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THE NEWS THE MEWS g mm THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS. iM Volume XI. OAA'TOA' CITY, Git A AT COU.A'TY. OREGON, TlTUJiSDA )') OCTOBER 3, JSS9. A 'uutbcr SS. THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS, IUUM9IIEO r.VKItV THURSDAY JIOIlNI.NO HY D. I.ASBORY Editor nnd Proprietor, COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER Subs-iiption 33 00 Six Months 1 GO Three Month 75 All llondiug Notices in Local 'Join in n will bo clmrgod nl tlio into of 20 conls por lino for first, nnd 10 cts ench subesquout insertion. Spocinlrntes to regular advortisors. -WE AltC rHElMIlKU to i:xkcute Job Printii 01' EVERY DESCnilTIO.V, CllEAW.Y Posters, Dodgers, Billheads, Letter bends, Notohoads, Slato monts, Invitations, Tickets, Curds Htc, otc. I'ltl.NTKI) TO OltUKIt. OFFICIAL MKFXTOUY Co. Jtulgu Clerk ... ...... Troasurer .' Commissioners j Survoyor Sliciifl' Assessor , School Supt Stock Inspector. N. U. Mixcy. . I'liil Metsehnn ..N. H. Holey. J. II. Mcllnlov. If. J I. Davis. .... J. II. Nenl ....W. P Gray , Ohns. Tiniins. IS. Hnyes. ... T. II. Curl ., lj. It. Ison J nines A. Foo . . . ,J. L. Hand Dist. Judges .' Dist. At'ornoy. . . Church Dirccto'y Hov. A. ISnds holds divino sorvice at the "VVinegnr school houso at II' o'clock a. m. on the 1st Sabbath of each month, and at 7 o'clock in the evening at tho M. 13. chinch in Pnii mo City. Also 'at tho Strnwborry school hoiiso ut 11 n. in, on tho Hid S.ibbath of each month and at Prai rie City in 'ho evening of the same dav. At John Day City at 11 n in. on'tlio '2nd and 1th Suudays, nnd at Cnnyon City nt 7 in the ovoning of the same days. DEPUTY' STOCK INSPKCTOHS NOTICI3 is hereby givon that 1 havo appointed tho following nnuiod persons n my Dopnties, viz: NAMES. I'OSTomOE. L. 1). Lnco Win. Hull..... v ., Joo Knas, Fox Vul. . . . .Wanton Prairio City , , . John Ony . . . .Stewart . x. Hamilton Monument . . John Day . . . . Witgnor Long Crook Love Iluiloy It. W. Cattor . . W. W. Ilinton . John C. Lnce .. Wnrron Cnrsnor Jns. Wallace . . ' ' MIH"-U .... .... ' t. u .inlmsnn Dnvvillo John H lhikcr Caleb W II tlillis Hitter T. H. Cum., Stock Inspector for Grnnt County. Postoflieo Mt. Vernon, Or. yv- nurrnion Canyon City Oueuon. lluoU or Shan rod lo urJr. or nt-ally rai-alrtJ, All WprU Wurruuteil rlrt-olin J. L. B. VrAL & SON. II,.7Y7.l.A,A7t,.? and JKWKLEIIS, Hak r.it City, - - Oiiwio.v. Dealers in WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, V.'OLINS nud GUITARS. Jluiiry lol.otn on t'ollatdab. Opposite Union Moat Market, Mniu Street. PHOFI3SS ION A L OA IMS Oil It, M. I). Cnnyon City, Ogn. Ofttw on Main Slr In lUwmt tofuwrly M Uf lir. Howard. Q I. HAZISLTINIS. niotOKmplxo c CANYON CITY, OtlEOON. g B. DI3NNINO. Attorney-nt-Iainr. UOXO CllEKK Oitr.noN j j mccullouoh; Xulnry Ptibltc. Canyon City - - Onr.ooN Onico with M. D. ClilTiml '1a Land (lllnt and Cullrtllnni I'romptly UtnJfJ to. lnU mil Uortjr!" lrn, ikI clir,-t rrAionUfl. Y A. KNK3HT, CANYON CITY - OUEOON. Oflico over John Schmidt's cabinot shop; ollieo hours from Dam to 1 pm ALL WOBK WARRANTED. PaIUIISH k Co.AU. A'lTOHNKVS AT LAW. Canyon City, Okegon. 1LA Y TODHUNTKH. Conntalalo, in cl Oollootor. Cnnyon City, Orou All liiulnci enlruitrJ to liU cr ll rrl prompt ittniUon, nJ all money will fc IW (nil aa ollrclnl. p 0 H0HSU3Y, M D. GltADUATE OK THE UNIVEIISITY or IVn.vsyi.va.xia, April 8, 1818. Canyon City, Oregon. Olicoiuhis Drug Store, Main Stieet hders for Drugs promptly filled No profeksionul patrontigo solicted iii'jss directions are strictly followod. ST. 