THE GRANT COUKTY HEWS,
Thursday, .Jan. 21,
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Ctrcoit court i in Mwsimi nt
l'n-
dloUm, .ludgo Clifford profiling.
ltrtin nml snow SHittUiched in W
U-nA pleasant days it still th weath
er. UiwiUllA iiimUHHHi ni intrtxlueiti
VMli
" it.
th China prwHant. into their grain
llehls Anil forests.
, Orsjwt' national jpmnl is itchitt?
y for an opportunity to ba called rat to
ntpstl th invasion of Chilian fix.
Miners in th (Irocnhocn are still
working in their tunnel, although the
hitow lay on the mountain from seven
to fwty fet deep.
' TratMror Holey gives notic Mint
nil county wsiinnU Unring tlite of
rttgiilry prior Ui Nov. 15, ISM", will
1 on presentation.
Itert 8no and 1 Stsswatt of Day
i villi) visited tho city Ust week on lwsi-
nan, .Mr. Stewart taught tlw Snow
much nt the sale Saturday.
The deep snow in Hartley county
1ms viitimlly stopj-wl prwjMMitinjt, lmt
mlfwo hojw to 19 nWrt to nil their
aitik with nugget 11,0 vrng.
OliirteH like dead wildcat, Mov
ing timt their llash imparts ferocity Ui
the enUr. 'Hi market jtic of a
wildcat in Southern Oregon U $5.
'I'll announcement has lon made
tlmt there will l' n general state con
. . i it .i
vimiion oi it uiiicun cuius uinm uie
Mill tiny fif Jortunry, ISU'J, .it l'oit
land. A sectional map, large enough to
li.ive ovary landowner's ranch m irked
theron, nnd showing tlio houudari of
ovary voting precinct, is u necessity
in uvory county.
Our ilouriiij; mills uro lioth idle; ono
Inwiuiso it has i largo stock of Hour on
h.iml, iiikI the other U'ouuse tho ditch
is froon. A surplus of ilotir will not
lie in the way tunny month. ,
1 lormann, among many other hills
in congress, linn introduced one for no
naiy ollice and postott'tco t Ilakur
City, and on providing for oieniti up
per Snake liver to navigation.
Tho county court of U.iker hns do
tmiiiined uKm ii course of proeeodure
in tho euso of the state against tho
county for delinquent taxes nliil 1ms
retained Judge Olmsted and II. K.
Couttnoy to defend.
W'hon tho coal t-odi adjacent to thin
village aio developed vo will have
lively timos. And if a comiMiny wine
organized to work Canyon creek's
nlueors sold would Iwuiit to lly nghtyihe khi-divo died of
c-irlj-, and good titnos would continue
indefinitely.
Some enterprising person with mon
ey to span) oould Imy' sovunil good
farm? in this valley. No land on
oarth is more productive when proper
ly tilled, and when railroad-i coin" and
pooplu cultivate their soil to iU full
capacity fanners' will lo wealthy.
(inmt county must have more man
ufactories. Our unlimited water jkjw
or can turn hundreds of w heels of coiii
tiiuruo. Tanneiies, i-nnneries, and
loonn and Hpindlea aie among the wm
hihilities, and would keep aco with
llmirini; mills ami mining and an im
proved system of farming.
There wit! Ue lut one circuit judge
elboted ill tho sixth judicial district at
the next election, . I udje I'W holding
over for th full term of 4iv years. A
suooostor U) Hon. M. I. Clill'ord will
be elsvUid and the democniU of the
hiUi district would honor themlvt)S
in ro-noiniuating him for the olllce.
Ilii uloctiou would Iwceit'iin. Wasco
Sun.
(painty (Jlerk Shearer h,i leeu fur
niihml the rejiort of the state Unird of
oipmliz-ition. Uinut county's assess
ment was raised aliout $fiU,UUO, the
per cent uf roUe Ijoing: Iloi-ses and
mules 10 per cent; money, nutes and
aooouiiU II I 'J jrtirceut, wHgou ixd
lnmls 10 per cent, city and tow n loU
10 pr cent; tuottgiiijes 11 l-U lf
cent. Sheep went eiunlized uuifoim
ally at $1.75 wr he id.
It is ipiite oiident that w are this
year to hao in Kutern Oregon one of
thorn old time mining years which
. mod U till the pockets of all elements
- of our iKipulutiun with golden treasure
and leget prosperity. Already we
hnvo hud as much snow as wo are fre
quently Messed with at this time, and
the iMromeLer ami the ntiu prophet
aro UUi still of Uie impression tlMtHlj
thoy are in the midst of exciting turn
ie. n
A fruit ontJiusiastof tho Willamette
section tiguius it out Ui.it 1,000 in
vested in a prune orchard will tii-ld a
larger income than $10,000 inteated
in goterument IhiihIs. Of course, the
most of us w ould rather take the imhiiIs
if given tho opjxutuuity to chmise,
hut it cannot Is dunicd that the fruit
thoory has Is-eu proted to li correct,
and that Crant county soil is adapted
to prune culture, and tho climate is
fatoniUe to their successful glow th.
