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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1890)
mum1 THE GRANT COUHTYJEWS Thtivstltifi, June 2d. LOCAL BREVITIES. A rnlony of sex end families from Cillinm county will settle in Ilonr val ley, nitil arc expects! along soon. Hr. 5w wm amin tttmhln to fill hi appointment in limnteminty no doubt owing to mcknrs, na More, 'litis week ill end the work of the cetntis emttnomtors, and the figure of tho imputation of the Unit! Stntos will he jotted down. The net repealinif th thnlsir ctilt tin' net has not yit passed loth hotis f of eoHgr, lut tlio probabilities tlwt the law will bo repealed. If this rmiwtrUUly cool summer eoiititiutw that IWstr vnlley man m come twnrer Imvitift a skating mul tlio (tit of .Inly than ho at first imag ined. (Joe.1 and timber of tlio groat John l).y country, us well as gold nntl sil ver mines, will prowj n wtst addition to tho world's treasure in tlio course of time. Thu official count for tho governor of Urn state of Oiogon will not be mode until tin state legidattiro can- vanes the vote tho second Monday in Junimry, 1891. Hugh Smith's rnco filly, "Tho Wid ow," which lm purchased from Sam French, will, wo are informed, enter tho contest over tho Long Greek rnco tmek on tho I tit. See ad. of Payette nursery in this issue of tho Nuws. Trees grown in Idxho will lloiirish when transplanted in Oregon, there ling n simil.irity in climnto mid altitude. Moonsharps toll us that tlio moon i.s in a position this quarter to pour down water on the earth. Thuto doesn't appear to lx any unprecedent ed downpour, though. People will generally visit tho warm springs to cclchtute thu national holi day. No other placo in this putt of tho county could raise enough onthusi aou to havo a picnic. Crnin on tho hill l:itids of tirant county, as woll as that in tho valleys, all looks lino, and tho numerous show ers of fine rain which havo fallen on it aro of moro lienefit than anything else. Tho postollico at our brother town John Day, which has for a number of years occupied the stoio building of II. D. it Co., has been moved across tho street into Frank MeUidhtin's building. .1. 0. Mm tin of Dayvillo has U'oii in town alsiut a week, under thu caro of Dr. Orr, having a very painful and altogether Imd finger, occasioned by a thorn having been run into it homo weeks ago. Following aio tho pluialities receiv ed iiy the successful candidates on tho state ticket at tho recent election: Hermann, 10,071; Penitnyer, 1'JOO; Mcllridc, "Otln; MoUohan, (Hi 10; rW, MUSK; .McHlrov, I tf0; linker, C'Ti -. At the proliminaiy examination of Win. Keller liefnro Justice Htilisou la it Monday tho prisoner wag placed under laud in tho mini of S 100 for hi appearance at next tcim of circuit couit. Whether or not ho stole tho horse will W proon thou. Collin it MoKarlaiul wiito to us from Heppnor that trade is looiiiing at that place, and that 1 leppner has ship ped about live thousand tacks of wool this season, and as muoh mote to come in. Tho railroad trains tak" out live to ten cum of wool oaoh day. Verily, theio is some bulk to lir.int county's W'lHll. Trowbiidge's prospecting tour of which wo mailo mention last week, "jianned out" very well. Mr. Trow biidge infoims us that ho found what is supposed U) luno 1 Hie n tho uhanuul of an ancient mer, high up on thu iii iunUin xide, and that the suiiterra iinun How of watr is proUibly sulli cieut to wash the gravel in sluices. Miku D Voung, editor of tho Son Kmncisio Chionicle sent us a ticket of adiniiitiou and invitation to attend thu opening of his now ton-story printing otliuo on tho 10th inst , but owing to tho slow and uncuiUiu in.iiU wo did not locuivo his kind favor until tho evening of the 'JOth. Then it was too late to go. Much obliged, all tho sauio, Mike. Ijut Monday Mr. J. A. Whitman had a cuvu in hu pkicer mine nuar Marysille. A largo volutin of soil mid rock slid in from tho sidu of tho claim und cnina noar burying Mr. Whitman lament h tho )umlurous weight, l'ditunatuly, howovor, ho