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Grant Co. News. LOCAL BREVITIES. Circuit Court next Monday. .See Notice of Haptonstall & Dfirt. Republican County vent ion to-dnv. Convene i Sec "ad." of the ball to he giv- en nt Prairie Citv, to-morrow night. - Roads across the mountains between here and linker City are said to be simply awful. 2so bot tom to the mud. Rev. J. IT. Wood will hold Di vine service at John Day next Sabbath, at 1 1 A. M., and at Canyon City in the evening. Grass is nourishing on the hills, and with several good showers of rain the range would, lie in excellent condition. The linker County Democratic Convention took twenty-two bal lots for the candidate for Sheriff, and at last nominated Wm. Kil burn. "Dikj" Ciniiro:i takes his de feat for th nomination for Sher iff quite philosophically, and is now busy with his duties as County Assessor. Grant County's mountains con tain IkhLs of marble that will some day Ik a source of wealth, to say nothing of her mines of gold, silver, coal and iron. Even while we write an item in 1 regard to fine, Spring weather, . along comes a snow-squall and J knocks the poetry all out of it. ! That is Grant county's weather,! at present. j Danger to the fruit crop is ap prehended, although apples ami hardier kinds of fruit are thought to lx perfectly safe, as yet. The col! weather is keeping the buds back ni-ely. gX'TH'K: A Social Dance will Ik given at Masonic Hall, in Canvon Citv. on Fridav evening. next, April (5th, l.SSS, all are invited, and a time assured. to which pleasant There is more mourning in "cul elsurod" Pent on over the defeat of Pugilist Sullivan than there would 1h over the roasting of ninety and nine missionaries by Uk cannibals. Tom Smith. Jr., is prosp'cting the ctrlmnab'S up the ei-eek. It 15 his intention to sink a shaft, fifty feet in d-pth. ly so doing the chances are that he will strike something worthy of mention. Democratic delegates to the State Convention departed in due liiite. Convention met at Ren dition, last Tuesday, but of course, nothing has been learned as yet. concerning their business. John Ihinton. of whom we made mention last week, was hound owr in the sum of .$000, to appear in the Circuit Court, at The Dalles, in May. II . gave 1 Minds ami returned home, arriv ing h"f- Sunday night. A. C. Hall has sold his horse. "Johnny Knox," to Gilliam Pros., of H irn.y Valley, for the sum of 1,000. The horse is worth much more than that amount, and if lw had proper training would be as valuable a horse as Oregon contains. Gardening has commenced in some localities of the pleasant John Day valley. While blast ing blixzards are howling about our Eastern neighliors. our far mers are sitting on the fence watching the potatoes grow only HUtes are not up yet. We lwipc th" next Legislature will rep'al the law compelling central oniuiittn's to purchase Ui.r t- le use 1 for ballots, of the Secretary of State. They p:iv that dignitary an exorbitant price for the paper, ami such a law is a nuisance, and should be repealed iM'fore another election. j$s?$nfU"r.: Coaxing is entire ly out of order, and members of th.? shaving fraternity, knowing tbema"lves to be indebted to the Canyon City liarber. wishing to retain th.-ir good reputation, will save extra expense by calling and settling their "Little Accounts." before it is everlastingly too late. "Awl don't you forget it!" 8 Ye who lost stock last winter console yourselves with the glar ing fact that a ranchman in Hunt county, Texas, lost four hundred and twenty head out of a herd of five hundred head, dur irja cold tidal wave a few weeks ago. A Texas pap.u- is our au thoritv for tlr?sam which shows thnt Oregon is n t th in the Cnion. worst state 1 eopic wm. grt lt"; birds are singing their sweet r. 1 ...1.. 1 ... !....!..... !.., nou?. :u .-1 . u eioclv , tI c n o, ,.