The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, August 29, 1889, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers UNION OREGON. ' An Indian In tlio Everglades, Flor ida, it is said, is still holding in slavery negroes that wcro his when tho war broke out. Tho almost incredible statement is made by a South Florida man that it lias rained more or less in tho vicinity of his homo on tho 20th of May for the past nineteen years. Abraham Shearer, of Canada, con cluded to run away from his home and wife. When ho reached tho train tho first person ho encountered was Mrs. Shearer, who had been simultaneously belzcd with tho samo notion. -A man who died latoly near Sparta, Go., could ropcat tho names of all tho Senators and Representatives in Con gross from tho beginning of tho gov crnmcnt. Yet all this never brought him an engagement in u diino musuora and was t worth a dollar to him. A test has been mado in Franco to bco whether tho color of a horso had any thing to do with his characteristics. ji Jias oecn demonstrated that any such idea is all nonsense. Pedigreo and early training hnvo all to do with it, and color nothing whatevor. A resident of Palatini, Flu., while in Clay County saw an entire family work ing in a flvo-acre field. In the middle of tho field was a plow, to which was hitched tho old man, assisted by the son and daughter, tho mother of tho latter doing tho plowing. Tho women of Chicago hnvo cstab lished tho first college of practical arts for women in this country, it is do- eigned to givo women a practical in sight into tho avenues of business life, bucJi as law, railroads and even "lifo insurancc" ' At tho big spring near Fort Deca tur, the Governor of Alabama said to tho Governor of Tennessee, "I can say to you what tho Governor of South Carolina said to tho Governor of North Carolina but it will be cold wator, They smiled. Montgomery (Ala.) Ad vertisor. . Tho ways of auctioneers in different parts of tho world vary greatly. In this country nnd England tho sollor benrs tho oxpensa of tho sale, but in Franco tho purchaser hears tho cost, livo per cent, being added to his pur chaso. In Holland It is still worso, tho buyer bolng required to pay ten por cent, additional for tho expenses of tho Bala Near Summorvillo, La., a lady Avcnt into tho woods and caught a small frrcon snako by tho head. Covering it up sho went into tho house whoro sho -was boarding and asked tho man Don't you want a pretty P" "l'cs," said ho. Sho throw out her arm. Tho man's wife was standing by and was so alarmed at seeing tho snako squirming nooiit that sho roll back dead. "Mistah Jones, I hyuh yob's boon Jinbln' trubblo." "In what wayP" .11M .1 i 1 m i -n iiy, uai yon who uouo run orwny wuf Polo Jonkins." "O ves." "You lias my sympathy." "Much obliged.' "I'm glad tor noto dut you doan' tako it h'aht." "No, I ain't hud time to think about it much." "What yoh bin doln'P" "Hin sympnthizln' with Poto Jenkins." Morchant Travolor. A party of gamblers at Montajruo. Mich., were treated to an unwelcome burprlso ono night recontly. A woman who suspected that her husband was ono of n coterie who mot in a quiet mocic supped up to tho room and rapped on the door. Tho inside guard opened tho door. There was immedi ately a gonoral scramble. Two knights or tho green balzo jumped Into bed and pulled tho quilts over themselves, while others sought any available nook or corner. The wlfo collared her erring liogo and led him triumphantly forth. A Huston man says that when Udl Fon first thought of making a phono graph ho perfected most of tho details before oven drawing a plan. When ho had tho idea well developed, ho told nn old Gorman who made models for him to make a machine after a certain pattern. I ho inventor didn't hint what ho wanted It for, but occasionally sent nn ordor ror a change or alteration to bo made, without oven looking at the model. Finally tho Gorniau took tho iniiehlno to Mr. Edison, who fitted a bit of tinfoil Into It, turned tho crank, and hpoko into tho funnel the words of that famous poem beginning "Mary had a little lanib." Tho Gorman looked on as though ho thought that the Inventor had gono crazy. Then Mr. lidlson re versed tho crank, and, in that queer, piping voice now so familiar, tho ma. chine repeated tho lines. "MolnGottl" bald tho Gorman, throwing up his hands. "Moln Gott! it talks!" EASTERN ITEMS. DROPPED FROM THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT CINCINNATI. President Harrison Dines With Mr. I Blaine Sudden Death The Idaho Convention Rich Petroleum Deposits In fMexlco. Japan's Treaty With Russia The Congo Railway On the Pay Roll Eighty One Tears Wants the Cup. It is thought Parnell will viBit India. has been raised at Mexico is to have a fair in 1802. Ualtimorc is to have a cable road. Fighting before Port-au-Prince con tinues. John Leonard, the well known Fenian, is dead. Hop culture is to be undertaken in Manitoba. A Sweet Potato Trust has been formed in Baltimore. John L. Sullivan was tried at Purvis, Blaine Knipp'e statue -besen. There is to be an American theatre in Paris. Emperor William will visit Madrid in September. Joseph has left from Scotland is Miss., on the 12th inst The President dined with Mr, at Bar Harbor on the 8th. Rheumatism is immensely fashionable at Boston, says the Herald. A carnage road to the top of Pike's Peakc has just been completed. The new shoe shop in the Maryland penitentiary has begun operations. The reports of vellow fever at Tampic, Mexico, are pronounced unfounded. horse stealing industry lias been or ganized along the Upper Mississippi. Rich petroleum deposits have been dis covered in the State of Guerrero, Mexico. Tho drought in Mexico has killed thou sands of cattle, and an epidemic is learcd. The total circulation of money in the United State. August 1, was $1,379,980,- 137. The New York delegation, it is snid. will support Reed for Speaker of the next House. Tho National Prohibition Camp Meet ing at Decatur, 111., proves to be a big success. Colonel James Corry. U. S. A., retired, died suddenly at Fortress Monroe on the 9th inst. President Harrison has promised to visit Caliiomia during his vacation'noxt summer. Tho prediction is made that by 1893 tho Nicaragua Canal will be open for business. The Governor of St. Louis has respited Anderson, tho wife murderer, until Sep tember 111. President Harrison is expected to out line his message while at Deer Park in Snntnmhnr. i Chicago hotel men aro a unite in favor of having the World's Fair of 1892 located in that city. A Washington county, Ohio, farmer, 90 years old, assists the hands in the harvest field. A Georgia nronhet predicts tho end of tho world on tho Kith of August. Come again, old "Proph." Jay Gould said at Saratoga the other day that this iB going to be a prosperous year for big railroads. The Florida Stato Board of Health re quires all cities of 10,000 inhabitants to dispose of refuse by cremation. Captain Joseph Skerrett has been ro- conimended for promotion to Commander by thoJNaval J-jxainining Jioani. Tho Australian ballot system will have its first test in this country at tho coming State election in Massachusetts. Forty-eight persons were declared in sane in Brooklyn during July. Insanity sculls to bo epidemic in that city. Gigantic mining and manufacturing interests in tho South aro projected by New York and Virginia capitalists. Commissioner Tanner and ox-Governor Russell Alger are candidates for Coin niander-in-Chief of the Grand Army. Tho lCnightB Templar claim they will havo fully 20,000 men in tho parade at the triennial conclave at Washington. The Johnstown Relief Committee on tho 1st inst., rej)orted a disbursement of $SOO,000 out of about $3,000,000 available. Hie Idaho Convention niemoralizcH tho Government to prevent speculators se curing water privileges in tho territory. Tho work of distributing the remainder of the relief fund for tho Johnstown Howl sutlerers is to bo pushed on as rapidly as possible. A backwoodsinnn, whilo visiting Rock Springs, Wyo. T a day or two ago, learned for tho first time of the Johns town disaster. Jacob Spanvard, who was sentenced to bo banned at Fort Smith, Ark., on the 9th, has been reprieved until August 150 by the President. . The coke strike in Pennsylvania is ended, tho employes having carried tho day. The operators have conceded every thing demanded. Tho semi-annual dividend of 3l nor cent on tho preferred stock of tho Oregon Improvement, company is declared, pay able September ltd. ThomiiB, tho runner, who is believed to bo swifter than Canill', will compete in the American and Canadian champion ship contests this fall. flmperor Francis Vienna for Berlin. A large emigration now going to Chile. Lord Dunraven is mentioned for the Governorship of Bombay. Bull-fighting is getting a foothold among trench amusements. The Anti-Slavery Conference at Lucerne has