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PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
-Fourteen I nitcd States Senators
have their son serving them in the ca
pacity of committee clerks or private
secretaries. Washington Post.
Mrs. Hannah Euston lias left to
Charleston, S. C. the sum of $100,000
for the purpose, of "making old
comfortable." Wtmhi nylon Star.
.Mrs. McKlroy, the sister of the late
ox-President Arthur, will go to Wash
ington to live, it is said, anil will take
her niece. Miss Nellie Arthur, with her.
Nicholas Collan, who died in
Washington recently, distinguished
himself by shaking hands with eighteen
Presidents of the United States at' their
respective inaugurations.
Mr. Kdward Hoonnan. of Kind
ley's Lake, N. V., has n photograph of
his mother, himself, his daughter, her
daughter, and her baby. The picture
represents live generations, all in good
health. liujj'nlo Express.
A well known actor says a bushel
of press notices in Kngland would not
raise an actor's salary a cent, hut that
in America the comments of tho press
are. of the first importance, because the
people rCad. Chit ago Tribune.
Mr. John 15. Curtis, of Portland,
Me., has a ranch of 1 1.000 acres near
North Platte. Neb. Hi.- cattle, 1,100
head, were mo-tly purchased in Maine
ir bred from Maine Mock. He has
planted KMI.OOO tree.-, on his land.
Tiffany, the founder of the great
New York jewelry house, began busi
uuss with a small stock of notions and
stationery in 1837. The first day's
sales were $1.9S, (lie second $"-'.77. The
f inn now has great establishments in
London and Paris. A'. V. Herald.
C. E. Baker, assistant baggago
niaster at the depot in Nevada. Mo.,
has fallen heir to 1,000.000, inherited
through his great-grandfather, John
Spade, who lived and died inCicrmany.
Clearly this Spade was a trump for Mr.
Baker, and he will smash no more
trunks witii ghoulish glee. Denver
Tribune.
Miss Susan Hale, sister of the Kev.
Edward Everett Hale, of Boston, is
always employed in helping those who
are unable to help themselves, and her
labors of love are appreciated by all
who know her. ltecently a veteran son
of the f-ea, now in his eighty-third year,
presented her with the model of a yacht
fully rigged, and which is a marvel of
beauty, made with his own hands, to be
void in behalf of those in whom she is
i 1 1 1 e re s t ed Has ton Journal.
A family of four brothers named
Ackeu, living in Middle.-ex County, N.
J., are noted for their vigor and size.
The Trenton Uazelte gives their ages,
heights and weights as follows: Wil
liam is 811 years old, 0 feet :i inches in
height, and weighs 'JoO pound.--; Henry
is 81, (i feet 1, and weighs 270; Samuel
is 79, (! feet. .I, and weighs '220; Theo
dore is 7.'!, (i feet G, and weighs i'!50
pounds. They are in excellent health
and vigorous beyond their years.
"A LITTLE- NONSENSE.
Matilda Ann (who has given Jim
my the tally money to take earn of)
Here, you .Jim Sweeney! coino back
dat cent. Did yer want to sneak
olVter Canada wid yer boodle, sa-ay't
Judge.
Landlady (examining a fugitive
boarder's trunk) "Why, Bridget, his
trunk is full of bricks? How could
they have got there?" "Sure, ma'am,
he brought one home in his hat ivory
night," Life.
Science says a body weighing a
hundred pounds on the earth would
weigh two tons on the planet Jupiter.
The planet Jupiter must bo the place
where the average lisherman catches
his lish. Till Hits.
A young woman in Arkansas, who
hesitated between two lovers, suggested
tliat the rivals settle it by a wrestling
match, and she wed the victor. Ex
change. She was like Prince Walde
inar, she declined the thrown. Ar. Y.
