nnlor with the Tenth r- naylaa da; Hanooak, with battarlaa l rt- of iti Pr I iaii, luni Hi- 1 maiua of the Fir Nabfaakaj tl Warren, won the K rt Uoloradoa id Sherman with lha Klmt Uallfornla. II 1 1 I A I 91 A A Ml I VI H Pi of . -nor Irving M. Ulan one of t lie ttttraetora, TtiaUoARPbaa roorivad a copy ..t the iroapootuo of tna Willamatta Val ley i'hauiau.iia AamolaUon whloh tnaata at Oladatoaa Park, July IS39. It given the fblloWlOg reguriltng PfOf. (lien of Iba Uulvaraltjr of Orag who Ini.ii.. oi me loatniolorai I'rofennor Irv'ng M tilen will rep- roaani tba Btalo Uolaerally aa loatroo tor In tin Kngli-di LaugUfg. The following in a brief outline of the coiii w of leotnraa on ' The Hlatory of the BngUah Langnaga " to lie glean by Prof Qlen at Chautauqua tb - uui tier. Tba family robillonabip of iba Ian fuage will i.e oonaldored, Hie theory of toe dlveraltlaa In dlBaranl membara of tbo famllj will belaonaaed, and iba di-iiuguinhii g ebaraotera of the Ku gUab lanauaga and 111 Teutonic u-ia-tiven will tie oarefully pointed out. Toetwi naouant ninitingn w -.11 he noticed, and the prooeea whareby Bogllah wnrda may be traoed to their clannlc hourc. n will he explained. Tin- purpoaa iii be lo trace the chronological d 'el ipnienl of the lau .uag. from A0 i .-.axon time to IB0d em Kull-h 1 erlod, Inrlleetittg the illth reul en i.eula, uallvv aud foreign thnt en'er Into com ii-llion of lllerarv Buglleli, Uko h nione 111 the bottom f i weO Uet tba memory of Ifajuhn IHM ' "" 1 . nrt of John Hull. It wa there 1 OonanU .louiart, leading Boar farmarB) broke a fai Brli 1 iiiiiare" find wrung from Knglaod 11 recognition of the Independence of ibe TntngrMl ropnbBft Brer nince the Dutch and the Kng Halt bare rublied elbowa in Koutli Alli en, and that haa hecu for uiore Ibau a eeutury. the Ika'm have from time to time bean called opod to Bgbt lometlmoB they have "trekked," noliictluien they have foilg: I i"l - rlmoi they hare done la.iii Hitch time bey have fought the Brlllnh i" " boa . -''i ll hln tall hi Miln ragi 1 'mil more It hcciiih a- f I 1 Boer a tuld either have to "trek" or Sgbt The nitiiatlou tiahty la practhnlly Ibo hum a 111 yearn pntt ii ' -' drlren out or robdned the gerre tribe thai ..ii IwoB beyond the Vnal, Ibe Be n ttlml down on 'he BUM tln I. COntOUl lo pliielice tbelr homely Vlltllc- mill l.'ll-. .il l' he . Is ol KI.M'k. Hut ti c En 1 -li have pome In to .le vel..!, the i' 4 ! 'he 1: iml, which the Boer .1 - Sin To theae gold dig ging nltlnudcr the Boera bare denM the right (.f full rltiienabtp and have made them y well for the privilege of mining nitbln the 1 icr of the re- puhlle. Oreal Britain, who followa with n helping hand her coloOlata, even to tbe andi of the earth. Bki tba Itocr to grtnl the nltbtndcr mora privilege. The r.(HTn refuae, and now General Joubert, confident in 'he atrengtb of the little ropublle. in talking of captur ing the in- Beer diamond mine and lu lling Cape Colon) ei, :rr to the Cape Itaelf. im the hill above Johannaabnrg rlaoa n fort which fairly briatlea with rapid Hie gun-. Tbla i- one .t' the waya Ibe ... ... hln nMar 11-touUUlljHlt. B hoy 0 yearn of BgO, .! "I the I?ttJUlUt proprietor, wa tinned over to him ua a guide auU hut'iiig companion. rm bo further HtoBlahod tbe Kngli-bjann w n tbay hH.i reached wide puun etrolcblttg "Ut from the edge of a wood hy dropping to one knee and killing ut u diatance of !