THE OREGON SCOUT.Aall for .v Minx.; i on. AMOS K. JONES, LlU lOi!. The Oregon Scout has as lame a circu lation as any three papers in this sec- ? j.vj.wu . llllg ffrc. tton of the Mate, combined, and is cor- respondtnghj valuable, as an advertising T)!C(fl'nJ 'Friday, February 10, 1SSS. jL!r!j"j . Union and Vicinity. Farmers are commencing t plow. Still the good weather continues! The roads arc getting in good con . ilition. "Good smoking Brothers' segars" nt Jones Several interesting articles crowded out of this issue. Circuit court convenes in this city next Monday. J. E. Tuttlo, Agt, for the 0. R. & N, Go's, land, Union, Oregon. Joseph, Wallowa county, is trying to organize a militia company. Flaying marbles and pitching horse shoes seems to bo the favorite outdoor sports just now. J. E. Tuttlo has money to loan in Rums to suit. Call and tec him at j office of City Recorder. j The mails have arrived quite regu- i , larl.. of late. There arc no objections j i made to the arrangement. ( Farmers, bring along your chickens ; and eggs to the Centennial hotel where 1 you can always get the highest market price. The "State" baking powder received at Jo Wright's, this week, is ahead of anything ever brought to the town. Try it. Remember the Iv. of P. ball on Fn- April of each year, and this he -V-- : f i 1. T. ...Ml ill .. . . . . uay uicniiiy ui iicm wuuk. ii- win oe the event of the season. Don't fail to attend. A protracted meeting under thu ku- pervisiou of Rev. R. II. Boyles will commence in the Cove to-morrow evening, and continue over two Sun- days. Do not forget T. G. Cook's auction sale to take place ou Big creek the first of March. The stock and all that will be offered for sale we arc told is first class, and the terms ca6y. i I The Oregon Gold Mining company " r ' at Coinucopia have shut down their mill for the present, owing to tin.' trou ble of getting tunnel timber fur use in the mine while the tleep snows con tinue. Don't fail to purchaso one of those beautiful valentines at the' Cove drug store and mail to your enainorata. No doubt, it being leap year, she is contemplating favoring you in the same way. It is reported, says the Pendleton Oregonian, that Peter the Poet, editor of the Long Creek Eagle, had been shot by Tom Wilson, whom ho had as sailed in his paper. No particulars J could be ascertained. No other medecine is so reliable as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, for the cure of coughs, colds, am: all derangements of the respiratory organs. It relieves the asthmatic, and consumptive, even in advanced stages of disease. "My little son, three years of age, -' was terribly afllicted with f-crofula. His head was entirely covered with scrofulous sores, and his body showed many marks of the disease. A few bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured him." W. J. Beckett, Jiymcra, Ind. Two young ruffians named Dufl' King and Frank Miller were tried in Baker City this week on a charge of burglary and the assaulting of Mr. R. Mcintosh in his residence on Feb. lbt. They were held to appear before the grand jury with bonds fixed at 1000 each. The Wallowa Chieftain says : Sev eral ledges will bo opened up in the mountains near Joseph early this sea son. It is already promised that re duction works will bo erected hero as soon as there is enough ore in sinht, and that is alto ono of the possibilities of the coming season. Frank Bro's Implement Co., of Isl and City, carry the largest stock of standard implements to be found in Eastern Oregon. Their terms and pri ces defv competition. They always havo on hand extras and repairs for goods they sell, which is a matter of great importance to tho purchaser. j No news