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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONKS,
i:ni roit.
The Oregon Scout lianas lame a c.irru.
lation as any three paper in this sec-!
rum vj wee ijiuic, uumuwiru, anil is COI
respondingly valuable as an advertisinrj
medium.
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Friday, December 30, 1 87.
Union and Vicinity.
'ouncil meets January 2, 1S88.
Turkey dinner at the Centennial ho
tel, Sunday, only .iOc.
Mens' ladies and boys caps rcducod
in price at Jo. Wright's.
Wc wish all our patrons
and prosperous New Year.
happy
The winter bo far throughout the
State has been very pleasant.
Remember the Raker City I. 0. O.
I. ball to be given January 'Ird.
Please call and settle your account
at thu Covo drug store by Jan. 1st.
SherilT Hamilton is now ready to
receive taxes. First come, first served.
Don't go cold when you can get an
all-wool suit of uuderwaro for 2.50 at
Jo. Wright's.
Considerable of that dreaded disease
diphtheria, is prevalent throughout
the State, this winter.
Died. In La Grande, Dec. 21th.
18S7, of brain fever, Miss Mollie Mo
Whirter, aged 17 years.
Snow badly drifted in lanes running
cast and west, making it in tonus
places diflictjlt traveling.
Milton Oregon is going to have a
four story, full roller flouring mill,
with a 100 barrel capacity.
Advertise in Tun Scout; it pays.
It will roach more readers than in all
the other papers in the county.
Great reduction in boots at Jos.
Wright's, to make room for a mam
moth shipment on the way from Chi
cago, After 12 o'clodk midnight Saturday,
date your instruments etc., 1SS8. Let
the man who never makes a mistake
take note.
Now is tho period of a man's lifo
made happy, as he serenely walks into
this sanctum and says "I'll take Tub
Scoct for one year.
New railroad enterprises are projec
ted almost every week in mc parts
of Oregon or Washington territory.
Railroads mu&t be paying property.
The New York Store at La Grande
Keeps cverytnmg, anu sens at prices
that cannot be competed with. When
in La Grande, don t fail to visit this
store.
C. M. Bennett, a contractor at Pen
dleton, has been and is now having
considerable unpleasant experience
with Oregon laws. "The way of tho
transgressor is hard."
Senator Mitchell has introduced a
bill authorizing tho secretary of the
treasury to establish two life saving
stations on the Oregon coast and one
at Gray's Harber, Wachington Terri-
Ped. Smith handled the ribbons over
John Elliott's four-in-hand, Wednes
day, and reined them around as if ho
was accustomed to swinging the silk
in days of old timo staging.
It was reported on the train Sunday
morning that a man had fallen from
the train somewhere in the Blue
mountains, while the train was' in rap
id motion. We did not learn anything
definite.
If you want any thing of an enter
prising nature done, call on the citi
zens of Union, and they will do it for
you. Recent developments prove this
assertion beyond tho shadow of a rea
sonable doubt.
"Col." Frank J. Parker of the Walla
Walla Statesman, "wants to be ap
pointed warden of the penitentiary."
If there is any olficc that the brave
"Col." would not like to have, wo don,t
know what it is.
The members of tho Democratic
State Central Committee of Oregon,
will meet in Portland January 11, 1SS8, I
for tho purpose of naming the time f
and place of holdint
r tho
Democratic
State convention etc.
Mr. A. J, Goodbrod, of the Centen
nial hotel, is preparing an excellent
dinner for New Year's day. All are
cordially invited, and those partaking
may rest assured that they will never
regret having dono so.
Conductor Leslie, of tho Cascade
d'vision of the N. P., slipped, as ho
wont to hoard his moving train, and
was thrown under tho wheels and in-'
stantly killed. The train ran eight
miles before tho accident was discov
ered. Christmas in Union j Hissed ofi very
pleasantly. Several private Christmas
trees were had. Christmas dinnors
were indulged in, to which tho timo
honored, turkey shed his blood, that
wo might cat and pronounce this
world good-
The ball at Wright's hall last Friday
night was well attended, and every
thing passed ofT pleasantly. Fifty
thrco numbers were sold. Tho suppla
nt tho Centennial hotel was excellent
and reflects much credit upon Mr.
Goodbrod, the genial landlord.
Some parties attended tho Sunday
school concert, last Sunday night, and
having.neithor the fear of God in their
hearts, nor respect for His followers,
neither respect for themselves, noroth
g ore made themselves quite obnoxious
I to the rest of tho congregation.
