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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1888)
Granl Co. News. LOCAL BREVITIES. Purdmsi' vour holiday it-00(U Dftfmtv assessor J. V. Cloavor is cm-uktinir nuioiur ctoliwiucnte. ,"... . Walton, uie mnwr siiop I'J04II II'TH OUillNtLlI CVC. 11(1111 il UIJI to Htmijitcr valley. A Unit every ttmtli innn who cmnus into our ollice. nowadays: "Well, court's atljoiinHHir' a I . ji tinms are once more rain" in , , 1.1 town, mill causni'' a "rent ilcprcs- . , ,, , , 1 fiion m the retail pickle trade. 1 mm... :.. 1.1... it..:i...i i in- luuimiN in ins; i iim:u outlet ! 1.....1 ii. ...... ;.. I 1 U O II IWIM lilllllj CIIUIl' 1 111 Kiniiet; or in the whole (.Senium em pire. A fatuous weather prophet in this locality predicts an unusually long and svro winter. Put him out. ('milt county contributed four liiW bauds to the lnte machine Jlhnps t fcjuletn during the past ntonth. 'Hie A'orkinmn always have fh Imlte or entei tiimments, and Thursday night's lull was no ex ception, j Stock iispeetor Tom Curl, re ports rather nootl sheep feed down the river. Phis is "ood grass producing weather. (Jeorsia believes in her youiuj men. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the. House were loth lprn in the year 185:?. Alex Sweek of Salem .spent a few days in town last week, depait inj Snturdny with hit. Miller and the deputy Sherilfs and prisoners. The Work hitmen's Thanksgiving Hall was a lwill of much enjoyment. A kre number of couples were present, and made good use of the time. The fifteenth bienn'al session of tine Oregon Legislature will meet at Sttlem on the second Monday of .Tnnunry, 1S9, that being the 1 1th dity of the month. When in town call and sub scribe for the Nkws one year. You can't miss the ollice the only house on the block with a inn ride doorstep. Married, at the New hotel, Canyon City. Thursday evening, Nor. 29, lHfsf l,y Dhtnet .Judge, .Luther 15. I .son, Mr. (Jen. Vauder h oof and Miss Alice Spurleok. . Oomls and htun.sell returned Mondny fi-oin their trip to Salem. Mr. Cojiil informs us that he or dered a trip made while there, to : 1 o tseil nt Uie Imngiiig of J at Me Ginnis. A Maine paper remarks that "win.; i.s disappearing from the tuUe," If the tuner will investi flite. it will doubtless find the wine behind the door uitli the tlie house. head or .Ju.'iije Ion depa;ted from here for hi.s home at linker City almost completely worn out physically from his long siege of legal dutii in adjusting law to lit Grant coun ty criminals. It might lw; well to remind the girls of this vicinity that leap y cal l's drawing in iU horns very rapidly and if they propose giving any hops or anything else, they had letter commence business. Miss Mary Overholt who has mm dangetotisly ill vvith fever for .some week., i.s, we are pleased to anniwmee. much imjiroved. Mi. Dr. Holey i also recovering from an attack of lung fever. The omiierous, ubiquitous Jack rabbit Is fitin0' on the good tilings of Moirow county. It i.s al leel that he digs and eats potatents. And it itfbut fair to sujipo.se, being so itec'rtiipliflhcd, that ho nxists them. .m:.i Ferrel and sheiifi' Umy started to Salem last Saturday, having in ehaigc a Chinaman for lobluig mines and a Hear valley man who gocj; to Salem one ye-ir f.ir Rtetliug:a sick of liour or Iwuis from a sliwp cam). Tlie Kt-iU? iKKird has levied a tiiwe and Un-te:ith mill tax for th.- 3'mf, Thro; mills g for state purpose.-i; .1 mill for militia, and oiie-tei-th for university purposes. Jist year the itate tax was four and iiiiuv tenth mills. AV.. ..iw l.he last of the circuit; court pioeoedings this week. From the munb.'.r of ciues neoe.ss.uily contiinn-l for the term it is plain to b siwa tint we ought te have throe term'; of circuit court for Grant county, in order to complete and elwir tlie docket. - Tlie jury in the Shirk case, so we are informinl, stood six for acquit tal, four for manslaughter aixl two for murder in tlie iirst degree, In this condition they pulled and haul od until Thui-sday afternoon, when they "agreed to diKigrce." Shirk will pmbably ba released on ixiil until next term of couit. .Ta;k Dunl ip a witness in the Shirk ease, got on the wur-puth and broke n cliair over the head of Cy rus Williams one night last week in -an up-town saloon. Dunlap "skipped," but was arretted and brouuht luck by two deputy slier- .) udgmont m ituuson s coui u the next day was tluit lie pay a fine of 625,00and costs. CIRCUIT COURT. flM.M!XA I. HuCKKT. State v.s I,). L. Shirk, failed to aireo upon a Jury verdict and were discharged and the prisoner wns remanded to the j custody of the sheriff. State vs I Splawn. Order j tlmt motion he lieard on two days notice on district attorney at chambers at Baker (Jitv on writ- 1 ten argument, State v.s I'Y.