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I tTlJOtt Jfrottt, THE OREGON SCOUT Is independent in nil thing?, neu tral in nothing; devoted to every cause it believes to be right a THE OREGON SCOUT Han as largo acirnulntiionasany two papers in this section of tho State comhinvd, nnd is corre spondingly valuable ns an advar tising medium. fa journal for the people. UM Hero Will tho Press tho People's Rights Maintain. VOL. VII. UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1890. NO. G. mm The Oregon Scout An independent we. klj Journal, Issued et erj Thursday morning by JONES & CIIANCEY, J'ublliliera and Proprietors A. K. Jon in, NrUr. JJ. OiiANcrtv, Foreman. ItaU- of Subxrriptlon. Ona copj one year. ... One eopy s'x inununi, ... One copy three months, ... 11.50 J 00 .75 InrarlaUlj Cnsli In Advance. If bp chance tubicriptions are not jxid tilt end oj year, two dollars will be charged. Rate of adterttaing made knonn on application. US' Correspondence from ull prts of tne country solicited. Address a'l communications to the On kiio.s Scout, Onion, Oregon. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. UNITED BTATKS. President-llenjamlD Harrison of Indiana. SiGKETARY OK Statk James U, ltla ne of Maine. Bkcretarv or tub Treasury William Wlndom of Minnesota. Secrktary ok WAiiRcdfleM Proctor of Vermont. Secretary or tiik Navk 15enjmla F. Tracy of Mew York. Becretary ok the Interior-John W Noble of MlMourl. PoTMA8TCR OESKRAL-John Wauamaktr of Penn sylvania. Attornbi Okneral-W. II. H Miller of Indiana. Secretary ok AIRICUI.1URK-Jereinlah Husk of Wisconsin. STATE OF OREGON. ' (J. H. Mitchell. Benators, - - t J. N. Doi.ril. Coagremman, ... IIinukk Hermann. Governor, ... Sylvester Pknnover. Secretary of Biate, - 0oruk W, McIIuidk. Ht.te Treasurer, - - (1. W. Wkkh. .8uperitendeut of Public Instruction, K. II. McKlroy. Btat Printer. ... Frank O. Hakkk. (It. H. t-TRAIIAJi. Supreme Judges, - - W. P. Lord. lW. W. TlIAYKK. SIXTH JUIHCIAI, Circuit Judges, Prosecuting Attorney DISTRICT. J M. D. Clifford I jAMtfi A. Fee. J. L. Hand. COUNTY OF UNION. J. W. Norval. (J. II. Haley. lOlIARLKH OoOllNOUall. j J. h. Hok. O. I". OoonAI.L. A. N. Hamilton. A. T. Neill. K. C. Hrainaru. J. I.. Carter. J, W. Kimiirkll. J. 1. OUILl). II. HUHKHH. I O. V. llENNEHOKK. (John McDonald. State Senators, Representatives, -Judge Shetitf, Olerk, Treasurer, Hchcol Huperlntendent, Surveyor, - : Amessor, Coroner, Commissioners, CITY OF UNION. Mayor, .... Recorder, ... Marshal, - W. Kennedy. J. K. Tottlk. M. Heritauk. UOUNCILMKK. H. F. Wilson. J. H. CouiiiN. J. 8. Kli.iott. a. K. Jones. K. Kkmillard. 8. A. Pursel. LODGES. UNION 1.01)01'.. No .19, I. O. O. F.. MKKT8 EVERY Friday e.enmg at 7:30 o'clock q 0.8 Miller, SoTetary. ORANDK KONDE FNOAMI'MENT, No. 11, 1. O. O. F-. mnetl ou the first and third Tue-l-ys in each month. O.8. MILIAR. 0 P J. 11. Thompson, Scribe. ORAN DE RONDE VALLEY l.i ilMlB. No. 56, A F.& A M.. meeis on the secomi .in 1 fourth Maturdays every month. V- W. DAVIS, W. M. R. II. Hrown, Secretary. ORAN OK RONDE VALLKYoTlAPTEU, No. 20.. H. A. M.. meet fir-t a At hi mon. Turner Oliver. Secretary. BLUE MOUNTAIN LODOE No. 28 K. OF P meeU every Wedut-ulay evening. p Q Q Turner Oliver, K. of It. & S. 1-RK8TON P08T. No. 18, O. A. R., MEETS EVERY third Saturday la .'ff a QeoroeHeininoer, Adjutant. CHURCHES. The Methodist Kpi copal Church holds services at 11 A. M. aiii 7 1'. M. . ol eaoo Bunuay. Rev. a. M. Ultivr.il, luatur. Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at 11 A, M. and 7 r. M. ul eacn nuiway. .., . " Rev. It. II. PARKER. Pastor. SOCIETIES. The Union literary and Musical Society meets every Friday tvenlog at we .11, r.. wuurcu. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOHN R. CRITES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offloe two doors south of Postoffloe. Union, Oregon. Collecting and probate practice specialties. J. W. BHELTON. 3. M. OARROLU SHELTON & CARROLL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office two doon south of l'oatofllofl. Union, Oregon, Special attention given to all business entrusted to us. R. KAK1N. J. A. F.AKIN, NoUry Public. R. EAKIN & BRO., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, Oregon, Prompt at'entlon paid to collections. B. V. WILSON, Nuury lublle. A. J HACKKTT. Notary Public. WILSON & HACKETT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, Oregon. .i.,. nd all other business eatruiUd to ns wl "'rilistcl' w.U4 of Ul. count, In Mlr.ef U..UW10K BKALKSTATK ABeJOCIA PROFESSIONAL CARDS. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office one door south of J. 11. Eaton's store. Union, Oreirnu. T. McNAUGHTON, M. D HYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Klgin, Oregon. All caly's promptly attended to day or n'ght. A. L. DANFORTH, M. D HYSICIAN AND SURGEON, North Powder, Oregon. DISEASES OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY. Calls attended to at all hours. C. H. DAY, M. D., omoBopathic Physician and Surgeon. All Calls Promptly Attemlfil to. Offiftt srllnlnln? .Tnnei Rros. on?. Can be found nights at residence In Southwest Union. WILLIAM K0ENIG, Architect and Builder, Cove, Oregon. Drafts, plans anl deafens for dwellings anil bridges furnished ou application, DR. A. M, MUSSER, Dentist, Oraduate of Pennsylvania Dental College, Is at the CENTENNIAL HOTEL And la prepared t do aH kinds of dental work iiain .'. DR. E. N. NORTH, am DENTIST, Olllco It Street, Union, Or. Teeth extracted without pain by the successful new method. UnionTonsoFialPaFloPs GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor. Sbavlng, Hair-Gutting and Shampooing in tbe Lasest Style of tbe Art. Shop two doirs south of the Centennial hotel. OWe me u call, City Meat Market IUhIh .Street, Union, Oregon. BENSON BROS., Proprietors, KEKI CON8TAKTLV ON BAND Beef, Pork, YeaJ, .Mutton,, Sausage, Hams, Lard. Etc. Montreal Saloon Ed Remillard, Proprietor. If you want a rt freshing drink or a good cigar, drop In. Millard and itool tables for the accommodation of customers. Cornucopia Saloon. William Wilson, Proprietor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Always in btock. Flrt-clas Millard table. Drou In and be sociable. For Information About the South -ADDBKBJi WITH HTAMI' - Tbe Official Immigration Department OF FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES, OAitL UOUINSOrgHUrjr,o THE PACIFIC COAST. Chinese Granted Permission Remove Their Dead. to The Harvest of Oregon and Washington Cereals Said to be the Largest Kvcr Known Tlie Northwestern Extxisition nt Taco ma will be opened not later than next j ear. L. II. Bartlett, an abeconding embpz zler and bank cashier from Fort Morgan, Col., has been captured at Seattle. The water supply at Spokane Falls is inadequate, and three houses were burned there, principally owing to that fact. F. Stevensen a Canadian Pflcitic ticket auentat victoria, u. u., nas gone uovwi i gone tho Sound a defaulter to tho extent of $200. L. I). Smith of Reuben Creek, Joseph ine county, Or., went prospecting; recent ly and came- home with a nugget worth $82.50. In consideration of tho location of an academy at Milton, Or , by the Advent'sta the people of thai town raised $3,000 as a starter. Census Supervisor Mosher computes the population of Los Angeles county at 101,400. The population of Orange coun ty is 13,600. It is commonly believed in Alaska that the missing Lord IJoylo, one of those who went up the Yukon in search of gold, is still alive. Mayor Gunn wants tho