Tho sonato of this great country
. ... t . . 1 .1.... .....Tiijiiir n.lint linp
i'tupum a nuuiu iut.1 tiik"'"r "v..w.
r tltoy should "shut up shop" for the
" holidays or not and then did not come
tc u conclusion. Men, who givo to
time to little value, should bu elected I
to stay at home. As servant of the j
people thoy j useless.
t,um Sil,t iwiiincriu :.r n
day, .Tantur.v 2nd.
Ihad the nd, of thf Nov War's kill
to ln civen in thi- ciiv.
Uct your umbrella anil mini
boots
out for you mnv need them.
Tho Union mills are running night
and day in order to supply the de
mand for their flour.
Look out for the grand drawing, to
take place nt Jones Rro's, Saturday,
December olt, 1867.
The '-Victor" safe has a non picka
bio combination "lock. F. M. Sloctun,
Agt., Union, Oregon.
r:oon no umu lor wie ponuciu pm 10
outline anu men we Miall nave a timo
equal to the last spike celebration.
Tho Atlas, formerly published at
Vale, has been moved to Ontario, and
will hereafter be issued from that place.
Yesterday, a Chinook took in the
valley, and with the assistance of n
gentle rain, made things extremely
moist.
County Clurk A. T. Neill is busily
engaged in counting up the tax roll,
having received the State levy after so
long a lime.
The O. it C. railroad has reduced
the price of firt class unlimited tickets
from Portland to Sacramento and San
Francisco from !?30 to i'25, and limited
tickets from $22 to 20.
The rate for all tax purpose. this
year is 21.7 mills. This does not seem
to be decreasing taxation much, but
we hope the time will come when such
high rales will not be necessary. I
A most excellent Christmas dinner
was served at the Centennial hotel.
We did not dine there, hut sampled
tone of the cake. Mr. Good broil as
landlord is the right man in the right,
place.
Quite a number of swains and their
(mo) lattes have been promenading,
our streets this week. Glad to see
them out for it recalls pleasant recol
lections of times goije by when wc
our eyes are filled with tears.
Mr. S. 0. Swaekhamer's lesidenee
caught lire, from some coals falling out
of the stove in one of the rooms, last
week. It w.is only by extreme prompt
ness and persistent eii'ort that the lire
was placed under control.
Mr. Ted Smith left, yesterday, on the
ovening freight tram with two car
loads of horses, for Bakeistield, Cal.,
where they will bo fed up and placed
on tin; Southern California market.
"J. Q. Shirley sent a car load of horses
'to Petalunia, Cal., last Tuesday.
Los Angeles has been selling
eli-
got
the
mate at if 10 a squint, and now has
j to throwing in a clear bonus in
shape of a hurricane that killed several
and destroyed much. Wonder how
the eastern Lazaruses like their pur
chases there. Packet '
Moses Neill shot a Swede on Sheep
creek, Wallowa county, ' over some
trouble about Neill's wife. The ball
struck the Swede in the neck. The
wound is not considered necessarily
dangerous. Neill was arrested, but as
the prosecuting witness did not put in
an appearance, Neill was turned loose.
Thcro was a Sunday school concert
given by the M. E. Sunday school, last
Sunday evening, which was very enter
taining to all. The little folks did ad
mirably well and tho singing and mu
sic was excellent. The members of
the Presbyterian church assisted. Next
Sunday night the Presbyterian Sunday
school give a concert, in which the M.
E. folks will return the courtesy.
Wc learn that the journalistic indus
try has been trifled with by thu editor
of the Garfield Enterprise, who sudden-
ly siiook tlio oust liom ins pedal ex
tremities, at Assotin W. T., and left
for other parts where oft repeated duns
could not harass tho peacefulness of
his mind, lie regretted very much to
leave, but he saw no more chances to
borrow little sums of money etc. But
like the roses of summer, he has flown
and to the supreme disgust of his cred
itors, ho has withered fioni thoir gaze.
Two suspicious looking characters
were seen prowling around a certain of'
lice on .Main street, last Tuesday night
about 11 o'clock. Being watched fiom
a secluded spot, one of them, after hav
ing cast the light from a dark-lantern
held in his hand, upon a safe that was
in the room, said: "It is a 'Yimou,' we
may as well move on." Their inten
tions, evidently, were to rob the safe,
but undoubtedly having had, at sonio
picvious time, a little experience, with
this particular make, gave it up on a
bad job. Tho owners of tho safe may
congratulate themselves on their wise
purchase.
