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She 'Tknwratic Simes. LO*'AL BHEVlTll». I. ETTEK FROM Li ALICE CICkfelff. Q uartzville , Feb. 1 f|pS75. No empty houses. E ditor D emocratic T imes : FRIDAY,...................FEBRUARY 2(5, 1875. The stages arrive on time. A r a few items from tho Yank ledge and a reliable description of the same may be of City election next Tuesday. ‘ AGENTS FOR THE TIMES. interest to your readers, I take it upon my Louis B. Tucker has gone South. self tn furnish them. Geo. P. Rowell A Co....................... Now York. Commencing at the Yank ledge, running Building the new County Jail is S. M. Pettingill A (’ a ..................... New York. L. P. Fisher................................ San Francisco. south, the lode facing Rogue River is not as | many would believe, from former descrip Thos. Boyce................................ San Francisco progressing. Rowell A Chesman............................ St.Louis Several interesting items are crow ded | tions, rising abruptly up to a height of 500 Dan. L. Green................... Josephine County. feet, supposed to have been cut down by the Cha«. Hughes............................... ..Kerbyvillo out this week. Ben Haymond............................... Rock Point waters of tho river. Tho high mountains Old papers, in quantities to suit, for on «»aeh side of tho river ascend gradually, sale at this office. RELIGIOUS DIRECTORY. recoding from the stream till they attain the Certain sections of the gamo law are height ot some 500 feet, witlFa visible crop M. E. C hurch .—Religious services every ping out of the ledge down to tho high Sunday, at the usual hours, by the Rever in operation again. water mark at the base of the hill on each ends J. R. N. Bell, J. S. McCain and M. A. | Work on the Masonic building was I side of the river. Here this immense ledge Williams, alternately. is washed bare for about 3<>0 feet. Large C athoi . ic C hurch .—Divine Services ev resumed this week. spurs extend above the water at intervals ery Sunday, at the usual hour, by Rev. Fa John A. Boyer has a superior sup- ; and cross the river, running southerly or up ther Blanchett. M. F. S unday Sen non.—Regular meetings ply of garden seeds for sale. the same. Along the summit of the moun every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. N. Langell has removed to his new tain, for a distance of four miles to Galice C athoi . ic S unday S chool . — Regular (’reek, a well developed ledge all the way meetings every Sunday afternoon, at two building on California street. tapped and laid bare by every mountain o’clock. stream crossing it, can be traced for many We are prepared to print horse bills F. 0. REGISTER AND TRAVELER’S GUIDE. miles by its heavy croppings. neatly and at reasonable rates. Tho Yank Company havo struck some Stages leave Jacksonville as follows : I S. J. Day, School Clerk, is taking a very tine ore 15 or 20 feet wide at the eastern For Rock Point. Grant’s Pass and Rose burg, every day at 8 a. in. Mail closes at census of the school children in this wall. 7:30 p. m. There is a beautiful town sito laid out For Pluenix, Ashland. Yreka and Red district. ’ near tho Yank ledge, owned by Mr. Mc ding, California, every day at 10:30 a. in. I We learn that A. P. Owen, formerly Nair, a wide-awake and energetic gentle Mail closes at 10 a. in. For Applegate, Kerbyvillo, Waldo and of this place is clerking in a drugstore man, who has set apart thirt v-two town lots Crescent City, everv Monday and Thursday for sale, at $50 each, the proceeds of which morning at 4 o'clock. Mail closes at 8 p. m. at Coos Bay. he intends appropriating towards building the preceding evening. J. If. Remme, of Yreka, has taken a wagon road running from Quartzville to The mail for Central Point. Table Rock. Eagle Point, Brownsborough and Sam’s the place of E. F. Lewis, as foreman of I Harkness’, on tho stage road, a distance of Valley, leaves every Friday morning ; 15 miles. This road commences at a ferry the Sentinel. closes the preceding evening. I being constructed by a couple of enter The mail for Linkville, Hot Springs, Yai- The Modoc Indian war cost the! now nax and T.ako City, leaves Ashland every prising gentlemen from Eugene, running Monday morning. For Linkville every quartermasters of Subsistence Depart-1 up a gulch called Crevice Gulch, along tho Monday and Thursday mornings. Yank ledge north a distance of two miles Mo ney Order Otlice open from 9 a. in. to nients $ 111,000. to the summit of the Grave Creek hills; 5 p. m. Frank Niday and Mr. Ilarkness, sta- O ffice H ours —From 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.; thence down tho hill to Grave Creek, a dis Sundays, 30 minutes after arrival of stages. ; dents at the Ashland Academy, were i tance of five miles, intersecting a road run Mail matter must l>e in on time or it will in town last week. ning up said stream ; thence up said road a not go. M ax M uller , P. M. Dr. Parker, who was lately so severe distance of seven or eight miles to Hark A lfalfa .