Grant Co. News.
Jan-19, 1SS8.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Born, at John Day, Jan. 8th,
. 1S$S. to the wife of Chas. Timms,
a son.
At Baker City the mercury
was forty degrees below zero last
week.
The Democratic Stale Conven
tion will be held in Pendleton,
on April 3d, 1S8S.
Sheriff Dore is procuring to start
on his annual tax-col locting tour
over the comity.
"Kidiard is himself again!"
For proof s:c "ad" of G. D. Rick
arri, on another page. ,
Awful cold during the past
week. Over thirty degrees be
low zero a few nights.
Pumps and water pipes aro
nourly all froze up, but tho chi
nook is expected along soon.
A miner over in Union county
brands MeYieker, the Salt Lake
assay er, as being unreliable.
At this writing, Jan. ISth the
atmosphere fceis very much as
though a chinook was coining.
Fok Sai.k, One cook stove,
almost new. So. 7. For price
inquire of II. Stansell. or at the
"Red Front." 14
Eunice Cottrall. a great-grandchild
of King Philip, died last
week at tlie Pegnot reservation,
Conn, aged lo years.
A B. Schrodes and Lucinda
Comygs, of Harney Valley, have
scnm'd marriage? license, the first
the clerk has issued in 1S.SS.
John Johnson, who formerly
worked for Sollinger in the black
smith business at this place, died
at Prairie Cily last week, of fever.
The mail on the lower end of
the Canyon-Mitchell route is
carried on horseback, the drifted
snow preventing sleighs from run
ning. The Columbia river in the vi
cinity of The Dalles was closed
by ice last week, earlier than ev
er "before without .a heavy fall of
see or snow.
Work on the Orcnon Pacilic
in Malheur wits stopped last week.
The forc of men. numbering
about 120 persons were paid off
and discharged. -
A serious form of feaver is very
prevalent in this vicinity, and
doctor? are kepi busy. A mini
her of persons in town are aflHct
ed, but so far no, deaths have oc
ewrred, SjKt'p are dying at a fearful
jrale down the valley. Harvey
Fields, we understand, is the
heaviest loser et. J I is are re
WrtHl dying at the rate of fifty
per day.
Susanville voting' precinct was
established by the County Court
iuslveelc. Also a new voting
jpreeincl eonijwising Bear Valley.
Jioad district No. 27 was estab
3islied in Bear Valley.
The range eat tic are suffering
severely -from the deep snow and
cold, says the Jlarney Items, and
unless- tin wcatlwr moderates
materially and a chinook visits
tltesc arts, then' will lx' very
heavy losses.
The two Johns Sutherlanil iv
Brandt have moved down
from Prairie City, at which place
licy have been working several
unoiithf. They say the mercury
frow u) in the thermometers a
iuuuIkt of nights lately up there.
John Ilerburger lost a valuable
jim re. last week, caused by his
team breaking through the ice
while he was hauling hay. The
mare became tangled in the har
ness ami drifted under the ice in
the John Day before she could be
rescued.
On account vjf snow and ex
tremely cold wcatlicr the stage
from Hums has1 not arrived on J
Saturday night as usual, for the ;
last -two or three trips, but comes j
in on Sunday night. 1 hey have
AO hoursin which to make the
drive, therefore deliver the mail
at this place on time.
We hope our readers, both dem
ocratic and republican, will elect
good -men at the primaries to at
tend the county convention -men 1
who know their own minds and
will not be hood-winked by " wire
pullers, nor controlled by "rings." j
Eht-t good men to the convention .
mid all will Ikj run on the square. :
Small-pox is rapidly spreading
i S.111 Francisco, in fact has been i
declared epidemic. A report was i
in eireulMtion last week that both
Seattle and Tacoma had a few !
afi&v, of th disease, but this is de-j
nied by tho health officers of those !
places. San Fnneisco's earless- ;
nes m ty ot cant e ine uisua&u io
spread over the c ast.
