OUR SOCIAL WORLD.
Brief Personal Mention Epitome of the
'Week's Amusements.
TIIUKSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1890.
AT HOME.
A Paragraphic Record of Recent Happen
ings In and Around the City.
Kcpair your sidewalks.
The city council meets August 12th.
Union should procure a steam tire engine.
The insane asylum at Sulom now con
tains 02(3 inmates.
The l'rcsbytcrian church is now supplied
with electric lights.
The Elgin postoulce has been made a
money order ollicc.
E. F. Springer has placed a system of
water works in Ids yard,
The State Agricultural College has an ad.
in this issue. Our readers should peruse
it.
License to wed was issued last week to
H. F. Munn and Ada Hobbs, both of Hil
gard E. S. MoConiashad Ida hand seTorly frac
tured last Saturday. He now carries it in
a sling.
Hay, grain, chopped corn and all kinds
of feed at Hall Itros, delivered in any part
of the city. 7-17-M.
Fresh roasted peanuts to-day at the
Cove drug store. They are found to be
very good to cat.
Two h'undred head of lef stecw doliv
cicd at Pendleton last week brought the
owncr?2;? per head.
13. II. Lewis has caused u now sidewalk
to be laid in front of his residenc proper
ty in North Union.
The annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will conveno in this city
on the 20th of this month.
Those wanting a good wagon will do well
to call on Hall llros. They are handling
the celebrated Newton wagon. 7-17-t-t.
Summers it Laync received a new safe
last Tuesday, manufactured by the Diebold
Manufacturing Co. of Ounton Ohio.
The appearance of the residence of Tom
Brasher in west Union has been much im
proved by the addition of a neat porch.
Hall Brothers are having 15 street, ad
joining their store property, improved by
leveling it up to the proper grade- with grav
el. Tunics Bell has just finished painting the
Coflin residence in North Union, alo the
City hotel. They present a much im
proved appearance.
The work of excavating for the founda
tion of the Wilson block was commenced
last Monday. The work will bo rapidly
pushed to completion.
Mr. A. 13. Hull informs us that we wero
in error when we stated that he had pur
chased an interest in Win. James estab
lishment In .this city.
A lire occurred in La Grande yesterday
morning which destroyed a liycry stable
and several other houses. The particulars
could not be learned.
Work on Craig's enclosed baseball ground
is about completed and in a few days will
he opened ready for any clubs desiring to
cross bats in the diamond arena.
The Elgin branch of the U. 1'. It. It. will
be completed and ready for trafllo within six
ty days. Tracklay ing has been commenced.
A scarcity of tics retards the work.
La Grande is preparing to have a base
ball tournament. If she makes no better
success of that than she is making of her
artesian wellit will notamonnt tomuch.
A new passenger hack will hereafter
bo run between this city and the depot,
making connections with all trains. The
proprietors are Messrs. Craig & Squires.
13. H. Lewis this week sold to Miss Aran
Ha N. Collin, of Nantucket Mass,, 14 acres
of choice land adjoining North Union.
Miss Coflin is a sister of our fellow towns
man Mr. P. M. Coflin.
According to our exchanges Kobinson's
circus has not given tho best of satisfaction
in tho country whore it has been. Thu
far we have not been troubled with it in
this section and sincoroly hope that we will
not.
G. W. Amos came very noar having a
serious runaway last Monday. Ho was
driving a pair of oolts, which became fright
ened, and it took tho combined strength of
himself and en assistant to bring them to a
halt.
Tho attention of our readers is called to
tho new ail. of tho Union Hallway addition
which occupies a oonspicious place in this
issue. Tho propoity is desirably located
and socms to be in. great demand. Presi
dent Shelton reports the sale of (JO lots dur
ing tho last threo days.
Summers it Layno, our enterprising hard
ware doalors, are constantly making large
additions to their already immense stock
of hardware, stoves and tinware. They
inako a spocialty of the hardware business,
and, buying in largo quantities for cash,
they are enabled to sell goods at astonish
ingly low price.
The fall meeting of tho Baker County
Stock and Agricultural Association will bo
hold at the fair ground neac linker City,
commencing Tuesday Soptombor 80th and
continuing five days. The purses amount
to ovor ifWJOO and it is oxpocted that somo
of our host running and trotting stock will
compete for tho prices ollorod.
Buy a Whitoloy mower, tho boat on the
market. Parties visiting tho fair last fall
will remember the remarkable merits it
showed by being put to the w vere test of
cutting hoop-iolee all during the fair, thus
showing IU superiority overall other mow
ers for strength, durability and light run
ning. Hall lJrosof Union, are sole agents
for Union county. 7-17-U.
