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LAFAYETTE COURIER.
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FARMERS ORGAJ8IZ
tary or-
tice, and
It is a grati^iuj bj^cation ganizatio v the election W. H.
Chaney
ch^rman Ond T. *.
that the farmers of this State
Keabody Secretary. L
fully awakened to the importance ’Tlie CJhaHirtaii briefly explained
of. Organization, the better to be the objfcs and necessity of such
euabled to jjro^j^Ltl^mseh^ an orgunizati«jn, in order that the
against th«? exactions of middle people might? protect themselves
and their lilierties frorti i the en
men and ths intrigue and averice croachments of sectarian opprdss-
of speculators. There is no ionand political corruption. Heal-
reason why such an organization luded to the !mi|lionsi
millions ; of j : dollar«
fromf
Public
1,, drawn
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may not be effected as to compass L annually
pretexts,
Treasury
under various pi
the results sought, to lie attained. bnt which went directly ti
bnt which went directly td sustain
There is no good reason why the some religions sect,
siecLjl ln lddition
producing element of our popula to this there were fruudn
hundred^ of mil-
lions
1 of dollars’
worth of
tion should longer fye the prey
of those whose palms are strangers propeHy f that paid no taxes
and .that i this ’ deficit was
to toil. As it now* stands the pro
made up by .imposing an extra bur
ducer is victimized both in the den on the poor laboring men and
prices he pays and the prices be re women who! never £ven entered
ceives. The speculator fixes both the clrarchejs, thus accomplishing
the prices of products of the farm by indirect means what’was ex
pressly prbhibitckl bVjthe spirit aud
and dairy and the prices the farm letter of the National Constitution.
er must pay for all articles he To correct these abuses the people
must purchase for consumption in could not depend upon their pres
his family. The farmer asks the ent !^presehtativ®.Titlt3r in Con
merchant how much per hundred gress or State Legislatures, for in
nearly all the law-making assem
pounds for Ins salt, but the mer blies pF the country corrupt rings
chant in turn docs not ask the and powerful nionopOlic^ held high
farmer wliat he will take per hun carnival. Tho only remedy lay
dred |>onnds for his pork. He with- tho i»e«>ikle themselves, and
fixes the price of that, also. This is in order that they may make their
must organize.
uot fair. Ot (course the price of farm power felt,
Boston,
witfo
her
“cradle of lib
produce will always be modified by
erty,” first to.pour out” her blood
supply aud demand, but it ought to
in both 177*3 apd
uuu 1861,
i, is
i» now die
uiv
be the mission of farmers’ organujiri
first in die
fidft
with
her
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Liberal
tìie J fida
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tions to protect each other in seasons r
League,” 5 Ì! ì ¡¿Minding
the
tocsin
of n
of low prices. This they can do by
alarm. Scarcely has this echo
advancing a sum sufficient to meet ceased upoA ‘the rock bound shores
iittpdrative demands, thus enabling;
of New England, ere we catch the
any given member
to
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hold
on
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to
.
I( clarion notes, leaping from peak to
his crop. Prices can in this way be p^k acrOHS
Rockv Mountains,
forced up *, otherwise the tendency is ¡nestling at last in the’ beautiful
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to force them down. The speculators valley of the ^VillamOttC.
have close organization and defi
For a long time the Chairman
nite plans of action. Let the produ had kept out of the muddy pool
cer meet them on their own ground. olipdliti«js, having voted but once
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during the post seventeen years.
But iiow he felt that the time for
arrived, and he was
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• Some months since the Portland ready to buckle on the harness.
Herald undertook a showing by Hi$ experience an a political speak
facts and figures to prove that' er and editor lia<l taught hyn the
necessity of caution in the mode
Holladay’s mil roads did not pay of organization,
organization. We want no
running expenses, that a large de.! secret plottings,or “ dark lantern
ficiency had to be made up to cover; fraternity.
