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T—----------------------------- --------------- ----- ---------------------}-------------------------- —---------------- How Mr. Coffin Spelled It. “Sancho Pedro. ♦’ and had her back broken, while tablfehmeptB here, abdpt 500 pack tteligidrts services will be held by Che ages of liquor, valuedm $200,000J The Qther evening old Mr. and the clock fell down and the pic1 A New game at cards called M. E. Church South, as follows: First Sunday Happy Valley,............ 11 A. if. the property of 30 were seiz­ “Sancho Pedro” has lately sprung Mrs. Coffin, who live on Brush tnres danced around. The woman “ McMinnville,................fi P. M. [FROM THE PORTLAND DAILIES.] hlrd west Chehalein,......... 11A.M. ed to-night. into existence and is becoming street, sat ir their cozy back par­ finally shut her husband’s supply ourth “ Armstrong's Chapel... 11 “ “ “ Lafdyette,.................... 6P. M. W ashington . Mayi 15.—l*hc very popular among those who lor, he reading his paper and she of air off and Sopped him, and as E. G. MICHAEL, P. C. W ashington , May 13.-The Sec Postmaster General, §ndcr author­ play formoney and those who play knitting, while the family cat, she burned his head up and down Dr. J. W. Watts will preach at this place on the floor and scattered his gray the second Sunday in every month at 11 a. rotary of the Treasury is still en­ ity of the act of Congress of June for “fun.” Wc are not aware that it stretched out under the stove, sigh­ jp.^and in the evening at early candle- gaged in prosecuting the raid 8th, 1872, has' ordelld that the has been introduced here, and' a ed and felt sorry for cats not so hairs, she shouted: You want to get up another' against all parties engaged in il­ well fixed. It-was a happy, con­ brief description ^of it may there ­ rate of United State® postage on M E. Church. licit whiskey distillation. Treasu­ letters sent or receitSd fiom for­ fore be of interest to our local play­ tented household, and there was spelling school with pie, don’t you? Religions services will be held by the M. ry agents are requested, in cases He was seen limpihg around the E. Church, as follows: eign countries with Which differ­ ers, presuming that old “Ped^o” is love in his heart as Mr. Coffin put First Sabbath Lafayette at 11 A’. M„ and where U. S. attorneys anti revenue yardj/esterdoy,7a stocking piuned ent rates have not bee*p established already understood. The principal down the newspaper and remark­ Unity School House at 3 p . m . around his throat, and she had Second Sabbath Smiths’ Church at 11 a . officials fail to give their full sup­ by postal conventionlpr other ar­ difference between the new and old ed: m , We of. 2,500 gallons, belonging to one Arrival and Departure of Mails. The select commit tie of tire Sen? be reduced to 50, the lowest in but I pride myself that I can spell' troi*. Free Prees. of the Milwaukee distilleries. ate appointed to exqu^inc into the custom. The highest number of almost any word that comes along. A. Western journal leatnS tlidi Mails bound South, will close at & T oledo , May 13.—The Blade condition of the?execntive depart­ points that can be made in any o’clock p. M. each day. I’U see about that, he laughed; ‘‘Theodore will restore Elizabeth Mails bound North will close at 6 publishes an elaborate wheat re­ ments, in order to r&ort at next hand is 18 cquntin# as follows: come now. spell buggy. to his affections on condition that P. M. each day. port compiled from statements from Postoffice will close at 7 P. M. until session of Congress what reforms High, 1; Lov^, 1; Jack, 1; Game, 1; Humph! that’s nothing. B u g- she will hereafter wear a steel trap further notice. fifteen points in Ohio, Indiana, III are necessary, have