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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1889)
THE GRANT COUNTY HEWS, Thursdat, Dec. SO. LOCAL BREVITIES. School is in vncntion till oftcr tho Holiday season. Now is tho time to fnuno j our good resolutions for IS90. McBoau was tho first stage man to bring his mail in on a sleigh. Alwut tho only mining in thoso parts now is tlonu around a hot stove. Giblx received his senteuco of life imprisonment in tho penitentiary at Salem. The clerk is in receipt of a bran new picco of Harney county script wwtli 15,000,01. Tho ball last evening was woll at tended, but occurred too lato to bo re potted in this issue. Tho Wot Shore is tho best and on ly illustrated weekly west of Chicago, ami improves with each issue. Sis Fields had a shooting match for turkeys, goose and chickens at hor ranch last Friday, and a dance at night. . "Sandy" OldsAwHo was sentenced to Iw hanged for the murder of Kntil Weber in Portland, has len granted a now trial. . County treasurer Iwloy has received in behalf of the stale, tho proceeds of tho Kale of the few personal effects of the lato Tom Milk Send in a report of tho Christmas festivities in your neighborhood and wo will publish it if wo know tho name of tho writer. v . . Israel 1 rnwhriilgo who raises nono but good horvjs was in town tho other day driving a magnificent span of new ly broke four-year-olds. State Printer Uukor has the thanks of the Nkws for a pamphlet entitled "Tho ltesources of the State of Ore gon," and for othor favors. Oregon democratic nowipapcrs ap pear to bo solid for Governor Pcnnoy er as tho candidate of his party for tho governorship in tho next election, Air. A. J. Cummiugs was to have had a Christmas tree at his place Tuesday ovening, where tho neighbors should congregate and have a social time. Tho chicken thief has been abroad in tho land and has visited tho hen roost of poor old "Brighnin." Please don't steal any more from tho poor old crippled man. Married, at tho Cobb hotel, John Day, Saturday, Decl, 1889, by Co. Judge N. It. .Maxcy, Mr,. Joseph Masr tersqn and Mrs. Hattio Daly, liotlt residents of Grunt county. John Schmidt had a mart stolen frojn his ranch in Hear valley last No vember, and had somepostera printed at this ollice offering $100 for tho ar rest and conviction of the thief. Tho most convenient, valuable, and -unique business table or desk calendar for 1890, U tho Columbia Bicycle Calendar and Stand, issued by the Pope Mfg. Co., of Boston, Mass. Col. Sam Carpenter, a successful miner of northern Grant, has been in tho city during the week visiting old friends and acquaintances, and told us to send the Nkwh to his son in Wash. Tho Polk County Observer says it took 101 men to work that oik tree up that stood just west of the Observ er ollice one man to do tho work and 10.') to look on and express an opinion as to how tho work should bo done. Friends and fellow citizens of one of tho political parties, wnke up and secure the nomination of a Harney or a Grant county man for joint senator for this district. Can wo alford to entrust that important mission to a citizen of Morrow countyl Bids for keeping tho poor of Grant county will lw for the day or week and "per head" for each county charge. This is far better than tho old method when tho successful bidder received a coitnin sum, whether his wards wore few oi many, Tho shcrilf, by "laying on of hands." secured a ?7f Hi bio from C. O. Hurt, in part paymont of the capture and trial of T. II. Gamer against whom Hint failed to appear. In Spokane a corpse was attached and Pendleton comes in a good second with the at tashiinnt of a Hiblo. K. O. A school exhibition given by the pupils of tho public school at John Day last Friday evening wua enjoyed by ivnuinlier of people, and showed tho .little folks to have had careful training by Prof. Honham. The en tertainment consisted in speeches, mu sic, dialogues, etc., and is never sur passed by traveling four-bit shows. A social dauco was given after tho on tortaiument. Wo copy from an exchange tho fol lowing: "Any person who can give any information concerning one John Tope, a traveling dentist, who died somewhere in Oregon