-uik Cleorp. ! returned verdict of gttiltv Jury Judg- ment that prisoner be imprisoned . ., ' . ., - ., 1 . , I"' count v lail for the period c , ', , , . , of one liunored davs, and State I , . . . r . I have judirment tor the costs. i Ktjrrrv pockkt, John Parker vs K it T , T . 1 1 11 ".M liam. Continued for the term. John Hodyfelt v.s (J iV: W llus ton. Distribution by stipulation. K C Singleterry et als vs Carl Hilev et als. Continued for term. :(' Singleterry et a!s vs C F Me Kinney et als. Continued for term. 1) Kineharl and A K Starr vs David J Jul lor continued for j.aj,i l() iJC ft.arfnlly bad, and tons term. : 0f freight piled up in the ware- J E Frick vs Win Welch et als : houses for Grant county mer Continued for term. ! chants. Catharine Mahon vs Jas F j ,,. . , ... . Mahon et als. Continued for term ! f 1U:UU;ho C !irk Vl ,e?v W S S,uihworlh vs CooW! ,r I)l:l,;iolul yu,lo' n few Halt ft als. Continued for term. ! l1, where she has been se- iVter French and Fila French, lted as teacher m one of the Chas G (Uenn, A 11 Glenn. F W lm,,,lc schoola Glenn. Hugh Glenn ami Uoyal ! The January term of commis Glenn vs J W Scott and J II ! sioners' court will be an oxpen- Leaward. Decree entered con- tinning sale. LAW IMicKKT. John (! Xealen vs Sophia liamsby. Continued for term. K L Campbell vs Horace Fauehner, Josejih Fauchner and S A Fetichner. Continued for term. Henry Miller vs F Hall, ad ministrator. Continued for term John M Knox v.s Wm Wyllie. Continued for term. W F Motlet vs Jas T Moflet Continued for term. W W Johnson vs .T C Parker. Continued for term. Folly Wilson vs Thornton Wil liams, administrator. Contin ued for term. TX Chas. F. Dustin obtained a glory ticket some time ago to j is hopeful, and predicts a protita- wed Miss Mary GMehrest. but we i bio run next year. promised to say nothing about it. Lincoln Lm.e ,ms just rotuni. A little who was sent out to ed from taking a band of his look f:r cgi;s came Ki- k unsucce.s.s- father's sheep to Lake county fill, and emnpl-uned that there were where they will winter on the "lots of hens standing around doing desert. I e says there is splen notliiug." j did feed at this time all over the The woman suflinsists are a long I l'cr- for 'P-grass about way yet from capturing the State of Vermont. The State Legisla ture has just declared against them by a majority vote of 153 in n total of 229. Down at the Cascade locks they try a man on Sunday, just as well as any other day, or else business is so lively that thejudici.il work is forced ov'er to the Sabbath. Was co Sun. The rejKirt that Tom "Williams, confined in the penitentiary for shooting at Peter Connolly was dead i probably but another catn uigu lie. Lust week Tom was .ilive and well. Don't leave needles in a pulpit cushion. A Michigan man en forced a point ly jiounding the cushion, anil ran a needle into his lumd, getting a wound that neaity ciuswl the lockjaw. The Hot Lake of Union county i.s about to be transformed, by a rich syndicate, into a kind of sani tarium and h.-alth resort. The hot water i.-i siitl to contain medical prope: tie; of great value, a mnm- I moth intent medicine aj it were. A man in Harney valley was indicted by the late grand jury for stealing a mowing machine. Two sawmills will be about the next. breaK made by Granl coun ty's larceny-loving leaders. When Harney valley men are in town we always keep the six-ton Nkws press chained to the iloor by the When you can't think of any thing else to CUS.S, iviiK'mber the editor of your lo-a! paper, says the Idaho :4jterp! ise. lie should al ways be held rusjioiusiblu for all the develtiy not dire-try charged to some one else, and even then a ood cussing might make him feel more comfortable, beside; it don't sem to lout him. An eclipse of th sun v. ill take place .January 1, lfV9. visible to the larger poitions of Noith Ameri ca, leing tetal along a t:iick eighty I miles wide, extending trom the Aleutian Islands and running cen trally through Point