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II.VIOX. OUK4iKV.
Everything of General Interest in
Condensed Form.
Tiikkk were 1,355 recorded murders
find homicides in this country during
1887.
No Linn A is Y in tho world has half
tho publications that have been issued
in it.
England now pays yearly $40,000,
000 for foreign fruit, for winch less
than $5,000,000 was paid in 18-18.
There are 4,000 theatres in the
United States and $1,000,000 a day is
paid for amusements in this country,
The Supremo Court of Tduho has
decided tho Idaho test oath to bo
constitutional. An appeal was taken
During the past fifteon. years 110,-
341 marriages have boon solemnizod
in Chicago and 8,132 divorres granted.
The Supremo Court has decided
that a legally adopted child could suc
ceed by inheritance to tho cstato of
the person adopting it.
In tho nast three years ItuSeia has
exported 204,640,000 bushels of wheat.
In tho same timo the United States
exported 377,308,000 bushels.
It is stated that 4,437 now books
were published in tho United States
last year, of which 1,022 wcro works
of fiction and 4888 wero juvenilo books.
In Augunta, Ga., a tree felled in early
moraine was before nightfall of tho
Bomo day converted into paper and
sent out bearing tho current news.
Faiumount, Leavenworth county,
Kansas, claims tho largest apple
orchard in tho United States. It con
tains 437 acres and is composed of
50,000 trees.
The now treaty betweon Germany
and Italy provides that if Franco at
tacks cithor country, tho other shall
eond an army of 300,000 men to the
French frontier.
Sknatok Stanford, of California,
employs threo or four privato secre
taries, and to ono of thorn ho turns
over his ontiro senatorial salary of
$5,000 and mileage
The postoffico at Onion Peek, Tilla
mook county, has been discontinued.
An opera houee, to cost $2,000, is
to bo erected at Grant's Puss this
spring.
Among the new industries" to be
established at Oregon City is a nail
factory.
Coyotes arc killing many young
lambs in tho vicinity of Lower Cali
pooia. The O. K. it N. paid into tho Uma
tilla county treasury tho sum of $17,
000, tuxes for 1887.
A postnfnce has been established at
McKoo, Marion county, with David A.
McKee, as postmaster.
A Portland commission firm has
rccoived orders for several tone of but
ter to bo shipped to China,
A postofllco has been established at
Winlock, Grant county, and Peter
Peterson appointed postmaster.
Contracts have been lot for building
a Jewish synagogue on Tenth and Mill
Btreetc, Portland. The edifice will cost
about $52,000.
A boy named Cassius Robinson, liv
ing on north Coos river, met with un
accident by which the throe snuiller
toes of tho left foot wcro completely
scvored by an ax in tho hands of his
older brother.
Andy Nelson's residence, near Wes
ton, was discovered to bo on lire.
Frank Brown rushed into the burning
building and rescued an old man
named Fish, who had becomo stupefied
by tho smoko.
Tho Army Register for 1888 shows
that nino of tho officers of the United
States army hail from Oregon. Of
these, fivo belong to tho infantry, two
to tho cavalry, ono to tho artillery and
ono is a general and stall oflicer.
In the $5,000 damago suit of John
Rodgors, administrator of the estate of
aoplironia Rodgors, deceased, who
was run over and killed by tho hotel
bus of John Schmeer Inst summer,
tho jury returned a vordict of damuges
in tho sum of $o.
Two unknown parties ontered tho
houso of Capt. Saltmarsh, at Sterling,
in Jackson county, sovoral nights
sinco, anil ono with tho iron poker
and tho othor with a rovolvor, stood
Saltmarsh up and wont through his
pockets. They took somo small
change for their troublo without doing
any other damage.
Curry county has sent but ono per-
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.
Henry Mueller was drowned at Soda
Bay, Cal., by a boat upsetting.
Seattle has seventy-one saloons" that
tit " rr t
pay an annual revenue oi -touu eacn.
Harvev Smilov, of Portland, com
mittcd suicide in a Tacoma hotel by
taking laudanum.
B. F. Young's eyes were burned out
with molten Babbitt metal in tho
foundry at Chico, Cal.
John Ellis, traveling for a picture
company of East Oakland, Cal., was
drowned at Ilohnerville.