While other -tortious of liastern
Oregon are coterod deeply with suuw,
nnd the inliahiUnU fri-zing, this fav
orod valley lias beon enjoying chiuooks
mill mini pretty mucli all winter, dhow
is daep in tho siiriounding iiimiuUins,
though, and tho ground abundantly '
wet to lusuio "mss alio uroiis. .ot
withitiindiug nil these adyanUigos,
tlmro nr fiuiueis wlio desire to sell
out nnd engage in otlier pursuiU, or
loioove to other iHKtioiis of the county.
Plenty of mom for n.en uf wpitul, and
mun of now iiluoi.
SheeptiHSti n'joico leentw wool is
growing.
Fhrnwts' allmncc eoplo w!li tiomi
tint a ticket in lfetknr county.
y .lohn Knycr and family aro visiting
U lndy's mother, Mrs. ZotF, of this
city.
On fourth pg jtw will find our
photo, lifo nire, gnitefully receiving a
much needed $ on suhsuriptiou.
Harney county's delinquent tn yet
utcolIetl will" not oxceed $2,000
ys tlie items. Pretty good, con
sidering the hard time.
Gontidemlile nn.xiety wis felt for
,luige Duttin, who was sick at Hunts,
hut the hut utxil Itttnight information
that he was impnoing.
Tlie Ieo mail is mnking iU week
ly triw, ulthough tltrro is! deep
now on tfio divide Iwlweuti Henr
vulley nnd Sotttlt Fork.
Tho term of OotiitnissHmerV coutt
which adjwrns this ifk lind a laro
ntiWMint of iMIsfilftM lefore it ndjuatiug
last ymr's work and Ixtgiiming new
husinnas.
On ropiest of Senator Mitchell im
Ktotlice dejKirtniRht 1ms nmde nit
onler tlmt Uie contructer on the Hunts
Vnle route, increnw service to even
times jer wek.
Miss Maggie Uhsey, of Omul's Pass,
wn nttnakoofliy a pet deer the other
dav, and hut for the timely arriial of
Ruistiince would Imiio Uen seriously
hutt and perlwjw killetl.
The "Couutv News" is Uie latest
journalistic venture in Harney county,
1). Ij. (.nice eIitor, puco of publica
tion Hums. We forgot to mention
this new hrother last wcuk.
lid, Walton and T. J. and Hen Uo
sad letunnsl fnnn Munis Monday,
where they were called as w iinossim in
the county sent contest, Mr. Walton
reK)its things mther liiely in the vil
lage. SherilF Crosap, who was at I)nyvile
a few days ago on ollicinl Inisiness, in
forms us tlmt very few sheepmen in
that section were feeding yet, the
wtnther Ix'iug so mild, and no snow
in the valley.
Molwi A. Ijockwood is again on the
presidential nice tniok, and projxstes
to stay there until the votes are count
ed on election night. It is Minted
tlmt not even a two ounce mouse could
scare her away.
Myron SUuisell and others ro inter
ested in a cool prospect in tho mount
ains aluivo Here's mill, nnd intend to
put men to work ascertaining the ex
tent of the lind as soon as the snow
leave the ground.
iriiaie is unusually fatal in the
junks of rovaltv
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llllllH'll.l. iSow
tho heir presumptive to tho Ilrltish
throne the Ihiko of ULiniuco is uum-
Isireil uiiioug its victims.
Harry Mc(!ann, a pioneer mining
man well known in this county, died
in Maker Oity list I'tiday, of cancer
of tho stomach. Mr. MoOann had
lieen nlllicted a long time, and his
death was not unexpected.
li. A. Heath, the Harney editor-Kt
who was once cuIIinI Iteforo the V. H.
gnmd jury forsouiethiug he published,
is once more a sutuer in the Harney
Time's ami in his salutatory, signifi
cantly uys: "I have not reformed."
Politicians nie Imttonholing for
"pointers" this early in the campaign.
No matter who the successful candi
dates in the contentions aio, their
character and hnhits will 1 pretty
thoroughly discusstsl hy the voting pul
lic. And this is light.
Mr. Kmcst Kollor, of Hear valley,
l iiilorms us inat snow is uiniui
lYliuhes on the level, hut that his stook
Uliiis not sull'erod yet. '1'hognMiml mis
not frozen when tne snow fell, there--fore
gniss will have attained a gsd
grow th when the ground Ucotues lire.
Tho county cmnt had a time fixing
the liounilaries ef voting precincts, the
same Ix-uig pilml one upon uiiuther,
and ovuiliippin;; promiscuously, llgur
utively speaking. Judge llaZelline
infoinn us that had an election cim
teat occuried, lltigntion without end
might hsve ensued.
If our nation declares war with
Chili it will ho "our war," iimttintieh
as the Pacilic roast will 1m the ob
jective jtoir.t for tho mongrels to
land and do their llfihtiinj. Tltev
will not inarch very far inland,
however, and faro tho ua of Ore
gon's National (lunrd.
. Mrttck Johnson wi in tho city a
few days no, and iufoimed theJS'Kivs
Jmt he was eierimeiitlug to ascer
tain the adnpUtliility of the wnter near
his place to the successful maitufactuie
of leather. If the water contains no
deleterious uiiueniU he will have a
Uuiifiy in oMM-ution as soon as or
ningemeiiU can 1st rfectod.
