OREGON SCOUT.I telegraphic.
OREGON NEWS.
AGRICULTURAL.
COAST CULLINGS.
THE PICNIC GUSHER.
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
A solution of copperas applied to
urool will render it very hard and dur
able.
Tiie President baa nominated G. J.
Denis, of California, to bo Attorney of
lho United States for the Southern
District of California.
The first iron boat is said to have
toon built in 1777, on tho River Foos,
in Yorkshire. It was fifteen feet long
and made of sheet iron.
Gold-beating; is about tho only trade
that has not been affected by machin
ery. Tho work is done to-day jUBt as I
it was tlirco centuries ago.
The cattlo trust of Denver has just
dosed a contract with tho French
dovornmont to supply tho French
jurmy with 150,000 head of beef cattlo
annually.
The world consumes 2,105,000,000
bushels of wheat annually; so tho
yield of tho Pacific Coast is only a
drop in tho bucket, with its 00,000,000
4o 75,000,000 bushels.
It has been assccrtuined, through
jeports from tho various County Su
perintendents, that tho number of I
persons frozen to death in Dakota in
lho recent blizzard was 109.
Judge Stiiatton, of Lamar, Mo.,
Jiaa docided that women tcmporanco
"workers may dispenso freo coffee and
inndwiches at an election without be
ing accused of intimidation or bribery.
John Finnucan stole a coat in Do
lroit, und tho Free Press chronicled tho
iact, spelling tho namo Finncgan.
Thereupon John Finncgan sued tho
paper for libel and recovered $1,500
damages.
Camfoknia has 20,000 acres
of
orange trees and Florida 80,000 acres
The crop now riponing on California
trees is estimated at 1,000,000 boxes,
whereas Florida's crop is placed at
1,100,000 boxes.
Thousands of blind crows wore seen
in tho woods and fields near Chatta
nooga recently, and peoplo had no
difficulty in npproaohing and Boizing
.them. No ono knows what caused
their blindness.
California has about doubled her
population in the ten years sinco tho
last census. Tho enormous sums of
monoy spent by tho different counties
And cities in advertising abroad has
been tho causo of tho vast increase in
population.
Dki.koatk Duiioih states that ho has
-received many protests against reduc
tion of tho tariff on lead. Ho says if
tho tariff on that article bo removed or
.reduced to tho extent proposed, it will
liavo a disastrous effect upon tho min
ing intorcsts of Idaho.
A .. . ..... . ..ii . an int I
"owumkni' wmon win co8i.?s,wu,-
000 will soon bo creotod in Panama to
tho memory of Genoral Bolivar, tht
liberator of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru,
Ecuador, and Vonezuola. Each of
iho fivo liopublicB will contribute
1400,000 for tho purpose
The Socrotary of tho Treasury has
transmitted to tho Houso estimates of
tho cost of collecting tho customs rev
enues for tho fiscal year ending June
30, 1889, aggregating $0,890,20:1. Of
this amount $5,219,018 is for salaries,
And $1,07(5,585 for miscellaneous ex
ponsos. Tho oxponses of tho port of
Ifow York aro estimated at $2,108,917.
The Govornor of Texas has an
Bounced his intention to call an extra
.session of tho Legislature for determin
ing what disponition shall bo niado of
tho Treasury surplus when tho $1,000,
000 of indemnity just voted by Con
gress roaches Texas. Tho surplus, by
tho timo of the regular meeting of tho
Legislature a your honco, will bo moro
than $3,000,000, and tho Govornor
docs not feol justified in carrying this
largo amount.
Large quantities of antimony come
from tho ancient mines worked by thoj
Xoninua for gold. It is probable that
theso mines will becomo in future tho
chief source of this metal, so far as its
consumption in Great Britain is con
cerned. Antimony ore, howovor, is
Tcry widely distributed. It is gener
ally found associated with other ores,
more especially with lend, .ziuo and
ailver. It is a constant source of
troublu to tho smelter on account of
tho difficulty with which it is elimi
nated. Antimony is chiclly used as
an alloy with other metals. Mixed
with load it forms tyio metal ; mixed
with tiu it is employed for nuiBio type,
It is also alloyed with copper for bear
ings, and is found in pewter.
of tin Principal Erects
Now
Attracting Pablie Interest
King Humbert, of Italy, lias given
!8,UUU to Hood Hiflcrers,
Jacob Sharp, tho boodlcr chief, died
at his homo in New York.
