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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1885)
- V The Weekly Oivmm Scout. jjyiOJf, OKRttoX, SAT.. AIM, ftth.. Caught on the Fly isas. itilwrihers i .lining in fast, Town dH since the circua. 1 In r vest is progrewiag fltwlj . Howl the now ad. pf flic jnill, The. Scorr h tho lipsl advertising jjiqriium. What istjjcniatfei tvlth Jplm Itepc fb 'is eye?. The funeral of CJenernl Omul takes place today. : Several families are nox? living in Cornucopia. Work has coiiimenced on Jiobt. plmw's new residence. Tiie eastern bound mail was tpro or three hours late yesterday. A social dunce was given at Wright' Jiall last Tuesday evening. Several d, tl's. were gathered in by the city Marshall on circus day. o Tho remains of .John Coalcv were i tyveen a brakesman and a gambler, buried in the Union ccmcterv, Sundav. I ulmh faulted m the former being se ' , ' . I mg seriously hurt. We wore unable uey. Allien s ami wile were visiting il.' .!i.. It f i ( . ju tins city, uie lore pari oi uie weeu. Mr. Wm. Adler and wife took their departure for Walla Wall.i, Moiulav. The key lo , clear conscience pay your account at the Cove drug store. Mrs J C. .Summers' mother and sister-in-law arrived from the ea-t a few davs jgo- ' ' ' Tho most flattering reports are hojug receivoil from the I'ino creek jpiiies. A party of Coveites arc rusticating near tho shingle, mill on Catherine prook. It takes Hudson lo get away with the clown, when it' comes lo slinging a jieafty jaw. ' , A new millinery establishment will jo opened in this city in a few days by :'r,3 .Edgar, Horn Aug. Ith ISS5, on the Sand "ftidge, to the wife of Frank Uedman, a daughter. Tlio Willamette Valley Educator ponies asking us to exchange. Wo pom ply with pleasure. At least font, thousand people look m the circus, and the circus took iij at joasl six thousand dollars. Mr. W. F. Thompson is in tho city, wanvassing for Crane's Atlas of the World. It is a valuable work. Our well watered and shady streets ivere highly appreciated by dlje vast concourse of i.,itor on Tuesday. Sonic rich quartz discoveries sue re ported to have been made near Mal jicur City, linker county, recently. liel has been found guilty and rc lii.jvcd sentence of death. He will be jigged at Jicgina on Sejit. lSllj. M'oniorial services to Ueneral fJrant Will lie held a the M. 10. Church, in this fit y, to-moyrow, at il o'clock a. in. The best vehicles of every kind are kept constantly on hand by the Mer- j pantile and Milling Company, Island I pty. Tlio cifoutf .has pomo. and gone. A)so about four or five thousand dollars of tho circulating medium of his vicinity. Services Sabbath morning and even-' jug Ht tlit Presbyterian church; in tho morning, appropriate tp the national jjulenniities. Miss Nora Coffin had her foot aovcrc y scalded a few days agojiy a kettle jjf boiling water turninir over. She is jjqw barely able to walk. The O. I. it N. has been jointly leased by the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. Through U. P. trains will soon he running. Three men were arrested at tjiu Un ion depot, yesterday morqiiTg, by judge C!raig, for theft committed at J.a Crande, on Wednesday evening. There lyas a slim showing of Union county pedagogues at the .Toucher' Institute recently held in linker city. More interest should be mauifeated. Tho West Shore for Augupt is at hand. It is an excellent number de voted principally to descrifitivo matter and illustrations of scenes m Montana. Grass is source in the immediate vi cinity of tlio Pino Greek mines, but MCOellent pasturage (:un bo obtained (5 miles below the com) at $2.50 kt. mouth. We noticed at tho Centennial hotel tho other day a largo turnip, weighing twelve anil one fourth pounds, which was raised by Mathcw Mitchell of tho Covo. A numlver of our citizona took their departure for