Oh irlos H Dmld .V Co., of Portland,
hate purchased 200 acres of lain! in
the Mud creek ueihlxirhood, in the
(sistmn Miit of 1 'inutilt.i county, and
will lay it out in ten and twenty acre
lots, with stioeU and avenues U'tween.
The idea is to all'ord an opiortuuity
for a colony of homo simkors, and is
an excellent plan fur tho development
of the country.
Multnomnh county lm taken the
initiatory stop U) contest the action of
the statu Utard of equiiliJitiou. Tho
iwsition taken by tho representatives
of snid county, is that tho state loiy
ouuitot li niado from tho returns made
by tho state bound of ispialivitiou but
must I hi nmde upon the rolls as Mint
in by tint oouuty clurk to tho sooro
tory of lUitu,
The fheepman with a nico hand
of mutton sneep will douhtless ronl
iio jirict's next feneon,
Oo to the Hod Front Milliard Hall
for a cool, refreshing drink of tho
finest Inger ler in Iimtern Oregon.
Sonic intent mcslicino fiend sent
us n Minnie do of pills ln.it fnll.
I Wo put litem in our vest ockot nml
I hnvc never oeen nick n day tdnce.
runt letter jtot.npr, n cent
tolephono niuftnagas nnd lOoont tol
' rmph tnrnjr nro mrur xihil.
! itio. bo wvs John atintniikor.
Tim Now Hotel is permanently es
tablished in Canyon Oity. Cite this
new enterprise your tatrmiage ami lj
continced of it excellent qualities.
M. li. Tim tin, Propristor.
Parent should reiuember the
coinpulatiry education portion of tho
Oregon tattttot, wlnoh reinres nil
cliiltl run between tho ages of 7 nnd
I I yttAfri to ftllend m-ltool nt lenst
three tnontht) onch your.
At this office ran ho ceeit stteci
men of ore front (JunrUburg, ajMtvo
Prnirie City, contributed hy our
friend, the miner. Our fnilh
looks up to this camp, ns well as
the other mining ccntorc of Grant
county.
It ii said that congre will order
n loan of l.'t.tXXVXX) to tho worhl'M
fair director, which will Ikj return
ed la the eovermnent from tho gnto
receipt of the fair which is expect
ed to nmouttl to ulKtut three tiiiiun
that Mini.
Proceodingn of tho county court
will given in full next week. Tho
npsintnient of ollicors of election,
and changing tho lines of precincts,
occupied pa much time scarcely any
other business has Ihcii tlifjHiscil of
yet this week.
Gen. Olmsted, of Maker City, has
tnndc application to tho war depart
ment for ermisrtion to rniao a regi
ment of cavalry to I'njht tho Chilians.
IajU of cowIhivm in Grant county
who know (It'll. Olmsted would bo
nuxiouH to enlift in his cavalry and
oiler their service to I'nole Sam.
In this Nkws the ladiob advertise
a grand leap year hall for the even
ing of Jan. lit i. It hail always la-en
their custom to mttunito thinifseverv
four years, and as tho loan year lmfl
hns licen nn enjoyable nllair in leap j
years past and gone, it is safe to
predict as much for tho coming oc
casion. John Hurley, a vagabond youth
of Port Townseml, telegraphed his
mother, in the name of James Wil
son, that he was dead anil t'-'O were
required for funeral oxK'nses. The
KHir woman, who lives at Frederick
ton, N. M., did not have tho money,
hut wrote to tho chief of Kilico, who
was able to inform hur tlut her son
was not dead, hut in jail.
Never was tho prnsoct brighter
for any country than for the Ilarnoy
valley now. An abundance of wat
er is now asftired hy the heavy
snowfall ujHin the surrounding hills
to that there will Ikj Jorge crops of
Imy grain ami tegetahles raised in
the valley next year. This supply
of water will also enable thr miners
at the rich placer discoveries north
of Harney City to work their claims
miocefully for several months in
the spring. With a bountiful har
vest of farm produce and tilenty of
gold dust in circulation, there is no
reai-on for this country not enjoying
a healthy Ikxiiii. Harney Times.
Hon. J. IS. Huntington, register
of the Hums land ollice. bus the
weltare of Ihistcrn Oregon at heart,
and is using every eilbrt in hi pow
er to further the project of irriga
tion of tho arid bnds of this section.
Mr. Huntington recently laid tliu
matter lefore Senator Dolph, the
letter afterwards In'ing published in
tho Harney Items. This lotter will
also have considerable weight in
congress, as it presents the arid
laud question in its true lifht. Ho
also says: "The arid lands reclaim
ed in Kaslern Oregon cannot bo
missed from the hundreds of thoiu
amis of aen s w hich still Iio ojien
and awaiting some process of re
demption, which will surely come
to them sooner or later through tho
inevitable results of human eneigy."
