THE GRANT COMITY HEWS,
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lOBAX BREVITIES.
ItomnMk.
To to struck.
7Atm Ikhm thfevw,
J alt has 8 regular hntnltn.
OornmiwdofimV ourt k grimliug.
We havsi Mtr$ dm Wmllwr to
report,
Pretty soon poophj will want holds
to cka up ihi Sunday.
Much sicklies! (HI noeonut of tho
continued liy wwUrsr.
The SumpW wlkiy railway wants
to In it a few riwt graders.
Utilison and ScuhtHlt art thing up
the jewcWs now Imiirtau eutr.
Politic U Um all altsorhing ' topic
in our 4r state, Washington, just
now.
Minora in Ui
lnw profs rift
different, cninjui nrc
UmUir for snow
thortf,
Arnold tli Union county murderer,
captured in Pot Hand the oilier
liny, while on his way U California.
lit looking at oar ensus figures for
ofgfwwm will conic to tho conclusion
thai Uni ml Indians have killed oil'
imny pale-facea .lnce 18fU.
A pen n ilea Scotch iuiinitriiuit acci
dentally ctuniMod ujkmi u rich brother
in Now York the other tiny, whom he
had not soon for thirty-seven ynara.
Uakor City lias just levied n ocial
tax of $5000 for school purposes hy a
contest at the polk The ote for tho
ixx was 1(51, to twenty-nine against it.
Air. Adkins of )ay illt pitronizod
lids shop hy getting )Kters mill kx!
tickets printed for the races, which
wfll commence on Nov. 2Slh instead
of tho 23nl.
In I'olk oounty Hi I'lutnnipr's seven
uorci of hops turned out 10,000 pounds
tho eight uoroj of .hsh droves yielded
13,000 pojtids, ami fi-oni eleven acres
Jodu Mo.nison took '.'O.OOO jioumls.
Dr. U 1. Trowbridge hits taken his
dopmlujui for liust Poitlnnd to upend
the winter with his family, and do
sinM tho puhlic to know t li.il a
quantity of medicine has len loft
with his brother.
The printer n getting rich too fast.
Then send your lummy out of the
county to have your job printing done.
No wonder teoplo call you "moss
busks," when you will not patronize
ii homo institution.
Ioo Mutcrou waj tiio.l Isiforo
Judge lluliiiou lust woid; for nn
unprovoked assault on u Oliinuiimn,
and lined S'.Ti.OO and eots. Home
(tun ttel him th t h.i didn't dure whip
the Mongolian, and ho won tho wager.
Jinny tracts of land in this vullny
which have boon fenced and claimed
along with the other possessions of
the rancher without lieing secured hy
title from the gnterumcnt, me U-iuj;
jumped by Miiious parties who will
prove up on the same in duo time.
Mrs. Nannie Field who was ad-i
indeed insane last Auiust iut
wus j
placed in the care of a guardian, grew
worse and had to Ui taken to the asy
lum. Sheriil' Oresup commenced that
unpleasant t.ip yesterday morning,
accompanied by 1 fancy Fields as
guard.
Tho Kpiscop.-il church has just re
ceived new seuti from linker City,
the workmitoJ.ip on hich could lime
Uoeu far cu . lie I by our home curpeit
lirs. Juatso lull;,' us h com. iiu.iity
spends its money away from homo for
that which could Ui produced here
jns that long vi ill wo experii noe hard
timos.
Nwspiir, though oeiybody does
not think so, nie always jstid for in
advance. If the thoughtful sulsu-riber
does not do it Uio publisher has to do
so. The paper and ink manufacturers
and printers will nut wait until the
yoar expiic before they get their jsy.
Hubsoribers in arnsirs should think
oWtlhi.
Trof. J. II. White who is lecturing
in Uio interests of the Nationalists,
spoke at the Masonic hull lust Wed
nesday owning. HUsjieech was all
light, but all its good impressions were
spoiled afterwards by the speaker
ooniiug on the stage dressed in an old
Mother IlubLanl and nuking some
silly remarks, in the attempt to "givo
a show,"
Tho two western status th.it have
lawle the least gain in imputation
during the last ten years am the
prohibition states of Kansas and Iowa.
