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ASHLAND CuDEV£L.R\ TIDINGS. ASHLAND W. H. LEEDS. Terms of Subscription: One uopy, one year............................. $ , 2 “ ’’ Hix months........................... 1 “ “ three months...................... Clnb Raies, six copies for.................. ! 12 Tenn», in advance. ■I ------------UNMJN,, I 50 50 75 50 MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING Attorney and Counsellor at Law. ASHLAND, OREGON. Great Semi-Annual J. T. Sowditch, Counsellor at Law ASHLAND, OREGON. I Will prn. lice it all courts of the Stale, oik i tions promptly mu.lc mid remitted. CLEARANCE SALE! 9 4 T. B. Sent, Counsellor I [ [ I | I nt Law. OR. the eMiru cd oruguti. JACKSONVILLE, i*- A ui prauu-e ta all Office tu the court home. — o I---- ttO-3 I Albert H&nunoni, CIVIL ENGINEER and SURVEYOR, Huminev ASHLAND. OREGON. \Vill attend promptly to xuy Imsine«.« iu the line of land »ur\ eying, liwatiiiu (iitrhes, etc., mid everythin* pertaining to civil engineer in*. Satisfaction guaranteed 10-12 i^^-ortire at tlie postoHice. C><» o (I h 9 Ulot liiiijL»’ Htrnw listi''. *<<•.. Xe«. »^4* J. S. Howard, -NOW BEGINS Al Notary Public and Conveyancer MEDFORD, OREGON. si; kids of real i -tatb business given careful attention, and informution furnished cou- « erning property in the new town. C. J. Sochrist, M. D., PHŒN1X, OREGON. »lin e lor (lie prêtent, at Dr. Kollier » drug store. 'KM0 OOOOOOOOO Dr. D. S. Bice, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, A shland , O kkoon . $4.UÜ .< at liie < ity Drug Store: he woolen factory. resideuce near 83.00 2.25 fP'Snecial attention qiren to diseases of wo men. [9-1 8’2.50 $1.75 82.00 $1.25. $1.50 Sl.oo 8 .75 8 .50. Miss Alena, Weber, f music at Ashland College, will give instruí tious in 1, PIANO, ORGAN and GUITAR SUMMER SUHS REDUCED TO $3.00 I 1 Ion Bin a ,1 number of pupik outside her college c I ms . iJvi< Mr. A. G. RockfeUow’souC'bwrch V £ T. B&rtlott, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER, , I LOOK OUT FOR LARGE PRICE LIST A shland , O regon . A .. kurnhh And I mkc cgduhv LS for Buildings of al! kinds. \ wharv of patronage buliciord. 8.’« /> lui-ated jn^t below the licery »table. A. L. Willey, SOON TO I bUM KACTOR AND BUILDER. A shlanb , O kbuon . prepur« Ì to give estimate», to iuriash mate rial, «nd complete all kinds of btiildinga IN OK Ot T OF TOWN ren-M.iiabic terms. All work warranted to give satisfaction. -HOP—on Mechanic street, over Youle ,v <ill- rov’s store-house aud office. 1.10-40 Jotaon's New BlocL Ashland, Oreion, O. H. BLOUNT, Clothier £ Hatter. M. 1. M CALL. 1’. HAM.MQND. AS HISTORIC BUILDING. Some of the Uon<ler«i Accomplished by Elect ricity. i A Portland Paper. I ; Bobion (¡lobe.j A lli attend to < as,-» in the courts of Oregon, render advice and prepare papers In rhe set tlement of estat.-a. make applications for patents under tlie V H. mining laws, «nd may be consulted on all matterà |»erti»iuing to Government Innds. School and S» «nip l«nds. and claims against the V. S. for »er- Vice- or loss,'«. »»FFlt'fe—Main street. [10-39 township plats on file in ibe <>m<-e and ELECTRIC MOTORS. Hammond & McCall, REAL - ESTATE - AGENTS \ N p- CONVEYANCER 8, \ <»li la nd, Oregon ! <«iii. negotiated. Property bought aud sold; collections attended to; Abstract» of title fur nished. ¿{^^«Siirveying oi «11 kiuds saiUfaciorily and pnimplly done. J. M.M’CALL I We offer for saie the lulioiving ue»cribe<t real property. ["-52.J The Hargadiue property, coum»ting of very desirable town lots, improved and un improved; and farming lands and stock ranches in sizes to suit purchasers, up to l>00U acres: also, A G ood Srr x R anch . *.*k> acre««, six miles East of AshlAnd—good for summer or win ter range. T wbnty A ches ol good wood land near own. Eastern Fruit Trees & ShruWery. Takes occasion to remark to his old friends and patrons and the public generally, that being unable to dispose oi his General Merchandise business he has concluded to STOCK UP and run the thing for all there is in it this Spring and Sum mer. A full and complete line oi Tne Old Reliable Bloomington.Phoenix, Nursery Co Ladies’ Dress Goods, Clothing, Boots and OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Shoes, Hats, Gent’s Furnishing Goods. U ill !