V ehe genwtïiîiir Simes ? hr ilrmoiTiiiic dints RATEN OF ADVERTIS! \ Published every Friday Morning by CHARLES NICKELL Editor and Proprietor. OFFICE—On Oregon street, in Orth’s Brick Building. Rain of Subscription : •lie copy, per annum,. “ six months, .. “ thni* months JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 VOL. VII Jta.oo 2.00 I ! .00 PROFESSIONAL ('ARDS. Ladies' and Gentlemen's JAMES SPENCE. M. D., FURNISHING and II O M E O P A T li I C P H Y SIC! A N , FANCY GOODS, Hogue’s Rauch, near Kerbj’ville. BOYS' and GIRLS' A. C. JONES. R E A 1) Y-M A I) E CLOTHING, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, / JACKSONVILLE, OGN., BOOTS and SHOES, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Office in Orth’s building—up-stairs. g n< pee i es , b edstea ds G. H. AIKEN. M. D.. 1’ H Y S 1 (’ I A N A N 1) S U R G E O N , & cha ins, CLOTHING, JACKSONVILLE, 08EGÜT LIOUOHS, TOBACCO and CIGABS, Office—Ou California street, opposite I nion Livery Stgble. J. S. JACKSON. M. D., PHYSICIAN A N D S U R G E O N , Jacksonville. Oregon. At E. Jacob's New Store, office on corner of ( alifornia and Fourth streets. Orth’s Brick Building, Jacksonville. L. DANFORTH, M. D.. 1’ H Y > 1 C 1 A N A N D S U R G E O N, LT. OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES SOLD nt the very lowest rates. Tf you don t A believe me, call and ascertain prices for Jacksonville. Oregon. yourselves. No humbug ! All kinds of produce and hides taken in Office on California street, opposite P. J. Rvan's stole. Residence on Third street, exchange for goods. 42tf. opposite ami east ot the AL E. t liuieli and adjoining the Court House block on the north. i H. K. HANN.1, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Jacksonville, Oregon, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Prompt attention given to all business lett in iny care. (•ilice in Grib’s Brick Building—upstairs. C. W. HAULER. K. »• WATSON. KAHLER & WATSON, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-LAW, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, Will practice in the Supreme, District and other Court* oi'lliisNlale. Office <»n Third st., north of Express Office. JACKSONVILLE. OREGON. DAVID LINN Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of furniture, consisting of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS. TABLES. GUILD MOULDINGS, STANDS, SOFAS, LOUNGES, CHAIRS OF ALL KINDS. PARLOR A BEDROOM SUITS, H. KELLY, ATTORNEY A Cor. Cal. A Oregon Sts., ETC., ETC. COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Prompt attention given lo all business en­ trust« 11 to my care. jie* onice opposite Court House. JAMES S. HOWARD, Also Doors, Sash ami Blinds always on hand ami made to order. Planing done on reasonable terms. I ndertaking a spe­ cialty. THIRTEENTH YEAR. ST. MARY’S ACADEMY. U.S. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR CONDUCTED BY FOR JACKSON, Josephine and Curry counties, Oregon. Official surveys made and patents obtained at reasonable rates. Full copies oi Mining luius and Decisions al my office in Jack­ sonville, < »regon. WM. M. STEWAKT. P. VANCLIEF. WM. |t. HERKIX. STEWART, VAN CLIEF & HERRIN, ATT« »RNEYS-AT-LAW, Rooms B, ¿4,2li 4 2' Mrl’reery’s New Building, No. 310 Pine St., San Francisco THE ASHLAND IRON WORKS, ASHLAND, OREGON, THE SISTERS of the HOLY NAMES. he scholastic year of this school will commence about the end of T August, and is divided in four sessions, of eleven weeks each. Board and tuition, per term............. .$40.00 Bed and Bedding................................. . 4.00 Drawing and painting........................ . 8.00 Piano....................................................... .. 15.00 Entrance fee, only once,................... ,. 5.00 SELECT DAY SCHOOL. « g . oo Primary, per term,.............................. 8.00 Junior, “ .............................. 10.00 Senior, > “ .............................. Pupils are received at anytime, and spe­ cial attention is paid to particular studies in behalf of children who have but limited time. For further particulars apply at the Academy. Citv l>vn <»• W. J. ZIMMERMAN & CO., Prop'rs. C A LI FORNIA STREET, anufacture and build all kinds of mill and mining machinery, Kahler M eastings, thimble skeins, and irons, brass Bro.. Proprietors. castings and Babbitt metal. Bells cast. Farming machinery, engines, house fronts, stoves, sewing machines, blaeksmith-work, \VE KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND and all work wherein iron, steel or brass is !» the largest and most complete assort­ used, repaired. Parties desiring anything ment of in our line will do well to give us a call be­ fore going elsewhere. All work done with DRUGS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS neatness and dispatch at reasonable rates. £-e pleased to have persons possessing curiosities ami specimens bring them in, and we will place them in the Cab­ inet for inspection. WINTJEN & HELMS. 