- msr. will no well to Keep a louk out for the brand new comet which is now coining North at rate of a degree a dav. It is 1 pet sheep through death was reported to possess a verv brilli- .somewhat consoled on visiting a jiit nucleus and a tsiil as straight ! cemetery one Sunday afternoon, as a crowbar. It was discovered . '-Mamma," he said, as he discov nf (W Town, last month, and ered a number of marble figures rie earlv cverv morning, ami will in a few dav be visible to all , who stay up late or get enough. Hi) C'll'lV " Another Pioneer. Last week handed us a Mr. I. H. Wood copy of the "Citv Journal.'' hearing date of March !)th, ISuS, the first issue of the ; first paper issued in the State ' East of the Dalles. In it we find : an interesting (lesenpuon 01 Grant Count v and the Canyon i creek gold mines, which it is our ! intention at a future period to ! ' publish, as it would interest ev-! ' erv resident of the county. I f The paper states that J. J. , Cozart A: Co., shipped from this j place to Camp Harney, 1,800.000 j ! pounds of grain. The grain was ! ! shipped by pack trains. Wol j linger A' Workins cleaned up 805 j ounces from their claim in four j day's run, working six men. i That was the vear in which (5 rant and Seymour ran for Pres ident, and the result of the No vember election in the county is given as follows, by precincts: Pkcixcts Dkm j l7upprr Canyon, H8 Rki 55 12! 5 01 2.S 17 15 Lower Canyon, .SO John Day, 80 Cnion, 59 Granite Creek, 22 Rock " j 19 Elk k 21 Olive " '11 Total 855 1 Democratic majority 12 The little .sheet, yellow with age, is prized as a relic, and wo arc pleased with the favor ironi Mr. Wood. jtjpM'inc Hats for sale, at Hap tonstall it Dart's Messrs Clifford it Willitim are I in attendance at the State Con I vention. at Pendleton. j Mrs. (Ico. Morgan, of Drewscy, j is seriously ill, having required the medical assistance of Dr. Orr. of this city. A man named A user, in Ver mont, is only thirty-nine inches high. 1 Ie must be the short ans wer that does not turn away wrath. jpSXoTicK: Peter Ivtihl has for sale pure Plymouth Rock, Hrown Leghorn and Black Span ish hen eggs, warranted to be genuine. o A proposed extcntion of ihe Southern Pacific through Lake and the Northern part of Baker and CJrant counties, tipping the Short Line at or near Ontario, is the latest. Many a weary youth, sitting in his solitary room at midnight, and driving a big needle through 1.. . . 1 1 1 a hutton wall the hack ot his ' jack-knife, is wondering whether , he will be doing his own sewing ' in ISSi), ! One of the arithmetical problems ' al a recent examination was as ; follows: "'The total vote cast at j an election was 2,2()o, one candi- i date receiving a majority of .'?02. j what number of votes did each i receive. A dispatch from Yankton. Da kota, says that the people of the 1 upper Missouri are in a state of intense anxiety lest they shall be visited with one of those disaster ous Hoods which sometimes lake i place in that section of the coun- 1 try. I We desire to call attention to j the fact that correspondents must not appropriate onr "we" in writ j ing articles for publication. As I Conkling s.iys, then are only ; three p.-rsons entitled to the use jnf"uv," to-wil: Kings, editors ! and the man with the ape worm. lCx. I Theeuphrates of tale, swedged ! lx'tween jKirphyry and granite j walls, carrying oxide ofhard-lo-j get and pyrites' of hstrd times. togetner with indications ot great expectations, is the assay of a mine here. recenllv discovered near ' .ut the assay is nierelv : guess-work. What is all this gossip about gentleiii 'ii marrying their type writers? The type-writer is a machine and a very oily and iky oncat that. It is frequently op erated by ladies who would make charming wives, but the type writer itself wouldn't make even a good hired girl. If the names of