or northern Cal ifornia,Romo four years ago, will confer a favor by addressing tho undersigned. His mother in Austnilia is very anx ious to learn sometiug of his death, and is willing to reward anyone who can tell her about her son, Address H, F. Clark, Verdugo, Jxw Angeles county, Cal," As a traveling dentist named J. 11. Topo died in the vicinity of Hamilton or Monument about that time perhaps tome of tho residents of that poition of Grant county might bo able to give tho desired information, PRAIRIE CtTY PRATTLE. Willie Starr nml 1 lurry Allen re turned from linker Citv Saturday. N Sheriff Gray wan tip Inst week on a hunt for liny which ho secured, wo were told nt the rnnch of II. Moador. Viloiiry Chambers and his best girl wore in town during tho week it is supposed to arrange for the wedding. Tho party that left hero for Gran ite to do assessment work for Dr. Thobadoe, returned last week. They found tho tunnel closed up Willi snow and tho cabin burnt down. Invitations aro out to a select few for tho pcnrl wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Hough. Mr. Hough has been ngnin iwrstinded to accept tho re (xmsiblo Ksition of road supervi sor, soinowiint against his will, as it was his intention to run for sher iff or Co. judge, at tho next elec tion. Hill Johnson, of Sumptcrcamo to Prairio laet week, ho says the Cracker creek quartz mill has start ed un and is running night and day; lie says thcro will bo another mill nutlt at tuo Columbia nunc next summer, so wc tuny look for lively times nt thnt camp in the near future. Wo noticed the smiling counte nance of Sam Carpenter ngnin last week. Ho hns just returned from his mines, ho says the snow is about ! feet deep over there and thinks tho miners will have all tho water thoy need next season for mining puroscs. There came near being a conlla gration in town last week-. Henry Hudson's little girl got hold of soinu matches and tet tho curtains on fire in the hall up stairs, assistance was promptly on hand and little damage was done. OlISKItVKlt. Generally cold and stormy. Tho king of Siam has just married twenty now wives. When money gets tight it ought to mako a man's pocket-look full. Heavy rains continue in Colifornia, keeping tho rivers full and melting the mountain snows. Tho Christmas tree Tuesday even ing was in Masonic hall, and well la den with lioautiful presents. These nre dnys to try men.s squIb. Instead of "Hail to tho Chief," we aro singing "Welcome to the Handkerchief." Hear valley is said to have alout two and a half feet of snow mora than thoy have had for two years, and it was needed to wet tho soil. Tho law of Dakota is, that any per son shall be allowed a credit of 5 on his road tax, that shall provide a wa tering trough besidu tho road, 53 extra where bucket and cup uru added. Lawyer Parrish was appointed no tary public by Gov. Pennoyer, and purchased an official seal, but the very iirst document that camo under his hand and seal broko the latter short oflj necessitating the sending for a new seal. Tho jury in tho Cronin ease find Hoggs not guilty, Kunzo guilty of manslaughter and place his sentence at three years in tho penitentiary. P. O. Sullivan, Daniel Coughlin and Martin Hurke, each got a life sentence for murder. A united effort thould Ih put foith by our citizens early in 1890 for tho establishment in Baker City of reduc tion works. 1 ho enterprise can Ue had if persistent effort is put forth and it would do more for linker City than all other thuiiM combined. Democrat. Van Deljishiuutt, mayor of Port land, was recently questioned with re gard to the report that agulwrnatorial bee was buzzing in his Unmet. "1 am not a candidate for tho nomina tion," said he, '"and will make no ef fort to obtain it; but if it is tendered me I probably will not refuse. Indeed think that out few men in Oregon would decline tho nomination for gov ernor if offered," A dispatch from Wyoming says: prospector just back to Cheyenne, says that a reign of terror was termin ated by tho bhootiug of several men and the hanging of eleven. A lawless baud, liil by a desperado called Kettle Jack, was the cause of the trouble, and punishment was meted out to thu cutthroat