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About Lafayette courier. (Lafayette, Or.) 1866-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1875)
< ■■ ♦ « : ' vi ■ A- • 4) ! 1 : . A LAFAYETTE COURIER. ’vr~ GREAT fl^EGO^Í BONANZA. M DAYTON. E1)TTOR C i JUBIEU:—As the cold » ■*: A • weather continues and . “loafing” has taken the pl: of the usual industri- ¿/r'1 Discovered li Souther al pursuits, i I ce ’N otes .— From appearances , if, perhaps, would not bo ** there Is g’>>«g 1° Be very little else amiss to note qomo of tho incidents iternen! Great . to chronicle than what transpired on occurring „ here from day to day: Mills 6 the Í 'ay, J/oh(7<iy,|_Thc flume of Harker’s the ice. The young, the old, the mid I dle-aged, yc lame, and in fact every grist mill gave way—throwing a Etc • > I ’ ♦ 1 one else has been busily engaged the heavy cura-ont of water against one past week in learning to skate. Sonie of tho pie/s of tho dam, undermining From the li> of 1 of them would get along much faster it in such’a manner as to rendcr^the we take the fq |lpwing: if thev would fasten their 'skates on bridge which in part rests ujxin it, “That the nJ puntato^' if Oregon are unsafe. And the question now asked the back of their head«. It has been ! filled with miiicral wckl th cannot be a glorious time for the Wtys. We] by those who have to cross is: When denied.- For ybiirs parti us have been taw more good solid hoggin’ in about , will our supervisor be at home to ■engaged in minifig in « port of way, half an hour that w*y were there .than make the bridge safe or e oi|t off travel? to little or no jgbod. T iiiosò capable wc ever done inxour lives. They call Somebody is going to gel (t^iurt. of testing the i vfilue of 1 leads or do- de-" it “showin’ ’em how to skate! ” This On the same day bad b’*ood was ar- posits have h||rt|ied ax jay to other* may be'the name of it, but we doubt 4 roused between our imui :i M ¿if charcoal. |q reports cii- countries, c tiring tl it —the man who worRtB iron—and J B. S.» couldn’t heed the admoni our beaNy man of the yard-stick, re- culated in r alien tt | discovoriqp ■'1 j tions of those who had been “there.” sultiiigfflr n ¡much 1 - 1 * talk ” —calling chris/ 1 ’ J groundhss, as they wei too easy of but, as usual, rushed ahead. The tian uaju Led, and some that were oth- access and tooj heiir .hoi; iaq . From an mud and water was only about waist, erwise.f . exchange pub] lished in ¡Jacksonville deep. 7’wci«Ly.--Do’g fight. . Much fun, wq extract tl ¡io follow fiiig account, At present the ion is dangerous,but lUltoJl ............. » boots betting on the pup— this makes but little difference to the merchiOit ‘ .j h holding black dog by the which, if true,B will bui lie our’bridges more venturesome. Be cautious. • d railroads tail Vhe] pup got the best of the across the Will amette, ithout Con- across the cc ntinent L yc F.VM.—Monday evening, last, fight and “lied Top” won the bet. Latest in the day more loud talk.'. gressional peti tiefins, besides attracting 'about a dozen citizens iu«t at the WtdHtstlay.— Skating r race be tween an overwhelming tide «if ’iininigra- «•' Court-House for the purpose of or our butcher and saddle i man. Dis- tion, th<*forerijinner of j rosperity: ganizing a Lyceum. Dr. Watts was tancc, two hundred yards; timo, 30 “•The duvelojjjetnent-s 1 jcently made called to the Chair, and briefly slated minntijs; won by saddler. Butcher by prospector? - « alicá —— Creek - ------ the object of the meeting. Guo. P. was delayed by falling and did not ion tho’Yank’ get in until next day. region, and p Dorriss was chosen Secretary;, a com ¡1 v beginning • • Thurday. —All quiet./ quiet. 