The only two New Knigliuul states
that report one u loss and the other of
last holding its own, are the pmhihi-
tjon sLatns of Vui'iuolit
uf Vermont ami .Maine,
While this may proe an ollect, it is
at lst singular. j
Mr. Kchuurr who is down from the ,
Gioeiihom section says that in his j
hutublo opinion withiu the uuxt two
rears Uiat caiuji will une a umiKet '
for ail the sun.lus boef, ui-ain, fruit
aiid veetibles of this alley, but at
prosout tiie road U next to immssable,
and must Is improved bufoie much
hauling is done, Fm titer more, if the
IDD'I lietwe.tu Ivoltiusonvill and (iianite
was improved fivighters from here
oould load with ore while on the way
ta lUkor City, ami by tlmt uiaaiis
Mng ootitid trable nioiiey into the
John Day valley. Wo hojw the
oauuly court will do well hy the
luiuin; cuuips which give so uiuuli
promise oi iietng a source of great !
revenue to Crant count v,
I let
s tii miners of
(Imnt oounty
mwy alnM of
iirORtvir ttran so iIom
lHuinsM flourish.
I'ostofflc IwHirt 5?MHilny !) to 10 A.
M. MoiMty Order dnjsuluieitt climm
II. White the lectaier and
'Slmmntisl" got struck by an oxer
ripe egg at Img Onrak.
Crant eotinty Ik a dowwit of lire
clay, a alniildt produttion if we sm
nnr n transirtntion line.
Should IsirW shops be t-lKrs u
Huniarsl is a matter that w ill come
I before the net legiskiluro.
Harney people haul-vl a hrge
qnanttty of wheat to the S'tmwlerry
mill to lie giiHiml duiiug the week.
Sam Cuiponter who ii. tends to
winter in the (!reetihorn camp, sent
the cash the other day to isiy for the
nKv to his folk anutherye.tr, together
whii uis onwinj-.
Sonn' fellow npremtiog tJe Hep-
pner Catetto was in limn lhre. or
four days last wwfc, lait he laehwl
the nvorl courage to y the Nks
even a fraternal visit.
'Hiere is no pies t ion that tle muU
jct of irrigatimi is of the utmost iui
iwftiince to the great c.t, and that
government luustance !innl.l l , iirn
" : . . . . . .
to the solution of the pmblem.
Thieo (J John Cam's ujiildren of
cox vauey nave men m inpuierl.t
within tint Mt few days and we lme
lieen infnrnied that other meu.lwrs of
the family are down with tlm ihnd
dinuiKi.
Win, Luce said to us last week to
taku out his ailvertisnmeut, as he had
iI.'sjkmkkI of all his fruit. He said
that lionostly sienki..g, then w.is
nothing so good as printer's ink, t
stiinnlate business.
Ite. Mr. (lots of Itakor City, who
Ii.ih aotod in the cnKicity of lipi vcopnl
missionary to us uame over during the
week and pie.icliod his farewell sermon
.Sunday evniiing. .Mr. lioss intends
luiooving from Oregon
A town which is too selfish to
mtronize its own print i live ollice for
work instead of wmiling money away
for that which could be produced ho.e
at the sumo price descne to U set
down in the jungle of Africa.
(has. Ilelmui.iliiuh, who has been
prospecting his Kuby creek mines,
has coii.o over to spend the winter.
Charley and Jtiku hnvu some gixxl
lcds;tis in that country, spocimuus of
which indicate future wealth for those
who own thum.
ii. i . i . i p . i .
A lino opportunity ia n Horded
the meiiihcra of the forlhconiing
legislative Hcamou to (list iimuinlt
thcniBolvcs. The heaviest demand
on their mental unnacitv will bo to
undo Home of the brainless work
of
previous sessions.
bail, at the home of his parents
ntJohn Day, Nov. 1st ISUO, of ty
phoid fever, Lewis II. Johinon, aged
21 yours. Tho funeral occurred on
Sunday, nearly every one in tho
community attending as a mark of
esteem shown to tho memory of the
deceased.
When thi' legislature meets in
January there will bo just ninety
different opinions upon what ought
(o l,e done nn the iiuestion of
asrcKsmeiit ami taxation and it ia
not going to I si an easy matter to
focus those widely differing ideas
into one bill.
imperial and sacie.l niU the
Sultan of Turkey has two Iiunilrd
and seventy-nine ies and ynt he is
not happy. Indeed, ho would no
more think of eating a pie or cake of
their muki.i'f without p.ovicusly try
ing It on u member of his cabinet to
see if it was Kiwnxl than he would
think of Hying.
Mill .Minot of Itiuns is stopping nt
the court house. He took jioksessiou
of a ui'tro which he claimed Isdoiigod
to himself and wife. His brother-in-law
had him arrested for the olleuse.
