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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1888)
Oregon 'nn i '4 The Oregon Scout. An Independent wi-eU'y Journal, issued ev ery Pi May lnot'uiliK bv JOICES & OIIANCEY, Publishers and I'roiriotors. A. K. .Tonus, I Editor. )" 1). Cuaxcuv, oi rman. ItATIM CM' BUJJSCitlVTION: One eopv, one ve.ir $l.f)0 " Mx month-. .... .. 1.00 " Three inontos 75 liivnjttlily Ctts'i In Atlvancc. If ' clmnrr st'lurription an- not iid till tntl uf year, tivti dollar will be churyctl. Uatc.i of advertising made known on ap plication. Correspondence from all parts of the country solicited. Adre-s all comiiiun'.ontlonato theOnanox Scout, Union Oregon. l'KOI'KSSlOMAL. it. Kkix, J. A. Kaki.v. Notary Public. J EAK1N , Ss BROTHER , Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JSfPrompt Attention Paid to Colln.cl.ons. JOHN It. CJUTES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Ollice, two doors south of post-olllee. Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, D. , Physicsan and Surgeon. Ofliec. one door sontlt of .1. .15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. 11. DAY, M. D., IIOMKPATTIIC Physician anil Surgeon. ALL CALLS IMlOMrTI.Y ATTENDED TO, Olljcc adjoining .Jones Pro's store. Can be found nigiiti. at residence in South west I'liion. .J. W. Siiki.ton. J. M- Carkoli- gHKLTON .t CAItKOLU Attorneys at Law. Ofliee : Two door? south of post-olliee, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention Riven nil business en-tru-ited to us. T. II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. OtUcc, one door south of Centennial ho tel. g F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstract to Ileal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Ollice next door south of l'ost-oillec. Un ion, Orcjjon. A. L. SAYLOE, M. I)., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. lias ncrmanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Ollice: Drug store building; residence, one door wet of Rodger' hotel. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La Graiulo, Oregon. "Will visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm. Wilson, Pnoi The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS MILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be sociable Shannon Marshall, T1IK Practical Horse Trainer, Will always bo found at IJoothe it Camp bell's livery 'stable. Take your vicioun horses to him and ho will break thcpi. Cliurgos rcnsonubl.). Ste Line to Gore VOL Leave Union dilyut 2 p.m. arrives at Cove at 3:80 p. lit. l.euve Cove t 8 o. in , arrives at Union at 0:30 u. in. Connection wad with Elliott's cosche. running to U' dapot, curving psor for east and bound trains. UATIM for l',S6H.NTHItSj , I.tJOOACi: uua rmnftiiT, KK.VlSONAJILlJ. R0BIK60N it I.AYKK, Proprietors. Written for the Scoter. I 7:n;r.tfri. t:: 2:i:aim'.v and XI 'Tiv.ii bright sunny dcy,;l remember Not u vi,;d we-; at huge o'er the leu ; Not a bird broke the silence that greeted The maiden, the meadow, and me. Sweet iliniv! Calm silence! The silvery stl'li'cs of J.o. o? , Pond visions! Fair vision! That liutierlikc anthems above! The blue-tails', so modest', were bending;' The gravs waved away like a sea; How fair was the beauty that clustered 'Hound maiden, and meadow, and me. The blue sky ! ller blue eyes I Her face (lushing red as the rose; The bright glance "1 ldv ethee," And pleasure that no limit knows. The meadow is bare, and the birds down; O'er a mound weeps the low willow tree! 'Tisthe old place again but how lonely 1 How sad seems the meadow and me! How lonely I The maid sleeps In silence where happiness reigned; I'm dreamily! 