THE OREGON SCOUTJ
A CHANCEY,
Publishers
UNION, OREGON.
POLITICAL PRISONERS.
Tfc Many Uiiutnat Llbcrtle unci Ffcvorf
Thry Knjoy In France,
In France, during tho empire and
vow during the republic, political pris-
ocrs onjoy special and separate treat-
'jnont- At 1'aria thoy are generally con
fmcd in tho Sto. Pelagic prison. Here
thoy occupy a wing apart from tho rest
of tho jail, which is known as the
Pavilion des Princes. It is a common
Baying that tho Pavilion des Princes is
tho first stage on tho road to a seat In
tho cabinet; and certainly, 1 should say.
tho mnjorlty of French ministers of
ntato have at soma timo or nnothor
been imprisoned at Sto. Pclagio. Sorao
few years ago I went to sec M. Paul
Lafnrguo. who was thon confined in
this prison under a sentence of six
snoaths. Ho had boon guilty of some
revolutionary speech, or had written a
"violent newspaper article. The prison
fcero tho usual somber and threatening
aspect. There were sentinels pacing
up and down with bayonets fixed to
their guns and jailers with great
fcunchos of koys. After passing a
lone number of windows I was at
Jaet introduced into a lnrge, lofty
room. The first object that attracted
asy attention woro a number of dolls,
tin soldiers, and other toys that lay
Btrowcd on tho floor. Thon I noted a
Tory handsome carved oak writing ta
ble with a comfortable arm chuir. Tho
table was covered with books and man
uscripts. On tho wall close by woro
numerous charts Illustrating tho fluc
tuations in tho price of grain in dlffor
ent countries. "Yes," remarked M.
L&farguc, noticing my look of aston
ishment. "1 nm studying tho price of
bread stuffs aud all tho social problems
involved in tho corn trade. It is a very
important subject, and I hope to treat
it in a series of articles." "But surely,"
iTojolnod, "tho prison authorities do
netBupply carved oak writing tobies?"
At this remark M. Lafurguo fairly
iaughod. Tho prison furniture, ho ex
plained, was of tho most modest char
acter. A plain, but comfortablo bed,
with spring mattress, tho simplest of
tables, chairs aud washstandH. Hut,
lien. If a person was not satisfied ho
oould always havo his furniture
brought to him from his own house,
Mid could thuscontlnuo his studios and
.his work with considorablo comfort.
At this moment sounds of laughter
were heard on the stairs, and two or
throe persons enmo bouncing in tho
room with loud oxulamatlns. Those
woro othor prisoners, all sentenced for
omo political offense. Thoy woro
quite free to go into each other s rooms,
4tfjd inudo a merry timo of it. But
thin is not tho only sooloty
tho prisoners onjoy. Thoro Is hardly
ny restriction placod on tho visits
they rocelvo from tho outside. M.
Lmfarguo hiul his wife and children
4 call on him every day, and it was
children's toys I noticed oti tho
Uootj Thus, in common with the othor
yoliUcal prisoners, ho was able to
Holoct what company, what books,
trout furniture suited him host. In
respect to food, if tho prison allowance
una not to his taste, he could sond out
for any delicacy ho might fancy. Thon
there woro prisoners, common lnw
offenders, who, as a reward for excep
tionally good bohavlor, woro allowed
to go and offer their services to tho
political prisoners, to help to clean
their rooms, cool? tholr dinners, etc.
Even all these indulgences, I was sub.
wquently told, did not satisfy M.
Lmfarguo. Ho found the dally exer
cise in the prison yard too monotonous,
wad therefore poiltioued the (iovornor
of tho prison to grant him some va
riety; and nothing but the boulevards,
whh lis trees, Its throngs of gay, well--dressed
people, and Its brilliant cafes,
oould satisfy him. Consequently tho
rovornor of tho prison ordorod two
jailers to put on civilian clothes and
eoompany M. Lafarguo for a two
hours' stroll on tho boulovards. Fol
lowed by his two guardians M. Lufnr--rue,
1 was told, wont to his favorite
cafe, drank an abuintho with his
-friends, and thou walked quietly back
to prison. Needless to &ay that when
tau six months' Imprisonment woro
over M. Lafarguo did not feel any
the worco for tho persecution he had
endured. This did not prevent his
eUiiniug tho honors of political luur-
.tvrdom. - Purls Cor. Philadelphia
Telegraph,
A Gain and Yet a Danger.