A trial was had in the justice's com t
at 1'rairie City. He w.ihod examina
tion, and in default of a fli.'iO bond
the prisoner was sunt to jail.
Dejiuty shcrilf M. F. Hudson of
l'rairic City brought Andrew Cns
taiuo to jail last Tuesday lieeause
he could not give bail in the sum
ofU'.OO. Mr. Castaino was arrested
for stealing a saddle and bridle
from Tom Hobbs this side of .Middle
Fork, and was given a preliminary
examination before tho justice of
the jx-aco ut I'rairie City.
An old smooth-bore hi ee'h loading
liile, laanufacturud at middletoii,
Conn., in the year IS37. has U'eu
uiiouithod at Nmiksack Fork, says a
corresioiident of tlm Whatcom liul
letiu, from the itiins of the cabin of
old Kluuin Klam.iraus, chief of tho
Nooksacks. A rusty broken dirk, a
Wr's tusk and a horn sitoou were
' ,0""" ' On- same place,
A dispatch from Fort llidwoll,
Cal., says: Since thuabaiidonment
of the military post hero tho Indians
have Ihtoiiiu very bold. In several
sparsely seiiicu valleys adjacent to
Surprise valley settlers' cabins have
been broken okiii ami pluiuiercd by
Indians during tho abseueo of
ownois. Their actions of lato in
laying in urins and ammunition,
and trying to borrow guns of settlers
for the purMise of seeing how well
oiuipcd settlers are with firearms
have alarmed tho sottlcri, as this is
the same method thov resorbnl to
before u.aking an outbreak in 17S.
I hree hundred tons
burned in Warner
of hay were j
valley a few
mgiiw ago, ami it is inougiii ny
many to k- the work of Indians.
'A- !
They will soon lw putting lilnnk
oia on their thermoinolroji in the
frigid ICagt.
Goto the Hod Krnnt llillinrd
' Hall, Cnnvon City, for find wines, ;
j iiquorfl mm eignra.
"Wlml ii homo without a nowt)
jmjur?" A home without a news
I Ntjcr ia no homo at nil.
.Men have walked for twonly
, mile in a rocently discovered
cavern near Nornmnoy, Tumi.
! Small holding of real eatnle,
I diversified farming and pood wholo-
mmjic, flrnitrorwunl inilimtry U what
makes n country.
Out of 125 teacher in limulioldt
omiuty, Cal , unlv one wnn iniaRiug
at the meeting of tho teacher' in
slitutc at Ktia'ka.
Mftnv newiniern in Oregon favor
a law to provide that nil lawn w.a-
j wi y me legisiauir? unnii no pun-
001,1 mmt.v'
j A tuollior and fo:i were drowned
in n well near Marine Citv, Mich.
The boy foil In and hi mother
plunged in to reeeuo him.
Our watchmaker A. Ilinscl. take
! nleaaiire in notifying the public that
1 he just rocoivcl a complete lino of
spectacles and oye glasses. "
it
W ,m(, u,k lvUh gvcruj mm.
! inout grnngcrii this week and Icnru
oil that tho grangers are still
strongly in favor of tie) mortgage
tax law.
Ueeontly a young priest in Pitts
burgh, realizing tho ) topless nous of
his love for n young lad v, on account
of his vows, ' mutilntihi himself to
such nu extent that he died two
weeks later.
Weccntly n Chicago olieeiimn
named Mahonoy, w ho attempted to
nrreet highwaymen, was himself
held up ami robbed of his star,
watch, club, revolver and n small
amount af change.
Uegular service at the M. U.
church dohn Day next Sabbath
Nov. '.I at 1 1 n. in., and at the .M . IC.
church this citv at 7 o'clocic p. in.
Subject: "Tho hand writing on the
wall." C. l.i cK, Tiistor.
Sidnov Horn tiKik up a claim of
lilt) acres near Knappton, Wash,
less than a vcar ago. Ho reccntlv
sold lf0 acres of it for f 10,(KK) mill
has boon ollcrcd .iJD.CXK) for tho
other ten acrcH. That is the N W
stylo.
In Now York, Oct. 30. John A.
Aindo, l.'i years old, shot his
brother William, aired 8, in tho
head as tho result of n quarrel over
the division of some candy. The
! older Ik)v hud n revolver
in Ins
pocket. William will die
C.viin oi' Thanks Wo take this
method of expressing our gratitude
to our frciuds and neighbors who so
kindly nnd willinglv aa.siHted us
.during tho sickness of our sou and
on the occasion of our sad bereave
ment, Mu, A' Mits. W. II. Johnson.
