""r'ssf ,"wws.jrtU j"" jf THE OREGON SENTINEL Wednesday, : : April 80, 1879 AGENTS FOE THE SENTINEL. R. M. Pettengill & Co New York Geo. P. Rowell &Co New York Rowell & Cheesman Si. Louie L. P. Fisher San Franc'sco D.H. Stearns Portland Itellglou Ulreclury. M. E. Ciil'rcii. Religion services My Sunday at the nsnal hours, by the Rev erend M. . V illiams, U. A. Unwell and A.. Hardison. Catholic Service. Services will be eld at Ihe Catholic Church in this plnci-f-very Sunday at Ihe nnual hoars in ihe morncne and evening, Rev. Father Btao chet officiating. M. E. Sondiv School. R enlnr mt ins every Sunday afternoon at 2 nJolock Catholic Sunday School. Reenter meeting every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock May Day Bali A social party will be given at Veit Scbutz' hall to morrow evening by the Jacksonville Brass and String Band to which every body is invited. Tickets, SI. Harbor of Refuge. Read what Capt Chase, one of the engineers who have the selection of the proposed har bor of refuge, has to say on to-day's outside in an article taken from the Crescent City "Courier." Teacher's Institute. From a let ter received by Professor Merritt we learn that Mr. Powell, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, will hold a Teacher's Institute in Jackson ville some time during May. Beef for Klamath. Major T. C. Sullivan by posters advertises for sealed proposals for furnishing the fresh beef required at Fort Klamath for one year from July 1, 1879. Bids will be re ceived till 12 o'clock on May 1st Contract Let. We hear that Messrs Haymond and Magruder of Bock Point have let the contract for the construction of a fine truss bridge across Rogue river to Mr. McDougall. Work will be commenced at once. Our Loss. Among those of our merchants who lost goods by the Great Republic disaster we have heard of the following: Reames Bros., $150; A. Fisher & Co., 350; Geo. Schumpf, a force pump; G. Karcwski, five spring wagons. No insurance. For Josephine County. Judge annn District Attorney NeilA. Jones, E. II. Autcnrieth and Wm. M. Turner started for Kerbyvilie on Sun day last to attend at the May term of Circuit Court The docket is a very light one and they may be expected to Teturn about Friday. Fine Furniture. When in Ash land a hhort time since we noticed at the Factory of Daley, Tozer and Emery some furniture that will compare favor ably with any imported. This firm is now doing a large business and ere long we will give a more extended no tice of their machinery. Business Like. Mr. Jos. Crain started for Reading some time since for a load of freight He took with him five hundred dozen eggs, packed in grain, and will find a good market for both the eggs and grain. Mr. Crain sold two thousand dollars worth of produce in this way last j'ear. Will be Absent. As will be seen by notice elsewhere Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Robinson started for the Willamette valley yesterday. The Dr. informs us that this change is made in the hopes that it will improve his wife's health, and as soon as that is fully re stored they will return. We hope to fee them back soon. -- Remarkable Fecundity. On Mon day morning Mr. J. R, Cameron found six of his ewes the mothers' of fifteen LOCAL ITEXS. Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. . Another wedding in high life is im minent Carlos Merritt,, of the Ashland "Tid ings" gave us a call this week. See what Geo. Stephenson has to say in another column. He means bus iness. Max Brentano has commenced bus iness on his own account at Smith River, Cal. E. B. Caton and J. Williams have leased the Waldo hotel, taking charge on Monday last Geo. W. Elliot has received most of his new goods and asks the public to call and price them. Miss "Carrie," eldest daughter of C' C. Beekm n has been selected as May Queen for to-morrow. Elder Peterson will preach at the Mound District School house at 11 a. m. next Sunday, May 4th. - - Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, sister of Genl. John E. Ross, died at Burlington, Iowa, on the 13th inst J. W. White's residence on Apple gate was burned to the ground last week during his absence. G. W. Lance ond M. Ohara, of Foots creek, were in town lasi Monday attending to land matters. Don't fail to attend Alex Martin's auction sale on Saturday, May 30th. Bargains can be had at that time. The scholars attending the district school