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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1891)
r - THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS. Thursday. 'I una IS. LOCAL BREVITIES. Khfriirr tale at tkc coutt houw itt Saturday. )W ifm Una Kit I low tried clock nt Uie WatcbmnksiV IWtl, Jutw 13, 191, ui tta wlfo of Kd. T!m, ft liny, wtngttt 1 2 pound. (tea OaUanaoh i a law ttutboit in lit law foundry of Parrixh L'oaul. Ikri lme tarUl i"h Webf.sH but MomUy, driving on of Dr. IVulsV Willie lyoocV ha rottirtMnl how from Salem. her lie Wm kni attend ing colle,.". Finer Him of clack nvw kcfota n in tttMtt county now nt t)w WalcJuMktv'. Mine it Mamu, oar obliging htnck RtnilliM, arc kejii bony of late, 1tctMe their work givt wtttsfiuliori. Klmor Overholl, h.n Imen nt Mmliitg the Hitlmp Scott uentleiny at Portland, Imii returned home. I'riHn a very mvUuii f our county riMtn glowing accounts of uhomkttit min, mid fine range and crop pwapoct People como here from for and npor to catch a few trout from tlio pirk Hog witter of Canyon and adjacent erix. Oar mln-d teacher lv given uui vm! satisfaction to natron of the schisil, M near s w have luicn aide li Writ. Just hI the present limn the county jiil in without ii regular occupant, Jt. .M.i Kay having mid tin- latUm-n of hi Jin.v nnil vacated the p-raudMM, . I'p on lliti nam n tains iil-ove the miner' dftche there ittaid to I lied if gravel rich in olil. but water can 11.1 1 obtained for working tho mine. "Deputy I'iMtiiMkU'r Partidi retuimsl from n railroad trij Sunday evening went in. far m .ShIi'iii, ami tcpotts jitonty of rain, n tunal, in Wi'bfnot, .Mr. 15. 'IVijikt-n ji iMijoyiii'X a i0xl tmib- in llw cmilwo.nl buiiiiHM. Mi. Topkon lias a tine little- nitich up lht ir"!k, wbii'lt cotitiiiiiH a lino lKly if Uoiltor. .Mr. Porti-r, cif tho l'mlrio City llouriny mill, was in tovui laiit Satur day, nml jiHiiiiiM'iI tin- hii1i new home mailt' Hour hk siawi as tlio mill (xmlil ! iir)rly riifgfd up. V. II. Kflly lias jiwt iovfiiuI it utoi'k of B.tni liuti Wall l'aptir, ami it prvpim! to ilo puititim ami Mi"'iin,' cliiujiiT than any one. Work iiuuiiln of town nolicititl, (iin him a call. Dr. ISuiW ami t ift tok thuir pnitiiif for Urn Willami'tto this wti-k ami iuti'iul Koing ont from tlii'it1. .Mrs. llnrW hmll.li Ihu Ihhsu poor for Boino tiiim, uinl tht-y o ho)iiij that it ehaiigo of climatf may prove W'tiofieiitl. Win. t'lark hai sint u lot of hi oo.il to li.tki'r City to lo Uwtd in tlm Xii works oti'i' tlit'iu. If it i tin thin" iipodrd tlioro imy l a gmit lc iii.iikI for it, as tint kii lil't company lint' found it ililliciilt U piwur1 tin rijjht kind of coal. Tho tmohcrs and pupil of our pub lie neliool Imve ii'i'mrml a program, lV)uiKtinj of hinrjs, ili-.-l.nimtioin, ilia Intuit, upHp.'lif, otr., which will Ik ifimlnn'o! tomorrow ('"ridny) night, in tJm Manouic hall. Thus "will cml our lliim-moutha tnrm of m-hool. jVitliur ('ImmU'in, a brother of tlm niil'.H tuiuilx- young lady who a lally .MMiVHywl to thu inwino anyliim from thU county, tliwl at Poitlaml on hi , way homo. AfU-r ai-tini a guard to hit kinU'r h took Ingiippo ami wan coiiih)IIhI U) otinain in Portland. ThfHc tiintM, when mm may rcH'lily nlttoiu wurk of noiim kind, iuKliuii-c that a pci-aim will trump Unuuh tin' country atking charity of lalwrin m- jiIh iiml prtaumiii on tho h'Mpitality of m.tiikiiid in kmuichI. It u done lliuuh, mid (inuit fatuity is lnoin Imr liari. I.ttiiruinx tlmt bourn were plentiful in tho mountain hoiiio of the Canyon City linnen went up to the headwater of ( iiiuyno . creek Lut t'k hunting. Their liopen went milixe-l, ami their credit n lw.it' hunter made khI, fur they returned hoiuo with the elt of an immeiuM) blank boor, with feet Hourly ai large an your hat. Oal tlrijpity, of lte.ir alley, infoiuni il that one of hit lU w-at nvently billed by lightoiiui- Thi iibikun four lii-ad of horwui thtt Imve Umh h-uUh1 by ukictrieity in