r n 1 T if- I il Grant Co. News. LOCAL BREVITIES. Taxpayers of this school district will please heed tho school clerk's notice in this week's News. D. L. Shirk's bonds were approv ed jind he and Mrs. Shirk took their departure for Ft Bidwell last week. Dick Rickard and family re turned home Saturday from from a visit to Mrs. llickard's parents near Prairie City. If all the quartz ledges at the foot of Canyon mountain are only "slides" there is untold wealth in the mountain proper. Multnomah county's tax levy for county purposes is seven and seven tenth mills, for county purposes. Grant county's is 17 mills. Posters were printed at this of fice announcing a ball at John Day on Cristmas night for the benefit of the public school at that place. Canyon City has lost one of her lady residents, Miss Blanche Clark, who has gone to teach a six months term of school in Diamond valley. Sam Crow not Old Jim Crow who has been employed in the . county clerk's office, depaited for his home at Catalow last Monday. The Vermont Legislature has just passed a bill prohibiting bets on the election. They take a highly moral view of some things in Ver .inont v AVe understand John Grifiith lias sold his Silvies valley ranch to Murray Bros. Mr. Grifiith and wife will take their departure for Van couver, B. C, in a shoit time. Beautiful weather is still on tho programme for Eastern Oregon, with an occasional shower of rain, which is a jjood indication that grass will grow early next spring. Iloads across the mountains be tween here and the railroad are said to be in a fearful condition at .this time, but freighters are making the trip at from 2 to 2J cents per pound. Cattle are in poor condition to withstand a severe winter, but if feuding can be dispensed with until after this month of course there will be more hay later on when it is needed. Homer Lodge A. 0. U. VT. of this place is constantly receiving new additions to its membership. If cheap insurance is any object this institution ofl'ers it, beaide3 be ing a fraternal organization. At a called meeting of the hose team the date of tho ball has been changed to New-Years, in order not to conflict with the date of the John Day public school lall on Christmas night Sec change in "ad." Wm. Griifin, one of the proprie tors of the Baker and Canyon stige line is in town this week looking after the interests of the company. Besides this line Messrs. Grifiin fc McCuen have a line running from Baker City into tho Cracker creek mines. Died, Dec. 18, 1SSS, at his home in Prairie City, of pneumonia, Mr. Frank Flageolette, a respected and worthy citizen of that place. Mr. Flageolette has been sick for softie time, and gradually grew worse un til death claimed him. The funer al occurred yesterday, conducted by the Masonic and Odd Fellow socie ties, of which he was an honored member. The Chinese still flock to the United States, regardless of the ex clusion act, and they will do so un til the United States secures action from the Canadian and Mexican au thorities. Just so long as the Chi nese are are permitted to land on British or Mexican soil without re straint, they will find it an easy matter to cross the line into the United States. Married, Dec. 17, 1888, at the residence of the bride's mother in Canyon City, Mr. J. Stevens and Miss Kittie Kellv. N. Rulison jus tice of the peace officiating. The bride was born and raised in Can yon City and the groom is a steady young man with many friends. The happy couple were made the recipi ents of many valuable presents from the few invited guests. At Darfur, in Africa, the mon keys are said to be so inordinately fond of a kind of beer made by the natives that the beverage is used by treacherous man as a means of cap turing their unsuspecting relatives. Cans of beer are placed within reach and when the convivial monkeys have become thoroughly inebriated that they fail to know the differ ence between the man and tho ape . the negro takes tho hand of one of them, in all good fellowship, and leads him off. Tn Missouri a citizen is required i t :.ln n.itnnt. nf nrnnnr- tO DO 1MB IWimuuu w"v-i -" ty a year and pay taxes on it oeiorc his election in order to qualify him .i. . i...;,int,,. TTn- ion-labor and republican candidates, who were elected, bought some real estate about jv week before the elec tion, and in order to place them selves within the requirements of the law, altered the dates of their ' deeds a year back. This is forgery and these statesmen are now more likely to represent the state in the penitentiary than in the capitoL inr a sisat in Take some Tomanjerryl Don't care if I do. Smallpox seems to be spread ing throughout the state. The tax levy in Douglas coun ty is 25 mills; in Lane 16. Hon. C. W. Fulton will con vey Oregon's vote to Washing ton. Fall crop of old newspapers for sale at this office at 50 cents per hundred. The funeral of the late Frank Flageolette was largely attended by friends of this place. A