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The Grant County News PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT CANTON CITY, OREGON. S. H. Shepherd Editor TELEGRAMS. EASTERN. Ylctorio Defeated and Slain. Chicago, Oct . 20. A dispatch recei ved at military Headquarters to-uay gives particulars of Col. Joaquin ierrassa's vic tory over Victorio's band of Indians. The Mexican attack id Victorio in the Castillo mountains, surrounding his for tified position and by simultaneous attack caoturine it. Victorio, GO warriors and 18 women and children were let dead on the field. Sixty eight women and chil dren and two white aptives were taken, and 168 animals delivered with all the arm and plunder. Terrassa lost three men kill and 12 wounded. Thirty Indians escaped through being too late on the ground, but a competnt force is pursuing. Colonel Buel, through whose hands the dispatch passed says. "This is one of the results of our movements into Mexico and virtually ends the war with Victor I think I shall be able to head the sinsl party that has escaped. I shall re-orgrn-ize-here, having columns for operation both east and west. A Poor Man Xow. Boston, Oct. 20. John Duff, the builder of the Hannibal & St. Joe and Union Pacific Railroads, died this morning. His property was valued at four millions. JEqiicstriaiibhip. Chicago, Oct. 2G. In the twenty-mile race between Misses Jewett, Piuneo and Buckingham, the former won in half a second less than one hour. Miss Buck ingham dropped out after going five miles and Miss Pinneo claimed a foul and stopped on the 15th mile. The crowd was large and wind very high. A Year's Work Washington, Oct. 20. The bureau of engraving and printing the last fiscal year delivered 7,158,341 sheets, notes and se curities, of the face value of $7S, 240,950; 15,252,300 sheets of internal revenue and cuatoms stamps, containing 330,822,200 stamps; and 705,251 sheets of checks, drafts, etc., for the treasurer of the United States and disbursing officers of the sev eral departments, beside a large amount of miscellaneous work The aggregate expenditures for the year were, for salar ies of officers, etc., on ay roll, $25,SG3; for labor and other expeii-es, S3,l 1. Tiic Drouth. New Yorki Oct. 27. The moderate rains of the past day or two have brought but partial relief to the industries depen dent on water power; the drying up of streams in the Atlantic Mates mav be said to entend from Androskoggan down to the James, and even some ot the local rivers, like the Delaware, are fordable at points where such a thing has not 'been known for many years. The drought, however, is felt more seriously nt the eastward, and its effects are beginning to be felt in commercial as well as manu facturing circles. The Boston Journal of yesterday, says the scarcity of water is having a bad etiectupoii nearly all kinds of merchandise, restricting the demand especially for raw materials. Cotton, woolen and paper mills are all running on short time. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware not a few important inaustries have been brought to a dead halt by stoppage of the mills. The Pas saic and Raritan are unpreeedently low. The Brandywine is quite dry, and at Wilmington and other places in that part of the country several establishments have been compelled to shut down. Summing up the Prospects. Cuicago, Oct. 27. The Times, summing us prospects of the campaign, says it has concentrated now in .New York. Before the October elections it concentrated elsewhere. Republican tactics do not by any means include abandonment of Con necticut, New Jersey and Maine. They are conducting a fairly igorous canvass in those states also, so neresary to their success if they lose New lork, but they J have evidently determined to light the enemy on his own grounds and make their victory more crushing by carrying his center at the same moment they turn bis wings. The republicans can spare New York and the demodrats cannot. But, notwithstanding this, the republi cans are making ten times more vigorous effects to carry "that state than are the democrats. A Flyer. Providence, Oct. 27. At a private trial at jSarragansett Park, this afternoon, J. B. Barmaly'strotterBillvD. with running mate, made a mile in 2:13ij. Great WJndmomm. A terrible southwestern ale reported from Plymouth, last night. Davbreak showed gve vessels stranded but the crews all saved. AtPlymouth the brig John May, from Bull river, S. C, for Friedrkhstadt, drove alongside the Batten breakwater this morning and remains there. Capt. Mitchell was drowned while endeavoring to go ashore on the breakwater. At Brad" ford there was a heavy rai'i and hail storm, and heavy traffic was impede). At Leicester the rain began to fall Tuesday and has continued since, Hooding the low lying districts. Winlock experienced :3G hours heavy rain and many honses were flooded. AtO P. .M. the gas nuddenlv i 1 ,. : it i x went oui, jetiviiig uie ttnoie town m iuhiiv tUNU I H. ,1.11-L-tifKM. At.n . 