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The Oregon Scout. vol.. III. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1SS7. NO, 31. THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent wrckiy Journal, Issued ovory but in ilny by JONES fc CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. .lONEff, 1 Editor. 1 J II. Ctiaxcet, ( Foreman. ItAlESOK EUU5CUIPTION: One copy, ono year ft to " H. ir.onlhB 1 NO " "i'lirce month W Invariably cuth in nilvanca. If by nny chanei eubiorlptions aie rot paid till end ol jesr, two dollar ts 111 be c'lanieil. It ilea of advertising-made known on nppll cm Ion. fori pondenco from all parts of the qounty rollclUd. Adilrets all communications to A. K.Jonei, Editor Oregon scout. Union, Or. Lodge Directory. Grakd Ronde Vam r.v Lopoe. No. M. A. F. mid A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth Saturdays of each moiilli. W.T. WMGI1T, W. M. A. LEW, Secretary. Union Ixwob. No. !. I. 0. O. F. Ilojrular mcrt:nir on Friday ovenltifra of each week at their halt In Union. All brethren in pood tHiulliiK are invited to attend. Ily order of Uie lodf. O. a. THOMPSON, N. O. C1IA8. B. MILLKU, bocy. Church Directory. M. K. Crrnncii Divine fervlco every Sunday at 11 n. tn and 7 p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. rn. Prayer mcetlnir every Timr-day evening att':TO. HBV. 0. M. 1UWJN, Pastor. Piosiivtxrian Carmen Hctrular church services every Suhhath morning- mid evening. Prayer mcolinir o.ich wook on W'pdneoday evening, babl'Mli rclinol eviry Sabbath at 10 a. ni. Be v. H. Vkunon Hick, Pastor. St. JoriN's KriscorAt, Council Sorvlce every Sunday st 11 o'clock a. m. Kkv. W. H. Powelu Rector. County Officer. Jtidpe O. P. Hoodall Bherflf A.N. Hamilton Clerk A. P. Nf 111 Treasurer K. C. llra'tuird Fchool Superintendent J. L. 1 1 1 litlm km Surveyor M. Aus In Coioner S. Allot bon COMMISSIONIUlS. Jnnn Chriflmnn J. A. Rnmblc fctuto b'cuator I. II. ltlnchurt KKIMESKNTATIVKS. F. D. McCully E. E. Taylor City Offlccm. Mayor D. It. Rocs COUNCiLMKV. F. A. Pursel W. O.'Ile.'dlcman J. P. Elliott J. II. Tliotmsnn Tim. Kennedy A. Levy lid-order M. F. Davis Murchni E. E. ntes Trtasmer J. D. Carroll Btri-et CoiniiilsHloiU'r I.. Haton pkofhssional. J. It. CHITES, ATTOKIVEY AT IAW. Coltectlnir and probate prnctlco KpcclalHos Office, two doois south of Podtollice, Union, Oregon. R. EAKIN, Altorncy at Law and Nctary Fuic. Offlce, one door south of J. It. Eaton's store Union, Orejron. I. N. CROMWELL, III. D., Physician and Surgeon Ofllcc. one door south ot J. I). Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, M. D., PHYSICIAN AIVB SUItGKOIV, lias permanently located at North Povrdor, where no will ttnavrer all culls. W. R. JOHNSON, CONTRACTOR AND BDIDEB Main Street, Union, Oregon. rinns ami Specifications ftr Dwelling. Barn nnd Bridges furnished FREE OF CHARGE. Bridge Building a Specialty. All kinds ol Cnbinct Work neatly execu ted. Repairing done on short notice. None but tho best workmen employed, and Hutialaclioii guurnntced. Call and Interview me. FRUIT AND SHADE APPLE, PEAR, PLUM, PRUNE, PEACH AP1UC0T. CU All APPLE, CHEUItY. SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES Of well known varieties, suitable for Una climate. Ctiti also furnish foreign aorta at one-tliird the price asked by eastern can iiBBera. I delre to nell treeu at prict that peoplo can utford to buy. L. J. ROUSE, Cove, Oregon, D. D. REES, Notary Public -AND- Conveyancer. OFnCE-Slate Lntid Onico bulldlnr, Uuiou, Uuiou County, Oregon. II. F. BUULEIUII, Attorney nt Ijiw, Kcnl V.mtuto unit CoIIcfllns: Agoni, Land Ofllco Utisiucai a Specialty. OWW at Alder, Union Co., Oregon. v. capps, m. d:, Saraeon sad Homeopallilc Physician. U.sto.v, Oregon. Will go tontiypnrt of Enntern Oregon when miliciti'il, to perforin operations, oi for coiiHiiltutinu. Itledlclnos FurnWlieil Without ISxtra Cliurse . Ofllco adjoining Jones Bros.' Store. Geo. WnionT, President. W. T. Wnioirr. Cashier. -o UNION, : : OREGON. Does a General Banking Business. Buys ind sells exchango, and discounts com merciul paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. cc S3 S3 H CO tofl 3 o CD o CD o n o a ts o CO CD fell 98 -e o O n lb -a to b g CD on o"3 e m '35 .2 B S llr n cb u JZ 3 CO CO CD QJ . 