gang. Jack and four part ners appeared in tho lmsin eighteen months ago, equipped for prospecting, but they never moved a rock nor turned a shovelful of earth. Tho fel lows had reached an earthly paradiso and lived in luxurious ease. huntiiiL' and fishing. Hoing re-enforced by kindred spirits, they established a veritable mountain castle, building a lino log houso in a dvcp valley, with a block foit at tho head of the entrance leading to tho rendezvous. Thu set tlors only quietly grumbled when tho intruders commenced slaughtering beef, but objected when tho horse stealing commenced, A squad of des peradoes would drivo off stock from thu r.iugo and dare tho owners to in- terfere. Frequently there were lights iu which tho settlers were always worsted. An old man and his two grown sons attempted to retake their bo present nt a regular mooting on bunch of horsos, but were cruully i the evening of Dec, .Hat, at Grange maimed, killed nnd loft with a brutal hall, John Day, nt tho usuul hour note of warning on each breast. Tho of meeting. Business of imiort gang came to own tho lmsin, which is mice. By order of a hundred miles long by sixty wide, H. V. 11UNN, and contuius 100 people. ; Post CoMMANDtilt. GRANITE QRAINS. Ed. Xkwo: Cold I Thorinometor down to 12 j below j H, Drowett leaves for Prairie City in a few dnys. His mill will be shut down until spring. Our city is quiet; hut little com ing or going. Everybody seems to have urecnt business at home J. II. Mitchell, nt KoblnDbnville, lias struck another rich pocket nnd hns tnken out $2000 in a few days. C. S. Miller who was thought to have been lost on Greenhorn turned up an u. K., ami says no nnd no idea of creating such a sensation. Wo will have a Christmns tree nnd a grand ball. Mr. Thornberg is mulding an addition to his hotel 20x2-1 which will ho completed by that time and used tor bucu purpo ses. In your last issuo 'twas stated in tho Prairie City news thnt Messrs. Dodson, Cohoo and Hough, had gone to Granite to work the assess ments on sotnu mines. I guess thev aro the samo who passed through our city but who booh returned, and of course tho work wns legally, law- C.ll.. !..,:.!... .1 !l fnrii,i1 iii,,. ; r;n.. f,.i .. of " mjnvil which was filed before our L. C. Wc tho below named parties em ployed to work annual assessment on tho "Morning Glory" mine, hereby allirm thnt we havo been to (or near to) tho snid mino and thnt wo did diligently labor, at, on or in suid mino to the value of $100, and thnt ns proof of said work wo did, severally nnd individually leave our impression in tho snow nnd lig ibly wrote our names day and date in said snow, so that any one may visit the place when the summer winds blow cool nnd see for them selves. Signed, 1). C. it II. Heforo our L. 0. I. The event of tho season was tho entertainment given by the school last Saturdny night, assisted by some young men outside tho school ns tho largo girls outnumber ed the large boys, theso young men enmo in to sustain the equilibrium. Tho jierfornianco wns good, csjwc ially the parts taken by tho little folks. Mattio's Lullaby wns child like and well rendered. Tho doll fair was good, each doing their parts well. Last hut not least was Loona's "Fixing things up," where she entertains Miss Emma's beau, while sho is arranging her back hair, etc., and some folks even say sho told some little truths as well, but wo do not know. Tho Hard Shell sermon by Elmer wns laugha ble and ho showed his dislike to water by upsetting tho glns while the water dashed into Ford's music box. The Granite Woman's Asso ciation held a stormy session which condemned tho idea that women wont take. Tho tableau, Kock of Ages was beautiful, excepting tho black cross, this should have been white. Tho drawing card was the play No. G, Duke Street, which wns well rendered nnd wua a decided hit. There was stamping of feet nnd clnpning of lunula during tho most of the entertainment, in fact until the close, as the room wns very cold and tho firo wns fnr away from tho most of them. Aytch. WINNERS AT WASHINGTON. Tho following aspirants havo been madu happy by appointment to Federal positions in tho great State of Oregon: For United States mnrslinl, Louis