—Sachs Bro*, have a ly injured by a kick from a horse, is ness’ Hotel, on tho stage road. You will perceive there is only about seven miles of quantity of first-class alfalfa seed for able to be about again. road to build to intersect the Grave Creek •ale. i Geo. Smith, lately of this place, has road. There is also a neat town site one mile C ounty C ourt .—The March term located at Ashland and set up a watch above Quartzville, on the river, owned by old Yank, at the base of the hill bearing the of the County Court transpires next and jewelry repairing shop. The snow on the Cascades, where ledge. This town is called by some Lum- week. the road crosses them, is two feet deep. j berville and others Yankville. I really do not know which of these names are correct. I nsane .—Thos. Smith, of Butte But little snow at Linkville. However, if the lodge is half so valuable Creek, was examined heforo Judge as represented, the property will be very Those who have promised us wood Watson yesterday, by Dr. Matthias, are requested to bring the same forth valuable in a short time. J. S. Howard sur and pronounced insane. veyed this town off into lots on the 13th. with, as we are in need of it. • - ■ — ♦------ — There is also a ferry boat ready to launch T he W inter in L ake .—Edward Herman Helms has been appointed at Lumberville, owned by Williams A Co., Kilgore, of Lake county, arrived in administrator of the estate of John of Vannoy’s Ferry. There will also be a wagon road running from this ferry up a town this week. lie reports the Blattner. See notice elsewhere. gulch «‘ailed Fowl Air Gulch, intersecting weather warm and pleasant, and that John Blattner, who had his arm am- I the Crevice Canyon road on the summit of no stock has died during the Winter. putated last week, died last Friday , the Grave Crock mountains, at a distance of three miles from Lumberville. M odoc W ar C laims .—A dispatch evening, and was buried the following There is a company making arrangements dated Washington, February 21st, day. to build a mill on Fowl Air Gulch, half a says the House committee on military Two citizens near Phtenix had an mile from Lumberville. affairs have reported in favor of the | affray lately, which resulted in one 1 I would say, for tho benefit of thoso wish ing to purchase lots in Quartzville, that Mr. bill for the payment to the State of breaking the other’s arin with a piece M«‘Nair will sell lots in that place, 25 feet Oregon of $72,631 and to the State of of scantling. front by 80 feet back, for $50 each, and the California $4,621, on account of expend- The average hoodlum seems to be parties purchasing can work out the amount Itures in the Modoc War. on the Crevice Canyon read, at $2.50 a day badly afflicted with the Spring fever, and board themselves, if they will apply be C athoi . ic C hurch .—The Catholic and delights in sunning himself on some fore they are all taken. Ho disposed of seven on the 13th on tho abovo mentioned Church was crowded last Sunday convenient corner or door-step. terms. morning and evening to hear the Rev. Samuel Colver, of this county, and Mr. Harkness lloated 5,000 feet of lumber Father Heinrich, of Roseburg. A Nelson Stephenson, of Lake, are mem from tho mouth of Louse Creek down the good attendance of Germans were bers of the Executive Committee of river to Quartzville a few days ago, to bo used in constructing a hotel. present to hear his morning sermon, ! the State Temperance Alliance. I would say to tho citizens of Jackson which was delivered in the German j county if they do not take immediate action A large amount of fruit is wasted in language. He left a favorable im in building their wagon road they will bo pression on his audience on each occa this county each year. The Alden left behind in this matter. Tho interested drying apparatus would doubtless parties in Lumberville ami Quartzville, as sion. prove a profitable investment here. well as tho citizens of Grave Creek and L eland I tems .