case of smallpox is reported from Bake Oven, in the family of Mr. Lew Oakes. The Misses Araljcl and Lucy Winegar are paying a visit to their parents until after the holidays. Representative Gilliam passed through town this week on his way to the legislature by slow convey ance. Neil Hall's quartz mine has wid ened into a fourteen foot ledge. New specimens can be seen at this olHce from time to time. A Christmas tree for the pub lic in general will bo at Masonic hall Monday evening. By Order of Committee. "Ring out the old, ring in the new ring out the false, ring in the true" new year in Court House on the last evening of the year. The total amount of salmon exported from Astoria the past season was 7-1,095 cases, that from San Francisco 2GS,GM ca ses. When you would remember the poor on the Saviour's birthday don't forget the printers who labor many hours every day for the good and tho true. Twelve hundred barrels of whis ky have been destioyed by lire in Buffalo, and Kcntuckians will wear the usual liadge of mourning for thirty days. Dr. Rinearson gives notice in an other column that as he is unable longer to attend to his professional duties all outstanding accounts must be settled. Two citizens of Harris county, Georgia, have each become the oth er's father-in-law. They lost their first wives by death, and for a sec ond oach married the other's daugh ter. Hancock Post 0. A. R., at their last meeting perfected ar rangements whereby Washing ton's birthday. Feb 22, will be celebrated by a bean supper and ball. The genius of America is step- ... i . i i mi pmg liign about tnese uays. j ne average number of patents issued weekly is over 300, and every in ventor lias sure fortune before him of course. The Chinese Government has re fused an English lirm permission to set up cotton cleaning machinery in that country. The decision U made that foreigners have no right to start manufactories on Chineso soil. Mrs. D. P. Hughes of Portland lias sued that city for $20,000 dam ages for the death of her husband by smallpox. She claims that he was moved to the pest house while in high fever and without proper precautions, and thereby caught a cold that resulted fatally. Deputy sheriff John McCullough sold under attachment last Monday a small kind of horses, which went very low, but not more so than is consistent with the times and the season. If snow gets deep and lays on long horses must l)e fed or stirve, for grass there is compara tively none. The Persian nublic decided the other day that the railroad is an enemy of the human race, because a man who jumped off a train while in motion fell under the wheels and was killed. They accordingly tore the cars in pieces and would have murdered the train employees if the latter had not fled with their lives. As if there had not been mud throwing enough in the last cam paign, nature has concluded to take a hand in Dakota, where a mud gevser has broken out and is Hinging hot mud over a large district. It will come handy for local use in determining the lo cation of the future state capital there. Jacksonville Times. W. F. Moffet and N. IL A. Ma son left here one day last week with their "fast teams" and drove to Soda Springs in three hours and five minutes, a distance of nearly thirty miles. This is about the fastest time on record. Mr. Moffet sends the News the following ac count of the exciting race: "Mr. Mason came in on the lead by ten rods. Denny a half neck ahead of i Ulntmv. We had a manincient ' . J , , -.r (tinner at oww, ai departed, leaving only a dim wake 1wlind him. the snow bein about - j -- . . " three inches deep. I think he will reach Winnemucca in about 4i days more." Mr. Moflet also writes that J. W. Tracy shot and killed two panthers on the 1 2th inst whilfi liuntin?. He came across four secreted in the brush and suc ceeded in getting two of them, and thinks he can yet secure the other two. WHAT AILS THE BED. The following letter was re ceived by postmaster Cresap last week : "Long Creek, Grant Co., Ore gon, Dec. 13, 188 Po Master Canyon if my Red comes to Canyon Marked to Ba ker please have it Changed to Long Creek in care of Ed Allen, if it haint there Send word to Mt. Vernon and have it Changed and you will confer a favor for me you might speak to the dri ver John Scott." If that man had obeyed the Scriptural injunction: "Take up thy bed and walk," he would to day have had it by his side in stead of writing to the postmas ter here to look it up for him. Cresap says he knows nothing of the fellow s bed does not even know the fellow himself from Adam's off ox. lie wants his bed though, and probably imag ines a fourth-class postmaster is bound under oath to pose as guardian over all stray beds. Should his bed come to Iw n;ii!Vtnn oftnr Jfc mnil ;md its name be recognized it will at j once be bound hand and foot and sent :to Long Creek in care of Ed Allen." On the other hand, if the man without a bed had written to the sheriff in regard