The Oregon Scout. vol. in. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1SS7. NO, 34. THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent -weekly Journal, issued overy Saturday by JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jojrcs, 1 Editor. J J II. CnANCET, ( Foreman. MATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, ono year ft " Six uiontlis 1 (W " TUrce months Invariably cash In advance. If by any chance BUbtcriptlons are not paid till end ot j ear. two dollar will bo chanted. lUIes of udvertislng mudo known on appli cation. Correspondence from U parts of tho county ollclted. , Address all communications to A. K. Jones, Editor Oi-eton Scout, Union, Or. Lodge Directory. QnANTt noNDE VAiiW.Y Lodoe, No. fifl. A. F. ftnd A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth Saturdays of each month. 1 W. T. WHIG HT, W. M. A. LKVV, Secretary. Union Lodoe. No. 30, I. O. O. F. lteprular meeting on Friday evcnlng-a of each week at their hall In Union. All brethren In good standing are Invited to attend, tiy order of the lod(re. G. a. THOMPSON, N. G. CHAB. 8. MILLER. Socy. Church Directory. M. E. Cnuncn Divine service everySunday at 11 n. m and" p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. in. Prayer lncetinp every Thursday evenlnjr t6:30. REV. G. M. IRWIN, Pastor. PnrRBYncniATf Cncncit Regular church services every Sabbath tnornlnjr and cvonlntr. Prayer meotlnjr ouch week on Wednesday evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at 10 a. m. Rov. H. Veiino.v Rick, Pastor. St. Jonn'o EriscopAr, Cnuncn Service rory Sunday at 11 o'clock a. in. Kkv. W. R. Powelu Rector. County Officers. Jndge O. P. Goodall Sheriff A.N. Hamilton Clerk A. F. Neill Treasurer E. C. Rralnard School Superintendent J. L. Hindmun Burveyor M. Austin Coroner S. Alberson COUMISSIONEItS. JonnChrisman J. A. Itnmble Btate Senator L. II. Rtnehart IlEI'KrSENTATIVES. F. D. McCully E. E. Taylor City Olllcers. Major D. D. Recs COUNClUiIEN. B. A. Pursel W. f). Re'dloraan J.S. Elliott J. U. Thompson Jno. Kennedy A. Levy Recorder M. F. Davis Marshal E. E. ates Treasurer J. D. Carroll Btreet Commissioner L. Eaton rnoricssioNAL. J. It. CIUTES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Collecting and probato practice specialties Office, two doors south of Postoflico, Union, Oregon. R. EAKIN, Attorney at Law anfl Notary Pule. Office, one door south of J. D. Eaton's store Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office, one door south ot J. B. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, M. D., PHYSICIAN AI1 SURGEON, Uas permanently located at North Powder, where ho will answer all calls. W. R.JOHNSON, CONTRACTOR AM) BUILDER Main Street, Union, Oregon. Wans and Specifications for Dwellings, Barns and Bridges furnished FREE OP CHARGE. Bridge Building a Specialty. All kinds of Cabinet Work neatly execu ted. Repairing done an short notice. None but tho best workmen employed, and satisfaction guaranteed. Call and Interview me. FRUIT AND SHADE APPLE, PEAR, PLUM, PRUNE, PEACH APRICOT. CRABAPPLE, CHERRY. SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES Of well known varieties, suitable for this climate. Cun also furnish foreign sorts at one-third the price asked by eastern can vassers. I desire to sell trees at pricw that people can afford to buy. L. J. ROUSE, Cove, OnJfcon. D. B. REES, Notary Public -AND- Conveyancer. OFFIOE-State Land Office buildina Union, Union County, Oregon. II. F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at I.air, Ileal Katatc and Collecting- Agent. Land Office Business a Specialty. Ofllco at Alder, Union Co., Orojo W. CAPPS, M. D., Surgeon and Homeopathic Physician. Union, Okeqon. Will go to nny part of Eastern Oregon when solicited, to perform operations, ot for consultation. laetllcluos FiirnUlird " llliout Ultra t:iiure. OUico adjoining Jones Bros.' Store. Geo. Wnionr, President. W. T. WmoHT, Cashier. UNION, OREGON. Does a General Banking Business. Buys and sells exchange, and discounts com mercial paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. 