Thorn Is a gain, and thoro Is added
danger, in being well Informed on al
moul every subject. Tho gain is obvl
iouh; for it is very pleasant to bo able to
peak promptly and wlthconlldonco on
any toplo which comos up for consider
ation or commont. Tho danger Is nono
the loss real for not being obvious. Ho
who knows that ho is generally well
informed Is Hablo to tnkolt for granted
that he is correct In hia momory or in
his impressions; and, In eotifoqueneo,
iie is more likely to bo in error thun is
the man who takes tho precaution to
louk up the facts In each case before
lie passes upon It positively. No man
tmn know so much that he Is not tho
jpiiaor by milking sure that ho is cor
rout, at any and every point where
.there Is a possibility of error in his
TOoellectlous or In his opinions. Many
ui important discovery is mado in Im
IKirtunt Holds of research by moil who
nm moved to their new investigation
by a uotifulourtiiosg of tholr special Ig
norance in that direction. In every
tpheni it Is true that he that thlnkoth
iwi stand uth should take heed lest he
lip. S. S. Times. 1
rOKRlUK FliAHHKH.
The Wimbledon 8 boot Off for Egypt
The Congo Railroad D etroyed
by Earthquake Yachting.
One London railroad elation handles
1000 trains daily.
Russell Harrison dined with Queen
Victoria lost week.
Queen Vi"toria is suffering from lum
bago and rheumatism.
Thero was a fall of four marks In sugar
at Hamburg, on the 12th.
Montreal is wrestling with the question
oi level railway crossings.
Emperor William has leen to Norway
Bight-seeing among tho glaciers.
Tho Canadians aro carrying off the
Honors at the Wimbledon shoot.
Laucrand Thompson, French deputies
lougnt a bloodless duel recently.
Tho French Senate haa passed the mul
tiple candidate bill by a vote oi 1:13 to 64
Tho estimated losses in Egypt to the
Dervishes, in killed and woundod, are
2000.
Half of the town of Djarkend, in Sem
irctchinsk, lias boon destroyed by earth
quake.
Owing to tho recent storms, tho fruit
and wine crops in Northern Bohemia will
bo a lailure.
In Norway thev build all winter, using
jinslacked lime, and the work is superior
to summer construction.
Two more British regiments aro off for
Egypt and it is ascertained tliat others
will do 8eodily required there.
fiir Carroll Mackenzie is strongly op
posed to the use ot tobacco and alcohol by
people who use tuoir voices in public.
M. and Mine. Nolle have been extra
dited by Franco. Nollo is a Paris cm
bezzlor. Tho couple was in New York.
Viscount Danlo. aged 20. heir of the
Earl of Clancarty, has been married to
Belle Bilton, a beautiful Music Hall artist
The general opinion of yachting au
thoritles in Loudon is tliat the Valkyrie
lias no chance of winning the America
cup.
Tho Irish tenanU declare they will dic
tate terms, feeling confident tnat tho
Irish Tenants' Defense League can secure
them.
The French Chamber of Deputiea
won't appropriate money to buy "Iho
Angclus, and America will probably
Bccure Uio picture.
Tho Bearlo-O'Connor boat race at Lon
don, England, will come off Soptcmber
Uth and Uiu stakes are $2500 a side
Scarlo is tho favorite.
A mysterious mcssago to the Kussian
Minister at Berlin, from tho C.ar( has
created much curiosity and speculation
at the German capital.
Tho yield of gold in Queensland during
tho past half hear amounted to 31)0,000
ounces, 'llils is an increase ol 100,1)00
ounces over tho preceding halt year.
Tho International Socialist Congress is
in session at I'aris. JMghtv-two ol the
dolegates aro Germans, eleven of whom
are members of tho German Reichstag.
Now that it has leen settled that
daughter of tho Prince of Wales is to
marry tho Earl of Fife, tho question bo-
loro rarlianient is how much thoy must
pay tho lifer.
