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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1880)
.er.'.Mt' jji m Tie But CoiiitF News, Saturday Morning, Feb. 14, 1880. The Grant County News is regis tered at the Post-Office at Can yon City as second class mail matter; according to law. 0 ANION CITY LOPHR, NO. 34, A. F. and A. M., holds its regular Communications on the Saturday even ing of or next preceeding tlie full moon in well month, at seven and half o'clock p.rt. HOB A IT LODGE. No. 22. IOO. F., meets every Thursday evening at their Lodge Koom in Can you City. Visiting brothers are invited to attend. By Order of N. G. MOUNTAIN VIEW LODGE, No. 33. I 0. 0. F., Prairie City, 'Ore gon, meets every Saturday Evening. Members of the order are invited to attend. By order of the N. G. OOUONrT'Y' JST3H7iT55. Mr. M. Moiuuon, of the firm nf Germain, Brooks (jc Morrison, breeders nnd graziers of line cattle, in Stevens county, V. T., ai rived in our city on Friday. Feb. Gth, with five head oi blooded Durham cattle from Rouo. Mr. M. brought his cattle through in fino condition. Although he was lot three days in TTarney Valley, ho has accomplished a task ilr-t but few, if an3', of rattle men would undertake &t this time of the yrar. Ifo goes fnm here to Stevens county, W. T., where the cattle will bo put on their range Two of the cattio are fom Kentucky and tho nthe three rom San Jmc, Cfel. and are worth $3,500. Taken to the Asylum. Judge GiU Lrt HeviK.l is, of ('anon Citr, was tkeu to thn ii.saii asylum yesterday afternoon. Ho "was brought down WsdiifcSflY evening and had been verv docile unt I a earringo called to take lii-M away, when he l.ejtau t inkc most enni'st resistance, and i-.pj eah'd to tho hv-s'.audfjri t- rescue him from th- nmrary who v'nld muroer him Orajjonitm, Feb. 7. Tiik Boss Load. On last 'Tuesday "Mt. W. N. Donliam delivered in this city, from Iris ranch, ten mile?? below here, -with four mules and one "wagon, a load of hay that weighed not, 5,S2o pounds. This is Uio "boss load" of tho itc.nr.nn. Col. Lang lias returned to this val ley and wo understand from him 0 that he has purchased about all the cattle that are for sale part of the county. lk UK ! i Bo:::;. In this city, Feb. Slfch, 1SS0, to tho wife of John Carry, a daughter. All are doing well and John is "too proud for anything." I nr unvRniK llnr. r.'ih hnn inn r.vfi'rn at Pilgrim Station, in Idaho, last! A Fall, have been sentenced to the Penitentiary for life. E. J. Yri Stemme, of tho Zfonn mental Mine, is happy, this time. It is a bov Tcstcrdav a Chinaman bet Get Leo $200 that ho could carry him from the old school house to this city, distance two and half miles. Get Lee lost his bet. Mr. "W. H. Clark, of this city, has sold his ranch to Mr. King & Co. lor $5,000. Postponed. In consequence of the death of Mrs. Hilton the school di rectors of District Xo. 3. have post 2ioned the Ball, at John Day until Friday, Feb. 20th, 1SS0. See no tice in another column. Died. At her home near this city, on Sunday February 8th, Mrs. Car lie E Hilton, aged 17 years, three months and 19 days: Her funeral was the largest ever attended here "A preacher named Starr, former ly of this valley, was thrown into jail for stealing cattle over at Can yon City a short time ago, so we are informed by a young man just over from there. ' Albany Democrat. We guess that young man lied, as there is no man by that name in our county jail; and anyway Grant Coun ty has honest clergymen. urn imniiijnij,',mui THE MONUMENTAL MINE. Cipt. G. Mechlin a mining expert of twenty-eight yours' experience on this coast, returned last Saturday from an extended visit to the Monumental Mine, which he examined thoroughly dnrin his stay. An Orkgonian re porter met him Monday night, just be fore he h ft on the steamer for Sun Fiancisco, and asked: Captain What do you think of the Monumental ? He unswared Well, they've got a good mine a real gnod one. I can give you a better idea of it by these figureu in my memorandum book. They are theessuys made commencing Jan. 22d. The figures given are for ont ton of ore: 1. Dolyo (center) ledge $ 884 00 2. Monumental 340 OG 3. Ledge No. 12 1140 33 4. Dolyo stope 191 81 f). Monumental stope (top) 627 40 0. " ''(bottom) C3U7 7. Ledge No 3 321 99 "How do these aasays compare with the bonanza uiioea ? was asked. "Get those together and they'll have a bonauza. You , No. 12 ledge will intersect thu Dolye ledge about 300 ft. below, and the Monumental j roper at 400 ft. bedew, bringing the three rich leads together Ht a depth i.f 40U fret below tho present wnrkiug. They will then have, io my opinion, a very rich bonanza.'' ''What do you think of ihe machin ery V 'I found it A No. 1 " "Did vmu look at auy other mines in thr neighborhood?" "No, 1 could'ut. There wai ten fet uf jnow r.n tho rouni!, and I could nut nwii judge whether tho country ha'i the appvaiai.ea f mining district cr ii't.'' lei eg a i:od The troubles of a stfp-nutthr and he replies -f s-co:;d wives and mo'.hors have bi-n very intuiettiiig to me. He ii'gn. ither a n;u-h:T nor vifr, I think 1 may wi give a f w woid of advice to my .-ox. You mvot no' think I have o Lvc for children. Indeed, I dmi'v love the li:d- int;o."u--U. 1 Iovk :bt-m ukj:v th.to Ui;t!ik mother. The- have !' tcjetc .-.v.mi ath r. In hit h-mr ift I iiAre L..-7i) hut few iu titers or step-mo'htt's who ! rug up thtir i-hiid-icn pjoppr'y, sU'i ifa.'ize iho.r great ie arw.iisibihty. hor b chilira.M it fi- lo:tcr they bio n ither father nor motlivr. A& r of rv rei mrtv rith oul thi'.iki.ij At A.i chout the iuture of thtii: cdi'tir:f.;'-. Such' shotdd never i . .... v. . ma r. j) in my j "or peopl marrv J ih cm hardly j,ay the minister, cud d) not seem to i:av euougli tu renliKe the at repjiotnibtii'y of their fn;njjf ii2oj. Jfc is a b:u. a crime, to bri z children into thu worid and not Iri.nW lid w - !ir!n ir .. i n H1!.! 1 111: . UA lW ii . t r wtthni mi rt .... fc- m - .'.. 3 them; I admire .nd think more of thtu than I do of ruv nvs u ses, hut would not think of marrying; iu my 30'injcr years refused 7;rl ofi'cri. Yes, I acknowledge J prefer die socie ty of men 10 women. Now, if wo men would he m. ro cartful there ould be less ndr!rmjr of the pror innocents. No vroman should marry a widower, he eouse no second wife can make me be lieve she mntricd for the sake of the poor children. 1 have often been ap pealed to for help by women who have many children and can't take euro of them. I inv.iirably t.ll them, what do you have them for? I can't help it; you could by not marrying- It the ad vice of mothers and stepmothers is worth anything, this majT do seme good. . During tho month of Jun-i next, 20, 000 persons will he cnaed in the work of tnkingthc United States cen sus f r 1SS0. It will ho the most com plctc statistical report ever made in this country. The law provides for taking the name, sex, color, birthplace, occupa tion and ability to read and write, of each person. Statistics of mines, fish eries and fishing population, railroad?, lire and lirb insurance, express and tele graph conmaoiei?. It will also contain full statistics of agriculture aod eyery branch of mechanical industries. General News. From The Standard. On the 8th. John ICmt was killed Ht Palestine, Texas, by Dick Hager. The dolssa.es from tho District of Columns, pog two more for Grant. And thus it goes. Eleven children made their escape from the Dwborub, Now York City, nursery, on the 7th. Two vnuto and three colored culprit wer publicly whipped ai Newcastle Del., on the 7th. 'The remains of ex-Secretary A. E. Boric wore interred in North Laurel Hill Cemetry, Philadelphia, on the 7th. Joseph Libbey, a carpanter in San Francisco, committed suicide on th 7th. Fjimilv trouble tho cause. David Stanton, of England, won a bieyU race to-ni;ht for a purau and the championship of America. Ha made 50wilea in 3h Gin lis. The Irish societies do not prnpnj to bars any ceh-bufcion iu Sum Franciseo on St. Patrick's day, but jrire khe pro ceedc of an entevtaiuuieiit to the reiief of the Irish sufferers. Ihe supreme court of Gorgia has re fused & uw trial to Cox, seutencod to 'mprisoument f v lifo for the murder of Col. Alstm. Tho ciss will he car ritd to the 17. S supremo oourl. The l!oti of P-opretenUlives of the Iowa Legislature adopted, by a vote of 57 to 31, an amendment to the Consti tution, to i a submitted to tho rote of the psnpU, making free white wemeo eligible a members of the Lsgisla turo. Specials from Chicago say there was a disgraceful squabble which ended in a fisticuff Delwenn mo pnrtiei of uc--yn.es un the 8th, at a dictrict Republi can convention to appoint