Arena, Cal.; Winnemueea, Nov.; Mountain Meadows, Idaho, and terminating about Lake WinnejM'g. Klsewhere it will Ik! Kuti.d. The ecli)se will lxjgiu aUnit 12:15 o'clock P. M.and will end nUmt 2:55. A. C. Hall left at-our print shop last week some of his recent ly discovered quartz. The rock is found on Mr Hall's own land six miles up the creek, and comes from an eight-foot ledge, well de lined. From our limited knowl edge of quartz we would say that Mr. Hall has a bonanza in sight. He is busy doing work of devel opment on the ledge, and in a I short time will have made quite 1 a perceptible showing. Colds and mumps. The sherili' has a notice under ".Vow to-day." Do the assessment work on your claims while you can. Dig John Saver and wife, of Hums, are visiting in town. ' Bring specimens of your quartz to the Nkws ollice and place it on exhibition. Smith l'ro's are shipping con siderable stock from here to Chi- j cago, by way of Baker City. Jfow time Hies. Only three weeks from last Monday evening till time to hang up your stock ings again. A Michigan boy swallowed a silver piece when 5 years old, and his parents have just discovered what kind of metal is in him. The firm of Stansell Cun nington, of the New Hotel, has been dissolved by mutual con sent. W. U. Cunninglon retir inir. Roads from the railroad are sive one. All the circuit court i i i .. e 'ii wunesses aim jurors ices win come up for settlement. The population of Western j Kansas is being rapidly depleted i by emigration to the pacific slope, j Mnny towns in the grasshopper state are almost deserted since t lit; exodus began. Joquin Miller has swapped ofl a manuscript copy of one of his poems for the duplicate of a sil ver design he saw at the New Orleans Exposition. The silver- i I worker wanted pay in Miller's poetry. Hill Warren was in town this week from Spanish Gulch, for the purpose of recording some new mining claims. He says the mining outlook about the gulch four inches hinh. Women have been employed in the treasury department at Washington for more than twen ty years, aim for the first time one of them has been detected in stealing government money. A shortage of $1)00 has been traced to a woman. It seems to be optional with the district attorney as to wheth er Shirk could be allowed to give bail for his appearance at the next term of court. From indi cations now it appears that bail will be denied, and he will spend the next four or five months in jail. At a prayer-meeting in a wes tern town tlit; pastor urged the people to ask any questions they would like to have answered. This prompted an old fellow to got up and remark: "What 1 want to know is ef an oath taken on a bible which hez the first ten chapters of Geneses kissed otlen it is hindin'." The editu who got oil the follow ing ought to be taken to the mill pon 1 and have hi.s head soaked un til the fever in his brain had sub sided and then turned over to the tender mercies of prospective brides: "A young couple arrived in Fl lensburg from Yakima in a covered wagon. They had two hearts that beat as one; one soul with but a single thought, and a miscellaneous assortment of tropical fruits and squash. Their heaits had twined as the pumpkin ine, and their voi ces were honeyed with dew. They sold out their cargo and then got married The groom hired a room at a hotel for the biide, and slept out-idc in the wagon. Ifo was altogether too modest" Ex. We are in receipt of a com plete l.usincss Atlas of tho World, issued by the well known Map Publishing House of Hand, McNally tv Co., Chicago. While the name of this firm is sutlicient guarantee of the superior quali ities of such a publication, a care ful examination of the work re veals from page to page a com- i pleteness and accuracy of compil ation which must have taken years of untiring labor and the expenditure of a vast amount of money to procure; and it is sur prising to us how such a book can be sold at so moderate a price. The value of such a pub lication to the professional man, kin his readings, and the business man, to keep up with the rapidly growing county, and as a guide for shipping goods to any point in the world, can not be overesti mated. The book contains GOO pages, and more clearly brings the geographical history of the world to date than any publica tion heretofore examined. Letter List. List of letters remaining un called for in the postoflice at Can yon Citv, Oregon, Nov. 30, 1888 Win Koswell, It P Caldwell Wood & Fitz Gerald, Jackson Hendricks, F J Settlemire. Persons calling for the above will please say advertised. 