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THE ASHLAND ^MDAY TIDINGS .......... JANUARY 17, 187». XOCAL BREVITIES. T hanks .—Rev. Geo. Nntley, in be half of the Baptist Sunday school, would return thanks to Messrs. McCall <t Baum for the use of their ball on New Veer's eve, aud also to Mr. E M. Miller, who has kindly offered the use of his ball on Sundays. Three occupants in the county jail. The bape ball has retired in favor of the snow ball. Mr. Wagner, who returned on Wed Job work neatly and protaptiy done needay afternoon from Yreka, tells us at the*TiDiNGS office. that the people of that place have been Tbe*st‘ock in Sprague river valley- having more winter than we. The mer- cury was four degrees below zero there are reported to be wintering well. ‘Sheriff Bybee had collected taxes to last Monday; the snow was fifteen inch es deep, and ibe merry jingle of sleigh the amouut of $9.329 Ia»t Tuesday. bells is heard quite frequently. The E. W. Hall, of Ema, ha3 been »«ken deepest »now be found on the road was to Yreka to be examined as to bis san about fifteen inches, but it is probably' fc i • v t k deeper now, One hundred end twenty tickets ------ - ---------------- — were sold at the New Year’s bull at H andsome G uns .— Messrs. E. J. Fort Jones. Farlow and Jasper Houck are the own Miners on Silver creek are Rtill doing ers of a pair of as fine shut gure as well. Some are said to be taking out there are in the country. They came- an ounce a day. up from Han Francisco the other day Rev. W. T. Chapman is bolding a and are the envy of all the sportsmen series of evening meetings in tho M. E. who set eyes upon them. They are double barrel, breech-loaders, with ehurch this week. D. H. Haney, of Hubbard creek, the latest improvements in pattern and Douglas Co., has raised a hog that finish, and shoot, .we are told, with an accuracy that is likely to cause a scar weighed 685 pounds lief. city of game in this locality. The woolen factory is running upon full time, and turning out flannels, I n M emoriam —O u thu 20th of Dec socks, etc., of the beat quality. ember ]a«t, Charley, only sou of Dr. B. Wm. M. Colvig, of Rock Point, will N. and S. N.. Modiaette, scarce four ■tart for Carry county before long, in years old, was called from his sorrow tending to be gone several months. ing parents, to the great Father above. We miss thee, Charley. Wo would return thanks for a gift of < elegant wedding cake, with the compli “God takes the beautiful, the best;” They are but lent, not given: ments of Mr. and Mrs. J E Campbell. He sets “His jewels” on Ilis breast, The revival meetings conducted by ‘iTnat they m iy sbiue in Heaven. Bev. J. H. Mayfield at Pncenix, have S. N. M. already been productive of several conversions. W arm S prings —We are informed t Mr. M Colwell started out with a that the Sprague river in Lake county four-horse team Wednesday evening to has not been frozen this winter, not break a road oveY tie mountains to withstanding the mercury has been playing about zero in that section. ward Linkville. Jerry Lynch, son of D. Lynch of The faot is accounted for by the num Shasta, Cal., sailed on the City of Pe erous hot springs flowing into the river The people of kin on Saturday fast week from San all along its course. Portland, who have been experiencing Francisco for a trip around ebe world. much incouvenience from ice in the It is said that good mining prospects Willamette, would no doubt be willing have been struck on Indigo creek a to pay a good sum for sqcli a prevent tributary of Illinois river, and the indi ive of trouble from old Boreas. cations are that an extensive camp will V ick ’ s V loral G uide .—Thia work soon be located there. * Mr. Geo. E. Strong, the agent of the is before ur , and those who seud five old military Wagon Roud Company, cents to J ames V ick , Rochester, N. Y., and formerly editor of the Oregonian, for it will be disappointed. Instead of made us a short but very pleasing visit getting a cheap thing, as the price yasterday Corning. would seom to indicate, they will, re Read the new advertisement of In- ceive a very handsome work of 100 low and Farlow in another column. pages, and perhaps 500 illustrations— These gentlemen are determined tc be not cheap, but elegant illustrations, on in the front rank of trade, and are do- the very best of calendered paper, and /afc a thriving business. as a set off to the whole, an elegaDt The Scott Valley News of the 9th colored plate, that we would judge ' inst., contains the announcement that cost twice the price of the book. B. A. Evans has disposed of the paper S katers D rowned . — Luther B. to Messrs. Norcross & Curtis. We Davis and Chas. H. Kelley, of Shasta wish the new proprietors success. county, Cal., each