1:1111 hero w:is !,,. storm. At South Shields there was heavy i Fishing boats were unable to go out and ships put back to harbor. In wealds of Sussex low-lving lands present the aspect of lakes, while in Warwickshire the waters in somo places extend as far as the eye can reach. Hundreds of acres are sub- merged, roads under water and traffic j much interrupted. At Sirley last evening tho barometer fell to 28.6(1. . Acquitted. Omaha. Oct. 30. The trial ot O.K. Allen formerly Union Pacific agent at Sidney, on the. char-" ol grand larceny, termina ted at Sydney in his acquittal. It will hp rpmpminered that some months ago $122,000 in gold bullion and a small amount of ciirrencv received from the Black hills en route east disappeared from his officii in aid-day while he was at dinner. It had bee"n taken thiough a hole in the floor. After some consider able search it was found hidden in a coal uile under the office, except one gold brick and currency amounting altogether to about $12,U0O. The evidence against Allen was ery strong, but not strong enouerh tD satisfy the liiry, who were out about IS houiv before coraiu. to an agree ment of notuuilty. The parties who took the bullion and hid it under the office, intended no doubt to come and get it at the lirst good opportunity. Cnpturc of Indiana. FortKkog.i, Oct. 30.-Uapt. Higgins brought in Iiain-in-the-Face and 5T,oW tiles. Sitting Bull sent ord to Gen Miles to now a twelve davs' tongue, as he was negotiating through Mrj. Walsh with the Canadians to be taken on exhi bition through the states of Canada. JLifitest from the TJtcs. Cheyenne, Wvoraing, Oct. 31 A special to the Leader from the camp on White river says Agent Berry and party includ ng Meacheni ol the Ute commission and barUtes, ar. ived here on the 28th direct rom Los Pinos agency. Thev ioughed it or several lavs as evidenced by then ravel-stained appearance, Berry upon his own report is a much abused individ ual. Colorow, the White river chief, is at wnue river unn nis camp, uerrv ar rived at Kav lius this morning and will go to Denver via Cheyenne. PACIFIC COAST. A Mot her Sacrl flee. San Jose, Oct. 20. Last night the dwelling, uain ami hay-stacK belonging 10 JJaniel .oian, on the old infirmary grounds.were destroyed bv lire. .Air. Nolan was :be:it at the time, and h's wife and lour ehildien were asleep. Wlien tin mo tiler awoke the house was . . . ... filled with thirties and smoke. She got out her baby and two other children and went back after the four-year-old child. She had secured it and had reached within eight-feet of the outer door when she fell suffocated. Two men who were pass ing heard her moans, and at some peril succeeded :n ueiting her anu me nine one out. Tin etoihorwas literally roasted about the fare and arms. The child w:s also badly bi.r.jed, but will recover, while there is no hope lor Mrs. jsolan. A Rise in Sugar. San Fkann incu, Oct. Xt. i'he Bulletin says: ban r ranrisco sugar reliners have to-davputup prices 3c all lound. Thib is the first change since September 2'Jth, and is the tenth made this 3' ear. lhe stock of raw sugar here has been scarce for some time, and enforced delay in ar rival of expected consignment from Hong kong has made matters still worse, but for weakness in the New York market and the fear ol a renewal of imports from that direction, prices here would have been advanced earlier in the month. Revised schedule of American Califor nia refiners from this date ia as follows: Fancy extra powered in bbls 13; powder ed 122: cube crushed and fine crushed 12A: drv iminnlatcd 121: moist LTniilated extra golden c, 11; Eldorado c, l():Marip- sao c, 101; other yellow sugars, 10. POREIGN. N entrain lix Pern. Lima, Oct. '2b. The ministers of Kug- land, Erance and Italy have taken stens to protect neutrals in the event ol Chilean occupation. CniKiclimi Cabinet Changes, Ottawa, Oct. ol). Mr. Haley, minister of eternal revenue, has resigned to take a judgeship. Mr. Caron, of Quebec, suc ceeds to the cabinet. rcat Storm in the Ita'tlc. CoPEJUiAiiKN, Oct. oi). One hundred vessels, o' d-ffeieiit sizes, were destroyed by the storm. .Ilonuiiifiitto Freedom. London, Oct. 20. The erection of the 1 . 