. * ” * Our sole object is to
establish
justice, compel an honest
the excess of expenses over the J
proceeds of the {whole traffic*-?- administration of law. and secure
thq perpetuity of those principle»
ifreight and passenger. Then the. of liberty purchased by the blood
Bulletin vehemently protested that of our fathers. To aceomplsh
the roads did pay more than ex ?hese objects, no sacrifice of life,
penses and went on to particu no bloody iyiolence is ¡ needed.
larize how the thing was done. As enlightened men and women
who halve escaped from tho bigot
Now however, the same Bulletin ed thrall of sectarianism which
«ays that these same roads do not knew tio weapons of warfare be
pa5r running expenses and never yond the torture, the dungeon and
the burning stake, we turn out
have 1 That paper says:
For every dollar rrceivedby raip backs upon these relics of brutal
roads for carrying freight to Port barbarism, choosing as our only
land, another dollar must be put ■weapons, moral force, sharpened by
up out of private funds to pay the the intelligence of the age. To
loss incurred in its transportation. become a member of a Liberal
Who, then, is losing most money ? League, in imitation of our fathers
Oregon railroads are losing more who gave us the Declaration of
than the whole amount of freight Independence, some sort of pledge
seemed necessary, and he proposed
money paid them by the farmers
the following:
nf firiwmn
of
Oregon.
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i 11BE5AL LEAGUE PLEDGE.
What can be believed which such
a paper utters ?
It goes back on , 1; In. consenting to the enrollment
of my name as a member of this
itself as ruthlessly as if its special
League, I hereby pledge my honor
mission was to falsify and falsify
maintain and support.the Con
continually. And it railed fur- stitution and By-laws thereof, and
iously at the Herald for falsifying to maintain the following pledge
Aha facts to the detriment of Ore- of membership:
1; That I will never offer or ac
'gon ! Now, it says all that the
cept a bribe, either directly, or
Herald alleged was true, and indi
indirectly,
’-ectlv, in any matter per
ntnuii *in
more.
taining to politics or the in
terests of Government, under
Grant has written a letter of con-
any cii;cuinstauccs whatsoever, and
, dolenee to Schuyler Colfax assrring
that if a case of bribery or corrHp-
' that Credit Mobilier theif and perjurer
tionsof any kind shall come to my
that he ha« full confidence in his in-
knowledge, I will promptly
. tegrity after all. He also hopes that
expose and denounce the parties,
he and the smiler will always be good regardieap
regardless ofjf
of the _ ties
* of friendship
friends. The country has notyet for or kindred. ;
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gotten that Grant wrote a similar
2. That I will never exert my
epistle to Tom Murphy, the great personal
or official influence,
New York Custom House thief. through official patronage or other
What is a letter of endorsement from means, to advance my own or the
juc6 a source worth ? .
intereFts of another, at the expense
of the public interests, nor if in my
"The Yamhill Beporter comes to us power' to prevent the same will I
thWSveek tn an enlarged form, but perraiMt
permit it to be done by another,
another.
its outside is printed in San Francisco.
3. That if elected to any office
This m too first instenoe of this kind
rigidly adhere to the letter
and j^
that ever 11 oesurred in Oregon,
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upeaMl vmy -i poorly for the lieporter' and sp int of this pledge, and the
enterprise i and prosperity. —Jackson- declaration of principles
inciplcs set forth
will resign my
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office sooner than violate
4. That I wi
assist in
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posirtg
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wl. snail
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ingfr violate
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pledge.
To all of wli
actor as well as conscience, ufider
the penaltr of having my name
strict f^tnlbfe Roll pf Honor
and published to the world as the
name of an apostate and perjurer,
too vile fdf the co’rrfpaniofiship of
honorable men and women.
A vote being called for expres
sion of tlrn audience, the forego
ing pledge was unanimously adopt
ed.,
^^Opportunity was then offered
for persons to sutqcribo itheir
names to the pledge, which was
responded to by, a list of thirty-
four members.
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The erection of officers for the
__ o quarter t resulted , in
next ensuing
making choice of the fol^pwing:
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President, J.
u, M.
«. Frycr^
. l ijv *,; yice-
President, R.‘- Mendenhalijp Re
cording t Secretary, C. M. Pollock:
Hiding Secretary, .Satnuel
Correspondiiig
urer, P. G. $tew-
Corwin; Treasurer
Cominittee, xz.
