LAFAYETTE Judge Fenton says he has almost got the remainder of his 200 acres ready for grain, and thinks that he will manage to get 250 acres in all, sown yet. Very neat and elegant are the paper collars that you can now buy with a picture of George Washington on each corner. Matha is supposed to be on be-- hind sewing on the button. A girl died in Vermont the other day £roin poison in the colored stockings which she had been in the habit of wearing. This should serve as a lesson to girls not to pull their colored stockings on with their teeth. THE NEW YEAR. COURIER. The rfiinuel hollidays, so pleasant to anticitekte and the memory of which lin­ FRIDAY. JANUARY, 5. 1877» ger aoFiweotly in the recollection, are now pAfacd and gone, and tho serious af­ THE MAILS. v - ) fairs aqd responsibilities of another year Mails close at 5:30 o’clock P. M. Arrive at have bjsen entered upon. The COURIER 7:30 O’clock P. M. wishes jjll its readers a prosperous year. SECRET SOCIETIES. The: is a charm and glam mor about A. F A A M .—Meets the Frtlay on or before these t ya which sweeten lif* and makes the fall moon, Members in good standing invi- the haf^ iuonotony of every-day experi- W. M. ted to attend. By order of. enco more endurable, . There is a depar­ I. O. 0. F.— Meet* every Saturday night at 'ture frj an, the hard, inflexible routine of •’clock P. M. Members in good Handing invi- every-^ Ay life, which gives now courkgo N. G. ted to attend. By order of to tho d |spou4iag heart and which revir­ 1. O. G. t J Meets every Tuesday ni ht at 7 óte dormant sympathies of the talizes F. M. Members of the order in good standing INSANE.*—Last Monday a young man human invited. By order of ’ W. C. T. k< ¡breast. I named Andrew Stewart was adjudged Asidl from its religious origin and insane and was turned over to sheriff P. H — Meets tho third Saturday of eack .associ« Ek ns, there is a mysticism and Dale, who took him to the asylum last . Month at IQ o’clock A. M. at Grange Hall. I ’ 1 > W sontiiul hit about these days which must Tuesday. This young man attended the CHLRCHES. ' elevatd Inhumanity to a higher plain. Christmas ball at this place and seemed j It is a 4me when the general impulses of REV. J, HOBERG, P. E. to be as rational as anyone else, and ere 4 Sunday of aich month at.... .•......... 11 a . M. I the hu Ban heart come uppermost, and a week had barely passed he was declar­ M ........................ 7 .. m . i ’ the bad k * pensions are at rest. It is a time ed insane, His insanity is of a very vi­ jjw resolutions are taken, when olent type, and is was found necessary Regular appointments of Rev’. J. W. Watts, ; when 1 reforms are ..entered upon; to tie him in order to • prevent his doing indivi aacoud Sunday of each month at 11 o’clock a -i.es forgeF^h^MC feuds, and mischief. when M. and 7 o'clock r. m . > I ”* . I -.4»——— fireside glows with the warmth Rev. T. P. Hay net, pastor in charge when P reaching .—Rev. L. T. Nichols will of this district, for the M. E. Churqh, of off ion and good cheer never seen give two leotures on Bible subjects in the South, will preach at this place on the before^ n these cold days the poor are Court House next Sunday, January 7th. 4th Sunday of each mouth, at 11 o’clock [red, and the pale faces of fam­ reme and also in the evening. Services will ba held at eleven o’clock, a altitudes are caused te smile iu., and six o’clock, p. m. ishing D isconsolate .—A young gentleman with c tent. The sick are visited, and living in the beantiful valley of Cheha­ the w Is of the medicant are relieved, F ound —A blue ladies’ scarf—we mean lem, who, by tho way, ia quit« a genius, ' Gifts friendship are interchanged, and a blue scarf belonging to some lady, was built a nice buggy iu order to take hie i hutna khature assumes its softer and found at the Grange Hall after the girl on a spin of a Sunday. Last Sun­ more lign aspects. Universal rejoic- Christmas dance. The owner can have day he oarried out part of the program­ ing p lails in Christendom, and nature the same by calling at this office and de­ me, sad might have filled out the bill itself «sms to take a more hospitable scribing