will be allowed a vacation to morrow to attend the May Day pic nic. Street Commissioner Young is im proving our streets and sidewalks un der the direction of our Board of Trus tees. Dr. Fred Luy is the latest candidate for medical honors. He confines his advertising principally to posters at present Adam Schmidt has just finished seventy-five new beer keys for the brew ery at Jerome prarie in Josephine county. Foots creek, in this county, has a post office and Postmaster but no mail route. Tlie duties of the office are not very arduous. Rev. J. H. Skidmore his taken the contract for doing the mechanical work on Abraham's new brick at Roscbu: for-?8,000r - B. F. Dowell has gone to Josephine to attend to some law business at the term of Circuit Court now being held at Kerbyvilie. Thos. J. Kinney has purchased the property in which he has lived for some time past of Thos. Chavner for the sum of 525. R. A. Cook, of Foots crpek, started for Reading last Monday to meet his son, who has been on a visit to the Eastern States. K. Kubli and John A. Boyer will attend the session of the Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F., which is to be held at Al bany on May 20th. Rev. Father Blanchet will leave for Goose Lake valley on Monday, May 5th, to look after the spiritual needs of his flock in that section. If any improvement is noticeable in this issue of the Sentinel it can be at tributed to the fact that the editor is absent in Josephine county. On the 17th Grover introduced in theienate a bill appropriating 100,000 for the construction of a custom-house and bonded warehouse in Portland. Remember the May Day picnic at Bybee's grove to-morrow. The May Queen is to be crowned at the Court House before the line of march is taken up. Qtgtnc onmnai contrac- A mass meeting of the citizen? of Crescent City and Smith River has been called for May 1st to consider the matter of a harbor of refuge and rail road to this valley. The stage time was changed on Wed nesday last so that both now arrive in daylight The one from the Soufh is now due at 11 a. si., and the one from the North at 1 A. m. The ship Great Republic sold at auction for 1,280, to Wesley Jackson, of Portland. The cargo in the vessel was sold at the same time for 2,500 to the same purchaser. Mrs. P. P. Prim has received and opened out her new stock of ladies' bats and millinery goods. She has a very large assortment and can suit all. Notice her advertisement elsewhere. We have received a communication from Big Butte in answer to one from the same locality published some time ago, but fail to publish on account of the many personalities contained there in. . .. - -, Dr. Aiken has purchased and will soon build on the vacant lot next to his office. It seems therefore that he in tends remaining with us, and that the reports of his contemplated removal are false. A five year old son of Chas. Thur man had a finger of his right hand chopped off by one of his brothers last Saturday while playing with an axe. Dr. Aiken dressed the finger and he is recovering. All the local papers of Dundee, N. Y., pay marked and handsome trib utes to Benj. B. Beekman, father of our townsman, Hon. C. C. Beekman, who died at the age of seventy-six on the 8 th inst Produce of all kinds will be taken in exchange for millinery goods at the store of Mrs. L W. Berry at cash prices. She has just received her Spring and Summer stock all of the latest styles. Several young men have joined the Jacksonville Brass Band recently and are fast improving under the instruc tion of their leader, Adam Schmidt The band now numbers eleven mem bers. The "Zitherns" at Brooks' are the sweetest misical instrument in the world. They are that with which the Austrian and German lover bewitches Miis mistress. Go and see tUeim E. P. Pickens has fully recovered from the injuries received some time ago by being thrown from a wagon. Read what he has to say in another column as Administrator of the estate of Cyrus H. Pickens, deceased. The Odd Fellows of this place held a private celebration among themselves on Saturday last their sixteenth an niversary and will soon commence making preparations for having a pub lic celebration and ball in August next A meeting of the base ball players of this place was held at the Court House last Saturday and elected officers for the season. Another meeting is to be held at the same place on Saturday