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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1891)
THE GRAHT COUNTY "NEE Tlmrstlai, Or I- LOCAL BREVITIES. , VnMt, City Iim lwi made a money orf t,ff'''- Ak your merchant, for Prairie Oily IWiiw Flow. He Urn fin and tow priced clock nl the Watchmaker, Them will be great aetivily in win- In circle next m-moh. TWa is nothing no rat m r day In Jane except nn October day in Oregon. Kyoj wish nt ami tasty job work voo on do no uetter than to tt oh Use Nicw. I'niit grower in JoMphine eoiinly havn di.l if Uu-ir apnW at 60 nnt n lot. Hotite fin tntacco Uxa lieen grown Utiaymrly Mr. I.4fn, at Keno, Klainnth county. The district fair at I tlrannV waa n tuceett, altltouzh thn nmnaarnicnt inulo liltlr; money. Pf.uid,int llopy, of tbo A.Uttn I5. limits Cotnpaay, baa btn imovi! for imlfeositnce in ofl'up. 5tr. Thoa, McHen mvU t'myon Oity a flying trip Sun !:iy in thi intr mt of the new town at the lortninua of the 8. V. It It The uteri booths for Urant county. evenlyit in all, to lie uvl at lh URSfc general election under tho Aus Imlian liallit Epstein, have arrived in Jhker City Mr. D. (5. Overholt ha just reoeiod hit usual fall tnek of drymh and genU furiuMiiiu; glt. Now u Ilia lima t'i supply yojrdves with fall and winter clothiu?. ,The sun never xU on tin aoil of the UniUd State-i. When it is 0 o'clock ut At too Island, Alaska, it Is U:30 o'clock a. in. the next day on tho enst oni coast of M.tinn. Tom So wall arrived in tho city Mon day with tlie usual anvmnt of freiijlit. Fraighters are kept hay thoo days as the raid nro. in goi! condition, and tlmre is no knowing h0w long they ui.iy remain so. Hoof lat(M inn! tt-p pijies constant' ly on h.'ind t Frank Fleischiuan's. "Will w-t up vt-ives nnd attend Uj all work in Unit line. Lard cans and bucket kept on hand, nnd all kinds of repairing jonc. lm Iist Frid ly ufteriKKtli five of the large Ixiys of the public school played Inmnt after ei-e-A Un tho following Monday evening they were compelled to do peninee for nn hour and a quar ter after the ret hair gone home. A rich silver discovery has recent ly Isien maile on the mnch of Win. Fmziar over in I'nion county. Tho hidden vaulU, though they may re in tin intact for years, ut last must yield up their treasures to this progres sive age. A sulMcrilier a,ks us the origin of the phrase ''he isn't in it." It was first u ;(.! by an elitor wlio and went to heaven and hiokcl around for the man who took his wiper three years and then left it in the poUillice m.irked "refused." Jack Mcintosh, well known in the Ktstcrii Oregon IusiIkiII world, say the Hast On-ijoniau, iH-cnuse he made u home run, has fallen heir t a fortune Of $10,()Utl by the death of his father in Canada. He U now on his way home to j;et the money. At Ailcidmney City, Pa. there v,a lejently rollel a steel spring six iueluM wide, ouu-fourth inch thick, and :I10 fejt lonj. It is thn largest coil spring over rolled. The onler was tendere I to all Um lari;e European iron works but none of them w iuld undertime, the Uisk. One H. H. Downs, a sleek individ ual, who ir.ente I hiiiiMi'f aa mi agent of Uie World'b Fa'r i'ublisldng Comp uiiy, visile Pendleton a few days ago and viotiuii2l th people out of vari ous suiui of in ney on adiertising. He Is a fraud and the people evury where are warned u,,unxt him. At... nt ... .... l....l.. .....al.. .. ! dlaomwing a project for sinkiug a num-! l... .... . ..... ...n. :.. .i... ..?. t ' ii-i, hiii --! iii-m i, m nn biito til i the lower llogue Hiier valley known as tke desert. If llowiu waUr can lm obtained irrigation would beehtiaiM'r than by me ins of a long sy stem of ur- j mcucaiul from the upper river. It is not ktrange that tho people of Maker county wonder whither they an) drifting. A glouoe at their wnei an nual statement show Uie follow ing flguras. Total libilitirts SHI l,0.'i'J.73; tot.il ixsmurees ,'7,Ht)7.53, or an in ileliwluess of S,I02.2O. This is nearly double (J rant county' indebted 1 1 ass. The tress is calling atteutimi to a onerally i i JiteJ Oregon law, which i provide),: "It shall be unlawful to sell, uuter, trnile, yy or in any manner furnish to any minor under thn ago of eighteen years, any UiU-joo, cigars