BIKES WORDEN. H. M. THATCHER. having the necossary amount of coin he nested in this part of Oregon. The men at work on the ditch, it was ordered to jail for 25 days. Served THATCHER & WORDEN C orvallis , Or., Dec. 28, 1877. 1 seems, are first-class beef eaters. Since him right. FRIDAY JANUARY, 4, 1878 the commencement of the work, Nick Miss Zylpha M. Haymond, formerly E ditor T idings :—Our little city has 1 Wright who has the contract of fur ­ of Salem, but lately of Oakland, Cali­ been quite lively during the past week, DEALERS IN INFABIY OF OSMAN PASHA nishing fresh meat, killed nine steers fornia, has returned to her old home. owing partly, of course, to the usual Everybody admired Osman Pasha's holiday festivities, but more especially weighing each between 800 and 900 They had a ball at Bridge Creek last 9 defense of Plevna against fearful odds, to the Teachers’ Institute, which has pounds. week and one man got stabbed in the On New Year’s day the works on the and were ready to vote him one of the been in session here for several days. face, and another severely punished gieatest commanders of modern times. Quite a large number of teacherB are in ditch were inspected by a Dumber of with a stool—still “there is lots of fun But it seems now that there is no rea­ attendance All seem greatly interested notable gentlemen, both from abroad in Oregon.”— Standard. sonable doubt that the Turks imder in school work, and the meetings and at home: I noticed the Hon. C. B. Mr. W. H. Rockfellow, so says the LINKVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON. Oman have been guilty of deeds which throughout, have proved very interest­ Bellinger of Portland; J. S. Howard, Mountaineer, has lately discovered a tin Are now receiving from San Francisco an extensive stock of goods of great variety will render his now illustrious name ing and instructive. The Thursday Henry Klippel, H. K. Hanna, and in Jordan Valley, 1. T. mine exactly suited u> the iracK of the forever infamous. It is stated in the evening session was especially enjoya­ Judge J. H. Reed. It is proposed to Mrs. F. F. Victor, the authoress, is latest dispatches that a London special ble. At that time Dr. L. L. Rowland, push the work on the ditch with renew­ correspondent of the A”. I’. II raid at our worthy State Superintendent deliv ed vigor and if possible to complete it at present engaged in teaching English I 1 Bucharest, telegraphs that it is cur ered an interesting address, which was I i during the next six or eight weeks. Ail j literature to the young ladies aud gen­ rently reported and generally believed followed by an elocutionary entertain­ things working well, it is expected that tlemen of Walla Walla. — Statesman. Which »hey nre prepared to sell at prices that cannot fail to satisfy customers. Be On Wednesday the residence of Mrs. there, that Osmuu will be tried by a ment, given by the members of the In­ the company will have their hydraulio sure to call and see us and see for yourselves. power iu readiness in February to work Dr. Fiske of Salem was destroyed by military court of highest jurisdic­ stitute and others wuo kindly consent­ on their claims. fire. The building was insured for $1,- tion for the slaughter of the ed to take part. T ub best readings The weather the past two months has 000, but the contents were almost a to wounded, after the great battle of July were given, and the music, furnished been very favorable for outdoor work; tai loss. It is a calamity to Mrs Fiske 31st. the fight before the Grivitz* re- b” the Coronet aud Orchestra bands, and bids fair to continue so. But, the and our amateur vocalists, was excel and leaves her almost destitute. — Ore­ doabt on Sept. 11 and several minor engagements. The discoveries made lent. A new aud important feature in average miner in this region of couutry gonian. by the Russians, smee occupying Plev­ the Institute, is a School Officers’ Con­ is considerablv disappointed on account James P. Young, living on Ameri­ i Do not forget the Old Pioneer Store of the Lake Country. na, information gained from Turkish vention, which meets this afternoon of the scarcity ot water. Another dry can flat, while huuting the other day, winter is staring him in the face, and, officers and above all the absence of and which will uudoubtedly result in made an excellent shot, killing three THATCHER & WORDEN. that means bard times for himself and Russian prisoners, although hundreds increasing the local interest in our deer at one shot at a distance of 150 vJnlftf. had been captured during the siege, public schools, and defining, more clear­ friends. I am sorry to say it is becom­ yards.