tho Pino Crook mines, this week. Among tho numbor D. F. Mooro, Arba Uulhrook and 13, H. Clingan. &ity Afarhall Denny u on" again to Pine creek, ile lias appointed John Wilmot alias SchwaJdleknocker thu let to servo as niarshall during his absence Mr. A. C. King and family, of Alder, were in th city the fore part of the wtHk. ATr. King remembered the M'oitt olflce substantially, and it another year." t'ltr. i The manage! of the circus said that I'liion wm the prettiest town they had j met with, and they hail chanted wore I twenty dotUr pieces in this place than j m tw qb the route. A good judi. ,ti..n ili. f tj. j , ,, 1 n 1HU vi- I cinily are ivtty wdl lixed. 'ill. Ni.rthwt in Mill, r i iking of prominent ihuirinu n.illn, .-ays: "Another mill nhivli has come Ui tlio front as a producer of n choice brand is the lTnion mill, uf Union, Oregon." It look now vtrj much like we arc to hare a road from t hi city to the Pine creek mines. The day it is com pleted Grande Komtc valky will hegin to feci the beneficial otiVcts of it. One of the ilonkey. belonging to tho circus died al tlio tent hero Tuesday night. We presume it v,a the same Monkey tjiat the clown taiil was a member of the c,.intnuin council of Union, Tliere seeiqs to be forest lire raginp! to extract the metals in the most eco in the mountains somewhere, as the ! nomical manner, and decide whether .'J10.'1 !-iT J, "waUy '''l't- nateil withni noko. Lumpers cannot be too careful about allowing their iires to spread. Dr. Deering hn a span or p.mics that he recently drove 17 miles in SO ininifc inn fhi- liT tw.t 1... ... - worried very much at the end of the drive. Small horses are the best road sters every time. We hear that a stabbing aflrity oc curred at La Grande, on Weduosdav. i to learn the particulars. Tuesday last a valuable cmv belong ing to Adolph Levy, that was gracing on tjic commons below town, was dis covered to have her leg broken. Ap pearances indicate that she was kicked by some other animal. Saturday last a party of Vnuuiitos went up Catherine creek and cam ted out that night, for the purpose of fish ing. They returned next day, having succeeded in captuiing about four hundred of the linnv tribe. The many friends of Hew Anderson will regret, flint (lu Al V. n fin f nriii i ti recentiylieldin Canvon City, did not return him to this place, but Ihotiuhl projier to designate linker City as his place of labor for tlio ensuing year. At a meetigg of the U. II. ,. Co., last Monday evenir.g, the following ollicers were elected for the ensuing term: President, 1). 15. Roes; Vice President, A. K". .lone; Foreman, .1. A. Denney: Assistant. Foreman. P. S. Johnson; Secretary, li. If. Lloyd; Treasurer, C. M. Jones. We presume our correspondents have had too much amusement this week to write to the Srorr. Very few of them have come forward tin's week. Wo look for a rattling lot of letters for next issue. Letters should be written so as to arrive here on Wednesday, if possible. IJona-fide Cost Sale of all kinds of Summer Dress Goods, for which call or send at once to Iioskowit.'s Store, Union, as io dqos not intend to pack them away for future trade, as done heretofore. Poskowit? will always give you inducements to trade, and greater Bargains, than can be found else whore. A man living on Ladd creek, a few days ago had some of his neighbors who reside above him, arrested for de filing the water and rendering it unlit to drink, by dinning it with straw, ma nure, etc. Tlio ca.