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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1890)
r i i I ? ft THE GRANT COUNTY PS. LOCAL BREVITIES. v II. Slniwnll lim n new nign adorning tlw front prut of hit sulooti Hint's ewMiratcd bor. V Win. Mitiwn, a lutn arrival, hn ao eejited a xdtion in .Miller A- Hincs lilrtckMiiitli short. .Mrfc Swnek and Mr. (Jeer of Hunix were in town during the week iuttiii up fruit for next winters enjoyment. A sUwk of envelopes Mr and mrtllimnl lift Ixn received nt thin nhoii; and will lo jirintcd up ohuiply for juitroiis. ItegtsUir Huntingtm of the V. S. J land olllce, ami Mr. .1. T. Silumn, of Hums, were in town on biiaiuikts a' i i .1 : i. ' low daVK this : - County Clerk Shearer' family have move! to tow,, ,ui tl.ey are fK.ipy - iug the Frank Hut'X rejtideiice which Mr. Shenrnr purchawl. If your locality in ti have hon m om during tin full let the X i:vs bid on printitu your ostem. Y haea large variety of jimtcr tyK and cut. In the morning tlu-y generally kny "it's going to U hot to-day." And thoy mo4t tilwuys tell the truth aUiut it, if you call it hot nt about i"0 tie- m , ', ,, , , .hid llngu(nv(,Kl acting deputy her- III IKIM'II III" .IIIMIIIIIII'llllll IIIIIK' llkb -, ii i .,1 . ,i week ami Iitvieil an atuicliiiieut on the niill upon a judgmu mi of Now York. meat in favor of l'nr- Census Superintendent Strange ap- proximate the population of Canyon Citv nt 3ir. To In' faOiionahlo we sliould claim at leait 9,000, and make a big kick to have the city ru-cotinted. In Fox valley one evening l.iit week soiiiu young folks wcro returning from a dance and the team run awuy, throwing them out of the wagon and injuring a young lady named Moore piito severely. Dunstan, the unfortunate man who loil hit hand by the uso of giant pow der has since died. The shook of tho explosion was too great for him, mid he gradually sank until death relieved him of his huH'criugs. Mrs. M. I j. OIiin.to.id and her two sons, nnd Miss Houston and brother, all of J ink or City, are visiting iu (Jnitit county, drinking health from the mountain zephyrs uud catching tish from the mountain streams. 'a Iwef buyer named Alcott pur chased U00 head of beef cnttle up tho vulley last week, paying $20 por head fo.- dry cows nnd two-ycur old steers. Kicksou is also trying to buy for ?1S nnd $10, to bo delivered in September. Tho annual county te.icherh' insti tute will prolsibly Ihi hidd at Long Creek this summer, as the people over there are anxious for it. Having al ways lieon crowded out that part of thu county is entitled to the ineotiiig any way, Charley Duncan of John Day met with a serious accident last Sunday. A hono which ho was holding by the bridle reared and struck him on the shoulder, breaking thu bono of his shoulder, the fracture and bruises Ik ing very painful. Mr. Paul Hichter, representing I (iundlach it- Co's wine house of San ; Francisco, hus lxien visitiu iu town during tun weoK. .Mr. uicmor rosin ed heie n number of yivirs ago, and at one time was clerk in Mr. He llinan's store at old "Dixie." Joe McAllister who is manufactur ing charcoal nlnne Murysville mot aii ith an accident one day 1 ist week by which a portion of his skull was crushed iu. He caught his foot iu a vinu or some brush nod fell, his head striking a sharp stone, it is thought, lie is now gutting along pretty well. f School Supui intendeiit Hoiiham, has iipiiintsl P. W. .MeltoU-rU and .Minn Alin.i I. ucti on tho IxKird of examiners of applicants fur teachers' cert i tic U. This is generally uitisfactoiy, for Mc ItolioiU is n M-ry popular tnucher, wliilo Miss Luce is one of our "home girls," and well ipi.ilitled fur the posi tion. .Air. T. H. Curl handed us the' other day a letter which he rocoiwsl from Hon, Dinger Hermann, relative to the adjustment of Indian war claims, which will iu a measure explain the cause of the delay of the government in meeting those claims. Ho ays: "Wu are all waiting now on a spuciul act for the creitiou of a special tribu nal for the adjustment of Indian dep redation claims, and wo provide iu this for judgments against tho govern ment and ultimate ayiiieiit. We hope to bring the matter up iu tho course of a week or