9 1 C3 Ci ei C3 a O U Its. . s n MASON HAMLIN Unexcelled can savo From f50 Sino on tha JL O IX purrhat of an instrument by buylnjr thiouirh W.T. WUIRIIT, Ajnt. Union, Ogn. Laundry Queen. The Best Washing Machine In the World. 8. M. WAIT, Proprietor. Walt Bros., Agents for Union County. Tills mnclilno is without doubt the best In existence, nnd given enliie catinfiu'lion wherever tried. Tiiin machine is in stock nt. I. 11. EATON'S STORE, where they can bo bouithb at uuy time. Try the Laundry Queen Tonsorial Rooms Two doora south of Jones Bros.' store, Union, Oregon. J. M. Johnson, PnopniEToa. Hair cutting, aliaving nnd aliampooins done neatly and in tho best stylo. CITY v MAT v MASKET Main Street, Union, Oregon. Bebbon Bao.'a Pnopiut-iOK. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, FORK, VEAL. MUTTON SAU SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC. 101 Blossom IikiI whit li nmtlly ral'rd a lllttrrt. Hie Hklnrof wiilr'i. In in.ny In.uiitr.. u wilr a prrtnt fur drink Intc l.ui Kfrt e fruinlculiollulliiiulauin.iill nrlfl. .ill nut fll In curinif fit 't 1 1 1-., Bnirdlrrrif adljd . iii:ai.miiJ dlMildcrr4 Htuwk SPRING BLOSSUMffir&a- SpriHgBIOSSOmktdnejComplainti.' Oraau J Ittasen Ltiamlin M Pianos jHBH nr .LmIbLbLbv SiBLfll liad lirr sontpticp ititprforcd with In Hie Governor of Vermont. Nourn CARDUXA. At lenst tluvo women eonvictoil of imttiler have b.'en linnjreil ilH,3 the war in tho State of North Carol tut, ami there have boon two eases in which similar sentence was commuted to im prisonment for life. MICHIGAN. The last instance of capital punish ment in Michigan was in 1S30. The only woman over hanged within tho territory of tho State was an Indian woman on whom the sentence of death was executed in 17C3. Thoru havo been no commutations. PERSONALS. Tennyson is now referred to as "Har ren." Farjeon, the. novelist, is a son-in-law of Joseph JetVerson, the actor. Mr. Charles Stewart is said to receive more letters and to answer less than any other man in Europe. Mr. Gladstone, according to Mr. La bouchere, is at present engaged on a work connected with tho Olympian re ligion. Munkacy, tlio Hungarian artist, says tho White House is "one of tho most beautiful and artistic buildings in tho world." The five Arab horses given to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Muscat aro valued at $17,609, but tho presents scut to him in return only cost $2,500. Miss Elsie Do Wolfe is a New York lady upon whoso shouldcts, according to a New York paper, "the mantle of Mrs. .lames llrown Potter seems to have fallen." Senator Stanford, of California, ap pears to be tho George W. Childs of Washington. Dealers in that oitv say that he spent fully $10,000 on presents for the poor. "It is rotated tiiat a Chicago woman who has three husbands, all of whom she has 'disembarrassed'. herself of, is writing a book on 'How to Make Homo Happy.' " Newark Advertiser. 'J ho Rev. Dr. J. C. Hidden, of Lex ington, Ky who has bison called to the William-street Haptist Church of New Hcdford, Mas., is reputed to be one of the most brilliant orators in the South. Mark Twain said to a fr'.ond the oth er day that he did not like to oomu to New York with his wife. "She is very anxious to have every ono think she dresses like a New Yorker," he said, "and yet whenever she liuvs anything in a store in litis city the clerk is sure to ask, 'What hotel shall I send this to, ma'am?" A day or two before tho New England dinner some one asked Mr. Henry W. Grady, of llio Jllantu Constitution, what