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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1892)
-tl5 THE GRANT COUNT! NEE Thursday, Feb. 11. LOCAL BREVITIES. l'olitix ii lc-)initx up. Some frosty weather lately. Simply ask for an office if you want one. Ibi aura to Bead tin1 notice under "New Today." . Wo will linvo high wntor this .spring, says tlio prophet. l'nrrish and Wm. Mason nrc on In flying trip to Hums, and opct to rcturn toclny. y Alva Darn, after successfully trnp- ping nil the dnjfs in the. uuighliorhcod, caught n big wildcat at Iorovilln. Haystacks aro diminishing in somii localities, nnil stockmen would Ui pleaded to see spring cotiio in earnest, Hon. M. !. Olmsted is being spoken of as candidate for tlio mition of judge of tho supremo court of this state. linker City's foundry mid mnchiiio shop are now assured. A contract has In-on entered into for the necessary plant. Judge Clillbnl arrived homo from I'endleton Sunday. Ho disocd of a lengthy court docket for Umatilla county. Tho coiifedoraU veterans aro taking steps to imist in tho erection of tho monument to tho memory of (ienernl Grant, in New York. Harrison fired the first gun of tlio campaign tho other day. Ho "fired a Pennsylvania jtostmastor for speaking disrespectfully of him. Tlio Monument driver had another runaway a few evenings ago, and Ih cuukc his foot was slightly hurt John Fisk drovo a trip for him. Nowhere do potatoos yield no pro digiouily and of such si.u and quality as in this section. If wo hud a rail road we could ship tliem. W. A. Clark, the .Montana million aire mining man, is corresponding with parties with a view to becoming inter ested in the Ureunhorn mining camp. By paying for your Nkws strictly in advance you save f0 cents on the, subscription price. A 50 cunt piece "those hard timos aggregates a 4 dollar. By tho arrest of two coufldeujo operator! in Portland, tho attempt to set up it lottery business in that city, on the 1iuisiana plan, has Is-on nipped in tho bud. Don't loose sight oftho fact, that it Ukos push, enterprise, harmony and manufactoriiu to make a pro-spot ous county. (let onto tho combination, und then nail. Married, Sunday, Feb. 7, 1S92, by ; County .ludgo 0. I. Hazultino, at his j reiidenco in John Day, Mr. H. II. I Meador and Mrs. Alice lurnuce, both of Prairio City. Tfie T.akoviow I'Aamiuor suggesU to tho farmers of that section the pro priety of raising hogs to consume tho surplus gruiu crop and to reduce, tho price of Kicou to local consumers. Correct. Tho alliance is attracting the atten tion of peoplo in this county, but its recruits appear aUjut uveuly divided its to republicans and democrats. It will keep peoplo guessing the result of liutt flection, however. War on horse-thieve will soon Isj vigorously l-egtin in nouthe.istni Mon tana and noi t hern Wyoming. Detec tives have Imou with tho gang and thrty aro now located togethur with 1000 head of stolen stock. Ill tho extreme northern portion of Crook county man horses arc sick with a poisonous disorder. Forty head Udongiug to a Mr. Ashby, of Wasco county, havo died, and many others aro atlectod. It is claimed thoy oat a weed called rattle wcod. K. Ii. Ciroux and B. W. Lev ens, of Bkor City, will haul us soon as tho weather will permit fifty tons of kilvnr ore from tho .Montana initio in the Croonhorn district to tho Monumental mills. Tho oro will have to lo packed four miles on pack horses and tho Ltl saicu of the distance hauled over rough roads. The .Montana promises to li one of the most valuablo properties in Eastern Oregon. Sco huru, Coventor Pennoyer! You ro neglecting your plain duty in fuH ing to compel Multnomah county to pay her just proportion of state tixos, or Know me reason wliy. As you havo often said in your mossagos, the constitution requires you to see that tho laws art enforced. Why don't you do it! Havo you no Istcklsiuet Or aro you afraid of Portland money bags! talent Statesman. It has been discovered by certain eastern hnrro jockeys that a small clnctric lattery concealed in the seat of the trousers will enable any rider