L. H. Orniiorf, a brakeman. was
killed at Ueaton, Arizona.
uenerai Terry lias been placed on
tho retired list of tho army.
Fred. Layton has donated $250,000
to tho city of Milwaukee for an art
gallery.
Tho jail at Friar's Point, Tcnn., wns
fired by incendiaries, and five prisoners
perished.
Clarkson, tho famous base ball
pitcher, has been sold to tho Boston
club for $10,000.
Tho Venezuelan Government has
issueu a uecrco placing barbed wire
. .
on tho freo list.
Laura Colvert, 22 years of age, was
burned to death near Waco, Texas.
Bho started a firo with benzine.
As tho result of a domestic nuarrel
at Kansas City, Ellsworth Setzor shot
his wife and then killed himself.
a T.i. nuir i.,t,;nh. 1 r
Dave Gallagher and James Stokey
worn Hfnhliofl in iin.it.ii 5n fii, !!
vuiui x bi in. j.Auuitvjr
two colored men.
Tr , w .1 a i i .
Kate Earner, tho pretty daughter
f T,.i,r, w..r, .. ,;.iti. f 7
v. uv.u . i ..vii.tuj K.inivi ui
3l.l ! ... ir i
ouiiuuunu cuuiuy, ix. i., coin nmied
suicido bv ctittimr her tlirn.iL
John L. Jwy committed suicido at
Lancaster, Pa. That brought the
number of suicides in Unit county
within six weeks up to eight.
Tho Grand Vizier of Bokhara was
murdorod by a native. Tho Ameer
ordered tho murderer and his accom
plico to bo executed, and they wore
hurled from a towor 180 feet high.
At Phiunix, Arizona, the roof of D.
S. Uewley's adobo residence fell in
burying Mr. Pewley, his daughter and
son. Jlr. Uewley and daughter are re
ported dead, and tho boy will probably
die
Mrs. Tillio Sipp, nged 35, while in a
fit of temporary insanity, threw her
12-year-old son George out of a fourth-
story window m JNow York citv. and
jumped after him. Both wore fatally
hurt.
It is stated that Clans Spreckels, the
California sugar king, will build a
sugar refinery in Philadelphia to cost
. r s r r n r n .
:u,uuu,uuu. tho capacity oi tiio pro
posed refinery is put at 7,000 barrels
or 2,000,000 pounds per day.
At Texarkana, Ark., tho thrce-yoar-old
son of Dr. II. It. Wobstor swallowed
a portion of tho contents of an aconito
bottlo and died in twenty minutes.
Two othor childron drank tho re
mainder, but were not affected.
A Chicgo it Alton freight train was
boarded by three thioves at Chicago,
and Watchmen Eli D. Kreigh and
Dan Brassill, who atlompted to put
them off, wero fired upon. Kreigh
was instantly killed, and Brassill was
mortally wounded.
At Macon, Mo., thrco small children
were burned to death in a barn. The
father and mother wero absent, anil
four childron, 2, !, (i and 8 yoars old,
went to tho barn to play. They had
some matches, and in somo way the
barn became ignited. Only tho oldest
boy escaped, tho others being cre
mated alive. The mother is so dis
tracted that it is feared sho will becomo
insane.
A friuhtfnl acnidnnt nnnnrrpil nn f.lin
.
Chicago, Milwaukee fe St. Paul Kail-
road near Nowhamnton, Iowa. A
uiuigo unit neon carried away by a
gorgo, and a passenger train plunged
into ttio stream, while running at full
speed. The ongino and three coaehes
wont into tho crtok, and wore imme
diately submerged in the torrent of
water which overflowed tho banks. A
scene of tho wildest confusion ensued.