Mrs. Sarah E. Best committed sin
cido at Los Angeles by cutting her
throat with a razor.
William Barrett, a Cornish minor at
Chip's Hat, Sierra county, Cal., was
caved on and killed.
Wm. Ryan fatally shot Charles
Bradshaw at the Manhattan mine,
near Napa, Cal.
The California Republican State
Convention will bo held at Sacramento
on May 1st.
Tho Novad.v Republican State Con
vention will bo held at Winnemucca
on May 15th.
II. j. mutton was drowned near
the Cliff House, San Francisco, while
trying to gather mussels.
Lawrence Peterson, engineer of the
Savago mine at -Virginia, Nov., sui
cided by shooting himself through tho
head.
At Susanville, Cal., a schoolteacher
named Dwylo beat Fred Dooly for
using tobacco. The bov is in a critical
condition, and tho doctors say there
is no hope of recovery.
Lorenzo Fuva, engaged in clearing
grapo lands on the fruit farm of Col.
R. H. Wartield, at Healdsburg, Cal
was accidentally killed by a treo fall
ing on him and crushing his head.
An idiotic girl in Northorn Sonoma,
Cal., makes her home among herds of
cattlo and refuses all tho comforts of
civilization. Sho is twenty-four years
old and the daughter of a stock-raiser.
Intelligence has been received at
Victoria, B. C, that Rov. Sheldon
Jackson, Mrs. Cunninghan and two
Indians wore drowned in tho Skeona
river. Of tho party Mark McKay, an
Indian, is the sole survivor.
Ad Epitome of the Principal Events
Attracting Pablie Interest
Now
A redwood trco recently felled near
Humboldt, Cal., measured lb feet m
diameter ono way, and 20 feet in di
ameter at the stump. It was 200 foot
long, tapering to a diameter of 8 feet,
and contained enough timber to con
struct a. small village.
The monthly wages of Pacific Coost
Burfmon have been increased from $40
to $50. This is tho same amount
paid surfmen on, tho great lakes and
the Atlantic coast.
The first applo orchard in Kansas
consisted of 150 trees brought all the
"way from Illinois in a wagon, and
planted in Douglas county in 1855.
To-day tho State has 30,000,000 fruit
trees.
son to tho penitentiary in twenty
years, and that ono was a Chinaman, Tho insurance ageucies furnish tho
sentenced to ono year's imprisonment following figures in relation to Pacific
lor horso stoahng, although it was Coast hres during tho month of Fob
generally behoved ho was innocent of ruary: California, $105,300; Oregon,
any intentional theft. With tlio ox- $4,306; Montana, $3,112: Washington
coption of two or threo temporary Territory, $10,1)30; Wyoming Terri-
connnomenta for trivial otlonses, the tory, $1,638.
fSMi mil linn liitnu iiii1iinitiiiil tn h I
ST Jn1 r vu" rr Frederick Schumacher, a native of
houeo and no paupers. uu.r,.,"V v i n i n 7'u
ll" 1 uiummi nr. KnrnL-ti i:nl nrrnr mummer
of the death of tho Emperor, by tying
from tho third auditor of tho treasury, a chalk lino around his neck and
notifying him that tho examination of rolling out of bed. Ho often expressed
tho claim of Oregon vs. tho United a wish to dio at tho sanio timo us the
A Maine man who owns a big and
shaggy black Newfoundland dog, cut
oil' the dog's hair carefully, had it
carded and spun, and got two and a
quarter pounds of jot-black yarn as
eoft as lamb's wool.
' The iinmeiiBo pipe lino from Lima,
Ohio, to Chicago, is now a fixed fact,
tho contracts for part of tho work
having just been lot. Tho lino will bo
about 200 milca in longth, tho pipes
eight inches in diamoter, and will cost
over a million dollars. It will bo built
by tho Standard Oil Company for tho
transportation of
and fuel, to Chicago
lino.
