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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1885)
hlE WEEKLY QRKUOXSCQIjT., 'ION. OUKOON. SVT.. Al'u. at, 1W.V Cauglit on (lie Fly J'ifomcn niccnext Monday, Union is in need of a good is?nyor. The v'onthcr i? considerably cooler. Ubsltbv.itit is notfsulling some lines of gootls'nt cost- s ' Al. Goodbrod's new residence is jicarly completed, a ' The Medical Lnkc,W. T., Ihumer is to b'o nioved to Colville. - '. The Smoky weather continues and extends oyer the entire State. Work is progressing rapjdly on llobt. Shaw's new residence. 4 The most favorable reports are con stantly being received from .tho mines, i ' ' Read Cowlos and ' Mcpahiclss ad. of new goods received at .'their. Cove itorc. The Yakima Republican of July 25. was .recoivoij to-dav, Rapid transit that.' ' " ' A man brought a load of venison in town, Monday, and found a ready tale for it. . A large audience greetod the Nash ville, Students, hist Monday evening. The entertainment was very good. Those, contemplating purchasing a gun this fall, will save money by t ex amining the stock at Covo drug store. Tjic exhibition car, having on board samples of the productions of Oregon, passed this oitv, en route for tho East, ast Tuesday. 1 A number of our Covo neighbors .verb in-attendance at the entertain ment given by the Nashville Students, last Monday evening. ' i If you vant a No. 1 fruit drier, call on'S! 13. Burroughs, of the Cove. Ho lias the best make of driers for. sale, at reasonable rales. , The Ascension school, of the Cove, will bpeii on Thursday" next". Quite A number of the young ladies of Un ion will bo in attendance. ' iVhal is the matter with the La Grande Argus? It lias not made its appearance here for several weeks. Y'ake up, brother Eckley. ' 0.rF.' Bell, of North' Union, is hav ing H 11x22 addition built toi his resi dence, which will add greatly to its .oii'veufepce1 and ' hppearanco.' Miss Vipla rursol and Mi.-s Laura teVeiis took their .departure yester day',' for The Dalles, to attend the Sis ters' school, which opeps at that-place in a few days. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give an ice cream festival and so ciable, affright's' Hall, oh 'Tuesday evening, Sept'. Vt. -XU are cordially invited to attend. The Union Silver Cornet Band sere aaded tlit business house's of the town fast' Friday evening. The music was good, and highly appreciated. The citizens 'bC Union are' justly proud of (his organization, A parly of Umatilla Indians with a large bapd of cayuses, were in Union, Sunday ami Monday. They were, we believe, en route for the Snake river puigt's, on a hunting, fishing and tra iling eSpe'ditlouV ' ' ' f. A. Penney and wife took their departure Thursday last, for l'ino Val ley, where they will reside permanent ly. We are sorry to lose tlidU from our town, but Wish them unbounded success and hapiness in their new jiome. We ha.e heeij informed tjiat Mr N'ewhardt I'pst master pf th'o Hot .ako is an oilensive partisan, and jipuld be ronipycd. Jim. White gave lis the information. We rather think ,lim is mizzling around after that lu crative position himself. ,. L.eyy is tuny paying tho highest market price, m cash, fpr oatsand bar lev. This week he bought of Win, P'obbs 100,000 lbs of barley, and shipped it to Chicago, for distilling purposes. jp lias also made some heavy ship ments from Tellocaset and North tywder, of grain raised in that section. John Wrigits littlo boy, on Wed nesday last, while holding a rope at tached tp a wild horse got his left fpro tii'gcr entangled in tho rope, and tho horse becoming frightened Hew back tearing tho ilesli entirely oil" the linger from tho second joint, leaving the poijo bare.. The linger had to be am pUtatpt!. Wo hoar that tl)o Wallowa people will, at the next term of County court, ask for an appropriation to aid in buil ding a wagon road from Joseph to tho l'ino Crock minos. If they do so, the appropriation should bo mado without hesitation. I the present etato of af fairs, the greatest need of Union coun ty, is roads, Tho Bedrock Democrat copies our article relative to the discovery of coal tiil near Union, without giving this paper credit. That, however, makes but little diU'ereiicf to us, but when it changes the word "Union" to "Baker," thereby locating tho ducovery in Ba ker oountv, it appear to us a little cheeky. Next tlihuj it will be wanting to get the whole of Union, county into Its hungry maw. It is our intention to start to-day for a visit, ofoightor tn days duration, t Umatilla eoumv During ur absence Mr J. IS. Tuttle will "Keep bis ..id goo quill a lloppin" writing i dit rial Mud locals for tin- Si (M ". H' lf ip'ests us to sUte to our readers that this will account for the m xt is"- ' ing a great deal U tter than uual. Tut tU- i l'uttl with i on-id. lubh (all. MINING NEWS. From tho Ynrious Districts of Union County. Till! l'INIS ritMSK IIONAJU.V, lSf.poi t of Valuable ItUr n :li, In (lie Wnlltnt.-i. ' ' :' A J'I.ATlSKlNa IHTt.CUK, It. It. Mix, the surveyor, h is inm ork than he can do in Hid line t.'tvok tlistrk't. The mining town nf Oormicopm ns In tliuigtw of being destroyed hy (orrct flrp, a few day.-? npo. Wm. Harper, ot Conuici.ua, hn liiil.-lietl tho orection of an iirfttm' mi will Start to work at unce.' Heavy travel lo a nil from the Pint Creek mines .-till eonturii&s. Work on the linker ("Hj, road iHween Spartu niul Cornucopia, will hoii com- lllCtU'V. The "Ked l'.oy" niine. a now iliscovery in the Pine Creek tlNtrirt, io j roving; In bo extonsivt'ly rich. CWld can Iw s-een eours inn through tho ore which irf white cr.vs taliae, TIicSuro l!ruhsn.s: "It is woiiilmful tho amount of business Joi.o ty tf?e sev eral stage linos running to. ftnil fruin linker City. They all nrrivo tnft , jepart loaded with paengers and froljrl.t alniu.i every trip.:' ' rtuililiiiK is proKruhiR rI-idly in Allen towunnd Cornueopin. Xt-w claims are constaiitj.V bviiijs located and survoyoiN are biny. Capitalists from Donver nic in the l'ino Creek district, looking for an investment. Talk of "jumping" sonic pf die mines is indulged in, on Tine Creek, lml as it would doub'tkfes head unhealthy business, noth ing of the kind is liable to oecurr. Tho bonded mines, the ".Whitman," 'Companion" and "i'iger." are showing up exceedingly rich, and development' pro gressss. They hit now down to a depth of twer.tv-livu feet. It is said that there is now enough ore on the dump ot this mine to i,ny the bonded prie.i and erect a mill. Woik on Dan. .Moore iV (Vs. placer claim is progressing rapidly. The mountains adjoining the Wallowa Valley are being thoroughly prospected, and some very rich Tunis are reported, Tho mines of Union county will not bo fully developed this season, but by next spring, stplleiont capital will be invested to make things boom, and thotisMitls of men will find employment, If the reports thai are now coming in from the Wallowa are true, that rrti-tion ot'oiti county promispsto be a mining lield of as huuli importance as Tint Creek, We sec f i mi, a private letter that thej have discovered a lgrigu near .lij,cph which assays ifldO in silver pqr ton. A quartz ledge, apparently of considera ble oxton't, bearing' gold and silver, has been found on Catherine creek, aboit fif teen miles from this eit, Assay of some of the ore have been made, aiid it runs from ten to lifteon dollars to tho ton. Parties are m)w ollt investigating,' and if the ledgo proves to bo exteufive, it Will In- a big thing. Oco, and Ben. May, of the Cove, while' on a lishing excursion to the Minam, recently, accidentally discov ered a quartz ledge, Which has every indication of being exceedingly rich. They sent some of the ore, wliicji is free milling, and containing gold, sil ver jiud copper, to Portland, to be as sayed, and have gone out with picks, drills, giant powder, etc., to commence the work of opening the mine, which, we are in hopes will prove lobe a ver itable bonanza.' The ledge is situated on the Minnm, some eight or ten mies from tho (Jove. Porsonsil. Prof. Tail, of Wallowa, was in Uu- ion during the week. Phil. Wilson roturucd from the Wal lowa, a few days ago.' Kugeno Chase is npw to be seen be hind the counters of i. A. Boskowitz's store. 