any of the del egates to the Republican County Convention have been omitted from the published list, they will please not go to shooting, for we found it impossible to get theni in time for this issue of the News. which is printed on Wednesday afternoon. Charles .1. Newton, a trapper well known throughout the West, was drowned in Green river, ' I'tah, in September last. He I was a native of Oregon, and is supposed to have relatives living : some where in this Mate. It- i th(in. any wv , connmni(.ntt. with J. E. Wing, Woodside, I'tah. A little bov who had lost his i 01 lamos on inc lomo-sioncs, 1 r j 1 11... i - L 1 guess I ain't the only one that's 1 1 .. ,.l TM....... r..,. ..... i sn 1 lost a Miccp. 1 line rixaia iu uu lots of 'em buried here." REPUBLICAN DELEGATES. Delegates to the County Con vention, which meets to-day, so far as we have been able to learn, are as follows: Canyon City Phil Metschan, J. H. Wood, "Horace Sloan and I). G. Overholt. John Dav Ed Timms, Chas. Timms, II. M. Rasford and J Haptonstall. Ma ry s vi lie F ra n k Fisk , Markham. Union Robt. Hall, W. F. R. Fisk, M. Howell. W. A. Tu re man. Sam French and M. N. Ronham. Mt. Vernon Jas. Popj and Walter Carsner. Fox Henry Murphy and Win, Shanks. Harney V. J. Miller, F. M. Conn. M.M. Rryerly and G. W. Gilliam. Rurns W. W. Johnson, A. J. Wilson and Hank Levins. Happy Valley D. II. Smyth and W. Y. King. Diamond Chas. Richardson. Davville J. T. Than) and A. S Liteh. S i 1 v i es Chas. Beyer, Drewsey A. J. Vanhorn, Win. Wilie and Miller. Want You To Come. The ladies of Canvon Citv will ! give-an entertainment at Masonic ! Hull, on Wednesday evening. Anril 11th, consisting of Dia logues, charades, tableaux, mus ic, etc., the proceeds of which will be applied to th-j Ihiiiding Fund of Homer Lodge. A. 0. V. W. Come everybody, and bring along your cousins, aunts, sisters and best girl. 2 April breezes blow. Business rather slow. Tell us all you know. Defeated candidates go. Crass continues to grow. In .June the' meet the foe! Snow! the beautiful snow! Mr. Philips is still very low. Remember the Sundav school I show. Emigration to Ilarnevis begin - ning to How S-(iu to Haptonstall & Dart's, at John Day, for your clothing. Candidates for nomination for Sheriff were numerous yesterday. President Cleveland has sent to Congress a message recom mending legislation to prohibit the importation of swine from France and Germany. An old man who never did any thing worse in his youth than throw a snow-ball at a dead cat, will amuse himself by the hour telling whaf a bad bov he was. jjff5"XoTrcE: There will be an Eenterlaimnent given in Mason ic Hall, in Canyon City, by the children of the Sabbath School, on Fii lav evening, the loth inst ill 7 o'clock. Tickets fjOe. Child ren half price. The best family remedy is un doubtedly Pfunder's Oregon Mood Purilier. Harmless, it accom plishes relief where many other medicines failed to do. It may be safely given to the infant as well as "the adult. f.'5 The Iowa Legislature passed a law prohibiting railroads from bringing whiskey into the State. The Supreme Court of the Cnited States have declared this law un constitutional, and now the rail roads are carrying lots of whiskev I into Iowa. 1 i The government has just pro vided the Xavajo Indians with a : ear load of wagons. A few ' months ago they furnished the Moquis with a car load of spring niattress"S. Citizensof Holbrook are expecting that the next will ' a tram load of plug hats and bustles. Pr- scott Miner. The Inter-Ocean very truthful ly says, that the candidate who does the least in tearing down the gooil reputation of his op ponent and arouses the least an tagonism, is the one all other things being emial that gets there. Attempting to reach high honors by pulling others down is a mistake which has been verifi ed a thousand times. NOTICE. Barber