Tho current number of tho Wo&t
Shore is one of unusual interest, being
filled with duscriptive articles, .fiction
and poetry, and containing many
beautiful engravings of Western scen
ery, from California to Alaska. It is
accompanied by a supplement, in the
form of a large picture conunomorating
the recent union of Oregon and Cali
fornia by a raihoud long under con
struction. The West Shore is the
only illustrated mngazine on
the Pa- j
cific coast, and is so excollent in its
literary contents and engravings, and ,
covers tho entire field so thorough', i
that it seems to leave no opening for a
rival. It is the only publication con
taining engravings ot the beautiful !
scenery of the Vet. and the only one
giving fresh and reliable information
about that entire region. It alo con
tains choice fiction, poetry and nketch- '
es of Western life and events. With
the January number tho publuhcr
promises to send to all mbscribers for
1SSS a grand oleograph of the "En- i
trance to the Columbia River," printed ;
in nino colori. The "WW Shore is ,
sent iKJtUge paid for if 2.50 per year,
or 25 cents per number. L. Samuel,
publisher, Portland, Oregon. I
8Hbaoribe for Tui: Owow ticovr,
Social Scintillations.
r.-xrnfttn In rorlnlnlnj:, lrtnclrnlly, to
the rrrpj;r'ii;illoin r t'
l'Olllllill'P.
"THE WORLD DO MOVE."
J. I. Sams, of Bis; creek, was in
town this week.
Mr. Win. Kocnig, of the Cove, called
on us this week.
Mr. llughcy Lynch visited us the
foro jwrt of the week.
Mi. A tiflrru- Plit-isftniiMii. nf Klrnn.
cn(t( 0n us Thursdav.
Mr. J. W. Earles, of Ladd canyon,
was in the city this week.
Mr. Ira Smith made this ollico a
pleasant visit hut Saturday.
Mrs. J. D. Carroll has about recov
ered from her recent illness.
Mr. George MeDaniel, of the Cove,
was on our streets this week.
Miss Christina ICennedy is, visiting
friends in the Cove this week.
Mr. Kngcne Mason, of Island City,
visited Union a few days ago.
Mr. V. W. riunnner, of Nortn Pow
der, called at this otlico Tuesday.
Pi of. Owen and wife are visiting rel
atives and friends at La Grande.
Peter ICuhn, one of La Grando's bus
iness men, was in town this week.
Mr. W. If. llutVman, of Pyle canyon,
took a peep at Union tho other day.
Mr. II. W. Lee. of Keating, was in
the Metropolis this week attending to
business.
Judge J. W. Shelton returned from
a business trip to the Willamette val
ley last Saturday.
Mr. Wm. Craniner, of Elgin, visited
Union recently. IIu will read Tin;
Scorr hereafter.
Mr. Robert Knight and family, of
Summervillo, were among the visitors
in town this week.
Mr. Samuel V. Dearth, of Cornuco
pia, was married last Thursday even
ing, to Mrs. Green, of Union.
Frank Jnhnsou and wile went to
Summervillo to spend the Christmas
with the relatives of his wife.
N. I?. Harris, of the Oregon Invesl-
! ment Company, was over from La
, Granite un a business trip, last wceic.
! E. P. McDaniels, J, Gephart, James
i Payne and W. R. Holmes all of the
j Cove, were in town Tuesday evening'
: M-iss Hettic Stevenson is spending
j tho holidays with her parents in Elgin.
She is missed by her many 'friends in
Union.
I The Misses Viola and Mary Wilson,
j of the Cove, sisters of Mr. IJ. F. WiUou
' of this city, were visiting in Union
last week.
Mr. Turner Oliver, our efficient and
accommodating deputy clerk, spent
the holidays with relatives and friends
in Suminerville.
Mr. Frank Hoberg, formerly of La
fayette Oregon, but now of Baker Co.,
has been in Union several days visit-
! ing acquaintances.
! Min. llattie Oarlyle, of Portland, sis
I ter of the Jones Brothers, of this city,
j was here during tho holidays on a visit,
j She returned home Wednesday.
1 Married. In this citv, on the 21th
inst., Mr. E. E. Wallace of Tehama
county, California, and Mrs. Mary
Pritehaid, of Union, J. B. Thomson,
J. P. officiating.
Mr. M. L. Carter, of Ialand City,
made us a welcome visit this week.