to put life into tho most sluggish bruto that ever sulked on a track, and some filienomenal winnings have been made ii consequence of tho discovery. Wo trust that it will not bo taken amiss if wo suggest that tho majoiity of o plo in (.rant county ought to havo elnctrio batterius alout, thuin, for if a systematic course electrical excite ment were maintainoil in tho ristr of individuals for the next six mouths it might result in their getting u "move" on them in respect to some of the es sentials of developing tho latent re sources of (Irant county, and advertis ing our advantages by tho dictrict fair. Call at Jukn's Tailor shop antl order a suit of clothes from his spring samples. , If you wish neat anil tnsty job work you on do no bettor than to call on the News. Canyon City Husolmll chili will give a grand ball nt tlio court house Friday ovening, Fob. l'J, ISO'-'. Tickets, with gupitcr, t'2.M. On ntul after Fob. 10. ISSt'J, ninglo tuouls nt the New Hotel '2't cents cash; board by tho wcok $-l.r0. M. K. Tim m, Propr. There will bo no eclipses of the Klin or the moon thin year that nro visible in this comer of North A morion. But then it is leap yonr. Town is as miirt as a last ymr's J bird's Host, but vcrylly rxjiecU tho I iiewpaicr fellons to rtutlo up itoiiM enough to makn nil rvenllent and en tertaining jmirnal. Well, hero it in. I Mr. John Powers has aMumtnl con- trol of the Onnvon City stmiu sash i , and door fnctory, and his price list j should Ik! consulted by cery jhtihiu contemplating building or improving. As a result of the Harney county minim; excitement, tho entire country" News comes from Burns that will I thoroughly prospected tho com mg season, ami much valuablo placer,: ground will undoubtedly li discolored.) Attorney Parrish will be kept busy at Bums until some time next mouth. Ah soon as the county seat testimony is liuished he "ill go to Portland to argue the case in court. The (ierman sheepherdel, who acci dentally shot himself last week, ditsl from his injuries. His nama was Win. I.iittmau, and so far as wo can loam, he had no relative! in this coun try. This great moral weekly is proud of the privilege it enjoy of deluding from iU columns anything indecent or otlcitsivc, oven though w hno the as sistance of xalucd correspondent by this course. Testimony is Isiiug taken in the Fox alley mining case, Dunlap X- Co. having until the ' Ith to put lit their plea. Brown V Hamilton, of Hcppuor, aro their attorneys, Mr. Brown is'ing present Mr. I! corgi McKay, of Waterni'tii Flat, has just returned from a trip to old Missouri. Mr. McKay took a car Irstd of horses to the eastern m trket, and informs us that ho disposed of them reasonably well. Hx-Shrriir Win. ('aril of Itke coun ty has been awarded tho contract for transKrting tho U. S. mails between tho Portland postotlico and dillerent trains, Kteamlsxtts, etc. He gets $G 100 a year for tho service. The supremo couit has sustained tho action of the state Liard of etpial izatiou, and the assessment for the present year will stand where they placed it, notwithstanding the objec tions made by home of tho counties. ' Somoliody cheated at a game of cards in Clinch county, Georgia, and as a consequence eight gentle men were slain. The people of Cieorgia aro extremely sensitive whun pcrsjonal honor is atstako. Several I, inn county men have tak en tho course at tho Keeley Institute at Forest (Jrove for tlio euro of tho drink habit, and lepoit themselves cured. Ouo of them says ho can go Hst a saloon without tho least desire to enter. A minister who claims to have foretold the Johnstown Hood is pro dieting more disaster. He should quit prophesying while his laurels aro fresh. Out longranged guess of that kind is all that comes true in the average lifetime. Pork and Istcoit will command a high price all over the coast this year. This is a significant hint to farmers in this alley, tthero grain und alfalfa grow so abundantly. And hogs have to toil not, neitherto root for a living, but see how they growl The Union county "farmers' alliance and industrial union" in regular