«• represented in this part of the country the cunr.ng season by Groceries, Crockery, Etc., Etc. C. S. ENGER, THESE GOODS ARE ' in. will call on you for your orders for fall delivery. Russian and Iron-clad Apples. BOUGHT FOR CASH, 1 he latest and most approved varieties oi Peaches, Pears. Plums, Cherries. Apricots, Grapes and Small Fruits, Nut-beaing Trees, In Chicago, San Francisco and U.-nianU. ami I am consequently prepared to give bargains JAMES THORNTON io MIIaKîsi FHOM A«IIL.AFfr>. E. K. ANDERSON Vice President. President Ashland Woolen Mills, JACOB WAGNER. Proprietor. WHITE and C0L()RED BLANKETS, , a '.iliBp’Hi ••ova. i .•odium • hlvritk . ( arl*oiuiU of iron ... i'itanh* ii’ i‘1 .. Carbon*!** mag Bi<*;»r!>OliiltC •*<>* 24. Lithium mi bon at him carbon Hu .’ov nii‘l (m.« > <4 nitric n< i<i rot estimated Total amount nf cnri»onie a< Id ga». free aud ■ iTnbiii‘j‘1. equals vi.47^ grains per gallon. Recently, when in t lie city of New York, it was my gix»d fortune to ride with more thiin fifty others in an ordinary Manhat tan railw ay car, propelled by electricity. The current was generated by a dynamo more than half a mile away, and brought by a wire to the branch track on which the trial was made. A third rail has bee« put down and connected with the win*. On this rail ran a little wheel to make connection with the motor, which was on the forward truck, so that when Lieutenant Sprague, the electrician, {»ulled a wire, the current Mowed from the third rail through the little wheel to tl»e motor, then along the axles to the ordjnary wheels, and so to the outer rails The movable {xirte of the motor, thus animated, l»e<gau to revolve, the motion was transmitted to the axles of the truck wheels, and the car moved. Such was the {»ower that a condiderable speed was attained, even iu the up grade, with noise and jolting niu< h less than on the ears moved by steam on the name line. By an ingenious application of electrical {»rincijials the car was stopped quickly iu tlie middle of a down grade. Switches were made without trouble. Was it not marvelous? Think of glid ing along silently, swiftly, safely, l»y a power generated half a mile away! Y’et there was. barring certain electric al demonstrations, nothing novel about this. For months four elec trical motors have been running on ¡i street rrilway in the suburlre of Baltimore. For years electric railways have lieen in ojieration in Europe—not many years, but enough to prove success. At Portmsh, Inland, cars are driven seven miles by a 'waterfall almost a mile from the nearest point of the railway. A gas-engine has driven electric cars twelve hours a day for more than a year ou the beach an Brighton. England, car- rying a heavy traffic without liitch or de lay. It is said that the Lieherfelde elec tric railway in the suburbs of Berlin has never failed to do its daily work since it was started, five years ago this month. Other roads are in successful <q»erations and yet an electreciau maintained before the Street Railway Committee of the Massachiisetts Legislature, last week, that electric railways are not practicable! If some electricians are in such ignorance on this subject, is it any wonder that the public show so little interest in the [»eti tions for electric railway charters now l»e- fore the Legislature? It has l>een de monstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that the power of steam can be converted into tlie jiownr of eleetricy for the opera tion of railroads with economy ami safe ty« The question has gone beyond the do main of scientific theory’ and experiment. It is now being answered by the engineer and the mechanic. These two stand ready to solve the vexatious problem of rapid transit in cities, and ultimately to facilitate and chetipen the carriage of men and products from region to region. As their first work must lx« in the cities, let us see what they offer to do. They offer to make transit as quick as by steam, and at the same time with lees noise and less dirt; for the steam engine is, and al ways will be, ilirty ami noisy, while elec tricity is silent and clean. To equal the s[>eed of steam in cities, electricity must work where stetun is allowed to work, on elevated or miderground roads, and in our own city the costly underground roads must lie left lor our children to construct. On the surface of the streets electricity can give a speed greater than that of horses, with as much safety and lees cost, with less blockades and more comfort. Surely this offer of engineer and mechanic is worth