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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1879)
t VOL. 1. NO. 3G. CANYON" CITY", OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879 TERMS: 3. PER YEAR. 3 1 I?. 1 1 Tie Grant Comity News. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY S. H. SHEPHERD, ' Editou and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : Six Months, : : : $3 00 $1 75 IN VARIABLY IX ADVANCE. RATES OP ADVERTISING-. - -.Notices in local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 12 lines, 2 50 for first, and 81 for each subsequent insertion in advance Legal advertisements charge'I as transient, and must be paid for upon expiration. No certificate of publica tion given until the lee is paid. Yearlv advertisements on very liber terms. Professional Cards, ( one inch or less.) $15 per annum. Personal and Political Communications charged as advertisements. The above rates will be strictly adhered to. .mm in mi 1 1 ii ii ii 1 1 .'ihi n i in i ii ii i ii in ii PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C. TV. Parrisit. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Canyon City, Oregon. M. L. OLMSTEAD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Canvn City, Oiiegon, Geo. 1. CruuEY, Canyon City, Oregon. M. Dup-'in, Attorney at Law, Canyon City, Oregon. F. C. HORSLEY,M T). Graduate or the itvivkusity of penn pylvauia, April 8, ISIS. Canyon City, Oregon. Office in his Drug Store, Ma;n Street Orders for Drugs promtly filled. No professional patronage solicited unless directions aic s rictly followed- J. W. HOWARD, M. D., Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon. 0. It TODSON, M. D., Prairie City, - O N. H. BOIEY, tsDentnl Booms, Opposite th ethodist Cburob. Canyon City, Oregon. G. I. IIAZELTINE, Fliotograplior, CANYON CITY, OREGON. ,1 o o jst city MILK-MAN. The best of Milk furnished to the citizens of Canyon City ev 3ry moaning, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates. JOHN SCHMIDT, Carpenter and Wagox Maker. Canyon City, Oregon. Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes and Felloes, Furniture, Ohalrs, Faints, Glass, and Window-sash. GEO S0LL1EE Hotels. N. Rulison, A. H, Grotii. CITY HOTEL Canyon City, Oregon,, RTJLISOtf & GROTH, - - Proprietors Bog leave to inform their frienda And tho Public Generally1 That they can bo found at the OLD STAND, And aro alwaws ready to furnish good Board and Lodging AT MODERATE PRICES. STSINEE W 'J -0- Tbe undersigned takes ploasuro in announc ing to the general public thattbey havo open eJ a FIRST CLASS HOTEL iu tho building known as The Golden Eagle, Canyon City, n - - - Oregon, Where you can find the BEST TABLE North of Portland, Tlio jES.o cl js Are all now, and tho rooms have been furnish ed new throuchout. Board, S5. er week; $1. per day Moal, 50 cents. Seokruaiil it Roijekts, Proprietors. Grange Hotel. PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON, J. TL Ilardnian, Proprietor. The accommodations at the above Hotel are good, and every caro will ba taken to iruko quests feel at homo. ji1f"Comfortab!o bpda, ard a! gO"d a tnble B8 tba mtrkot nffjrd? f.ircisheJ at reasonable MkPMEY HOTEL Fort Harney, Oregon. Proprietor. Having completed my TTotel 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. STRAWBERRY VALLEY FLOURING MILLS, MO REREAD & 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 Valley, Grant County. 3iS Accommoda tions a speciality. Reasonable prices. Give us a call. -gJf DALLES AND BAKER CITY STAGE LINE, Vaile & Co., Proprietors. Departs from Canyon City for The Dalles and Baker City, Daily. Arrives from the same points, Daily. R. CI Williamson, Sup't, CA2STT03ST CITY & McDERMIT STAGELINE, IHANKJffcBEAK, - - Proprietor Departs from Cannon City on Monday, Thursday, and Sat urday of each week. Arrives at Canyon City on "I T- Sunday, Wednesday and jm- day of each week. THE COUSINS. From tho Chicago News. II had got himself into a scrape, and, manlike, had do defioate idea how he was to get out of it. Last winter, in a flush of enthusiasm, he had rewarded Miss Mowbray's ser aphic Bmiles by an offei of his hand and fortune, and she hud accepted the priie with & show of tenderness that was perfect in its way. The. marriage, in all human probabil ities, would have been consummated, hud uot the grim hand of Pate beckon ed the unfortunate Con up to a little vil lage on a fishing excursion ostonsibfy, but, iu reality, to fall in lore with pret ty little Dora Blair. He met her at a village gathering and it being a fixed principle nf his