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Ad Epitome of the Principal Events
Attracting Pohlic Interest
Now
Lewis J. Williams, medical director,
United States navy (retired), died at
Tiikrk arc twenty-seven Japanese
etudenta nt tlio Michigan University, j Baltimore, Md., in his 09th year,
I The principal business block
THK deepest drilled wen in tnc
United States is near Pittsburg, Penn.
A depth of 4,G18 was reached when
the tools were lost and the work
ceased.
Victoria Lek, aged 10, polygamous
daughter of John D. Lee, the Danito
chief of Utah, committed suicide, atizorso that she will die, and
Winslow. Ariz., after a dance, by tak
ing laudanum, and died in a few
hours. No cause is assigned.
It is a curious fact that while Queen
"Victoria speaks German in her homo
circle, tho preccnt German Emprcps
disregards it in hers and uses English
as much as possible. English is tho
fireside tongue of the Greek, Danish
and Itussian royal families.
Cherokee, Khh., burned. The loss
between $75,000 and $100,000.
An explosion occurred in a dyna
mite factory at Grenoble, France.
Nine persons were killed and others
swriously injured.
A A t . -T 1 . - m
At uraniia, ieo., reter vergo, a
mechanic, in a moment of jealousy,
cut Jus yonng wifo's throat with a ra-
then at
It is proposed to erect a monument
to the mcmoiy of John Eliot, the
"apostlo to the Indians," in Eliot
square, Roxbury, Mass., and unveil it
at tho two hundredth anniversary of
liia death, which occurs in about two
years.
The Pingtu gold mines, the copper
.mines of Ping-chuan, tho galena
mines of Jeho, and other mineral de
posits of Northern China are about to
bo worked on western principles and i
tempted suicide by cutting his own
His wound is not fatal.
Tho will of the late John Ilonch,
tho well-known ship builder, was filed
for probate at New York. Itoach
leaves all his estate to be divided
among tho members of his family and
their children.
Mrs. G. W. Turpin, wife of a promi
nent business man of Weatherford,
lexas, was stabbed fourteen times in
the heart, and killed, by her father, J.
i N. Alston, against whose wishes she
married.
Fire originating in the gas of the
foundry department of tho Wood
Reaper Works at Youngstown, Ohio.,
mado that expensive plant a mass of
rums. J. ho loss is a quarter of a mil
lion, insurance, $00,000
Members of the Salvation Army as
sembled in Congress hall, London, to
witness the marriage of Gen. Booth's
second daughter, Emma, to Mr,
1 ticker, an ex-ollicer in the Indian
civil service. Seven thousand persons
were present.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Reynolds arrived
Devoted Principally to Waahingto
Territory and California.
The Central school building at Seat
tie, w. J.., was burned to the ground
Charles E. Broyles, register of the
land office at Del Norte, Colorado, has
resigned
An old man, a stranger, was knocked
down by the Sinta Monica, Cal
freight train and crushed to death.
Ho Yung, tho celestial smuggler
captured at Ran Francisco, was re
leased on $1,000 cash bail. He is not
expected to appear for trial.
Mrs. S. J. Evans ha-j been appointed
postmistress at Tualco, Snohomisl
county, Washington territory, in place
oi J. j. bmallmar., resigned.
a snooting all ray occurred near
Summit Lake, Cal., between A. M
Bentley and I. W. Hitchcock, farm
ers, which resulted m the death of the
latter.
The trial of Dr. L. A. Powell, at
Red mot) d City, Cal., who shot and
killed Ralph Smith, editor of tl
linws Gazelle, was begun in the Su
penor Court.
Bem.unin Anderson, aged 58. fel
dead in a saloon on Montgomery
street, aan Francisco. Deceased whs
a brother-in-law of Jim Keene, the
millionaire, but for several years past
nas not uvea with his wife.
The Kootenai Indians, near Helena
Montana, are in an ugly condition.
Ihey are threatening to avenge the
hanging of three of their number by
whites for murder. The governor bus
been called on for troops.