The Chineso Emperor haB issued im
edict ordering the building of the Tung-
chow Railway. Iho Marquis Tsmg has
boon apiointed Director-General of ull
Chinese railways.
Tho success of tho pareelH post in En
gland is demonstrated by tho fact that
tho number of parcels carried has in
reused from 1.000.000 tho lh-et year to
40,000,000 last your.
In the French Chamber of Deputies, by
an almost unanimous vote, oh.uuo.uou
francs was appropriated for the purchaso
or construction of ironclad war vessels
for tho French navy.
Jesse Grunt and Husuoll Harrison
called uiton Minisfc r Lincoln at ixindon,
a few days ago. The meeting of three
sons of Presidents of Uie United States is
i are and noteworthy.
In tho shooting at London on the loth.
for the nutionul challenge trophy, tho
English team won, their score being
1748, tho Scotchmen 1700. tho Welch
1081 uud tho Irish 1078.
Empress Frederick and her daughters,
after a visit to England, following the
Emperor's visit, intend to go to Athens.
They will spend iho winter In Italy, by
invitation oi King Humbert.
A Imh) lHilonging to a swarm that a Dor
setshire farmer was attempting to hivo
got down tho man's throat aud stung
him, and, the throat swelling very rap
idly, tho man died ol sullooation.
Somo imiwrtant excavating work will
lo undertaken at Salamis (an island of
Greece) next spring, under the auspices
oi me itoiienic rociuiy ami uie iiriusn
School of Archicology ut Athens.
Since the phylloxera Iiiib bo ravaged
France, Turkey is looming up us a wino
producing country. Somo ol tho south
ern i)rovinces are said to lw excellent as
wine-growing districts both for climate
and soil.
Tho huge cantilever bridge over the
Frith of rorth has iwon completed all
but Uio bridging of the 350-foot gap be
tween tho Bcctionu. Tho oonnocuiiK gir
der will Iks fifty ftet in depth and will
weigh 800 tons.
Rows between the London police and
Uio Bulvution Army ore frequent, for al
though thoy havo been forbidden to par-
ado thoy often attempt to do ho, Uiu result
lolng an open-air disturbance on a
"loiinybrook Fair" booIo.
In England a convention representing
i!M),000 coal miners agreel to accept on
other advance of 6 jht cent on July 1st
and a similar increase on October 1st,
There is talk of a sliding scalo of wages,
nine hours mr day and eight liouis for
underground men.
Tho report of the salo of the Canadian
Anthracite Coal Company's land to a
British syndicate has Wen confirmed by
a London cablegram, Tho lands sold
consist of 7000 acres in tho vicinity of
Anthracite and Coniff, B. U. Tno pur
chase price in $1,450,000.
EASTERN ITEMS.
MILWAUKEE INVITES THE GRAND
ARMY VETERANS.
Will Probably be Oourt-Martlaled-The
Battle Ship Texas-" True Light
Baptlata" Trouble Brew
ing at Oklahoma City.
General Sherman iBat Fort Rilpy, Kan.
The cranberry crop of New Jersey is
.tia 10 oo ruineu.
Chicago restaurants are serving En'
glish sparrows for reed birdo.
It is believed tho last cabinet meeting
oi tno season was held on the loth.
A Philadelphia newslwy has recovered
lUU.UUU lor injuries iroin a traction car.
Mahono will probably be tho next Re
publican candidate for Governor of Vir
ginia.
It is estimated that the wheat crop of
aiissoun will aggregate 25,000,000 bush
els.
It is reasonably certain now that the
heavy gold exportation has virtually
ended.
VigilanteB at Springview, Neb., broke
into jail and shot to death II. H. Maupin,
a cattle-thief.
. Ti. d Ttnrr iitn wintlv nnrwlintvl
'Consul at Valparaiso, says he will not ac
cept uio position.
The introduction 'of the electric light
has caused a marked diminution of crime
in Pittsburg, Penn.
Secretary Blaine is said to contemplate
a visit to tho principal Southern cities
early in the autumn.
A Kansns editor says that 00,000 rail
road cars w ill bo required to haul the
wheat crop of his State.
It is said that more cattlo have been
shipped Irom Texas to the North this sea
son thaa for many years.
George Clark, at one timo owner of
75,000 acres oi land in central New York,
died recently, aged 80 years.
