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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1891)
THE GRAHT COUNTY NEWS, ThurMlau, May -'. -LOCAL BREVITIES. Much imprm ement fur (Smut coun ty thi ymr. Ymrlliig: cnlvwi sell for S7 each in ( Jnekism county. , ItomemWr tho nale 6f sheep nt D.iy ville fit the 28th. Attend, mill lmy yourself n Iwiul. .N'o, this town in not ilmtl, Isit it ' nppfwr jat now to W I'ving only to fciYH ftiuenil o.K'Iih. Mutton sheep nr snid to Is- worth SA.AOhi I'rotlaiul. Verily, g(l time iir jwtt nlt-Mtl for tin sUvlmm. D.iv I'isk it trying t tir tin? Itn ksr Oily folks up to tint iiiimiLtnco of midline not fur tln trnilo of tlits we tlnu. Dilliirtitit icction of our county havo Irien favored v itii copious showeis, which only i imk i stockmen smile tint hnmder. Harvey Suminrrvillu vvnit in town i luit ii'wk fitimut to hi South Fmk , ranch. He wintered in Wcbfoot land, imil look wll. 'I'm extremely snd that tlniut mini ty cult In making no premtiotis for Imving'nn agricultural or stock show the coming full. Judge Clifford nnd the district at torney lit out for Hums last Saturday, a did (lino Attorney Pnrtiih nml tin1 court stenographer. Tho rogulnr quarterly rumor nWut n milroad to tho lluttur cicek coal inine nml on to tln (ireonhorn coun try has onc inoio Wun sprung. l'ltMi Wiir in mind that nil notices i for final ptoof when not puiil for in mlimico must W settled for when tho j printer's ulliiliivit of publication is given. '.Inly f tli will W celebrated by the Odd Fellow nt l'miiic City, in com liimnorution of tho 'JOtli anniversary of tho organization of Mountain View l.odge. Co to the Hoil Front ISilliaril Hull for n cool, lefroshiug drink of the iitiust Inger lieer in lvutcin Oregon, lluuk beer on tup on and after May 1st, Dole - I'raedt have tlmir sawmill in position, mid me awaiting tho ar rival of additional pipe when they will Wgin cutting lumWr. Dun notice of ' that event w ill W given in thu Nt:vvs. Fieiuhtei-S (Id not like to L'O to l!a- ker liecuune no wool is to Ihi hauled for that point. Ileppner has U-en rust ling for our wool trade, mid appears to havo captiued it pietty ellectually this year. It is natural for men to curse the county seat long mid loud when they mo detained as jurors. This may af foid them some satisfaction, but how or wheiein is the poor county seat to blamel Kattloiuakeare showinj,' themselvos Up the creek mid meet death at the hands of some infuiiated pedestrian occasionally. l-'ishiug pmtiiw mid prospectors should go mined for the reptiles. IVospoct-s of tho biggust fruit croi thi valley has had for years, mid grain of which there was mi increased aeic agu sown, prouiisos well except on up land whom the dry weather retarded germination. Cntil ktock lainerN cease to keep moie ktock than they can cmo for, and give iuiprovid animals the rcmi (K-cupieil hy scrtllw, theie will Ui no groat big money in the hinmioM here after in (limit county. (Oiuity Clerk Shearer turned over to the tionsuier hut Monday tho hum of 1)50, two bundled of which was the forfeited Uiil of Hamilton Shop, herd. The Uilance was fur lino, and goo to the school fund. Our watchmaker here in Canyon City ha jul Umght a line of spocta ulo and oyo-glassiui which is uudoubt islly one of tho lxt and liilot complete OIUU in Olitgou. lieuuilie pnbblon a (imcialty. .MiNlenito pi ice. One your honco lively times jMilitie nlly will Ihi tin) older of the day in (irunt county. Foitify your system, yo who apiie for jHilitL'nl honors, for many a j called but few aio chiiion, mid they smell the bitthi afm oil'. 1'iaiiiiiH have Ueu raised in Yaki ma count)', Wash, that gme a grons nitu rti of C0 an acre. Yakima's soil mid climate mo poihap dill'cront from thi valley, thmefoio wu would not adiu fanner to raise pmuuU. Mi Ktiiuin ('IhiimUtk, the uufoitu nate girl who was adjudged iusano by Dr. Orr mid County Judge llaeltine last week, wa token to the asylum hy her brother and W. II. Kelly, deputy shiirill'. Her insanity is hureditary. Hard time in this valley will con tinue, mid will grow worse until far linn's produce more of what they con biiiim. Indications are favorable for us outing hoine iiiade Hour, uud why not Uicou also! Let us kill