consideration. It is not an offer to )xi sneered at liecause it has never lxx?n made here before. It is not a Hilly offer merely lieeause it is novel. It is not a dangerous offer liecause only money can carry it out. No matter what force the idea of government ownership of railroads may have in years to come, certainly in the [»resent state of public opinion private enterprise alone can secure the advantage's to lx» deprived from its acceptance. The question of the economy of electric railways may seem to many people one that concerns only the capitalists who proposes to invest in them. On the other hand, it is argued that the public in the long run has to pay for extravagance in any undertaking that calls for public patronage. At any rate the people should understand that electricity would not lie used as a motive I»ower were it not cheaper thiin steam/ It is eheajier to free the caged energy from coal in one big furnace than a dozen lit tle furnaces burning the same gross amount. Under a stationary boiler can lie burnt fuel cheajier by one-half than that bunit under the locomotive boiler. The stationary engine gets more energy ont of coal weight for weight than the hcomotive engine. One big engine wastes less [lower than a dozen little en gines of the same gross capacity. It is chea[»er to send power along a rail wire in the form of electricity than to haul it along the truck l<x«ked up in coal. The elect • motor is lighter tlian the steam loci,motive, {»ower for ,»ower, and with lighter rolling Mick the road-bed or elevated structure can be- lighter. To effect all these gain» there is the loss in converting steam |x»wer into electric power, transmitting that power and then turning it into mechanical motion. Both figures and experience prove, however, that tlie loss dore not nearly balance the gain. The saving in cost of fuel alone is greater than the value of j«»wer lost. Other savings add to make electricity far the cheapest motive power ever known. «1 I uiirmivii ¡.,1 in ill t«< the cuiiuvii ua«1 d Jof.inv »«¡hit. Among tie but, ¡.roveairtit» oi the hotel are the tmtbsl titled I will» al! ni'Hh rn convenience*. ROOMS CLEAN. NCAT ANO C0MF0NTASU. Good Table Fare & Reasonable Prices. BOTTLED water fresh from the spring «t Gee Laude’» lu Atlüaad Plain and Facny Cassimeres, Flannels, Hosiery, Etc. OVER and UNDERWEAR. - CLOTHING MADE to ORDER. Office and bales Room» in Masonic Building. M M ITKlNeON. Secretary audGeneral Manager ‘fhu old asylum in East Portland that burned to the ground yesterday was the first building provided by private enter- , prise or state benevolence for the shelter of Oregon’s insane. The written records of this honored institution arc. it is tui- deMtood, safe. Its history is a simple I one, and the work of which the name of Dr. J. C. Hawthorne stands as a synonym forms one of the grandest chapters in the history of the state’s charities. It has been but a few years, compara- tively, auioe the inBane were regarded as entitled to any more consideration tlian ! that which is accorded to dangerous ani- mx*a. An innate reveren<«e for human life» it is true, prevented the destruction of th«^e hapless, ho[>eles8 victims of mis- hut when their vggarire liecame so wild, and their actions so violent that those of kindred blood found it impossi ble to I »ear with the first without total : neglect of other duties, and to maintain i their own lives and that of others against the demonstrations of tlie second, it be came necessary to give them to the care of others, not touched with the tender ness begotten of blood, and those rarely, indeed, thought anything necessary but secure confinement and food enough to keep bare life afoot. Before the establishment, in 1857, «»f an insane asylum in the then territory of Oregon, the population was scant, and j the insane, relatively even, were few. St ill i a number of eases of lunacy of various I types taxed the resources of relative«, ill I able to endure it, and not unfrequently a violent person, who should have been a ; patient in an asylum, frightened a com munity by his wandering abroad at un seemly hours. Iris antipathy to clothing or his desire to kill. We remember the case of a violent man, who wanderrtl in the vicinity of Oregon City for days, al most or entirely destitute of clothing, his known presence in the neighborhood be ing a constant terror to women and chil dren, while even men did