aged about eighteen , A three year old daughter of Henry years, were drowDed in Fall lake on yrkiTgfflbwg, of R »sebiirg, eevere- the 27th ult. They bad gone thither ' ly injured last week, by her clothing to bunt and skate, snd failing to return taking fir* from a stove. She was fear home when expected, their friends fully burned but is rapidly recover went to the lake and found that they lug. had both been drowned at a place A number of pupils of the Etna dis where the ice wus kept thin by a warm trict school have pledged themselves spring at tho b'-ttom of the lake. Tho to abstain from the use of tobacco. Mr. bodies were recovered with the aid of 8. A. Scott, the Ual^r of the school, grab hooks. --------------------------- is very active iu opposing the prac R ather T hin .—A Cdifornia ex lice. change contains the following, which Henry Norton and L. M. McCall most persons of a critical turn of mind each brought iu a load of freight from will accept at a heavy disconut.- “The Roseburg on Thursday of last week. California woodpecker’s habit of drop The^ Were fifteen days making the ping aoorus and ether nuts into knot round trip. Tuey received three ceuts boles and hollow troes as a source of per pound. future supply is well known, and an Notice the new aj. of Mr. J. 8. Eu ingenious Napa farmer Las turned it to banks in to day’s paper. Mr. Eubanks «ood account by knocking out a knot enjoys a wide reputation for turning in hi-« barn and placing a trough under out fine work, aud should receive a neatb. As the birds drop th»-ir acorn-« good share of patronage, Read his iu the ho»» seize them, aud are thus notice under specials, also. fattened al no expense to himself. The amateur minstrels of Jackson- P robate C ourt —The following villa occsssionally essay to charm fair busine«» has been transacted in thia damsels with their dulect harmonies, on moonlight nights; bnt the stern*'pa Court,—Hon Silas J Day, Judge: In rient” usually appears upon the scene the matter of the eBtite of R. B Har gadine deceased, Silas W. Kilgore, and requests them to “cork.” We received the other day from cer- executor of said estate, filed his seoon-1 tain gentleman of Lake county a notice emi-annual exhibit, which was accept- requesting correspondence with ladies _ed In the matter of the estate of J. who have an eye to matrimony. It was Cox, dtceased, the petition of M. A. not published, because of the omission R -uston, administrator of said estate, of certain necessary particulars, for for an order of sila of redity, was granted. Io the matter of the estate of which we are waiting. John B.lg»*r, deceased: Th-» thirl Secretary Schurz on Thursday last affirmed the decision of the commis semi-annual exhibit Of C. W. Kahler, sioners of the land office in the case of administrator, was accepted. Orson R. Willard vs. the State of Ore F atal S hooting —On last Friday gon. involviDg title to Uhd in Rose afternoon Evi 8 ¡bring, of Jackass burg. The decision as affirmed rejects creek, was fatally shot by Svnnel Rath. the claim of the State. Ou Friday morning Ruh had some On Sunday of last week a bouse difficulty with bis wife, an Indian wo owned by Glendenning Bros., aud oc man. and she sought refuge with her cupied by John Kramer, about five sister, who was living with Sebring. miles from Fort JoueR, was entirely Rath went after her to take her home, destroyed by fire, together with all its and had a loaded rifla io bis hand. Sa contents. There was no one about at bring stepped outside of his cabin to the time it caught fire. remonsrrate with the infuriated man, The public installation of the officers when R»th fired, aud the ball entered elect of Umpqua Chapter, A. F. & A. the breast of Sebring, who di-*d about M., will take place' at Roseburg on the midnight Rath and an Iudian who 20tb inst. Au invitation is extended to was with him have been arrested and order in the brethern everywhere to be present hfl Id 'o answer the charge b .e first degree. at the reunion of the members and r. their families after the ceremonies. ' G one to H is R est .—On Mr. Colwell informed us on Sunday of January, A. D. 1879, James B last, that the deepest snow on the road Smith of Oakland crossed to the other between this place and Drew’s Valley, 'shore, amid the lamentations of b*s was on King creek hill, where it meas family and friends. Of all the pio ured about eighteen iuebes. Il neers of Southern Oregon, the deceased is probably considerably deeper by was one of the most loved by his this timo. as it hits been snowing friends aud acquaintenances. Jam«« B. Smith was born in Virginia, on the since. 