Tho will of Bertha Berton, late pro
prietress of a ban Francisco restau
r.uit, was filed for probate by her bus
band, Flavien Bortpn. Deceased left
an ostate valued at something
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Iwr mnlnrn mnnlimnrir ntwlnr itn tititv. I !
"J, " , ' ' . ' N. M. On the way to a hotel Mr.
vuiHUm,v,ii,U U. vnu.KU, .iiii,iiih MJoynoKiu lej, a piStOl Mil ITOU! a
engineer engaged by tho Chinese ' pocket of an overcoat ho had on his
near
bus
Government.
Thk theaters of London number
250 and they give employment to 15,
000 people There arc in tho United
States about -i,-100 play-houses giving
employment to an army. The sums
paid for amusements in this country
aggregate $1,000,000 a day, but man
agers complain that moat of this goes
to the railroads.
Thk city of Savannah, Ga., no
longer uses river water, a sufficient
supply being derived from artesian
wells. Thero are now fourteen of
these wells at tho water-works and
four moro are being bored. Thoy cost
about $1,000 apiece, and thoso now
running furnish 0,000,000 gallons of
wates daily. Probably Savannah is
tho only city in tho world thus sup
plied with water.
Mit. Keei.ky'h mysterious motor
will soon bo inspected under tho or
ders of tho Pennsylvania court. Ben
nett C. Wilson claims that in 1809,
Kooloy, who was then poor, assigned
him half of his invention. Ho has
asked tho court to appoint experts
who will bo sworn to secrecy, but who
will havo tho right to insist that tho
motor bo takon to pieces and tho
power revealed.
In tho French chambor and Senato
thero aro no less than eighteen difi'er
cnt cliques. Tho republicans aro di
vided into tho loft and the loft centor,
tho extremo loft and soino three or
four other smaller factions. Tho two
first represont tho conservatives or op
portunists. Tq them bolong Carnot,
Perry, Raynal, Rouvier, Riband, the
Jlcjmbllque thinmise and tho majority
of the senate. Tho extremo left is led
by Dr. Olomonceau on tho floor and
in tho tribuno or tho ohar.ibor'of depu
tes; in tho president chair of that
arm. X no hammer striking tho pave
ment, tho revolver was discharged, the
shot striking Mrs. Reynolds in the
heart, killing her instantly.
Forty farmers of Ashland and
) other Southern Kansas points organ-
I ized a Vigilanco Committee and made
a raid on a band of Indians. Four of
the band wore caught and strung up
to tlio nearest tree. INino moro were
chased into tho sand hills of tho Cher-
okco snip and aro now surrounded m
a dug-out. Thoy refuse to surrender,
and tho farmers propose to starve
them and hang then).
Miss M. Austin Jones, dropped dead
at Boston, Mass., of heart disease, at
tho Hotel Vendonie, during a recap
tion which sho was giving. She had
$90,000, which she leaves to her
band and two children.
James Madden, a lad 18 years of
age, was killed aboard the schooner
Wigo, at San Francises. When near
the top of the mainmast the youthful
sailor lost his hold and fell to the hard
deck many feet bulow, crushing his
hKiill and causing instant death.
John Cook, a brakeman of the
Southern Pacific Railway Company,
was lound on tlio track unconscious.
badly bruised and cut, near Delta, Cal.
no enner leu irom tno lop oi a car or
was thrown oil' by tramps who were
stealing a ride on tho blind baggage.
John Harkins, a teamster, met with
a fatal accident at San Francisco. He
was driving an empty coal cart across
a small bridge, when a heavy truck
ladon with iron appionched in the op
posite direction. Tho two vehicles
collided, Harkins was thrown frwm his
been callod upon for a song, and gave seat, and a wheel of the truck passed
a soioction, a repetition oi wnicli was
requested. In response sho sang one
stanza of anothor song, but in tho
middle of tho second verso sank to
tho fioor and expired almost inuned
iatoly.