There wero about thirty peoplo in tho
smoker. Four were killed, so far as
i i i
known, besides tho onginoer, who was
crushed between tho cab and smoker,
Tho llrenuin escaped unhurt. There!
wero from twonty-hvo to thirty five
wounded. The belief is that boveral
bodies aro yot under tho wreck.
A special from Colaya, Mexico, de
tails a terrible catastrophe. When
tho bull ring was crowded with specta
tors of tho goneral national sport, firo
broke out and a panic seized upon the
vast assemblage Tho plaza was con
structed of wooden mast, reeds, etc.,
aud it was duo to this fact that the
minority escaped without injury, being
able to force an opening to permit an
exit at different points, but many
women and children jumpiil from th)
top, a distance of twenty to thirty feet,
and over 100 poisons wero noiiously
wounded. Eighteen lives wero lost.
Tho sides of tho plaza being lined with
matting as dry as tinder, and there
being a slight wind blowing the
amphitheater was in a bluzo in a few
seconds. Fifty persons in otoapiui'
wero knocked down and trampled
upon by tho panio-striokeu throng and
seriously injured, Tho bulls, mad
dencd by tho roaring of the flames,
broke loose fioin their stalls aud
rushed wildly through tho surging
mass i f humanity, tossing aloft aud
knocking over all who stood in their
way. Two women wero first gored to
doutli by tho bulls and their bodies
afterwards burned, Tho scenes in tho
neighborhood of tho catastropho wero
sickening beyond description. Women
and children, divested of their clothing
and oruzod with suffering from their
burns, ran aimlessly through tho
streets and could scarcely bo overtaken
or collected by fiiends. Several per
sons lost their loason from tho f ovoro
mental shock to which tlioy weio tub
joctod. Tho llro was iuceudiary,
JD
Everything of General Interest in a
Condensed Form.
Tho vote of Wallowa county
is be-
tween 800 and 900.
Grunt's Pass has an elevation of 905
feet above sea level.
A postotlicc has been established at
Fern, Curry county.
John II. Mires was killed by a fall
from his barn near Oakland.
Tho salmon run at Astoria is light,
but tho fish aro larger than usual.
Tho residence, of George Anderton,
near Tho Dalles, was destroyed by fire.
Tho little daughter of Ben Franklin,
at Bandon,
fell and broke her right
arm above tho wrist.
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A new postoflice, called Crater, with
. ' ' .
D. A.
Pindleyiis postmaster, has been
:i..i ..; n. . t-,.ui...J,.
UO IxlUllOliUU lilt lIJIJUl .UCOUIIUI'ID.
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There arc 159 licensed saloons in thci
I.. . -an . . i in,
cny 01 rortunu, 12 in Aiuina mm 12
in East Portland, making a total in
,ne l,iree cllieB 01 A0J-
1 . . , . , . t er
lho manager ot a creamery at bt.
Paul, Minnesota, who was in Portland
recently and stated that the annual
81lIe8 ,liere y hxa ostabhshment loot
"P JoU,0UU.
I At Oroiron Citv a nlant for tho man -
1 -
u,acture 01 cement is being put in at
a cost of $10,000. Tho rock is found
in Douglas county, and is said to be
inexhaustible.
... "ol,",K"
The Ind ans on the Klamath acrenov
.. .
nmt n nmiim rimonl u tn ,.nnu , i.r I w.
of tho nroiect.
J illlVK JJJ TVbLU All JiVVUl
Tho gross receipts of tho Portland
postolhco for tho year ending March
amounted to ipocs, uo -rz. Tins is
ibout!HU,UUU more than tho receipts!
u. .i.T
lho .Democratic btato Convention
at Pendleton nominated J. M. Gearin,!
of Portland, for Congress. Cleveland
was indorsed for President, and Gov-.
ernor Pennoyer for Vice-President.
PostofliccB huvo been established ati
Aurick. Benton county, and ut Giove,
City, Malheur county, .las. A. Wood i
and John T. Tilson were appointed
postmasters of the respective offices. !
