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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1879)
VOL. 1. NO. 33. CANYON OUT, OREGON, S VTURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1879. TERM Si S3. PER YEAR. Tie Grant CoHflty Hews. PUllMSHKD SVERY SATURDAY MORNING -BY S, H. SHEPHERD, Editou and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : Six Months, : : : $3 00 $1 To INVARIABLY IX ADVAXCK. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Notices in local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 2 lines, 2 for ih.t, and SI for t::ich subsequent insertion in advance Legal advertisements charycd as transient, and must be paid for upon expiration. No certificate of publica tion, given un'il the Tec is paid. Yearly advem-eniiMits on very liber terms. Professional Cards, ( one inch or less.) $15 per annum. Personal and Political Communications charg d :is advertisements. The above r:itcs wiU be strictly adhered to. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 0. W. Parrisii. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Canyon City, Oitrcuox. M. L. OLMSTKAD, ATTORN RY AT LAW, Canyon City, Ouecun, Gko. B. CruitEY, Lttorxicy at 2jaw, Canyon City, Ohictox. M. Dustin, At! on icy at Law, Can von City, Oregon. F. C.CORSL15Y,M I). GllADlTATE OF THE I" 1 VEKSSTV OF PENN pylvania, April S, IS 18. Cm) on Civ, Oregon. Ofhec in his Drug Store, Mahi Street Orders for Drugs promtlv filled. No professional patronage solicited unless directions ate s ricfly followed J. W. HOWARD, M. D., Canyon City, Grant Co., Ouecox. 0. M. E0DS0N, M. D., Frairio City, - O xx. N. H. BOLEY, E XT T I S T, r-S?-Dentnl Booms, Opposite th- cthodist Church. Canyon City, Oregon. G. I. HAZELTINE, IPliotosraplaor, CANYON CITY, OREGON. GEO. SOLLIBEE. O 3XT Y 1ST OX T MILK-MAN. The best of Milk furnished to the citizens of Canyon City ev 3ry merging, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates. JOHN SCHMIDT, Carpenter and Wagon Maker. Canyon City, Oregon. Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes and Felloes, Furniture, Chairs, Faints, Glass, and Window-sash. Hotels. N. Rulison, A. II. Grotii. CITY HOTEL Canyon City, Oregon RULISON & GR0TH, - - Proprietors Beg leave to inform their friendfl And tho Public Gonorally That they can be found at the OLD STAND, An-i aro alwaws ready to furnish good Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PRICES. MR HOUSE 5 -o- The undersigned takes pleasure in announc ing to the general public that they have opon ed a FIRST CLASS HOTEL in tho building known jus The Golden Eagle, Canyon City, - - - - Oregon, Where you can find the BEST TABLE North of Portland, ThoBods Aro all new, and the rooms nave been furnish ed njw throughout. Bonn!, $). per week; 1. per day Meals, 50 cen is. Segerdaiil it Roberts, Proprietors. Grange Hotel. PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON, J. IL Ilardnian, Proprietor. The accommodations at the above Hotel are -nod, and every csro will be taken to make ue.'! fpo! at homo. SlcJ-CInnjforlab'e bede, and as good . a tah'e tho oia-ket affords furnished at reasonable jates. HARNEY HOTEL Port Harney, Oregon X. OIjIVEK, Proprietor. Having completed my Hotel I am prepared to entertain the traveling public with care and comfort. The table is supplied with the best the market affords. The beds are neat and clean. LADIES ATTENTION. ru- Mrs. James V. Cleaver has just removed to her new Build ing on Main Street, Praire City, where she is opening out a line assortment of Ladies and Misses Hats, just received from N. Y.. also a well selected sup ply of Ladies Underwear and Linen Suits. Also a general assortment of ladies goods which will be sold cheap for cash. STRAWBERRY VALLEY FLOURING- MILLS, MORE HEAD & CLEAVER PROPRIETORS. Manufacturers and dealers in Flour of the Best Brand, Gra ham Flour, Corn Meal, Shorts, Bran and Feed. For a Superior Article oe flour go the Strawberry Mills. These Mills are located in Strawberry Valley, in the upper John Day Yalley, Grant County. Jjsg2 Accommoda tions a speciality. Reasonable prices. Give us a call, ff NOTICE. Havi iig purchased the full interest formerly held by T. W. Poindexter in the Copartnership Business of Poindexter & Clark, all persons in debted to said firm are hereby noti fied to call and settle with the un dersigned without delay. n29-33 W. H. CLARK. . .railroads. r rom all that we can hear and read, we ara led to believe that this .section of country, that is Eastern Oregon and Washington Terri tory is about to be supplied with rail roads. Col. Walcott the gentleman in charge of the surveying party that we noticed some time ago as being engaged in surveying a ruute for a railroad from 0 Ogden, the terminal point of the Union Pacific, to the Columbia river, was in town a few days ago. Although a very quiet and unconmunicative kind of a