States, under tho act of July 27, 1861,
for monoys paid on account of military
forces in Oregon during tho war of
tho robollton, lias been completed, and
that it is found that tho provisions of
tho act rcforred to cannot bv any
reasonable construction bo extended
to ombraco any portion of tho amount
claimed. Tho items of tho chum aro
For pay of troops, supplies and trans
portation, $27,567.22; bounty and
relief bonds issued to voluntenrs, $210,-
134.01; interest, $143,817.87; total,
Gorman residents of Portland havo
subscribed about $1,000 to import
some of tho numerous varieties of
bird which aro so plentiful in Ger
many. Arnuigomonts have beon com
pleted with a party in tho Hartz forest
to secure a number of nightingales,
J, ' : skylarks, bullfinohes.cl.air.nchos.gold. '0,u,L;a tmll . lrn01
oil, both for light fin-oh reonfincho8( l)hlck ivmi'bgriiv Conductor McGu,
o and cities on tho thrushes, linnets, starlings and othor Vanmotor wore ki
singing birds, in all betweon 600 and
700. They will bo caughk during tho
coming summer and fall and will ar
rive hero next spring, whun thoy will
bo turned loose in such places m Port
land and vicinity as the subscribers to
tho fund may decide, in timo to nest
and miso their young. Tho greater
uunibur will migrate in tho fall, but it
is considered certain that they will re
turn in tho spring, as it is a habit of
all such birds to roturn to tho place
where thoy wero raised.
'lho third auditor savs that tho
provisions of tho act authorizing re
imbursement to tho States for tho
about cost of raising troops, accoiding to tho
rules ami practice of tho accounting
olhcers, havo extonded only to tho
'Pui.' Vnnin A.un ,t irii ' troops mustered ami received
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jiaa a story to mo ouooi mat Juman, itu of tho UnUed States, at the request
tho murdoror who was scntonced to or under tho authority of tho president
death in 1884, had tho last ponaltv r tho secretary of war, while tho claim
commuted on condition th.ii !. Hlmiil,i o State appears to havo been for
inoculation with virus of " !. XL"
Ul 11U111U UltIUB , Willi UUIl-PS
Receipts of milk in Now York City
last year wero 6,663,201 cans of 40
quarts each, with an equivalent of
1,010,000 cans more in tho shapo of
cream and condensed milk. Tim
creameries probably Bent indirectly
1,500,000 chub more, or a total of 8,-
cans oi -iu quarts each, or
328,128,400 quarts. It was retailed at
about six cents at tho groceries and
eight conts dolivored avoraging say
bovou conts. Prico to farmoiB about
$0,000,000; prico to rotailors
$23,000,000.
Emperor.
inre broko out simultaneously m
tho Aurora hotel and in a two story
lodging houso on Poplar street, -Walla
Walla. At tho Aurora a man named
Geo. Horold, a farmer, was caught in
bed and fatally burned. Thoro is no
doubt that tho fires wore tho work of
an incendiary. Tho mayor oilers a
reward of $500 for tho apprehension
of tho incendiary. Both places wero
burnod to tho ground.
A disastrous accident occurred on
tho main lino of tho Southern Pacific,
botween Colton and Indio, Cal. A
wost-bound freight train was backing
and struck somo cattlo on the track,
Tho eabooso was turned over and
nearly all of tho train piled on top of
it. Fire broko out, and thirteen cars
loaded with freight wero destroyed.
ire and Brakcman
killed.
A WnJla Walla man who deals in
second-hand furniture found $520 in
an old lounge which lie was repairing.
Ho was honest, so ho sent word to tho
man from whom he had purchased
the lounge. It turned out that the
man who sold tho lounge had hidden
tho money in it when ho was drunk
and forgotten all about it. Then he
had accused his wife of taking it, and
tho row that ensued caused tho sale of
tho furniture anil broko up tho family
At tho Goldsmith mine at Walkor-
villo, Montana, threo miners named
Atwator Lawrence, James Riggins and
1 ntz Doll wero descending a shaft
225 feet deen in a bucket. When fifty
feet from tho bottom tho wire cable
broke, and tho men plunged to tho
bottom. Lawrenco and Riggins were
instantly killed, and Dell survived
only a few minutes. Tho two former
wero married ; tho latter was unmar
ried. Tho ooronor's jury exonerated
tho mining company,
Firo broko out in tho dry houso of
tho Emniro mine, a mile and a half
undergo inoculation with virus of
jupros.v m tuo uiiorest oi patnoiogicai has made no provision for repaymont from Grass Valley, Cal. The whistlo
eciouco. Dr. Anting, thou under on- to the Stales on account of bounty sounded tho alarm, and many people
gagomont with lho government to ,um toim bonus issued to oiuntoors; in town wont out. In a few minutes
inviuiimn tlm dUn.mn n,w.r,ti.T , that as tho United btates is not liable I an oxplosiou occurred which shook
Three persons in Newark, N. J., are
known to havo been frozen to death.