so." Tlie. case iu the justice's couit cumo otV Wednesday of last week too late for the ro.iult to lie published iu the News. However late it may bo now. .. .. , if iirt. t foine may bo iiiterusted iu knowing I that tlie ilefeiulniit Ulas. Kami was placed miller 6J00.00 ImiiiU to appear bj fore the next grand jury, and tho plainti!.' Frank Hampton wn bound over in the sum of $100.00 to appear before that sauui bady of intelligence. Thursday morning just after the Imrher uiude a tiro in the stove to boat watur to give a man u never mind, though, what thu tiro was built for lib discovered the roof to ho on tiro uud blazing away up. Prompt appli cation of the hose and plenty of wider subdued the tlnmes which werediseov- eriKt just in tlie uicW ol time. .Moral! j i.:wu nun mi Jinn hmmu iqiu. I -. Hon llrown (iIojummI over Inst Sul Imth nn his witv to Hums. Ho )m.i Wen at Portland for several month. If you wnnt clean, neat nnd correct job i ork, jnxiter work, bill work or nny work in the printing line enll nt tlm Nnws job olllce. Wliilo in town hut week .Mtwsr. Unym nnd Turner lionded the Xelwn UuIhxwW silver ledge on (Jreonhorn mountain, at wlmt figure we did not learn. Hroady Johnson is expected on tlio next stage from Hums with it crazy Harney vnllov Indian whom he will convey to tlie asylum. The Indies of the M. K. Church nt l'rnirie Citv will mvo nn Ice (renin nnd Ihispbcrry Social nt the church on Saturday next, the 'Jlltli inst., coiiimeiieiiig at 7 P. ri. i . . , .. 4"r' lopkcns tiitni Ins i i i . only help in making n living litis ilnLH or bCUI, Molen. As the ; lor-Mn...,,. . . quite likely some thief lias been monkeying around. Hugh Smith purohuHiwI n lmin1 at the sheriir sale Monday, nnd him gone ti iimkini; liny in Hear valley. Hueli will t'H'ct n ihon Mm and en- , j ,), mte.Ur biiMiiww nt IturtK. j a rtixtler for trade, and will do i yt, ,y putnius. ! ,, . ,, : the jK)stoltice nt Mums wns I robbed of nlout ?."()() hut Sunday (hri r 10 flf , . ' lir , I "I miMioiis. Wu understand then . , ,, . . . is a "eiue, as a eeriiun pany lost n cousideruble sum nt puker that it i ii ir ' 1 tliam unci l-rnnu Meks ! were lnven tr ml before Justice Cnttnnneh at John Day on a charge oi stealing a Morse iroiu .Mrs. ( nr riu I'nmsby. (tillium wns bound over in the sum of !I00 to appear nt the next grand jury, and Kick wns turned loose. Judge Clillbrd is inked over the coils by the people of Harney City for commitudiiig thu county records to bo moved to Hums, There is no need to feel "sore" alniut it; if fairly l-ateii Harney could not expect to retain the seat of goNormmtnt, while if Hums wns not entitled to it the law of the laud would not have given it to her. A content is ln-big wngud, we under stand, mid this point of law ni:iy I' carried into the . U. S. supreme court lieforo the case is ended. Wo uie in receipt of n letter from thu postmistress at Hritteu, stating that thu reason thu mail for (irauite is often delayed is that it Is placed in the through muk and goes to Baker City. Mail from linker that should stop nt Ihitten often comes to Canyon City for tho sauio reason. Wo cheerfully publish this statement on behalf of thu postmistress nt lirtttcn she is not to blame for thu (irnnite folks not getting their mail. Mr. Siltiiau of Hums, recommeudx to our people the advisability of an Ivistem Oregon Having Circuit for the horses of lvutern Oregon and IiIhIio. The races at lluni.i will come oil' in August or SeptomleY;iiid from there tho circuit should extend to Walla Walla, by way of Canyon City, lmg Creek and I taker. The people of the John Day valley ought to get a track in readiness at some point and have ii few days racing during the fall mouths, and other hmuU joining would complete the circuit. There is money in it for the community that has enterprise enough to prejHire a track and get up a purse. The Cheyenne Stock Journal gives the following udvico about handling alfalfa: "ICvery fanner who is prepared to be so 'should in putting up his second cutting of ul: fnl fa alternate it with straw, either wheat or oats. In stacking put the alfalfa iu green, or after it lias wilt ed one day. Cut it just ns it is get tine ready to blossom. The straw will