0. P. Chksai, P. M. . Letter List. Letters, remaining uncalled for. in the poslollice at Prairie City, Or., Nov. 30th 1888. J J Comegys, Chas Duaway, A J McCoy, 13 It Porter, J 1) Titus, Persons calling for the above will please say advertised. J." W. Mack, P. M. -44 Read the legal notices under head of "New to-day." About 55 tickets were sold to the recent A. 0. U. W. ball. Harrison's plurality in Oregon is ollicially reported at 07G9. H. M. Horton and Etta Stan-! chfl have obtained wed license. Because ILappjJack was "tir ed" the Long Creek Eagle was not issued week before iast. The citizens of JTeppncr cele brated the completion of the railroad to their town last week. Montana's popuiation is esti matedbv the governor at 1 '10,000 an increase of 10,000 over last j year. The taxable property of Ore gon is about !),()( )0,00(), an in crease of over $5,000,000 over the assessment of last year. Inside of pastures and enclos ures where the grass was not completely trampled to death the hillsides are taking on a slightly greenish cast. Last week, at Lewiston, James Rogers put poison in the carcass of a cow, for coyotes, and used the same knife to cut tobacco. He was seized with spasms and died. Wednesday and Thursday of last week school superintendent Hayes examined applicants for teacher's certificates. Quite a number, we understand, were suc cessful. An applicant for naturaliza tion was asked: "Were you ever intoxicated?" He answered very truthfully: "Nein, but 1 was waccinated last week." He is now a citizen. A hog has had the audacity to run at large, and taken up by the constable in accordance with the" law provided in such cases. At the expiration pf ten days if no owner claims said hog he will bo sold in accordance with the va grant hog law. Mr. John M. Stevens, of Wil low creek Malheur county, last week sold about 80 head of cattle to J. Q. Shirley, at the uniform rate of -$1S per head. They were put aboard the cars at lluuting ton on Monday aud were taken to Mr. Shirley's range in Union county. Democrat. The railroad celebration was enjoyed by everyone, with the ex ception, perhaps, of some ob streperous individuals, who al ways bob up on such occasions, loaded with valley tan, and try to clean out the country. Some of these have bruised heads and black eyes. lleppner Gazette. It does not appear to take a very extravagant dose of Chi nese immigration to work the Australians up to the fighting pitch. In the first eight months of this year, 5M0 Chinamen ar rived in Victoria, of whom eighty-four were transshipped, leav ing 250 as accessions to the pop ulation. An Englishman who was play ing billiards in a public house in Rroinley made a bet thai he would get one of the ivory balls into his mouth. He did get it and there it stuck, in spite of all' hiseilbrls to dislodge it. The surgeon who was called in ex tracted tho lump of ivory, but on ly after taking out several of the "experimentalist's" front teeth. The grand jury in their report recommended the re-modeling of the court House and clerk's ollice. This certainly would give the clerk more room, and the remov al of the stairway to the outside would prevent so much noise be ing borne into the court room. The idea of a door and stairtnay leading from the hallway be tween the jury rooms is also a good one and wc believe has been advanced by the two last grand juries in their report. A petition is in circulation among the lawyers of Eastern Or gon, asking the legislature to pro vide for the holding of an annual term of the Supreme Court, to ac commodate tho numerous Eastern Oregon litigants and attorneys, who now havev to travel from l.r0 to 500 miles to attend the Supreme Court An annual session here would certainly be a great conven ience to attorneys, and would save litigants some part of their fees. The only objection seems to Ik a question as to the constitutioimlity, of such a measure. East Orcgoni-aiu REPORT OF GRAND JURY. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Grant County. The final report of the grand jury. To tiik Ho.v. Lutkk B. Isox Cir cuit Coi'KT. We your grand jury duly em pannclod on the 5th day of No vember 1888, in and for the coun ty of Grant and state of Oregon respectfully submit the following report: We have been in session in all twenty-one days and have found and returned into open court, twelve not true bills of indict ment and twenty-two bills of in dictment. We have examined into the condition of the ollices of the county clerk, sheriff and treasur er and find them neatly kept, except the vault in the clerk's ollice which is poorly kept and in a bad condition. We have examined into the condition of the county jail and find the same neat and comfort able for its inmates, four in num ber, but we find the jail in poor condition for the protection of the otlieers having charge thereof. We recommend that the county court provide screens for the win dows of the jail and iron shutters for the windows of the sheriffs ollice. We also recommend that the corner in the jail at the left of the door leading from the sher iffs ollice be filled up so that the jailor can have full view of the corridor of the jail. We find that all property be longing to the county is well maintained and taken care of and in good condition. We find that the sheriff, clerk and treasurer made their semi annual report on the 31st day of September A. D., 1888, in all things in accordance with law, and correct. From the treasurer we obtain ed the following statement: Amt county fund on hand $7 103.87 Amt. school " " 2143.10 Building " " " -100.13 Fstray " " " 1.25 from sales 1.1 1 Amt institute fund on hand 11.00 Total funds on hand S9G69.79. We also find that the state tax for the year 18S8 has been paid in full. We find the treasurer's books neat and in splendid condition. We find the sheriffs books in good shape and neat, and from his books we find that he has collected of delinquent tax since July 7. 1888, $7805.88, of which $7-I87.i)l has been paid over to the treasurer and none of which has been in his hands more than 30 days at a time. We also find from the sheriffs books that the total assessed property of our county as equal ized by the county board is $2, 132,180.00, and that since said assessment was made the sheriff has assessed property aggregat ing nearly $1,000,000.00 in amount. We think the assessor ought to have been more careful in making his assessment. We find the assessor's books in proper form and legal. We have found on examination the county poor house neat and well kept, and its inmates, one in number, comfortable and well provided for, and we also find that two of tho county poor are well provided for at Mr. Jenkins' on the John Day river eight miles from Canyon City. We have found that the coun ty warrants issued prior to the 1-lth day of November 1880 have been paid, except a few issued at various times which have been duly advertised and have never been presented for payment. We have heard no complaint against our county roads and from our own personal knowledge we know they are mostly in good condition, but we desire to re commend that the bolts in the iron bridge across the John Day river be tightened. We have examined the hooks of the county clerk and find them neatiy kept and that the amount of outstanding county warrants unpaid is including interest there on $GG,000.00, and that the amount of delinquent tax unpaid to date is approximately eighteen thousand dollars, wo especially commend our sheriff upon the amount of delinquent tax he has collected. We recommend that the coun ty court have a door built leading from the hall-way between the two jury rooms and a walk be built to the southeast corner of the jail building, and a stair-way leading to the ground so that the jurors can have ingress and egress without passing through the court room. We also recommend that the county court purchase a safe large enough for the assessment roll and other books of the sher iff and place the same in the sheriffs office for his use. We earnestly recommend that the county court cause an accu rate investigation of the books of Mr. A. C. Dore, our ex-sheriff, as we have not had time to make a thorough investigation thereof. We have employed Mr. Peter Kuhl seven days as an account ant to investigate the books, and wc ask that ho receive a fair compensation therefor. Wc desire to return our sincere thanks to Hon. Luther B. Tson for the kindness he has shown us, to J. L. Rand, Dist. Atty., for the assistance he has rendered us, and to Martin Lucas, our bailiff, for his prompt attention to our needs and requirements and