A passenger train on the Erie rail
road, which loft Bradford, Pa., collided
with a froight train at a point six
miles below tho city. Tlio many cars
of which tho freight train was com
posed, together with two engines, were
piled up in a shapeless mass. Tho en
gmeors and firemen of both trains
saved their lives by jumping, but the
passenger engineer was eovorely,
though not fatally injured. None of
the passongors sustained fatal injuries,
Tho State Normal school at Torre
Haute, Ind., was burned completelv
except I ho walls. Eight hundred
pupils wero in the building when the
fire broko out, all of whom escaped
without a scratch. They lost, how
ovor, most of their books and wraps
In pursuance of the policy of tho
btato thero was no insurance on tho
structure. Its cost was $189,000, of
which tho city of Torro Hauto gave
ou,uuu, in addition to tho grounds.
An explosion in a mino threo miles
from Corrilos, N. M., occurred. Tho
shifts in tho mino wore about chang
ing, tho night shift just emerging from
tho mine. It Booms two of tho night
sunt lagged bolund, lor what reason
cannot bo ascertained. Instantly an
explosion of gunpowder was heard,
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"'i vealed tho faet that tho iwn -k
body by M. Floquet,
so J.ookroy, Goblet, Nebaud, Froyoinot. j lagged behind wero caught by tho ox-
uno present premier, Floquet, is in tho j pic-sum and blown into fragments,
very first rank of French statesmen, , 0,10 (f Ul 11,011 18 Hed John Cog-
,m,l 1.H fnr.n.wl tlm nn.l l.1..Ht ! 1,U1- Tll Wtl,0r " UllkllOWIl.
iBtry that Franco has had since tho
German armies left her soil. Froy
cinet is a civil engineer by profession,
and Goblet is a manufacturer.
About
over Ins head, bursting his skull and
causing instant death.
Tho pavilion where the first citrus
fair was hold was burned to the
ground at Riverside, Cal. ; also tho
bnck block adjoining, containing
Wells, Fargo it Co.'s express ollics.
The loss on tho pavilion is $5,000
insurance $3,000. On Wells, Fargo &
Co. block, estimated $10,000, and the
insurance nearly covers tho loss. The
firo was caused by the explosion of
lamp in lighting up the pavilion.
A tragedy took place, at Twin
Bridge, Montana. The victim, a man
named Day, who kept a saloon there
was found dead near h.s place. The
murderer, after killing Day, poured
quantity of coal oil oer tho body and
sot firo to it. When discovered it was
burned to an unrecognizable crisp,
une i.lino is under arrest on suspic
ion
When tho announcement was mado
at San Francisco that ono Dr. ltenio
had attempted to kidnap Florence
Blythe, heir to tho millions of tho
Blytho estate, not much was thought
of tho circumstance, as Rente is con
sidored a half-witted individual. Miss
Blytho's grandfather, J. O. Perry.
claims now, howevor, to havo secured
evidence that tho boy who entered in
to tho plot uiuler the lnllucnco of
Reme, was offered $10,000 if Florence
could bo cairtured.
1 ho town of Boca, Cal., is on tho
verge of a riot. Tho diiliculty origi
nated between tho admirers of two
women. The factions finally formed.
and tho town is now divided into two
classes employes of tho brewery and
lumbermen. Win. Beck, a brewer,
was shot, but it is thought ho will re-
Beck's fnends caught his sup
Legislation Pertaining to the Interest
of the Pacific Coast
tho 'lenuessco tunnel, near Cumber-
I land Gap, struck for $1 50 per day.
j This tho contractors refused, and the
strikers posted notices throughout tho
j surrounding country warning all that
ii any one woni to woik in tlio tun
nel at reduced prices they might ox-
limit In lw nlinl il.m'n 'PI, u ........
attempt at ascension was a failure, but tors secured men and put them to
tho second ono was a Bticcess, and tho woik. Tho strikers, who had been
air-ship soon reached a bight of 1,000 drinking heavily, appeared on tho
feet. At this elevation tho balonn s toon as tho men took
i ..
