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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1886)
f J THE WEEKLY OREGON SCOUT. UNION. OIUXiOK. SAT.. APT.. 17. Km;, to .jvhi:tisi:ks. The SCJOl'T lia n Much Larger CIitii. l.itiiiu ttinn unv Paper In tills scrtlon of the State, mill Is. then-fore the IJKs r A !VKKTl.MXfl MKDIi'M. Tills In n Triii Slntoini'iit, ami c Ullllll llClt Illtl.W it Irt III' IIIPIIIIIIIM lij run r oilier paper. Advertisers will l" well ti iiiukc n mile of tills, 4t Locution Notices. Wo have for Mile lit this otliee a numher of blanks for locution nf niinimt claims, 'l'hev were gotten u ly an eviieriencetllan yer.'and are strictly in accordance with the mining laws, ami contain nli necessary in formation. Taxes Cnllectrcl. The amount of tuxes collected by Sheriff Hiiundcrs, mid turneil over to tin" I'ounty Treasurer, April tilth., is), is as follows: " No. 1 . ? t.SM.t.U 1! 8.100.H1 8 it..w.o;: 4 n.210.1" r (i,5i.r.7 0 7.7;5.01 7 4 ,520.51 ?r.-).:t.')!i.:M 557.M ."i.!U7.,.2 Amount of Sheriffs asseMitents Total turn over for lSs"i SIIILOH'S CCUFwill immediately relieve Croup. Vlijpinjr cough and Diouchitis. I'm- sale by 1'. C. Creig. Xot ice. Notice is hereby given that J. A. V. Heard has sold to (.'. K. ltohins. all his right, title and interest in the saw mill ami lumbering business, conducted by the linn of liees ,V Heard, and the business will henceforth be conducted bv 15ee A- llobins. " I'nion, Or. April lflth. Ki. siuLOirsCAiiAiuiii uf.mf.dy is it positive cure for Catarrh, Diph tlieriii, ami Canker Mouth. For .sale bvlt. C. Greig. Union, (Jicgoti. I'or Sale. An excellent plat e adjoining this ctt for anient n bargain. It contains o acres of splendid land, pood dwelling house and outbuildings, and the best orchard in the country. For further Information apply at this'oil'tce. A NASAL IN.JF.CTOU free with eaeli boitlc of Shiloh's Catarrh Deme dv. Price obc. For .sale by If. C. 0. AVIlil Cherry mill Tar. Kveryhody knows the virtues of wild I'her ry and Tar As a relief and cure for an alfeu tioiis of the Throat and Lung, combined with these two ingredients are a few simple, healing remedies in the composition or Or. ISosanko's ( 'ousrh and bung rup making it just the article you should always have in the house for roughs, ohU, ( roup and Kronchitls. Price 50 cents and .(J. Samples free. Sold by ,1. T. Wright, I'nion, Oregon. TDK KHV. OKO. A. THAYKK, of 15our born, Ind.. savs : "both myself and wife owe our lives" to SIIII.OII'S CONSUMP TION CUUH." For sale bv It. C. (ircig. Announcement. North Powder, Oregon, Feb. Nth., is". To Tin: Vomits ok Union Cocxtv : 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the Slieritl'.s otlU-o, subject to the will of the people, and if elected will endeavor to till the ollice with credit to myself and supporters. Hoping this will receive due consideration, I will subscribe myself, Yours Hcspectfully, II. 11." Sti:i,H1'..nson, better known as "Puny Stevens." FOR DYSPKP-IA and Liver Complaint, vou haw a printed guarantee on every bot tle of .Shiloh's Vilsdizer. It neer fails to cure. I'or sale by It. ('. Oreijr, Union, Or. i:nK'e Cooper Shop. S.li.Ayles inamifaturcr of butler barrels itiici kcjrs, lias always on hand a rooil supply ol tbo best quality, and will sell them at reusoiiablc prices, (rive hint u call at bis shop, sotitl of the school bouse, Union. Duck KrKs I'hv Mile. Anyone deirinK duck eegs, from the fin est breeds of ducks, can procure the same bv applying U Mr. Al. (ioodbrod, of this citv. Charges, $1, jier (loen. Itrnil TliH. C. Vincent hss just received a splendid lot of boots, shoes, etc., which he will ell at a Kfeat reduction on former pricet. lie means wliat he says. Try him. It w I Tlin :. While money i close, waKus and prices low, expeiiser, should be cut down in every household. Keoiiomv, the watchword for Mothers, head off doctor bills, by always keeping in the liouc a bottle of Dr. Hoan ko Cough and l.uug Syrup. Stops a cough instantlv, relieves consumption, cures Croup and pain In the Chest in one night. It is just the remedy for hard times. Price .'