— L. Q..Gazette. leaves no ground to doubt the truth of ly, the officers’ duties to the school, ing apparent, that surface mining, is The Jacksonville Times, the neatest the charges against Osman. It is said aüd their res} onsibihty in its general gettiug to be less profitable every year weekly paper in Oregon aud one of the in Southern Oregon and Northern Cal­ that every day brings to light some new welfare and progress. beet edited, has entered upon its eighth Jforrw Baum. ifornia, owing to the scarcity of rain. horror at PlevDa. Of course one must venture a few re­ volume. It is the official paper for marks upon that much abused and But, perhaps the new year will agree­ Jackson, Josephine aud Like counties, much neglected (?) subject, the weath­ ably disappoint us by giving us an and Democrats in those counties who THEY WILL COME. ♦ er. The North wind blows cold and abundant supply. The showers, the don’t Biiscnbe for it had better look out Oregon is becoming better and bet- frosty to-day, and the weather-wise are fore part of November|and on the or Old Nickell get ’em sure.— Stan ter known and understood abroad, and predicting a “fretze-up;” but the sun 23rd and 24lb of December, have aided dard. Main Street, Ashland, yet, comparatively few of the inbabi is shining so warm and bright, that to our agricultural pursuits considerably. tants of the old ice-locked states real­ many, such an event seems quite im­ ________ _______ XXX. ize that there is such a vast difference probable. Our young folks skate on, R. P. NFir.. H. B. M a < K. Vjur/OULD Announce to the people of Jackson and Lake counties GENERAL NEWS. i . in climate between their country and never waiting for cold weather, slick [Condensed froiuOiegotiiiDHndC.il 1 lisjMtclie«. ] that they have commenced receiving tlieir new Fall Mock, ours. The new immigrants among us ice and tingling ears, for our fine skat­ and that every day will witness additions to tbe largest stock ot Welkisbarre, Pa. Dec. 27.—Ten men who bad learned of Oregon’s produc­ ing rink at the City Hull, furnishes all (Succèspurs t Ch ipmtn 1- N.-i.J tiveness through her splendid Centen­ the amusement and enjoyment of a ver convicted of riot in interfering with nial exhibit, or who had occasionally ¡table “skating pond,” without the at­ mining operations la*t spring, were to- ARE NOW CONDUCTING read flattering newspaper reports from tendant cold and exposure. Frequent i day sentenced to puy fines, varying i the Pacific, confess that the mind pic­ masquerade Carnivals add greatly to j from $10 to $100, or imprisonment tures they had drawn of our State fell the interest of the merry skaters, and ; from 30 days to nine months. St. Petersburg Dec. 27.—The Agence j i«*r short of the reality; they were col­ the entertainment of spectators. Dip I ored too much by the scenes around theria has at last disappeared from our Russe observes that the English cab them. Now while the sleigh bells city, and the general health of the ,inetin encouraging tbe Porte to fur­ MEAT MARKET tinkle all through the live-long night, community is good. The “Beautiful ther resistance by convoking tbe Brit in the cities of the East, and the side­ Willamette” is at a fine stage for navi­ ish parliament earlier than usual, will Standard Gocds, Sold at the lowest market price, Of Ashland, Oregon, walks are frozen bo bard that they ring gation, and every day our wharves are compel tbe Russians to march on Con­ Having built a large and com- like crockery ware beneath the foot of visited by boats engaged in carrying stantinople, causing the precise result the walker, in Oregon flowers yet bloom away the immense quantity of grain which it seeks to avoid. modious shop, and hirnisbed it Will do it, liny pro} ore to do the largest business this kail and Winter ever done by tl.tiii iu the last live ytaiF, Knd the grass grows upon the hill-sides. which has been stored here. Our R New York, Dec. 28 —It is under­ with evervtliing nectssarv to the We cannot long Lope to eDjoy our mo­ R. is still in the future—the near future stood here that U. S. Grant, Jr. has business—not forgetting the very And that they can positively make it to lit* advantage of every ene nopoly of this favored land. They are we hope, for surely the angel of prog­ been appointed special assistant (J. S choicest of to call upon them in Ashland and test the tiutb oi their asseriians. at last awaking to a realization of the ress will not forget our beautiful