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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1889)
, THE JfEWS Is the oldest newspa per betwoan Tho Dalles mid Witiiioinuccn; tho lar gest circulation, therefore is thu boat for nil vol Using. THE NE WS Is n nownjwpcr for tho people, laboring for tho people nnil voicing tho son timrnU of tho people of its own llnuit County. GRANT COUNTY H V." iv. T I ' I Volume XL. ''" WJW CITY, GIUNT COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV EMU Eli SS,1SS9. Number 86. 9 HE GRANT COUNTY NEWS. iudlisiied nvcnv Thursday jiouni.no II v D.I.ASBORY Editor nnd Proprlotor. COUMTY OFFICIAL PAPER Subscription 1 yenr in ndvanco 82 50 it not pnul within 3 months . .53 00 Six Months 1 GO Throo Months 75 ADVERTISING KATES. 1 year 1 year 1 yenr 1 yenr 1 year $15.00 32.00 SI LOO S83.00 110.00 S3T For standing display ndi only. All Itendin? Xolicna in Tinrnl 'Jolumu will bo charged nt tho rate oi u coins por lino for hrst, and 10 tio utivij miuusijucm itiacruou. Spccialrntes to rogulnr advortisors. WE AUU PIlPAI!ED TO EXUCUTK i'jFine Job Printing or EVERY DESCItll'TIO.V, CHEAPLY Posters, DodRors, Billlionds, Letter heads, Notohoads, Stato nionts, Invitations, Tickets, Cards Etc, olc. ritlXTEI) TO onDEU. OFFICIAL DIItHCTOltY: Co. J udgo , Clerk Treasurer Coiiiimsbioncrs Surveyor Sheriff Assessor , School Supt Stock Inspoctor. N. It. Mnxcy. , Fhil Mctschan ..N. II. Iioloy. J. II. McIInloy. II. II. DaviH. .... J. II. Nenl ....W. P Gray Chns. Tiuims. 13. Hayes. ... T. H. Curl Ii. 13. Ison James A. Feo ...J. L. Rand Dist. Judges j ' D'tst. Attorney. . . . Church Directory Kcv. A. UntU holds divino sorvico at tho Winognr school houso nt 11 o'clock n. in. on tho 1 tt Sabbath of each month, nnd nl 7 o'clock in tho evening nt tho M. E. church in Pnii rio City. Also nt tho Strawberry school houso at 11 a, in. on tho 3rd Sabbath of each month and nt Prni rio City in tho ovoning of the samo day. At John Day City nt 11 a in. on tho 2nd nnd 1th Sundays, nnd nt Canyon City nt 7 in tho ovoning of tho saiuo diiyu. DEPUTY STOCK INSPECTORS NOTICE is beroby given that I liavo appointed thu following nnined persons as my Deputies, viz: XAMKB. I'OHTOmCE. L 1). Luco Blnnton Win. Hnll Prnirio City Joo Enns, Vox Vul John Day Lovo Hniluy Stowart R. V. Carter Hnmilton V W. Ilinton Monument Jolm 0. Lnco John Day Warren Cnisnor Wngnor Jns. Wnlluco Long (.'reek L II JoluiHon Dayvillo John II Uukt-r Cnlob W 11 Oillis Hitter T. II. Cimh, Stock Inspector for Grant County. Posloflico Mt. Vernon, Or. Htrrpniorc, Canyon City Oiieoon. Ilooti of Suotis inula to order, or neatly rtpalrml. All Work Warranted rint-oloM. J. L. B. VIAL & SON. WATCHMAKERS and JEWEL EMS, Dakeu City, - Oiikuo.v. Dealers in WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEWELRY, 8ILVERWARF, V OLINS nud CUITARS. ilimay UI.on uu Collaterals. Opposito Union Moat Market, Mniu Street. 1 inch !l mo S I.RO iJ c h a ino S'J.OO i ol :imo 12.00 i ol i! mo '21.00 1 col I! mo 10.00 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Q W. HAItHUK, M. IX IMijhlclan A .Surgeon. Canyon City : : Oregon. OfTico next door to Co. Treasurer's office, Main Street, jy II. YOUNG, D. M. Hoiuooopntlilfitt Phi.siciun and Surgeon. John Day Citv, Or, g OltH, m. D. Cnnyon City, Ogn. Offlc on Main Strtal In llounn formerly oucn pled ty Dr. Howard. I. HAZEIiTINE. rixotoei'vpiio c canyon city, OHKOON. g S. DENNING. AUorney-nt-I.mr. LONO CllUEK OlU'.OON J J McCULLOUGII. Notary Public. Canyon City - - Oiieoon gr Oftico with M. D. Clifford Land flllnyt rniil Collection! promptly ittlcnJrJ tn, llrrtli ami liorlifacra uravn, iu