1 see her! My rye-lids with tear-drops are stained. H. V. HunMAN. Tlio Coming I'lii-nniuenoii. On .lamiary 1st the people of n por tion of the Pacific coast will bo treated to n grand spectacular play to the ac companient of tho music of the spheres. On that day there will be a total eclipse of the sun by the moon, a sight which has been witnessed by only a small number and there are many astrono mers who have never seen one. Tho path of the total eclipse strikes the con tinent a little north of San Franeisco and turning northward crosses Nevada Idaho and Montana and ends up far in Canada. While only the observers along this line will see the sun totally eclipse and in the middle of tho day bo in darkness, a partial eclipse will be seen all over tho United States, llero in Portland we are so near the line of totality that it will be almost a total eclipse. An astronomer says in speaking of tho eclipse in January : "An eclipse of tho sun is always in the highest de gree interesting, because there is hard ly any phenomen of the heavens at once so startling' so beautiful and so awc-inspiiing. Millions haveseen par tial eclipses, but in order to see total eclipse you must be somewhere along a line only a few miles w:de, from which the moon, at the moment it comes between the sun and the earth, will be exactly in lino between the eye of the observer and the center of the of the sun. Then the moon for a few minutes will completely cover the sun, shutting off its light and heat so effect ually that the chickens go to roost, and the observers frequently shiver with the sudden lowering of tho temperature of tho air. Then, too, with startling suddenness, those great and mysterious banners of tho sun, that astronomers call the corona, are seen displayed in tho sky afrotind the hidden orb, like vast' streamers and enormous spread ing beams of nebulous light. Occasion ally with the naked eye, and always with the telescope, fiery red masses like huge tongues of flame maybe seen projecting beyond tho olack edge of tho moon at various points around the border of tho bidden sun. There is no greater mystery in the visible universe, perhaps, than tho coronal streamers appearing around the sun when it is totally eclipsed. Of course these strange phenomena are there all the time, but owing to the clTcct of the glare of sunlight in the earth's atmos phere, they are invinsiblo to us ex cept during tho very few minutes that the blazing faco of tho sun remains hidden by the opaque body of tho moon." News. A Suiiuil Opinion. K, Ilaln bridge Mundny Km, County Atty Clay Co., Tex., says; '-IIuvo utfed Electric Hitters with most happy results. My broth er also wits very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied Electric Hit ters saved his life." Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky,, adds a little testimony, saying; He posi tively believes he would lime died, lind it not been for Kleetric Hitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malarial Discuses, and for all Klkncy, Liver and Stomach Disorders it stands unequaled. Price ."0c. and $1. at Wright's drug store. Union, Oregon. Farmers and others in buying farm implements, wagons, etc., will invaria bly find it to their advantage to let traveling agents alone and buy of well known and reliable Arms. Those who purchase of Frank Hros.' Implement Co., of Island City, will bo Miro of get ting just what they buy, and may count on fuir dealing every time, Thoir price are fixed to suit the limes und they always have on hunda extras for goodd tlicy tell. 3 UNION, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, z ISLANDCITY. o Pleasant Social Events of the Past Week. SALE OF FAltM LANDS. When,! Stolon I'rom u Farmer" f.rnncry T)u Suspoptcil Thiol Arrcsleit. . December -Ith, 1SSS. The new brewery is ncaring com pletion. Fred Holmes is in Portland on busi ness. Mr. R. C. Wade, of Portland, was in the city this week, looking after the iuterests of Knapp Ilurrell & Co. Thanksgiving parties were t'iven bv Mrs. E. O. Henry and Mrs. Hen Hall- ev. Mr. James Fuller has rented for the ensuing year Mr. Dave IJnchunun's farm. Miss Mattic MeCall will give a birth day party next Wednesday evening for the amusement of her friends. Mr. Gaskell has rented .Tames Me Coy,s farm near Island City. Mr. McCoy will niove to Portland. The literary and debating society at Russell school house has been reor ganized and is running in good shape. The Catholics of Island City will give a musical entertainment on the 27th of December at Glover's hall, La Grande. Died. On the 2(5th of Nov., Earl Pratt, aged'One month and three days, only child of Walter