1-nui-KNsuii iiuuAN leaped lioni a
balloon at Jackson, Mich. Tho first ;
Boomed to stand still, and by tho aid
of ghiBsos Hogan could bo soon edg
ing over tho bUIo of tho car. Suddenly
a cry wont up, "He's jumped," and the j
crowd craned their necks to seo tho
man dash himself to pieces. The par-1
achuto failed to work at first, and tho
cover
iw laoorers, employed on pjseu assailant in a oar-room, run a
general row took place, many being
badly out and injured. Tho brewery
men sent word over that they intended
to take tho town.
A tramp mado an attack on Mrs. H.
M. Giddings, at Seattle, W. T. Ho
struck at her little girl but nmsed her.
Ho then aimed a murderous blow i t
Mrs. G. with tho rifle, but missed and
tho weapon, striking tho irround. was
broken. Ho renewed tho attack, when
tho mother called upon her boy Paul
to bring a nilo from tho houso and
shoot tho man. Tho little fellow did
this and as tho ruHiah was about tore-
sumo tho attack on Mrs. G. tho bov
fired, sending a ball tlyough the man's
leg at the knee. Tlio man died from
loss of blood.
thoir places, oiened firo on thorn with
rules, Bhot guns and revolvers. Fivo
laborers, whoso names aro not ascer
tallied, wero killed outright.
At Centerville, Ga., thirteen persons
wore iHiisoned, two ol whom died.
Nathan M. Cochran, who owns a corn
mill about threo hundred yards from
Ins house, had taken some corn
.i
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UB6 . u,., .mWI,11k io to grind, leaving it in tho mill over
earth with lightning speed. A mo-'night, and vriuding it tho next day.
niont later, howover, tho umbrella-1 The meal wb taken homo and some
Bhupod life-preservor opened ita wings i of.,t Wft8 uml for dinner. In a few
and Hogau'a rapid descent waslS ?wlran was deathly sick.
, , , ... . . I shortly afterward his two graudchil-
checked. Irom that point ho dropped i dren wero stricken. In tho meantime
ulowly and readied tho oarth safely in ' Airs. GiddU, Mr. Cochran's stop
four minutes at a point about ono and ' Juolhor, who had used somo of the
ono-hulf milcB from tio 'city. Tho . T"U ,,,0.'!.V Wa,8 th.row,l lt0 , convul;
loro his parachute opened properly, j all who weroaulfering from poison. ,
MKXATU.
The nomination of Consul-Genera
ivainoono whs uiscusseu in secret ses
sion nearly two hours ami the point
ot action was reached. A test vote
showed an overwhelming majority in
favor.
benator Jones's bill paying the
State of Nevada $11,810 for the
equipping of volunteers during the
lato war has been favorably considered
by the senate commute on claims.
benator otewart presented to the
senate a petition from the board of
trade of Boise City, I. T., praying for
the passago of a bill for the issuance
of silver certificates, which shall circu
late as money.
Senator Sherman, from the com
mittee on foreign relations, reported
a resolution as an amendment to one
offered by Stewart, renuestintr tho
president (in view of the difficulties
and embarrassments which have at
tonded the immigration of Chinese
laborers, under the limitation of treat
ies with China) to negotiate a treatv
with tho emperor of China containing
a provision that no Chinese laborers
shall enter the Ulnted States.
benator Dolpb has reported his bill
to the senate autliorizimr the secretary
of war to purchase the necessary land
at the mouth of tho Columbia and
laquina bay for tho improvement of
these two waterways. It is proposed
to construct a railroad some twelve
miles in length, at the mouth of the
Columbia, and bring material from a
quarry to the point where the mi
pruvemeni oi ine mouth ot the river
is being carried on.
A joint resolution remiestint: the
president to open negotiations with the
government of Great Britain and the
Dominion of Canada, for tho purpose
oi navmg the Welland canal mado
free to merchant ships of the United
States, and also for the construction
and opening of a free ship canal from
the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, at the joint expense of both
nations. Tho president is also re
quested to enter upon negotiations
with the proper authorities to tecure
to American vessels freedom of the
proposed canal to unite the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, and also to take
similar steps to obtain an American
merchantile service.