thktf rcaioiulrio. A. KNIGHT, DENTIST. CANYON CITY - - OUEOON. Offico over John Schmidt's cnbinot shop; office hours from Oatu to i p m ALL WUifA. WAUttAH lJii;. PaHRISII it COZAD. A'Fl'OHNEYS AT LAW Canyon City, - - Oiiecon. c LAY T0DHUNTEK. rl-k e-l 'Oollootor. Cnnyon City, Oroc All blulntu cntruftcil to hta care ll rrcrlve prompt attention, anl all monojr will lo alj m I attcntlo cjllcctetl. rati at c p O. HOltSLEV, M. D. Ghaduate of the University or Pennsylvania, April 8, 1818. Cnnyon City, Oregon. Odico in his Drug Store, Main SI reel b-dora for Drugs promptly filled No professional patronage solicted iu'.ihs directions aro btriotly followed. r "VTCT tvr r nit Attorney-at-Law Notarv Public. PiuikieCity - - - OlIKOON. Also AKont for tho salo of School Lands. J. OLLIVER, L'ropnotor of tho John Day Milk Ranch Fresh milk delivered daily to my customers in John Day nnd Cnnyon cities. Givo mo vour orders. Jty II. P.0LEY, 3DEWTXST. (Ollice opposito Mnsoiuc Hnll) Canyon City .... Orogin. - Ml Work Warranted. Liw anfl Food Stable. LEE MILLER, Propr. Cuuyou City, Grant Co. Oregon. l'ETEll KUIIL'S 01.1) STAND Having bought llioso jiopulrtr SlnblcsIri Bjiectfully solicit n slmn of the public pntrouago. Fiist-uluss Siuglo nnd Doublo Teams to lot. FINE 1IUOGIKS 1 IIUAI) CAIIT8. Snocinl nttontion given to tho enro of trniiHiout stool. POWDER Aboolutoly Puro. ThU lowilcr niter rrio A mrrI til I'lultr, Itmiuli anil !iolonihf. Morn c unomlral thau 1 1 o-rllnary alml. anil eannot be aolil In ouuppt' lln vllh tna indltltail ol low lu.l. Ikh wiljiht, alum or iihimihal imw.'.rv Sold only In cint. Kojal I!.VIi IMudor tV., 1W Wall SI.. N. Y. PIAN03, ORGANS H. H.IYKN, John DuY, )r. Agent for tho Whito Sowing Mitchino, tho bont in tho world. Also for tho Enrhuff Ornns, nnd Hush it Gcrtfl Pinuos. Thcso instruments nro uu oxcollcd nud sold nt fmr prices. Mr. imys will enll on vou for orders for Dr. Scott's Electric goods nnd solic its your ordors for Gold nnd Silver watches, Olinrms, Solid Jewelry, and Plated Tablownro. All goods war ranted ns reprosoutod. Plenso givo mo n call. CITY LIVERY STABLE! AND CORRAL, acd FEED STAULE W. R. CUNNIIMCTON, Proprietor. (Wood .t Church's old Stand) (Joel hustf anil nlco Sailillo Hoiki furnlihril at all hour, nl tlm ilay or nlKht a rcainnabU irkra. I'arllaular alUntlon I'al.l la boorJlnf ana Kroouiluj Iraii.lent nock. ENTIIA.N0K Ualn and Waahlu;tOh ilrcntii. PAT CAMPBELL Wholesale Bel all -DEALKII IN- GROCERIES PROVISIONS feFIour anil Fool NEAR THE DEPOT, B.lKEll CITY, Or. Goodi found to bo not first class may bo returned. W. S. SOUTH WORTH, l'ltofiiiirroit or Steal Sasli I Dior Factory Canyon Citv, Or. Sash, Doors, Windows, Qlass, Putty, Moulding, nnd Drestcd Lumber lite, constantly on Hand. Furniture Made lo Order. P. UUUIU OL Canyon Citv, Oiieoon. ROBT. WARD. Prop. HARNESS, WHIPS, SPURS, And general supplies constantly kept on hand. Scddlos ordorcd nt n small dis count. Itopniriug done on short notioo. - TIIE- Ilanioy Siago Line. Jowett & Mcbean. Proprs. fcUi,'lavi Caii) on UouJiy, Wwlnt"J)' '"! frlUi) it C i m., anil luiil llurni on 'lucxlajr TliurU aiiJ baluiilajr. I'aioncrianil Prtlulil at rcaiouaU ratal. HUNTKR'S RAID. An Incident of the War In the Vlr niula Valley. now a itUTin.ie tmiiKis was mt i:i:ai.i.y oiiykh. In ISO! it Ijucatnu njipnront to thu J'edurnl authorities that tho rich vnlloy of Virginia, wliicli was tliu gramtry mill store lioiuo of the CoiuutU'rncv, iniist bo crippled. C5on. Dnvitf 1 1 utitor wits thoruforu bidden to tnku 15,000 moil ami iimke n ni id ii) tliu Klieiiniuloali anil ruin tlio growiuir crops mid grain storeti, tlesti-oy tho rmlroiuls, mills anil foundries', and do all possible dnuingo to the resources of the enemy ns far ns lie was able to go. It is with one of the earl iest incidents of this remarkable campaign that I have to deal. Gen. 1 1 ti liter belonged ton fam ily whoso niicustral home was on the lower Shonnndoiigh, and ho was related to many of the old families there, among others to the Hotelers. Tlio head of the Jlotuler house was Col. William Hoteler, now in the Department of Justice at Washington, thou a stair ollicer of high rank nt Kichnioud. His es tate was a short distance from Sheplierdstown. "When Hunter's corps entered the valley at Shepherdstown the sky was obscured by day with the smoke ami glowed at night with the glare of burning barns, mills and iinystaeks. Mrs. Hoteler mid her daughters, with one or two faithful servants, were then in tho hoiibc. So often had their farm been froiight over by both armies, that theie was nothing left on it for these new comers to take or destroy that could be of any value of munitions of war. Thu houso itself, howovor, had been little hurt, ami its valua ble library nnd pictures and furni ture had been protected by both armies as each in turn was in pro cession. .Moreover, David Hun ter was Mrs. lloteler's own cousin and thu playmate of her childhood. Surely, sho'thought she had noth ing to fear in her poverty and loneless - 11111101' something to hope for from her long ago eoiibin and friend. Cheered by these thoughts, it was with no terror tho ladies snt upon the poarch mid watched tho long blue column come undula ting over the low hills and march hour after hour along tho road that ran in Front of the estate. The well-hoiifu wns conspicuous and almost at the first 6qnads of men ran in to drink and till their canteens, but all were courteous, and the lirst ollices of consequence who appenrod placed a guard at tho well to preserve order and keep any evil disposed men out of the house. At Inst the great army had pass ed, 6ave straggling followers, and the sun was low over North .Mountain, whon a 6qiind of caval rymen canio galloping back from the departing hoBt with a young lieutenant us command. They turned into the yard, and the olli- Catarrh Is a cotutltiitlmial nml not a locnl illscjufl, ami tuvretoio It cannot Iki cured Iy local ai plication. It reiiilri' a constitutional rem edy like II(HMl'R.rsnartlla, which, working through (ho Mood, crjOlcntr tlio Impurity which cauu'a and promotes tho dlteaio, auil Catarrh edccti a permanent euro. Thousands ol ywoplo testily to tliu success Of Hood's Harsa parllla as a remedy lor catarrh when other preparations had (ailed. Hood's Saraaparllla also tmltdi up tho whole system, nnd makes you (eel renewed In health aud strength. Catarrh "I used Hood's Harsapatllla fur catarrh, and reccUcd treat relief and U'licfU from It. Thu catanh was very disagreeable, cH'clally In thu w Inter, causlni; constant discharge from my noso, rluglni; noises In my cars, aud pains In tho back of my head. Thu effect to clear Catarrh my head In the morning l y hawking and spit lint; w.i painful. Hood's Hursaparllla gava mo relief Immediately, whllo In tlmo I was entirely cured. I am iicut without IIixmI'j Harsjparllla In my houso as 1 think It Is worth Its weight In cold." Mas, (1. II. Odin, IK3 llighth Street, K. W , Washington. D. (". Hood's Sarsaparilla SoM lir all ilrutfliU. fl.ilifnrfi. Prepared ouly I C. I. IIOOI) t. CO.. ApulliccarlM, Ixiwall, Mais. 100 Dosoa Ono Dollar ccr dismounted. Lifting his cap he said: "This is Col. Hotele'r house I" 'It is, anil 1 iiiii Mrs. Hoteler. Wu have nothing left about the place except a little meal and ba con for ourselves. 