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According to an official table pre­ As the cure of scab in sheep, we A correspondent of the Yolo (Cal ) pared by the Interior Department, dur­ Democrat gives that paper the follow­ would say that, in order to combat the ing the nine years from 18G2 to 1871, ing description of this desert, in East­ disease with a certainty of success, we 170,000,000 acres were donated by ern Oregon, in the vicinity of which have generally recommended, as pre­ Congress in aid of railway enterprises. several of our citizens have bands of liminary treatment, to give the sheep a It is computed that the land grants of cattle at present: coat of soap; which, according to the Congress would constitute an empire This land once traveled you rever degree of the disease, is to remain sev­ larger in area than Maine, New Hamp­ want to go over it again. Thirty-two eral hours, or till the next day. By shire, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, miles is the longest distance without this process the crust», scabs, etc., all Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode -isl­ any water in the Summer, but in become softened and loose, and hy and, N ew York, New Jersey, Pennsyl­ Winter there is plenty of water every­ washing off the soap with soft water, vania, Ohio and Indiana combined. where. The land, although termed a or better warm water and a brush, the Where did these grants go? The two desert, contains many cui iosities that skin will be left clean and ready for Pacific roads of the north got no le>s are worth mentioning, besides its great the application of the remedy which is than 82,000,00b acres. In addition to value for minerals and grazing pur­ next to be applied, and will then he doub­ this, we find a compilation in the Bal­ poses. The desert is one hundred and ly sure to destroy the parasites, or min­ timore which shows that during fifty miles square or more. One per­ ute acari, that burrow under the skin the war, by the Acts of July 1, 1862, son was eleven days finding his way and propagate the disease. There are and July 2, 18G I, Congress voted awaj’ to where anyone lived. Blit a few many remedies recommended for the about $65,000,000 of money, payable in miles from Christmas Lake is found treatment of scab in sheep; among thirty years, and beating six per the skeletons, or portions of them, of a these some are very dangerous, such cent, interest, in additiou to the man and a horse—both of gigantic size. as preparations of arsenic, or mercurial lands, to the following corporations, The fore tooth of the bor.se measures preparations. It has been ascertained viz: To the Central Pacific, $25,885,- about two inches wide by four inches that, at the head of all,in efficacy,stands 00(1; to the Kansas Pacific, $G,3(13,000; long, the hoof about twelve inches long. creosote. It may be used in the to the Union Pacific, $27,235,000; to Pho skull of the man is as large as a following combinations; creosote, one the Central Branch Union Pacific, half bushel basket. Most all the re­ part; lard oil, twenty-five parts; mixed. $1,700,000; to the Western Pacific, mains of the giant and quadruped art­ Or creosote, one part; spirits of wine, $1,070,000; to the Sioux City and Pa­ in possession of Mr. Boulton, of Christ­ ten parts; water, fifteen parts; mixed. cific, $1,628,000. The public debt mas Lake. As a rule, when greasy preparations statement made by the Secretary of have been used, the sheep are let go NOTABLE SPRINGS. the Treasury up to .July 31,1876, shows There is a large spring in the sand­ from two to four days, before they are that the interest on these bonds paid hill desert that would do anyone good washed. The washing is done with lyo by the United Slates amounted in to see. It is about the coldest water I and warm water, or with warm water round numbers to $32,080,000; the in­ ever drank, and the purest. The and soap. It must be remembered terest to be deduett 0, leav­ and that not over 150 yards from it- do not destroy the nits. As these hatch ing the net balance paid by the United rise. There are other springs dose to within eight days, it will be necessary States $25,171,000. Accumulated in­ the agency of the Klamath Reserva­ lo repeat the scab remedy on the eighth terest and actual advances out of the tion that form a small river, coming or tenth day. Upon the thoroughness Treasury to these six corporations up out of the earth in a space not over of the treatment, and the attention to make a grand total of more than $90,- 100 feet square. The conjecture as to the following precautions, depend the 000,000. the source of these large springs is, success of the remedy. Pastures and The foregoing is a frightful showing that they come from Crater Lake, enclosed grounds, sheds and pens, of waste and squandering of the peo­ which is seen 3,000 feet perpendicular should be entirely abandoned and shut ple’s patrimony in the public lands. below Mount Davidson. The nearest off during two months. Doors, posts, The party in power for sixteen years access to the waler is 1,500 feet, Il fences and trees, as well as sheds and has committed a dreadful ravage in has but one road descending to it, and feeding troughs and rocks, should be giving away public lands to private that is traversed with great difficulty. thoroughly washed with a solution of corporations. These land, under Dem- The lake is twelve miles long by eight carbolic acid—one part in twenty parts ocr tie domination, were kept for the miles wide, and has no visible inlet or of water—and one week thereafter purpose of affording cheap homes for - outlet; it