'Miss Maggie Howell returned from Malheur City, Baker county, a few days ago. Mrs. It. J. Bogers,of New La Grande, was in Union several days tio fore part of tho week. Mrs. Lou Payne and Miss Nimonia Sanborn, of tho Cow, spept several days in Union, this week. K. IT, Clingan, who has taken up a ranch in Pine Valley, took his depar ture for that place, last Thursday. Mrs W. T. Wright and jier bister Mrs Lostor are visiting friends and relative, in J loppner, Morrow county. Mrs. Llqj-d, who has been visiting ii) tho Wallowa, returned tho foro part of the week, accompanied by Mrs. Con ley. Mrs. Pi. B. Drake and children, who have boon visiting in tho Kiut for sev eral months past, returned last Kat urday. Mrs Willis Skiff left yesterday for a viit to her siater Mrs McAllister who lcsiden near Ijdund city. Mrs Skiff has not o ot entirely recovered from her recent ticknesD. Bonafidn Cost Sale of all kinds of Summer Drem. (loodi, for which call or send at once p JioIiftwitx'tf store, Un ion, as ho does not intend to jvack them away for future trade, an done heretofore. Iloxkowits will al ay give you inducements to tratl, and grcuter bargains, than can lx found cUt n ln iv. tiiii; 1 1) t'oopiir hlioji. S. 11, Ayles, iiMuiifactuior oC but lor barrels ami kegs, htu always on hand a tfood supply, of the het quail tv, and will M-ll tlieiu at roauuab)u p'ri.e. dic lilm a call at bin shop, south of the 'ihuul )itlikbi Iniulli Plat Book. he I ! lr ili AtHf!.i of Tit ton e'.unt''. ' Moiri on unu oavxkus." W wcm nhovn tha now township plat hook, for the it- of the pounty s!w'or, jn whteh mill' Ik plnttM each Pan-el or trnr'i of tumble land In the county, and nlo n towns, into lots and tMrtloiis of lota as may he. On each pnirel of such tract or lot, will ho written th6 ptcxcnl owner's nai.i'o. and when a transfer occurs, the nams' of thearantee will lie written under the name first written, i that the. lowest name will represent tr owner of such pmcrty. The lMk is a.lx.31 llieluis. and is printed on the very Iwst lodaer pajHT in the market. On the right hand pa.-. are the township plats ruhsl into'ipiartir Koetions, with tho fraetioiiil lots that ih cur on the western ami northern ti.rs nf each town-hip. The plats are each eijih feci; Inches- square, ma king erteh xoertou throe inches square, while on the left mid right of the plats Is a margin six inches wide, thus leaving ample space for replatCug sections or por Hons of ioetfoiis or t'Wvn lots or blocks, when such portions shall have been illlod with names on aecouni ef numerous trans fers of sia-lj portion. A the top of each plat is printed 'Union County. Oregon," and below this the towhahip and range are placed, The. book coiitimis about 100 sheets of plats and abhut 'JO sbets of blank for platting of towns. It win printed, at the superior printing and book binding estab lishment of I. W. Hulk's, of Portland, Or. This i.s the tirst time that this work has been done in this county, although the law makes it the duty of the county assessor to prepare siiel) a book for his and his siic-ee-or's use, and it wijl ,be fully apprecia ted by m.r pre'scnt atid future ass-i-iiMirs, The object of the book is for a more com plete and act urate nHcvmcnt of property, while the cost of do'iiu the work will bo merely nominal as compared to the extra amount of taxable property heretofore not taxed, thai will bo brought to the notice of the assossor by its use. The platting will be done by poll A- Tuttle, who tiro tiding the work tor the assessor, ami we will guar antee (hat these gentlemen will execute the work jiist as il should he. They liavc a tluplica'te book which will be used il their abstrat t business. A Silt"iiiliit Monument, lu ibis Union eemoelry a marble monu ment linw marks the last restiiiK plaeo of John Hums, who died in this city' teeom her last, It was ereinted through tho in strumentality of Y; T. Wright, his tried and trusted friend, to whom he overturned in time of need- The base of th monu ment is a mai.sivo stone, three feet square, taken from' the (pianies of HummcYville, on which is set a shaft of dark Italian' marble, beautifully engraved, surmounted by an urn eighteen hie he. in height. The work was executed by 1). J. Coleman, of Walla Walla, tind is most excellent, tin, design being tasty and unique. The shah is or namented with niilsonic emblems, and midway aye the words "John Hums, died Dec, '21. liso, aged III years," and further down "lie was an honest man. andhelieved in flod." On the plinth, in larger letters is tho u.imo ilurns:" The monument is about nine or ten feet in height; weighs live