9 3 ce c a a fctS 1 CO n o CD CO C0 o cc o o to ce toil CD a m tsfi- a 5 goo ci g g to O o eS H 2 cs B K 3 CO i w 9 E W CO a MASON HAMLIN Organs Uuexeelled T can save From $50 to $100 on the JL OU purchase of an Instrument b burlnr through W.T. WIIIGHT, Agent, tfaion, Ogn. Laundry Queen. The Best Washing Machine In the World. S. M. WAIT, Proprietor. Wait Bros., Agents for Union County. This machine is without doubt the best In existence, and gives entire imtisfactioa wherever tried. This machine is in stock at J. 11. EATON'S STORE, where they can bo boiuhu at any time. Try tho Laundry Queen. & ti k k k k k Tonsorial Rooms Two doors south of Jones BroB.' store. Union, Oregon. J. Ji. Johnson, PnorniETOiu nair cutting, shaving and shampooinj done neatly and in the best style. GITI v MEAT :- MAMET Main Street, Union, Oregon. Bknbon Bbo.'s pKOPUiCToaa. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON SAU SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC. Surinff Blossom first mm, I, notwbtt ltnullr cslled t niltrn, the ttVlnirof wnlch. In many initaiieri, u ouljr pretext for drink Ire, but ii tree frum tlcuhulic tl Irnulinn, ami la n effl ocluui In UtretuiU loin Infint ai tuao.tl'jli. It will nut fall In curlnjf C'tC 1 1 l-J A 1 A t. 1 1 Id 4ii aiur dlteue ariiluc 1' a dlaorderrd u-ocU- SPRlNB BLOSSOM fKS Spring BlOSSOmk'idneVcornplai'ntb GOLD ASD (ilA)KY. tlonltrcruttH are TralnoJ fortlic Arm) Sit linn ilrnl Men t'onstantl) in School on Uutld'a Inland, Trout tho Now York Herald. Front a high stufT on David's Island tlonts thu natioiml ensign. David's Island is a place of national impor tance. It is about twenty miles from tho city by water, and is tho principal recruiting depot of tho United States army. It is more than that, indeed, for t tic recruit is there taught to be a soldier. What the university is to tho professional man David's Island is to the enlisted man of the army. A uni versity graduate becomes an A. H. A David'a Island graduato becomo an II. P. Both have tho world to con quer. Ono takes a post-graduate course in tho law courts; tho other takes a post-graduate course on tho plains among the Indians. Thero is no more important work in tho military service than tho selecting and first training of men for tho ar my. It is work that requires the most careful attention to detail and intelligent direction. It is perhaps a military duty that is least under stood by tho general public, and tho popular idea is oftentimes that any miserable fellow, disgusted with all tho world and bearing tho record of crime, may throw oil all responsibili ties and become a soldier. In this tho general oninion is in error. Tho Gov ernment seeks to throw all possiblo influence against tho recruiting of un fit men, and wants only thegood ones. To this end the of Users chosen for tho service are those of experience. Thero aro three principal points, or depots as they areollicially termed David's Island, Jellerson Barracks, MLsouri (for tho cavalry only), and Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Thero are twenty-six sub-depots or rendezvous, from which a never ceasing sumriv of men is kent moving toward tho three great centers. In charge of all this system is a superintendent of recruting service, with headquarters m this city , who is Lieutenant Colo nel A. L. Ilough, Sixteenth Infantry, whoso Assistant Adjutant General is First Lieutenant R. II. Patterson, of tho First Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel R. F. O'Beirne, of the Fifteenth Infantry, is tho Com manding Ollicer of David's Island, and his Adjutant is First Lieutenant Cal vin D. Cowles. Tho Government requires about i"5,00f) recruits each year. Tho ap plicants at the recrutiim ren dezvous aro carefully examined. Many of them, indeed, are turned away on general principles before ex amination, and only one in six is ac cepted after. The physique must bo good, tho character (as far as can 1 o learned) must bo good, and if it is dis covered after enlistment that a recruit has committed crime ho will bo er emptorily dismissed. Then ho is bent to tlieislaffd, where ho is again exam ined, and tho first examination is liable to be sot aside if tho man is not all right, lie is kept threo months and then drafted away, to somo regi ment as required. There aro 000 of tho thorn thero now in all stages of preparation; from ho who turns his toes in to ho who wears a corporal's stripes for excellence at drill, and thero are