Andy llickson and a companion lost t
their boat, traps, blankets, stores and ;
$500 worth of beaver skins on the!
Nehalem river, and wero three days in
tho rain, with nothing to cat but raw
potatoes.
At Paisley, says a Lakeview paper, a
son of Airs. Miller was accidentally
shot in tho shoulder with a shotgun in
tho hand of another hoy. Physicians
amputated tho arm, taking off part of
tho shoulder, lho l-y died tho fol
lowing day.
Tho stockyards now being at Tho
Dalles by tho O. It. it N. Co. will be 1
tho best between Portland and St. Paul,!
....
Bttvs a local paper. Thev will hold
thirty carloads of cattle, aro fixed for
tnkini' cum of whom), will liavn shpilxl
for horses and arrangements made for'
fine stock. Nearly 100,000 feet of linn-1
ber will bo used in their construction. !
Dick Wells fatally shot himself at!.,
the farm house of M. A. Walker, near;
Ashland. Tho bullet passed through
tho stomach and lungs, and earned
death in a few hours. To his mother '
m.lothor l.n said l.hn hIhu.IW wi.n
not an accident; ho had been wanting
to din for three yoars. Further than
this he gave no reason for his rash act.
Deceased was 22 years of ago.
Mis. Nancy ltyan, aged 19 vears,
met with an accident whilo riding a
horso to tho creek from her husband's
houso on Three Milo creek, resulting
in her death somo hours later, says a
Dalles paper. Her husband was going
to his work in tho field and his wife
was riding tho animal to water, when j
ho becamo frightened and ran away, j
dragging her a distance of 200 yards.
The stirrup broke or hor foot became j
loose, aud sho was picked up in an un-1
conscious condition. Everything pos-j
siblo was dono to resuscitate her, but!
sho remained unconscious about ten
hours, when she died.
Governor Ponnoyor granted full par-j
don to Pearl Pago, recently ontenced
tt ti viur ii Min nnnit nn i in rv- fnr rnli- '
bory, the reason being assigned as fol-1
lows: "Whereas, tho jury which tried,
tho said Pearl Page, brought into court ,
a verdict to the effect that what said
Pearl Page did in tho matter charged
against her she did under the influ
ence of coorcion of another perMiu ;
and, whereas, as tho said jury has,
unanimously petitioned for the oxer- j
eise of executive clemency by tho
granting of a pardon;" which ho does, j
"upon tho exprets condition that sho ;
shall immediately leave tho State and 1
t omain forever thorefrom." 1
Last fall, says the Wallowa Signal, a i
camp of thirty-four Chinese moved on '
ono ot tho bars on bnako river, just'
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. . jiim.wunuii.iiu
that river, to spend tho winter mining
for gold. When they moved there it
was known thev had a largo boat and
a gixd fiipply of provisions, and, it is
estimated, about $;U),000 in gold dust.
Tho bar on which they had encamped
is very isolated, and since spring lius
opened a party of men passing ono day t
noticed no ono around the camp, and 1
on in viMtii'iilimi fuiitwl the limliiw nf
two Cinnamon who had Miidoubtedlv!
been killed by hhooting in tho head'
and tho other Chinamen wtro nowhere ,
to bo seen. Their touts wero blown !
a largo a.nount of pi-ovisiin.s and min-,
ui); iiiuiiBiiB, viiieu nun neiii iifcu um
vorv little. Tho boat was missimr. audi
nvnrvlliini' litnt'iwl nx il if. I1111I lini'ii do-1
sorted for somo timo. On tho bank )
near tho river wero found several small ,
piles of cartridge shells, which seem to t
liavo been thrown out tocother. and
with which tho awful deed must liavo
been committed.
Devoted to tho Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.
The Young Con-.
Some cows may bo naturally vicious,
but nearly all viciousness is tho result
of ill treatment. Calving is a severe
nervous slruin and leaves the cow
' nervous and irritable. If tho calf is
! hor first one she is very much afraid
, that it will bo injured; in this sho is
i liko all voune mothers. Milkinc is an
1 entirely new operation to her; likely
, drawing milk from lief udder gives her
pain, iler condition, her fears, and
, tho operation, all call for the exercise
, r 1,10 greatest patience and gentleness.
