The Orego o s rw- ., VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1,sm). NO. HO. THE OREGON JCOUT. An imloiuMirtont weekly Jounuil, UmhmI ev- i I'Vtil'iv tiwuMillif liV J JOZIES & CIIAXCEY, -V Publishers ami Propriel roprietors. A. K. .Io.ni:s, ( Kilitor. )" 15. 1'iiaxci:y, '( Foreman. KATKS Ol' Sl!HSCKIt'TIOX One copy, duo year ?1..V) 1.00 . .75 mx mourns " Throe niontos Invnrialily CasU In Ailvnnct. If '" chance .iuhtcr!)tii!t are uot ti!l till end of ictr, tuv tlulliirs will lie ehirgtd. Kates of advertising made known on ap plication. (Gf-Corropondenee from all parts of the country solicited. A dress all communication' to the Our.r.ox Scol'T, Union Oregon. I'KOI-T.SSIONWI,. U. Kakix, J. A. Kakix, Xotarv Public. J EAK1X, & RROTHER, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. JSTProuipt Attention Paid to Collcct.ons. JOHN It. CUITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special ties. Otllcc, two doors south of post-ollice, Union, Oregon. J N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Otlice. one door south of .1. 15. Katon's store, Union, Oregon. f II. DAY, M. I)., IIOMKPATIIIC Physician ami Surgeon. AM. CAM.S l'ltOMPTLY ATTK.Mr.I) TO. Ofllce adjoining Jones lire's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west I nion. J. V, Shi:i.ton. J. M. Caukom,, IlKLTON & CARROLL, Attorneys at Law. Oflice : Two doors south of post-oflice, Un ion, Oregon. .Special attention given all business en trusted to us. T. II. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Otllcc, one door south of Centennial ho tel. Jg F. WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Heal ami Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. Sales of Real and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Ollice next door south of Post-oflke. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. SAYLOR, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder, Oregon. Has permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Ollice: Drug store building; residence, one door west of Itodgers' hotel. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La Grando, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on the first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, W.M. WlI.FON, PltOI', The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS MILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be sociable Shannon Marshall, Tin: Practical Horse Trainer, Will always be found at Iloothe & Camp bell's hvc y table. T ke our vi( iou hor-es to him and be will I n ak 1 1 1 111 I burges rcHsouahbi. fa Line is Cove. Leaves Union daily at 2 p. in, arrives at Cove at .1 .'ill p. m. Leaves Cove at 8 a. in., arrive (it Union atu ma. m. CV nne tioim made with Rlllott's coachv. running to the dujiot, carrying passengers for cat .nnl west bound trulti. UATKS tnr l'AS.SI.C.l!ltS. MUSCIO J. mill rttiMCiir, ui:ao.aiii.k. rVBINVOX .t LAYNII, IYcJtrTcWri. FOB The San Francisco WEEKLY EXAMINER THE MONARCH Willi KLY To Keep Posted on the News of the En tire World Subscribe for the 11.50 11.50 No weekly paper published in the United Stated contains as much or a great a variety of good reading matter as the Weekly Examiner ! The coming year promises to be crowd ed with stirring event". In the United States the entrance of new issues into the political arena has been fol lowed by a change of Administration. Hut the great economic question on which the campaign turned is still unsettled, and its solmiou is now eommit'cd to a Congress al most equally divided between the two great parties. Ktiropc is a vast camp. Army corps pa trol the frontiers, and millions of men await the signal for the most titanic war the world ha ever semi. The KxAMtXKit'.s news-gathering machin ery is uneoualed. Its correspondent dot I the liabiiaule globe. 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The Weekly Examiner (By Mail, Postage Prepaid.) ,50 Per Year, Daily, per year . . . fO.70 Sunday, pea year ... . 2.00 All Postmas'ers arc Agents. V. K. IIKAKST, Kdlter nnd I'roprlctor. A Pleasing" Sense of Health and Strength Renewed, and of Ease and Comfort Follow? tho mo of Syrup of Figs, as it aeu gently o l tho Kidneys, Livkk $5 Bowels Effectually Cleansing tho System whoa Codtivo or lblious, Dispelling Colds, Headaches and Fevers and jjonnanontly curing HASITTTAIi CONSTIPATION withor.t weakening or irritating tho or gans ou which it acta. l'ur Sale In HOnniul JS1.00 liottlea ljr nil I.uadlnji DrugKUU. JIAXCFACTL'aED OXLV ST Til omroENiA ria sykup oo SA.V TUAXtOJCO, CAU, Ij0113Vii.lk, Kt., Ntw York. N. V. Ilis Ccvo Drug Store, JASPKR Ci. STEVENS, Propr. DK A I.Kit IN I ) ure Drugs, itlent 3Iedicine.s, erfuinery, aints and Oil.s. Prescriptions carefully prepared -AI.KO DKALKIt IN- SPORTING GOODS, Considting of Rifles, Shot (Inns, Pis- Imported and Domestic Ci gars, etc. GIVE ME X CALL. ! tolsaDuCartrMBS