S. and Letta A. Pratt. The butcher shop of Caviness it Sterling has been moved from tho old stand to a neat apartment one door north of the drug store. On the 2Jth of November many per sons around La Grande were thankful that good turkeys could be bought for 2 cents a piece. Last week C. W. Hamilton bought 1G0 acres of ladd situated on the hill north of the Cove, the place once owned by the Rev. L. J. Boothe. The north Cove was illuminated by (ptite a conflagration about 10 o'clock p. m. on Dec. 1st. As near as inter ested spectators on the Sand-ridge could tell it was the house occupied by Wesley Duncan on tho old Ren Kendall place. A. J. Hughes, John Rlochland and Oliver Shafcr have lately bought them selves farms on the Sand-ridge, in the central part of tho valley, from .ludge Licbenthalcr. Mr. Hughes has sold his old home place to Joe Grinunolt. When Mr. John Smith visited his granary on the Wyatt place last Wed nesday, he found that some one had been preparing themselves for the pre dicted hard winter, and that his loss of quite a number of sacks of wheat was their temporary gain. Tho wagon containing the ill-gotten wealth had always tried to follow tho straight and narrow track. t After being loaded it felt so mortified over the part it had to play that it hung itself on the gate post. Tho thieves succeeded in dis loading the wagon, but not tHl its spine was so badly ail'ected that the hind wheels wandered around reck lessly. A committco of citizens kooing tho queer looking wagon track and feeling curious to know what wius at the other end of it, gavo pursuit. Their investigation was 'followed by the arrest of Henry Wright and a longing desiro to interview a young fellow named Allen. Wright had a preliminary trial at Island City before Justice Jones and was bound over to appear before tho grand jury in the sum of $:()0. "Luna Tick." WASHINGTON I.KTTHK. Political Newt and Huclety Ooislp from our Itegular Correspondent. Washington, Nov. 21th. 1888. PiniTOit OitECiON Scout. These Western people who arc ma king up Cabinet slates with both Alger and Sherman in the star cast are inn ing errors, if Washington politicians arc to ho belcivcd. They tell strange stories of tho death of Sherman's can didacy at Chicago, being no less than allegations that Alger bought a score of Sherman delegates. If this bo truo it is not to be wondered at that Sherman dislikes Alger with all tho intense ha tred of which his slow, cold blood is ca pable. Tho ambitious Michigan ex Govcnor would bo at best an oye-soro in the Cabinet, so far as Mr. Sherman is concerned, but to be asked to go into the Cabinet with him well, no, Sena tor Sherman would most respectfully decline. And I would humbly warn Mr. Alger logo politically armed against this enemy. Even then I am afraid Mr. Alger would get tho worst of tho battle. Secretary and Mrs. Whitney urn k'aid to have finally induced the Piesidont to settle in New York at tho cloo of hi term. Tho grout burjnnte intercuts o'f Mr Whitney would offur a lawyer viXTsm - . n rrxriTinr?i?r?ja.Ts cuts 3 some pietly fat retainers, to which Mr. Cleveland as a butine man could not be averse. And (lien Mrs Cleveland .would enter the biilliunt inner circle of the -100 of which the Whitneys are supreme lights. If the alliance is per fected, the Whitneys and Clevelnnds will journey to the Paris Imposition to gether next July. Levi P. Morton's mamoth eight story apartment bouse is approaching com pletion, but the story that 0 will re serve the first story for his family seems absorb. Mr Morton's great wealth will seek other quarters, as his family will be the most prominent in the society of the coming administration. When Mr Morton was here as a rcurescntntive he lived in tho old Hopper mansion, which is remembered for the brilliant entertainments there given. His new position and added wealth, together with tho fact that one of his daughters will bo debutant in the first season, will, it is to be supposed, bring forth the Morton milliona in somo lavish so ciety events. General Harrison is making a wise move as to his family's religious affairs The church of the eonvaht on Connec ticut avenue, as soon