A. young nephew of A. W.
fmiwr. of ( ami) Harney was i
found frozen to dentil on Sunday,
Jan. S. He had gone to the tim
lr after a load of wood on Mon
day the 2nd, and had lain frozen
in an empty cabin six miles from
his home almost a week when
found. The young man's age
was IS or 19 years, and he came
from California last fall.'
The Lurid Leveler Again.
Last Saturday evening about 8
n'eloek. vhiln nvorvbodv was hov-
frimr nivmnd slni-os iVvinnr in lfffti
from freezing the alarm was given
o j -a i
that the town was on the, and
quicker than you could think ev
erybody was "on the go."
The scene of the conflagration
was the residence of Hubert Lock
wood, situated in the very heart
of tho cily. No time was to be
lost, and none was lost, for while
a part of tho crowd formed them
selves into a bucket brigade others
adjusted the hose to tho fire hy
drant just across the street, and
a gone stream of water was turned
on the inside of the burning build
ing, which by this time was be
coming immensely hot. 15y a mi
raculous providence the fire w;is
subdued and the blackened shell of
si building stands to-day as a re
minder to the pjoplc of what a
narrow escape they had from a
repetition of the scenes of 1870
when everything in the place went
up in smoke. Snow on the roofs
prevented adjoining buildings from
taking lire, and the Canyon City
water work d d the balance. But
we again
ur:je
the necessifv of
purchasing a hose-cart and some
new hose, and also of organizing a
hook ami ladder company.
Every hotly worked with a will,
and one notieable feature was that
some who had not a dollar invest
ed in property here wore foremost
in the work of extinguishing the
Uames.
Mr. Lockwood and family lost
almost everything they had in the
house, as the lire, which origin
ated in the bed-room, hail gained
such headway when discovered ,
that not much time was had to
save the household effects. A sub
scription was circulated for their
relief, and quite a sum was raised.
We are all thankful that the re
sults wore not niorft serious.
Camping out on the hill with tho
m eicury away below zero would
not bo very pleasant.
- o .
Cot yair partner for the leap
year ball?
The big railroad bridge across
the Willamette at Portland is
nearly completed. j
Bill Gray's rustling meat carver,
Bill Kandig, is slowly recovering
from an attack of fever.
Miners arc waiting for the weath
er to moderate so they can gj to j
work devclopm
their lfdgc.
coal in California is selling at
&9T nni
Ion and
strawberries
oU a quart.
m
New Vork at $7.
The public debt statement shows
net cash in treasury over
000,000. or nearly one half of the
entire debt of the nation
Ceo. Biese.M drove a Uuid of his
horses in from Bear Valley think
ing he would find warmer weather
this side of the mountain.
Railroad acvidenls on the O. R.
tt N., and Short Line have lx en
numerous lately, but attended by
no serious consequences.
A Kansas man has recovered
damages against the U. P. railroad
for failing to deliver cattle in
Kansas rit- at tho lime he con
tracted fcr.
A man was futrnd frozen one
day last week by the stage driver
a few miles this side of Auburn,
in Baker county. The man was
lying on his back in thei road, and
the coroners jury rendered a ver
dict that he came to his death
from heart disease. Deceased's
name was James Holland
At this ohVo can be seen a
model of an. absolutely lire-proof
roof -plate for stovepipes, the m
vculion of Mr. J. 11
Cain on Citv. With
j lumps, or ;
this attatcll-
mont it would be impossible for
the ceiling or roof to become heat
ed sullieiently to take lire, call
and look at the invention.
An exerimcnt is Wing made
on the California coast to lesl
the utility of ocean wave force.
At an ojcning in some clili's
great fans are suspended, and
their movements at the ebb and
How of the waves is so geared as
to work immense pumps, which
are designs! to fill large reservoirs
on elevations, those lxing used to
supply water power to manu
factories of various kinds.
Detective Sam. Simftions says
there is a regular Kukluk Klan
in Polk count v. First they com
menccd to burn the barns of
those who refused to discharge
their Chinese employees. Then
they hung Kelty. A few days
since two Chines wash men at
Monmouth were found dead in
the well on the premise? they had
occupied with their wah house.