to his bed the proper steps would have been taken to effect its capt ure and return to its rightful owner and guardian. Cresap, like all government officers just now who see in the future a blank a prospect of only civil life is vastly independent, and refuses to roundup, corral or have any thing whatever to do with John Scott's bed, but intends to just leave it to browse around and shift for itself unless it should come into his office labeled "U. S. Mail." The News, however, believes in giving all a helping hand, and conducting even the lowest creat ure to the path of virtue and a life of hanniness. and we shall assist Mr. Scott in recovering his v v - - - - - lost bed. We therefore admon ish teamsters and everyone along the road to look out for a lone unprotected bed wandering about the country. If you meet sucli a one on its way to Maker City pleas) pour kind words of coun sel into its listening ear and in duce it to change its course to Long Creek where it will meet, with friends, for there its folks reside. Tell it that its mission is not at Baker City, for more beds are in that town now than can find employment. Tell it to return to its father's house, for there they have not plenty of beds and none to spare. CARD TO THE PUBLIC. Being unable to attend patients in tho country any longer with out suffering tho effects of expos ure on the account of ill health. I desire to inform the public that 1 cannot respond to professional business except at my office, and then during the day only no re sponse to professional night calls. All accounts due mo positively must be settled by cash or by note by January first, 1889; oth erwise costs will be added. All persons having claims against me will present the same at my office in Prairie City, Ore gon. F. B. IllN'KAltSON. Prairie City, Or- Dec. 17, 1888. -1 o A Christmas tree will be "served" in the city next Monday evening. An able aiticle ' in the Port Townsend Argus favors the divis ion of Washington Territory. It is lanrc enouidi for two states. General Greeley of the United States Signal Service predicts that the coldest day will bo be tween January 20th and 30th. A New York woman who has been in Alaska is deeply and pul liely grieved localise Indian women up there are bought by tho miners "for a song." The people of Southern Califor nia want to have their statu divided. They think they furnish mast of the enterprise and get very little credit for it. James Miles, an Idaho man, re fused to chip in oven a nickel to burry a fellow townsman, and a bolt of lightening killed thirteen horses for him on the day of the funeral. Statesman. M-ary Murphy, of Newton, Conn., aged 10, died a few days ago from a singular cause. She was an inveterate gum-chewer, even carrying a morsel between her teeth when she went to bed. While she was asleep a short time ago, the piece of gum slip pled down her throat, lodged in the entrance to the stomach and caused a fatal ulceration. A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: At 12:15 a. m. a mob attacked the jail in which Ilawes is confiined, for the pur pose of lynching the murderer. When the mob made a rush the Gatling gun was turned loose, by order of Sheriff Smith, and fifteen men fell, among them Postmaster Trockmorton and a spectator named Charles Bailey. Many will die. Tho city is wild beyond expression, and Hawes will be lynched, it is said, before morning. A NATURAL RESULT. The following list of gospel truth from tlic Prinevillc Review shows our cond.tion to a "tccwi ty," and reminds us again that Grant county's criminal juries must not be too sympathetic, but smite heavy with tho hand of justice: The condition in which Grant comity finds itself almost bank rupt from expenses arising from the prosecution of criminals is only a natural result, arising from the laxity in which the laws have been enforced in the past. Heretofore the most fiendish crimes have been committed and the criminals have gone unpun ished. So often have criminals escaped punishment that H has almost become a proverbial say ing that in Grant county mur derers and thieves were safe and could not be punished. As a result, crime has increas ed to such an extent that at the recent term of court there were sixty-four criminal cases on dock et, several of which were trials for murder, some for larceny, and others for almost every offense known to the catalogue of crime, To try thesoapases Grant county has been put to an enormous ex pense, and is to-day in such a condition financially that taxis must be extremely high for sev eral years to come. Other counties should profit by Grant's experience, and nit be timid about enforcing the law against wrong-doers. Penalties imposed by the law arc not so much to punish as to prevent crime, and where they are rigidly enforced crime has preceplit y decreased; but in localities where courts have been too lenient and juries have been so spmpathetic that they were blind to justice, accepting