—A correspondent, Douglas county, are manifesting a lively in By a late Elko (Nev.) paper, we see • terest in tho Crevice Canyon wagon road, under date of Leland, Feb. 22d, sends i that our former townsman, G. M. and operations at this time are being prose us the following items : Banks, has been appointed U. S. Mar cuted on both ends with vigor. The Winter so far has been a poor shal, and is also Constable. Glad to M. Peterson and O. Ganiard have pur chased half of the Lumberville town site for one for miners. hear it $(»00. Doubtless a good investment. E. E. G. Browning 4 Co. are extract- j G. W. Mace has removed to his farm Walker has also invested in quartz by pur Ing quartz from their mines on Grave I on Bear Creek, where he will engage chase. Creek, and have a fine lot already I Peterson Co. intend cutting a canal tap in the raising of Angora goats more ping Rogue river above Lumberville. taken out extensively than ever. His family Surveyors are likely to havo a great deal Panthers are numerous and trouble- j accompanied him. of work here in the way of reviewing sur veys. J. S. Howard has already reviewed some. Threeofthese animals attacked Scarlet rash and chicken pox have two 20-acro lots and found 45 acres contained a mare and yearling colt belonging to been prevailing among tho children of inside the lines. It is supposed the needle F. A. Davis, and killed the latter. Jacksonville for some time. No cases used was too fine to withstand tho great The mare reached home, but is so have ended seriously as yet, as the metal attraction from tho Yank lodge, as tho badly injured that she will probably extra tivo acres were at tho base of tho hill, diseases are only of a mild type. immediately under that ledge. die. C itizen . The Vieuxtemps Brothers have ■ —--------- <------------------ M ail to G alice C reek .—We may bilked the citizens of San Diego, Cal., I nstallation .—At a regular meet now look with a degree of confidence and made tracks for Fort Yuma, A. T. ing of Eden Lodge No. 197, held at in the establishment of a mail route It will be a pity if the Apaches don’t Phoenix, Feb. Gth, the following from here to Galice Creek. As will be raise the hair of these irrepressible officers were installed by J. M. Iloxie, •een by the proceedings elsewhere, dead beats before they leave there. Lodge Deputy : the citizens of Jacksonville met Tues J. II. Oatman, W. C. T.; Isabel Washington’s birthday passed off day evening and appointed a commit Rose, W. V. T.; L. Colver, Secretary; tee to send a telegram to our Repre quietly last Monday. Were it not for John Stillwell, W. F. S.; Miss H. sentatives in Congress in relation to the flags being hoisted, the occasion Bryant, W. T.; II. II. Taylor, W. 1^.; this matter, and also to draft a petition would have transpired unnoticed. E. E. Gore, AV. C.; Mrs. J. Oatman, to the Postmaster-General for a daily s The ball in the evening went off pleas R. II. S.; Mrs. L. Colver, L. II. S.; Miss Nettie Gore, A. 8.; Miss Ida mail service on the same. The peti antly, but was not as well attended as Gore, I). M.; Mrs. Sarah Barker, I. G.; tion will be circulated at an early day. it might have been, owing to < prevail George Dunlap, O. G.; L. A. Rose, P. The telegram was sent the next morn ing circumstances. The supper given W. C. T. ______ ing, of which the following is a copy : by Madam Holt was pronounced ex H eard F rom .—We last week re cellent. J acksonville , Feb. 23,1875. »'■ ------- ceived a letter from our old friend To Senators J. H. Mitchell and J. K. R eturned .—Sheriff Manning re Alfred Preater, formerly a resident of Kelly and Representative J. W. Nes turned last week from California with this place. He is now keeping hotel mith, Washington, D. C.: It is generally believed that there Cunningham, who decamped with one at Lockford, San Joaquin Co., Cal., and will be 3,000 people at the Yank ledge of the livery horses of Manning & Ish, invites his friends to call and see him, and sold him to H. Casey. Cunning by the first day of May. At a large meeting held here to ham returned $20.75 of the money he when passing that way. Mr. Preater night, it was unanimously resolved to received from Casey for the horse. He has our thanks for a goodly remittance of “the needful.” May his shadow urge you to get a post route and daily mail established immediately on the now languishes In the Jail. never grow less. -■ ....... - south side of Rogue river from here C