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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1880)
A Flendlsli Trick. The aristocracy of the Tenth Ward were shocked recently by the report of the terrible battle letween Timothy Dooley, the chivalrous Fourth street coal-heaver, and Edward Mulchay, the genial Jessie street asphaltum-roofer. The trouble was caused by some insidi ous and black-hearted enemv stealing a nest of game eggs from "Dooley, and substituting therefor the tame product of a duck. The game Qggs were sup posed to contain in embryo the choicest spirits that could wield a gaff. Mul cahy had reluctantly supplied them at a dollar apiece and intimated that they couldn't be purchased at any price if it hadn't been for the illustrious union of the Dooleys and Hulcahys early in the thirteenth century. "2$o Connaught man could get a smell of 'em, Tim," said the impulsive chicken-raiser, who prides himself on liaving come from Cork. Under the circumstances great care was taken of the eggs. The incubation was instrusted to the most sedate hen in the ward, and .soon after her patient labor appeared to have been crowned with success. Mrs. Dooley was the first to notice the exhiliaratdon of the trust worthy hen, and hastened with the news to Dooley, who was still in bed, recover ing from the effects of a Democratic speech in a Greenback meeting. "The chickens are all out, Tim," said she. "Glory be to God, "was the pious reply. "An' how do they look." . "Ecgor, they look very quare, Tim; they're as yellow as Oliiiieyman, an' they've got bakes on 'em as fhlat as a felounder." Jjor the first time since the big earth quake Dooley got out on the wrong side of the bed and forgot to bless himself. As he made tracks to the yard the fantas tic carelessness of his attire would have challenged the admiration of a Piute In dian. " It bates the devil" said lie, as he pulled out one of the chickens and cast a critical eye on it. "It bangs liau agher," he muttered, as he pulled out I other specimen, and looked aghast at the yellow down. Mrs. Dooley, who was an interested observer, chipped in : " What ails thim toes, Tun ? They've all shtuck together. What happened their bakes, Tim V Did the hiu sit too lieavy ou 'em? Faith, thejre the quar ost looking chickens I ever see. ' "They're ducks, be hevins," said Doo ley, and he retraced his steps to his bed room and dressed himself with the por tentious calmness of a mau about to step down to Pine street and part with Union Con. on a rising market. The re mainder of the story is too easily told. The victims of the lowest-down trick that was ever played on the liberal pa trons of a noble sport, unfortunately met in fifteen minutes by all the watches in town except those of the Howard street conductors, which made it six minutes and a half. Said the unsus pecting Mulcahy: " How is the clutch of eggs. Tim ?" " Clutch, ye thavin' vagabond, I'll clutch you 1" And he did. Ofilcer McGuffy, who ar rived too late to witness the duel, testi fies that from his careful inspection of the battle-ground he is convinced that the fight was the liveliest seen in the ward for ten dnyts back "and that's saying a great deal for it." ST. F. Chronicle. The Uses of Watei:. Water-power for household purposes has been brought into use at Zurich. Frewood, for ex ample, is to be sawn into convenient lengths for burning. A small sawing machine, 011 wheels, is drawn by two men to the front of the house. They connect it by a flexible tube with the nearest hydrant; the water Hows to the machine; the saw dances and cuts up the wood with surp rising ra j)idity. The quantity of water used is shown by an indicator affixed to the sawing-machine A portable turbine has also been