'A1. TVtrtolK., A-ttornoy-at-Law ANIl Notary Public. PitAiitiE City - - - OiiKfiox. Also Agent for tho sulo of School Lauds. J. OLLIVER, I'ronrietor of the John Day Milk Ran ch FichIi milk delivered daily to my custoinci-s in John Day and Cnnyon cities. Give mo your orders. "BIT SALOON!" CAN VOX CI I V - Oregon Jfugk Smith, prop'r. A Full StutV of the I'urot 0 UIi.m anJ Tlx Dm! clri In tbt Mtikct. Livery and Feed Me, LEE MILLER, Propr. Canyon City, Urnut Co. Orouou. l'ETEII Kl'IIL'H UI.II BTANI) Having bought thoso jiopulni StnblosI respectfully solicit n share of tho public patronago. Fiist-clnss Single nnd Doublo Tennis lo let. I'lNE IIUOOIES i. IIOAII CAI.TS. Special nttontion given to tho enro of Iraiihiont stock. Canyon Cm, Oueoon. ROBT. WARD. Prop. HAHNHSS, WHIPS, Sl'UHS, And gonor.il supplies constantly kiint on hand. Saddles ordered nt n small dis count. Hopniring done on short notice In puttering around an old eliiin nev fonndntion in St. Augustino, .Koridn. pome parties found n lot of old Spnnisli com of tlio value of over $300. The old chimney is nt least 120 yenrs old. It is thought the eoin o'neo belonged to n Spanish , Catholic priest named Crnsby, who onco occuiilutl the house nnd had , ohnrgo of the Cntholie Mission from , 17'jri to 1S15, having been sent! hither by the king of Spain. In 1821 a mnn by the name of Hogas, found -f!!0J in the snme cliinmey. Since that time, wild stories of hill ded coin have been current in the neighborhood. Tho oldest coin of the lot benrs the date of 17m. The people think there is yet vast sums concealed in the inhhjsh of tho old house as tho Spanish priest is said to have received Inrge sums from the king of Spain and tho Cntholie church, nnd was very miserly in his habits. The ruins are now guarded and tlio people arc looking ouer the grouiuU. St. Augustine, it will be remembered, is tho oldest town in the United States, having been nettled by tho Spaniards prior to tiny Knglish settlements in Amer ica. The finest slock of Drygoods, Clothing, Hoots nnd Shoes, at Collin A- Mt Farland's, Heppt.cr POWDER Absolutely Pure. TliU piiltrn r tunc A martrl t u r I lit (1 4lio!oiinif Mnr rruiioin. leal tti&u tlic onhrurv kln.U. mid cannot b 0I1I In .i.iiiprlia.in with tli iiiultllurlr o( lux let, li il fbjlil, alum or ihuiltc vi(lrn. Solil onl In can. Itoial lUWini? 1'uwOtr Co, lul Wall St.. N. Y. PAT CAMPBELL Wholesale cS- Bet ail DEAI.EIt IN GROCERIES Floir ai Fwi. NEAR THE DEPOT, BAKER CITY, Or. (i(Kx!s found to 1 not lirnt clusi. may 1st n'tiuncil. ai tx b a (1 U o Pi : Hay 'A I S NEW MARKET. 5& (Opposite postonioo) John Day, Or eg. Hoof, Pork, Mutton, Lard, etc,, kept constantly rn hand. Fish, Chickens, Kgngaml all kinds of puuo constantly on hnud when thoy can bo bad. Orders from u distance promptly ittleudod to. F. I. McCALLUM Proprietor filS fill HORROR OF HORRORS. How Afrlc it Delnc Depopulstei.