A syndicate of English capitalists has
offered to purchaso several of the huge
n - Ml. 1
uounng nuns oi minneapous.
Tho Chicago Board of' Trade has re
solved to restoro the market quotations
withdrawn on the 31st of May.
Tho Indians at Cheyenne .Agency, D.
T., aro showing less antipathy to selling
their lands to the government.
The Niagara Commissioners are op
posed to ail schemes mr Uio conveision
of tho cataract into a water power.
The English plans of the battle ship
Texas has got to bo changed again to save
tho vessel Irom occoming a lailure.
Severe storms prevailed throughout
mo noruiern pun oi uio oiuie oi iiunois,
recently, doing much damage to crops.
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Tho Reading Road intends to put in
practice its elovated project in Philadel
phia without tho assent of the city coun
cil.
It is near to tho Bcene of the Now York
Johnstown Hood that there is great ex
citement over the reported discovery of
gold.
Twenty-two cases of leprosy is reported
under treatment at the lazaretto at Tra-
cadie, Gloucester county, New Bruns
wick.
James A. Patterson, Jr., a prominent
citizen of Waynesboro, Va., has left his
homo und wife and debts for parts un
known. Anton Bolak was hamed at Belvidere,
N. J., on the Kith inst., lor the murder
of Michael Bollinshire, at Oxford, in Sep
tember last.
Non-residents havo leen prohibited
from hunting in Indian Territory under
a penalty of $000 tine and confiscation of
the tire-arms.
Tho Utah wool output for 1880 will be
nearly 12,000,000 iwunds at prices rang
ing from 14 to 19 cents, with an average
of 17j cents.
William P
SweeiH!, a well-known
at-
torney of Philadelphia, has disapieared,
and is said to bo an embezzler to the ex
tent of 10,000.
Yellow fever 1b reported on board the
ship Premior, ut Quebec. The captain
is dead, and two of the sailors is down
with tho disease.
Tho cowboys and sheephearders in tho
Chickasaw Nation i,re at daggers' pointB
and a bloody tight is expected in tho
fluid Ureck section.
Tho failure of 0. II. Treat & Co. und
Tho C. H. Trout Manufacturing Company
of Georgetown, u., with liabilities ot
$100,000, is announced.
Milwaukee invites the Grand Army
veterans to gn to the encampment there.
Commander-in-chief arner also urges
tho veterans to lie present.
There is trouble brewing ut Oklahoma
City, owing to tho opposition to tho pres
ent city government. United States
troops havo Ween asked for.
A number of persons implicated in the
Sullivau-Kilrain light in Mississippi,
mvo boon arrested and will bo prosecut
ed to tho full extent of tho law.
Tho Mississipi Dcmocnits have nomi
nated John M. Stono for govornor. Gov
ernor liOwery is commended forhiselforts
to Btop prize lighting.
The annual regatta at Murhlchead,
Mass., has shown that tho Merlin, one
of Edward BurgCbs' latest designs, is tho
fastest yacht that has yet Bailed in those
wuters.
rV now religious sect calling themselves
'True Ught Baptists" has Bprung up in
the eastern part of South Carolina. Thev
do not believe in ministers or in keeping
the tsabuatb.
A Southern nowBPUper offers to give a
itv lot to every now subscriber. A rival
paper makes tho same offer, aud agrees
to throw in u city hall or a street railroad.
No dollar limit there.
A cloudburst in the Little Kanawha
Valley. W. Vu..on the lWh was the most
disastrous ever known in that state. The
loss of life is great, and tho loss of prop
erty cannat now be oven estimated.
Lieutenant Hampton M. Roach, First
Infantry, who left liisstatiou at Alcattaz,
Cal., for u visit to his homo in Blooming-
ton. HI., several months ago and failed to
report when his leave was up, will likely
be court-murtitticu.
I UOMK A.l FARM.
"TheHorna Must Oo "-Compost Heap
The Pasture Feeding for Fat
or Lean Alr-Slaclced Lime.
All tho rakings, Bod grasa and refuee
of the farm can lc used as a foundation
for a compost heap.
If you have a rough road across the
(arm where heavy loads are moved, make
it smooth before you use it again.
