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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1888)
Grant Co. News. Jan-12, 1SSS. LOCAL BREVITIES. The Democratic Stale Central Committc met in Portland yes terdflv. 1as year! See "ad," of the party to be given by the ladies of Canyon City on the 27th inst. A poor old cow got her head fast in the Baker mail sleigh last Saturday night and choked to death. lee is being put up for next summer's lemonade. About 10 inches is the depth of the con gealed element. We copy from a Portland pa par the statement that (co. Rowdebush of Canyon City has leen granted a pension. A report was brought to town that Chas. Reynolds died at Qit.rtr.hurg, near Prairie City, last Saturday night, and was buried Monday. ' Since last week cold weather has come in abundance, and ice men arc jubilant. Sunday morn ing tin? mercury marked 20' de grees lclow zero. Horses up on Indian creek are raftering from mountain fever. Yr are informed that .Mr. Dan Butler lopt a horse a few days ago by this dreaded disease. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the "ad" of the ball to Ik given by the memlers of the (5. A. P., in commemoration of the liirth of Ceo. Washington, on Feb. 22. A club has been formed in Philadelphia to explore ancient Babylon. That is the city, as our reader will remember, where Xcbtichadnezzar set up Tor a dairy row by going to pasture. Bill? to the amount of .S,22i).S7 were allowed by the county court ai its recent session. This is a creditable showing for the Jan uary term. Last year bills amounted to over nine thousand. Puked States Marshal Meyers ha apjioinled .1. W. Virtue of Baker City as one of his deputies. Mr. Virtue's territory will include the count i of Baker, Malheur, Union, Grant, Wallowa and lTiatilla. Mr. Cniikshank. 'of Boston, was called Mr. Crookshank, and has sued for $20,000 damages. Iki(7iiuHv particular alout his 'Shank than most other men, j ajtd is alA) over-sensalive in his j orthography. Ftapef have been delayed on both the Harney and Mitchell :uts iir.ee the snow. The driver from Mitchell encountered high drifts, ami almost every gnieh Ijeiween liere and Dayville was filled level full of lwautiful snow. A policeman on Hie Mexican -side of Hie Rio Crandc was ar rcslwl liee. 2Sth, for passing Mexican leaden dollars. The jjeiialty fr tin first offence is j amputation of the right hand, the second the left hand, and for j the third lite prisoner lecomes a target ibr twelve soldiers. Persons having slock and no hay are beginning to feel blue, and well they might. If this ''cold fyiaf' holds on a few weeks the afturk loss in Eastern Oregon will j be apalling. However, the, great leef preserver the ehinook, ! ie liable at any time to come to ! their rescue with its gentle breath j Oonniiis.-'iMier T. A. McKinnon memd a letter from home I y I Ir.Kt mail, stating that nuw v.as j ftjUmt T.S iwhts deep on a level ; in Jfurmy valley. Siiould it lay j m v.Vy king the loss of cattle I will H great, as thousands of j son-.- of tub f where cattle usual ly ft tit during the winter, were I urucd over and desiroved last fall. During the recent storm waves washed over the light house at TTCaui'Mk head. U0 feet aUjve th o'er.n. and broke several paw of gins. There is likely to K a vacancy in the jMHiiion of liV.-ho'He keeper at this jxnnt. Th-r if not much salary or per quisites to the ollice, but it is a wrr thrilling and exciting posi- iw'i during th- winter season. With tiic short dull clays of the jjarlv vinter tonic the cheery JwHd.tVrf and Vi-ks Uauiiful annual, an 1 -b! spring already app.'