oil' a few of our dog mid niio more hoy. (limit county writ live convict to the pen at Salem during the term of oouit jut chsjed, and tounfortunato havo gone down to tho usyluin recent ly. We are contributing much to hu lem's ioiiuhitioii, hut ouUidu of all , thU, Siibmi ha tumu (limit county ning into a wiro fence during thu folks of whom klui may feel as pioud liro. The origin of thu hhue is nop a (imyon City don forclaiming thiiin Misod to havo lieun from a sinokor as fyiuiyr iiikidiiuti. j Blcciiiug in the haymow. nAsigtioo' Mile in (rip, tho ten idle grip, is nWut to Issjome epidemic. Town council or prorty owners, t why not do n little (treat workl Dr. Orr visited I tear vuiloy thin week in the intoront of "grip" itiuiit. Surveyor have lsigun tho task of locating Tho Dalle portage rnilwny. fudiro Duttin took hi dnvrture for Hum last Monday, to attend court, 'Hie lack of new thi week lKwhl W nttiilitsl to no other on use lliuii tho giippozootic. ItntWr Stephens i oomtnntly mill ing now fixture to hi shop, tor the comfoit of ctntomcr.. llurney county' ilierili' lm collect ed J'JI,7li of the Uives of tlmt cimnty, Imviny $0,072 yet (lelitiipient. Kmnk Mclteiu. t.-.k Harvey Swn- men illo oier to Ninth l-tk the other day, and reH.iU tani;e.)jni4 mid plwnty of "trip" in tlmt preciucU u , J .... ... ' llillHlfV Slim ill 111 Sitl( II U W i ll . J , . . nun ucnrv incriKMi huiiumi io .iiieiu Tun-lay momirix with the three p.U- , ... . i i , ..' ... mier, v.oiitMtu, )iii'inet aim iiiui.w A lTnioti county nmn m bitten by a nitthniuike, mid iiiiumbatoly muter- i7.id tho wound with n piece of hot j steel, and drunk ammonia, thui mixing ; hi life. ' Ivantern Oregon linonnt l-on mi.tain ing tho State' "Wehfonl" npimltntioii, ulthouj;h within the nt week, in ome ru, (iiencinng niiowerH liaie laiien from jtut niiiinieutlv no cloud at all. The I. O. (). !'. unind hle nf Ore gon met in lvit I'oitlaud yimterday. IL Hall and I'uwiy Stiuuell wero deb gates fnim thi place, and John l-mi-mnce mid Joe Doonlorll' from I'inirie City. Harney county ii iutenwtetl in our fruit ctop, and wo mo plwisod to an nounco to the people mer thern tlmt nt piinent all things point to an alum limit crop, which will li Mild cheap a usual. ( ! nmt's j til ha only nuo (vcu)iaut nt jiiosent, mid that ii Mr. McKay who i working out hit fine. Sheiill" Orcsap tik pity on hi royal lnmiMitmi mid ennied liim a plate of honey yes terday. The lloroe market in dull. We wo by the (!ir.ctt) that buyer's are olliu ing 6. '10 to f:ir for 1100 jmund uiares, while buyers are oll'oring $15 per hood for threo-your-old hornes in Mallumr county. The Sumpler railroad will havo to ho at'coiiinanied bv a teli-'r.mli line. .,..,1 l,v a little indtu-eineliL on Hal tiart of the pooplu wn mij-lit havo tho wire htretched into thin alley in advance of the road. l'raiiie (Jity's charter takes the road tax fiom the jurisdiction of thu road supervisor, therefore Sam Hough the ellicient supervisor has hard wink to keep the Divio mountain road in repair w ith no cash. liusiutu,.s house on (!ospd ltidgo would lo greatly improved mid help the appearance ot the town if they had a jacket of new mi i t it. Overholt' bright, ikw ly-niinted stole look out of place among them. Help your neihlxir instisol of giving him a kick. Hut kiv me moie in fashion, just now, and it really doo seem a if the world was full of such people as enjoy seeing a tin can tied to their neighUn' dog. The Portland smelter recently hud a short run on ores from dilfor cut mining camps, and tho result was satisfactory, considerable bul lion being afterwards shijiMid. The smelter wilt be enlarged. Itacoii and lard from a country up uoith of the Columhia river i what the people of (initit county have to use to u I ease their l'uu mid llapjax with I eau.e our own fariiiurk Ibid it Ulipiolitabl,; to produce Uicou for the home inmket at from fouitHu to eigh teen cent "nil around. " Tniveler ay tho tret'U of Canyon City me wore than liny irt of tho mountain road. So louh i the street that a man can .nicely ride horuilmck tluough it one lukiii(a man List snt unlay was "laickod oil" and lit on the corner of hi face on the unyielding rock, and yet the stieet ha not Is-en repuinsl. It