Air-slacked lime dusted over the ground
around young trees serves as a partial
protection against somu kiuds of insects.
One stone six inches high in a wheel
track causes more wear of team and car
riage than an additional lialf milo of
smooth road.
The fact that systematic men do so
much work with bo little effort is largely
duo to their keeping their implements of
laoor in order.
Keep an eye on the future shape of the
tree, and timely remove small, needless,
: 1 1 I m III 1
urueiaiiig or crooKeu umos. lnia win ou
viate heavy pruning in after years.
Haaff has discovered a chemical de-
horner. 'If used on the call it kills tho
horn completely without leaving a scar.
Several years ago Mr. Haaff piped up in
n. fllirill f'ilflnttv "Tim lirirna tnriat im "
He was joined by a few, then by hun
dreds, until tho grand chorus swept from
ocean to ocean. Now ho starts another
refrain, "Tho saw must go."
To havo pasture well stocked with gross
tno pasture snouid be divided into two
sections, wuicn allows tno graas to grow
in one wnile the cattle are grazing on the
other. When grass is kept too close, and
constantly trampled by the animals, it is
liable to bo killed snouid a drought come.
By alternating stock on pasturesjthe gTass
will grow better and tho animals secure
more food with less labor.
As the hens can find a large Bhare of
their food at this season they must be fed
very sparingly, or they will not lay. This
season grass has been plentiful in some
quarters, and it makes excellent food for
poultry, either for those on the range or
that aro confined, only that, in the case
of fowls confined in yards, the grass
should bo chopped into short lenirths be-
foro being fed to tho hens.
To Cook Tough Beef. Season a thick
steak with pepper and salt and fry slowly
in a little lard, turn it often so that both
sides aro cooked alike, when well brown
ed add a small quantity of water, hulf a
a sliced onion, somo minced parsley and
thyme, thicken with a spoonful of flour,
cover close and leave for an hour on tho
back of tho btove, where it may simmer
slowly, then add a pound can of tomatoes,
then let it cook until tho moat is ready
to fall to pieces.
Biscuit. One quart of sweet cream or
milk, one and a half cups of butter or
fresh lard, two tablespoonfuls white
sugar, one good teaspoonful of salt ; add
flour enough to make a stiff dough, knead
well and mould into neat, small biscuits
with the hands, as our grandmothers
used to do ; add one teasoonful of cream
tartar, if preferred. Bako well and you
have good, sweet biscuit that will keep
for weeks in a dry place, and are very
nice for a traveling lunch.
Good Bread. Save the water in which
you boil your potatoes for dinner,
mash two "or three good sized pota
toes and put in the water; when it is
cooled a little put in a yeast cake. Let
stand until night, then add enough hot
water to muke it of the required warmth,
set in sponge over night and cover so it
will keep warm. In the morning beat
the BK)ngo until smooth and knead for
half an hour, or longer if you havo the
time. Let rise and put in loaves, bake
one hour in a moderate oven.
Dressed Eggs. Boil six eggs hard, cut
in halves take out the yolks aud with
them mix thoroughly the following: A
little Bugar, salt, mustard, pepper and
enough vinegar to make damp enough to
again form into bulls same shape as be
toro and replace one of these in each half
of the eggs. These placed evenly on a
dish and garnished with parsley make u
nice dish for lunch or tea. This is esHH!
ially palatable for the warm evenings
which aro about upon us.
Cottage Cheese. Set the clabbered
milk in the oven, leaving the door open ;
turn it round frequently and cut tho curd
in squares, stirring gently now and then
till alwut as warm as the'iinger will bear;
pour into a coarse bag and hang in a cool
place over night it mado in the evemn
when wuutod, turn from tho bag, chop
rather coarse and add salt, popper and
cream. Some prefer to dress it with
sugar, cream and a little nutmeg, omit
ting tho salt and pepiier; or work in a
little butter and mould it into balls.
Hauling out fresh manure for crops
that are to In; planted on the manure is
unwise. Before tho plants can derive
benefit from the manure it must ilrst de-
dccoiuposo in the soil and its elements
dissolved by the ruins. Well-rotted, de
comixsed manure is always tho best for
anv crop. If the manure is undecom
posed it will not becomo available as
plant food to its fullest extent until tho
next season. The more litter in the
manure tho slower tho process of decom
Ksition.