-tiv not fir distant. In the w. Catalogue, Viek's Floral ClwKh h unewT.aled in artistic iteara'tc. and the edition of erJ'U year that appears simply perfect, i- surpassed the next. .wx and leaiiful engravings, utd thre; colored 'plates of iiowcrs, Velnbbs. an 1 grain. a:v feai for life issK lr I8SS- Jt J-s JiV4U lf a treatic on horticulture, nndi cI.ip!e l it) the wants of all vhoare interested in the garden (W Iwuse plants. Lt describes IhcrarM flows and tbe choicest veeia: les. ! f vou wan t to k n w aivvt'Jng about" the garden, see YiekV Floral (Juidc, price only U) cent including a Certificate flbud f.jr'10 cent worth of seeds. Published by James Viek, Seeds man, Roehaitar, N. Y. COMMISSIONERS COURT. Commissioners Court adjourn- j cd yesterday, the greater portion ! of the tini'j this week having been I taken up in appointing road su- j - ? .....1 I . . . 1 . . , -. . . . . I i . I . v I - i uerviors, jiiui k u imnp 1 . ' . J. n ..... . : !. i,,,..:,.,,,,. Ill" I ;l .MOJUlIJll Ul liiv uuiiik-cc that has been transacted A new voting precinct called ' . . IlItMllllOU lUllllv l nur liin.u i lished with boundaries as follows: i Commencing at the Xortlnycst ! ; . ft (.onct,ltra. ! from Prairie City and took in the corner ol Tp. No. 9. SU. '2 h. of r .uul rup )y tvr Tm ew cars dance at W cs. Lcm ,W M and running cast ! .Ns'soon as" spring opens they in- ' ns I miles, thence south to the sum- j , cl ti 1 it . There is some talk of erecting nut of the rox alley mountain, , ; 4 a new sehoolhouse at the mouth mence m a .-ouineoieu uut-v- tion to a puint due north of the is situated west of the key falls on Fox Creek, thence south stone mine, and Messrs 'leans to the summit of the mountain ami (Iranville arc taking out ore between Fox Creek and the John j on contract for John I.aurance & Dav river, thence in a northwest- Co. They have out -10 tons ot erlv direction along saitl summit ore on the dump. As soon as to a ioint due west of the north the weather will permit they will line of K. J. Cilmorc's farm, start up their steam mill. It al-thencecas-l along said line to the so has five stamps, and can crush range line between Tp. 2.7, tiS. K. ( from (5 to 7 tons in 24 hours, of W. M.. thence north on said The (Ioi.pkx Star Mink line to place of beginning. j )vvn leased to Jell' Terry, (J. 1). Bickard was granted a i and he has struck IS inches of license to sell liquors in Canyon ; r;(.h ore in the east vein. There City precinct, for the term ol six ur,. tv,o veins about (JO feet apart, months. j This valuaple )iece of jiroperty is A. C. Dore, sheriff of (Irani owned by Mr. Robert Lock wood County, was required to give an 1 Co., and will prove to he one of ,i il ..!.. ,j:-.w. additional bond in the sum ol ; $HUXK) before entenngi on the discharge of his duty as tax col lector for the years 1S7 and 1SSS as by law required. Road District No. 24 was es tablished lx'lwecn Dog creek and Indian cni'k. Road District No. 25 waseslab- lished on the Malheur river. , , In the matter of the yroscd county road commencing at tni- sannlle, and running thence to the Long envk and Susanvill.; mad, Ihence to the baker and Tlu.v hav,. ut in tons of Canyon ( ily road near Newxons In th;, oWl.r ,(.v,i lht. vein ranche the same was W';iim i.to to -1 inches in puojic mgnway. Road District No. 2U was es- tal)lisht-(l on the .luiuie J'otk oi the John Dav river. It apicaring that it was the ' The snow is three feet deep in ; Ked Front," and expects hb best H)'wy to insure the court this place, and some prospects of , flock of liquors m from the rail hoiis against jwissible loss by having more. In my next letter , ro!ll in a few days. fire, the Court ordered that it be insured with IS. Hall, agent, in the' sum of $10.00:), for the period of three years, and a warrant for $!.?). 10 was onlered drawn, as premium on said insurance z - . CUPID'S DOINGS. The following is a list of the ersons who have obtained mar riage license at the county clerk's ollice during the past year, ami now walk hand in hand down life's llowery pathway: J ANT Alt v Frank Fleishman arat Sarah Johnson; John L. Hullifan and Maggie Montgomery; John Card' well and Maggie Huskcyj; Silas j R. llarlzell and Laura L, Breed- j ing. FunurARY. Hiel A. Hyde and S. J. Bark ley; lloltert bockwil ami Jennie Nunes; Rice R. Mellalev and Klizalx-th Hubbard: W. A, (loan and Catherine Fugle; Rob ert Ray and A nnie E. Walls. May. 