o cipod just in tho nick of time, with out any injinios except one of his hands lndug Isnlly bruisod. Mr. Itoyd, deputy U. S. marshal from llakm- City, jmsswl through town this wuk on his way to Drowscy. He will jiroUibly take JtoUirt Hall bo f ore tho U. S. district coutt, wo aro infiu mod. Mr. Hall was census enu merator for tho l'in cmok and Drow oy voting prucincts, llarnoy county, and Hftor ncoopting tho iosition of onumerator for tlius precinct, nun taking tho onth of ollico anil working two days, he t urinal tho blanks and business our to K. N. Kdwnrds. Ho hent a staUummt to Supervisor Strnngo to the ell'ect that circuinstnncin ren dered it iuiKMsible for him to go on with the woik. Hujiorvisor Strange notified SupelinU'lident of Uelisus, Poit.-r; of the case, w ho telegraphed to .Strange to lay the matter Wfoiu tho United State, attorney. lawyer Parrith ionn bultnow trip over by thn milroad. Hnin Ik fallen in abundance, you mny iuferin your ttoiglilior. l'roU and dry woathor liovo injur, rtl crop in Gilliam county. Hon. .1. P. Knull of Maker City id (Smut county n visit during tho week. ThU otllce printwl 200 wnybill for tho CnnytMi-Mitclioll stngu line, V. S. Allen proprietor. A monument is to lie crwlod over the grnvo of Chief Seattle, after wliom the city was tmmwl. Clinton Pennington, the linker county tnunlerer, ha had hit sentence commuted to life imprisonment. The Indian propoM to luie a five days jubilee aliovo Pendleton nwr tho agency, legiuiiin Sunday after the Fourth. IJaker City's 580,000 cnjiilol stock in the Sumpter valley rtnlroul is ab niiMt all .iiibsciibed, wnd thu roHil will U built. Smith, the horse tminor of Mt. Vernon, we lenrn, luw tnken a stable of six horses to attend tho racoJi at The Dalles. Wo )mo roeoiod a new Interna tional tvpe-wtiter ditect frotn tliolimu ufacUiiy at Purisli, X. Y., which wo will sell. Anyone desire to buy the uiachiuot A valuable horse lolonging to Joe Combs i cans I up uhil liiu-liml to a cart the other day and injured himself seveioly on the cud of one of the shaft. Census enumerators are more to 1h pitied than bluiiitid. Solne of thein keep staying, though, and if not ad mitted to a house one time they try, and try agniu. Who will le the right hand men of tho sheritl' and clerk, is a general ipiostiou. Don't worry about it. Wo do not know who they will le but that'll Ih all right. The name of New Walla Walla has Imon changed to Fioewater. It now stands in hand for some euter ptUiitg "liooiner" to stait a town near Iiy after tho stylo of Freowhisky. I.'ist Sabbath less than a hundred residents of this place hied them away to tho shady nooks along the cricks, and dropped the lly to get a bite. They all ie turned at night and nary a light but many a bite. Prospectors and those interested in ore and. coal should gather a mineral exhibit and send it to the exposition which is to Ik held in Salt Iiko City this summer. This would attract the attention of many mining men in that section. A gentle hail shower visited this suction last Tuesday. The hailstone, wore not near as big as tho proverbial hen's egg, but they were good sized ones nevertheless, mid clipped leaves and fruit from tho trinis while tho stonu lasted. Mr. Denning of I-ong Crook is lo cated in tho city ami eontemplatei making this his homo for the practice of his profession. Hu ropoits loug Creek town improving right along, howeer, and the Fo valley mines at tiuctiug some notice. Wo notice noighlwr Hazeltine's shop crowded with customers mnst any day. He charges just tho mine for taking photos us formerly, although as a natural consiNpieuco somv per sons have a much longer face than they did a month ago. Senator Blackmail writes to a friend here that he is on the eve of do xiituie for San Fiancisco after now goods, and that hu w ill make a tour of (iiiuit and Harney counties in Sop teitiW, to ascertain the wauU of the people regarding legislation. Had roads are a curse to any com munity, and the Nrnvs cannot but re lied thu sentiment of the community, when it urges