property. had it not been for the waywardness or dernea r. The wind whistled gleeful A great spectacle to view’ the enormous rather pure, unadulterated cusaidness of music i the chimney tops, and rattles rush day and night at Uncle Harris’ es­ hie cayuee. After donning his store joyfull on the windows. The nights tablishment! How could it be otherwise, clothes he hitched his horse to the bug­ are fed with spirits and goblins, and when he is so accommodating and gen­ I gy and had his brother to try him. the slo ing gables echo with their tramp- tlemanly to every one? Remember his Things didn'Vwork right and the horse The night winds bear upon stand: 702 and 704 Kearny Street, four ran away with tho buggy. Determined their w «pering wings pleasent veices, doors from the City Hall, San Francisco. not to be beaten thus easy, he «changed and the dancing fire-light assumes fan- H olloway ’ s P ills and O intment . drivers, but wilh a worse result. * Tke tastic s! ihapes. There is a juvenile fea- — For Scurvy, Leprosy, and cutaneous horse got his dander up and, turning its ture sbotlt these days that lends an addi­ hair the wrong way, commenced beating tional c harm to them. The nursery and diseases they are unrivalled. In places ‘ Yankee Doodle on the buggy with its the hou S'jiuld ring with delight at the where these maladies are prevalent, the heels, and by the time the tune was fin­ gifts oi | Santa Claus, and childhood cures are marvellous, for the expulsion ished the vehicle was about finished also. listens t fifth open-eyed wonder to recitals of pimples, blotches, &c, they are un­ Misfortunes never come singly; besides paralleled, and as a cosmetic the oint­ having his buggy kickad to pieces, he of the 1< Sends of the time. When ed­ ment stands unequalled. Sold every­ had to submit to the mortification of vaacing ge creeps on, and the pretty knowing that his girl had gone bhek qif Christ romances are stipped of their where. 25 cents per box or pot. him for breaking the Sabbath. . I mystsr CONFLAGRATION. he plsasent rscolletion of these W atch M eeting .—Some of the young ; childish mes still lingers in the imagin- ••Observer,” writing from North Yam­ gives a reflected gladness to folks congrgated at the Essex Hotel Par­ •tion a hill Jan. 4th, says: days. No one can forget lors last Sunday evening «nd had a good these ’ Oar usally quite city was visited this time. From there they went to the resi­ them. I uth and age, th« Christian, morning by a terrible conflagration. agan, in our land of light and dence of Mr. Rual Olds, and a few Jew, an Those of her ctizens who had recovered dike look forward to these re- promise] p more couplee having dropped in, they from the Holiday dissipations were whiled away the hours with plays, jokes, curring liys with pleasant anticipation, startled from slumber about 2 a m . witty sayings, etc., until the old year and look^.bftck upon them when they are by a crackling noise which was soon had ceased to exist and the new one had gone wi discovered to be fire, emanating from a arrived. The boys say that the object should be/. No one should detract from building attached to the city Hotel prop­ • of the party was to give the girls one the festiv|tiws of these times, or strip thess erty which in tho abort space of one mere opportunity to pop the anxiously days of tfeir wierd fancies and harmless No insurance. looked for question. We don’t know superstitipis. The world is brighter, hour was ia ashes. Loss Estimated at $5 50. whether any of them found sufflcient warmer, nd better with them. The courage to pop or not. Business rather dull sinco Holidays. natural harshness of the human heart is School prospering finely. 8 lnging .