--the Infamous Slave Tridert. As to the rapidity tvitli which tho depopulation of tho region of tho regions of tins I'pper Congo is going on much hni been written by those who lmvo parked through them within it few yenrs. It is on tho head waters of the I'pper Con go that tho slave merchants have, miicc the first visit of Stanley, done their worst. Mauyuimi, on the I.ouaba, and tho three provinces about, forn otic of the finest prov inces in the valley of the Upper Congo. Tho legion, within un area perhaps of 1,000 miles long by !H)0 wide, rontiiincd D,0U0,UUU inhabitants scarcely 10 years ago. Xow there mav be a few thousand hidden in the jungles, but nut a village, not a person, not a domes tic tiniimit is to bo seen. In L S 77 Stanley piibsed through tlio region, earufully noting on a map all the villages along the banks of tho river, with an estimate of their in habitants. Six yeaio later he pass ed over the same route. The vil lages had disappeared and the slave traders with thoir boati and their caravans of slave chained to gether constituted all tho signs of life to be seen. lull months a baud that he met had laid wante a region larger than Ireland, cm taiuing 1 IS villages and all the took awav from it were 2,!100 slave women and children and 2,U0U tusks of ivory. Supposing moderate estimate) that eauli Vll luge contained 1,000 inhabitants, they had taken only i! per cent, of the population, to he reduced to 1 per cent, boforu the slaves could reach tho destined market. The&o expeditions that penetrate the heart of Afiica arc organ ized as for war. Thoy form alliances with tribes disposed to bu friuudly who are to nssist them against their brethren. Thus leinforced they fall at night on a defenseless ilfagc and set the straw huts on lire. The inhabitants, attempting to escape, are pursued and all are shot down who could not be made serviceable, or who resist. The old men aro remorselessly slaugh tered. It is chielly the women and children who are wanted as most inakotablo. Tho captives travel on foot. If any of tho men nro suspected of any intention to escape or nro stubborn, tlio hands and sometimes tho feet are tied. Several aro often nttaehed to one another by a sort of nngiio that causes irrepressible sulferiug. When they halt at night each is given as his sole nourishment a little raw sorghum. In a few days the weaker men and many of the women show signs of oxceivo fa tigue. Then, in order to frightou the others, the drivers approach those who seem most exhuiuted, armed with u bar of iron, as pow dor cannot be wasted, with which they deliver n blow on the back of thu'ueel; that cniiEes almost imme diate death. Tho next night there is a new massacre of those who can go no further. It is dosirablo to economize food. Tho bodies remain by tho way6ido or aro sus pended to the trees under which their Into comrades arc oblige I to eat and slcop, and so tho slaughter goes on from day to day during tho long months that intervene be fore the caravan can reach tho placo where the slaves aro to be sold. It has been remarked by the Catholic missionaries in the region of tho lakes, who have had for many years an opportunity to observe the atrocities of tho trade that if a traveler seeking ouo of thuse cities toward which tho car avan is directing its course, lost his way ho would easily liud it again by tho dead bodies or the skeletons strewn along tho route. It is estimated that tho mortality i 50 percent during the first few days of tlio march. The feeble are not always put to (loath in the manner specilied. That would bo too great a mercy. They are sim ply loft to die of exhaustion by tho wayside or to bo oaten by the jackals and hyenas that follow the cortege in packs, or by tho vult ures that swarm along tho route. The suffering of tho captives nro still greater in crowing the desert. On arriving from tho south from Kuno or Timbuotoo, , and before launching forth into the waste are and sand, the cara van is reorganized, and .there is a personal examination