city, district attorney for the preparation of Thev will spate 1 o pains to maintain, more tally than ever the rep- truth, in the “States,” and we could and we venture to predict that the the old delayed custom’s cases. MEATS CF ALL KINDS, i utution oi thtii house as the. not keep them back if we would. Af­ time is not far distant, when Corvallis The Vanderbilt will case is adjourn ter awhile our broad farms will have to —the heart of the valley—with its un­ ed until February 2G. be divided up, the timber of much of surpassed scenery aud beautiful sur­ Gen. G. W. McCook of Ohio, who; the forest lands uprooted, and the roundings, will be, in every wav, was stricken with paralysis ou Christ­ grassy hill sides be torn by the plow worthy the signification of the exquis­ mas day,at the re-idence of his brother to make room for the new recruits. We ite name it bears. C liffe . Cen. Anson McCook, in this city, died who are used to the cultivation of only this afternoon. tgp'e and Fancy Goods. Grccrries, Hardware, Clothing, Bcots the riceest lands of Western Oregon, NEW HYDRAULIC MINING ENTER­ Chicago, Dec. 28.—The members of i bhoes. Hots, Caps. Millinery and Dress Goods, Crockery, PRISE. are too likely to imagine that we have / ioneer otel the house committee on foreign affairs I Glass and tinware, Shawls, Wrappers, Cloaks. but little land to spare. We overlook ( f believe the cabinet will not recognize I A ptlsgate D iggings , I the fact that there are, east of the the Diaz Government, since congress 1 Linkville, Lake County, Oregon Jan. 2d, 1878. f mountains, vast districts of country, • yet untouched by the husbandman, The subscriber is again iu charge E ditor T idings :—I am writing from baa taken up tbe Mexican question. London, Dec. 28.—A correspondent i of the O ld P ioneer H otel ot the which the enterprise of our people will a point on Big Applegate known as at do distant day, convert into fine ag­ Mule Hill, near Nick Wright’s ranche, at the Head Quarters of tbe Russian ' Lake country, ami is determined ricultural districts and fill with a nu­ at tbe present terminus of the Union­ Rnstchuck army says the snow is over to make his guests ---- A FI LL LINE OF---- merous and prosperous population. town and Squaw lake wagon road. The two feet deep. All operations are sus Comfortable and Happy. We also overlook the fact that there is construction of the 10’4 mile ditch for pended. If the winter is of ordinary idl around us, an immense area of up­ tbe purpose of carrying tbe waters of vigor field operatians will be impos­ Give him a call a n^ rest assured lands, which through judicious culti­ tbe Silver Fork of Elliott creek aud the sible. i i j London, Dec. 28.—The Advertiser that he will make you feel at vation, would support great numbers two Squaw lakes and creek to Klippel, [2-29tf. of people. In short, those who now Hanna & Co.’s mining claims, is infus­ publishes tbe following in official form: home GEORGE NURSE. —CONSISTING OF— reside within our State are but a hand ing new life into this most secluded We understand tbe Sultan has solici ted the Czar with a view to bringiug lull as compared to the population she corner of Jackson county., J..O. C. W1MKK 3. WELL* Casimeres, Flannels, Tweliiiui(i. Oregon. f 29if. WHEAT—OATS—BARLEY—BACON—AND—LARD. F ine H orses .—W. C. Myer arrived Mr. Wrights and to be extended along has bought 200,000 rifles in Berlin. at his home in Ashland, on Wednesday said stream to where Elliott creek emp­ New York, Dec. 28.—About a year Clune *»ne, come ail! nud give us a (rial. last, with his new importation of blood ties into it. ago a widow named Oliver brought » d horses. The most highly valued of v2n.O f.J Tbe section of the proposed road suit against H od . Simon Cameron for J. Iti. MtCALLiCO, these are the “Arabian Boy,” a finely round Mule Hill Bend, consisting breach of promise. Nothing has .been WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER formed two year old, said to be the mainly of a precipitous rocky forma­ known publicly about tbe suit until Ashl iixi, Oregon. only cross between the pure desert tion, was commenced by tbeditch com­ to-day. It now appears by a state­ horse and tbe Percheron, in America, pany on the 19th of November last, ment in the Evening Star that it was and “Juniata” the two year old Perch­ seven men being, at work on it most of abandoned in February last, the widow Something New! Something Newl eron filly; weight 1,400 lbs; a finely | the time. Twenty odd rods of the road having waved further proceedings iu formed and perfeot