enumeration at San Diego to be taken over. The pres ent returns show a population of 15,700. The Mayor claims 24,000. Postmasters have been appointed : Montana J. G. Sherman, Flat Willow, Fertiuscounty. Washington J.D. Dean, lloquiam, Chehalis county. The wrecked steamer Sardonyx will bo turned over to the underwriters. The crew of the vppsoI, who have been living in huts at Skidegate, have returned to Victoria. The following postofliees have been es tablished : Washington At ltangan, Lewis county, T. J. Long, postmaster; at Chester, Spokane county, Alvin T. Church, postmaster. Tho Santa Clara Countv Board of Su pervisors has mndo a report charging tbe Sherifi" with appropriating to his own use half the money allowed by the county for the support of prisoners. Tho Southern California Editorial As sociation, which has been in session at Santa Barbara for four days rmst, ad journed yesterday. Madame Modjeska delivered'an address to the association. Tho A. O U. W. Grand Lodye of Ore gon and Washington, which has been in session at Aftoris, Or., has adjourned until the third Wednesday in July, 1891, when it will convene at Victoria, IJ C. Three hoodlums r.t Jefferson, Or., en tered a Chinese house and held the Mon golians outside the building while they robbed it of 3' 0. and with coal oil started a blaze that def troyed the build ing. A. Hunt sank an artesian well 180 feet two miles from San Bernardino recently The water rises thirty inches above tho ton of the casing, and stones of eighteen pounds' weight are occasionally thrown out. Tho land suit of the State of Washing ton against John G. McBride for lands nearTacoma is developing a bold scheme of land grabbing, although mining ex perts testitleu directly opposite to eacn otner. The harvest of cereals in Oregon and Wnshinirton will bo the heaviest over known, especially in tho Inland Empire where crops wore short last year. There will lie magnificent crops of apples, pears and peaches. A lariro acreage of timber land in Ber nalillo and Valencia counties, N. M., has been purchased ly Michigan lumber merchants, and a system of saw mills is to be established. Tho property is on the Atlantic and Pacific road. Work will be commenced this week on thirtv miles of new ro-d for the bouth ern Pacific railroad through Cow Cnek ennvon. Or., that is to replace the road damaued and destroyed by tho big land slide oi last February, aim including two short tunnels about a0 leot long. Chief Encineer Kendrick of the North ertt Pacific railroad at Tacoma says that tho road will be extended from Urami Coulee, tho prespnt western terminus of the Washington ueiurai lino, io me jo- - -. ' . . fm Jilt 1 jl . lumbia river nt a point near tho moutti of the Okanogan river before the snow .flies. Judiro Kibbov at Phcenix, A. T., holds that the twenty-four Chineso in arrest tnero cannot, ciaiui tno privucgu vi iw lieaa corpus, they being aliens and being in the country illegally and in direct vio 'ation of a Congressional enactmont. The Chinese will bo sent to San Fran cisco for shipment to China. It is reported that not a caso of Columbia-river salmon has been sold in England this year, and that Fraser-river tlsh is given the preference. All the can neries in operation have done consider ably more than they expected. Sacramento 1ms voted to issue lands for 100,000 at 5 per cent, for twenty years for street work, but $5,000 of the principal to be redeemed each year, and only so much of the loan made each year as is nocuwary to pay one-o,uurter of the coat of the street work. EASTERN ITEMS. Indiana White Caps Whip a House Superintendent. Poor- Wiman Declines to Return to Canada and Decome the Leader of the Liberal Tarty. The estimated increase of the popula tion of New Hampshire