of the slaves, riiojo w ho nro sick or who seem too feeble to liiuko tho trying march in prospect aro separated from the others, killed and thrown into tlio bushes. A large number of tho young men tun! boys aro mutilated in such a brutal manner that thoy die in the operation or nhortl) afterward, either from tho wounds or aro dispatched by the merchants. This would never happen were there not a demand Tor this sort of merchandise in Turkey, I'ersia, Arabi , -Morocco, Tripoli, and oven yet in spito of all the Knglish have done to pre vent it, in HgVpt. Hut tho value of those that survive is increased by the diminished supply. It will be seen that theo horrors far ex ceed tho.-o of the so-tailed "middle passage," with rnro exception, flic American slave merchants never themselves- took their cap tives by force in thu heart of Af rica, destroying villages and kill ing or eaiifiug the death by star vation of thousands in order to ob tain a hundred. They bought them of the chief, who had captut ed them in the razzias or in regu lar war, or of the Iiuropeaii tra ders who made a Ihimuckf. of go ing between the count and ihc in terior, paving in cotton goods, tircariiis and trinket. Xow there is no pretence or payment. It is merely ruthless slaughter and un heard ol cruelty from the firt at tack on thu native village till the merchants part with their bond men in one of the markets in thu interior or on the scacoast. itoititons or-rni: 'rit.viu:. It is only during thu last 10 Years that the r-lave trade has ta ken thoo frightful proportions chielly for tho reason given, tho accessibility of Central Allien proved by explorations of Stanley and others. Very caiefiil estii unites have been made by Catholic missionaries and Knglish writers on the minimi waste of life that is the necessary result of the traffic. One missionary estimated -100,000 the number of slaves that reach the markets alive and are actually hold. Cameron says 000,000. and each slave sold represents, accord ing to different oMiiuutos from four to 10 human lives wantonly and cruelly siteiilieed. Cameron gives an instance that fell under his own observation. A slave mer chant, in order to obtain 50 wo men, for whom there was a de mand, destroyed 10 iuoireiisivo villages, each having "00 inhabit ants, and massacred all the re mainder. If in other regions where this man hunting gues on the proportion were the same , 0.)O,(IO0 negro are put to death or sold into slavery every H'ar, which would cause tho depopula tion of Central Africa in 50 years. This cfiimiite would seem to bu continued by a letter written to Cardinal I.avigerio by ouo of hi missionaries Matiohfd at Lake Tanganyika. Tho writer states that not a day passes without at least the puss.igu of one caravan going from the region of Upper Con "jo eastward to the Zanzibar coast. When the uiHsionaries wune to the cnuliio'a of Mauyema It) years ago that region was cov ercd with villages and cultivated fariiie. Since then it has heen overrun by Tippon Tib and liU minions with the tesult that it is n desert with no trace either of in habitants or culture, but thickly strewn with hnin ii; skeletons. It will be remembered that it wan only by the permission and as sistance of Tippoo Tib that Stan ley was able to pass through tin lake region in going to tho relief of Kmin Hey. Huifalo I'ill has acquired a fort une and twenty seven otters of marriage in France. The fortune and tho way to spend it nro both at his disposal it. tliiit happy laud. The Queen Hegent of Sptin has ciiiiFed advertisement' to be pub lished in all tho leading iiewspa- ' tiers of her dominion, otterint,' thu two prizes S57U0 am! S23!)5 for tho two host essays on the life of i GhrUtophor OoluiubtiB. They had just hegiin their I courtship and were swinging on I the gargen gate beneath thu silent J stars, mid they were client, too, ; for they were yet in tho dawning ol ouiig love, and scarce knew what to av to each other. The silence at fa.