- yard a grnr&g iprtngbok, the Bmallaol known ipedee .,f Afrteai. antalopa "I would not have attempted the bot." nald U10 Enifllahman. "Tbe txy rtred ami t....k the killing u a matter f eonroa. Tbay " know how to aboot from th- tm." they arc uhle to hold a WOnpon, and I don't envy the lx footer whose uniform inakcn him a hlnlng mark for one of these long dlntanco rifleman." DBep a BOM farmer wan nuked how it happened that hi compatriot were oca excellent mnrkntan, no aid that it WU 'lue to the Britlnh policy. Odd an It may Hcelli, "icnernl I'. J. Joubert, the commander la chief of the MOHAWK K KM' BRNBIOI riiey ibujognoo Tmata nod BMBntiogi an 1 ladorOC Bryan and Milver. Hi I P4 1.". Jul.V - WlO Mohawka, a demoor tie orgaonwihm, raid loooan prbw over 60,000 imoaiier-, wblob htf bean in aecrel aaaaion nam "'' .;, ,n. adjourned to mtet next year In theclty nelecie.1 hy lb na'loliBl deilio cratlc OOnfeniblU, one week prior bl Lbnt 1 vonllon. Btopawora token to begin Immedlaioly the work of organ izing now wlgwaiiin. ii. rMliiin.i.n nil. Uiteil lien, unce THE MUSTER-OUT Oregon Troops Will Leave toe Service at San Francisco. so thc war oceaRTMcar Wellington, July 7. The tCl0 dj dant, , . . .. 11 general ntalei that th.. K.., 1.. trunm and inonopolien, i.inorne - .1.1 vraaajg and Ir.- -ilver, and oppin-e inllilarinili. ...u-wreu out u . ...... rrHiir wmii k i..r U1..11. , h.io.n It Sovereign, "I luano, wa ---- - .oBin. ehc'ed national chief and ajao p p .ml. d national omooiior. -iii rnd Rev. OOBNEB IsrOJKK bAIO. 1 inn t'i unty 1 lourl Uoute Bead) for iupentruoture. ' v 1 - -'v .-V- j m 'f' ' ' 'in fin i . ! MWHMI Imliy QnaiOi July Today' Albany Uerabl: Tbe corner llnnOl of the new court bounc wan laid yeetorday at S o'olooh by the tirand Lodge of Maaoni of Uregnu with Itu pealng perenioi 1 j. Urai il Meat oi .1 M Hodaon, of Port would make l,r.iitl, enough to p c the :i,, grand junhu warden, h . oran, road In good OOndltlOD. or Bug) ne; grand secretary, J K Kohin- It I a nUafaOtlon to know that I aon, of Eugene; grand senior nteward, everyone in taking mi. li an inter. -I 111 cRNKiiAL rounnf. nrroy of the Trnnsvanl republic, Is not a Hoer at nil. tun an American. He waa horn in Dnlontown, i'n., wh yaara ago and has bad a most plctaraaqtM career. When 1 1 y.ars of age, he left thin country and went to Holland, ilia tnate for war wan always keen, nnd when the rebellion broke out he came to this country and nerved in the navy under Admiral DupODt Later lie vvua captain of n colored company under Qeneral vValtxel After th" war he re turned to Holland and later went to South Africa. When the rule of the English heenmc intolerant to the Hutch at Cape Colony and ('ape of Hood Hope nnd many of them went north to the Transvaal. Qeneral Jouhcrt went with them. After he had usnlHted materially In driving out the wild bonata, conquering the a rages. et- tllng the country, tlinoovciiug aud de veloping tin- diamond fields, the Eug lih suddenly discovered thai they had a claim to this Caraway country. He was only a plain Hoer, or farmer, when hln fcllmv subjects determined to reslHt the Hrltlsh. In 1881, lit the head of n handful of Dutch farmers, he met the Hrltlsh army at Mnjuhn hill und put it to filgbl after great nlaugh ter. This Hecured llherty for the Hoer, and they accordingly look upon Gen eral Joubert, now vice president of the South African Republic, us the Wash ington of their country. OWNS A FLIER. America. The Ai-nnyer of June, printed att 'aii. deo, N