-O CJ2NTS A WEEK.
ALBANY, OREGON. Will DAY, uJflCKMHEK tt5, 1891
vol. viino. 22
THE HOLIDAYS WILL SOON BE HEBE
Presents
AT-
G. L Blackmails
You can't make a mistake it you
buy your holiday goods at Black
man's, an his stock is larj- atiil
prices always the lowest. His as
sortment of plush L'oods, toilet
cases, perfumery, dainty trifles
ami useful article? is worth look
ing at.
BEE HI3 8PLESPID DISPLAY.
MOU
H.J. JOXKSV
HOOK STOIIE
Has pees- removed into
the Pipo building, opposite his
former plaee of business, where
h has more room and a larger
stock than ever. II; invites
th public : to call ami see him in
bin now quarters',
jy Look out for his display of
Holiday gojd. It will he something
elegant.
km: THK
J. i Ciiimiiifl?
Has 05 toned a he I'ltiiul lint' of
Holiday 4 J I . including plush
ami leather a'burns. toilet cases,
hunil painted plaqu t, screens,
fancy inkstands, wall pockets ar.d
holder, ordor rases, novelties' a:.d
dainty nio naes for holiday pres
ents. Call early and make your
selections!.
first street,
p.li'mp-kkg p. lock
or Sa
All kinds of dry wood for .-ale at
reasonable prices, at the foo of
Ferry street. Leave your orders
and have it deiiveied prompt'..
anvwhere in tho -it v.
A. C. sTELLMACHER.
AT-
Pasker Bros. Bakerv.
(HOICK MINCE IMES
CAKES, RAISINS,
CURRANTS, JELL1E-.
HOT ROLLS, JAMS,
CRACKERS, F.REAP,
CHOICE TEAS & COFFEES,
FRESH GROCERIES,
Or anything else good to eat,
le member you can getj;it at
reisunable-j-ates at
HOLIDAYS!
M
A HUE IMMTMEVr.
Is one which Is irnarantccd to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price,
On this gufe plan you can buy from
our .nlverticil dniici.-ts a dottle of
Ilr Kitiz's New Dscovery fur Con
sumption. It is guar ntceil to lriti u
relief in ev.ry case, when used for
any nlleetioii of Throat. I.unirs, or
I 'hi st, such us (onsiiinption, Iiill.itua
tion of Lunsrs, bronchitis, Asthni'i,
Whooping ('itiirh. Croup, etc, etc
It in Icusunt and airrce. hie to taste,
perfectly safe, and can always he de
pended upon, Trial bottles free ut
Foshay & Mason, Druists,
fall to do Our Duty.
Everbody lias at times failed to
do their duty towards themselves,
Hundreds, of lady readers suffer
from sick headache nervousness,
sleeplessness and female troubles.
Let them follow the example of
Mrs. If. llerhechter, Stevens
Point, Wis., who for five years
suffered greatly from Nervous Pro
stration and sleeplessness, tried
physicaus and different medicines
without success. F.ut one bottle
of lr. Miles' Nervine caused Bound
sleep every night and she in feeling
like a new person. Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheeler, Laramie City, Wyoming
who tried all other remedies, de
clares that after three week's use
of the Nervine for Headache,
Nervous Prostration, etc., she was
entirely relieved. Sold by Stanard
A CiHiik. Trial Rottle Free.
Wisdom's Violet Cream
is the most exquisite prepara
tion in the world for softening and
w hiter.ing the hands and face. It
is not only a substitute for, but in
every rosect superior to glycerine,
cold cream, vasolirr and like
prepaiaf ions. Try it. For sale
lv Fosshav A Mason.
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MATTHEWS A I ASHBURK'S, ALBAHY, OREGON,
1891
FOE THE
Nothing is Nicer Than
aw i
Silverware, - Novelties.
At the Old and Established Jewelry Store oi
H. KWKRT'S.
p. E. Ileij's
Holiday MiiNU
Canned Meats, Canned Vegetabhs, Canned Fiuits,
Corned Iteef Paked Peans. Caliionda Pears, Chipped I'.ecf,
String I'eans, Llackherries, I'evilnl Ham,
Sugar Coin, Uooseherries, Heviltd Tongue, Sugar Pea3,
Strawberries, Lobsters, Tomatoes, Cherries,
Salmon. Cove Oyt-tcre, Saidint", Mince Mi at,
Apricots, l'eachep, PIiuiif.