is 30,000. It has been decided in Philadelphia that Sunday shaving is not a necessity. The Vermont Assessor's annual report will show a mark d depreciation in the value of farming lands. The Interstate Commerce Commission I... a lini.nn ,1. iiiimlrir In l.fw.rttru.. Ilin ,tlfl nipulation in rain rates. UtUll ..I. .1111.1. J IV. l,llSU. ...VI ..... Florida intends to ask for the samo amount of space at tho World's Fair as that desired by California. The price of ice has been advanced in St. Louis to $1 per 100 pounds, and noth ing Ihss than ten ounds is sold. The latest, estimato or rough count gives St. Louis n population of 448,124, Baltimore 433,000 and Chicago 1,100,000. Now York is breaking up the clock- stock game. The principal runners of tho concern were arrested for selling stock in a mythical mine. Tho Georgia .Melon Exchange, which was formed bv the leading growers with a view to regulating tho output and mak ing tho sales direct to retailers, lias gono under. The Governor of Massachusetts has vetoed the bill authorizing the consolida tion of gas and electric-light companies. Tho Senate refused to pass tho bill over the voto. Tho President has returned to the Houso without his approval the bill ex tending the time of payment to purchas ers of land of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska. The bill to spnd a commission to Oro- gon to negotiate for tho purchase of tho surplus ncreatre of tho Puyalhip Indians has been favorably reported to tho Lower House of Congress. huge tow'r, eleven stories high, is to bo erected at South kmgstnn, It. I., and dedicated to tiio advent of modern spirituhlism by Joseph 1. Hazard, a wealthy spiritualist ot that plate. The National Starch Manufacturing Company, the $10,500,000 capital stock of which hns been listed by tho Stock Exchange, has bought outright all tho principal starch works in the country. British Minister Pauncefoto denies that negotiations with Mr. Blaine over tho Be.iringsea controversy have Imon broken olL A report, to t tint effect having been published called forth this public denial. White Caps in Harrison county, Ind., took the Superintendent of tho county poorhouse, John it. Denhoo, from his bed and gave hun twenty-live lasnes. ne was charged with maltreating his charges. iV pneumatic gun. which easily throws an eight-inch shell a distauco of 3,200 yards, intended for dynamite and to ue used for coast defense in England, was successfully tried at Cold Springs, N. Y. The United Slates Book Company has been formed at Now York, with a capital of $3,250,000, and all tho business in low priced publications which have been car ried on by twenty-ono concerns has been absorbed. The Chicago Railway Association has decided to make a reduction of i8.75 in tho passenger rate from Chicago to Hel ena and Montana points after August 1, becatipo tho Northern Pacific cut the rate from St. Paul. Notice is given that on or about August 1, 1890, a fixed white light of the fifth order will be exhibited from tho struct ure recontly erected on tho northeastern extremity of Ballast Point The light will illuminate tho cntiro horizon. A bill has been reported favorably to the Houso granting $12 por month to all women who served as army nurses in tho the late war for a period of six months or more, and who ronJored serv ices to tho sick on tho battle-field. By a decision of the Supremo Court of Ohio property to tho taxable value of $1, 04 4,r00 is restored to the tax duplicate of Hamilton county, having been omitted for four yeara. The taxes on this to bo paid to the city are about $150,000, Erastus Wiman declines to return to Canada and outer politics as tho leader of tho Liberal party. Ho is convinced that ho can servo tho Dominion most ef