i to l' hopisl that tho scheme for wot king the placer gi oil lid of 'nn you creek will iiiateriali'.e mid Ui made a ucce. A vet theie have U-eu no . definite stcjtt taken, only the locution of the gioiuid and a w hnle lot of talk. There are pcixius who hold the weal or wist of tin eutcrpiise in hand, and should satisfactory iigieemeiiU lie eii toiod into theie is no iloul.t of im meiiw return upon the capital iuve- ' tod. John Wash, the stage driver from Mums, brought in the information Tuesday evening that the livery stable at llurns caught lire and burned last Sunday night, and Tex. Sillinan's race horse and two horses belonging to Hill Wood, tho stable keujier, woro burned to death. Alsiut one hundred horses were in thu stable at the time, but they were all saved except three. All tho harness and saddles were burned, but tho buggies were rolled out of tho shed anil saved. Judge Cli'lbrd and Mr. l'arrish each had their harness burned, and one of Lltllord s horses was injured by run- Head notice of, another column. CIRCUIT COURT. Cnos whereof final diKWwition vn tnnilo, as coptml from the (look, ot, hut no montlon of cases laid over until next torni, of which thoro wcro a miinlwr. law imh-kct. I P. Thonme niltninUtmtor, vt. V. , S. Sonthworth and J. V. Wolllnnor , recovery of money; default and jtttlgtrtunt. Kit'jTV iKWKirr. Vnton V Higno v.. A. 0. Tnlmr et al." suit for foreclosure; order made eotting a.idc sale of proiverty " h ",u '"" ' ,w Martha K Tavlor vs. Krwlenck f!. Tavlor livorc: deeree of di- voree, ami that plaintill have care 1 am custody of the minor children, ( and judgment for costs. i Denis McAulill' vs. Jo. It. Mnr - I nhall and L J. Marshall-foreclw- ure of mortgage; judgment and do , cree. ,. ... ., . ,., ... N-l rtvs li t. Irowhndgo ..I ..L n,..i I.ih iwf a.tl.i iiunj-mm-, .u.i.u.i...,R ... .... . . .... . )S ' lm' vt aU VS' S' OUo" heimer et nls same. Kleckensloiit A Mayer vs. Itobin son it Dtslson saiiiti. CltlMI.V.M. IKH KKT. Win. Hardy plaintill' in error vs. State of Oregon judgment of jus tice's court atlirmed. Stole vs. Tico ('. Adkins selling , intoxicating liquors to minors; three ; indictments, dismissed on motion ot district attornev. j State vs. Sing l.ee, a Chinaman J selling liipior without a license; i defendant plead guiltv and was 1 lined i'2W and costs or in default of line to be imprisoned nut to exceed UK) days. Indictment No. - dis mi.Hf.e(l on motion of tho district at torney. Stab; vs. Koubon tlilchret nnd Win. Stevenson burning hay and straw; Stevenson was not captured. Jury found (iilchrest guilty as charged, and the defendant was sen- , tenccd to 'JJ years in the eiiitcii tiary, and judgment for costs and disbursements. State vs. ('has. l.adrow man slaughter; jury return verdict of guilty as charged, and defendant was sentenced to one year in tho MMiitcnltnry. State v. Jas. McKay lewd and lascivious cohabitation; defendant plead guilty and was lined f litOand costs. Dr. Harbor has been confined to his room with fever during thu week. Several of Mr. Duncan's family in John Day are sick with fuver, we Irani. The N i:vs has secured the S(r vices of Mr. S. ,1. Dcering, of I'nion, a competent printer, who comes well recommended. Dr. Koch's famous "lymph" has been the means of curing two patients of consumption at St. Vin cent's hospital, Portland. Died, at bis home in John Dav, Tuesday, May I'd, ISM. Mr. John Duncan, after a lingering illness. Ho leaves n family to mourn his hss. In all ili.scuscs of the stomach, liver and kidneys, use, to thu exclu sion of all other medicines, nature's own reined v, I'funder's Oregon Mood Purifier. Japanese itolieo attacked the Hus sian oaroiviU, whatever that is, and nearly split his head with a sword a few days ago. Japan and Russia will now probably go to war. Canyon City is a fruitful town for good "grub." The delicate food culled mushrooms, is found along the edge of the sidewalks in pro fusion, and often gathered for break fast. The Hay City Tribune complains because the News man "knows a good thing when hu sees it." Don't we all, llrother? And one will oc casionally siote a good thing when hu knows it, Uk. Dr. Thiltodo, of I'rairie City, in formed us the other day that spinal