lo at. tach himself to the prettiest girl in tho room, he adherred to his purpose with a rigidity which would have been ex tremely amusing, had it uot so soon be come serious, for, after two or three meeting., Master Con was fairly infat uated. Eor a week the dream was bright and undisturbed. Then Con began to feel uncomfort able. With the prospect of being married to one girl in a month he wu hardly dishonorable enough to propose the same course with another. But being neither very clever nor original, he could'nt aee the slightest loophole; so he lingered on at Doru's sida, and she, pour child ! was happy, even in the uncertainty. Of course people talked as they al ways do talk, and some during than the rest eucompnsied Con, and looked uu- utterable things as they spoke of Doru's parentage. "LiveB with her father and mother 1 Oh, yes' but then they don't happen to he her father and mother- well, we don't know, and the Bhiirs take caiv. to ;ive us no information." Theu Con was angry. lie was just young enough to be Quixotic, and of course, he wanted to marry her; to take his little star-faced angel to himself; to transplant his little field daisy to a more luxuriant Boil. lie went up to see her with a letter from Mis Mowbray in his pocket and on ominously guilty feeling about his heart. Pretty Dora, Pat with her white f: ce up. raised, and her wouderous hair fall ing around her like a glorious golden cloud. 4,J thought you would come," she said, slyly, the color faintly flushing her fair cheeks, and then, though Na ture had'nt made him so, Con felt more utterly foolish than ever. "As if I could stay away' he an swered, half reproachfully. "At least until I have to, for I am going away in a day or two." "Oh ! aro you ?" very faint and trem ulous. "Yes, but Vll come baok again if any one wants rue." She stole one quick glanco at him from under her downcast lids. 'Do you want me, Dora? Will I eomo back to you 1" No answer camo from the parted lips, but I think he knew she wanted, for, leaning over the garden gate he answer ed hor Bilence by Baying: "Very well, dear, Til be back ir. a very little while, and you'll bo waiting for me, won't you 1" It was not very definafco, to say the least of it. C.n went home chat night, cstatic ally but guiltily happy. And when he reached home hi foui'-d a lettor awaiting him. A letter from his mother, the dow ager Mrs. Creignton, demanding his instant return. "Gertrude is very ill," she said, "and certainly your place should be beside the lady who in four weeks will become jour wife. I have heard but totally disbelieve, a rumor of some girl whose pretty faca has attracted your attentions. It might have troubled me, had I not known that I could trust your dignity as being a member of the Creighton family, and youa honor as being en gaged to Gertrudo Mowbray." Con crushed the letter in his hand, and tried to stare clrouuastancea in the face, but eiroumstances baffled him, and in a state of semi-torture, ho retired to his dream-disturbed couch. Tho next morning he returned to Londou. Miss Mowbray was much better when he reached home. Mrs- Creighton greeted him with dig nifiod pleasure, and poor Con felt as ut torly mean and dishonorable a3 his moat inveterate enemy could have de sired "Mr. Creighton, I would like to speak with you for a moment, please." Oou was walkiug down the strand considering how he should break oil his engagement, when the words struck his ear. Coo turned with a start, and eoeoun tewd his lawyer, Arthur Gray. "Certainly, Mr. Gray ! What's the business now 1" "Rather an unpleasant business, I am sotry o say, sir. But you will step into my, oflice where I oan fully ex plain." So Con followed him in, and waited to hoar what the uupleusunt business might bo. 'Yon are awnte air, that ynar Into uncle, from whom you inherited your fortune, died intestate, or I should pay, was thought to have died intestate, wheieon you were kis heir-at-law. A few dnys since, however, wo made what muse prove a painful discovery, name ly, the certificate of his marriage, and a half drawn up will, in which he be queathod all hi possessed to his unao kaowlcdiied wife, or her children, should ahe have any. "After diligmt inquiries, wo have discovered that the late Mrs. Creighton died in giving birth to a, child, but the child is Btill living, so I must inform you that ycu are' "Penilcss," finished Con, gloomily, but with deliberation. "Not quite, Mr. Creighton. Your father left you 2,000, which is some thing. Your cousin arrived to day, I believe." Poor Con, he managed to get out without