meet ing last week, rttsolvisl that it uas not a political party, but, as free citizens, would support such men us iU mem L'rs severally kuuw would suppoit the alliance and industrial union demands. I'uiibiou agents, o long :u they live, will ncvor ccaso to regret that ("liili saw lit to apologizu rather than light. It was indeed a pity that what promised to bo bo boun tiful a liurvort should ho blighted in tho scud. But words are things, and a small (Iron of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, producu that which makes thousands, js-rhajxi millions, think. The object of this is to mako you think about tho subject of railroads, fruit dryers, canneries, porkcrios, and various other enterprises for our coun- Five candidates for sherill' were seen to meet on tho street. Thoy smiled blandly and child like at each other, then ouch gave a onto wink and then tho dark cloud that for a moment seemed to darken tho political skies passed uway, and till was shiny and bright again. Boys, that is tho truo spirit Mr. Kenneth Maoltae, of Dayville, assignee of thu Murray estate, will soil at private tale about 17r head of stock horsos, among which uro a nuuilsir of lino driving, draft and saddle animals, brood mares, and Clydusdalu, Poruhur nu und Knox stallions, (imut, Bakur and Morrow county horseman can thus secure fine animals at a Uirgain, and ucur home, at that. Lively times when conventions 1 assemble. J minis ioiks arc talking about a roller tlotiring mill at their place. Kvorylody should attend tho dis trict fair meeting at Prairie City next Saturday. I.edgcs of mineral aro to Ihj dis covered in this vicinity that are tin thought of now. People aro assembling at tho Trout crcok mines this early in tho season, wo arc informed. (Jo to the Kd Front Billiard Hall for it cool, rfnhing drink of tho finest kigtir Uor in lvtstern Oregon. Furmors' plows arc not noing around to any extent yet in this illahe, but doubtless will ere a month. Judge ClilTord will go from here to Wallowa county, where ho will cnnuitro court ouo week from next Monday. Attorney Cotad had a had grip, Minion hat retarding business in the ruforoe's court sitting on the Fox kvalley mining case. Jmlgo Dustin who sulforod a para lytic stroke, is not unyroving as nipiilly as he might. Hufus Colo of tho Siskiyou Inst wet'k sold a bunch of beef cattle to San Francisco parties, the cows bringing - j and steers l cents. The slat Ixiard of commissioners 1 for the sale of school and university lauds has selected Lawyer Cozad as the attorney for the board in Grant county. It cost (ireon Kstos fM50 for illo - gal voting at the last eleotion, that i...:.... at... it.... : i t... i. ....... in'iiig me line nil inwu i .niiiKu Cliirord in the Umatilla counts' cuit court ior The British ship Ferndalo went ashore on the beach north of the Columbia during a storm last week, and was a total wreck. Only a few of the crew were saved. Mr. ties). Snodorly is doing as sessment work on his mining claim up the creek this winter, as usual. All miners are not as persevering us Mr. Snodorly when they inuet re verses. The successful treatment of thu ores of the (iranite and Greenhorn districts by tho Monumental mill Ijives assurance of great prwqx'rity lor thu mines of theso camps. Democrat. Miners aro encouraged bv the continued protqx-etH of succosss around the Monumental, and wo all rejoice too, and the skeptical begin to have faith in (irant county's silver mines. A MinneaHtlis man bet -t'J.aO last Sunday that he could outrun a rail road train across a bridge. He lost the bet. The pastor, in his funeral discourse improved thu occasion to expatiate on the sinful follv of bet ting. Mr. Chas. Blunt, manager of the Prairie City race course, was in town yesterday, and ruitorts some snow yet in tne upper part oi l no valley 1 he road for some distance this side ' df Prairio, he says, has not thawed out yet. ''Mito socials" aro becoming a i popular pastime, and all'ord an easy j solution of the "minister's salary j problem. People attend, have a , good social time, gel outside of a ; big armful of eatables, and coutrib- ! Ute their mite. j The products of Grant county's j silver and gold mines will cause the ' fortunate miners to grow liowlugged j carrying their istcket liooks. hot that time speedily comu, for miners ! are generous and no misers when they strike it rich. There aro many questions asked and many suggestions made regard ing Few tne coming county election. 