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General Kews.
A letter 'from Camp Bidwell
in the Winnemucca Silver State,
indicates that the Indians in tha
section are getting sensitive as
, the warm weather approaches.
Five Indians were arrested at
VJlidwell, on the Gth of April jbr
threatening to make 'trouble
.-and kilj some one.
The Silver State thinks that
this bad conduct and threats
against the whites, shows that
there is a probability of another
Indian outbreak this spring
among the bands which range
from Modoc County, Cal.,
through North-western Nevada
and South-eastern Oregon, and
that the greatest vigil ence on
the part eff the military is nec
essary to prevent the ndians
from committing depredations
and murders.
"When a Bodie girl receives
the attention from a gentleman
she inquires with absorbing in
terest, "how many men he lias
killed?" Exchange, aii Elko
girl under the same ci renins tan
ces wants to know how manv
mustangs he has broken.
Times Review. Boise City girl
would enquire how many quar
ter sections of fine gold placers
he owns on Snake river. Ida
ho Statesman. Albanv girl asks
if he takes the Democrat, airl
if he pays for it promptly, and
if he is in favor of Foulwcathor
as a Harbor of Refuge. Demo
crat, au Idaho City fair one
thoughtfully inquires. "What
do the clea,i-ups from yours
mine average, and how much
ore have you in sight."' Idaho
World." Our Grant County
maidens asks if he owns any
Monumental or Phil Sheridan
stock, and if he has subscribed
for the Graut Couiity News.
The Lewiston Teller savs the
Indian who figured so consoic-
uously at Washington with chief
Joseph and was such a lion at
the President's mansion under
the name of Yellow Bull, is no
other than Chotlin Mox Mox
the murderer of Mrs. Manuel
and child near the moulli of
White Bird creek, on Thurs-
day the 1 3th day of J une, 1877,
the day before the outbreak on
Camas Prairie.
It is stated upon good au
thority that the wheat stored in
the Dallas warehouse has been
purchased by Mr. Yokum, of
Oregon Cit', and that steps will
be taken at once to finish the
narrow-gauge rail-road to Dal
las to move the wheat. There
is about 20,000 bushels.
a Pittsburg preacher in one of
his sentences remars said: "The
marvelous niultitudinousness of
the minute of the corroborating
circumstances are the insur
mountable difficulties which un
mistably prevent the skeptic
from discovering truth."
I am inclined to think the
following an excellent story.
What do you say?
"Mrs. Muriel took great in
terest in parish affairs. Last
year-she promised to assist in
decorating the parish church.
One illuminated text she
thought would be well over the
chancel screen, and she reques
ted her husband to bring it from
town, as might have been, ex
pected he forgot the text, and
wired to his wife for particu
lars. To the surprise of all the
telegragph clerks this message
came lashing over khe wires:
"Unto us a child is born, nine
feet long by to feet broad",'r
London Letter.
A little stean? luuch running en Ya
(juina bay hur.-t a steam pipe ou the
39th, near Toledo. No serious dncjngc
TlT Hagestonm, Md., Globe Ebys:
-Ae felt proud at having seen the- im
prftit of a mastodon 5 foot nc;ir tlie
South mountain. IJtcly we learned that
a liarrisbiirg girl Inrl been ah-J
ering nutumn leaves i Uiat vieinitv
last fall-
The Secretary of the Treasury an
nounces that in consequence of tee pro
posal or the syndicate to take S157.0Q04-
000 of prr-cent. bnndr, and 40,000 .
000 refunding certificates, the circular
offering bonds for sale will be recinded-
Old maids who have passed safely
over the line can cnnirraiulate their,
selves uron f scientific discovery hat
"most people I ceome inr-atie between
tho a:es of twentv-iive and thirty.''
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Some people may imagine that old
maids ran find consolation in this fact
but the hardest thins to find is au
old maid over thirty.
A year ago a bind ofladies in Buf
falo, pledged themselves never to P30
cia'o with young turn who drank intox
icating vi nds. Now, these ynunt:
ladies a- ihov think tlie htrfunie of
otovcr :s rar more (irjicatt :ui
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plea.
ant tlinn Ir-liolropo.
A Jersey City wnm-in vas recently ;r
rested fr nias'un Iicr hushand acro.s
the nose vit h red and yc'low M-orj5t'd
mo to bourin" thu v.rds, "Cod hioss
onr honie.''