Graphic. j
"See here, Silas, I don't t'ink much t
of dis yere Leghorn bonnet of a hen. I
She sets a bad egg-sample. She had
oughter had chicks free weeks ago'
"Dat failure's easily splained, Dinah. '
She's not in 'erncst all lie time." liar-
pcr's 11a: ir j
THE G II EAT REGULATOR
PURELY VEGETABLE.
Are You Bilious ?
The Hryillattir n.'rrr fa tin to rurr. I mist
rlit-eihilly recwnmi-rtd It lo all whu suffer h"tn
Uiliuu Attacks or any Diease caused by a dis
armed state of the Liver
Kansas City, Mo. W K BKRNARl).
Do You Want Good Digestion ?
IsuJJered intensely with Full Stotnurh,llrail
xrlii', etc. A neighbor, who had taken Simmons
liter Regulator, tokl me it tins a sure cure fer my
trouble. The first dose I took relieved me very
much, and in one week's time luas as strong and
hearty as lever was. It I tint bent tiuiltchie
I T-r took fur JtijHiiriialu.
Kiciiwonii.Va I! G. CXESSHAW.
Do You Suffer from Constipation ?
Testimony of Hikam Waknfk, Chief-Ju.tlce ui
j . " I have used Simmon lj"er Regulator tot
Jonitipatioo of my Ilowcls, caused by a temporary
Derangement of the Liver, fo' the last thrre or
0 vux years, and always u-llli ileeltled benefit,"
Have You Malaria ?
have had experience wtth Simmons liter Repu.
later since 1805, and regard it at the yreutrnt
nintieitie of thr tlinm for rtlrtr peril
I In r to vmlurlnl Wi,i,s, good a medi
cinf deserves universal commendation
.,-,. H. WHARTOS,
Cor. Set y Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Safer and Better than Calomel !
1 have been subject to severe spell, of Congestion
of the Liver, and have been in the habit of taking
from 1$ to ao grains of calomel, v. hich generally laid
ae up for thrre or fuur day, l-ately 1 have been
taking Simmons Uver KeguUtsr.which gave me re.
IW. irdthoitt huh Interruption to burnt, ,r,
.MiDDLsruitT, Ohi. J.HUGO.
J. H. Zeilin & Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
FSiZZZ, 3i.CO. ,
CARELESS DOCTORS.
I Villi t n lrMiKlt lllli to S:iy Almut Mls
Inl.i'H Mmle liy I'll) ill In M.
"I have beaten the record." said a
bright young man in one of the popular
lipenarics (.f pure drujrs and medi
cines in Chicago. "One Sunday, while
done in the store I put up iifty-oiio pre
scriptions. Now, twenty prescriptions
i day is considered an average day's
work for a clerk in a drug store. It is
not the actual mechanical labor in
volved in compounding the formula,
but the close concentration of Htten
tion, the accurate nteu-uretucnts, the
observance of apparently unimportant
details, ami the care necessary to see
that the doctor has made no blunder.
I know there is a popular belief that
doetors are infallible, but if you could
look over our prescription liles you
would -peedily change your mind upon
that point." "
While he was speaking two proserlp
tions came in, one of which simply
called for "Listerine," a new and com
paratively unknown medicine, without
a word of direction as to its use not
even the oft-reiu-ated formula: "Used
as directed." The other simply read
and this eame from one of the most
prominent physicians of Chicago. whose
fee for consultation is lifty dollars
"Tr. aconite. One every two hours."
One what? One dose? One leaspoon
ful? Now aconite is a deadly
poison, and one teaspoonful would
speedily put the laker beyond human
aid. Fortunately the keen-eyed drug
gist delected the omission, and sup
plied the hinrus with the missing word,
"drop." thereby probably saving a life
and cheating the coroner out of a fee.
"There is another thing." said the
druggist. "There are two solutions of
morphia one prepared according to
the United States Pliarmaeopu'ia of
1870. and known as tin' U. S. P. formu
la; the other known as Magendi's solu
tion. The lir-t contains one grain of
morphia to the ounce and a teaspoon
ful dose of it can be taken with safety
by almost any patient. Magendi's so
lution contains sixteen grains to the
ounce, and a teaspnotiful-would knock
.John L. Sullivan out on the lirsl round.
