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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1886)
PERSONS AND THINGS. Of tho 05,000 people of Jamaica, thrco- fourths aro farmers. A woman of Valludolid, bnain, re cently cavo birth to seven children in two days. New Zealand, with a population of about COO.OOO.bas a debt of nearly' 31 000,000, or over $250 for each inhab itant DECEMBEit has been a month of ex traordinary favorable weather for fox hunting in the south of Ireland, and no unpleasant incidents growing out of politics have marred tho sport so dear to the Irish as well as the English heart. The Edinburgh Medical Missionary society reports tho opening of its hospi tal in Ilangchow. Many Chinese olli cials were present, and a number of tho mandarins subscribed liberally toward the building. A large ward for opium patients was filled on the first day. At a marriage which took placo at Toronto recently both the bride and bridegroom wore narrow black masks over their faces, which wcro removed just as soon as tho ceremony was over. It was alleged that the adoption of tho masks was a freak of tho bride. Siio likewise insisted that no mention what ever should be made of their nuptials in any of the public prints. The metric system of wcighls and jncasurca was adopted enthusiastically in many laboratories when first intro duced, but is now said to bo rapidly los ing ground. It hits been tho cause ol many serious errors. Tho fact that tho misplacement of a little dot will turn a comparatively harmless doso of medi-. cino into one having a deadly poisoning power bears strongly against it. TniiitE was a curious combination of good and ill luck; in tho experience of the engineer of a tug winch sunk in Hell gate tho other day. Ko managed to scramble on to one of the schooners in tho tug's tow, and tho schooner soon af ter drifted upon tho rocks. Then ho went abroad another tug, which was en deavoring to puil tho schooner ofl'.whcn tho tug's boiler burst and threw him into tho water again. Perhaps ho was tho Jonah of tho occasion. A New Yokk philanthropist proposes to organize a laud company which shall furnish homes to deserving young men in small cottages cosling $2,600 apiece. By a novel plan, in case the tenant dies nfter the oloso of tho year, tho property will bo deeded to his wife as a homo. Tho company will not lose, because its plan is tho insuring of tho young man's life" for tho amount of tho mortgage on tho property, and if lie dies his wife taltus tho property and liioooinpiuiy tho insurance. Ckuistmas dangers in tho south aro more like Fourth of July disaster in the north. While tho burning of Christ mas trees is tho causa of most of tho casualties of Christmas in lliis part of t ho country, tho toy pistol is tho chief source of trouble in the south, and tiio report aro numerous of burned lingers, injured thumbs, and other won nil from tho use of t ho toy pistol. In ono city "tho ambulances and their carps of medical students wore kept busy all day long and into tho night" with injured small boys. Carelessness is thu principal cause of botli burning trees and lire works disasters. On a steainei' tliatsailcd recently from Now York for Liverpool thorn was a drunken steerage passenger in tho uni form of u United States soldier. Dur ing tho entire passage lie subsisted ou whisky, nnd on tho arrival of tho ship at her destination lie disappeared. A month later tho same steamer was pre paring to leavo port. Just as tlio gang plank was to be withdrawn, tho military passenger reeled on to tho ship, nour ishing a prepaid steerage certificate. On tlio homeward passage lie admitted that he had not been sober for a mo ment, lie had no money whatever, but obtained all tlio liquor. ho wanted by going into saloons and posing as the military representative of a groat and froo people An interesting statement is made by Col. Barrow, who was tho chief organ izer of mounted infantry in the British campaigns in tlio Soudan. Tho horses for tho HHh hussars were Arab stallions of fourteen hands, wIioms average ago was between eight and nine years, bought in Syria and lower Kgypt. Out of U50 horses, during nine months in tt hard campaign, only twelve died from disease. This ho attributes, firstly to the climate of tlio Soudan being most suitablo for horses, aud secondly