lie intended to say in li s speech. "The Lord only knows," ho replied. "1 have thought of a thousand things to say, live hundred of which if 1 say they will murder inj when I get back home, and if 1 hay the other live hundred they will murder me at tho banquet." Italy is becoming a laud of monu ments. One lias been erected to Victor Eininanual at Turin costing $2J0,0J), all of which was paid by King Hum bert. Another is going up on tho Jan iculuin in Rome to Garibaldi, to cost as much. Milan, Naples, Genoa, Palermo and Bologna are putting up monuments to Victor Emmanuel costing from $.30,- 000 to $100,000 each, and Genoa is spending $3J.00J on ono to Ma.zini. Southern Politeness. Wp Hatter ourselves upon our civiliza tion hero, nnd yet, for our own credit, 1 would not like M ss Davis or any oth er Southern woman to make too close or extended a comparison of our gal lantry with that which obtains south of Mason nnd Dixon's lino. Tho gentler sex is held in such esteem Ihcrj that our Northern brethren appear rude in relation to women by comparison. No further south than Virginia you will see every man in a public couveyanco rise at the entrauco of a lady in order to give her not a seat merely, but her choice of all tho seats, and in a little town near the lilun Mounta;ns, on tho Norfolk and Western Railroad, while Gov. Filzhugh Leo anil myself were waiting for a train in tho depot, every man who was smoking arose mid went outside because a colorod woman en tered tho gentleman's waiting room cither by mistake or from stupidity. Providence Journal. A Frank Confession. Merchant (to applicant for n job) Do you kuow anything about tlgures, Uncle Rastm? Uncle Rastus Ypb, sail. Merchant Well, if I wero to lend you $5, nnd you promised to pay ' mo $1 each month, how much would you owe mo at the expiration of three mouths? Undo Kas.tui-Fi' dollari, gah. Merchant I'm afraid you don't.know much about figurus. Uncle ltnstiu-No, unlij but I specs I know till 'bout Uncle Rastus. HANGING FOR WOMEN. An IntcrcitliiR diopter on tlio Kxcco tlon of Females. NUW YOUK STATK. Tho question of capital punishment for women is ono which is attracting considerable attention just, nt present. There has always been a certain class of Foeety in favor of discriminating between murder by a man and murder by a woman. Tho recent reprieve of Mrs. Rovalana Dnwe, of Herk!mer rounty. Now York, by Governor Hill, has again precip. fated tho discussion on the subject, and tho New York Hord has compiled nceounts of the execution of femnles throughout tho United States. Tho case of Mrs. Annaletto Haight, whose death senteneo was commuted to imprisonment for life, is referred to as a parallel to the Druse case. Previous to tho Ilaight case the lirst case of tlio character named is that of Mrs. Mary, alias "Polly," Fiwch, of Genesee county, who was sentenced to death for po soiling her husband and two children. oiiio. So far as tho available records of Oh'o show there never was but one woman judicially executed in tho Stato. and that was a colored woman named Esther Ciark. a prisoner in tho Ohio Penitentiary who killed a white woman prisoner, and was publicly executed in the city of Columbus on tho ilth of February, 1811. Tho fact that sho was a nejrro, and her victim white, blended public opinion. Otherw'se it would have bo mi enlisted in behalf of her sex. She was executed on tho same gallows with a wh to man, also a pris oner, who. the next dav after tho woman's or me, murdered li s keeper. There havo been less than half a dozen co:i ict ons of women for murder in the liisl degree in Ohio since its organ ization as a State, and none, with tlio above exception, paid tho death penal ty, public opinion compelling sontunco to imprisonment. Probably tho last conviction of a woman for murder in flic lirst. d5greo in tho Stato w'as that of Mrs. Sarah M. Victor, of Cleveland, who