-e was tried before Justice Hell, and after much legal lore and Demosthenoan eloquence was ox ponded by the attorneys, the dofen. dunls wcro discharged. One of the followers of tlio circus procured a peddler's license from tho recorder, on which ho tried lo run a gambling racket, but it did not work well, Ho was arrested by the county authorities and persuaded to contrib ute fifteen or twenty dollars to tjie treasury. Ho its probably learning a few things as ho grows older. We are informed that the .public school will open about the2")th. of next month. The directors have employed Mr. Turner Oliver as principal aiyi Miss Susie Moore as teacher of tie in termediate department. A teaoherfor tho primary department has not yot been engaged, but in all probability Miss (joodall will bo selected for that nositioo Our esteemed cotoui)orary, tlio Mountain Sentinel, has again changed hands. Mr. J. P. Fithian, wo under stand Juts purchased tho outfit and taken command. With one or two exceptions we have extended tho right hand sf fellowship to his numerous predecessors and we do so to Mr Fithian, We wish him success and trual he will reap a golden reward, We mailed the Scoi t to our subscri- ! hers in the Cove, hut Saturday morn ing, hut itQ.eems they did not got it till Monday. Wo have a largo nuni lier of bubscriliers in the Cove, who say they feel lost when the Scorr don't come lo hand regularly. Wo regret this occurrence exceedingly. The de lay was caused, pofiliiiaster Hull in forms us, by tho Covo packagos get ting by mistake, in tho La Clrundo sack and it was not discovered in time. Mistakes will occur and our patrons will pleug! overlook it this time. Since writing thoarticlo, to bo found on another jaige. concerning the road from this city to the Pine Creek minos, via Catherine creek, we are pleased to av that through tho indefatigable ox ertio is of Dan. I'. Moore, a etition is bei,. , ircilated and numerously signed, asking the County Com mi- i i . i i ....... ,i . ,i ... loiiurs nave u rnui survico miu c- t lauusliod on tins route, as too ining n ' uu7 'u , . . i - illiiAnl will Iu aiu iwlilkr ile cntilliliuhoil. a it eertaiuly i apparent to all that the road will be of :i. intense value to thia town and uiH -v. The proposed route 1-aw - S,. n.i a lmb tthf rUtht, anil will .iluio-t .i ti..i.-l.i liivnm hn loth. ) -.ol ..1 l'im- ..h. I ). ilutaiicu will be aUut3d mile. mm: cui:!:k mim. AstonUlilnpt lllt-tineo of tin (Ire Trea ted at Ih Onmhn ltd ac tion Work. The ores jirouht in by Mi. J. II. Huntington, miy the Omaha Herald, from the new trol l Held. m the Oregon Short Line, wi n- thoroughly trstvd nt lite Kiuclting workM in thi4 tit Tues day. The simple consisted of 3,000 pounds of rook taken from claims be longing to Mr. Huntington, and were in II... t ...i.:,. .... .1.1.... 7 , , , ' " ..oioomcKMupiuire..., wnuu, V; V i , ' 7- " w. ixf wvtv to deter- mine the luyn'e of treatment required ! w l 1"Y; to ar.l si,.,, he rock , n bulk to Omaha I he result was as. , ton.shnig ,vcn to the managers of the smelling works, who have been han dling rich jes for years. The poorest , .. ...Wi , o.v ; I V1- ' ,ou 01S ol " a,u ii in in i rnrt inn ti tiiiiit nr f " ' ,f a value ot ' -f 010, while onio nieces were so rien .,,,, I, ... ..i i i . . t . i. :.. 'V I ' n'v n a i-.u ui inane ino owner nil ppv. mm, . fj.pi.-. . ,. . iii I he yield of .flip) was not obtained bv' ...i L l i ... ..... i... il... "V: "" i-. n gular null pm-ess. About 1. 10 lbs, of this "low grade" rock was handled ....... i..,.n...i in one lot, the product being Imught by Mr. llarton for??200. Most of 'the ore proved to be of free milling variety, and even the most obstinate required but little rousting. When refractory quartz, yielding but $20 a ton, is worked at a iofit in many places, the value of the Huntington ruck is apparent, liven the "tailing.