The Belfast stomor G.ilgrom Castle
went ashore near Drumore. Tho mas
ter and five men were drowned.
Tho premature explosion of dyna
mite near Bremen, Georgia, killed
thre? convicts and fatally wounded
another.
Wm. A. Parker was lynched at
Washington, N. C, for tho murder of
General Bryan Grimes, which occurred
eight years ago.
Henry Bergh, founder and president
of the Society for tho Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, died at his resi
dence in New York City.
A cyclone passed over Opelousas,
La. Many buildings were destroyed.
A man and child were killed, and
several people injured.
A passenger train on tho Cincinnati
it Southern railroad was wrecked at
Oakdale, Tenn. Four persons wore
killed and many wounded.
Tho President has sent to the Sen
ate the name of John Lee Brown, of
New York, to be Associate Justice of
the Supremo Court of Idaho.
The governing committee of the
New York Stock Exchange has voted
to list $14,254,000 first mortgage bonds
ol tho Oregon & California road.
Threo highwaymen captured the
son of a rich planter, a short distance
from Havana, and sent word to tho
boy's father that they would keep him
until a ransom of a,000 was paid.
A disaster is reported at Sossin, Ger
many. A bridge w.is broken by drift
ing ice, and fifty persons weie thrown
into the water and many drowned.
Eleven bodiea havo been recovered.
novices irom urownsviue, Texas,
state that Deputy Sheriff Coy was
recently attacked at El Cuero ranch
by hvo bandits. He killed four of
them, and badly wounded the other.
A premature oxplosion of a largo
charge of dynamite in a railroad cut
near Butgettstown, Pa., buried thirty
workmen beneath a mass of debris.
An Italian was killed, two men wero
fatally injured, and most of tho others
more or less bruised.
Tho steamship Atbas arrived from
West Indion ports. On leaving the
harbor of Carthegena on February 22d
tho captain learned that tho boilor of
tho river steamer Rafael Reyes had
oxploded ami that thirty persons were
killed. '
At Winchester, Ohio, an angry mob
of farmers tarred and feathered two
Mormon eldors who have been for
some timo trying to hold proselyting
meetings. After tho ceremony the
eld era wero chased to tho Ohio river.
which thoy crossed for safety.
A Bellovillo, Texas, special says:
Tim Forsythe, son of the sheriff of
Panola county, has been arrested for
the murder of County Treasurer Hill,
chopping off the hitter's head with a
hatchet and taking a large amount of
money. Forsythe confesses the crime.
Tho widow of tho murdered man has
lost her reason.
Charlos Wingard and Annie Fox,
undo and niece, killed themselves
with tho samo revolver in the jail at
tUliancc, Ohio. Tho couplo eloped
from Monroe, Intl., where thoy had
been living as man and wife. They
wero nrrested at Alliance, and killed
themselves rather than go back to tho
scene of their disgrace.
Robert Stewart, a brakcman on tho
Utah Central railroad, whilo engaged
coupling box cars at tho Salt Lako
depot, in stopping out from between
two cars caught his loft foot m a frog
and was unable to extricate himsolf.
Ho was thrown to tho track, tho wheels
passing over him and crushing his
loft leg and arm to a jolly. He was
removed to tho hospital, where he
died.
At a horsoraco at Alma, N. M., Jack
Pittman and Dick Bluin, miners well
known in that section, got into a dis-
puto during which Pittman called tho
other a liar. Blain challenged Pitt
man to a duel with revolvers at thirty
yards. Tho firing took place at a spot
in tho outskirts of town where several
Miuihir encounters have occurred. At
tho word tho two mon fired almost
simultaneously and both fell dead.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y.,
saj's: John Jones has been engaged
by a railroad company in China for
tho past threo years, and his mission
is to hire 500 engineers, firemen and
brakomen to run trains on tho Ameri
can systom in China. It is said the
engineers will bo paid $250 monthly,
firemen $175 and brakemcn $125. All
thoso engaged will havo to sign an
agreement to remain fivo years with
tho company.