or cigarette in any form, or any com (KMind in which toUico foiius a eoiu- SMUtit JtiUt." One of the iii i.t Jaring rohJjftiitNi evsr occurring iu Hi .tern Oregon is report-l from JCnterpriae, Wallowa ooituty. Three men robbed the ICnter prlo NtMial bank iu broad daylight and mvlo guwl their sscspe with aUut 13500 of tie. Uuk's funds. They Irnva ileoamMKl to thn utouiitains, uinl owiiiji to tlio roughnii ut the iHQutitr atiii in tbat region it w ill iuqtataiUa t liml thain, ts) -nlinait Buckingham Iwl Ctdverwil Boot, $.1,25 pw Mir at Sel Bro'a, (lrtwrji fittml with tim right kitwl nt spw lacks nt the Watchmaker's Uknyoti Oity. ' Vlntt Hw ( clock ww Wore j in 0mnl j,. tMvv Ilt u 1 Watchmaker's. Hoor a. O. C. W. ill gj omm) Kjverry ball in this ! c'vT 0,1 'Hianksgiving evening. j Hankhu of Silvie valley pnased through the city Friday ith tlw lirst i lo" of Prairie Oity roller nonr. ' IVawhea, UjwaUie and cnblsig for , y C. W. Houston nt rrasonnhle mum, ni iw cwuii mi inr mil. Heavy lined canvas coals, 12.2.1 Imuy linesi cum as overcoats, f.1.50 each, at Scla Bro's; Canyon City. Dr. J. M. Connnwwy of Ixmg Creek was in our city som day ago getting his les-th opens tl on by our resident dentist Dr. Boley. We have lsn informed thai a mut ton buyer wai in Fox valley and other portions of tlrnnt oounty itJcwUy, of. i ferine 1.00 antl 5.1.25 e hmtl for mutton sheep. i As nobilo kiciils are always in order i at this senson we will announce that lh last big spud at lliu sIkmi .ire fitnn Um ol Taylor and (JaIlfHith much up the valley. W. II. Kelly has just resolved ! k-k of Wall 1'kiHT and i I l"Taml to do painting and jwrrins ' ch" llf Umu n,V on' Work outsidn of town solicitnil. (live him a call. From the numerous IsKir stories rondos in fi-om the icinitv of ML Vernon one would indue that thr.ie uiinuh werti Iwt-oniinz piiu numewus I i town tho titer. I hey nppeHr to be sacking tlie v.ill -y for some reaiwin. Mr. tlrnnville Clark' has tilted up rooms for a hospital in the llorsley budding in this city, and is now pee- jiarcti to receive patients, and turnisn i them ipiietand comfortable apartments. 1 Hi stock of drugs nnd tneliciiis is' also freih and complete. Itccentlv at tilenora. Or,, a band of mIhjuI seventy-live elk stampeded from tho mountains and completely demolished the cabin of I'M Don aldson, and he had a close call for his life. Mr. Donaldson succeeded in shooting eleven of them, among which was a monster white one. ttuluou t Clark have had their min inj; claim sun eyed, and it is found that a large poitinn of tho gulch where the ground is rich, lies on .Um Oliver's land to which he has a government patent, Mr. Oliver is happy, ns he can well a tit nil to li under these gold en circumstance. Mr. Overboil, who purchased the old llieseu losideuco in this city, is Imitu; everv Vestige of the old build- j ing removed and will erect a gmmiry on lU site. I hat old building was one Afghans and the Uuasinns is await of tlie landmarks of Canyon City, it ' ed with much anxiety, as it is lie haling Immu erected just after the groat lieved that a fight' of a serious fire 21 years ago. , character cannot long lie put oil', A subscription paper was circulated I Tl,u viceroy has received profound in town the ether day and quite a sum ' fsuranccs ol loyalty from a num of money raised to U applied to tlt, 1 In-r of Indian princes, including the expense fund of changing the Canyon , Nn. who is prepared to put creek rond. It was not all n joke, for "'"K forot' ",tu, l,M 1 ,M,,,i.. .Mali., tl.at .ol. , ..La,,,,,, a Ilus-sian attack on India is not is necessary U U-nelit the large num ' ler of UiiisUts comin over tho laid. . Prunes 3 gallons for 61, lurllet pours 3 gallon for (1, Lady WaxhinUm plums 10 cunts a gitlluu, xreen gage plums 10 cents a gallon, and the gage plum at 10 cents a gallon, cooking or eating apples t Mir smimltwis sack, ttlso good fall and winter apples, at Mix Phillips' garden, Canyon, City, j Orejyn. I It seems strange tlwt in this ad- vanced age that mun will allow Un-m 1 selvt'4 U Imi buncoed, but it seems that J some of tlie American xioplu are only i following Itarnum's observations. A ! prominent merchant of Sherman couu- ty is thn victim this time, and