not care to at tempt his capture. Indeed there was no proper place to confine him had lie l»een captured, the primitive jails of those days affording but meager accommodations for able-bodied prisoners. There was, also, in those early days in Clackamas county an aged insane woman whose mania was of a type so violent that it was absolute ly necessary to restrain her. Her rela tions were poor, and to compass the ne cessary end. a plank house, a sort of plank I»en, was constructed, in which tlie miser able creature raved day and night for months. There were no appliances for wanning the wretched den in the winter, and with the primitive resources of a poor family in pioneer times it was next to impossible to provide for her comfort in this line, so violent ami destructive w as the demented woman. So pitiful was ler condition and that of her relatives in connection with it, that when death in tervened in her liebalf a feeling of relief pervaded the entire neighlxirhood. Such was the need of an asylum for the insane in Oregon territory when Dr. Hawthorpe leased a small building on Front and Salmon streets in this city and prepared, not only to confine and care for, but to treat them. The history of his endeavor is well known. Much of it, so far as it applies to individuals, is, and will ever remain unwritten. Many darkened minds caught no reflection of light even from the kindly benevolence that surrounded them, and the weary, eqient bodies that held them in thrall were Ixirne from the friendly, sheltering walls of the old build ing to the silence of the grave. Others, more fortunate, rallied under the touch of science and were healed by its balm, and now walk the ways of men, restored to life and hope ami duty. Still others inger in the corridors and wards of the new asylum building at Salem, whither they were transferred in the fall of 1883. Truly, indeed, the old asylum has a his tory that fire cannot destroy—a record that will live forever in the annals of the state’s humanities. Its ashes may lie blown about by the winds of heaven, and home« of quiet and peace may nestle ujx»n its now blackened and desolated site, but its niche in the world of work is full of benevolence and kindness and care to the suffering and the sorely liereft, and it will never be vacated. Alxait six weeks ago a la<ly residing on Hill street, Los Angeles, lost a canary bird. Last week while visiting San Ber nardino the bird Hew into the house where she was stopping. The little feathered songskr was identified by its left leg. which was deformed. The Loe Angeles Eryrmt stands sponsor for this little tale. A NEW MOTOR. The iast number of the Scientific American contains an interesting article on propulsion by the explosion of petro leum vapor. It is asserted that with the best marine boilers, and with the most approved forms of engine, shaft and pro peller, it is only possible at present to utilize alx»ut five per cent, of the energy developed by the combustion of the fuel. This fact has remained, for many years, a constant challenge to the inventive genius of the world. Messrs. Samuel and John Secor, of Brooklyn, have devised a new system, which they are now putting to the test of actual pra<«tice in their special ly constructed yacht, the Eureka. In cited by the admitted loss of ninety odd {»er cent, in the transformation of energy stored in the fuel into motion of the ves sels both these gentlemen, for a number of years, have given careful attention to the subject of propulsion. Their motor is explained as simply a modified form of gas engine, in which the gases, resulting from the explosion of a mixture of air and petroleum vapor, are made to impinge directly upon the water, through suitable port-holes lieueatli the surface. An upright steel Ixiiler of 25-horse power is located immediately back of the bulk-head. A Norwalk air compressor stands a short distance to the rear of the Ixiiler, and furnishes the compressed air necessary for the exploding chamlx«r. From eighteen to twenty Edison incan descent lamps are used to illuminate the vessel, the main function of the electric current lieing to fire the mixture of air and jx-troleum in the explixling chamber. The motor proper is {»laced in the rear of the compressor. The exploding chamber communicates beneath with four radial port-holes or chutes, protruding through the bull and ojien to the outside waters. The petroleum used in producing the explosion is stored in a copper reservoir placed in the stern of the vessel. The motor is in the nature of a gas en gine. iu which the piston is replaced by a wall of water. The probable temperature during an explosion is 2.