1 hopu you won't deprive us of that." "1 only wish I hud no worse to do; but, madam, I have (ion. Hunter's ordors to burn tois.house aud nil its contents to the ground at once. Vou must believe me," he went on with genuine sadness in his voice, "that I halo it from the bottom of my heart. 1 would cheerfully resign if that would save it, but there is no help. The orders nro peiemptory, nnd ncmit of no delay. All I can let you tlo I eannot believe tho (Jenoral know any one was hero is lo gather up your clothing mid such valuables lis you can carry. Please hasten, and'1 with sudden sup plicating gesture and tone, for ho was boyish and sensitive -"please forgive me for my part in this cruel work!" Tho men looked equally sad as silently and swiftly they helped Mrs, Hoteler and her daughters 1 think there wero three of them inaky into bundles the few ueees saries they were allowed to take away. Suddenly the music of the pi ano swelled throuirh the house, nnd mother aud sister knew that the eldest of the daughters was takinrr farewell of her beloved in xtrttmcut, that in the old days had rung to merrily for Hying Heel mm gay gay hearts, and later had been the eolaco of long evenings of cruel loneliness ami anxiety, or, abandoned to the soldiery, had led the chorus of both North and South. "Is that alii" inquired the lion topitut with a choking voice, and, bearing the little bundles out to the stricken woman, whispered to the sergeant to do his duty. Then there came lloating out through tho parlors the rich young voice chanting: "Tho I.orifismy shepherd, 1 shall not want;" and the hardy sergeant nud men felt tho tears springing as thoy crept to tho back of tue house and light ed tho iires at its dryest corners. Cap in hand, hardly during to look at the long row of books, the pictures, tho brick-a-brae, the pretty articles of feminine adorn ment with which the rooms wero garnished shutting his eyes to these things lest they unnerve him the lieutenant approached tho piano and bosought tho singer to leave the room. She paid not tho slightest attention- seamed neither to hear nor see him. ller mother and sisters wero blinded and deafened by grief -novor roomed what she meant to do; but the Humes ate into the dear old mansion from two sides, and caught at the high cornices and set their banner on tho roof, and whisps of smoke swept in through the doors and explored the cool shade of the par lor before the chant . was .done, and to it iill tlio aunt musician seemed oblivious. "Now," thought the ollicer, awe (truck at the unearthly ex pression of the girl's fact.', aud the awfiilnobs of the weno, "now s'.e will go." Hut as he advanced a step towrrd him, the spurned him with a cegnl gesture, and striking the chords of "Come, Vo Disconsolate, Where'er Vo l.an guisli,' broke with elenr, pure, di vinely modulated pathos into the words and music of that touching hymn. She snug it slowly, n it iiiiudfiil of the crackle of the Humes and tlio thickening smoke. The ollicer begged her to go, but she paid not tho sliglite.it hoed, and when she had liuished it still sat on at the piano, ami began an other hymn. Thuu tho sergeant ran in to tell his mporior that the lire would cut oil" their escano in a moment and the roof was likely to fall. Tho singer hoard, but show ed no care; and thu two men, now realizing that she meant to stay and piny till she and tho piano fell into the ashes together, took her gently by tho arms, reverently cloacd tho instrument, mid half led, half carried her out of the doomed house. They paused at the well and looked back, Ucd Humes wero