Til Kill MKT IIO US. i I If It Comet to n Vote I lie Will oftlif Pro. j plr tit lf Thwarl'it liy ii Citug of Hire. 1 hits. Eiiitok Okkcox Soorr: In circulating a remonstrance in , Antelopo precinct a few days ago, Mr. , J no. Hanson biouglit to light, by chance, some very valuable county i heat information. When the paper was presented to the section hands they all refused to sign. They were ihown the benefits to be derived from lnaving the county seat whore it now is, and that it was to the interest of every man in the county to retain the present situation. On being brought to the point they admitted, rattier thoughtlessly, that they were under special instructions from the compa ny to not sign the remonstrance. When questioned further in regard to I the matter they further stated that the O. R. .t N. Co. were only waiting for I the legislature to pass the "enabling J act," or allow the matter to be stib I mittcd to vole, when they would put 2,500 or .5000 men at work, in ten J days, in the northern portion of Union county and the vote would alt lie cast for La (irandc. IJy so doing this would lie an overwhelming majority for La (Irande. It is very likely the report is true. The company are hired or induced, i.o doubt, by (.lie prospects of some great and imaginary gain at La Grande, to bo derived from the business generally done at a coun ty seat. The citizens of Union coun ty are thus boldly confronted by a giant in dishonest proportions, and in zealous resolution. Nothing nioie dis honest can be conceived. It is not the vote of our hard-working tax-payer that is to govern the best interests ; of our people, but the vote of a trans ient and non-resident class of men who shift and change as often as the winds of Oregon. Our people should be awuke to these underhanded moves und do all in their power to nip the poisonous bud ere it blooms. .Should the legislature submit the question to a vote, of the people, it is a dead gone result if the designs of tho railroad company are matured. Even if tho road to Wallowa is not completed, the railroad company would put a force on the work sullicicnt to carry the vote, and compared with the hordes of gold and silver in the, vaults of the company, the amount needed would be nothing. When a monoyed corpo ration is allowed to step boldly into the sanctuary of our public welfare and say, by virtue of its capital, and men, what shall be done, and what Khali not bo done, it is time for all honest, conscientious tnx-pajers to put their shoulders to the wheel and exer cise the right they have by being citi zens and not tramps. Wo bono to see the fact established that the men who support the government shall say what measuaes shall be adopted, and what policies pursued. Then only will wo bo blessed with judicious and wise plans of action. Men who trav el, and tramp from town to town and do not own more than a reckless and passionate disposition, have nothing to do in the questions that involve the interests of the people in certain lo calities. It is the man who pays the tax to support our county government whe should cast a vote for a measure that will necessitate a more extensive burden of taxation. No transient man who owns no property, who pays no tax, who has no family to support, and whoso interest is bought with dollars and cents, is tho man to say by the power of ballot what shall be done in a country where, legally, ho has not even the right to vote. If our citi zens can be made to see the necessity of exercising their utmost endeavor to prevent this monopolistic action we are all right, but should the matter be put to a vote, and the designs of the railroad compuny bo carried into efl'cct, then it is a bad state of ailaitH. X. X. THE SITUATIOn. A I'ruralnrnt' Citizen of Cr Given Ills Vluwn on the County Neat Ourntlon. Cove, Oregon, Jan. lo, 1881). Editor Okkoon Scout: La Grande is to the front once more, with her overloaded "boncshell" of ha tred and discord. It seems as though the citizens of La Grande tiro possessed with a greater combination of cheek and gall than any people on the earth. They are strongly boasting of their "once" first and second ward notoriety, as possessing more enterprise and "gutting up a vim,' than all tho bal ance of Union county combined. Now if this is true, why do they exhibit so much greed as to desire the downfall of other towns in tho valley. Why can't ttiey be content with their pros perity and extend a helping hand to their neighbors? This would show en terprise and generosity, with a degree of humanity koinething above the aver age of an unenlightened, ignorant, dirty, low down "siwasli" as shown by the undertaking of the citizens, of the boasted, would be first and second ward, metropolis city of La Grande, thut if they wero in jiosetsion of the en tire earth, they would then want to control heaven and poesesa li 1 in or der to tcrrorizo