Shop For Sale. I will sell at Private Sale, all the furniture and fixtures of the Canyon City llarber Shop, at a bargain, for Cash. Shop center ally located, with No. 1 Hathing Facilities and all the modern inproveinents. Address, Canyon City Hahukh, To the Ladies of Grant Co., Oregon. I have a line stock of the latest styles of Millinery Goods, direct from New York. All are cordi ally invited to call and inspect the same. I'kb Gaoe, proprietor The Nick Nack Store. NEir GOODS, Just opened, at Haptonstall & Dart's, at John Day. Oregon, the 1 nm-t im ui ...w.. o u..u xuuwio, 1 1 . wif i-.i n -w 1 1 nnrit'o j lints iin urant co., also fine ' lf nf Qnrimr ntnl Snminnp Clntb- wi t.n .. i........ . j ing, Cheap for Cash. 2 LONG CREEK CORRESPONDENCE. Lous Creek, March 28, 1S88. Two whiskey drummers, paid our town a visit and made it quite lively for awhile. The nominations made by the fV. ....... f ..... ...... 4 ... pnntti. 4 . . n ,Uu yuu.nu u, .cla y.c sausiucuon 10 tue jLeuiccrais 01 ucweu ouisuic ami 111, mm nan a this part of the county. 1 roof on it. Most of the cabins in We have a butcher shop but no ! tllis Vftl!e3 don't have any roof meat, for vou know this is u cattle j"st covered with with shakes like couutrv, and thoy raise and fatten , ours ami the rain shakes riglr. cattle to ship and not for home j use. At last it has leaked out, there is no humbug this time, every ' tiling is arranged and Tommy j Heudersoni.s going to get married, sure, sure. j Burt Allen feels blue, discour j aged and out of sorts. Well, I j think the girl was just trying him, and would make up agon it he j would on'y try The sawmill will start in saw ing next Monday, which will de privo us of Burt Hynie's compain but he leaves his best girl here, so there is some consolation after all. '1 here came very near bein tragedy enacted in town. A man 1 an. t, and it is full of rails, etc, al- ; appropriate ' committee. The I bv the name of Jackson was both- J wiys ready to catch your wheel i Xortheru Senators were of onoac ! ering "Levy," when he grabled and sometimes lly up and scare a J conl ; cona. tnning the. measure j an ax, and would have used it to ! man off his seat. It is awful good as ujnviseau'l ill-considere.l. a good advantage, nau not some friends interfered. Thursday it snowed nearly the ' whole day long which was satis factory to farmers who need snow : or rain t-j wet the dry ground, while the poor stockman looked gloomy, and was winliiiitr for tine j weather; so you will see, that even Cod Almighty can't please every body in (Irant county. Next Monday the new school term begins, and where the teach- t or will put all the children is a question. It is a shame for this district to let school go on in that ! little old building. A new and ; commodious school building is I needed badly, and I hope the di rectors will come to the same con clusion soon. A little half-breed boy, about S vears old, got lost while hunting for the cows, and for three davs " " and nights wandered without coat or boots and with nothing to eat "When about wot n out n he was ! found and taken care of, 1 v Mr. 1 Carry, who sent him to his home near t'.o Warm Springs. CASES FILED. A list of eases filed with County Clerk, up to last Monday, for dis position by the Circuit Court is as follows: Parker v?. Gilliam Geo. Powell vs. T. Pain. L H. Harlow vs. T. Daiii. Milos Roach vs. Abe Tharp. John M. Fisk vs. T. 13. Hall. J. A Overfelt vs. K. Hall, udm. Thos. Bain vs. W. W. Johnson. F. B. Rinearson vs. Wm. Axe. ('. W. Conger vs. John Carter. I). It. Summerville vs. Thos. Bain. T. F.Buchanan vs. M. E. P.uch auati. E. 10. Ollicer vs. Adam Murray, Gt als. Penfield & Biswell vs. Peter , French. W F. MotVett, adm., vs. .las. T. , MotVett. John McCullough vs. F. I. Mc Callum. John A Withers vs. M. F. ! Withers. ; John Bodyfelt vs. Geo. & Wal- t 1 ter Huston. llali 11 & Fried vs. Kgan ami II. II. Witzel. J. G. Xeden vs. J. N. Hamilton A: A. J. Hamilton. M. 1). Clitford, Hist. Ally., v.