absorb the juice and thus be come nearly if not ipiito us valuable as tho alfalfa itself. To be at Its best, alfalfa should lie cut when the btidri were well formed nnd not be kept until iu the bloom, its was for merly the custom. It should also be placed in stack finite early before j it bits entirely dried out. An arti cle of alfalfa hay to be at its best should come out of the stuck iu winter bright and green in color, with all the leaves intact. s it. S. Matt'ii of Stiawlierry volley had two horsed stolen out of his coi rall u few nights ago, wo are inform ed. It seems that the Inuiuess of taking other people's horses has U-en carried aliout far enough iu (inuit county, and the only way to ellectual ly stop it is for a few of thu guilty pai ties to suddenly slidu from a horto with a rope around their neck point ing upward, Hiudly a week passes u,ttt the Nnvvs looi not chronicle some ottM, f J,,,,,, stealing in (iiant county, and if the thieves are caught ami held I ior ii mi nine uiiiim out ui inn nu n r ..!.... .i.... ..t i .... ii...!.. friends and ullios are sulliciciitly nil mttrous to clog thu wheels of junticu m that the guilty escape and are ready to resume, their nefarious occupation 1 while the county treasury is willed iqion to pay all uxpuiues of capture and trial. We do not deniro to print uii obituary of any of our valuml sub soribors or m-qualnt'ilice luingod by a mob for stealing horses, but if tlmy I are in that businoM nnd do not dosltt ,vu may have to. The peoplo w 1101 SlUIKI It IIIUOll longer MILLER VERSUS THE MONUMEN. TAL. The U.S. Marshal wont from lln- i , ., , , ker Uty to the Monumental mine I the other day to enforce the man - date of thu l. S. circuit court which ; rendered a judgment in favor of V. .Miner ngnuiHl tlie Kastern Ure- gon (lold and Silver Mining lo., of Indon. Knelnml. fir (In. mi.n nf When the Moniimenlal comnnnv became so involvwl that it could proceed no further, about thu year IS8I a mortgngo wns executed to I.anr Kniifmnu, who reprenented the different cretlllori. Tliist mort- Huge "ns subsequently foreelo.ed and Kaufman bought iu tlieproor ty. taking title in his own name a.s trustee for several parties, among whom was ('. S. Miller. Kaufman then eiiiKiwered one W. K. Parsons lo negotiate a sale of the mine to Kuroiwnn capitalists. Parsons wont to !ondon, orguuized the "Knstoru j Oregon Cold Mining Coinpanv, i. mined, wiwi a cnpnni hiock oi jC2."U,(KXJ, nnd sold the mine and mining projierties to this company for the sum of A"2(X),000. Of this sum Kaufman was to receive (XX) cash and X.'lo.tXH) in paid up stock of the company. Kniifmnu then in discharge of hit trust an trtisteeof Miller, align ed to Miller tHXtO of said shares. Miller sent the ilinres to tho compa ny's otlice in London to have the transfers regUlered, but the "bloody llameriean" stood no show with tho Johnny Hulls across the ocean, lie dually sold for little or nothing, nnd when the president nnd two direc tors enme here a little over a year ago he got service on them with the result of a $2-1,000 verdict. Dr. J. H. Scott has returned after an ulMuuce of several mouths in New York. California and Oregon fruit grow ers will reap a rich harvest, accord ing to rejMjrtf, for the ICnstern markets.- We sneer at the Siamese tor wor shipirg the elephant; but think of thu money that is paid here annual ly just to see it. Hrother DeVoung, of the San Francisco Chronicle, will please ac cept our thanks for a beautiful souvenir chroniuling the occupancy of his new building. A diver who was working at the foundation of a railroad bridge near Boise City, Idaho, gave a signal to be hoisted quickly. When he got to the surface ho held fast a sixty live iHiuiiil salmon that he had caught by the gills. V'That tho Sumpter Valley Rail road iill be built this summer is no longer a question. Work on the road will no doubt be commenced iu a short time, judging from the material arriving for the construc tion of the road. Yesterday a car load of horses arrived at tho doKt and more are to lollow. This looks like business. Democrat. At n recent meeting of tho Anglo- Jewish Association Huron llersch j opjHisi'd the emigration of Hussian j and other Jews to