1 caiulidatou, so far, exeunt for ' slienll, liavo mailu known their in tentions, and the matter may Im rather indefinite until after the" pre finct conventions have been held. Goon Wood 2(H) cords of gixxl mountain wood, which 1 will sell for tlm next ;IU days, delivertsl in Canyon City at f 1.00 Mr cord, oush; f l.fiO per cold on liO days time. Delivered at John Day at $.!U r cord, wish; i SA.OO ter cord on GO days time. I O. (ii'Kic.ssisr. I King Kenedy's Komedy Koinbi- I nation is billeif to give a show in . this city on Saturday evening. 1 Whether or not King Kenedy court- ' ed on tho deep snow between here and the railroad we wot not. But j if ho braves it and comes ahead,' know vo that ho has pluck to give j a good show. ! That thu czar of all the Hussias ! has an incoino of f 'JA.IXXJ a day is probably correct, but ho doesn't seem to havo more fun out of it than Jay Gould has with his little income. And nolxxly over hoard of either of them marching tin to a soda fountain and invited all hands to tome up and take "suthiii." From this date until further notice I will sell grain us follows: Barley I cent per xuud; chopped Lirloy 1 1 cents; wheat (chicken futsl) 1 cunts; suod wheat at I cents, delivered freo of charge at reasonable distance. Barley for seed, almost aWlutoly clistn, I co nts. The above prices aio ouiy ior cam. i iwisn nriug nicks alio. Unnyoii City, January 'JO, '"'J. j Geo. Gu.nm.acii. . . i . . - . i til i.!.... i. t KROM THIS llUKKAt.0 MINK, w ait An cxhihititfc-nlliat attracted great attention yestarday, Bays the Baker City l)emocrawwa8 & rUo silver bricks on display nt the rirst National Bank. The bricks were brought down from the Monumental mill by Mr. A. (J. Talwr, acromitanied by Messrs. t!eo. A. Marston. J. N. Hit mars, U. II. Adam and J. J. Wor cutter as a Inxly guard, it In-ing a MiniowliHt ticklish matter for one Krroti to have o much wealth in i Mr. Cuininings' litter: t their iHiwcMion on such a lonely ! "The jtajwr, which 1 receive reg rwul as that Iwtwecn (Iranito anil ularlv once a week, is a great coin Baker City. j fort for mo to read. I got all of tho The hricks are the output of a ; news from my old homo. I sec , little less than two hundred tons of j that lots oftho old timers are pass ore from tho Bull'alo mine, alxnit ' ing away since 1 left there two two miles from the Moimmental ' years ago, and things are changeing I mill, and owned by Mr. T. W. ! all the time. Downing, of this citv, ami Messrs.) I am pleased tti hear of the mines ' Bangle and Kotheliild, of Pendleton. prostK!ctiiig and dijing h) well in The weight of the bricks is .'5,1'iSS (irant and Baker counties. 1 am ounces and tho estimated value 1 oiwuing a uuartx mine this winter. J altout $ I ."() kt ounce, tho bricks containing a xrcintagc of gold. This will mako their vnluo about f.V.00. This is the first bullion output from the Bullalo mine. The mine is extensively developed and now that the Monumental mill is in a Kition to successfully treat tho ores continued outputs will result. l'ubllt SetAllnc. I will sKak at the court house, Canyon City, Or., on Tnewlay liven ing." Feb. With at 7:.'W) subject, Farinots' Alliauc. I Initio to nave ( national organiiers hero by thu2."ith. j Joii.v C. I.tvi:. ! ' I A c,", ....... . ... .MilICO IS lirn-KV given that It meeting of the republican county ' central committee will bo held at "" co,l 1 '"'.von City, on Feb. -.'7. Mm, at - .clock n. in. for the transaction of such business as may come bofort it. A full atten dance is reii nested. Canyon City. Fob. 10. IS'.VJ. C. W. Paukimii, Chairman. ' Go to tho Bed Front Billiard Hall, Canvon City, for lino wines, liquori ami cigar. Arnold, of Missouri, hn