(! cts. and jl. Samples free. Sold by .1 . T. Wright, Union, Oregon. wyiintiotww. The onlv Wvaudntte chicken egR in the valley, are for sale by P.. H. SnnlMirn, at the Cove,'. Call and examine them. 1.t!!: ARK YOU MADE miserable by Induc tion Constipation, Dizziness, l.ossof Ap;t titOj Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vit:tHer i n positive cure. For sale by K. C. Oreig, Ctirc for Tilos. Pilot arc frequently preceded by a cchhp of weight In the hack," loins and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patient to mp poc he has miiiiu affection of the kidneys or neighboring organs.. At tbne, symptoms of Indigestion are present, llatuleiicv, itneasv-jr-s of the stomach, etc, A ninUtilre Ilk" perspiration, producing a very dhngreeitbh' Itching after gctliuc wann,li a common utteiidant. blind, bleeding, and Itching Vrtes vleld at oin' to the application of Dr. Itosanko.s Pile Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts effected, ab'oi-blng the Tumor, alhuing the Intense Itohing, and rrtectinf a peinmnent cufi?. Price, Hi cents. Addre, The Dr. Hosnnko Medicine Com iMtiy, Plqua, O. sold by J. 'I', Wright, Union, Oregon. I'nrm for Side. I will sHl one of tbo dionpest and best jjruln, bnv, and M'sn-wA farms Yer offered for sale In tin' Cove, at - the verv low price of w aero. The said rancbe routainbi acres of cbolce Intuit well watered mid fheltercd from tbo wind. &lr bouse, nd well femud. Hilnalcd about four miles north of Cove, and conrenioiit to good school house. For further partieulars enquho of Sheriff diuin der. 11. Fi Fkwei.. dHU.Oirs VrfAUZKK U wlmt vou need for on utitmtion, of Appetite, Dizziness, and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and la cents per bottle. For sal "ly li. C. Orcig, ih Uruuut, Union 0r Briof Bulletins. Ifead our advertisement. Firemen meet next .Monday, (iloves of all kinds at Joifs Hro's. Very stormy for several days past. Head 0. F. Hell's answer to "Many citizens." Salmon are now running up Cather ine creek. A lively time may be expected du ring the coming week. A new assortment of glove, nf all kinds, at. I. II. White's. Frank Cleaves, the actor, died a few weeks ago, in California, Travel to the Fine ercek mines will toon commence in earnest. Mitchell's Kidney Flayer for sale at Wright's drug store, Try it. Mrs. Duniwav lectured nt, the court house last Wednesday evening. New assortment of felt and straw hats just received at .1. 11. White's. A stage line should be put on at once between this city and Cornucopia. A skating carnival will take place at North I'owder on the evening of the 2-llh. Another invoice of Mjuirrel traps just received at do. Wright's. Only 15. per dozen. In a few day a great many candi dates will be tilde to tell exactly how it was they got left. Coitt-iderablc rain during the fore part of the week, which was of great benefit to the farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Draper, and Mrs. I Ames of this city, returned from their visit I'.aM, a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Thomp Carroll's baby has been very sick for a. week or so, but at present is improving. Lewis; your poem, entitled "Pomp and I", is very good. Will publish it when less crowded with news items. To-morrow at 1 1 o'clock, Uev. Ellis, Haptist minister of La Grande, will preach at the M. K. church in this city. Mrs. Xewhard, of the Hot Lake, who has been visiting in Washington Territory for some time, returned homo Thursday. Hereafter when service is held in the M. E. church in the evening, it will commence at 7 o'clock instead of 7 :.'i0 as heretofore. Frank Collins returned from (he University at Eugene, .t few days ago. He was in Union the fore part of the week, shaking hands with his ninny friends. The Union Base-ball Club will ac cept a challenge ftom any club in the county, but would prefer to play a match game with the boys of the Cove or La tirande. The Cove drug store will soon re ceive a fresh supply of drugs from the East. Money is needed to pay for same, to an early settlement of your account will be appreciated. Yesterday, John Elliot, the livery man, received an elegant bus to be used in carrying pascngers in this city and between here and the depot. John keeps up with tbo time. Han Chandler has purchased and taken charge of the Centennial hotel. Mr. Chandler is refitting and reno vating the premises, and will spare