it is needles to add that he was not a i nnwsiaper reader. The nuuubors of Ceu. Haneock Post ' No. 31 t). A. It. desire a reunion of the comrades and their families at Orange hall, John Day, on Tuesday, I Noieui'oer loth nt 2 o'clock p. m. All member who can, come, and bring .v',ttr lch kutv ftlo0f , , Uf the iiost. John Segerdahl, John an it ... and lies. Hos, couitiiittee. The jteople of Grant county are now relieved from a dint of hattl Uick. The Prairie City llouriug mill is completed and tho manufacture of a tint diss Hour has i-ommt'iicod, as the ladies will attest. The merchants deoiing U purchase their stock of Hour at home run entirely out of that necessary article, and lal week there was not a saok to 1 bought for love or money. Shorilf Cresup was ordered by the county coiut to collet all delinquent Uues owing (Irant county, but reulix injf the low price lirom'ity under e- eeution would bring he has refrained from making trouble for delinquents. His duty must li performrssl, however, and afUtr giving them iejmutel warn iugs Mr. CreMip will act according tj instructions if Uues aie not mid right soon. A now variety of wheat known ns the new golden is attracting counider able atteiitiuu among wheat growers. It is a product coining originally from the dcpartiiidiit of agriculture, and pro duced in Oregon for thn first time iu any quantity the preoent season. The , yield surpasses tlwt of httle club under like conditions, w hiU it is apparently less annuls! uy urv woitltar Uian uni olliar variety heretofore sow u In It-'iat- J ern Uigout that "Oregon on may Ikwoiiio snow- liound. I Co to tlie Bed Front Billiard j Hall, Canvoit City, for fine wines, . liquor? and cigar.". The great storms art- always in i some oilier jmrt of llie world. They ' never afflict Orison. I The Twentieth Ceiitttrv elub has j lioen organised in Now i ork 'object U social advancement. lt;i 1 (Jo to tlte Bad Front Billiard Hull for a cool, refreshing drink of the finest lager lwsr in linstent Oregon. j Marion county is in debt f IO.OiX). ! Her warrant draw ten iwrcont. and ' fell at ar at any of the hunks In SaIcih. j The literary entertainment nm! : bonbon aociid 'given nt tlie M. li. church lat Ftiday evening wttsi it , aurceaa. Frank this week enl his ; sister at Dillon, Monliiiui, a barrel of aa fine apples aa ever went out of i -uu,uJ The latent revolution in in little t'rujsuay. The jwople of Soulb and Central America heein to 1k in an unhappy frame of mind tbia year. Scientists av tbo sun la cooling off. No one thought solasl suinuiur. : It is well for scientists that tbev make their reporti during tho cool days of fail and winter. The paHr mill at Oregon City turns out six lonsof newspr daily for the San Francisco Uxaminer. The caacity of the mills is to bo increased to manufacture ten tons dailv. A mule fell off the wharf and was i drowned at Astoria a few dnya ago. ! Water that will drown a mule is water that is not fit to drinkil lw , ing too treacherous but it ban our J rcsjicet just the atne One priiu given nt the extKwition , baby show in Portland waa not nn ' nounced. It waa a handsome cup 1 offered for the quietest baby. A little girl named Scrlbner won it ' with her big doll-baby. The (ireenhoru country has lieen visited the past month by several i niin-og experts faun Denver, Colo., the Druiulummon Mine. Montana, the Anaconda, Montana, and Ceur u Aieue, mano. nm snows uie in- terest that it is attracting. Hoarder gel funnv aoinetimee and hotel registers are a convenient medium for their wit. On the reg iHter of W. S. Graham npvenrs the tirin name of "Heaven v Hell, resi dence Karth," and there are thosi' (anti orthiMlox, it is neodles to say) who claim it to be a truism. A Calcutta dispatch says that the news of an encounter between tho '' vice-regal government 'tu ipates a Lussmn struggle lor a foothold in Afghanistan. ' I he great slate ot .Missouri keeps up its reputation as a prolillc coun ' try; and, as in years gone by, Ore ' gon is still receiving many iiiinii ' grants from that state. Among the recent arrivals are a woman and , bur eight ehildrod, the oldest of which is only "years of age. There , are two pairs of twins, aged 7 and resja'ctivoly; then triplets, .'IJ years old. and a baby I year old. The i mother had heard that there was a ' great lack of coplc in Oregon, and , she has ;ome out to do her part in settling up the country. She sold enough pictures of her interesting I family on the train between Kansas i,uy ami roriiniui to jwy nor e.x ik'h'scs. The minister of the goavel fails to ; please all of his parishouers. I here are those in his congregation that could improve the sermon. The school teacher fails to please liis I patrons. There are patrons who I could easily improve Umiii the methods cf instruction. The news ' paMr man fails to please all his readers There ure many readers who could make a laitter pajier, and ! so it is in all profosMous or callings, I generally those who know least about a business, know, in their own nimatitm 1)0-t al-out bow it should be run. Notwithstanding all this, when a man wants to learn how to j slurtH.'ii a plow ho goes to n black smith. There are timber stories as well ns fish stories. A quarter section of f timber laud that will cut from .', , IKKI.OOO Uj 10,000,000 feet, is con sidered a good quarter. Fifteen million is rated extraordinary, but even this is a baby estimate to a certain quarter section on the Sat sop river, iu Mason county, Wash., which is told aUtut in the olympian . This land was recently cruised by several competent men who will I testify shortly iu the L'nited States j laud office to the quantity they , found. One of these men will testify that the quarter section will cut 10,. 0X1,000, and the wliole section (41 It is a solid mass least l(l,K),m of fir even iu the thinnest sisita. When a railroad is built to this laud tlie quarter section lou will be worth MU.OU tu tiw.ooa ! llurrv up Whwh'or It News Kio.w McRwen. The new wareltouw of S. A. i lei I tier is nearing completion, and will lie ready for the reception of freight nlnntt the middle of next weeK. It is of mifticicnt capacity to cover all tlto freight going to and coming from John P.ty and Canyon Citv regions. 'f'wo new rutie tttages are ne.ir ing completion and MrKwon' new uiutiic hall wax formally oned with a gran 1 lull Fridav evrtung. The (Iranitc -rc'k jitage hug Im'cii pullctl off the road Ik'lween Itakor and the termiiaia and runs from and to McKwen only. Suicrintendi nt West's isit to Can von and the Jib Day develop ed tfie fact that merchant generally are anxious to have freight and travel to them over the bumpier Valley road and that good for the most patt will U ordered thli way in the future. KH'orl are being m.ide to have the mail go by rail and discontinue the Canyon I'ity st.igc U-tween lin ker and McKwcu, al for a change of time in the morning trains and plages, so that close counction tnav ( lo made and tedious lavovera avoid-, ed. Sbitnutra n r tfinltiitr mit fbnt freight is being transferre.1 froirt the I . P. deH)l and taken to Mehwon at '2ri cent p;r hundred, and with out extra cost. Kverything is shaping for a rapid and extensive growth of Mcliwen as a great shipping and trading Kint. Democrat. Mr. Luce of Harney Valley is in the city, having come all the way to I 4ti) f.tt.trt tit at(iii.s tr it ti i f j it mssiblc, to form a farmers' alliance in biit wvtioii. lie sava iwvndo of liiviii suss a ni . ist in kiiiii a v t c . is. (Irani and Malheur counties are ! deeply interested in the alliance , movement ami are eager for organ isation. IS. O. When you send away for goods ' Win. Luce, who lives below John remember the firm of Cotlln iv Me- Day. lie was stricken with com Farland at Heppner. They not on-, plete paralysis of the left side. Mr. ly guarantee you first clasa goods at ' Luce is one of the oldest pioneers of lowest prices, but they pay mail or j (Irani county, ami bad just returned express charges on same to any stage ollico in tlrant or Harney counties. See their new "ad" for further particular. ' Clark A Itulison have at last reached bedrock on tboir placer claim, and judging from a sample slioan Uie .kws rtqatrter luey nave a verilablo bouniua. Thev have sunk shafts at both ends of the claim t ) Ix'droi'k, and the gravel in both is the same, thus proving that the deosit is continuous throughout the claim. I1' lour .'iihi TK'r barrel, lmrlev 1 1 cent per pound, rye 2 cent, wheat ' 1 cent, chop barley I J cent at 1 (iundlaeh's. Pring sacks nnd cash. ; If you wish all the hay you want j next yc.