meningitis was unite prevalent among children in the upper vallev, and it looked a if thu disease would become epidemic. "My son, lay the a.x at the root of the tree," may be gosl advice, but this shop does not believe in it. Wo laid our a.x at thu root of one of those tall Hiplars back of our ollicu and some duller has got away with it. The grand jury at New Orleans has upheld tho Malia lynching. They discovered that the verdict of thu jury in the Malia trials was contrary to law and evidence, and was secured by thu corruption in llueiico of the' O'Malley detective agency, O'Malley and live jurymen are indicated. From parties who camu in from the North Fork country last Thurs day we learned of tho accidental drowning of two lsiys named Wil martli the Sunday before. The Imivs wcro crossing the river on a foot-log, and the younger one, about nine vears old, fell in. His brother juiue(l in tu resK'iie him, when Isitli Ikivs were carried down the stream. Mini their Uslies had not been found at last accounts. Their parents ro-. side near the Warm Springs in this oounty. l'RAIHIi: CITY NEWS. Mav 10. ISttl. i One of Geo. Hlrge' children is ' very Pick. ., , , , i , (,o . A.Mh.,ry ami w.fe were ... our nty taut Sunday. Mr. Junks, of Skne, i utoppinj; in the vnlley for a idmrl vinit. ! Wo had n riiMtorm lust week tl.nl una u-.irll, 1,,U ..(" In tl.iu miiii. ; Mi.s Klecln Ijuirnnce has lieen i very nick for n while but is getting lietter. ....ii... "to imjrt amuse ttKm-lTS every evening prnctnutig the manly nrl of self delenso ! ,Vl, ()Hlk vi tH , , V(l,. ,(,v m W0(lk ntttl AHitid tho crops looking line. 1 m. i...r..i .i... r...:i i.,. ....... : j,, m,r ...j,, t'nkj for t1 I pa vtle uurserv. i I.eis Day is taking photon, at lm, i10ad of he vall.-v. Mr. Day is 1 , "nrcltv smooth nt the "nreltv smooth" nl the btisinesii. Uobt. Dcardolf and John I.au ranee have gone to Portland as dele gftlei to the 1. O. O. V. grand lodge. Died, on Strawberry, May HI, Annie, eldest daughterof Mrs. Alice Laurance. She would have Ik-cii seven years old the 2lst nf July. Our worthy detective has quit tho Masonry business and is going to start a cheese factory. Ho careful 1). and don't sell your head for a cheese by mistake. .1. W. Hates has quite nn assort ment of lnliorers working mi his cellar, consisting of Dutchmen, Frenchmen, Chinamen, Canadians, Detoctiven and Hulfalo hunters. I'M gar Johnson, while employed at the saw mill above I'rairie Citv, had his lingers sawed pretty badfy one day last wct-k. lie was knock ing out the dogx when the sawyer slatted the carriage back knocking I'M. down. He throw up his hand and it was caught in the saw. I'oiidc I'l-ASTKll. do to the Ked Front Hilliard Hall, Canvon City, for fine wines, liquors anil cigars. A uumlscr of mules and horses were kill tl nt Cotton l'lanl, Monroe county. Ark , the other day, by "a cloud of Hutralo gnats." The Pacific Hrewery's Celebrated Heer, the best in lCastcrn Oregon, is now kept constantly on tap at the Ked Front Milliard Hull. Minor Urothers, dealers in general merchandise, Main strict, Ileppner, Oregon. Sn'cinl discounts to cash buyers. (IihmIs at Dalles prices. Orders by mail promptly filled. Wool is In-ing brought into town uvery day, and yet there are no buy ers in the market. Our inquiries at the warehouses receive no definite answers regarding prices, and we iiresume when the full clip is in buyers will make their oilers. Mountaineer. When you send away for goods remember the firm of Collin A .Me Farland at Ileppner. They not on ly guarantee you first class goods nt loweHt prices, but they pay mail or express charges on sniuu to any stage ollico in (Irani or Harney counties. See their new "ad" for further particulars. ; The John Day Holler Mill project i is progressing very favorably. Now ' let them work over Canyon creek j with its thousands of gold dust in ' waiting and then lets have railroad I connection and there will not bo a 1 inure desirable section of country J on this oast than our very John i Day section. ! The peculiar hallucination of (I. I). Ilaillley, who was committed to the insane asylum from Walla Walla the other day, i that an or guni.ed bund of men at Palouso City had a machine with which tbe'v