no pains to make the hotel first class in every respect. We wonder if the Sentinel man knows anything about that appropria tion that was made by the state, and the efforts being made by our people to connect tbo Fine creek mines with this city by a Wagon road. Sometimes correspondents, Writing from adjacent localities, make mention of the same event. In bitch cases, the precedence is given to the communi cation fust put in type, and the item is left out of tbo other. Correspon dents need not take offense at this. A few days ago Merwin fc Love bought four ihort-horn bulls, of Ifoger.s it Williamson, and look them to their rancbe on I'owder river. They were the finest animals we have seen for sometime. Neither of them U u year old, yet the aggregate weight of the four is 2,705 pounds. The entertainment given last Satur day evening, by the Union Literary Society, was m 11 attended and highly appreciated by all. The proceeds Were about tfSo.OO which Will he used to pay the indebtedness incurred by the Society during the winter, and to furnish the library With bonks. Ve are in hopes the company Will sec lit to give us another entertainment before many days. A few days ago, the four year old ton of W. A. Ueynolds, of linker City, got "stdi.x" about something and told bis mother bo believed he would chop off sonic of his lingers. Shu paid no attention to him, but soon heard a squall from the back yard, and going out found that the young hopeful had cut off two fingers of his left hand with a hatchet. Whenever you place a genuine American lioy in reach of a hatchet,, something remarkable is liable to occur. Thi boy will no doubt get to b president tome day, and snap his reiimiitg digit at the dear people. The latest news from Pino ctVek re garding the showing of the "Whitman" i initio Is moit flattering. Mr. Neuner, j the suiK-iinteiident of the "WbitniKii" company iloWou a ImtnnoB trip to Louisville, Kentucky, Whither he goes to niako preparations for the purchase of extensive mill machinery to be placed on the "Whitman" as soon as the deep snows of the Fine creek re gion shall admit. The ownerd of eev enil other mines in th district are pushing tbo work of development as fast as jioeuible, the enow interfering somewhat with operatiorno-Iiifrer Citjr Suge Brush. Contract AwnnU'il. The Pine Creek Hoad Commissioners met in this city. lit Monday, to open the bids for the construction of the road as advertised for. Onlv two bids were put in; one bv Smith .t Hale, to build the rond for ?U,.roi); the other by Shaw A McCloud. of Summerville, to construct it. for JIO.iHO. Knelt Mil Was accompanied by pwd and sufficient bonds, lint the eoin niissiotiers seemed to ditlcr as to the manlier of proceeding. While Mi DanieN was in favor of awarding the mtractto Shaw A McCloud. their beintf the lowest bid, the other two comnunissioners were In favor of rcieeiing both bid, and adver tising attain,' CamplH'll aliening that the bids Wire too low and the contractor Would Ik ruined, while Chaplin thought that if the mutter could lie postponed until the snow went otf, other bids would be put in anil the work done for les money. Shaw A McCloud. verv justly, as many of our citizens th ucht. decidedly objected to that kind of an nrraupnieut, and insisted unfile contract being let to them, as they had in good lniib put in a bid. and it was the lowest. The matter was finally ad justed and the contract was let to them, which seems to ghe general satisfaction, as Angus Shaw is known to be an experi enced road builder, and is .sutlicicntly heeled, financially, to curry to a successful termination unv thing he undertakes to do. After paying the contractors for building the road,' there will vet be something like $l.50ileftol ihe fund to defrav incidental expenses, which is cert ihdy Miflieient. In an interview with Sliwsr.s Shaw A McCloud, thev informed us that work will be commenced about the first of May and that it is their intention to employ from .V) to 75 men. and a limited number of teams. Work will be pushed as rupidlv as po-sible, and they thinic the road will be completed witliin two months. A Keeoiiiinendiitliiu. The following recommendation, from friends of Pony Stevenson, candidate for sheritl' of this county, has been