Palestine. lie I said America was thu modern laud 1 of promise, and he was prepared to supHrt any well-defined scheme for aiding Jewish emigrants to set tle in the I'nitud States or any part of America. A year ago this month Hiram fiibson's baud of stock sheep num bered 2,2(X) head. Of this number fifteen hundred head went through the rigors of last winter without be ing fed -they wintered on the open range. I tits spring the Imud shear iu r-,-"'i.iw norm oi wool, n wns miy uud said: "l in sorry, ma am. record can le beaten in tho enmity, j but I'll have to leave You next we should be glad to chronicle it. i month. Me and mv voung man Prineville News. nrt. j.j,, t0 married then." One of the western (Irani justices ! "VVr-v uo11' M7." replied the lady, of the M'aco was appealed to the 1 '"'I''i however that you have glv otlu r day by a woman who wanted " '"tter careful consideration, a warrant for the arrest of her bus- '"( eouiitMl thu cost in case ono band for not supporting the family. makl,H """"take in marrying." ...I fair. Ill" II . ... I . r ll-ill..' Why,' slie says, "lie lias brought homo onlv two sucks of Hour, a bushel of K)lato6s and a cow iu two weeks. I have said 1 would not livu with him another day, but as I have just set a lieu it seems hard to break up and leave." The secretary of the interior has transmitted to congress a letter from William McKusiek, Indian agent at the Sletclon agency, South Dakota, stating that thu SUsetoii and Wahpctou Indians of Luke Traverse reservation are iu a most destitute condition, the drouth of last year having almost totally de stroyed their crops. He asks that $f)0(X) be appropriated for the pur chase of provisions to keep the In dians from starving. Special Kxcursloi) to Salt I.aVe City. On Tuesday, July l-'thh, low -..i.... ...ill I... ..ii. r... ii... - ,1 in thu luxury of a salt water swim ... - .. - nt the celebinted (lurlleld Beach; making u daylight trip through thu beautiful Cache Valley and enab ling sisseugeis to view the magnifi cent scenery of the Snake River. Tickets, detailed timu of trains and general information onu be oh tainud iipon application to any tick et ngont I'nioii Pnpiflo .System. T. W. LHH, Clen'l Puss. Agont. . , . ' iii eiiivi ioi uiu '" national Lobor Congress in that trip between rniou Pacific points . , , , ? ,. a.,,1 Salt l,.ko City, giving all an c,,y- , 1 hu idea of holding the con opportunity of visiting the great I ' ''"'rtood to have ongi melroDolls of t'tnh nnd induluinu I '""-''' with the oflicor of the COMMISSIONERS' COURT. In t liinflitr nf iti t .r-mtvcrtil f ?J . T . 'Tl, V i vuv iu uiu Ullllill l it'll?, minim i,,.rlrnilP .,., vrMtu ,1(i t 1 Whitmior were npHinted to nssess damages claimed by Daniel Math - , ?ws0 l0' toaiou oi mo rono pass- ",n j"oeo. 1,1 l,, ""niter of the petition for a county road trom tlio Iox valley road whore it crosses llencli creek to Hear valley via Mt. Vernon anil liriili'i' iln Riimn U'ltn ruiiwIiNl becnuse no twnd had been liled as liy law required. Hie county nyscssor wns granted further time, until October 20th, to complete the assessment of Crnut County. Anntinl rcjiorts of tlie clerk, treas urer and slierifl' were approved. Hills aggregating the sum of 0S7 wro allowed and warrants or dered drawn for tlie name. Hisliop Turner, a Ceorgia colored divine, savs that this country owes J his race a matter of f -IO.OOO.fXX),-1 (XX), or atiout fifty times thu amount of the national interest boaringdebl 1 for a century of unrequired slave j labor. China ptoposcs to retaliate against I no t niteil Mates tor ex cluding Chinese by shutting out Ainorieans from "the Celestial realm. .Most of us will not worry much ovur the matter. Frank Jnrvis, who wa recently round guilty of incest with his daughter, tins been sentenced by Judge .Stearns to three years in the penitentiary. If he Is loally guilty of tho crime, life imprison ment would be too good for him. In voting against the coinage of silver, .Senator Dolph, of Oregon, jnjoys the distinction of betraying the trust imposed iidoii him la the people of this state ns express- ed in thu platform of both politi j eal Mirties iu tho Inst election. ' While Oregon nnd Washington are rejoicing