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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1892)
MV OCR KK<1 UI.A K CoMTUIBUTOBS. ABOUT ROAD PE TIT IO N S. HURD & DAVENPORT, A careful revision of the insurances covering the property destroyed by the great fire in Milwaukee showed th a t the insurance companies lost $2,798,221. Our W inter Stock O f Boots and Shnn6 We have just Received The total damage is assessed a t $4,- An immense line of D ry Goods, H as arrived. Fine assortment f,)r As we Fiddle Creekers intend to have OOQ.OOO. Fancy Goods, L adies’ Hoods, noth ladies and gentlemen. ft, an o th er road petition ready for the shark recently washed ashore at M arch term of the county court, in lieu Mid<Uan British Columbia, had two fail to ask lor ,or our fan,A famoils T-.... L m «, Infants’ llootls not fail „ Fascinators, lloods and of the one “ knocked o u t” by Prof. T . ! ' ’ , . » vp « and Ja c k and J ill children school Sacks. Come early for bargains M. M artin and Bro. Curie, ami having distinct tai s, tree j ’ f shoe—all sizes. . been informed by Judge Kiddle, of what appeared to be th e rudim ent of a —before supply is exhausted. Douglas county, th a t if all road m atters dn or flipper hanging to the upper jaw . were sent in at the sam e tim e it would : & c,ieHtnut tree ¡n Mansfield, save exitense to the co u n ty ,and T hk W est . having a w ider circulation than I have, vo im ., — J thought if I could prevail upon your is fifty-four feet and the diam eter of the — For a generosity to publish a few lines, it spread of its branches in one direction is G r o c e r ie s , would wave a lot of hard rowing. The * |, undred feet. Ila height is eighty Few Days Groceries, Croceriesj Judge also wrote th at a petitioner or re- inoim trutor should be a householder in | Fresh stock always on hand. W e w ill close out our entire line th e vicinity of the proposed road, and When a m atrim onial suit came up le- of S traw Goods. Those desir- th e Court hue const lued th a t to mean a (;ently at W ichita, K ansas, there was no W ell Selected ing a ’way down bargain will m an living along the line of the road, or (jefenM,t 8O th a t the judge granted a di- one who wa« compelled to travel, or vorce. He had barely signed the decree Stock of Hats. In this line we ex call a t once. These goods will would travel, ¡»aid road to hi» place of go a t h a lf price. cel all competitors. when word was received th a t the d e business or jMiut-ofliee, but it seems the rem onstratora in our late |ietition took a fendant had just died. broader view of it than th a t, as th e 111a- Two Indian girls, who have passed joritv of them live a t the head of South • . , , .-„¡,.«<1 : , , , , , . , full instruction and graduated as trained H ough, near the head of Maple creek, at th e south-w est corner of CU*ur lake and nurses, have th eir applications hied for north-w est corner of Ten Mile. He did admission to the Tem porary H ospital in • • n o t say th a t a mail w ho signed a peti the W omen’s Building a t Chicago, for tion for, ami a remonstrance against, practical work there. the same road wus either a fool, had Gong H oar, grand m aster of th e C hi • • • been hypnotized or struck under the nos«« w ith a bottle, but those are my nese masonic order—w hich has ju st ded- scntlm cnts. We do not fed in duty ¡Ctttwi it« onlv tem ple ¡11 this country in — -— • • • bound to ko three mile» out of o ur way j |k # t0 „ _ is , ix (eet j reeBe, i„ Amer-1H w ith our road to build bridges in “ our M 1 1 .• 1 > a t> road, 1 ami 1 we do 1 . not . i ¡can clothes, wears a pair of eveglasses, dear friend I zt Carle ‘ * think those in the vicinity of his high- and, altogether, looks very unlike an or- way have any right to rem onstrate | dinury Chinam an against ours. And we sincerely hope Buffalo capitalists propose to erect they will have a petition of th eir own to i steel observatory 250 feet in height a t tight over, and let ours alone. AS FO LLO W S: I ■ I Niagara Falls. The platform at th e top <J C lIA IIL R H II. V a M I K K I I P H O . 8‘4c M en’s Suits fro m ................... fti.OOto JiO.OO Good Canton F lan n el.............. 3.00toS.50 10c Y o u th ’s Suits from .............. Better quality Canton F la n n e l.. will accommodate eighty sightseers at a Men’s Shoes fro m ................... 1.00 to 3.00 HURD X UAUENPURT. HURD & DAVENPORT. .ORDERS BY MAIL SOLICITED The Old Reliable dry coods house .«>£=!