8th day of January 1839. and crossed The Yreka Journal says: A petition the plains with his father, Richard was circulated in town last week by Smith, in 1853, His life from that John B. Rohrer, and very generally that time forward was the struggle of •igued, askiDg our Board of Supervis au honest man to achieve a competen ors to offer bounties for killing wild cy, in which, by bis indomitable ener gy, he was successful. An injury re cals, panthers, bears, coyotes and oth- ceived while du a trip to Eastern ^Ore •r wild animals, of late rapidly increas gon sowed the seeds of death,jn Lis ing all over the county, and destroy system, from which he never recover ing stock, which constitutes a large ed, and a widowed wife and two orphan children are thus left to uiourn their portion of tha wealth of the country. loss. — Western Star. » • 1 -J J <• A ■ * * * S leighing .—Such a thing as a genu ine, well-built sleigh would be an , ob ject of considerable curiosity . in this neighborhood, and would be about as useless as ourious. But the . boys of Ashland have read about sleighing.and were bound tethave, a taste of it, if possible, last S'lnd’.y. They found an old sled of quaint architecture and extensive dimensions, apd hitching a team of horses to it, drove about town on the snow—snd mud—to their o<yn great glee. They had no bells on the horses, however, and the greatest charms of sleighing, “the music of bells,” they know nothing about. THE ACAD’EMV. ----------------- “Wliat Shull We Do to be Suvedl” I !.. P hcenix , Jan. 13, 1879. On the 8tb of February the aç’tdemy • ' property is to bo sold by the sheriff, M r . E ditor :— I have just been roading that *he: and a deep interest in the result of the sal*« is felt by the whole com people of the Unite I States are paying: munity. There has been talk of form anuually ?500 000,090 for intoxicating ing a stock company among our citi-. drinks. The sum is so enormous, 60 Zf*ns for the purchasn of the property terrible, that I involuntarily cried, that the present tohoal may ba confia aloud,-“Oh, what shall we do to be ned, and we have also heard of a saved from thia useless, this sinful, project for its pnrebaso and endowment waste?” An expense the return for as a college, but whether cither project which is want, poverty snd degredi- has crystalized into a definite and ef tioD. Thia vast sum annually expended fective plan of proceed are, and will be in war to preserve our country from backed tip with requisite funds, we are rain, caused the nation to shudder, but unable to say. That the law has been now annually expended to bring ruip, allowed to take its oourao, is no evi brings scarce a thought. .Think what S hooting S crape ;—Mr. A. J. Walls, dence that the people have concluded untold blessings this sum, if rightly of Sam’s Valley, has given bonds to let the academy be closed, as the expended would bring to the people of in the sum of $590 to appear at the purchasers would, of course, prefer to our country,- what homes for the home next term of court, and answer the have the advantage that may result less; what a vast number of schools charge of assault with a deadly weapon. from public sale, in the matter of and colleges it would furnish tc\ those The particulars of the affair, as nearly pr'ce, validity of title, etc., and it is who are longing in vaiu for aD eduda as we can learn them, are as follows: probaule that the interest of the com tion. On the other hand, instead of Walls was attending a lawsuit at the munity will be well sustained when furnishiug homes and an education for office of Justice Chiller, and while7 the time for action comes. The idea thousands of the youth of our land, there was accosted by John Sizemore, of the academy beiDg closed ia so dis it makes thousands homeless and drives with whom Le bad bad some difficulty tasteful to the popular will, that it them to,want, misery and crime. But about a colt. They became iuvolved seems scarcely possible for such a these things we know, what we do not, in a quarrel, and Walls, standing at the thing to happen, and if the property and want to know, is. whe^e lies the head of a pair of stairs, warned S izh - be not purchased by those who will es remedy? How shall we indace those more not to approach him. The latter tablish a good aud permanent educa who are annually expending half a advanced up the steps and was within tional institution, it will be owing to a billion dollar^ in making fools of them a few feet of him, when Walla drew a, lack of unity among those who have selves and widows and orphaus of their pistol and fired full in Sizemore’s face. the ability and the desire to accom loved ODes to stop at once and forever So dose was the pistol that the powder plish so great a benefit for the commu the use and traffic in tho soul destroy singed the face of Sizemore, but the nity. Whatever may have in view the ing fluid? As a member of a temper ball passed harmlessly through his hat support of such an academy as is at ance organization, I feel it to be my just missing the top of his head. It present conducted in the building,with duty to lift up my voice, be it ever so a narrow escape a higher grade and wider scope if pos feeble, to try and stop the rushing tor sible, should receive the hearty co-op- rent, therefore, I prepare to address a S luices R obbed .