Di * II.
ard; Executive Committee,
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Hendee, James A. Bennett1 and
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David Powell.
On motion, voted., thatli this
League adopt the declaraHtJh of
the
principles and platform
Boston Liberal League",' a4 h ‘ead
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by the Chairman.
Prof. W. H. Chaney, Dl H.
Hendec
and C. M. Pollock fwerc
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appointed a committee to ,fi tame
a c</dc of by-laws and ropor t at
the next regular ineeting. I
On motion, voted onaninii uslv
that the ladies be invited « at-
tend the meetings of this Le
and take part in its exerefiji
Voted, that a copy of tbi’Drt>
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ceedings of this meeting I mj fufnish-
ed to the city papers wjth a
request to publish the same.i|>
On motion, adjourned to m£et at
Nonpareil Hall on i Sundayi eve-
16th
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' at 14 6|‘o’cloijj.
/ C. M* P ollock , I wj S.. .
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Says a Canada papor,-Q, “It
would make some,
som^ of our line Judies
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irom-
stare to sec Lady . Dufferin
her
enading th<? streets, «loin
shopping. She dresses, plain^ and
sensibly, wears tldck sobld |poots,
and does not fear a walk frq|n one
end of the citv to the oth|r, or
face the muddiest crossing. |
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The old idea that odOYoui flow
ers are injurious to health, has
been exploded Vw §nme recent ex
periments. Itbasbeen ascertained
that flowers witji powerful sCeiit,
such as the hyacintTie, heliotrope,
migonette, etc., develop ' large
quanitties of ozone, which are of
great hygienic value in the puri
fication of the air in marshy dis
tricts. j
A HMgry Co»rr»«.
t-Arms Ordwt
oiler Taylor of
ent to get a warrent for
impatient and impor-
en aref demanding
g
y. The- Comptroller in-
i Ordway he did not'see how he
could pay th<’money,’as the section
under which this payment was claim
ed was so clumsily worded as to be
liable to several constructions; be
sides, there were other insuperable ob
jections,: the section did not specify
the amount to be paid, and it made
no appropriation for this specific pur
pose. Many Members ot Congress,
hearing, this decision, and who ‘have
been waiting for their $5,000, will
leave for their homes to-night.
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«•Cheap for Cash.♦» ,
It is re ported that certain Congress
man are offering their quota of public
documents at 50 cents a volume.
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Later—dewier Applegate
He Reaitfns. 7
Disgusted—
> Yreka, March 11, 9 P. M.—David
Hom has just arrived from Fair
child’s. having left there this morn
ing. Jle brings the following:
Yesterday he went with Steele to
the appointed place at the 4point of
roeks on Little Klamath Lake, ten
miles from Jack’s camp, for the pur
poise of bringing Jack and. party to
headquarters. After waiting four
hours, they saw no signs of Indians
and returned. A force of cavalry would,
reconnoiter the lava beds to-day and
to-morrow to see what had become of
the Modocs. Applegate has resigned
his position as Peace Commissioner
and has gone off disgusted. Rosboro
and Steel will be in shortly. The
whole thing has probably been turned
over td Gen. Canby by fiiis time.
Some think that Cap. Jack has been
maneuvering to gam
gain time to get away
from where he is into a country east
of him, where, for a hundred miles,
no cavalry force» could follow. As
soon as he gets to the
C__ Pitt
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try, he will find plenty of hor8es
and cattle.
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ConfifreMlonal.
W ashington , March 10.
SENATE.
The Senate Committee on elections
are directed to examine and report at”
the next session the best and most
Sractical method of electing Pres
ent and Vico-Presideut of thq Uni
ted States, together with a plan for
the organization of a tribunal to set
tle all contested questions connected
therewith.
The committee have
leave to sit during the recess of the
Senate.:
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Morrill of Maine offered a resolu
tion that witnesses summoned by in
vestigations by the Senate be paid $4
a day while in attendance and 5 per
cent, mileage for distance.
/ Chandler presented petitions for
probibitary liquor legislation.
Fenton proi><wd to present other
piititions, when Hamlin objected to
the reception of petitions of a legis
lative nature.