Ijist veur it was demonstrated bv those
who make sKcial exjeriiuentB to deter
mine tho mutter of feeding for fat or lean,
that a steer or a hog can 1r miido to at
tain a heavy weight, with u fair proiwr
tion of fat and lean, by feeding for lean
as by the former method of feeding to
securo weight or fat only. Tho relative
cost of each system of production is nearly
the same, but the quality of tho carcasses
Uiat soro evenly interpjKirsed with lwth
fat aud leun were far superior to tho car
casses that largely ulnmnd in fat.
Tho Gorinim smiutlron escorting Em
jmror William will arrive at Dovor on Au
guBt 1st and proceed the next day to the
Isle of Wight. The Emperor will remain
witli Uio Queen ut Osborno until August
7. On tho 8th ho will review tho troojw
ut Aldershot.
Leo Song, a Chinaman, gave a fatal
stab to G. W. Pierson, liven' stablo keej
er at Los Angeles, on the HKh, Kcrsou
knocked tho Chinaman down tho day
previous.
A cloudburst on tho Klamath river
above Henley has caused great damage
to tho mines. Tho river was very low,
and Uio sudden rise was unexpected, as
it was wiUiout precedent.
Stockton has two Chiefs of police one
under tho old charter and one under Uio
new. Tho former claims ho cannot bo
removed wiUiout cause. The courts will
probably have to settlo Uie question.
THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE
SEATTLE IRON AND STEEL
COMPANY.
Two Chiefs of Police Olds Convicted
Sent to tho Pen Board of Equal
ization Kerosene Done It
Robbed of $50.
Los Gates wants a new school building
Licorice will be culUvated at Biggs this
xau.
The Napa cannery has packed 72,000
cans ot apricots.
Seattle lias twelve miles of cablo road
in operation.
Nine new colleges have just been com
pleted at Jetaluma.
The NaUonal Grange will meet at Sa-
ramento in September next.
Colusa has voted to issue fCOO.OOO in
lxjuum ior irngauon purposes.
Building meclianlcs and team hands
are just now scarce at Petaluma.
The fruit crop in Oregon, it is reported,
w in oe uie ugmesi ior somo years.
Grading on the Santa Rosa and Sebas-
topool road will begin ui a few days.
oewiers in iiarney vauev, ut., re
pulsed a Federal Marshal with rifles.
The high town tax at Pomona lias
forced Chinese laundries out of business
-T . i n
neavy iimner ures nave been raging
several mues northeast ot 1'oruand, Or.
The San Jose Times has got the citv
printing contract from tho Garden City
One energetic Pasadena woman is sun
drying and packing a ton of apricots every
uay.
J. W. Woodward drowned himself in
bath tub in tho County Hospital at Vis-
ana, laei weex.
A. W. Callen. known as"01dGrizzlv,"
snoi anu kujcu two men near i'rescott,
a. i., last week.
Nevada and Sierra counUea complain
of their mail and passenger service, and
want it improved.
Another convict in tho Oregon peniten
tiary cr.ops ins ieit nund oil with an ax
to keep from work.
Mrs. Van Sickle of Capitols, who has
been missing from her homo for some
months, has returned.
A Black gopher was caunht near Pasa
dena last week, and is kept on exhibi
tion ut the iown Hall.
Tho Piutes of Pizen Switch. Nev
cleaned out the whites on the Fourth of
July by winning a horse race.
joe iuanuei. a rarwuro Indian, was
killed while resisting arrest at Gila Bend
ile was a desperate character.
a woman anu ner daughter were
burned to death ut Suit Lake, last week.
the result ot lighting a tire with cjal oil
In tho case of Frank Toal. tried ior
gasning ins who with a knife at Los An
geles, Uie jury handed in a sealed verdict,
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way of relief alwut !fl0,000. Contracts
for new buildings are constantly beinir
iei.
The Arizona Board of Equalization has
assessed the claimants of laud grants in
Pima county 7o cents jer acre on all lands
claimed.
Chinese gamblers in San Diego claim
that up to the date of the recent raid thev
had bribed the chief of police to prevent
molestation.