thousand pounds, and was placed iu positional a cost of 'between (lvo and six hundred dollars. It is yet to bo enclosed with an iron railing. It is a monument that will las?t for Hges. Its polished face will contain the record of a human life centuries after' the man who lies1 beneath it, and the friond'"who reared it to his memory, have passed from the knowledge and recollection of men. The I'rii:(seil Kftnil. According to the report of viewers sent out on tho proposed, road via, Catherine creek, to Pino Valley and tho mines, it will require about four or llvo thousand dollars to put tho road through in good shape, Thi-s amount ihonld bo contribu ted by the people of (Irande Hondo valley, iu three days. There is not a person liv ing iu ll(e valley that will not bo benefitted directly or indirectly. It will open up a market lo our farmers and bu'ninoss men that.is e.sential to our prosperity, and we cannot afford to tin id idle and let this op portunity puss hy. A biibseriptiou paper is being circulated, and at present writing nearly two thouiiand dollars have been sub scrilMid by citizens of Union, and many of them have not yet been sopn. It is tho du ty of every ieiilent of tho valley to sub scribe as liberally as his moans will allow. All will have an opportunity, ami should not hesitate to aid in tho" mattfjr. When the subscrlptlops arc all iu, aipl summed up, the County court, which convenes hi a week or two, will bo induced, if possible, to appropriate a llko amount. If they do, (and wo cannot sec what ruawon they can have for not doing so,) the hulldlnfc of tile road Is asKiirod, ami wo may expect travel over if, to communes ore many weeks. A rinntnnt Tarty, On Tuesday evening jhero was a largo gathering of the many friends of MisH Viola Pursol.ttthe resltjcnco of Mr. A. V. licn on, of this city. Mls Purol took liiirdo partupe for Tho Dalles on I'riday, to outer upon the last year of her studies at Ht. Mary' Academy, where she will remain until alout the middle of June, The en tertainment wax intenqicrncil with game and much. Home forty being grouped at one time in the- parlor, intcreted In the mytorU of "i oiiM-quenccx,'' "borrow ing," "iros question-," aijl other aiiiu -ne-iil, while in other part of the li' u-t-tluli were glollpe- e.il-cl at tin- hi" -Itoaiiil, r i niiteiidiiig ut pail"!' !oqin ' Pcfrc-hmciits were served ut half "i-t ten. ui.'l then ciiim- a I rent if lutiM . A iiiolig the iiiuii em (Hint fltinn v: ii di.c h Mi-s Pnr---1 niiil Mi s u l.hitni I- a nilii hy Ml -- li, l ilt lii.ile ,inii q.i.n lilC l- Mig)l, Mi-.- Il.ni- fi-. "-tta- . hiltH hi t n.iiiWrll nil I r Jchii,, i Attic ' !- "I Ihi ciiOi l.iiiiiinol :i liniil Mime uutotrruph Allium ii pi, enttsl h Mir K k i i it It i'ic iiuinc of lli"i- in hi l ihi I I I Ik iiiil.it, wf III!) The j ii 1 1 1 -i uii,' -h-pi I ut Jl i l' V ' v.l bin; Mi 1' u pint .lit ) in' 4ii'-, a ii'ipi') niul" OUR R0AI1 To be, r not to be? Ayp, Tlinfi'rt t ho Quw'ttoii," ' ItUI'OKT aiAUI! KV I IKIVKKS, I'nnr or I"le Tlinusruid )ulhr tin inlreil to llullil It. V OOI.HEX Dl'PDItTl'Ml V, Mr. M. K. lfolbrook, wh was sent last week to view out ami selotH a route for the provoMd road from this city to tho l'ino CreHv mines, returned on Monday last. and his report i ex tremely favorable. Tito road will run through tho I'ariv, by Durham Wright's, up Hip creek, through the foot hills, about three miles to llinjeni, thence by Foster's a lustra, to Hig Kn rIo creek, crossing at tho mouth of Paddy's Paradise creek, keeping up that crook three or four miles and passi ig over to Little llttglo creek, crossing about one and a half miles nbne tho forks, thence south-east along bench land to summit of divide between Kagle and Pino creeks, some two and one-hnlf miles above the Brow nice t mil, thence north-oast to head of Pino Valley. Mr- Holbrook says tho road front bore to 1 logom, a distance of thirty mUes, is in passable condition now, and will not rcipiire n great deal of work, ami can be short ened considerably. Tho 'crossing of Eagle crook is un easy matter, anil can be made with ap easy grade, in no place more than eighteen inches to the rod. Wheto the grade will have to be made there are no nudes, the en tire di-uanco bcii;g of soil, anil easily worked. Tho most of the work will be