tew awkward men in tho lot. It is a surprising fact that three days in the hands of a good drill sergeant will take most of tho kinks out of a man, nut stillness in his backbone, and give iiim that graceful carriago that can only be attained by a military "set ting up." These 000 aro divided into four companies. There is besides a permanent force of sergeants, corpo rals, quartermaster's men, etc. When a recruit arrives hq is first ushered into tho awful presence ol tho Sergeant; Major, whoso eaglo eye and years of experience can detect a inns (lo out of place. Ho then goes to tho Ad jutant, is receipted for, assigned to a company and gets his uniform. A good dinner comes next, as it is assumed that the averago recuit is hungry. After dinner ho is whisked away to tho hospital and vaccinated. On tho second day ho is examined by tho surgeon finally, and if not rojected (and only about 1 per cent, are on this final examination) is completely uniformed. If ho desires it ho is allow Bd $.'1 ci edit at tho trader's and as signed to a squad to bo fashioned into 3hape. Drill is from 10 to 11 o'clock in tho morning and from 2 to .'5 o'clock in tho afternoon. Tho recruit does no sentry duty at all for the first month or bo, or until he is considered fit to perform that responsiblo and honorable duty. What does ho do with his oil time? some ono asks. Well, pretty much as most men of his sphere of life do beforo they enlist, except that ho probably has a better time generally and can throw tho responsibility for his health on the officers. Hecangoto the club and play billiards; he can play buse-ball, foot-ball, and other games; ho can read a selection of several thou sand books; lie can occasionally go to a dance, which tho officers per mit from tune to time; 'jo can attend lectures and concerts during tho Winter season, and ho lias tho music of ono of the best bands in the tiervico at all time. He can not whoop it up and paint tho island red with , impunity, but lie can do most of the inings mat tne averago citizen can, and besides his credit is good at the ruder's for beer, and that is not al ways tho case with theaveragecitizen. And yet thero are recruits who are not liappy. Some of them brood over thoughts that lead lo all kinds of extravagant expression. The bar racks are prisons; the uniform, stripes of penal servitude; tho officers jailers, ami the army is condemned to the delimit ion bowwows generally. If a new-comer is intelligent, ho has little to fear from the drill s-ergeants. If ho is stupid or intentionally care lesswell, they have their work to do. and they generally do it. Scrubbing bunks and di.'gin sand have their material side as well. A man who is obliged to shovel sand into a cart for several liouiv, while an armed sentry stands over him, may possibly bo ex cused for thinking that the world has gone wrong. Of course thero aro many stories to bo told of tho humorous side of the recruit's life, and tho pathetic incidents have their placo in tho un written history as well. SCI HNTl IMC SLUGGING. John I.. Thlnkt A Hood Fighter Most Haio n Cood llrad Ho tlrlllolscs lleinvsp). From tho Sacramento lleo. Ill answer to tho question, "What aro tho essentials of a good fighter?" Sullivan said: "Pluck, skill, enduranco and a good head on his shoulders," said the glad ator. "I tell you, sir, a man lights with his head almost as much as ho does with his fist. He must know where to send his blows so they may do the most good. Ho must econo mize his strength and not score a hit jii3t for tho sake of scoring it." "What portion of your antagonist's body do you aim at when you aro in tho ring?" "I endeavor," said Sullivan, "to hit my man above tho heart, or under tho chin, or behind tho ear. A man wears out pretty soon if ono can keep ham mtring away in the region of tlio heart; a blow under tho chin or behind tho ear will knock out a man quicker than a hundred blows on the cheek of any other portion of tho face. Now tho Marino has a scar on tho cheek which he received in his fight witli Dempsey, and which ho will carry to his gravo. Ho told mo that Dempsoy kept ham mering away at that spot. If Demp soy were a long-headed fighter ho would not have wasted his timo and strength in getting in there. This fact alone proves