The county court of Maker coun
ty is strongly of the opinion that
they will win the suit brought
against the county for something
like $ 12,XX) delinquent taxes duo
the slate. This is not the opinion
of Attorney-General Chamberlain,
hut should such prove to Ihj tho re
result, what a how l will go up from
the other counties. These delin
quent taxes are the state's pro rata
of lhoe county and state taxes
which linker county has been un
able to collect during the nevoral
yenrs past. Other countie have
always paid to tho state tho full
amount of the statu levy, irrostec
tlvtt of delinquencies. Suvenil at
tempt have Im-oii made before vari
ous legislatures to have these taxes
forgiven to Maker county and tho
state treasurer's Uxiks made to bal
ance, but all were unsuccessful.
Still the county refused or neglect
ed to settle, and tho state finally
determined to bring mil. If H
should prove that tho slate has no
right to a tax ustn properly from
which the county is unable to col
lect any tax whatever there will
shortly after he lilod about thirty
demands for rebate of taxes paid to
the stale ly tno other counties. And
if Maker county is right in tho stand
thai it has taken in all justice the
statu should make restitution to the
other countitw, Grygoniuu.
FIUST OREKNHOKN UULLlON.
The first bullion output from
Greenhorn mountain wns received
In the city Inst evening, brought
down by Mr. A. G. Tabor, of Gran
ite, and deposttcsl in the First Na
tional Hank vault for safe keeping,
says tho Maker City Democrat.
The bullion wns in the shajie of
three silver bricks of altout -S."T
ounces each, the three making a
good load for nn average burro.
Tho value of the bricks is 10I5I.IS
each, or S.'UIKI 1 1 as a whole.
Tho mine from which this grand
showing is made is the Morris mine,
the original discovert- claim of the
Greenhorn mountain .section, nnd
the yield of fHP.W A I is from a run I
of iwcntv-nve tons of ore in the !
Monumental ton-stamp mill at
Granite, owned and oiteratwl by
Mr. C. S. Miller.
Such evidences of mineral wealth
in the Greenhorn section is gratify
ing and Im'.-us out the statement
made in the past by the Democrat
that tome day in the future Green
horn would develop into tho richest
silver camp in the west and would
produce the world's supply.
The output just received is only
tho commencement of what is to
follow and it is safe to say that tho
coming summer will clearly demon
strntc the true merit of the mines of
Greenhorn.
W. J. Molin cV Sou, of Union
county, aro in our county delivering
the stock brand (took for which they
were canvassing last summer.
Tho county trensurer of Crook
advertises to jwiy all county war
rants registered prior to Jan. 1 12 1 It
1SD1. This is a very ool showing
for Crook county.
There is said to lie 10,(XK) child
reii in Chicago uloiie, unable to at
tend schools ln'camo of insulllciunl
clothing, and still the churches con
tribute to send the missionary
abroad to educate tho heathens!
Keeeut statistics concerning hops
shows Oregon to Ik the fourth state
in the union in the prttduction of
hoi. In ISM) Oregon hail 31.10
acre of hops ami produced Il.OI.'l,
7'Ji jKiunds. Some day the rich
meadows of this valley will bo
planted to hops, and the soil and
climate will cause the valley to hop
into prominence as a hop producer.
Secretary Husk estimate that
the brcadstuirs front this country
to Kuroo dtirimf tliu present crop
vear will be tho largest ever known
in the histoiy of tho country. Tliu
secretary also estimates that the
value of" our agricultural product
this year will exceed those of last
year'hy S70(),()00.1MK).
Melliourne, the Australian aiti
ticial rain maker, lias mado a
prosisition to the farmers' alliance
to furnish rain in llatcrn Oregon.
Ho want S7.1l) for making the
tost and Siiii against the expeiuo
of himself and another man, but
is careful in his blank contract
submitted to the alliance nt their
meeting in IViidleton about mnk
ing any condition as to the amount
of rainfall to he prsluced. Tho
alliance will demand a con tract to
keep themselves safe oil this ami
other conditions. K. ().
The lirst "bill" day In tho house
at Washington was a decided sue-co-,
as far as the number and im
portance of tliu bills introduced
aro concerned, 375 p ihlie bills
having boon introduced when the
will of tho states was suspended nt
Ohio. Four bills for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, one
each by Townsend, of Colorado;
Clover, of Kansas; Stone, of Ken
tucky; ami Martin, of Nevada,
woie introduced, Two for free
jtostal delivery in rural districts,
ono by Clark, of Alabama, and one
by 'l)onmll, of Michigtn. Cut
ting and (ieary, of California, Imth
introduced hilL absolutely prohib
iting Chinese immigration into
tho I'liiied States.