'w;i euuuimuu ior iier can
f fesentcu, h sue snows shyness when
it is attempted to milk her an onera-
i ,i , i, ,..,, :, .
i MflTl Wlllmi Hill LnniVB nnl lunfr nl nntl
,i- i. i, .., . b. , ,
which her instincts to nourish her
I , (V - ...n..1 1 I . . 1
mtMiinmr ivniim nn nn lm i r .nK,
mil. tn rcurlilv aim !a arni.ii if ttm
1 ,,; MfiP(! i,v Hin m;iL- lining ,ir,on
J ' w v. v. m . n nv-
1 i,uis i1Rr in i.jpU ai, :a u;u,ui ;.,
I - - w Jliu AO A1VAV.U lit
: return. Thus her fright and nervous-
ness aro increased and soon she is
1 angered. If this treatment is contin
ued sho is made vicious ; and we have
nover known of a heifer being "con
1 quered" in this way. After her tor
1 mentor has worn himself out sho is vet
1 1 1 1 .
1 iu kick, or 10 use ner norns 11
I ced be. It does not do better to tio
I her head or to put her between poles ;
una oniy ingntens ner tno more, lier
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, " v-uw, uu uuii,-
i tor MOW Mhoriil n millrnr uli
I lt'1 "uw II IllllKCr Sll
I . .1 dr .1 . .
",ru l" lo winu oy striKing a
, A successful poultry man says he
, spaues up ins "run" twice a year.
Fiftv vours mm Mm .ivnr,..r w;.rH
y " O . v k vy ' v I-, nv
oi oeei cattle was auu pounds: now it
is 1,'lUU pounds.
Itaw milk digests in a shorter period
than boiled milk; hence milk for
young stock should not bo boiled but
warmed.
It is tho advice of a prominent dairy
man to farmers not to keep cows that
give less than GOO gallons of milk a
year.
Kobert Schroeder, who has 500 acres
in Franklin county, N. Y., devoted to
hop culture, is said to bo the leading
hop-grower of the world. Ho has
thirty men at work cutting poles for
use in his hop-fields, and expects to
obtain 200,000 poles during the winter.
' Do not use any manure when plant
ing young peach trees. Simply re
move the top soil, then dig holes for
tho roots. Set in tho tree firmly,
throwing tho top soil next to the roots.
Firm down tho earth well, cut the
trees well back, and stake them if
i tl,oro b0 danger of their being severely
shaken by winds.
In some of our northern counties
tlw.... 1..... l. ... orn i
"-" a muun as g.ju uusneis
of potatoes raised to the acre. This
was on rich land, but with tho riirht
of fertilizer and good cultivation
our common pine land will produce
fro.m 100 ' 200 bushels.
dotation of crops haflles in a meas-
n " , U,,UU8' 001 ,nsLGl ' un.u
fl ,,U8 th"-,prey "1,m t1hem- El!ch
? .lu ll, lm8.U8 ?w" Peculiar enemies,
, " Ul I'"1"" ru" oves U1.um
A" "" !? bUBH enemies
Tina is truo of tho enemies of above
ground growth of plants to an im
portant degree.
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Aiiaua ami apricot leaves make hrst
olaes greon food lor poultry, and in
fact, any of lho domestic animals or
pets. Alfalfa is cheaper and easier to
raiso than any garden truck lhat we
know of, and is green tho year round,
whilo the apricot primings (cut any
time after tho fruit is ofl) come at a
tjonally scarce.
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nnin wnmi nnnr nioon toni u nrnn.
rOKTI.ANl lUOIUCK MAKKKT.
Butter
Fancy roll, If lb
Oregon
Inferior grade
Pl kled
California roll
do plcklod
Cukksk
Eastern, full cream
OrcKou, do
California
Eoos Frosli
DltlKl) Fuuits
Apples, nrs. sks and 1xk...
do California
Apricots, new crou
Peaches, uupeeleii, now ...