gentleman, enough was learned to say that the route through Grant, Raker and Wasco counties to the Columbia river has been found to be a good, prac tical one. This is an extension of the Union Pacific, which is destined in time to make its terminus on the Pacif ic ocean, but for many years it will re main at the Dalles. Should the Union Pacific build this road, it has been hinted to us that the Central Pacific will most likely build a road, starting from some point on their line and run up through Grant and Umatilla counties, in order to carry off the products of that section direct to San Francisco. Then we have the ru mor that the O. R. it N". Co. will build a road from "Walla Walla to the Dalles, and the Northern Pacific on the other side of tho river from Ainsworth to this point. Now, with all these railroads in con temptation, we do not expect to see one of them built from here to the Cas cades until the other portions of the route are finished, for the reason that the cost permilo would be from three or four times greater than any other division of the road for the same dis tance. It is roughly guessed that it will cost on average fifty thousand dol lars per mile. Tsie river from The Dalles to the Cas cades is always at a good boating stage, if we except from one to six weeks dur ing the months of January and Febru ary, when it is frozen over; but which wo believe could readily be kept open with the aid of an ice boat. From this point barges could h . loaded and towed down to the Cascades, or, when the locks aro completed, on down to Port land or Astoria, there to be placed into ships and carried to foreign mar kets. Mountaineer. Among the elephants that swing i around the circle with Forepuagh is one known as Dick. This yuhg mon st r got to sulking at Lancaster, N. II., the other night, and refused to trot along with the others. Young Adam Forepaugh, the old man Adam's son, rode up to Dick and gently tapped him with his riding whip. Dick lunged for the lad and unhorsed him. Adam was stunned by the fall and lay but a few feet from the enraged beast, whose ter rible bellowing indicated that he was thoroughly aroused. It seemed impos sible for any one to resoue young Fore paugh. The keepers and trainers knew that the least motion would hasten the boy's death, and so stood speechless and aghast. But old JBetts, tho monster elephant of the herd, acting with won derful human impulse, ran with a speed that seemed incredible, considering her enormous bulk, .md threw the force of her four tons weight against the side of the advancing and murderous Dick. The shock of the colliding elephants was fearful, upsetting bad Dick and throw ing him on his side. Quick as a flash Forepaugh's son was upon his feet. Old Betts threw down her trunk at the sigoal, just as she does in the perform ance, and lifted her master upon her head. Every time the recreant Dick arose he was met by 8000 pounds of ele phant flesh against his ribs, until he lay down and trumptcd signals of distress in acknowledgement of defeat. Commissioner of Clakatncs county, Jacob Bauer, died recently. The va cancy will be filled by the next term of court. The Pendleton Independent says: On Saturday morning last, Sheriff Sper ry, asis his custom when dangorous pris oners are confined in the jail instituted a search for any implement to escape with which might be concealed in tho jail. In the stove, under the ashes, and wrap ped in a wet rag, he found a wooden key, almost tin exactjeouuterpart of the key that unlocks the jail door, and in various parts of the room he found three knives filed into saws and a nail which had been made into a gimlot, with which they bad made the wooden key. He immediately took possession of the articles, to the sorrow of the prisoners, Wilson and Campbell, who were under a three years sentence each to the penitentiary. By Saturday night they would have had all arrange ments completed, and Sunday morning Sheriff Speny would have found his birds gone. By this time, if he has had no bad luck, they are safely caged. Our county jail, is, as an ex-Senator of this county, once said, "in a bad state of polygamy." The walls are about one foot thick, formed by nailing hoards one on top of the other, and on the in side there are spaces of about an inch between the boards all around, where any small instrument like a saw could be bidden safely. The wails on the in side should be hard finished, so that when prisoners attempt to dig into it to hide anything it will be easily discover ed. There were only 16 candidates for councilmen at the late election in Van couver. When we consider that only three were to be elected, the numoer is amply sufficient to supply the wants. A most horrible etory is published in the Seattle paper. On the evening of the 5th a Mr. Post discovered a babe a few hours old, which had been thrown into a privy