the whole business, Let us for one moment see what they propone, and, at tho same time deny: They nay in their open letter that tbey "are misrepresented in this matter." They nay they "will execute a good and sufficient bond," etc. Yes, Mr. Editor, the tax-piyers of thiscottu- ty have danced to the music of that ; good, old, familiar tun, once, and they do not propose to pay the mtisii ian of : more fandangoes. Promises, for Mich in the l.nn.1 tbov nmii.wv U for fl'....f never; intended to be fulfilled, and you can never make the honest voters and tav-payers of Union county see it in any other light. A burnt ehilu ngm. -V until emiu is . . . i . i i i ....... . . v. : i : afraid of the tire, and as a rom-eqitcnce the tax-payers of this county are in doubt as to the reality of the "fcood and siillicient bond" th.it they propose. If it should be possible for the voters of this countv to be "hoo-dood" to re locate at La (irandc. ttie citizens of said metropolis would, at once, piocced ...i ..:.-!. i l i .1 n i-.ii-uii i-ij;ui ui our iimiiiri-d iiuni- sand dollars for county buildins an eternal anchor against all future efforts .for the removal of tho county seat.. In regard to division, etc., 1 have simply to quote their second proposi tion and add four words mote .and you have their whole intent. It lends "as to the matter of division of tho county or the organization of a new county, the people of La (itamle, like all others should know of no rule or principle in a republican government whereby the majority should not rule, and divide the county. Any sensible person well knows that the relocation of the coun ty seat at La (irande, necessitates a di vison or the setting oil' of the southern portion of the county. (They say the eastern portion.') They say "all we want is an enabling act lo submit (he question," another misrepresentation on their part. Does not evoty one in lTnion county know better? Every person who is familiar with the mor bid greed and avarice of a La Grander, knows that he wants the comity seat, and their midnight dreams clamor for the county seat. 1 believe, Mr. Editor, that a general circulation of La Grande's celebrated open letter, among the voters and tax payers of this county, would lie more convincing proof of this underhanded, low, dirty, eussedness, than any pen can portray. Allow me to relate a little anecdote that is applicable to the citi zens of La Grande: A young miss who was just in her teens said to her mother: Oh, mother! mother! I want to marry so bad." The mother replied : "Why. my child how you do talk; don't let me hear you say so again." 1 he child icspondcd : "Oh mother I1 must marry now, for the lit is on me." 1 Just to with the citizens of La ! Grande; tho lit is on them and ! it is now or never, with them. Header, you may ask why. The rea son is that they have just 'heard of ouo ! (i. W. Hunt, who is coining over, or , through' the Hlue mountains, building: a railroad as ho comes, entering Grand Hondo valley at or near Hum-! merville, thence south, through theen- j tire length of said valley, to Union I Oregon. You now perceive the rcukou. In conclusion I will just say that i when the railroad company disposes ! oi mat surplus property they mav po ssess in that beautiful and prosperous city of La Grande, her boom may prove to her a "boomerang." 11. J. GEEli. 'JiaiiKt (ifSchocil t'.ofiltn. The state board of education has opened tho ballots of the county super- j iutendents, and a count reveals tho j fact a startling and expensive one that twenty or more new books are (o bo introduced in our public schools. Among these are Humes new N'.Uionul j Headers (five books) ; Fish's Arithmet ic (two books) Pipers "Seat Work," I Robinson's Algebra, Geometry Trigo-1 noinetry, Rryant it Stratum's Hook- j keeping, "Short Studies in English," Monson's "Spelling System," Guyot's Phsical Gcograph; , Clarke's Grammar, Humes Primary D. S. History, Ton ney's Astronomy, Steel's Geology, I Whites Drawing and H.irdeen's Sen-1 tence Making. Thus it appear that j ttie readers, arithmetic, and in general i tho books that every child must have j are changed. The county hiipi'iintou- j dents have voted, the ()iiblishers most I interested have evidently controlled the vote, and the people 'iituit pay the bills. For most of tho changes thorn was no general demand, e.thor by teachers or parents, while all null oiiuyft or iwo inning exceptions, aio in mo inerestof the Ivison it Hl.ikeman and A. S. Harues combination, two publish ing houses that have now practically driven all others out of Oiegou, and divided the business between them selves. They now have influenco ami for putting into our public schools any books they choose. Portland Ex. The oridorKiini'iitof (ierinitn Syrup l un purallulod. Wc will publiiili 10M testimo nials received during the lust six months Head them. Slay uve your life. liCHl.ixuiUM. K. V.. Muy 31.81. O. O. (iri'on. Hoar 8Ir:I am frequently troubled with severe uobh. nml the only remedy that will rvlelru me of them I your Ilopihec'ii Ocrinaii Syrup. I have umiI it for moro thitii twelre yeun. It U a con stant lioiisi'hotild companion with me. Our merchant nrounred a areut many bot tle, It is a vary popular remedy in tins seetior. Kvury pernon who bun iw! il speaks in the higlieit tonus of it merit. 