were' killing settlers and he hail walked all the way to Walla Walla to claim the protection of the soldiers, lie said it would require ten regiments to stilxluu this bund on account of their deadly machine. Recruiting officers of the l'. S. Army arrived at the Cuiatilla Indian agency this week to secure eulictmeiits fur the army aiming the Indians, but the eH'ort was a failure and Lieutenant Hardeman left the agency Wednesday with his troop ers to return to Fort Sherman. The Indians say that, as their al lotments will soon Ik' made, they do not vvish to miss their chance to secure land by becoming soldiers. "Wo want to live on our land ilinuiii! iH'ncejblo iK'ople, and lie at I k'ace," said one of tho chiefs. Athena Press. While the presidential party was at Pendleton Mrs. Harrison and I Mrs. Dimmick purchased several , strings uf lieads from Indian women, j paying a fancy price for thu trinkets. , An incident oil urred which shows ! tlmt the "simple savage" is losing liis simplicity nf character and ac- t ooii-ltio ri 1 f. nr., ut.u-k of L'llihl. Ollll " IS " - - of the ladies paid i'2 "At for some heads, and inquired of the squaw, who understood Knglish, if it wasn't a tedious lot) to liittke them. A Htispicion of a smile apettred on the j,,i,m woman's features when she ,wwurl: "Me no make ,M1. j Ttl,v ,omo frum your country. I j gUV Ulll "V BWIV. -Ull iilHiniB vu- zytto. w .,- .1. . .. Measurinc lly. A civil action was culled tip hi I miikeslw'H court la.st Thiirn(ltiv. i iivs the I'tiion Ueptihlicon, wiierent John Ilovil sttwl .1. (J. Shirley for JIKMX) nileced to he duo him on tho , ,p of llliv nmtle over a venr nKo. ; Tu mjnnf, nron, olll'of vhri. ntion in the nuxle ofmenHuriug hav, the plaintill' claiming that 7 j cubic i ff'' " ,0". "'W""""'. 11,0 IP!OIMlllUt clullliwl S ClllllO feet a.l the correct meaMire. was for ilefcndant. Judgment Syrup of Klgt, l'rodiiced from the laxative and nu- triliou, f rf,,ri,I, lls. ,-om. Kined with the medicinal virtues of of plants known to Ik most beneficial to the human system, nets gently, on the kidnevs, liver and IkwpIs, ellet'tually cleansing the system, disjielling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipntiod. Tcjclicn' Humiliation. Notice is hereby given that, for the pur'tose of making nn examin ation of all persons Mho may oiler themselves as candidates for teach-, ers of the schools of this county, i the county superintendent thereof will hold a public examination at ' I'anyon City, Oregon, commencing on Wednesdav, the 27th dav of Mav. A. D. I.V.H. Dated this tub dav of May. I SOI. ' M. N. Ih'NllAM, County SuiKTintendent, tirant Coiintv, Or. I Teachers' examination hero next Wednesdav. Six hundred colored laborers have gone Irom Missouri to Washington. ; Hake- City's chief of police, J. D. , Smith, has been np'iointed depute collector of customs, for Alaska. j Flour, (iraliam, Ituiley, (either ' i-rouuil or whole) Chicken feed, lt)e. Middlings, Minn, ShoiU, Ac, Ae, at (.iuuiltnch'. Sim Coon, alias Mismark, Is lan.e of a leg because Jack Chambers' dog bit him. It is the general ver dict that no self-respecting dog ' would bite that Kor old Chinaman. Walla Walla Indians have elected i Mr. "No Shirt" to succeed Chief ' Homily, lately deceased. The name is rather suggestive while govern- : incut blankets are to be dealt out tu thu braves. , A gambler in Montana killed a i rancher named Hums, and was ar rested and released on the prelimi nary hearing. lie was afterwards taken by a mob and banged, and j then the justice who discharged him ! was given twenty-four hours ti leave J the place. Mr. John Muldrick intends leav ing next week for Miints in Idaho, w hen- be will inspect in detail the workings of hydraulic elevators for saving the gold from the creek beds and if he deems it practicable will return and endeavor to organize a slock company to work Canyon creek. Mr. Muldrick mined here in early days, and knows that the ground was nut half worked then, although the camp produced mill ions of dollars. ART NOTES, 'I in: mot unalterable of writer col ors have Wen found to he yellow ochre, ti rrn sIciiiih, septa uud lilacs. Thk llrltlsh Museum, it Is sUteil, ha Wen ollered a statue recently recovered In Rsf.vpl