been abandoned. Owing to a lack of sugar the Greenock Kelinery of .London has shut down, THE PACIFIC COAST, i DAVID 8. TERRT, EX-SUPREME JUS TICE OF CALIFORNIA, KILLED. United Staes Supreme Court Justico Stephen J. Field Arrested Com mits Suicide The Steamer Umatilla Grounded. MOSIK AM FAK3I. H?alsburg has an axle-grease factory, Watsonviile's building boom keeps up, The Bank of Ilueneme is open for bus- i mess. I A hot spring has been opened at Tcnr , escal. I The revenue cutter Corwin is at San Diego. The Healsburg Tribune has been en- ; larged. Santa Ana is organizing a military company. The Chico and Colusa Guards are in A National Temperance Congress is to : eamP at 8isson- sit for h vetlays at Bi i mingham, England, 1 San Diego is trying to suppress the in eaivauon .iirmv. i An International Congress for photo-1 Gambling places at Nana have been graphing the skits will meet at Paris on ! closed by the sheriff. ine .u iiibi. Glanders has done much damage to horses at French Camp. In a collision at Napa, on the 13th four flat cars were demolished. Tho Catholics at Santa Rosa are negoti- i ating for a burial lot near town. into The funeral of Felix Pyatt, the political agitator and writer, took place at Paris without incident. There have not been so many Ameri cans in fatratlord-on-Avon lor vearB as i there are this year. The inouirv into the Kiel navv frauds ! .. Chinese laborers arc pouring proves that corrupt practices have been -resno to work in the vineyards. in operation since 1884. j Two men who robbed a stage near The funeral of the late Italian states-1 bonanza, Or., have been arrested, man, Benedetto Cairoli, took place at' The fires in the mountains in Idaho Naples with great pomp. j can only be checked by heavy rains. Sydney Buxton has undertaken to sub-1 Camp Miles and Camp Dimond, nut a motion to Parliament next session Santa Cruz, are lighted with electricity in iavor ox ireo euueauou. :it Prince Alexander of Battenberg has been appointed to tho command of an Austrian regiment at btyrm. In memory of tho late Lady Kinnnird, a proposal has been mooted to establish a women's hospital in India. Japan has concluded ' a treaty with Russia, similar to those concluded witli the United States and Germany. A new restaurant in London is to be run so as to furnish travelers of every nation with tluir accustomed food. Tho ltadical party in the Italian Parlia ment is agitating the question of the cession of Trieste by Austria just now. William Scott, an employe of a London publishing firm, who (lied recently, had been on their pay roll eighty-one years, j There is much growling in Ireland I over the action of the Irish members of Parliament in voting for the royal grants. A verdict of death from tight lacing ! conies from a Birmingham jury, express ed as a verdict of "Death from pressure round the waist." , Suicide among German officers in-' creases shockingly. Dining May twenty three shot themselves, and tho number for Juno was larger still. It is rumored that the Queen has at last yielded to her physicians and will hike a long sea trip, perhaps to India, or jOBsibly to Canada and the United States. 1 A report is current that the Russian I Government iB pressing the Regents of I Sorvia to expel ex-King Milan frointhat country. I The scarcity of water in portions of Montana is causing mills to shut down. Every vessel leaving San Diego now carries from ten to fifteen tons of honey. John Kearns was assaulted and prob ably fatally wounded by John O'Keefe at Stockton. Ellensburg, W. T., believes that the popular vote will make it the capital of the State. Fred II. Figel of San Francisco was knocked down and robbed at San Jose on the 11th. George B. Mauders of Ogden, Utah, was crushed to death at Pocatelle, I.T., by two cars. The remains of ex-Judge David S. Terry, was interred on the 10th inst. at Stockton, Cal. The attachment on tho Pomono Bank lias been raised and the concern will re sume business. Tho Northwestern Firemen's Associa tion will hold a tournament at Tacoma September 10th. A charge of embezzling county money is made against Justice of the Peace Jones at Merced. The barn of William Curtis, with 200 tons of bay, was burned near Sacramen to on the 12th inst. Helena will remain the capital of Mon tana until the popular vote of the State j decides otherwise. Ora E. Hunt was successful in the com j petitive examination at Ukiah for a West Point cadetship on the 10th. The Oregon Veterans will tako with 1 them to Milwaukee a carload of grains, fruits and minerals, the products of their 1 State. llealo House, near Salisbury, famous as having been tho hiding-place for ten days of King Charles 11, was sold recently. lllmm h. Gladstone s speech on the j T,)ere 5(J ovurv pr0Hpw.t of n gur-beet royal grants was caught by a phonograph fiietorv bei,, established near Chino, and will go down to posterity just as he Sail Humiraino county, in the Pomona delivered it. , Valley. Sufficient subscriptions have been re-j ceived to enable the projectors to begin the construction of the Congo railroad immediately. 