You would scarcely believe it, but not
one doctor out of live ever spccilies the
particular solution desired, simply
writing 'morphia,' and leaving it entire
ly within the discretion of the druggist
whether to gi e the patient one grain
or sixteen grain- of the deadly drug.
"I might give you instance after in
stance of a similar character, but these
will sutlice to show you that not all the
mistakes which are made in the compo
sition and administration of medicines
can be laid at I lie doors of the drug
gist. 1 ' Chicaio Tribune.
CANINE INTELLIGENCE.
A CmiiMTtii'tit Dok Niili'd for lilt Sap. iclty,
Cnri'liilurss mid Wisdom.
A dog owned by Colonel Newton, of
Cromwell, goes twice a day to the rail
road station for the morning and even
ing papers. He goes of his own accord,
is always on time, and waits about
where the baggage car is to stop, in the
morning at one place and in the after
noon at another. "There he waits un
til tin; bundle is thrown oil" and opened
by the station-master, when he takes
his paper in his mouth and immediate
ly starts for home. If the weather is
rainy, he lias a piece, of oil-skin which
is kept in a place where he can get
it himself, and of his own accord ho
carries this with him, and the station
master wr-ips it around the paper be
fore giving it to him, in order that it
may not get wet. On his return home
pe puts the oil-skin away in it.s place,
against the next rainy day."
He knows the papers and insists on
retting the right one. Once he was
fooled, "In opening the bundle the
station-master slipped one that was two
days old out of his pocket and handed
t to the dog. Demo took it in his
mouth and started for home. Arriv
ing there he took it to his master, and
was rewarded by a pat on the head and
.1 kind word. ColoncJ Newton ad
justed his spectacles and began to read.
Of course he at-once discovered the
trick, although he thought at the time
it was only an error. Calling Demo to
him he told him to take the paper back,
and reprimanded him for making the
mistake. I don't know what it was
he said to him, but the dog seemed
to understand it, for he hung his head
and really looked ashamed. In a short
time he was at the station with the old
paper in his mouth, and going to the
agent he laid the paper at his feet, and,
looking in his face gave a short and
very decided bark, as much as to say,
"(Jive me the right paper, and do it
now." lie was oll'crcd one that was a
day old, but after snitling at it for a
moment refused to take it, and not un
til he was given a paper of tho right
date would lie have any thing to do
with it. Since then, although an at
tempt has been made several times to
fool him again in the same way, he can
not bo deceived, and so, as I said be
fore, it seems as though the dog must
bo able to road." Middlesex County
Conn.) Jleeord.
A Chinese gentleman, bearing the
simple name of Auri.awa Hyochi
Niclioino Sanjukanboz Kiobash-Ku, has
discovered the secret of jphotographing
in natural colors. It is hoped ho will
not, in imitation of Daguurrc, christen
tho new process with his own name.
Think of going to a photographer and
tolling him you want half u dozen
Azv.ri.awaryochinichoinosan jukauboz
kiobashkuotypes takon ! Sorriulown
lleruld.
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Dog fashions have changed in Eng
land, and tho fox tert ioi has supplant
d tho pug. And vot tho fox turriur is
no mutch for tho in plain, unadul
tcr.itcid uHluttaa.
ITCH FOR NOTORIETY.
Koiiirtlilni; llimit n llNi-mn Wlilvli rt'-rts
llinidri'iUsiif Mlly lVnplr.