in the promise of an j unusually abundant harvest, our ' neighbors just over the water In .la- pan, nre starving on account of a failure of tho rico crop Inst year. I The Niifluring among tiie xoror i classes is very great, many of them ' buing obliged to subsist on roots and grass. Iu a letter to thu Philadelphia Times, Hon. T. W. Palmer, Fx- Minister to Spain, writes: "Thu , Spanish people are peaceful and j eocoable self-respecting and re-sH-etful. Treat a Spaniard olitely ; and you are alwavs sure of good 1 treatment. There are fewer eapital crimes in Spain than any country I know of." It is announced iu Huston that the scheme whereby all soda water and beer apparatus interests iu the I'nited States were to be ainalga. mated Into a trust and sold to Kn glish capitalists, hns fallen through, the broker who was engineering tho deal having cabled from London his failure to organize the necessary combination. It is said that nfter tho census question "Whether stiiFuring from acute or chronic diseases, with name of disease?" a Milferer wrote: "Consumption, heart disease, pleu risy, bronchitis, diabetes, softening of the brain, Ilright's disease, tu berculosis, and thirty-seven other complaints." lie had been read ing a patent medicine nlmnc mid thought ho had 'cm all. A servant girl living with a lady Iu Iowa came to her mistress one . .. "." ;. am i g'"" eosi uiu inn wiiiii iviin uiu iiiimuoiaie reply. "He has to buy the license his ow n solf", you know'. 1 An exchange very truthfully says: "Don't bin mo your newspa per man for what hnppcrs in tho community. If there is anything iu the life of thu place that you do not wish to go abroad to thu world blame yourself that It exists not the jmper for saying something about it. It is thu editor's duty to make a typographic photograph of the town each week, ami if you take a houiuly picture, don't kick the instrument to pieces, hut try to got a butter oxprussion on your face next time. One of tlie features of the World's Fail celebration at Chiua- ttt irill In tint liililiurr it nit Iittsn r H ,M,U' . f l. l .f ait American rciiuraunii or i,noor, The presldeiit of tlio Federation has issued a circular giving an outline of thu work preliminary to I tin . . ... i , I i , i i rf tin, iifiiii.riL. .i IIIU wi fiiii '!. IUII uiu luniuwa , r .i i... ' I "- I"-'P.' "iflrant county for this celebrated considered by it will ho the adyer- huri (!i(llr sf ,,,,, or k . w, nihility of forming nn interiintion- , ,e fllMj , Mr. ,Sn,lll(.l. al labor organization to which ov- ' Hr.viiy Ki'st. cry workinginan III tlio world may Proprietor Pacific Hrowory, Hnkur belong. City, Or. J T Uoputy Shcriir Kisk in nt his ntifil rtiwtit tmt t Att limit ittir lmt fit n ... ...,,.., ,, .., vi iu uiu nni i iuiii miiiiti nll. Onivnn Citv. for line wines. liquors nnd cigars." 1 'p10 j,u.jic Hrcwory's Celebrntcd , u(ier t,0 l)0sl j KnstorI, Oregon, is now kept constnntly on tap at the Ked Front Milliard Hall. The prison imputation of Kngland Iiiih fiillnn oll'so much of Into years that out of 11. 't prisons A7 liave ! h,H'n nlttmether closed. IVrtinps t'"H ",l't foinething to do wttli 1 l"-' i"'iuuu ui niuvneaii priBuim. ; MToiiuoos eruptions, sucn as Pimples, Discoloration of the Skin, I osKXMallv on face, are cnuscd by j impure IiIihhI and will disapcar j rapidly by using Pfunder's Oregon Hlood Funtier. Silva Porto, who committed su icide iu Africa, wrapped himself in a Portuguese (lag and blow himself up with font teen barrels of gunpowder. Now the question arises, was tiu worth that much powder? Thu silver problem may now tic considered settled as far as eon ureas is concerned. The hill us it j enme from tlie conference commit i tee provides for thu purchase by thu treasury of -1,000,000 ounces of silver each mouth. This is not entirely satisfactory to the extrem ists, but it is regarded as thu best that could be douu under the cir cumstances. Few people would select I'ussin as a country in which to live, hut one may be reasonably certain of getting unadulterated food there. Persons convicted of selling adul terated and injurious substances ns j food iu I'ussin are liable to a tine of.?'-! 10 or three mouths' impris onment for the II ri) t olVeiuo. 