-r, plough S or 10 acre now, j and sow IJ buhhels of fall rye per acre and cut from :l to I tons jicr acre in June without irrigation I Only a limited amount of rye to ' spare. PoUI-xmi 1J cents jxir kiuuI. , , I'lio lone distance telephone is a 1 success, ilusiness men in New j York Citv sit in their ollico and 1 talk to iwrties in I5oton, I'hila- 1 ilcltilua, lull i more, Wasluniftoii, I Albany and I'ull'alo with oaso and . ........ accuracy. The world forges ahead mid uiUkcle becomes of least ser vice and mind of more, in pitc of brute.-, doubters and croakers. Articles of incorHratiou of the Union county Alliance Flour Mill ing comjiany have boon Med. The intention is to do a general Hour mill business and lo buy and sell grain or Hour, hogs or cattle. The principal place of business will lm at Cove, I niou eouiity. The capi tal stock is f '"-', ski, niul the ineor iMirators are J. A 1 lister, J. J. Huffman. M. Pby. D. A. M Turner and W. A. William Smith, of tho Middle Fork, anil Jame Vi.timr. of Prairie City, in (irant county arrived in the city yesterday and arc arranging for the shipment of horses to the Kastem market. Mr. Smith will ship ten carloads lo DeKalh, Illinois nnd the latter one carload loOttum wa, Iowa. The shipment is being held in Sampler valley awaiting cars over the l.'nioit Pacific Demo crat. (iovernor Stel's first reiort is made public. Ho favors the often- inc tif tbe ( ?)iinikf'i bitulti jnol lirueiillv ri.f..niiMilU ii dillernot i moile Irum that ifeii recently in ojauiing towiiMUs to settlement. SH-aking of ujiemng the lands on the western border, th- governor says that unless arrangements un made to throw them x'ii early next spring iu time for settlers to put in their crop for next year, it will mean hardship, destitution sickness and death among hundreds of settler who have been lung un its Itorders waiting for homes. The following sensible paragnipli appeared in the Sail Francisco Argonaut of recent date, and is worthy of note: "It is almost a misfortune to be reanxl with the ( If . s . lioie of inheriting money. It is i iR-Iler lo nave tlio moral ami in tellectual surroundings, tho c. ample and teachings of honorable parents, than to be reared iu in diligence, idleness, and extrava gance, looking forward to tlio death of iiurcnla for the mean to en joy I Uf J- Messrs Farriah and lllaku are Mjournitig in tho Klk creek country this wwk. t Several addilional slreot latnns were put up this week to roiiovo tlie darkness. The Ninth aoknowlwlges tho re ceipt of a sack of Hour from the new- roller nulls at Fra rie City. The Kditor of the Nkws and a number of other ("anyonites are do ing llear valley this week. A marriage licenpe was tins week issued to I) C. Curl and Sarah K. Carter, both of long Creek. Another load of Porter Hros. Hour ased through the city yesterday en route for Silvies valley. The HuinUildt Mining Company have resumed oprations in their claim aUive the city, and are using one piH. The mum! of the hammer and saw is heard in all jMirts of our city, and it is needless to add that tl'o city is improving. Thos. Whiting, of Harney county who had his heel crushed " a short time ago, died from the effects of ' P'isouing Monday Frank Fister, having miiiio dilll ulty in settling with an eighteen- ' year-old Uiy over in Harney county, was shot hy the aforesaid lov. e have not learned the particulars. The baseball game last Sunday between the Mt. Vernon and Prairie City teams, which was idayed on the Prairie Citv diamond, resulted in a complete victory for the Prairie 1 'v buys; the I to '.'.'