as erection was over, sent him a request to take a pew in that church. Ho replied that he would do so, but added that he would not confine his attendance to ono con gregation, but would tent the pews in three or four Presbyterian churches, and thus avoid unseemly rush and in flux of strangers that always c :aracter ize the particular church which a Pres ident attends exclusively It is a cry ing repproach to the good name of the average American, that Mr. Harrison should see such a necessity for avoid ing euiious crowds. Rut anyone-' who bus seen Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland star ed out of countenance by a well dress ed but unmannerly throng, whenever they dared to attend church, will rec ognize t ho wisdom of Mr. Ifurrison's plans. An animated strife goes on among army officers who aspiro to staff poi tions, and it was increased this week bv the rumor that Colonel Dan La- niont would succeed Gen. Swain as Judge Advocate-Gen. of the army. Tho proposition seemed plausable un til denied by Daniel. 'Ho says that ho has had enough of official life and can do hotter outside. Still tho position of Judge Advocate (Jen. alluded to is a pleasant- one, and the candidate does not have to know anything about law. It is such a tempting position that Gen. Swain harrassed President Gar field by every known moans until ho got it. Just now Swain in undergoing a deserved retirement of twelve years, inflicted by court martial, tho sentence of which, however, unfortunately car ried with it big piy during suspension. Svaiu was probably tho most incom petent and rccklos appointee given place by President Garfied. 1 do not beleivo that Garfield over knew, inti mate as he was with him, whata poor excuse for a man Swain is. His defic iency developed more fully after the Presidents doath. Lord Sackville's household goods, from the pots and pans to the bric-a-brac, passed under the auctioneer's hammer this week. A pushing curi ous throng attended. Many Angioma niacs wero present, and anything that looked .particularly English brought fancy prices. Even a harness, that was marked in every available pluco with the Sackvllu crest, brought about $90. J. II. 0. Kleetric lllllois. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special men tion, All who have used Kleetric Hitters sing tho siiine song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it Is guaran teed to doall that U cluimed. Kleetric Hit ters will cure all diseases of the Liver mid Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Holls, Hslt Ithnuiu and other affections caused by Im pure blood. Will drive Muluriu from the system and prevent as well au cure ull Mu lurial fevers. For euro of Ilomlarhe, Con stipation and Iudigcotiou try Rleetrlo Hit ters Kutiro satUfuctlou KiinKunteed, or money refunded, Price AOuU. uiidfl.OOper bottle at Wright's drtiir store. Union. Or. Dim I Jixpmlineiit. You cuniiot afford to wln time in expe rimenting when your lumpi are hi danger. Consumption ulways seems at llrl, only a cold . Do not penult any denier to Impose upon you with Mime cheap imitation of Dr. King's Kew Discovery lor Consumption, Congo imiiI Colds, but be sure you tt the genuine. Hecuiuu liecsn iiiski- mn jrIH he nmy tell you lie has something j,t good, or just lh ssiue. Don't be iie- Ived, hut Inslit upon gtniiiii Dr. King s N Dis covery. wliiaJi is gouramet-d to rnJn.f III iiPTLrOit ujid Lunfuad ClimtnnVitiofiB, Triel T;ttli i i'- t Wifjlif 'Vu, stoic 1888, Tire por Residence of Wesley Duncan Destroyed by fire. WE E K'M i I A P I 'EX I Xf J S. Tii Hie SamlwU'li Islands Tunr Through Hurtpi' elnl N'oti'o. December (5th, 1S8.S. K. P. MeDaniel went to Raker City, Wednesday, on a short business trip. Mr. Edward Holmes is clerking in the Isl.md'City drug drug store, F. J. Holmes being alvsent in Portland. -f, Miss Nettie Cochran started for Cieur d' Alene, Wednesday, where she expects to pass the winter with rela tives. Lee WiUon and Chas. Kelsoy went ! to Sanger this week. They expect to j secure work in tho mines and remain l during the winter. ! m.. ,wi x.... v , ...:n '.I. lll 1.1 I C f HHl.ll ,tlll I 11 111 Ull II invited guests at their home this even ing from 7 to 11 o'clock, the day being the anniversary of their wedding. Mr. E. J. Cameron, a resident of lower Cove, died, after an illness of two weeks, of lung troubles, Friday of last week. He. left a wife and child to mourn his untimely taking off. Mrs. Dor.i Noreen ucr Camp, of Cal ifornia, accompanied by her husband, will start on a four year's tour in a few days. They will visit New York, Lon don, Africa and Australia before re turning. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Warfel, formerly of Leighton Academy, have left Cali fornia and gone to the Sandwich Is lands where they have accepted gov ernment positions as educational instructors at good salaries. It is currently reported in Oovo that a prominent citizen of Union witnessed the great Chinese battle in Portland recently, and that ho was the individ ual win) held with each hand a celes tial in fiont of him as a shield against tho flying bullets. iluito a number participated in the turkey shoot last Saturday. Part of tho shooting was at the fowls' beads, forty yards ulf bund, but the mortality I among the birds was so great that this was soon discontinued. .Peter Goyotto, the crack ..hot, was down from High valley and cairied otf a lino turkey. Some uiid he won it with a silver bullet, Ffty conp.ea were in attendance at tho Thanksgiving ball given by the band last week, and everything passed off as merry ns a marriage bell. Among thoM) present wero Mr. A. N. Hamilton and wife, .Mr. Miildlelou, Mr. dins. Duncan and several others from abroad. The niembern of the band tender their sincere (hunks to the many friends who so materially trssistod in making tho affair a success. Untold riches await me when I shall have introduced my new invention. Patent, applied for. Prof. S. Such a supper and music! It was- disgrace ful! .Miss M. Wo wri'M second choice, any way. B. boys. I am searching for some one to inform mo if the re port of my approaching nuptiali is a true one. J. K. Did yon hcm mo clip the turkey's head oil'? W. M. And did you see me squander a dgllar by shooting ono through the body? Lti. Something must happen ere I make another past dusk call on a lady friend. Either it must be a moonlight night, or tho) mud holes, largo enough to diown a man, must dry up. A. C. Wesley Duncan's dwelling house in lower Oovo was totally destroyed by firo last Saturday night. Tho causo of the lire was a defective flue, although there had been no tiro in the stovo Hneo three o'cloek in tho afternoon. About eleven (he game night tho fami ly was aroused by the roaring of the flames and barely time was left to snatch a few effects convenient at hand and escape. Not over flvo min utes elapsed till the roof fell in and all was a smouldering lot of ruins. For tunately a sum of money had been removed from the houso tho day before. Mr. D. felt badly in particular at the loss of his faithful dog. Tho canine could not be rescued and tho plaintive howls of the poor fellow, as ho was be ing burnt to death, were sad to hear. A unall boy of a neighbor was wit nessing with wide open oyes tho eight novol to him. A large pistol which had been left loaded in the house be gan to discharge and tho youth, evi dently wanting to be on the mifo tide, hurriedly asked Mr. Duncan which way hu had loft the revolver pointed. There was no iusuranco. A WOMAN'S JlISCOVKItY. "Anotller wonderful discovery has lecn made and that too by a Jndy In this county, Disease fusteued Its clutches upon her uud fur seven years she withstood its severest tests, hut her vital organs were undermined snd death seemed Imminent. For thrcu montlia she coughed Incessantly and could not sitM'p, Hie bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's Kew Diseovory for Consumption d ws so muuli relieved on taking llrst duso tltst lie slept nil night and Willi one Untie hut UiuM niimeiilously cured. Hit mtiiie is Mrs LuUiur Lull" Thus write W. C. lluiii'lekbt (X, of Mliolby, N. f). (let a free IrUl bottle Wrfrjht's drift -.