that attention In paid to them. The road from John Day to Piairie City is reKirtod in a laid condition and needing work. Baker City Democrat: A line sam ple of coal recently discovered on tho John Day, can lm scon at the First National Umk. It was shown to Mr. Nibley yesterday and ho leinarkod that it was just what tho Sumptor Valley railroad was looking after. Mr. (iroth, who has lieuu rusticat ing at his ranch has returned home, nud is now one of our most publio spirited citizens. In proof of this wo will cite our readers to the fact that hu lirui ordered remirs made on the stops leading to the M. K. church. A writer laments the "vulgariza tion of tho Alps" on account of the grout crowds of common people that travel through thuiit every yiar. This is indeed sad. And to think that lusiven itself must Im vulgarized by Ixiiug tilled up with common people. Thu wjfu and family of Captain John W, Lewis, register of the United States land ollico, arrived in the city last Monday fiom Dayvillo, (iraut county. It was a pleasant surprise to the Cuptuin who did not expect them for some days. They w ill make Tho Dalles their future homo, says tho Wusco Hun. The wagon road from Hitter to Huppuer will soon l completed and its completion will muaii a large trade for Iloppnur, which has heretofore gone to Pendleton. Towiu which de sire the trade of tho surrounding coun try are learning to reach out for it and aid in building roads so that it may cuiiio to them. Tlios who got through tlio world by innking tho worst of it work html for jvoor pny. Tho next general conforenco of IIms Methodist Hpisreopnl Church will I e huhl in Onmlm in 1S02. The owner of that earlontl of eggs thnt went through a hriilgo in Ponn aylvnniu to other tiny is trying to tnnke the railroad tdioll out. Tlio coitmion council of the Citv I of Mexico has pawd nn ortlinanco caniiK'lling luborcrri on the city ! work to wear pantaloons. This is j progri'M. A Frenchinnn hart written n pam phlet on "How to llench tho Moon." Tlmt'g all very woll in its way, hut the real thing is how to lxihavo af ter a fellow gets there. Henry M. Stanley is tho ruling hero of tho world' mctroH)lis at ii... ..... ,.i :...... 1...1 .1... i.-....i;..i. hue fce'in iiinv, oiu Hie rMf;iinii jKHiple will noon tire of him as thev did of Huflulo Pill his Wild West show. Queen Victoria 1ms taught all her daughters and granddaughter to make broad mid butter, and yet there is not ono of tho girls but buys these supplies for Tier hus band. A Kaimm farmer nlil a meteor which fell on his farm for $1,000, and raised thu mortgage on his farm. With a good stock of mete ors, the farmers of Kansas may yet Iw happy. Tho governor of Montana has sent 1.1KK) stands of arms to Miles City. Tho (Tieyennes aro oil' tho regular camp, and are shooting into settlers house, and wantonly killing cattle. Tho iK'ople are greatly alarmed. An Indian brave, Ya-ma-wit, and his dusky fiancee, Ip-nn-shoii-la-tfie-kin-mi, were married by a Pen dleton justice of the peace the other day. His ollico being up stairs the maiden's name had to be taken up in sections. The death is reported, at Shovel creek, on Klamath river, of William Owen, the aged Kentuckian who had long been a landmark thore. lie jKistessed the distinction of be ing the happy father of fourteen children. A new kind of wenH)ii has been introduced at Camas prairie, l.'ma- tilia county a plug of tobacco. I'M. Kinrhnrt hit llelim McConuel over tho head with a mammoth plug a few days since as tho result of a dispute over a calf. Not an island has risen or sunk from sight in the Pacific Ocean for .'tl years, and geologists say that nature is resting for a future migh ty ellbrt. An Knglish geologist pre dicts that within f0 years a convul sion of nature will sink the whole of New Zealand 50 feet below tho sea. The war department has been studying for some time how to keep the little army that wo have from running away. The number of de scitions had increased so rapidly in the last few years that a large IM-u-eiitage of tho army had