J, U H A, print the following parody wltb special reference to 0,uay sylvanlat My counlnr 'til ol Ihce, ! Umiofion Uberty, ill tlicu we ting. Und which the Ulleaalni ho itoreru our SBSlfSi own lor thriiiM:!' ' "'l helm Hall to Iky king' Uii.l once (il unlili' l.raveH, tint now ol tetebad in. Ali' l.njlnte W ! "r hasdeat die. Piea 1 ttini hritM lush OaruprlssdsorBsfs huy: And BMOm thy late. und when tbeweallbi le i nn make tbo niany de I hplr royal will. And lax (orneltlah greed Thy tayh.rn till they bleed Aud thornr net yi I aeak kneed CruHh down ntid kill. Und MThert a rOfU l ralmsl On high, and loudly .ralKl For worat el chrlmea I Of Which the SI d Hill I he A hell of cruelly At proved l.y hlatory of ancient time. My country 'Ua of thee. Betrayed hy bribery, ol thee we alag. Ws might hv. IBVSd thee long Had we. Whan proud and alroax, Put down tbl cursed w rung I hat make Bsalttl King. nit b) a Million. DRAW, Or, July 6. Levi Kent, a well known Uougiah county pioneer, waa seriously bitten hy a talliou t Iiih morning. He and bla son Al, ntarhd lor Oakland In a buggy, leading hie ' home behind, W'heu three mile out I 1 he home made u vicious lunge, ei.?d the oh1 man hy tbe fleshy pari ol the right arm Just above the elbow. He bungon nnd upset the buggy. Al filially broke him oil by heating him with a heavy whip. Tbe teeth panned entirely throu h the arm, making an ugly wound whloh hied profusely. He waa brought here and I'r Wade dresaed the injured member. Mr Kent dlood tile oideil wi II, although he in TS yearn of age. 1111. 1 even U'1.11 ,1 l . " "(. neiii!,IWHj tlo ir arm to Portland, but u , Ipoalt Uttm at Ueniela aiMnal Hat Kranclneo. ' fo-nuilHHloiier Hermann Ms pri sidanl today and aked n,ht tb Oregon regiment he taken from , I'Vun.'inco to I'ortlaud hetian-iMirta Ohio and Newport, Ifnuch an HrranM menl could ,,.,by U- made, ,. lh psopto f Oregon would very ,,, Uj., prefer to have the l.ya broUgbl Uptba t'oluiiibiaoti the trauH)rt, n whleh they tronned the 1'ui'lflp. The prenideut, In view 0f Genaral ii s request that traneporu should be Immediately returned, M)d ,. wul'( 0 "lifer with the war doparimeni an, If no arrangement oould made sj ,ie. nired by the people of Oregon, u would nee that the legtmentwasa leuHtnent from Kan PraneUco to Port, land by ateamon, ami be thought a difflctilly would he experienced In se curing a auffloleut number ofvesseit The department will make it- decision tomorrow. Commbsdonor Hermann also ex- lire-ed to Hie preeldeut the universal de-ire of Hie people Went of tbe Kooky mountains to have bin vIhu thai country, and the preaident replied that he wa tryiug fo nee his way dear to get to the l'aclflc coast, alihiiugh, be cause of the lieavy press of public busi ness, he hud not yet decided on such s trip. He added that his fondest cleainj wa to visit Oregon when the troop arrived, aud to bo there and extern! lo them bin personal welcome. I'. B I lamiiiHck, of I Milium; and grand tyl.r, Quataf Wilson, of r?ortUod, were present, A btlef eloquent addrtss w an deliv ered hy S M Yotan.and a short happy ipeecb wan delivered hy founty Judge fjeorge l Bar top, It was u beautiful ceremony and was w tueeeed by large concourse of people. 