drlegptfQ to the Ctiioago convention. The cometft auls were partisans of Grant and Bluine. Mix Sniah, wife of E. X. Dillipv;. ham, a farmer liriu near Londoobor 17, N, Y., was outraged by the nephew of Mr. 1)., and killed, n the Sth inst., while the husband was ahstmt. The fiend vas only about 20 voary of ego. He shot himself after committing the horrible deed, but uufurwiualely did not die. An OaicUnd, CaI., dispatch says: A shooting il:iv occuried on the 7th, on the corner of Sccoudjiud Alice streets, in Letiiz's storr, beivrtn P. Mcl'tdden and Jacob Lutz, un Almeda police mar. Several shots yrere Rxcluncd nnd o.e bullet )3"cd out an open door way and s'ruck Ms. Stetson, who aa passing at t'e lime, killing ber iostaoU !y. The will of Auioa Spragiw, of Provi dence, P.. ., a distant relation of ex-Govemu- Sprsgue, was presented for proh&te Saturday afternoon. Tho val ue of the estite i- estimated at 82 000, 000. The will gives S500 each to two h:cal charities; divides something over 50,000 in smull sums among rolatives; ao yira the remainder of the proper ty to Lieut. Gov. Albert C. Howard, vbohashai the mannjremoat of the estate for some years. It is reported that the will will be contested. A Washington dispatch under date of the Gth, snvi: "The report telegraphed to the Pacifie Coaat that Senator Gro ver is dying in New York StRte of soft ening of the brain is wholly untrue. His vrife has been seriously ill and he himself has recently beon a little under the weather; but a letter was received ' in this city from him to day, in which, under date of Danville, 2ST V., Feb. Sth, he writes aDout various matters in li s usual clear and business-like style, and says that he will return to Was bin "ton very soon. "VVc are also in receipt of a privato letter from Washington, under j dote otthe 2bth ult., which inmfma ua that Senator Grover's health is rapidly improving and that he expected soon to be in his place in tho Senate. The Chicago Weekly News is probably oue of the most condensed pa pers in the country. Its telegraphic re ports eovereverythingfjoingonthewoild over, but in such a way as to eliminate what is trivial, aod give in detail only such mattsr8 as are of general iDfcere3t. SO I BEE'S, i?rcf. C. B. Dailov'a soireo's will take placo every Thursday night at Canyon City and Saturday night of each week at John Day. o 47,840 Packages Sold. Of what 1 is the question asked. Nothing more or UsathantheceUbrated Ouegon Kidxey Tka. Thcurea it bns performed aro its own recommendation, ami no family should be without it in the house. Vov sale fcy all druggie. Political Advertisements. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Democratic County Ct-ntral Committee of Grant County is hereby called to tako place at tho Court IIou-e in Canyon City, a; tn o'elock, P. M., on Saturday, Fwbruir.ry 2 1st, 1880. A full altudance io eurnostly requested. T. J. Smith, Chairman. Cnnyoa City Precioct, Feb. 12, 1880. v Notice. All political communica tions from either portyvjov from any one interested in politics must bo accoinpamod by tho cash or the equivelant or said communications will not appear. liomombor that the Ndv.'b in eu free for one as for the other. It knows no party. Candiditcs. All those who desire to run for oilica can announce thoir names through tho columns of tho New from now till after tho- county Convention! for ten dollars. Don't be backward gentlemen; let the peo ple know your intention or you may be left out in tho cold at the prima ry ruoetiwrs. Died. At Grnuito Creok, on the 10th inst. Mr. John Baxter. Mr. Baiter was an old miner in ths his tory of this county and was at the Monumental mine when he died. Some fioo. The largest hog over raised in John Day Yalley was fatted by Mr. J. F. Cleaver, of Prairie City and butchered by Brodie & Ford. It weighed G40 pounds gross. Why 13 It t In reading ever our Willamette oxchangoa ne notice that crini titer erima has benn -mmitie.l in that reotion already ihio vear. qu I the 5th inst. Dick Johns-q shcofes M. Cro&sorlj dead io tho 8tr?eta of Mon muth; and on the dy prvhun Mr. S. T. lrorthcut vras vcylayed nanr VVhrtat land and robbed cf 53,800 75. Ou th E&mo day a lit! bi.:y was found in tho mill race r. Saleiii. A mnn claim 91 nnd he went ofF with it. Thonius Paul, a miiiiBtfr'a enti, nf D mgh.a coun ty, Ihs