1). T. Ashury and .Mattid Curtis; ('has. Casey and Aiinie 10. ICceney. II. B. Ciuernsey and i Maggie Zollinger; W. if. Penlajad ami Ruth Reynolds; James Stinvlt and Minnie Crowley; W. W. Armstrong and Leonora Barkley; John .Morrell and Ella Roussell; J. II. Ward and May l (5 ales; II. L. Williams and 1 Minnie Branch ; Richard Williains and Tennessee Dtmlap. Jri.v. P. E. P.rimlext-r'an-4 Clara Sels; Ceo. W. Chambers and L. IS. Anderson. V. S. Curtis and J. K. Wyatt; R. L. t'amplj-ll and M. L.i Buker; B. F. Davis and Sarah Ji. llard- ing. SKlTKMnKK. Cal Johnson and I. E. Mace; Geo Morgan and Mollie Porter; T. (3. Dodson and El tie Pousscl!; K. W. Carter and Lillie F, Mur- phy. OcTOBElt. Workins and Jennie 1 lenry Mc.Vasters; Herman Wallan and Harriet Wright: James Berry man and Mary & Stark; K. K. Armstrong and L. M. Stone. XoyKMn:::. J. K. (Jeer and Ida Newman; J. Nat ITudwin and Amanda Keel: P. McClirr and N. P. puii hin: Robert Nm-e ami Julia A. Ilardistv; Ueo. L. nutiio ami .M iianusty; ueo. is. huwiu auu .m. . Stubidelield; M. A. P.euton i and Dora Pollard: W. T. Jlc ! Kern and Ivlna K. S!o:a ; Rubin Fields and May bl Black: S. I). pos r and M. A. Roberts; Win. i" Miller ami Kva Cosad. I I)KE:.inK:t. ! W. V. jlvvmjlds ana Alice i Shnliz: 1. ?d. RIevins :viid Cora J.Miller; (Ico. Uirge and Amy ' (Jilienwat r; R. Nelfon and Han- nab Anderson: Hyram James ! and Annie Ward; B. P.Carter and Susie Tucker; John X. ! Powell and Margaret Trowbridge; 1 Frank Brown and Ida R. I laid; i this section are in sharp contrast j B. C. Trowbridge and Marjory j with the sterile wastes of Wyom I Ilerburgcr. ; I ing AMONG THE MINES. Interesting News from Quartzburg Mines Prosperous. TiifKkystone Miking Co , , i i line ,.nf nvnr one iniiKircd tons of nch oroon the dump. 1 1 (i V Their ... . . . , 1,1w. . vein i irom Mi iu ini-no ihhk. to uvnuwn u. hey are employ- at present. All ,ork on the Wide 1 in width, and they ltwf ton men hantis are at worK 1 1IK COI.OKAOO .IIIA.", our iest mines m ine camp All it wants is development. Mr. Perry scins well satisiied with his good luck in ''striking it rich." The Oi:iknt Mi.vk Is owned by Chas. Reynolds, Henry Juston and John Lau- ranee, ami lias a tunnel on n I has a tunnel on it : '"?. .; vein is ;i indies in imcKiU'SS in me uinnei. haw .j. tu. Vl.in : . f . lnnn(.I wW.h is v2 : , V wm aml tlR. . ; , , urnt. i width, but it is all nav ore ami , v :nv ,vnrk:nr t' - imi ,..,.,,. .,, , r; . , i c.ii ' seem m g(MHi I will write more about other ! mines. I Remain Bcspcelfuliy, IIonkst Miner. Quart zl. u rg, Jan. 1st 1S8S. ,P. , ,. i , n Tne reduction works a or - land are reducing forty tons of ort' lH,r ""J- A man in Nebraska has done something new. 1 Ie was tried for crime, convicted and served a sentence. On his release he has sued his lawyer for !'o0,000 for malpractice. President Cleveland's message has stirred up the dry bones and the tarilV question is being tliorouHily :iritsitel ant C(j tir(riIOut the hxiv. 1 discn.w- 1 ne pros and cons are at it with sleeves rolled up, and we may safely say that the campaign for LS'SS has aatuallv commenced. i A number of young people ! recently decided to put wedding i cake under their pil'iows at ; night, and we are informed that they dreamed of the followipo: I Of her oyandmother: Of a , snake swallowing a man: 3 Of an elephant skipping a rojic; . Of a runaway team; ) Of a railroad accident: 0 Of a mur der; 7 Of a iigSit between male i cat.