T. Harin, chairman of tho republi can state central committee during the past campaign. For collector of customs, nt Port land, It. P. Earhart, for two terms secretary of state. For collector of internal revenue, Colonel Milton Weidler, who wiib strongly recommended for tho po sition of lT. S. Marshal. For surveyor general, Hon, W. H. Hyers, of Salem, a journalist by profcBuion, nnd n practical mirveyor. He was formerly state printer. For United States district attor ney, F. P. Mays, of Tho Dalles. For postmaster at Portland, Geo. A. Steel. For receiver of tho land ollice at llo'soburg, Andrew M. Crawford, of Marshliold. For supervisor of tho consus for Eastern Oregon, Dr. J, W. Strange. As a commission to apnraiso the lauds of tho Umatilla Indian reser vation, J. W. Summervillo, J. H. Eddy nnd J. P. Husheo, all of Pen dleton, Umatilla county. For register of tho land ollico at La Grande, Lon Cleaver, of Baker City, Come to Time. All persons indebted to Guernsey it South woi th for lumlwr aro requojted to call and settle on or kiforo tho first day of January 1890, or cots must Ihj added to their account. O. Gukunkkv. Canyon City, Or., Dee. 21, 1889. Q " I Comrades. i MemborH of Gon. Hancock Post I No. il l. G. A. 11.. aro remioBted to Y A man lost $2,000,000 in less thnnono minute tho othor day. Cause, heart disease. . Hull, Canyon City, for lino winos, liquors and cigars. A been !... ..!.! J.. t -i ...... b ... ... aruntiui i.as Ifl "1 Wl U U,"gJ10?- 4 1 that girl ever gets married but why dwell on such horrible antici pations? Foreign engineers report that at the present rato of sinking tho northoi-u coast of few centuries be merged. r ranco will in a completely sub- At Calusa, Cat., chickens and tur- keys, after roosting for days in trees and coops, owing to high water, fell by hundreds into the water and pel ished. It would ho perfectly safo to lay a heavy wilder that generosity is not tho motive which prompts a woman to give her husband a piece of Iter mind. Jlio silver men in conmess will ignore Windonfs plan ami support a bill either for free coinnno, or tho compulsory coinngo of tho mnx i in u m ot -1,000,000 standard dollars per month. I'lio editor of tho Troy (N. Y.) Press knows how to combine a bus iness nnd religious item. He says, and says truly: "Intermittent re ligion is like intermittent advertis ing; it only insures intermittent re ward." tpples are sellinc for a dollar and a quurtcr n box in Portland, at wholesale; and this is Oreuon, tho "land of the big red apple." A good orchard, woll taken caro of, will be a very kooiI substitute for n gold mino hereafter. Thu man who gives his time nnd money in trying to connect with the pizo wheel of tho Louisinnn lot tery is likely to come to tho conclu sion thnt life is not worth livinii. nd indeed it is so for him. Tho wheel of fortune knows its proprie tor. The Troy Press ndvocntcs thu formntion of societies for tho en- courngements of thu lnugh, which it snys, makes men mornllv and physically better. Thu laugh is undeniable good; hut to bo pleas ing ns well ns healthful it must al ways bo on "the other fellow." Ballot paper to bo legal must lereafter be secured from tho Coun ty Clerk. All tickets used at tho general election must be 12 inches long, and -I inches wide, and tho tickets used at special or municipal elections must be (I inches long and inches wide. Paste this in your huts ye politicians. The statistician hns been dipping into ligurea, and has discovered that the women of America spend $02,000,000 per annum for fneo powder and paint. Tho W. C. T. U. ought to take hold of tho mutter at ouco. That sum would buy a bag of Hour or four bushels of jiota toes for every man, woman and child in AmeripriC An item Ipts occurred in tho sur Bounding pftK)rB to the effect that there y talk of dividing Wasco county'ngnin, and making Antelope the county tent of the new county. After Wasco let Sherman county oft", she was able to reduce her tax es, but as thoy are yet ruther high, and tho county very largu iu conse quence she will probably not bo ad verse to tho schomo of lotting off another slice. Fossil Journal. ..Major Dalrymplc, brother of thu Earl of Stair, is in jail