If a mail route runs through your
neighborhood, and you aru over
five miles from a post ollice, petition
the H)stmastor general and have a
Hstoilico near homo. So that
when winter comes you will not
have to go so far to get your letters
and newspniKirs.
. Wo have been informed thnt a
number of ranchers in Silvies valley
whoso farms lie in Harney county
by a small majority, are desirous
that the county lino should bo made
straight. Tho N'kws invites corros
K)iulenco on this subject from in
terested parties.
SriiAYKD Three yearling steers,
two roans branded 7 One nil with
some white on hind legs, with swal
low fork and under hit in left and
half under crop in right ear. Par
ties informing mo of their whero
iiImiiiIs will Ik; well paid fur their
trouble. IC. (). Stank km..
Last May, u well-known colored
ciluen of Kvansville, hid., went to
a show and demanded the best seat.
Ho was charged $100 and after
occupying the scat for a few mo
ments', ho left the theatre. Ho sued
under the civil rights law, and the
court has just awarded him the
fl00 ho paid for the ticket and 1 100
more for damages.
A farmer has been heard from
who did not bite at a fraud., Ho
was going to his hotel at Salem
late nt night when a man rutdicd
up and said some onu had fallen oil'
the bridge and needed help. Tho
farmer said he was too sleepy to go,
BiiHjh'i'ting something wrong. The
man wanted to gut him in an obscure
place in order to rob him undoubt
edly. Mr. Sol Taylor of the upper
valley furnishes us with the follow
ing figures showing the number of
bushels of grain thrcfchod by bis
machine the past scngon: Wheat
10.C07; barley 10,1(11; oats r,:5:;
rye 51; timothy seed 10 J. This is
the work of only one machine, and
us there wo-v about four at work
in tho upper valley there must have
lieot) considerable grain threshed.
Mr. S. T. (iilos of Drowsoy guvu
tho Nkws a call while in town a few
days since, and stated that a ma-
jority of tlm ooplo in his section'
were anxious to Iks added to Crant ,
county's Kipulation by the next
legislature. If that is the case all !
those in favor of having tho liuu be- 1
twoen C S runt and Harney county
straightened should losu no time in ,
K.'lilioi!ing tlie legislature, which ,
meets in Juiiuury.
No complaint is mndu about short
menstiro whon wo htwc a jx?ck of
trouble.
The nous of tho Into (lovenror
Plcvenaon of Nevadn will contest
their father's will.
Many of neorgiu'ivew I'gi-lntorji
cannot soll or write tlie ICngliah
language or any other.
Sn.no aniinala shed coals in warn,
Heather but ll.e .Insf Imvm i.T bi.
mtiU nt the approach of winter
A. H. Kattvn, of I'nion, p.nv more
tnxoH than any other man in Tnion
county, His property is this
vonr
assessed at $ l"..'!(0.
A full-hhm.lcd Siouv Indian is
foreman of the grand jury in the
Tinted States court now in session
in South Dakota. This is tho first
instance of the kind in this country.
Tho son of Win. Swador a pros
Hrous farmer of Michigan, is charg
ed with the minder of his father.
The young man had the idea that
a portion of the projierty would lie
come his should his father die with
out a will.
Crnsed by liquor, after a pro
longed spree, James Mortis, liudiug
his brother Joseph in a drunken
similiter in led at hume. in Kingtdou,
X. Y., (toured koriedne oil over him
and set fire to the saturated lied
and clothes. The bhue Hashed up
and awaKeneil the sleeping
man.
Others of the familv rushed to
the
rvcue and, careless of burns, ox-tii-guishcd
the flame and dragged
Joseph to a place of safety, although,
their own hands were seorchud.
Joseph was in a horrible condition.
Tho tleshoii his left side w'as burn
ed to a crisp. All the care and
remedies that physicians could use
were given to him, but, after linger
ing in great agony, ho died that
morning. James was arrested and
placed in jail immediately after the
crime to await the result of his
brother's injuries.
ClIKKKKUt. QIVKHS.
Canyon City, Or. Nov. , I Slid.
Dkaii Mit. Umroii: Will you kind
ly Knnit me through the columns
of your much valued paper, to thank
the vcoplo of this community, gen
erally, for their very generous res
ponse to my npK'al on Sunday
morning which amounted to movcii
teen dollars and over, for the benefit
of the improvement fund of St.