has been received from mining operations in the Pino creek; district for several weeks, but there is j a great confidence amonc owners of properties there that the coming sum mer will mark great activity in that camp. On account of the immense depth of snow the camp is at this time of year about bottled up. Mrs. Mathews, a lady recently from Paris, France, will open a dressmak ing establishment next week in tho building adjoining the Mortgage bank. . Mrs. Mathews is an accomplished -'i,:ii;,.. ...:n , nniimli' ' ' r'r "1 r,7 2 l. m dresses and wraps. Her advertisement will appear next week. Information wanted of Benjamin M. Itothery. He has passed all tho chairs in Odd Fellowship and nbo in the A. 0. U. W. lodge. His pnstoffieo ad dress or his whereabouts tent to tho , editor of the Wasco County Sun, The palles, will bo thankfully recoiyei! by his sulferiim, aged mother, ah ure- gon papers please copy. IJjIkI carefully II. J. Geor &. Son's tree'iiotico. They will dispose of their entiro stock of fruit trees at death coking (to them) low prices, as the Mock must and will he dug. Persons wiiQOvor oxpout to set out an oreham iu noyor havo such an opporuiuii.y "S'lin, . Como with team anil get what .you want at your own. pricOj (almost.) 'H tircy aio rioted Ihoy will Ma tAuufd. UA.NIZE A BOARD OF TKADE. Believing that a concert of net ion is neccsfnry to the prewpority of' any , Ui vnjf mm unit uv n umioo ; effort of its citizens, may our city hope j to ntluin that degree of importance,! town or cuy, ami Umt uv n nnitml eminence niul nroeperitv as n cummer : ciiil mid m:iniifartit nut? foifjt' i turwl advantages and resource en title it to occupy: Thfi-fnri sens of the city of Union, call upon our fellow town-men to meet with us at the court house on Saturday even- inc. Feb. 11th. 1SS8. nt the bout- of 7 :S0 o'clock for the purpose of discuss ing the situation and organising a Hoard of Trade: George Wright, A. Lew, Geo. F. Hall, 13. F. Wifcoii, J. M. Carroll, John R. Critew, A. K. Jones?, C. M. Jones, C. II. Day, C. Vincent, Geo. A. Thompson, A. N. Gardner, J. M. John ton, Win. Haley, Geo, Gignac, Ed. Remillard, John S. Elliott, Win. Wil son, J. C. Summers, II. 15. Drake, Jos. Wright. D. B. Rccs; J. II. White. N. J llowland, P. 15. Wibon, R. E. Drake, i. it.. i'Oiter, f . v. iJakor, L. 15. Kim I hart, A. M. Bimon, A. J. Goodbrod, ; George Baird, A. E. Eaton. 0. P. Jay cox, R. Eakin & Bio., 13. Chancev, J. ! W. Shelton. W. D. Beidlonian. T. If. Crawford, C. L. Blakeske, L. J. Boothc, ,?T now F. S. Johnson, W. T. Wright. Kev. Powell, Sam'l Bloom and Jas. -. I'Pavne. of , the Cove, were in Union I M PORT A XT TO TEACHERS. ' Wednesday. J Mr. J. A. Woodell and wife, of Sum Mr. Hindman. our- COUlltV school mrvilliv wpit vUiriiie friends am! I superintendent, informs us that he is' ; greatly retarded in the proper dis- charge of his duties, on account of tlio inditlerence, and apparent iunnraucu I of thetiehf.ol laws on the part of many I I.l:-. . ii ' i ...w.iv.w ...... V. . I I V V.WllX. J re- nillfi'fl tr ino bu i i-niiiivl w llni lot rtf ! ijiikvvi v- mi'iu v. 'i ll, try liJi. ft -t (ltt (.illlU() tio unless tne teaeliers ot the various i districts file their reports, which should i ho done not Liter than the loth of ! March. The Supeiintendent de.