—From the Scot . oration of our citizens, and we trust a few words of warning' and entreaty Valley hews we take the following.- On to the avowed friends of temperance. they will be equal to the emergency. Friday night of last week the sluices of Words of warning or entreaty, to the Crawford Bros., on Pattersog creek, Real Estate Transactions. drunkard or the tippler, are useless were robbed, and the amount taken be The following have been recorded in until the friends of temperance shall ing in the neighborhood of two hun have becomo firmly fixed on the rock dred dollars. Tracks of two persons the county clerk's offico since our lait of total abstinence, and able to extend report: were followed from the diggings to the M. Bium and wife to I. N. Shook, to the weak and falling a strong and house of Mr. Franklain on Rattlesnake. steady hand—until every one of the Mr. Franklatn stated that two China certain premises ia Ashland precinct. avowed friends of temperance shall men had called at Lis house for food, Consideration. $475. Albert E. Hammond to Amos Wil- have come squarely to the front, formed and gave the hunters a description of in solid cnlumn, resolved on,, “war to the Mongolians. On Tuosday fore litts, one-half interest in saw mill aud the knife” against that cruel «-nemy of premises on Jenny creek, Consider- noon two'Celestials called at the busi mankind. 1 * ness house of Mr. A. B. Carlook, in ation, $1,870, You, occasional drinker.- Do you Wm. Bilgerand wife io N. Cook, thin town, aud offered for sale about want to see your fellow citizens, annu $40 worth of gold dust, which the certain premises in WillowSprings pre ally expending a sum that would, in banker immediately identified As bav cinct. Consideration, $380. Geo. A Bunch to Thos., Hopwood, five years, pay our national debt, in ing come from Pattersor creek. Know making widows and orphan« for you |o ing the fact of therobbery, Mr. Carlock saw mill aud premises on Evans creek. support? You do not care who drinks immediately called in Constable Thom Consideration, $380. Daley & E nery to H. T. Inlow, or who lets it alone; you have an utter as and the pair were placed under contempt for a man who cannot con arrest There are no Chinamen mining twenty-seven hundredths of an acre in trol his appetite, but have you no care on Patterson creek, and as the gold has Eagle Point. Consideration, $50 State of Oregon to H. T iulow, 40 for your own pocket? Do you want to its peculiarities it is easy to hame the see our prisons and poor bouses filled tue locality where it came from. These acres of school laud in Ashland pre to repletion with people for you to sup Chinamen under arrest are either the cinct. Consideration. $50. Goven High and .wife to J. N. Case- port in idleness? thieves or agent3 of the thieves. They You, father of that fair haired boy: bier, 60 acres in EJen precinct, Con- were tried Wednesday afternoon. Do you wish to see him pouring liquid sideratiou, $380. John R. Helman and wife to Mc fire down his throat to take away his P roven I nnocent .^gamethTng^over brain; do you wish to see him rolling two years ago (viz: Nov. 17thK 1876) Call & Baum, parcel of land in. Ash in the mire, a very brute? ’Tis possible. there was a registered letter ciarted land. Consideration, $56 41. You, dear mother- Do you wish to John R Helman and wile to M. from the Myrtle Creek Post Office in see your daughter, for whom you would this couuty for the Post Office in Coos Baum, parcel of land in Ashland. give your life, after she has left the pa county. The packago was supposed to Consideration, $125, J. Chandler and wife to J. B. R. rental home, welcoming daily the loved bo lost, as no trace of it could be found one made beastial by drinking “the after it left the Myrtle Creek Office. Hatchings, 40 acres in Ashiand pre Btill-house poison?” Is it is not possi Mr. Gabbert, the postmaster, was cinct. C moderation, $300. U. S. Patents to E. Emery, A. Voll ble? Nay, if there ia not a change for shadow« d by a few, and tho govern the better, is it not probable? ment set their detectives to ferret out mer, Ja«. J. Fryer, Thos. Hopwood, Now, none of you wish for these mutter out. Aud, although every ac aud A. 8. Moon have been recorded. things. Then arouse yourselves to the tion of Gabbert had been watched until Bouanz * Items. danger and you need have noae of the officials were fully satisfied of his them. If every man and woman in Jan 10th; 1879. hont-8'y, and that he did not receive The weather is quite cold but very our country, who is in favor of tem the money, yet there still lingered a ehadow of doubt under which bis ene pleasant, and we can stand a great perance communities, would come squarely to the front and array them mies might maliciously assail him. deal of this kind. selves shoulder to shoulder on the We are glad that this cloud Las • . been Mr. Jesse Hiatt, of Langell Valley,is » broad platform of total abstinence, removed, and that every assertion of reported to ba daugerously ill, with much might soon be done to redeem innocence made by the suspected and little hope of recovery. and purify our laud from the blight of his friends, have been substantiated. Bonanza is increasing in population, intemperance. r On the sixth of the present month and slowly but surely, and we are always Now, to you, citizens of this beauti year, Mr. Gabbort received his receipt, happy to welcome new comers. ful little valley, to you I appeal: There for the package from Chicago, III . Having just returned from a trip to is a call for a gathering of the friends with information from the special Ashland, I can report the road between of the cause at Phcenix on the 20th of agent, that the package was found iu a that place and Bonanza in an excellent February next. Now, I ask you all to a poach which had been s- nt to the condition, with the exception of ¡being come—come and talk the matter over. Chicago office for repairs, this pouch slippery in places. The enemy is gaining ground; are we aud package had been knocking around The New Year’s party was a com to give up this oar home to waste and no telling where, aud yet Mr. Gabbert plete succesi. Thirty tickets were rain? Are still houses aud grog shops received the origiu.l reaeipt which he sold—which is a large number for this to be the rule, not tho exception? Are bad attached to the letter before it left country. Excellent music was fur the enemies to good ordes to multiply, his office. As the loss of the money nished by the Walter band. and set asido our laws daily, with im was widely spread over the state at the punity? “No!” you say, then rally B achelor . time, we take pleasure in giving the arouDd your standard bearers; send sequel.— Roseburg Plaiadealer. Phoenix items. your sons and daughters to join the Good Templars and then ask them to Oar regular correspondent sends us F reight S tatistics —We find the take in your names. But you say the following interesting paragraph in the the following under date of January Good Templars do no good. Why do 14 h. 1879. Yreka Journal: Our young friend Joe We are having almost an old fash they not?” Do you know? I’ll tell yon; Siwtelle, of the express offi e, has fa because you who are friends of temper vored us with a statement of the quan' ioned Ohio winter, about as, cold §nd ance will not let them. You object to tity of freight brought to this place about as much snow, bur villagers tho expense; yon say the church is par during the past year. The number of are taking -times easy around their amount; You throw obstacle after ob pounds by teams foot up 1 208,454, for firesideo and er.joyiDg themselves as stacle in the way of onr usefulness and which $30 300 was paid, and the best they know how. then deride us. Join us, heart and amount paid railroad company foots up Rev. Mr. Mayfield is protracting bis band, and see if we can do no good; or $16,188 49, or altogether $46,488 49 for series of meetings with manifestations show us some better way. and we will freight shipped to this town alone from of good results. A great many atten follow you. If we can not do as we below. In addition to this there has tive hearers of the truth as set forth by been a large amount from Rogue River the minister of God show Rigns of be would let us do as we can. Try every Valley, Ogn.. in flour, bacon and other ing deeply convinced of the error of means at band; teach temperance from products. The amount brought to their ways and are “almost persuaded'* the pulpit and the rostrum, in the sab Yreka is perhaps less than one fourth to be Christians. Some have already bath school and in our daily life, and do not forget that to advocate tho canse the quantity of freight brought to professed pardon. of temperance is part of a Christian’s Siskiyou, and through th« county to The spelling bee, on the eve of the doty. The lodge and the church ar9 portions of the counties adjoining.both 8th inst„ was a pleasant and interest in Oregon and along the Klamath river ing occa-sion. The inclement weather not antagonistic. Their aim—to amel iorate the condition