to mo that ho is deficient in generalship." "You can toll when your man is giv ing in?" "Certainly I can," said the pugilist. "I watch his eyes and I know at onco when the punishment is beginning to tell on him. And when I talk to a man before I stand up beforo hint at all I can make up my mind whether he is a fighter or not. Thero is moro intelligence required m this busi ness than outsiders give us credit for." "Can you remember any caso whero you brought any special tactios into play?" "Yes," said John L. "I just happen to remember one circumstance, and I'll tell you of it. A young and pretty clover boxer I won't mention his name now undertook to stand up be fore mo for four rounds. Now, I want ed to givo tho public a good sho'v for their monoy's worth, so I allowed tho young man to hammer away to his heart's content. When, after tho sec ond round, I was being sponged oil in my corner I said to my second, 'About half a minute beforo this next round is over you call out "John!" loud enough for mo to hear you.' Timo was called, and after a few pass es I rushed in and laid my head upon that young man's breast and lot him bolt away at mea3 hard as hecould. Tho audienco cheered becauso they thought ho was knocking mo out, sure, but at that close range his blows hurt mo about as much as you could now by fibbing me on tho top of tho head with a soft glove. There I lay, as snug as you please, taking a deal of amusement, out of tho enthusiasm of tho audience. Presently my second, who had kept his oyes upon his watch, called out 'John' and then I stopped back and landed my young man ono under tho ear, and that was tho last ot him." "Do you train for theso fightB?" "No," said tho pu-ilist, emphati cally. "I know better than to wasto my vitality in training. I lio in bed until 10 o'clock in tho morning, read all tho papers, smoko a cigar, take a cup of black cofleo, then got up and have my bath and breakfast. Now, when I meet a man that 1 think is going to givo mo somo trouble I will train, but I havo not met that man yet," added tho pugilist, decisively. "How about you and Maco, Sulli van, were you not to have met at oro timo?" "Jom Maco and myself talked tho matter over, and I said to him: 'Maco, you havo earned a lino reputation as a fighter, and you don't want now, at tho end of your days, to bo knocked out by me. I object to giving any hippodrome exhibitions with you, but I'll mako you this proposition: I'll agree to spar you four rounds on the following conditions; For tho first threo rounds I will act solely on the defensive, and I will agree not to lend or counter.but if.at tho conclusion of tho third round you havo not knocked me out, I will do my best to knock you out in tho fourth round, and you must take your chances; tho winner to get tho gate money.' Macp would not con bent to this so tho matter fell through," BOBliKHY .VXD ME, From Harper's llaiar. It's just a bit of stoty, sir, that don't sound much to stranger's, but I'd like to tell you about it, if you havo timo to listen, for they 'vo all forgotten Bobbery down here, except me; they're poor folks, you see, and things drift out of folks' heads when poverty drifts in. Bobbery? Yes, sir, that was his name, least-ways tho nano wo gave him down here. As to a father or mother, ho never had any, I think; never had any ono in tho wido world to belong to except our two selves, Bobbery and mo. I was the elder, two long years older than him; but then I was blind, you see, so tho two years didn't count so much, and Bobbery got ahead of mo after tho timo when tho long days of pain slipped into lone night, and God shut me out of the world, not that I grumble, sir; I'vo given over that, and Bobbory was al ways such a gook lad to mo hat per haps I didn't miss so much after all. 1 grow to fancy things and mako be lieve I saw a great deal, particularly after Bobbery took to working at his trade, shoe-black, sir; and sometimes, when I became accustomed to being always in tho dark, I went out with Bobbory and held tho money that he made. Well, not much, perhaps, but enough for us two, and tho little room wo had down at Kingston, over against tho river; only Bobboty was an oxtrava ?ant lad, not in drink, sir, wo woro al ways a sober lot, but in oranges. They were almost