-" from tlio new fields in the Pine crock district are richer than the best pickings in many liit-elass mine. Sonic white quartz, which Mr. liarton thought worthier, and in which not a trace of gold could be seen, yielded at the rate of !?S0 a ton. This quartz was knocked oil' from foiue of the poor sample, and tested merely to determine whether it j v'l,!'lidiU'd any gold or not The commissioners, of linker count v I are making preparations to commence r .1... ..p ; ...... '. me eieeiiou Ol a new pill. Jl Will ItO patterned after the Union county jail, hut will probably be niade a shade larger. While )ve were taking an evening walk in North Union, oqe day hist week, we heard some one singing. Wo directed our slops toward tho place whence came the sweet, melodious music, but wo wore too late, and only distinguished the chorus, which was as follows : In the evening, in the evening, In the evening by the moonlight. When Wilson am a toolin' on His cornet in the evening. A lleantlfiil I.nlic. Situated high up in the Pine Crock range of mountains is a beautiful lake filled to overflowing with beautiful speckclod mountain trout. The lako is only a short distance from tlio town of Cornucopia and all'ords the miners of the cam) an abundance of fish. In latter years the lake haw been seldom visited and the tish have so increased in numbers that a person can catch hundreds of them in only a few hours fishing with hook and line. Adjacent to (he lako are an abundance of large and small wild game and the miners uie well supplied with meats of all kinds. Toll liimil. Articles of incorporation have been sent to the Secretary of State, incor porating a company fpr tho purpose of constructing a toll road from Sparta, across Little Uagle, to tho Pino Creek mines, a distance of between ten and twelve miles. The following named gentlemen of our citv are the incorpo rators: C. M.lvellog, 13. II. Mix and W. J. Kane. Capital stock, .ffi.OO'J. The stockholders and officers of the company are as follows: CM. Kell og, President; 13. H. Mix, Vice Prow dent; P. liasche, Treasurer,; O. K. Hyde, Secretary; E, il. Griswold ami W. J. Kane. Messrs. 13. If. Mix and W. .1. Kane loft our city yesterday morning to sur vey the now route, and as soon as this is done work for its construction will bo commenced at once. Paker City Sago Prush. Covo Callings. August.'), 188f. nr, p.,rl..u it..,..i ...,iT -i n- iHiininiii, win ne properly It. T m .V M Bi lVU1!1 1'nlM' belod. credit given the ,lonr. and forwar J V " Ji't $ an: ,h0 CmV' ded A the State lioard of migration. Sue- iiiirfi:H i im i if in 1 1 1 miiv Miivnnu or. i tod W..,l,,..,l,.v o. ,.n, ..,l ,i... m i. i ...... i w v i i.i rii er'sinariiakercily.' The proprietors of tho Cove cheese 1 .. , ... . i factory uro engaged' filling large or 'dors Iron the Spokane country, Dr. 10. J. Thomas has received a physician's visiting cart froin the liast, and now makes culls in tho most ap proved stylo. Joseph Freeman, one of the tolid men of Walla Walla, has been here tho jiast woek. Ho is on his way to i examine the Pino valley discoveries, j Covo was well renrosonted at tho i circus performance in Union, Tues day, Those foolish enough to expect to wit new all as advertised, returned disappointed. Mr. anil Mrs. Dion Kocfe and daugh ter, accompanied by Mis iaura Pos-U-r, started for Walla Walk. Afotidav. Miss Kecf will attend fdiool in that city this winter. Dr. ,f. i Mlls)ll UllM PftVl I uatvt i0 ur . M. Jasner. reeeivinir 1 at'm fT .L.iw. viZ I acre jor same. I he alMmt 17 a ,M.P for same. Th i . ,i li , , .7 : . i uMiiaiug ui locating ill Ui" WalUiwa or vicuiity, ou a tx'k range. - - - - - - RmkIh (o.rr NIihi. 8. II. Ayle, niauufaiiiin r of but terlmncU and keg-, ha al.i on ll'l'itl a ;.)od hlipply, of the hct ipoili t; . and will - l tlu-ci at iin-oiiablc pie cs. (jie liim a i.ill nt bi shop, ouili of lhuschoi1 house, Union. I tie ( In ui. Tuiuitay luit was a gala iv f 1 i .19 set tion who gthc. l .irs to witne. John IM, circus and menagerie. Itiexh. a! loa.it four thousand people tver. teiulai.ee, ami tlio immense mll!inni v. ere t rnwded both afternoon and evening, anil it a the general verdict that John Robin s-oii canie nearer complying with his prom ics than i usually the casa with rlrcwcs. 