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sip iT "Til t rip v VOL. VI. OREGON 1 NO; 27. ' The Oregon scout. An independent weekly -irnal, I.--:ie ' -cry l'tir.-i1a.v "morning iv JOXES & CHAXCEY. Publishers and Propric.e A. K. .Io.nks, Kdilor. f B. Chaj : Foreman. One copy, one your ' ... .fl..V) " ' Six months l.eu " Three montos To In variably CnH In Advance. If by chance subset ! pilous are not ptid , end oj year, two dotlart u-ilt be chanjed. I Rates ol advertising made known on op- ' plleittion. I C3"i'nrre.poniUnce from all parts of tli country solicited. 1 Adre.-s all communications to ttaeOatdo'. , Scowt, L'nlun On-iron. 1) K KS 15 Y T K K I A N CHI! HCH .tier vices . every Sabb.itli at 11 a. m. and 8 p. hi; babbath school at 10 a. m; pry.r motia Wednesday, at p. in. The Ladies' 3uU sionary Society nit-etst on the fourth Friday of every month at 2-.a0 p. in. All cordially invited. li. 11. l'AKKKK. l'astor VKOriWSlON'AI.. It. Kaki.x, J. A. Kakin, Notary 1'ubllc. EAKIN, is 15HOT1LEU, Attorneys at Law, I'nion, Oregon. (CS'Troinjit Attention Paid to Collect.ons. 7011X U. CK1TES, Attorney at Lav. Coll.'ctlng and probate practice special ties. Olliue, two doors south of post-office, Union, Oregon. J. W. Siiulton. J. M. Cabroll. gHKLTON & CAPvltOLL. Attorneys at Law. Ofiiuc : Two doors south of posK.':ico, Un ion, Oregon. Special attention given all business en trusted to us. r JL. CHAWFOItD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ollico, one door south of Centennial ho tel. B. V. Wiiaox. Notary Public. .T. IIackbtt, Xotary Public. W ILfiOX & IIACKETT, Attorneys at Law. Collections and all other business entrus ted to us will receive prompt attention. A complete abstract of the land of Union countv in our office. Managers of the UXIOX HEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: UXIOX, OR. I. (JUOAIWISLL, 31. D. , Physician and Surgeon. Olllce, ono door outh of J. I!. Eaton's store, L'nlou, Oregon. Q II. DAY, M. D., IIOMEPATinC Physician ci Surgeon. ALL CALLS 1'RO.Ml'Tr.Y ATTCMIB1) TO, Olllce adjoining Jones Bro's store. Can be foil. id nights at residence in South west Tniou. V A. L. DANFOItTH. M. D.. Physician and Surgeon North Powder, Oregon. Ill I S E A s U 8 0 1' W O M K X A SPECIALTY. Calls attended to at nil hours. -yyM. KOHNIU. Architect and Builder, COVE, OKEGOX. Drafts, Plans and Designs for Dwellings, and Bridges furnished on application. Shingles For Sale! An unlimited amount of No. 1 th'ng!( constantlv on hand and for sale uhcap. Orders i'rom all parts of the country so ,,(,,u'a' s. b. BrinuouQirs. 3-11 tf Cove, Oregon. City-Heat -H Main Street, Union. Orejfon, BENSON IHtOS. lMiOI'JUETOKS. i Keep otiuitantly ou Jwuid BEEF, rOHK- VEAL, MUTTOX, SAUSAGE, IfAMS. I-VKD. Etc. Fine Line of Watch1 arte " .;rr. a4'a'MBliBM'C'a'S'aSBi"aSS Tl'e r.e UikJ' The prov- Broa.! i I'ip's A" "ii A!!' I US, . ; m: i n! im 1 iid . in;; tin law of s-ew-im.-'i sikjvv. .n1-- " tiie rldtrs : ; .. i ( .i:td om'u- .n . ; i i ,ie !" ck)iul''i "i"ti- s-.vci-p ; ii-d lri.ni far ff foic-t 'j'uws; .i j; m a tf i ::r I The Far. f i Biov Athw:.' Tie- The w: And sleidnws 'loop nir'; n.'atli tin1 !ifl Xo How. . are there, in s.innv noo'cs, Hnt lo--(ilec l wlud th'te'ian- and T ' Mcthonght I -t-xl on .onie Nine peak And pawed ba. k o er tin ill-.pent Ine; Ita hfipei were vain, its struggles naught But frended paxstrtii, headed strife; Met lurtight th wreck wan quite rnmplete, All hrokeu round nm lay its works. My dec J were bleaeliiiiK at my feet, A gloomy shadow near me lurks 1 I saw the pledges of my tongue liy torn and broken. 