fectually by remaining in Now York and pushing his agitation for commercial union. An inspector of customs at New York seized from Adolph JNordmun oi tjainor nia, who arrived on tho steamship La Bretatrne, a gold watch valued at $260, which he had concealed on his porson. Nordman says tho watch was for his own personal use. Henrv Boot of San Francisco has begun suit against thoThird-avenuoCablnCom-I pany at New York to restrain tho coin pany from using a grip apparatus on tho cable road which ho claims to own. Ho says he purchased tho grip from tho pat entee, Henry Casebolt. An appendix to the sentence of the Popo in tho Burtaell caso declared that henceforth it is established that tho Bish ops of the United States have full power, without having recourse to tho Propa ganda, to transfer from one pirlsh to an other titulars of pout not essentially ir removable. FOREIGN NEWS. The Cholera in Spain More Serious Than at First Reported. Six of the I'aris Nihilists Convicted and Sentenced Russia linrolling More Recruits. Serious rioting is reported at Iquimie, Poru, growing out of n striko. Portugal has made n general increaso of ,0 per cent, in tho taxation. Tho arbitration of tho Delagoa Bay railway matter has beoti settled. Tho family of Pro&idont Menondez of San Salvador declare that ho died of apo plexy. Princo Bismarck is expected to visit London after Emperor William returns to Berlin. The Montevideo Bourse has been closed. The crisis there has caused groat excitement. China intends to borrow 30,000,000 fuels of American silver for building strategic railways in Manchuria. It is believed that Balfour will succeed William H. Smith as government leader in the British Houso of Commons. Firework exhibitions nt tho London Crystal Palace aro unusually grand this Bummer, and attract greater crowdB than ever. Six of tho Parisian Nihilists havo leen convicted and sentenced each to throe years' imprisonment aud a fino of 200 1 nines. Tho Princo Henent of Bavaria hns sub scribed 1,000 marks toward tho Bismarck memorial, which It is proposod to erect in Berlin. Further French interference with tho fishermen on the Newfoundland coast has occurred, and the usual indignation is reported. Tho cholera epidemic in Valoncia, Spain, is more serious than has been be hoved. Tho authorities havo hidden tho true statu of affairs. Tho largest contingent of recritits over demanded by tho Russian war otlice 270,000 was fixed for the next enroll ment by tho latest ukase. Tho papers at Munich aro praising Henrv Villnrd. and admiringly comment on his donation of $30,000 tc tho Bava rian Society of tho lted Cross. Sinco the snow was molted and tho passage from Turkey opened tho border lands of tho district of ICnrs aro troubled with bands of Turkish robbors. Bussia lias ordered to bo manufactured in Franco a tjuantity of now infantry ri fles, modified from tho Fronch standard riflo and without the magazine feature. Tho London Chroniclo's Itomo corre spondent says : Tno Popo has become very feeble, aud is preparing writton in structions for the guidunco of his succes sor. An electric brako has beon devised in Entrlitnil. bv means of which it train go- intr at tho rate of thirty miles an hour can bo brought to a standstill in a space of 2i 0 feet. Tho British foreign office has issued tho text of the Anglo-German ngrcoment and official correspondence on tho sub- iect. There is nothing new in regard to East Africa. It is reported at Berlin that Minister of Public Works Mavbach and Minister of Public Worship and Education Von Ooslor will resign on tho return of hn peror William. London, jealous of Paris with its Eiffel tower, resolved to have a similar con trivance, and prizes wero awarded for a device which is a dollborato Imitation