Senator Stewart appeared before the
senato committee on military all tirs.
and presented the claim of the State
Nevada for money paid by that
state during tho civil war for enroll
ment, pay, and transportation of
roops. The state paid $119,S0O dui-
ng the war for this purpose, which it
borrowed, and upon which sum it has
already paid $229,897 interest. Tho
state now asks that this turn bo re
turned to it. At tho time tho expense
was incurred an officer of tho covern-
ment promised that tho state should
be paid for all money expended in the
equipment, pay and transportation of
troops omploycd to defend the over
land stage line, and other purposes.
Everything of General Interest
Condensed Form.
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Roseburg has finished a $20,000
school building.
The president has appointed Daniel
W. Butler, of Wasco, lo be Indian
agent at the Warm Springs agency.
There are 488 patients in the Salem
asylum, the largest number evir in
carcerated there.
During a wind storm the roof on
tho large warehouse at Coburg, was
nearly an blown away.
The school house ou the west fork
of Birch creek caught fire and burned
to the ground.
J?ruit trees never bloomed heavier
tlnn this year, says a Eugene City
paper.
During the past month it is esti
mated that about $45,C00 worth of
real estate has changed hands in the
vicinity of Corvallis.
Hiram Smith, a prominent citizen
of Harrisburg, died of neuralgia of
the heart, after an illness of two
months.
A small barn belonging to the Curl
estate, in East Salem, was burned.
The origin was probably incendiary ;
loss, $100.
A young man named John Henrv.
while fooling with a pistol at Albany.
accidentally shot himself through the
hand.
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At bantu Barbara, Cal., tho Fruit
Growers of California havo adopted a
resolution petitioning Congrofs to aj
propriato not less than $50,000 to bo
used by the dopartmentof agriculture
for tho purpose of sending oxperls to
thoso counties where the fruit pests
are known to havo originated to dis
cover, if possible, their natural enem
ies, tho parasites, and introduce them
into this country, aUo that tho depart
ment of agriculture bo authorized to
make actual experiments hero in tlm
liuld, and, if possible, to ovuroomo
these injurious insects.
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Fancy roll, p lb
Oregon
Inferior grade
Pickled
California roll
do pickled
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Eastern, full cream
Oregon, do
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Dkiku Fuoits
Apples, qrs. sks and bxs...
do California
Apricots, new crop
Peaches. uiiDeeleu. new . . .
jPeain, machine dried
Pitted clierrien
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Figs, Cal., In bgs anil bxs..
Cal. Prunes. French
Oregon prunes
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Barley, whole, ctl
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do feed. good toclioico.old
live. S 100 lbs
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Bran. If ton in mi 017 m
Shorts, f ton 18 00 10 00
Hay. t' ton. baled to IK m
Clion. ton M on a- im
Oil cake meal li ton 32 00 (33 0C
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V&llav Oroaon, Ho
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State at
Salem of the Oregon Spiritualist So
ciety of Portland, in the sum of $200.
Young Nesbit, accomplice of John
Booth in the telegraph office burglary,
was brought down to Salem from
Eugene, examined and bound over in
$250 bonds.
The residence of Ike Herron, en
gineer on the O. S. L. at Huntington,
was totally destroyed by fire. The fire
was discovered in time to save Mr.
Herron's boy from a horrible death.
Charles Walton, of Lebanon, need
17 years, while handling a box of now-
dor, accidentally ignited it with a
match. The explosion burnt the
young man severely about the hands
and face, but it is thought not fatally.
The water works question was sub
mitted to a vote of the people of Mil
ton, and carried by an overwhelming
majority. A good, substantial plant,
for tiro protection and domestic use,
will be put in immediately.
Two boys named Caldwell, aced 17
and 14 years, who live in tho Gold 1
lull district, were arrested recently for
threatening the life of Max Jacoby of
that place. Thov have benn mroA
n the county itiil. their cases now lin
ing before tiie grand jury.
llescue Hook and Ladder Conuunv
of Albany, filed articles of incorpora
tion with the Secretary of 3tat. Tlm
ncorporators are W. F. Read, nresi-
dent, E. L. Power, secretary, and H.
F. Merrill, financial secretary. Tkt
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vaiue oi uio property is $1500.