1 in oonrthnnsa foondatlon I now ready for the w alls, and the work on the bulldlog go rapidly forward, it will 00 h structure that will bo a credit to I. Ion county. Olsrk'a Office Beosipts, ,ls vital Improvement of Bit lm- in.na.",t nlfhwajr. a m e Pastor iiiul w Keincnih 1.1I Pally liuard, .'illy I The Bodaavorari f tba Iflral Oh run Han church held (heir regular month Ly and semi annnal bnriasas msotlng I'rhlay evening. l'he OOmmlttOO re port! shOW growth and activity oil the part of thc society. Alter the bUSlUSOB ssaalon a abort program was retidsredi Ml Mice i.asmau recited, t ---m V ' Henderson wa then called on He n qUSStad BOV and Mm klortotl L II ISO to stop fbrward. Tbo doan then made lhe recelp'sof tin a numbN of witty and serious 1. mark 1 Qos during lha pant about wheels, taking an Inn text I fol own: Bsaklal lOtlO. ''And a for tnelr ap-I January pearance, they four had one iikenosa, ; February a if a w licel had been in the nildst of March 11 wheel." April LVl IV He then In the behalf of the chuicli May ."!(' u& presented the paalor with I bWUItlfttl June '1V SB wheel, mid Mm lio-e with a parlor StOOl of at tlnllc design. Ill a feu well ciioneu Winds the pastor thank, d the church for the gift, promising they w oui.i 1. c used not only fbr plsaaure, but for good. The enjoyable o eelltik, ounly clerli'n of ix months Is a tsoe 00 3TH 86 :i;. lo June Total ,1010 T.i Property sold. HelmUS W Thompson ban sold the wa closed with noug and the Mlpali oM Christian chuic'i proiaTty. corner benediction Ninth and I'.ari atraota to H 1; Kin rjald for JUHni. Mr Ham t Veasle hs iranaferred, for the sum of I80O0 10 her daughter, Mm 1 m Qlen, the S'oaale house on Baal Ninth street. DlKO.- Nellie Hrantou, w ile of John Mark Craig was liTUOh and killed by a falling Iron column at the 11. federal building in Portland Thursday fore noon. He was foreman of the erecting gang. Willie under one of the large nupports which art' Mug rained 111 plaOS by a crane, the .ham luoke and U SOtOO, Of SValtervllle, ami .1 .lighter tbo snpnort foil with a enau. iub of Hon rj BUIott, died Pridajp, July sosndlng It alraoh t'raig 00 tbo head 1 1 iflW.ofaoot rbeoSatlen, lojtd M and killed him uislantly. The coroner year. The funeral took p1 I at the was summoned and the body wan ic ifamp Ofaafe ivnn teiy, Sunday July '.', moved lo the morgue. at lit a in. viA.it 11 111; 1 . Boon take to dlacourage a revolt of (lie IllthtUdora. Those gun- were paid for by taxing I'.ngiish tuluiug enter prises, ami they were made In America. I 01 the past three year tbe Boers li ne been silently preparli r for the ex ...tid conflict In former contests they depended on their Ions rifles, hut ir England sends anotb o n e to coerce thoTrnnavaal her 1 ooim ili be met by a woB equipped arm) of the bravest lighting men known to 1 lent times. At Majnbo hill the Ho. 1 fi rves nintcd of nnorganland fan Hut each farmer was 11 dea.l bi ; The Boon of today are Jual a 1 shots as they were 11 half centiir.. 11 go, but In thc meantime they have ariulred a military education. They uiaj not he able to dress and mark tl ne wltb Ibe machlnellko precision of some of the British regular regiments, mi thev uu li i-land the tactics of Q css tall as applied to thc COUQI ill tuelr Immediate t Icmlty. r.'tptaln William 11. Budaon of Chl cago, who for years served In the Brit Ish forces, said recently: 1 l'he Boer Is fanatically luavc, hut him tbe cooll is which most fanatics lack He knows every Inch of Ids country and he Is without a peer 111 the World 3- a rifle shot. I never served In S mth Africa, but 1 have many Mends who went through the campaigns of 1880 nnd JSM against the Transvaal