was found guily. on purely o rcum stautial evidence, of having poisoned her brother to secure $2,000 life in surance pol cy made payable to her self. She was sentenced to bo hanged, but public sentiment was so strong that tho Governor commuted tho sentence to 1 le iiiipr'soiiiniMit, and tho same sentiment demanded her pardon, which Governor Foraker granted. im:n'nsvi.va.via. Tho law of Pennsylvania does not 'iialto a disl'uct on in tho punishment of murder on account, of sax, and but three years ago a woman named Catha rine Miller and her accomplice. Georgo Smith, were hanged at Willianisport, in that state, for tho murder of Mrs. M 1 ler's husband. Smith beat M Her to deatli and Mrs. Miller simply furnished the ropo with which to string tho dead man up, so as to create tho impression that he had committed Miicido. In tics case Governor Pattison refused to in tarfere. Tho proof was clearly estab lished that Mrs. Miller and SniHh had plotted to kill tho woman's husband, anil tho doalh warrant was issued with out opposition. Tho execution was n notable one. Mrs. Miller screamed like a mad person as sho was carried to tho callows. A few months ago Aunlo Culler, a young colored girl, shot her betrayer in Philadelphia, for which ououso sho was sentenced to life imprisonment. An application for a commutation of senteneo was m ule to the pardon board, and that body commuted the senteneo to ono of eight years. CONNKCTICIVT. Tho only similar case in tho stato of Connecticut to that of Mrs. Druso was that of Ldia Shermnn, who po soiled two or three htiibands and several chil dren, several jours ago. Sho had her sentence commuted by tlio legislature to state prison for life. As far as can he ascertained hero Uieio has not been a woman hanged in that stato s'.nco colonial days. Tho custom seems to have been of lato yearn for juries to convict women of murder in tlio second degreo and send thorn to stato prison for 1 fe. JIAItVI.ANI). Precedents arc raro in Maryland of tho conviction, nnd even the trial, of a woman for murder. Tho only convic tion and execution of a woman, within recent fines, was that of Mary Naylor, an intelligent negro slave in Anno Aruiidiil county; execution in I8G1 for tho poUonlngof her master, a Mr. Can. The penalty for murder in the first do groo in Maryland is hanging, and wo men tire not excepted in the law. Pub l.o sunt muiit sustains the statute. ll.UNOM, Under the laws of Illinois men and women aro alike Mihjoct to tho pun mIi mont of death for niurdiir. It is not rcmcnilci'ud by Governor Ogleab,, or nny other stato offic'nl, that a woman was evor hanged in Ulino s. Wh lo tho laws niako no distinction as to sex, pub lic sentiment in that stato is opposed to tho hanging of women. The only ease similar to tho Druso murder is that of a woman who deliberately murdered her husband about ten years ago in Kankakeo county, in this state, in con sequence of cruel treatment. Sho was tried and sent to tho penitentiary for life. LOUISIANA. The criminal annals of -Louisiana pro sent no exact parallel to the. Druse case. Women havo been tr.od for murder here, but public sontiment is so strong ly opposed to their execution that thoro has been but ono occasion for appeal ing to tho pardoning power in recent years. Under the Louisiana laws a ju ry, in a case involving l.fe, can bring in o tlier a simple voi d ct of "guilty," or ono guilty without capital punish ment." Missoriti. No woman lias evor boon hanged in Missouri. A few havo received tlio death-sentence, but tho governor or tlio supremo court lias always interfered in time to prevent tho execution. CKOItUIA. As a matter of fact, tho first person ever liango I in tho stato of Georgia was a woman. Tho details of tho crime and tho history of tlio case havo been lost, and all that remains is tlio oak tree up on which sho had boon hanged in 1701, and that her name was Polly. It