reipiireil in making tio road from Kagle to Pine, n; distance of i about ten miles. Doubtless the people of Pine will open up the road from that valley to the summit, as they are very anx ious to have it completed, Altogether, Mr. Holbrook thinks it is a very prac ticable route, requiring less labor to be made than he thought, it would befoic going over it. Ho thinks an expenditure of 1,000, in addition to the woik already donated, will be suf ficient to complete (he road in good shape, and that thirty or forty men with the necessary teams could build il in siv or eight weeks. It would taj) a vast area of mineral coun try lying oast of this place, in which new discoveries are constantly being made, would bo a most delightful road to travel in 'the summer mouths, on account of tho magnificent scenery along the route, ami would bo easily kept open for travel during the winter. Such is tho report made by Mr. Ilol brook, a man who has had imany years experience in matters of this kind, ami doubtless his judgment will bo found not far front correct. The amount it would cost to build this road in com parison with the vast benefit, it would be to tho people of (iiai)do Hondo Val ley, is so t rival that it ought to bo rais ed iu two weeks time, and doubtless will be if we sulliciently interest our selves in the matter. It will admit of no delay. Let everyone who desires the prosperity of this county make it his business to see that tho work is constiniated without dejay. A.frcsh lot of Insect Powder just received at the well known drug store of John T. Wright, Union, (Jregoii. It has no equal for tho destruction of bed bugs, etc. A. Levy has just received a large invoice of yarn and knit goods, direct from tho manufactory at Ypsilunti Mich. Also boots and shoes from the factory at Alton, -Muss. Jlo can af ford to fcol, and is selling goods much cheaper than oyer before. A lino assortment of gouts' furnish ing goods have just been received by Jesse Alberson. Since tho great re duction iu prices, occasioned by the general hard times, he will sell suits f j om $0 upwards, Tho I loppner Times says : "Tramps who contemplate coming to I loppner are hereby notified that they will be warmly received. An organization called tho Houncors has just been per fected, whose duty it is to euro for tramps. There is no hospital iu con nection with the order, but ground has been secured for a graveyard. Vacant Helioltir lii Ily referring to our advertising cohiin it will be Kten that there aro throe vacan cies iu tlo scholarships of this poutily, in the State University of Oregon. Tho Coun ty court will examine applicants on thetlth, day of Beptomher. A (iiiud Clumco. C. Vincent, of tho City Hoot anil fcihoo Store is now receiving his fall utoek, which consists of u large assortment of hoots and shoes, over-shoos, gum boots, pe, of tho very host quality, which ho Is selling chea per than ovor, for cash. Call on him and he convinced. New .llaihhnl. At a mooting of the city council Ibis weok, Marshal Denny . tendered his resig nation, which wait accented, and .Marion Carroll appointed to till tlit vacancy. A Oooil Cuiiiixirlii jn. The columns of a newspaper aro a good doal like a bill of fare at a restau rant. No one wants to eat all he lliuls mi the printed ife'p before him when In- -it down to the table, yet he will I"' muv to tind some one or two tilings (hat suit him. Kveryone bus ilill'etent taster and tho littlo item that you ills aj'ee with and wonder why it is there ami feel mav Ih- a little mud .ilxiiit it, ir, pi rbups, ju-t what tin- in, in Killing "iHisitf to nil wuuttd to si i. Tin il ls a heap of 1 1 ' i ii iti ii iiitui'- in most fulks ami the. pupt j t only hold the mirro up for )i'ti to m-c your own iv th t-t ton in it. IIiMr.l lluoil 1-iMi.i ti, ft. ih.