Chief Joseph, the Nc. Perec,
who devastated Camas Prairie,
Idaho, am! led General Howard
tlmt memorable march over the 1.0
I.o trail, has gone to Washington
to plead with the Indian dtnrt
nieutand tho "Great White Chief,"
to lc returned once more lo his
old home. It makes our oh! bones
ache now to think of it night ridu
make in S7i from I uioii to low-
er Wallowa by the Grande Itondo
oluntes-rs, to assist the settlers , Ion to work eiht lioui'i unch day
airaiust the slaughter threatened ! instead of six and it half at present
by tint same wily chief and his ami there is a terriblu tempest
brutal baud. The blood of their ; aiming thu clerks in consequence,
murdered victims of Camas I'rui- I If an iueieuso of tho working clli
rio and Mt. Idaho, should ho a c.ieney of thu deimitineut and a re-
wnrniii" to Joseph never to rein- 1
i i .i . i .1, , . , . , i
mum nun oi autilli; country WHICH
ho and Ins band Iransforinetl into
a desolate plain. Thu peoplo uf
this country are prone to forgive
and have yient respect for tho
bravery of an oiiomy "Kilting for
homo and li reside, 'but if Joseph
ever bring hi murderous follow
ers luiuk to tho scenes of their
btiKhury, tliuro will bo more
"Good "Indian" lyino nroniul
loose, in tlmt country 'in lost than
fl IllOlltll than would eordurot'
hheol for a mile, moro or lo.-
Cnuiilu Komlu Uhroniolo. I
PKAlRIli CITY CUAI'PINOS.
January, ID, 1S02.
Sjsiuinl Corrosondonco to Nkws:
News scarce, as hen's teeth this
week.
at hand, crop
Ico horvest is
abundant, and many are harvesting
Mr. Fink made n Hying trip to
Maker City roturning Monday even-
.Irisslit M i t 1 1 f.ln U'st iri tttnit In
sfate.'is able to lw on tho streets
ngnin.
., ii i , ii
Mrs. William Donaldson who fell
i , i ! Mill hut tin mitt IHV
kept ui doors many days. ! x!K,sitio mi that tho
Mr. Minot Austin, of Middle , action of the waves of hake Michi
Fork region camo over with a merry ' gan has undermined ami washed
jingle Tuesday afternoon. j out tho soil of tho oily so that the
Mr. Dickson, who has been con
futed to his Us I many dnvs with
lagripjio, at this writing is reortcd
lietter.
The dialogue "School Ma'am"
seems to Ikj very ltopular among tho
pupils. It will be given at our
school entertainment Fob. 10.
Mrs. Hohert Denrdorlf ami moth
er left last week for Maker City.
They returned this week and rojtort
it rather cold on tho mountains.
Some 1k vs on their way to school
stop, put up tccir (his) horse, and
..I.... ..... I . .1. . t .1 I - . 11 .
m.t earns u.o resi o. u o o.iy wuiio
lltilir ttil t-.itil n M.ltiL' thou nr.. ss
"j i n. ,., ...v
100
Wo hear favorable roiKirts of tho
school work of Mrs. Smith, who lofl
us last fall to take charge of the
school at Granite. Thus again ono
of Prairie City's teachers bus been
successful.
A church sociable at tho Hall
Friday evening Jan. for the
benefit of the church.' Oysters and
cake will ho served in tho latest
styles. Games and general amuse
ments will be indulged in. Let
thoro Iw a good turnout.
Iiin Km-oitTUit
Go to tho Ited Front Milliard
Hull, Caiivon Cily, for lino wines,
liquors and cigars.
America has shipped 87,000,000
bushels of wheat to Kuropo in tliu
hist two months and in return got
So,000,000 in gold.
Those having horses to sell will do
well to correspond with Smith Pros.,
Susaui ille, who are selling horses on
commission, at good figures in tho Iviit
and elsewhere, ' itui
Save time, temMr and rough
hands by using our Western Wash
er, livery machine warranted to
give sutistuetion. Try them and
you will buy them.
Masc iii: v Co.
Two good nineties to lent on shntes
with a line Uiuil of gol cattle amongst
them 'Jfi lioad of lino dairy cows.
School w ilhin one mile. Good lefer
enctui jcquiicd. Apply to
.tin Sunn linos,, Susautille.
Tho "oldest indubitunt" Bays
thete will bo oood crop this veiir
because of the largo supply of snow
in tne mountains and more lie
queiit showers will result through
ought the growing season.
Mr. Grant illo Clarl: has lit ted up
rooms for a hospital in the llorsloy
building in this city, and is now pin
jxireil to teceite patients, ami fill null
them quietam! colllfoi table llp.ll tllli'litJ,.
1 1 1 stock of drills and loediciniM is'
also fresh and complete.
When you send away for irisids '
remember tho linn of Collin cV M -1
Farhtml at Heppner. They not on
ly gtiarautif you lirst class gooils al
lowest prices, but they pay mail or
express charges on soino to any
stage ollice in Grant or Harney 1
counties. See their now "ad" for
j further jmrticulars.
Young .Miller, the sou of Joa
quill .Miller, pleaded guilty to tho
ehnrgo of attempting to rob the
I'nitcd Slatts mails in California, 1
mid was hciitmcod to two yiar'
imprisouiiieiit at San (Jiieutin.
When that expiios In will hn
Itrotight back to couiplute liis term
in the Oregon "pen," fnin which
ho osc-aticd, and where ho his
about a year to servo yet. He
will thus havu a variety of prison i
life and of eliiuatu anil surround
ings, though it is ni.'isoimblo to
supjKiso that neither residonco will
bo very agreeable.
It has been trojKKod to eouiiel
tliu n;ovei nmoiit clerks at Wuiliino.
duction of expenditures nrubroiii'ht !