. John score standing l.'l l.aurauco of the Prairie team made a home run. Dr. lloomer, of Maker City was umpire. Last Sunday afternoon Drs. Orr j and Fell were called to attend Mr. Irum Portland where he had been under treatment for other ailments for four mouths. I'p to the time of going to press his condition was the same. Mr (! W. Houston stepped into the Nkws ollico yesterday morning and surprised the d 1 in charge, by presenting him with a box of fine, ripe late peaches grown on bis hillside place, and of which be has , quite a quantity for sale. The Kachcs are the (urgent wc have seen 1 this season, and, in fact, have seen I no larger ones anywhere in thestate. I We un asorcd some of them and , found them to be from H to 10 inches in circumference. They may j lie seen at this fotindrv. California liu the right kind of law lo i each train -wreckers. It provides that any person who place dynamite or any obstruction on any railroad in the state, or does anvtliitis' with I ho intention of wrecking any iMisicnt'er, freight or other train, or attempts to rob a train, shall be guilty of felony, punishable w ith death. Tho of- icnse i-. complete inouuii no person i . . i . should be hurt, the nt'empl to tdiuiild fail. ami even though wreck the train The pi'uMjiiity to kick a man when he i down liuds savage il lustration in the assertion that "Honest" John I'anlsley, Into oity trenntircr of 1'hiladelpliia, but now working on a ten ear's job in tho iiutiliitioti muintniuud by the com monwealth uf I 'iiuusylvauiii, was the limt to introduce tho English sparrow into this country. Luck ily this uhargo was not madu prior to "Honest John'" trial, or he could scarcely have hoptxl to oa cajH; with less than a sentence to prison for life. A smart young follow in Chicago j who was newly we 1 askinl his wife what she would do if he cumc home intoxicated. She said she had never given the matter a thought, but should probably be inspired by the occasion. Vln n a week later, her hubby came whooping and staggering home hhe met him at tlio door witii a pail of ice water and soiimmI him from head to foot before ho could i I'blill Unit Il0 WHS Olllv sliailllllill-' There is prohibition iu that Iioiim- hold for keeps. There will bo mj trouble about finding a market for all tlie alumi num that can bo iiiaiiufaetured for many years to come, even at the present rates. It is already a veiy Kipular metal, valuable for many pin xes, and is appreciated not only in tlie Tinted States but iu tho' Old World. The German government has instructed it agents in this country to contract for from SO to 100 tons of pure aluminum for nso in various arti ules of ariuv equipment, and tint tho only two manufacturers of the iiietul lunl lieen lorco I lo decline the ordei because of H'nding liti gallon over certain patents. The ' two producers uf tho mutal in thi country ure the I owlea hlcetrii' Smelting Company of Now York, rind tlie Pittsburg IJudiuttion Com-JHtny. pcrsonal nnevmcs. I'mxce ItlsUAitCK bun a particular fotMlucMt tor imven etrs. Tun orlfbiator of the UIITl tower Is rnllrxNMl ImlMIng In Swltierlaml. yr'K Vicuna i yncbt, ilie (M-ornc. hsicxt Jint t?s&,Oeo In live Inst M-ven-tinn years. Tur property left by the late Sir l'.leb aril .'ntton, the ow nor of the OriHWtn, U esllmuUil at over CT.Peo.tsiO. Tin: Metriqtolimn Mlrbael, of Servln, bat iriieli bU eouent to the pmimil mnirlnire ot the e-kiuir Milnll. Slit.loUX M VCIhlNVI.il M'lllolll went to UM U(orv loliliilt'lit iiml m ver hurrieil nlxmt e-tMnu up tu the morning. Tim Tencrnlde HUhop I'niwther, one of the Ix-st Uihiwii misMmirleH In Afrlen, wb lorn n MlVllfl in (lulnea, 1'hm' vox IIisuaik-k U ii most eliiirm Ing ami Mttentlre hostean In hnr ipilel liutnc ami loots after the eoniforl of Iter guesto with almost motherly willcl- tlHl. In "Mime resivcus this Is n frivolous S(f. Mm.'. .InimiiM-hck s lwre Is no K-jril 1 um U- trajfeily mi the slain eaiiM i.oil,- would iMllicr luagh than think. Tun wife of McU-itipr, the (treat l'r-tu-h ortlsl trevittty deceased. Is sahl lo l l'ie bltTki'st woman In Paris. The nrtl-t inarrlml her wIhmi In his seventy clirhlh year. PALI'AULtt HITS. Itvr.av man will wsmeror later meet I lie m.in who will knock 11h chip oit ' his shoulder. -Alchlstm (llolte I 'I ut man who talks In his sleep Is not ns much of a nuisance as the imtuuleij '.tccp- In his talk. Iloston Courier. Tin: world was mode Ix'bnv sunn ! people, but to hear them talk .oii 1 l. ....1.1 ...i-.. l.l... It t..l.l..r. flL.I. ! l-.vrn.fc your wife all her lifetime InonJcrt.. make pn.ilslou for her In case you should lm llrst taken away. Troy l'n-sis. . ...I. i.i I,.. 1. 1 iiiinii i ii.i-i.ii .i...