nearly comple­ Sancho, 9; Pedro, 5. g y, buggy, she replied. I « on each of her ankles.” Does any­ Office open from five to six p . m . inois, Missouri,* Kansas, Iowa, in ­ Sundays. ted, their woik.. “Game” is always the tbn spot Missed the first time—ha! ha! he body suppose that Brother Beech­ Aug. 18. • J. W. W atts , P. M. dicating that there has been a quar­ Judge Pierr^pont, the new A£' of trumps only, and if this card is roared, slapping his leg. er is so green a fox as to be caugfit BUSINESS^CARDSr ter to a third of the winter wheat torney-General, took {charge of the not dealt no game can be counted. Not much—that was right. in a steel trap arranged in that crop killed, but which is nearly off­ office to day, and wastcalled on by “Sancho” i« the nine of trumps. It was, eh? Well, Fd like to see w #y? Why, he would spring those A. M. HURLEY, set by the increased number of heads of bureaus anil bther s. “Pedro” is the five of trumps as anybody get two g’s in buggy, I traps, ttirow them into the cistern, r acres s >wn, and that the quantity Congressman Pratt took charge in the old game. Attorney at Law, ! would. . . I and have undisputed possession of of spring wheat put in if every ­ of the internal frevei|ue office to ­ But it is spelled with two g’s, those aukles so quickly as to make LAFAYETTE. - - OREGON. “Six cards are dealt to each thing keeps favorable, brings the day. player, any one of which can-bid and any schoolboy will tell you so, even a cast-iron Theodore’s head Í V i whole production up to the aver ­ The Secretary of ithe Treasury as many points as he choses, but, she persisted. JAS. McCAIN, ■* ’wim. age crop. One fourth of last year’s has just made a call for five mill­ if he dosen’t'make them, he is “set Well, I know a durn sight bet­ ATTORNEY. AT LAW, crop remains in farmer’s hands. A gentleman from beyond the ions coupon bonds upon which in­ back” an cquivalaut number. ter than that! he exclaimed, strik - LAFAYETTE. OREGON. suburbs of Fort Wayne thus de* The amount of corn put in this terest ceases hfter August 15th. None are sure cards except high ing the table with his fist. ILL PRACTICE IN ALL OF THE year greatly exceeds last year. scribes Mme. Garreno-Saucet’i per­ Securites for redem(itnon should be and low. **Ute Courts. inarliv8tf I don’t care what you know! she * L exington , Ky., May 13- In addressed to the L^an Division of . The precedence of the counting squeaked; I know there arc two formance on the piano, to a report­ er of the Sentinel: “I tell you, mis­ E. C. BRADSHAW, the races to-day the first rare, mile the Secretary’s1 Office! cards is: high, low, jack, game, g’s in buggy! ter, she was a slasher. Our Gen- Do you mean to tell me that I -A.ttorn.ey at Law, heats, was won by Searcher who N ew Y ork , Alrfy 17.-The Pres­ sancho, pedro. nic couldn’t hold a candle to her.. distanced the other two entries, bytery of the Reformed Presbyte­ LAFAYETTE, OREGON. have forgotten how to spell? he When she first sit down she look­ “Ilaveyou^Dj eggs?” inquired Light Coin and Lost Fortune, in rian church, which met in this city asked, i Office iu the Court House. ■1 0 ed kind a wild, then with a howl 1 first mile, making it in 1:41f, the last week, returned a ^verdict of ac­ a peaceful looking old man as he It looks that way. dng her iinger-nails into them ere fastest time on record. Last year quittal in the case ofj Rov. Nevin leaned over the counter of a hard­ It does, eh? Well, I want you' P. C. Bl’LLIVAN, Gray Planet ran a mile at Sarato­ Woodside, of Brooklyn. r|he ware store recently. “No sir, -this and all your relations to under rough notes, and shot ’em like . ' Attorney-at-Law» ga against time in 1:42^. charge was improper intimacy with is a hardware store; wc keep nails, stand that I know more about