1 i"wl' m "mr m(iiwySTu Iw sum tho giant folia few ; ilu.l,C8 ,hort o( ,. Mlt ntlrib. utltol,im,oilthe dwarfa had evidently tf-u... it, eta.M tt.A. aAi,t.1 . w .t ii n nv itvet fmvu i lit nun till out. The middle optic of tho three-eyed ox wa not a! soulful and pathetlt an it , thm t ,i10Cfttapult, m a1loH( . ,,. ,.,, nml tt.(, Il(MVll?1 , ftl,d the tattooed lad v did.fi "iigiu nave neon, rite man Hint wai have the liingniileent sj mctty and volup oioui proooriions we inougiii sue hoiuu hove. judghiK from l,er uietures disi.la.vl on the outi.r O all. We diiln't curn fur tlint 1 , , , , , , . , , 1 """evi'i. iiiuioiiKii nuuiotr in out imiu ! lulled fellowi around lierearedisiatislled ti.j.. . ... ., . iauig the atlair altogi t)ier II whs wry i .r, ... , ' mnl r,u strwt lari,t1l " Ui.untnll.v .line. The trapresc. rope walking, mid nc , .. .., nr . u ,ni ' . t. - - the performance of the dogs. The clown got j through with hi duties Very well, and ereated considerable fun, Leaving tho eir- 'ii out entirely, the menagerie, was worth the admission fee. We lieliuve all tho atii mull were exhibited that were advertised It must belaid of Mr. liohimon, however. that fewer catch-penny rackets and thlev nig side shows are allowed to follow him i Hum is tisunllj the cae. and for this he , , serves credit. lie would lie deserving of still more credit if ho would discontinue on- alter snoy concert, uiitelt only serves to (li.igusit the people with the whole thhur, Wo are uiiilur' obligations to .Mr. 'L. S. Meeiu, the urbane manager, for espocial fn Yors shown us, for which he w ill please accept our thanks, Oniilnilllilllili', There, seems to ho a number of sinal! "ouled, narrow contracted, coiiteniotible hounds in the town of La (Irande who lake every opportunity to wag their lying tongues to the detriment of the county seat Jmt before thu arrival of ltobinson's circui at this place, thue vampires put in circu lation throughout the lower end of the val ley, the report that the circus would not top at Union Whiht it did not injure l nion to any great extent, it nrobtiblv dis commoded many of tlio peoplu in that section who had made tliuir arrangements to witness thu circus huru. Such a con- teniptihlo mode of exhibiting jealousy and potty npite will certainly alloc t the' sensi ble country pcoj.Ut throughout the valley to the injury of j.a (Irainle. We do not think, however. Hint that kind of thing would be sanctioned by the majority of the people there, it was probably the work of a few envioui wliui-l)iig, and they should be rebuked by the good people of that vi cinity. ) f we could learp the names of the authors of this lie, wo would give them such a dressing down as th.iy never before received. New I.nw I'Irin. We are pleased to announce that Mr. .Iese (lardesty, formerly law partner with lion. Tims. Kiteh, in Arizona, bus located ami entered into partnership with .1. W. Mielton, attorney of this city, under the llrni name of Sholtun : llardesty, Mr. llardcsty hni a wide reputation as an able lawyer, and probably no man is better ac quainted with the mining laws of the Pa cific coast than he, We predict for the new linn a career of unbounded miotics. The only thing thalcan possibly afflict the even tenor of their way, is thu fact that Mr. llardesty is a dycd-in-tho-wool lepublican, while Mr. HJu I mi Ls a regular old Missouri democrat. As each of them have confided to us privately that bo intends to argue and pray with the other on this subject and wrastle" with him to thu end, that he nmy receive light and become converted. A powerful awakening" may be espoelcdp and we look for i he result with jjroat in turest. Whatever the result may be, we are glad to have Mr. llardesty Jiure, and welcome him itTuong us. lii.anl of Immigration. The State Hoard of Iniigration propones to send u specimen cor through the Has