4tlo by ido ; And saw neglected, token dear The flowers of Friendship, dead and dried. It wa a gloomy seene to me The love, the hope, the joy, the xtrife But painted there 1 saw, and wept, The rclto of an ill-spent life!" Sow 10, 188T). --B. W. Hi;rrux. WASEEfGTOir. As Interesting L;ttr froai Our r.ofiulax Corrcspcndcnt at tho Capital. Washisgtos, (D. C.) Dec. 13, ivU Editor Oueuon Scoct : Georgw Washington could find no flaw in the sunshine of Wednesday, the ouo hundredth anniversary of his inauguration as Piesidont of the United States. At 10 o'clock the Capitol was closed to the general public, admission being only by card. Before L o'clock a long line of people wero in waiting. Not since Mr. Blaine spoke at the me morial session in February 1833, of President Garfield's untimely taking off, has so large and distinguished an audience occupied the House. The House floor was covered with extra seats for the distinguished guests. A red line made a semi-circle around the Speaker's desk, composed of red leather sofas and cushions, placed there for the nse of the President and his Cabinet aud the members of the Su preme Bench. X bi inipo.Mng chair awaited the President and one nearly like it was ready for the Soeret.iry of State. Back ot these solas were cn.no scats chairs plifed between the desks of the members for the accommoda tion of the representatives of the sev eral foreign governments. All over the House were seati? prominently pla carded for prominent guests. Some of the arrangements were bad ly made, or rather many arrangements wore not made at all. When the Gov ernors of the thirteen original States entered in a body they stood around for about five minutes, a lonely littlo knot of gray haired men, and no one cpoke to them. General Fitzhugh Lee, who loves to pose and is generally the object of an ovation, looked, deeply mortified, as did Governor Jackson. No t-eats had been provided for these guests and it was only after consider able delay that room was found for them ou the last row of seats on the Democratic side. It was an unpardon able blunder, ami is another instance of the blundering incompetency of Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom, who allow ed his cashier to walk oft with every thing in sight, The scene in the galleries was very brilliant, the costumes of the Ladies being very rich. The ladies of the White House were not present on ac count of the dcuth of Mrs. Lord, Mrs. llarriron's sister. Two cabinet ladies also remained away through good-na- tuMKl, but flightl oVjprdnttfnj. $np thy, with ifrs. jlnrjjisoir hilt JIts. Blaine and Ji Blmjio uVa present, as well at others of the cabinet ladies. The music was of course ot Dm- liin-t ' character. With a judgment raro in j Coltgrebsional committees of ananj-o-in out, the Chaplain of the Senate Dr. Butler, wa assigned to pruy and Rev. Mr. Milhuru to invoke the benediction. If this order had Ix-cn reei.e!, Ue. Dr. Milbum's unfortunate ability to "tell tho Lord all the m . ' a- .speaker Iteed says, might ha. ii' l ,t-. if The oration of Chief Ju-tico Fulh r. who wiii hi- robes o' oilic a his iv'tiiarl.s m a clear thou -.,.i i j not , es, Clocks, Jewelry,1 Urong voice and with very little at tempt at oratorical effect, was a very sensible and scboU:ly jlPoductiOn. Of course, an audience tit' American who have been raised on daily doses of G.'orgc Washington's virtues n:ui tho Jories of the Republic cannot be ox- pceic-u i" gie rtipi .uivuuuu iu n iv-v titionof the old foots, huwiUfc goal oration for All thitt. At t"friRaMon ! tho annliu---was il oil bv Hocretnrv ! Ulnine, who also warmly c-.ngrotulatcd the orator. The Sileott invoticatins committees ! will report to-morrow. It will oxou- otato tin 1ook-koeper and paying tel- ler of the Sorgeant-at-arins oflieo from , bi,une cr t.imrge 0f neglect. The J Committee will ftUo state that it finds ; itj4 iurifli.,timi liniifod o f:lr ,ia nulr. ing recommendations about the loss, of tho money taken by Silcott