<ioo degrees Fahrenheit. There sire aliout eighty ex plosions {»er minute. The experiments thus far have proved a success. though the s]»eed was not equal to that of an or dinary steam yacht. It is believed that it will be possible to run from New York to Newport and return on a dollar’s worth of oil. Should the experiment prove a success it may work a revolution in the science of propulsion. Nellie Coming Home. Gen. Grant's daughter Nellie, who married into the Sartoris family of En gland, and whose treatment by her hus- lxtnd ha« l»ecame so notorious through out this country, will leave her unpleas ant home in the north of England and return to America with her children. For more than two years Mr. Sartoris has not contribute*! one cent towards his wife’s support, and she has lived entirely on the remittances sent her from home. Mrs. Sartoris, it seems, lieing a high bred American girl, does not propose to stand this sort of thing any longer. She has leen repeatedly urged to leave her un natural liuslxind and return to her moth er, but up to a few weeks ago she had refused to entertain the thought. A1 last, however, life at th»* Sartoris mansion hits lteeome so distasteful to her that she lias accepted the alternative and will conic back to her once happy home. Diego. A correspondent, writing to the San Francisco Bnlletinr says: Since the California Southern railroad was com pleted, tlie growth and development of San Diego has lx?en phenomenal. Pre viously, the streets were ungrade«! and unlightecl; now- the principtd streets have l»een graded and work is rapidly progress ing on ithe others; the town has four principal electric light masts and a num ber of smaller ones; gas and water mains are laid in most of the streets; a Rtreet railroad is in course of construction. Col. Joseph B. Waring, a skillful, sanitary en gineer, has lx>en engaged to make plan.« for sewering the city. The population has increased from 30IH) to real es tate has risen 1<M per cent in value, and business of all kinds is Ixximing. Tlie best is. that this bids fair to lx« promin ent, for new-comers are not only pouring into the city, but filling up the country. Recent (irewth of San u/ . 1 so LOCAL. Local Notices, per line............................. 15o Regular advertisements inserted upon literal terms. Job Printing Of all descriptions done on short notioa Legal Blanks. Circulars, Business Garda Billheads. Letterheads. Posters, etc., got ten up in good style at living prices. , Geo. S. Currey, Attorney One square, nrst insertion Each Additional insertion. ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGI1 ST 6, 1886 VOL. XI. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Attorney and TIDINGS ASHLAND . R!D av ..¡ or TIDINGS. Termer’s Silver Bottle. Since Teenier, by his victory over Hait ian, has become champion oarsman of America, a great deal of interest is taken in him abroad and efforts are lieing made to bring about a match lietween him and Beach of Australia, who now holds the world’s championship. The Loudon Sporting Life, in a recent number, pub lishes a New York letter giving Teemer’s record and idso a sketch of the appear ance and habits of the American cham pion. Describing Teenier's cosy home in McKeesport. Penn., the correspondent quotes him as saying: “The only bottle I am fond of is this one,”—pointing to a beautiful silver bottle standing on a wall bracket. The bottle is made of coin sil ver, with a satin finish. Engraved on a burnished space is the inscription: “To John Teenier, champion oarsman of America, from McKeesport friends.” It seems that Teenier used to work in the iron-mills at McKeesport, where the workmen are in the habit of using the well-known German remedy St. Jacolw Gil for any pain or ailment in the muscles or joints. Teemer has foiunl it of indis pensable value to him in keeping him in the best physical condition anil his fond ness for it is well-known. This fact was reineniben«d by some friends, who after his victory over Hanlan wanted to give him a memento; and so they had made for him a fac-simile in silver of the style of lxittle in which St. Jacobs Oil is put up. Teemer’s pretty little wife