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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1895)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER. J. r. RTKWAKT.Kdltor iml Proprietor. Our New Year's Directory. First on our list is T. 1'. Fish, whose scales are honest and just. He will sell you tobacco and throw in the tag; his coffees and teas are up to the highest degree; he has hardware, tinware, coal-tar and rope; clothes for the naked, boots and shoes to cover your feet, and a good cigar for those he treats; soap to . make you lather and towels to wipe it off; sugar and honey to cure your cough; allspice and nutmeg to seas on your pie," and cayenne pepper that will make you cry, and very nice slickers to keep you dry: , When you cross the street to the ."; other side you enter a door both high and wide, where Mrs. Cope land always presides. She has. staple groceries of every kind: flour and feed for those in need ; hats and boots of the latest design, and nary a two of the same kind. Oil for your lamps and matches to light, and many other things always in sight. Ribons for girls and dresses for ladies; warm little stockings for all of your babies. Kid shoes for women, fine shoes for men, and trice silk handkerchiefs already hemmed. Hooks and eyes to fasten your clothes, and nice warm socks to cover your toes; a nice assortment of show case goods that always takes with the people in town, and draws customers for miles around Otto Kroe;stad is the only one in town who handles drugs to make you frown. He will sell you pills to cure your ills, or patent medicines to stop the chillsf plasters that are nice, soothing and warm, and if they do you no good they will do you no harm. He will sell you soothing syrup to quiet the baby at night, or Castoria to make it look bright; whiskey on prescription that is strong enough to make you light; he has toys for the childien and books for the grown, and many nice things for your home:- Henry Lewis does business at the same old stand, and will sell you anything down to a clam. He is honest and square in selling his vure; he is up with the times and takes in the dimes, for his prices ore low, tl don't make u very Li,, bow; his is a mixture of all that is pood; his habits are reEufr.r, his business is fair, and he merits a share of the pubic trade. Snow & Knos have a store of moderate size, where one may go and feast their eyes. They have cased goods, canned goods, barreled goods and nutmegs for pie, and pickles that will make you wink your eye. They have long coats, short coats, claw hammers and nails and a fine brand of axes to split your rails; bucksaws, crosscut saws, washboards and tubs, and spoke shaves to make wagon hubs. The Leadur. office is just next door. There you get nil you want and sometimes more. He publishes nil the news of a general kind, and is not afraid to express his " mind. Jle has large type small type aud In color red, white 'and blueVand is always ready to do good work for you. For a piece of -justice, large or small, don't forge, to call on Al. Hall. He will give you law in a business way, and if you take his advice you will find it will pay. Near the Tun pie of Justice, Car son and Henlingcr may be found; bhould you get into trouble and want to get out just advance them a V,a retaining fee, and they will draw np your papers in a legal way, and see that you get fair play. They wiil practice in all the courts, before judge or jury, and question a witness in a gentlemanly way, and avoid telling him what to say. At the Hotel Lincoln you may sleep or be fed, and are always sure of a good bed; you can have plain lareofa substantial kind, or the latest served in any style; and oblg tng waiters with artistic skill, are always on hand to do your w ill. The Krogstad Brothers, nt the Toledo mill, have lumber rough, lumber dressed, lumber wet and lumber dry; and are sure to sell it bye and bye. There prices are as low as any where you may go; they are honest and straight as the day is long, and if you make a mistake "GENTLEMAN GAMBLER." to they will tell you that you are: - - - ong. A FORTUNE AT CARDS. If you want a carpenter to build J ; you a house, and one who will do ! T WA8 WN BY JOHN SCOTT, THE it, Rite Dedrick is your man. He has hammers and saws, hatchet' with claws; rules a::d tapes to meas nre theshapes; and planes tosmocth the halls; and plumb-bobs straighten the walls. If you are thirsty and water won't do, go down to the bank of the Depot slough; ope... the door and step up iu uie uar, and call lor the whiskey or call for the gin and you will get euner one it you have the tin They have quantity quality, fine Wackberry and port wine, with Davis in front and Winant behind; and the rest of the animal show is Tr. Warren aud Fisherman Toe. If you want any pork or any other meat, call on Bob Campbell and get a treat. He will give you a roast or will give you a fry; and to please you he will always try. His motto is cash, his prices are low, and if this don't suit you, I don't know where you will go. The Yaquina Post is bright, newsy and gay, and has always stood up for the Yaquina Bay Van is the editor and chief, and will keep her staight on the republican, creed. If your boots need mending, of your shoes are in holes, go to Joe Ludwig and get new soles. Harlan