racing up the curtains of thu win dows and reading jhe titles of the books, and ono by one they could hear, ns they listened, tho musical snapping of the heated piano strings. "God grant I may never have s.ieh duty again," prayed thu I'od oral ollicer as he released tho girl into hor mother's nrms ami saw the blessed tonr come to relievo thu almost fatal tension of de spair. And then ho rode away. KitMurr iNointsoi.i.. Tho (iormnu explorer, Dr. l'o-tort-', and his followers were inatBii crod it short tiuio sinco in the dis trict of Mutukota, Eastern Africa. They wero hunting for something they hadn't lost. The shipments, of wheat and Hour from the United States ports from duly 1 to Oct. I were 2fi, H'21,717 bushels, compared with 28,050,00 bushels for tho corres ponding period of litst year, which is a falling oil' of over 2,725,1178 bushels. Tnclo Jerry lliiak of tho depart ment or agrieultnro has adopted tho plan of issuing colored charts, showing the distribution of wheat, corn, rye, oats, frost ami grasshop pers over tho L'ltion, and now the Situ l'raneisco Examiner follows suit with colored charts showing thu distribution of Democratic and Iki'puiiblican majorities through out the nation. It is a very elfect ive method of illustrating ii point. -- A newspaper is a library. It is an encyclopedia, a poem; a biog raphy, a history, a prophecy, a di rcotory. a time-table; a romance, a cook book, a guide, a horoscotlc, an art critique, a political resume, a ground plan of thu civilized world, a low priced miiltum in purvo. It iB n sermon, it eong, a circus, an obituary, a picnic, a shipwreck, a symphony in solid long primer, a mcdly of lifo and death, a grand aggregation of man's glory and his Minnie. It is in short a birds eyo view of all the joys mid sorrows, births and deaths, the prido ami poverty of tho world, all for live cents. . , g , Thuro ih (omuthitig essentially rotten in the statutes of Oregon when a state's witness like Louis Seroippur, who had his nose bitten oil' at Ashland last week, is thrown into jail to await the trial of his as sailant, while the miscreant who perpretraled the outrage is Hiifl'erud to K' nt largo after filing a nominal bail bond. Tho statutes may war rant the retaining of it prosecuting witness on other than bis own re cognizance; but it is a most bar baric custom if it does, nnd tho sooner repealed the belter. It. is certainly adding insult to injury to incarcerate a man who lias been tho victim of the crime of mayhem, in order to bring the criminal to justice. Jacksonville Times. A machine that cuts match sticks makes .f I0.CMKJ.000 a day. They aro arranged over a vat, and have the heads put on at thu rate of ,t)lU,()Ol) yi t day by ono man. Ninety-Uvo and sixty-eight were the ronK'ctiv ages of a couple mar ried in Marlborough, N. II., last week. Itwiistho groom's fourth marriage and tho bride's second. A Wayncsbiirg, Pa. thief stole a beehive, bees and all the other night. Tires VoUnds, CUT3, Swellings BURNS AND SCALDS. CUnES PERMANENTLY FROSTBITES, Allays Itching, Subdues Swelling Boothoo nod CurosTondorntf. llllapolli, HI., May 79, im. For years St Jacobs Oil has tieen tiscSU any family I lx-Ucto It Is Itic tvnt rcau4y fir t'uriK. swelling!, ctila. Pmlics and ipralns Ycr prepared. JOSKPIl SHAl'Elt. Terra Alt. W. V., Yvly 4, 1M7. Winter 01 taken with pain In Julnt of thlinldo finger -tli.nixlil It was a felon id rrniedlos day and IHglit--ncj rest t led St. facqba Oil-got eniy, went lo sleep tutii Bomlng no uln uu pain slnco. Hi.. . roglc. At Unuoqins asi Dr.iuci. PIE CIIAHIES A. VOCELEfl CO., Biltlawl.td. A UIT OK HISTORY. K. G. Koss