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The Senate proceeded to the consid
eration of a resolution reported by the
Committee on Elections, that Alex
ander Caldwell is not duly or legally
elated to the Senate by the Kansas
Legislature.
Morton spoke on the Caldwell report,
saying that Caldwell’s was th# most
flagrant case of bribery in American
politics.
Fremont in Trouble.
KTime» Washington special says
it is stated confidentially to-night
that the French Government has de
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
manded General Fremont, under the
extradition
treaty for criminal prose
The Epidemic of Insanity.
cution jn France, on alleged frauds
Salisbury, Md., Mar. 8.—On Fri connected with the Memphis and El
13, shbt
day George Hall, aged 2?,
- rL- and Paso Railroad bonds.
killed Amelia Skikley, aged 141 while
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returning from school. Hall <oui rted
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Amelia, and had written a: letter From Captain Jack’« CommUson.
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Yerka, March 11.—Frank, Merritt,
Both’parties
stated, she had no time. . Both,,
”• fHall who arrived last night from Fair
belong to respectable families^
childs’ camp, says that Captain Jack
is not yet apprehended.
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was to be in last Friday to treat with
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(¿nick RetrMmtlon.
General Canby, but instead of his
comiug, Boston and Limpy carfte with
Crisfield Md.,March 8. -Al
the report that Captain Jack’s princi-
train to-night ran over and;
tal me^, were out hunting deer. As
a man who is supposed —
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soon as they came in he would meet
murderer of the girl Amelia Skikely
phe General. He appofhtod Monclay
who was killed yesterday at i Salis afternoon at 2 o’clock for meeting,
bury.
at a point of rocks near Tule Lske,
Of Course,
where he would have his squaws and
children.
He wanted only the Gen
New York, March 8.—The Jury in
eral, Applegaite, and“ the Commis
the Scannel case could not agree and
sioners to come without any soldiers,
were discharged.
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and to bring three wagons. The
Fremont and Rxtraditlo^u
General will send up throe wagons
and a few men, as agreed, bpt he
The rumor that the Fren ok Gov
will take good care to have soldiers
ernment asked for the extradition of
within hading distance, as all the
Fremont on a charge of complicity in white” men—even Steele and Riddle—
fraudulent representations abroad are afraid of treachery, or believe
concerning the Memphis and El Paso that they will not surrender. When
and Pacific Railroad Bonds, is believ
Bogus Charley was at FaircKutV»
ed to be premature.« The fraud ranch, he boasted that he was Rood
charged was in representing that for twenty soldiers, and that the do
these bonds were guarantee 1 by
does could divide up into Bmall par
the United States
Government.
Fremont denies emphatically either ties of twos and threes to commit
having participated in the fraud or raids on settlers, and the soldiers
could not catch them. Charley even
having had any guilty knowledge could'not
stole
a can of powder while at Fair
thereof, though it is claimed that cer
childs?, and on the way back to the
child^,
tain papers belonging toa Paris bank
lava bed found a lot of cartridges for
er wich have been seized by the
needle guns that had been dropped
French government, tend strongly to
on the ground by the soldiers,
MM near
implicate him in such knowledge.
4-Viz* Ttvvliiarv namno
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the
military
camps.
The
Indians
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mí hoGÍním
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Seiaure of «Railroad.
doubtedJy have plenty of arms and
ammunition and unless they
y surfer
surrender
Albany, March 8.—tTha U. 8. Col on Monday, which we doubt y
very
seized. Hie New . York
lector to-day sei
much, it will appear that they are >
Central
A Railroad prop«
roperty fit j Albany treacherously
playing r
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points to
for non-payment è*
ct ‘ Ti
révenúe . tax,
gain advantage.
amounting to <46<XTîK).
in the Modoc sec-
a large nurnp
sheep. The
need, and BOOK BINO
who worl
themselves
Indians are
so are the O j
by the day
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FACTURER,
doubt, •,that they taste better than
No. 94’Front 8treet, between Washington
army rations alone.
and Alder, over Hopkins’ Hardware Store,
Tho regular courier should have ar
rived here this afternoon, but up to 8
o’clock he had not appeared.
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The C ourterfe«
India* War.
