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
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Fascinators,
lloods and
of the one “ knocked o u t” by Prof. T . ! '
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, . » 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
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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
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having a w ider circulation than I have, vo im .,
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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 •
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, 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
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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
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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
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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
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1 ami 1 we do
1 . not . i ¡can clothes, wears a pair
of eveglasses,
dear
friend I zt
Carle
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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:
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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,
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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..
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! 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.
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tim e. The view will take in lake On­
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e Niagara
A Newfoundland com pany has been tario, the tortuous course of th
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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,
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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#
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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
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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
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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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