- Uii Salem. :tnt r Interest renin Hi.) stnt.i Cj , Id --l'rliiimi XctcM. HIIIPMK.VT fit OUKfJON HIOVKS A tiff. H, l.ornls (pdle pcarro. ' 'nrni.ind sii'oky weather. Heavy thunder niul lightning plprpi night before last, K. 15. Morih-ny left ,m I'riduv last. j to attend tho county to'tcher's iustj ' tute in Coo.s county. I Prof. ,f. H. Horner and wife left on J Thursday, lioiind for Ihwcbiirg. They , go to take charge of tho. public school j at that place. ; On Tuesday, Pinfessor Vanscoy, I), i !.. President of the Willamette Yni- versitj, was married to Miss Jessie Kasthani, of Hubbard. ' Hon. K. P. Karhart, Secretary of tho State, accompanied hy his daughters, Addie and Clara, left yesterday morn ing for San f?mneJseo. The concert at the M. H. church last evening was a success, and every body seemed to enjoy the lengthy and well rendered programme. A large peach is on exhibition in tho oapitol city thi)t measures eleven inch es in circumference. Willamette Val lev is surely the "garthm spot of tho world." Work has been actively begun on the new buildings for the Indian train ing school at Cuciuuwa, The contrac tors expect to have them completed before iho fust of Novcmber. The th'ty is full of teams every day, bringing in grain of thiseason's crop. In one week more all of the farmers will be through threshing, and eory kernel of giain wili be warehoused. During the week, a full' car load of stoves were shipped from tioldsmith it hoewonbtirg's. foundry, at tho peni tentiary, lo flute (7ity, Montana. The car was placarded in largo letters 'home manufacture is the best." To-day Mrs. Moody, and ,-on Halpli, will start .Hast. Italph goes to or)tor the hnv school at Albany, X. Y., They will be accompanied ,by Miss Annie McCormack, of Kugono and Miss Krankio Jones, of this city, who go to Hoston, Mass,, to enter the conserva tory of musje. 1 Vii'Toit. ' IiieiM-iiorntt'ili Articles of incorporation have been filed in tho ollico of the secretary of State, of the La Grande, Mcaeham and Pendleton wagon road company, organized for the purpose of operating a toll road over tho line of the old emi grant and MoaehaiVi road from Oro I)el to Pendleton. Tho incorporators are F, A. Foster, Daniel Chaplin ami M. linker, with the principal ollico at La (irande. Thn.capital stock is $1)0,, OUO in shares of If 100 ouch Saddles niul lliirnoNs. Those, desiring anything kept or usu ally manufactured iu a well-stocked saddle and harness shop, 'should not fail to call on lloidleman & Dixon, in this city, before purchasing elsewhere. They manufacture nothing but tho best quality i 15 gpods, iind sell at prices that cannot be competed with. Fann ers will tlo well to learn where they can got the best goods for tho money, be fore they buy. Single harness, ."t'Io to $18. Halters. f)) cts., and all other goods iu proportion. Oregon and Washington is receiv ing" more immigrants. ' this year bo far by ono-third than last, Iu faqt more than any year in the patt.' Tho cattlo men of Harney valley have all sold, their beef cattlo, which wc ro over two years old, this year to a Chicago firm and will bo shipped east over the Oregon Short Lino It. It. The prices paid woro from $'2t to $110 per head. It is astoiiishinir how brutish, fanat icism can m.iki! somn men, A lead ing, prohibitionist of Nashville siivf that if ho saw his child dying and knew that ono teaspoouful of whiskey would save its life, and nothing else would, ho would let it die. ''Woman's rights!" oxclajmed a Philadelphia nai, when tho subject was broached. ''What more rights do thoy want? My wife, is eternally bpssjug me, our daughters boss' us both) and tho servant girl bossos the whole family. It's tiiuo (ho men woro allowed spine rights. The disaster which befo) tho Wash ington monument from a stroko of lightning rccontly dcinonsU-atotl the need of more ndcijuato protection from this foe of the air, and an uuMitiou of one hundred and soyouly-two light ning rod tips were placed " tbo 6lniituro. H will 'take soyornl months to complete tho iron stairway leading to tho top of tho monument, tind whon that is done, tho work of two generations will bo finished, Tho body of a petrified giant has boon found by two fanners who woro sinking a woll ten miles from Victoria, II. C. Its nppearuuco closely rosein blod that of a human being. Tho hood has tho appearance of having hojm sculpod. The n.alv!,d Is as hard as Hint, and the ni nis and logs me broUoii shoit otf. Tho veins and, v us tiro p la lu y trucuil. A parly has m,.n nn fe ilm iium n i n mid gono out foi tho ogs, uii is and htiiidB, which lie 111 n hole. 1 ho man , when ullva, inu-l huvo heou about ribs mo plainly traced. A party has twelve feet higli. LPITERS, 3cni in by fJon'oapomhiiil' Q Minn VAi.l.KV Illflll-l'U r.ns A Witt) o M.