animal. The four lead through very hard rock, and had consideration of $1,000. Oregon, Shetland ponies “Bobby Burns,” Mol to be blasted. The company having he “Nettie” and “Kittie,” are the first no doubt been at great expense in con­ STATE NEWS. . of their kind imported into Oregon structing the road round this bend, de­ [Coodeneed from Sute Exchangee] (O) Great Reduction in, and, although so extremely small, are serve the thanks of the public, for Jno. O. Donnel, W. C. T. of Capital almost perfect in form, The average A Large and Fresh stock ©f| An Elegant stock of Clothing whose benefit, as well as their own,this PRICES OF JEWELRY ! weight of tbe ponies is abont 223 lbs; work has been undertaken. It will Lodge I. O. G. T. of Salem, was pre­ at the Dry Goods at the --------------------------------------------------------- average height 38 inches. We feel take yet a week or tvmdays to finish tbe sented with an elegaut gold-beaded PIONEER STORE. PIONEER STORE. confident that Mr. Myer will find bis road at this bend; but tbe wagon road cane on Christmas. Our old friend A new and excellent »assortment new investment equally as good if not when once completed to Elliott creek, Tilman Ford made the presentation of line gold and plated jewelry. -------------------- ♦—-------------------- better than any previous one. Success I will open to tbe citizens of Jackson speech, which was of coarse ja st the A Fine Assortment of Fancy A splendid stock of Boots and he certainly deserves, for uo other man county a rich and interesting mineral thing. Shoes at the Goods and Notions at the Please call and examine my stock before pur­ has done so much towards furnishing region. Geographically Elliott creek A man named P. S. Cochrane resid- chasing elsewhere. PIONEER STORE. PIONEER STORE- ♦ be people of Oregon with what they I is situated in California; only a few ing near Renton W. T. was drowned Great pelts taken in repairing gold or silver uted in the hort>e line, on Saturday last. He went to the train watches and all kinds of jewelry. of its upper tributaries rise iu Oregon. < ♦ The construction of a most powerful to get some freight which was loaded fci5~A first-class chronometer in my establish­ S uicide —The sad intelligence was into his wagon. The lines in some ment. An immense stock of the best received by his relatives, on Tuesday bulkbead at the mouth of lower ¡Squaw way became entangled around bia feet Watches tmd clocks cleaned at from |1 50 to brands of Tobacco and Cigars at last, that George Anderson bad com­ lake, converting tnat magnificent body which caused the team to commence $2 txk All other work done at the very lowest the .PIONEER STORE. mitted suicide by ebooting himself of water into a reservoir, to be raised backing, and before Mr. Cochrane gain­ pn«A early that morning at Cottonwood. He or lowered as occasion demauds; tbe i ---------------------- •< ♦ ------------------------; ed control, tbe wagon, team and driver was a highly respectable young man construction of tbe ditch, commencing were backed off tbe wbarf into tbe GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, PAINTS AND OILS, «‘»out 25 years of age, the oldest son of at a point a short distance below the water, tbe wagon strikiug bottom up. Presiey Anderson of Phcuuix. No rea­ mouth ot the lake; the busy hum ot tbe laborers, both white and Chinese; the —Bee. son is assigned for tbe act. “Cheaper than the Cheapest” is Our motto. Tbe Mercury says: One Thomas Gor­ ALL WORK WARRANTED !! ------------ >-------------------------- trot of the heavily laden pack animals, Gen. M. V. Brown has returned to carrying supplies to tbe various en­ man was arrested by officer Minto upon Be sure to call, and rest assured Bring on your Produce and Exchange for Goods. duty on the Albany Democrat, after be­ campments along the line of tbe ditch a charge of beating and maltreating his ing out of the harness, on account of —ail giving these surroundings an air wife. He was brought before Recor­ that you shall have satisfaction. der Bowie, where be plead guilty and MRt M*w* KAR8ADINE. bicuness, for more than two months. of life and animation never before wit-i was fined fifty dollars and costs. Not v 2 l 25] , G. W. SMITH. THE FROM TIDINGS ASHLAND THE “HEART OF THE VAL- ' LEY." I LAKE COUNTRY Beef Cattle, Hid6s and Wool taken in ex­ change for goods. Neil & Mace, GENERAL MERCHANDISE T II E kCKNOWLEBGED HEADQUARTERS ♦ V P H . Southern ar.d £cuth-E astern Oregon --------- ► ♦ ♦ -4----------------- - PIONEER STORE. Selling Out ! ! Sewing Machines. Ä.slLlan.4