orrespondence . — We shall al T hanks . — Hon. J. W. Nesmith has via Galice Creek to the Yank ledge in Josephine county. Daily service neces- ways be pleased to receive correspond our thanks for art illustration of the re ence from all parts of Southern Ore cent dead-lock in the House, so skill sary. B. F. DOWELL, i gon. Send along the items or call on fully manipulated by the Democratic J. N. T. MILLER, ■ • Committee. E. B. WATSON, us yourself, and wo will put them in members. Also for copies of the Con H. K. HANNA, shape. gressional Record. C. C. BEEKMAN,' ■ — — — —■ — MI MALI NEWS. Prospecting as lively-»» ever. J. S. Howard arrived from Galice Creek last week, and reports every thing lovely. Alex. Martin, Gen. Ross, John R. Tice and A. M. Berry went to Galice Creek this week. Messrs. McDaniel, Pape, Huffer and Smith have located claims on a ledge on Applegate, which is supposed to be a good one. The Hawk cinnabar deposit on Grif fin Creek is proving better than at first anticipated. Some very fair rock from it was brought to town th is week. Wo were this week shown some quartz from the claims of Kincaid, Fisher & Co., lately discovered on Grave Creek, which seems to be a good article. Win. Bilger, who returned from San Francisco this week, has a sample of rock from the Panamint (Cal.) mines, owned by Senators Jones, Stewart and others. Work is progressing towards ascer taining the worth of the Hodges cin nabar ledge by Caton, Turner & Co. Considerable labor has already been performed on it, and the prospects are very favorable. From parties who have visited Galice (’reek, the Roseburg Plaindealer learns that the nature of the mines has not been exaggerated in the least, but on the contrary the press does not do them justice. Those who doubt the reliability of the late test of the quartz from the Yank ledge by mill process, can call on Wm. Bilger and be convinced of this fact, as he has the assaycr’s re ceipts for tho same. W. Ar. Turner informs us that an other rich cinnabar deposit was found in the neighborhood of the Hodges ledge by Mart. Dickenson. The ledge is largo, fourteen claims of 1,500 feet each having been already taken upon it. Chas. Griffith brought to town on Wednesday some ore from a ledge of large dimensions discovered near Ker by ville. The croppings have assayed $4 in silver per ton, and the quartz from the main ledge is expected to pay handsomely. Frank Al. Smith, of Applegate, brought to town last week some fine looking rock from a lodge he has dis covered in the Siskiyou mountains, a quantity of which he has sent to San Francisco for assay. He informs us that a cinnabar ledge of enormous pro portions has also been found in that section of tho country. Quartz from what is supposed to be a continuation of the famous Steam boat or Fowler ledge, on Applegate, which has been abandoned by other parties, was brought to town tho other day, and a test made of it by A. AV. Sturges. Two pounds of the same, crushed in a mortar, gave $2.87J in gold, or at the rate of over $2,000 a ton. AVe learn that this ledge was formerly worked by two men, one who has died and the other is an inmate of the Insane Asylum, and that some hundred tons of rock has already been taken from it. It is at present located upon by Alex. Alartin, A. AV. Sturges, Sol. Sachs and Herman Helms. AVe learn that operations on it will soon commence. ----------- «-------- --- * From Butte Creek. B rownsborough , Fcl>. IGth. E ditor D emocratic T imes : On Friday last I attended the ex amination of the Brownsborough schol ars (40 odd) by J. B. Farley, Esq., their teacher. The house was well filled with visitors, w’ho seemed to be well pleased and listened with close attention to the exercises of each class. Air. Farley seems to be at home at a school examination. At the close he gave us a treat, in a few remarks on mathematics, which were highly in teresting and received with applause. Air. Henry Brown congratulated the teacher upon the progress made, and the scholars for their general good be havior. Through the kindness and liberality of Mr. James Miller, the scholars were regaled with cake and tea, and so ended a very pleasant day in Browns borough. V isitor . Lake County Item*. A ppointed .—Col. J. N. T. Miller has been appointed administrator of Our regular correspondent, under the estate of AVendelin Nus. Legal date of Feb. 17th, sends us tho follow notice of this appointment will appear ing : next week. Land Office business looking up. Tho road across tho mountain is IMPORTANT.