1 monument memorial to neipoiuato the of Thomas I lasksoi;, as advocate ofs.lave emancipation, was begun Monoay at Wisbeach, when the first stone was hud. Ways to Use Up Stale Bred. Charles r ranees gives the J'rmrie Farmer an essay on this subject from which we take the following recipes : Bro wis.--Butter the bottom of your saucepan and put your fresh milk into it. The butter will prevent the milk from sticking. Bring to a boil and sea son with salt and a generous piece of but ter. Have the bread broken into little bits, and as soon as the butter melts stir them in until all the milk is absorbed. Serre immediately, as longer cooking will make it sticky. Bread Fritters. Slice tho bread and cut off the crust making the slices of uniform shape. Soak theso in a custard made of a cup of milk, one egg, and a little sugar and llavoring. llemove them before they get so soft as to break. Dip each piece in rolled bread crumbs, then in beaten e;;gs,aud then in bread crumbs again. F17. h; boiling lard to a golden brown and serve with lemon sauce made thus: Cream t get her a cup oi sugar and half a cup of butter; stir iu a well-beaten egg, liaif :h? grated peel and the juice of one lemon :t:id a little grated nutmeg. Beat hard, hen stir in gently and grad ually halt ;i tea cud of water. Do not j beat. Set 111 a, bowl on ton of the boilinir l,. '..,1. nui it tiiiCi.ens. our occa- S1"n11 don't let it boil. u Wllu a l)infc of milk, throe eggs, homo suSar a" havoriug. Put it into a J10 Piling dish, aud fit thin slices of buttered bread over tho custard. Don't aP tue slices over each over. Grate a llttle nutmeg over the top, and bake in a moderate oven until tho custard is done, but not until it turns to whey. Serve "warm. The Three Rogues. A peasant was taking a goat to Bagdad. He was mounted on a donkey, and the goat, with a bell tied around its neck, was following him. Three rogues saw this little company go past, and desired to enrich themselves. Said the one, "May I carry off that fellow's goat in such a way that he shall never be able to ask it again of me?" And the other cried, "Grant me the wit to rob him of the ass on which he is mounted." "Oh, truly, what an exploit!" ex claimed the third. "What would you say if I meant so to despoil him of his clothes that he will actually bo obliged to me?" The first rascal following the traveller softly, by stealth took the bell from the goat s neck, fastened it to the ass s tail, made off wilh his booty, rh(T m"n' still riding theaas.Wd the sounu oi tne uen constantly ueninu mm, and never for one instant imagined that the goat was no longer there, till, by-and-by he happened to turn around. Pic ture to yourself his astonishment when he could not see the animal that he had been taking to market to sell I Of everyone who passed he asked news of his goat. Presently the second rogue met him, who answered, "At the corner of yonder lane I saw a man running off, dragging a goat along with him." The countryman jumped from his ass saying "Please take charge of my don-1 ivuj , iimi iij.ii in it: 1 uuu uuici 111 mu 1.111 he supposed him to have taken. Avhen he had been running hither and thither for some time, he came back to find that neither ass nor keeper was to be seen. Our two rascals had already got far awav, both well content with their booty. The third now awaited the simple man, leaning against a well by which the latter must pass. Then with loud wails, he began to lament so bitterly that the loser of the ass and goat was led to accost a person who seemed thus aillicted. Approaching he said, "What are you grieving about? I am sure you cannot have had as much ill luck as I have had. I have lost two animals, the price of which would have made my fortune." "Oh, but think what a loss mine is!" exclaimed the thief. "Have you, like me, over let a casket lull 01 diamonds tall into a well when vou are told to carry thein to the judgV I shall perhaps be hanged for theft." "But why do you not godowu into the well?" asked the countryman; "it is not very deep." "Alas! I am not clever enough, said the rogue. "I would rather run the risk of being hanged than drown myself. which I should certainly do: but if there were anyone willing to do me tin service, 1 would giauiy give nim ten pieces of gold." "Promise me those ten pieces ot gold, cried the poor