IvKIISl-IKS;
High Crad Catsup, ( how Chow, '
French Mustard, Pepper S.uue,
Olive Oil, French ('audio',
American Candies, All Kinds of Nuts.
MIX ELLANEOl'S:
Maple Syrup, Magnolia Syrup. New Orleans Molasses, (ierniea.
(eriiiMea', I'.uckw heat. Maccaioni, Tapioca, Vermacilli,
Cigaiband Tobneeo, (ireen Flint's and Vegetables.,
F. E. A LI EN, Oppoi-ite Ma.'onic
Highest of all in Leavening Tower.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
MIL! !EK1A LIVER FILL!.
Act on a new principle regula
ting the liver, stomach and bowels
through the nerves. A new dii
covery. Dr. Miles' Pills 8eedily
cure biliousness, bad taste, torpi 1
liver, piles, constipationr Un
eqnaled for men, women, children.
Smallest, mildest, surest ! 60 dose 3
for 25 cents. Samples . ee, at
Stanard A Cusick.
French Tauny Wafem.
These wafers are for the relief
and mire of painful and irenular
menses, and will remove all ob
structions, no matter what the
cause, and are sure and afe every
time. Manufactured by Kmerson
lru: Co., San Jose, Cat., and for
sale at J. A. Cumm'mg's drug
store only.
The .Min-iniifc Cocktail.
Taken before breakfast creates
a false, injurious ap.)etit. A
wineglass fuil of Ir. Henley's
Kntlish Dandelion Tonic taken
before meals strengthens the di
gt stive organs aii-1 enables yon to
relish a hear'y meal without in
jury to the stoiii ich. For sale by
Foshav A Mason.
The Latest Slock (I
urn v u
f Hill Hi
South of NSaiiil
ui
1802
HOLIDAYS
the Fine Display cf
Temple, ALl'AN Y, OKEtJON.
Latest U. S. Gov't Food Report,
Baking
Powder
Imperial Neclar.
Is a new and delightful temper
ance drink manufactured expressly
for C. E. lirownell, and is bound
to take the lead as a non-alcoholic
beverage. Those who use it once
will bave it again, 'and .we have
determined to deliver it to fami
lies and the trade in quantities to
suit, or desired. Its qualities are
attractive and its result beneficial.
For high teas, lunches at home,
ladies, there is nothing liner or
more delicious. To be had in all
the delicate llavors. Try them.
0. E. Hkownkll.
Fine SuitingH.
V. It. Graham, the tailor has
received one of the largest lines of
line suitings and trouserings to be
seen in Oregon, outside of Port
land, enibrac'ng all the desirable
patterns for winter wear. His
prices will be found so low that
any one can atlbrd to wear one of
his neat fitting tailor made suits
and oven-oats. He warrants his
goods to he lirst -clasp, and guaran
tees a lit. Call and see his new
patterns.
SI'Et'l LATIO lAX4.EKH'4.
Scarcely a day passes without the
news of some large failure Hashing
over the wires the usual result of
speculation in stocks or some equally
dangerous venture. The same electric
en relit carries to dear distant friend
the sad tidintrs of death of loved out s
too often the result of speculation
in patent nostrums. Moore's Kevealed
Kemcily is no speculation hu is sold
on positive guarantee. Io not fail to
go to your druggist and ask for your
money if not satisfied. We known
you will go and buy another bottle,
or sale by all druggists.
EMjV.
This is w hat you ought to have,
in fact, you must have it, to fully
enjoy life. Thousands are search
ing for it daily, and mourning lie
cause they find it not. Thousands
upon thousandsof dollars are spent
annually by our peoplo in the
hope that they may attain this
boon. And yet it mav be bad by
all. We guarantee that Electric
Hitters, if used according to direc
tions and the use persisted in, will
bring you good Digestion and oust
the demon Dyspepsia and install
instead Eupepsy. We recomi lend
Electric Hitters for Dyspepsia and
al' diseases of Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys. Sold at ode and $1.00
per bottle by Foshay A Mason,
Druggists.
Subscriptions for all the leading
magazines and newspapers taken
at the postollice.