A serious accident happened on tho
Mexican National railway, fifty miles
south of Saltulo. A construction tram
was taking a largo number of Mexi
cans Irom baltulo to the end of tho
track, and whilo on route a car con
taining thirty men jumped from the
track and rolled down an embankment,
killing bix and seriously injuring
'1 ho train was under control
Devoted to
tho Interests of
and Stockmen.
banners I Legislation Pertaining to tne interest
of the Pacific Coast
How to Tell Freiih V.KK
If you wish to preserve eggs, look
at them through astrong light. See
that they are perfectly clear, with not
a dark spot through them. A good
way to tell a fresh egg is by the air
bubble on the large nd. The smaller
the air bubble the fresher tho egg. A
fresh egg must bo closely examined to lover
see the air bubble. Hold it up to an
egg tester, turn it around slowly and
look close near the top of the largo
end. If the bubble looks large, say
one-quarter ef an inch deep, it should
not be used. Get a fresh egg, newly
laid, and make yourself familiar with
tho position and size of tho air bubble.
HE. VAT'..
The Secretary of tho Interior has
sent to the Senate the report of J. B.
McNomee relative to land grant wagon
roads in Oregon. Tho report show
that grants of land were made by
Congress in 1S64 and 1866 to aid in
the constrvction of these roads, hi all
i!,5U0,000 acres. The report
'shows that none of these roads were
ever constructed, although several
Governors of tho State certified to
their completion. On these certifi
cates of the Governors, patents havo
been issued to these companies for
1,000.000 acres. Immediately on se
curing certificates of completion, the
You can then alwave tell a freth etrir. land grants were sold, with a view of
as tho bubble becomes larger and putting the lands in the hands of in
larger every day. A fresh egg has a nocent purchasers. With the report
somewhat rough shell, while the shell the Secretary submits a draft of a bill
of a stale egg is very smooth. When to be presented to Congress repealing
cooked, tho contents of a fresh egg ,l,J of s'd granting acts, declaring for-
stick to the shell, and must be removed feited all rights, titles and claims
with a spoon, but a stale egg, when
boiled hard, permits the shell to be
peeled off like the skin of an orange
It takes a longer timo to boil a fresh
egg hard than it. does for a siale egg
and fresh eggs aro more easily beaten
into a froth than stale ones. You can
not, however, tell a fertile egg until
thereunder, and restoring to the pub
lic domain all lands granted except
such as may have been sold to inno
cent purchasers who are actual settlerp,
to the extent of one section to each of
such purchasers.
Senator Manderson reported favor-
.... .
aoiy irom tne military aiiairs com-
f , . i . . ,. i. i . i i i . I a i i -n 1 1 . i r-t
it nun ucuu uniier ine nen a wuuk, innieu a um auinonzing tne Becretaryr
though experls can tell after the fourth of War to credit Oregon with $12,398'
day. It is very easy to tell a fresh for ordnance and ordnance stores
egg by using an egg tester ; any kind issued in Washington Territory on
J of an egg tester will answer. Some account of the State, during the Nez
examine with the hand alone.
Grafting the Grape.
Chae. A. Green says that with young
stock his method has been to splice
graft tho same as with tho apple, but
with old vines ho cuts oil the old cane
as close to the roots as possible, often
six inches below tho surface. He then
uses a Wagner saw, which makes a
smooth clean cut in the stock, into
which are fitted grape cuttings, three
or more into each, the cut being slant
ing the cuttings extend Eome inches
below, as well as above the surface of
tho soil, which is leveled so that the
top is seen. Tho scions are made to
fit the gap made with the saw by cut
ting a little from each side, slightly
wedge-shaped, pressing moderately
firm into position, covering with earth
only, and using no wax or ligature.
lho application of wax would be fatal
Tho best timo is in May or early June,
alter the buds of the stock have opened
whilo the scions havo been retarded
in a cold cellar.
Perce war.
Senator Mitchell has proposed an
amendment to the bill forfeiting tho
land grant of tho Northern Pacific
railroad along tho uncompleted portion
of the line. The amendment reserves
to the city of Portland the right of
way heretofore granted to the North
ern Pacific, for the city to carry water
from Bull Run to Portland.