Lieut. Bontello, with two non-com
missioned offioers, en route for Red
ding to bring up some recruits for the
first cavalry, arrived this afternoon.
From him we learn that E. Steele
started for Dorris’ Ranch yesterday
morning, taking four wagons and
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES-
teams, only one teamster accompan-
inghim. He had been out to’seeSome
F ’¿'“Il F »X
of the Indians before hand, and felt
confident they would comq to a point
W. M. RAMSEY,
jjQry¿H
of rocks and there be taken in the
wagons to a place across the creek
opposite Dorris’ house. Tents have- ‘
LAFAYETTE, OREGON.
been put up ahd made comfortable,
with an abundance of hay, firewood
Office in the Ooart House.
and food, and various articles have
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also been provided for the convenience
of the Modocs. There was still consid
erable doubt felt by some about Jack’s
coming out.
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Yreka, Cal.,'! March 12.—Elijah
Steele arrived from the front this
evening and Judge Rosborough will
be in to-morrow. Mr. Steele thinks
that the Modocs wanted to come in ———"WRPi ■
as they agreed to but were frightened
from doing so by those interested in
emain in the’ country.
having them ref
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He says there is a strong rivelry be-
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tween Jack and; Scon-cnin. for the
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leadership. He thinks there can be FOR
THE LATEST STYLE, FORA GOOD
no settlement of difficulties without
BATH A: ND YOUR’ WHISKERS
fighting and thea e is uo chance for
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Jacks having left his strong hold,
I—GO TO—
as there is too much snow on the
mountain rangers they
_ would” have
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to cross. The"troops are all in finfe
candition and fully prepared for a 81ÍAVING EMPORIUM LAFAYETTE.
forward
movement and General
¡OREGON.
Gillem would advance to-day and y
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close around Jack’s cave, The milli-
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tary have maps < of the lava-bed
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showing every hole, , cave and crevioe
. ,J5 Cent».
in it and they can undoubtedly cap- Hair Cutting • ...................
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Bath, »3 Cewte.
turn him now without much loss of
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life. Jack’s present positiou is des
des-
titute of wftter, I except as they get
it from Tule lake. They have large
quantities of ice stored in the caves
Proprietor
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Their living consists
at present
p
LAFAYETTE.
beef and roots only. They have not
FIRST CLASS SALOON, ALWffl» .
as many armis
arms as have been represent
represent-
supplied with the very ehoieeat
ed. The weather was very cold and
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stormy. The following is from the WINES.
BRAN
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DIMS.
Journal extra of this afternoon:
WHISKIES,
Fairchild’s Jlanch,
Ranch, March 11.—
CIGARS,
od'-not
OYSTERS SwT-r
The Indians hod
-not come in when
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the courier left.! General Gillem has
ordered an’ attack and the soldiers To .. be
had in —
the ,—
b markets.
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are now in the lava-bed following I Thi< mloon fa> «1-0 provided with araod
TABLE.
marllly
Captain Jack.
Hooker Jim sent BILLIARD TABI
word to Ivan Applegate by Modoc
Sally that he wanted him to make a
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skookum-paper to lay before the
Peace Commission to allow him to
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the Yainox Reservation. Applegate
says he will mike a strong paper for
this murderer of settlers to be aUowed
the privilege of going te the nappy
hunting ground reservation, as he
.don’t want apy* of his kind mixed
ILL BE AT LAFAYETTE ON THE
with decent Indians at Yainox. ”
First Monday of each Month and
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Hair Dressing Saloon.
Lone Star,
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Constating of General Merchandise,
GEM SA-ILOOlSr
STAPLE ARTICLES,
B urnishing
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chased the
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GOODS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
IGNED, HAVING PUB-
swand
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Elegant Saloon
lately restocked and refamiahed by M. Fee
ler, will leave no effort of hia wanting to
maintain its standing as a first olasa reeert
for refreshments or a game of
Of latest Styles and in fine variety.
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" Pool or Billiards.
The very eboicest Wines, Liquor» and Ci
gars furnished at the Bar.
Lafayette, Jan.
J*n. 17, 1873.
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line of
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HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
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HARDWARE,
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Remain during Court Week.
NEW GOODS!
At the Olà Brick Comer
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