A. It. Chapman, of this city, ha?
the agency of the Canadian Pacilic
railway company, and will sell
tickets over that line from Albany
to all points East,
Look at (i. W. Simpson's dis
play of holiday goods in his show
window. Then step inside and see
his splendid stock of 1 caualul
goods for Christinas.
Mime meat, raisins, currants,
jellies and jams etc., for Thanks
giving at Parker Bros.
Enquire for Magnolia syrup, ihe
tinest in the market, at F. E.
Allen's.
Call and see the brilliant dis
play of library lamps 1 1 C E.
P.rou noil's. Not one kept over
from last year but all this year's
styles and will be sold at the
lowest living prices.
'. A
ih
QUARTER
t lot ill
kcr otniU "Ore
m.ii- ni-ur w hnl
is now liukerCity. "PCUTIIHY
nun win) 1 1 an fim-iUL.il I UI1 I
li-..iiir iilcnti'Uil with Ilic riwiim- A Aft
:iii.lilfV.-l.'moiit olthatcoimlry. TlnirtUU
ma-i in no other Mian .Mr. John Stewart, one
of thu wrallhiiMt unilmoxt influential citirenn
in itic county. In a recent letter ho says:
"I hail heen antTiririif from pains in my hack
vnil general kidney c'linpHint (or some time,
and hat: used many reimdies without any
hut eiuxirarv rt'irf. The pains in m hack
I niVI im: -Qllie so iH.ere iiiAi " ,
from aitendiiii: to tny work and could not
I nii.ve without the twit of a tane. Ilearint:,
I through a friend, of the wonderful cures ef-
foit hv Oregon Ivnlncy lea, 1 wan in-iuceu m
try a hex, and from that vev firrt done I
found instant relief, and liefore us-intr half
the contents of the l.ox the piina in r. y hack
entirely disappeared I have every f.ith in
the virtues of the Ore.'on Kidney Tea, and
can conscientiously reconiinetid it to nij
friends. I would not he without it for any
thing." Oregon Kidney Tea cures headache, incon
tinence of urine, hriek dust sediment, burn
luit-or painful sensatiiin while urinatin. and
all alT.H-ti.-ns of the kidney or urinaiy organ
of citiier sex.
AT J SAX Y
Second street, between Montgom
ery aad Jelferson.
Articles of every description
t leaned and dyed. Gentleman's
cljthing a specialty.
DAVID 1 ANDLES.
Clca!:iiiff & Dye Works
CHILIAN TROUBLES
The Matter Must Come to a Crisis
Forthwith.
y
8f AKTLINU FKBl'A RATIONS.
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Th Adminlstratioa la Tired oi Delay, and
'Will Demand FromDt and Deoided
Aotion from Chill.
Washington, Dec. 24. The talk
of iiossible trouble with Chili, al-
thnmrli u-tmltvT unnllieial anil un
authorized, has at no time been so
gepenl as it is at present among
nriuara nf tliA nrmv itnii navv.
Tlie war department is forwarding
rui'rnita In kullRilM of foltV Of liftV.
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irapidly as as possible, to till t lie
co.nt lenient oi regiments in ine
far wett and the Pacific coast. CJun
carriages are being shipped .to San
Francisco in sections, and the guns
will follow at an early date Three
ten-inch guns will probably be
shipped early in January. The
whole forca at the Washington
navy yard is at work turning out
projectiles, and the n.en are kept
at work night and day. General
Schoiield has bet n twice summon
ed before the cabinet and has given
it 83 his opinion that if lO.OUU men
are sent out of this country it will
be quite possible to till their places
in ttie regular army at home by
temporary enlistments from the
miiitia. A certa n quota of regu
lars, equipped for actual service at
the army ports, are to be called
for from each htato. In case the
10,0li0 men transKUted to Chili
should not be enough, it is report
ed that the president may call lor
20,0i!0 volunteeis for a year. Add
to these facts and rumors the gen
eral understanding that the presi
dent will insist upon immediate
and full reparation by Chili, and
and that several of Spreckle.-'
steamers in the Australian and
Hawaiian trade have been condi
tionally chartered, the war talk to
current here seems to have mine
apparent foundation.
coming to a cams.
