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.
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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.
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",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,