-'. j They have a queer way of ad- ' ministering justice in Califor nia. A few days ago it was J discovered that a wealthy pris j oner who had been sentenced to jail by the Cnited States court ! for twelve months was boarding ! at the leading hotel in San Jose, 'lie roes riding every day and , spends weeks without surveil- . t lit. mice at ;tise uucK-snoomig rounds of his clt:b, fifteen miles from the city. Through carelessness in direction 1 S,0()0 letters ijer the day rejieiiei tne oeao ictier omce this year. Of the whole ."5,000, 000, money was found iu 17,T !o amounting to 32'S,7S7. is ego -liable paper amounting to 7, OiLlM; was found iu n2,2-2(5. Then there was job lots of hooks and merchandise, and in 103, 77 S letters there were postage, stamps enclosed. Nearly all the money and commercial na jxr was returned to the senders. Three of the largest railroad companies in the Cmtul States! . ar(. mm. pnshinu lines westward ! companies in the Cnikd Statci with the intention ol coming to the coast. The ChicajroA North westcrn has its terminus this winter in Central Vvo:ni:i" wt st of Fort Fetterman; the Missouri Paeilie completed its load into Chewnne. W'vominjr, last week: and the Manil iloba road will be Butte. Montana, ' completed to this winter. As now headed, these loads will all pass th rough Idaho and Eastern Oregon. In i their onward inarch to the const , j the fertile fields and rich mines of j I MM..;.- mill i; !i i MT. VERNON NEWS. Being some tinfti since I have seen anything fiym this part of the country I thought I would let you know how we are getting along. Times are lively now and every , thing is lovely. .gg Jegs.e ,Jooth ftr j cpfathcr.8 Vcsterdav i 1 ; Messrs. A niter Dam. Miss Jessie Booth arrived at anion ana William Robertson were down of Moon creek next spring, as the present one is almost ready to tumble down. j Stockmen are feeding are teeamg some and if this snow lays on very long hay will -be scarce in the spring as it was last year. Al though stock looks much better than they did this time last winter. We have had two Christmas trees ami two dances in this vi cinity, and there will be another dance at the Pavilion on the .'list, under the management of W. A. (loan Co., whoarelixingup the hall and intend to make things comfortable. . A good time is ex pected. i There was a shooting match at j Mt. Vernon on the olst tilt. The ! choices were won by the follow j ing parties: 1st choice, Toss I Preacher Aldrich; 2nd choice, ! Jim (iearyj.'ird choice, II. McKce; I -!th choice, Doc Chamberlain, per i McKce. Bill Geary and Walt. Fi..1(iiiur ot tanele.f on the "hide T, t t, t.Lower R.im.h are thinking of making a wooden man for the "Boss Preacher" to talk to, as they don't think they will be able to bear the strain. More anon, Jan. 7th, 18SS. bom. Pat Mulcare is reported to be i -i " i.. :n i., S " R lul " ; oi town. I Dick Rickard is repairing tin The prcsid-nl is preparing a message to congress on general subjects, including the Pacific railroads, fiishcries and the Chi nese. , A Nevada ranchman, to pro- : fwm (hi (n. ((f lllij5Jairil ,ms i;U,(I thnn aU j with a mixtme of tar, red clay , :ilul Unseed oil. ! v I And see the Most Complete Stock of General Merchandise ever brought to the county. We have The only complete Stock of Goods in CRANT'COUNTY, The Prices are such that we defy competition -We want jour ti:ade. Conio "i and see lis. -vTvTo liavo & G sh for We respectfully as . ... ' 1 LVSt-eUlSS gOOCLS UV US yoUl' VIOILCTJ at home I University of Oregon. The l.'oard of regents at iiS last annual meeting designated a room in which to establish a museum lople in all parts of the state are respectfully rcqucst- eu to aid in building up the niMcrnm v coiwlin-r Kii.'i i'n.-tiS that are interest in aid instruc- ' . . liillll' n III HIV V UllllllUll'iSi lliivi carefully preserved. All the ex press companies doing business iu the state have generously pro posed to transport articles free of charge. Weight of any one arti cle not to exceed twenty-live pounds. Address lTniversity of Oregon, Eugene City. Oregon. The lincst Candies, Nuts and Cigar.s in Grant countv for sale at the Bed Front Front Billiard Parlor, Cuiiyon CM y. ; Many petitions are being pre sented to the Washington terri tory legislature asking the re-enactment of the woman suffrage law, but exempting women from jury duty. The Chinese regard the eye of a cat as an infallible indicator of the lime of day. They go by the contraction and expansion of the pupil of the eye, which is in fluenced by the approaching or