—Endorsed by the Medi cal profession. D r . W m . H ai . i .’ s B alsam just horrible. for the L ungs cures Coughs, Colds and A good quality of hay is selling at Consumption, and all diseasos of the Throat and Chest, D r . T ownsley ’ s T oothache $10.00 per ton. A nodyne euros in one M inute . Some of Scotland’s nobility is doing MARRIED, the Lake country. GEARHART—DAVIS^Jn~Sprague River Alex. Aliller has been quite ill, but Precinct, Jan. 31st, by J. W. Gearhart, J, P., J. P. Gearhart lo Margaret A. Davis, is now convalescent. REAL—PRENTICE—At the residence of J. R. Neil and IL Kelly, of the legal the officiating minister, Feb. 8th, by Rev. W. F. Bonebraiie, John II. Real to Miss fraternity, sojourned a few days in Della Prentice. Linkville recently, transacting business ____ DIED. connected with the Nus estate. —In this city, Feb. 20, 1875, St. Valentine’s day was duly ob DONEGAN Margaret M., Wife of P. Donegan, aged served in Linkville. The general re 30 years. [Again we are called to chronicle the de» mark there, on that day, was, “I can parture from the walks of life of one of the lick the individual who sent this.” most estimable ladies of Jacksonville. Mrs, The Clerkship of Lake county so far Donegan leaves a sorrowing husband and is a pecuniary success. No marriage a large family ot small children to mourn her untimely death. Her funeral occurred license issued as yet, but judging from on Monday and was attendod by a largo energetic demonstrations on the part concourse of friends, who extend their sin sympathy to tho heart-stricKen of the sterner sex, there soon will be a cerest family.] call for that kind of article. Owing to the progressive influence ANNOUNCEMENTS. of the Temperance Society, and the For Marshal, never failing good that attends the I hereby announce myself a candidate for presence of ladies, Linkville, hitherto the office of City Marshal, subject to the de of the citizens of Jacksonville at the of questionable moral purity, is rapidly cision polls at the ensuing Town Election. improving. AVe want more of e’m ; SAM’L R. TAYLOR, that is, the ladies. T esting G old O res .—A3 there is much prospecting going on in this section at present, the following from the Helena (Alontana) Independent, may be of importance : Persons prospecting for gold quartz fre quently come upon lodes that contain sulphurets and are unable to tell whether the ore is valuable until they have gone to tho ex|M'ns<‘ of having assays made of it. The following simple yet effective process may save the miner many a dollar and much time in getting to a place where he can have his orc assayed. It will not hold good in all kinds of rock, but will bring out more or less of the precious metals, if there be any in it: Put a piece of rock into the lire, say about the size of your fist, and heat it to a cherry-red throughout, but do not get it to a white heat, as it will fuse ami run; take it out of the lire and give it a gentle shower bath, so as to cool it off slowly, as too sudden a cooling will slack up the rock. When cool, examine tho rock, and if it is rich it will generally show the gold. But for a surer test, pulverize it and “horn it out” in the usual way. This, perhaps, is not so sure a way as a test with acids, but acids are not always at hand in tho woods with the prospector. After burning, as above, if it docs not show gold, it will not b«‘ apt to do so with acids, as it scarcely, if ever, fails to bring the color ; that is, where the sulpliuret is composed mostly of iron and sulphur, or arsenic, this test is good and will not fail. But where the sulphuret is copper (and iron) tho test is not so good, becauso the copper fuses and carries every thing that comes in contact with it, so if there is any gold with it, it will be covered or fused with copper. For Street Commissioner. The undersigned hereby announces him* sell as a candidate for Street Commissioner, subject to the decision ot the citizens of Jacksonville at the Town Election on March 2, 1875. SILAS J. DAY. ______ NEW, THIS WEEK, Administrator’s Notice. otice is hereby given that the undersigned has l>een ajqtoinfed by the County Court of Jackson county, < tregon, Administrate/of the Estate of John Blattner, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to settle the same immediately, and all persons having claims against said «‘state are requested to present them with the proper vouchers tome at my place of business in Jacksonville within six months from the date hereof. HERMAN v. HELM8, Administrator of said Estate. Jacksonville, Feb. 23, 1875. 