77/'oW<zy. A slight or Mammoth mittee of three consisting of Judge attention fall of snow has spoiled our skating. to excite intei Hurley, W. M. Ramsey and E. C. I am just going to hunt for “Item- the; I deserve. | ■ ¡{always had 'Bradshaw, were appointed on Consti izer,” of the Importer, as I wish to fel the ledgo con idonee in tj] tution and By-Laws. * The question know the price of irheat in Dayton, t others dis- or-4 ledges, foij for debate uext Monday evening is: and if he is prepared to pay seventy» lltMtlred, That Capital Punishment Jirt ceuU per bushd. Also to ask him covered lxjsid( should b? abolished. An iuvitation what fright bo the politics of the Ke- bqt as nothing 1 is ««xtendvd to all to< be present and jiorterfii Mòre another time, lately to defii itfily prdyo the Worth DAYTON. take part in the exercises. ot the Aines, iflid not firing to par- ------- FROM AMITY. ng up afi |un warranted ticipate in get 4»! 1 . * 4 L afayette M abket .- -The fol [. cortseql lent rush an_ V Thqdance on the 21st, was a suc excitement; ai itch lowing quotations can be relied upon ¿ht as they were furnished, us by one of cess. The stormy ,went her, however, suffering at I his time Jof the year, the principal merchants of this place prevented many from attending that without bcini able to ! state truths as the prices he is paying: Eggs, per would have otherwise llayp dene so. that would bi incoiUr avertible, wo dozen, 2Bcts.: Butter, per lb., 37|ctS.; It was the intention of the commit- have refrained from saving, much in A Pork, fresh. Gets.; Lard, in tins, 14cfl tee to have the dance in Brown's new tho matter. | But claim owners are, 15c ; Pork taking hams aftd should busily engage: in? de Vet oping the or ers, about 12cts pvr lb.; Wheat, about hall, but the “cold iiiap” pro vented far and as tb: the iginal ledge as Cr -...2 >s r“ 5 fast “ it r.i 70 cts. per bushel. Potatoes, but it from b- ing completed. Hence, the weather and oifcumslmces would very few in the market. Those hav Grange hall was used. ing any have them “holed up” ^and The Baptist deuomimUion have been permit, until | ||ow ow the rjehness of the cannot tell how many have been fro lidding a protracted meeting for ledge is as si iq cdy estai established as its zen. They wopld readily bring $1 extent, and of proporti nate charac- jier bushel. \Oats are selling at 35cts three Weeks past. ter. Surveyors have, fehained'” the ¡K?r bushel. ’ . NOTES. ledge where if proved Í lo feet wide, • 1 I J T hb 'I nterest of all P arties .— and nowhere i i it less ¡han 100 feet Pllycd out — sleighing. ' * ' ’ .44- ! There can now lx? no doubt of the on the croppi illgs. Par ics hâve vis-’ Beading school to night. wisdom of the course pursued by Gov • ited it from Cal ’ if or n ia Nevada, and Business is reviving again. ernor Bi amlette with reference to the other mining! regions, j ten id all unite Gift Concert qf the Kentucky in asserting it] the largì st . ledge ever Hang up your skates again. Library. The short postponement to' discovered. Ap s yet lit ¡le? else than February 27th will insure the sale of IIoop la! suow almost gone. croppings havt) been tt itedx yieldii every ticket, which ¿will lie more sat No oue drowned •* vet. A won- according to si lection, from a trifle isfactory to every ticket-holder, and Í »• to ^500 per to i. We five seen ore more for the interest of the Library, de * * ’ and that there 'may be no doubt of its Don’t know anything about the form various ' portions ‘of the ledge coining off t^iis time,., the Governor which compaij >s favo: jbly with the proposes to return every ticket-hold weather. best specimen i from tjie Comstock. er’s money in case of failure. Wednesday night kinder let the It is I assarted |r iy experienced ^miners To M ake H air C vrt ^—The meth skating out. that the ledge will pay to work all The icejn the river has almost en the way acr< ■osi. .We ha|e bben shown od employed by professional workers is as follows;. Wet the hair to be tirely disappeared.