to tlio Syrian horse having a wonderful con stitution. Tho distance marched, irre spective of reconnaissances, etc., was over 1,6000 miles, and tho weight car ried averaged li)o pounds. Tho weather during tho last four months was very trying, food was often very limited, and during tho desert march water was very scarce. Whou Gen. St wart's column mado its final advance, tho 153 horses tlio 19th hod with them, marched to tho Kilo without having rocolvoa a dropof water for 55 hours, and only one pound of grain. Some 15 or 20 had no water for 70 hours. At tho end of tlio cam paign, and uftor a week's rest, tho ani mals wcro handod over to tho -0th litis gars at Assouan in as good prjljpr us when they left'Wady Haifa niqp'iiiHitlii HHNavloujily. ' NOTES FJ10M GOTHAM. MEN OF WALL STREET SOME OTHER MEN. AND How Daniel Drew Left the Street, and Lost a Fortune. Addison Oammack, tho Biggest Bear of the Prcsont Street, Robert Pulton and His Bight to the Traffio of the Hudson, Special Corretpondenee. New Yonrc, Jan. 0, 18S5. Wall utrcct continues just tlicBamo since tho death of Win. Vandcrbllt, and tho bears hug and the bulls core each other as they always have done, and always will do, so long ns Wall etrcct continues to bo the centre of financial activity. Men may come and go, generations die out and new ones spring Into the light, but tho street doesn't care, mid runs ahead as usual, waiting for the next to drop out, ruined, or the other to quit It with a fortune. Ono of the greatest men of the street In the past, and one who died ft bankrupt, in a mortgaged homestead, after forty years of experience In mxini. nitnw. the street, was the celebrated Daniel Drew. Drew was one of the quaint of figures ot tho street as late ns lST.I, and anyone meeting him for thu first time would have taken him for anything clue than u millionaire, and a reckless dealer in immense blocks of stocks, and an engineer of deals that In his time were tho Greatest in the street. Daniel Drew Is said to have kept no book's with his brokers, simply trusting to his head, mid their word, and ho very seldom inndo nny mistakes and never any blunders, with ordinary operators would be liable to under such circumstances. In the celebrated Erie war, Daniel Drew took a prominent part, and was chased by sheriff's and haunted by injunctions until ho took ref ngo In a Nassau Street loft, and was guarded by a few friends until the immediate danger passed away. Jim Fisk lirst appeared In Wall Street as tho assistant of Daniel Drew, but tho partnership didn't last a great while, aud lisle joined hands with Jay Gould Instead. Drew was a class lender, an exhortcr, and devout member of the Methodltt church, yet ho had few friends and jwsscsscd nono of tho magnet Ic Influence which brought friends to l'lsk. lie was u bull one day, and a bear next, just ns the notion suited him. and so his friends ot one day were his opponents the day after. Ho gave away very largo sums In charltlcB, espec ially to religious organizations, and tho Meth- iMiMh. ji is milieu oi mm inai ai one nine the trustees of his church wishing to finish a mission cliupcl, ono ot them turned to him with tho remark, "Brother Drew I put it to your conscience. "Don't you seo your way clear to give us ten thousand dollars!" Daniel promptly replied, "No, I do not," and thcro tlio matter ended, Inasmuch as Drew was very peculiar in his method of making donations, and clioso his own way of spending his money In this direction. Ho seldom gavo away less than one hundred thousand dollars a year in this way. Drew mado a great deal of his mon ey out of tho samo business that enriched Commodoro Vandcrbllt, namely, tho navigation ot the Hudson river, and many and bitter were tho lights between tho old Commodore aud Drew in this lino. In 1840, Drew formed a partnership with Isaac Newton, tho then steamship king of the new world, and from that time ho ran a successful lino of steamers against nil com petitors, Vandcrbllt included. When the Hud son ltlver railroad was opened in 18!W, Drew reduced tho furo from Albany to New York to I one dollar, while tho road charged three. Tho president of tho railroad urged Drew to put up his rates. "Our company makes money enough ut ono dollar, but you can icgulute tho faro In one way, by buying out our lino of steamers, that