handed us for publication: To WHOM IT M Y CON'CrilN We, the undersigned, doing a general merchandise bttsines-i in Jackson county, the former place of residence of Mr. Ponv Stevenson, and being well acquainted with the party mentioned, do recommend him faorob!v to all men. We had many deal mgs witii Mr. Stevenson, and alway found him honest and upright, a good neighbor and a loyal citizen. We further state that we send" this recommendation freely and without any request of Mr. Stevenson s. Ki iu.i: iV ISoi.t, Applegate, April I!. INS J. The Conventions. The Dotnocratic Convention will take place at the court house next Tuesday, and the Itepublican Convention on the Saturday following. The time is near at hand and it will be seen that the patty putting up the most competent and honest men for olllce will come out victorious. It is to be hoped that both conventions will pay less attention to the clerk and slieris otliee. and endeavor to get the right kind of men for commissioners, judge and assessor, as on these largely depend the welfare of the county. The people are beginning to get their eyes open to this fad, and if there N anv trading done by voters at tue polls, it will he to get good "men in the last named oflices. Hush ISnll ('lull. At a meeting for the organisation of a base ball club, in this cit , held at Hall ltro's. store, oil the 1 lib in '1., the following names were eutolled as members: C. W. benhart. (ieo. lleidleniun, fieo. F. Hall, Mat. M. Hall. W. A. Hall, Win. War ren. .1. M. Carroll, .1. bevy, A. O'Toole, S l?enson, (ieo. beard, K. M inuel, Harry Deacon, (ieo. W. Statlor.l. li. V. Wilson, S. V. McFarren, (ins Hutchinson, and .lames Johnson. The following olli. ers were elected for the season: President, ll. F. Hall; vice presi dent, 1!. F. Wilson ; sectetary, fieo. Heidle mani treasurer. .1. M. Carroll; captain, ,1 antes Lowell; assistant captain, C. W. I.enhart; home umpire, (leo. Neweoiub. Will C.jiitintctl. Hridget burns, an inmate of a convent at Fort Wayne. Indiana, and itci' of the late John Ilunn of this city, has com menced action to have the will of her brother set aside, on the grounds that he was incompetent ami incupucifated by sicklies, and not eoncioua of his actions at the time the will wiH made, lieorge N'ewcombe was appointed to take testi mony, and has been hearing the fuse during the week. Shelton ,V Hardest v are attorneys for the phlintilV. and O. F. Hell, and Judge Moreland nt .Milltliomah county, art! for the defence. Blanks for quart, and placer loca tions at J. 11. White's. Powder Itiver PcbbkiH. Mrs. .Martin, of the Cove, has been visiting friends in the Park, Mr. Foyetor, of the Cove, will teach the J 'ark school, this spring. The Emi!e Ditch Co. have discon tinued work on the ditch for the pres ent, but will commence again In Oc tober. Daniel Fruit and Wallace Hoyles took their departure n few days ago for Daker valley, on a (rapping and hunting expedition. The literary and debuting socioty of the Park, has adjourned for the sum mer. The next meeting will be on the evening of the first Saturday in November. P. II. Miles is still working on bis mine on llig creek, lie has got quite a showing. The last assay of the ore went !r'(M,70 to the ton. Hurrah for Dig creek ! Fred Simonis w'ass in Powder river Valley a few days ago, and surveyed a road "for the settlers. Justus Wright, P. II. .Miles and Cyrus Dames, view ers. Vox PoJ'l'I.In AHieloixj I loins. April showers too utiinerolin to mention, with occasional silow squalls, but for nil tllut they bring forth May llowers. Wo have been informed Hint Air. F. Dolau , of this place, has J)nr chiiicd one-hiilf interest in the ot th Powder drug store! May prosperity bo his. The freight train llien itto to take breakfast ill this place utter this, as both cast and wot hound trains arrird hero at "til At M. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has Introduced n now nnti-Chincie bill, by which hi coolly proposes to swon away nil treaty provisions which stand In the way of an absolute pro hibition nf Chinese immigration, and to exclude from the country all Mon yoliiln inimlgnlntei and to proven! the return of unv that may loavo the country. This bill puts a plunging ctntnteniiuee on every man who has respect for the right of his own riiee it liiMii-t. mid If this bill heroines it law it will be unanimously ratified j on the Pacific court i ANswi:m:n. Kril of o. r Itrll to "Many cn." CiU Jlreath disliking to recognize an nonynious corn spondt tits, but feeling that the subject ti- ated of by "Many Citiwn?" is one in which the people of the county at large tire interested, 1 have detet mined to answer the ques tions propounded, to the lest of my ability, and if Mr. Outhouse does the same, the public can then draw their own conclusions. 1st. Neither Mr. Outhouse nor-my-relf took an oath ofollice before enter ing upon the discharge of the duties of examining the county allaii under the appointment of the county court. Defore anything was done, 1 suggested to Mr. Outhouse that wo should be sworn, ut he replied that it was nut necessary. 1 was willing to take an oath, so the blame for the omission for failure to he Mvorn, rests on Mr. Out house, if blame there be. 2nd. As to how the figures, showing the county indebtedness were arrived nt, it was us follows: From what old registers we could find from the jour nal of the County Commissioner's pro ceedings the stubs, the warrants re turned and cancelled and such other data as we could find among the tiled away records of the county, we made registers of all the county warrants is sued by order of the court, ami some not so ordered. We got the cancelled warrants segregated into classes as marked thereon, and enteted the same upon our teguters us paid, showing the amount paid, including the face, the interest (us endorsed on the war rant) and the total. This process, of course, left on the face of the register blanks, unfilled out. of all warrants not found as returned and paid. 1 then made a list of all outstanding war rants as shown by these tegisters ami upon that list interest was calculated on such warrants, but without going into decimals in making the calcula tions. The interest was calculated partly by myself and partly by Mr. Otttbous.i, as the list will show." The list so made, witii the calculations so made, and the indebtedness to the State as obtained from the State Treasurer footed up the indebtedness of the county, on July 1st., lS8f at $77,000.07. This was the amount of the indebtedness, no matter what the resources of the county were where with to pay tbo same, and it was the amount of the indebtedness that the order called for, as shown by the fol lowing extract from such order: "That said expert be required to make a statement of all tbo indebt edness as found bv him on Jttlv 1st., lSSfi," In my judgement, there is no other way to arrive at the indebtedness but taking the unpaid warrants at their facts and calculate the interest thereon. 'hd. in regard to bow the annual expenditures set forth in the report were arrived at, this was done entire ly by Mr. Outhouse,' except as herein after stated. When this branch was entered upon, 1 suggested to Mr. Out house that a segregation should be made, showing for what all the money was expended, to which be replied that the older only called for expenses of sberili', clerk, treasurer, and roads ami bridges, and that that Wart nil he was going lo do, and put the balance under miscellaneous, lie made up these statements from the registers made by Us, upon separate slips of pa per for each year. 1 did not go over any of this part of the work ami know nothing as to whether there are errors in it or not. The only thing Iliad to do with this branch Was, that about the time 1 was finishing up my engage ment, Mr. Outhouse asked nie to take bis slips and put them into shape for the report. I took his papers, but there Were sn many figures added here and added there, and (ho whole put downinsttcha manner that I (ould not understand them, and so told him. lie then took the slips, dictated to me ftom them, and 1 Wrote the figures down as he called them oil'. There was a Way by which the correctness of those figures could have been arrived at, and 1 suggested the same to Mr. Outliotlse. It Was to foot the aggre gate of the registers and the aggregate of his segregations, and the two should tally if there Was no mistake. This was not. done, Mr. Outhouse remarking that ho knew that bo Was right, or wordi to that ellcd. 