Remember that the W filter's Unabridged
dictionary offered a premium t miI
Eorlbers by Tub Scoi; u Utu.r printed,
better bound, and contains nearly 900 paK
morfthall the diitiotmries iftVrel b any
Other p.i r in the state. It aUo contains
1500 illu-tiau ri h. h the other d.
aril"-1" not i,,v H..V for the iiini.
iiud 'fur h i t for nin venr.
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I). X. Balrtl, of Cove, was in town yester
day. 13. P. McDanicl, of .Covo, was in town
Tuesday.
Dr. llnrdmge, of Cove, was up yesterday
on business.
Mr. Dan Ponuncr was up from Suuitnor
villc Sunday.
II. II. French and wife, of Cove visited
Union yesterday,
Mr, .lames Dalton, of North Powder,
called on us Saturday.
.lohii It. Oliver, deputy county clerk, is
visiting in Sunimerville.
Mr U. F. Weiss, of Elgin, made us a
pleasant visit last Friday.
B. W. IlutVnian, the poet and writer, is
rusticating in tho hay field.
ltov. It. H. Parker and wife, of Sununor
ville aro visiting in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. L. Deacon aro visiting
their son, Harry, at Huntington.
George Benson is now cniyloyed in the
office of County Itecorder Elliott. George
Is an expert with pen and books.
L. .1. Davis, editor and manager of the
Republican, attended the Harvest Home
picnic sit Eagle valley on August 1st.
E. 13. Hough, of Sparta, was in Union
Monday on business pertaining to his nu
merous mining interests in that section.
Thomas Brasher and wife returned home
last Saturday from a two week's visit in
Cove. Tom manipulated a pitchfork dur
ing his absence.
Michael (Juinn, a brother of James (Juinn
of this city, is hero from the East on a visit
to his brother. This was their first meeting
in a number of years.
Bow Driver delivered a tcmpcrauco lec
ture in the Presbyterian church in Baker
City yesterday. Tho proceeds went for the
cause of temperance in that city.
Mrs. D, Corey and Miss Laura Worrell,
of this city, received tho sad intelligence,
Saturday, of the death of their brother,
Mr. Seigle Worrell, in Morris county, Kan
sas. A party consisting of Milton Levy, S. C.
Miller, Dr. Ewing, amlJ. II, White leftfor
tho Minimi last Sunday to enjoy a week's
hunting and lisliing and other mountain
sports.
Geo, O, Ncwconib, in response to a tele
gram, left yesterday for Frisco, Utali Ty
where ho will enter into the services of the
Cactus Mining Company as head book
keeper, There will be sorvices at St. John's Epis
copal church next Sunday evening, also on
the 17th inst. Tho latter date being Mr.
Powell's last service in Union before leaving
for his now home in Portland.
Grand Chancellor Irvine made tin offi
cial visit to the K. of P. lodge in this city
last night. After a short session the mem
bers of the lodge and their lady friends par
ticipated in an ice cream supper prepared
for the occasion. The evening was pleas
rntly spent.
Mr. John Johnson and wife, with a party
of friends, spent Saturday and Sunday in
the mountains, fishing and gathering tho
luscious huckleberries. They report hav
ing a good time Mrs. Johnson has our
thanks for a branch cut from a huckleber
ry bush, which Is loaded down with a mass
of large berries. It shows in what abun
dance the berries grow in that section and
is a reminder of what we loso in being too
lazy to go out and pick them.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plainllcld, Illinois,
makes tho statement that she caught cold,
which settled on her lungs; she was treated
for a month by her family physician, but
grew worse. Ho told her that she was a
hopeless victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her druggist
suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption; siio bought a bottle and to
her delight found herself benefited from
the first dose. She continued its use and
after taking ton bottles, found herself
sound and well, now does her own houso
work and is as well n? she ever was. Free
trial bottles of this Great Discovery at H.
II. Brown's drug sto, largo bottles 00 cts.
and $1.00.
Letter Ll3t.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at
tho postotllcc at Union, Oregon, for tho
month ending July 31. 1890:
Wain W A Bloodsworth Mrs
Wshop Mrs Lillio Charles Miss Klizab'h
Cox George Cuson Mrs Ella
Erwin It 0 .finnan Geo
King O G King Charlie
King James Lathrop It L
Miller Geo (foreign) NcvisonJohu B
OrituyTom Hich Thomas
Riley Torn Spray Geo
Shaw Laura Thompson Mrs A M
Winter Wm WldouJ G
WeekmanEA WhitoJW
Persons calling for any of the above let
ters, will please wy "advortUod.''
Mus. 13. A. Auinit, P. M.
A Prize For Wheat Growers.
The Northwestern Industrial Exposit on,
to bu held at Spokane Falls on the first of
October, propoos to give a prize of flSOO to
tho wheat growers of tho Northwest, .'00
for the first prize and $100 for the second,
to be given to tho two fanners growing the
largest quantity of wheat upon any ono
acre of land. Any farmer having a Hold of
wheat that will show an especially largo
yield should at once notify oraddrocs C. W.