1 do not know o( m ningloi u it has notciirel. I !lrt used It in Vermont, win-re I lived be fore corning bore. I iidyic everyone to ue it, a it Is certainly the bct coiiIi niclU-iiic I htiVM evir known. I haw tricl i.curl) ull of thum at different that Youm respectfully, MOifcri tiJIAY. Proprietor Orlit Mill. AfUItNttTON. An lntrellti l.t'ttor I'miii Om- r.,--ti-iRf Oi.rrcj oniliMit. ' , . . , ! Washington, .1(111 ISS0. ! Kmroti Okkoon tVot T: , Tho proverbial "Cleveland weather," ,jml gnott'd Mr. Cleveland's inntmura- , .. ., ..5., ,, v. Year re ception did not desert him on the first day of this year. The reception was in nil t expects the niot brilliant that has occurred during this administration. The rush was tremendous. The lines of waiting carnages i cached . ii . . . ,, i i? far into uuiaccut sireeis. i ne punuc on foot and had wero numbered by thousands, when Hie doors closed, hundreds not obtained admission, although uiUoductiotis were dtopped at the cud of the first half hour, and people were nhnot trottul past the Presi dent', succeeding in touching Mr. Clove lauds limp finger tips. All sorts and conditions of people wero in 'the mob. An old colored man, filled with weigh ty New Year greeting, patii-ed abrupt ly and could not be moved until he had delivered it, to the infinite disgust of a plaid dude just behind him, who was accompanied in his wrath bv Dr. Mary Walker, in a frightfully fitting Prince Albert suit. I t 1 lie President was seven minutes late, and tho cabinet and diplomatic corps were waiting when he appeared, with Miss Bayard, in tho Illue Room, and tho red coat Marine Hand began its programe. Among the se lect assemblage of invited witnesses was tho historian Haneroft, merry as a school jjhoy, showing his eighty-nine years in no line of his cheerful face and alert figure. Needless to say Mrs. Cleveland was the centre of attraction. The bind work of the day had no terrors for her. She has! always been. a distinguished looking woman; on New Year she was a very beautiful woman, a piefuto of youth, health, form, intelligence, mag netism. What more can woman wish? A splendid gown. Well, sho wore a direstoiro costume of Eroneh pray and pale pink, falling in folds from tho shoulders. The skirt sides wore set in very wide gray panels, opening over a petticoat of rose colored silk, bordered on both Milieu with Russian sable. Her throat was encircled with dia monds, and like jewels gleamed in her hair. Further details escaped inc. The diplomats weie not so numer ous as on former occasions. The corps included tho new German min ister, Chief . I uslico Fuller and tho as sociate justices were next in official order, followod in succession by the army and navy ofiieers, the minor de partmental officers, the veterans of tho Grand Army, and finally tho public. As usual, iliuing the intermissions, there wore constantly passing moro or less distinguished people who wore not obliged to wait in the throng of the unknown. Congress assembled after tho holi day adjournment on Wednesday. Tho usual quota of senators was present, and tho galleries were well filled. Promptly at tho close of tho morning hour, the tariff debate dragged its slow length into view. And tho visitors scattered to the four winds and left the senators alone with their sorrow ful duty. Tho House recovered from the holiday season moro slowly, and not over eighty members were present when it reconvened. When the call for committee reports was made, not a committeo responded. The friends of the international copyright bill seem again doomed to tlisapKiiutment. They have almost despaired of even securing a day for its consideration during the present I gens ion. The opposition they believe J ii only negative. The. committee ou ! mles still refitios lo meet. Tho sever I al chuirmon of llouso committees that , have iniH)itHiit bills ou the calendar ao calling unsuccessfully for a meet ing of the Utiles committee to arrange an order of biuincBs. .Messrs. Carlisle and Mill appear afraid of possible leg islation, nml wrm to doubt their ability lo control the House if the ordor is arranged. If they stand out, none but privileged ineasiiio will bo in order. In the meantime the fiionds of inter national copyright will not ho the only disappointed eop!c. The authors are poor politicians, and worse lobbyists. Tin y have had the bill within sight of pas-age in four sessions, and have been defeated. Tin- M iiMiiioiiul reporU