If the statements made by a
natal otlicer, who should be in a
position to know what is going on
in naval circles, are correct, the
United States government will
tak'? steps in a few day? to bring
matters in tl'c Chilian a Hair to a
ciisis. Secretary Tracy has been
in New Yoik lor a week. It is said
liis mission there is to obtain an
option for Ihe charier of such mer
chant vessel as the government
can use to advantage to reinforce
the navy.
The naval ttlicer who gave the
information in this matter said
that those men in the navy, who
were clcse to the secretary, con
lidently predicted there would i,e
aciisis in the Chilian allair within
Mm next ten days. He said it was
understood President Harrison
would, in a few days, send a spe
cial message to congress advising
decisive measures in dealing with
ii... i i.ili in .mveriiment. it imme-
kiiv ......... n .
diafe satisfaction for the massacre
of the 1 altimore s sanors is not,
given. Since the killing of the
American seani'-ii of ulparaiso,
six warships ol the new navy have
lelt the 15rook'yu yard. They
were the llagship Philadelphia,
Lear Admiral uneraui, oi me
West Indian squadron; the Chi
cago, w hich carries uiu '
3 ' . . , If .11. ..I ,1...
Hear Aitmirai muikoi, j
South American squadron, and
the Atianta, Coucotd, Lenning
toii and Pel: el. They are now
either in the West Indies or en
route to South America, with ihe
.,.i;,v ,.f Hit. ivtrel. which was
eAtyt-pilJ v. ...v V. t
at Suez, en route for China, a few
davs ago. The Petrel coultl be re-
ailed if necessary, aim bbhliu
Chili. Every one of these snips
will cairy the finest armament
ami well-hlled magazines ana a
lull complement of men.
UKOWINO TIKEU OK DKI.AV.
t ia otato 1 ncmi-nlliciall v that
the patience of the administration
is nearly exnausieu, no t:cyci'i
,ota in the Chilian situation
seem tc indicate a determination
on the part of Chili to iieiy the
United states.
Tl.o ,o..ui,1ent teill hold thut the
n...t .lutt lw ITiiitail States
warrants very prompt and decided
action. There is no doubt among
inml.m 1 uim 1 1 . i ii q here, whoso
"""ft" "y" '
opinionr are of any cousequenee,
tliai H Ullltetl OUVI.CJ5 UlUOl AhJtA
Chil. rr urible for the violence
of its fail to perform its
dutv utR:t international stipula-
tion.
Wrecked try an Explosion.
Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 24. J. 15.
Holsinger wan terribly injured this
nrnrnimf liV '.lie CXIllo-'lOn of a kfg
nf t.owder in his jewelry store in
the Bowser building. The powder
was undor tne counter and a spark
dropped into it from a match that
Holsinger had lighted just over it.
The jewelry store and I?owser's
grocery Btore in the same building
were badly w rcckeu.
SOC1KTY AT WASHINGTON.
One of III I'hases Shi.wn t'i In a
Ktartllne Manner.
Wasiiinoton, Dec. 24. There is
some excitement in eoeialcircles
over an article printed in the
Washington Post, giving the re
plies which were received to i-.n
adveitisement in the local p i
for a lady prominent in socio
introduce and chaperone a young
woman from the west who has
money but no social standing. A
large number of replies were re
ceived, and though the names and
street addresses were omitted in
the publication, many ladies w ho
made reply are easily identified
by the context of their communi
cations, and as some of them are
really prominent in society, par
ticularly in the always proud but
often poor ai my and navy circle,
the .matter is the subject of no end
of gossip. A summary of the re
plies teceived 6how that there are
scores of society women w illing to
take debutantes and put them on
the track for a compensation rang
ing from $100 to $1000 a month.
A Lumber Market for Oregon
President Warner Miller, of the
Nicaragua Canal Company, says
that George M. Pullman has be
come a large stockholder in that
enterprise. Mr. Pullman was a
warm personal fiiend f General
Grant, who often talked w ith him
of the projected canal. When it
was oh the boards that General
Grant should be president of the
company and General 15 McClellan
chief engineer, Mr. Pullman stood
ready to buck the enterprise large
ly. A writer in the New York
Press states that a bige syndicate
of gentlemen, with whom General
Kmst'll A. Alger is associated in
timber land investments on the
Pacific coast, is interested through
its individual members in the
Nicaragua scheme. There can be
no doubt that with the Nicaragua
canal open, tiie forests of Oregon
and Washington would furnish
I ii tuner for the Atlantic seaboard
cities at a cheaper rati that it can
no'v be shipped from Michigan,
Maine or Canada.
