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OHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
JACKSONVII LE, OREGON.
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Jackson, Josephine and Curry. State ol Oregon
'Will make official surveys of mining claims.
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KEAMES BROS.,
AHEAD AS USUAL ! .
THE OLD TEMPLE OF FASHION
KEVIVED AGAIN AT THE FOUJTEE
STORE OFSACHS BROS.
CALIFORNIA STREET,
Jacksonville, - - - Oregon,
BY RECEIVING HIE
Largest and Best Selection
FALL & WINTER DIlMODS,
FANCY GOODS,
LADIES' DRESS GOODS
CLOTHING, IIATSJ BOOTS ETC.
WD CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE
Indies lo the fact that we have new on
hand thi Irir"-t mill best t-clected asortmf"iit
or LADIES' DUESS GOODS and TANCY
GOODS of eter de-criptiiin in Southern Ore
gon, and ne will henceforth make this line of
foods our Fptciulty and sell tbem at
Prices to suit the Timss.
To the srcntl-im-n u"will fay. if you waiit
Nc. 1 SUIT OK CLOTHES yon mnt po to
ReMiiie" lima lo luv ' cljim lo have
thfHM STOCK OK CI.OTIIIN'; i Jncks-n
j. u ity and will hIIhw nnne to imd.P',eU us.
Tliii- R x wire u fZ"a is--d liy n memt) r
ormirfirm from F1IKT CLASS Ui?i in San
Frauci-cn mid Hvw York nud wi will xnrrant
evtry article and tell lliei nschinp for ca-h
a a-,y .lOOfe in the county
ui e nho lepp on hand a full toci of
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, CROCKERY
GLASSWARE,
FULL LIFE OF ASHLAND G00D3
KtCfKtc.
fiive in a call and jnlgu fir your'seives as to
caj) icily or fiirnl'hilie gmidaabiC
The proof of lliu pudtliti); h entinit it."
UKAMK.S U0S
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g&gOO.
TT COSTS LESS THAN S30Q TO MAKE
1 any 000 Tinno rold tliroji-h aRente, all
of wh.nn mike 100 percentpr fit. SVelmvc
no agents, hut ship direct to families at factory
price. We make ouly one style aud have but
one price.
Two Ilmiilrcd f Ninety Dollnrs!
Net cash, with no discount to dealer or com
missions to tcaclitre. Our InmVr i tlioroiifrhli
seasoned our cae aro DOUBLY veneered
with Rosewood have front round corners, ser
pentine, bottom .and carved legs. We nee the
full iron plate with overstrung bas French
Grand Action with top dampers, and our keys
are of the best ivory, with ivory fronts. Our
piano lias seven octaves is sis feet nine Inches
Jonc three feet four inches tvide, and weighs,
boxed. 955 pounds. Every piano Is tally war
ranted for five years.
Sena for Illnstratpil circular in which we re
fer to over 1,0.00 Bankers, Merchants, 4c
isome oi wnom you may i-pow) using our pia
nos in 47 States and Terri ories Please state
where you saw this notioe.
U. S. PIANO CO.,
n20vol21y2 810 Broadway. N. Y.
DANIEL F. BEATTY'S
.PIANOS AND ORGANS.
WASHNGTON, NEW JERSEY.
)"? A TTIV PIANO, Grand. Sqnare
DJLVii..L 1 I mid Upright, and I3K
ATTYS CELEBRATED GOLDKX
TONGUE PARLOR ORGANS are the
sweetest toned and moft perfect instruments
ever before manufactured in this or any other
country. The world is challenged to eqaal
them. Best discounts and terms ever bgfora
given. Rock Bottom pan'? prices now ready
to jobbers, agents and the trade in general.
An offer: "These celebrated instruments (eitht
er Piano or Orson) boxed and shipped to any
where, on five or fifteen days' test trial. Hon
ey refunded and freight paid both ways if in
any way unsatisfactory- Folly warranted for
si years as strictly first-class.' EXTRAOR
DINARY LIBERAL discounts eiven to
Chnrcbeo, Schools, Lodges, Halls, Ministers,
Teachers, etc.- in order to have them introduc
ed 'at once wbsrel baveno agent?. Thous
ands now in ue. New.IHnstrAted ADYER
TISFiR; Catalogue Edition), witfi list of
testimonials, now readv, sent Tree. Estab
lished in 1859.
Address DANIEL F. BEATTY '
' VVashiDgtou", NewJersej. """
Ilomestcnds.