-. Max Katnsby and M. E. Caruthers. CONGRESS. The following bills have pas sed the 1. S. Senate, and now await the President's signature: To aid the state of Colorado to support a school of mines. Providing in certain cases for forfeiture of wagon road grants in Oregon. Sawyer reported the bill reduc ing postage on seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions., etc., to one cent per four ounces; passed. LETTERLIST. List of letters reinaininir un- called for in the Canyon City Postollice, Grant county, Oregon, March :11st. 188S: James Bony, C. E. Hycrs, ll. Hatris, Miss Sarah Johnson, Nicholas Lawrence, Mellvile Mox, Mrs Chas. Martin, Dr. G. M. Peal, Geo. Sams. Persons calling for the above will ploase sav "Adveitised." O.' P. Cuksap, P. M. LETTER LIS I. List of letters remaining un called for in the Post Ofiice at Prairie City, Grant Co., Oregon, March Hist,' 1S88: viz: Comegys, John Haner, Ira Luca, Edward E. Morrison, Wm. J. Rogers, Heury J. Thomas, T. B. Persons calling for above, will ! Jnnnn ?, ml vnrt i uoil . oaj ti v. v..,.. j J. W. Mack, P. M. FANCIES FROM FOX. Fox Valley, March 31..1S8S. I told vou I was coins: to Lous: Greek Willi dad. Well 1 was I there. We started early in the tnoniin' and came along pust John Shrier's stage ofiice. It is a new l...,r.s, ..l.m.t- I V 1... l I r,,,.l 1 13 . , , uac uuuuw u u, lurougn onto tue noor. inui s why they call them shakes, ma says. J-he says some of the batcheldors don't have any lloor in their cabins, and that is why they have veget hies all the time An thing will sprout in them places. Across the acadamized avenue from the stage ofiice is Mr. Cou nor's nice new fiame dwelling. About two miles North of Con- Lane." as it is called. Dad said he'd bet that lane was over 1G feet a widn. Some say it is I'O, but it in tun country to got suen men m settle on our roaii s, ' for it gives strangers a cuiuice to notice our enterprise. After leaving this lane you come upon the old Short place, now owned by .11 Y. Blackwell, "the horse j.ckey," who has erected a tine dwelling, one story and a half high. Henry and his; family O'd Mike will make this their future home. As we got to the West side of the valley, we saw a big story and a halt, double action, ,-log house, about mile and iu half off the ruid, and dad said as how that was the Post Oliicc, kept by S. J. W. Z Smith no relative of John nor of "Old Alphabetical Smit'i, of Walla Wnl!n, but just plain .lake Saiith one of the Lust men, 1 . . , ..1 1 "c ever siw, to seme up ! new country. A bout a half a mile North of .Jakes is the residence of Mr. Dun lap, w hat ownes the nrnes near 1 where dad's ranch is. It, the bouse, not the mine is a double, bin loofed loir cabin. est of ' this house, cm the road, stands I Frank MeCiir's two story and a half hotel, and as big a barn 11 . you want, too Shad: I roes all ; around the hous and he has about as many children running ( around his place as Jake Smith. Another good man for the country, i I suppose. Adjoining his place and north, is Harney, his brother, 1 with a new house, a new wife and i everything new around there, and 1 he's a rustler from away hack. ! "That is the last houso on the Vnrth irl. i.f the v.