is con cerned, but will submit the statues governing the 8ergeant-at-Arms and lettv it to tho House to decide wheth er the loss shall fall on the individual members of the House, or on the Gov ern uioht. A bill will undoubtedly be intro duced in the House to re-imburse tho members from the Treasury. This bill Will if passed by the House, be probab ly be killed in the Senate, where it can only meet the most bitter opposition. On sober Second thought most law yers are agreed that cashior Silcott ac ted as tho personal messenger of tho individual members when htrdrow the money from the Treasury, that the r nse so many transferred chocks and ho was only a messenger of theirs. Every U. S. Treasurer during the pat twenty years has taken occasion to re mind Congress annually of the crying necessity for n safer system of paying Congressional salaries. Everybody has been warned. A bill to re-imburse to the members would be a far bolder measure than the salary grnb in the seventies. ,J. H. C. NORTH POWDEB. Preparations for a Christmas Tree The How Year's Ball Personal Hotes. The protracted meeting of tho Bap tist church was olosed Inst night after a two week's run without catching any fish. Frank Huff has gone east to spend the winter. He expects to return again next March. Dan Starbird purchased the one third interest of tho property here known as the Spencer, Ramsey & Hall property. Hall's interest was sold at sheriffs sale. Great preparations are being made for a grand military ball to be given hero on New Year's eve. J. E. Carroll, tho city druggist, has just received a new invoice, of fancy articles, which ho offers for sale at low figures. Now is the time to get your Christmas presents, for they are going like hot cakes. Two members of tho intoxication fraternity met in front of Dave Bever idge's saloon, sunday, measured arm pits and tried their fists on each oth er 8 nose. iMrs. Lloyd is assistant clerk in the drug store at this place. Her pleasant ways and gentle manners, together with her kindness, in response to cus tomers has won for her scores of friends. The people in general in this com munity are taking a great interest in making propagations for a Christmas tree. The liberal donations already subscribed are very encouraging. It is supiaisod by some of our leading business men that tho tree when deco rated and tho many presents are put on, will be worth five hundred dollars. "K." Co., 0. N. G. will postpone their military ball until New Year's eve. Cordial invitations will bo sent the commanding officers at Baker and La Graudo with extended invitations to non-commissioned officers and pri-VtUt-s, and, at the sumo timo-not for- getting tho editors of Tun Kc0i?T and' If, O. Republican. J.JL IL. & The Mew Discovery. uo. la KiriL' iiuonr n. i ou may your-' i! b.-uneufthemiM.y whoknowfriporuii-; I experience just how goods tiling it is. i -.tauntl. frieuds, because fho wonderful 1 tiling uiiout it Is. that when mice given a (rial. !.-. Klnif .Sew DUuovery ever idler i olds a i.b.e- iii the houxe. If you h.-i in ,-r u-.cd it and xhould be afflicted with a ' i-;ii, c-'ild y aiiy 'Wiront, Luiljf or CbefJ trouble. e uri- h Itotflo at once und aire it niuirtrla'. It U outran teed every thin- or i.,.iiiev Brow n' . u i : 1- 1. Trial bottles In at ii'Ure. I'nion, Oregon. Silverware, Guns A R2?'.Y. Hr.