pre sented for rt'ferenci u resolution t risjiii.ting the president lo recall the minister of tin I'nitwl States lo Chili, Patrick F.an, to tin end that reciprocity and auiiahlo lola tions between the two uoiiutriu i miiv bo maintained. I A slight but Mreopliblo shock of i earthquake was felt in Portland at I .S:!t0 on the ovoning of tho .'Id. i Buildings rocked and windows and ! crockery rattled and K-oplo rulMd h1I mcll into tho streets. The shock was hIki felt at Oregon City, ( I'orest Grove, Astoria, Salem anil Kalamu, Wash. No one was injur ' od and no damage is rcjiortcd. t Twelve minsioiiaries recently left ; Portland fur China. Thoy are all Swedes, from Nebraska, Iowa, I Hi' uuis and Kansas, and go out under tho auspices of the Scandinavian Alliance Mission. They will go first to Shanghai, where thoy will remain for two or three years to learn the language and will then lie sent into the interior of China to convert the heathen from the error of their ways. j Ilepro.-entativo I'lishticll of Win I cuiitain pioKscs the following iimcudiiient to tho constitution of j thu United Status: "Polygamy p shall nuvcr ovist within the I'nitcd j Slates, or in any place subject to their jurisdiction, and coiigrinw ! sluill have 'tower to mako all iiuud fnl law for tho enforcement of the , article and the piiuielniiout of its violation." 'I'hu iitieetiou of Utah statehood liL-..lv t,. lu....... f ii... . u .t ; : ,.,.i ;...., ,,fii ......i A bill is now ioudiiig in the hoiiso , for the admission of that territory ! as a state. Tho resolution declares . that Utah has a larger itoiiulation than tho three adjoining states of Wyoming. Idaho and Nevada com bined; that the president, in his last annual message recommended that Utah 1m kept out of statehood until there was satisfactory cvideiius that uli'uetive hi us against polygamy would ho made and maintained, be cause as a territory congress could reach and punish olygauiy, while us a state it roiild not do so; thot if the United States constitution wore amended so as to prohibit polygamy, then there would U no oxeiieo for nut admitting Utah us a statu. Kx'toriinontiiig is often of great benefit to farmers, and can do no harm oven if no U'liellt accrues. T,l,. - n "'" W )uvo of mix.- 1'iax.it is turn i. will crow iimj lloiirish in dry wcathur whun grain will dry up. Tho farmers over in Washington receive, deliver ed at the won house, from f 1.10 to i. '2'i mr bushel. Farmers in tho Palouso that raise llax for thu seed cut no hay for the stock, or very little, lor llax straw is very niitri tious and stock will leave all other kind of hay for it, they stay fat on the straw all winter. It in a vury profitable urop. After raising two crops they change for a while to other grain, hy m doing it is not co hard on the Und. Flax is not ruinous to land if uianutted riuht nun wiore is no reason wny tlio dry warm land of Uaetorn Orugon should not produce good lias. i.i " . . r OUK FRIKND IN MAINE. The Nkws is in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. I.. Ctitnminirs. who is at of the liomo of his youth in Aucustct. Main, enclosing .1 00 for his Nkw.i. .Mr. ( umtiiing.i is favorably known all over Kaslem Oregon from his long residence here, and his friends will be glad to hear of his good for tune, for his letter convoys informa tion concerning a quartz initio in which ho is interested in that state. Following are a few extracts from It is twelve miles from the capital! , of Maino, and 1 think it is going to , U a rich mine. We find cold, sil- ver, copier and tin. We have had seven assays on the ore and by as many illtlercnt assayers, and the least assay on the four different minerals will pay for working. We , are only 12 feet down now and it seems to prospect better as wo go I down on it. It seems to bo a well ! defined quartz bilge. I shall got out WX) or .""