Senator Ingalls presented in the
Senate a very remarkable petition. It
is signed by lUo.uw citizens of tho
thirteen original states of the Union.,
protesting against the admission of
Utah to the Union. The petition is
about the size of a nail kec. and is
trimmed with red, white and blue
bunting. Ladies were mainly instru
mental in securing the signatures.
It is claimod that though tho mule
may be stubborn, yet he seldom runs
away or becomes frightened, nor does
he shy at ev6ry object.
A four-year-old hog of the Tarmouth
breed, standing four feet high and
weighing 1)60 pounds, was exhibited
at the recent Chicago fat stock show
There is nothing more stimulating
to milk secretion than warm mashes
of wheat bran, but the milk will not
be rich m cream except at the expense
oi the cow.
If all the hogs fattened in the
United States in a year were fattened
in warm instead of cold weather, one-
half the grain now fed would make
ill the pork.
It would be better to kill a few of
the young pigs at birth than to com
pel the sow to suckle too many, as
lack of milk and cold will cause the
weaker ones to die. Larue litters are
at no time desirable, and esdecially in
winter.
It is proposed by H. R. Morrill, the
voteran gardener journalist, that cer
tain wasto lands in Maine be exempt
Irom taxation if their owners wil
IIOUHK.
Tho bill limiting tho coinage of
double eagles to 20 per cent, of gold
deposited in the mints, and discontin
uing the coinage of one and three
dollar gold pieces, was reported and
placed on the calendar.
Tho bill to establish a United States
land court to adjudicate private land
claims in Arizona, New Mexico and
Colorado was favorably reported from
the committee on private land claims.
The Sonate bill to increase pensions
for deafness was reported fovorably and
placed on the calendar.
Voorheos introduced a bill for the
appointment of a commission to select
v place for a naval station on the
Pacific Coast.
Carey introduced a bill for the ad
mission of the State of Wyoming.
Hermann presented numerously
signed petitions asking for the estab
lishment of "range lights" at the
entrance ofPillamook bay and harbor
and urged favorablo consideration, in
view oi tho growing commerco there,
and particularly because of tho shift
ing of buoys, which sometimes renders
navigation on the bar uncertain to
strangers. This application is con
curred in by pilots of tho Columbia,
river.
Hermann submitted a memorial
from ex-Union soldiers of Albiua, Or.,
auow tnem to grow up to wood, esti
mating that in twenty years trees set asking for the passage of the per diem
.i,uu to the acre that is twelve feet rate service pension bill.
that us tho United States is not liable
t ill ft St ll t II tl tltl it 1 rt iifiii.
tho miorobo thoory of Koch, performed cjp.u, thoro can bo no possible ground
tho oporation. Tho scar healed up for tho claim for interest, and oven on
without any sign of tho disease do- Uums duo by tho United States interest ishing that structure.
voloping. Now however, within less 18 "pt allowab o, unless when it is was killed outright by being struck in
tlinn fMir vonru it lx yi!,l tli.it tnbniia 1 ' l"""" "J vjuiifcifro. iiiu ueau uy a eiuuo. 1118 naiUOWHB
mainour jears, it b aaul that tokons Munilt0r Dolnh w 1 mm. hm l.ill for s n 'iv.,i,iin.w 'n.u i,;u a.,.
of leprosy havo begun to appear in tho relief of tho Stato, but ho Bays if it day's work at tho Emnim mino. Wm. train
tho unfortunato young man. Ho look is true that tho claims of tho Stato aro Shields, a married man, aged 55 years, freight brakcman and a
tho rhik of dying painfully and hor- 01 .R "haraotor audi aa havo not been wasvniorudly injured. John Paul, Uongor wero seriously hurt. Othor
rAtr . Ml ill i m m .
iiiiwronco itoardon, ruoholas llall passengers escaped with a severe ehak
llfn lin l.n.l forfait...! In Mm. ...ntn.u. f "..'"W " miu ami uuniuii .uaiiuii.K '"b V. " u ciurm mis ruKwig
....v. .w..w... ... um paynioni OI Similar Claims to Otlior Wero also nirL 'V hnmnn um urnrnnm on t in mnnntniiiR. mill I in nnnr nn
1110 law. btatos. wero all saved. tho freight train were almost froion.
an oxplosiou occurred which shook twonty.
the town like a strong earthquake, of a contractor, and tho company is
Ovor 200 pounds of Vigorite powder not rospousiblo for tho accident.
in tho dry houso had oxploded, domol- Passenger train No. 9, on tho Ponn-
Ono young man sylvania Railroad, collided with a
heavy freight train near Huntington
and both trains wero wrecked. Tho
Trobilcox. This whb his first engineer and fireman of tho passenger
wore instantly killed, and a
Pullman pas-
apart would grow to. eight inches in
thickness and yield fifty cords of wood
to tho aero. This is not at all a bad
idea, and need not bo alone confined
to Maine.