Judge Deady, at Portland, Or., has de
clared that the Pilotage and Towage law,
passed by the late Oregon Legislature, is
cousiuuiiouiu.
Clung Ah Sing, a wealthy San Fran
cisco Chinaman, was shot and seriously
wounded by Wo Sing, a lalwrer at San
Jose, last week.
Ex-Senator J. D. Cruitrton. tho San
Francisco jury briber, convicted two years
ago, has delivered himself to tho author-
ties for sentence.
Two maski'd men "stood up" Homer
Smith of Sacramonto, while he was driv
ing from Forest t ity to Pike City, and
robbed him of $50.
Judge W. V. Gaffey at Watsonvillo,
has fined a Chiuaman $100 forattenipting
to kiss a white girl and offering in com
pensation 50 cents.
William Wooly, a school-boy, who ac
cidentally shot a companion nt Gurvanza
while carelessly handling a revolver, lias
been plueed under arrest.
A. C. Williams, who forged the name
of Arthur Graham of Boston on a note
that was cashed at Los Angeles, lias been
held $1500 bonds for trial.
George Nutting, Sheep Inspector of
Crook county. Or., has been missing for
sovcnil weeks and fears are entertained
that he has been murdered.
Tho Democrats will take no part in the
coming Constitutional Convention in
Now Mexico, either in nominating can
didates or voting at the jolls for the
measure.
William Moakler luis been awarded $1
in a suit against the Portland and Will
amette Railroad for damugcst which the
court ruled were caused by his own care
lessness. Joseph N. Bates of Sacramento, a car
enter, bus not leoii heard from since
the 8th Inst,, when ho started for Seattle,
and his wife is greaUy alarmed and fears
foul play.
Tho Seattle Iron and Steel Company, a
now corporation headed by littsburg iron
men, will next week begin Uio erection
of a foundry and machine shops ut Sal
mon Bay.
SouUiern Dakota will possibly adopt
Uio Australian ballot system.
Frank E. Williams, while engaged in
throwing wood down tho bank for tho
ferry boat ut Vancouver, lost his balance
und" fell a distance of about fifty feet to tho
water, striking his head in tho full. Tho
body was founil shortly uftorwurd.
W. E. Hawkins, who killed F. H. Oglo
on the streets of Salem, Or., the 1st of
last May, bus boon found guilty of mur
der in tho second degrve, tho penalty for
which is imprisonment in tho pcniteii
yiun for life, without discretion of the
1 court.
PORTLAND MARKET.
WILL THE WHEAT HARVET BE AN
AVERAGE IN QUANTITY?
Prices Remain Uncbangel in Provisions
Choice Grades of Butter Firmer
The Market Well Supplied
With Fresh Fruits.
The chief feature in the local markt-tft
is Uio probable price of wheat, and
whether Uie liarvest will be up to the
average in quantity, for Uie cool weather
of late must have greaUy benefitted many
sections of tho country east of the Cas
cades, and the increased cereal area will
quite counterbalance the deficionccy re
ported in several districts. Sugars hare
declined slighUy, while provisions re
main firm with prices unchanged. The
fruit market is well supplied wiUi fruits
of all kinds, which are quickly dispose
of. Choice grades of butter id firmer,
but tho poorer qualities remain stationary.
Tho demand back East for wool haa
slackened somewhat, which haa had Uie
effect of making tho local market quiet
in consequence. In fresh meats, mutton
has declined Vfc, but oUierwise there is
no cliange. We quote :
GROCERIES.
Sugars, Golden O 7?c. extra C 758e,
dry granulated 9c, cube, crushed and
powdered O-JjjC Coffee: Guatemala 19j-..
31 , Javu l27c, Costa Rica 21 Mat
aa.'u'c, Mocha 37c, Rio Sl&iglKVjc,
roasted Java 31c, Arbuekle's roasted
23.H.C
PROVISIONS.
Oregon ham 1313-eC, breakfast ba
con 13c, sides 1010)i'c, Eastern ham 13
14c, breakfast bacon 1313,le, sides
9c, slioulders 9c. Lard lOsDc.
fruits. .