the least excuses to be considered a justification of mis deeds or have been hired to ren der verdicts that shield deep-dyed guilt, crimes have been no ticed to increase. When such is . r tnt-' ac enormous mils ot ex pense lor conducting courts, mat are little less man larccs, are thrust upon the people, and the taxpayer, the law-abiding citizen, the man who needs no law to govern his actions, is virt ually lined in tho way of exorbit ant taxation, while the criminal goes free and is encouraged to continue in his iniquities. . . -. A Heavy Sentence. When young Devine, who re cently plead guilty to a charge of petty larceny was brought be fore his honor, Judge Fee this morning for sentence, his attor ney, Hon. T. C. Hyde, on behalf of "tho young man appealed to the court for leniency, stating the youth of the prisoner, not yet ar rived at man's estate, tho fact of his having returned the purse, which contained but $11.50, to its owner, and asked that in this instance the penalty imposed should partake more of the spir it of reform than the punishment usually and rightfully meted out to the hardened and oft-erring criminal. Mr. Hyde's appeal was ably seconded by an other member of the bar, but it secur ed no six months in tho county jail for the boy, who after being subjected to a lecture on the enormity of his offense, was giv en two years in the penitentiary. Is it "a second Daniel come to judgment?" or, rather, one who ''dressed in a little brief authori ty plays such fantastic tricks be fore high heaven as makes the angels weep." Baker City veillo. Kc- The Mormons "must go," is what the Idaho Legislature says. It is said that smugglers re ceive $30 per head for running the Chinese over the border into Washington Territory. Baker City has more aspirants for federal positions than any other town in Oregon. A man can bo found to fill every of fice on the list. Democrat. More than twenty-two thous and of the people of India died of snake Jbitcs in one year. It is quite likely that India would vote largely for cheap whisky. If Captain Kuld had laid up his treasure in heaven, as ho ought to have done, he would have saved anxious investigators a eood deal of backache in these later days. The penitentiary at Salem is rapidly filling up. Last week there were nine arrivals, which nlaccs tho total number at 2S1 Orecon must be degenerating Both the Insane asylum and the States prison are full to overflow ing, to say nothing of the num ber on the outside who should be incarcerated in both these insti tutions. E. O. It is said that the southern part of Russia the peasants use a coin of such small value that it wouid take 250,000 of then to buy an Ameri can dollar, and these coins arc so scarce that a man who has a hun dred is looked upon as rich, and one who has a thousand is consider ed very wealthy. It is strange to think a person wealthy who owns two-fifths of a cent, and comforta bly well off on one-twenty-tif th of a cent DARWIN'S THEORY. Darwin's theory of the "surviv al of tho fittest" is nmply that the weakly die, while the robust and hardy thrive and live. How true this is of seed growth, and how necessary to sow only that which is suited by nature to live and develop. D. M. Ferry it Co., the great Seed Growers and Seed Dealers of Detroit, Michigan, supply only tho best and purest, raising their own seeds by the most improved methods and with the greatest care, bring to their Lusiness the invaluable aid of more than thir ty years' experience. 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Co., Chlcop, Mats., Terrlblo Tain. Jc . s. rrn crtr urtlon caefbt rloltnt cold; trtry bone wai ttlff and tor; tn UrrlbU patn. Ccrcd prcmstlr by Bt. Jacob Oil. J. C. B0CKLX7. Psymiittr. At DnvooisT9 and Dealeus. THE CHARLES A. VCCCLER CO.. Qaltlaori. Kd. School Taxes. All persons who have not paid their special school tax for the year 1SSS will pleare take notice that the undersigned has been appointed Clerk of Canyon City School District No. 1, vice E. Hall resigned, and that all such taxes nniist l e paid prior to Jan uary 1. l.Sfcb m order to save costs. 1'niL Metsciian, Clerk. NOTICE. Came to the premises of the un dersigned, two mares: A brown maiu branded SI on left stiile and u sorrel niaio branded 10 on loft shoulder. Owner can Lave them by proving property and pacing ch:irjr"S. Mixot Austix. Ai'stix, Dec. 11, 1888. First it was election, then rhnnkstiivintr. Now it will be the meeting of Congress, then the Christmas holidays and then tlie inauguration. After that shcol in general. Ex. NOTICE. We the undersigned wishing to close our books respectfully ask that all persons indebted to us either by note or account will please come forward and settle the same by Jan. 1st, lSSi). IIaVtoxstali. it Daht. I The suit of the United Slates against the bondsmen of 1. N. Ilibbs, the defaulting Lewiston postmaster, is decided in favor of tho United Slates, and the de fendant will have to punglo