Simmons thinks that, this foul
work was done by the sinie gang
that murdered Kelty.
The regulation annual 'smoke''
was lately seen to issue from the
top of Mt. Hood. Various par
ties witnessed the phenomenon,
but t!eir accounts as to its color
did not agree. Some said that
volumes of pitch 1 lack, vqricd by
an occasional sheet of Manic, roll-
el away from the top of the hoary !
mountain: others saw a column
resembling steamboat smoke;
others a beautiful, light, fleecy
cloud hovering about the topmost
peak; and others nothing at all.
There was evidently something
unusual about the sentiincl of the
Columbia, but just what it was
is a subject for discussion.
Judges and Clerks.
The following is a list of the
Judges and Clerks of election
appointed by the County Court
at its recent session.
Canyon City Pkecinct.
Judges John Muldriek, Thos.
Smith. I. H. Wood. Clerks
Win. .Miller, C. W. Parrish.
John Day.
Judges 1). N. Luce, Chas.
Cray, (i. 1. Ilazeltine. Clerks
F. f McCallum, C. W. Dart.
Mauysvim.i:.
Judges I. J. llaguewood,
Hugh Cannon. Dan Fisk. Clerks
1). B. Rinchart, F. P. Horsley.
C.NlON.
Judges Ceo Shearer, A. L.
Thompson. Isham Laurance.
Clerks Henry A. Hyde, J. B.
Johnson.
Cuanitk.
Judges II. McCann. Aug
Ihiekiuan. J. Klopp. Clerks
Ceo W. Cleaver, (J. A. Clark.
Long Ckkkk.
Judges Chas. Balhmce, Chas.
Lee. Ed. C. Allen. Clerks S.
F. Branson, ('has. Crowley.
NoK'nr Funic.
Judges Jos Putnam, Milos
Roach. Jas. 1 1. Mcllaley. Clerks
P. W. Caris, II. A. Cupper.
Fox.
Judges W. 0. Centrv, Frank
McCirr. II. W. Sears. Clerks
W. H. Short, Henry Murphy:
Haystack.
Judires W. II. dales, Carson
C. Miissiker, W. B. Hughes-Clerk.-!.
F. Darcey, W. A.
Fisher.
Snoo Fly.
Judges d. W. Chapman, B.
X. Donnelly, J. B. Meador.
Clerks S. J. dilliam, F. M. Par
sons. MorxTAix Ckkek.
Judges ?d. Howe, W. L.
Campbell. Wm. Fry. Clerks
C. W. Iluss-11. Walter Cowne.
BocK Cukf.k.
Judges Milt Laswell, Hiram
Branson, deo B. Owens. Clerks
J. W. Waterman, John Erick
son. j
Soi tii Fork.
Judges A. P. Snyder, Lvman !
Perkins,
W.
W.
B. Donaldson.
Clerks J,
Lewis, Duncan
McKay.
Middle.
Judge? P. Thomas, J. W
Lemons, H. Workins. Clcrks
I J. B. Edington, Jas. A. Pope.
ML VIES.
Judges John A. Cameron, K.
vUJ. Ziikcv, Robert Hines. Clerks
.Jl Ed c! Buckley, Dan Camblin.
Bos?: ISrn.
Judges John ITvde, David
Cutting. B. V. Otlicer. Clerks
I. L. Harrison. Mart Bayley.
Judges A. J. Vanhorn, Thos.
Howard. Jacob Bavles. Clerks
Ceo W. Porter. Win. Wvllie.
Hauxky.
judges A. W. Howser, I.. L.
Cross, B. F. Claypool. Clerks
J. C. Buckland, Wm Lessing.
Brass.
judges Ceo Huston, John
Zeiuler. Thos. Haskell. Clerks
WC, Byrd, M. N. Figtly.