Items. (Received too Into for last Issue.) A fine time Xmas. There was a Christmas, tree at Mr. January's old house for the children Christmas Eve. They had a good program consisting of reci tations, select reading, etc., and SanlaClausdistributed the presents. There was some valuable presents on the tree. Everybody had all the candy, nu'.s, etc., they could eat', and some to take home. The next day they had a big dinner. It was one of the best dinners I evtr saw in Oregon. Mrs. January made a butter tree, and it was nice. They also had a candy pulling at night, and played games until ta o'clock. Oh, I wish Christmas would come twice a year. They had a tree at the Big Elk chool hnupp. We hear thev had n fine time. After the tree the crowd went down to Mr. Young's ar.c? played and danced till morning. There was a dance there last night also. Miss Cora Grant danced and overheated herself, then drank ice water, and came very near dying. They think she is out of danger now. Mrs. Tunison is improving very slowly from her long illness. Harry Simpson started back to the Valley this morning. He has hired out at Feedee. George Ray and John Feagles visited at Big Elk over Sunday. Dated December 27, 1894. I. N. O. This was the saddest Christmas Nebraska ever experienced. With its 700 destitute families and the cold which the day brought with it, the greetings were anything but cheering. Much aid is being re ceived in the shape of food and money donations, but, with the great extent of blighting drouth, each district is compelled to be satisfied with barely sufficient to sustain life and keep out the cold. There are many cases of great des titution in the western pattof Knox county and the county of Boyd, ad joining. An enterprising citizen of this county, in view of the great need of food aud the great number of prairie dogs in this district, has made the following statement pub lic: "As one means of relief to the destitute people of western Nebras ka, let me suggest to those who live contiguous to prairie-dog towns that if they will capture these little rodents, misnamed dogs, since they are not of the canine species, but a link between the squirrel and ground hog or wooden tick, they will find them excellent food." A New York man was sent to jail for ten days for singing "Sweet Marie." Such light punishment for so serious an offense demon- 111 HI Winning! at White', In London, In the Lost Century Exceeded 5,000,000. Though Illiterate, Be Wm Ik Man of the ' Moit PrecUe Methods. Of all the gentlemen gamblers of the tlose of the eighteenth century in Eng land a single one is noted for tho im mensity and tho regularity of hiB win Dings. This was John Boott, who, be ginning m a penniless captain, wound Dp his career as a millionaire general. On tbe subject of the campaigns be con ducted history is silent, but contempo rary London was full of talk of bis mar velous luck with dice and cards, and the marital misfortunes of bis later life gave more material for tho gossips. Writing to Richard Bentloy, from Arlington street, on Feb. 23, 1753, Horace Walpole says: "Tbe great event is tbe catastrophe of Sir John Bland, who has flirted away bis whole fortune at hazard. He t'other eight exoeeded what was lost by the late Duke of Bedford, having at one pe riod of the nigbt (though be recovered the greatest part of it) lost 82,000. The citizens put on their double chan neled pumps and trudge to St. James street in expectation of seeing judgment on White's angels, with flaming swords, and devils flying away with dioeboxes, like the prints in Sadler's hermits. Sir John lost this immense sum to a Captain Scott, who at present has nothing but a few debts and bis commission. " ' Sir John Bland, to conclude here the history of that luckless dicer, shot him scl dead after losing tbe last of his for tune in Kippax park. Captain John Scott was of that branch of the numerous Scott family of which Sir Walter was a member, and bis an cestor in tho thirteenth century was that ramons chemist, Michael Scott, wlio won tho name of Wizard. A later Scott distinguished bimsolf in the time of Charles II by marrying, when bo was binmelf only 14 years old, a lady who was three years hi'a junior. The brido was Mary, countess of Buccluuoh, in her own right the richest heiress in Scot land. The marriage was a secret one, and nouo of the friends and few of hor family were informed of it until the day after. The youthful bridegroom did not profit greatly by this match, for his brido died at 13. Her sister Anne, who succeeded to her titles and estates, niado n marriage with tho pot son of Charles II, Monmouth, and bad a numerous family. It was CO years later, or about 1750, that youiif? Jo!) n Scott, son of the Laird of Scot's Tnrvot, entered King George's army. Two yoars later he was in Lon don and in the midst of tho most rock less sot of spendthrifts, rakes and ganio sters that Euclisb society has ever uown. Sir John Blaud was only one of a thousand rich yountf Englishmen who threw away his fortune over tho naming tablo at White's. Tho one his- Ulo !-...;! i : Cat .JV.C-?W"V)'-! Fox, Pitt's rival. Fox gambled away, nil told, no loss than 3,000,000. Scott wj biy antipodes of Fox. When he died, at a ripo old age, bo left a tor tune as great as that with which Fox had begun, and every ponuy of it bad boon won at the gaming table.