I tour Milley thin turn mnr, ml it begin to look at though I he lixbtniitj; rod KNldler could make n irleimup in that u tii-ulai em of the niouiiUinii Itich jpilena ore m Imen found own mi Middle Fork, and the new camp has Uhoi chrioteued leili ille. Uiw yer DenniiiK mid II. Slanwll, who te iurnml fiom thmc liut Sabbith, brought omi' Him looking HviiniHi away with them. t !runt enmity lm all uiinernU In a bund i nee, and when ulliciently tlovulnpMl tlm will eerieiice a l-m. Report com tt from lleppuer of the tlmliuy of a nkolet-m of a m in in the. ItltiH MtObiiUiiM ultoul fmty niiliouth M'ott of Ut town, The reuuiitiH Uy nt tlm foot of a tteep piecipioe, and an MiipKwMl to ) thoM of an tinfitrtunatu hunter who lout hit footing at tin brink aUnti. A pir of bxiU, a iotik et comb ud kqiim UitUin whiah wine found tuwr Uto tkebtou am nil th.it ttunnin which might lam) to it hlji tillontlnt.- lSnwr Omrhott Im lm imtalUnl nt lik kwiporln tlm iUwo. llnjptiuol ami Uroth roltod In MMniny aftetnoHi frow ISnfcw. lit He line of utrnw nml nil otlter kiwlt of Bne lt t Ovrtliolt'. (let vour tym titled with tho lifht kiwi oftKbeli nt the WtitrllMitkrVft tJunymiCity. W. I. .MotlVt, of the Mlhtor, w over itirm hit fnmily, awl ippoftt fine mint in hi iltihe. Prniriit (Jity'n picnic jmhiimI i l iiMf cleared Ml and pktrml in mulinem for Umi (toiMinft frativititw. W. S. Southworth Uiltwl iit kut Momlty to look for t'lniiTh. the ilayer of lldiwt nt .Monument. W. K. Mollet and family will make tbtir futurw Iwhih1 in Uie .Mnllteur cottiiti-y -tlwt It, for tin- prient. .Milt Adnttwtti while making a pt at Si. Parrith'it ranch in llenr alb-y, IH-Otly bJJKd nil' one of hi'i fei with it ttnUhft A load of wool Wkitiging to F. U. Itlume, nf Ilarwpy county. jwtl ihiMttjth town but Tuesday, mi the ay to iHaiket. Mra. Phillipt 1m thp nnl ttmw Uirrin in the maiket. ImjirovHl ritftiex. unfether willi cultivation, i liutke tlteiit the Ut. Salt l.nkt CHpiUltiiU art- iiaiil to bo Uking U'ft tou.teinl tlinHoAttlo , Hoiso A' Snlt Mkf rnilnwd into lite Soveii Devil cotttitry. tio to the I ted Fiout llilliatd llnll for m wv4, lefreahitig drink of the i fiitojit Inner lieer in I5terii Orttgim, , I tuck ler on Up on and after May Ut. Two fellow, McKco and Meritt, of Hear valley, wen- having a preliminary . examination jut be fori- the Ni.uk went to jilt-, churned with llnetten ing the life uf John Fik junior. I Mr. Ilitrniaun ldimoli, of Pniirie j Digging, infiu mt u Unit not an one it pliMjioctiug in the old digging. There ii crrtninly a licit hud in that old camp, which will be found sooner w j tutor. I Ilnniy Huppiich, whowaii"bucaioiv ing" fw Km uk MeUchan at the Wihl Home much in Hear valley, was hioiijght home hut week with u Unity ipniiued unkte, a honut haviun fallen on him. A chalice in the management of the Oclioco Hovinw hai token place, Day ton F.lliott luiving purchamil a half interest in the Miier ami heieafter it will Ixi publinhiHl and condmtcd by Douthit .t- Klliot. Deputy Sheriff Southwoith wan oer acriMM the moiilitailiN lat week xclliug the .to-k and winding up the attach uiitnt niiit nKiiiiiht .lohii Cany. lie iufoi ins us that the Unid of hnnrn uvuiuged between J'-'ft and ?.'tO jh-i-head, hiinixing oer f'J.HM. ImuiiitiaiiU aie c.outiiiuiilly Hiiuing on to the otitli. Some of them utop ill tlrant county, cither in llurney, w hile some piuli on to Oalifoniia. If Uiey would only top in thi valley and look ainund many of them would Ui inducisl Ui ii inain and make thi their home. Shctill t'reiuip irnld pint of tiie clutt telst of Murray Itro. at auction lat week. Simie of the yols from the lore v. ipnle Well. I'L Stenarl Imlldlt Ulliil of heep for I'i.'