Dutch. In one ongagouient, short, but disastrous, out of ll total Rngttah force Of between 000 and 100 the loss In a few hours was 888 killed and wounded nearly half the force, ll Is a literal foci that the great majority of the dead soldiers wore found to have been shot through the bend, 11 hole In thc helmet of each of the fallen showing the mark at which the former rifleman had aimed." Kngiish writers on the subject of the Boar's shooting abilities have said that there was sometblug absolutely terrify ing In the knowledge of the tool that, hidden somewhere out In the brush or behind the billable embankment lay an enemy who "rang the bed f bla target" much oftrner than he missed clean. a returned traveler from tna Trans vnal. an Englishman, wa talking aimut thc marksmanship of the Trans- Mini farmer. The visitor that he had been entertained at 11 poMtal farmhouse while on a limiting trip and Her II..,.. Won the (treat Suburban llanilleai'. The .subur ban haudicnp is one of the i greatest race run annually on the Amer ican turf. It is run for a purse of $10,000, of whlcb $7,000 goea to the w inner. This yea for the tlrst time on record, the Suburban was won by a mare, und, slngularl enough, the owner of the niiire la n woman. Miss Harness, the owner of Imp, la the daughter of 1). it. Harness, a prom- Boberl Honim Head. New York. July 8, Robert Bonner, publisher of the Aew York l.edgir, ami owner of many famous horses, j died, al li s home in this city tonight Mr Bonner had bceu ill for some mouths, yet waa uhle to he about until ten days ago. Death was due to a general breaking down of the system. MISS UAKNKSS. lueut breeder of race horses, whose farm is near OhBUeotbo, O, Both the dam nud gninddnm of Imp were raised ou the Harness farm, nud when this filly begun to show slgua of speed two years ago, Mr. Hnrucss gave her to his daughter, saying that she could do as she wished with her earning. This spring Miss Haruess determined to send her little mare enst after souie of the big purses. Imp waa entered In the Metropolitan nud Brooklyn han dicaps, nud her f.ilr owtc r was much dlaappolntcl because her horse did Dot win In either. She did not see how so fleet n home coui.i poBsibly be beaten. But when she sat In the cratidsiand. with some lU.ood other p.. p!e. and saw Imp tear through the Held of favorites and come iu s clean winner, she forgot all her previous dlsanpolntmi Bta. Miss Harness now says that hereafter noth ing will bS too good for Imp. even If she never wins another raw. A Kink Corn BT18T. Baker t'itj Democrat: Mi Earl Stevens, a Cor nells! of talent, came up with the La Grande 1 and on the Fourth. The young man is a graduate of the Chica go conservatory ol music and has for some two years been a member of a large professional baud. He returned to his home in La Grande on a vaca tion a few- days ago and came to Baker Willi hi home baud, ot which he was at one time the leader. Dally Uuard, July 7. Off fok Los Amiklks. Prof E B McElroy lefi la.