Pears, inuclilnu dried
Pitted clierrien
Pitted plums, Oregon
FigH, Cul., in bga and bx. .
Cal. Prunes, French
Oregon prunes
Flouii
Portland Pat. Roller, tfbbl $
Salem do do
White Lily f bbl
Country brand
Siiperllne
Grain
Wlieal, Valley, 100 lbs...
SO
In 20
18 M 2J
18 35
10 TO 20
14 (d 10
63 20
0
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18 28
124 1-t
10
40
124
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10 12J
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60 2 75
1 22J 1 25
1 15 1 ltl
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uaney. wnoie, v cu
1 12
do around, ton SO Ofl m
uais, cnoice mining f nusli 47 60
do feed, iroocltochoico. old 4(1 (d 47
live, V 100 U 1 10 1 25
Fkki
Bran, V ton 10 00 17 00
Shorts, ton 18 00 10 00
Hay, t ton, baled (ai8 00
Chop, f ton 23 00 25 00
Oil cako meal V ton 32 00 fe33 0C
Fms.it Fruits
Apples, Oregon, tf box 1 23 1 60
internes, uregou, t'urm...
uiumoo ' 'bX" ts
lUverHhle oranges! V box!'.!
Los Angeles, do do ...
Peackes. V box
feX.KeV fio'lbs!!!!! "
12
6
U
25
Murrain miles,,
PelU
7 di
10 a
VkOKTABLKS
SSuVm
21
1 CO
Cauliflower, doi
Onions
10
76
1 "iM, now. V iwi ms
Wooi
Kat Oregon, Spring dip..
Valley Oregon, do .,
16 A
18
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10
Devoted Principally to "Washington
Territory and California.
An unknown man was killed hy a
train in bacramcnto.
An unknown tramp was killed by a
train near UUroy, Cal. '
J. L. Smith wae shot and instantly
Kiueu by ins wile ut Ilailey, Idaho
Frank Thompson committed suicide
at Los Angeles by cutting his throat.
There 259 dogs of various breeds on
exhibition at the San Francifco bench
show. ,
L. C. Geiser, ticket agontat Tacoma,
was bound and gagged, and the office
robbed ol ifia.
A man named Edward Newer was
run over and killed by a freight train
at Merced, Cal.
Annie Westcrfield, two years old,
was run over and killed by a train at
San Francisco.
Col. Itobcrt G. Ingersoll, wife and
two daughters aro on a three months'
tour in California.
Manuela Gomez, a Mexican woman,
was fatally injured by a runaway team
near Los Angeles.
An old man named Peter Olsen was
kicked and fatally injured by a horse
in San Francisco.
Cash on hand in the United States
Sub-Treasury at San Francisco on
March 31 was $55,170,000.
ine streets ot rraver, ual., were
flooded to a depth of two feet, from a
break in tho levee of tho 7G canal.
Lottie, tho four-year-old daughter of
H. Jtf. G.tstin, of Chico, Cal., was killed
by a sack of wheat falling upon her.
Gus Hanson.a sailor on the schooner
Kobert and Jennie, fell overbo.ird and
was drowned in San Francisco bay.
Enoch G. Kellogg fell down a chute
in tho Lexington mine, at Butte, Mon
tana, a distance of 100 feet and was
instantly killed.
Mrs. Pylo and Jonimy Heller and
John Hern, her sons, were arrested at
Walla Walla, charged with setting fire
to the Aurora hotel in that city.
A child of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Tash
was killed in a runaway accident near
Sacramento. The parentB wero taking
tho baby to church to have it baptized.
Jenny Kimball, a young artist, com
mitted suicide at Colton, Cal., by tak
ing morphine. Tho Coroner's jury
found that the cause was unrequited
love.
Frank Nedro captured a shark on
the beach on Guemes island. W. T.,
which measured seven feet in length
and weighed between 200 and 300
pounds.
A Walla Walla paper says it is
rumored that John Steinbach and John
Edgar, who went out on a winter's
hunt, wero found in tho John Day
country frozen to death.