dupe, thinking the sum would more than repay him for the loss of his animals, "and I will get you your casket back" No sooner said than doue. He threw off his clother with such rapidity, and descended into the well so quickly, that the robber saw at once that he would scarcely have time to possesss himself of his spoil. The countryman having reached uottom 01 the wen without nnn- ing any casket there, came up again, and was sneedilv aware of his new misfor tune. Thus clothes, ass, and goat ha alll irone different directions: and their unlucky-owner, with all his toil, could scarcely find people charitable enough to be willing to clothe him. The moral is, be earful of the company 1 rrti 1 1 "i ".l . i. you cnooso. illustrated uunsuan Weekly. The Old Forests Unfertile Sea. In many districts, says an English scientific paper, where our shores are shelving as near the mouths of the Tay, the Huber and Severn after a more than ordinary tempestuous day, wo see quan tities of a peaty looking matter cast up by the sea, and the entire beach black ened with its triturated fragments. If we examine any of the larger pieces of this black looking matter, we find that it is made up of dark clay filled with peat, pieces of wood, mosses, equisetums ami the like, the characteristic vegetation of cold, moist ground. This is washed up by the sea from old forest beds, now submerged below the level of tho waters. In excavations for docks and bridges these ancient tloors are cut into by the workmen. Eve rywhere we find them to be composed of some thickness of peaty matter, in which lie prostrate trunks of the oak, the fir and our common forest trees, the old roots of the inonarchs of the forest stood in place, and scattered on the old forest floors lie the acorns and hazel nuts that dropped from the trees of the wood in its prime, and the sub-fossil antlers of the deer and elk that roamed the forest glades. The whole is usually Inrriml un der a much later accumulation of sand and clay, full 01 our commonest sea shells, laid down by the sea waters that have overspread the site of the old for est since its submergence. A man who had been out with the boys, reached home at a l:le hour in the night and found on taking an inventory 01 the contents of his pockets the next morning, that his wealth consisted of four coppers, a slice of lemon peel, a chip of sassafras bark, a few bits of crackess, several cloves, a raw peanut, and the stump of a cigar. He has since concluded that soda water is a good enough beverage when not mixed too frequently with wink syrup. The most popular air for the return of bridal parties: "When tho flowing tied cmes in. The annual volume on the crops of the various corn-growing countries of the world has, just been issued by Mons. Bruy Estienne, of Marseilles, and the reports it contains occupy several hundred large quarto pages. A map showing in various colors the state of the wheat crop in the different departments of France is also given. Of the whole of the cereal crops of France the reports are good. The wheat crop is in five de partments very good, in seventeen de partments good, in twenty-six depart ments fairly, in sixteen departments me dium, and in six departments only, bad. Oats are very good in twenty-eight de partments, and in iorty departments. fairly good iu seven departments, medi um in six departments, bad iu two de parmeiits, and very bad in one depart ment, lhe maize crop, grown chief!- m the southern departments, is fairly good, in three departments is very good, in nineteen good, in five fairly good, in five medium, and in one only, bad. Kye is reported as very good in eleven depart ments, good in fifty-throe departments, fairly good in six departments, and me dium in three departments. Barloy is the best crop of the year in France. In twenty -six departments it is very good, in forty good, in five fairly good, and in three medium. In no department is either the rye or barley crop declared to be bad. So far as other countries are concerned, with the exception only of Russia, the reports are generally favora ble. In upper Italy the crops are re ported as yielding 30 per cent, above the average. Bnr&eiia and Upper and Lower Bavaria stand next on the list, with a jjroduce of 25 per cent, over an average, and these are followed by Podo lia and fcjwabia, with an over average pro duction of 20 per cent. In the south of Italy and Bavaria and iu Wurtemburg the estimates are of crops 15 per cent, over average; while in Bessarabia they are 