-t night on the over land train for Los Angeles, Gal, for the purpo-e of at tending the National Educational Association, which con venes in that city on the 11th itist. He in Vice-president and oue of the pre siding nfllccrs of the Association. He will vigorously work to havens many of the Esatero teachers visit Oregou aa possible. A Long l orn Accident. InneUOn Bulletin. On Hie morning of the Fourth as J D Cox and family, of Long Tom prt I olnot, ware coming to town by team ! they had a very close call. They were ru ing with anotbot team, wheu some J thing (wa were not able to learn the .exact circumstances) broke and the team became frightened and ran away. I The wagon wsa upsol and Mr Cox's i little giii was very badly hurt; at first I it wan thought she had been killed. Several others received bruises. DaWltt'a Little Early Risers expil from the system all polaonQW accutuu- 1 mnoim, reguiaic uie summon, bowels ami ver ami nun v in , . i i , , j - " . . lie drive awav disease, dissipate melan choly, and give health and vigor for the dally routlue. Do not gripe or sicken. Vincent St Co, Corner Drue Store. 6 BcKBRZlB r'OlKTll Celebrated at the "Log Hiun Hotel." ED. Guabd: One of tbe most enjoy 1 able Fourth'" ever celebrated at Hie McKcn.le Bridge, occurred this year at "Log House Hotel, McKtntls ! Bridge. About oue hundred people I participated in the exercises Tb officer of the day were: President, Oeo. Fri.ell; Orator, J P Dodd; Head er, A S lowers; Marshal. Bert Belknap, i The exercises consisted of reading of the Declaration of Independence, s most stirring oration, and a reading, "Grandfather idea of the Fourth." A great deal of ainusemeut wa caused by voting for and electiug a a GoddOM of Liberty, after which she was . nkeii about In a gaily decorated chariot, lead by the marshal and presi dent, aud followed by a retinue of sub jects. The afternoon was spent in races of all kinds lor which prizes were given. Tbe evening opened with fire works and a big bon-tlre, and was fol lowed by a dance, which proved to enjoyable that the hi -i signs of ap proaching day were met with turprtM, About 112 o'clock the dancers were served to a most delicious supper, furnished by Mrs Frizzell. One or the 'Jkowd. Our correspondent neglected to tell who was elected Goddess of Liberty Eo. Guard. Eugene lilviulty School. Thursday of last week the Bxecu " board of the Eugene Divinity scb4 held a session. It was learned attbii meeting that the present outlook ol the school in all of its departu.ents is very encouraging. I ndlcatlous are that lb enrollments for the coming school yeat will be the largest lu the history of tbe institution. The Instructors for the yearare: EC Sanderson, Dean; Mor tou L Hose, lecturer in Pastoral The ology aud Practical Methods of church work;D C Kellems, principal of ttw School of Oratory and assistant iu Homiletics; J J Handsaker, instructor in Missionary History aud Biography; Harry Benton, assistant in the Oof respondeuce Bible course. The hm term begin Tuesday, Sept 19. Home For Aged Folk. Al the St Louis convention of Elk, which was attended by nearly llV00 ' r. I I , , f i I. I..,. Mn IKKI u-ere sUb- i .' ..urn ui nit; vi 1 1.1 e 1 , - ii , . " " - - scribed toward the establishment of ; home for aged and indigent Elks. A : wealthy Bedford county, Indiana, mn who does not wish his name made pub lic, donated 100 acres of laud tot i" ; home. MakwauF-S During tbe pa-; : mouths County Clerk Lee has lasu" I . ... .... rv b. marriage licenses as follows: J an uj 7, February 11, March 11, April 7, 16, June 11. BoRN-July 4, lfeHO to Mr and M Ira Gray, of Thurston, a daughter. 1 Even thc whist players have their I s n I r-r ear tre llttratrj liU iu ur-li.in with gsnl illfMtiot), liralll.t li.ar ...! V..I-. in..' u. u. turn .tn,,f .-taiouj ill be one of the eratoh -t c:,i,. .... of trde" I the July watcbwt rd her 2 U..U.