C. Storm, met with a very severe
accident while working on a farm at
Coos Bay. It seems ho was using a
crowbar, and that a large rock fell on
tho end of the bar, caueinu it to flv
up, and striking him a heavy blow on
tho jaw, cutting a large gash and
loosening some of his teeth.
Owing to the difficulty in locating
the site for the new school house at
1 Brownsville, the motion granting the
uneciors power to borrow $5,000 h.ts
been reconsidered, and no provision is
now made for building a new house
this summer.
Jams Andrews, boatswain of the
British ship Stockbridge, died on
board that vessel. He had been sick
a short time and under tho doctor's
hands, and while the ship was being
moved aeioss to Albino, he attempted
to CO 111) Ollt nf tho f.irorxiufl.. !... f.,11
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back and died' in a few minute ir,. beefy family, while motlmrlmnd Uo
was a native of Devon. England. .n-(l i broadest and most complete senso. i
49 years. ' the predominant trait of tho d,,,w
Tho big barge which Wibnrn- ,c-1 cow.
bixty million pounds
Hon- to Feed IIork.
Construct your troughs for feeding
hogs, so that each hog cannot appro
priate more than a foot to himself.
Have divisions by means of small
fenced yards 60 arranged that at least
three sizes of pigs can lip under and
be divided into three grades and each,
have a trough to eat from. Now, by
pouring tho swill into the troughs for
the small pigs they will crowd into
their pens first and out of the way of
the older ones, safe, eating. Then,
take the second grade, and they will
all be on an equality and out of the
way of Hie still larger ones. In this
manner a feeder can regulate the feed
and grade his hogs in eating, and
manage a large number and have each
get a proper share of food, and nob
get hurt. Do not undertake to raiso
yom hogs on grass alone. They need
at least one ear of corn per day to give
them heat, and to neutralize the acid
arising from eating the grass. A full
supply of ashes and salt should be
kept in reach all the time. Charcoal
is a great neutralizer of acids. Burnt
cobs are good. Remember that clover
is full of acid, and a tour stomach
soon leads to disease. "An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure"
in this case.
The successful practice of ensilage
during the past few years will no doubt
lead to its still further extension-. Its
economy of labor and material are
such as to recommend it to every
farmer who has horned stock to feed
during tho winter. But we have nob
as yet nearly exhausted the possibil
ities of this practice. English farm
ers have gone further than we have in
its application. They have got so far
as to do without a silo, and preserve
the fodder in sacks covered with a
light roof, and either weighted down
or drawn down by means of chains
and screw bolts so as to compress tho
mass alter it has heated sufficiently r
to prevent injurious fermentation and
acidity. Another very useful modifi
cation of the practice is to mix the
cut fodder with dry straw, cut fine,
and leave the mass to ferment, by
which the straw absorbs some of the
aroma of the fodder and becomes
softened and more digestible. This,
however, is not a new discovery, as it
was first used by Dr. Voelcker "several
years ago, and described by him in an
article published in the Journal of the
Boyal Agricultural Society of Eng
land long before ensilago was first
used in America or in England.
Reliable stockmen of Ada County,
Idaho, say that glanders has appeared
among their horses.
The number of hogs packed in tho
Western markets from November 1 to
January 25, is as follows: At Chicago,
l.:i25,000 animals; Kansas Citv. 590,
000; St. Liuis, 295,000; Indianapolis,
2SG.000; Cincinnati, 2S1.000; Milwau
kee, 104,000.
An Arkansas farmer writes that l:iFt
year, when coons mado havoc in his
corn field, he went to tho drug store
to buy striychnine with which to kill
them. By mistake the drucfiot. rva
him morphine, and the next morning
he found his field full of sleeping
coons.
A single diseased animal may entail
a loss in a community amounting to
thousands of dollars. It cost Missouri
$1,000,000 and ten months' time to
stamp out pleuro-pneumoii''a, white
the lots to the cittle men of Kentucky
has reached $2,000,000.