-ai- Il rnilRlil Willi Near I, ostitis. H l.ns fl'Pl.lNCS i rituai Tim con: 1 1 mil Vai.i.u, August '27th., 1S8.V Weather hot as ,uld hatlep. Patties going through to the mono tains to cool oil' is a daily occurrence Dame Humor has it that iso are P, have a wedding in Jiigh life, here, it no distant day. Our threshing machine will ctait Sept. 1st with Andy Wilkinson as Master of Ceremonies. Mr Wm. Wilkinson's twine bintlt i is now running to tho tune of 'leatbt i breeches" in the grain fields. Wilkinson Urn's and Mr Swuggt have, recently, lost several calves 1 it disease supposed to be blackleg. While the farmers aro busy in tin harvest thoio aro other parties hard ut work devising plans to give themselves access to tho farmers' crops at hall price. Anyone thinking that a portion i! tho High valley women aro not cranky, or who doubts their ability t, handle a six-shooter, shoujd interview .John Drake, "or take a look at tb) battle ground .one mile ami a tpiartu east of I'nion. Mr W. 11. Minnick, brother of John and A Herd, has arrived here from Iowa. Ho thinks of remaining iu Union county if tho climate prove, beneficial to his health. He says that the city of Union is the best, and most pleasantly situated town that lit has seen west pf St Paul. JlUSIDKNT. Lostinu, Ausust 21th., 181)5. Another wedding on tho tapis( Tho excitement over tho piines stilt continues. , Am.flroot and wife, of Lower valley, spent Saturday ,in our burg. Miss Alice Allen has returned bono from a visit to ha Grande. Ira Heard is handling the ribbons on one of Matt Johnston's fast freight teams. ICate Sheltou was thrown from a horse a few days ago, but sustained no serious injuries. Geo. Higgshada pitchfork run pear ly through Iris: had while- feeding a thresher, a few days ago. Al. ICeeler and Wm. Shred )iavi bought a bran new header, and aro making things lively hereabouts. Hobt Walker was badly kicked by a, vicious horse, ou6 day last. week, but will probably be opt agnip in a few days. J. C. Conoway has moved his slock of goods from this plaeo to Alder, where he will engage in the niereantijo busi ness. Mrs. C. It. Shields, formerly of Un ion, will teach the public school at this place, commencing tjio first Monday in September. UoiVtnian it Higg's thresher will commence work this week. This ma chine threshed 55,000 bushids last year, and probably will thresh one third more this year. Henry Itinehart and other particn havo been prospecting the mountains near Lostine, recently, and have found soino vory lino' specimens of ore. NO doubt Wallowa will ho found' to eon-' tain some very gootl mines, ' ' Wild bear aro getting very bold. He cently Hert Shojton met a large gris zly in tho Wallowa canyon, James Tully killed two last Sunday; and wO hear that George J'VrgUson, a few daj's ago, lassoed a black-' boar and choked it to death. ' One young man here told his girl ho would give tho whole world if shA would only marry him, She replied that he did not nyn tho work). Ho said he meant jf he had it. That put a dillcront face on it, ami not the most attractive one, " Covi:, August 2(lth., 1885, Miss Clara Stevens, of Lowistpn, visiting relatives in Govt. Died. Tuesday, Aug, 25, 1885, in: funt daugjitcr pf Mr. and Mrs. .1,11. Fisher, of Cove. Tho atconsion school building ro: coivetl a now coat of paint, this week, greatly improving its nppparaijcc, Tod. Itinehart and . 0. Smith, of Sumniorville,, visited their nufliy friends an( iicnuaiplances iu Cove, Sunday, Shormau TCposo returned from Wyo ming. Saturday, whoro ho has been several months past, selling liornp?, Ho mot wjth fair success. Dr, Mason and family moved to Lost prairie near the mouth of Grandti Hondo river, this week. Ho has so. cured a stock ranch at that plaeo, A black bear was seen in tho out skirts of the village, Sunday afternoon, ami soon after died at tho hands of a shotgun. Jleing fat, it furnished Unci steak. Quite a number from Cove, went Saturday, to Clover creek, to attend the guidon wedding of Gen. J. 11. Ste ns and lady, A largo concourse of invited guests were prou-nt and h.iu a kph-ndid lime. -'" v- "'' )'y , ",1'K lf fronuullk funiisliul by J (,uirowu ,,mVt!i AbUlo fr0n, this there . Im vhvws ,olllK ,,,,,,-y t vivm tx ' the place, Tho creamery havo law ipuiutitus on linuu (or saiu,