seems to think as much of that lxittle as he does and promptly resorts to it whenever their bouncing, big liaby boy hurts himself in any way. The Hop Market. [Willamette Farmer, Jul} ..1,. Matters have assumed a certainty now, with regard to the rise in hops, as the New York state hop growers have given up all hi»i»e of any crop at all. They ex pected to harvest some h«»i»s and, when a rain came, three days ago, it was hoped that the effect would l»e healthy but in stead of helping, the rain ruined all, the vines turned black and the hops were all blighted. This is given as the latest and most reliable facts concerning the hop market and the effect has been to cause a decided rise. English hops are being ship[»ed across the Atlantic aud tlie de ficiency insures an advance, to a high figure. The quotations were so high as 30 cents and hops ot 1885 wen* selling for 20 to 25 cents. While it is now cer tain that prices will rule high, there is no certainty how far they will advance. Hop growers can always afford to take their own chances, for the statistics of trade since 1850 show that while hops have gone to a low pnet» «xcasiomilly, ¡is a rule they have sold high. Tlie man who was indejiendent and able to hold lias, for a third of a century averaged 30 cents per fxiund for hops, and this lx*ing the fact shows that the grower who stays with his hop yard, takes good care of it and waits the [»ennanent market price, always realize well. This year many lose by not having a good crop because they w ere discouraged ¡md neglected to cultivate; others again have rented their yard for n song, while a few have plowed up the vines. ---------- ------------------ Horrihle buffering ami Freezing to Death. The account of suffering by cold and hunger on the shores of Labrador and New Foundland are fearfuL The news of the terrible condition of the whole population frozen in, and the ice not breaking away as usual has been coming for a month. The ice is from 20 to 100 feet deep and the snow mountains high. 80 pereons jx-rished for want and with cold, eighteen were found frozen in one place, tweny-two in another. STATE AM) COAST. D. P. Thompson wants to build water works at Eugene City. Grapes are being contracted for at Va caville, Cal., tor $*J0 and $100 per ton. The Yamhill Reiiorter says the narrow gauge will be completed to South Port land in ninety days. Parties in St. Louis, Mo., have formed a company to sink artesian wc II h near Phoenix, Arizona. To the rotting timlx-rs in the mines at Virginia City is attributed the virulence of diphtheria in that city. Fruit chocks to the amount of $00,oo(' have been paid at the Vacaville. Cal.. bank from June to July 13th. The Lus Angeles Herald says that 2.- 5<K),000 grajievines in that county will coni* into 1 >eai ing Hits yr«r. An examination of the carcasses of the jack-rabbits which are dying by thous ands in the eastern part of Nevada, shows that the animals are filled with Uq»e- worms. (.hie oi tire praeliees adopted by the farmers this summer is to run their s» lf- binders by moonlight. It has proven to be a great success. Two Chinamen found a chunk of gold weighing 115 pounils, at Dutch Flat, Cat. which sold for $26,(HiO. It is not known how it was iliscovereil, but it is thought among the old placer diggings and aban doned claims. Antorian: Figuring on the results of the June election shows that Gov.-elect Pennoyer was the only candidate who got a majority of all the votes cast, His majority over both competitors was a lit- tie over 800. East Oregonian : there is only $3648.60 of t«ch<K>l money to lx? apjior- tioned in Umatilla county this year. The smallness of the amount is caused by the shortages of the late county treasurer. Next year’s apportionment will l»e, of course, much larger. Ihiring the past three months alx»ut 30,000 nibbit ««clips have I kvii brought in and tlie Mixloe county board of suj>er- vieors at its last meeting last w»>ek al lowed nibbit Ixmnty claims to th<-amount of about 890<>. Last week Col. B. Jennings, of Chieka- mas county, received $3000 from the gov ernment on a claim that has Iteen liefore congress for thirty years. Col. Jennings was connected with the Lind office at Oregon City before the war, and was re moved. It seems he claims that his sal ary on fees was cut down to the extent of $¡3000 and demanded payment. No inter est was allowed on the claim. The whole inuiilter of Post