-illcw" savs dad. '"and now mv son, uenic iio- ' ing up the mountain, and you get your 1:1111 rendv for cougars and wildcats, ' and just then dad struck a stump and broke an axle, a we camped for the niyht. and it a raining There is a lot come, and I wll next time to tell Creek- 01 company just have to wait till vou about Long Lord! If vou could hear how some of these Missouri wimmin are going on about that bov what told si.di stuff in the last papu, you'd split. Vuuis. from the same Bov. lt, Georgia is, or is supposed to a proiiinuioii 1 1 . state, us only forty-six thousand four hundred aud seventy- seven men have been prosecut ed there ilnrino- the last ten years for illicit whiskey distil ling, mostly iu the mountain districts. Senator Uowen went to Colora do from Arkansas ten yens ago. broken in health and poor. One night he won a hundred dollars at poker and gave it to a pros- pector tor :i gruo stake. As a rc j suit of this venture he gained the I Little Annie and Golcondo mines j which have paid him as high as : . 10.000 a day in hard cash. A conservative estimate places the i ore in sight at 2 JAY ',000. Fx. Estray Notice. Came on the premises of the 1 undersigned, about two vears ago, , One dark iron-gray mate, live j years old, about HI hands high, : and branded with monogram ".I. , A. N." The owner is requested to call, pay charges and get the , saute. Sam;;i:i. Fuench. Prairie Citv. nr.. March l'.lih , o i A Twenty-Five Dollar Reward! Strayed from the ranch of the , undersigned: One small white . . . ..1 1.... i r n mare, Oraiul on suouiuei , o ; (5 years; one bay man 'J L connected, with branded. :,bove I lnaml. on stille. ace -1 years: black 3 -year-old lilleya, bri tided ' same biand on s'ille one having a very large white f.ue and legs, the other a blaze fac; one bay ' lmtuo 'A vears o i . Willi lill '( white face and legs, ' .... . , 1 branded same I as tiltevs on stiue. I will "ive S1U for in format iou nor s viin en in m i u oin uu.is .......i : ci.. 1 :n .1:.. 1 . 1 v , it.iiu..i, tmi. 1 il.- .. I 1 AIT.. . 1 . ,.i'lm- ,.nn nr liorn vmi uiei. 1. 1 . .' .stales. 1 ur many $ ears my wile sui- j " , , 1 " oesire on tne part or tue ex- ft..,i rxcmciatiug pains, fm.uent and an exhibition of the enterprise of Confenerates for the passage of violent. In ti sbc triel .St. Jacolw 1 a tr; Iv f'nfiil man. 'vTohn I'arrv s ' 1. - 1: ... 1 1 1 Oil r a -" illl MIIM1 L'.VClIIILItlllill IIIISISUII'. UUL I w... - ' ' , -. v uim that will lead me to their when- , . a bouts, or will give $25 for their ! A Chicago inventor has per deli vet y tomcat mv ranch four j d olectne contribution .;i0 WoKt nf Ganvon Citv. or ! hox tor church use. An alarm So a piece for what may be found, 2 JAS. A. liOFTON. Canyon City, March 20, 1S88. WASHINGTON CORRESPOND-ENCE. Weekly Budget of News as Furnished by our Regular Corres pondent. Washington. March 31, 188. J i Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, j vf EJuc.tioml blI1 has just introdnc d another meas ore over which the mere question ; of reference caused q-utea spirited debate. It provides that in ap pointments to civil service posi tions the wounded and disabled ex Confederate soldiers shall Le given preference over other Con j federates Speeches were maile J bv Sen tors Piatt, Hule, Berry, I Blair, Hoar, lliddieberger, I lamp ! ton, George, Majderso: , Daniel ! and Hawley. j The Southern Senators, while expressing the kindliest feedings 1 for the generosity and philan thropy whicn had prompted the thought that as n m ttter ot cour- tfsv ntwl 11 nifnt-mil v nf riiitiir I 1,511 Ki,mii,i i rpfrinii to its Senator Blair s.u'd he had intro : ,lK.e(1 na bill in entire good faith. II(J umieiatooiI that in the cue state of North Carolina, tlnre were to-d:.y 20,000 ex-soldiers of the Confederacy who lost limbs in the service, and that most of them were in p or circumstances. Ir seemed to him that if the Goven - ment under this orr.ny other Ad- ministration gave appointments to men who had been disloyal to the Union, preference should he al lowed to those who were disabled, (other things being equal). The widow of General Han cock will be presented with a handsome brown stone and brick house in this city, about the first of April. Some fiiends of the bite General have heen actively ' engaged in trying to raise sufli- 1 t. 1 1 uiw ,m u pu.u.m, am. have met with success. 