Is, if you hava money enough," was Drew's answer. Ho Insured his own steamers, laying by a sum for that purpose, and claimed that ho saved over fifty er cent by so doing, although at ono time ho paid out about three thousand dollars for tho loss of tho Demi ltlch inoud, ono of his boats, and it was remarkable, that ho paid every shipper mid passenger tho amount they claimed, ami that there was not single law suit in tho settlement of the dam ages. Tho rivalry between Drew and Vnnder bllt llnally subsided In so far that lu nny great enterprise where money was needed, Vuniler blit furnished one-halt and Drew tho other and for jears this plan was kept up, neither betraying tho other in any transaction of this nature. Drew llnally broke w Itlt Vanderblt ou ono occasion, however, and went Into tho ttreot to do n little financiering to tho dumago of tho Commodore and to tho advancement of Drew. Vandcrbllt Instantly went Into ths itieet, threw his money and his will Into tho tlruggle, tied everything up, produced n panic, mill mado his enemies, Drew included, suffer rnormous losses. Drew never tried tho plan ugatu, as lu those days it took far less capital to lie up stocks than at present, and Vandcr bllt could do it with his Individual wealth If he wished at any time, and was consequently not a good uiau to fool with. In the proceed lugs w hich were instituted against Drew lu tho Erie matter, and which forced him to lildo for weeks, Vandcrbllt took no part, though he had suffered enormous losses In tho matter. Drew endowed many religious Institutions, and built among other churches tho elegant marble rhurcJi of St. Paul's ou Fourth Avenue lu this city, w lileh In itself cost a small fortune, ltut In spite of all his millions, and all his shrewd ocas, Daniel Drew died worth less than hU debts, and passed away a beggared wreck, leaving nothing to his family, aud his son be came mi employe of the lino lino of steamer, his father had originated aud carried through to success. Commodore Vauderhllt, his old time rival, passed away within a few weeks, leaving a hundred millions behind hlin. Drew was a rash speculator, and Vandcrbllt a care ful follower out of matured plans, except when he got angry and entered the street for re venge, and then he scattered bl money m rashly as Drew ever did, but with better re sult. The nun who ought to have made the mast paonrr out of the navigation of tbe Hudson, vu ttobort Vultaa, but Wr-didn't, aud tt r non'T. rtnvrow. malncd for Vandcrbllt, Drew, Collins, and others to reap the harvest for which he had sown the seed, and to pile up fortunes from tho trade on tho Hudson which ho had been granted tho solo franchise for from the state legislature of New l ork, but from which he failed to reap tho benefits. Fulton was a great Inventor in many different ways, besides in that of steam navigation, but the enormous business which grew out of bis labors lu this particular field, connect! his name with this lino more particu larly than with others. His first steamboat was launched in Paris, In the river Seine, In lSOH, and was so poorly constructed that it broke to pieces and sank during thn night, tho machinery being too heavy for the timbers. Fulton ulso painted and exhibited the first panorama ever exhibited In Paris, and used tho proceeds from It to forward his Inventions in other lines. Ho also invented the first sub marine torpedo boat In 1S00, but it was not a great success. He also invented tho first tor pedo, and blew up several old ships with thci and demonstrated their practical use in time of war. During his youth he was called "Quick silver Hob" by tho workmen in the shops around which he used to wcrk, aud get up his inventions, and this name clung to him during his entire youth. His parents had sent him to school, but the teachers Invariably failed to do much with him, and when ho was ten years old, ono of them Jn answer to his parents questions If Itobert was attending to his Looks, said frankly that llobcrt had declared to him "that his head was so filled with original no tions that ho had no vacant chamber In which to store away tho contents of any dusty books." Fulton's first, steamboat, and tho first steam boat launched in this country, was named the Clermont, and was built and launched In 1807. The boat was named "Fulton's Folly," and