The work on the Ilwaco fe Shoal
water Bay Railroad includes 3,000 feet
of trestle and roadway at Ilwaco, 1,000
feet aloiiK tho line, and the removal of
05,000 cubic yards of earth.
Hattie Woolstoin, while on trial at
Los Angeles for tho murder of Doc
Harlan, atteinptd to commit suicide
in jail by knotting a handkerchief
about her neck and fastening it to a
bar. Tho noisoof her choking attracted
attention and the attempt failed.
Josenh Shannon was shot and killed
near Steamboat Snii.KS. Nevada, bv
Charles Grappe. Shannon was the
owner of tho mine he was developing,
and his slayer was working with him
on shares. Tho tragedy was tho re
sult of a dispute over the management
of the mine.
The election held at Willows, Cal.,
to issuo$750,000 worth of bonds, under
tho Wright bill, was carried by a vote
of seven to ono. This will constiuct a
ditch this coming summer sixty feet
wide, fivo feet deep and fifty miles
long, and will put undor irrigation
200,000 acres, witli abundant water
from tho S.icruinento river.
At Centr.ilia, W. T., the 9-year-old
daughter of Mr. Beach, whilo outplay
ing with other children, took a newly
sharpened butcher-knife to cut a
switch. While returning to lho house
with tho kuifo sho slipped and fell
upon the point of it, wUiich pierced her
breast near the heart. She lived but
a minute, dying without a struggle.
A coIHmou occurrrd on tho South
ern Pacific road near San Fernando,
ChI. Westfield, engineer of a con-1
struction train, and Brooks, fireman of J
a freight train, were killed. Engineer
Teasle, of tho freight, had a leg so
badly crushed that amputation will bo
necessary. Fitzgerald and Gegoria,
graders, wero badly hurt.and Bernardo,
a Mexican, was probably fatally in
jured. Three largo engines and many
cars worn totally wrecked.
Tho steamer Bob Irving, engaged in
general transportation and towing
business, was blown to pieces on tho
Skagit river by tho explosion of her
boiler. Tho steamer Lily happened to
bo in hearing distance at tho timo, and
went to tho Irving's assistance. It
was found that tho latter was wrecked,
aud that by tho explosion tho matter
aud owner Captain Olney and his
fireman had been killed. Tho engineer,
n deck hand and a Chinese cook were
badly injured. Tho steamer was loaded
with hay luul oats, which wero scat
tered in every direction. Tho boiler
was hurled completely out of tho boat
and lodged on the bank of tho river.
Tho head of the captain was severed
from his body. No tracea could bo
found of tho remains of the fireman.
Thero is some doubt as to the canoo of
tho explosion, but it is behoved that
tho wator in tho boilor was allowed to
get too low. The report of tho explo
sion was heard for somo miles in tho
surrounding country.
tomtthtni About n llmr Delicti t Tell MMilea
Whom All of V Have .Met.
Sho is usually a spinster of from
thirty-five to forty years. Of course
there arc more youthful gushers, but
the gushiest and most interesting gush
comes from the spinster with juvenile
manners.
I danced attendance on one at tho
first picnic of the season, which occur
red one day, recently. It was a Sunday
school picnic, and if there is any thing
on this earth more blissful than a Sun
day school picnic I have not reveled in
its delights. The instant I was intro
duced to my gusher she said:
"Isn't it a perfectly lovely day for
our picnic? And what a perfectly love
ly time we are all having! Don't you
love a picnic?"
I don't, hut I didn't say so.
"I just think they aro too perfectly
delightful for any thing! I'm so fond
of nature! And how joyously happy
the dear little ones arc!"
Four or fivo of tho "joyously happy
dear little ones" wero having a hand-to-hand
fight over a swing within ton
feet of us, but I didn't say any thing
about it, and the lover of nature said:
"Aren't you passionately fond of tho
trees and the birds and the flowers?"
They make me so happy! I could dwell
forever and ever mercy on us! What's
that horrid black thing? Only a bug!"