1 hey lady will take po-scs-ion of lar Lew home at ouco. The dozen or moie authors who have been visiting Washington during the past week and giving public readings from their woiks for the benefit of the Copyright League, were entertained at the White House on Monday after the readings. The old Man-i in was in g-da dress for the occasion and supper w.is served about mid night The authors want an In ternational Copyiight law, you know, and a bill to that end has just been reported to the Senate. On Wednesday a terrific thua det .storm caused something of a panic 01 Capit' 1 thought that the struck and there Hill. It was dome had been was a general Goddess of Lib ,,lsb to fe eif the : erty had lost her balance. In t e t Rotunda the crash was appalling I and the echoes reverberated up I and down tie corridois f ir some tune, hvery electric light intne building was put out mid fiery balls of electricity were sent through the corridors, cutting oft telegraph communication and giv ing the elevator conductors a se vere shock. The Hash w hich ac companied the thunder, silenced 1 tie Uoii'TcssiiiMii who nan uie lloor, hnd sweeping into the press irallery over the telegraph wires ; caused the operator at t lie kevs to make a hastv and uidiguiiled ,1 1 1 retreat, so real damage was done t() the Capitol, aPhough the pres ence of the electric current was plainly felt at. diiVere- t points by men aiouud metal work. Congressman Grain, of Texas, is veiy hopeful in regard to bis Constitutional amendment ohang iiu; Iuau''U!ation d;.v. Said he, "The weather of the pa-t two weeks has been suflkient to war rant a change, and I believe the next President will be inaugurat ed on the S'Uth day of Apiil." Mr. Grain will make an effort to have this question considered on the 2nd. proximo. There is a pr- -uouiiccd feeling in the House iu favor of changing Inauguration day, and there is but litile doubt that the change will be made. On Wednesday evudng, Uelva Lockwood, look ng iu excellei.t health and spirits, occupied the platform of Grand Arniv Hall and Hpoke for an hour and a halt to about 150 people. Her alleged I su' ject was "Washington Socia' and Political Lifr," but she d'd not allow herself to be trammeled 1 by it and branched oft in differ ent directions. Speaking of po'i ics she sod that as Blaine had resigned and Geo. W. Child-i and HobeitLiu-c-in and others, that when Cleve land resigned, she also would publicly tender her rcdijnation. Mie believed the coming man would be a woman. All she ask J ed for the District of Columbia at ! piesent was that the won.cn be a I- lowed to vote on licensing the , the Saloon. The greatest act of : President Cleveland's life, she ! thought was that of taking i:n?o himself Frances Folse.m for a wife, representative O'Neill of Mis- I "iau a.n . SSrcs8jvo tight 1 yesterdav for right of labor to he heaid in the House. i bell on the inside rings violently nuvii cvei .1 uu uiK 01 a luiuuiieu button is dropped in the box. OLD CLOSET. It was an old house, a very au-cu-nt mansion, with its scvcnl gables facing the atriet, showing it! Dutch origin. I'er m i 1 1 c (1 to go through it on a tour of in spection, a closet ttuitted a Ieculiar CMlnrand attracted attention. It was that miL'rnt scent which re minds one ol the pine woods aud aro matic shrubs of the mountains, and which, once snu-IIcd, brings to mind the greatest remedy of the age. It was evidently the family closet, where rem edies for minor aches and pains had found place for handy use, an 1 in mod cm years the greatest of all these, known by its peculiar odor, had worked its wonders for the. happiness of man kind, as the following examples attest: Cenc ral G. C. KnilK n. War Department, recurrence, blse has not had any re- ! turn ot pain. I trust it may reach the , uttermost parts of the earth to prove ' as much a blesitm in other houses aa j mine." Mr. Levi Hottrl, Corydon, hid., ! under date of June, 1-87, writes: "In 1 April, lSS-1. he had hi- collar-boiio ! broken, and it was very painful. Ho '. used two bottles of St. Ja-uibs Oil. It , jjot entirely well, and the remedy 1 worked like a charm. No return 0 pain, anil used only the one remedy. Mr. Arthur U. Lewis, cdit'r Snutlirrn S'nc-cl;. Norfolk, Va., Jiaic 27. 