of all humanity—is down into Del Norte and Humboldt on that evening was a hindrance, yet the same. You .can’t be a consistent counties. The freight list for Scott thero were about sixty persons present Iley and the Salmon river section is and about twenty-five spellers. Mias Christian nnless you advance the immense, and considerable freight Berry received the'first prize, Miss canse of temperance by every means crosses this country for Ashland and Cnckett. second and Miss Bell, third. in your power. Don’t be,selfish; don’t Jacksonville in Jackson county, and I am authorized tn announce that the be dictatorial. Think only of the good the Linkville and Fort Klamath sec- next spelling match will take place in to be doee by a united effort and if . • 1 lions of Lake county. Oregon. If the Colver’s Hall, Wednesday evening, you can’t do as much as yoa would Oregonians should build a narrow Feb. 5tb, to review the Coast Speller. like, do what you oan. Come to Phoe R D hl . guage railroad from Rogue River Val and the Phoenix spellers challenge any nix on the 20rh. ley to the coast, as I hey are now mak school in Jackson county to spell iu P ubchasing J ustice .—The Reading ing an effort to do, they could secure competition for Webster’s unabridged Independent says: On Tuesday last lèv all this trade, unless the C. & O. dictionary. v erai Hat Creek Indians came to Read railroad is extended northward, as it is The Sentinel began its twentyfourtb ing to see what inducements they could much cheaper to haul goods from 50 to 80 miles than over 100 miles, as now volume with this week’s issue. It is bold ont for the arrest and conviction required, especially when the narrow the oldest newspaper in Southern Ore of the Fall River Indians who mnr guage road would ship freight mach gon and has seen its ups and downs, dertd fojjr of their dootors. One In but under its present management, j^s a dian offered $100 in money and 25 cheaper. good paper and is apparently in a horses, and another offered 100 horSes Advertise in the T idings . thriving-condition. and 25 eqnaws. , ,1 ' ' -1;________________ ------------------------------------------- r • » • State News. x 1 ____ The Albany city government owes 1,500 dollars. Mails between Portland ar.d the Dalles are now carried overland. , John B. Monteith, ha« been ro ap pointed Indian Agent at Lapwai. Two thousand persons were skating on Giles’ lake, two miles below Port land, on New Year’s-day. Dayton, Yamhill C >..ir tnaking more substfntial improvements than any other towa in the county, r W. S. Plummer has sold the county right« to manufacture hia dryers in Polk, Yambill and Marion. There is a Welsh settlement five miles- out-of'Oregon City, on the Mollala road. “Cj mri, or ben Wlad.” A new weekly paper called the '(hast Mail has beeu started .at Marshfield, Coos Biy, by Webster <k Hacker. Dr. Watts has produced a tenrper- ance revival' at E-.igete City, and a blue ribbon club ha« been organized, numbering 516 members. • . The State printing for 1878 is Dearly completed, the school laws and report of the investigating committee, are about all hat remains to be done this year. Oc Saturday evening the Sth instant, the Centerville flanring and Ww mills, tho property of J C. Trullinger, were destroyed by fire. Tho loss is about $6,000. Insurance not stated. Sixty-five thousand dollars’ worth of salmon wero canned and salted on the Siuslaw river this season, aud the amount could have easily been doubled had the parties in tbo business been prejfared to take eare of them. The family of Rev.Mr. Richardson of Salem, a minister in the Ctiristian Church, has been sorely HfHicted of late. About the first of December, two of hi« daughters were taken sick with typhoid fever and soon died, both* on the same day, an 1 were hurried iu The same grave. Since then the Mricken mother aud the remaining children of the family, two sons and a daughter, have beeu very sick with the same fev er. The Siuslaw is navigable fdr vessels 25 miles from its mouth, good agricul tural cliimson eaih bank, with splen did timber at and along the hea l of navigation, and the country is rapidly rapidly settling up with good industri ous citizens. Plenty of good claims yot to be had for the tuking. A weekly mail route is badly needed up the coast as far as the mouth of the river. Theie are nearly a hundred settlers on the river, without any mail facilities what ever. The route would be about 39 miles long, commencing at Gardner, the nearest office. Sheriff Dickey left about two bnn dred dollars in a woolen hex in a cell in the Albany jail in which a China man and a white man w**re oonnfied. The prisoners sfrong in their instincts, cracked the box. and with tho pile they obtained proceeded to have a good