Timber Cutting.
Commissioner Caiter, of the
general hind ofiice, iias is-utd a
torm of permit to be grantei per
sons applying to cut timber from
public lands, says the Lakeview
Examiner. Am jnglhestepulatiofis
is one forbidding the cutting of
more than fifty percent, of timber
of that class growing on an acre.
A monthly statement under oath
is requested, giving descriptions of
the tracts from which the lumber
is taken. No trees shall be cut or
removed of less than a epecilied
mi. nber of inches in diameter, ex
cept for a neetled roadway through
the timber. The person cutting
th timber is required to
cut, remove, burn or o'hei
wise dispose of the tops and
brush of the trees, etc., to prevent
forest fiiee, and will be held
liable in damages for the spread
of tires, attributable lo bis neglect.
Freedom of the Press.
Somo day the liberty of the
press will be as positive as it is
to-day theoretical. An evidence
of tho new era is plain in the
follow ing taken from the Boston
Press and Printer : "The supreme
court of Michigan has decided that
newspapers have a tight to publish
reports of court pioceedings, no
matter how prejudicial they may
be to cases on trial, and that the
reading of such reports does not
disqualify men to serve as jurors.
The decision argues a high degree
of intelligence in both judges and
jurors in Michigan."
Murdered by Her Husband.
Albany, N. Y., Dec 24. Mary
McElroy was brutally murdeied
to-night by Walter Nelson, a no
toriously bad character, w hom phc
claimed as her husband. Nelson
went to the house where Mrs. Mc
Ehoy was stopping, and forced his
way in. He was armed with a
heavy club and compelled the wo
man to accompany him. A few
minutes after he left, the body of
Mrs. McElroy was found in an ad
jacent alley. The womau's-head
was nearly severed from her body
apparently with a razor. Nelson
was arrested.
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
Should See the Wonderful Array at Johns
Grsdwohl's Bazaar.
Mr. Julius Gradwold, the enter,
ptising proprietor of the liazaar
store in this city, w hich contains
the largest and best selected stock
of crockery, glass and other wares
for domestic use, in the valley, as
we'd as fancy wares, toys and
beautiful holiday good", has re
plenished and enlarged his entire
stock and now has a store that is
a credit to himself and an orna-
t to the city. His shelves,
rs and every available sjace
lied with the choicest and
varied stock of goods ever
in this valley, including a
loth display of holiday
. . He has added a ne . line
iviiich consists of a beautiful as
sortment of rolled gold jewelry
warranted to wear as good as gold
anil costing one-tenth as much
money, diamond cut pins, rings,
fine unibrePas for holiday presents
and novehies. His stock is now in
and holiday shoppers should lose
no time in seeing his wonderful
array w hich is not sut passed by
any on the coast either in elegance
or prices.
1 le also carries a gigantic stock
of beautiful banging lamps, stand
lamps, bicycles, tricycles, eafet:es
and velocipedes, which tie utiaran
tees to sell as low as any place in
Oregon.
H assortment of Gne teas and
coif ' always complete, as well
as 'oral stock of family
g i He buys his gjods
!' net cash and sells them
me way.
AS BLACK AS NIGHT
A Fog That Hangs Like a Pall
Over London,
MANY I'KOI LE HAVE rUKISH'D
Business Paralj zed abd Peoplo Afraid to
Vejt are Out Features of the
Paen-moLon.
London, Dec. 24. The fog that
settled dow n over the city Tuesday-
last still bangs over it, and every
where 'lis as black as ii'ght. Pulpi
ness is interrupted and the mtney
loss serious, as people will not
venture out even to make their
Christmas purchases. It is im
possible to see more than a few
inches in any direction Street
an ) rivet trallic are greatly hinder
ed. The fog is not only prevalent
in Loudon, but it extends over a
wide section of country. It is
without exception the worst visita
tion of the kind that has come to
England in years. Fears are en
tertained that if the thick weather
prevails it will cause many disas
ters to shipping, particularly to
vessels bound up and down the
chaunel. The weather is so bad
that- few people ven ure into the
streets unler-s they are absolutely
compelled to. The saddeet feature
oi me mutation is trie great loss oi
life caused by persons losing their
way and wandering into rivers,
canals and ponds. Alieady seven
bodies ol unfortunates, w ho have
fallen into the river and drowned,
have been recovered. Four other
men and girls are reporten miss
ing, and there is scarcely any
doubt that they perished as the
others did.