'I hem penalties nre doubled for thu sec ond ofTensc, uud for tho third tho person loses his civil nnd political rights. We can learn something even from Kiifsin. The mooted question as to wheth er or not the male elk sheds his horns each year, after the manner of deer, was discussed by the press throughout the state a few years ago, without being dellnituly settled pro or con. The buck elli at Dr. Dellar's ranch near Medl'ord, savs the Jacksonville Times, settled the question satisfactorily so far as his case was concerned, by shedding his antlers in the most approved fashion both lust season and (his, and now has his third set rapidly shooting heavenward, . . a Notice. To Wuo.s it M. v Coni-kiin: I would like for the man who liorrottcil my lock-chain from I'M, Shullield while ho was driving my team, or otherwise took It from my wiigon while my horses worn gone, to return it lo me or to the team. I shall trust to your honesty to do so. J.vs. A. Lo.ton. t mi - ! lU:.vriY's Tot it or tiii: Would. ' Kx-Mavor Daniel F. Heatty, of ' Heatty's celebrated organs and pi anos, Washington, New Jersey, hna I returned home from an extended tour of tho world. Head his adver tisement In this paper and send for catalogue For Sale At a Harc-do. One pair of sorrel geldings ft years old, by Mt. Vernon: are out of trot ting mares, are well broke and gen tle, well mated and are tho making of as fast a double team as there is in this part of tho country. For further particulars enquire of (ti.nitm: (iii.vni.Acn. Closing Out Sale. The stock of goods belonging to the late linn of (ico. (iuuillnch A llro., of Canyon City, Oregon, is now offered to purehnsers at cost for cash. The books of said firm nre positively closed, but cash pur. has ers can procure bargains by calling soon. (iKO. (ll'XDI.Arll, Administrator. Notice) All persons indebted to the estate of Martin Cundlaeh, deceased, or to either of tho firms of (Icorgo (Itind- ! laeh A- Hro., and James Norman A Uo., are urgently requested to coinu forward and settle immediately, as j the the business of said estate and ! partnership mi st nr. n.osr.n. All ' notes and accounts remaining uu-J paid after '-'0th of July next will be ' placed in tho hands of an ollicer for collection. f!no. Ol'.SDI.ACII, Administrator. Pacific Urcwcry Deer, Notice is herein given that I have this day established an agen cy for the sale of tho Heur manufac tured at thu Pacific Hrewery, linker City, Or., within tho county of (irant in Canyon City, and that Mr. 11. Mansoll is the authorized inana- Herol said Depot All orders from A Hold Swinilllnp Scheme. Mr. Cyrus Hussey, Assistant .Sec retary of the Interior Department, nnd Mr. W. M. Stone, Acting com missioner of the d'eiiernl I, nnd Of fice, snys u Washington dispatch, have evidently ollicially encoernged ono of (he greatest shark schemes that tho recent history of the Wash ington departments a'lTbrds. There are, in the (ioneral Land Office, over a quarter of a million of pat ents which the government ought to have delivered to the patentees, but which, somehow the government tins up to the present time failed to deliver. Mr. Thus. II. McKce dis covered this, and the idea occurred to him that he might mnko nionev oy obtaining the names and ad dresses of the pntentccs and ofi'ering i.f iH-i-mi' un-ir jwiciiis ior a ivvcniv me uoiuir iee in cncn case. .Mc Kce is superintendent of the House document room. He associated himself with two lawyers, and pro ceeded! to blisinesi. b'eini' fnrlilb.il with the following permit from Commissioner Stone to swindle tho settlers of the I nld-d States. 'l on have the consent of tho general hind olllce in kcoui-I mr III present owners of lands the patents inoieior which nave been from vari ous causes retained in this olllce, instead ot living delivered to them or their grantees." Hitssey who was known to be a ileep dyed reoundrel when he was apM)inted, ao sanctioned the pro posed swindle, as follows; I have received vour letter of .Nov. at), x ith circulars inclo.icd, nsking permission to refer to me as to your character and standing, nnd It gives me pleasure to say that you have my iiennission to so refer.'' All kimU of Nitent medicine for sale nt Sels' store. Our new "ad." from the entcriiriu. tug firm of einn (V MeFriad. Hcppuor, speaks for itself, and it is worth your while to read the same. In order to gain new trade thev in tend presenting a fine large book, which n-tails at f 1.00 each, to every retail purchaser of dry goods, cloth ing, boots and shoes, fiats etc., lo the amount of .?'