r " f A D V E R T IS E R S SIU3LAWS ONLY PAPER. O P P O R T U N IT Y f •* NO. 41. 1 -4 Knocked Off H O T BLO O D IN C A M P. STATE OFFICERS M A R G U E R IT E , S TE A M E o — W ill m ake -------- o Steamer Robarts Will make regular trips ARMY QUARRELS T H A T ALMOST END­ ED IN TRAGEDIES. from lovernor................................. T. T. Geer. R E G U L A R D A I L Y T R IP S cretary of 8 ‘ata............... F. I. Dunbar. ------Between — treasurer............................. F. 8. Moore. lupt. Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman |tate Printer.......................W. H. Leeds, ittoruey General D. K. N. Blackburn ................. It. S. Bean THE STEAM ER Calling at the UMPQUA. ............... F. A. Moore ___C. E. Wolverton I For passenger and freight rales ludge Second District. .J. W. Hamilton prosecuting A ttorney.. .Geo. M. Brown — APPLY TO — Th « Story o f a C ap tain W h o H a d M o rd e r Florence to Yaquina Florence and Head of Tide. “ Florence “7 * AIf to \ Coos A“L Bay trom In H i t H e a r t—A F lo ry L le n ta n a a t Colo- n r l W h o W a n te d to K i l l H l! S u p erior OWoar— A Peaceniakinc A d ju ta n t. "Tragedies in our own camps, oul- sida of battles, wero more common than tho public knows, ” said a distinguished soldier. "The shooting of Major Genoral N el­ son nt Lonisvillo by Brigudler General Jell 0. Davis because Nelson in a fit of Meyer & Kyle, Florence, Or. enger hud called Davis a long string of Will carry freight and passengers O O UNTY O FFICERS ltnrd names, is bne of the few that tim e from Florence to San Francisco. to the surface. You wouldn’t think it probably, bat I myself was once so close W ill also briug op freight ,E. O. Potter. »dg«................. S T A G S L IN K . to a tragedy that it makes my gray hair I ............. W. T. Bailey #»» « ’ . . . **• ommissioners 1..........H. D. E Edwards rise np as I recall i t For further information inquire "W hile a number of officers of tho |le r k .......................... .................E- u - Lee regiment were in the major’s tent I said - OF — Stage Leaves Steamboat Landing on Verier ...........................W. W. Withers something that a captain took excep­ reasurer..........................A. S. Patterson tions to, ami n war of words followed. A. W. BEADLE & CO. the Umpqua for Florence Saturdays. Issessor................................D. P. Burton When ho pinniped out, ‘You are a liarl’ fehool Superintendent---- W. M. Miller 14 California St Returning, Stage Leaves Florence I struck out with my right and set him L._____ i ’ M. C n l l i f i r irveyor................................C. M. Collier to bleeding. Ho came book at mo like a San Francisco, California. ' Sundays. oro tier W . P. Cheshire tiger cat. We clinched and for throe or C. H. Holden astice of Peace. Extra Trips When Necessary . E. A. Evans four minutes had it hot and sharp; then instable. . . . tho others separated us. He made ull Charges Rensonable. sorts of threats. I was adjutant. He ranked me, and I confess that for a time CITY OFFICERS. 1 did fear he would make me trouble in tho way of court martial, but tho mat­ _____ W. H. W&atherson ter seemed to blow over. Bsident. “ One fall afternoon the captain invit­ ST A G E L IN E . O. AV. Hurd R ed mo to tako a walk with him. Think­ Win. Kyle E . B a n g s , P r o p r ie to r . ing that oar troubles had completely bard of Trustees J. L. Dahlin U healed, I consented. On the way hack Stage leaves Eugene on Mon­ I will. It m ites the liver, kidneys, M. Morris skin end bowels perform their to camp wo passed through ml orchard. days, Wednesdays, and Fridays at proper work. It removes ell im­ I climbed a tree to get some apples. N corder.....................John I. Butterfield 6 a. m. arriving at Florence the purities from the Hood. And it Just as I renehed for an apple I saw tho day following a t 10 a. in. makes the blood rich la 1.3 life- Measurer.............................. F. B. Wilson captain reach for his revolver and glare S Returning stage leaves Florence giving properties. ,rshal............................ G. C. Cumpton at mo like a vory fiend. Instantly! loos­ Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri­ P u llm a n ened my hold and dropped to the ground. To H a s i o n days at 2 p. m. arriving at Eugene Seizing a stake. I took my place by his R o o o m y S le e p in g C a r s the following day a t 9 p. m. side and said, ‘Now, you oowardly dog, You will be more rabidly cured SECRET SOCIETIES. put np (luit4(unor I’ll brain you.’ This E le g a n t if you will take a laxative dose cf Ayer’s pills each night. They time ho was kept on a hot griddle for a D in in g C a rs arouse the sluggish liver and thus Single fare - - - - $5.00 month, though I made no threats and f.A A .M . Florence Lodge No. 107. cure bilicui.nets. Round trip - - - - $9.00 had no thought of reporting his attempt Regular soinninnication on second T o u r i s t to assassinate mo. Tickets for sale at E. Bangs’ WWtj fa n u r O o c f o p a . S le e p in g C a r s fourth Saturdays in each month. W o h a v e th e e x c lu s iv e s orvlcna of “ Tho next light we got into wo made livery barn, Eugene, and at O. W. lo n w o f t lie m ow t o iu lu o n t p h v n ic la u s in E. W. Conn, W. M. S T . P A U L _________ up for good and all and remuined fast th e U n ite d S ta te n . U r ita f r e e ly a il th e H urd’s office in Florence. p a r tic u la r a in y o u r chso . 3, M ills , Secretary. friends until the final round up, when M IN N E A P O L IS Address, D it. J . O. AYER. L o w e ll, M a u . General Joe Johnston hud his men - All through freight on the stage DULUTH throw down their guns and go home to A. R. General Lyons Post,, No. 58 either way between Eugene and ‘lnuko a crux. ’ It huppened in this way: FARGO i meets second ami fourth Saturdays Q R À N D FO RKS Tho colonel had given tho order to form Mapleton, will be charged at the each mouth at 1 :30 p. ni. TO 8. B. Ooi.vix, Commander. lino of battle. As adjutant it was my rate of two cents per pound during CRO O KSTO N duty to see that each captain carried J. L. F uesisii , Adjutant. W IN N IP E Q the months of October, November, : out tho order. When I reached the would bo assassin and had porfanned December, January, F eb ru ary ,! H E L E N A and O. U. W. Perpetua Lodge, No. 131, my duty and started to go away, he March and April, and ono cent per i meets every 1st and 3d Tuesdays BUTTE caHid out, 'Adjutant, come back.’ ***** ***** eii month. Members and visiting When I complied, be took my hand, sthren in good standing are cordially T H R O U G H T I C K E T S pound during the months of May, looked me squarely in the eye and said: June, July, August and September. ritod to attend. A. O. F unk «, M. W. MARION MORRIS Pro’p. TO ‘Lieutenant, cun you forgive me for all J. K notts , Recorder. C H IC A G O Shaving . . . 15 cents of my meanness to yonf I hope so. I W A 8 H IN C T O N have nover had a g'ssl hour since that Alex. Patterson, M. D. ). O. F. Heceta Lodge No. I l l , meets • - Hair Cutting as incident in the orchard. * jvery Wednesday evening in Lodge P H IL A D E L P H IA G ardiner, Oregon. Razor Honed '* ‘W illi ull my heart, captain. No 35 11, Florence, Oregon. Brothers in N E W Y O R K one but you and myself knowaouything Scissors Ground kt standing invited to attend. >5 BORTON A N D A L L all mt that little affair.’ F. H. Alexander, N. G. "As I said, nothing else come up to Special attention to Diseases of E. A. Evans, See. P O IN T S E A S T and S O U T H F lo r o n o e O regon separate us while in the army. Wo f o r In fo rm a tio n , tim e cards, m a p , and tic k e t! the Eye. never met aftor being mustered o u t Ho J . O. F. Maple Lodge No., 139, meets etc., call on or w rite ** . s TRY THE . / died thrro years ago. Gf coarse I could every Thursday evening in Neely’s have sent higi out of tho army in dis­ M c M u r ph ey , |ll, Seaton, Oregon. Brothers in good NOTARIES. “ HEW HOME” SEWIHfl MACHINE. grace and placed him in the peniten­ General A g e n t Hnoin« 2 and 4, Shelton Block, nding invited to attend. tiary after be Was out, bat I*vu always E U U E M K , OKHUOM. G eo . B. G amp , N. G. l>eeu glad 1 did not. He was a good sol- F eed O. Pali., Sec. A. R. BUTTOLPH, A- D C H A R L T O N , dior in battle, us bravo as they made Assistant General Passenger Agent, them, but a bulldog in camp. He loft 256 M orrison St., Cor., 8d. tho nrmy a major. His name? Nover P o r t l a n d , O r . O H liR C H D IRECTO RY mind that It is a true story. I wish it were not, for 1 cannot forget that at one FLORENCE, OR. time in my life I was in a fair way to O r e g o n F T o r n o e , IE9BYTERIAN CHURCH, Florence, bo murdered." i § jregon. Sabbath service: Snhbath- “ Kup jrt to your liuadquartera under ol, 10 o ’clock a. m. Preaching 11 arrest, sir. ” FRANK B. W IL 8 0 N . ck a. in. and 7 p. in. Sacrament of Tlio colonel of a western regiment Lord’s supper on 1st Sabbath of hissed that remark to bis lieutenant iiary, April, July and October, rybody is welcome to all the services, colonel as ho dismissed tlio parade ono or reiuests Christians to make evening in December, 1864, a fow miles FLORENCE. OREGON »selves known. luck of Petersburg. E V E lt Y T IIIN G FIRST-CLASS. I. G. K notts , PaBtor. "1 refuse to go. d------ you,” was tho reply. Special Attention to Commercial "Adjutant, fpo that Licutonant Colo­ nel Blank goes to his quarters at once," ATTO RN EYS * Travellers. said tho angry cclouol, who was in the right, for tho lieutenant oolouel, who showing the dif- _______ __ _ _ ferent styles o f hail been drinking, had disobeyed or­ C. WOODCOCK, 8 e w in g M achines w e m anufacture and th e ir ders. prices before you purchase any o th er. The adjutant knew both officers well, Of Eugene, Oregon D. W . S T I3 3 E N 3 , Proprietor. THE HEW HOME SEWIHfl MIGRIHE GO., and that it would not do for them to O H A .N G E , M A M , F l o r e n o s , O r e g o n .. come together thnt night. Ho had a M U nion Square, N. Y. Chicago, III. 8t. Izwits, Mo. O regon tg e n e , merry timo of It keeping them apart. Dallas, Tuxaa. Ban Francisco, C al. A tla n ta , U a. Tlio lieutenant colonel would jump up „ .- R o o m - 7 and 8 M c l.« r» ii> B uildin g, FO R S A LE BY Tables furnished with all the nal a tte n tio n g ira n to collectio ns and pro* and start for the cabin door with a i buffine» Good dealers wauled hi every town. threat to go to the colonel's quarters delicacies of the season. Give us : Write (or prices and term« to ban Fran anil cut him down with his sword. He , ciguo, Gal. a call. was a powerful man, aide to carry oat E . E . B E N E D IC T , A General B anking Business his threat unless the colonel should get tho drc]>. Guoe tho arrested oflloer got 5 R .N H J Y - A T - L A W . Transacted on Favorable Terms away and was half way to the «.lan d 's cabin, with sword diawn. "Stop, , Dr&fta on the prin cipal cities of the Oregon. F lo ren ce. m an,” said the adjutant. ‘‘Would yon 4 U nited Slater and foreign countries. T w e n tv -th rs e bint your record of throe years by com­ ( Interest allowed on Demand CcrtiGcntcs of M ile s W e s t mitting murder? Think of that Think [ Deposit when le ft stated periods 5 0 YEARS* of your wife aud children. Come bock E u g e n e . ' Collections receive our prom pt atten tion . EXPERIENCE Q . i - k l . e-mre!. Ova T'l Dill W OTS SATZST to your quarters. You shall not go a 0 B T A IB 1 D . H»>nd Btodsl, sketch or photo, with C ity and County Warrants bought. «kw-rlption ft r fr r * rcp*.rt ..iffb pat-nfLbllity. 