was not unt.l 1872 that tho question of hang ing a woman became a stato matter. In tho Apr 1 of that year tho neighbors of John Spann, of Webster county, no ticing that tho house remained closed all day, burst open tho door and found Mr--. Spun strangled to death, with marks of unmentionable tortures upon her body. Her husband wan missing as well as a young and pretty girl, who had been living in tho fain ly, named Susan Eborhardt. After six days' pur suit with bloodhounds tho pair wero found together in Heard county, on tho Alabama line. Tho story developed was that Spann had forniod rolallons with tho girl. On tho night of tho murder Mrs. Spann discovered tho intimacy and tho enraged husband pushed her back in her bed, having a firm grip on her throat, while Misr, Eborhardt, at his command, handed him a pillow sl.p, which ho rammed down his wife's throat until sho was dead. Tho pair were put on trial, convicted and sen tenced to bo hanged. Senteneo was at at once executed upon Spann, but tho case of Susan Eborhardt became a mat ter of stato concern. When tho day of execution arrived lira ollicers postponed action until tho last in nute, expecting oven then a re prieve As Susan stood with the black cap on her head men wero sent up tho road to catch a glimpse, if possible, of tho expected messenger with a reprieve, and to wave b.iek, if seen, tho signal of rescue. Rut no relief camo nnd the de luded woman pa d tho penalty of her crime. To this day Governor Smith's action is hold up against him. As a conseqiionco of this agitation tho public mind was prepared to take prompt act on in 1878. when tho news of Kate Sotliern's crime was made pub lic. Tho public determination .vas that sho should not hang, and she did not. Sinco that lime it lias been impossible to convict a woman of murder in Geor gia. INDIANA. Not ono hns over been hnnaod in tlio Stale, or has any .boon sentenced to death. MAINE. No woman has ever beon hanged, although Mrs. Harrows, of Kittory, is now under senteneo of death, and great exertions aro being made in hor behalf. She has a ropr.evo until next August. IOWA. Thero Is no case on record In Iowa in which a woman lias been sentenced to death. DKI.AWAUB. Thoro never was a woman hanged in Delaware. No woman was over con victed in Delaware wlioro tlio penalty was death, lionce there never was any occasion for Executive clemency in such cases. WISCONSIN. The laws of Wisconsin do not por mit tho hanging of murderers. Suvor nl women have been convicted of mur der since tlio present law has been in existence, and have been treated same as men, being sentenced to imprison ment for life when convicted of murder in tliolirst degree Ni'.IIKAHKA. Tlio Stato of Nebraska provides for capital punishment, making no distinc tion in sex, but no womuu has ever been hung in the Stato. MINNrOTA. Thoro has boon only one woman hnnged In Minnesota sinco its organi zation as a Territory. VKItMONT. No woman convicted of murder ever A JAPANESETEA HOUSE. One warm morn tig in .Inly, I slool in front of one of these .!apnnei' tea Iioum's, about to outer. Situated iu one of the many parks which adorn Tokio. is rated as the very bot and tho swell est." in the c ty. It :. patronized by tho upper crust, of Japanese soe'ety, and ha- a theatre aitachod, where an ancient Japanese dauco can ho seen occns'onalli . The sliding doors wero thrown open, revealing the reeppt on room, wherein stood three or four tiny Japanese girls, the. r jet black hair moulded into fan tastieshapes with grouse and bandolino, their eyebrows shaved, their lips paint ed red. and their dainty little forms arrayed in dazzling pimonas or loose Mowing robes wh'ch failed to conceal their gracful necks. Those aro tho tea-houso girls of Japan, bewitching, cunning and dangerously picturesque! It is these pretty creatures which makes Japan so attractive lo foreigners. Wo started to outer