invented, and employed in many places in the city, in driving a Gramme machine for the purpose of electric light. Water is sold very cheap in Zurich; but there are per haps other towns in which this, so to call it, domestic water-power could be advan tageously introduced. A turbine of about four inches in diameter has for some time been sold. Its ollice is to work a sewing machine. An india rubber tube is attached to the ordinary water supply a similar tube acting as waste pipe to the nearest sink. Cleaning Old Pictures. Old en gravings, wood cuts and all kinds of printed matter that have been turned yellow or got stained are restored by be ing immersed in javelle wnter for only one minute, without the least injury to the paper, if the precaution is taken to thoroughly wash the article in water con taining a little hypo-sulphate of soda. For the . preparation of javelle water, take four pounds of bi-carbonate of soda and one pound ot chloride of lime. Put the soda into a bpttle near the fire; add one gallon of boiling water; let it boil from ten to fifteen minutes; then stir in the chloride of lime, avoiding lumps. When cold, the liquid can be kept in a jug; ready for use. Fish Soup. Fish soups can be made of a very delicate taste, but there is no space to enter much upon them. Take a half pound of beef or lean ham, chop it fine, add flavoring, simmer for half an hour, add to it one pound of fresh fish and a little vegetable, including half a finely chopped onion or parsley f simmer another half hour; have either steamed rice prepared or toast cut in very small squares; pour the soup through a sieve, either on rice or toast or two eggs beaten up, and this soup will invigorate you. Boston Post: When you meet a young man who is smoking a cigar it is your duty to stop him, and say: Young man, that cigar contains acetic, formic, cuty- ric, valeric and proprionic acids, prussic acid, creosote, carbolic acid, ammonia, sulphurretted hydrogen, pyridine, viro dine, picolene and rubidene, to say noth ing of cabbagine and burdockicacid. He may stick to the cigar, but you have done your duty m the premises. To the Farmers, Dealers and Our Friends Generally. Having been informed that the impres sion prevails among someof our customers throughout Oregon, Washington Territory and IdidtQ that our Brick Store and entire stock was burned up, we take pleasure in announeintr that it was our Warehouse, (not the Brick Store) which was burned by the fire which occurred on-the morn ing of Aug. 16th 1880. Said warehouse was used wholly for storage; at the time we had only seven four-sprint: Espy hacks and eight Osborne Self-Binding Harves ters which were burned. The balance of the goods burned belonged to D. M. Os borne & Co Our loss will not exceed $2000 net, and may fall below that amount We have a fu'il line of seasonable good? now in stock in our Brick Store Nos. 260 & 262 First and 261 & 263 Front stieets, and a large stock also on the way from the Eastern Factories, and the loss by the fire will in no way interfere with or cripple our busi ness hcreufUr. .Respectfully, Newbury Hawthorn & Co. HOME MANUFACTURE. Of the many specifics now advertised and ollured to the geneial public for the cure of that very prevalent disease, Catarrh, we conliidenily refer these af flicted with that distressing malady to the preparation known a.s "Dr. James Ke ks Sure Cure fur Catarrh" as being vcrv merito: nit. Dr. Keck is a well known resident of Portland, lionet, honorable and lespon sibi, and, as a physician, takes first rank iu his chosen specialty, Catarrh and it1 comolic.itions. KK5KAIIK.AUL.U CASKS. Anions the very many remarkable cure ef fected by Warner's Sale Kidney and Liver Cure may be mentioned Lbat of