at Mon treal. Tho .Major recently went from Canada to tho Uocky moun tairs with Lord and Lady Coch rane Ho was in an impecunious state and pawnul everything ho owned. A few (lays ago he found himself unable to pay a linckman and wns locked up. Hu would like to tioric-tpond with an Ameri can heiress with a view to matri mony. Tho discussion nt Washington over "low necked" dresses is very thrilling to the female world, but it only serves to confirm the old re mark that with fashionahlo women there is no nbsoluto fixed standard of modest or immodest dress. A woman of this sort may have very vague ideas about what stands for indecency, but she always knows what stands for impropriety. Not to wear a low nocked dress would bo a fashionahlo impropriety, and. that point once decided, the ques tion of indecency or immodesty is never considered. A fashionable woman would not appear heforo her children nt breakfast or dinner iu tho garb of society, but if society ordered it shu would go to a public reception in tho costume of a ballet dancer. Tho "low necked dress" is born of the same vanity that por Biuidcs every dude nt the sea shore to select a bathing dress thut per mits thu lnrgcst exposure of his nudity thnt tho spectutors will en dure. Oregoniun. ' ' . . Commendable, All clnims not consistent with the high chnrnetor of Syrup of Figs aro purjKisoly avoided by tho Cal. Fig Syrup Company. It acts gently on tho kidneys, liver and bowels, cloaii6ing tho system elfeclually, hut it is not a cure-all and makes no pretentions that every bottle will not substantiate. WASHINGTON LETTER. Wasiii.voto.v, Dec. ip, '89. Ed. Gua.nt Co. Nkws: George Washington could find no Haw in the sunshine of Wednesday, n. .... i i.ii. i urn unu iiuiri..ui.i itirinviTSiirv oi jlnugural01 lH prosiIent of the United States. At 10 o'clock tho Capitol public, was closed to the gonera ndmission being only bv card. Heforo 1 1 o'clock a long lino of people were in waiting. Not since Mr. Blaine spoke nt tho mo inorial sossion in February IS8JI, of President Garlield s untimely tak t tut tkX tin a at 1 i rini timl fliufiit f j niiu uu mii unit 1 1 a I I I i guished nu audience occupied the House. 1 ho House Hour was cov cred with extra seats for tho distin guished guests. A red hue made u semi-circle around the speaker's desk, dompos ed of red Ion ther, solas and cush ions, nlaced there for the use of tho President and his Cabinet and the members of tho supreme bench. A big, imposing chair awaited tho President and one nearly liko it wns ready for the secretary of State Hack of theso sofas were eano feat chairs placed between the desks of the members for thu uccomuioda turn of the representutives of the several foreign governments. All over tho Houso wore seats promi nently placarded for prominent guests Some of tho arrangements were badly made, or rather many ar rangements were not made at all When the governors of tho thirteen original states entered iu a body they stood around for about five minutes, a lonely little knot of gray haired men, and no one spoke to Ihom. General Fitzhugh Lee, who loves to pose and is generally the object of an ovation, looked deeply mortified, as did governor Jackson, No seats had been provided for these guests and it was only after considerable delay that room wuh found for them on the last row of seats on tho democratic side. It was was an unpardonable blunder, and is another instance of thu blundering incompetency of Ser-geant-at-Arms Leedoin, who allow ed his cashier to walk oil' with ev erything in sight. The scene in tho galleries was very brilliant, tho costumes of thu ladies being very rich. Tho Indies of the White House were not pres ent on account of tho death of Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Harrison's sister. Two cabinet ladies also remained away through good-natured, but tlightly overdrawn, sympathy with Mrs. Harrison, hut Mrs. Blaine and Miss Blaine were present, us well as oth ers of the cabinet ladies. Tho iiiusio was of course of the finest charneter. With a judgment rare in Congressional committees of arrangement, the Chaplain of the senate, Dr. Butler, was assigned to pray and Uev. Mr. Milburn to in voke