A woman tcvit fi'ids It.df as much
fadiisfaotioo in th: s rmou a.s she do s
in a j'oaso spot on the back of the
woman's dn-ss in iront of hcv.
I'ho peopde of Dalles have rub n a
peaceful a'id pnctical mot hud of irak.
ing the Oil in i -so go; and the ladies of
the town are at the bo'tnm of it. A
destitute widow having anived at
th'il plaee, two ladies circulated a sub
setiprion y.apor and secured stifiieiutit
uioucy to furnish a sirall hnu-o plainly.
and induced a number of families to
transfer lh ir iaundrv liatronane foin
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the local Chinese es'ablishmo-t t: give
her con;.nnt employment. Good; and
hujrah fin the w.iu.nir
Deer are more numerous in the hills
and mountains iilonif the sourses of jiiir
Butte creek thau th?y have b'jen for
several yerus.
The very late and continued tain
are a blessing to Southern Oieuon
keeping up the supply for mining pnr
poses and a?stiring tlie heaviest erojs
of rrain ever raised in tiiis'vallo v.
Cin Leu the bn?s Chinaman of Lit.
tie Apdlcgate, cleandd up lat week
after twenty one da v. run and washed
out one hundre.l an 1 fifty-eiiilit ounces
of dust worth 2077, or -SI 27 per day.
Len has plenty of such ground left.
Jacksonville Sentinel: The spring
has been very backward in the high
lands along JSijr and Little Butte creek
in consequence of the late cold rains.
No gardening has yet been done, ami
et will be some time before the iiround
is in condition for the plow.
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Postmaster j-Ielmau of Ashland has
beeu instructed to find a responsible
party and relet the nnil contract on
the route between Ashland and. Lake.
view. There have been twenty-three
failures in the connection reported py
P. M Helman. and many more from
the other end of the line.
A Jacksonville paper leporls that
Geore Jackson of that county has
recently raised i-omo corn from seed
originally brought to the United States
from the Fgypthm catacombs, where
the germ had bem preserved fjr th u -
ands of years, and it is said to be ex
cecdingly prolific, yeilding as much as
eighty bushels per acre. ,
In Walla Walla they havo young
onions and lettuce. j
The 0 S. N- Co an independent
Conpany am running lines of poats on
the Upper Willamette-
L::inbertson, who shot West in Polk
cnunty a few days ago, was bound over
in the sum of So 00.
Chinese rookery was p timed down
en the 24th at saleni. Loss to the
Chinee 300. The buddings were worth
less A number of handsome laurel tress
on the place of Mr. Bush, near snlem.
j iiave recently been "girted" by wanton
persons.
Miss Minnie ILonlt, daughter of Hon
E. Hon It, of Harrisbu rg, came near
dying last week frem the ellecti of
poisou un!:.
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GRAWT COUsniTY-
INDEPENDENT IN
EV0 PAPER
NEAEEll THAN
OUR iiOTTO:--CKAXT COUNTY
'J IJST, AN l.)Tj i li WOULD A ITIlK
WAllDS. SUeSCRSPTflON PER
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OltEGOX,
Aro receiving th:ir Heavy Stock of
SDring & Summer Goods
-CO.MIM1IKIXG-
DllY GOODS GROCERIES, HARD.
WA RE , R E AD Y M A D E CLOTH;
ING, IIATS, CAPS, BOOTS
& SiHOES, ETC. ETC.
(TXU'l Strrk if rrinnlcte nrrf inshBftabl.i.
J iMn.',r.p Crnp SuppHes iu endless qurr.
-t.d at reuHonuble j-rioes.
New Goods.of Every De
scription. -A full Sr vk .'
CUOCrCERY, CLAVAIxM, PAT.
KNT M 13 1 I ( M N K', PAT NTS,
OILS, SCHOOL liOOKS,
, STATIONARY AND
MOTIONS, WHO.
on hand.
We havo tho bost ?olcc?oi? an'l brj'js? Stock
o( General Mrchnndis3 in (Jraot County.
flSCall and ?co for joursolvor
'. Crny & Jiron.
!woq City MestW
V;ishir.i;lon Street,
CANYON CITY, OK KG ON,
GRAY
Fropriotoi-Q
D E A L E RS ITi
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mimn meats.
rr..as:.
lly VI)oks:tle and IsHsiil.
Orders- Filled on
S2iort IMoticc.