- In Union men arc U'iflnning to emancipate ttiemseties Inim tlie ifen tier sex. A m.ui lias t.tai ted a inillincrv Sims'. - Texas Siftings. I r is lairprlslntr how nmu.v irooil things n l.l. in ic:ul-. in the oursc of uu evcuiug III. t -.lioiilil t.-e!i a l.-ssoii to Ills neigh Isirs. At. liisoii (iIoIhi, Dos'r place nil ymir eon tide uce In one friend. lie might mn off with il and then you would not have nnj c-uiliilence to tut In anylxxly else.- Iulh.s News. 'm:v Mime wise mnn said "l.rtoruiico U l.ilv." h. wikl somolhlng vcc., huhii-. t.-o.i t i women who nru curloii alsiul the d in,r of their hu.iltand.. Alchikoii lllolh-. A M.w Is HatUfled to drop into tlio flit saloon to i.pcnil ten cent'., lust u uoiiioi wilt make It show her t'ir..ugli ev. rv slore In town. Illiejh. nit .u Itc pulilicun. NATUIIE'U aTfJANCU DI1CAK3. Ill iiino a heavy r.iin .Uo in in h. Ii.in.i a mud t irtlc us l.tr.r ns a in i luonl fell from the cloud licur I raw for, N-Oil-. Ar (ioritoii, On.. dm-ln:r a t'nin I -r storm the other day a tm..- n-.l nt t ".n.it ed losonralsive tho clouds, w'le.itu' n us stiuck by lightning and fell d I I Cu giotind. Tho bird's body w.. . Ii.ully liuriied. TiikiikIs a spring In Iteur i alley, ncur ChauiKTsburg, Pa., from the . -( i e of which hubbies of sand and ::lr :.. !. I ulstut leu Inches and then Inir t ' The spring Is leu feel In diameter. The wa ter l pure and refreshing An artohin well near Albert U-ii, Minn , which spouts Lnitboil ua.l w:.ter. often chnuirv tlie projfruiiiin unit sends out a stream t nin.ilt miioiows. which aie i holly unlike any known kKclei of llsh ! .niul hi th.it vicinity. Ill lilSn ii severe thunder storm ie rci.tly at Anna. ()., a U.ll of lightning slr.nk a diiuuhter of V. I'lillip liu;;.iu. When pidi.d up she H's-.n-eil to U m-! e; ,i.i I li.is since IVUIillllcd m.. it Im' III' i..i;i e.lt.le to nv.akcll her. She lin ..Hie., ben Uy and her apjH'aruuce Is lialio-.il THIilCC 11IO AND OLD Kin.i -.i viil iivii.i.i . I'a., has a jn-ar has tr'e over I .J year-, old. Tu: original mik shlugles art still on the r.s.t of u Heading (l'n.) house Imilt in I J.m. II il Ihlrty-two years old has Wen found in Welmoie nnd Is said lolte well preserte.l. lulght ..lid f.Weel. Tin lii'..-i .1 orsu.-e tree In tiiiilann 1-. i l.iiined to be I i Tenvlsttm pHrlsh Hi. I feel In eircumfen-nce and An feel high The jleld this year Is ex Hi led to reach lo.ooo orarincs. Mm. Punt ll.l-.v m iiiHiois". of Ctnlnes vllle li.i . i Ilt years old and hit'' in all 1,16 1 d 'ci admits, II ihiltiri-n. lul (Triimli-I.i'ihi n. ll.Jli great cr..ii.i, l.ll.lrcn nnd I ii grent-gicat-irramh loldivn A iloi'-i owned iu L uiUi ide. bv. Is Oil I si..' fllll si-VI'll :i .. Ix.illlio .; . i . . . I ..I tin. le. V ii rs .i.d I! .' is los llflll I. .Ill Both the method nnd n 'tills when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant ami refreshing to tho taste niul acts gently yet promptly on tho Kidney, Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys tem ellcctiinlly, disjK'ls colds, head aches and fevers mid cures habitual coiistipntlnn. Syrup of Figs Is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste ami ac ceptable lo tho stomach, prompt iu its action and truly beneficial iu its effect, its many excellent qualities commend it to nil. It Is for solo in f0e mid $1 lwttlcs by all leudiiuj druggists. MANUfAOTUIIIO ONLY Of THI CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. s tutsoiico, cm. lovitmii, xr, fw ror, a. r DILLINGS AND COOINOS. Ilas'r .Sree! Overheard "(leorffc, .voirn the worst lllrt I ever knew. Don't! Stop! ItooW out for my hair! Oh, 1 leorjge!" --1 Inrvanl Lamoou. KriiKi. "Don't you like those Mifni that have Just room enough for two?" Miowl -"Vi-, but I like thoe that have Imnll.v rixtm enough for two fnrlwtter." N' V Continent. J.viilCM -"It may seem presumptu ous for me to ash forynur hnnil; I know Oial I nm tMir Iu money but 1 am very rich iu loie." Mllllcent " Yes; well, where eiin you hire n Hat with that'"' litnton Courier. Swaur hit Kuerv. Mls .Snilln "Thehe eoinpllmentt, Mr. llullluch, arc lerv (irettv, but they remind me mt much of the placard In n new apart-iiicnlbouM-." llulllnch - What U that?" Miv, Smihii -"limply suites." llottou Courier. "Ami you think 1 will never tire of you, UeorKe? Never cease to regard you w llh alTectlou?" "You never will. You are ultot-tlier Iihi sweet to sour on me." She Mulled, bluihcd, east thoin her eyes and the klw he hud been IWflliR 'or wn granted. N. Y. 