(Xl tons of quartz tliis winter. I have gut a man In Cali fornia now who is after stamps and machinery to work the ore. lie has bud Id year s etterience in quartz mining, mostly in New Zealand and Australia and ho thinks it is a great thing for the State of Maine. I shall put up a small mill early in the spring and work the ore. "The lode lias Ik'cii traced for over .'10 miles. Some three weeks ago up in Unity a quart bulge was found which assayed on surface t l'J gold, i'2 1 1 silver M-r tun, and four feet from the surface til guld, silver or ton, that is on a lino with the mine that I am working on. Thuro (-"fins to be quite an excitement aliout the gold mines in the State of Maine now and I think next sea son then will he mime prospecting done all over Maine. We are having a rather light winter here so far hardly snow enough to mako sleighing. Wo were thinking of getting tho old Spriugllelds out and scoured up to moot inu unmans, nut wo wore too slow to get at them when tho news came that we could let them ha uk, for there was going to bo no war. i nut was gooo news lor wo do not want to hurt any one with our little navy. My regards" to all old friends. J. I,. Ct'MMIMIH. Prospectors are anxious for thu snow to leave the gulches, so they can strike the lead. A ludy wrote to a .Missouri ed itor for a 'receipt" for pies and the isiitor icplictl that ho would send the receipt ins soon as lie received the pies. An Illinois congressman has in troduced a bill providing for a grad uated Income tax. I percent on in comes from -M(XX) to 1U,(XX), '2 pur cent on those Itet ween ?KI,IMX) and $'J.",IHK, .'! K!r cent on those between :.'i,( XX) mid f.'O.iXK). I M-r cent on those between f.'iO.IXX) and $KX),i;iK) ami .ri tur cent on those above the latter sum. Taxpayers all over tbostateought to take a great deal of intercut in the new state capitol dome, especial ly as thoy are paying fl!tl,(XX) for it. The plan which was accapted by thu board shows the dome will bo 100 feet from the ridge of tho roof to the extreme top. On the sides of tho structure there will Ik a num ber of windows which will furnish ample light to the rotundas below. Thu framework will bo of steel and the upper part of the domu will be covered with cop'Hjr. A l'AI'li:u w lit: trunli u one ( Hie !ntHU Ideas. It Is a terror to the liug-trHiro-Miianlicr, who tliuU It practically inileslnuiilile. O.vi:o( tlio novelties at tin world's fair will W a miniature Vciiic. IIoiim-s will Iw hullt out into the lake nml con nected liy eauuU simitar to IIiomi in thu Venetian city. Ila. Nvuiitz, a l'liUlmrffh physte'.nn. Is lit work iim an linmeiiso papier- muehe mixli'l of the Iniiiiau heart fur xlilliitioii nt the w. .rlil's fair. It will Is three feet in il;ameler, and will open tn show the Inner ineelinnUm. Tin: ol.l uylnir that ym "can't make a whistle out of a plf's tall," has lieen disproved liy Dr. .1. J. .Mills, of 1'oit .lervln, X. V. lie has fashioned a whistle nut of the lianlemvl skin of u pig's enuilal UiM-iiilaife, nml plays "Vunkee IIikhIIu" uu it in a vury iuspl itlug iiiaitni-r. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. Lincoln, Neb., will soon havu a com plete system ut electric street railway. A.n electric rallwav Is to Isi Imilt Ihi tweeii Aakurlllu ami Itiitliurforiltnu, N. C. Tin: moat exmiislii street car In the world Is owned hy the Troy Klectrk Ituilway Car Company, of Cluvulaiul. It coot lu,uoo. Tun town of Dovor, N. II., Is spocially fortunate in U'ing uliltt to operate thu ilyiiiniio. w hk'h furnUh the eleclrliily fur tlm strset ritilways, by water. A.N electric railway In South KL I mi. Mo., has liiBiijjunileil an elec tric expn fur thu carrying of express umtl.r U-twiHn thu cuulur uf thu city ami the suburb. Tuc elwlric railroad oonnMtlngOrent I'allt Hud Hover, .V II., earned from Au.