to the other officers of this court. And now having completed our labors to the best of our abil ities and in accordance with the oaths we have taken we respect fully asked to be discharged. Roheht E. Damon, H. Dixox, S. Woods, R. J. Uakeu, W.m. Ou, C. M. Caldwell. Motieu Howe, Foreman. To THE HoX. THE ClUCUlT COUKT of the State of Okegon fok G it a nt County. Wc the grand jury for the No vember term of the circuit court for (Jrant county desire to make the following supplementary re port: In view of the rapidly in creasing business in the ollice of the county clerk, would suggest to tho Hon. County Court the necessity of providing additional accommodation for that office, and in order to accomplish this object we would recommend that the stairway be removed to the outside of the main building and that the clerks ollice be extended to the cast end of the building. That part of the office added in this maimer could be used for public business, and preserve the vault for the purposes it is in tended, to-wit: A safe reposito ry of all valuable records and documents. Respectfully submitted, Motier Howe, Foreman. trade V&t&tWs r.:..r.icI For I2.heiinifxii.sm. THE CRIPPLE. Lovtlt, llui., Jn. IT. 1S33. Ur. Lli Dnnl. 134 "Xoodj Bt.. up: "Orln Bobtnion. a boj et 13, tin to hlJ basis In lttl en cratchtt, hit Ufl kse but for toro tsonUu ini could not ba stntchUcid. H fTi tlm St. Jacobs 011 to rnb nit. In tlx ixjt hi had bo om for cratchii and vtnl host without tho." QE0. 0. 0SC00D & CO. THE CURE. LC11. 11041., July 9. It JT. 0ntlc:un:--l!r. Ltuti Ci2ii ha Jsst callwl opon nt, and Isforsii nt thatthtbor Orln Eotla an, who wai a poor crlj pl on crutchtt, and was ecrsd by Bt. Jacobi 011 In 1SS1 ; tht cart hat rt aalctd ptmantct. Th youni man hat beta and U now at verk. trtry day at oanaal labor: a eo certainly which prorti tht tZcacy of St. Jacob 011. GEO. C. 030003.UJ5. CHX0HI0 CXEE3 to YEARS' STASDIKO CXTOSD FEE1IANE.VTLY. GUTTLED CASES 7H20W AWAY C2CTCEX3; CUEXO PE&KAKXHTLT. So!d by Druygiitt awl lieaicrt Everywhere. Tho Chnrleu A. Vocelor Co.. ltaItu.,Md. Wheat Raisers, Attention! Notice to wheat raisers is here by given that we will grind Wheat for pay at the rati of fU cts. for every 100 lbs of Flour turned out, provided it is brought in quarti ties not less than fifty bushels; otherwise we will exchange Flour for Wheat. Further, that we will guarantee the liour equal to the very best, provided good wheat is furnished. Highest Market Price paid for Wheat. James Xohmax S: Co. John Day City. .Sept. 2(5, 1SS8. E. Hayes is county agent lor Dr. Scotts electric goods; also for I Sogers Ilro's fine silverware, gold and silver watches. Call ou him for your holiday and wedding presents. Everything warranted, and cheaper than ever sold in this county. Dissolution of Partnersnip. The partnership heretofore ex isting under the name of Motley Bio's,. is this day dissolved by mutual consent, O. V. Motley re tiring, IX. T. Motley assuming all liabilities, and moneys and ac counts owing said firm to be paid to IX. T. Motley. Dated this 1st dy ot Nov. 1SS8. It. T. Motley, 0. V. Motley. NOTICE FOR PUR LIGATION. Laml Ollice at Ln Oraitilo. O'eipm. Oct. 4tti. 1SSS. Notice Nhtrcliy triven that tho following n.tmoil Hot tier Ii ih tiled no: lei; of hW Intention to make lin.il pfonf in support of hN claim, anil tlut Fiiiil proof will he merit before the Comity Clerk of ISraiit Co., Or., at Canyon City, Or., on DtH-cnihcr 8th. ISvS. U: JOSE1MI II. ltOllKKTS, US No s.-fe)3, far the NK ijuar SK quar., W X SK ipxir., ami NK quar SW unar. Sec S.Tji 13, SK 32, K. He nainctnc fol.owinir wit:iu3-i:H to prove Ills continuous residence ujxiti, and cultivation of, nal.1 latul. O W Oart. J Marshall, Tom ShicMi, John Ilnukl, all of John Day, Oregon. Anv person who ilcsircs to piotctt against the allowance of ducIi proof, or who known of any Mibtanli:il rearon, under the Ur u.id the reg ulation of the Interior Department, why audi proof should not lc a'lowcii, will b uivcii an opportunity at the alxive mentioned lime and plane to croMi-cvaiiiiii the witncfCH of wtlil claimant, axd t. olfer evidence in rebuttal of that submitted by c laimant. )31 I1KNKY ItlNKlIAKT. Ketcr. NOTICE FOR PUULIUATrON. Land Ollice at Ln Grande. Oregon. Oct. '."Jth, isa. Notice ia hereby pvell that tlie followiuir namcd ettlcr h.