Charles Preulice. of Toledo, Ohio, w! o was by its.use restored to hpaliii in a few weeks, after lie bad tried the treatmentof some of the most eminent phy sicians of France, England and America with out b until. His Trouble was Bright' Disease. Another is the cure of Peter Showermn,at the age o: seventy years, after greatly sulfring for forty years from Kidney and Liver DWIicuIiIpk Testimonials of these and others can be seen. It is a ereaf thingto have what is called nerve, and nothing contributes more to tne power of physical control thus named limn Warner's Safe Nervine It also relieves all kinds of pain cures headache and neuralgia. Solid Facts. MELIalS BROS. 4Sc CO. In mulling any nurcnnHc or m writ ing in response to any advertisement ii Uii4 paper yon will please mention the name of t lie paper. THE OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING Company Is now piepared to furnish Insides, Outsides and Sup- IP enients ou tlw shortest no tice. Address W I). PtilmerA Box o'J. Portland, Or. Ct i-rh. S"joo1. F irr-Marm. Klne-tonM.lpr' tirir-.l, w-' raufc- ctl. Catalogue wltt; 150teiiiiaonlali,tinccs,et nti & CO. LINFORTH, R!CE tea A.7Cl3f:: Pa:ifl: C:ast. 4:iIk:t6iCi. Ziz r:a?.ci::-) Commission Merchant AND PURCHASING AGENT. JLll Goods on Commission. WOOL, GRAIN, DA TRY PRODUCTS AND FRUITS A SPECIALTY. Agent for Parrott's Patent Doubletree. 247 First Street bet. Main & Madison Portland, Oregon, jy29 The Great English Remedy Is a never-faliinfj Cure for Nervous Debility Exhausted Vital! y Seminal Weakness Spermatorrhea, I,o I ill A .V HOM, Impo. tency. Paralysis, and all U e terrible eflect of Self'Abuse, youth ful follies, and exces ses in maturer ye rs such as Loss of Mem ory, Lassitude, Noctur- mil Rmlshlnn. Aversion to Society, Dimness o Vision, Noises in the bead, the vital fluid passing unobserved In the urine, and many other disease that lead to insanity and death. DU. MINTIE wl'l agree to forfeit Five Hundred Dollars for ft cr.se of this kind the VITAL. KEK'IOKATIVK (under his special advice and treatment; will not cure, or foj anything impure or Injurious found in It DH. niOTiK treats all Private Diseases puo ceRSfully without mercury. Consultation Free. Thorough examination and advice, in cluding analysis of urine, 85 00. Price of Vital Restorative, S3 00 per bottle, or lour times the quantity for $10 00; sent to any adddress on receipt of price, or O. O. D., secure from ob servation, and in nrivate name if desired, by A. E.'MINTIE, M. D. 11 Kearny street, Nan JCrsBCisco, Cal. DR. Bf IN TIE'S KIDNEY BEMEDV, NEPRKTICUM, cures all kinds of Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Leucorrboea. For sale by all druggists ; $1 00 a bottle; six bottles for $5 00. BR. MIHTIE'8 DANDELION PILLS are the best and cheapest DYSPEPSIA and BILIOUS oure In the market. For Bale by all druggists. HODGE, DAVIS A CO. Portland. Or. Wholesale Aseats. marlltl Alarming prevalence of that insidious, loathsome, dangerous, and often fatal disease, CATARRH. Nine-tenths of the people of the North West are sunVring more or less from this haneful malady. Being of scrof ulous origin, hence constitutional, its manifestations are as varied 111 lorm as the rainbow is in color. Catarrh is a scrofulous affection of the mucous memlrane which Hues, not only the throat and nasal passages but also all the interior cavities brain, eyes, ears, stomachs, liver, lungs, intestines, kidneys, bladder, and the entire cuticle of the body, and in its different stages is known as Humid, Dry or Cancerous Catarrh. At first it usually afleets the throat and nostrils, the impurities of which are swallowed into the stomach or inhaled into the lungs, thus poisoning the digestive, respiratory and genita-uri- uory