* some ore takejs from ot e of the veins Last Wednesday night about an curled, wrap it smoothly around a which was five feet in vidth, which cylindrical stick or tube of proper inch ot snow fell. is almost pure silver. The ledge— site, tic it. in place, and then put it Don’t start to the mines until you that is the croppings— ihows numer in water and boil it to or three hours get a good ready oni ous veins of ri£h ore rm uing all thro’ remove it from the boiler, wrap it in width, and carefully in newspapers aud bako it Don’t fail fr) gc^and hear Plum it, from one tQ ten feet In in a moderate oven for an hour. Thus mer to-morrow ni^ht. it is supposed^jiidgiiig from expori- *' ♦ treated, it will stay in curl perma Thu poor cattiff have got a hump enc<a in other mines, tp t A these veins nently. Tbc first trial may be a lit will all unite | and forni one body ©f tle rough on the ladies, but then it’s in them like a rainbow. rich orc at a certain dej th. Mr. Ilay- effectual. Try it. The school at this place has scut ftiond, of the mous Bly mond & Ely y B ed B urned - Wc learn that one a challenge to the McMinnville mine of Neva^ we a b told^- visited night during the recent “cold snap.” school to read. ’ the ledge a few days *uu nee, C, aud *«- re- that a’ young lady ‘heat’ a good sized We heard the whistle of the steam marked that lkej‘had ttavoted tjavoted a long rock and placed it in the foot of her I boat somewhere (town the river—at way to see t$iat ledgj?, gp, and would bed for/thu purpose of keeping hOr Dayton we suppose. travel ttvo tjipiisand i|iles more to pedal extremities tropical. We should Mr. Perkins, one day last week, ,see a larger oijq, if it c^uld be found, think she succeeded abmirably. Al i most anybody could keep their feCt killed a two-year 'old beef which even if he knew there v* as nothing in warm when the foot of the bed was weighed 539 pounds. it. »» ” TT.. He pronounced fl t the largest on firo. The rock burned throug This town can boast of the most ledge in the World. faather-b d, two or three pair of blaa- kets, quilts, etc. Guess t^at the no’tt graceful lady skaters—we mean So confident.are that claii r » claiii-owijers time the experiment is tried the rock the grace they display in stopping. they have a good thing that they are will not be so hot. Fifty cents will be all you rre re ordering mill^. r Two ia aTe now on the -------------- —»-------- — quired pay to hAr the greatest de- way, and moilp more will be forwarded up F air N imuods .—Wc are told tlr.it lmqxtor to of the a£n. at the Court a as soon as th<| the south the roads fijpm fi a party of six young gents and ladies House, Saturday evening, Jan 30. of McMinnville went a gunning a can be travel^ with heavily loaded Mr! Ed Perkins informs us that few days since. The threw ladies he opened one of iris sheep , that wagons. Reynolds «S; ; Co., have *a •uccecded in Killing fifteen ducks and , forty-stamp mill on tl e way, and a wounded another. One of the boys | died, in the liver of which he found California edmpany lave. a tifty- rushed up and emptied the six cham nearly a pint of leeches. stamp mill coming. / 'here is room bers of his revolver at the prostrate If you want to shake yourself up enough on tho Udge as it; how is dfl- bird. It is needless to say it succeed and enjoy a good laugh go and hear ed in getting away. Professor Plummer ease his stomach veloped to occupy a hundred mills of si and emjh loy ten tFiou- by reciting Schneider’s Bide on der the largest ; sizpa ) PERSONAL. Goofermend Mool. sand men. bod ufid water are C. W. Murphy inferjus us that abundant, and a wagpp road on the Geo. E. GetcHel of Amity gave Us i I a call during tho week. He reports he has been ele£ied F. M. G. in north to the l^dge. Tl^distancu from all quiet at Amity. the Independent Order of Gran -this poiut is uijout six5 miles, and a Capt. Powell of Dayton smiled in gers./ VVe don’t know what the road will be o^en ed hl o spripg. A upon us Tuesday lust office is, but' we’re certain that large portion it is air y CQUstruc- John J. Daly of Dallas was in town Charlie can fill the bill. •ted aud the remainder f it can soon this week attending to legal affairs. The supper to be given in connec and easily be bqilt. ; ■-'• '■'I- - k Capt. CrAwford of Portland came tion with the St. Valentine’s dance There are various o| mr ledges in up on the train last Tuesday. Hd is will be spread in the upper room of ^he same rang«? of moui tains and but a guest of Mr. Fred Crawford. tho Hall, and be entirely under the oxcellent supervision of Mrs Hen a few miles dis staut ar« -bquig pros- C. W. Murphy, of North Yamhill, pocted, but a^iyet nd ■<< efinite results hove his 7x9 countenance in our den drix, which alone will makc.it worth the price of a ticket. have been produced as to their worth. Wednesday last. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1875 } ■ ■ — » . rk t - • • r 1 V • ’ - . î I. MISCELLANEOUS. About fifteen miles of theYank ledge ^¿====^==¿==7 is claimed. The snow which fell to a considerable depth all over the motin- trins of that country, has temporarily FLUID EXTRACT retarded prospecting for other lodges, but the succeeding'warm weather is fast melting it away, There are as yet few accommodations for man or beast at Galico Creek, but boarding houses au(| livery- ables will, bo in full blast within a couple of months n reme«lv for we anticipate a rush as soon as the weather will permit traveling with AA1 a ; positive remedy for comfort. Those who intend camping J., I STKfCTlItK«, niABETKS, DYS out can not subsist, as thero are few GOVT. OUAVSI., rkisijkJ XEftVOL’S DEDILITV, 1>KUI*8V. facilities §>r getting packing done, fl n or Incontinence of Urine, I f Non-retentjb! aud there is no grass to supply ani ritatl<>i),Eni illamation or Ulceration of the mals. Nick ffhoss, one of the original discoverersJwrites to his partner here Bladder & Kidneys, —Jo. Wettm’or—that he has smelted SPERM ATH11O lots of bullion from his mine, and if Leurorrhœa or Whites, Diseases of the Pros trate gland; Stone in the Bladder, Col Jo. desires froof he will send him up cults Gravel or Brickdust Deposit and some hundreds as soon as he can find Mucus or Milky Discharges, a way to transport it. Wc also hear of some very rich dis coveries of silver orc and cinnebar on Louse, Cayote, and Grave oreeks.andl ! Permanently cures all diseases of the prospectors are ranging 4 the hills RJ.AnnKK, KlbNKYS, AXD PHO. SICAL 8WELIN0 I Existing in Men, Women and Children. hunting after the: ledges as well as dz^xo MATTER WU AT AOK!*6n the snow will permit. l*raf. Steel says: “One bottle of Kear jr i . . ; 1 OÜR COLUMN. fi ÍEARXEY KEEP YOUR MONEY AT NOME, PATRONIZING BRIGHT’S I DISEASE, BRIGHT t ney’s Fluid Extract Biichu is worth tnone than all the other Buchus combine«!.’’ ' Price one dollar per bottle, or six bottles for five dollars. Depot, 101 Duane Street New York. A Physician in attendance to answer cor respondence and give advice gratis. «¿r’Send stamp for pamphlets, free.nit B Ä R B E R • I Shaving,..4.^ ...................... 25 cents Hair cutting. » • •••••••• ' Í ANY JOB OFFICE .25 cents Shampooing,................. ....25 cents 4 HVE-THOROUGHLY HVE THOROUGH!, OVER- hauled and repaired my BATH ROOM, those in need of a good H 11 V LEGAU BLANKS On Hand or Printed to Order ■WT gtjck is hereby given that there is no AN longer any partnership between J. B. 11ARKER of Dayton. Oregon and JAMES Ct VAN RENSSELAER, of Portland. Ore gon, .which partnership formerly existed at Dayton, under the name ot H ARKE1! <fc Co. Notice is also given that neither said J. B. Harker or any other per-on is or lias been for the past six months authorized to con tract any indebtedness that will be binding jointly ” upon the owners« of the Dayton jointl Flouring Mid, and notice is furthermore given given ? that Anna Van Rensselaer will not pay any portion of any indebtedness or ex pense of any kind whatever, wlm’.ever, wMjjh which has within the flie time above named or may here here- after lie incurred lire iqor ______ about in behalf of _ or ... ___ _ „ said mill, nor peri erimt the same to bceome a lien upon her iterest then in. P h . C. SCHUYLER. Agent of Anna na Van llensselaer Rensselaer and guardi guardi- an of esta|6 Lité of J. U. C. \ an Rensselaer. 1I1G Jgn. Sept. R, lr>74, «P o B tlaad .Q Musical Instruments, ’ . < —ALSO— ' aving bought the shop owned by J. R. Majors, wish es to inform the public that be is now prepared to do any and al! all kinds of work in his line in the 10- lat est style, ' ' / : To whom It may Concern: » 1 MANNER SUPERIOR N otice I - . UJ ] H m PERKINS, > ED. Lafayette, LAFAYETTE, • JOB PRINTING ED PERKINS. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING. . Is Prepared Co do all kinds accommodated rcasonabla . DR. LITTLEFIELD’S \ » HAIR DRESSING SALOON. s L^"For the very best Photographs, go to Bradjfy & Rulofson’s Gallery with an el ^ avtor , 429 Montgomery Street, SairjFruircisco. J * ____ L-JU__ < “W hat J K now , I KNovr,**’ said the great s ìiirgeon Magendie, me stubbor rà facts: I care not ¡ft orics.” This,is sound doctrink j sibly a medjeal martinet .might be able, in a plausible way, to show why D r . W alker ’ s V inegar B itters ought nut to cufe indigestion, Headache, Nervousness^ Liver complaii.t, Mus cular Diseases, and Miasmatic Fevers; but a j they do in every instance effect uld be that object, fiis fine theory would a waste of words. As Magendie said, the world cfimiands facts, not specula tive opinions. NEW DRUG /- C rane & B righam , Wholesale agents, S. F. Cal. O fficers E lected .—Last Tues- ‘ r. day night, at a regular meeting of Lafayette £odge, No. 34, I. O. G. T., the following officers were elected to serve during the ensuing quartert W. C. T.1A. M. Hurley; W. V. T., S. M, Bradfliaw; W. S., N. Martin; F. SI. Hull jobn’son; W. T., J. l’ Hembree; W. C., A. Higgins; W. M •fl C. F. Boyal; I. G., *Z. Large; O, G •f C. E. Watts. 1 - OFFICE K KJAK NEY’S EXTRACT BUCHU The question is, has Mr. Burkank’s njew house a “bay” or “sorrel” win dow? The Kentuckian says bay, and uses weight(y) argument to convince the muchly graveled man that his ar gument is |;orrect. His antagonist wants his “account” to get out of the controversy. COURIER THE SHORT NOTICE. DRUGS, MEDICINE, . - i THK LAKUKSt JKWEI.KY STOKE IN KJKTI.ANP Paints, Oils, Perfumes, Faneÿ Toilet Articles A And a. full Stock of * ¡k '■ i ■ j Patent Medicines. — ALSO— i 'T cibacco and Ci^a rsa STATION EK Y, J . ' ■ - • * i'r ' . z. ■ ' B. L. STONE, 105 Front street, Dealer jn Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silver ware. Sole agent for the Celebrated-Diamond Spectacles. Agent for American Watch Co., National Watch Co., Howard Watch Co., and Uhaa. E.. Jacot Watches. 'Seth Thomua Clocks. ( HZ*oatches and Jewelry repaired and Warranted. All orders sent by express promptly at tended to. Goods sold at one price only. No plated Jewelry of any description at this establishment. . • OF ' fl • ■ • . , AND 1 . AMD business cards , fancy platcard ' FLATCARM, THE PARKE R CUN -4 I [ — ■ ftJ3. CIRCCLAKS, Address orders to Dayton to St. Joseph, ' mVITATlOH 4« f . f FROM > . - P line , express ‘ i ' - ' ¡F ERSONS WISHING TO INVEST IN Real Estate will do well to call on me VISITING CARDS, LABELS, CHECKS, before purchasing elsewhere. ETC. ! ETC. I have land of all varieties, and in quan tities tp suit purchasers. Terms reasonable. Residence and office in Chebalem Valley For Medicinal purposes. J • no50:tf i ' f .' FINE WINES & YAMHILL County, OGN. 9 1^. Of su«h Printing ap . [ JOHN W ILLI A.M SON, . real ,E state a & ent Of all kinds. ' A SPECIALTY > FRUITS CANNED We ar« enabled to make . O4>NFEC3TIO^TEJR'5r, 1 THIS PART OF THE STATE THE COURIER - ■* fl LAFAYETTE, OGN. WILL run a hack from Dayton to st. Joe, via Lafayette, connecting with the cars every day. ", IXz”All busines« promptly attended to declbtf J. BEST. 1 GENTS WANTED to sell B oy - » LAN's DoBar-an<t-a-half case ofbTxv- daki > H omeopathic M idmcikis , com bining excellency of preparation, HWVU, with beauty and cheapness. Good wages guaranteed. Sample cases “ A outfit given to agents. Particulars _ ____ I free. . J. N. BOYLAN. BOYLAN, Detroit, Mich. rk SENO-STAMP FOR CIRCULAR “The White House,” Has the largest assortment of First Clsss Dry Goods, Millinery, Fancy Goods, Hos iery, Ac. in Portland. LEWIS STRAUSS, ~ No. 87. First st. ik Lk PARKER BRO’S WEST MERIDEN,CT. ~3ao3j-ly 1 ARKER & CO., Ferry street; dry goods, groceries and general mershan- Dayton flouring mttls, H