many wcro tho laughing faces when she started from New York's harbor on her trial trip. But they changed when she swung out Into tho stream and steamed up the Hudson. Pcoplo looked with wonder at the strange craft mov ing along against wind nnd tide without sails, and the other craft got out of the way with all speed. On her next trip, and after night came on, as she passed the palisades, a countryman saw the steam and sparks aud smoke coming up the rlver,and ran home to tell his wife tha ho "had seen tho Devi looming up the Hudson, breathing fire aud smoke from his nostrils, and scooping out tho river." Tho Clermont TUB CI.AItMONT. became a fixed fact In tho trado of tho rivet, however, and many attempts wcro mado by the owners of other crafts to run Into and sink her, by running afoul of her, etc., but they were not successful, and Fulton succeeded in get ting tho legislature of tho State to grant him tho exclusive franchise for steam tralllc on this river, which met with bitter and long oj posltlou from other ambitious contractors. Fulton built the llrst ferry boat in 1811, which plied between this city aud Jersey, and lu 1S15 lie got up the plans for tho llrst man ot war us ing steam us a motive power, and it was called "Fulton tho Frst," and carried 41 guns. bile building it, however, ho had to attend court In Now Jersey, owing to tho litigation growing out of his franchise for Hudson tralllc, mid ho caught cold while attendlnir to this lawsuit, and then went hi inclement weather to exam ine tho mau of war and tho progress the work men wcro making, mid caught more cold, and died from tbo effects on February 2Uh, 1815. The man of war was finished nnd launched ou tlio Fourth of July following, but her inventor was dead, although tho frigate was a success. Fulton had married u MIsj Harriet Livingston, in ISOtJ, aud ho left her and four children be hind him. Ho died well High penniless, al though ho had expended thousands of dollars out of his own and his father-in-law's liocket upon experiments for tho United States gov ernment, and his heirs entered suit against tho government for tho same, suing for one hun dred thousand dollars. After thirty-one years of delay they llnally recovered seventy-six thousand dollars from the government. Itob ert Fulton Is burled lu tho churchyard of Trinity Church, at the head of Wall street, lu tho vault of tho Livingston's, and tho busy tread of tbo countless thousands who dally pass up anil down iiroauway ami inuity churchyard, and the chiming bells of tho old vii! ADD1SOX CUUM1CX. riecplc, sound at once n ceaseless and a solemn dirge over his remains. One of the most successful men of the pres ent day upon the street, Is tho "big bear," Ad dison Cammack, n quadruple millionaire, and one of the leaders of the street. Thcro have been many talcs told about Addison, and the manner In which he made his start in the mon etary world, and among them the story that he got In the slave trade, being interested It was claimed with Messrs. Nelson G. Trowbridge and Charles Lamar, the latter a relative of Secretary Lamar, which two gentlemen owned the yacht andcrcr, which landed 000 slaves in Savannah in 1859, If the story Is correct Although Mr. Cammack was an Intimate assocl ate of these gentlemen at that time, it Is poet tlvcly denied by those who ought to know that his start was gained In this way, or that he had anything to do with tho slave trade, but this Is the story that has gone around Wall street ever siuco Mr. Cammack entered It. During the war Mr. Cammack was Interest ed in blockade runners, and lived in Havana, nnd after the war ho was pardoned by Pros! dent Johnson, came to this city, and entered the street, where he has been ever since, and out of which lie has carved a large fortune. He Is known ns the brains of the "bear element, and Is looked at with interest by the bulls, es pecially when he gets upon tho war-path, girds up his loins, and rushes for a break In the mar kct. Mr. Cammack Is about fifty-eight years of age, and there has been some talk of hit retirement from the street but he Is good for several years yet. An interesting gentleman Just at this time wm. nonsitciMcn. is .Mr. William Dorsliclmcr, editor and pro prietor of tho Dally Star, the old lime Tarn many organ which bit the dust over the clee tlon of