Tha following article from theDu
lutb Tribune, whose editor is a United
Slutcs land officer, will lie of iuturest
to many persons in this State:
Il irt of course well known to all
who havo been tamiliar -with the in
structions and rulings of- the general
land office, that multitudes of persons
who have ever taken homesteads havS
not strictly complied with the law in
regard to-establishing "a residence"
thereon. Heretofore, homosioadew,
have, of course, solemnly sworn that
they have resided on their homesteads
as provided by law, but, as a matter
of fact, uuch residences have been
technical, rather than bona fide. It
seems, however, the genera' land of
fice commissioner baa decided to put
a stop to this loose way of doing busi
ness, as new blanks have been issued
to the various offices, prescribing a
new sort of emphatic and speciQu
questious both for the homesteader
himself and for his witnesses For the
iuiormilion of the public, and especial,
ly for the information oi homesteaders
who have not yet "proved up," we
publish below the questions which, nnr
der the new regulations, the home
steaders must annwer, and tho ques
tioos Inr his witnecsps aro equally
searching ami pointed:
QUESTIONS FOE THE IinMUSTEADKB.
Qups. 1. What is your u tmtv He
catelnl to give it in fqll, 'CO'ieotly
spelled, in ordor that it may be here
written exactly as you wish it written
in the patent which j ou desire to ob
tain. Q u'S. 2.4 Vhai is your agt?
Qitt-s. 3. Are yU thu l'' id of a
family, or a single person; and, it the
head a ttinily, ot vy'iorq-docs your
family cnnsis?
Ques. 4. xro you a nstivt burn cit-iz-ii
ot the Unite 1 Siuee? It not
have you di'clared 3 our intention to
become n citizen and have y 11 nbtain
ed a certitiusto of 1ulurali7.it ion?
Qnes. 5. Are there any indications
ol coal, or miii'Titls of any kiwi on the
lauds embraced in joiir homestead
entry abovo described? (It so state
what t!u-y nre, and Whether the
springs or miuer.il deposits are valua
bb.)
Qups G Is the land more vnluable
for atjricultural than rninoral purposek?
Que. 7. Wliat is your postoffice
address?
Ques 8. Ilavo 30U ever made a
homcfctead entry except for this land,
No. . . .? (If you have, give, as nearly
as you can, the date thereof and des
criplion ot the land, and state whether
the entry still subsists, or, if it has
been canctlled, state tho cause of its
cancellation.)
Ques. 9. Have you sold the land or
oonvaye,3 to any ona your right and
interest in the same? And it jo, to
whom and for what purposi?
Ques. 10. Does any one except your
self claim the land under the horns..
stead or pre-emption laws?
Ques. 11. When did you first make J
settlement on the said land.
QueF. 12. When did yoa first es
tablish a residence upon the land?
Ques. 13. At the date you hae giv
en as being the date that you first es
tablished your residence upon the land
did yon move thereupon in person?
yues. J4. up to wnat time nave
you resided on the land?
Ques. 15. Was your residence upon
'the land continuous durinj? the period
named? "
Ques. 1G. If you had a family dur
ing said period of residence on the
homestead, did your family reside
thereon?
Ques 1,7. What improvements have
you niadp r do jou possess on tho
Iand. -'(Describe them.)
Ques, 18. When was your house
built? ' '
. Ques. 19. What is the total value ot
said,improvemenls?
Ques. 20. For what purpose have
I you used the land?
Quec. 21. How much of tho land
have broken and cultivated, and what
crops, it any, have yp,u raised.
-, Another'affidavit whichHthe horae
.steader must lake contains the follow-'''
ing clause;
And I do further swear that 1 have
not heretofore perfected or abandoned
an entry made under the homestead
laws o I the United States:
Trje new instructions also contain
iho following note:
Note The officer before whom the
testimony ia taken .should call the at
tention of the witness to the following
section of the revised statutes, and
stale to him that it is the purpose ot
the government, if it be ascertained
that bo testifies falsely, to prosecute
him to the full extent of tho law:
TITLE LXX CEIMES CnAPTEB 4.