-ires ! o call the attention of the various j district clerks to subdivisions 5th and 10th of section 51, Oregon school laws, 1 wherein it is plainly stated that the cl01s i mnkiisg the annual census f,ha11 not t',no11 1,10 .' ot any but ! lot0. wli0 .nro actal residents of the i oisiriei, as in no ouier way can a cor- rcet enumeration be obtained. Also that the clerk of e.ieh district is re quires to keep back the last month's wages of the teacher until tho teacher's report has beer examined, approved and filed. Mr. Hindman says he will not approve thu reports of teaeliers hereafter unless they are presented properly and according to law. In this we think he is quite couvct. for it is important that our school matters should move harmoniously, that tho best results may be. obtained. Teaeli ers who have wt enough interest in their work to study t ho laws governing them, and comply promptly ami cliueitiilly with its requirements, ha:dly be considered to havo proper qualifications as tea' hers. can tbe FIENDISH OUTRAGE'. , A Colfax dispatch of Tuesday says: "The IS year old daughter of J M. Hughes, editor of tlio Palouse City News, was drugged and outraged by Dan Conroy, a raihond foieman. Ten of his men also ravished tho unfortu nate gill and the is not expected to live. L'onioy was arrested at Spokane Falls. Officers are on the trail of the other miscreants and will not rest un til all aro in irons." If as reported, this is a case where courts and laws are of no use, and should be disregarded. There is no punishment possiblo that is lifting thu enormity of.-ueh a crime, and if caught they i-hould bo treated to tho barbaric torture to which In dians subject their captives before they permit tho foul fiends to die. Union. Latch Conroy, who committed tho rap made his escape while en route between Spokano and Palouse. llo was in charge of deputy sheriff Calli son. It is reported thatwhuu the train left Marshall he jumped fiom his seat and off tho train. The shei iff endea vored to stop tho train, but instead they increased to the utmost speed un til they reached Spr.igue. A HORRIBLE CRIME. Win, Lundrcth, an inhuman mon ster murdered his tteiwlaughter, Syin- ! luio Antle, 18 or 19 years of age, at In- dependence, Sunday morning Jan 2'J, nil in now confined in tho Salem jail, 'ets elicited at the inquest, show that ;iIrot!i had been unduly intimate wiin ins bicp-iuiiigiiiur, aim scaring iu ture consequences, murdered tho girl to cover up his beastly crime. Mrs. i Landreth testified that her daughter had long been made the victim of his damnable lust. Tho murder waa com mitted with a huge knife, and no leas than fourteen frightful gashes were cut in tho girl's head and body by incestuous demon. the Tho Baker Democrat says : Wo last J. W. Horn that on Thursday Gray, Win. Kinscy and four other por- soiis left Hmnos station, mounted on snow shoes, bound far the mine on Cracker creek in the Blue mountain. The party intended ftllowing up the touth fork of the noitii fork of Powder liver to the summit of the mountains and then croa over to Cracker creek, a distance of about 25 utile from the , m;)mMi 'jhev lnufwith them blank ot, proviion and other supphe nee- eseary lor such a trip, it t:ikes con siderable nerve for a j mi ty of men to underUke tUib an ix'iii!- u at thi time of year, und we In p- th. y reached their destination without accident or ; gret hanUhip Try tbe iihiv baking powdi-r at Ji-nes Bio'u. Only '.lit cent a cm. Wuii.in tttd as g.od as any powder .u thv mar ket, or money remuiiud. I Social Scintillations. Unmjrnrlj PortnlntnK, rrlnctjtnlty, tilt) I't rrcrlimliiiltft of tlio to 1 oittIurr, ,(z-r wnnr tt, 1ti:' W UKIjIJ 1JU i' MOVE.'