Camp (U huky.
judges BJK Witzel, Fred Oaker
man. TN Baker. Cbrks Thos
J .Shields. RoWt Baker.
Drxincu A' Blitkux.
judges J W Scott, and 1) II.
Smvth, Sylvester Smith. Clerks
H M Horton. W V
Catai.ow
King-
judges D L Shirk, Dan Pax
ton. Catalow Clerks Jos
1 Iockendel, ('row
AI.VORI)
Judges n k i. i.avton. Dennis
murphy, nenry sturgeon, clerks
'rtwivtilmi v iwuin f if Monntifilrl
warm spmxns
Jtplges Jos mint, v m narr,
Arnold. clerks ceo w owings,
rco uichman,
HI.IT.KX
judges s nandlv, j w nowe.
d Mccloimhlin.
clerks a v.
migi
bet. v s iteider
srsA.vyn.LK
-i) v sniver.
.nidges-
c j Lane,
uichard j'atrum.
clerks e r
nayley. nus smith
O.MVK
! .nidges sam carpenter, u w.iolin-
son, i.afe Fanner. clerks c r
now, James niffen
in: Alt VALLEY
.nidges .mnes imdly, 'iiel
inick. m t rcarson. clerks
James Allen, John a wickiser
HAMILTON
judges .j m Hamilton, s m
Franklin, John carrey. clerks
ceo naker, ;eo v Mciialey.
DIED.
At his home, on Jan. M, 1S8S,
John Johnson, aged 2'2 years, !
months and '2-1 days. To the
heivayed parents and relatives,
friends extend their heart felt
sympathies. Farewell Johnny.
Peace be to your ashes. Weep
not dear .Mother, trust in Cod
and be comforted.
Prairie City. Or., Jan. 17.
A Texas editor, having darned
,hat the fathor of a rival journalist
j,.u beon m tilL, ppnitontiary, wos
told that he must retract or die.
His retraction read as follows:
"We were mistaken in suiting
that the father of the Bugle editor
had been in the penitentiary.
The efforts of his friends to hava
his sentence commuted to impris
onment for life failed, and tho
wretch was hanged.
Resolutions of Condolence.
To the Noble Grand, Vice
Grand, Officers and Members of
Mountain View Lodge, No. 33.
I. 0. O. F.
Dkak Sirs, axd Brothers:
Your committee appointed to
draft suitable resolutions on the
death of Brother Past Grand Le
Bret have discharged the duty
assigned them, and beg leave to
submit the following:
Wiierkas, "Through the
the inexorable law of mortality"
our highly esteemed and Worthy
Brother Past Grand Jules Le
Bret has been suddenly called
from our mitrst, and now that
death, like a mirror, shows the
true rellex, we are therefore en
abled to see his character undis
turbed by the passions, the preju
dices and the infirmities of life,
and may it be truly said of him,
that nothing in life became him
more than the manner of his leav
ing it, as death had no terror for
his enlightened mind. Through
the natural impulse of affection
that springs unbidden in the hu
man heart he may have experi
enced regrets at the thought of
leaving those ho held. most dear
on earth, but he leaves to his
bereaved family, sorrowing rela
tives and sympathizing friends, a
valuable legacy in the remem
brance of his virtues, his services
his honor and truth, therefore,
Resolved, That by the death
of Brother Past drand Le Bret,
Mountain View Lodge has sus
tained an irreparable loss his
honesty, fidelity and sincere de
votion of Odd Fellowship during
a long service of years had en
deared to and secured for him
the unbounded esteem and confi
dence of his brethren, and to that
extent that he had been chosen
to fill every position of honor and
responsibility within the gift of a
subordinate Lodge, ami also that
of District Deputy drand Mas
ter, in all of which he discharged
his various duties wit li fidelity,
in a manner acceptable to his
brothern, conducive to the best
interests and welfare of his own
Lodge, and for the advancement
of the principles of our beloved
order.