A dispatch from Leeds this
morning, states that three men
w hile walking beside a canal, lost
their way in the fog and fell into
the water, aud were drowned.
Several persons were killed on the
railways.
It is imps'sible for trains to run
on their schedule time. Many
trains from suburban points did
not reach Ixmdon until two hours
after their regular time, liusines:
in the city is generally suffering
because of the phenomenal density
of the fog, and, in some cases, it is
entirely suspended.
V KE.HAUK.VULE OI EKATION.
Two Surgeons Working I'nder the
Muzzle of a Gun.
New York, Dec. 24. Drs. Louis
Hess and Arthur S. Smylie, in
Brooklyn, are two physicians who
can tell how it feels t perform a
difficult surgical operation under
the muzzle of a lo uied gun in the
hands of a man threa'ening their
lives unless their pttient survives
tho treatment. Their story wa
first made known yesterday during
the trial of a civil puit brouirht
against Peter Heiss, a saloon
keeper, to recover f75 for profes
sional services and costs. Dr.
Hess was engaged bv Keiss to
a'tend his wife on the night of
Dec. 2. He was hurriedly sum
moned and on arriving found the
woman's condition extremely
critical. She grew worse and Dr.
Hess called in Dr. Smylie for con
sultation. They decided that the
woman's life coul.l only be saved
by a difficult opsratioD, which
they immediately begin. Smie
one sent word to Ueies that the
"octois were mutilating his wife.
Reiss, who is a hot-headed Ger
man, at once procured a loaded
shotgun and stood in a door-way
at the foot of ti e bed with the
gun at his shoulder, which was
pointed directly a the heads ol
the physicians. "For God's sake,
don't ehcot ; what is the matter?"
exclaimed Dr. Hess. ''You are
killing my wife," retorted Reiss;
"a life for a life; I will have the
lives of both of you if she dies."
The physicians worked as they
never worked before, convinced
that the half-crazed husband
would keep his word. Their skill
stood them in good etead. They
were finally able to announce to
Reiss that his wife was out of dan
irer. The saloon-keeper was con
vinced the physicians were telling
the truth and low ered the gun,
greatly to their relief.
Young Mrs. Klalne.
New Yokk. Dec. 21. For sev
eral davs past the friends of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Blaine, jr., have
been using every exertion to
smooth over the domestic troubles
of the couple and prevent the
divorce suit coming to trial. All
these efforts, however, will have
to be abandoned, as apparently
nothing less tlmn a decree on the
ground of abandonment will satis
fy Mr. Plame. Ibis tlccision was
only arrived at yesterday afternoon
when ine persons particularly
interested had debated the subject
for several hours.
A Borax Fountain.
Large borax beds which are no
attracting attention are situated
hixtv-tive miles due east of Ellens-
burg, in Doit'.'las county, Wash.,
and are at present twenty-one
miles from the nearest railroad
tioint. savs the caiutal. The do
I osit has the appearance of a lake
a mi'o and a half loig by half a
mile wide, except that instead of
containing water it is a solid de
posit of birax, which is eight and
one-half feet thick, resting on clay,
which is turn overlies a bedrock
1 of slate. The boiax is solid and
almost as transparant as ice and
can he easily cut with an ax, or it
can be saw t'd out in blocks of any
e':.o that might bedeeired, and it is
so easily cut that one man could
take out a vast amount in a day.
On exposure to the air it slacks,
in which state it looks like lime.
In this process, however, none of
i's slrenghtli is lost, and if put in
water it seemingly tlisolves, but
only to resolve itself into its or
iginal icy consistency again.