? Next Tucidny is St. Valentino's day. Mr. Paunders, of the Cove, visited Union recently. ""n,y lVmAman i cn,lwl on "9 ,h,s wwkl ' "Paddy" Miles, of Big creek, was on : our ft reel Wednesday. Dr. j. W. Strange, of La Grande, visited union this week. Attorney Jos. Baker, of La Grande, took in our town this week. Mr. J. W.' Earls, of Ladd was in town a few davs ago. canyon, Mrs. Warfcl, of tlio Cove, visited Union the fore part of the week. Mifs Lillian Kennedy is still absent from school on account of sickness. Mr. W. G. Neville, of the Sand Ridge, called on us the fore part of the week. D. P. McDaniels and family will move to tlio lower Cove in a few days. Riding on horseback is the favorite amusement of the young ladies of Un- relatives in Union this week. Mrs. E. M. McCann came down from iMalhonr county recently, and Is vititimr frieiuls and relatives in this Judge V. 0. riper has been np- ' . t i ,i i f i til I' '1 1 1 V t II ' lilU UV'illll Jl Cj IIVVI l , . ii i Iowa eountv, . . , . ' Mr. George W. Marshall and N. S. Marshall passed through a few days ago cn route for the land office to prove up on their claims. W. T. Carroll who recently pur chased the Schoonover farm will move his family on to it shortly, and try his hand at farming. A. C. Huntington and family, who I have spent the winter in .'outhern Cal- ifornia, aro expected home the latter j part of thu month. j D. W. Liehenthaler has withdrawn his stock from the La Grande National j bank, and removed to Baker City, I where he will hereafter reside. II. Robbi, J. Zuber and M. Bloch recently purchased from Frank Bros, a complete saw mill outfit which they will set up in tho vicinity of Hilgard. A grand prize ball will bo given on the 22nd insl. at Geer's hall in the Cove. Preparations are being made for an unusually good time. See ad vei tisoniont elsewhere. Extensive nionaralions aro beinc .i nnuUi by tlio Eights of Pythias for l their ball which is to take place on the lt)i. No doubt there will be a largo lfuinWrih a'tleudance. "Papa, why do they always call a railroad train, Vhe?'" ."Because it takes three or four men to manage her, my son," replied Mr. Dawdle, glaring at his wife. Ex. Major Hendershot, the drummer boy of the. Rappahannock, assisted by local talent entertained a largo audi ence at Wright's hall, last Monday evening. The Major can get music out of a drum if anybody can, and may bo considered a drummer "fiom way back." At Benton, recently, the wife of Wesley Boy, a farmer, gave birth to a quartotto of boys and girls, two boys I and two girls. This is lemarkablo as J it is the first of the kind that ever oc- cured in tho folate. All ol the children and mother tiro doing well. When the nurse first showed them to tho father, he probably asked: "Did any of them get away?" Ex. Married. At tho Ruby house, Ml. Vernon, by Probate Judge H. Clothier, Mr. James P. Lewis and Misa Minnie Liudstedt, all of Sterling, V. T. Mr. Lewis is tho manager of tho Skagit Railway and Lumber company s store I at Stuiiing, and is a deservedly popu j l.ir young man. Mrs. Lewis is a daughter of A. H. Liudstedt, a well 1 known resident of Sterling. The hap ' py couple start out in life with the I withes of a numoroim circle of friends, 1 in which Thu News concurs Mt. Ver I non. W. T., News. ! Reno girls havo struck a new and j novel plan to get new silk dresses, as ; follows: They single out tome victim ' and find out his sentiments toward ' herself, and if thoy aro unfavorable sho ' invites tho gentleman to see her. Then ho is doomed. Well, he comes: sho ; makes him promise to grant her a fa j vor or pay tho penalty, and of course , an any gentleman Miould, he agrees to j tho arrangement. Then sho pops the 'question. Horrified! Well, she gets 1 thi'dn s". It has been intimated that j this practice is about to be. inaugeratcd j in Union, and we know of several gon tlemeu who aro willing to pay for silk i drcasesor marry the girls. LOOK HERE. Thotte indebted to me on account are rcquentad to uoaio forward at once. and ititkj. If thiu requet is not heod hI, I bhall retort to tome other method of collecting. ' W. 