of Eiffel's structure. Madame Kosa Kirschbaum, tho first lady admitted to modical practico in Aus trin. hns hist been authorized by special imperial decree to conduct a hospital for eyo diseases at Baiznurg. Tho Princo of Wales continues to grow stout and gray. It is said of him that ho is disinclined to mako any exertion, and tho only place to which ho does not drive is to meals and to bed. Stanloy's now book, " Darkest Africa," has had a sain execoding the most san guino expectations In Loudon. Tho first edition lias been exhausted, and a second one is aliout to bo Issued. The Minister of Russian Imperial Property Iihs given notico to tho War De partment to send out troops of so'diers to tho Caucasian districts to destroy tho locusts which infoct that region. Tho grievances of tho London postmen urn still unattended to. and the men threaten to leavo work. Should tney do so, tho whole postal machinery of Eng land would be thrown out of gear. According to a recent ukaseof tho Czar no person who is not of tho Christian faith will bo allowed to serve on a jury unless bv tho special approval of thoMin inter of tho Interior and of tho Minister of Justice. filnco aliout tho middle of May tho city of Tomsk in Siberia has been under water. A dispatch dated June 11 reports that in several streets ot tno inundated place tho people aro still rowing in boats among tno ruins. It is stated that Princo Bismarck has begged tho Emperor to dlscotiutouanco tho project to erect a Bismarck monu ment during tho Prince's lifetime. Tho Princo aska that the funds lor that pur nose be devoted to erecting a church in memory of Emperor William I, PORTLAND MARKET. WilKAT There Is i firm focllnR tn the local mmket, but trailing laclcs activity, Theshlpplnfr (leniainl ) light, ami miller?, nro only purchav liiKSmrliiRly. Quotation mnge fromtl.?21.25 for Valley niirtlt.SO nominal (nr Wnlla Wnlla. Tho weather throughout Kuglaml continues unfavor able, mid foreign markets arc strong, with the prospect of n still further ailvauco In value. KI.OUK The market remains the nme. Quote: Standard, JS.Tfi! ouUlite brands, ?...'0 per barrel. OATS The market la firm. Quote! flOtfiMc per bushel. MII.LSTl'KFB The market Is firm. Quote: Ilran, lf;tl7; Shorts, $17019: (Iround llarlcy, $iS0i Chop Kecd,25; Middling!, r.-i5O25.0O per ton. HAY The market Is steady. Quoto: fl920 per ton. VKOKTAIll.KS-The market Is firm. Oregon and California Potatoes, California Tomatoes and California Wax Heaus have fallen. Oregon Turnips liBve advanced. Quote: California Cab bage, i'.UO per cental; O egou, 7f80c per doicn; California Cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; Oregon flrecu Teas, 5c per pound; young Onions and Lettuce, 15e. per dozen bunches; new California Ouloii,2o per pound; Oregon String Deans, 4ic per pound; California Cucumbers, 25c; Oregon, 40c per dozen; California Carrots, $1.25; Oregon, 11.15 per sack; California Asparagus, 12.25 per box; Oregon, In bulk, lOo per pound; Oregon (Irecn llects, 15e per dozen; California Turnips, ll.fiO; Oregon, ?2 per sack; California Tomatoes, f l.f0l.?5 per box; California Wax llcaus, Cc per pound; California Corn, $2 per box; now Call ornln Potatoes, f l.G0(j$1.75; new Oregon, t.60 1.75 per cental. KKUITS Fancy Sicily Lemons havo advanced 11 per box. California Peaches aud Plums have also ndvauced. Pineapples have fallen. There are some Oregon Apples and Peaches aud a few Oregon lllackbcrrles in tho market. Oregon Plums are expected to arrive dally. Quoto: Cal ifornia Lemons, ft. 50; fancy blclly, 8 per box; California Apricots, $1 per box; California Plums, 80o(l.ri0; California Poars, 1.!!52 per box: Pineapples, l.505 per dozen; Hansons, single hunches, 1.75; double, to; California and