from linyti had tic Ulct of wiowdlng tho recep tion room of tho Htato Department with visitors ye-teiday. The Depart ment, however, kept its news to itself. Minister Preston gives no credence to (he story that Legitime ha. threatened to kill all foieigneis who oppose him, and (hat the Ameiiean consulate in filled with refugees. As it i--, the New York Mail t Express stoiy might carry stronger credence if Lieut. Dccr ing weie a less lurid and perchance a mote modest wiitcr. .1. H. C. n.Ni: v.i.i.i:v. Intrrrstliif; Letter frcilll nil Ciiri"iiiititUiit. Occasional j Holidays passed oil' very pleasantly , so far as we can learn! Tne chief , cause of complaint semis to be that the young men cannot take their best girls out sleighing for lack of snow. Smoked glass was in requisition Now Year's day in Pine as well as all over the coast. The day was clear, i giving a line opportunity to view the ' frowning face of Luna as she obscured i the sunV rays. I The dance at "Hobville," for the school house, was well attended, some 1 S") numbers being sold. The Eagle j band furnished music for the round i dances, inarches, etc. Quito a mini I ber were present from F'atrle and 1 ""iiieopin Quite a number on the sick list, among whom are Mr. Greener, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. H. Lloyd, and Mrs. Hen ry Oliver who is at present seriously ill with pneumonia, we believe. Mrs. .L A. Denny, who has been laid up with neuralgia for two or three weeks past, is again utile to bo out. 'fhe literary society in Sunny Dell district discussed tho question, Re solved, "'flint the horse is of moro ben efit than the cow," at their Inst meet ing. Decision in favor of the negative. Sonic of the young folks acquitted themselves very credit ably in tho de bate and exercises. Now let others tako a hand in helping the society out, or at least encourage, those who do help by listening respectfully and conducting themselves in an orderly manner. Tho "Punkintown Scream er," edited by Mr. Ed. Mills, was a laughable and spicy journal, and its jests seemed to be good naturedly re ceived. Question for the next meet ing, Ih'solvcd, "That the pen is mighti er than the sword." M. E. protracted meetings began on (ho Dili hist, at Pineburg or, as it is commonly called, "Hobville," under tho auspices of Rev. Yokutii. of Eaele. j and McOnrt of Pino valley. 'flic sun's going lo bed. S. C. I'm expecting every minute to hear tho crack of doom, A. I). Gabriel's go ing to toot I say. S. It must lie an unlucky year for matrimonial pros pects..!. 11. T. Looks rather dark at present, that's a fact. S. The girl has gone back on mo that's all. O. O. Gue.-s I'll try my luck now. H. H. Py Shestis Grist cum down mit dot dance; he couldn't go mit dot gal. F. IC. Iv'u a mind to go over to F y' somo time when 1 think S. 0. will come. Ci. 1). RKI'OItTKK. Tt-rrllllii Oyi'loiui. A dispatch of Jan. Dili, from Pitts burg Pa. says: A terrillic storm of wind and hail, the worst known for years, swept over the city shortly after noon to-day, carrying with it death and destruction. Tho storm formed with a suddenness that was overwhelm ing, and as the wind accompanied by hail and torrents of rain, swept along the stieets, pedestrens where hurled before it and barely escaped being crushed under vehicles passing along, the thoroughfares. Huildings wero torn up and many persona were killed. This is tho saddest night in the histo ry of Reading. A death liko pall hangs upon tho city, the result of tho most horrible disaster in its history. A hundred house holds are in morning' as the result of ouo of the greatest ealmilties known in Pennsylvania. A. cyclone this afternoon swept, and laid wasto everything within its reach, and with terrible loss of life, about 100 per sons being killed. Ilium It ray? riirec-foiirtliH of our people are troubled with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint In same form or other, which by nature of the dis ease litis a depressing Influence ou tho mind or body, preventing them from thinking or acting clearly in any matter of importance. Indigestion, coming up of food after eating, dyspepsia, slek headache, acidity of the stomach or any derangement of tho stom aeh or liver (upon which the whole action of our sysoin depends) are speedily ami af fietually overcome bv the use of (Ireen's August Flower. Tho most stubborn cases have yielded to Its Itillueiit'c, as thousands of letters received will testify. Tho lm iiiciim) salti of this medicine U another aiiar aitteif of its merrlts, (over a inilloii and a half bottles sold last yeur.) So wo ask, will you siider from any of tho above, dis cuses when you can huvo immediate relief hi the August Flower. Three doses will prove Its worth. It Is sold by all druggists and general dealers la all parts c.f the world. Job printing done at this ollloo on iliort notice. 1'riccn naKfiiable,