1th. The question I huVe already answered. fnii. The real facts In regard to tbo Supreme collrt decision are, so far as I am acquainted with them, an follows: When Mr. Wright pi'snted bis bill for tax rolls and ahsevsment tollg to (he Cotlnty court, matlo out at the rate of one folio for each name, the court re hired to allow it, and .Mr. Vv right sta ted to the court (hat the matter had been pasr.ed upon by (be Supreme court, and suggested that the court should Write to Judge Hall-raV, who Wuh then Judge of this district. Thin w's done by Judge Craig, and Judge Dalleray replied thereto, ami bis nn ewer has been blade public. Dasod Upon eilch reply" the court allowed the bill. When this quention was sprung in tho expert mom, I statud (hat .ludgo lJallern" letter was in the clerk's otliee, and stated the substance of it, but Mr. Outhouse Was not satisfied With this. He obtained what he culls copies of tile submission, decision and deeirioil of tile Supreme coili't, which be publishes in a garbled manner hi the La Uraudo fJaette, ns anyone can see, Who knows anything about law proceedings. He comuloncei! With tbo "silbinUsioii of the controversy," neict "the decision," alid next "Huprenio cotlrt (Incision ;" but he takes tin de cision or Halloray, cuts it in tWo, leav ing the tail end for him, and puu the comthchcoment of his decision Into the month of the Supremo court as their decisioii, when, in fact, ns I sin in formed, and verily bcliove, the SU premo court did not even write ail opiniom 1 bare copies of th suhmisa: ion, Hallerny's decision, and the Su preme court mandate before mo (not the ours obtained by Outhouse, how ever) and they can be produced to ; any one desirous of seeini: them. Out- ; house says "Dalleray is mistaken." ' Let the people judge. Who is more I likely to be correct, the man who beard the case and passed upon it, or the man who judges of it by copies of papers obtained fome time after the ease was decided? The facts as staled 1 to me, outsideof these papers, coming from those who ought to know, ate, that outside of the mere question pre sented by the submission, Judge Dal leray was expressly requested to pass upon the question its relating lo (a.x and assesstnenl rolls, and did so against the clerk, and the whole matter was pri sented to the Supreme court, which decided that "(hero is error as alleged" and reversed the judgement of the court below. The County courts of I'matilla and I'nion counties have ac ted upon tbi decision. Is Mr. Out house a better commentator on law and decisions that courts "1" say. the great "we" (vide Outhouse's pub lished statement) to the contrary not withstanding, that there is authority from this division for charging "a folio for each name with figures an nexed on assessment anil tax lists. (ilb. In answer to 'bis question 1 can say conscientiously, tluit 1 had no ul terior views in this investigation other than to seek the information desired by the people, and as lo what was in the secret heart of the expert, 1 can only judge by bis acts and words, and these tbiougbout the time expended in this investigation showed clearly to my mind that there was some under lying motive actuating him. He seemed to be most bitter against the present incumbent of the clerk's ollice talked and said a good deal ugaintJ him in regard to the deputyship; said that lie (Wilson) need not think his letter (referring to one which had ap peared in the public newspaper) would go unanswered, Unit be intended to answer it and show up Mr Wilson, that Wilson would never get (be po sition again, and gave me to under stand that he would use his influence to defeat him. I cannot now repeat his words, as this subject Was referred to by him so frequently, showing a bitterness of spirit against Wilson, lie expressed animosity against Mr. Skill', staling that he could not be elec ted to any ollice in Union county. Towards Mr. Wright lie did not ex psess any bitter feeling, but he seemed to bunt up bis bills and Wilson's oii the subject, of this folioage question. Speaking of hunting up bills reminds me that this was another matter which led me to suppose that Outhouse had some ulterior views. He was continu ally going over, over and over these bills, especially