to the extent of $10,000. TOURISTS, "Whenever on pleasure bent or business, should take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effect ually on the kidneys, liver and bowels. Diovontinir fevers, head aches and other forms of sickness.' For sale in 50c and $1 00 bottles by all leading druggists. An editor was asked if he ever saw a bald headed woman. " He replied, "no, we never did. Why should we? Nor did we ever see u woman waltzing around town in her shirt sleeves, with a cigar between her teeth and 'dropping in' to every saloon she saw. We never saw'a woman go fishing in the mountains with a bottle in her hip pocket, sit around on the damp ground all day and go home drunk in the evening. Nei ther have we seen a woman yank off her coat, spit on her hands mid swear she could whip any man in town. No; (Sod bless her. she isn't built that way." M f wwiri at :vBfy atUcrliioiKdiiiveroPP'SJSEnLER'S GUIDE, 124 pp.j prico only 25c4 (pcjb0 itiaps, PI Report ftrifefesi Tralan J, ScrM)f( Townsltes, &cJm00, Prr FiIingArarnon!, and 1 I TV X The State Levy. At a meeting cf the board, which consists of Governor Pen noyer, Secretary McBride and Treasurer Webb, last week they found the total valuation of tax able property in the state to be $8o,S(J3,192. This is at least .$5,000,000 less than had been expected, as several counties re turned decreased valuations. Tho estimated expenses for 1889 arc 317,S00.GS. This includes the expense of the session of tho legislature. The taxation to raise the required amount is three and seven-tenth mills, to which is added one-fifth of a mill for militia and one-tenth of a mill for State University, making a total of four mills. Portland World. The Territory of Dakota is cer tain to come into the Union, but whether it will be allowed to name the two states into which it is to be divided is doubtful. It is to be cut in two latitttdinally, and the people desire to call the sections respectfully North and South Dakota. But outsiders object to these titles, although North and South Carolina get along very well, and are distin guished for tho go: ial relations existing between their two Gov ernors, and wish to call the south state Dakota and the other Lin coln. A lively fight is likely to occur over this point, the Dako tans claiming the right to name themselves and tho .people of the North half of tho Teiritory con tending that the name Dakota, when applied to wheat, has a market value which they would lose were it changed to Lincoln. Wheat Raisers, Attention! Notice to wheat raisertj is heie- by given that we will grind Wheat for nav at the rate ot oU cts. lor every 100 lbs of Flour turned out, provided it is brought in quanti ties not less than fifty bushels; otherwise we will exchange Flour for Wheat. Further, that we will guarantee the Hour equal to the very best, provided good wheat is furnished. Highest Market Price paid for Wheat. James Nokmax it Co. John Day City, Sept. 2G, 1S8S. Dissolution of Partnersnip. The nurtiipishin heretofore ex isting under the name of Motley Bro's, is this day dissolved by jniifiinl consent. O. V. Motiev re- Ihun! aii ' linhilitiifH. and motievs and ac counts owiu said linn to be paid to It. T. Motley. Dated tuis 1st day ol Nov. 1S88. It. T. Motley, O. V. Motley. Canyon City Ouegon. Hoot or Shoe made to order, or neatly repaired. All Work Warranted First-class. E3T D3T LOOK ETTPPIIIOEC, A Man at any lime may "gel his Fool into it," But there is not a particle of danger of snca tiring happening if he goes to -FOIt AY HOLD To make Glad the Hearts of his own Little Ones, somebody else's Little Ones, or His Best Girl. Cresap lias, Oh, such an immoi.se lot of Holiday Goods that ono could hardly enumerate them in half a day, and so cheap for Cash that it will surprise you. He respectfully invites every one to call and look at the display, aud not miss the bargains offered. ONLY JUST COME AND SEE fiLU ,Mfe. A Pleasing Sense of Health and Strength Renewed, and of Ease and Comfort & Follows tho ubc of Syrup of Figs, as it aoU gently oa tho Kidneys, Liver 0 Bowels Effectually Cleansing tho System when Codtivo or Bilious, Dispelling Colds, Headaches and Fevers and permanently curing HABITUAL CONSTIPATION without weakening cr irritating the or gans oa which it acts. Tor Salo in 50c and 81.00 BotUos hj all Loatlhiff DrujrgUt. x'xvrxttvuxo o.wr bt the CALIIOSNIA PIG SYETJP 00 Six Fraxcwco, Cal., Locisvut::, Ur., Nkv York. K. Y. R Hayes is county agent fos Dr. Scotts electric goods; also I for Hogers Bro'a fine silverware, J gold and silver watches. Call on him for your holiday and wedding j presents. Everything warranted, and cheaper tnau ever sold in tlrs couutv. Summit House. ON TUB CANYOX CITV & DCKXS ROlD. 1G Miles from Canvon Citv. 1G GItAIN, HAY STABLING For Teams. .V. Jf. A DA. VSOA; Prop. ' Dobbins' Electric Soap THE BEST FAMILY SOAP IN THE WORLD.- It is Strictly Fnre. 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