-'ft Jier head all around and W. U. Macull liought their iuteieht in another bind. The M'(o slicnied thm ipriug did nut ell o well, .Mr. MiiHcall bidding it in at 7 cent jx-r lb A few iij;liU since tome unknown perton alUuiitoil to lake the life of W. Ij. Powell, living on Otit creek, ouht of Drcwwy. Mr. Powell healing a diotui Imuce nuinin; the chickeiiH, went out Ui a -ettalli the caue, wlimi Mme itue tinil a ihot at him, the lull aiming in contact with a jxvlct Uik ami ncrK, that wen- in hi ide -k ct, umloubUHlly iwvisl hu life. Ituin Herald. Tho Mount lluod ltiiilwuy comp any I in lik-d nrtielcii of ini'oroni tiuh with the nerretnry ofttnto. Tlie nbjoi-t of thi i onim"ny to con struct ami t-tiip a railroiul, tele graph, telephone Hint Jtowcr line fruiii Kurt Portliinil to Pendleton. Place uf btn-im-Kii, Porliatid; capital dock, ?2V),kk tit-o. W. P.rowii, K. I. Img Hiul A. W. Power lire the im-orjiorHtorH. Frank Valet.ka iaiuilml I! fore Judge Hnzltiiie by Dr. Oir kit TucmIuv as to hi uMiiity, ami adjud h iiiMine. lie i nut Union t, but im uj;ilo' Mime one in Mxtking lli life, lie enme from o.-i on the Columbia, ami H prnlmbly the nunc man who tome time a 'jo ullj(lit the ptotectioil of the Mildiert at Walla Walla ImrmcU, front u tic who he said weie after him with a doailly machine. lie wa adjud)isl iiiiiaue, but ecnH)l fiom cuhUmIv tliuiv, nml very likely wander il over here. A. J. DliN'oo, a weather piophul of llackeiikack, N. kay that uatuial fi)ive4 that hih1iicc middmi fall of water from the ky aie ktill llnatiiiK in Uie atmiMpheie, and tJiey will niiiii ooncciitnitc their tuergie and caiike u violent wind and uiiu ktoim on the 'JHth lay of June, and a m-artu I can culculatc, it will occur near the ceiitml rt of I rgon. "I do not claim In U infall'i'le. I simply apply natunil lawk a I nee them in opentlliiu. At ' any rate I hope your ia(lr will ob kerve the weather clutely f 10 III tho Kth U thu "lid uf June ne.vt, at tiu uvuiil ktui'iiui will vikittliu noitliwot am oaruor of tho UiiiUmI Um near . tlm Poeilk oo." StUKUUK AT MONUMKNT. The Devil Turned t.ooie Amoni; Peace able Citlien. i KltlKS AWAV ON A I'At.ll HOHSIt. Heporl eotues to the ollicer liero tlint between tlw liottr of nine nml ten oVhwk tattt Siitiirilny, Melville Clitirrh Hlmt ami killed umin llntl jiroprietor of the new otnge itn tion nt the ferry on Middlo Fork. Pnrlicttlnrii of thu tragedy were meager, but us near an we have U'en nhlo to h'firn (Miureh rcxle up to tlm liotiwr on it white horu and hettn tdiooting at Ilailwll without ilis mounting while he wa fitting on a loff whittling. Tlm wenKn tiwl who a revolver. It in I that I IhiU-IF little U.y wan near him nt the time, and tnt ed that liii father flint hi knife when the iirsl hot wan llred. and dtarteil to run, until a fatal .-lint brought liiiu down, when he imuie dialelv i-piril. A nunilH-r of hotn were fired before lie was lit t fatally. When Clttinh wa eoiivinrnl that hi vit'tiin wan dead he immediately hwatn hi borne aero the river, not waiting to reach the ford, ami Htart od al a rapid rate mid .Mr. Oitri' place. A Dulelinian at work at the pliu u where the kilting wa done, ran up to Pry Wilson' and told what had happened. When tn-kod why he did not rro on the ferry and go to Mr. Cari' when there were tliroo or lour men, who might have, over taken and raptured the inurdurcr, la replied that "lie godot wav liim wlf!" It i tiitdoroliHtd tlmt otlieer were on the trail of Churoh within an hour of the shooting. 1 Ivurv Over boil wan among the find to Mart, and Chan 11 l.ee, of Ixing Creek, ia a I ho on hi trail lladi-ell wn a man uf family, and reH'ted by the community. Church, hi slaver, wa a young man concerning whom we have little knowledge. I leonine to the vicinity of Monument lnt spring, from lleppner, we are informed. What led to the killing in a mys tery, a in the abeuee ut witnesse nothing can bode finitely known yet. Some U'licve il to have ltoen the outgrowth of otne former btiflue tranaaction rather than of a itmrrel that morning. However, that will lie acerlained later on. The latest ni-wh coiicerning thi tragedy wa what the stage driver brought in Tiienday evening, and wa to the t Hcct that Church had