to lie classed with the missing even in time of ience. The projHisition to move the na tional capital to some point more centrally located than Washington, is Icing'discusiiud by the journals of some of tho ambitious western cities. It is argued that tho pres ent location ii both inconvenient and uuhealthfiil; that it is easily accessible by sea rendering its cap ture in the event of foreign war cer tain. A company is being iiicorjiornted in Salem for tho purpose of oora ting extensive paint mines in I. inn county. Tho mine is .Mtuatul in Linn county near Scio, and is of tho very best quality of ocher ever discovered. The company will build a mill and operate it, grind ing paint from the red eaith. The factory will be at tho mine, but it is jiroKised to make Salem the headquarters of the company. Kastom papers come to us laden with accounts of disastrous storms and cloudbursts, resulting in great damage by lightning, and the de struction of bridges by Hoods, and buildings, fencing and crops by wind and hail. If a storm of this kind would visit Oregon in tho night, where such storms aro un known, it would bo apt to cause a panic among tho inhabitants that havo never witnessed mich things. Our people are always on th alert anxiously waiting to receive rail road news. This county would be an honor to the stato if wo had bet ter facilities to ship out what we could grow and we feol as though (iiant county shomd make an ell'ort in this direction, or at hat do something more than she has done. Let's exhibit some of our mineral and agricultural products to tho world. The great La llellevue mine, at (iranle, owned by tho Cable Pros., is almut to bo sold to eastern capit alists for a large sum of money, and should the sale ho consummated a grand era of projerity will certain ly attend tho mining industry of the entire section adjacent to linker City on the nest. Thu La Pollevuo is a mine of untold wealth and from its extensive development will yield an enormous output when once equiHl with the proper mill ing machinery and in tho hands of i proper management. Democrat. Now wheat is worth $1.20 lr 100 lbs. in the San Francisco mar kets. Backward Suitor I don't know what to make of you. Shu Please don't make an old maid of me, whatever you do. The Pacific Hrewery's Celebrated Peer, the best in Kastern Oregon, is now kept constantlv on lap nt the lied Front Milliard" Hall. Twelve men were indicted for selling their votes last April at an election in Lincoln, III., have lieen remanded to jail in default of hail. If tin; records arc to bo believed, long life is of the blessings of Ku sia. In one year tho deaths wore retried of S5.S jversons between HK) and 10." years old; I. '50 lielweon 1 1 120 veafsold; and .'5 between loO loll. " A farmer, William Kengan, who resides ten miles north of Pendle ton, has a large cancer or tumor on the neck, whiih has oaten away the tlesh until the jugular vein has been e.xosod. The ease is regard ed as a critical one. The steamer Harlow, which has just returned to Halifax from Flow er Cove, Newfoundland, rojiortH tho jiooplo there in such extreme want that they have been subsisting on tho carcasses of rotten seals. The Colonial government failed to re BK)iid to several appeals for aid made last fall. Sand has been found on the Lew is river which it is thought, will be found good to make glass from. A glass house here might pay. One has run in San Francisco for veins, manufacturing green glass. The white glass all comes from the east. Portland World. Senator Dolpli has introduced a hill amiroprintino; 200,000 for a branch of the soldiers homo at some jwitit in Oregon. The sena tor says tlmt tho I'aeilio North west is entitlod to one of tho homes if another is decided upon. (Jeiieral Fremont thinks immi gration should be stopped for thir- ty years, to uivu tho children of I foreign parentage time to grow to j of sale of his property. When, how citizenship. Many thousands of ' ever, Faweett shot himself, the American citizens, 'fureiirn horn as , i'otts crushed the