'nm. I rU estimated that In one hundred cent there In nhn seventeen cent worth of m.'tnl. and In twenty utekel tlvewnl plev them N Icsn tlmu elht cents' uoith i h i, c.,i- urs now b-lng built with .-.le. it v-r, plat forms, niter the fiu.hlon of the lentllm!.. trains. In this nay the st.H'k inv lo.idcd at' one chulo and "more up forward, ple'iiso," until the entile iraln Is tilled. Its Kiccllent Qualities. i ,i i , ,. I., ' f, ' c' ' " "PP -vai ll.e ! C'lbforiliu liquid fruit remedy Syrtip ofl-igi. It Is pleasing to the eye, and to the taste and bv gentlv tict- Commend to public approval ing on the kidneys, liver and IhiwoIh I it cleant.es the system effectually, . thereby promoting the health and I comfort of all who use it. FA IIM F0II SAL!-, Containing Uu t o m etio'is of laud in a body, all well fenced and im proved, title V, H. Patent, about 800 arum of this is good plow laud thn leht good I'MUtiug. The iinpiove incuts consist iu putt, as follows: 1 lie fences are pat Uy rail, NtnLed I and ridded, and pnrily post, bonnl J mid wiie. Dwelling, lird-class It story Iratnc, 7 rooms well built unit j iu good unlet; wood hIiciI; stone, milk j hoiiMi l'.VJO, one rnoiii overhead same size; one smoke house; one bni n .'i in, hiaiiie on oiiii hiilu mm wagon shed on tlie other, both lull length; chicken Iiouhoh; hog pens niul gran aiy nn. in for I'iIUKI btuihels, also one sheep shed 1 10 feet long, which will hold -(K'O hlicep together with thn best dipping in r.itijfeini'ii t in the county, also tmige ptiiileges outside for summer and winter; Wo have giowu rye S feet tail on an average, it ml our wheat was unaided tlio Diploma of Meiit at the New- Oilcans Kxpottilinu . The orchard contents of 100 iijij.lt. peai plum mid prune tieea all gro.ving linn and bearing abund antly. 1 ty ctillivntiug in p.ut of tho I. in. I hint hpiing, Home of which had not Isieti plowed lory cam, we I Hindi KitK) bushels of Iiml class giniu mid fill tons of Lay. Thciu is now fall rye enough sown to pioduce IfiO tons of hit V lioi t hdithon, nnd the wheat land is now being plowed. (lood hotsii and cattle range adjacent lo and extending south for "0 to '.'5 miles, Chiiioii City, the county seat, with its excellent public school is within one mile, and John D.ty ( ' 1 1 y with its new Holler mills, within two inilcf. Wheat hardly ever hcIIh for lees than a dollar per bushel. 'I his splendlli piopeity is now ofi'eiod together with seed nnd feed giuiu tiunugh lo seed the place next vimr mid fiirngo for 3000 tdicop with safety also fiuit mid vegetables enough for next season at $75(10. fjr00 of which iiuist ! e cash mid the test on time at reasonable iuteiest. For further pmticul.irH, addiesH, T. II. LioU', llox'J'JO, Piiitlmid, Or. or (!(o, (iiiii'lliich, Cmivnii City, Or. Hurts, llucVn, llucli, I have TiOO llttckH for sale. Ad tlresa, Tom Moiuian, lleppncr, Oregon. Five Thousand HtlsheU, moie of less, of choice Winter apples, am now lendy mid off' ted for sale nt Hiiiehiirt's Fruit l'aliii, situated II miles noiilicast of (!nnyon City, and about half a mile south of the John D.iy and Prniiie City ronil. No Codling moth has ever been s nn iu this orehatd to mnr or iiijuie the fruit theico', but thoapilc mn sotiml mid silvery to thn vuiy coie, and of the most popular and best keeping vnrietios. 'I licso njiphm aio now offmed at tl e low price ol fiO cents per box -or $1.00 per semuless snck, cash in ii am os m i l vi;itv. Tim abote teruiH to hold good from the lht day of October, 1S!M, to tho 1st day of November, IH',11. Come one, conic all, nnd get your Winter npp'cH. Pay your money dim n nnd bo happy. Special Icruis oll'iiet' lodenlciKon he ivy contract. 3T Sweet cider and Ci e.i m cider t free to customers while loading. II. It. UI.MvIIAUT, 11 oirleloc. ISiiiUu.l oi,r..n a 1' Aiu.tiiui.f, I'rlu. Uriuli t ti n i u in (i.LLtui, s.l.n., orrt'iin. Mutmiisi of iludjr, uiu, rili, ol lu.llou. It ii Hi iiohn, Short llilllll. jrls MUu Ikrysi U Ui t tar Hum, tU, ttbrtftr. Siu-lt un lu.iii ljfih.-L. . -s,ix: ..