after a burial of over three th Hisuiid year, Ainu r two miles altove I'ltrhersburtr, W n., the idte of a Inrtfe prehistoric village ha Wen found, ami many relics iiiicai'thed. Ar Mont IM, In llrittany, tlm ie mailiM of aWul one hundred elephants have U-en dlMcovered, withered (Ml ll small surfaec of iiUnit nineteen hun dred square meter. AH the WiiCMttrc broken, uud It 1 thought tlmt the nnimals must have Wen eaten by pre historic men. Ax liiUivtiuif curio Mold nt the limy ton Ives sale wiis a llavvless crystal Imll !l.'i7-luu lllehe In diameter, lu.lnptin kll.h sphere are objeet of worship, and thoM tive Inches In ilium. (-c ure exceeilinwly rals- and costly. This one is Haw less nnd Mild for tweiity el(flil hundred dollurs. Is ifeiu einfriivlinf. whether iiilntfli or relief, there ha Wen wonderful nil rnnee in the hist ten jeur. Coats of nrms, once rendered wholly in cmum-l. are now uccumtely repriHluced 111 m ho precious stone. Risk eryutul is e ipiisitely carved into s.'ent With--., en'ri-iice llosks, Umlsuinleres, inkstands Utnt ku oil, ODDITIES IN PRINT. A S.umxxaii undertaker advertises a "ifruiid pring osinliiK of things In mi line Acci'll.M'i of statement I;, the nllil of a certain Maine ueWMpnM-r. It mwiitl.v I'l'.ivi ly i.t.iti d that a l.n'tfe nuiiiU r of "fresh ' miu'kerel hud Just U-. n eaii(rhl oir I'orllaiid lutrlnir. A i'M i t. v roll in OnuiiiKci, .Iusnt cuiiiit). Mo., ndyeillwil himself us u "jack" buyer, iiieiiiiln iuc ore Imag ine his UMtoiiikhiiienl when he had four carloads of iouh-m khiplssl to him. 'I'm: following amusing advcrtlw incut, evidently written In ffil faltli, uppenreil recently In a West CimimI (Riii;. 1 pnS'r: "I want to let my fur nished house MhiMituble for h'trutioiis or any other man. Ami if It doci. not shoot the li'Katloii, can khmit himself ulw wheiv. Apply tu " Ir is eoiiimoiily Isdleved In I'm,' laud tlmt n K'-sl vvay tn iret rid of eoekroachcM is to uiklreM to them n writu n U-tu-r. iiyln,f: "(Hi, runchen, ,,m ,,WVl' troubled me Utw eiumglii "o e;vv and worry my i.elghWr.'' Th "Tl ' "Z. 1LCX'",, T., "71 " -, - .. ........ written linflbly nml promirly puiwtu. hlial. A WOMAN IM IT. Tin: msrrinjro tlmt pot an end to the lint lleld McCoy feud vva not it failure. A Ti.nmiiukk mini Iim U-oii Hih'iI six liitielri'il ilollnpi for Klsnliif a vvivuian three time, mid he Ik ifallaut enough t-i he (it nit chonp. A Wii.i.iviunv, Knn., couple vv!h vvcr marrUsI In two week niter t!iey met, were M-rtil In Just two vvccl: nftcr they wen- mnrrhil. Ir I re.irtel that In the last tlve ycn twenty-seven Auifrican girl linvc umrrlcil Cliliiiimeii, nml tu only live c.iM-s have tlic.v 11 v.nt with their yellow liusliiimls iK-.vomtn few iiMintlis. Tim New York Urcttie limit hn lc ci'leil that a man who nlwiiilonsliNwIfe without (est cans.' iiiimt tlll jrlve her an iMIuitahle share of ht htcoiue, even If she hn plenty of menu of her own. Is St. iul the other day u jtutico united in mnrrlngc tvo Turks. hihI it llunsriirlnli ftiutn Turk. All were Utver In the old world, hut ivlltfloo (HlTcr cnees prevented their mniTiimv. they came to America In h suit for ill vorw liy an unhappy htislKiiiil In Kent county. Mich., one of the roaMins ittven for hi action U t!it his wife makes life n timslen to him hy keeping u revolver In the house "for the cvpreto. purpose nf shovv Inn him w Im Is tsiMl." A vti.iuu.Mi UHik place the other day In n picturv ifijllery nt I'milit, Khii. While the preacher wa. j.-rformin:f the e'riiioiiy the artist turned his ciimera iisiu the happy couple nml photo tnipheil them Just us they were rirl- terliiif their nuptial vow. A 1 1. wmt lio hnehclor who died recent ly iT"t even with n woman who Jilted him hy leav llif her a leuaey ot twelve thoiisiiml mnrks nnd the follon-lutf let ter: "Mitdnui Some thirty yeom n(fu I was u suitor for your hand in mnr rlaife. You iefiiw'd my idler, mid in. n iHiieipieni-e my da.v s hnvi Ikhui ihsm-.I in js'iice and ipiletnc. Now 1 is'ipilte your ifoodnciw " lAUOUT OUH SUN AND MOON. i A Nl. vv theory In relation to the in.mli 'in Intely Wen advanced, to the ell'eet that the lltfhU mid shadow ot the iiumu .ire liicotnpatllde with the theory uf ll spherical shape. A (HmviA.s. capitalist hn olfered a re ward of Sa.