To those who are most fivipiently
brought in contact with persons who
yearn for some sort of notoriety the
extent of such yearning is astonishing,
more ore-s amusing, and sometime
decidedly disgiisti'ig. When the ambi
tion to become famous is born of n
worthy object it is commendable, but
when it springs from a niortiid desiit
lobe noticed, just for the sake of per
sonal gratification, for tho airing of a
vanity and for a pretense at appearing
more important than circumstances
should amply warrant, it is simph
sickening to those who are solicited to
become accessory to the fraud; it makes
the public not only unsympathetic but
resentful when it succeeds, and doubt
less, it frequently palls on the appetite
of it.s possessor when its fullness has
been reached. To aim for that sort of
fame which almost inevitably follows
heroic action; the invention of some
desirable thing which is to benefit the
world; the production of good work in
literature; the evolvement of a scheme,
measure or movement which is fraught
with benefit to the human race, or any
considerable proportion thereof, or that
will ameliorate even the condition of
the brute world, is admirable, but to
ask applause for commonplace per
formances i.s the opposite. And yet tii.i
latter is too frequently the basis of dis
tinction, built upon ceaseless importu
nities for notice from tho press, anil
the grasping at every opportunity in
that line of advertising. It is no more
ridiculous than a man should consider
himself great because he can swallow
inure raw eggs than other people than
that lie should hope to build a wide
spread and lasting fame upon the fact
that lie can contain his stomach and a
quail every day for thirty days.
A gentleman who is now famous as a
poet simply because he writes exquis
ite poetry, not because he specially
sought fame through that or any other
channel, retired in disgust twenty years
ago from the editorship of a newspaper
which his father had made famous and
bequeathed to him, because, he Said,
lie was tired of helping to make so
many great men out of such poor, ma
terial. There is not a newspaper reporter in
the land of any experience who has
not been frequently solicited by men of
apparent rospectability to notice in
the paper which he represents the fact
that this person is goiuu: to make a
cheap bid for notoriety, or that he is
going to create a sensation by doing a
commonplace tiling in an odd way. or
that he contemplates notoriety through
the performance of some clownish
trick, or hopes for martyrdom through
the doing of something in which the
world is as little interested as it is in
the setting of a hen. ICven people who
succeed, in a harmless sort of way, in
creating a sensation do not frequently
succeed in becoming more than a seven
days' wonder, and usually less than
that.
If people who seek fortius sort of
ephemeral notoriety will only stick a
linger in a tub of water and then
draw it out and look for the hole they
will have a striking illustration of
about how much they amount to, and
they will learn a lesson which will give
them ami a great many other people a
much needed rest Chicago Inter Ocean.
NEW YEAR IN PERSIA.
All Od'iihlun mi Which tits Sluili Appiirn
ll'll' l(l'l in I'd'cIdus (il'IIIN.
In the presence of the Imams and
dignitaries of tiie court the Shah re
ceives salutations and New Year's
greetings, accompanied by eiliisive and
long-winded compliments; the court
poet recites an ode or panegyric upon
the wisdom and above all the discern
ment of the King of Kings. Later on
the members of the various Corps Diplo
tnuliipic, after being received by some
if the Ministers of Slate, are admitted
into the presence mid behold the august
countenance of the shadow of God.
Although he has a larger collection of
jewels than any other monarch, this is
one of the few occasions upon which he
lisplays them, for as a rule the Shah
Iresscs plainly and in quiet colors, with
only a few diamond buttons on his
black cloth coat. Hut on the New
Year His Majesty is usually bedecked j
in his most imigniliceiit jewels, many
of which were brought by tho ruthless
Nadir Shah from Delhi. His tunic is
ablaze with diamond--, his holt, sword
and scabbard aro encrusted with the
same costly gems, and in his hut is the
aigrette ordistiiieti ve emblem of his roy
alty. The ceremony is usually not a
long one. His .Majesty addresses a few
words to tiie Ministers, inquires after the
state of their country and tho health of
their respective sovereigns or Presi
dents. The distribution of bags of
money which by the by, year by year
decrease in value and the distracting
noise of twanging musical instrument
announce that tho reception is over.