Cleveland, whom It refused to support, and which Mr. Dorshelmcr regenerated, resur rected, and Is now running upon strictly Dcra ocratlc principles, without regard to tho va rious organizations of tho city. Mr. Dorshe lmcr is however, nlso the United States Dis trict Attorney who has tho handling of tho cases against Messrs. Warner aud Work, In the never ending rcrillunnd urd matter, and every day or two tho case goes dragging Its slow length along like the everlasting flow of the shining Hudson, and where it will bring up, is a couumdrum beyond tho ken of ordina ry mortals. When last heard .of, this week, the prospects were that It would be continued until cither Warner and Work's money gave out, or the government treasury becamo depleted. Tho only charge against them which Mr. Dorshdlmcr has anything to do with is that of assisting Ward iu wrecking the Murine Hank, a national Institution, and oneof Uncle Sam's pets iu this city. Messrs. Warner and Work arc taking the matter leisurely enough, and so Is everybody concern ed, while tho people who lost the amounts have pretty generally reached the conclusion that what little is left after the courts gets through with tho matter will not be worth lighting over. SriniTO GasnL. As To Had Penmanship. In splto of tho theory of a bad penman who wrote a sprawling baud (was It not tb llrst Napoleon!) that the poorer a man's hand writing Is the more character It has, tho ma jority of letter writers, authors, scholars, nnd journalists are envious of tho clerk nnd copy ist nrc envious of their own talent for writing a clear aud beautiful hand. As a tuition, wo have sadly degenerated lu the art ot using tho pen. Comparing tho beautiful and uniform liand-wiitlug of thu last century with the sklm-nlong, spider-track, rall-fcneo style of tho present day, one almost regrets tho fact that the goose-quill has gone-out of fashion, and a still and awkward writing implement has been substituted lu Its stead. A fortune awaits the man who will invent a flexible writing-stick not n gold (hjii tipped with platinum of some non-corrosive material. it is sonant to ureuK in a pen; ana uaving worn down the point to suit vour stvle. they mv llkelv to snap or splutter before you have tossed olf a dozen Mires of manuscript. Then there is tho linnoyaueo of getting a fiber be tween tho ribs, iiuahigous to that of getting a bit of meat between the bicuspids at the din ner table; and nine persons out of ten will wipe tho ivii frautlcally ou tin occiput to rid It of the lllainent and catch a hair! A new steel pen Is as awkward ns a phenomenally stilt collar, or a pair of new shoes; nnd more over, ns tho average penman Is In continually danger ot "Impaling himself on his own pot hooks," perhaps the only relief Is found In tho type-writer, which seldom betrays ono Into a loose nnd slovenly style of hnud-wrltlug. Jr. Pun SantivrJ, in the Current. lie Know. "Where are you going my ladl" sad an elderly gcntlemau to a little boy, who was slip shedding along tho street the other day. "I'so going to tho tannery," "Whv don't you attend school and learn fomethliigl" "That's where I'so golu' now," replied tho boy. "Oh, I misunderstood you." "No you didn't, I ran away yesterday, and I am going to school to-day, and tho teacher Is sure to tan me for it. So It's a tannery ain't Itt" A'ufiim.iJ Weeicty. Her Efforts iu Vein. An exchange says: "Mine. Ittstorl, after her American discomforts, Is living costly In Par Is," This poor old lady made her audiences quite as uncomfortable as she could lutvo been herself. Her efforts to bo young and sprightly wcro painful, and sho could not have made the last American tour, when all along, as sho is rtc)i,she should have remained cosily lu Paris AVio Orleans J'icayune. A Slight Itescinblnnce. "Ah I" ejaculated an Alderman as he stood gazing at tho outlines of the new arrival. "How like me," "Yes," responded a friend, "'the chili docs resemble you lu at least one respect," "No more than that!" "Only one. that is IU check." Xalional Weekly. Ah! There! inc siarn iucimc(,r ru luo ucii mruau l raer. Thry studded the b'eavea before Adam- I bad' telescope. Xew Orhtnt 'j'itaymiu. J ' THE I Union Milling Co.'s TAKES THE LEAD Wherevar it his been tried. For .Snlo by nil the Leading Denier Everywhere. Gvo. WmoiiT, President. W. T. WitioiiT, Cashier. UNION, OREGON. Docs