-l.lMm lo any astronomer who can satisfactorily prove to trim tlmt the urn, the moon, or any one of the Morn is Inliahlteil, or that it contains niiy solld matter whatever Tilt: hrltfhtnes of the moon I lint mi very much irrvi.ter than the hri-rlitne i . f tin; same aivi of Uy. The total kflit of the full uusm can W compared villi the total lltfht of the sun, thou-'h I U a very illllleolt prohtetii, nml the re nil . ill W that the Mini is it brtrhl as -.i.ii.ki full moons. Ilv a comparison of records extendlii!' iver a iitimWr of years it linn Wen e Inded that the m. sm has an Inlln -n,- In .ucrliij! the hchfht ot the linruiu. L-r .ii the month', from ScptmuWr to .Inn unry at the time of full imsm. and I rulsliitf II ilurinjf the llrst ipmrler N. elfect Ii;;h Well perceived l.l the other moiitti . Si (.pot-, ure eaillie.i la I'n" r.urf ie. if th -.il l nihil with irwie. They ar i- ii r.'.ll.v di .tribute.! in ftroilp ., prlm l i-illy i i two uoiirs which cover t'.ie i.ur .'.us' of the i.e.n lyln.r hctwe. n t -n d. frees ami thirty-live de;rei."t north tui.' viuth of Ha i-ipiutor. Their lto varies from thoe just visible vvllh the inoM siwerful telewolHi tothiMH- lOO.H) miles In illaiileter. FOREIGNERS OF NOTE. Mvu: C.Mt.Mil'rt iiiiihieah' lit the Kly see, lii 1'nris, arc really iiuuixliipr In their splendor. Iilio sr vsi.l.'V. of I'reston, i-iiveriior UCiieral of C.-madli, I nil enthusiastic fisilbnll ihiycr. Hvnx I'vi ii v hu lieun horiori'd by a lenn.in b.tanlst. A new plant has leen called Kmlnla Kmliicm.. Tin: lute Charles ltradluu.rh played a troief inime of i lii'!.,., and ranked iliion-f the W ,t pi ivers of Hn fl-ilid. He vn-t also i-Ulllful in checker, a.el ot'iet .linllarfame. I'iiinc: Us. viiv. brother of the em per ir of lieruiatiy, recently diiiphiycd iur iri'.lnif talent a.', n vlollnbl at .1 eoiicerl ;u Kiel. The prince plnyed the Urst violin In the orchestra. (Im'Mi U'ii.iik ha not iiliniiiloue.l esthctldsm entirely. It .eems. us In dines mm in ii white room with a shelf upon the vviill and no furniture except the table unit clmim, while the ilrttw-iliK-risim hn settee with hljrh white bnehs ami sa,"e ifreeu cushion. Tin: js'ople of .Inpuu owe much of their proifreKs the lnt.t twerity-lWc mo , o the Imipi-CK llnniloi. a very M'tiolai v nnd int;res Ive woman. Her in I iiitiiiiitc friend, Nl.unaU T.iui.i-'ow 'rnduaU d Iri.m VuMiar eot'e--, ,l ti,. lollbtl done much Ul ll'. Hit t'l em .ires', l:i i'O lo hi.'i:i;f im -.I.t i imii, . lions into SI! o.-vu J3;vjov Moth the iiiciIkmI and ri suits when Syrup of Figs is taken j it is pleawinl and refreshing to tho tnMo uud acts gently yd promptly on the Kidney Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem ellectually, dispels colds, bead aches and fevers and curei habitual constipation. Hymn of Fig is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to tho taste and ac ceptable to tho stomach, iroiujit in it action and truly benchcial m its ellects, its many excellent qualities commend it to all. It Is forsalo in fiOo and 81 irottles hy all leading druggists. MANUrAOTUIIIO ONLY Uf till CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. HtN IHA)0ISCO, Cl. loumuif, nt, stw tout, a, i L v 1 TV. iw mm UISCUAR01NO KARS. Dr. Dartin Submit the KoMawlnff K tract of a Letter From a Orate fut Pat.'ent. "Tillamook. Or.. May 7. Dr. Darrin Dear Sir: Vour let . tor asking inv condition, received. I Would say that my dischnrginu oar of years' "standing ban healed nnd l is entirely well, thanks toyourtrcat ! inent." 'Yours truly, A. l.KTt'llrJIt. Mr. Letcher is in the jewelry bus iness in Tillamook, ami one of tho solid men of the place, nnd ono whoso word can bo relied on. Dr. Darrin treats with electric ity and medicines all curublo chronic, acute uud private discuses, IiIihmI taints, lust or failing man hood, nervous debility, ellects of errors, or excesses in old or young, loss of incinory, diseases caused by mercury in the improHir treatment of nrivate discuses, irregularities in women, etc., and never published I in the pitK'rs. His nll'ice is at 70J ! Washington st.. Portland, Oregon, j Hours Ua. in to S j i. m. daily. IC.x J animation fice and confidential; , qtiislion blanks and circulars