ten! States, this summer. To the end that Union county may be represented, the Hoard of Iniigration for Union county, ask that samples of our products bo sent to the Secretary, .1, K. Iloinig, U'Oranlo. j HmupliM (Attributed, will he properly It. .... -' ' i crc-aiB, grasKes, wooiis, ......a.... . .r 1 1 .. . .. .fr )"'?"' ' t . , " erals. Let no one deuend on his nela ibor in this mutter. With our varied produc. lions and inlnerals, it is only noeessary that all ports of Union county resjMjnd to tliis call, to make a collection that will lie second to that of no other county in the Hluus of Oregon. J. L. Roma, President. Seerutarv. Ifor the lainollt of our young married friends, we desire to warn thuiu iigHhiHt letting Jim. Johnson, the barber, lay haio their scalits wltli a horse clipper. It feels cool and nit, Uj bo ntire, but they will wish they hadn't before they get through with it. Wo had our head shaved with one of the above mentioned instruments' a short time ago, because we had an idea it would koep our brain cooler, show oil' the curves of our dome of thought to bettor advuu I . I I. . tl ma ll''" w,,t"' we presantotl ouraclf before Mw J- At preseut writing, the domestiv ..i.... i. ....i,i...i , . nvs fi u'mutpuei" is eousujersM. ueiow rreso. Uow waiv wc to know Urn il w lielghlMir would cuitskter it "u ! I.I5TTKB I.tT. lU'llUlilllnff inn nlled f..rlhe moiilb eml'lig .I'l :!-.! , ism.-, V t, .!,,). ii-. n Mi M. ,1 liu.l. II II. ,i,i,i ln i . SI. I'liion, i c'l I. r . II 'rtftfon- i !i i i e,. r Ui.. Ji.vu., I Im-oii, ropul.ir, I KlMToH .t Y. V . , rmtn observation on this vry I ttt ulqVot, and kindly solicit the lad, readers of the Scoct to adopt j mis plan, and we sliH-erel trust Wrv will not overlook n thing of so much impor tance. Wo shall begin by itayine that we nnd it best to make a practice of calling on Gran gers (that arc new a nival in the nelghbor hood.) and before they finve a chance to lieecuiie aei)Ua!nted w Ith the people of that Immediate vicinity, loll them all about your iteighbur. Always make It a H.int to se lect for your victim, some cxai t young la dy of your acquaintance, who Is respected, in evely seme of the wot. 1, by all who blow licrHiie w ho i or has been kwping com pany with some young gentleman, whom you wNh tp captivate. In jour conversa tion, always lie sure w bile speaking of your neighbors, not ti state fact, but always tell falschod, because by so doing you may injure your neighbor In tho estinia tion of your new friend, and you yourself w ill be more highly rusiected by all. If It so liuppcn you are censured for telling falsehoods, do no' acknowledge It, but di ny it to the verv' last, and tell everyliody that you never said such a thing In all your life. If after you have tohl a falsehood and had to deny it, then tho liot thing Unit you can do, If your victim hns any little sisters brothers or friends, be sure to treat them disrespectfully on every occasion, because they are to blame for it all. O Another thing that will add mm h to your importance, in church, al school, at a par ty, or any social assemblage, is not to fail to give vent to your charitable spirit bv making remarks about some lad on tile next seat or in some other tortioii of the house. You may vuiy easily attrait theat teution of the atidlanco bv moving about, gigllng and easting scornful locks across the room, at some other Iitdy present In practicing tho above plan, you not onl.vfineceod in acijulrliigthe title "gossip," but you invariably bring notorietv upon both yourself and associates. INDK'ATon. .11, 1C. CliUI'i'ii Alliilllltliielif , baker City. Aug..',, !.. IJiutokScoI't: The following are the appoiiimcntM for. theyear, in the La (Iraude district, Idaho Conference, M. K. church, li. M. Irwin, P.H: Alder. J. W. Wood; linker City. L. X. li. Anderson; Canyon City, fl. W. CJrannis; La tirande, (I. W. Kennedy j North I'ow- ler, W, A. Clmmcw; Malheur, X. (i. Sull- ens; Muininervlllu, J. It. Johnson ; llitrney Valley. John Hulley; I'nloii, J. it. Wat son, ilev. ,1. 