, , . .....f,. .
lllWlll liy tlio proK)eil C.liaill'U tho
soonor it comes iho belter. The
practice of economy in this diroe- j
tion by tlio present congress will .
meet with tho appiovul of every- ;
body but the ulerks thumsolvos.
If tliu clerks don't like it thure
aro thousands in this broad html
who would bo glad to step into
their shoes and work ton hours it
day if required for tliu tamo pay. '
Tliuro is no ronton in tho world '
tihv l'ne lo Sum should not out ns
iiiutdi sorviuo for tho iiionoy as any i
othur oi..iIyyur. I
ClUCAQO TO SINK.
An ongincor has made, a mathe
matical calculation nnd as a result
j ,,0 ltom, )mcWum tliat ClicnB0 j8
doomed to early destruction. I hero
, . r,.ijI,:oll. crankiness in this
prediction, no Sodom nnd Gomorrah
business. The engineer snys that
the soil and sub-strata of the city
are incapable of carrying tho col-
1 w"ttl structures worlds
! He has figured it out that the weight
of tho contemplated building must
, depression of the ground
stratum of earth upon which t lit
cngo stands has n thickness of only
! sixteen fret and is consequently too
weak to carry the colossal cxhsi-
tion. When tho depression of the
! ground occurs tho city will sink to
a stratum forty feet iIccist than the
I present surince, ami in uus resin-vi
Chicago will olfer a spectacle never
produced by any other world's ex-
itositiou
This story was llrst published in
a Gorman pasr, and some of tho
ottier newspapers thought it would
le unwise to notice it, inasmuch as
tho prediction might alarm the
MUM
I limi, ,,ul ..ntprpHuing
I . ' . . . 1 n
jrnalists or the lake city are
booming the business, holding tho
' sinking act out as an attraction
which shuuld draw better than nnv
other feature of tho big show. Peo
ple aro urged to come oarly and
secure good seats.
l'isirie City Public School.
Tho following is a monthly roHrl
of tho Prairie City public school for
the month ending Jan In, lHU'J:
Number enrolled in high school
III, days present f"S, days absent
IUS, times tardy 1.1, daily average
attendance JIS. Number enrolled
in intermediate ."!, days present
lli!'.t, days absent 1 01, times tatdy
1.1, daily average attendance 15.
School after holidays has been
larger than before, and ninny of tho
larger pupils have entered. Atten
dance has been quite regular. Wo
again solicit inscction of our work.
Motto for the mouth "I.ifo as
we call it, is nothing hut the edge
of a liountllcss ocean of existence
when it comes uhui soundings."
F j Gnm:s, Prin.
CjiiJIilaus' Announcement.
Wo tho undersigned announce
ourselves ns candidates for tho
"heap Year Hall." Can accept but
ono partner each.
J. I.. Parrish Geo. Cutttumch
Hen Guod F. P. llorsloy
Frank Motschan Jauu-s Ferrel
Geo, llagnev S. J. Dcering
M". U. Slanseli.
'TWAS A COINCIOCNCE.
A lliiy-l'ork Ak'-iO'11 tl-luitrhMtjn lOftioii
mitl tt lint (7miioi uf It,
"I uod lo travel iiround the country w ith j
n wtoiil liny-fork,'' said the nu.ti with a
grmm patch on his Icflnyntoa .New York
Han inuii. n II came his turn lo tell a story.
"1 am net (,-unii; to say any think' about that
uilul more tliim Hull nn fnnner ever got
imy Ih'IicIH from IU W'lmt I wlh tohrliiK
nut Is wh.it liHK'l'l beeullnla curious isiln
ulili'iice, mill uno thul 1 hnvu U Irk ml rnynclf
over a huhdriHl tliinx.
"It whs In litis way," ho continued, as he
Kul settled hack on lu stsiU "Kiirmers
have ttietr wauk tisits the mun m other
folks. You can hit some of l hum hy prals-
liiK their huiwlluca, otliers hy ndimrliiK
lliolr horses, olliurs, iik'am, through tliolr
Ii0f,'s or calves, 1 lind n wny of lillllnc
tliuia nil, mid ll worUnl to my k-rcot jinilli
every time. tVhuu I gat up in tho moriiliiK,
nfter staying nil iilKhl with u fnrmur, 1 gut
ofT Mimothliigas follows:
" 'I hud a very curious dream lait iilchl.
I dronimil Hint I was dlk-k'lhk' out Iwhiiul
your Nam, Jut on n Una with u lilcUnoi
hole In the ulitti hoiird from the wrt end,
nml I umwrttnsl n tin Un inniiuiniii.: two
lliousand dollurs In grtsmlwicks. Tlimlreum
wns no vivid that 1 nluiosl feel the Ikx hi
my liundn. There's nullilng In driHUin, of
course, but I novur had ono which scoim-il
so real.'