his ruin, sir, thoso oranges. IIo uso to conio up stairs nicking tliem softly, so that I might not hear, and thinking to deceive mo; but I somehow smelt ornnges, and it ilways ntado mo sharper to catch Bobbery whistling little tunes to him jelf on tho way up, just to put mo oft. Ho made a great deal of me, did Jobbery, along of being blind, you ice, and so did tho neighbors; but I ivas raro proud of him. You don't icnow what it is, sir, to sit alone in tho dark all day, and then, on a sud Jen, to hear a fellow call out, "Hero iv o aro again! Conio down and feel tho sun set, and we'll count the cop pers." It would mako you lovo any duo, sir, who had a voice like that, let alono a follow liko Bobbory. Perhaps you didn't happen to bo in Kingston, sir, last spring, when tho Hoods had risen and tho land was under water for miles around. (Jobbery had to wade a little going lown to his work, but ho rathor liked it ho said; and ho used to tuck up his trousers and call back to mo and augh as tho water crept around his 'cot; and ho said folks wouldn't yvant iheir boots blacked, ho feared, for tho ivator would soon tako oil tho polish. I used to sit on tho window-sill to 'eel tho sun, and if I listened very hard I could hear tho ripplo-ripplo of tho shallow water at ovory step that Bob bery made, and it had a pleasant joiind, and made a kind of company feeling; but when ho was out of liear ing.aud it still kept rippling up against our walls tho company feeling wont iway and lelt mo lonely, becauso it lay for so very long between mo and Bobbery. Well, onco I was sitting alono on tho tvmdow-sill and tho day was very qui at, so quiet that I crow frightened at last, and stretched out my hands across the sill to feol my way down. lelt something that mado me shiver and draw back out of tho sunlight; that made my wholo dark life grow suddenly a boautiiul and precious thing; I felt tho water rippling almost up to the level of tho sill, and I was auite alono, and Bobbory would nev er know. I did not call out or go mad with frightl as I thought at first I might do; only I crept away in my everlasting Jarkncss from the warm sunlight and sat down on tho bed where Bobbery md I slept togotlter, and put my .lands over my ears to shut out the oar of tho waters. How long I sat there I don't know, ut I think it must havo been for Sours, for I felt tho sunlight on my aco and tho waters rushing round mo oeforo I moved again. I was hungry, ioo, but when I tried to get down and reach tho cupboard tho water took tno oft my feet and I crept back to tho oed and on to the shelves of the dress ?r to bo out of tho way. I said mv nravors two or three times, and I said some prayers for Bobbery, too, for I know ho would bo sorry when he found mo somo day whoro had died all alone, and in the dark. And then I tried to think how things looked from our win dow, with tho water sweeping up to tho very sill, and tho red sunset lying on it, and beyond tho pretty town and tho steeple in tho clock; and I thought it was better for me to die than Bobbery, after all, for ho could seo, while I Iliad no pleasure in my life. And yet I wanted to live;I want ed to hear Bobbory's voico again; I wanted the waters to go down and somebody to remember me at last, for I was afraid. Well, Bir, God answers our prayers eomotimes in a way that is terribly just. It takes us a long time to find out that everything is very good, I think, but we come to learn it at last, und learn, too, to leavo our prayers us well as the answers to God. Some body did remember mo at last, and cumo back: somebody whose laughing voico across fho waters was nearer every minute; somebody whoso handH were on my shoulders, whoso eyos, I felt, were on my lace; somebody who had never forgotton me Robberyl "Bobbery! Bobbery!" I cried, and I stretched out my arms to him. Boblery said: "I camo over m n tub, only think! such a lark! but as I climbed in at the window our tub drifted away, and however wo'ro to get over I can't tell." " on must think of something," 1 said, "Bobbery, it was a long day." "Why, of courso it was," Bobbory answered, "without me. Conio along tho liver's rising liko fury." "Is it very wide?" I asked. "O, not more'n a good stretch from hero to tho dry land, but deep, over six feet. I should