Apricots $1.25, peaches .$75(31.60,
lemons $4.50(35, Sicdy $7.50, blackber
ries 0c, pears $1.502, apples $1.25(i 1.50.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes 4050c, new $11.25, onions
$1, tomatoes $1 per Iwx.
DAIRY TRODUCE.
Butter, Oregon fancy 22!.c, medium 15
(317MC, common, 1012Jc. Eastern
22c, California 1820c.
EUGB.
Eggs 2225c.
POULTRY.
Chickens $3.50(44, broilers $2.50a3.
old $5.50(SC. Ducks, geese and turkeys
are in small demand.
WOOL.
Valley 1823e, Umpque 22 24c. East
ern Oregon 1216t.
HOPS.
Hops 1015c.
GRAIN.
Wheat. Vallev $1.15(41. 17M. Eastern
Oregon $li051.07M. Oats3740c.
FLOUR.
Standard $4, othor brands $3.75-3.00.
FEED.
Hav $13(3514 per ton. bran $13.50frl4.
chop $1820, shorts $1415, barley $20
22.50.
FRESH -MEATS.
Beef, live. 3o, dressed, 06Jc ; mutton.
live, 2'i;'3c, dressed tc; lain ha $2
each ; hogs live 6c, dressed, 77JijC ; veal
68c.
DRIED FRUITS.
Apples 45c, evaporated (50t.jc sliced
be, pears 8c, peaches 810c, Oregon
plums 3i, petite prunes 50c, German
5s0c, Italian 7c, silver 7c. California
tigs c, Smyrna 14ffll5c, apneota l5(g
14c, raisins $1.7o(?2.75 per box.
Grinding Oats With Corn. Corn meal
alon is not merely too heartv, but it is
decidedly too heavy for healthful food.
For use on the table it is lightened in
various ways, and generally eaten with
something else likely to compact in the
stomach. It is necessary to do the same
with it for stock, especially if the corn is
ground. There is nothing better to grind
with corn than outs. Their hull makes
the mixture much lighter, and the grain
itself supplements somo of the deficien
cies of the corn. Oats are also excellent
to put it with corn in the ear, when tho
latter is to be ground. Unless this is
done it is oflen hurd for the miller to
make the cob grind fiu6 enough. If any
way damp the cob breaks up into pieces.
and only the grain is ground and that
poorly. Somehow the mixture of one
half of tho bulk of corn in the cob of oats
or barley will give the miller an advant
age in working the whole up as finely as
may be desired.
A Canadian exchange says of manure
from Uio dairy : A well fed cow of full
size will paps about a bushel excrement
daily, weighing uliout thirty-live to forty
pounds. It mixed with a due proportion
straw, to handle readily, this will
muke a good wagon load for every monUi
in tho year.
After observations among hundreds of
silos, and hearing tho testimony of the
ovners, John Gould concludes tliat there
is no necessity of over husking corn to
b.i fel upon the farm, when the silo, with
its hitter idea of tilling preserves the
grain so perfeeUy and gives such satis
factory results.
Pearl Morris, the Los Angeles irirl who
was arrested at Boston on the charire of
defrauding a hotel, has Ikhmi released,
some admirer puying the bill. Appeals
irom several Hundred ladies of Boston to
the girl to lead a better life have hail no
weight with her.
Governor Lowery of Mississippi ex
pressed tho opinion Uiat tho Now Or-
etuis und Northeastern liuilway has laid
tsell liable to a forfeiture of its charter
by recent acts in connection with the
Sullivan-Kilrain fight, aud will instruct
tho Attomoy-Goneral to hisdtuto pro
ceedings against the road with a view to
obtaining a cancellation of its franchise.
Bolivia has one of tho most inf'mstlnf
exhibits at Paris. It is a practical and
natural size model of a lead mine a
famous one out of which many huge
fnrtuBoa have Iwvri nnulp. Th
to it is through u sjHH;ial pavilion emrtod
o inoivouvian wovernmem.
. .Hpttvt( WMigoViOOMUVD i J lilt 2111
the money needed to build and equip the
("Viiim niilrmiil linn Iwwn snl.u.rilvx..) Ti..,
n - - - W. MWV, , ,vw. . Hi
amount raised is $5,000,000. The sul
scribers include leading banking houses
and capitalists in Belgium, Franco, Ger
many, England and tho United States.