'will Progress vs. Prejudice. "Laura," said tho old man, you havo bomo tutors?" "Ifyourofer to tho farlimcoous tu bers which pertain to tho solanum tuberosum and whlcl nro commonly known at potatoes," replied tho sweot girl graduate, "1 would bo pleased to bo holped to a modicum of tho samo. Hut tutors? Tutors? I'm qulto buio, papa, thoy aro something of which 1 novor beforo had tho pleasure of hoar Inp." Tho old man pounded on tho table until tlio popper castor lay down for a rest and then romnrked, in a voice of icy calmuoss: "Laura, will you havo boino of tho tntorsP" Yon, papa." Isour boasted high bchnol nystom n failure or is it notP Torre Hnuto Ex press. . ... Another attachment for $200,000 has been placed on the Riverside Mills prop erty, at rroviilenco, u. I. Trouble is apprehended in Wilson county, lenn., over the preaching of .Mormon elders. Tho people talk ot driv ing them from the country. There is suspicion that English refiner ies are seeking to combine with tho American trust, in order to control tlio sugar uiarketB on two continents. Robert Morrell. the Piko county. Ind.. octogenarian, has passed the fifty-ninth day ot ids last, "lie is Hhrivellng up like a dried pencil," sayB tiiopnyslcian. Tho male and female bullaloB now at the Union Stock Yards. Soath St. Paul. aro nlKjut to be shipped to New York Stato to breed with Polled Angus cattle. Pan J. Phelps, who sustained the full force of a 2,200-volt current of electricity ut Louisville ten days ago. a current, ac cording to theorists, strong enough to kill an elephant, returned to his work on tho 10th inst. The Black Diamond business, which produced a momentary excitement in the I'.nghsh press, teems to lo already lor gotten in London. The Russian Government has pro hibited tlio sale of the Century Magazine in Russia on account of George Keiinau's Siberian articles. Tlio mistress of Boulanger has written to Ixiuise Michel certain disclosures con cerning the General which are of an im portant character. Tho report that Italy had withdrawn from the international blockade of the Fast African Coast is officially declared to lo without foundation. Letters of Boul.u'gcr produced before the French Senate temi to prove that lloulangor shared with Hourel the com missions paid by army contractors. The Congo State will ask tho Belgian Government for an annual subsidy of A'00,000 for ten years to insure tho con tinuance of tlio whole Congo railway. Dr. Schrelber, a chemist of Cologno, haB discovered an explosive more power ful than dynamite, and at the same time cheajwr and safer. Ho calls it "petragit." Dr. Brown Sequard'a new ehxir of lif was considered at a recent meeting of the , French Biological Society, and M. Variat told of some very Buccessful experiments made by him. J. W. Smith, of Los Angeles, was arrested at London, England, and fined 5 and costs for carrying a pistol. He arrived from America with his lather and brother last week. Tho Porto, in view of tho Russian ; """ft 11 411 UAl'l'llllV IHU 1111,1 111 WllllltlUll 11 11 no ! at Erzerouin. A host of men are already , constructing redoubts. It is reported that the whole rnuntrv fifteen miles west of Portland is burning up in forest fires. The flames are licking Ida, the 8-year-old girl of J. II. Crock well, at Virginia City, who was burned by a coal oil explosion on the 12th, died I on the 14th. Charles A. Fisiher, traveling salesman for Kohler & Frohling, of San Francisco, committed suicide at Butte, M. T., on the 13th inst. The San Francisco Bulletin records the receipt of "the first bale of California hops" on the 10th inst., and credits the production to Yuba county. Efforts to lloat the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company's steamer Umatilla, which went aground on the 13th at Brown's point, near