(ore I'iiIdii, Ut j,in NO, 24. NOKTH l'Oll DKJ IiitrrcolltiK News of tlm AVmk Krom Om- ItiKulnr Ciri-VKpniiitrnt. Dec. Ith, 18SS. Fine feathers certainly make lino birds. Mr. T. J. Tulley, of Union, was in town Saturday. Horn. Nov. 2;5, 18SS, to the wife of Andrew Lunn, a son. Mr. Caldwell, who has been teaming at Telocaset, has returned. We learn Eccles' mill at Telocaset will bo moved to a new location, soon. I 1 omksgiving ball was a decided success, eifty-cight numbers weru sold. Mr. J. D. S wider, of Itoek crek, Ra Uer county, eanio in on Friday on bus iness. Mr. W. Sodcr. representing the I)a kor City Heveille, was in town during tho week. Andrew Lunn has erected a com modious barn on his premises in the western prtof town, A number .f strangers from La Drande, Raker and Union attended the ball on Thursday evening. Governor Pennoyer has refuted to grant a requisition for Ilrooukin's re turn. Petitions are "oscaspcal" No very brilliant shooting was done at the match on Thursday and Friday, yet all tho turkeys wero claimed and taken away. Mr. Roll, tho painter, after orna- , menting various business houses with artistic sign writing, returned homo on Saturday. Mr. II. is a first-class artist in his line, and gives satisfaction. Mr. James Charnes and family left via Oregon Short, lino for old Missouri, on Monday. They aro dissatisfied with Oregon and will remain perma nently in that country. Mr. F. X. Dolun, an employee of tho Western Unior., and ton of Judge Dolun, eanio down from Raker on Wednesday. .Mrs. Dolun, his wife, who has been visiting relatives here, returned home with him on Saturday morning. liss Annio Richardson's services as instructor in the Wolf creek distfict school terminated on Friday last. Miss Richardson is highly spoken of as an educator and she meets with no difficulty in securing a second term or in ore wherever she has been employed, which would indicate her ability aiiil lit net's for tho position. (UTAKD NOTCH. All fines against members of "IT" Co. are declared off on account of be ing illegally lovicd. Thirty-live members were in lino at the last meeting and practiced tho manual of arms for the first time. A special meeting is called for next Saturday (8th inst.) for tho purpose of changing tho time of mooting, altering the by-law's,- and other very important busiiesii. A grand Now Year's ball will bo given by tho company. Uniforms for tho company were reeoived hero on Monday direct from the manufactory at Columbus, Ohio. Five new guns of tho regulation pat tern are in possesion of (ho company, which will bo used 'in target practice. Tho company olfmers will order uni forms and side arms the coming week, on receipt of which "K" company will become military in appearance if not in tactics. A JAN. mr.ii VAI.I.HY. A 1'en- Sitgu ltellectlons nnd Criticisms. Iiy Homo, The moro ono writoa, tho loss people rcihomber. Mr. . Win. Huffman camo ovqr to our valley recently, tho first time in twen ty years. Considerable sickness among tho children. All aro improving at pres ent with the holp of Drs. Cromwell and Dcering. i ' All who flatter themselves with vain boastings of their perfcotnoss should learn the sixth chapter of Matthew, Mr. Frank Ross and Henry Mayotto have taken positions in tho La Grando round house for the winter. Suppose you don't agrco with tho editor in every particular, no need to stop your paper on that account. Tho destiny of a papor docs not hang on that small a thread. If you should thrust your thumb into a pool of water by tho roadsido nnd straightway pull it out again, no hole, would ro muiii. Bo if for tomu trilling reason you got htillby at a good paper and quit, two men will tako your plaeo. Rotter move on with the procession. Homo. tiii: Vi:itI)ICT UNANIMOUS. W. J). Htilt, druggist, Hlpptis, lnd tertl llcj: 4,I can recommend Kleetric Hitters as tho very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given rellof In uvery caso. One iinm took six Ixittlus and was cured of Rheuma tism of 10 years' standing." "The best soiling lui'dk'lno I have ever bundled in my 20 years' experience, U Electric Hitters." Thousands uf others liuvn added llulr U'tN nioiiy, so (hut (lie verdict U muum Unit JJU'ctrto HlttwH do wire uU dUutfv if tho I.K'iif. KJiliiov or JUood, .Olih' H Jwlf u nJlhfrloOfci at VilgYir thk vn.