spell- lightning' up into the thin ones. ILL hereafter be found at the south stoves, etc.” answered the clerk. ing than the whole caboodle of you Then she paused for a reply, mis­ cast corner room of Reed’s Opera C hicago , Moy 14. — Reports a young woman before the Miama ter. She then commenced at tWe “Well, I did want some eggs,drawl­ strung on a wire! House, up stairs, Salem, Oregon. n411y from portion? of Minnesota, Miss­ session at North wood. Ohio. The right-hand’ side, went a rippin’ ed the old man, “but I hain’t par­ w. M. RAMSEY, And I want you to understsnd, ouri, Kansas and Nebraska state evidence proves hisi entire inno- ticular, and you may give uae a Jonathan Coffin, that you are an down hand over fist, till she' got * ’ ♦ I £ • -Attorney at Law, that grasshoppers arc already dev­ cence. clean down, making a noise like nails.” ‘ ignorant old blockhead when you C hicago , May 17|—Extraordi­ pound, of astating the country of every green — ■■■■■■——— LAFAYETTE, OREGON. thunder. She then yanked a hand­ don ’ t put two g ’ s in the word bug-. thing, and that farmers are greatly nary cold weather prevails through “Are you a going’aftcr that su- ful out of the center and planted Office In the Court Hou^e. out the Northwest ¡for the past gy--yes you arc! discouraged. The pests seem to (Mich.) gar?” called a Marquette them at the. end, then wiggled Don’4 talk that way (o’ me! lie be young; at least they are very week. In Livingstone county, Ill., R STOtT «HAS, A. DALL. mother to her boy, who was ip the around with two fingers, grabbed small, ranging from the size of a yesterday morning,uje formed an street. “Am I going after thalsu- warned. BALL DR. ALFRED KINNEY, out southwest Missouri says that to the Inverting Dispatch from Jeff­ course lam, ma; I didu’t know you Don’t call me a liar, you 61d ba­ up of her chair, stuffed three fins grasshoppers are devouring every­ erson City says the Governor this needed it right away’.” Surgeon. zaar! J’ve put up with your mean­ gersful there, caromed six more in thing green in that section. The morning issued a proclamation to ness for forty years past; but don’t the corner, gobbled up a few more 2 R oom M o . 7, D bkcm ’ s B vildin «. N. W. Corner Firstand Washington.. i' people are panic-stricken. There is a story of a certain Cattle observe Thursday, June 3d, as a call me a liar, and don’t lay a lihnd tunes and settled their hash in PORTLAND, OREGON. « Office Hours—9 to II a. m. till after 5 p. m and horses are dying by hundreds day of humiliation ¿and fasting. Boston Doctor of Divinity, whose on me! . r about a minute. After that she In Office at Night. of starvation. They can find noth­ Information is received that* the name fliey spell with g“P.’l A The suit for assault he replied. -- £-------- . • iom-And b oath, he asked the c and battery with jintent to kill The great siLver plater, cleaner, and pol­ est of whom is about sixteen. When horse-cars have good-con ­ , They surged and swayed and what shall I say more?” A voice' was brought to a premature* close isher. Indespensible to every family. A fortune for agents. 8ells at sight. Sam­ B oston , May 15>—As a- result by a compromise-namely, the mar­ ductors they are never struck by struggled, and the peaceful cat was from the congregation earnestly ft* ple free. 8end for it. Address at once, ‘ KENDALL & CO. struck by the overturning table sponded, “say * AmenP* lightning. of the investigation into liquor cs- riage of the lovers. 48 . Chicago, ill. TELEGRAPHIC M. E. Church South. !' i J < j- t t • , ■ ■ ■ - , , ■ I- * .1 • . * .A __ ,i ■ W ------------------------------- 1 W »i J B A R H B E‘ R H s H 0 P » t ~ " ■ á 1 ■ ----------------------------- ■ '■ • * O P HE M D E 4 ; i % ' Í» i > H -,., ■' i.'' < r Î *s; 4 •J t e Í 9 v •I •V -J.