time. They sent out and got a lot of pies, one of which in burst of generos ity they gave to the sheriff’s little daughter, besides paying his wife a dollar a plate for oysters. When Sheriff Dickey discovered bis loss ho went through them, and succeeded io finding all the money but about sixteen dollars, which amount they had spent on their little Rpree. While making Lis search bo also came across a steel filo and saw which bad been hid be hind a loote brick. He will have to pay tho sixteen dollars out of bis own pocket, but lie has no doubt learned about that much good sense. » » * , * MARRIED. CAMPBET.L-ROCERrSON^-At Ihr »Wer» of the brulé» patea» 1» , A »blind. Tbtts«A«y, Jin. 9 h, by Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr.. J. B. C«n>i b»:i, <>f 8;>ringüeM, Mn , and Kui I*. O. Robert«,!), of ihli diy. «♦•■lluiou« Notice«. -------- - ’7 I ..t Baptist services at Miller’r Half, at eleven o’clock in .the merning, and td half past eix in the evening;’ **4iudh'y School at half past two in the after* dqod . w C hristians at W ork . • M. E. C hurch —Services evr-rvftQ<* day at 11 a . m and 6:30 p m . Sunda«^ School at 2:30 with Bible classes fok oil au;l young. Prayer meeting every Thursday eveni ng at 6:30, . A genera invitation and a cordial welcome tagllf W. T. C hapman , Pastor. --------r. Special Notices* - 1 [Local notices under this head will be published id the rate of 50 cts. for anything under GVe-lines and 10 ► cfs* for each additional line. Special'rat will be mado with libera! advertisers.] ----------- ’ N ew W agons .—The subscriber has on band a well built two-seated family carriage, aud is finishing a -Boat buggy'; both of which Will be sold ef theloWbat price. They are put up with the Bist material and are warranted to give sat isfaction. J. 8. E ubanks , Notice. i All persons are hereby cautioned against trusting my wife, I mma South»' worth, ns I will not be responsible for debts she- may contract. . Her vopduot has been such as to render it impost!» ble for me to live with her any longer, 32-*.f H. S outhworth . P hoenix , O gn ., Jan. 4, 1874. Settle 17p ! Parties indebted to tho E agle M ills will please settle their accounts with cash, grain or note at once. *2 Sewing Machin 9. Having takeD the agency’ for the Singer Hewing Machines 1 now offer machines for sale st the lowest prices and upon reasonable terms. Call and examine them. J ohn F ralex , *3 _____ ___________ /a.,: r ■’ Temperance Coavewlie.; Notice is hereby given that a ocn*. veution-is oalled to meet at Colver’/ Hall at Phoenix on the 20.h day of February next; said convention to be composed of delegates selected by vote by the members of the several lodges of I O. of G. T. in this, Jackson, Co., to be chosen in the same ratio as dele gates to the Grand Lodge. Said conversion to consult in regard to ttye’ feasibility of organizing a Temperatoe Central County Committee, and such other business as may probably come before such body. ' Both instrumental and vocal music is secured. »' • A cordial invitation is giver to all. - By order of the committep. n301m. SettliT Up!! i ___ p * A Lt TERSONS ISDEETEb TC J. D‘ Fountain will please c*l! and settle immediately, either by cash or note. no 30 lm ---------- < ♦ -- ----------- Notice. Notice is hereby given tn the Ash land Association of Stock Growers for the Destruction of Wolves and Pantb-* ers, that tho time named in the agree ment expired on the 1st of December, 1878, aud the subscriptions are now' TELEGRAPHIC BRtVIilES due Those desiring the continuance* of the organization are requested to A British victory ¡3 reported from «•all and sign for'the ensuing year, and Afghanistan. those knowing themselves indebted for-' Great trouble is experienced in subscriptions »re requested to call and Frauce from snow. ettlo at tho Pioneer Store. * 28 3w M. W. H argadine . The-heaviest snow storm in twenty . » j ♦ I years visited Kentucky last week. ivlust Settle’ e A dreadful plague is carrying tff OSITIVELY—All those indebeted to many people at Astrachan, Russia. ibe undersigned must settle their sc-’ Only 61 failures occurred in New co in’-» on or before January 10lh, 1879.* York city last, month against 101 in Our bo *ks mu3t be b danced un<l wo need the money. Hi LOW 4 FARLOW. December 1877. A shuanb . O gn . . Dec. 10:b. 187^. if. Hon. Columbus Delano, ex secre'ary of the Interior, is dangerously ill at VV>.Want Money. • • , Mt. Vernon, O. All persons indebted to ns will please* There was an excess of passenger ar take due Dotice*that we must have all' rivals over departures at San Francis accounts settled op by the First of Jan uary, 1879. Call for your bills. co last year, of 9,733. •’ ■ J. M. M c C all <t Co. The elder daughter of Scntator Sir- D ecember 16, 1878. 