-u filed notice of IiIk intention to make final proof in mi ppnrt of hi claim, and that aid proof r. ill lx made before the county Clerk of lirant county, Or., at Canyon Citv, Or , on DeccmlKir llth, 1jS, viz: MAKTIN A. LUCAS. D S No. 7ha0 for the Wl-2 NEI-4 and KI-2 NWM Sec 0 Tp 17 S It 31 K. He names the follow ing witnewwa to prove UU continuous residence iion, and cultivation tf, naid land, riz: W S Southwnrth, Loui Thi bault. Jamct Catkin, Jhu llaijer, all of nianlon, Or. Any peron who desires to prottst agaiuiit tlie allowance of audi proof, ur who knows of any substantial rcaaon, under the law and the reg ulation of thn Interior Department, why audi proof rbould not bu allowed, will be ch'en an opportunity at the a!-oc mtntluiitd tine and place to cro-w txamlnc the witnei-a i f aald claimant, and to olfer evidence In rebuttal ot that aubmltted by claimant. 3J-ai HENRY UINEUAUT, IicgUUr. r us CHINESE MASONS. The Brotherly Obligations of The Order Descanted Upon by a Celestial. The Idaho World says: l'Tho 'Chinese Masons' met at this place last week, and inarched a number of celestials through the solemn mysteries of that ancient -order at $15 per head. Tho Chi nese claim that their order is 'alio same Melican man's Ma sons,' but a little higher grade more ancient, grand and mysti cal, and richer in the lore and magnificent teachings of antiqui ty. Judging from tho ceaseless jabbering kept up for twenty four hours, they must be accord ed the palm for the most copious flow of ceremonial language of an initiatory nature. The impres sion made on the weary candi dates cannot fail to be deep and lasting. A march of twenty-four hours through changing scenes of archa'ological mysteries is something not soon to be forgo t ton. The meeting was a big af fair, Chinese being in attendance from all parts of the Jtasin. A Chinaman who was interviewed in regard to the nature of the or der gave as much information as he could without giving away the sacred secrets. lie said: 'Him alle same Melican Mason. Him better. China Mason more liko bludder. One Chinaman he Ma son, 'nudder Chinaman Mason too, he no quarrel; he no fighteo him. Suppose he fighteo China man no Mason, all Mason hclpee him and man no Mason, all Mason lickee him like hell. Two Chinaman, if he no Masons, heap fighteo, all light. .Masons, no lush in and say 'whasser matter now.' lie letee him light alee same Melican man. No matter. Melican Mason no alle same bludder like China Mason. Mel ican Mason fighteo 'nudder Ma son alle same no matter. He no all samec likee men got onu niudder. You heap savoy now?' 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When n sister of tho Governor of n neigh boring State was married, a few years ago, says tho "Topical Talker" of the Pittsburgh LI nitc'i, she received a great many valua ble presents, and among them wcro many pieces of plato and silverware of all sorts. But particularly was she overwhelmed with silver fruit spoons. Beautifully chased, gold-liiicd, in every sort of variety, were theso spoous. After tho wedding, and when they had re turned from the honeymoon, the bride found that she had no Immediate uso for half the silvervvaro she possessed, especial ly as for the time they wero to live in her motner's house. So she consigned somo or it to the care of a bank in town. Tho fruit spoons all went to the vault. A few months later she received an in vitation to attend the wedding of a school mate in :i neighboring town. She knew she would havo to go to New York to buy a suitablo present and sbo didn't care about taking the journey just then. All at cuco tho idea came into her head! that she bad a fti-cat superfluity of fruit spoous. "Why should she not send somo of them to her schoolmate for a. presents There seemed to bo no objection, so sho sent the butler down to the bank with orders to pick out a pretty case of spoons. Tho butler fulfilled hu mission. None of tho presents were ticketed, so that it was al together impossiblo to tell from whom this, particular set of spoons had come. The spoons traveled onco moro to tho hymeneal altar, and the lady who sent them heard uothtng about them for several days. Then she received tho following letter: Deau Madam: I am very irratcrul to yotrfor returning the spoous. I thought they vrcrc too rjool foryou when I scat them to ycu as awed ding present, and it is honest for you to send them back. Yours, etc, ) It b not wiso to giro away your weddlaf yr0Mat0. . .. .