a Genornl Hanking Business. Buys nnd sells exchange, and discounts com mercial pnper. Collections cnrctully attended to, and promptly reported. COMMERCIAL- Livery and Feefl Orrosnc Cuntknxiai, Hotul. John s. kliott, - rnoruiKTOR. Having fiiriiishcd this old nnd popular hostelry with ample room, plenty of feed, Rood hostlers and new bugxicH, is bettor prepared than ever to accommodate cus tomers. My terms aro reasonable. GOVE TANNERY Adam Cuossjian, Pnoi'itiiiTou. Has now on hand nnd for sale tho best of ITAKNKSS, LADIC.'O, UPPER nnd LACK LKATIIUIt. SIIEKP SKINS, ETC. Paid for Hides and Pelts. WALLA WALLA BEER DEPOT. Corner Main and A Streets, Union. H. MILLER, ... Proprietor. Keeps always on hand tho finest brands oi WINES, LIQUORS, and CIGARS. Tho very best Laser and Rock Peer in tho market, at H.1 cents rt quart, lleer and lunch 20 cents. A fine billiard table for tho accommoda tion of customers. Drop in and bo socia ble. -HAILUOAD- FEED AND LIVERY STABLE Near tiio Court House. A. F. lln.Nso.v, - - Pnoi'itiiiTou. Union, Oregon, Fino turnoultf and lirst-elnss rics for tbo nteoniinodation of tho public nenorally. Conveyances for commercial men n spe cialty. jr-O-Tho ncomniodntioiiK for feed cannot bo excelled in tho valley. Tonus reasonable. NORTH POWDER estaurant PONY STEVEN'S, PROP. The t ravelins nubile will pleaso tnl;o no tice that, in addition to my saloon in North Powder. I bavo oponiHi a lirst-clnss RESTAURANT, nnd respectfully solicit n hluiro ot tho public patronnso. Tlio tables will always bo supplied with tlio REST THE MARKET AFFORDS, and no pains will bo spared to niako my natrims coinioriuuio. 1 .. . i i , Lllll oil ine, eai, limn, mm uu napjiy. Tonsorial Rooms Two doors south ol .lones Rros.' store, Union, uregon. J. M. Johnson, Pnoi'iUKTon. Hair cuttine. shavinc nnd shampooinc done neatly and in tho best stylo. GITI v MAT v MARKET Main Street, Union, Oregon. Roiiins it Diwsox, PuoriiiKTorts. Keep constantly on hand REEF. POPvK, VEAL. MUTTON, SAU SAGE. HAMS, LARD, ETC. IAL v Union, Oregon. Dan. F.iMooiib, PiiopniBTon. A well utockrd bar in connection win. the house, and none but tho btut brands it liquor and ciicnni kept. Y.AItflK HAMPLK ROOMS for tha or. touiQiodation of commercial travelera. IIOWLANO & LLOYD, Manufacturers of FURNITURE, Mnin Street, Union, Ore. Keep constantly on hnnd a lare supply of Parlor nnd Red Room sets, Uedding, Desks, Olllco Furniture, etc. UliliolMcrlnc llonc lit tho IleNt Style Lounges, Mnttrcsses, nnd all kinds ot Furniture made to order. PATKONAGE SOLICITED. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY! Corner Mnin and C Streets, Union. All kinds of photographic work done in a superior manner, and according to thu latest and most approved methods. Views of residences tafcen on appli- CLtlOD. 20A11 work warranted to give satihfac tion. JONES RRO'S, Props. MASON & Unexcelled can save From 550 to 51,0 on tho JL Ou. pureliiuo of an Instrument by buylntr throuirh HT. MMUftllT, Agent Union, Ogn. Buy the Hayward HAND GRENADE Fire Extinguisher. Everybody should have them. Men, women or children can use them. Thou sands of dollars worth of property saved every day. They don't freeze, aro not in jurious to flesh or fabric, and aro always . ready. You cannot afford to bo without them. G. J. Rccht, Gen. Acont, 124 Market St., San Francisco, Oil. Cook ife Dwiglit, Agta., La Grande, Oregon. D. li. ItEES, Notary Public AND Conveyancer, OFFICE State Land Office building. Union, Union County, Oregon. SMOKE OUlt 66 PUNCH Host Havana Filled 5 Five Cent Cigar. 5 Jones Bros., agents, Union. E. GOLLINSKY & CO. SMOKE THE 71 KEY WEST Imported Havana Cigar. NONE BETTER. JONES BUG'S, Corner of Alain and B streets, Union. -Dealers in- GROCERIES, OA NX ED GOODS, VARIETY AND FANCY GOODS, TOBACCO -AND- CIO A ns GENTS' IMIItNISIIING GOUIIS. WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELKY, Glassware, Musical Instruments, PicturS Frames and Pictures, Moulding, Rird Cauo... Ha by Car riages, etc., Candies and Nuts, Stationary, School IJookH, Periodical, Novels, etc., of every description. ALL KINDS OF FRESH FRUITS Always on hand. Ve keov eonntnntly on hiimrcvrrythlnc usually kept in u llrst oIubb variety store. MuOrdtr from any part of the country will fci ptoiuptly attended t ii a m l i n gggjjpii M Tinnos gM