next, when the first and second nine will be selected. Hon. G. A. Steel, Special Agent of the Post Office Department, was in town on Saturday on his way South to look after mail matters. If you have any mail troubles and Steel don't adjust them it is because his attention is not directed to them. Our Red Men are anticipating a splendid time among the big-heaned folks in Yreka on St Tammany's day, and some of the vealy ones are already calculating the number of scalps, with long silken tresses, will adorn their belts when they return. The Jacksonville Brass Band have SmiXG NOTES. New diggings has been discovered on Dutch gulch, a tributary of Briggs' creek, in Josephine county, and miners have commenced flocking in and eating claims. The Palmer creek company cleaned up this week and suspended for the season. We learn that the result proves the mine to be a valuable one. Klippel, Hanna & Co. have now commenced piping in earnest with ex cellent prospects. This company will have water during the greater part of the Summer. Water has commenced failing in most all of the mining camps of this and Josephine county and a clean up will soon be made. The season has been a very short one but the returns promise to be good nevertheless. AL McKenzie, Superintendent of the Centennial Mining Co., jt Willow Springs, will return to Oa! gon, this week. He a "Little Giant" whi V re- turn next Fall to continue on a larger scale. operations The news from Briggs and Silver creek continues encouraging. A man from the first mentioned creek arrived at Grants Pass (yesterday who reports three hundred men in that locality. Most of the men have claims, and ground sluicing has been commenced in earnest with good prospects. The Griswold Case. Judge Saw yer yesterday announced his opinion in the case of W. C. Griswold, plaintiff in error, against the United States, re versing the case and remanding it to the district court. The points decided by Judge Sawyer briefly stated are as follows: In a civil case in which the right to recover depends on the ques tion whether the defendant has com mitted a crime, the crime must be pro ven beyond a reasonable doubt Sec ond, the knowledge of an agent will not charge the principal, when crime is the subject of inquiry, unless the de fendant has actual knowledge of the facts known to the acent The case was twice tried before Judge Deadv, the first trial resulting in a disagree ment of the jury, and the second in a verdict against Griswold for 35,000. The reversal of the case by Judge Saw yer will make other proceedings in the district court necessary. It is just to Judge Deady to saythat after a more lull examination of the case than he was able to make at the trial hrt con curred with Judge Sawyer in the sec ond point made in his decision. "Ore- gonian," April 23d. Splendid Team. Mr. Wm. Spang ler started on Monday for Reading with the finest team and outfit that ever left this valley. His team is an eight horse one, all splendid draught animals, the wheelers weighing thirty hundred, and the whole team hold their heads as if attached to a royal equipage. The main wagon is a regular prairie schooner of the most substantial make, with a trail wagon attached with coup ling that forces it to track while round ing a curve. The whole outfit is com plete in every respect, and is equal to any we have ever seen in any country. Mr. Spangler was loaded with ten thous and iKunds of freight, consisting of flour, bacon, eggs and grain, ' and was bound for Reading by way of Weaver- ville, and will bring back a similar amount of return freight A few such enterprising teamsters as Spangler would place us beyond the want of a narrow gauge or any other kind of a railroad. Lakeview Mail Routet-No defin ite arrangements have yet been made in regard to the carrying of jh& Lake view mail, as the figure spend by the Postmaster General is so lMrtiiat it d, Ore- expujHksecure In SLhapnr. nnd ACAKB. Editor Sentinel. In tne "Demo cratic Times" of last week appears a card from Mr. Jay Beach challenging me to match the colts of Sir Walter with those of Altamont for five hun dred dollars. This proposition is hard ly fair, as the foals of Altamont are all from fine mares and those of Sir Walter are from cold blooded stock. The time, "one and two years from next fall," is also too far off to suit me. To satisfy Mr. Beach and the admirers of Alta mont I will mike a