office in the United States is 53,614. Of these 2265 are presidental offices; Unit is to say , the jxietniiwters of these last numlx.T ¡ire ap pointed by the president. This leaves 51,349 ap{x»intinents to lie farmtxl out among the friends of congressmen, which is done without, in most instances, the slightest regard to the fitness of ap plicants. From the most authentic suurivs it seems the fish ladder which was con structed last season at Oregon City, by authority of the state, at a cost of $10,- 000, is in reality a thing of the past. The stone steps have been nearly all carried away, and the only thing left standing are the iron liolts, and even they are bent over. It is very’ evident the work was done poorly,'and the state is out and in jured to the tune of 910,000. High water and drift woixl are said to be the cause of the foundation and stone steps being car ried away. Indians have already commenced to ar rive at Seattle, says the Post-Intelli gencer, to engage in hop picking. T. G. Wilson, representing the Seattle Hop Growers’ Association, has gone to British Columbia to engage pickers for their crop. Tlie asstx'iation has ¡100 acres in hops, and will require at least 2000 pick ers to secure their crop. Last year they employed 1500 Indians and -’300 whites. This year it will )>e difficult to wxure w hite pickers, and more Indians will have to lx« employed. It is thought the ad- vance of 25 cents { mt lx»x will induce enough Indians to come to the sound to gather the crop. Picking does not com mence until September, and generally lasts about four weeks. GENERAL NEWS. Vermont proposes to establish a state institution for the criminally insane. About 80,000 Ixirrels of oil are pro duced daily by the wells of Pennsylvania. Baker City has one hundred and sixty- six business houses, of w hich sixteen are saloons. J. T. V. Chu k of North Yakima, will pay $10(1 per ton for morelui(liable broom com. During the first six mouths of 1886 Montana mines have paid dividends ng- gngating $991,750. Brooks, alias Maxwell, was sentenced to be hanged on the 27th inst., for the murder of Preller at St. Louis. The hi'alth of Justice Field is improv ing in Europe. He writes that ho is much better than wheu he left the United States. Wm. P. Iverson, cashier and book-keep er of the American Baptist Publication society, is a defaulter to the sum of $60,- 000. It is said the failure of the crops iu Northwestern territory, Canada, is due more to the ravages of the gopher than to the drought. Tlie little animals are countless iu muuber, and when they go through a field the crop looks as if it had been cut dow n with a knife. De Lesseps says it will only take $120,- 000,000 to complete the Panama canal and enable France to make “peaceful con quest of the Isthmus of Panama." Tlie sanguine Frenchman thinks the canal can lx- completed in three years with the small amount named. A liquor convention in an eastern state w ill make an effort to “elevate the busi ness,’ by “driving unfit persons out of it” The gauge of fitness is not published, but the line will probably lx- drawn some where in the vicinity of dealers who can afford to decorate their saloons with $10,- ilOO paintings. The N. Y. H 'orhCtt Washington corre spondent says that the Treasury’s 1 o ike show that Charles Francis Adams Jr. is even further Itehind in paying the obliga tions of the Union Pacific than any of the previous managements. Au official statement shows that the debt due by the Pacific railroads to the Government up to the present time is $112,447,748.97; of this over $47,000,000 is back interest which has been paid by the United States. Boise City paper: The crops are near ly all destroyed on Five-mile by nibbits. The settlers are getting even on the rab bits by selling their ears to the county. If the governor had not got drunk and lost the bill abolishing the Ixuuity on rabbit ears which passed the last, legisla ture. these settlers would now be in a suffering condition. It is estimated that $7000 w ill be {»aid by Ada county this year for rabbit ears. Heretofore Yaquiua has been the first, last and only name of the little town on the bay, which is located only a few miles from Newport. For some reason it was desirable to change the name of the place and an application was made to that effect. Mr. Janis Patton, commissioner of navigation at Washington. has ordered the name to be changed from Yaquina