skull and tried to well as native, think the same way hut neither of the political purtion i nine uicKie uie uie proposition. Joseph Woblicr, John Diereiiger, J. It. Comely and William Kichard son have gone to the mountains en a prospecting tour, savs the Albany Herald. Tin y are accompanied by a California mining expert, who Is provided with a newly-invented minor's magnifying glass, by the aid of which, it is said, they are en abled to tee for a distance of twenty feet into the solid earth. The island in the Columbia river, in front of Kalaina, known as Holt's island, Ukui which it is said II. II. Holt has exhausted his homestead, has entirely disappeared fnnn view, having Won unablo to withstand tho Hoods. Nine years ago there was a house and several large trees on the island, which has been swept down and out to sea by the lush of the waters of the mighty Columbia. An anti gambling league is an nounced as forming in Kngliiud, the Marl of Aberdeen to bo tho lirst president. The iiialilicatioiis for membership will be an agree ment for an annual payment of a sliilliii'', and the siiruinir of a jiledge "to abstain from butting." The outcome of this league will bo very much liku that of tho auti treatiug societies- of America. (irorgo Swavse, colored, ex-niem- her of the Louisiana ligishtture was i..,.i....l n., ii,.. i-.ii. ii., i..,. I I , arrested, charged with being a dan- , !""! ! lnn V" i1,'1' mV""' v-mU-I gerous and suspicions diameter, '" ' '"' 1,,:t'11,!l'H ln fls-iir piolit. and was taken by a mob from tho I lll,t ' IM'k. ci "r B ''Y olucors and hanged. Swavso was j ns $100 to $..00 a month distributing circulars to negroes in ! ,re,lt '.'f'"" ,'',,".,u " wtelnim the parish, advising them not to ! ';ir " r Hinsch, at t anyo:i, you take part in the election fr sint(. j can be sure that he will (h. anything senator, to fill a vacancy, which . JMM.ml.If to p Case you and g. t jou was to come oil' next day, as it was ' J"1 'l'"1 k''"1 ,of a vatch you would purely a democratic fai'tioiiuUight. ike best, both as to the outside A short time ago several leading I's.ku.g of it as well as to works white citizens sent a letter to the''"11 "ill stand rough handling the manager of the Louisianu lottery, i"',1- I'""' Wuch repairing a spe.-uni-m.or hi... ui n 1 1 . , , , ,t i i laity. All work guuianttcil at very t. i ;..!.. .i, ...i;,. i . Dl MM I llllnvtl I (- a IMtW iilslV nvvitun iw j nl nonce voles for tho lottery, and , it is alleged that Swayse was on a mission of this kind. llev. Daniel Utter, of Chicago, says that among tho buildings on the world's fair grounds in that city should be a tabernacle largo enough to hold 20,000 people, to bo used as a concert hall on week days and a temple of worship on Sunday, for the religiously inclined of all faiths. The proposition is a generous one, but the suggestion of adding a religious feature to the great international show is not like ly to find favor with the managers. It will scarcely be considered neces sary to tho success of the great in dustrial exposition that it uiaku a show of religion, since every coim mutiity is reasonably well provided with persons who do that free of charge, llonce, even as a novelty such a show would not attract the ' offered to purchasers at eot for multitude, unless, indeed, it might j cash. Tho Isooks of said firm are be possible to revive tho Aztec Tin- j jiosltivoly closed, hut cash pur.'has man sacrifices, the snered dances of era can procure bargains by calling the dervishes, or other religious cor- ' soon. emonicB attractive form a sM-ctae- (1k. Oi npi.ai ii, ular point of view. Oregonian. Adiuinibtrator. HANGED I-OK MUKDliK. Man and Wife Sutter Penalty. the tlxtreme Install Potts and his wife, Klliata belli, were hanged at ICIko, Nevada, I1 tnlny for the murder of Miles Faweett at Carlin, January 1, ISSS. Fawcelt was alout 70 years of age and lived on u ranch a few miles from Carlin, where he had some stock and several hundred dollar. in money. Mis. Potts did his washing and" baking, and Faw eett