-ust IT, tsvo, to June 30 uf the pres ent year $00,1 15.00. Thut is at the rate of 7 1st cvut. ou the money lurcstcd, PROMINENT AMERICANS. John J. Ino.imj has In Ills povtc.vstoi the clock which Wept time In the L'nltoi Stales senate fnmj ISIO to IMKl. Vun.v Otsinfo Prnncls Train, tlio cIoUi trotter, stoisl In JackHin, Mich., the other tluv he prewiite.1 each reirlor In slRlil with a Clunene cane. Vit i: I'Hi.siiiK.Nr .Mourox Is MtUI to wear the Wat wig ever wit In Vah lm,'tHt. It It nlHitit two-third gmy, nnl Is nrtftilly hikI nrtiklicnilr arriiiiKVtl to hariiioiilio with hU KnO' cyen and light erehnms. Jl stlii: I'ln n of the t'nlted States supreme court ismiils as his ttwl opKr ttltllly In gnltl grvnt uenltli Ills ioIiimiI forty mill years nip; to lioj a wind lotif nlt the Palace hotel in San PranelMn f..r H..MW. That lot. dlt liliHl In two, has luce Wen MUI for SI.OOO.ihM. Si.x Mini Mt I'liDHwtN, of New Jerey, owns one nf the lloekt snlmou slroains In ( aiinila. the Nu-.liRMiiaM, ttlucli Is rvnilel to U alire Mtli gamy tlsh. Tlie witnUtr'n anir!lK titlll Is uf Irre-pisMu-linlile exviientf- In fail, the s,-n-al.tr ImtiM-if U'ttoteK It to lo tho llneat In America. MAI1VCLS oT NaTuIIE. Tin nt: Is an Uiai.! near Menominee, Mieli. ttlucli Is lltor.tlly ullte ts .lit uurins that (.warm over eervtltiiif, Mlul nliiil Kitriiu., I. b. U L.lul .-.. , sxuxu that no one will visit It. Ui:ti( the i-anleiierti of llnyou Saru, ill Uonsianii, lots lusMliti'tsl a tiiiiialu Unit eljfli-. twenty icli i.illliilv anil lie now ii-.ispmh to rest on his laurels until his ciiiii'ietiliirfc keif Imp llli Mint. U'.k of the iirettiesl slimy In Marshslh tile, lilt , Is sattl to e a ih-ih Ii irelianl of six thousiiiiil Irees, ptanleil liy the eoiiqiaM In iwtiareK, well tllieil. Is-.iiitifully iriiniiii'il, ami each liinh ifraei'fnlly IkimIiiik miller the precious liiirtlcu of u hlushiiiif Is-. miles. A i.ahiik Mind at Norwich. Conn., U so prolitlc of lilies that dill lug the him- son. Ill); tune It Is html to gel a gbiupM of the water. When the wind is strong ntul the lilies are nvu the ierftitnc of them Is Krci-pllhlc a quartet of a in le a ay. Tin li'ies are so n ..-k tlntt it is aim ml lni.'ia.ililc to prupol u Isial Uiroiigh tliem. I'OWDEH AND PAINT. It is an uuliltishiin; fact thai the rer elieeks of the niislerii city lieue mo ilue tonrt. -Texitk Mfl.nfc-i. TiiM -" They Mty that the eldest M'.ss Snillli Is ait nrul. nml p i.ts very well." .lack -"I shnii.il say lier inotiier iliil also: how ymmg she limit."- Yankee lllndo. A MctMiiiii.. He -"U'hitt a pretty (ftrl! II tten t I seen that face some it here?" She l think not. 1 itnii'l tlniilt l.he put It on more Until an hour siiii-e." luiliaiiaisilN Journal. A r Tin: II vt.t. .lack -"What a lorely irirl Mlsii llloiHlwbjf Is' A heavenly. Ilower-llko fane!" Tom -"Yes, very llnur like. Iiooli at my in nil sleere. 1 tlaliecil the last waits twin hor."-liilp. Miss I'i ss vm-i: t i iii.Ii ." Jit,,, to iMe a ifirl stick to her color." Yiinif ("rim--onli.-.ik iliriishiiirf the paint from his iiom'I "Sailo 1 mid I like in sie tier m.ors stick to hoi." Youkuni Slaton mail. DUDCS IN DISTRESS. "I svt, Cholly. how do you weckon it until iu-iiiahs a How of ideas?" "I don't know, weally. unless be gets wu tall on the liwalll." Washington Post. A Ilu.ctitiA. Charles (loiiiiltur) "If 1 iiiterpwet her wemarkH fntowably, she says It's my aUmiuialile conceit; nml if 1 iuterpwel them unfarowiility, she says 1 am saudlcus." Ilnrt urd l.auixnin. DfiiKi.c.inii "Aw, Nicely, old follah. yon look tiahd." Nicely "Jove, old chappie, hut I should fatvney I ml.-lit. Ileen working all the inawnliig," lludii-leigli-.-'WorUing? Why. how, old fel lah'.'" Nicely -"I'vo Ikiii Inhowiiig iinilah an Impression." -Ilostou Courier. A XtriKU MisrAKi:. -Hyde -"J saw Cliurlle ranshawu on Mlclngitii avenue this afternoon." I'nrker That's bit silile, for Charlie sinrti-d for lhirnsi yesterday." Hyde- "Well, then ll must hate U'eii some dude with a dog and cane Just like Ids."- .Saturday Kvuuiiif Herald. Those having horses to sell will do well to correspond with .Smith llro,, Susaiiv ille, who aie selling liorsns ou commission, at oOU4 ligunw in thu lvnst and elsowheio. 