the clerk's, it seemed to me. liven when making segrega tions of annual expenditures, be would stop and take a spell at bill bunting. He seemed to bo particularly anxious about Wilson's bills, mid Would some times ask me, "where is Wilson's bill for such a time?" or "1 want to find Wilson's bill for such a time," and when he found anything (hat he (bought in any way out of the way, in Frank Wilson's bills, be would speak about it as if lie bad found some thing outrageous, and with an express ion on his face, as 1 would read it, "now 1 have got him." Ho seemed also very anxious in his hunt, to ob tain SkilPs bills, but when found be appeared not to be able to get bold of anything to his (SkilPs) detriment. Another thing which showed Out house's foldings : when the Work was first begun, a room was assigned to us by the clerk, .Mr. Wilson, and be re quested that 1 should carry tbo key, as I was a sworn deputy of bis at the time. To this, Outhouse demurred, and in connection therewith spoke very bitterly against Wilson, saying that lie Was the export and would show .Mr. Wilson. And afterwards, whon Wilson consented to Outhouse having tbo key, on my going in the morning and on my return ho was hunting over bills. And I left him there sometimes when I loft nt night. How often he went over thoso bills I will )wt undortuko to say, but certainly a greater number of times than was necessary for the purpose of the investigation. Lot the public take his report ami with this light thrown thoroon, judge his motives, Again, let the public take tbo report as written by Outhouse pind it is all written by him) they will see u part in quotation imirkH which he says "Dell reports." It is true 1 wrote nearly all that in draft, but some of it 1 did not, as for instance he Would have me say "May 2nd, 1870, Skiff ordered to collect IffiO.OO from Joe Vow'ell and pay Tieusurer." 1 never wrote anv stlch thing, nor does the journal show any such thing. Put in place of Skid', "Shir," usual contract ion for "Sheritl'," and ytut will have it just as 1 Wrote it. Sumo in regard to the other plueo a few linos further on, Where Skiff's nanio again appearii, Why should be misquote mo but to give Skiff a rap? Jt is hut fair to the public to say in conclusion with thin matter that 1 did say to Outhouse that I did not think Frank Wilson could be reelected, hilt 1 had not then and have not lulW any feeling of enmity against him, 7tb. 1 had no enemies to punish. If Outliotlse had, I supposo he will tell the pilbllC. Bill. The books and papers referred lo have not all lieeil lcltlmeil to tl;o Comity court, as I have enquired for regis teis and delinquent lists, nnd can not obtain them from their proper clis todlan-tho Comity clerk. Wbero aro they? Tho registers 1 ImVe Been in the sheriff's custody, loft there, as I Was Informed, by Mr, Odthoilsd, Tills la all I know about them, 9th. And lastly. Tho first I had to do with this expert business was, 1 Wah requested by tho court to draw Hud did ilruw the journal entry, order1 ing tbe same. A day or two aftei ward Mr. Outhouse hailed mo on tin street and 1 crossed over to him. W( sat down on the steps of the Mcthodi' church, and he said he wanted to sir me about helping him with the inves tigation. I asked him how he wanted me lo tut, ai a joint export, or a clerk'' After some talk he proposed, and 1 agreed (o go into the matter with him and sliare tbe responsibility, he say ing that liedid not intend to make anv war on any body, but if be found an crookedness wo would report it, be r -marking that so far as Tom. Wright's time, when you were witii him, is con cerned. 1 will look over that alone, so that (ho public may not think you an prejudiced," I replying, you need not do lba(, for if I tind any crookedness in Tom., 1 will report him as quick us anybody. With this understanding we went into the matter, and it so con tinued until after our talk with regard to clerk's fees, on tax and assessment rolls, Dalleray.s decision ami letter, when one day he remarked to inc. "Dell, what are you doing?" I replied, "busy with ollicer's accounts." lie said "I will have to go over your work to see that you are right." I said, "what' then 1 will have to go over yours.' lie replied, "no," that he was the e. pert, and the public looked to him to see that all w.m correct. I said, "all right then, if you take all the respon sihility, 1 am only u clerk," or sonn thing like that. Dut be did not go over my work, but reports it correct. I did not go over bis work, ami 1 do not know that it is correct. 