-VS. ffoere'e giiat ifrjel on Bit, i" S ." JfctMfefti St&.'ewet- -. alitor r : J had Bt't tuoutiht i f !.. i intended to non iiii'iMior n i-1 it inu);i linn (incs- I t i tion of relii'ioiio si in 1 nod their in- MMenp,, but rcc'uU l''duction of ur '"'nn lit h-piy to my former nrlioll hi's s" :-r''at ' JvorI;i'noo from ' trMe '"R an'1 ,h, l'rein:-' h- under- took to nfl ss the !vi-e of hi first article that I mu-t up my pen oven th needs atrain take U"'l Ii r but .1 few thoughts. The gentl -man t k th tho first plavo th.it. i l 'j tions of learning on ,h' t-. with. Tho jn nnse i- niv sees, itiOl, :f If .ii ! r. .: - , in lWltll- u-n-H-d enable as he i ay i-'U, he saying that now ti he said soc tariat io make them 1 - w 1110 ICI con iliHSp a- wo fc:trd ho did in- cedes i tenu to Aupmpt uupo nimmcs tu line. Bim'what did h ' nvnn bv tlmt cry- ing, "Dofn with thoin'."' Mr. Ifllflrmin ".lib: a suggestion that ovifpttqctB goverri.n . bould pro vide Mfr th$ eivotlon of schools. Tt does d&jUnsvb sop.k' e:.!ont., and your correspjrolrlnt wotil j bv- one of tho last to cryBi(jr.;u:;h' ' if it were to do more. sslbut ape ui.in who n.to pay taMnoc-'-sniy .o build and endow those might not bo so willing. As it is, the man's gi-neroi-iiy, his de sire to build up his town, or his "fa naticism" as a "rolii'Mii-t'' is ap pealed to, and, like indirect taxation by tariW man dpc not feel it he would ifi as o sherili' e.arno after it. ThRSuulI dcr of; Liberal schools points nroujlv to thr-1 iusitution as the pfMfrct al of inidi 1 oiferinga laid at thofprinKff Bo on. But as two of the.ifcrtChe y,Utf m' p; irate enter prise and ththird but Ltl!e more, we may sffll asigrt that in.ldols as a class, do notynuiAl schools, iio cannot as sort wiflrho)o of any proof that either Girardt Colo or 'Lick Observatory wouktfoji'lijitvo been given to the fur theraiijie ot- .pducatfon and science if their ignijuj(s had; not been infidels. They Bla&kica them, where possible, with thehjown belief:, as they might and woufil : have done had they been bcliovei jjrroligiiin. But to assert that thdjr6uld not have e:itcd under other elfumstancos that they wore born of infidelity -rutin r Hum philan anthropy and a decile to advanco science, would bo al urd. lioligion has produced ju&t a.-, pliilanthropic men as Girard. RtK-kefeHer, of Now York, i SHh an ono ; and ho does not wait till heeanuo? uo his money moro Wjfor :)io endows a college, but offers it' yearly. And though Christ ians af proud of such men, they wouki-Tiot he judged by them alone. Thero we oUk-i- fruits. Ouly a few days since a paper passed under my observation in which an article mourned because there wero only thirty-foUr colleges supported by the denomination represented and asked that Christians rise and do all they can to further tho cause of education. The article did not plead religious traininAR an effect to be gained, but did plend religion as a motive for ad vancing: educational interests. Do in fidel yppoiy hold up atheism as a niotivooif OHS'wiiig colleges? We JUraietP as we read tho gentle man's referoiieo to Cotton Mather and, inforentially, asked to have his prac tices defended. The writer a little farther on says that the world is changing aud growing more enlight ened, and does ho desire people to suppose he thinks that l)eoain-e a man is n Christian, ho may not become en lightened as well: Would lie usg a nineteenth aunt iry- lawyer to jlefetid the Ipg'al opinion, of Blackstongor Sir Matthew Halo concerning thp same persucutiou yfiwliicli.ho uccusotfCotton Mather? Wo suppose that bo is ordi narily well inforiuod but suggest that Ulu istians do not coii.-ider any uian jriiible, as it mitfht bo Inferred ho . , , ... . ,t Jeeungs wouiu ue u we hiiomu jmiKe oi all infidels by tin lt-t days of Thos. PuinoV We worn.- r if he- would 0U- jov lx ing dinp.i; : '1 to tho French atheists . ml mluhi' of the ago gf BoiitfiiOMUMiiid ', .iiniro?' Or would hw liko lo have it th t infidels would If gl.l I id i ' 'I 'I Ml- H li-ll HI tltO an n i iir ilnl .,1,1 in- fiiei cssurs? 'and Amunition Just rwhin-: v cv bad" about iifctMHIH iitt e;vu'j;h MI Yet lie says this of Christians and - i 1 wo cannot but feel i respect for the reasoning powers of auv man who weaken; an argument . by such nb.