without cere mony, as one would outer a restaurant Hut wo could not havo committed a greater or more unpardonable sin. My 'ricksha man, grinning from ear to oar. pointed to my hat. I took it oil' and bowed politely, whereupon tho young ladios tittered and looked at each other. Unconccrted, however, I started again to outer, but was hold back by my grinning 'ricksha man. who pointed to my shoos, and grunted out soinothing which sounded like No sit ng moo poo. I took tho hint and took off my shoos, keeping my feet bonealh me to conceal tho holes in my lioso until a girl brought mo a pair of Japanese slippers, which you know have no heels. Did you evor try to keop on a pair of slippers without anything to hold your heels in? Try it once. Ex pod tiously 1 shoved my toes into tho slippers, and git ded by tho shy and smirking females, began my inspection of tho toa houses. Tho first thlnir wo saw. as wo step ped upon tho matting of the small, empty reception room was a row of Japanese girls, of various shades of beauty on thoir knees, bowing thoir heads to tho lloor. Wo answered tho salute by bowing, but not on our knees. "Ohio," (good morning), said ono of tho prettiest girls, advancing. "Ohio," I boldly respondod. Hut hero my knowledge of Jap.tncso ended nnd my embarrassment began. I could not speak Japanese and tho young lady addressing us could not speak English, but of course sho knew what wo wero thero for, and immediately began to conduct us through tho sovoral rooms of tho house. Simpl city nnd plainness aro tho fea tures of tho interior of an ideal Japan ese lea house. Tho rooms tiro low and finished In natural uiipaiuted ami un varnished wood, savo hero or thoro a lacquer wood door frames or panel. On tho lloor is a straw mutt ng, but no table or chairs of any description. Tlio walls aro usually without pictures or ornaments, and neither stovo nor fire place is scon. In short, the room wo wero linally conducted lo was a model of bareness ami simplicity. Some of the private loa rooms overhead, how over, woro finished throughout in lao quor wood, and hud lacquer lloors, shining liko pol shed mirrors. Of course when ono enters a lc house lie is expected to take refresh ments. Selecting tho best of those un inviting rooms overlooking tho lawn, wo called for c.hu;n, which is Jnpancso tea. Two little girls quickly respond ed and placed before us tho usual re freshments which a Japanese toa liouso allbrds. Two little trays with t.ny tea pots, dainty cups hoi Hit; hardly a gill, nnd little saucers of sweetmeats rnada of rlco and flour, worn placed beforo us. No chairs woro offered us.so wo stretch ed ourselves on the lloor. Our waiters, without a word, poured tho steaming fa into tho cups and olfured it to us. Tho Japanese use no sugar nor milk in tliulr toa. nnd dr nk only a small quan tity at a time, sipping it slowly. Their tea is very bitter, ami has a tdekouing green sh-yellow color. Willi n wry faee, wo sippod tlio toa and nibbled the touh sweetmeats, surely fooling, doubtless looking, very foolish. It Is very embarrassing to sft at a banquet" with proltv nnd g:yly tlressed girls, and not bo able to speak a word, but such was our situation. Our attempts at Japanese caused tlio greatest merriment, the simple tittering reminding mu of tho throe little maids from school" In "Mlkudo." Some of the g'rls in these Japanese ton houses understand Engl sli very well. Indeed, when it is spoken badly nnd mixed with Japanese. I sav badly, for it is a curious fact that an English man or American lu attempting to make himself understood to a foreign or, iiivarhiblv uses the worst kind of English, probably beeauso he desires to bo as brief as iioss.ble. Tun houses, especially In okoliama, aro so fro. quuntly visited bv English-speaking people, that not only the language but tho nanios of main of the v sltors art kuowu to those attruutlvu glrli.