10 per cent. over. The crops of the year are 5 per cent, over average in Hun gary. Poland, Belgium, and the United States of America. Average crops, with out either surplus or deficit, have oeen grown in Prussia, the Palatinate, Baden, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway. Central It ly, Holland, the north of l'ussia, Serbia and Egypt. Deficiencies of 15 per cent, are reported in Great Britain, Ireland and Saxony. In Cour land tho deficiency is put down at 20 per cent , and in Gothland, another Russian province, at 25 per cent, under average In Central Russia the crops are so bad that the deficit is estimated at 40 per cent, below average. The commercial summary which accompanies the report shows that Europe will largely depend for much of her breadstuff's from Amer ica, and that there is every prospect of fairly good and remunerative prices be ing obtained for cereals this year. London Standard. A Rival to the Sea-Serpent. Tho sea serpent has a rival. It is a land animal; an animal as large, as fan tastic and as elusive as the celebrated monster of the sea and at least twice as mysterious. The miuhocao is the new wonder. A verv slight change in his name might have prejudiced the world against it as for instance, if it had been baptized minhoaxo. It is well fathered in the realms of science, being brought to no tice by one Fritz Muller, of Brazil, in the Zooloijiache Garten, and receiving a full page of large type in a recent num ber of Suture. The miuhocao is be lieved to be a resident of the region of South America where the Uruguay and Parana rivers have their sources. The an imal is said by different observers to have the following characteristics : it is worm-shaped; about eighty-tw o feet long (by guess), and more than a yard thick, "not very long." however, accord ing to another account; two horns on the head; a snout like a pig; a less defi nite description makes the animal "as big as a house," and measurement of the tracks indicate its j)ossible width at six and a half to ten feet. Some years ago, it is said, there Avas a dead miuhocao wedged in the cleft of a rock near Araphey, Uruguivy; its skin was as thick as the bark of a pine tree, and formed of hard scales like those of the armadillo. The new animal is, however, chiefly known by his works. Great trenches are found in this region, which are supposed to be the evidence of the miuhocao s in dustry. Heaps of earth are turned up in the process, and where pine trees stand in the way of the trench, they are rooted up. and sometimos part of their bark and wood may be torn off. The devastation of this performance, which is chiefiy near or under the surface of the earth, though often under the bed of a stream, is enormous. In one case the entire side of a hill was undermined, it is supposed by two of these animals, and was traversed by deep trenches. By such proceedings marshes have been drained, or dry land converted into morass, and the courses of streams entirely changed. Some of the trenches are spoken of :is being from three fourths of a mile to a milo in length. They are excavated with great rapidity. It will be noticed that the new aspirant for fame has been almost as little seen as the sea-serpent. The subterranean mon ster is simply more fortunate than the submarine,' in leaving lnoro palpaple traces than a wake of foam. We may ex pect soon to hear of a scientific expedi tion to Uruguay in search of tho miuho cao. Whether it will be found like a ceratodus, or a lepidosiren, or a grypto dont, it is vet too soon to guess; possi bly when unearthed it will be recognized oq u,p dpsnfiiident of one of tho gigantic armadillos that certainly dwelt in South America during the reptilian age geology. N. Y. Tribune. of Pecuniary Independence. We talk a great deal about our politi cal, intellectual, moral and social inde pendence; all the world has heard us talk about them. We do not enjoy them as fully, perhaps, as we think. How much independence of thought has the journalist, for instance, who must bid for an audience, the author whose first thought must be never to displease a reader, the orator who must repeat tho stock notions of his hearers, tho profes sor who has to reconcile evolution with theology; how much liberty of action has the voter who depends upon a govern ment salary, or who is in a politician's employ? One can not very seriously blame these people, to whom mdepena- i ITT I. I. T ence oiten means starvation, u uu x want to set in clear light is this: that