disgracefully showing his feel ings, for it's mo joke 6o End ouoself sud denly precipitated from the pinnacle of a millionaireBhip. "Well, alter all, thero'sono comfort," he said, returning to his soliloquy. "Gertrude Mowbray won't want me now, bo I'll give hor wnrniug. Dora will take me, rioh or poor, and I hope I'm not such a miserable coward as to shirk the labor of a man," His meditations brought h? ha front of the Mowbray mansion. Five minutes after he was citting in the dantiest of boudoirs, Gertrude be fore him in tha meat recherche of French morning robes. "You look dreadfully tired, Con. Have you been walking very far V "Not particularly far. but I bavo had bad news, and as a general thing, that is more harrassing than the mero effort of walking." "Why, whst nowa have you bnd " Nothing very carious, I hope." ''Oh, not at all; only that I've losl every penny of tho fortune my uncle left me." "Lost, oh'. Gh.nol Howl" "Oh, in a romantic way, of course, it seems thai my supposed bachelor uncta wr.s, in r6ality, k B&nedict, buc, a& Lis as his marriage was m secret, and the girl was a country lass, nobody knew anything about it; so he told her the ceremony was false, and left her. She died heartbroken, and left an heir or an heiress, I don't know whioh. This child take the silver spoon out of my mouth, and I, as you see am ruin ed. Of oourse, Gertie, I 08me to you first to release ycu, if you wished, from our engagemont. Raarod as you have been, I could not expect you to marry a poor man, and, indeod iu my changed circumstances I could bo no fit husband for vou." Then Mb Mowbray showed, that, girl though sh was, sho was equal to the occanion. " orn readily preceivo, Mr. Creigb tou, that it is youi wish that our en gagement should o:id, ami, knowing that, I ahould he last one to oppose vour inclinations. As regards to your loss, I sympathize with ycu sincerely, but I cannot fail to ojoice that it hap pened before I awoke to the fato of an unloved wife." So, for the last timo, Con went down tho steps, saying to himsidf: "At any rate, I still have 2,000 and Dora I" Ho walked along, feeling his spirits considerably lighter, his troubled con science comparitively at rest But just as he reached hia mother's v residence, Gray once more encountered hint. "Ah ! Here you are again; tho very fellow I want. Your cousin has arriv ed and is anxious to Fee you. Could you go to her at once ? Sh is with some relatives at th.3 hotel." Con turned on him, a sulky express ion wreaking his handsome face. "Look hero, Gray; ia'nt it enough for a fellow to be left penniless, without making him play lackey to the girl that's got his money ? As you're so desperately interested, you can tell my cousin that I am very much engaged to day, and can't go to her. If she wishes to see my mother, I presume she can find her." Arthur Gray turned his back upon his late client. He was young and still unmarried, so it uiftj bo presumed ho did not feel very badly a he returned t' pay his devoirs to the heiiesa But Con did feel badly as he pissed through his mother's door, and strode impatiently down the halls that were no longer theirs. ne was aicending the stairs when the servant called: "I forgot to give you this note, Mr. Creighton. It was left hero about five minutes ago." Con took it up end glaneed carelessly at it, a dainty little envelope whoso delicate address ho did not reoognize, broko the oeal aad read. "Miss Creighton'3 compliments to Mr. Creighton, and dabe3 his immedi ate presence :' "By Jove! She"! offer me the post of footman next, I presume; but I'll go to her now and lot hor oc hor mis take." So, In anything but on amiable hu mor, he wended his way to her "intme dirte presence." "Miss Croigton ;o engaged at present, but will be down in flv minutes," the waiter oaid; and, ator ho had disappear ed, Coa began to mv.ttor something very contemptuous about "country chrams " etc. Thon, finding Lad to wait, he re signed himself to a comfortable arm. chair, u?.til a light oiep mounded in tho hall, until a glih, figure, with clouds of gcldtn hair -nd diaphaneus robes of fleecy gauze, camo Costing into tho room, until a awest vcice oried out: "Oh Con, I am so glad to see you I" Then, whllo he uaa staring and won dering, TJora'n two white hands were laid in hie. Dora's svet ace was upturned to him. Do:a'j, violet eyes rested upon him, the tender love-light lurking in their depths. "Dora, my darling I My own little Dora, what does this mean !" Continued on second page. Subscribe now for the News. t 1 - ) ' N J it "Vii.. -J. i . u., J i t -