Thomas' Church; and particularly
Unite whoso well known liberality
has furnished mu tho balance re
quired, viz:
Croth it- Thompson- $.2.00
F. ('. Sols 2.00
A. It. Krway ,r,0
tieo. Shearer 1.00
S. S. Denning ti.f.O
I. J. Ilaguowood v Co. l.fiO
0. D. Itickard 2.00
A.J. Stephens 1. 00
Denis MeAulilf 1.00
1. Jewell r.0
Sels ltros. 2.00
Ued Front saloon il.00
T. J. Smith 1,00
D. 0. Overboil 1.00
John Miildrick S.00
X. II. Holey 1.00
John Smith 1 .00
J. I,. I'arrish 1.00
It. A. Ilines 1.00 j
Win. Mason 1.00
X. Hulison o0
II. Kent 1.00
Tin: News 1.50 j
I desire also to stale here my en- j
tire satisfaction for tho maimer in
which the ladies connected with St.
Thomas' Church have looked after j
the affairs of the church. Ivvcry-j
thing has been done carefully and j
in a business-like maimer. The !
treasurer's accounts show a balance
in favor of the church, which at the
request of Ilishup Morris will Is;
tinned over to him.
Thanking you again, one and all,
for your kintl hospitality and gen
urous contributions, as Well as for
your interest in the service and the
welfare of the church hero in your
midst, I remain as ever,
Faithfully Yours.
J. X. T. (loss.
Missionary in Charge.
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The Kansas Legislature will buve
to pass a new prohibitory enactment
to make tho Wilson original-package
law ell'ectivo in the Slate.
Tho man is rich who has a good
ii.M)."itinn, who is naturally kind
patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who
has a llavor of wit and fun in his
comK)feitioii.
lCduciitiiiii mnv do as much to
chuck evil tendencies or to develop
good ones; but it is a great thing to
inherit tlie right proorlioii of
faeiliiics to start with.
lT'liincse
(luced into
pheasants were inlro-
into tho vast forests of Ore
gon ten Years ago, and now it is
estimated that there are 1,000,000
of them in the country. !
Some one has learned that eggs
aiu always marketable for cash,
and so are chickens. With a large
stock of these probuets on hand the
farmer need never lw broke.
William Snipes, who was recently j
killed at .North Yakima by being
uirowu iroiu a micKing nurse, was
the fourth nu mber of that family
to hue his life by accident. The
other three were drowned.
Tho Indians nt Hig Fine, Yolo
county, California, hired a school
teacher for four mouths ud scut
their children to school. The chil
dren were model pupils, and nearly
every one can now read and write.
I'KOPOSIiU ASSKSSMliNT LAW.
Tho hill preKired by tho podh
torinl committee on n&M-ftsmcut and
taxation, which In!! Ikhmi in wssion
I in Salem for tno weekti, in its m)w
i wvew tho following tKiiutf : The
rounty ajfWjor flutll npKiitt nn
J naai'snor for egth precinct, or where
j the preeincl.v ftro xinall, iwcmir.1
i a" " Hm m mon; prwincia,
IMICn Ollt Of COUIlty ollicer!, mill
must givo iMtuds. I hov must
complete their work each your by
.May i.i, all property to w nsscF.el
i owncra tip to April I of each year
I'hcse assessors shall return their
roll to the county assessor who ia
to have five rolls made. The county
court is iiiade a Iwnnl nfcqualizntinn
of all except roal taxes, ami its
division is final. The assexKinenl
is doubled for those failing to till
lists. Tho state board is comjsised
of one member of each judicial dis
trict, to Is? ipsiintcd by the gover
nor until the next general election,
to rejKirt to the secretary of Die
state, who reports lo the county
clerks when the changes have bceii
made, when tho clerk will make
tho projwr changes. Taxes arc
delinquent Mftcr January I, after
which the clerk adds A per cent,
which goes to the county. The
mortgage tax law, including the
Black amendment, allowing tho
exemption of taxes on mortgages,
! is regaled and all mortgage are to
1 bo assessed, not in the form of
inoitgage, but as personal proerty
in tho form of notes received at the
place of residence or business of tho
l lender. Xo household exemption
i of $:U1 or any sum or no deduction
; for indebtedness of any form is to
j lie allowed- Church pro erty held
j or used for pecuniary prolit is to bo
I taxed. Huilroadsnre taxed its now.