1!. atsoil. will lireaeh In I'liion next Sunday, the (lib Inst,, at II a. ui. and T:.'1U p. in. l.espectlully yours, L. X. 11. Amu:kmi. SitltiUl N()l0M. July -U ISSfi. ICniToit Scout : News items scarce. Warm and smoky weather. Tho lirst watermelons of the season were in tjio market during tho week. The capital city is draped in mourn ing, and all public buildings are Hying nags at nan mast, lor the death of Grant. On Friday last Miss Edna Moodv (laughter of (iov, .Moody, started for mil l'rancisco, lo enter Mills' Semi nary at Oakland. riie first lot, of sweet potatoes was received in town iiruur tho woo I hey are "way up," sweet and nice. witn Duller on enf. i tun, yum. At two o'clock Sunday afternoon a son ol iVir. Toiler, was diowncd m I'uddintr river, at MeCallistor's mill. I'ho body was not recovered until af ter it had remained iii the water thir ty hours. Yellow jackets are unite numerous in the harvest fields, and is is an almost iiui.v (iccuiTuneo io near ot a niiia- I .11 . . A 1 way, 1 lie man who tdaso.s a vellew jacket, will surely come to a 'had end," .Mr. Jacket has a fair chance. 1 hero is a curious chicken on exhi bition at the fisli and game market. It lias tour distinct and sofierato lot's. In every other particular tho fowl is per r ii.. f i i ..i - - cuyiorined. neiu mat .Mr. Cove to. it you can. 'I Ins feathered mmdruned may travel with John Hobinsou's great oral s Imposition show. Last Thursday a lame number of ppoplo from here attended tho Indian training msIhjoI." Tho exorcises were xcellont. I ho orations and ohbuvs wore beyond average, and such as would gjvo credit lo a college graduate in tlio Highest school m tlio State. They huvo just got their printing oflico pill in order, anil tlio hoys are prepar ing to issue an eigui-pugo paper, soon. Owing to fulse reports (ho writer was mistaken m tho hud letter. The average yield of grain will fall short of lust year considerable. This i a fact, for the writer has been over in Polk county, French prairie, Saleni prairie, Waldo hills and Kcd hills, and tho crop look- very light. Thu best yinld has boon 25 bushels per acre, and no doubt this will bo fur over tho aver age yield this year. ViCTou. Noil co. Wo have heard complaint from several quarter that thoHcnirr Is not received ou tinio, Wo do not know where the fault lies, as wo invariably mall the paiair on Saturday morning before any of the stages leave, and if the wipers do not reach their destination on time It in the fault of tho jMjutmusterN thioueli whoxc hands they paxx. and our suIik( riders will confer a fa uroii us hy n p .rtlng anj thing of the kin I that io o-. uir bcrcfti r, and We will lln.l out wh" i - i i lil. no,' in the ii alter. Our p.il-oo- i,, in i iKir ,i;,rou t me and . . ,11 .. il. t. c ili , j As giN,d an axsortim m of dioirv fmnilv gnscrhs as iic i,r, j-, j,; II i- I.. I 'I !( t IV. 1 1 n J,, , Oi,, T ... ,,,,,. h me ln lt d i, ,11 fri -li l.,i i,' In a i n- io II I ii. un i I'owder ,i.i rc.-.-.vid , I: (civ ,,i John T. 1 u n li i in., ., in, t. ,,, ii j,, s ,, t,j,ai ; fur the dM'rui lion of l.od I.um, etc. U n lil I II. H i. Tho weather still continues hut. Johnie Fine, of Joseph, is spmdi , a few days in our town. 8ovor.il parties from Suninuiwi passed through otjr burg last wc ' en rout( f,,r the lake. Mr. Liman was badly bruised a i' tleys age, by a )ir?e falling u l i ¬ nt last accounts ln was doing w U. A morions Alexander and Miss KuP Warren were made linppv, on Siindav last. J. A. Hunter, .L P.. tied tl . knot. Died. Inly ills!., ISSf). Minnr, only daughter of Frank and Kniin.i Johnson, aged altout two .V(i.rs. M and Mrs. Johnson have the Empathy of the entire community. One of our young men who w.w g., ing to build a :?lf)(H) house and get a hiitl to put in it, has post pound th business. He has concluded to cap lure the bird lirst. .Nothing likebcii' on the safe side, WOP. Hayward Hand (Irenadcs are th" b. New goods at Levy's t'ut this notice out and send with $2 Jos. Wright, t'nion, Oregon, and get .. of PTose Patent Self Heating Sadirons EnroriMrnU;il. Dan. F. Mooro. C. II. Proscott, T H. Crawford, Chancy A Clark, .1. W Shollou andC). 