1). BntDI.BMA.V. Loan negotiated by J. Um.it Oregon, E. Tuttlo1 We still live at Union City Hotel opx)ite tho court house, near A. F. BeiitouV liwry atablo, whero tho pub: he wit tin J firt claw in it Is at all bourn 'J.. i nit. Good hhU aud rooms, 25 cvntb. L, J, ItooTitu, Projir. Why bin frm imkr.tting ageu'.s of whom you know nothing, eithcrnf their responsibility or the charecter of their goods, when there aro responsible deal ers located near you, who carry full and complete lines of nil farm and mill mnchinrry and implement, and whoso Mieeess it is for your licet interests to Miport with your pntronnco? Frank Bro's. Implement Co, of Island City request your consideration of their claim, and refer you to your neighbors who havo had dealing. with them. 3 A X. GMWXEli ,0 CO.. "Watchmakers & Jewelers, And dealers m Spectacles, live Glasses, Gold Pens, Watches Clocks, Jewelry, etc. Main Street. - - Union. Oregon. The Wrt Shorn Is the on.y Unstinted roairv ttuo i!i1IihM on the I'.icitlc coast and nslJo from Us rrcclletit literary fcaturus. Its olijoct Is to convey information, by liotli jwn anil rncil, of the croat rwtmirccd of thu a-gtou, anil tha liroj'CM of their development. SiK-cial IlliutraU-tl nrticlM appear in each lusuis; also, noveral rages of tioU's of lh?pro press bclns m-ule lu every Foctlon. Orecon, Va'ilntou, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, l.tah, California, llrlush tVilumlila. and the Tatltlc NorCicjt In (,-cncrai, arc being ilhiktrated. The snbfrip'lon pric Is only $3A It Is nut only tho chiMpcct illiutrated iraerulno In the United State, bnt contains articles and cn craWnss of cit-at Interest to every rccldent of ihlB rcjlon, hlcli can not bo found In any other jinbllcatlon. Subscribers for 3CSS3 rccelie a largo Mlpplc tnent e.very tnonllv TIic flrtt one Ij a bcaull ful oleorrauh of tho " Entrance to the Colum bia River." printed In r.lno colors, and each of tho others represents eomo feature of our HiMime scenery. Tho enpplomcnts r.re alone worth more than tho price of tho magainc. Try It for ISsS. and after leading, tend It to your friends clfcwherc. You will find It botti cutcrtainins and instructive. L. SAMUKU Publisher. 171-173 Second 8t.. 1'orUanJ, Orccon. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o GRAND PRIZE BALL AT- H. J. Geer's Hall, Cove, Oregon, ON Wednesday Evening, FEBRUARY 1 1, There will lie four Cash Prizes awarded, to the four fortunate persons drawing the firt four nutnli-r-i from the nrio box, of ?1.60 c:ieh (the price ot ticket.) Good Miisic Will be Furnished. Tickets, including a No. 1 Lunch, and hav for horses, If l.CO. General Invitation Ut all. O O O O O 0 M) O O O () O O O O O o O O o GRAND AimiVBisaiy - Ml! To bo given hy Blue Mountain Lodge No. 28, At Wright's Hall. Union. Ogn., ON COMMITTniJ O.V INVITATION: Bukor City. G. W. Jett, M. Tracy and Geo. Stettin. La Grando. C. II. Finn and Adam Crossmun Covo. E. .l.ThoimiB. Pendloton. R. Alexandor and E. M. Farrow. COMMIlTEE OK AUKANOEJIKNTH : Jos. Wright, Geo. F. Hall, 11. F. Wil ton, M. 31. Hall, A. N. Hamilton, P R. Slater and Geo. Gigtiaf. I LOOU MANAfiKIiS. Geo. F. Hal!, A. N. Hamilton, J. L. Lowell. KECEITION COMMITTEE. Frank Slater, 0. F. Hell, T. Oliver, A. T. Noill.C. H. Day, Dr. .1. E. Thom as, IJ. F. Wileon, l 15. WiUon, .I.M. Carroll, C. J3. Tomhloton. - co:i.Mirn:i:oN Mt'Hic. Mat. 31. Hill, J. 31. Carroll, Jauiea Galloway, Geo. F. Hall. COMMITTEE ON SlTJ'lUt. W. D. Beidlrmnn, F. Bidwcll, J. Ulizo, H. I. Honepn, COMMITTEE ON nil.STINO. .lo.s. Wii'ht, J..C. SunimniB, B. Chan- eoy. cojiMrrrus dn kkcokation. N. Howlaiid, J. C. Suminera, .1. Wriyht, W. D. Biidlenian, Walhico Harris, 31at. 31. Hall, B. Chaneey, Rohcrt Giheon, J