".Mlmt you, I had tnkn noUro of tin'
Vu.il hole the eveullor before. Kumetiim-n 1
lUml tlio pU n bolilud a b.irn, ami sumo
llinea near a slump, or so many kiccs frion
a certain trno or struw stuck ; hut II win uli
stth-d on Ixiforohaud. Il wasn't one tiuo
In twwity llinl n farmer would charge mo
for my lodgings ufter giving him this
driutm. llhil'em plumb isiuter, unit they
were only loo nminus tn gut mo out of tho
wuy, so l hey could iM'glu illggiin'."
"tin on," suld sovernl voices, us ho ma)o
n long iue.
Well, one mormng, after hslglng with a
furiunrnl! night, mid gulling Ins note f,.r
II lly dollars for a Imy fork, 1 relntiil the
usual ilriwm In the usual wuy. This limo It
was buried treusuro bouoalh a stump mmr
his burn. I saw thai lie whs Imnl hit at
one, nnd ho left uu eating hn-akfiul nml
wont down lodlg. 1 wss chuckling over
Ids greenness when ho cmuo walking in
with u tin Imh ut)dir his una."
"You don't say I"
"Hut I do, nml It was a Iku ho had dug
out a foul or so holow tho surface, ll whs
hrokim o-n right tlo-n and I here, and muy
1 Iki druwuod for a jeller dog II tltti con Units
didu't siii out (l.itSu In Just u gissl grotn
Imi ks as j oil ovur saw,"
Hut but "
"Thorn wero no huts alut It. 1 fa found
tho money and kept it, as was Ills right, nml
no one ever cuuiu In claim ll. This I'J bill
WU,"J wrl,,"J kv ii to mo , .. ,
(vunl for my dream, and I in kuoplng It a
u relic to shuiv what u fool a man rnn make
of himself That's ull, genlloiueu allot
cepl that I want soiuo of uu kick mo u
soon ns poiivcntsnl ''
NEGIIO SUPEflSTITIONS.
To iii'i N eg'-shi lU hriuifs sorrow.
If sparks scatter In golden shower
from thu chimney money is coming t
you.
If the rat washos its faco with dainty
touches of tclvoty paw It's a sure sign
of rain.
If a rooster arows throo Uiuee lwiforo
tho dusir visitors may bo oxpoonsl dur-
Inn thu dav,
'' a trlttntl lay hor parasol on
KIJ'" l" i y '
ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
HKi.tnoutNO, through ltd Incorpora
tion with the Oorman Ihnplrc, has boon
rondo part of 1'iushIo.
Tiik ono part of tlio ivorhl In which
mi native pipes ami no nstlvo smokers
hsto Wen (omul Is Australia.
Tiik cultivation of Indigo Is becoming
so extensive In .laixin Hint tlieOovern
roenl has Kisseil n law regulating It,
Tninu: aro toilay In Australia 1,000
more Clilttoso than nine years ago.
Thcro nro over 40,000 Chinese In
Australia and 47,000 in Tasmania nnd
New calami; a rather largo pigtail
population, considering tho site of the
Islumls.
Tiik Australian rabbit post does not
lessen, Although Innuendo uumlicr of
the prollflo rodent nro kllbsl daily.
As many ns l.x.OOO.ooo rnbblt il.lus
hatn ttccn exjwrteit from Mew s.'-ilh
Wales In one year, nnd tho nuiiitier, In-so-sil
of diminishing, hi said lo Ih In
ureaslitg by leaps nnd lionnds.
rnoM a awr rend before tho biolog
ical section of tho llrltlnh AsssM-lnlloti
ly I'rof. NoivUm It nppears that the na
tive fauna of the Sandwich Islands Is
now undergoing modlllcittlott and l In
danger of extermination on account of
the changes which nro taking place In
the vegetation of tho Islands,
Titr. Hnifllsh nnd Hermans nro mixing
up the nomenclature of Xow (Inliieaami
the surrounding Islands in a mol hope
less fashion. Tho Cierniniis have re
n.iiaed inniiy Islands east of Now
iiilnen, whluh slneo their dlsootiry
)ears ago hnd Uirno names given to
them hy tho Kugllshlnou who found
thorn.
Tiik mottcxtiulslteomhroldcry is that
which oomes from Iiyal, In the Aioro
ilands. It is done on n lino quality of
shirting linen. After the requisite num
ber of threads nro drawn, the remain
ing nro woven hy the needlewoman Into
s square, unshisl ground, on which tho
pattern of leaf, (lower or vino Is skill
fully nnd daintily darned.
Tiik supply of onmphor on the Island
of 1'ormosa hns deoroasist to an ntarni
lilff extent. The Chinese tiutcrnue'tit,
which has had a monopoly of Uu- trade,
hss taken uo jsilus to replace the ir. en
cut down with fresh ones, and Its tery
large Income from the industry has
been reduced by seventy-live per cent.
DON'T SEOM POSSIBLE.
A I'lrt-uit'iiou youth has boon arrested
for slenllng a plana from lil.i mathor.
A r.tN.tuv has lenrmsl U nrtlculnlo
"Sweet pn-lty Isiy." tho coustaully n.
peateil address of Its mistress.
lloon mentions tho ease of a gentle,
mun who. In his sloop, eomisised anode
uf ily stanzas and sol it to mimic.