racoma.have proved futile. David S. Terry, ex-Supreme Justice of California, was shot and killed on the morning of the 14th, in a railway eating station at Uithrop, Cal., bv" Deputy United States Marshal David Nagle. Justice Stephen J. Field, of the United States Supiemn Court, was arrested at San Francisco on the 10th inst., on tho charge of being a part) to the killing of David S. Terrv at 1-athrop, Cal., on the 14th inst. John White, alias John Pearson, talked scandal alout two ladies at San Jacinto, San Diego county and a few days ago they waylaid him and gave him a horse wlnpping, the husbands of tho women standing by as witnesses. A letter-box has been placed in the topmost stage of the KitTel Tower at tho Paris Exhibition, and postal cards sold there bear a printed indication of the height at which they are posted. Hun dreds of persons write to their friends from this lofty perch daily. Ex-Superior Judge A. W. Hutton has been appointed United States District Attorney by Justico Field, vice Hon. mud. Judge Hut ton until President Har rison makes tho apiointmcnt. Hutton is a democrat and a lino lawyer. A Good Egg Food Doing Up Curtains Improved Methods of Pasturing Treat Animals Kindly. Salt pork eprinkled with red pepper ib excellent for soar throat. When peoling onions keep your mouth closed and you won't have to cry. Sand paper applied to the yellow keys of the piano will restore the color. A good furniture varnish is made of two ounces white wax, one gill of turpen tine. The luster of morocco is restored by varnishing it with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge. , Marble should always be washed with ammonia and water rather than with soap and water. Ham Toast. Chop very small bits of boiled ham, with not much fat. To one pint of chopped ham add two wall beaten eggs, a l alf teacup sweet cream or milk, a little pepper, and, it necessary salt, an eighth of a teaspoon of dry mus Uird. tieat this mixture thoroughly when hot spr ad over slices of toasted bread which have been dipped in hot salted water, and wen buttered. A Michigan cattle-breeder says ho has settled one question quite firmly with his herdsmen, and tnat is that dumb brutes must be treated witn uniform kindness In illustration of its practical value he relates that some cattle he bought in Kentucky last fall were wild as deer : if any one went into the barn where they were, thev would spring up. try to get awav, and make themselves generally disagreeable. He has them now so that they are '.uiet nnd docile as lambs n result "obtained by good feeding and unitorm Kindness." Bathing. Whilo we advise frequent bathing tor the farmer and his hands, ve would also provide bathing facilities for tiie domestic animals. Fortunate is tho farmer whose land liorders upon a lake or stream oi sufficient depth to allow the horses, cows, etc.. a freouent bath. Not only will the animals enjoy it. but the boys will find it more fun than work. Often a small stream nia be so dammed as to retain the water and lorm a suitable bathing place. Do not allow the animals to drink from such artificial bathing pools, especially if the bottom is muddy A scant teaspoonful of sugar added to each pint oi meat gravj lmtxirts a deh cious flavor that can not be obtained in any other way. It is also an improve ment to soups, it added in the same pro portion. If meat has been allowed to stand a little too long before it was cooked, sprinkle a little sugar over it be fore removing it. from the fire, and the unpalatable taste will be removed. A teasnoon of siiL'ar to everv nint of milk should always be used when the milk is to be thickened with corn meal. Oat meal is much improved if sugar is put in while it is cooking instead of being put on it at the table. A Point for Bee-Keepers. Here is the substance of a bit of dauber literature in "Gleanings in Bee Culture" by Professor Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural Col lege: A mud dauber is an economic creature. When it gets a cell ready to be sealed up, it finds a spider, paralyzes it, puts it in the newly constructed cell, inserts a dauber egg in the spider's plump body, and seals tho house up. The egg hatches and the thing of life goes to work and slowly eats up the spider. As it eats it grows, and as it grows it eats moie spider, and finally emerges from its cell a regular mud dauber. ! PORTLAND MARKET. CONTINUED ACTIVITY IN THE MER CHANDISE MARHET. Coffees