3iu Save time, temper and rough hands by using our Western Wash er, livery mueliino warranted to give satisfaction. Try them and you will buy them. Hasi iii: ,v ( ii. Mr. Granville Clark has titled up looms for a hiMpital in the llorsley building in this uity, and is now pie pared to receive jNitiiuiU, and furnish them ipiietaiid comfortithle ituiituieiiU. His st'sik of dings and uieilicliies is also friwh and completo. Two good lunches to rent ou shares with a line laind of good cattloauioiigst them 'lit head of lino dairv eous. School ithin mm uiiln. Good refer eucoK 1 1- jtii nl. Apply lo Hui Smith linos., Susantille. When you send away for gtsids reuienibor tlio linn of I ollin v .Me Fnrland at Hcipiier. They not on ly guarantee you first class goods at lowest prices, but they pay mail or express charges ou same to any stago olllco in Grant or Harney counties. Seo their new "ad" for further particulars. . A Call. ' To tho mombors of tho democrat io central committee of Grant coun ty. Gentlemen; You arc hereby requested to muot at the court house in Canyon Oil v. Or., on Saturday, the 'J7lh day of February, IS'.IU, at tho hour of two o'clock, p. m. for tho )iurNwo of fixing a basis upon which to apHirtiou the number of delegates to the county convention allowed to each precinct, and for fixing a time for holding the pre cinct primaries, and county coiivcn lion, and for thu transaction of such other businoss us may projiorly conic before tho meeting. A full personal ntlumhtiico is OiirnoHtly requested. V. G. Co. a i), Chairman, Piilt.Ainit.i'iitA Is lint no slow after nil. A sixteen-year-old lny wus recently married to a woman aged twcnty-llvo years. A (irouou exchange explained the recent attsciico of editorial matter from nit (stoic by saying that It was loo hot to write. Sour, rich landlord la Philadelphia reward prompt tenants hy allowing live 1st cent, discount on rents paid on the I i lirst of too month. A convict out In Ohio, lit giving Ids wife a tartlltg hiss, slipped Into her mouth a note telling her where some of his IsHtty was hidden. A Cute too gambler fell dead with three jacks ami two sixes In his hand. Prom the gnmlilerV polm of view ho hml much to live for. Tin: Missouri rlror Is cutting n new channel nt St Joseph, Mo., In such a wny ns to lenve tho new one million dollar bridge standing over a dry spot. Tun big clock In the tow er of Phila delphia's now city hall Is to bo wound by a steam engine. Owner of Water bury w utchca w ill bo Interested lu Iho cxis'rimeut. .Mai'i.i: Mignr on snow was tlm nt trtu'tlon at a recent milherlng near North Adams, Mass. Tlio snow had Wn kept kIiico winter under a thick coterliitf of spruee lint Itches. I.s the Interior of South America chisHtlate, roccsillilU and eggs nru Used ns currency. ' Tim Zulu woman Is the architect nnil builder of the Zulu Ihiiim. and her hus band Is not to lilame It she iIimimi'I havu enough eloM't roin. Tut: (Weans are the largest eaters 1 knot. It. Their slomaehs nrx ircuerallv iiiinormai in sue, ami iiienne stsstwlit'f the litrgtAl Is gottorully considered the richest. I.N the towns nml cities of Chill all the shiipptni; of any couciiictico Is done In the oveuiiiKr. In Santiago the stores nro osni till mlilnight mid during tho hot afternoons, w hen eteryhody takes k siesta, they are hs-ked up. In Mime parts of China opium Is iimmI as a medium of exehaiiKe. the ureal weight nf the cuisr tsiliiuue reiiilei".u;r it unsuitable for the purMc, nml the sliver Isirs Is'ing of ton (rtx'tit value to lie available in small transactions. Tiiavi:i.i:iis In (Vylon am astoulshcil to discover that Iho men theto urn far more graceful limn the women, They are Isitter looking also, and iln'M iniiro stylishly, while the women wink In ti n lletds und Ih'coiiii' coar'.e nnil homely. POWDER Absolutoly Puro. bL, OTHER, Toij&ecojr "You cannot nialvc 'i silk jjurse out of a sow s cai- is an old adage. No more can you make good smoking tobacco out of poor, liali curcd leaf. "Seal of North Carolina" has taught smokers that old, well se lected t o 1.) a ceo makes a smoke that few cigars can equal. P..WJ iii t'tifni CUU W,W .hi In IViL STARRETT 'S GARDEN SEEDS! Have hcou umsl all over tho l'auillo Noi th west for tlm past 18 yearn. Komi i.n..M i. i Isjttor, ru sit gooo. Garden, Flower and Seeds. Grass Fresh! I'urel A'ooliin.tted! aloguos free. Addritks, Cat- who. STAitiurrr, Walla Walla, Wash. Qfm k"PTAt l'2J WWW H.rID Y I n Pi. U ill ' Hi