Tho wheat production of India,which
has been a bugbear to many in this
country and Europe, is not likely to
experience any sudden or extraordin
ary increase lor tho past four years
tho crop has averaged 262.037.511
bushels, but the crop of 1SS1-5 was
60,000,000 bushels, and that of 1S85-6
was 20,000,000 buehels more than tho
crop of 1SS6-7. The area under wheat
remains, year after year, pretty uni
formly, about 27,000,000 acres.
It is a certainty that raising poultry
for egg production pays the farmer.
As a general thing tho fowls that tho
farmer keeps in his barn-vard, and on
which ho expends but littlo, pay best
oi all his live stock ; but when atteiv
i II 0 m
lion is paui especially to iowis, prop
erly housed, fed and attended, after
deducting tho cost of keeping, care,
interest per cent., from the amount
for which tho eggs soli, there is, in
nine cases out of ten, a larger balance
on tho credit sulo of the ledger than is
found in connection with any single
department of farm iiuliistry.
A commission appointed by tho
French Government to inquire into
tho use of salt for domestic animals
reported on tho matter as follows : 1
Salt ought to bo given to domestic
animals to replaco the saline matter
washed out of their food by boiling,
steaming, etc. z. bait counteracts
tho ill effects of wet pastures and food
on sheep, and prevents foot-rot. It
increases tho How of saliva and there
fore hastens fattening. 3. In making
mixtures of chaff, potatoes, beets, bran,
oil cako, etc., salt ulways ought to bo
added. Tho daily allowance recom
mended by tho commission was, for a
much coav or ox, ozs., for a fattening
stall-fed ox, 2 to 4i ozs.; for a fatten
ing pig, 1 to 'l ozs. ; for a lean sheop,
to of an oz. : for a horse, donkov
or nude, 1 oz. Farming World.
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Butter
Fancy roll. I? lb
Oregon
inferior grade
Pickled
California roll
do pickled
Ciikkse
Eastern, full cream
Oregon, do
California
Eoos Fresh
Dhikd Fruits
Apples, qrs. sks and bxs...
do California
Apricots, new crop
Peaches, unpeeleu. new . . .
Pears, machine dried
Pitted cherries
Pitted plums, Oregon
Ficrs. Cal.. in 1ch nnH Hyu
CaT. Prunes, French
Oregon prunes
Floor -Portland
Pat. Roller, tfhhl
Salem do do
White Lily t? bbl
uountrv brand a wi a a 7s
Supertlne 2 60 ii 75
UHAiB
Wheat, Valley, 100 lbs . . . 1 2-'J 1 23
do Walla Walla 1 lfi ts i n
Barley, whole, V ctl i 2k
do cround. y ton 20 m ffio; nn
Oats, choice milling bush 47 50
do feed.goodtocholce.old 40 (o 47
Rye, t? 100 lbs 1 10 1 25
Feed
Bran, ton mm i7 rv
Shorts, t ton i m fflio nn
Hay. e ton. baled feiu m
Chop, tf ton. ?3 00 23 00
Oil cake meal V ton 82 00 feS3 00
Annies. Orecon. t9 hnr I 01 a 1
Cherries, Oregon, fcdrm...
LrfunoHa, California, fbx,. 4 00 &
Limes, 100
Rlvemido oranges, box. . ,
Los Angeles, do do ...
Peaches, t box v (a
Hides
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20 25
26 30
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10 (ft 20
14 & 10
14
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VEGETABLES
Cabbace. lb..,
Carrots, sack
Cauliflower, doz
Onions
Potatoes, new, 1C0 lbs . ,
WOOL
East. Oregon, Spring clip.. 14
Vollev Oregon, do ., 18
12
5
0
25
21
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1
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