Resolved, That being bound
to our deceased Brother by the
sacred ties of Friendship, Love
and Truth, we take this method
of expressing our heart felt sym
pathy for his grief-stricken widow
and disconsolate orphan children
in their sad bereavement, by his
death. They have lost their nat
ural guardian and protector, a
LaroEBf
And see the Most Complete Stock of General Merchandise ever
brought to the county. We have
The only complete Stock of Goods in GR AWT COUNTY,
The Prices arc such that we defy competition- Wc want your trade. Come
and see ns.
SJVo h.avo 3E33CipOi'ioiacocl and Gontlomanly
We respectfully rnU for tho County, and we guarantee them
first-class goods at as low prices as any legitimate business house in Eastern Oregon. Keep
your money at home and we will serve you faithfully.
kind and cfieclionate parent, and
the blessings and comforts of
their childhood's home,
Resolved. That while we sin
cerely deplore this inevitable de
cree of a cruel fate, and sadly
miss him in our daily lives, his
presence and advice in our coun
cils, we will cherish in sacred re
membrance all that was manly,
noble and generous in his life and
character as an impetus and in
spiration to those of us who re
main behind for a while, but soon
to follow after, and that our pray
ers for him will assume the stage
of persistent, unremitting effort to
assist and aid his orphan child
ren. Resolved, That our hall be
suitably draped, that the brethren
wear the usual badge of mourn
ing for a period of thirty days,
that a suitable space be set apart
in our records, entitled ''ji memor
ial page," upon which tile resolu
tions shall be transcribed. Also
that they be forwarded to the
Graxt CorxTY News for publi
cation, a copy sent to each of the
two Lodges, Hobah, No. 22, and
Sunrise Rebekah Degree Lodge
No. 21), a copy presented to Sister
Le Bret, and one preserved by
the Lodge to be presented to his
children when they have attained
an age capable of comprehending
their intent.
Respectfully submitted in F.
L. ami T.
A. L. Thompson.)
'.... CM (
Ceo. Shearer.
5
Committee.
M. N. Bonham
Road Supervisors.
The Hon. County Court ap
pointed the following supervisors
for the districts named:
No. 1,
Thos. J; Smith.
Cal .Johnson.
I Jco. Dollina.
Jon Wilson.
Walter Carsner.
J. W. Creenwell.
J. W. Hamilton.
,L A. Powell.
D. C. MeCarty.
Joseph Slurtevanl.
Wm. Harvey.
Joseph 15. Meador.
W. O. (Sentry.
Wm. Luce.
J. M. Asehev.
F. ('.. lilume.
Horace Trask.
Alex MeKinna.
J. P. Cearhart.
J. Hughes.
John A. Wickiser.
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12,
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15,
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20,
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2-1.
25.
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From every quarter come reports
of extremely cold weather.
FACTS WORTH KNOWING! !!
CALL AT TEJi
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS!
Card of Thanks.
Can von City, Or., Jan. 17, 1S8S.
To" the Editci ot the Grant
Couxty News: Will you kindly
permit mo through tho colums of
your paper, to tender mysincoie
and heartfelt thanks to thoso
friends, through tho nobleness of
their hearts, tendered me pecuni
ary relief by the haudo of Seriff
1 Jore. Friends lapjireci.ueyourno
bleaKt, and while I cannot accept
your donations, I am not insensi
ble to the feelings of friendship
that prompted this benevolent act.
I cannot oxplain to you at this
time my reasons for refusing this
relief, other than the general rea
soiij that, my nature will not per
mit mo to accept. '
I do this in the earnestness -of
my heart, and assure you that
tin's act of yours is appreciated by
me, and your friendly tender of
relief will be remembered by me
forever. I have again placed
the.se funds in the hands of my
esteemed friend A. C. Dore, who
will, in my name return them with
my earnest wish s of your pros
perity. Again thanking you sin
cerely, I remain Yours Truly,
Roiu:kt Lockwood.
A bill has been introduced in
the Washington Territory Legis
lature prohibiting persons holding
the oflicesot Sheriff and Treasurer
in any county in the Territory for
more than two terms.