II. Nodine, Geo. Gitjnao. The Best of Music will be Furnished. Ticket; ffi $3.00. Guouml InVilhtioD ISstVnllefl 10 all. istsC GREAT SACRIFICE. Must and Will be Sold, the Entire Stock of Fruit Trees, Shrub bery, etc., of H.J. Gecr & Son, Cove, Oregon. In order to procure money, and clear our nursery of the immense stock now on hand (78.000 tree) take tins method to bring before the public Our Determination to Sell. Heretofore wc bare employed aprents to cjuivum tbe country for tho.nlc of our trees, but have conclude 1 to depart from that custom, Now, wc vc propose to reduce tho prii e, so that ptuvhnsors can have tho Benefit of the Agent's Percentage, We will reduce our pnejs for tliLXjiihi trade of ISM, '.'5 to SO per cent below our Invt ye.ir' eat.dujjne price. to pat tie who reclvc tholr trees t the nursery. Tree dealers m.d imrcrvtneii buying by tbe thousand, will bo allowed JiO per cent, discount on last Kiajoii'.s rrieet, I Our terms are cash on delivery, except by special arrangements. We are DErKPMINKI) to dhratul SKhh our KXTIRK STOCK, to make room for an rNTIHU NKW NntSIOKY. eoiuluetod ou n ilitTerent lasls; and, in the lnirjunjrc of the Hi bivw pedd'er, "Yust coins mul looks for yourself und see vot a daughter ini.l dor drcei I almost givs tern avay.1' WE EARNESTLY ASK ALL WHO INTEND TO ORDEH TUBES FROM US, TO COME PERSONALLY AND SELECT FOR THEMSELVES. IP IS EAR MORE SATISFACTORY TO ALL CONCERNED. We have been growing fruit tree for over twenty renr iii'the same locality, and conclude o well knorv and utidertand what will inot profit the purchaser. Our prne. tb at experl'Miee in fruit and ft 11 it tree business, in, we conclude, of value to purchasers, and our uuar.intce cannot bo bettered in this country. Parties In variably tlnil it better for them to buy at the nursery, thus saving extra hamilint; and unnccitftry exposure of roots, as well as cot. We will exchange trees, shrubbery, etc, for good young horses or cattle. Any and all order entrusted to us will havo our best attention. Address: H. l-27-tf. -DEALER IN- Genera GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, Sole Agency in Union, for tlif cch'hrntcd Maiinfacturoil hy C. M, Heiulerbon it Co. Sloes MY MOTTO IS "Best Goods, at the Lowest Living Prices." JOS. WRIGHT, Union, Oregon. Over two hundred first class Merino Ewes, from 1 to 3 years old, and a few fiim rams, carefully eelectcd from somo of tho lending flocks. Among thorn, IT, 0. Bunvcll, L. S. Burwell, E. Sticknoy, C. A. Chapman and others. Descended from and closely related to such noted rams a "Kip Vanwinklo," .l.r Ilia, mid 10 ot, wool one clip; "Bunker," 37 1!h and 2 oz; II. C. B. No. 100, 30 lbs and 10 oz; It. Lane, 38 lbs and 10 oz; Jim Blaine (our future president) 37 lhri. and 8. oz ; Gold Finder, 33 lba and l oz nt 1 years old. See Vermont; Merino Ilegistor, Volumes 2nd and 3rd. I can Baft'ly say that thin in tho best lot of Merinos over brought to tho Northwest. I will tell them CHEAP, quality considered, if bold fcoon, Conc and sco them at Elliott's stable, Union, Oregon. Stock registered in Vermont Register. E. B. III1 L. NOTE. 1 will go to Kentucky, soon, nftcr a shipment of Short Horns, HolHtein and Jersey cattle. 1'arties wishing any of the samo will do well to address mo hero. Inns! To Close Out Winter Ms, FROM NOW UNTIL JAN. 1st.. 1888, - i mi MMOIE STORE. . Ml Early to Get Hie Benefit of is Offer. BCPnrtfc's indehtcd to mo will cobts. My bookn muat bo closed up J. GEEE & SON. Cove, Union Count;, Oregon. Fine Lino of ll t bottom iiricca. Cull und liXiunino them. FOR SALE. ploaso eottlo at once, to eavo tronblo and1' by the end of tbe year. A, LEW, IHBDDiyOOIl!, Over-SlioBs BID E , Bargains! XI, i ,