Oh, I'm so afraid of bugs. I know it'
awfully foolish of me, but I jnst ean't
help it. And I just scream real hard
when I see a worm. Papa says I'm a.
silly little thing."
Papa was evidently correct, hut I re
frained from saying so, and she went
on with all the innocence and freedom
of her thirtv-uiue vears.
"There are somu boys fishing in tho
brook. I think it's torrid to hook tho
dear, cunning little fishes so. Do you
know I tried it once, and I fainted dead
away when papa put the poor, inno
cent little worm on the hook? I
couldn't help it. It seemed so dread
fully, awfully cruel. Papa called mo
a foolish little girl, and 1 really sup
pose I am."
A dirtv-faeed hov camo along and
held out a bunch of wilted dandelion
blossoms, saying briefly: "Want 'em?"
"Oh, thank you ever and ct'er so
much, Bertie, dear. How kind and
thoughtful of you! And I do so love
the dear little dandelion blossoms! Do
you know, Mr. D , that I really think
that some flowers speak to us? I know
it's foolish of me, but I can't help
thinking so. May ho it's only because
I am so fond of the dearlittle blossoms.
Papa laughs at mc because I rave so
about the dear, merry laughing littlo
brooks, the beautiful skies, all win to
and azure, the tender buds and blos
soms and the gentle little lambs. Yon
don't think it's so very, very foolish
aud childish in mc? I often wish I
wasn't quite so childish!"
Her friends probably wished so, too,
hut for two hours she rambled on, and
when at last she became "quity weary"
and sat, down gracefully in a rhubarb
pio I stole away and took the first train
for home. Zimtx Dane, in 1'id-JJils.
GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH.
llio Urlllluut Mixturn Snlil to bo UmsiX an
the Whlto IIouko.
The following is the recipe for mak
ing the brilliant whitewash said to bo
used on the e.nst side of the Exeeutivo
Mansion, at Washington. It is recom
mended for either inside or outsido
walls. Take a half bushel of unslaked
lime, slake it with boiling water, cov
ering it during the process to keep in
the steam, strain tho liquid through a
fine sieve or strainer, find add to it a
peek of clean wait previously well dis
solved in warm water; three poitjuls of
ground rice boiled to a thin y.sto and
stirred in boiling hot; one-half pound
Spanish whitingand one pound of cloan
glue, niwlttid orer hot, witer. Add liv
gallons of vater to this mixture and
let it stand for a few days, covored
from dust. It should he put on tho
wall quite hot, so it i well to keep tho
whitciush in a kettle over a jortahlo
furnace. One pint of this mixture will
c vcr a square yard of wall. This is s id
t be tho hest and most brilliant
whitewash made, and the quantity
mixed can be graduated by the meas
ure given for ooverin the square 3'ard
of the wall. For coloring whitewash
avoid grei-n, which makes tho limo
crack and peel nfT the walls. You can
get a beautiful red or vink hy adding
Spanish brown in small or larger
quantity, as you judge by the depth of
dlor made. Finely pulverized com
mon clay, mixed well with tho Span
ish brown before it is stirred into tho
mixture, makes a good lilac. Lamp
black and Spanish brown, stirred to
gether, make a reddisli stono color;
chrome yellow in the "wash" makes a
sunshiny wall. It is best to ex
periment with tho color on a board
a d leave it to dry b'oro laying it on
iho wall. When tho wall has been
smoked and is to bo made clear white,
a plentiful sprinkling of indigo,
squeezed through a bag into tho white
wash, will give it tho purest, cleanest
color. Farm, Field and Stockman.
An old gentleman remarked th
othor evening, when ho saw a ladv and
gentleman going down Government
street, tho litter having tho former's
arm, that tilings had awfully changed
sinco ho was a youngster; it used to bo
tho fashion for the lady to take tho
gentleman's arm. Tho ehango was
explained to him by a by-standor to tho
ol cct that, when ho (tho old gentle
man) was young, the girls woro afraid
tho boys would get away from them if
they did not hold on to them, but now
tho boys entertained tho fear that tho
girla would "skip" If not held iW
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