Have Advanced Slightly Fruits and Vegetables Remain Active and Firm No Change In Dried Fruits A populnr practice of tho abandoned , Whitechapol, Iondon, women is to do-1 miind money, and upon refusal charge the man who refuses to bo "stood up" as, being Jack tho Ripor. It is rumored at G'tibgow that the son of North, the "Nitrate King," is negotia-, ting for the purchase of tho yacht Thistle and will nut in a ccntcrboard and coin jeto for the America cup. 1 Several of tho largo land-owners of I Scotland havo inuwted a number of rein-! deer from Norway and turned them out in tho Iiopo that thoy may become iitclimatixvd and increase. up everything in their vicinity, rendering the land completely barren, and the ieo ple are compelled to move to places of safety, C. P. Ferry, whoso name is connected with a Paris scandal, and who Is just now at his home in Tacoma, W. T., has made a public statement in which he accuses his wile of attempting to blackmail him. Ho says he will vindicate him If at the proper moment, but that he will make no further statements uutil lie is heard in the courts. In domesticating certain animals, we make them conform their habits to our own purposes, and as an oHset to this, wc relieved them of ail trouble in hunt ing for their food. In providing for the various comforts that they would seek in the wild state, one is often overlooked that is, shade. Look at animals in a pasture in which there is abundant shade, and where do you find them dur ing the hot portion of thedav? Certainlv not exposed to the sun, aud grazing, but every one, whether horse and cattle oi sheep and pigs, ouietlv restinir and endeavoring to digest in tho shade the lood they have eaten earlier in the day (.toon rgg roou. sow here you have what many a poultry keeper wants whether he or sho be in town or country a recipe for the preparation of superior cuk iuuii, iv is luriusiieu oy .mt. James liaiiKin, ono oi the most successful raisers in the land. Listen and note: Ten pounds of the best beef scraps, five pounds of fintf ground lone, two pounds of granulated or powde.ed charcoal, one pound of anlphcr, two ounces of Cayenne jippper, and four ounces of salt. Give it in the soft food. It is said by those who have tried it to givo excellent results, and to be worth more than many of the much more costly egg foods which are placed upon the market. Doing up Curtains. A more economi cal method of doing up i urtains than to send them to a laundry is described by a uim iiuiiacni-vjiur us 1UUUWS ; iJUSt tlll'IIl thoroughly, and if there aro any breaks or tears in them, mend them before washing. Do not wring them, but pass through a clothes wringer, keeping them straight; boil a few minutes, then rinse in cold water. Bluo tho starch a trifle, but do not make them too stiff; then lay sheets on the tloor and spread the cur tains on them, taking care to Btretch tho worn straight and true. Pin tho edges on I ho sheet and let them lay till per fectly dry, rnd you will bo convinced that homo laundryi-:g of nico curtains is far prefcr.ib e to hiring them done up, as thoy will last longer and look nicer than when pressed by hot irons. Improved Methods of Pasturing. The largo breeds of sheep cannot be turned out on an inferior pasturoto be compelled to find thoir food. They must, like tho steer, be made to produce as much as possible in tho shortest period of time They will not grow rapidly if they are to forago over tho whole farm and bo forced to work for all they get. Tho loraging system will answer for tho merino, but largo slieen do not thrive in largo num berB. Only tho best of pastures, tho llocks divided, and a mess of grain at night, will force them. True, it requires moro Ial)or and rare, but it the matter of sheep raising ono lor profit the labor will always bo paid for iH-'foro tho estimate of profit can be made. It more money can bo made on one good sheep than from three inferior ones it iB a waste of time and pasture to keep tho natives. Tho greatest profit iB derived from the mutton breeds, and tho best jwstures pn tho farm can be given up to them with profit. In the local merchandise markets con tinued activity and an excellent tone are the general rule. Tho city trade is com paratively quiet, but country orders are liberal, and stocks no sooner arrive than they aro shipped again. Sugars havo dropped ic while coffees havo advanced 4j'c. Fresh fruits and vegetable remain very "'tive and