fatally shot a mar. named Zollinger, hIkiuI llfteeu mile fiom lleppner. Sunday afternoon '.ollingcr wa riiliug on the range and nw a man riding down a gulch on a Kitted pony. Naturally he rode toward him, when the stranger began khoot ing at him w ith a winchchter. Zol linger fell fatally wounded, am! wan found later on by friend. Ho told the tory, and the description of hi aruilantauwcrcd tothnt of Church. It wa learned that the wounded man had hiicc died. Chun-li wa known to U well armed, for immediately after killing HaiUell he broke into Win. Over ho't' residriue nod took a Win eheliT rille Henry aw him from the Held, and wa on hi track in lr.i than nu hour. , , Ilcliiud the OrJtcn. lidwin I''. lloyt, who wa convict eil Monday in Justice Donnelly' court, of iiwtaolt and battery Uniii the htoii of hi wife, i now nerving out a widened of twenty-live day in the county jail. It wa to thi individual that Attorney T. Calvin Hyde paid the following tribute in winding up hi argument: "Thi man. m feet long, built in the im age of ll.nl. ami doing buiue under the bylaw of the devil, with a whikey breulh that would c.irnle j the vital of an elephant, i guilty , of striking thi weak woman, anil that, too, if the court ploiuo, when hc wa iiurHing hi oil'iring, and thi fix-footer hoohl Miller tlm full -nulty of the law " Democrat. The bae bull fever ha lruok thu whole Northwest. (into tlm Itod Front Ililliard Dull, Canvon City, for fine wine, liittor ami cigar. For extra for ICiupire Mower, ltcaHr and Hinder, emptiro of lline ,V Maon. Canyon City, Or. A 1 1 ii ii in nil i t i ih.wurib(id a a fellow who ha gut a j;ood thing that other fellow would like to have hut , cannot get. Pretty fret-kind girl are culled ' trout in tlm CiikCiide mountain country, boon tun they are poekli'd biMitttie, yuu know. H.. 1 1 wa not a Portland man who titsl a string around hi linger to I remind him to call for the doctor for hi kick w ife on hi way down 1 town. Fifteen men aru employed on the (Mirtagu road at tho Ciikcadc. If 1 the work had been let by contract, ay tho Tinm-Moiiutnineer, thuru ! would be several hundred at work, ami the road would be completed in ' two or throe week. Catching flicker by lump light i tlm latest iimukcmmit uf tho Uy. The way il i done, one of thu laiy hold a iu k over a knot holt; In a board through which water in run ning while tliuothurk drive them in. mug w rnlu Cniun licpuullcnit. J'KAIKIB CtTV NI1WS, : Juno Ifl, 11)1. j Lots of rain hint week hut mighty . hot now. i Our worthy detective i again in our rnitlut nclliuK larws. , Our lmllalo hunter Im ( itit hunt ing and gone to playing fohi. j Itov. Driver lectureil last night at the .M. K. church on tentH'nince. I One of l.ige IjttirancoV children i very fiok, nln one of Huh John- Mm'. Our ladies man com if to town ittite often. We tliiuk he must U making a mah. i Ishntu l.nurauce' mala fountain i running nt full blast turning out lot of th stnlV. Vint Hurley has mi under the weather for a few day, although he i able to U- around. A school meeting wa held at the school hottfo last Saturday and it wa decide! to call another meeting to vote a t. A gentleman and hi wife from the Kant have Imtii engaged to touch our public school next winter. Wo did not learn their name If we can't get any more new . next week than we have this, we ' will end you a tlh tory tlmt we heard a few days ago. Pimm Pl.AHTt:il. MIDDl.i: l-'OltK MINKS. The News wa favored with a call 1 front Mr. Win. I.uelling last Ttte day, w ho ha Uen over on Middle Fork locating a claim on the galena .ledge, lie left a small sceimcn of tho ore at this ollice. Mr. Limit ing' home i in Morrow county, hut he lias great faith in thu mine of o'd lirant At present there are almut fifteen men working on Middle Fork claims that promise to yield fortune to . their owner. ,Mer Larimer A' O'llrion have run a tunnel and are in the mount- j a i u ahitit forty or fifty feet, and o.x-l-ct to