Tho coins presented nro contained in
tiny silk bags made for tho occasion,
and consist chiclly of silver as thin as a
wafer; sometimes there aro a few gold
pieces among them about the size of an
old silver penny, of not much intrinsic
value, hut much appreciated in Kurope
when mounted as oar-rings, buttons
and other ornaments. London Society.
(lerrod Proscott, aged twelve years,
of Hiddeford, Mo., got into ir sculllo
with another lad, and tho latter threw
fiorrod down, and toizing his head be
tween his hands gavo it several severe
thumps against, the hard lloor. A liny
or two after that young l'rowott Mas
taken ill and complained of severe
pains ni the lmo of his bi'Hin. In spite
of nil rt'iwilios tlmt could U given he
atwdlb- grew worse until ho tiled.
CAPTAIN COOK.
Wonilorftil ( iirrrrof tln Man Who Vlrtunll-
Mittli' Omcn-pHy 11 Nmv Srli'iirc.
We do not often reali.e how far thr
dlcovcr and settlement of America
weiv due to the circumstance that t In
continent lay directly across the path
from Kurope to the K.ist Indies. 11 nl
there been a passage between Xo-th
and South America at the Isthmus ol
Panama, even one no larger than M. di
Lesseps' proposed ship-canal, much ol
this northern division might have re
mained unknown for generations
longer. When Henry Hudson explored
the river which bears his name, he wa
looking for a passage into the Pacilii
Ocean. Hudson's Strait and Hudson'
Hay mark asiinilarscarclifip'lhernorth
The rapids of Lachiue on the St. Law
rence were called the China llapids by
the French, because that people hoped In
this river to open a direct passage to tin
Hast. England was not less active than
her neighbors, and in the last century
he growi ng interests in the Kast led t
the most thorough and extended c
pforations of our northern and western
?hores.
The foremost man in accomplishing
tVii-s work was Captain .James Cook, lb
was born at Marlon, in tho north ridinc.
of Yorkshire, Kngland, October J7.
lV'-'S. As his father was a poor man,
the son was put on board a vessel of tin
navy at an early age, and, under tin
disad antages of this position, educated
himself for command. He was on board
this Mercury in Canada during the
1-Veiich and Knglish war of 17i.ri. In
17G.H Cook had so far distinguished him
sen in mathematics that he was ap
pointed to observe the transit of Venus
in 171'ilt. and for this purpose made 1 1 i
first visit to the South Sea, as the Pacific
was commonly called. The Captain
doubled Cape Horn in June, 17l5t, dis
covered the Society Islands, and deter
mined the form and extent of New Zea
land. In 1770 he coasted along the
shores of Australia for more than six
I'.undred leagues, and returned home by
the way of Cape Good Hope.
Captain Cook made his second voyage
ol discovery in 1772-1771. He again
circumnavigated the world, and discov
ered New Caledonia. His third voyage
was begun .Inly l- 177(i. eight days
after our Declaration of Independence.
The leading purpose of the voyage was
to introduce into the islands under the
tropic of Capricorn the domestic ani
mals of Kurope. After having accom
plished this, Captain Cook was to turn
to the north and explore the west coast
of-Anierica as faras (10 north latitude.
From that point he would try to find
his way into the Atlantic between Asia
and America. His command consisted
of tlic Discovery and the Hcsolution,
and he was accompanied by astrono
mers and naturalists. Going by the
way of Cape Good Hope, and having
discharged his first duty, Cook turned
toward the north, and on the 1 St h of
January. 1778, he discovered the Sand
wich Islands. On the 7th of March he
reached our northwest coast in latitude
I t deg. ;(;! niiu. This coast he followed
until he reached latitude 70 deg. ! I mill.
X., more than ten degrees farther than
his instructions required him to go. As
nothing but ice was'to be seen before
him, he returned to the Sandwich Is
lands, and spent the winter there.