Mr. Carter is nothing, if not original,
1 and has a happy faculty of
everybody in a good humor.
keeping
Horaco Eaton, of the Half-way
house, on tho Union and Cornucopia
road, was in town this week. lie says
the road to Sanger is in good condition,
and that a comparitively small outlay
would place tho part of tho road built
by the State in equally as good shape.
DIPHTHERIA IN LA GRANDE.
Wc understand that two of Mr. Wil
dy's children died of diphtheria, last
week' and that another case in the
town has proven fatal. Every precau
tion possible should bo taken against
tho spreading of this disease, moro so
as these cases all seem to have been of
a very malignant type.
j We have talked with teveral parties
i who are accustomed to railway travel,
! and aro on the road almost every day,
; say that tho way the cars speed along
i over some parts of tho road is certainly
: most dangerous. Tho speed on level
j or straight road docs not amount to
1 much, but when coming down Pylo
' canyon, or going through tho Bluo
1 mountains it will make one's hair
i stand on end. In many places the
1 curves aro short, and often compound;
' high treaties and high embankments
aro numerous, but nevertheless, very
little slacking in speed is made at
these dangerous places. Fast timo ov
er bad parts of the road should not ho
tolerated. Human lifo certainly has
omo claim over fast time, but wo sup-
poso that railway officials think if tho
people want to travel, they must speed
along at tho rate the officers dictate, or
stav ae home.
IT.nSO.VAl..
Mr. .V II. Kroblliihitein, of Mobile, Ala.,
write"; 1 lake grunt pleasure In rccotmncu
ding Ur. King' New Discovery for Con-
kiiinptiun. having ur-od it forucvcro attack j
nf llroiicliltii mid Catarrh. It ,'avo me In
Hunt relief ami uiitirely cured mu ami I
luve notbuuii alliietod Bitico. I also hegtu
state tliut 1 luul ttlatl other remedies with
' no kooiI result. Have also us id Electric
' Hitters ami Dr. King's New Life Tills, both
' of winch I can recomineail. Dr. King's
, New Dlwovery for Consumption, Coughi
( nial (Vtlt. Ih sold on a pwitivo gtmrantiKi,
i Triid IwUIoh fnw at WrighfcM drug sUhto.
THE NEW YEAR.
Next year premises lo be i ne of un
usual piospcnty in this county. Ma
ny enterprises will lv opened up in the
spring and we shall have a real busi
ness boom. There will be a greater in
flux of population into Union county
than ever before in her history. -Men
of means are coming here to settle, and
make this their permanent honte.
New life will be instilled into every
branch of trade, and business will be
increased a hundred fold. Men of en
terprise are just beginning to find out
that Union county is one of tho best
counties in tho state for safe invest
ments, and next summer will witness
some great strides towards achieving
the grand ends, for which thN county
is so admirably adapted. Now put
your shoulder to the wheel, gentleman,
and help build up everything that will
advance our interests.
P E N X 0 Y E RONTO P.
The lawyers ridiculed Pentioyer's in
augural message to tho legislature,
wherein he commented upon tho acts
of federal,coiirts, in Oregon, in inter
fering, by legal process, with collection
of the revenues of a State. Pennoyer
pan now place his thumb to his nose
and wiggle every finger at them, as the
supreme court has jut decided a case
in point, that "A federal court has no
authority or power to pass upon the
question of a State's collection of taxes
or revenue." Pennoyer was right.
FiiTTvirE-uNi O X.
A family re-union oceurcd last Christ
mas day at the residence of Mr. anil
Mrs, Hiram Osborne, at Wingville, at
which were present I lis sons and daugh
ters and their children and numerous
other relatives of the aged couple; in
fact all their relatives on thiscoast. It
was a very happy event for Mr. and
Mrs. Osborne, and will long be remem
bered by at present. Mr. and Mrs.
Osborne aro tho parents of Mrs. M. S.
Warren, of this city.
ATTENTION uTs C. B.
Annual meeting and election of
officers, Tuesday, January 'hd., ISSS.
All members requested to attend.
J. C. SuMMiius, Pres.
Why buy fioni imigrating agents of
whom you know nothing, eitlierof their
responsibility or the charoctor of their
goods, when there are responsible deal
ers located near you, who carry full
and complete lines of all farm and mill
machinery and implements, and whoso
success it is for your best interests to
support, with yoar patronage? Frank
Bio's. Implement Co, of Island City
request your consideration of their
claim, and refer you to your neighbors
who have had dealings with them. 'I
THIRTY-FIVE CENTS A CAN.
The Milk-inc Baking Powder, full
pound cans, warranted as good as any
in the market. For sale at Jones Bros.