to Yaquina City. This order has just been issued. Persons having letters to send, or articles to ship to that point should l»ear tliib change in mind. A dispatch from New York slates that John W. Mackay and several of hi« friends, the names of whom are not given, have jiersunally undertaken the construc tion of an overliuid telegraph lino in eon- , nection with the Canadian Pacific rail way. It is also proposed, as stated, to build a line from New Westminster to San Francisco, in the hojie of securing a share of California business. Branch lines are also, as stated, to lx» constructed to different points in Canada and the Eastern states. The length of these branch lines and connections will alone aggregate over 4<MM> miles, not including the ihstance traversed by the Canadian Pacific lines. The work of construction will, it is stated, occupy only six months, but this statement is looked upon as a mistake, as the construction of a line from San Francisco to New Westminster alone .would, under the most favorable circumstances, occupy over two years. A Badly Slid Mao. four Applications. .Portland N'cua.j The exhibit car which will lx« sent east in the course of a few weeks seems to lie in active demand, judging from the ap plications made for it. Four applications thus far have been made to the board of immigration. The first application is made by the officers of the Mechanics burg, Pennsylvania, exposition, which will c»pen August 3(»th and continue for two weeks. Tlie second comes from the ex{x»sitioD at Minneo|x»lis, which ojxsns on the 23d of August and does not close until Octolx«r 36th. Tlie third applica tion was made by the officers of the fair that will lie held at Lincoln, Nebraska, from Septemlier 10th to the 17th. Mr. A. W. Swaim, the editor of theOskaloona (Iowa) Herald, who last year t<x>k so much interest in Oregon’s exhibit car, and so greatly favored its , exhibition at the fair in this city and at Des Moines, telegraphed the state board of iuiuiigra- tion, under date of July 28th, as follows: “Want Oregon exhibit car for 'air here, one week, commencing August 30th.” A good story is told on Shan Couser, the well-known conductor on the East Side division of tha Oregon and Califor nia Railroad. A short time since be purcliased five lots at Jefferson for 810 apiece. A few days since a neighbor com menced to sink a well on a lot adjoining those owned by Couser. and had delved but a few feet when he struck gold. Among smaller pieces unearthed was a very fair-sized nugget. The trend of the deposit was toward Coursers claim and the discoverer determined to secure Conner’s lot. Couser was soon hunted up, and after a great deal of liaggltng the lots were sold for $100, or an advance of $10 apiece. Then the purchaser told Conner that he had just sold a valuable mine, and he has been madder tlian a wet ben ever since. 4» Many a» He Wanted. [Buff«lo Couiiaercial-j c In Twenty-two Poses. Since her return from Deer Park Mrs. Cleveland has given a great deal of time to a Washington artist, an.l has patiently posed for twenty-two negatives, taken in ax many ilifferent {»ositions and toilets. For several days the White House« con servatory was transformed into a photo graphic studio, and the whole mornings were devoted to transfixing the beauty of the bride U|x»n glass. Half a dozen neg atives were taken in her bridal robes, from different directions, in different poees and sizes, while others were made of her in Htreet costumes and morning gowns. The public has not Ixsen allowed to see the collection so far, and none will lx» ex posed nntil the president and Mrs. Cleve land have inspected them all aud chosen those they prefer to have hung up in the parlors of the populace.—[Inter-Ocean. 1 he boh of a rich Americmi wan in Paris with an o{»en credit from his father on a certain bank there, ami the head of which ran over to New Y'ork. there he liapi»ened to run on the father. The banker reported that the young man was in good health and having a good time, but that he was spending a g<xxl deal of money, “We let him have 10,000 last month, and just before I left Paris he came iu for 5000 more’ “What!” cried tlie father, “pounds?" “Oh, no,” replied the banker, “francs.” “Oh,” said the father, with a sigh of relief, “those little ♦----------------- For gents’ fine dress shoes go U> Hat things- let him liav»* as many of them as he wants.” field & Herrin. x