1 thought at the time the change cuine ovet him, that his reason for (be change was that he proposed to make a report in which he knew I would not join, and he has admitted since in a letter to me that such was the fact. I will merely add that so far us 1 in vestigutod tbe bills of the various olli cers, the only thing that I saw greatly out of (he way or "illegal" in any of them, was constructive milpage charged by the sheriff's, and if there was any blame to be cast on any one, it should have been the court which allowed them. 1 believe this is all 1 have to say about tbe matter. O. K. DF.LL. iSTM'K OK OltCUON, I s I'nion ('utility,! ' ' I, O. F. bell, being llrst duly sworn, sa that the facts set forth in the foregoing statement and reply, are true as I verib behevc. ' (). F. 15KI.L. Subscribed and sworn to before me this lllh. (lav of April, A. I. ISS0. i . I), b. KKKS. (MA'" ! Notary Public for Or. Cove Cullinys. April lfith, 188U. Miss Ximcnia Stillborn has accopled a school near Island City, and is now' wedding the hazel o'er tho urchins. Salmon ate now making their an nual run up the small creeks. Tun small boy, in particular, is capturing them, when they Hud ready sale for their takes at foiir bits each. Judd (iccr pui'hasfid at the Corr. drug store, this week, a very lino brccch-loading shotgun. Judd i just Iv proud of tho weapon, which he handles with enviable skill. The Cove hotel is offered for sale at. a very reasonable price. To tin indi vidual or family wishing to make a certain livlihood on a small outlay, besides having a very pleasant, home, this is a rare offer. O. P. Jaycox has sola good exam ple by building a sidewalk in front of his d welling. He also contemplates a new gateway on the west side of hii property, thus making his attendance at church more convenient, Mortimer Dloom returned, this week, from Pine valley where he took a load of Hour, He met with a sevorn loss; one of his best horses dying' from thu effects of a kick. Ho says every stage lakes in a load of passen gers, while tho road to the mines i lined with the conveyances of cagei' aspirants for n supply of thu filth) lucre. The dramatic entertainment at Union ) Saturday evening, proved very congenial to us mid we arc of the opinion it would meet with gratifying success if reproduced in Cove. Cove itcs, Step up sisters and brctheriu und bitl mean affectionate farewell. I will soon start for Wyoming. S. An early breakfast isn't always healthful tor us during Lent. Dltin caps. Have you heard li. is goln far away to become a cow boy? Isn't (hut too lmd'f-D. Who cuiliiiuuo thu recipient of a beautiful ami appropri ate book from her "Adolphus, " thii week? A strange case of premonition hap pened in Cove, a short time since. John Wllniot, it gentleman well anil favorably known i while iittcmliiitf lo his dilllc's) and with his mind on othe ' subjects was startled by hearing, distinctly uddrcHslnu; him, the Volcn of his father living lu Canada and whom ho had not scon for years. So vivid and natural Was the tone of voice t that he could not resist tlm impulse (o look tl rough the house for the iiausoi The ilnu.-ipliduablo phe noinenoii weighed heavily on Mr. Wiliuot's mind, foreboding' some sad event. Wednesday ho received letter from hoiuui" giving tho par' Menhirs of bin fathers death) it having occurred on the exact date th:K tlin presentiment appeared. .Mi'. Wllniot lias tho sympathy of the community in hli sorrow Cofmicopiu CroiipiittfM. April 11th, 188(1. 0. Ct Oolllubcrry returned to Un ion, Tuesday, John Williamson came it)), lad Monday, to look after Ida mining elalnisi Win. Voting's WW and commodl ous rostnurunt was opened to llm public, l'rldity cVoi Col, (lllnioro met with quite lib accident, yesterday. Ho Was cutting wood and the use glanced off atrlklllg his left foot, Andrew Drity wits elected delegate . to Democi'atie County CoiiVetitlou Joint Katdit ami J In HhiiiI ttiu t lepi'esuut Urn MjpublleauB.