Section 5,392. Every , person who,
having taken an oath before a compel
tent tribunal, officer or person, in any
case in which a law of the United
States authorizes an oath to bo admin
istered, that he will, testily, declare,
depose, or certify truly, or. that any
written testimony, declaration, depo
sition, or certificate by. him subscribed
is true, willfully and contrary to such
oath states or subscribes any material
matter which ho does not believe to
be true, is guilty of perjury, and
shall bo punished by a fine of not more
than two thousand dollars, and by im
prisonment at hard 'labor not more
than five years, and shall, moreover,
thereafter bo incapable of giving testi
mony iu any court ot the Uuited
States until such timo as the judgment
against him is reversed. See Sec. 1,750
The efhet ot these new and more
rigid rulings will probabiy be to pre"
vent some homesteaders from securing
their pitenls, who could have done so
under tho old rulings, and tho govern
ment undoubtedly means to put a stop
to the loose way in which some peri
sons have heretofore gone through
thiJ JarceF-of proving np, out it may be
that the government will look with
ome degree of allowance upon those
homesteaders who have lived up to the
homestead law as closely as they have
supposed tha. they were required to
do. lie this aq it rqiy, would recom
mend all persons, who have had home,
steads, for the requisite length of lime,
aud who intend to prove up, to do so
as soon as practicable. Considerable
inquiry is now being mado for home
stcsrfo, and several contests have re
cently been instituted; and parlies
who delay proving up and who per
haps have acted in good faith and
done the very best tbey-coula to com.J
ply with the law, but who in some
respect may have been unable to do so
strictly, will bo liablo to bo put t6
the troublo and expense of a long con,
test, should they delay the matter for
any great length of time. Especially
is it to be to the intercst.ot all persons
who, under the rulings, may be in
doubt as to whether they can hold
their homesteads or not, to be Satisfied
on that ' point as soon as possible.
They should as soon as practicable
come forward and mako their proofs
and state the facts just as they exist
and rtly npon the generosity of ibe
government, in view ot its past deal
ings with homesteaders, to allow tbem
to squeeze through,.
The Sacramento Bee notices a now
process for drying fruit, which wqs ac
cidentally discovered. The superin
tendent of the Placervillo foundry,
having placed some apples in the cold
air dfjift ot the furnace, fouud that
after a few hours1 exposure to the cur
rent they were cured in a very superior
manner. "Further .experiments led to
the belief that this mode of dryiop
wtll be found preferable to the hot-air
process, as it saves the expense of fuel,
and the blast of cold air frees the fruit
from moisture without the possibility
of burning it. The result is said to be
much more satisfactory than even that
produced by'dryiog, while tRe tjrae
required is much less and the work
can be carried on without regard to
weather.
Tlie examinations and surveys orJ
dered by the act of Congress of 'June
18, 1878, at Capo Foulweather, Alaea
river and bay, Coos bay, Coquillo riv
er and Port Orford havo all been com
pleted, and the various parties engaged
on these works have returned to Port
land. Charts and reports aj being
prepared, ' and will be forwarded to
Washington in time, to be laid beforo
Congresi when it convenes.
Dye and Anderson.
The following extracts taken from
the teslimonyjelicited yesterday during
the examination ot tha Tullis murder
ers are taken from the Sacramento
liee:
C. F. Trask, living near Courtland,
on the afternoon of the murder saw a
boat going down the river with two
men in it. The boat was newly built
and rough looking, not painted, and
made of redwood. Noticed a small
bundle, d?no up in paper, on a soat.
Witness described tho appearance and
clothing of the two men in the boat,
and slated that the .man pulling bad
his hat over his eyes and the man in
the stern never looked to one sido or
the other? Witness recognized Auder..
son positively as the man who was
pulling.
D. J. Simmon?, an, auctioneer and
gsnerql broker of Sacramento knew
Dye; was appointed Administrator's
auctioneer, but never had an estate
to sell. Iu tho month of Juno
Troy Dye came to him and wanted
to borrow $100. Witness told him
that he was pressed a little thenjand
could not let bui have it. Dyo came
repeatedly tor the money, but did not
obtain it, and slid frequently during
the conversations, ' We will soon have,
a big estate to settle, and that will
mike it up."
Here, for tho first time, seemingly
during the examination, Dyo betrayed
anxioty, rising from his seat, rushing
over to whero Iliymond sat, and en
gaging in short and earnest conversa
tion. Tho witness went on to say
that on the 4th or 5th ot -'July ho
would not give Djo:$l00, but let hitn
have $50. Tho two went ont to tho
door together, ami Dye took- occasion
to remark that, tuore would soon oe"
t-A
a large estate down tho river to sell.
Witness inquired of him whose it was,
and Dyo answered that it belonged to
a nun named Tullis. In response to
the question as to whether Tullis was
dead or not, Dyo replied in 'heso
words: "No, but he is old and sickly,
and cin'i live long." Witness told a
straiKl-lorward story, which was not
imptired p tho slightest by n cross-
examination by Mr. Ilaymond.
-
A fatal cisa of poisoning by peach
stones, which is noted in the French
papers -a3 having recently occurred in
Paris, should serve as a warning to
families in which children aro allowed
to take care of themselves for hours at
a timo. Probably very few adults
themselves know how poisonous
peach 'stones are. Tho victim of the
recent accident in Paris secreted the
stones of a number of peaches, and ob
taining a hammer, when left alone,
broke them open industriously and ate
them, the result being that ho was fa.
tally poisoned by bpdrocyanic(prussio)
acid. Since the peach season is now
upon us,' it is aa well to explain what
quantity of poison the peach-stone
possesses. W'riters on toxicology state
that one ounce of the kernels contains
about one grain of pure prussio acid,
this quantity, it is well known, is? suf.
ficient to kill any bdult person. Even
two thirds of a grain has very o!ten
proved fatal, and indeed may well bo
regarded as a fatal doqo for any child.