Robinson, ireneral manager of the exposi
tion at Spokane Falls, who will forward
proper instructions ui to what step are to
be taken, in order to compete for tills
p-i.e.
A Pointer For You,
If you want to imiko ovory dollar do
full duty, catch on to soma of tli'ooliOup
bargain in farm or city property how
i.fi'.r.l Ly "Vilnon i Hnckotl, maim
trTn Union Jtonl Kstnto AHsocintion.
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Manufacturers of Randolph Headers, ' - mimm.
mproved Randolph
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DON'T BE A CLAM,
THE HARVEST HOME PICNIC.
A Largo Crowd Is Present to Enjoy tho
Festivities of the Day.
A largo crowd consisting of about 1000
men, women, and children assembled at
the grove in Eagle valley to attend the 2nd
annual Harvest Home picnic given by tho
citizens of that favored little valley. Peo
ple wero there from Union, Cornucopia,
Uaker City, North Powder and adjoining
places and all report lriving had a mo.t en
joyable time. At the grove the principal
sports consisted of egg racing, wheelbarrow
race, fat man and old man races, and a
ring tournament. Numerous valuable
prizes, principally coin, wero given to tho
successful contestants. In the contest for
the best lady equestrian it was no easy mat
ter for the judges to decide as to tho victor
but they finally awarded the prlzo to Jliss
Delia Morris. At the stand erected for the
purpose there wero numerous recitations,
declamations and speeches, the same being
interspersed wiiii sonio excellent music by
the Eagle valley band. Hon. T. H.Craw
ford of this city delivered a well pre
pared oration in his usual masterly manner.
Dunham Wright also made a brief talk
which was greeted with applause. Tho
afl'air ended with a grand ball In the even
ing which was well attended. The picnic
was pronounced by all present to bo a grand
success, and everybody went homo looking
forward to tho coining of the 3rd annual
picnic, saying they would favor it with
their attendance.
Mr. Horltago Resigns.
At a meeting of the city council last Sat
urday night Marshal Heritago tendered his
resignation which wan accepted and his re
port was referred to the finance committee.
The vacancy created was filled by tho ap
pointment of Mr. Arch Johnson. This se
lection gives general satisfaction among the
business men of Union, and they may rest
assured that the duties of tho olllce will be
performed In a creditable manner. Mr.
Johnson held a similar position hi tho btato
of Kansas.
Pugilism In Baker City.
Councilman Ernst and Water Superin
tendent Itcynolds came to blows during a
session of the Ilakcr City council on the
evening of tho 20th of July. Ernst charged
Reynolds with trickery and tho latter pro
ceeded to "thump" him In approved stylo,
but spectators interfered and put a stop to
the racket. The outcome of the affair is
that Ernst was arrested and taken before
tho police judge for examination. He
pload guilty and was fined $10 and costs.
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve.
Tiik IUwt Sai.vk in tho world for Cuts,
llruise. Sore, Ulcers, Salt ltheiiin, Fever
Boron, Tetter, Chapied Hand, Chilblalnt,
Corns, and ail Hkln Eruptions, and to!
alvely cure Pile, r no pay required. It
Is guarantied to give pwrfuut satisfaction,
or money n funilud. IMaa cents per
box. For sale at Ilrown's druc store.
Steel Frame Header,
More and Greater ImprovonicntK for 181)0 Than Any
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BUT BUY WHERE
UNION SELECTED
As the Place for Holding:
the Fanners' Institute.
PROMINENT MEN WILL SPEAK
A Meotlng that Will Benefit Our Farmers,
Stock Raisers and Mlnor3.
The faculty of the State Agricultural
College, of Corvallis, lias decided to hold
an Institute in Eastern Oregon, and, after
despatching a representative to look over
tho Held and select the most suitable place
for such a gathering, selected Union, the
city of running water and shade trocs, as
the most desirable point. Tho Institute
will convene at tho court house on the
morning of September 10th, and is expec
ted to continue three or four days, and pos
sibly longer. It will be conducted on
about tho same plan as a county teachers'
Institute, and Is designed to promote the
cause of agriculture throughout this sec
tion of the state; also to give those present
an opportunity to express their opinions,
and have a general Interchange of ideas on
all manner of subjects, pertaining to agri
culture, of importance to tho people. Tho
addresses are designed to bo short and to
the point, and numerous recitations and
plenty of music will bu interspersed to
make the exercises all the more Interesting,
A number of prominent farmers and fruit
raisers from Union and adjoining couiitivs
have been invited to be present and partici
pate hi tho exorcises. They havo been re
quested to prepare papers choosing their
own subjects that will bo sultablo for tho
occasion.