n modest printer in Nuw Mexico, has written a letter in the St. Louis Kopiiblic which recalls ono of the most stormy and critical periods in our eh'il history -the timo when Andrew Johnson, the only American presi dent over impeached, was on trial before tho united States somite. There wero seven republican sena tors who voted against tho presi dent's conviction mid thus saved congress from what have been re cognized nfterwarda as a lasting disgrace. Thu vote on tho impeachment was taken twenty-ono years ago last .May. It was known, before hand that six republican senators would vote for acquittal. The vote of thu teveiitli one was in doubt. After tho ballot was takon tlio vote stood: For conviction, 115; against, II). The count only full snort of tho conaitutionul two third majority required by ono qote. The cevciith republican was .Mr. K. G. Koss, then senator from Kansas. Ilo was recently governor of 2'ow Muxico. What would have happened in case An drew Johnson had been found guilty is Hummed up by ux-Uov-eruor Kojs in his modest letter: .My great hope, for the past twenty years, has been to live long enough to seo my action indowa by thu American people, and that hope seems now likely to be real ized. I have always felt a very great pride in that rooord, mid wished to transmit it to my child ren its an honorable huirloom. I was in a number of hard fought battles during the war of the rebellion, and had ninny very perilous adventures, but never dur ing that war did I fuco death inoro deliberately, conscious of my danger, thmi in the senate cham ber when I arose in my seat to givo my vote for tho acquittal of Androw Johnson--and nuver was tho democratic-republican form of of government durin tho entire war in so great a danger as on that day. Very few people Heoincd to real ize then, aud a great many fail lo realize now, tho dangers of that hour to our institutions of civil lib erty. Tho conviction anil disposi tion of the president on n merely partisan accusation, as that wus, would have established a most dan gerous precedent, whereby thu pres idency would have been relegated to second place; with the presiden cy would ultimately and by inesca pable sequence have gone tho su premo court, and thus thu essential condition of co ordination in the three departments of government would have been destroyed, and tho legislative branch become the sole governing powur. Tho logical end would have been anarchy. The population of Itorlin hits' reached a million and a half. Ono of Tacoma's dudes carrieH his cigar back of his car. There is a man in Mnrtin'H Kerry who wears a No. tU. Africa requires 2,000,000 blank ets to supply tho native population alone. The Missouri runs 1000 miles through lakota and is navigable the entire dibtmicu. In Waupnua county, Wisconsin; 7.VJ,'00 bushels of potatoes have been raised this year. Tho finest stock of DrvKoods. Clothing, Hoots and Shoes, at Collin it MeFarland's, iteppnor. ltyo, Hurloy, Timothy, Alfalfa, always on liHiid in largo quantity, at Collin A MeFarland's, ilcppner. A groan in timo saved an Ottawo III., man from burial alive. ilo uttered it just as his casket was be ing lowered to thu grayo, Thero wero btraugo signon in tho skies Wulnetday. At Ithaca, N. Y., and at I'ittslield, Mass., rain bows were seen in cloudless lieav ciis. A .r-yenr-old Heading boy, who was bitten by a rat, has bloated to badly that ho scarcely resembles u human being. His lifo is despair ed of. It is stated as a curious fact that during tho recent great ktriko in London the alnishouKeH wuro empti er thau has over boon the case before. v ; V" . it a ' 4 P r ' , I i I