The death of Captain Cook, on the
l lth of February, 177!, resulted from a
misunderstanding with the natives. On
the day before they had taken a boat
belonging to the Discovery, havinglittle
idea of the rights of property. That
morning Cook went onshore to recover
the boat. Hy some unauthorized per
son a shot was tired, and a chief was
killed. Immediately the Captain was
set upon, and murdered in retaliation.
We can not easily estimate the im
portance of Cook's discoveries. Heforo
liis day nearly half the surface
of the globe was unknown, or
knowledge of it was in much con
fusion. The improvements which have
since been made originated in his enter
prise and exertions. Geography has
'iccoine a new science, and readied such
completeness as to leave only some un
important parts of the globe to be ex
plored, if ever the ice ami the cold will
permit. In connection with the last
voyage of Cook, there i.s an incident
told which is of interest. As ho had
already conducted two expeditious, the
Government felt that it could not claim,
though it greatly desired, his services,
lie was consulted on every detail of
tlio plans, but was left free to volunteer
his services, if he would. At last it
came to iiamiug'the commander of the
expedition. Cook met with the com
missioners at the house ,,f Lord Sand
wich to dine, and to talk over this ap
pointment. At tho table the enthu
siasm of the Captain became so much
roused by what he heard said of the im
portance and glory of the undertaking,
hat ho started up and exclaimed: "I
will conduct it myself!" This was just
what the others desired, and had been
working to bring about. Youth's Com
munion. An Aggravating Woman.
Husband Wo will, have dinner to
lay at four o'clock.
Wife All right, my dear.
"And then wo will order out tho car
riage and lake a ride in Central Park."
"I was just going to propose that very
thing."
"And after that wo will go to the
theater."
"Just what I like."
"Ami after the theater is out? wo will
'o to the ball."
"Nothing suits me hotter."
"For heaven's sake! don't drive inc
jrazy with your uontradiotions."
laxai Hitings.
The Colorado Coal and Iron Com
pany hue two thousand mmi at work at
the pro$uiit time.
I COAST CULLINGS.
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Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.
Pneumonia is killing oil the Indians
on the Ncz IWco icseivation.
Theic are 2(M patients at the Wash
ington Territoiy insane asylum.
Frank Mcrriweallicr was killed by a
falling tree near Taconia, W. T.
Tacoina will celebrate the comple
tion of the Cascade branch of the N. P.
Spokane Falls is to have a 10-ton
smelter, to be in running order heforo
ninety days.
In Washington Territory there are
twenty-seven Grand Arniv posts and
KXH inemlcts.
W. K. James, a photographer, com
mitted suicide at Snnut Cruz, Cal., by
taking poison.
A cracker factory, with n capacity
of sixty barrels a day, is to be erected
at Spokane Falls.
Clo-Kluni, W. T., proposes to donate
f."i(.KX) to a responsible company put
ting in a smelter at that point.
The schooner J. K. Kppingor was
wrecked and four of the ciew drowned
at Nnvaro, Cal. She was a total loss.
Judge Freer, at Oroville, Cal.. sen
tenced the stage-robber, George Hen
derson, to lifty years at San tjuentin.
A church building for the Congro
gationalists, to cost $1000, has been
commenced in thcNachccz valley, W.T.
The Governor of California ap
pointed Niles Scarls Chief Justice of
the State Supremo. Court, vice U. F.
Morrison, deceased.
Two boys, aged six and four years,
sons of .Mr. and Mrs. George Smith,
fell into the mill race at Colhix, W. T.,
and were drowned.
A young man by the nnmo of James
Tuininy, was drowned while attempt
ing to cross the Sacramento Uiver at
Copcly Station, Cal.
There arc now in the Puget Sound
College hospital thirty-six inmates
twenty-nine men, four women, two
boys and one infant.
At St. John, Onl., a Chinese cook
shot and killed Mr. Joseph Hillyeu,
with whom he was employed. Ho also
wounded another lady and man.
Charles lCarsten, proprietor of a
grocery store at San Francisco, shot
himself in tho head and died. Depres
sion over financial dillioultics caused
the act.