I Xatioual banks are taxed nn tho
' actual value of the capital slock;
private bunks not iucnrnratcd, on
! the actual value of projKrty, and
j banks incoriHirntcd on the value of
oi snares oi Mock ; all slock to pay
taxes at tho oflico of the bank and
not elsewhere, Kleetrie light, tele
phone, insurance, plankroud, turn
pike, wagon road, bridge, express,
telegraph and sleeping-car compa
nies pity on tlieir gross earnings at
the rate of .'5 vr cent. s r annum
to the state treasurer, and capital
stock in tlie hands of the stock
lioldcrs is not taxed. School luxes
arc payable nt the same time as
county taxes, to tho shcrilf.
Notice to l-'r c lK-til Coiil;iictf .
Wo will advance freight upon
good consigned to our care and al
low !'0 days f'om date of expense
bill for remittance, or carry account
paid iimiii the first of each mouth.
Hoods consigned fur accounts
which nro allowed to run over due
will bo held for charges hereafter.
Shippers who will not pay promp
tly when allowed .".(I days, must pay
0. O. D. Freight advancing is a
cash business.
T. 10. Fki.i..
Manager Heppner Warehouse.
October lil'ith, 1SS10.
1'acific lltewery lleer.
Notice is hereby given that I
nave hum day established nu agen
cy for the sale of tlie Hour manufac
tured at the Pacific Hrewcry, Haker
Citv, Or., within the county of!
(Irani in Canyon City, and that .Mr.
II. Stnnsoll is the authorized mana
ger of said Depot. All orders from
(Iruiit county for this celebrated
beer, cither iu bottles or kegs, will
U filled by Mr. .Stnnsoll.
" llCfi II Y Hi! ST.
Proprietor I'nciliu Hrewcry, Haker
Oily, Or.
Letter l.lst.
Letters remaining uncalled for
iu tho isislolllco at Prairie Citv,
Or., Nov. I, I SIR).
Joe llendcisoit, I. W (iibsnn.
Persons calling for the uIhivo will
please givo date of advertising.
Ih. i! H. MoltAi.ny, P. M.
. .
Any one with defective eyesight
can Im suited with the right pair of
eye glasses or spectacles at tho
watchmaker's at Canyon City.
Hotli tho method and results whon
Syrup of Figs ia taken j it is pleasant
and refreshing to the tasto and acts
gently yet promptly on thoKhlnoys,
Liver anil Howcls, cleanses tho sys
tem clfcctiially, dispela colds, head
aches and fevers and cured habitual
constipation. Syrup of I'igs 1h tho
only remedy of its kind ovor pro
duced, pleasing to tho tasto ami ac
ceptable to tho stomach, prompt iu
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, its many excellent qualities
commend it to nil. It U for sale iu
fiOo and $1 bottles by nil Icadiug
druggists,
WMILFAOTUnCO OMtr Oi THI
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
lows mt f, nr, - tw tome, u. r
Will
It requires hut littlu mining to
blnst a reputation.
Tlie farmers are busy hauling
their winter supply of wood from ,
the mountains. 1
Tlueo hundred persons nro orv- i
i ing out life suntoiicos in tho i
(5eorj(ia poniteiiliarp and Ctcorgiii i
is not in Siberia. !
i i
I The number of national banks j
: lejKirted in i.ctuiit existouuo in i
, .niiy lust, ui all tno tuios ami
' terntoi ies, was HIS I.
I
I A tramp in Itirmiiigliiun Ala.,
while sulforitij from delirium
tremens, miw his big toe protruding
' from hi well-worn boot, hmigin
! iu it to be a snake about to bite
I him, he binashrd it with a hummer.
! Xew Mexho has voted on tho
State constitution. Tin American
t cities and towns gave good mujori
! ties, but the Mexican imputation
; voted almost solidly against it, bc
' ing ipXKH'd on aciouut of the pro
l visions for public schools. It is
thought that the constitution has
J been earned by a' small majority.
! ICNTiTI.ltD TO TI1H UltUT.
All are entitled to the best that
their money will liny, so every f.un
i ily should iiave, at once, a bottle of
I tho k'st family remedy, Syrup of
I'igs, to cleinso tho system when
costive or bilious. For sale in .r0c
and $1.00 bottles by all leading
druggists.
.
UK. DAURltrS CUKK3.
Aic Not Only Done Quickly Ily liltctrl
city. Hut Are PetmanciUl'iec
Tttauncnt Continued.
Three Moic Itein.-ukiible Cures to Relate.
ICditor Oregonian: For six years
past I have been sorely ulllictod
with rheumatism and 'neuralgia.