sent gratis to any address. Patients I cured at home after one visit to thu t doctor's ollico. Medicines scut to I any address without the doctor's name apHuriug. j As the outgrowth of the natural j u.vtiun frauds of lS'.li) tho United States circuit court at St. Louis has declared null and void the natural- iation piers of seventy icrsons on 1 the charge that they wcro framlu j Icntly obtained. There are fifty i luoie cases vending. Michigan and Pennsylvania havo had very destiuctive forest Urea lately, resulting in the loss of many lives. Town were destroyed anil large scojies of teiritory swept ovwr. A railroad train was wrecked in the midst of a lire and several men wore burned to death. The I'll'ort to enlist Cinalilla Indians in the United States aiiny was a failure, says the Iv O, and Lieutenant Hardeman left tho agency Thursday with bin troopers to ret tu ti lo Fort Sherman. The Indians say that, as their allot ments will soon be made they do nut wish to miss their chance to se cure laud by becoming soldiers. "Wo want to live on our land among peaceable people, and be at Haee," said one of the chiefs. NF.W TO-DAY, s IIF.lt I FF'H SALR Notice i heioby given that under and liy v n ine of nn execution and (inlei o( hale itemed out of the Circuit Couit of the rdalo of Oiegou for (Irani eimuiy upon a judgment nnd dtieieo of fincclosuio and silo, icu deied iiiHiiid couit on thu 1Mb day of May, A. D. I.l)l, in fuvor of Den is MeAulllV l'hiiii'.ill' and ngiiinsl J. It. .Mm i shall and L. J . Mmslmll Do feiidiiuls lor the hiiiii nf Thren Thous and Font Hiiudied nml Tueiily and No-Kill ilollun. with inieicht (hcioiiu fiom the Ifith day of Mny, A , D. IHH1 at the rale of ten pur cent pur an num and tho fni tli .-r hiiiii of 1'ifly four anil .'.l-10(1 dollairi eoNts. I hiivo levied Upon and will Midi ut public Miction on Sit in day the 'JOtli day of J uud A 1) I MM at one n'chnk p. m. of snid day at the coin I house door in Ciiiyon Oily, (irunt county, hIiiIii of Otcgon all of tho following ibis clils il ptopeity and nil of the right, title ami mlclcst of the ilcfiindiilitH J. II Marshall and L. J. Maisball 1 1 1 1-1 ein to wil : The HJ of NW of Sec. 7, Tp. Ll S ll III I; W M eoiiiiiiniiig K0 iiores; also the NK of wild Sec, 7 contain uij; I (10 aries, also the cust portion of the SWj of tho NWj of Hnid Seo. 7 couliiimug ! 5 nens moie in Iomn and ids i the following deii iiliml ptciliiM's to wit; Couilueliciiig ul a Htolte niaiking the N I', coiner of tho HL of Mid Hction 7 ami iiinniii; thence west 'J.'iJ tods to a htolie, thence in a south custody direction IV! tods to a i tone, thence in a wiuth eiiHtcily iliii i tiuii to a stone on thu eiutetu houuilmy of said sccliou 7, tin nee moth 'Jo rods lo tho place id beginning with the exception of II acn s dcedoil to school distiiet No, 11 in the uoithoasl con er of said hist desciilcd 1 1 ant 'containing ox clustvo of Maid II acre deeded tu I -id nchool dihti ie - ucii'H and -lii IoiIh iikh ii or less, also the following . dcHiibed piemise tu wil: Com- iiK iicing nt u certain stone on the noiih bouuibiiy of thu SIC) of said I nctloii 7 'JJ.IJ Kid west of thu noith ! cnvl coiiior of the SL1 of mid Hcoliou i and theiieu running west 51 kmIh more or lhs to n fixed line Isitvveoii tho laudH of II. W. Aiuleisou ami M s Nichols, tbeuco 3011th 11 tods nii-re or Icsh to a tilono on thu north bank of the John Day liver, thouco m a soulb eiihteily direction a (lis lance of fil rods more or less to a stone on tho ninth bank of said river '.hence inn iioith-wchteily diiection I'J lods to tho place of lM'giuiiiiq; conlaiiiiiij! !I iicicm and 70 lods mine or loss tho wlio'a live parcels, above described exclusive of said 1J iicich deeded to i,aid sehocil district, being contiguous and containing in (ho aggregate -71 acirs ami 'J7 ioiIh nnd all lying and Min uted in (L.uit county, statu of Oin gou tubulin i' with tho teuoiiKiiits, heicditauiculs uud uppiulcmiiiodH tlicielo bch iigiug r in iinv wiso rip pbitmuiiig 'I'd in of sale (ash. Datisl at ChIivoii Citv, Oiegou, th s 211111 day of Mny, A.'ll., IbtM. ll-III 0. V. Ciiiisai', Sheiiff Uibiit county, Oregon, f . if r .-.l-rVivVj. ,,.-,'4i St,lf". " ., , .' "' Vs V.l'i'-'.'c-!i,-' !jr-sjrr