9x12. N Notice of Final Settlement In the County Court for Jackson County, Oregon. In the matter of the Estate of Robt. Alexander, deceased. rHHE UNDERSIGNED ADMINISTRA- 1. tor of said estate having filed his final account thereof and asked for an ortier for the final settlement, therefore notice is here by given that said final account will bo heard and determined is said Court on Tuesday, the (5th day of April, 1875, and any person having objection to said final ac count and settlement must then and thero make the same. Published by order of Hon. E. B. Watson, County Judge, made Feb. 24, 1875. THOMAS W. DIPPEL, 9x12. Administrator. I«adies' and Gentlemen's ----------- ■ ■ Citizens' Meeting*. J acksonville , Feb. 23d. The citizens of Jacksonville met in the evening at the Town Hall for the purpose of asking our Senators and Representative to havo immediately established a postal route from Jack sonville to the Yank ledge via Galice Creek. On motion, B. F. Dowell was called to the chair, and Alax Muller ap pointed Secretary. The Chairman stated tho object of the meeting. On motion, a dispatch was ordered to be sent to our Senators and Repre sentative to have the postal route established, and a petition to be cir culated for signatures, asking Post master General Jewell to put daily service on said route. On motion a committee consisting of Judge E. B. AVatson, II. K. Hanna, B. F. Dowell, C. C. Beekman and J. N. T. Aliller, were appointed to send the telegram and draw up the petition. The citizens contributed toward de fraying exponses of telegram. On motion, the proceedings were ordered to be published in the county papers. B. F. D owell , Chairman. M ax M uller , Secretary. T he P ublic L ibrary ’ s L ast D rawing .— In response to letters ami inquiries, wo «lo not hesitate to say, in the most positive terms, that the Fifth Concert of the Public Library of Kentucky will take placo Feb ruary 27th, beyond the possibility of a doubt. The death of Gov. Brarnletto does not interfere with the business of the office, as tho Board of Trustees have appointed Hon. C. M. Briggs, (Gov. Bramlette's law partner and the active manager heretofore), to conduct the office. All the money re ceived is safo in bank, and will bo paid to holders of prizes immediately after the Drawing, and with the samo certainty and promptness as heretofore. The Drawing will take place as announced, and those who secure prizes will get their money beyond the contingency of a doubt. FURNISHING and KA-ISTCY GOODS, DOTS’ and GIRLS’ READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, FINE TOYS I OR HOLIDAYS, CLOTHHG, LIQUORS, TOBACCO and CIGARS, CROCKERY, ETC., . At £• Jacob's Bfew Store, Orth’s Brick Building, Jacksonville. ll of the above articles sold at the very lowest rates. If you doiTt A believe me, call and ascertain prices for yourselves. No humbug ! All kinds of produco and hides taken in exchange for goods. 42tf. LIME FOR SALT; —AND— BRICK LAYING & PLASTERING DONE. HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD HERE- by inform the publie that he has ONE THOUSAND BUSHEIJS of superior Jackson (’reek Lime for sale cheap. Persons wish ing Brick-laving or Plastering done in the best style and at reasonable rates will do well to call on me. For further information inquire at the Franco-American Hotel. G. W. HOLT. Jacksonville, Feb. II, 1875. T C rackers .—Those desiring crack FRUIT TREES. ers, etc., will do well to favor Jos. Lang, of Yreka, with their orders, who man Agency of the Willamette Nursery. ufactures superior articles at the fol lowing low prices per pound : Soda HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN appointed agent of G. W. Wailing A crackers, 9 cents; sugar crackers, 10 Son’s well-known Willamette Nursery of --------------- —< . , . Oswego, Clackamas county, informs the cents ; ginger snaps, 15 cents ; Jenny F or A shland .—Dr. AV. Jackson public that he is prepared to fill all order* tor Lind cakes, 1G cents. Large amounts fruit, trees at short notice and at rea will pay Ashland a professional visit choice sonable rates. CHERRY TREES aNpecial- at a fair reduction from these rates. Monday. All dentistry neatly exe ty, of which I have a large and choice as sortment on hand. Give me a call. T iie weather is beautiful. cuted at reasonable rates fur cash only. 49m3. R. S. DUNLAP. ■ - ■ — 4»---------------------- T