Of lute 1 have been in almost con
stant pain in every muscle nnd p.ut
of my body. Ilali to wall: tlie lloor
at nights, and had but little for ten
days 8t. Last Tuesday I came
to Dr. Ditrrin for treatment by
electricity, and to my great joy anil
satisfaction I am about cured and
go home rejoicing. I reside at
liuciia Vista, I'olk county, Or.
Mits. W.M. Daviiison.
Another Kcmatlalile Cure of Deafness.
To whom it may concern: For
year I have been troubled with
chronic catarrh. So troublesome
bad it become that I could scarcely
breathe through mv nose; had,
entirely lost senco of' smell, and I
became almost totally deaf, accom
panied with ringing noises in my
ear. After a coiiise of electric null
surgical tieatiuent by Dr. Darrin I
am perfectly cured of my deafness
and buzzing noises, liefer to me at
Kahuna, U ash.
Ja.mi:s. Fi.annaiian.
Instantly Cured of Deafness.
ICditor Oregonian: For eight
years prior to calling on Dr. Darrin,
I had been henf, accompanied with
ringing noises in my oars. Catarrh
was a great souicc of annoyance
so much so, that I could scarcely
breathe through my nose at times.
Dr. Darrin cuicd my deafness iu
ten minutes and the catarrh is
nearly well. T. II. Ouii.ui:.
( (shorn Hotel, ICast Portland.
Drs. Darrin can he consulted
daily at Iho Washington building,
coiner of Fourth and Washington
streets, Portland, llmirs.10 ot .'i;
evenings, 7 to S; Sundays, 10 lo IL'.
All chronic nnd acute diseases,
blood taints, hs of vilal power and
early indiscretions oiinunently
cured, though no references are ever
made iu the press concerning such
cases, owing to tho dolicaco of the
patients. ICxniuinatioiis free to all,
and circulars will be sent to any
address. Charges for treatment
a'. cording to patient's ability to pay.
The rich and jioor treated' free of
charge with electricity from 10 to
11 daily. All private diseases
confidentially treated cures guar
anteed. Patients at a distance can
be cured by homo treatment
Medicines and letters sent without
the doctors' unme appearing.
One of the Dis. Darrin will visit
Pendleton November 0th to loth at
the Yiilard House ami linker City
November Kith to 'JL'nd, stopping n't
the Warshnuer hotel.
Salmon hellion, herring aiidmauk
crcl cheap at Sols liros.
Tlie Piicilie Hiew'cry's Celebrated
Hccr, the best in Kiislern Oregon, is
now kept constantly on tap at tho
Ued Front llillinrd' Hall.
I'oit Sam: flood cooking and
eating apples at fifty cents a bushel,
at Mrs. Phillips' orchard iu Canyon
City. Alwi soiiio excellent pears
for cooking or eating.
Our new "ad." from Iho enterpris
ing firm of Collin A McFailand,
Heppner, sjionks for itself, snd it is
worth your while to read the same.
In order to gain new tr.ido they in
tend presenting n fine largo book,
which retails at fl.00 cacti, to every
retail purchaser of dry goods, cloth
ing, IsKits nnd shoos, hats etc., (o tho
amount of t'J.'i.OO, allowing until
Jan. 1st to make out the amount.
Hive them a trial order, when you
send away for goods.
Be Sure
II yon hsto muds up your mlml to buy
Howl's SarMitllU do not bo Imlucul to tsko
niiy other. Hood's SiturstllU Ii a rnlUr
medicine, xiuotlnc by xlttuoot Iti jweullir
combination, t'roorttoii, sml preparation,
rurstlvn i-owcr superior to any oilier sitlele.
A Ilotton lady who knew what iho wanted,
snd whoio example Ii worthy Imitation, tells
iter opcrlcuco bilowi
To Get
" la ono storo where I went to buy IToodl
fUr.iiarlllA Uio clctk tiled tolnducoroabuy
Ihclronn Instead of Hood's) ho told mo thelr's
would I.Mt Inncen Uiat I mlcht tako It on tea
da)t' trial: that If I did not llko II I need not
lajr anjlblnc etc Hat ho could not prerall
on mo to changa. I told him I knew nhat
lliHhl'ii SamaparltU wai. I had taken It, was
Jitlincd with It, arid did not want aiiy ollior.