boen arrt-stad and taken to Cali. forniu to be trio.1 for robbini Wei lf, Fargo & Co'fl treasury h .x recently (.if $i,000. We mitrht mention a dozen more of crimes like unto the above that have been committ-d this your in tho Willamette Valley aloue, besides tho murders, thi'fis, etc., that bare ta ken place in other parte of 0111 State. We siy why is it ? I; appears that tbis leap yoar is to be a ye&r f nau.il note for Oregon. It nuy bt tlant our country has been overrun with tramps that would rath'r murder and ateal than to work for a living. An Organized Gang. It has fcien intimated to us, says an exchange, that there is an organized band cf robber? in this country, wlu-se osisfence ex-1 tends hack as far ns the Da-vis murder and who, it is thought, coramiiied ih Hagar murder and probably influenced the recent nurdcrnear HilUboro. Th party whom wo refer to think the gang is composed of foreigners. The dili gence that has made cvrae pay the pen alty of the law in to rn&Kv instances wiHf if wa mistake not, oefc -iracb of this bond and if it doe woe, vroo unto tUeta ! Bee. In eight more weeks the News will close its first year of publication. If subscribers pay promptly wo hope to make some improvements. Chicago, Feb. 5. The private sec retary of Charles Dc Young is io Leav- euworth gathering evidence for De Youog'g trial ha the Kullodh matte?. rafe 332 NEW TO-BAY. On or about the 1st of November, 1870, from t.ear the De-in saw mill, one black horse branded circle bar on left shoulder and C. P. on left hp. Also out) blsck hor?e branded circle bar on left shoulder. A reward of 820 will be given for the d livery ! the above horos to tho stable of WnoJ & Church, in Canyon City. E. STENGER Cauyt-u Cify, Feb. 13. n43-lm. SEED WHEAT. Farmers desiring seed wheat can purchase tho White Australian of tho undersigned. It is No. 1 wheal and seeders should socuro their seed while it is to be had. OVEREOLT & MULDEICK. AUCTION ! I will sell at auction at the corral! of Wood & Church, in this city, on April 1st, 1880, throe maros and two colts. n4o-tf JOHN MULCARE. BENEFIT BA.LL. A Ball will b given at tho Grange? Hall, John Day, oupFriday Evening, February, '20th, for tho benefit of School District No. 3. Tickets $1.50. Supper ut W. H. Kelly's, 50 cents extra. n3-td. diainistrator's Sale. Notice is horeby given that the ml-' deioigned will sell at Public Sale to tho highest and best bidder therefor tho following Eeal Property situated iu tho County of Grant, State of Or egon, and more particularly describ ed as the south east quarter (i) pec- i tion twenty-nix (2G) township thir teen (13) south -ango 20, E. W. M. containing oue hundred and sixty acres, and belonging to the estate of John Herburgor, Sr., lato of said county. S:do to take place at tho Court House door in Canyon City, said county and state, at tho hour of one o'clock in tho afternoon of the 15th day cf March, A. D., 1880. Terms Cash in hand or upon time not to exceed six months from date f sale, with approved socurity. Salo JOHN HERBUBGER. n-15-i(J. Administrator. GUARD CALICO BALL. At the Masonic Hall, Canyon City Feb. 9.5th, 18S0. To be given by Prof. Bailoy's scholars. Tickots $2. A general imitation is extended to all. Floor Managers. C. W. Parrish, M. L. Olmstead, C. B. Bailey, E. A. Brackett. PR2MIUM ! T This Inkstand pro luce more ink tharr ia ccniiini'd in TWENTY" pivKhottlos,com monlv sold at ten cent- each. It contains both linnid ink anddrv ink ni:itiri il: nro ,cing the best of ink of rich bl.-.ck or LAiolet col r. The ptand is na do of hand- very durable. Th ink is made by the consumer by simply tiliiag the fount with water. Regnlar retail Prica, 50 cut-; each. We will atnd one of the abtive ink ptRnds, postpaid, to crerj sub-orib-ir re-' Biittiing 30 ieritf for one imnual subscdp tionto our 'FASHION G HIDE.' which ia issued mi-annna'lv, and oontdns in eaoh number 'rer300 beautiful illustra ti"ns of tho latest and most desirable f ishiona in Ladies' and Gents' we'ir, bo sides tha lowest quotations cf different goodc in nearly all branch ps of trade. SAMUEL COHN, Publisher "Fashion trni ie." 281 GEAND STBEET, NEW YOBE, H. StanislaWSKY, Practicul Watch maker and Jeweler, is h'coted t Can yon City. Oregon. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry 4 repawned at ehort nafchn lad watriowdr n'otf.