organs, aud causing Deamess, Dys pepsia, Constipation, Chronic Diarrhoea, Broneuites, Leucorrhcea and iCousump- tion, which latter is very often only Cetarrh of the Lungs. Hence it is ev ident that auy remedy to be effectual in permanently curing this disease must possess the alterative properties neces sary to eliminate from the blood the the scrofulous virus which is the prima ry cause of the malady, as well as to cleanse and heal the affected membrane. DR. JAMES KECK'S Sure Cure for Catarrh Possesses those qualities iu a pre-eminent degree, having nrst cured himself, and for the hit VI vears used the M'ltE Cuke in his practice as a physician with the most gratifying and unvarying succ6S9. We do not ask you to believe our un supported statements nor will we pub lish the certificates of unknown persons residing 111 the .hast or at a great distance, but on the eontrarv we respectfully re fer tlmse alllicted with Catarrh to thee following HOME TESTIMONY. J. M. ST RO W B R 1 1) (i K , Esq., Capitalist, Portland. Ur. Jus. BUVHTEL, Eiq., Sheriff Multuomnh cou"y, lvrtand. Or. KEV. A iidNZO T. JONES, Salem, O. JUS. DAVIS. Kmi . Tenino. W. T. V. H. wHEELtR, Esq, Merchant. East Portland. C H. HAMLIN. Esq , Engineer, Car Shops, Eat Portland W. n. C - M MINGS, Eko., Peoria Or. We have hundreds oi te-ihnouials from the most vespeet.nble citizens of Oregon and Wash ington, but only rere' to the tinmen ot a lew wt l!-ku wn and prominent individuals. Czf A -lv your urnyrjjfiMi Tor It.rr. JA3XF.K KICCIv'S S(l K Cl'Ar. Kot CVImKKH, ioid se t'ml lii signature is on the wrapper oi each p u;kn0 PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. r Six Bottles for S3. A liberal discount to druggists. S nd orders to It. JAMBfe KECK C. JVo. 1.T5 Flrt .Street, Portland Or. Or to HODGE DAVIS & CO. Wholesale Agent, PORTLAND. OR 1 c 2 a 2 " n 5 3 03 O s o 05 03 m m o x O c r r O i D (n X O H O G S s s f" S' ST CD tr o rz. - 5 :?o cm - . -v" 03 55 ZLO CD if) c- r-- B cTo P p ? c3 cs CD r: - s o P o 3 o co CD o5 'A O 3.5 " SO- d" & n. E c r ro r-r- r k. W H E H 03 03 a .A V 4, 126 First Street and 127 Front Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. THE Largest Hry Goods Mouse OF THE NORTH-WEST COASTS GOODS AT MEW YORK PRBGES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Writ for Price Lint. MBI.LIS BROS. CO. Dayton, Hall Lamberson Orders fram mmJM-r-1- ' PnrflQn A. J A bAWXJLVLj Oregon. THE TRADE Solicited. Wholesale Hardware, THE OBJECT of this Institution is to impart ii Quality of kr ou Ietli?. t aa nn.se be used in the practical, everyday affairs of li"e. a fiord inn 'f?i i5u.;ne - Vj n;cMtion at less cost, and in less time, than any other character of S -linnl cm lt'r. English Branches will receive special attention. l'ri..te i s r tcti -n mven in anv separate study if desired, in either day or evening session. N.'vv T achr-, XEW M E l HODS, careful attention, and entire satisfaction iruaranteel o all students wno will work. Lady Assistant const ui'lv in aUondnnee in Liidis Depai'mcnt. J. Carson, r Manufacturer and dealer In all kiuda ot Sah, Doors3 Blinds, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, Etc. KEAM-KI F1NISHCU L.U.UI1KR Constantly on baud. Importer o Paints. Oils, Glass, Brushes. AND A FULL LINE OP PAINTEf' 3rA.TERlAL. Orders from the country vi 1 receive prompt mm Ciirelul Mlltmllou. sai.eskoo.m: III Front strcpt. aus9 fMivf,AXn. factory: At WeliUer'r. Mill K4 i KOT1CK TO PSJOKSTRIAXS. The first 72 hour go as you ploase contest on the Pacific coast will commence in Turac Halle, Portland, Oregon, .Sept. lsth, l.SD, at 2 oVloek P. M.; 12 hours a day lor tJ days, tor the Cham pionship of Oregon ami Cash Prizes as follows : First man, $125, second Sou, third $25 