Hoods
EiseaHanBssas
When I liepan tsklng Hood's Hartapuuls
I w.u (cellnz real mlieriblo, iurterloK
s creal ileal with djipertla, snd so weak
that nt times I could hardly stand. 1 looked,
mhI had for snrno lime, like a person In eon
Mimptlon. Hood's H.usaparllla did mo sa
much kmh1 that 1 wonder at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently peak of IL" JtiiA.
lU.ia A. dorr, ci Tcrraco Direct, Uoitoa. j
Sarsaparilla
Mdliy iltitruriiLti, Sll fur fa. rrrrdonl
Ij l .) IKMlli .1 CO., AvtlMrlii, lxr.U, ataas.
too DososOno Dollar
l.argist and most complete line of
sicclacles and eye gl.issis in Hafit
crn Oregon, at the watchuiaker'H,
Canyon City,
Hurley and wheat for Halo at
Cundlach's. Also a lot of winter
rye which will grow seven and even
eight feet high if sown in tho fall,
one half bushel to tho acre if inten
ded for reed, hut if for hay ono bush
el should bo sown. "
Holmes I.'iihIiionh College, Of
Foithiinl will open Sept. 1st. J. A.
Wcsco, tho leading penman of tho
coast, htiH become a partner in thin
school and will iiial.u it tho loadini;
HiiHinefiH College. Send for eatuloguo
(! ui
l'n Tiiinit Hnnlnnn
iu nun Jjuiiibii),
bmri'i.iis v I oNsfMiiits.
1'ivo Thousand llusliuls or over, of
choice Winter apples ami 'J.OOO gal
lons of eider inegar now o Hired for
sale at lowest cash rates,
I will nidi apples by tho quantity
at the orchiud. fit) cents per box -ot
1 1 ceutti per pound, cash in iiam.
Spueia! nnd induced ternm olferod
on heavy on ers, or for the entire
nop in the oi chard.
The above doMigmite l raten to hold
good (luting giilhntiug time, m from
Sent. '2"ih to Nov. 1st, lK'.KI.
Ily close ntlutition, pruning and
cullivatioti, I can now oiler to the
public npplcii of tiupciior Hii-.o and tin.
wir, nnd an tood keeping vaiioties as
are to bo found east or west of Iho
Carcade inoimiaiiui. ('nine and sou
and judge for you i selves.
Orchard shunto two miles oast of
John Day, and one half miluiiouth of
tho Fraitio City and John Day mad.
Residence in I'opl.ir (liovo noilli ol
the orchard
JJT Hard cider, Cioain eider and
Stteet cider fiee to customers while
loading.
i. it. uim:ii.ikt.
The (Ititidhu h fat in one milo fiom
CiniMin Citji, will bo sold on Novem
ber loth, to the highest bidder. It
contains thteii Houtioim of laud iu a
I oily, of which 800 acica nro good
plow hind, nil fenced. Also two run -ning
streams on tho land all the year
sullieiont to water all Hlock. Also a
ditch eariyiiif; about IKK) inelum of
water on the lurm for irrigation pur
poses. About .10 itcies of Fall ryo
volnnteeritig. One of tho best
dunlliiiuN .a those p.irls. I'olioy
oft5 1, (MX i on duelling, iu force to
Out. 1801. Also barn, stable, wagon
shod, Htiiokii house, chicken house, a
sheep idied big eimu.'li to hold 'J.uOO
head, nnd a splendid dipping ariango
ineul, with good inline priviledgcH
outside. On tho whole it is tho bust
equipped sheep or cattle much iu tho
county. Full iye will grow 7 to 8 ft
high, nnd the only Diploma uwaided
at tlm New Oilcans Exposition to
this putt of Oregon was on Wheat
grown on this place, a sample of
which can still bo scuii at tho (Itind
lueh Store. There are IIHJ fruit trees
on tho phfo iu '.plcudiil condition,
dud bavin;: abundance of fruit now.
For ti-rni'i and partnuhiiH cuqiiiie of
K. S, DK.N.NINC, Alton.oy,
Canyon Cily.Or.
BREWERY SALOON
Canyon City, Or.
Ti .v jtojmlav resort Una
Ihh'.ii reotcned to the public,
and now, as in the, past,
keeps nothing but the best
Wines, Liquors J1- Ci$urs
tl. !. KICK Aim, Propr.
ENGlu(Ui)iADE
STEEL PENS
A Ofai'ip'0 I'enn, different pattern. In
I Cii Nli ki l IMuloil .Until, llox,
twill innt-im.d, oil reccljil of 10 I'1'..VI'n;
PERRY & CO., London. Eub.i82.
U. S, Offlcs, BIO Drosdna), Niw York.