10. Wirt';, owners ' 120 acres of placer i:iniug ground one and one-half miles long nnd ( rods wide, situated on Piiu creek, Union county, Oregon, have incorpo rated on tho abovonoscribod property for flgi) noil ,00. Twolvo hundred shitrus at $100,00 each, for the puriof of working said ground. orncinis. President Dan. F. Moojd- styretary T. II. CitAwioitn J. W. Sm;m.o,v, ) C. A. Clauk, Directors, C. II. Piujscott, ) .Mining tiit 0. II. PltK'i OTT OHice at Cnion, Union county, Ogu This company lmvo commenced wors with live nion. ami lmvo taken out .t bhieksinith shop, powder, drills and all kinds of tools and nrovisions. io work lo advantage above tho rroiind. and w ill increase, the number of men as soon as pructnblo. They intend to open the claim with ail ft. square bed rock flume on a (i inch irrado to hi ft., which with (he amount of free water and Jail, will enable thorn to work a vast, amount of ground each 'canon. And for tho develoninent of tho above ground, they have author ized Dan. F. Moore n dispose) of a limited amount of stoM at, tun noi.i.Aits ii:ii, siiAiti: Of 9100 each, or at tho rate of .U00 pur aero of miiiinirirround. This mon ey will bo usi;d to the host advantage for nil concerned in abovo stock, and will hn placed In tho Punk of Cnion. and will ho paid upon checks signed w tlio president, and all vouchors and bills will bo handed over to tho direc tors for their approval atoyorv meet ing of the board. Dak. F. Mookk, President, .J. . Shi:i.ton, Attornpy, Summons. In the County court of the State of Oregon for ITnion county. X. I lowland ipid It. II. Lloyd, part ners, doing IiiimI ness together, I'laintiirs, vs I'J. K. Afef'onias ami y J.T. McCoinas. ncfendunts. 'lo H. S. MeCoiutis and J. T. McCoin.i.s deleiidants, in the above entitled action. In the name of the Slate of Oregon, you un? hereby required to appear in the above ert titled court and answer tho complaint filed against you In the above entitled action by the llrst day of the next regular term u said court, after the complete publication of tills summons, for six consecutive weeks to-wit: On the 7th. day of September, iHr or for want thereof, plaintiffs will ask judgment against you for the sum of $!)l.OO, and interest tlierenu al the rate of 8 per cent, per annum., from the L'-'d. davofHep teuibur, lfa.s:i, mid for costs and disbars uients of this action. This summons U published by order ot the lion, A. 0. Craig; Judge of said coitrl Dated July lSh, XHXi. J. W. Klll'.LTO.V, ngl-wi) Atty. for Plaintiff's .Vittloo I'nr I'lildlctttlun, P. S. Land Ornca. La Cuanur, Oiu;iox, July atth. iski Xotico is horeby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inteu tion to make llnal iiroof In support of hiw claim, and that said proof will be made be fore lleginlcr and Keeelvor at La (irandi Oregon, on Sept. lL'th., 18S.'i, viz: Thomas Tinnier lid. No. IWi. for the BV.; S y. Pee. SI Hl-J snja) xk XK'4 Hoc. amusitiw kwm ue ii.tinca me loiiowiug witnesses to prove his eolitlufloilM i-L'sldence uiioii. nml rnln vation of. Hidd land, viz: Jiiiiioh Welch. Win, Hills, P. L, Smith and Charles Anth ny, all of North I'owder, Oregon. s. o. nW.U'lvlIAMKIt, aul-w(l Ilegister. THE Union Milling Cos. TAKES THE LEAD Wherever it lias been tried. For Salo by all tho Lending: Doalors Everywhere. SMOKI5 OUIt "PUNCH" Host Havana Fillotl 5 Five Cent Cigar. 5 JoncH Jlro's agents, Union. E. QOSUKSKY & CP, '1