vault, probably to hide the shamoofits mother. The authorities are endeavoring to bring the guilty par ties to justice. Capt. P. Collins, of Co. A, 21st In fantry, stationed at Fort Boise was killed Monday Nov. 10; the horses of the post ambulance in w hich ho was riding, running away and smashing tho vehicle. Hillsboro is without a city marshal. Here is a chance for somebody. The chess mania has reached Hillsboro, and some of the citizens have got it bad. Mr. Wilson, Nehalcm settler, has found a vein of coal which he guaran tees to be ten feet in thickness. Mr. Chas. Wade, of Clackamas Co., comes to the front with a potato weigh ing within a fraction of five ponnds. S. Cummins has tendered his resigna ion as postmaster at Tualatin. Mrs. Love is an adplicant for the position. Hon. Thos. Scott, of Washington county, near Ames Chapcll, fell from a adder while picking apples, one day ast week, receiving sonic severe inju nes. Hillsboro Independent says: Wm. Anderson left his cabin on the Lewis dace the other day to do some ditching and when ho returned found a $10 watch missing. The Independent say-': Mr. Koehler and one or two other West Side R. R. officials stopped at che station the other day and appeared to be looking for a spot to build a station house. We sin cerely hope that early steps will be j aken by tho company in this direc- tion. Afire in Ionia, Michigan, Oct. 2Gth, caused a loss of $30,000. A fire in Cincinnati, Ootobef 22nd, caused a loss of $20,000. Hauck's store store. Cincinnati, burn ed Oct. 23d. Loss, $4,000. John Neil, uged 60, was killed at a ailroad crossing near Toronto, Oct. 22nd, A jSTice Fiuuii A Denver, Cold rado, dispatch, under date of the 8th, says: Sydney A. Grantj late of Cin cinnati, and A. F. Wilson were arrest ed to day for conducting a fraudulent scheme through the mails under tho name of "The Denver Land Company," and were taken before a United States commissioner. Thev waved esamina tiou and were committed to bonds which have uot yet been given and probably will goto jail. The sehemtf was planned in Cincinnati. SterreotvDn plates were prepaaod and have already been inserted in eight hundred first class newspapers and periodicals in the north ern, eastern and middle Slates. Grant came to Denver to secure laud for tho' purpose and bought nearly a. thousand acres in tho sand hills fortv miles north of Denver, which was platted and re corded as North Denver. Although known here but eight days, a perfect avalanche of mail is coming for S. A. Grant and the 'Denver Land Company.' Tho fraud was denounced by locaf news papers and bitterly condemned by citi zens. Postmasters reported to tho de partment and last night received ordors to deliver no registered letters and pay no money orders to Grant The at rest va3 made by special agent IT. Hall; Spcoial agent Fuaay is also here and asks a department order withholding orninary letters. The furniture factory of Trosbudj Chicago, burned Oct. 2Gth. Loss, $15, 000. Wellcr & Henry, the well known meat dealers of Baker City, annourice the following price: All steak at G cents, with the exception of choice cuts, which will be S cents; boiling beef, 3 to 5 cents. The Coining mill of the Oriential Powder Company, at Gorhain, Maine, exploded Oct. 27th. A man named Stocks was killed. T. Edison, nephew of the American idventor, died in Paris, where he recent ly arrived to superiutend his nnclc'a patent affairs. The McKendric church of the Meth odist Church South, Nashqille, Tenn.f was cousumed by fire, Oct. 2Gth Loss, $3G,000. Insured for $25,000. The south Staffordshire, England, naihnakers have resolved to strike. The intorests of 2S,000 men are invol ved in the movement. The German Orphan Aslum near Rose Hill, a suburb of Chicago, burned Oct. 2Gth. Loss, $20;000. All the" inmates escaped. Thirty additional cases of yellow fd ver are reported in Memphis, Oct. 23d. l!hc New York Chamber of Commerce sends 82,000. Up to October 27th, the silver dol lars coined amount to 814,453,000, of which $12,221,000 arc in circulation, Seven men were killed by an accident to tho hoisting apparatus at St. Helen Colliery, Lancaster. England, October 22d. The miners of the two largest collier ies in the neighborhood of Mans, Bel gium, have resolved to strike. A general aesumvtion of business has taken place in Memphis. Only case of yellow fever was reported October 27th. The gold mines of Georgia are said to produce not less than $1,000,000 bull ion per month. Adams & Ray's shoddy mill, Phila.,- buanG(l 0n tb niIlt of Oct. lGth, oss, 30,000 A recent lire m the town Ot Azura West India, destryyed 100 houses and stores. Loss, 8200,000. About 100 feet of the big St. Louis bridge on the liew Orleans tfc Mobile R.-R.-, was burned Oct. 24th. A foot of snow fell in some parts of Ontario, Oct. 26th, doing great damage to fruit and shado trees. rt 1 4-l.r T-fftVA