say, and rising." "But the bed, Bobbery," I said, "and tho otliGr things." "Well, wo must just leavo them un til it's all right again." "Will it ever bo nil right?" I asked. "Why, yes, of course," said Bob bery. Ho was such a splendid chap, sir, was Bobbery, and so" clever! He took tho two chairs that were drifting about tho room and tied them togeth er, and then wo waded across to tho window and stood upon the sill. "I think it's jolly fun said Bobbery, "If you could onlyseehowyourboat's bobbing up and down m front horc! Get in quick or I can't hold her. Hcrel port her helm, or something! Aro you all right?" "It's splendid," I said coino along." But when Bobbery put his foot on the unsteady raft sho went down on ono side with a plunge. "Nevermind," he said; "you vo just got to push yourself ashoro with this polo as "straight as you can go, and I will fol low.'7 1 thought that was truo or I novor would havo left Bobbery. I took tho polo ho gave mo and went out on tho restless waters that I folt wero blood-red where tho setting sun had touched thorn. People on tho oppo site side cheered, and cried and called me, and Bobbery behind called out onco or twice, "Ship ahoy!" in a shrill voico that I knew and loved bet ter than anything on earth and onco I heard him say faintly ho seomed uo far away "In port at last." At last! Tho people on shoro had coased their shouts of excitement and encourage ment; tho light had died utterly away. In an awful silence and an awful darkness I jumped to land and held out my hands. "Bobbery! Bobbory!" I cried, "I want to thank you." Did Bobbery hear, sir, do you think? Do people hear anything, do people undorstund anything after they havo gono away? I only know that tho awful silence was turning mo to stone, that the aw ful darkness was rising liko a stono wall between me and Bobbery, and I was afraid. When I called no ono an swered, and I was glad. If his voico was silent any other voico would havo maddened mo just then, and I wanted nothing more to toll mo all the truth. I learned through the siletico on land and sea how God had answered my piayer. Thoy told mo afterward how tho plank he was launching to help him self to tho shore drifted away from his hand and was out of sight directly, how they would have saved him if they could, and how, when thoy be gan to shout to him directions, ha mado a sign for silence and stood straight upon tho sill, with tho sunsot creeping all about him and the waters washing at his feet. Thoy wondered why he had mado no cllort to reach the shoj?o with me; thoy used to won der for long after why ho had stood so silent, with his eager eyes and restless feet so strangely still. 1 knew, of course; but what right had any ono else to come between me and Bob bery? It wouldn't havo dono any ono any good to know what I knew that Bobbory wouldn't lot me lose the faintest chance; thought my blind, helpless life quite as wwll worth saving as his own. I would havo dono tne samofor him.sir, any day, for Bobbory and mo were al ways fond of each other. The Btory's been longer than I thought, sir, but just tho evening and tho floods again, and your wanting to know about the cross, brought it back to me liko tho samo evening somehow, an' its company liko to talk of tho lad. And Bobbery? ho just dted,sir; and the folks thought such a deal of him that they collected a bit to set mo up, and I took half of tho money just to put this little cross by tho river side, for wo always divided tho coppers, sir; and I havn't forgot him not in theso two years! That's all, sir just all about Bob bery. AVoinon IJung-cd In Ifmv York. Uticu Herald: Four instances of the hanging of women in this Stato are recalled: Margarot Iloughtaling. alias Peggy Dinsmore, was hanged at Hudson, Oct. 17, 1817, six weeks after her in dictment for tho murder of hor child, and a few years afterwards a woman on her death-bed confessed that sho was guiltv of the murder, and not poor Peggy. Mrs. Van Yalkonberg was handed tor noisoningner nusimnu. at Johnstown, Jan, 24, 1810, Gov. Wright declined to mtenere. Airs. Ittiukloof l-'tica, waH banned at Whltes- boro in 1810. Ann Houg, for kil.ing her husband by poison, was hamjod Mnv 7. 1852, Gov. Hunt refusing to commute her sentence to imprison nier t for life.