While the diinensisons of this lake
and the deposit would seem to
give a fair idea of the quantity con
tained there, such is uot the case,
ami instead of a computation of
H is supply being possible it can
truly be said that the supply is
utterly inexhaustible, lor the
reason that the substance bubbles
uo, milk warm, from the bottom
so fast that were a hole, cay, for
instance, ten feet square, cut out,
h wculd be refilled in forty-night
hours.
About Hops,
A census bulletin on the subject
of hops says: Otsego county,
New lork, with a yield of J,(!I8,
t;S7 pounds, is the greatest hop-
producing county, while Sacra
mento county, California, with
2217 pounds per acre, stands at
the head in average vield. Ten
counties, viz., Otsego, Madison,
Oneida, Schoharie, and Franklin
in .New lork, Pierce and King m
California, and Marion in Oregon,
produce nearly - per cent, of the
crop ;f the United States. Oregon
is fourth hop-producng state in
the Cuion, with Sl.'iO acres and
3.013. :Jt pounds of hops. The
average; per acre is Il.w. Over
the census of Ih-SO the increase in
Oiogon was 3.3i;i,.'j5 pounds. In
ISPi Oregon raised eight pounds
of hops.
KtWS OF IHti 00ASX.
Interesting Items From Eichangrs
Throsghtnt the Korlhwest.
Gilliam county's stock inspector
retiorts yii,5-VJ sheep. The people
of that part of the state will hardly
vote for tree wool next year.
Levi Gant of P.andon, found To
on the beach a piece of a gigantic
bamboo, covered with Japanese
ciiatacters. It is supposed that it
lloated clear across ihe Pacific.
The fiist UniUiian society, of
Salem, is preparing for the dedica
tion of its new church January 3.
Rev. T. L. Elliott, of Portland,
and Rev. W. E. Copeland, of 'fa
coma, will assist in the seiices.'
A meeting of the board regents
of the State Agricultural college
has been called for December 30.
The Eastern Oregon members of
the board will mak an effort to
secure the establishment of an ex
perimental station in that part of
the state.
There is no danger that the
rame of this state will decrease,
ft om the number killed by farmers.
It is the pot-hunters and market--hooters
who do the damage.
San .Francisco draws heavily on
Oregon for its market supply of
g.ime, and in a few years there
w ill le none left for tue residents.
The White Swan mine of Baker
county, shipped this week to the
l . iker c ity .National bank a keltic-
fill of yellow metal valued at $2200,
making the total output of the
mine, which has been in opera
tion somet'uir.n over two months,
$:;8:0oJ. Another ba'.terv was
p.'aced in operation Saturday
which will enable the mill to worn
twenty tons of ore every twenty
tour hours, thus doubling the out
put ot the mine.
A Woman's Awful Suicide.
Nkwrukypokt, Mass., Dec. 24.
A horrible suicide at the railway
station here yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Annie Hajes, a widow ol td
ward Hayes, of Worchester square
had jut arrived from Boston to
spend the holidays with her hus
band's relatives when a train from
Portland came into the station.
As it approached, Mrs. Hayes ran
and threw herself before the en
gine, being cut in pieces before
the eves of the horrified crowd.
Mrs. Haves was 38 rears eld and
had no children.
Stai'on for Eastern Oregon
The Pendleton East Oregftnian
says that W. A. Sample, who is a
me. iiber of the board of regents of
the State Azricullmal College, has .
received notification that a meet-
.s a l II I . .
inn oi we uouru is caueu ior De
cember 30th, and will he in atten
dance. An effort will be made to
secure the establishment of an ex-
iieiimental station in Ea-tern
Oregon, something to which this
sec. ion of the state is entitled, and
w bicn w ill be ot much aid to our
farmers. It is hoped that the
effort will meet with success.
Secretary Elklna Sworn In.
Washington, Dec. 24. -Secretary
Elkins was sworn into office to
day. Chief Clerk Tweed ale ad
ministered the oath of office. He
spent a few hours receiving officials
and left on the afternoon train for
Elkins, W. ., where he will
spend Christmas with his family.
Murder and Suicide.
CiiiCA;o, Dec. 24. Ida Rutson,
the pretty 17-year-old daughter of
a farmer at Libertyville, north of
this city, was fatally shot this
morning by Tom Dawson, wLo
immediately killed himself. Daw
son was a deserter from the army,'
I and was employed by the girl's
fa h ?r as a farm hand.
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