Oregon Apples, $1.75 per 60-pound box; Califor nia Peaches, $l.'iVJ1.40 per box; Oregon. $1.2f per box: Oregon Cherries, 6585o per box; Ore gon Currants, 5c per pound; Oregon Raspberries, red, 7o; black, 10a per pound; Oregon lllackbcr rles, 7Hc por pound, CIIKKSK-Quote: Oregon, lll2Jc; Califor nia, 9i(?tt0c; Young America, lSUc per pound 11U ITKK The market is firm. Quote: Ore gon fancy dairy, 2flo: fancy creamery, 27c; good to falr,2022c; common, 1617Jic; cholco California, lSH&iOc per pound. K(I(iH Tlio market Is Urm. Quote; 20c per dozen for Oregon. POULTRY Tho market Is firm. Quoto: Old Chickens, $0; largo spring, $3 I; small spring, $2 GM.50; old Ducks, $l.605; young, 56; old Oeeio, $5; young, $89 per dozen; Turkeys, 18c per pound. Tho MoreliiiiiillHii Market. 8UOAU3 Tho market Is a llttlo weaker, and rices lmv fullen Je. Quo'o: Golden C, 4c; oxtia C. b'4o; dry granulated, CJe; cube crushed nd powdered, fifto per pound. JlIJANd Tho market is steady. Quote: Small Whltts, $3; Pink, W, Hayos, $1.60; llutter, 3; hnas, $5.50 per cental. DltlKI) FKIIITH Tho market Is stondy. Quote: lumnicr dried Peurs, 10llc; undrled mid fac tory Plums, 56o; Peaches, sun-dried, 104c: evaporated Peaches, 1GJ4(i417c; Smyrna KIgs, lCc; California Figs, 'Jo per pound. CANNKI) GOODS Tho market Is steady, wltti tho following quotations; Table Fruits, 2jo; 'caches, $2; Ilartlett Pears, $1.90; Plums, $L65; Strawberries, $2.25; Cherries, $2; Blackberries, $1.851.95; Raspberries, $2.252.50. Plo Fruit: Asiortod, $3.60 por dozon; Peaches, $l.251.80; Mums. $1.25; lllackborrlos, $1.05; Tomatoes, $1,111 3.60; Sugar Peas, $1.401.C0; String Ileum, $1. KICK Quote: Co per pound. HOPS Tho market is steady, with nominal, prices. Quoto: lOo por pound. IIIDEd The market continues tho same. Quoto: Dry Hides, Noloctcd prime, H9o, la lesa for culls; green, selected, over 65 pounds, 4c; under 65 pounds, So; Sheep Pelts, short wool. 3060c; medium, 6080oj long, 90c$1.26; Shear lings, 1020o; Tallow, good to choice, 83c. WOOL Market is unchanged. Quoto: EuU eru Oregon, 1016o; Valley, 16l8c per pound. NAIIJ4 Ilaso quotations; Iron, $3.20; Steel, $:).SCt; Wire, $3.90 per keg. Tim Mont Market. The market is Ann. Quotations: Ileef Live, 3J3Jo; dressed, 7o. Mutton Live, X3J-oi dressed, 7c. Hogs Live, 6o; drcssod; 6c. Veal cp7o per pound. Spring Lambs $2 each, SMOKRO UK ATS AND LARD. The market la firm. Quotations: Kastera. Hams, 12M13Xc; Ilreakfast llacon, 12X13K3; Hides, UHW! Lard, 9)Uo per pound. It is seml-ofllclally announced that th assessment of Loa Angoles county will show about $07,000,000 worth of property. Thit is a decreaso ot si7.000.000 over the assessed valuation of two years ago. Thia decreaso is duo to tho fact that Orange county has boen detached from Loa An goles since tho last assessment. Major Blakenoy, Superintendent of the lifo-saving service, Iihs recoived instruc tions to have threo new life-saving sta tions established ou tho northern coast ouo to ho located at tho mouth of the Umpqua river, one on Coos bay and the third at tho mouth of the Coquillo river. Bids will be advertised for, to be sent in on August 8. At tho Choyenno Agency the Indians havo been without moat rations for four days, owing to tho cattle not being drivea In from tun range. Twelve died oi con sumption and lung fever, and the physi cian has many nioro serious cases on his nanus, hickhoss prevails almost ontire ly among tho Beml-civillzod. A week ago, at tho Instance of the Brit ish Government, tho Canadian Qovera ment carried into effect an act, pasted last session, making it punishable witk. imprisonment for lifo for an officer er el llcial of the Canadian GovernauMrt to furnish any information regarding tfe defenses of the country to a fereig. BUte ,TILH.