fairer and more decisive offer, and one that will save the trouble of taking Altamont to Reno this falL I will match Sir Walter against Altamont on the trotting track at Yreka in October next for one thousand dollars, five hundred dollars forfeit, to be placed in the hands of C. C' Beekman in Jacksonville by the first day of June next, the race to be mile heats, best three in five, and gov erned by the rules of the National Trotting Association. This is certain ly the squarest manner of deciding the speed qualities and endurance of the two horses. Respctfully, Geo. W. Stephenson. Jacksonville, April 30th, 1879. Duties of Postal Agent. There is a misapprehension in the public mind in regard to the power and du ties of a Postal Agent Many sup pose that his authority is supreme and that he is able, on the shortest notice, to correct all shortcomings of mail contractors, postmasters and others concerned in the transmission of mails within the bounds of his jurisdiction. This is a mistake. He is the confiden tial agent of the Government, and it is his duty to report all omissions of duty, by those who are in the postal service, over which he has authority, to the Past-office department at Washington, and before corrections can be made the regular red tape proceedure has to be gone through with from head quarters down to the point where complaint originates. A Postal Agent is gener aly held responsible for much more than is his share of responsibility in regard to irregularities in the mails. Real Estate Transactions The following transactions in real estate have been recorded since the last issue of the Sentinel : Jas. A. Cardwell and wife to John Williams, premises in Jacksonville. tfeimderation7 $160 ' O. Weare to John Mattis, 120 acres in Foot's creek precinct Consideration, 400. John Williams to Minerva Wil liams, lot in Jacksonville. Considera tion, 1. Rhoda TWault to G. H. Aiken, lot in Jacksonville. Consideration, 400. F. E. Center to P. J. Ryan 160 acres land on Dry creek. Consideration, 70. K. Kubli to Jacob Kubli, 161 acres land on Applegate. Consideration, 2,000. Clinton Scbeifflin to D. N. Birdseye, 43- 100 acres land on Rogue River. Consideration, 1. D. N. Birdseye to C. Schiefflin, 18.37 acres land on Rogue River. Consideration, 260. Jacksonville Fike Limits. The following amendment to ordinance No. 66 was passed at the last session of the Board of Trustees: That it shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation to erect or construct any wooden building in that portion of the town of Jacksonville, known and described as block No. 2 and No. 7, as laid down on the map of said town, or to alter or change any wooden building within said blocks so as to increase the size or height of such buildi' " "Provided" that nothing in that oroiuence shall be construed Tiik Pic Nic To-morrow. The members of the Jacksonville Brass Band, under whose charge the May Day pic nic is held, inform us that the young folks are to assemble at the Court House at 9:30 a. m., where the procession is to be formed and the following exercises to take place: 1. Music by the Band. 2. Address by Andrew Hubble, May King. 3. Crowning of May Queen. 4. Song by the Maids of Honor, God Bless the Queen of May. 5. Music by the Band. The procession will then form and march through the principal streets to Bybee's Grove, where an addrees will be delivered by Robt A. Miller. An interesting programme has been arran ged for after dinner, to consist of wheel barrow races, foot races, etc. for the boys, and target shooting with bows and arrows for the school girls, for which prizes will be offered. The Jack- rsohville Band will furnish music during the day and an enjoyable time for the joung folks is anticipated. E. D. Foudray will be Marshal of the Day. "We have just received from Y. Gray, 117 Post Street, San Fancisco, an exquisite little ballad entitled Grandfather's Home." It has tiai ple heartfelt words, wedded to a melody that leaves a lasting impres sion on the hearer; that brings to mind the good old time songs, "Old oaken bucket," "Old Kentuckey home," "Lily Dale," etc Mr Gray informs us that his California song, "Where is Heaven!" has caught the fever of popularity in the Eastern States; which means orders from 100 to 500 copies a day. Either of those two pieces will be mailed on receipt of 35 cts. stamps. - Agricultural Implements. Al fred Slocum, representative