tho benediction. If this order had been reversed, Ilcv. Dr. Mil burn's unfortunate ability to "tell tho Lord all tho news" as Sponker Heed says, might have assorted it self. Tho oration of Chief Justice Ful ler, who woro hii robes of ollice and read his remarks iu a clear though not strong voice and with very lit tle attempt nt oratorial e licet, was a very sensible and scholarly pro duction. Of course, an audience of Americans who have been raised on daily doses of George Washington's virtues nnd tho glorieH of tho He public cannot bo expected to give rapt attention to a repetition of the old facts, but it wns a good oration for all that. At its conclusion the applause was led oil by Secretary Blaine, who also warmly congratu lated thu orator. Tho Silcott investigating com mittees will report to-morrow. It will exojierato tho book keeper and paying teller of tho Sergeant at Arms ollice from nil blame or charge of tho noglecl. The com mittee will alto state that it finds 'its jurisdiction' limited so far as making recommendations nl out the loss of tho money taken ly Silcott is concerned, but will submit t the statutes governing tho Sergeant at Arms and leave it to the House to deeido whether the loss shall fall on the individual members of the House, or on tho government. A hill will undoubtedly be intro duced in the Houso to reimburse tho members from the treasury. This bill will if passed by the House, be probably killed iu the Fcnatc, where it can only meet the most bitter opposition. On sober second thought most lawyers aro ngreed thnt cashier Silcott acted ns the personal mes senger of the individual members when ho drew tho money from the treasury, that tho receipts had been merely handed to him like so many transferred checks and he was o.ily a messenger of theirs. Every I , S. treasurer during tho past twenty years has taken occasion to remind congress annually of tho crying ne cessity for a safer system of paying congressional salaries. Everybody has been warned. A bid to reim burse tho members would bo a far bolder measure than tho salary grab in the seventies. Come, Settle Up. All parsons indebted to Groth it Thompson, are hereby notified that they must come up witji thu cash on or hoforo January 1st, 18'JO, or costs of collection will be added, GuoTii it Thompson, Canyon City, Nov. 27, 188'J. A genius has discovered how to cut wood without using an axe or a saw. He u?os a hatchet. Tho finest stock of Drygoods, Clothing, Hoots and Shoes, nt Collin it McFarland's, Heppncr. Stoves it Tinware, Doors it Win dows, cheaper than anywhere, nt Collin it McFarland's Hcppnor. The celebrated Mitchell Wagons, Hacks, Carts, Buggies and Buck-I boards at Collin it McFarland's, Heppncr. You can save big money by go ing to Collin it McFarland, 'Hep pncr, for your Fall and Winter Sup dies. Thoy keep everything, and have cut prices down so thnt they aro the lowest priced store iu Ore gon. Profesisor Loisetto's Memory sys tem is creating greater interest tlmn ever in all parts of tho country, and iersons wuhmg to improve their memory should send for his pros pectus, free ns advertised in another column. Good grass and wnter all the way to Heppncr and 100 miles of travel saved on the round trip, over over The Dalles route. Prices of eoods lower and wool hieber. Go to Collin and McFarland, thoy keep 1 no largest stock and sell more goods than any store in Oregon. Why? Because their prices aro lower; they buy everything by tho car load. Tho title of colonel in IContnokv seems to bo applied indiscriminate ly. It is ci veil alike to the ouiwr of a distillery, to a congressman, to an editor, to a railroad oincial and to an o medio ( or. One wmilil mm. pose that iu Kentucky the owner of .. 1.1 " 1. 1 . 