.:,.( H), allowing until Jan. 1st to make out the amount. One them a trial order, when you send away for gondii. Music for the celebratiun of the Fourth of July, 1777, in l'liiladel ndelhhiii wns furnished by a baud of Hessian prisoners who had been captured a few mouths beforo at Trenton. Though tho "Star Span gled li'iiiiner" nnd lnil Coluin hia" hud not appeared in the list of our national airs at that time, it is on record that the music fur. nished by these Hessians, the most detested of all the soldiers tent over by King (icorgo to subdue the independent spirit of colonists, "giontly admired.1' As thu lies sinus had no principle at btaku in the conflict that was then at its height, being merely hirelings of tho Ihiti.h king, it is fair to pre sllinu that thoy u-oro ns well emi. lent in the occupation of playing for a celebration nf the declniiition of Independence us tlu-y would hnve been had I hey been piping strain of in-irtial music to encotir. age an attack it jkiii the colonial troops. He this as it may, the llosslans played and the pn'triotic peoplo of loyal Philadelphia enjoy ed the music that they made theiu 1 HI years ago. A cattle king of Arizona, whoso nnmo is not divulged, but who must bo K)s0Bed of tin exceedingly peaceful conscience, is at the Pas teur institute, at New- Voj-k, for treatment. A uileeat ate oil' the patient's ear while the latter was sleeping the sleep of the just, in front of his cabin door, in thu land of sage brush and cacti, and ho fears hydrophobia as a result of tlie wound which deprived him of his right auiicle. Oregon is noted as the laud where K-nple can sleep long and soundly, but it will have to take off its hat, metaphorically sH'aking, and salute Aii.ona, as outranking it upon this nioM)sitiou. True, wu have a record of a case wherein a man slept on while his wifu was shot and killed in the bed beside him, mid another wherein a woman snored Kmcefully while the same tragedy was being enacted with her husband in the title rolr, but the evidence showed that tlie muii, in the first instance, wasd.-nf, and that tho woman, in the other, wns not an afi'eetioiiato wife, vvhos ears are ever on the alert for that which forebodes harm to her lord, hence Oregon must yield the palm to Arizona, as the great somnific suction, where u man can sleep un til he gets his nap out, oven though ids ear bo chewed oil' by a rabid an imal iu tho interim. Orcgonian. IIji.'I Clo Off llrfiro Vnc tiro Krcilr, rrtutti&rlf on a Iuk v-mmtj-, lie .'.illjr )ira I . . 1 1 I . You caiiuoI l, I'CiinU at lo ay, un l nu am acouir.; a.... J wall Die trailor' ei.it tojrH' vi'I-i imrum, IIimUIIci'i hUiniAi'h IlklUM. ui"-: gi.il ui neiuiuN, ..(rliinaUitu -.. i-i,uiiit h '! itixottion. ..fsiu.t in mu. !,. iii tin i n. iT.inie '! t'..lu- liTi,U'll ( un ity i-.MiLnl or ui.urliiili). wiiii SimiiI M.il i Mi if i m .iIit, n.'rr-muc.. Iiii-iraicil tijr O-sv l, ! Illin.iiiei4 ntiJ coi..liiMein, Ok' linn i n-iKU ro- iimiitu. 11 liniari" ii r-u.li for f-mil ii.it alto Ketriar lo yur l.i-lo, ant norciil It (nun ilu KiinwiiiK Willi ymi. .Xi-.ir wh lliuru surli A CKlnlll I III n j( fir 1 1.0 ;.( .1 .ciiulu irio,it a v h.i 'Mali 111 ilrcu-i ot lim bi l umVail local. SC.iii irlno ttt.it1 lo r.ii'.ol ly HI ireinml i"UnitaiJrti,liii.i'ii i.uiiiHct. an. I mluini Inner ktllo.1 .u imiway rv-.liiuraul. la nwn rum. ilieil liy thai Uiiu.r, wlucli gye n ijulmua alto lo rlicumtUiui, Udccy troullta ulU m-iomuiu. AN OPIJN HITTER. From Professor J. P. I.ooney, Principal Kulton Public Schools, in I-'ovor of Drs. Dirrln. Otrtfoiilin. Kditor Oregoninn Dear Sir: I am not in tho habit of puffing ad vertising doctors, but I cannot let this opiwrtunity pnss without men tion, in justice to the nlllietod as well as Dr. Dnrriu. Tho doctor has cured mcofa trouhlesomo catarrh and bronchitis of seven yenrj' stand ing, by