—-ProE Powell will meet his subdued by Christmas pastim^«. and ob­ servances. Better feelings are-called into singing classes at this place next week. DIEU. He will occupy Monday and Tuesday existence, And the softer elemontj of hu­ At Lafayette, Jan, 1st, 1877, Jane E., evenings with the first class, and Wed­ inanity co nt) uppermost. May it bo the wife of C. E. Eastabr^ook, aged 29 years ■d the merriest of all the happy blithest ari nesday and Thursday evsnings with the and 3 months. The deceased has been |iave preceded it, and may the second or beginners class. All those de­ years thatl siring to become members of either class rscolletion ’of it dwell in the breast in dangerously ill for some time, and hor should apply immediately to Mr. C. F. days to coflao, like the memory of a ben­ death, although looked for by all, never­ Royal. Those desiring books can leave ediction. May Christmas goblins find theless, casts a gloom over the communi­ tbeir names either with Mr. Royal or at a secure retifeat from the winter frosts ty now that there is so much sickness in this office. Persons desiring to learn in the twining evergreens that festoon our midst. As tho new year came in the music should take advantage of this op­ every peaceful fireside. May happiness life of this lady went out to keep compa­ portunity. 1 and comfortsurround childhood, youth, ny with the old one' She leaves a hus­ E xhibition . On last Friday evening and age, is 4he wish of the C ourier . band and a family of small children to there was an exhibition given at the mourn her. The husband and children Prairie aiademy. Some of the pieoes have tiie sympathy of the community in • HUKE AND THERE. were very well renderedjreflecting credit this, their great affliction. 1877. ; I •n the performers. Thad Dqpuis, Capt. 1 At Lafayette, Jan. 5th, 1877, Aunt (Summer .ther. Powell and others of Dayton kindly fur­ Polly Harris, aged about 61 years. nished them with music. The house was Ceunty C4urt this week. Funeral services at the Church, Janu­ crowded to overflowing; and from the re­ Writing sfabool to-night. ary 6th, at 11 o’clock, A. M. All friends port brought back by several who at­ Singing sfihool next week. of the deceasod are invited to be present. tended from here they had a very inter­ esting time. The holidfivs are passed and gone. Mr. H. C. Dele has received a letter O1&., , ---------- A few holmay presents still at Hill’s.. from Missouri informing him of the “C ome H ere O nb of Y ou ."—Captain Mounts, the modern Sinbad, lectured in The child is born and its name is 1877. dea^h of hii aged mother. / the Grange Hall on Wednesday evening Kelty is selling his holiday goods cheap August Flower. to a fair audience. The Captain is a A large number of outsiders in town The most miserable beings in the good, humorous story-teller, and enter­ this week. J| world are those suffering from Dyspep-t tains his audience as well as strange ad­ , What holds;all the snuff in the world? sia and Liver Complaint. ventures and incidents, related in ordin­ More than seventy-five per cent, of the ary conversational style, is capable of No one noseX people in the United States are afflicted Jfc J doing. His lectures are specially enter­ Always bque d to follow suit—Your with these tw« diseases and their effects; taining and instructive to the young. such as sour stomach, sick headache, tailor’s biil. pb habitual costiveness, palpitation of the W riting S chool .—Miss Sarah Jane • Again the musical sound of the school heart, heart-burn, water-brash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stom-’ organize a writing school bell revibratiMi. ach, yellow skin, coated tongue* and die-’ at the academy, in this place, this even­ Now we cotoe down to the sad realities agreeable taste in the mouth, coming up ing. Her terms are three dollars for 12 of everyday Hfe. of food after eating, low spirits, &c. Go Ipeenr- She offers two premiums, one Two good-looking young ladies gave to your druggist and get a 76 cent bottle of A ugubt F lower or a Sample Bottle for the best writer and one for the per- for 10 cents. Try it—Two doses will re- son making ; the most improvement. All us a call yesterday. are invited to be present this evening. There is an nnusual amount of sickness leive you. Agents, Crane & Brigham, San Francisco. ia this place just now. —The'djuiice last Monday Now that the holidays are over things «s very well attended, and en- Final Settlement-. all. The general expression seem remarkably quiet. Notice,is hereby given that the under-igned A couple g«t married here last week has