neither raises or falls, and is they should all have a coating of white­ the poor and unfortunate, but the Rad­ the great wonder of the Pacific Coast. wash. So much of the fencing and ical Administrations have seen fit to The lava on the desert below this posts, etc., as can readily be replaced disregard that sacred trust in then) lake is quite a curiosity in itself. A by new ones, had better be removed and have given away, without fee or large stone (or something that looks like and burned. All loose wool, straw, reward, almost a continent. stone) which should weigh 100 pounds, manure, etc., should be gathered in a The tendency of the legislation Of does not weigh as much as its size in heap and burned. Failure in the treat­ the Radical party has been and is to light redwood. As far as has been ment for permanent riddance of scab aggregate the material wealth of the tested, this lava is about fifteen feet in a flock of sheep is simply and only country into the hands of the capital­ deep; then the former surface of the due to carelessness in some particu­ ists and private corporations, thereby earth is seen. The country is now lars. tightening the cords of poverty still covered with a dense growth of tama­ D efaced and C hipped C oins .— more closely upon the poor and labor­ rack and juniper trees. A correspondent calls attention to the ing people, and of necessity driving T he S tolen K iss . — There is a class number of defaced, clipped and bored them to bow down to the Moloch of wealth, and become the peon slaves oi of men in this community who never silver coins in circulation, and asks capitalists and corporations to secure let anybody else have any fun; instead whether there is no remedy. The homes far themselves and their fami­ of making everybody happy around San Francisco Call, to which similar in­ them, they make everybody miserable. quiries have been addressed, says that lies. One of these characters was on board the only remedy it can suggest is for T houghts . —A beautiful lady’s of the train a short time ago, cotuing tradesmen to decline to receive de­ faced coin as hanks already do. Peo­ smiles are magnets to draw metal from up from the pioneer picnic, with his young and pretty wife. They were on ple would soon refuse to receive them the purse. if there was any difficulty about pass­ Very few persons have sense enough ouo of the large benches of the plat­ form car. Alongside of the wife sat a ing them at their face value. The to despise the praise of a fool. law is sufficiently explicit in defining When the loved one is absent, every young man of festive tendencies, a pe­ M exican V eterans . —The Associ culiarity in mah, young and old, not the offence and pronouncing the penal­ beautiful thing seems her shadow. ated Mexican Veterans of Washington ty; but the difficulty is to discover the A child’s heart responds to the tones unfrequent upon the Comstock. Well, have re-elected Gen. J. N. Denver, offender. Men do not stand on the of its mother’s voice like a harp to the the train reached a tunnel, and in a president, and A. M. Kennedy, secreta­ moment everybody was in the dark. corners of public streets and bore holes ry. Kennedy states, in response to nu­ wind. in gold or silver coin. The revised or Every base occupation makes one When daylight was reached again, the merous inquiries, that the long delay amended laws relative to the mints sharp in its practice and dull in every husband saw a fragment of his wife’s in obtaining favorable action on the lace veil upon the young man’s hat. and coinage of the United States, pro­ proposition before Congress for pension­ other. vide that “If any person shall fraudu­ Never court the favor of the rich by Instead of reasoning, as a philosopher ing survivors is mainly attributed to would have done, that it might be all lently, by any art, ways or means the grossly erroneous estimates submit flattering either their vanities or their a mistake, the suspicious husband got whatever, deface, mutilate, impair, di­ ted to Congress several years ago by vices. minish, falsify, scale or lighten the If the waves threaten to engulf you, up and wanted to punch the other the pension commission in answer to gold or silver coins which have been, don’t add by your Lears to the amount man’s head ami make a scene generally. the call for information as to the pro I* or which shall hereafter be, coined at The trouble finally cooled, and every­ of water. able number of such survivors and cost the mints of the United States, or any Individuality is everywhere to be body began to laugh at the old fellow. to the public treasury if the prayer was foreign gold or silver coins which are spared and. respected as the root of ev­ When presently another tunnel was granted. Congress was thus informed reached, a mischievous young lady, by law made current, or are in actual that there were about 50,000 survivors erything good. use and circulation as money within Promises made in time of affliction who sal next to the husband, quietly oi the Mexican war, and tnat their the United States, every person so of­ detached a piece of her veil and put it require a better memory than people pensions would aggregate over $5,000,- on his hat. As soon as the car got in­ fending shall be deemed guilty of a 000 per annum.