-t became embarrass ing and t-hu said: "I must go in." "What's your h irry?" "Oh, wo're ju-t like two foo's swinging heie ami saying mnli iug." "I don't know what to talk about. ' "Wait a moment. Sav you must be awfully troubled by llier. in summer time." "Ij" "Yes; they must light on you in swaruiH." Sir," 'IIm'iuiss you aro so awful SWCl t '' She didn't j o in. -,a.. Stetson Cow Hoy flats, Stiver Hits and Spurs; Calfskin Coats and Vests. Cheyennu it San Jose Sad dles, at Collin A MeFarland's Hep purr. KXIa UT .HS SAMS. Notice is hereby e,iveu I lint under mid by vn tin; -jf thu pinviiions of tlio 1 1 at will and It'Nlautoiit of Lu cinilii lltr' dt'co.iHeil iiti'l an .udei' til tlio Count v Coin I of tin Stite of Or egon for ( Irani county, the uudoi Hnt'd x ciiiiir of said will, will on U'i'iIiii'mIuv thu Hlih day of October lHo'J, id the hour of 10 o'clock a. in,, at thu ho'iMi of the late Liicinihi Uii!' uliiiui '.') miles above the town of Pr.iiri" Ui'.v. on t!m .lohii Day riv er, in Grant, county, statu of Ori-gon, Mill nt iiibln m lion to thu highest itn l lu'-i bidd'-r foi eili in liiiuil, the followi g personal prnpoity of the o-.tittu of h iid Lu 'iiidn ll.ig" (leivas. ed, to wit : 1 000 pound (cstimatcil) barley in bin I I luck wiigon. I 11 iv gliding. 1 Mate. it Sows with pigs, (i ShoatH. 1 W iuoii (old). I A'agou. I Sot harness with brcpob'uig. 1 Miiijih. 1 Ntni'k hetieli. 1 ihinilHiiie. 1 Harpoon. 1 S.idii:o(il) I St u-lc Iniv 'J Inns (imtiowiled). Uudiv d'-d murost in (U tons hnv. I W'.H .In.ck. 1 Ph.w. 1 II'iMni'l; 1 10 P.iflH. 1 I'aT li olyarlH. I Mititt saw. 1 Men'. Kiife. 1 Sledgi- ( 10 lb-), i Hon 1 Pick. '2 Slenl wi'dg'-H. I H.isp. 1 Si'VtllO ll'lll Will III. I II iinoIii'II ai.d strip. 'J Clm us - A utcms. I IS nice nud thro bit tn. I Cliiw-ls. 1 Spirit lev!. 1 Set houuh phiuod. 1 (run squiiio. 1 Key IioIh saw, ;l I land miiwh, t DrawiiiK knife. 1 Pair dividniH. I Spokuatiiav. 1 Oiiuiii'. 1 S.tw snt. '2 llaiiiiuois. I W'lielstoiin. 1 I'm lor stovo "villi platform and 1 joints pipe. I Crowbar. 1 SuloHidillo. 1 l ook t vu pipe nud utumils. I Sowing iiinuhiiie. I (iolding '2 years old I K ' " " 1 Pair II lilyhiKhOH. -J Di'i eh eknim. Iiitnii'st ol imlato in 1H bond Of cattle Interest of cHluto in D inaics and '2 Ool'H, I Milk-af.'-1 Arm ehaii. 1 Itoekiiigchair. li Chubs, '2 Chiiirs (iiiwhide bottom), 1 Sofa. I liotingu. !1 Trunk lludhtoHils. I Whutiiot. 1 Tuiiii' (falliiigkiif). 1 DiniiiK table. I ( lock. The undivided A of th hry grop of IM-i'.l. enliMlfttlllg ol 111 inies, 111010 or Iomh. Snid wde will coiiiniiuice n th nlovo iniiiiiiiiiidl tiuio anil ro.it uu if nocowMiiy fnun day to day in il raid pcraonal properly is sold. M. J). Cuitoiid, Kx-cutor of thu Ust Will mil T s tuutcut of Lutiudu Uk.i, Lcii.l. THE CUS1UR MASSACRE. Only One Man Escaped, anil he Dlcw I Ita Dralm Out. In his !o ir service us Indinn agent, Dr. Muliillicuddy learned from the Sioux many iiileroatiug facts about the Cu tor niiHsucie. Forjietrs after that horrible attair t bait e:puits in il were