1 11 iiiniiiii-ij IUHIIM IIU1K union nign- er than tho rest of theso persons, and require at least tho title of iron- em I. Hood's Sarsaparilla calender for liSOU is out and tho dumnnd for it is certain to be immense, for a more "takinu" calender it is diffi cult to oven imagine. Art and util ity are beautifully blended iu the lovely uirl's head on a dark olive background, and the neat pud ap pended giving tho months in con cise, readible shape, with a history of the year alternating, iu rhyme, and also ilhMruted. Enrlv appli cation at the druggists will "he nec essary to secure this uem. If von fail then', send 0 cents in stamps to C. 1. Hood it Co. Lowell. Mass. Cur ps? RDMPTLYANDERMAErfTi STRAINS, SPRAINS. Hl'mlnntl Ilurkf'ir tliroo Mmittii. ( ox Mill lncl.,.uir, J. w. My tmt-k Hut hurt liy fc lionr. iilk'ti-l J moil In, 3 litllo uf Si, Jnrol Oil rurcil m lrmiiiciUlr, nu other fcincily ilM me mir roo.1. O. H.IIAWK1.VS. Hruliiiu! frmii Lifting. IWIo Itlvc, III.. AtlKunl, W. I nunVrc'l 8 ji'iit ngo Willi iinilniil lck fmm lirilni;; i-iirinl hy St. JaciiUi Oil com tilvKlr, Nu return of pain. IIIUilUlliMcqi.UUK. Siiftiriiil 4 Vuur-On Curio. CuhlWcll, Kant., A llf. S, ISM. I ulTrl 4 yonriultli itrnlncl UrW ; lurd cntio; nnu IhiIIIb hi. Jacob Oil ruriil mn. No tcluni In 0 inuiitln. JNO. W.N Yf'K. Ciuhlcr Flwk Kithango Duuk. On Crilll-lira Vnr. I: trli Center, Kant., Anr.lMJ. I went on rruli lira ftir vrllh apruliml Ir;: ruvil u-iorul IkjIIIii uf El. JacuU Oil, ttutclr rrm.Wi' rrlly errml 111c THANK JOIINSO.V. flDllJcCIST5 AM0jJrAUIS FJYWHEId TlIECHAS-AVDDELERfJO'ILuia'MQ' II' i lh me s CRESAP'S Postolfice - Store And buy your wife nnd little ones n ChriBtmns Present, ns you will li anything thnt yon wish, from a hoy's whistle to a gold watch such TOYS, BOOKS, ALBUMS, And a hundred and one things too numerous to mention, t3F Also some Fine Silver Ware. DY ELEC- OrtfMiUn. Mr. Editor Sir: I havo been under Dr. Dnrrin's electric treat ment for liver and kidney com plaint and various othor troubles. I hnd become very lleshy and ho reduced me eighteon pounds in six months. Iu nenrly nil respects I am cured. I'efer to me nt Free port, Wash. L. P. SMITH. MH8. VI.IKT, W I'OKTt.ANIl KKIOIITS, CfltKI). Mr. Editor: I have been under treatment for the last thrco yenM for a severe form of neuralgia or ticdouloreux iu tho head by some of tho best physicians iu tho oast, but received no relief. Have been under Drs. Damn's electric treat ment four months ami am now sure ho has clfected a permanent cure. MRS. F. W. VLIET, Portland Heights miss camphkm.'s noon luck. Mr. Editor: I am happy to state that Dr. Darrin, through his electric treatment, has cured me of catarrh, bronchitis and weak lungs. I was cured iu thrco months. I reside on Sixth street, East 1'ortland, nnd am employed nt Litl's dressmnking establish ment, whore 1 enn he referred to. MISS SADIE L. CAMPBELL. lit. Darrins New Place of Uuiiioess. Drs. Darrin can bo consulted free at the Washington building, corner of Washington and Fourth streets, Portland. Booms 1(1, 17. 22 ami 2.'l second Hour. Ask the elevator boy for room Hi. Ollice hours, from 10 to I o'clock daily; ovening, 7 to 8; Sundays 10 to 12. All curablo chronic discuses, lo?s of manhood, blood taints, syphilis, gleet, gonor rhoea, stricture, sormiitorrhola, seminal weakness, or loss of desiro of -textual power, in either man or woman, catarrh and deafness, nre confidentially and successfully trea ted, ('tires of private diseases guaranteed, and never published in the papers. Most cases can receive home treatment after a visit to tho doctor's ollice. Inquiries answered and circulars sent free. (Parties. writing will please mention the name of tho paper you saw this no- uce in.; Stetson Cow Boy Hats, Silver Bits anil Spurs; Calfskin Coats ami Vests. Chevenno it Sail Joso Sad dles, at Collin it McFarland's Hep pncr. Hye, Barley, Timothy. Alfalfa. always on hand iu largo ouniititv, at Collin it McFarland's. Honnner. A Trans-Continental Innovation. Sleeping enr passengers from l'n cilit- Coast poirttt via Chicago, Mil waukee it St. Paul and Union I n cilic Overland Fast .Mail Line nu longer have to wait iu line at Conn ci I mulls Transfer Station to ob tain sleeping car berth reservation east of tho Missouri river. I he new arniiiL'einents mndo la the Omaha and Chicago Short I if 1 1, .. 1 .: ........ i:i 1 r. .mu ii mu v iiii.iu. .u irmitiKi'i- iv M.Paul Hallway obviate all tnii-h delay and annoyance. For further particulars enquire of ; nearest Coupon Ticket Agent or ad. 'dress J. W. Casey, Trav. Pins. Agt ;i:i Stark St. Portland, Oregon. over to find WONDERFUL CURE TRICITY. 1 1