firm. There is no change in dried fruits and the condition of trade generally is very good. For dairy produce aud poultry tho marketcon tinues firm at last figures, with advanc ing tendency. Wheat remains quiet and unchanged. The demand for flour con tinues good at last quotations. The w ool market is very dull owing to tho heavy failures in the East, and probably will not regain any buoyancy until those have been settled. We quote. HHOCEHIKb. Sugars, Golden C O''c. extra O 6?.,e, drv granulated 8'nC, cube, crushed and Coffee: Guatamala lO1 o27c, Costii Kica 21 powdered 8'i.c. 31, Java 1 22kc, Mocha 37c. Rio 2223c. roasted Java 3032c, Arbuokle's roasted 24 c. PROVISIONS. Oregon ham 13(J13c, breakfast bacon 12.Vt.13c, Bides 910( Eastern ham 13: 14c, breakfast, bacon 12,'c, sides 9oC, shoulders 9c. Lard 9c. Kit HITS. Peaches 75c$l.f0, apples $11.25, lemons $8, Sicily $7.50, pears !fl1.2f. OltlKI) PHU1TS. Apples 45c, evaporated 0jo sliced 6c, pears 8c, peaches S10c, Oregon plums 3S4, petite prunes 5(.0c, German 5s0c, prunes, Italian 7c, silver 0(37c, California figs 7c, Smyrna figs 14($15c, apricots 1314c, raisins $1.75f2.25 per box. VEGETABLES. Potatoes, new, $ll. 10, sweets 3 per Ui, onions $, green peas 0c. DAIKY I'HODUCK. Butter, Oregon iancv 30c, medium I7hi0 -Oc, common 10)2o. Eastern 22c, California lS20c. EGGS. Eggs 22at. rOULTItY. Chickens $34, broilers $2.503, old 5.500, young geese $S6610 young tur keys 1 J2c per lb. WOOL. Valley 17019, Umpque 1920c, East ern Oregon 1014c. HOI'S. Hops 1012a'c. GRAIN. Wheat, Vallev J1.20(?1.22U. Eastern Oregon 1.101.12J. Oats 4041.!c. brands $3.75 $14.50 barley FLOUR. Standard $4.25, other 3.90. FEED. Hay $1314 per ton, bran chop $1820, shorts $10.50, '02-'.&u. FRESH MEATS. Beef, live. 2?;i3c. dressed, GfffiOKe: mutton, live, 3c, dressed 07c, hogs live 6c, dressed, 707v : veal tlOSc. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Out of 3.r)8 teachers employed last 'ear in Chester County. Pennsylvania, 127 were females. -More than three millions of children lave been gathered into schools for tho tudy of the Scriptures, throuirli tho nissionarics of the American Sunday ehool Union. The averago Sundav plate collec ions of Rov. Newman Hall's church in Yestmiiihter Hridgo Road, London, is U7o, and of Rev. C. H. Spurgoou's iongregat'on, in tho great Tabernacle, 53 1.0. The Christian Intelliiciwer dislikes ho substitution of "signs" lor "luna tics" in the Revised Now Testament. 'Miracles," it says, "is a moro pleasant vord than .signs, both to tho tongue aud ho ear. A Mohammedan university nino iiiiidred years older than Oxford is still lourishing at CVro as in tlio days of Vrabian conquests. It contains but me room, the floor is p ived and the oof is supported by 400 columns. There aro 397 institutions in tho vorld for the education of deaf-mutes. Sermany has ninety of these, Franco lixty-seven, Groat Britain forty-), and ho United States thirty-eight. Recent jareful estimates place the unmoor of iheso unfortunates in existence at 800, )00. Chicago Current. According to their Year Hook there ias been rapid growth In the Reformed Episcopal Church during the past eight fears, it has ten Bishops, 103 Presbv ;crs and deacons, 7,913 communicants. prosperous Sunday-schools, and shurch property valued at $1,021,509. In the village of Slsito Hill, Oraugo rouuty, N. Y.. is a Baptist Church which was built in 1783. It is verv primitive in style, and in the gallery bus a pew which was mado exclusively for slaves belonging to members of tho :oiigiegiition, which once numbered ivo hundred. The church is a great Mirlosity now, and is vis ted by many itrangers Ar. Y. Tribune. A curious incident occurred in tho Parado Church, ShorncliH'e, Hngland, n a recent Sunday. It was found that !ho church was bosieged by various linds of birds, principally swallows. Every effort was made to dislodgo them, but without ollect, and at last tome soldiers were obliged to lire a vol ley of blank cartridges, which com pletely routed them, and. tho chutth Jelng soon vacated, tho service was leld. At Cambridge, says the London Truth, the girl undergraduates have icon decidedly 'coming on." In last roar s Mathematical Tripos thoy had no wranglers at all, and their best "inan'' was only equal to tho forty-fourth on :ho list. This your thoy havo two wranglers, ono mining botwoen tho iwonty-fourtli and tlw twenty-fifth on tho list, thu othur bolng oqunl to the ihirtv-fourth. .