- Fox was a ripo scholar. Scott was almost illit erate. Fox said that losing was the next greatest pleasuro to winning. Scott nover lost, or so rarely that it did not affeot the serenity of bis euroer as a winner. Fox would go borne in tho morning after a night in which be hud gambled away 10,000 or 20,000 aud immediately loso himself in a study of Sophocles or JEschylus. Scott, like the sensible follow he was, would button bis coat over tbo portomonnaie in which bo carried away winnings of an equal or even greater amount and immediate ly go to bed so s to be fresh for play la the evening. When Scott found bimsolf in Loudon, and amid tbo wild young men of bis era, be determined that gaming was his only chauco of getting money. When he engaged bimsolf to throw a sorios of mains with Sir John Bland, ho had, as Horace Walpole puts it, nothing "but a few dobts and bis commission " His shrewdness taught him that there was nothing In . dicing, at which a stupid man has ng good a chauoe as a bright bno, and so he speedily gave up hazard and applied himself to wbint, at which ganio boaveu fight on tbo side of thu skillful playor. Never in the history of play did men gamblo for such high stakes as Scott and his victims did at White's between 1763 aud 1780. Scott's system was nu exceedingly simple cue. Ho gave himself tbe best of it in ev ery possible way. Ho nover wcut to tho gaming table unless bis bead and bis stomach wero in tho very best order. Ho never lost his composure or bis good nature for nu instant Ho played a per fectly fair and honorable game, and at first bo made it a rule never to play for bioro than a fixed sum, which he could afford to loso. He won so steadily that It wasn't long boforo ho was prepared to risk any sum whioh even tho wealth iest or tbe niott reckless of his adver saries would venture to propose. A story which illustrates capitally Soott's patieuoe in tbe face of bard luck has been preserved. One night, while be was at tbe card tablo, news was brought to biui that his wife, the first Mrs. Scott, had given birth to a girl. "Ah," ho said, "I shall have to dou ble my stake to moke a fortune for this yonug lady. " But in a few hours ho was 3,000 to the bad, Botuluiug Ms invariable soren ity, he said he was sure of bis luck re turning, and at 7 a. ni. bo went homo tbo winner of 15,000. That's the sort of play that went on at White's night after night during tbe years that John Boott was winning tbe largest fortune 8AFETY ON THE WATER. fhe Iupector' Department's Claim of Efficient Work. Nearly 700,000,000 people carried on Amerioan steamers during the last fiscal year and only 255 lives lost of whom but 96 were passengers, is the promi nent feature of the new annual report of Supervising Inspector General Dn mont of steam vessel inspection service. This is a smaller mortality among the same number of people, we have no doubt, than if they had all staid at borne and went regularly to bed, to say nothing of traveling by rail It proves again what we have often remarked that travel by American steamers under the system of inspection now enforced is the safest that could possibly be de vised. Thirty-five of the 96 passengers above referred to lost their lives in one disaster the sinking of tho tugboat James D. Nicol off Sandy Hook on a Sunday in June last, and General Du mont states that this disaster was solely duo to the fact that tbe tug was being navigated by a person wholly inexpe rienced. It is further stated in the report that of the nearly 11,000 boilers inspected accidonts causing tbe loss of life have occurred to but 15 of them, defects in upward of 700 being detected and reme died; also that of 100,274 new life pre servers examined only 64 were found deficiont. This statement shows that as great care is taken in the inspection of equipments to prevent disaster as in the machinery employed to run them and the men who man them. In regard to tbe latter no less than 88 applicants for master's and pilot's licenses were re jected during tbe year on account of colorblindness, although 1,544 passed tho tests. All of which goes to show that tbo traveling public and tbe stoara vessel fraternity as well have every rea- buii tO lupuBO CUiiUUUiJCb ill tiiu liibpou- tion system as at present managod. Marine Journal. DANGER IN PERFECTION. A Frlnce and a Baron Imitated a Stag Cp to the Killing- I'olut. It would bo difficult to find on record a stranger bunting adveuturo tbuu that experienced by Prince Hohenlohe, son of the German chancellor, aud Baron Victingboff recently. They went out together to shoot stags nud agreed to decoy tho animals by imitating their call ou a special born. The hunters separated, each accompanied by a game keeper, and went in different directions. During the course of tbe day tbey ap proached each other, and each beard tho other's decoy call and believed a stately stag was bofore him. Imitating tbe heavy steps of tbe animal, they noisily drew still nearer. Tho imitation of tbe steps and call was so well done that they finally arrived within ten paces of each other without perceiving their mistake. The' thicket was so donso that they could not see through it. Both stood still, repeating tho challenge from time to time. Each still firmly believed that bo was within a few paces of a