vVry ic.it li to talk of it to the whit'u in II, but HS the agent gradually ga ued their couli leneo they tu!d, little by little, the whulv ' Mnry. SittingM.ill, who is no v nio.ii io die, hud 15,000 uurrjoiv mi. that c a-ioii. That i uid lo huvo biuti thu largot force of linli.tns ever oncoiiiitu ed by troop in a dligle eugiigemuut. (lister had over 3UU cavalry and ttomu Crow scouts. lie d' vile I his foreo about cqimMy, and sent M.ijor He iio witli one body tu uli.ick thu lower end of the Indian village, while he churned at the upper end. The Sioux all ngree in tlu-ir stall' meiits to Dr. Mcliilliciiddy that their surprise wa complete.' Tluy were engaood in iYjnd:ing in it' pelliug Ix'eito at one end, and whin the tingles at the other end gave them their lirst wtit'iiittg of Cus ter's presence, they were discon certed, and was on tins pi int of giving away for a gene al ictreat heii l.'i'iio, to their ii.tonishmeut drew olf. Thin permitted to turn their who o ntmitiin to Cusler, "the white chief with the vebow hair." Thwy told how they luauugcd -to make their masai-re comphte. Tho ground was broken and CuMcr wiiR unable to handle his men in cavalry formation, lie (li-miouiited them, leaving every fourth man to hold hoiM-w. Th.' Iiidi lis threw themselves o:i the men with the Morses. They did this, they said, ecu use they'kucw that the bulk of the iiiiiinumtiou which the sohdcu carried was on the horses. This done the rest was cny. It was on ly tho question of of a few minutes nil the caitridgus in tho bolts of the soldiers gave out, and th. rs was no i no ix auiimiiilioii. "I Hce," suid Dr. MoOilliouddy, "that every now and then khi'io mini announces himself, in the Hast, as tin- tole Mirvivor of the Custer massacre. You r-an iiIw.ivk put him down as tin .impostor. There was onu in.in who intfht nave eflcawd. I lo wan a you ig 'Uigton miined Lord. His iooy AUK not folllld Ulltll hillg ilft'-TU,;: nod was at first ctipMsed to I . a aptive. The Indians told me it jtniiigi' lory about tord't! deatJi. I'hey said that wh n Ik. saw hmv ihiugs w.is going he st.utidoi!'. auveral ( O'ing I tiCi I'nlUnved bun, out he had a good horse and ttipt .thoad of them. J tint its they a. hi going to give up the elinse and in tend to let Lord i si ape, b" di w pistol shot hiuisell'tl. .ol I xiipp... j he was cr..t d at tho ihonjthl ol l o couiing n pi i oner. The uulv per miii with (.'uster who sitrvive i :s i eio.v stout. When he saw that the light had gone agonist the cav ilry ho drew his blanket over bin head no that that the Sioux might not recognize him its a ctow, jump ed about among them and gradual ly edged bin wny out of the fight and mailt' off. I LclieVo ho im-still al out the Crow Indian Agency.- From a Sioux Falls letter. Tlir 4'lilrf Krnaoii I t lite Rro. t nc- ((1 III U'HH - S .Is.lJ. ill.U I fl'lUlll III til' article Itm'ir. It ium'.it tli..t . nU tl i (net Hint Itixkl'a s.i.i)iinlla nutually ue eoniilllirs wlut it rliilnit'il ! -r it. It l nl I li 1,1 viu to till nuilkiiii' . l'. iiy . . U ntr trrenter tli:m tl-.u f .any :'. . ik..' Merit Wins SliS Imr Rira.il'uritl.t erne Kt'i...tln, Kill ItluMllil Hint 'ill J 1 t.nf . ty h.m1:i. Sir a lliMilarlu', lliiUiiioiii-Mi. uvi'iiiiit- 'I I. nl rirrt I'l'l'lllll!. l-ll'illl'Hitll AM'llll'. HlM'llKlll' flit Hit' Nil li-, ImiMa ns tliv Wlii'lu S) -li'in llaoit' Hin .iiiiurlllu I Milil hy .ill ill ui;. UI I, t turtft. I'rfluiixl Iiy C I llumi t., AivUictMiU'ts Luvti'lli Mas. t? "Sr" I' HiMIAMiallA -' ' t ... :tf