-lllditios n.-UKlitiO!!. Mich nertioiif. i lead thinking men to believe that one who would say such a thinir is cither a bigot or is allowing his nrdor to run away with his reason. Mr. Hufl'mnn ridicules the idea of the Uible as a classic. We refer the gentleman to the discourso of the Niuarene found in Matthow, chapters five, six and seven, commonly known I as the Sermon on the Mount, and ask I him to produce a treatise on ethics, of J ancient or modern writer, as pure, as i fiiniMvi . ii ml epf. ns uliuii- no lliij CI r if the desire of his mind bo for logic, he might examine the epistle of Paul to the Bon i a ns and see if it does not j been served Christinas after being care eoinpare favorably with other classic j fully fattened, Mr. F. invites tho light productions. His comparison of the fingered gent to return and got a sup Bible to Peck's Bnd Roy as a classic I ply of cranberries to go with the fowl. leads us to the same conclusion to which our former article referred, that he is ignorant of the Bible as a whole. lie asks if a graduate of Harvard or Yalo can ho ptoduccd who can bo said to possess one-fourth the greatness or goodness of Lincoln or approach to Washington as a practical man, Wero Washington and Lincoln bettor because they did not graduate at "sec tarian" schools? Washington at Val ley Forgo and Lincoln in tho White House wore not ashamed to pray, yes pray, to tho God whom Mr. HuH'mnn rejects. Would they have boon bettor had t hoy refused to pray? Wo do not like to accuse a man of wilfully misrepresenting facts, but when ho says that colleges do not at tempt to explain peculiar things in tho Uiblo it certainly looks like it or else tells of his ignorance. IIo can tako either horn of tho dilemma ho pleases. Does ho not know of tho Harvard and of the Princeton coinniis- io,18 whicl, htxv0 H0!in!hcd Palestine, Svril, imi,vlonia, and other narta of the East? Does ho not know that tablets containing data have boon found, which data corroborate biblical assertions? And this "mythical leg end" which is being nioro carefully translated and revised by our best scholars, has a wider circulation, and is printed in more languages and dialects than any other volume. In conclusion, it may not bo amiss to say that I consider my time too valuable to reply to any more such sophistries as these and shall not do so. Although I thought at first that some might bo misled by tho idean hot forth, I do not now, for a man of thought can but seo tho foolishness of thoui. And if 1 have, in this and tho preceding article, departed from the linos of strict logic, I entreat tho read crs to remember that logic will not an swer folly. Vory Respectfully, B.H.Moore. Sank Union, Dee. 21. JSftt). HIGH VALLEY. Tho recent snow now lies in hugo drifts. Santa Clause will como to sec all tho littlo folks and mako thorn happy with his numerous presents. Fred Muyotto says ho is going to bo married soon, but refused to say who she is. John Minnick butchored a beef re cently that dressed U'JO pounds. Jack-rabbits aro gettieg to bo quite numerous and mo likely to becomo a post in tho near futtuotis thoy aro now in portions of Idaho and California. At tho depot wo seo tho gonial faco of ongincor Frank Levett, tho 0. It. it N. Go's host man. Ho is strowing thorns in tho pathway of all tho boys stopping nt tho hotel, and tho end is not yet. r Mr. II.-; Martin has returned from Kansas, to locate in our midst. Wo wclgoniH him and all others who can apprcciato a good thing. Mr. Q. Le sago, his brothor-iu-law, will return to j his homo in High valley, by tho first inet., in company with Mr. Martin's wife. Tho advent of tho Hunt road is attracting wido-spread attontion in tho oust. Tho raising of one hundred aud sixty thousand dollars by a vory small portion of Union county, speaks vol utnos for. tho public spirit and enter prise of her people, und its results will soon bo apparent. My nct letter will bo sent from wyomjug territory. HOMO. Received at A. N. THE COVE. The Layne-Koblnson Nuptials -Personal Mention Rough on French. Cove, Dec. :.'