lent them several hundred dol lars, which they subsequently re fused to pay. On Januarv 1, Faweett requested a man named Limeburger to accom pany him to Potts' place, saving he would make them pay or he would tell something alwut Mrs. Potts that would hang her. Faweett had $.'500 with him at the time. They found the Potts family enjoying New Year's eve, nud Linieburg, ni ter accepting a glass of whisky, left the house, leaving Faweett there to transact his business. That was the last ever seen of him until his body was found the following year. The Potts family stated that Faweett had settled up nil his business; had given Mrs. Potts a bill of sale for all his prop erly, and left for parts unknown. Mrs. Potts then gave out that she was going east to visit some rela tives, but instead took thu train for San Francisco. Two months after ward she returned to Carlin, and in September, ISSS, they sold out their nroM?rty, and that formerly belong ing to ! awcelt and removed to Uock Springs, Wyo., where Potts resumed Ins trade of machinist. In Januarv, lSS'J, the bodv of Faweett, with his limbs severed from the tfunk; skull crushed in and the remains partly burned, were found by the em ing in of the roof of a dug-out cellar attached to tho house formerly occupied by the Potts. The family was brought hack to ICIko and placed on (rial. They claimed that Fitwiett commit ted suicide in consequence of being detected in an attempt to assault their little daughter; that before do ing so he had promised to leave tho country and had given them a bill burn the body to destroy his iden tity, and then the family left Car J:- lo avoid suspicion. Medical ex- H-rts, however, proved that the man tad not been shot and eircumstan- eial evidenco went to show thai Mrs. Potts struck Faweett on the back of the head with an ax as ho was ly ing in bed. Tho jury returned a verdict of murder in tho lirst degree, and tlii! supreme court ailiriueil the decision. After the reading of the death warrant Mrs. Potts earnestly ejacu lated: "I am innocent and (lod knows it,'' and her husband icitorn led tie- remark. On the sea fluid they bore themselves with a bravery unexiR-eted. After they were bound Potts made several most earnest endeavors to clasp the hand of hi" wife without accomplishing it, A (inal touch on her waist caused her to turn her eyis towards his nod a mute appeal of love caused their lips to meet for one brief moment. While the clergyman was saying "Put your trust in Ood" the trap was sprung ami all was over. Co to thu lied Front Milliard Hall, Canyon City, for line wines, liquors and cigars. Just received fiom below, nt II It. Sols' store, a fresh slock of as sorted groceries. (ireat induce niei ts to cash buyers. When you want to buy a really good anif reliable tini'i-piece at hot- lom ,l,nw '? " l.,r w, " ,!- ' wmi ny any nig Jeweler on account of the inteiest he moderate prices. Walthaui and ! ( '''b'" "unites Notice! All itortons indebted to the estate of Martin Onndlach, deceased, or to either of tho llrms of (ieorgo (liind Inch iV Pro., and James Norman A' Co., are urgently requested to come forward and settle immediately, as the tho business of said estate and partnership mi'st hi-: ci.(.skp. All notes and accounts remaining un paid after 20th of July next will be placed in the hands of aji olliecr for collection. (ilX). (it'XDI.Ani, Administrator. Cloaliic Out Sale. The slock of goods belonging to tho lute firm of tlio. (luudlai h eV i Hro , of Canyon Citv, Oregon, is now Knlehts of I'vthUs Ulenntnt Conclave at Milwaukee, Wis., July, 1890. For this great occasion excursion ... . .... 1, !.. ncKi'ta win no sotu irom an prinei wl iHjittts in the United States and Canada U Milwaukee v St. Paul I Railway at half rates. As its name indicates the Chica so. Milwaukee v St. Paul U.nilway lis the direct route to Milwaukee, and as the camp ground for the Uniformed Knights (to which jsiint I 1 1 !.. ...Ml I... ..... I I.......