------------ Of J. H. McClung, OT E TT G r E KT E , — .. » • I (¡11 [ill YOU BARGAINS 11 SPECIAL L S!sc Apron Cheek Ginghams .......... i«x> Gingham s.......................... 6L«; ■ lot of Standard Prints. Double fold Dress F lan n el....... 12'¿c Elegant Outing F lannel............ Handkerchiefs from 6c upward Ladies' Shoes f r o m ............. 1.26 to 2.50 In Mufflers for Holiday Presents, we cau show you a line lot to select friWu. Jam es Brooks, a twelve-year-old lad, latest discovery near Hillsboro, N. M. ; A fine line of Ladies’, G ents'and Chll- d ren’s UNDERWEAR at astonish A Portland, Me., woman, who bus a has ju st been relieved of several inches ingly LOW PRICES.. , ,,, ! C hildren’s Shoes at prices th a t’ defy of superfluous tongue—th e enlargem ent f*« m ania for canceled postage stum ps, lias com petition. NEWS IN GENERAL. 'T tim e. The view will take in lake On | * , ____ e Niagara A Newfoundland com pany has been tario, the tortuous course of th * river, and on n clear day th e spires of organize«! to gather ice from icehregs. A m ountain of carbonate of zinc is the Toronto. over a million of them . of w hich was ascribed to a lish bone— by an operation perform ed by Dr Leach, K In the past twelve m onths the num at the C itizens’ H ospital, W ashington. b er of electric railways ir. the U nited Many persons sutler from this ailment H a te s lias increased from «185 to 400. w ithout knowing it. A will trial in New York devel«ipe«l The Board of Police of New York has tlu* fact that Mrs. Cole put silk gowns resolve«! th at policemen shall not in fu ami a sash upon a statu e of Venus. ture carry sticks, eith er by night or day Mrs. Susan Neal, of San Antonio, unless specially or«le»'ed to do so. In an T exas, w ho is rcpnto<l to la* 70 years «if emergency they may use th eir whistles age, recently killed a full grown panther to summon assistance. The men w ill i w ith an axe. curry a baton, fourteen inches long, in j An enterprising agriculturist, of Al th e ir jsicket for self-defense only. bion, boasts of having grown a bunch of The question of lighting the city of «•«•lery with twelve stalks that weighed Kuflalo by electricity generated at Niag 1511«. ara Falls has brought out a novel sug The new Moruinn tempi«* at Salt Hik»* gestion. Instead of running wires over City will be opened April fl, 189.'». It the distance it is proposed to erect high has been in course of t rection for forty steel towers at the Falls, and place re veal's, ami has cost $2,500,000. flector lights of enormous candle power Lord Melrose, doubtless tin* largest u,K>n them . The rays of these lights, it St Bernard in the world, died a few ¡„ gai(1| n u , be Made to illum inate Buf- Men’s Boots fro m . 2.50 to 5.00 Boys’ Boots fro m . l.OOteZdJ M en’s Rublx;r H u n tin g Boots 3,25to8.6# “ *• Knee Boots, so m ething Elegant 2.75 Men’s R ubber H ip B o o ts.... S.25to3.50 Men’s R ubber Boots, Short 2.76 Boys’ R ubber H u n tin g Boots 3.00 to3.25 Boys’ “ Storm K ing Boots 2.50 Men’s R u b b ers.......................... Ladies’ and C h ild ren ’s Rubbers in all sizes and a t lowest prices. G ents’ and Ladies’ Macintoshes, and Circu lars for School Girls. WE SOLIC IT Y()UR TRADE. CALL &C US “I LEAD, BUT NEVER FOLLOW!" S. H. Friendly • • D e a le r in D——C°°PS’ G ents’ F u rn ish in g Goods. AND C arpets, B oots and Shoes. C l OTHINC, Glassware. Groceries, Etc. Etc. H eadquarters for HOPS, WOOL, WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY. Highest Price Paid for C ountry Produce. E U G E N E ...................................................................OREGON. «I h . vh Hg.i of gastiic colic, at . j talo, and the cost of coPlw*r wire« to and M u sS IlC llllS ett The «I« weighed about the city and retu rn will be saved. 2191 lbs. The U niversity oi Michigan numbers ' M ajor Joseph Mugone, 82 year» of fig«*.; among hg st(hk.ntg two Vutlng c|linM e I w lio 'ta r te 'l from Oregon last Ju ly to gir|. , who are Btu.lying medicine, and i walk to Chicago, a distance of over 2000 ilM(,n<l to n>turn ()1 HoWerv mil«**«, n-cciith com pleted Ids journey. missionaries. For the convenience oi E iioh K err, a man well known at their American friend« they do not use, K noxville, Iowa, found a perfect m inia th e ir own names at present, but are • tu re e ar oi corn with grain« no larger called Mary Mon«. an«l Ada K h a n .' th a n m ustard seeds grow ing on a stalk Three young China men art* medical of foxtail. I students at the same coll. g«' THE AMERICAN FARMER. 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