The win ner of the first prize will be entitled to admission to the match for the Andrew Helt, hy depositing $100 with the stakeholder on or before May 1st, 1SS1 There will also be a sjK-eial prize of S'Jflt) open to all on ayment. of an entrance fee of $25; fn-st man, $125, eMind -75. Entries can be made with D. Ii. icNVill, funic Ifalle, Port land, Oregon. The th-st contest (or the Andrews Belt will take place in San Francisiiun Ocroiier. lfiNl. Kn tries lor this event will be re. etved by the stakeholder, Adam Aulbnch eilitor of the lwijir Life San Francisco, Irom and ,Ut-r dejaemttr I, lHSi). Jn order that none leu ii--t class men will enter this competition the cntmneu fee Juis been fixetl at $25u, $100 of whieii must Hmanimny the ap plication for entry ; the balnm-e, i.V. to be paid on signing articles, or twenty :e- ffefore the commenci ment of the race. T3i - aa Prize3 will be as loilow : First uatn n. second man $1,000: third imm $' ( ? loin-': Mian $500; fifth man $:;tM : toUd $t.:? ji). A! those who complete 50i) mibis and do ma win ei'her of the five prizes wil receive 2o0. 'arther informa tion concerning belt and condition:? ,f will lo furnished from time to time through the columns of the Pari fie Life. augi;w.". D. K. McXFi LL. Manager. F. E. BEACH &CO. Successors to Coggins & Beach, DEALERS IN PAINTS, Oils and Glass, DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. 103 Front Street, Portland, Or. ae8 ThomDson, DeHart & Co. IMrOUTEItS OF HARDWARE. IRON and STEEL BLACKSMITH KQl S, hard wo ox) il.um:be:i WAGON WIATR!AI, COAL (Cumberland. Lehigh and Domestic.) Portland, Oregon. A ere tils for DRAW Vt'T K AXIS AUK VI V- Tl K Hinl STrFFKH. GARFIELD vs JiANGOCK. T. C. W. B. S. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ALL PATRIOTIC CltlZeUS Will hiwn un nnnnrlntilln tn.k,.,. . urfuinuuivj IU ViUUUSO from several good candidates for President In the anDroachiner contpRt.. hnf. in nm i-im ni Soap, THOMAS' COOL WATER BLEACHING SOAP owuuo ttiuue, peerless, unrivalled and unap- Eroachable. Its name has become a house la word, its virtues have flown on the wings or tne wind. Its remarkable success has stim ulated a LEGION OP BASE IMITATIONS, Of Whfeh beware, and purchase none that does not bear the imprint of the Standard Soap Co , who manufacture the most extensive assortment of Family, Laundry and Toilet Soaps made iu the united States. If your grocer or druggist does not Keep our goods, order directly from the STANDARD SOAP CO. S04 Sacramento St., . IT. C?al, A NEW TREATMENT Por C'or.hUinption, AKthmn, Bronchitis, DyKpcptrin, Catarrh, Headache, Debility, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, nun all Chrontu and Nervous Disoixters. It is taken BY INHALATION, And sut directly upon the great nervous and oi-j-'unlc r -ntero.ann Cure hy a Natural, pro cess of Km itillzsitton. FREE. A troatiFe on Compound Oxven, giving the hintory oi this new dt-c iVerj , and a lunje rec ord of mosL remurtb curts Write for it. Addrf-Si. PKS tiK Y & PA LE .N . UC0 and 1111 G r:ui ?iPPt. J'I'imdelnlila. Ia.. r -I. E. j MATHEWS. (j;!fi Monisjomery sure t, San F an- cim!i, cat., ironi muui eu tu prouix-a ootu Infornirttlou und S'Mp"e. cplmt . BECK & son Importf-rs and Iiealer In Sharp's. Remington's, Ballard's, Burgess', Kennedy & Winchester Repeating Rifles. Co t lUMiitiictoii', Parker's. Scott & Son, moored and lnbrou; h Htceoh-i oadinjc ?-liotfrTm.s. HAZ-UiD'.S SPOHTiNO MIINPOWhRR, Beat in 'he world. Put np in . 1) and i rtt c ms. GMlb tees. Gun W.-vds. nhell, Uus and Cartridges ofall KlncL at Reduced Prices. Base Balls, Prize Bats, Oroquet Uamea, Velool pedes, Archery, Lawn Tennis, Fishing Tackle of every description and quality. Cr. Front aud Alder Streets, Portland