It is a surprise to the whole country
that the subscriptions for the four per
cent United States bonds continue for
so large amounts. Statements have
been made to the effect that the aggre
gate sum taken during August will be
fully $25,000,000. If all our bonds
could be owned in the United States,
and the interest kept at homo instead
of being sent abroad, times would spead-
ily change. The people seem to real,
ize that il is better to invest their earm
ings in safe securities than to use tbem
lor speculative purposes.
A dispatch dated London Sept. 5th
says: Later estimates oi tbo number
ol persons drowned by the collision on
the Thames are higher than those giv,'
en yesterday. It is now staled that
between 600 and 700 werp. lost, the
majority of estimates favoring the lat
tor number. A diver says ha felt
corpses packed four nd five deep in
the cabin of the Princess Alice.
A Scotch paper is icsponsiblo for
tho following anecdote: A Scotch
man' who was sailing with a num
ber of ladies In a boat including
his wife, her 6ister, her mother,
and his mother and the boat hav
ing been overturned near the shore
by a squall, shouted out to the res
cuers to save one old lady in, par-
ticular, who waa afterwards found
to be his mother. On being asked .
whj- he did not point out his wife;
as tho chief object to be rescued,, bo,
calmly roplied: " IFell, yo see, a
man can get as many wives as ho
needs, but he can never get anithj.
ermither."
What a Fly Did.
James IJoward, of "Wal ker, mar
ried an interesting young lady namj
ed Symouds about a year ago, and
thoy have lived cosi ly and happily
together ever since. IJut tho oth:
er morning at broakfast au inquisii
tive and hungry fly dropped down
from-his perch on tho ceiling, and
stretched his legs, begaa skirmish
ing around for his breakfast. lie
crawled slowly arouud Mr. How
ard's colTee-cup onco or twice, snuff-;
ing the delicious aroma and vond
ering how he could manage to get
a drink, when his foot slipped, lo
lost his grip, and in a moment more
was floundering arouud in tho li
quid. His struggles attracted tho..
attention of James, and ho pulled
him out and playfully tossed him
acrossod the table. Tho unfortu"
nate fly alighted in a a wet and
bedraggled couditon on Mrs. II.'s
plate Sho indignantly grabbed
bJnL.aud flung him back into hor
husbanil'aplato. Jamos gazed, "
steadily at hor ft momoutr45mi''"ioei
ing blood in hefcyo deliberately
picked up tho fly, and, with a hand,
trembling with suppressed rago,
threw it hack on her plate. Then,
began a regular game of shuttle-;
cock, between the two, and That
fly flew back and forth until he.,
was completely worn out. Then
tho young' wife, bursted into tears,
seized her bonnet and rushed from,
the house to the residence of .,her
paronts, vowing sho would never
como back, and James went out to,
tho barn, swearing to himself.! In
an hour or so tho father of tho much
abused wife camo over with a team
and rcraovoc all hor baggage, -and.
now they "meet as friends no more."
They havo separated for good, and
thus two lives are rendered misorau.
ble by the single misstep of a fly.
On such small things do our desti-.
nias depend!
As compared with the best English
hay, which is supposed to be tho hest
in the world, alfalfa hay possesses
greater amount of faUtorming princi
pies, and almost as great an amount ot
flesh-forming. Alfalfa is ahead of tho
best red clover as a fat former, though
inferior in other respects. When we
come to consider these figures, and,
comparo the amount of alfalfa hay.
produced on a single aero of ground,
it will be seen that an acre of alfalfa
bay will fatten three or four times as
many animals as English hay or tha
best of rod clover. We suspect that,
experiments will demonstrate the' fact
that California farmers have been cut,:
ting their alfalfa too ripe, and that bet
ter hay would be produced it cut
greener. ' ,
(Jur wheat seems to. be purchased al
most as fast aa offered for shipment
abroad. In Oregon and California it
goes on shipment as last as it arrives at
tido water. With ruch prices as wo
are obtaining lor our surplus wheat,
there must be an immediate change in,
our finance for the bolter. Then our
barley crop, which is large and of exJ
cellent quality, will bo in demand at
good prices; (or it is announced that
the crop has been seriously injured in
the stairs cast o the Rocky mountains.
Altogether, the outlook is quite'good.
A"