44-?AOI rtep farther in that direction until you TtAITD-BC'Og FYBs. CmtaiRS r»frr*a«A« and h ill information. W R IT S FoU COPT 0 T OTO B rB O IA i. have killed ma ” W . E. B R O W N , D . A . P A IN E , 0 F F E 2 11istb®¿Bost 11 hare) prLpc’ lfi nsrsrsiad« by "1 don't want to kill you, but I'm President. Vice President. a paUr.t attorney, and «VFAT TW Tff)K*0B BB0ULD AiAD It fcefor« M p i/M g for putsat. Adorjss: going to kill the oolouoL” F. W . O S B U kN , W . W . B R O W N , “ All right, kill him, but wait nutil C ashier. Ass t Cashier. I RASE IYIAH a :» tomorrow—until it la light. Don’t shoot D esigns rtA T E N T LAW VCRS, a man in the dark. That is no way for C opyrights A c . IL. Dr i t Fid,. W ASHINGTON, D. C. a brave man to da ” Anyone tending a «ketch and deacrtpttnn c.ay aBasaenasaaBRSB alcklr aacertatn nnr opinion fra® whether aa M o n e y Saved Ho wont back to bis bunk and slept u w U o n la probably natontahla. Cnmnunkn- roiifldentlal. Handbook Iron c Patenta ■ ffti i c ily c o iti until morning. When he awoke, be B y _ ___________ I fre e . O ld ea I t agency for Recur*ng imtenta. came to mo and said: [Patent* taken through Munn A Co. recelv® iY«elf h a re been m y w i f e e n d ttiy i * I notte®, without charm, in th® P a t r o n iz in g it . “ How can I get out of this scrape, Q a tn g C A S C A H E iS and tci they are th® best In tbe boune. La®t medicine we ba re ever had 1 adjutant?” ' wools my wife wna frantic w ith hbadacbo for “ Write the colonel an apology.” two days, she tried som oof your C A S C A K E T S , ihandammaly llhiitTatcd weekly. largest elr- llatloa o f any acieu title Journal. Tara»*. |3 a Proo and they re llo re d tho pein in h e r head almost Qeo. H a le He wrote it, aud the adjutant took it Sar: four nontbs, | L Seid by ail newsdealer«. Im m ediately. W e botli recom m endCaacareta.” i n e G iallew onian o i Hew York City to the oolouel, who read it. Lughed and O kas . STEnBronD. an ««gent tn y v r town. I t give i prr.raklivff P itts b u rg Safe & D eposit Co , PUtaburg, Pa. said, “ Bring Colonel Blank to my quar­ C t U u u is , it*«.ycle', A.win«« Maehtge«, Deffkff, ><41 C E N T R A L L Y LO C A TE D . c f D bea. R'nc«, Ws.tc»ie«, sritn bad W .i« » .. ters. ” Tlieymct like a pairof brothers, lla n d * a r i P»e(a, « w ; i” l w , «botti tw® budnclU nec<$®fiwe a t-MrriÆWTiG C A T H A R T IC CAR b - teewred wfehout coating on« ceni. A n*w and that ho prevent«' an army tragedy, and t t tr s r * i* s p ira ci « a iv rin f wubvwt if»® et jcc'.ionabie features vf (Rn«R**«tig I gnesu bu did.—Chieagu TiuieS'Heruid. F IR S T -C L A S S . SOLO | {¡¡V?a pr5i L U E L L A Yotir heart beats over one hurt- i dred thousand times each day. One hundred thousand supplies of good or bad tlood to your brain. Which Is it? If bad, impure blood, then your brain aches. You are troubled with drowsiness yet cannot sleep. You are as tired in the morning as at night. You have no nerve iower. Your food docs you but J ittle good. Stimulants, tonics, headachcj pomders, cannot cure you; but f H. H. Barrett, Prop’r, ~ D R Y GOODS, BOOTS A N D SHOES ¡are sold cheaper in our store than any other store in the County. C o m e a n d . s e e OPPOSITE HOTEL EUGENE EUGEiNE-FLORENCE J. V. Hauffeo.au EUGENE, Lane County, Oregon. ........ ......... REMORSE. Bed lip® Spoiled the Rescue. M m th a t d a m hi y q u iv e r fo r hi® A n d now b u t fondly touch hi® B<«Tr®y*h "< *»M i x ff**n >•»*• I'le s *. G C W T IC W O M A * F U S L U M H IO C OM PANY, í»a¿$ffnr®iw/r»$ f i t l l J h 9 , A®<® lu*/; C 1 remember a enriona Incident con­ nected with the tap root of an oak. This oak. a good tree of perhaps 800 years' growth, was being felled at Bradenbaoi wood when the woodmen called attention to aouiotbihg (SK-uliar on the tap root On clearing this of soil we found. that the object was a horse­ shoe of ancient make. Obviously in the beginning an acorn must have fall­ en into the hollow of this cast abo* and aa it grew through the alow genera­ tions the root filled np the circle, car­ rying it down into the earth in the process of its increase till at length we found wood and lrou thus strangely wedded. That tap root with the shoe about it is now or used to be a paper­ weight in tho vestibnle of Bradenbam Hall.— Rider Haggard in Luugiiiau s Magaxlnu. Fedagogno (severely)—Now, sir, floe tho last timo, what's tlio square of the hypotenuso of a right angled triangle equivalent to? Boy (desperately)— It's equivalent to a lickiu fur me, air. Go ohuad.—Hbd^i dou Fun. , Wte! IS II? A man who haa been running a rara- with (death and electricity for years, finds hiniaelf suddenly stopped. U aaania as if a cold hand clutched his heart. Hia brain whirls; he can hardly aaa. "What ia it?" he oaks himaeif eg the attack pniaes. If hia q u e s t i o n meats a right an­ swer, he’U oe told F a re W a te r a Polson. that hia seizure is By "chemically pnre water' w . a warning to pay nsnally understand perfectly fresh, dis­ more attention to tilled water. Distilled water la a danger­ hia stomach, which ous protoplasmic poison. The same is already deranged i Y irregular meals poisonous effects tnnst occur whenever *> and rich foods. distilled water la drunk. The sense of Doctor Pierce’s taste is the first to protest against tho Golden Medical use of this substance. A mouthful of D iscovery cures distilled water, taken by Inadvertence, diseases of the will be spit out regularly The I och I stomach and or* poisonous effect of distilled water makes gaus of digestion itself known by alt the symptoms of a and nutrition. It tbe catarrh of the stomach on a small sen la elirpinatesfrom b lo o d d is e a s e The hannfnlness of the process, so much breeding pofootn. resorted to today, of washing out the It makes the blood stomach with distilled water la ac­ rich and pure, and furnishes a found* knowledged.—National Druggist ation for sound, O lf lr la l l * a „ M f c physical health. "About tea years yeti The placing of lampposts in front of * ago I ’xgan to have the bouses of the chief magistrates of , t r o u b l e w i t h lui m y towns is an ancient castoui We find in , atoniach,” write« Mr. YYtn. Connolly, of v s Heywood's "Eugllih Traveler' that , W alnut Street, L«iraln. « posts were so plHcetl in front of sheriffs I Ohio. "Tt got «o lwtd that I had to lay oB bcueea ittg w d d suys Quite often—two and Whnt Im r e e n rr« l posts Who Snowe bnt here J fhr«e «lay! In a w®ch. the be»t doctor® in this i In lone. sir. run w s j keep yuar skrievaltle gotii? «aid J had career« And I be i,nu o 111 w rien lst catarrh, others ye a for advice. From sheriff« the practice extended to the housos of mayors aud provost« . It has been suggested, with some prob- I ability, that the posts were at first in s tended forth» nfflxingof proclamations . Which it wua the duty of the sheriffs to | p u h l i k h . ___ . ^Golden Medical Dt*covery ' ai let®.’ Theee medicine® I hare t