tup the vein al considerab'c depth. New location are being staked of!' every day. The main hdge is aliout twenty feet in width with ipiito rich seams running through it. Old miner and prosH'Ctors who have been all over the wet pro 1 nouncc indications favorable for a lively and rich mininc, cump on our ow n Middle Fork of the John Day. Mr. John Miller who ha been on the North Fork engaged on the Hud son placer mine on California dutch, also favored the News with a viit. Any one wixhing Ituckeyc mower, or I'xtin for same, can obtain them 'y appl) inx to 1 linen, I Mason, (Jan yon City. (!le unit oidein at once a fielght com slow, A movement i on fool in The Dalle looking to tlm incorsiratiou 1 of a joint stock company for the imr He of buying two or three hurilrcil acre of laud near the city and plant ing it in giajs-M. The iarlichl KuUrprise, on learn ing that Puget hiiiiuI timber is lo ing used in the construction of a railroad in the Himalaya mountains, i moved to ask how on earth thu world ha managed up to the ore cut time Im stagger along without Washington. M. L. Ilasbroiick Im returned from a trip to the new mine on the middle fork of the John Day, now attracting so much attention, say the K (. He rcortji considerable dcvcloiiiueut work on the main bilge, located by Win. FoUoui and others. The lodge is twenty feet in width, shows up three feet iii paying ore, and i a line proiect. There i mm II excitement over the new find and iiIniuI thirty-eight location have Itccu made, two by II. T. Ilen dryck which are promising, W. II. Turned' Jui some good prospect. Mr. Hns'-Tooi'!, think the mobile fork mine have a great future in alore. Some 'ople do not loe much sleep studying how to make them selves pleasant and agreeable to j their neighlsor. South Itetlllehem, ' Pa., ha a cilucn in thi class. Hi next-door neighbor wished to put new weatlicr-lionrd on hi lmurc, which wa built on the line of the lot. The citizen whose lot it joined I objected to the use of hi ground fur the necessary cnllohliiig. The other i moving hi In met- four feet for this ptirse, and when tin j weathcr-lioardiug i on it will lie I moved back to tin- line. Which prove that .surllne doe nut al 1 way win, and that there is nunc than one way to clap-lxmrd a house. , All nibe phae of pro-historic . mail in America and the life of the nlmriginc at the time of the landing of Culiimhii will be illustrated at the World's Columbian Imposition by the department of itrclucology aiid etl logy. Prof F W. Put nam, of Harvard I'nivcrsily, i the chief of this dcpaituicul, and is pro iiouiucil the most couiH'tcnt man I in America for the oitinu. Ho ha Imtii granted -fltt.iKK) for im mediate work in hi depattineut, i and ha already legun with great enthusiasm the task of collecting J and preparing a inot extensive ox 1 hihit. lie ha arranged with the j Pony e.Hlition to lireeuland to : got module of Kskimuj and their I huts and uitii)inuiit0. Why do They UcUy our Mall? i A corrofHjnilent writing from ; tlrnuite to the linker City Democrat i in regard to tlm promise that link er City made thrill concerning nmd, and "then violated them, further says: "Wo also know ' that the sople of (ininite and vicinity have for some time it prayeil the dcpnilmcut to consoli date the Canvon City and tiranitc mail routes, thereby giving Similiter, tiranitc and liobinsouville a daily mail. Itcsidf placing them in direct communication with their county sent, and at a very small sacrifice of time. Canyon City voted ye, while Maker " City remonstrated heavy enough to defeat the project, on the ground that it would delay their mail. Now is linker City selfish, or ha she licconie Hectl 1 with devils, seven in ntiinler; or is she blind to her own interest, to the extent that she can't sec that Pendleton men who are largely in terested in the mine, arc apt to push a road fiom La (iraude to Canyon, nml thereby lop otl'a little if not much of the mining trade and ultimately get a mail service 'crois lot to Canyon?" linker City' defeat of thi con solidation of mail routes on the ground that it would delay their mail" is selfish, and altogether too ridiculous, (iranite and adjacent cnin may worry along with a seini-wiekly mail when they might a well have a daily, but il will never do to delav linker Cilv's mail, Oh, no! The I'liion Pacific mail train a little w Idle ago arrived at linker City about one o'clock each day, and the Canyon City stage is started out a short time aftentaids, befote the mail is ass-.rtcd at the po.