A subscription of .$11000 has been
raised at Kllensburg, W. T., toward
building a school house for the Sisters.
It is proposed to put up u building
costing $;")000.
A cavalry company has been organ
ized at Spraguo, W. T. An infantry
cadet company composed of twenty
boys, from 10 to 1-1 years of age, han
also been organized.
Michael ICofe, tho wife murderer,
who was to have been hanged at
Suisun, Cel., cut his throat with a
pocket knife and died, having resisted
all etlbrts to dress his wounds.
Governor Squire, of Washington
Territory, has commissioned J. G.
Justice warden of tho new peniten
tiary at Walla Walla ; li. G. Guthridgo
steward, ami Y. C. Hlalock physician.
San Francisco prices for beef have
advanced fully 0 per cent, in tho id
tail market. The cause is said to be
due to cuttle owners holding back
their stock for tho purpose of getting
higher prices.
Tho San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce has inemoralizcd tlio United
States Secretary of the Navy not to
have the warship Hartford destroyed,
but repaired, and keep hor in service
owing to hor historical character.
Old Indian Webb Testament, living
in tho forks of the Sweetwater, I. T
and the largest stock owner on the
reservation, lost about three hundred
head of stock last winter, but still has
1000 head loft as a basis for future op
erations. Tlio fine, large residence of George
W. Hrower, of Medical Lake, W. T.,
was burned. The houso was unoccu
pied at the time. It is thought to lie
i the work of an incendiary. A woman
b is been arrested on suspicion as tlio
guilty party.
Tho past winter has boon terrible
disastrous to shipping all along the
Coast, Since November lnth over
twenty vessels and ninety lives have
been lost. The Hiss to ship owners is
$700,000 to .$800,000, and it is feared
all tho disasters aro not yet heard from.
Kdward H. Oldwell, a wealthy Kng
lishman of Porrysbtirg, Mont., was
found murdered near his home. His
head was terribly mangled, and this,
with other indications, points to the
Hritirh Indians who raided Door ami
Kennedy's ranches in that vicinity, hb
the perpetrators of the crime.
Tho house of J. U. Holin, at Cedar
ville, Cal., was burned, and with it
three boys, children of Mr. Uolin.agcd
respectively 7, 10 and 15 years. Iiolin
was iibsont tho time. His wife was
scv'.'iely injured in trying to rescue tho
boys. She is in a precarious condi
tion. Mr. Polin's two daughters who
were in tho house whon tho lire broke
out escaped uninjured.
Tho hoisting works of tlio Novada
Queen miiio, at Tuscarora, Nov., was
completely wrecked hy the explosion
of a box of giant powder followed hy
boiler oxplosiou. hi addition to the
hoisting woiks tho pumping ma
chinery was also demolished, and as a
consequence the mino was Hooded,
and North Hollo Isle and several othor
mines rapidly filled with water. Five
men were in the vicinity of the works
at the time of the explosion, ami nil of
them wero severely injured, one of
thorn (Foreman A. D. Kussol) perhaps
fatally. Work will bo suspended till
July or August.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in a
Condense (1 Form.
John Wilk was drowned near Mursh
fleld. Sheep herders are in demand about
Hopper.
The Snlem saloons pay $:ie0 a year
for license.
A new brass band Ipis been organ
ized at Weston.
The fruit on Pino creek was not
killed as first reported.
A Portland firm has an an order for
li'OO bands of (lour for China.
Joseph H. Lane has been appointed
agent at the Silelz reservation.
The foundation of tho new Ilaptist
church at Mi dford is being laid.
Work of rebuilding the La Camas
paper mills will soon commence.
A. 11. Wcbdell has been appointed
stock inspector for Crook county.
A telephone line between Medford
and Jacksonville is favorably talked of.
The West Chehalein Grange will
dedicate their hall the first Friday in
May.
Placer mining has started up at
Connor creek with water in abund
ance. A rich vein of coal has been ilia
covered in the mountains near F'orcst
( i rove.