in dependence in lifo and thought depeuds more than we like to believe, upon pecu niary independence; it is not to be had by wishing merely. Individuals there are, and always will be, who will sufier for their moral or in tellectual independence; but communi ties will be what circumstances make them. This, again, I want to set in clear light: that we are, as a commu nity, deficient, in suite of all our na tional wealth, aud unnecessarily de- ficient, in the be&t part o"f independence' the power to enjoy our lives. Iu this respect we are behind our friends in France, with their two millious of rjeople living upon their incomes. These two millions of people are not, for the most part, either idle, or frivolous, or wealthy people. Many of them live in the cities, but most of them are quiet people living on their modest properties in the country, and enjoying their competence in a rational way enjoying friendships, social pleas ures, family affections, and all the kindly observances of home life in a way that we have little idea of in a way that the tourist in Paris sees nothing of. We have much to learn from the French, and among the things that we have to learn are some that may surprise us. One of the things is the comfort, the unity and the permanence of French homes. The French home aud family, their happiness, their unity, their permanence, these have been developed by the com bined industry, thrift, and domestic sentiment of the most intelligent people in Europe, and especially by its great middle class. We have the significant testimony of Prince Bismark "that the French nation has a social solidity such as no other nation of Europe enjoys." And Mr. Matthew Arnold from whose "Mixed Essays" I quote, adds: "This can only come from the 1 road basis of well-being, and of cause for satisfaction with life, which in France, more than in other countries, exists." If we had two millions of people, or one million, who were enjoying a competence, earned or inherited, can it be doubted that we should be a happier people, and a better one than we are? France and tho United States have this important feature in common in each country nearly one half of the people live directly by agri culture; but our country homes and families have not attained the comfort or the permanence of theirs. Harper's Magazine. Balky Horses. A correspondent of The JZuralist writes: Many and varied have been the plans, both kind and harsh, tried for tho cure of balkiness in horses, by -parties troubled, delayed and provoked in this way. Having had considerable expe rience in the handling of such horses, I have found the following a good remedy. It is easily and quickly performed, and has never, so far as lam aware, failed to care. Two persons aro required for the trial. One should hold the reins while the other fastens a short strap or rope a halter strap, always at hand, answers the purpose well just below the fetlock of a fore leg; then goiug forward, he should pull the strap until the horse lifts his foot; continuing to pull, the foot will be brought forward and set down a little in advance of the other. The horse thus thrown out of a natural posi tion, will move forward to gain his equi librium. Another pull will cause an other move forward. This may be re peated several L'mes, or until the horse moves without having the foot jmlled forward. Usually, the first or second pull will start him. Three or four such reminders at most will do the work. When the start is made it is generally an easy one. Sometimes, how ever, it has the appearance of the horse being in a hurry to get away from tho provoking man with the strap; therefore a steady hand should manage the reins. I have never known a horse under this treatment to kick or to act mean in any other way than to try to run. When he docs start off the hold on tne strap should be given up. After having gone twenty-five or more yards the horse should gently be brought to a stand and. the strap removed. Then try to start him without the strap. If he does not move off at once apply it again. He will soon tire of being thus annoyed, and will give you no further trouble in this way. Mr. Andrew D. White, United States Minister to German', is writ ing a "Life of Thomas Jefferson," to form one of tho series of biographies of the fouudei of the American .Re public, to be published during the coming winier. Professor Goidwin Smith is to write a "Life of Georo Washington" for tho same series. Women do not read; they listen with the eye.