-tollice, and tlm large amount of mail for thi interior country ha to lay in the linker City olhee twenty four hours, when, if the singe was held half an hour later we would get our mail one day uirlii-r Put linker City docs not want her "mail delay ed' however much the coplo at thi end of the line and intermedi ate Riinl are iiuonvenienced SIl.l'.NT WOHK OI-" lil.KCTKlCITY. Two More Souls Made lUppy After I.oni; "u.1 I'aucnt Hulfcilni:. Sheridan, Yamhill Co, May 'J''. ''-M. Dr. Damn Dear Sir 'I he home , treatment you gave uie by electrici ty and medicine has cured me of a 'cancerous growth and scrofulous , all'ection in my mouth and cheek, which alarmed me and my friends beyond expression. Now I am cured, and in half the time you said it would take. I am also cured of female troubles, and irregjilarity of 'menses, Kefer to me. Our neigh lair, Milt Jones, of Perrvdale, Or., was cured of a olypus in the nose. Your Oritteful Patient. , Mas. J. M. Du ki:v. ' CjI.iiiIi of the lllaiUtcr Trouble Ctliril. . Montesano, May b 'HI. 1 Dr. Darrin: Dear Sir Prior to calling on you last December I hud been sorely nlllictcd fur a long time , with inllamatiou and catarrh of the ' bladder, with other complication. Your Klcotrie and Medical Home Treatment has erfcctly and ikt tnnncntly cured uie, for which I thank you. If thi will be of ser vice to'you publish it. (iratefully vours, O. U. Any one wishing to know who "C. It." i can learn thu full mime by iipplyiiyj to Dr. Darrin, "Uj Washington Street, Poithtud, where the DiK-toi' ollice is located, ami where he can be found floln ID A. M to S P. M. daily. The Doctor treats nil curable chronic, acute and private diseases. Kxnininutinii at the ollice or by letter free ICIcc tricity is the greatest known remedy in the cure of iuiHitency and eriois of youth, catarrh and deafness. t Itemeinber that tho Prailie fit v 1 Holler Mill will be ready to fill ail urder for Holler Flour by August I. "it!.. Flour, (indium, Hat ley, (either ground or w hole) Chicken feed, Itye, Middling, Until, SI101U, Ac, Ac, at , Cumllacir. . The Pacific Hrewery' Celebralml ; Peer, the la-st in ICastern Oregon, is 1 now kept constantly 011 tap at tin.' lied Front Milliard Hall. , Minor Hrotlu-r, dealer in general merchandise. .Main street, lleppner, Oregon. Sjiccial discount to cash buyer. (iissl at Dalle price Order by mail promptly filled. ' When you send away for good remember the firm of Cotlln A .Me Farland at lleppner. Tlu-y not on ly guarantee you first clas good at . lowest prices, 'hut they pay mail or ' express charge on same to any stage ollice in (Irani or Harney ' counties. See their new "ad" for further particular. ' Scrofulous eruptions, such as pimples, discoloration of tho skin, ess'ciallv on face, ure entuod by impure hlood and will disappear rapidly bv using Pfuudcr' Oregon I Hlissl'Pu'rilier. ' The Oregon grange desire Judge Lord, of the Oregon uiireiue court, aptinted by the president judge of the ruitetl State court- of thi cir cuit and e.xpree the opinion that the olllcer, county olurk and uhurlll', Ihj paid by a llxcui wilary, and favor I the continuance of tho railroad com OKANITU QKAINS. ( 1 iianitk, Juno I I, I.SIM. i Placer miner nre busy. Work will Im started on the new wagon 1 mul nlioiit July 1st and pushed to completion. Snow fell to the depth of twelve inches 011 (iiecnhnni mountain on the Sth day of June. Cariienter Mrother nre cleaning up. Will W through this week. Water supply was short for them thi season. Mr. Taber made a cleanup of twelve hundred dollars from ten days run. Hi mine is on (iranite creek just Ih-Iow town Several team loaded with sup I plies for the mine have come from Pendleton, while the Prairie City merchant are ottering In deliver us Hour at Kohim-ouvilh' at the same rate that it can U1 knight in Maker ' City. Several sale have taken place in (ircenhorn lately among other a one-fourth interest in the Anaconda wa cold by .1. 