tiled' in the County Court of Yamhill coun­ t this jolly? It is one of the ty, B ate of Oregon, her final account of the season.” A splendid but remained married only two days. of her administration of the estate of _____ sowed at the Essex House, When you swear off be sure and set James M. Laughlin, deceased, and that whioh, it is needlsss to say, was duly ap­ by order of said court, said acconnt will be your pegs where you can reach them. heard by Mid Court at the room of said Court preciated by all. court house, in bafavette, m said bounty,, On account of a due observance of the it the Tuesday, tlio 6th day of March, 1H77. at ons O n A J am .—The happy people of West holidays we am a little short on reading on o’clock p. m., of said day, at which time and place any person interested therein may appear Chehalem had a dance last Monday eve, matter. I . v and object thereto. «ad firoat the report must have had a Jau. 6,1»77. NANCY C. LAUGHLIN, The boys say they have fooled away Executrix,- ogular old jam. Besides plenty of fuu lsapyear, but intend to look out for them­ two knock-downs to very the N otice. of the occasion. Chehalsin selves this year. ■ ... I — world for fan and frolic. Quite a number of the young men of Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has bekn duly appointed adminirtrater of the this place have gone to Taooma to work estate of James McCain, 8r., deceased, by the ».—An old gentleman named County Court of Yamhill county. Oregon. All on the railroa^. in Washington county, persons having claims against said estate will These new styles of paniers do away please present them to mo within six months ine, was arrested yester- from this date. JOHNATHAN STOUFFER, t to this place. He had with newspaper bustles, and a journal Perrydale, Jan. 5th, 1877. Administrator. st Weetfal’ of Che- must run on its merits alone. with an assault We are glad io learn that Hon. W. D. Fenton has so far recovered fr«m his re­ i cent illness as to be abb to around f the house. V & NEW APVERTISEM THE SUN. 1877. mi. i. « > ■ ; Phunny Kolumn QON I which -ALSO- e r 3 iiAyá J fi TJ A LARGE AND lecled st tock ót V I t Medicines, Paints. Oilj, Brushes •» Panciy andD^e Fan^ andD^s Stuff! Stuffs, Notions, &0., ¡io. ¡ I1 4 I 1877. N1W YOBE. Ths different editions of T h * S un daring the present year will be the same as during ths year that has iust passed. The daily edition will on week days be a sheet of four pages, and on Bunday a sheet of sight pag­ es, or 56 broad columns; while tlio weekly edition will bo a sheet of eight pages of tks game dimensions and character that are al­ ready familiar to osr friends. T hk S i ’. k will continue to be the stronooua advocate of reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution of statesmanship, wisdom and integrity for hollow pretence, inbecility and fraud in the administration of public af­ fairs. It will contend for the government’ of tho people by the people and for the peo­ ple, aa opposed to government by frauds in the ballot-box and in the counting of votes, enforced by nii^Ury violence. It will en­ deavor to snppl its readers—a body now not far from a bullion of souk—with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy ac­ counts of current events, and will employ for this purpose a numerous and carefally selected staff of reporters and correspond- .ii8. r,Port* from ashington, especi­ ally, will be full, accurate, and fearless; and it will doubtless continus to deserve and en­ joy the hatred of those who thrive by plus dering the the Treasury or by usurping what the law does not give them, while it will en­ deavor to merit the confidence of the public by defending tho rights of the people against the encrOHCbments of unjustified power. The Drice of the daily B un will be 55 cts a month or >«.50«.year, postpaid, or with the Bunday edition t7.7O a year. Sunday edition alone, eight pages, 91.BO > year, post paid. The W uklt S un , eight pages of 56 broad columns, will be furnished during 1877 at the rate of 91 a year, post paid. The benefit of» this large reduction Arom the previous rate for T hs W eexlv caff be enjoyed by individual