-I. I en is mm iiiiinn nui ii- no. 11.101.11 without transfer) is hnatid dneellv on this line, it will he seen that the Chicaffo, Milwaukee ii- St. Paul Kaihvay has a great advantage over other route which nro unable to furnish such fat Hides, and visiting Knights, their families and friends should bear this in mind when pur chasing e.xetirsion tickets. A circular giving detailed infor mation will bo mailt d f re upon ap plication to A. V. II. C, Itl'KNTKK, (leneral Passenger Agent, Milwau kee, Wis. J. W. Casky, Traveling Pass, Agl., .'til Stark St., Portland, Or. Important Notice. All ersons knowing themselves indebted to J. S. 1 IiiptonsUII indi vidually, or to the tdd firm of llap toustall A- Dart, will please come forward and settle, for we must close the business of the old firm, and I want to go to California for mv health. All who do not settle up by the loth of July 1SHO their accounts will be turned over to an attorney at that date. I. S. Il.UTONST.W.I.. John Day, Or., May 2S, 1800. I u - - - rvroiutous eruptions, sueli as Pimples, Discoloration of the Skin, usNeiullv on lace, are eausul by impure "blood and will disappear rapidly by using Plunder's Oregon lllood "Purifier. From the figun s furnished by tho census sujiervisor, by permisaion of siiieriiitendont Porter, it is estima ted that the government census will place the St. Louis population nt I.'IO.OOO. Our iimw "ad." from the enterpris ing linn of Collin oV MeFarland, 1 leppner, speaks for itself, and it is worth your while to read the same. In order to gain new trade they in tend presenting a fine largo book, which retails at $ l,(Ml each, to every relail purchaser of dry goods, cloth ing, IsHits and shoes, hats etc., to the amount of $2.r.tX), allowing until Jan. 1st to make out the amount, (live them a trial order, when you send away for goods. lCust Orcgouiau: ll is learned that a thrilling suicide occurred at Pasco Friday evening. A man named Brents walked up to where a erowtl was standing, pulled a re volver, und with the remark. "Hoys, here's a go," shot himself in the head, inllieting a slight scalp wound, lie simply said, "I tan do better next time, ' and again pulled the trigger. The bullet ploughed through his forohe.nl and entered the brain, death being instantaneous- Our iiifoiMi-iiit knew of no motive for tie' -uii ide The man was a sir in;;, r. e ure urmrjiai tcwrcucgtaii If yen havo m.-ulo tip mir inlmt to luiy lluwl'ii Kaik.ii'irlll.i ilu Hot Im li.iliiriM In laka miy other, ll'nil'a H.ir.iuirlll.i Is u p.-i-ulhr iiii'dklin', Hiii(iii,ic l y tliliiunt Its IwulUr eniutiliiatluii. THrtloi, Hint rrratlin, ciir.ilUi' i.ir niK tl..r to any oilier article A IkHtuii l.nl) w ho l.nrvr uli.'il ho wanL-il, anil ViI.om! cvanipU) H ttuilli)' Imitation, IclU tier cxpvtlt'iii'u Iwloui To Get mucosa omaceavmu "la cue slnti' where I -nt tolmy Homl' F.irmp.ulll.i tlx' i'!iik ti.' il In IimIiuu n.o Imy thelrimulitili' "lot IIihmI'i; IhM-'MiikiUivIi's uuulil tint tiHipTi tli.it I mlnU t a.- It on ten days' trial, that It 1 .11.1 iwl it I tired not y unythliiH, e'n. Jtut I1') cuM 0"t nvll on lm- to ch.iiii,-h. ( tIU 1 Mil 1 kuiw what IIVKrsS.ltKlI.nill.lwn-. 1 had l.ikon It, w1 tutUIicii with il, iiikl did lit wiii't any utlicr, "Sood?s Whfa I Im'mii tal.liiK H.hhI's .irsnp(itl!l.i t wait tiTllng red l'iliiral'1'', sulIerliiK a treat ih al wall l"l.i, Bud so nal that nt tllin s I CmiiIiI hardly sUuiil. I liwkol, mid h.'id fur Ki'tiio tllii". hki) n IH'tnol) III oull uiiitloti. Ili"r biriii'Ailll.t dlil mo so mull itMMlthal I uniiil r ,.t liiynrUtonictlmoi, and my fih to i..i t t : ' x-ak nt It." Mas. KHJk A. (iut f, 1 1 Tinaiu Htrect, llostoa. SarsagariHa Hol.llijr allilniKKl.il. f Ii .l f.ir 1. rrrirMtonly ty ('. I. llooll.t ( o , Ai-.tl... mui. Ij.wi-11, M.U. IOO Doooo Ono Dollar MIT. IIH I. sMIUI Sin-, i s.