'I'. Hay to F. Clar no, of Portland, for twenty-six hun dred dollar. Frunk Dupratt a on Ami lli interest in the Ornament lode to F. Clarno for live hundred dollar. Several other sales have taken place and thoe who have o faithfully stayed with their pro KH'ls will soon lie rewarded for their lalwr. (lltKKMIOII.NKIt. Congressman Hermann is taking ' a much needed test at his home in , Uofohnrg. Southern Oregon. Spangle, Wash , is all excitement over the elopment of a voung man 1 of'J'i and a child I". The anient swain wa rejected by an elder sis ter and took this method of revenge. A law has been passed in Ne braska banishino mirror fiom ' the saloons of that state The le 1 form wa advocated by the temper ' mice element, but wa not opHscd the saloon keepers. I'lesideiit Harrison, mi hi trip thiouodi the West, liavolod 1(1,000 miles ami iiimle Dili spcci he. The picsidciit mid hi party speak in ' the highest terms of tfie reception they received all 11I0110; tlm route The Slu-rimm county funnel are 1 thoroughly alive on tiie question of connection with The Dalles by n railroad that shall serve both a a sirtnge around the Celilo fills and ! a a nman of chcapouing the freight on the immense grain product of . that line agricultural county. Last Wednesday evening the eight-year-old miii of Mr. S. II. Yockey, Alficd Call by name, liv- ing in Maker City, went out in the field to secure his ony, a young animal. Not returning, the father became anvinus and went out to find the Uiy, ,ud imagine his feel ing whull he went out to where the horse wit standing to find the boy lifeless w ith the rone attached to ' the horse's neck ami securely lied to the little fellow's left arm.' 1 Jjiucs out West. I The Foid boy never killed .1 esse ! .lame, says the (ilobe Democrat, ! h it lliey did kill somebody that I looked like Jesse, for the identifica tion was complete Hut it wasn't Jesse' corp'f. In the damn oaiij4 was a man mimed Sum Hill, whose resemblance to tho outlaw chief was staitliuo; in every inspect save that of c(iunio,c. lli wife was a daughter uf William Hill, of Morion county. Mo, and Mr. William 1 1 ill v'viis the daughter of James Ih-uiek, of Milton. Well, Sam Hill left home shortly hefoie die shooting, and hi family to this da) have never eci orlieud of him. Tho Ford boy killed him. If they had killed .Icsmi .lames limy in turn would have been killixf by some of the gan. Hut they weren't. And I can u positively, too, (hat Jobmo .lame 1 known by Iii family to be liv ing on tho Pacific coast. A Nl nv,h broker lias (rton.-.l rt ot ilium r.i.nU on r llltei n lounlivl muiiis'r 11 . iiictm-uts'k of tin-pm'mI tin,. , lie bus li.ul. , liulliiuu man haa left his u.f, .111.1 a fil ib'al of ins'rty un.l I1.1-. w nit. n fiom Hie mountain out wi-nt tit 1 1 1.. did mi Ih i-uiim- his wife nu i,.j-.m, r,,i I1I111. Ax clilerlv New Yor)o-r. w Ii..k- l.o-i lies,. Uikei. Mm to Huros- twin- u v ..r ill WUV makes it sH'ctul i-iiiitriK-t with the kteamililp coillMUy that If h. sli.iulil die 011 the voyage Ills Uslv n. .t lo be burlisl ut 'ii. Mi Kii a Tu 1., 11 pretty .voiim hi.ly uf triMp. fiitiilly, resiilliiK In Williams lirubfe. N V., Im married a ni-jfro coiii'hinuu who i a dark as tiie spb'llie ullsttc wunie Nile M love may Is l.llllil. hut he CUI see. Well cllimirli to jump over tin. eulor Hue, ll.SK I. never t i old to fvv up :i Imd hiilill A luily