electricity and medicine. The cure is perfect and permanent, and I will answer nil letters ml dressed to mo at Portland. .1. P. I.oo.vkv. There is somethinc nbout the suc cess Prs. Pnrrin nre meetinu with which is Jruly haul to credit, yet wo have it from persona whose vor acity we cannot doubt, that their curiu are remarkable. Tho ubovo case is peculiarly striking. Profes sor Loouey is a man of undoubtful integrity and wvll known through out the statu and nation. Tho nliovoeird nbout Drs. Darrin i'h IHisitiw proof of (he unexampled success which attends their treat ment. It shows how radical nn well as uin-xiKcti-d, uro many of their cures, and Imw chronic, diseas es of many years duration are tilla ble to resist their .kiil, ami is but one of the many i-iikm wlil-h tho doctors hnve uud-ii taken, and is on ly one of the scores of patiutiU whom they have redored to h.-alth. Thu author of the above statein.'nt, wo have full assurance in saying, was actuated iu publishing thu same by no other motive than gratitude foe his utire and a desire to muko known the means to others ns un fortunate as himself. When wo re flect what a gteat boon h health when we i onsider that without it the slightest uppr.noh to happiness is iniposidbh that it is, in nhorr, the greatest earilily blesisini; can we be othi nvise than iiuniensniubly sui prised to fhd anyone who Iiiih lost this grvnl tret's irv, nnd hesi tate to follow a plaiidy dt lltiv d path loading to itH icv. v ry'.' Tu see a sick man or woman i olect or re fuse to visit Dr, Dnrriu. who may do him or her seme go ui, niol (un not do harm, i equally an inexpli cable invsUri'. Try them, at all events, coinm n shho would sur- gest. A consultation will cost you nothing. The do -tors could fill this page with restMinsible certifi cates, but thei- in so widespread it is tinuooossnrv. The doctors treat, nil chronic diseases at their parlors, iu the Washington building, corner Washington and eoilrth streets, Portland. 1 ' " Mr. Wannainaker says onu cent letter pontiign is coining. Nobotlv doubts that, but when ( Tlie Imimitanro ot jairlfyliirt tlio tilonii r.m nol l.i iiicieiUmiiti-il, fur ualuuil I'tuo bluwl you cannot rnjny cooil lu-allh. At Dili eaon nearly i-vety nno n-ii1t .i tuoil iiii-illeinu In imtlfy, Vltullio, nnil t iiilcli tlio MimhI, ami uu n.k you l.i try Hnoil' Pnnillnr H.iroirlllJ. ltnln-uiiilieni r CCll I let I aj I,,,,,,,, , nj.um, create! an fi)rUle, nml tones tho ilisnOon, nlillc It rraillr.ili-n i1im-m Tim ullar eoinlilii.illoii, iroorln'ii, r.nil in-pto.-iUaii of lliri veci-tnlla ruin 'tie uteil give to Hikm- Hariiiarllli in-iiil- -T'r. Ifoolf lar curallio mviirJ. J.a ' J lloGII oilier ini'illeiiioli.K mii li ,i rrr r-l of lUmJerfiil eurei. If you li.iv. i. n;. ),,i,r n,uu t litiy llanl'sHarsniurill.l iluimt liu llnlin-eil to takci any otln-r ln-ii-i.l. It h n l . ullar Mrillrlue, ami 1 vv itliy nr rni.'il e. IImhI'i H.ira; r.:'H'"i'i ) il . : r ,:;ti. J'ic, arcit ly f 1 I!-- 4 i, C" , J.outii, Man. 100 Dooos Ono Dollar The Road to Wealth! Cinnol be luccc:itullr IfiitleJ .llli out yooJ health. To reach wealth or any coieltJ position In life require tho lull poiteulon and operation ot all the lac utile kind nituri hil endoixil ut mllh, Ihut condllloni eanr.ol eiltt unlcuf-o phjilcal being It In perfect torklny order, and thlt It Impottlblo when llm liter and tpleen are turpld, thutobttrucl Ing the tecretloni, earning Indlgetllon and dtptpila, with oil ol their accom- pining horrori. DR. HENLCY'S English Dandelion Tonic eniti a tpevllto Influence oier the liter, eiclttt II to healthy act Inn, reioliot Itt chronic engorgemtnlt, and promol-t the ticretlonti cunt Indlgetllon ai d contll- pillon, tharptnt the appetite, tonet up the entire t)ttem, and makct l:le norlh llilng. Tlio ilyiii-Hlr, llm tti lilllluliul, m Iii-Uk r Iroiu tun- of mull uf luliiil or buily, ilrliilt or cxitoMiro In Malarial Regions, vrlll II ml Tult' I'lIU llm iiiokl uciilnt rrkloruilvo t ior ullVri'il tlio kiitloilu" luvultil. Try Thorn Fairly. A vlcuruu linily, iiir lilmul, htruns Konrceumt u i lii'i-iliil uilliil w III t-ukutu b'OLI KVKUYWUUUK. Xs M W ?JK. COUfOUliD EXTIUCT J V Aiww wirwrtwHi 1 . , -r- it i, a5 JLS 4 -X . -.V ' .