of the large and well known firm of Frank Bros, of Portland, dealers in agricultural im plements, is now in this place looking aftr the interests of his firm. Frank Bros, are agents for Walter A. Wood's machinery, Chicago Pitts' thresher, and all of the standard and latest improved agricultural machinery of the day, and farmers will do well to examine their price list Mr. Slocum will only re rx.aina few days longer before returning to Roseburg. Reams Bros, are the lo- TUrage'rtS iOTTtMs-firmT Hon. F. Owens, the gentlemanly agent of the Patrons of Husbandry, of Douglas county, is making some very substantial improvements to the Grange warehouse in this city. When the present addition is completed it will have a storage capacity of over 100,000 bushels. The company ex pects to have use for it the coming Fall. "Plaindealer." Poor Old Sammy Tilden is still griped severely because his confederate friends were unable to bulldose him in to the Presidency. In a recent letter to a Democratic saturnalia be vented his grief pitifully, and insinuated that his bar'l was not yet exhausted. Sam my knows how to awaken Democratic enthusiasm. Pasturage. Robt Westrop, owner of the draft stallion, Turk, has leased Hall's pasture, adjoining Penniger's ranch, containing plenty of good feed and running water, aud will be pre pared to furnish pasture for 1.50 per month. The best of care guaranteed. While coming home from Ashland last Sunday J. H. Penn had a narrow escape from having an accident Hi horse, hitched to a sulky, shyed at some object in the road and went over a steep bank just this side of Ashland. He escaped with a few bruises. BOR1T. REAM KS In Jacksonville, April I8ib, to the wife of T. G Rearms, a eon. 3DI33X. PHIPPS-Near Jacksonville, April 23d, Jostph, son of I. . tnd Catherine Pbipps, aged about 12 years. SHOEMAKER-On Gall's creek. April 17th. Emetine, wife of J. Shoemaker, aged 39 years. Oreeon papers please copy NE'vYADVKRTTJKM LNTS. Notice to the Public. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL START FOR the Willamette valley la a few days and will be absent from Jacksonville for a short time. I havs left my accounts Intha hands of E. B. Aulenrleth, Efq.. for collec tion, and those knowing themselves Indebt ed are nqueMed to call upon him and maka an early settlement. J. W. ROBINSON, M. D. Jacksonville, April 22, 1879. Administrator's Notice. In the matter of ths estate of Cyrus H. Pickens, deceaseu, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEX that the undersigned has been, ap-. pointed by the County -Court of Jackson county, Oregon, sitting in probte. Admin istrator of the estate of Cyrus H. Pickens, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to settle the fame immediately, and those having claims against ihe estate will present them with the proper vouchers to me at my residence in Table Rock precinct, Jackson county, Oregon, within six months after the first publication ol this notice. E P.PICKENS. Administrator of Baid estate Dated, April 26th, 1879. NEW STATE HOTEL. C. W. SAVAGE, Prop., JACKSONVILLE, OGN. HAVING AGAIN TAKEN POS. session of th's saloon, the undersigned will be pleased to meet his friends and tha public generally at this o'd and popular re sort The finest liquors and cigars can al ways be had at this plan, and the tables are supplied with all the leading newspapers aad periodicals of the day. 0. W. SAVAGE. Mr. P. P. Prim. 9I!m Ella Prim. NEW MILLINERY STORE SPRING OPENING. We haTe just receiied new and complete stock ot Millinery goods, consisting of . HATS OF ALL STYLES, Ribbon, Feathers, Flowers, RUCHINGS; COLLARS AND CUFFS, vojiijiaxro-. ORNAMENTS, SILKS, LACES, GEXTLEMEXS' AND LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS. Call and see them at the building formerly occupied by Dr. Robinson, on California lreet. tf WARNING. MY WIFE. MARIA. HAVING left my bed and board without any jmt cause or provocation, I hereby notify the public that I will cot pay any debts of her contracting. RILEY PHILLIPS. Little Applegate. March 26. 1879. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Having placed my accounts in Ihe bands of C. W Kahler for collection, all thos6 in dehtrd to me either hy note or book ac count will call at Mr. Kahler's office at once and settle np without farther delay and save costs. MRS A. B1LGER. The Thoroughbred Trotting STALLION SIR WALTER, s of ni