in Ulcslxiro. Me., el'dity iirlil yen. uhl. who bad iim iI lolmm o nil lit r life, has illM'iinled the weed thi . winter. Nlie hasn't jftven up work, lhiitl;rh. a sin- iiiakcu It 11 rule to bull a dliiict every day be.lc ilolm, other vvoih. IIkiii. I a lady wImi U-llovss In "ixilutitijr the town." MU Sahr:i Car ter, a wealthy woman uf llmluiton. Ma., bo u'nitl to jflvc Veil Uioiih.iii.1 dullur to tint town, tdv Intwrest of wtiluh Is Ui U' ib'voU-d to the paliitlut; of aocb house us may tuts I It, pnoid ini? the owia-r tlu rvc( do not own 4uy and UebiltM to Uiinitfiiinim urjfanlmi-(Ion, I Three editor of the HI Popular, I in ttioultonango, d'tintoinnla, have Ih'cii locked up in a filthy dungeon, nml loaded with clinin, nv oruer 01 Proident Manilla, for having criti cicd the government, They arc obliged to work on thcatrrot Kever- al hour daily. Tiinuday of last week, at Tucoinn, the horse.!. S. ('., formerly owned (by U. II. Mix, of linker City, trotted in the J:'2( chins in which were j entered, also, lllonde, Mihop Hero ' I J. ...!.. C III C. ....... !.. ll. -... nun r-usie i,i,io,ie- ,,., u ,'-. 1 straight heat :.('.. J. S. C the last heat. Time '2 -271 L'i'-'AJ, came in second in The czar of Russia ha preenled , the Stanford univer-ily with a com plete collection of Itu'ssiiin and Si licrian minerals, taken from the St. Pcterbtin: museuni. Thecolleclion i valued nt about $.".."i,()00, and comprise some H00 'ciinen. .Mr. Stanford will in return send i the ofar a collection of (Niltfornia ' mineral and precious stone. 4 a)t 1 Chlklien lCiijo)- The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing ell'ect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of u laxative and if the father or mother be cotivo or bilious the uio.t gratifying rculta follow its tiM-. mi that il is the be.st 1 family remedy known and every family should have a bottlr. Holler Mill Notice. , Notice i hereby given to all per- ' SOU who subscribed to the bonus to I the Prairie City Holler Mill, that , the machinery will be in the mill in July, and yon will please hand In your subscription on or ls-fore that iinie. I John La r nv mi:, ) Sol. T.vYi.oit, ( (.'ouiinillee. i T. II. Mi .vnoii. 1 j Canyon Cliy Council Commiiieci, Ways and mean, account and , current expui e: I), tl. Over. I holt, N. II. Holey, F. W .Mellcnu. File imd waler: F, W. ,Me- P.niiu, M V. Tlunnpon. A Hup j prieh. , Slit-els, way and public prop. erl : M. V . Thoiiip-oii, N. II. 1 Holey, A. Huppiich. Health ami police: A. Hup prieh, M. V. Thonipon, I). 5. ( herhult. Election: M. ". ThoiiMWoii, F. W. McHcan, A. Huppiich. Judiciary: N. II. Holey, 0. fl. Overboil, I-. W. McHcaii. ' J The I'olice (Utelle, Is the only illustrated paper in . th world t out lining all the latest sen ilioiml ami spot ling new. No j Saloon K'eeMT, ll.11 beror Club Itnom j can all'oiil to tie without il. It :il j way makes frieu Is wherevi'r it ' ''' Mailed to any addles in the ' Cniled States, seeuiely wrapped, 1!! week for f I .U). 1 Send I'lve cents for sa m p'e copy, Hu n vim K . I'ov, I'Vanklin Sipiaie, Ni w Voik (Mty, The Coinini; Line. 1 The Chietigo. I '11:11.1 Pacific: A North Western Line oiler the hot 1 accoinniiHlalions In the traveling publicen route to Chicago. Through trains, fust time, magnificent sleep ing cars, elegant dining cars, coin- 1 nist sleciH'r. reclining chair cm ' and handsome day coaches. j NOTICK To TAX PAY l!HS. To the tax pavers of Sclnsil Dist. No. I. I You are hereby notified that the iS'eia School Tax for the year I .SIM , must be piid on or before '.lime ti.'I, ' l-S!M F. I'. lloi.sl.KV, c,.,k, 'NOTICK TO DKLINtMMiNT ! TAX PAY Kits. My lecomiiiendalioii uf grand juries, and older of county cumiuis sioiici.' , oiirl ymi will ,.,. 1 1, ,n 1 am oiiip.-li-i to collect all delin- pn nt taxes 011 will thelefoie uv co-ts by paying 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 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