. IS.0. Married, at the rcsidenoe of tho bride's parents, Monday afternoon, 1 ')in'- -;5' S'J, Miss Hosetta Bobinson and David H. Layno, Rev. H. J. John son officiating. The happy pair are well and favorably known and wish "Davo" and his fair bride a long and joyful life in their newly assumed re lations. Tho meanest man lives in Cove. He deliberately, in the dead hoots of the night, sei.ed with malicious afore- , . i ,., .. inougnianu carneu on a lino voting : turkey which was tho apple of Mr. If ; If. French's eyo and which was to have Davo says, "talk about your Chtist mas presents, mine was tho very finest given in tho U. S." Mr. and Mrs. H. H. French will keep open doors Now Year's day and hope seo all their friends at homo from elev en till eleven. Tho Sunday School Christmas tree at tho hall was very well attended and a great quantity of gifts displayed. The juvenile band furnished music, al so thevo was singing and declamations. Hon. II. J. Geor nindo a very accepta ble Santa Clans. His make-up was good and address ditto. Mr. P. F. Chrisnian, after a vory dangerous sickness, is improving at this writing. Misses Tda Johnson and Nellie Ste vens, teachers in tho Union public school, wero in Covo this week. Our merchants report holiday trade good and sales mostly cash. Another short snow storm and sleighing in Covo will bo good. CORNUCOPIA NOTES. Tho snow is reported at Cornucopia between fivo and six feet in depth. Weather mild and still littlo or no wind. Tho mill will soon start up and tho tramway is about completed. Robert Peel has been appointed su perintendent, and S. M. Beers is con tinued as foreman at tho mines. Dr. Woods is still in town caring for tho sick. M. B. Brown, of Sawtooth Johnny notoriety, remains during tho wintor. Tho falling snow greatly, retarded tho completion of tho tramway, but everything is now about ready for use. Tho l)uffys havo left for tho winter. Dan Mooro makes occasional trips up town from his ranch. Tho Alpiuo hotel is running in fulL blast. Tho stago from Union, under, tho management of John Elliott, comes in on time. Christmas will be commemorated in. an appropriate manner, and tho little ones, of whom there are many in town,, will assist. Georgo Bolles has increased his stock of goods during tho wintor, and still is post-master. Does Advertising Pay? Tho merchant who never advertises an swers in tho negative. From his abundant experience as a non advertiser, ho can not seo how any ouo can afford to advertise. "My expenses aro high enough now." he argues, "and what buiiao can thero bo In making them any higher?" lint the constant advertiser looks at It differently. When he advertises bargains, which his competitor declines to advertise, he knows ho will draw from that competitor so much trade that tho latter practically must pay all the expense of tho advertising. Indeed, Is tt not always truo that tho merchant who does notjadvertlso pays for the advertisement of tho one who does? To take an advertisement out of a papor Is a Mug of distress; and If rats desert a sink ing ship, why should not Intelligent buyers avoid the desortcd counters of a sinking trader Buoklen's Arnica Salve. Tub Bkbt Halvk Iii tho world for Outs, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Halt Itlieum, Fover Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Eruptions, and posl alvcly cures Piles, or no pay required, It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Brown's drug store. Gardner & Co's.