subscribers without ths necesaity of making up clubs. At the same time, if any of our friends choose to aid in extending oer circulation, we shall be grateful to them, and every such person who sends ua ten or more subscribers from one place will be entitled to one copy of the Saper for himself without charge At one ollar a year, postage paid, the expenses of paper and printing are barelv repaid; and, considering the size of the sheet and the quality of its contents, we are confident the people will consider T hk W eekly 8ujr the cheapest newspaper published in the world, and we trust also one of the very beat. Addresa.THKBUN, Now York City .N.Y. —ALSO — : . I A 1^1-0.- Sr la æ« r 4 5' V Slfrtf J W. B. CAREY, LAFAYETTE, ÔGN. —DBÁLB* Irf— •jrsrPe. seiui ¿mes com- ni ou:F. Copper-Ware. 5'- ESSEX HOTEL, K. Littlefield. ought OBBING DONE WITH CARE AND W a M- ranted. W All orders from the country promptly at­ tended to. 7 J Lafayette, Oregon A w. J. OLIVER, -«i---------------- ; f J Proprietor. MOUNT DIABLO J. H. CLARK, Proprietor LAFAYETTE, OREGON. c rpHE UNDERSIGNED HATING thor- JL eughly refurnishhd the above named t t house, is now prepared to accommodate the public in a satisfactory manner, at thekfol- lowing rates: Board and Lodging per week,... $5 00 F aville funny for T HE IX PI ’SI ; xed informs 11: public liiat I ih L»a h.id ;i eli i r a»d rtntent fCTF ,TI.LY ■ps constant I M - HVING JU8T PURCHASED THM stove named rstablibhrnent, I invite my friends to|ive ms a call and try my H WINES, . ; LICtUORS, Board per week, ........... 4 00 ■EGA RS, Board and Lodging per Day, ’,......1 25 The Table will at all times be suppli­ ed with the best the Market Affords, W. J. TOBACCO/ E7”A rood Billiard Table will be' found here for the accommodation of my custom ei b . J. H, CLARK. ; Bi:tf OLIVER. % and T ♦ Blacksmith —ALBO - novlO,76 ' ©hop C.L. ESTABROOK ,es and l^uors : Oro. Lafayette, O F. H XGASSER. 7:21 tf isn t much r WOULD respectfully announce; to the citizens of Lafayette and vicinity »hot i am prepared to do all kinds of work, in my line of business, with neatness and dispatch . C. L. ESTABROOK, ■241 MRS. L. A. DIXON, To ucan not afford to pay Credit MILL IJÍER, LAFAYETTE, OREGON. prices for your goods. AMPSON idl' Twenty Brooklyn ladies voted on the question: Hat a young lady the right to kiss a gentleman with whom she takes an evening drive? There were nineteea afflrmatve vol L Th« on« negativ« vote was cast by a roman with red hair and LAFAYETTE, - OREGON, ft. -4^—---- at this r Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron & ■ * ' 3 ♦ I I Í - _ . 1 Cigars. Tobaccáj aiH Stetioaei , &C., Ac. wf jiich we will Sell tó reduce<| pr| :» foi cash. No. 4, Jefftrxm awd Third Bta. •ROPRIETORS. ULD . RESPECTFULLY CALI WOpLD the attention rtention of the citizens of Yamhill ugty to the fact that we are manufactured o| and dealers ....1 the popular IRH, DOORS, BLTND9, , H oldings , f. D oor and I window On the 15th Nov. we will open a strictly cash Store, when Goods will be sold at least 15 per cent below former Pri­ ces ever obtained in this County. Will pay for Produce all We can GET FOR IT! i —ALSO— r All kinds of household furnittirej aS e| foch ft Chairs. Bedsteads, Si aies. Bufi ■ I reaus. Stands. Ta îles, b|.r 4 1 Whatnots, Eta i ALSO— writer S. À. YOUNG, M. D. M c M innville , . I : All kinds ofii ¡teSScnill Sa I and turn neatueas SGTCouis and see and le*rn our prices. I SWAewell posts, hand rails * made to ordeft I Addresss: i » 8 AM PSO Ijifayett no49j:m6 hamster i that “brevity is co., t a • I I >• I •- 5 I ; ' MERCHANTS, H. R. LITTJ.ariILD,M.D. | J. F. CALBBKATH, M.B LITTLEFIELD & CALBREATtt Physicians anfl Sww P. C. SULLIVAN, Attomey-st-Lsw, EX i 33 *' Mrs. L. A. DIXON. House,up stain,fiaiom, Oregon. n«iiy CfiDlmiiiial liw SW, JOHNSON&GR^ZIER f LAFAYETTE, : Subscribe for œURIER. i BL Jee ears ev '■■■» ft : : 7 OREGON- RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO the public that wo are prepared to accoir aso date customers with hmoee, buggies, hacks, Ac. qj - Twits. Very ksassaaW*. Oflca in the Oeurt Heute. ’ ÍF5 ¿ i ■ í ? Midili X,/- i I ■ ■. I a?'' ■se. & I r . «