Tho institute will be opened with an ad
dress by Prof. Arnold, president of tho
college. Prof. Letcher has prepared an ex
haustive und interesting lecturoon "I toad h
and itoail lliillding," Prof. Washburn has
chosen as his subject, "Facts and figures
concerning orchard pests in Oregon,'' It
will bo to tho Interest of every fanner and
fruit raiser in this section to hear this lec
ture, and those who attend may rest as
sured that their time will be well spent, as
this gentleman has made orchard pests and
tho best niodo of their extermination a
study for some timo, and will undoubtedly
impart some valuable knowledge to his
hearers. Prof. French will speak on tho
'Different breeds of domestic animals and
their adaptation to particular uses." Thus
our stock raising population will have an
opportunity to lay In a store of knowledge
pertaining to all kinds of stock.
ItUaUo intended to devote one entire
evening to tho discussion of mine mid tho
milling interaaU of Eastern Oroyon. Sev
eral mining ozperU, who are well pouted on
the mines of this section, hare )en exten
ded an invitation to he proncnt and impart
what thoy know regarding tho rich mlnoral
dopoiitsof Union ami adjoining counties.
YOU CAN BUY the BEST and CHEAPEST.
This part of the programme will add greatly
to the Interest of the Institute.
Tho faculty of the college is devoting a
considerable portion of Its time towards
making this affair a grand success, and
their efforts give every promise of being
rewarded by a inoit successful and enter
taining meeting. Programmes, as soon as
arranged, will bo printed and distributed
frco of charge. Everybody is invited to lie
present and tako advantage of this splen
did opportunity to increase tlioir store of
knowledge on agricultural sulijccts and
othcrwiso lio royally entertained. Fuller
particulars will be published later on.
National Surgical Institute,
!I1S Hush St., S. F. One or more surgeons
representing this Institute will be at tho
Arlington hotel, linker City, Aug. II, the
City hotel, Union, Aug. 11, and at tho
Mine Mountain house, La (ii'ando, Aug, 12,
1M0. TJiis Institute is specially devoted to
tho treatment of curvaluro of tho spine,
diseases of the hip and kucu joint, crooked
limbs, club feet and bodily deformities.
Their success In treating tlico troubles as
well as all chronic diseases has inado for
tho Institute a national reputation, All
persons who aro suffering from any of
tlieso complaints, should not fail to take
advantage of this opportunity for relief.
Reference may bo had to the following
residents: Tuber M, J (cud, Jlrldgoport;
Chester Koontz, Hereford; Win. Uussell,
Poise City Idaho; J. W. Wosbtll, Falk's
store, Idaho; Ellen Koontz, Hereford, Or.
Happy Iloosicrs.
Win. TimiuoiiH, Postmaster at Idavllic,
lnd,, writes: "Eicetrio Hitters lias done
more for mo than all other medicines com
bined, for that bad feeling arising from
Kidney and Liver trouble.'' duliu Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of same place, says:
' Find Electric Hitters to bo the best Kid
ney and Liver medicine, mado me feci like
a new man.'' J. V. Oardhcr, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Hitters Is just the thing for a man who Is
all run down and don't care whether ho
lives or dies; lie found new strength, good
appetite and felt just like he had a new
lease on life. Only 60c, a bottlo, at It. II.
ISrown'a drug store.
NOTICE.
God's Hlcsslng to Humanity So Says an
Oregon Pioneer, Ninety Years Old.
Foukht OuovK, Or., March 11). I have
used the OUKUON KIDNEY TEA and
obtained immediate relief. It Is God's
blessing to humanity, I take pleasure In
recommending It to tho alllictcd. I am
now nearly ninety years old, tamo to Ore
gon in 1812 in tho employ of the Hudson
Hay Company, and since I began using the
OKKCION KIDNEY TEA I enjoy good
health. DAVID MUNItOE.
Cooper Shop.
8. H. Aylo proprietor, nianufti Hirer of
butter barrels and kegs, A good supply al
ways on hand. Shop at Union depot, Un
ion county, Oregon, 5-22-tf.
Empire Binders and. fvlcvers,
Other.
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DOHHIN.-ln ttils city, August (Ith, John
Dobbin, aged 10 years and o months, after
u long and painful Illness,
Mr. Dobbin has resided in Union and
vicinity for a number of years, and his
friends aro numbered by his acquaintances.
Ho was very much esteemed by all who
know him, and hi his death the communi
ty loses ono of its best and most generous
citizens. Ho was n public spirited man,
ever ready to assist In a financial way any
public or prlvnto enterprise. Tho be
reaved family has tho Hympathy of the on
tiro community In their great loss. The
funeral will tako place from the Methodist
church to-day ot ftp. m., under the auspi
ces of tho Masonlo fraternity, Tho f mieral
sermon will bu delivered by llov. Driver