-ois to J. P. (la.dncr. Halter ('iiy - Oregon. KIFMKS WIIOT GUNS & REVOLVERS. Tho Mosl Complete Line of Ammunition in Eastern Oregon. Lyman Itcar Sijthts bv Mail lt). Lyman Spor ting I'Vont Sights II (U) Diamonds Watchca Clocks Jewelrv Silverware i.i.d a loll line of Musical Instruments. llEPdUUM'U d SPECIALTY. CONCEUNtOCJ DR. DARRtN. Orffontin The presence of Dr. Darrin in Portlantl is filled with intorcat in manv particulars. Whon h first anivrd he ndvtrtised tj-v o.xton sively, and tho cry wont up that there was some catch in it. Then he cured one case that was consider ed hooless, and surprise was felt. Alter that the very worst cajos in existence wore given turn as n tost by doubter. If he cures this ono I will believe it, tho doubters echoed, and after treatment the patient wasj as sound as dollar. Then they gavu him another test case, and another, anil so on, but nearly nil with tho same result. He efrecttil n cure in nearly everv instance. Thon (lit) doctor's terrible rush of patients bo gau, and the stream has been grow ing larger every day, nunihiring some of the lest tveople in tho slate. A visit to the olluvs of Dr. Darrin is certainly a curiosity as well as n wonder. Patients aro carried in ono lav. and after a week 'm time instead of lieing carried there they walk up the stairs as snrmhtlv as voum: boys. What there is about him is certainly mysterious, for he haspei- lormetl most roinarktiblo cures, as tho testimonials wo havo heretofore published have proved. Anyone af- ecieti who has not visited tho fa mous Dr. Damn should not lose the opportunity to do bo at onco. lie will treat tho worthy noor freo of charge. VNOTIIKIt LIST Or OttRliS I1V l)l(. HAU- lilN. I'M. llvnes, Albina Catarrhal leafnoss; restored. P. 0. MeFiirlano. Vancouver Sciatica rheumatism; cured. lieorge (.'. Scotton, Albina, Or. Pinging noises in the oar anil deaf ness; cured. J. P. Cunningham, Wiipinitin, Wasco county, Or. -Tolal duafnosH two years in one ear and pititially so in the other; cured. Mrs. J. F Sin th, I rineville, 0r. Nervous debility and go n-ral weak nesss, almost I ordering on insanity; reslore'd. llenson MeCoy. Diifur, Wasco county, t)regon Deafness and ter rible p.iin in the ear und head for six months, until he was nearly cra zy, restlessness ami insomnia; re stored to health by electricity after all other ticutment hud failed. Drs. Darrin can bo consulted free at the Washington building, corner of Washington and Fouilh streets, Portland, and Hotel (iiindolof, Tn couia. Hours 10 to Ti; evenings, 7 toS; Sundays 10 to l'J. All chron ic diseases, blood taints, loss of vi tal power anil early indiscretions permanently "tired, though no refer ences are over made in the press concerning sin-h eases, owing to tho delicacy of the patients. IJxantina tious fiee to all, and circulars will be sent to any address, Charges for treatnient according to p.Uients ability to pay. The oor treated freo of charge from 10 to 11 daily. All private discurcs eonlidonti.tliy treated and cures guaranteed. Pa tients at a distance can be cured by home treatment Medicines and letters sent without the doctors' "nine appealing. The fouilh .piarterly meeting will be held at Canyon City, Juno UHtb, und 'Jtlth Quarterly conference and pleaching by IClilur Wakefield at '' o'clock Saturday, June 2Sth. I'.aptuing on Sabbath.' A. K.wis, P. C. Pacific llrcwcry Deer. N'oliee is hereby given that I havo this day established an agen cy for the stile of the Uur manufac tured air the Pacific Itrewery, linker City, Or., within the county of (Irani in Canyon City, ami tha't Mr. II. Sliinsoll is the authorised mana ger of said Depot. All orders fr nn (rant county for this cole! ra'ttl beer, either in hollies or keg, will I e filled by Mr. Htansell. " ' IlKKflY Ri:T. Proprietor Pacific Prewerv, Hnkor Citv, Or. Qrand 1'ouitli of July. Pic. lie anil celebration nt Thomp son's Warm Springs above Prairie City on July Ith. Oration, foot racing, plug-iiglU', etc., during tho day, and fireworks and a grand ball in the evening. Music for tho ball will be furnished by Italph Fisk. All are cordially Invited to ooinu and celehrato with us. S. A. TtiVKim. . A. S. CLAItKH. A Full l.iuoof I'ishing Tackle, hooks, ilics, rods, lines, reels, etc. Fly hooka per do., oOc, by until. .v 5r. Vv '" 'A' V 'yt t It '.- SI '"Vt . .1 Fib MK ,