28 if gent has graduated, and is practicing medicine in Washington. Just tteceiwed.— Wagner A'Aniier- In the first five working days of the son have just received a lot of fanning m*- new year Secretary Sherman sold $28, cbiticry, which will be exchanged for «halt orca«h. (oo4ti) 000,000 of the four per cent bonds. .NO I ICE.— All persons indebted to B.* Clark Hubbard, wife and two child F. IL*e»er, especially bv notes aid bills o' ron were froz m to death at Pilot Point, standing are notified to se tic up im Texas, on the night of December 5th. long moli itely an<i save cost». B. F Reesei. During eleven months of 1878 the Take Notre. —Having dissolverò exces« of merchandise export-« from the United States over imports was partnership with the P. of II. Co,, and with dwell, we desire all having accounts with $165.253,000. its to oil and settle the siine with CASH,- A mail carrier lost for nine days in & WHK4J <>r sore. Please attend to it at once, Montana snow storm, with nothing as we must close our old books. ( 11tf) W agne i & ANi.&asox passing hrs Ups bat tobacco and snow, - -I ____ Ì—te------------ -- ------ ; ' ‘ ; has be&n found and brought in alive Cheap Wooil.— John Clriadter hss" The reply of Secretary Schurz to a big !o of goo I stove wo »1, athis s iw m il f Gen. Sheridan on the Indian question which h-* will dispose of tor the trifling lum has been published, and it is genenl- of $1 per load ' Avail vo i sJIvt-s of ihia ly conceded that S'jeridan is badly chine • 11 proctite your stove w c I at such b >d rock rates. (13 tt worsted. P Grant has been visiting Ireland. IL* Don’t Forget It —If you are tmub was cordially received at Belfast, but 'l«-d with nervousne’«, are diidn-artene 1, tir*»d the people of Cork refused to extend to of life, 'eir death or feel out of sort«, ns th«‘ ■ him the “freedom of the citv” presum s tying i», you may safely coiclude th it yo-a ablv on account of his position on the hive the Dyspepsia or Liver Cotaplaint.* liver is very apt to bocome torpid ibis’ public school question as affecting the The seisonofthe year, as poisons arising froth' Catholics in America. stismnt water or dec tying vegetation, are1 A dispatch from Fort Robinson Neb. more numerous and ate, tbiougli inhalations of Jan 10th. say*: The hostil* Chey- takrn into the b!o>d. Unless the liver is enns who were here in prison iiince strong and active and fnrnhhes a supply of fresh a n'1 p»ue bloo 1 to drive out ibe impuri " their capture by Carleton la»t October ties, the above-me llioned symptoms are were to be sent sonth in a few d»ya. sure* to follow and if not heclel, may end* Since they were informed of the Gov in more teriiMe diseases and deith White’s ernment’s intention in sending them Prairie Flower proves itself the Greit Liver* south they have repeatedly stated op Panacea. Its «ctipn on the liver is cbffbrettl enly and defiantly that they would f-o n any mediciné ever co npounded. lit4 rather die than have to return to the cures ari*truly wondc'fiil. Try ¡L IMcea-' country which mude their hearts bid twenty live c«*ntS arid seventy-five cents. For (»'»* ';tf and from which hunger forced them to sale by C rftwood «t A tkinson ----- -«------ < t » fly. At Hbout 10:50 r. h . Isnt night, They nil |ak«» It.— Wl-.«.» the system* they made a da«h throngh the doors ....... <umn is run « «‘ v vh to th it VS.ICIII extent inai, that, you you png* nsas and windows of their prison room, fir s!<*é.'*le-s c nigh's? are nervous and irritable ing a volley on the guard* from weap , have g o >my foreboding«, sour stomach.tick ons they succeeded in concealing from ihdtdache and c »at«*d to igue, do not enroll» the militarv. Theva-an for the open j yourself as high, private in the rear rank, prairie which is covered with enr.w ! under Grneril Debí i*y but che *r up and* The guards followed On in close 'pur | trv Waite’s Prairie Flower, th - Greit Liver suit. opened fire on them, and at the PmacM, n >.v fir sale in every jity and' present writing over fifty of the sav I town <>n ’l e < ontirent No uvdicine ever ages are lying in death’« cold embrace compounded. i-< half the equal for the curw* For several miles round tho poM the . <if DYSPEPSI \ and LIVER CO-PL \IXT. bodies of savages can be seen’ bv the It h«« a specific po « er over the liver, and' light of the nvon. lying or. the -frozevi by curing the livr”,*- Dykpepsit and all i'th“r a is’.ng from' it, viui.h as if by snow. Over 100 of our cavalrvmen are diseases ni i'jric. ‘ Sample b >ttle' arc s Idjit tl:e«malP etill in pursuit of the fl°eing renegades price of 25 cen's, that will Cdhviuce yo • of-* and it is the general impression tint it- pien's. Large size b ••tles&.Vfe -n sf ^br very few if any will escape. si’e‘»y C h twooj » A;