When lhy wek, uo jjnra btx Casterkv,
When sfce wRi a ChlW ilte eriatl for CastorK
Vli!i rh lttH Mtw.iWrftwijr toCaitoria,
FAST FREIGHT.
W. C. Smith, Proprietor.
On and after the first day
December I will haul freight
of
at
the following figtnvs:
On all packages from Baker
City to Prairie, John Dny or Can
yon Citv:
1(10 lbs.
Per
3 cents.
1,000 "
Over 1,000 lbs
I will pay
2h
advance charges at
!d;er City ami collect same on
delivery.
Flour and Coal oil for sale, and
will pay Cash for hides and pelts.
Ail orders seat to Baker in caie
of S. A. Ileilner or the Pacific
Rvnrncu C'.n ,r?II lr ih'iitiiiiIIv nl- 1
tended to.
tf W. C. Smith
minimmrrr
7
l. V V . v. .
Laranr
Olorlts tc wn.lt oai yoxi.
0URKHEIMER
PRAIBIJ!
Land Office Tusiness;
The following statement shows
the business transacted in tbe U.
S. laud ofiico at La Grande dur
thoyear 1887:
G15 pre-emption declara'o-y state
ments tiled.
f 320 original homoatcad entries
embracing 47,757.38 acres.
15G original timber culture entries,
embracing 22,534.80 acres.
16 original desert land entries,
embracing 2, 751.93
309 cash entiies,
emption, timber
including pre
aud stone and
excels on homestead and limber
culture entries, embracing 3G,
880.22 Total number of acres C9, 933
.33 There were also 1S4 final home
stead entries, enibiaeing 22,534 80
acres, 9 final timber culture en
tries, 13 tinal desert bind entne,
embracing 1,919.70 acres, 12 ap
plications for mineral hmd and 13
linal "mineral laud entiies."
In Turkev, when a m: n tells a
lie, the public pr.inter comes
around and paints tho frcntof his
house black. What a solemn ap
pearance would our cities p csent
if that were the fash uoil ere in a
campaign.
Rcml tho Dentil Boll,
: Which the I ills of mortality of any l&rg
! city may bo fitly doslsnnted, and yon wiU
Cud that em.l and vesical maladies, that la
I to say those tiat a2cct tho kidneys or bhtd-
dcr, have a remarkable prominence tvo had
J almost said rrcpondcrnncc. Bright'. dla-
cac and (liabutid in the chronic ttao aro
' rarely enr d, and gravel, catarrh of tho
! bladilT and cntirc3ld alay many. Yet at
1 the outlet. iv h a the trouble merely amounts
to Inactivity of tho orpans involved, tho
' danger may ba nullified by that pleasant ro
I nal tonioind diuretic, Il .atcltcr's Stomnch
! hitters, ich imparts the requisite amount
! of lone to tho orgaiu, without over-cxclUnjf
i thrm, and tho use of "which Is convenient,
, nnd involves noclaboratoprenaration. Dys
j pepsla, a u ual concomitant "of renal cora
i i 'aints, and debility, which thpy Invarin-.
tly produce, aro remedied by it. So also
--a constipation, malarial, rbuiusutic usd
I Vrvoua ailmcuu.
i FOR SALE
j I, the undersigned, wishing lo
; remove to Baker C'i'y, offer fot
! sale my Blacksmith Shop and
'Slock of Hardware, ami abo
Dwelling House, verv chop. Aay
one wanting a good shop in Prai
rie City can ::it a great Bairgain.
j Also, what time I stay here, I will
. srll Hardware and Work very
' cheap, for Cash.
! All knowing themselves indebt
ed to me mu.it call and Settle at
; once. G. W. McCoim.
I Prairie City, Or., Nov. 20, 1SS7.
E'er Sale,
nt, p-.! tamiion. in Cnaren GUy,
(iihxI t.r,'.il, isu: F r tiH- apity lo
novSl'.f Wm. MIftLEK.
Cq
CITY, OGN.