The truly beef cow is a small and
brief milker, often failing to give sup
port to her calf, and the ultimatum is
reached when the beef typo actually
undermines the function of mother
hood promises the obliteration of a
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Miss Ciluinbla Mas tlio first girl
to g.t a Now Jorsoy. Pittsburgh
Lfirontcie Telearaph.
Thoro Is no bottor euro for dys
pepsin than tho knowledge that thoro
Is nothing to oat in tlio house, tioston
Courier.
Peoplo often exenso thoir own want
of philanthropy by slvln; tho namo ol
fanaticism to tho mora ardent zoal of
other.
Iticlios are not happiness, by any
niuiiuv Tuo moneyed man Is apt to
havo a loiiosouii timo of ItDuluth
J'ltraariMcr.
barge which Wibcrc .C-.
Johnson leased from the O. R. it N.
company sprung a leak at Fort Stev
ens, and listed over far enough to
slide her cargo of 500 tons of stono
iuto the restless sea. The stono also
carried along tho hog chains, posls,
anchors, lines and everything else that
was loose. Alter getting rid of the
load sho straightened up and quit
leaking.
A couplo of tramps broko into the
residence of Mr. Maxwell, who resides
near Irving, Lane county, and took
about $40 worth of clothing, etc. It
seems Maxwell and his wife wero out
of tho house at tho time, but near by,
and Mrs. Maxwell found tli6m in there
and gave the alarm. Mr. Maxwell
toot after them and succeeded in cap
turing one of them at the time ami
was lodged in jail.
Tho Chinese pheasants which worn
introduced into tho Willametto vallov
a few years ago, havo already become
so numerous that they can be seen
from tho paseing trains in larco num.
bers. Although still protected by law,
their slaughter has commenced. The
fact fhfct they stay in tho open fields
all tho time, and cannot bo driven in
to tho biush, would make them es
pecially adapted to this country.
Governor Pennoyer has mado tho
following appointments : Notaries
public Donald McLeod, Portland ; F.
O. Buckinan, Pendleton ; J. M. Kin-
nng, iieoo, i uiamoolc county ; J. E.
Kirkland, Miltun ; S. R. Train, Al
bany; John A, Guyer, Pendleton;
James Thompson, Cherry Creek,
Grant county; G. Rosenblatt. Port
land ; W. S. Myors, The Dalles ; S. B.
Eakin, Jr., Eugeno Citv; James P.
Austin, Seaside; H. T. Bingham.
Portland; W. b Hullbrd. Nownnrt
Leslie Powell, Orosoent : A. A. Urn n.
hart, Rufus, Wasco county.
of nrunos
uere imported into I he United States
last year, but California is growing
this crop moro largely every year, and
it is only a matter of timo when the
foreign product will bo run out of our
markets by home grOWIl tirrulnntLi
Tho California prune is said to bo su
perior to the foreign, and sells at bet
ter prices.
Common pine tar is excellent for
colds in poultry. Put a tablespoonfut
of tar m a quart bottle, add twenty
drops of carbolic acid and one tea
spoonful of crude petroleum. Then
add hot water and shako well before
using, giving a teaspoonful of tho tar
water to any fowl that mav havo
hoarse breathing or that seems debili
tated from colds. It may bo kept con
stantly on hand, anil is a very cheap
and excellent mixture.
.Of1U.,o, 'A)3000bl,s,iels of peanuts
raised in 18SG, worth about $3,000,000.
Virginia raised 2,500,000 bushels
five-sevenths in half a dozen counties
. u.o souuieastern portion of tho
btate. J. . Johnson of Richmond,
claims that for fodder the vines aro
nearly equal to clover hy. Hogs will
fatten on nuts left in tho ground.
1 eanuts aro raised on land which will
not grow corn, tobacco, or wheat
profitably.
A poor horse eats us much as good
one ; scrub cattle as much as grades
or thoroughbreds ; mongrel poultry as
much as grades or pure breeds. Tbon
why keep inferior stock? If this ho
sound reasoning in regard to animals,
why may not tho same reasoning be
applied to trees and shrubs? The
rare and beautiful forms of evergreen
and deciduous treos tako up no more
paco and cost no more to grow than