Try it.
yVAV THIS WHliK.
I.O.ST. I,llti;i:.l. KKWAKI).
Between I'nion ant! High Valley, last
Tuesilay, n bucUsUm puiso containing a
tivc-dol'hir gn!d piece. :i silver rliiR nnil
ten-cent iiieee. The lintler will be suitably
i own riled by returninKtlin miiup. to me or to
thcolllc2 0f Tin: OniK.cj.N .Scout.
Cil'.s. I). .JOHNSON.
12-.",0 w2 Union, Oregon.
i.o.vr. sri.no k i:vakd.
Khun the range on I.ultl hill, last April,
one Irnn-srrey mare, branded A h on light
stille, llvo years old. Five dollars will be
given for her nilurn, or information as to
where she is. Atlilrcss:
J, W. HAKLS.
12-?59 Li Grande, Oregon.
TO-ISria-IEECT.
NEW ISMS BALL !
A grand New YearV. Ball will bo
given at Davis' hall, Union,
EV EBY BODY INVITED.
Tickets, $2.00.
Supper at tho Contenuial hotol.
MARION P. DAVIS.
ta7c E "NOT J 0 e"
On and after Jan. 1st., ISSS, wo will
discontinue tho cr dil system, and soil
for CASH ONLY.
All accounts duo us must ho settled
by tho first of tho coming year, or costs
will be added. We mean business.
IJENSON BROS.
Proprietors City .Meat Market.
Strayed or Stolon.
$..oo
Kewa.ru.
One I.htek mare-colt, one-year-old past,
tniu bind foot uhte, branded 71 on left
shoulder. KTKPIIKN OAKDNHIt,
J2-2.J I'nion, Oregon.
Strayed or Stolen.-
-$20.00
Tie ward.
One InickHdu colored home, 7 years old,
branded A O on left shoulder;
AUo, one liav horu, I yearn old past, two
bind feut white, branded three Imrs on
right nhoultlcr. ,
J. M. JlK'IIAHDPON,
I'ornuoopiu, mion county. Oregon.
Nolitti of Ntoultlioliler' .Mitetllitf.
The annual nicotine of tho iitoekholders
of the I'irit NntioMiil Hunk of Union, will
hu bold at the banking liouso of said asso
ciation, on TiK'fdiiy, Jan. lOtli, 185s. he
tweon Ihs hour of 10 A.M. and 3 P. M,
Union, Oregon, Dta l0tli,lS37.
V. f. WUIOHT,
OutfrKrr.
Fniiijp fen iln
i
To Close Out liter M,
FROM NOW UNTIL JAN. 1st., 1887,
1! I LEVY'S 1MIII SU
Call Early to let tlie Benefit of tliis Offer.
fl)s& Parties indebted to me will please ellle at once, to save trouble and
costs. Mv books must bo closed up br thu end of tho year.
A. LEVY.
lid h no kirn ill
GREAT REDUCTION
Fine Cassimcre1
Silk Suitimr R min
Danish Cloth,
tfawcau
inter Flannels, Ses at 20c. a yard
Eine Line of
--rT MY
MY ENTIRE
IS ALL NEW AND FRESH,
WILL BE SOLD AT
The Best Selected Stock of
BOOTS and SHOES,
Rubber Boots,
ARCTICS & OVERSHOES,
To be found in tho city,
Just arrived' direct from the East.
Crockery, (Iranite-iroi, Wooden, How ai
The finest stock of shelf hardware in town.
Call and Examine
Jos. Wright.
MITCHELL & LEWIS CO.,
(LIMITED.)
Factory, Racine. Wisconsin. Branch. Portland, Oregon.
.Manufacturers
Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Buckboards
Road Carts, Spring Wagons, etc.
DELI FIRM AND SPR1 WE,
CANTON CLIPPER PLOWS, HARROWS, ETC,
GALE CHILLED PLOWS, AND IDEAL FEED MILLS.
BEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST, FREE.
MITOfH&li & GO., Limited 192-194. Front St., Port-lamlOr
yon ' m w
IN DRESS GOODS
Worsted Goods,
1 ,r of all Dcscrip-
MMVYtffGHfta t ons
Gloves just in
STOCK OF FALL and WINTER
Parlor
and
Heating
Is the Finest Ever Brought to
Union County.
Call and Examine Them.
STOCK OF
BOUGHT FOR CASH, AND
BOTTOM PRICES.
in
i
my Goods and Prices.
Union, Or.
of and Deulers hi