1-Sb7, writes: 'Nothing I am nay with re gard to St. Jacobs Oil will do it jiitiec; have used it for a number of v.ts for all aches and pains, with eilVets almost marvelous, and for sin h. in my opinion, it is tnistirittis-cd " Mr. Cli-iti-in ltivnn , uuy Spruce .stri ct. Philadelphia. Pa., un der date ol hebruarv !. ltiK7. savs: "Have u.-cd St. Jncol Oil it, my family for ten years; two years ao broke my lcr; pains very severe. It cured the pains and gave strength to my le;:. Ii you de-ire to publish this, I will be pleased." Grand Mall! A Grand Hall will Le Given at Grange Hall, Prairie Cily, Of,, On the Evening of FRIDAY, Apr. G, 1S8S The proceeds of which will he donated to the sufferers by reason of the late tire in Prairie City. COM K, EVERY ONE. Notice to Sheepmen. The Stockmen and ivsi lents of Silvies Valley and vicinity hao organized ami pledged themselves to do nil that they can to keep j heep t ft" of their rang in order to prelect their own stock and pro perty: Irvin Jcwett. Tlintni Cha.ldock, J11I111 hr-Jtjr. Willutu Stot.e, W. I), linker. f-Uitavti- Slle, It. O. Payne. K C. Uiifklry. liirl.in i-miili, J. I. Cms.. I-ira! JI...M M.k, Kriederieh Vienlermellt Jas. E. ShewmaVer, A. lt.seli:. .. W Trier. K.l. Otllett'e. 5'-lt J'iii A. C.nit:rn, lurles iiaicr. 'ol.inl lliikiiM, It. Ilniil:in. Ji.. A J. I'lcrcr, J It. Ku-it. Jiihn CriUlnck. SltVeH WiOil-', OSiarlK M.iitm, 1-ni.j. Soil a I i4-h, F. K. O.Hidi", .1. v iii'tMiiiii r, 11 I.. Trarv. Ilrftl ('NIHlilltl, SHERIFFS SALE. liy ill ue of an Execution is sued 011, of be Hoiioiable Cir- pnir Cinivl cif ibo Stn! if fliKmn f Cn,..,.,. of f5inil, tiniisciipt tiled in said Coint, on the -0th , day of Ft biliary, 188", iu favtu of Mrs. M. Halt. Plain tiff, and against S. P. Moigan, Defend.: ut, for the sum of one hundred and two Dtdlais, and twtdxc Dol ars and t hit tt on cents costs, together with eight percent, per ..nnuin inttre.-t mid accruing costs, I have h vied upon and will sell ut Public miction, on Satur day the 7th dav of April, lb'fc'8, at 2 o'clock P. M.. at the Court j House door in Canyon City, Grant County and State ot Oregon, all the right, title and intciest winch the Mild S. P. Morgan, Defendant , i had on or after the I'.hh, of Ft b- rtiary, ly88, in or to the following described property, to-wit: That certa u Judgu cut render ed on the 20th day of January, 1887, by consideration of the County Court of the State of Oie gon for the County of Grant, in an action iu said Court, wherein S. P. Morgan was Plaintiff, and Ceo. W. Halt, Defendant, thero being now due on said Judgment the sum of $1 10.02 with nittiest on said sum at the rate of eight per cent, per annum fiom the 26th.. , day of Febi uary, 1887. ; Tet ins of sale cash. ! Dated utCanx on City, this 7th j dav of .March, i88S. j A. C. 1 Ol:E, I Sheriff of Grant Counlv, Oregon. j Uy ltULT. LOCKWOOP. oi 2 Deputy Sheriff. FAST FREIGHT. W. C. Smith, Proprietor. On and after the first day of December 1 will haul freight at the following figures: On all packages from I3ukrr City to Prairie, John Day or Can yon Citv: 100 to 500 lbs. Per lb. 3 cents. All over f.00 ' ' ' 3 44 I will pay ndvance charges at B.iker City and collect same on delivery. Flour and Coal oil for eale, and will pay CaBh fur hides and pelts. All orders sent to Baker in erne of S A. Ifeilner or the Pacific j Express Co., will he promptly at- . teudeil 10. tf W. C. Smith. the i I iMBnfWTO