Frank SlcCa!Iym?s
Variety Store,
John Day City, - - - Oregon.
OKA I.KH in
ciioici-: cnorKitiKSj
TOUACCO,
CMC A Its,
sjrATlON'KISV,
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coxi'KrTiu.VKi; v,
K'!V., KTC.
Woul'l rcpc.tOilly poHe.it n'xhira n' tho pat
ri'nno r.f hb Kitiz ns of Jubo D.v and
inirru -.ding country.
MAIN ST., J'illX DAY",
ORN.
I I fill
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Opposite the Odd Fellows' flail,
DKAL.BK IN
FAMILY GROCERIES
TOBACCO AND CIGATLS,
CROCK HHY, GLASSWARE.
GENT'S rUPJIISEIKG GOODS,
WITH A .MOST
COM PLETJ3 A SSORTM ENT
OF TIIK
Latest Style Hats.
A lo a well Htdectfd stock of
Ladies' and Gents' Soots and Shoes.
CAN D IKS ANI NUTS, '
SEWING MAOHIXE NEEDLES,
AND OIL. NAILS, AXES,
HOPE AND CUTTLEHY,
In fact a thousand other articles too numerous
to mention.
p ALO AOENT,FORTIIE
PACIFIC TZTJ''ZTTJLm
Life Insurance Company,
GAL1FOUNIA.
Is n monthly. 100-jmKoScrnI Book of tho cream of
tho World's Literature. SiW? eppy, 20c., or 2 per
year An Oil C'hromo 0'J) inches) of "Vodemito.
Valley." j)nce, $3. M BlAck hheep." a S1.50 book, in.
in lutmov, or in oi-cunt 1'fHtago Ktamps. Agents
wanted. Most liliAjraltorms. hut nothiriKont free.
Address S. S. Woctfa, Tnbuuc UuiltUUtf, ew 1 ork Oitj.
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paper miming; v-urisi"" o vxiaiju.v, u
hook, in pnpt-r biiiilini.anuasamplucopyof "Wood'a
1 IoiiM-holil Ala"nziiiu all post-paid, for only SO oento
... Dealer in General Kercliandise,
kWoold most resreolfnlly snnonnco to thBsPuhi-
Ijqih general, (bat he bas jest receivedand
will keep constantly on band, a. full line of
CHOICE FAMILY
GROCERIES,
Lard and Bacon.
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Elects, Shcos, Clothing, Cents' fur--r.ishing
Coco's,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
TODACCO, CTGARS,
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PATEMT SEDIGIMES-
OILS AND 'AI.n4s,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
STATIONEUV AND NOTIONS.
A LL oroprs for Goods will hp as usual, nllf-d
Jl'VL iromi)f) and pa,!tff"Oforilv.
N. JV Rtt iv will Ijc c o?otl hereafter at
won on Sutid.iy's.
CA.svnri Citv, Onrco.v.
liLAuikiiii ofllir
Peter JiiiM, Propt'r
Csnycn Ctty; Oregon.
RUGGIKR,
WAGOXe,
PLOWR,
aiirl nil woi k in his line nifido
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jiiKi rujjiureu 111 si wunviuamiKe
lnnnncr.
lir:ieu!ar attention paid to
Hoirteli.
FEED STABLE
hi ennnoction with the shop
f have a eonmioilioiio -lMie4 -Stable.
Horses boaiclcd at
Heaccnable Prises. - T
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CANYOX CITY, OGX.
JOS-fM HERESURCES
Dealer In
Choice
iMUTTQN,
VKAIj,
I'OltK,
HAMS,
3JACON,
UORNKD I1EKK,
TONGUES,
POULTRY and GAME
In Season.
JE&fGoods promptly delivered
UIIARUK'Sr
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HOOTS AN SHOES.
IIAUUWARK.WfUOCKEKY, GEO-
riiKUKS, LIQUOKS
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miners' Goods
")f livery l)ecripti-n.
vie a
UKAKT UOUNTV, UltEOON.
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ilso keep a Hotel, where
theyweary can find rest, and
pLenty to eat.
A. HUPPRICH,
FASHIONABLE BOOT Am SHCE-
CANYON CITY, OREGON.
5jfc"y prepared to turn oat Grst-claBS work
iout ol' tho verjr bed tautorial and finest fia-
P.8nc:::D neatly ac?l cbcaply ucta.
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