Orrln Niirthwesteru Kiinsasltsmnvcd
one day, riilnwl tho next, and on U.o
third day the thermometer marked s l
degrees,
A lUlixlKlt at Itlvorslde. Cat., linn
aken eight crot of alfalfa from o.io
Ii Id this season. It Is worth sot-etui i u
lollnrs per ton.
Turin: are lite women and one matt
lit Inir at luj A mlo rut street, Toronto,
who sleei etery night III theil- rcipi't
lie eulllns.
lliu.U'. lli.i NpH,uirr. '
I'or a time tho first ltusslan nnws.
kijsV wns (nllted and m.niavcd hy Potor
Ibo (iru.it.
Wtirro (lovrnimont Olrrk Nllloko.
l'ho Oorornmeut has at last found a
use (or that tast lnclov.il court In tho
Pension hulldlni;. No one has over
known what It was designed for except
to look suielou, nnd onco In four yenra
lo gl ri-mt for the Inaugural hall. Hut
It Is nowcoutertwd into a National suioU
Idk' room. I'or one hour each day clouds
of udmisMi smoke curl ahout the treat
columns ami lite scent of tobacco per
meatus tlio air. Oeueral Itniim has pro-
iiiinuii sinoicinif in tho Tension Oilh-o
Jurlnw' working hours, and to mnko up
lo the clerks for the privation has grant
ed them the privilege of this gruutoourt
as a smoking-room during tho lunch
hour. Almldday thfiy march about thU
tiled hall and mingle tho (slur of tho
"twofurs" wlln Hie fragrance of tho
quarter llsvsnas. The paper clgaretto
muiKies lis papor smell Willi thu rest.
The mien of tlio department have Imcii
steadily running tho elf.ar-Hmokeni out,
sud this Is tho nrstconcossloti thoy hnvo
hsd. Waililntun I.oiUir.
Tin. ilftt Iiiri't-st lilirnrli'M in (ii-rtn.-ny
IMISM'SK llUlIlt I'.'.Tllil.OlKI Volumcs.ii'Mlo I
Kiiglninl with iiIhhiI il,l"SI,l),Hi iwul ,,n',
America with nUml O.Kw.ikh vuli":u- .,
Wltlii .u-li lllii-.oy Is itiven, lsiili N 11,
iiiiiiiImt of volumes, the utinl.ilil
maiiunt for . -,i h.iM-t,, mid other i , . ,. i
fi.ituri-s Mipplnd for the, pmpt.M- 1,.-tin-
diireri iil libr.n i.iiih.
yspepsia
l'cw soplo hato suflcrrd moro severely
fr' m ilyarsl.x than Mr. I! A. McMahon, a
i !l ktii wiigrnrpref Bl.nmt.ii, Va. Ile.n).i:
" llrfuro l7 I wis In rirrllriit hrallh, weigh-I";.-
r -i" iM'unils, In that year an ailment
th v. . ! il Into acuto ilyniK-psl.t, ami somi I
w.ii ti durcd to Id; iHiuiult. tuflcrlnc hurnlmr
Intense
ruaallons lulhu stomui'h,
palplUtliin uf tho lii'ait,
nsuir.i, ami ImllKvalloii.
I rould not slri'p, lost all
hi'.iit la my work, had fltsof incl.niriiolla,nnd
fur iliyt at a tluia I would li.no wett-niiicd
il 1 1 1 1 . I Ix-cauio iimrotp, sullen and Irritable,
and fur rlnlit )rar lifo wa a bunli'ii. I Irled
man) pli) sirlant and many ii'iiii-dh's. Ouediy
a wiirkinan i-iiiplu)r.t hy me tui'grtted that
1 lako f ft Hood's
Suffering
l i. I Old so, and biforo mkliig thu wholo of
u iMiii.n I li-gau to feel like a nrw man. Tho
Imlble jtaliit to which I had been Mihji'cti ,,
rrasoil.thn latpltatloii of tlio heart ubnlilrd,
my ttumach Ik-c.-iuio raili-r, nausea ilu.-ij,.
I.tron, ana my inuro systciu hegw to
lououp. witii rcturniug
ilnnxth came artlrllyof
mind and Isnly. llcfuiu
-o
8 Years
Ilin filth Ixitllo was taken
I had legslnod my former wcIkIu nml u.itiir.d
condllliin. I am today well uul 1 ascribe it
to taking Hood's Katsapailll.i,"
N. It. If you dceldn lo lake Hood's Har-a-lanlla
do not Ihj Induced to buy any other.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
iut.ltr sll drutrnUts. fliilifurfU. l'tctistMluiilr
l y 0. 1. IIOO.1 4 C., A.tliocarl(t, Io.h1I, Mas.
100 Dosoa Ono Dollar
Ifllatltt (IftsTiHI
Mil. LtuUIsw uf altiilv isms s-.i.. ..r "
HiikIiiokk, Short hand,
0tu tXlf, I tmmHlkif JmJ Kntl,lk l)t.,lut,Ntl
SS-lil S.S.US1 ILrouihyut lbs r..i. Studrilla s.lu,li.
si soy lUM. Cstllfu. him iuSii Z&T, lui.
I'llfllalltl If !. A 1' Iris