A new (louring mill has been com
pleted near the mouth of John Day
Uivor.
The acreage of wheat in Umatilla ia
the largest in tho history of tho
country.
Mrs. J. Wimer, near Grant's Pass,
has nice orange sprouts which grew
from seeds planted last fall.
The new wool clip is beginning to
arrive at tho shipping stations in tho
Kastern portion of the State.
The good people of Farewell Bend
all turned out lecently and erected a
now school house in that district.
W. J. Harry has put range lights on
Sand Island, an appreciated conven
ience to voyagers in that vicinity.
A new postollieo has been eatab
lished at Yoreville, Grant county,
with Aaron Wickscn as postmaster.
Gust. Mattson was drowned in Coos
Bay by the upsetting of a boat. He
was a native of Finland and 32 yearB
of age.
Georgo A. Dyson, n former quill
driver of Brownsville, has nohl his in
terest in a Wood Kiver mine for
$.r)000.
Samuel Evans, a deckhand on the
steamer Kellogg, was drowned hy fall
ing oil' the steamer at tho foot of Yam
bill street, Portland.
Hugh Harris, a well-known and
hichly respected farmer, of Polk
county, died from the effects, of being
run over hy his wagon.
Kdward Mills died at Lebanon, lie
was injured by n fall from tho narrow
gauge railroad bridgo recently, from
which ho never recovered. Ho was
aged 28 and recently married.
The loss by (ire o'f L. Leonard's
dwelling, store, barn, and almost all of
their contents, occurred in Jackson
county. Tho property destroyed wns
probumy worth double tho amount of
insurance on it.
Mr. Tuschualki, living about a mile
below the Clackamas bridgo, Clacka
mas county, while digging a well dis
eoveicd a vein of paint eight feet
below tho surface, which ho found to
be four feet thick.
Alex. Condray killed throo cougare
at the mouth of Beaver creek, Klam
ath river, tho largest measuring nine
feet from tip to tip. This makes ten
that have Ivou killed in that vicinity
since last fall.
David Kirkpatriek, an old and
highly respected resident of Albany,
committed suicido by shooting himself
in tho head witli a -In-calibre revolver.
Long illness, which i-onietimos af
fected his reason, was tho cause.
George Hill reported at Baker City
jl few days ago that ho had found tho
skeleton of a man some two miles back
from Glenn's I'erry, on tho old wagon
road. There was no clue as to who ho
was. His clothing and a mil of
blankets lay near tho bleached hones,
as though he had slept there, and died
soon after getting up in the morning.
Governor Ponnoyor received tho
following letter from Prriuovillo.which
explains itself. Authority to organize
was promptly returned, and the com
missions so much desired will soon
follow: "The irresponsible and in
vincible, cowboys of Crook county do
sire to serve their country and work oil"
t-ome of their suporlluous martial
ardor (commonly called cusscdness),
in a way that will send their names
thundering down the ages ; they burn
to wear a.i uniform, hear drums and
sco a battle; thoy want to bo soldiers,
begad I that when the demon of havoc
wnoops "carnago" and unties the dogH
of war they can rush, to the foro, and,
side hy side with the Portland braves
capture a henroost ami lift the sculp ofl
a beer bottle, and to that end most re
spectfully ask to bo authorized, em
powered and allowed to form a malitia.
company, with headquarters, barracks,
free lunch counter, or whatever it is
called, ut Prinovillo. Vy"o are a hun
dred strong and we do not ask that we
bo appointed generals. A few of the
lniys aro perfectly willing to ho colo
nels, mid oven soino would bo corpor
als. Wo are not stuck up; we only
usk to bo allowed to servo our coun
try and draw our proportion of tho
public funds, in fact the latter is the
main object. AH tho hoys aro exports
on draw, and wo can assure you we
will not shirk any flmuioiul tusk you,
as commander may impose on us,"
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