receding strength of the sunlight. A mushroom plantation has been established in a disused railway tunnel at Edinburgh. The mushroom beds occupy about K(J( yards of the tunnel, the total length of which is about three quarters of a mile. President Diaz, of the Mexi can Iiepublie, favors permitting citizens of the I'nited States to coloni.e Lower California. General Pachcco, Minister of public works, oppo-es the scheme. He distrusts Ameri cans and refers to Texas and its annexation to this government as a precedent. Thy don't think much of drunkards in some of the Aus trian province s viu.re a person tarries with the cup Uh long is treat d as a criminal and fined -iU and sent to jail for two months. After being eotivict 'd thivtim "S. the tojH-r is forbidden to frequent J iirniKiiuj ijiace i t i and is subject to heavy ncnallies for violaunir tie law." They think still less of I them in this country f.r not hav- 1 in; tie twenty dollars. tiw. The articles recieved will ier, ami uikr ".' ior n gen he classified, labeled with the eiMtittn. But at l.ibt each was . ,.r n ...i . sitt'de njrain. ml the old lovers FA C'lW WO M Til UNO WING! GALL 4 jj hmm Eacpcrionooct txcX NO TROUBLE the patronage of the people of Gram County, . Tn,t; T, m,rl n. huxin.P.XS hnusa Ul LOW Jnce u itny ni faithfully. aillVU'C 7 . -.... r r.n i'f 7 1 1 I I l 1,1 y i y' A romance in real life, with the saddest of sequels has woven its -elf through the career of Hon. E. B. Taylor, Garlleld'a successor in congress. In the days of their youth the coiigre.-stnan and his lady lota wero betrothed, but soon alter sepeiated by a lover's OUairel: tho CSt M ngCUlOlll WttS i I'mal, and they otch wfdded an- i , i.i ir - l i w .' . nulled ttieir destinius alxjut one month ago mid e.ime to the capi tal. Last -eek an unknown lady was found alone and unconscious on n troot of Ynbhi:i"ton. Sho yriM ttikeh to a hospital aild died 1 frrf. Iw.itwr i.l,.i,f if'o 1 V lint a n tKlOre bfllljj ltlL-UllLOvl. W liat Jll linh:VUV ate for a I'lido Of but one brief month. I Ins true, sor- rowful ktory roals like a chapter of fiction. Washington Cor. lioni, at 1 r.lllll . ll, .l.l.l, l.Ws to the Wlte Oi V. . Jl. JOim - ' son a son, Will be Ladies of -at Court ing, SUJfPER AT GROT f LEAP-YEAR BALL! Friday COMMITTEE OF ARKAXGEMEtfTR: Mrs. C. W. Honham, Mrs. Peter Kuhl, Mrs. C. W. Parriah, Mrs. K. II. Horsley, Mrs. V. S. Southworlh. COMMITTEE O.V INVITATION: M'iss M. L. Doutliit, Miss Lilly Overholt, Miss Annie Metsuhanj Mr?. II. Guernsey, Miss Hovie Swank. COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION: Miss IL Iforsley, Mrs. .1. Sol linger, Miss M. Swank, Mrs. W. sillier: FLOOR .MANAGERS: Miss M. Overboil. Miss KHa Seis, Miss Pee Gage, Miss V. Pairish. i Rl.nrnniic in i,p onnlipf? In RtiilHInn Fnnrl nT Hnninr I nrlnn No. 78, . TICKETS, Including Supper AT TME in bran J 1. 1 1 0 23L3. 0. XL Jl y OlOrliO to TO SHOW GOODS Q !! RICH 111 Ej IF PRAIRIE CITY, OGN. J3ill Nye occasionally stum bles 'upon some thing closely resembling a truth, the follow ing being an example: UA paper has a great number of opportu nities for jumping on a wrong with both fect, while the gentle man who furnishes the informa- tion conceals himself in a cy clone cellar that opens with a time lock. KKW THIS WEEK. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Oflk tt La Cmndc, Oregon. Jn.4. lolls. named aettler Imn filed notice of hii Inttntloo ' to m:lkr C"' P"0' ln spP"rt of bii clJin, and thal ,,1 jriKlfm h taade bfor tbCouuty I i;!crS.fOraiii couuty. at Canyon Citr. r. on , v 7H ,r ,Uc x Ujf sc,,u.ir. sw quur Mi ; !m,Jj'rt iuar si:,iu J. Tp. ti, a a ) " Uf mmn th ollowinja!ie-ci loproYb!a j continuous reniilncr u:oy, ami cultivatlou of, an. J u Xuore. all of MU Vrnon. Or:itCo. i Oregon. 42-47 1 HENRY 1UNEIUIIT. Rq:ltcr. given by tho- Canyon city, the- House, January 27, 1888. II & THOMPSON'S. A. 0. U. v. SSMO V.' nit oil you. Caonty! TP and wo guarantee them EaStCTlb UrCQOn. 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