real stag. At last tho prince, tired of wait ing, fired thrice rapidly in tho direction of tbe supposed game. Tbe first bullot ?':ncel oT tl'P Mrrridpn r"H f Rnrnn ietinghu, l.iubuuond buucklj.a t.uua and sprang off, the third fell dead from his pocketbook well filled With papers. Tbe young baron, though hit three tiines,Btood unwouuded. Ho was so con vinced that not his follow hunter, but a stag, was beforo him that be attribut ed the shots to tho explosion of car tridges in bis belt and busied himself unfastening his belt for tbo purpose of throwing it away. The astonishment of both when they nt last found out what bad happened was great. Berlin Spe cial. COMPETING WITH CHICAGO. strates the necessity of reform the police department of that great I ZSSS city. Morwaj Making Arrangement! to Supply London With Mutton. London will shortly have the advan tage of another meat supply this time from Norway which, according to the Londou Telegraph, is perfecting ar rangements for supplying tbe English metropolis with as much mutton, alive or doad, as it can spare for exportation. Systematio experiments wero made re cently under the supervision of tbe Stavanger Agricultural society, aud the results were so satisfactory that in the approaching cold season it is to be re peated on a larger scale. It appears that 60 sheep, each weigh ing about 100 pounds, were fattened for a week or so until they turned tbe scale at from 115 pounds to 183 pounds. They were then shipped to London, where they roalizod an average price, after deducting commission, of about t7.50, and as the total outlay bad only boon obout $6. 50 por head there was a net profit of nearly $ 1 on each animal Forty were also sent over with the skins, hoofs and interior intact, but on tbeso threo was an averago loss of 10 shillings per bead, partly expluined by the skins being damaged through bad packing. Nevertheless tbe Stavanger society has come to tbe conclusion that the business promises to be remunerative, and the English people have thus an additional guarantee of an adequate supply of mutton. A Tyrannical Landlord. According to Mr. Labonchorein Lon don Truth, tbe Duke of Beaufort, one of the most tyraunous of the landlords of Euglaud, assumes to dictate all the affairs of the town of Stoke-Gifford Bis grace took objection to the election of Admiral Close as a churchwarden and served notices to quit ou the tenant farmers who voted for him. The duke afterward announced that bo would withdraw the notioos only on condition that the admiral resigned. In order that the farmors should not suffer, the admi ral did resign. It now appears that Ad miral Close himself was a tenant of tbe anke, and ho also received a notice to quit his house, which has Just expired. He has practloally been evicted became be was chosen churchwarden without ducal approval TOLEDO'S : HEW : SRI : SIS Will endeavor to supply every want in the following lines of G Pure and Full Strength pDKUG$ and MEDICINES School Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, ij tions, Toys ana luiDDer Woods, Fishini Tackle, Games and porting Gooods, Co fectionery, Nuts, Cigars and Smoker's ,41 tides, Paints, Oils, Varnish and Windoll glass. We aim to give Satifaction in Quality and Prtcel GIVE US A CALL WHEN IN TOWN. OTTO O. KROGSTAT), Registered Pharmacist. Monogram Cigar Store, Jrl. ISA. BFCJInTKI, Frap , Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Fruit, etc Billiard and Pool Parlors, ffSTA QUIET AND OTtDERLY ItESOET. YAQUINA CITY, OREGON. &CO., i! n mm I mm HAVE BARGAINS IN Farm Lands, Tide Lands, Coal Lands, Town Prnnpvfv in sirtal T nfa THnlro IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED. AMVctofTMeto any property in Lincoln County furnished on demand. Toledo, Oregon BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. We have some good Bargains in Real Estate placed in our hands for sale. Below we give a description of a few of them: Four acre tract on the river i miles from Toledo; well improved house, barn and out-buildings; good young orchard and lots ot small fruits; small meadow and pasture. Price, $850, one-half cash, balance hi one year. 159 acre ranch on Big Elk five miles above Elk City; some plowed and 7-acres slashed and in timothy; house, good barn 40x48; on county road, school within mile. A good stock ranch . Price $ 1 , 400 on good terms. 120 acre ranch five miles from Toledo; frame house and barn, about 40 acres under fence, orchard and small fruit. A splendid tract of land with a good body of creek bottom. Price $600 cash. Two lots in Prior Scott's addi tion to Highland; one corner and one inside. Pake for the two, $50, all cash. Two lots in Stanton's addition to Toledo, well located and close to school house, Price $75. A well selected stock ol merchan dise to trade for a good ranch on Yaquina Bay; must have some tide or bottom land and be well located. A good trade will be given for the ritgh kifiiT'of'a ranch. Many other Bargains in Farm and City Property J. F. STEWAET & CO. TOLEDO, OREGON. DO YOU WANT FRUIT TREES? It Wjll Pay YOU to see ME before Buying. I CAN SELL, YOU FIRST-CLASS STOCK, Warranted True to Name and Tree From Disease and Insect Pests AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Home Grown and Healthy Treea tT, F. STEWART, Toledo, Oregon fiTAt LEADER OFFICE.