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Sftmt THE OREGON SCOUT Is independent in all things, neu tral in noth'ng; devoted to every cause it believes to be right a journal for the people. THE OREGON SCOUT Has as largo aelrculntiionnsany two papers in this eection of tho Mate combined, and is corre spondingly valuable as an advor tising medium. Horo Will tho Press tho People's Rights Maintain. VOL. VII. UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SKI'TKMHBU 25, 1890. NO. 14. a he The Oregon Scout o An Indfienaent weekly jou-nal, lwueil etery Tliur.Uair morning by JOXES & CIIAXCEY, Publlthera and Proprietors. A. K. Jone. Editor. 11. Ciuncev, Foreman ICntt-ti of Siibn'ilptlon. One copy one year, ... One copy 'x inuiioh. One copy three months. - 81.50 J. 00 .75 liivurlulil)- Cafli In Advance by chanve sub'criptiont are not paid till end year, two dollart will be cluirycd. lUtes of advertising made lnoti on application tiST Correspondence from all prts of tne country solicited. Addresaa'l coiuumnltatioas to the Oiieuon Scout, Union, Oregon. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. UNITKI) 8TATKS. President 11 itijaiuln Harrison of Indiana. Becketakv of State James O. Ilia ne of Maine. Hecretahv of tiik TkkaiUKV William Wiudom of Mtnumo'a. Skcketaiiv of Waii RedfleH I'roctorof Vermont. Hecketahv of the JfAVi llenjiinlu . Tiacy of New York. Secretary of the Interior- John W. Nuble of Missouri, rosTMASTER-CJESERAL-Johii Wanamaktr of Penn sylvania. Attornf.y-Gkneral W. II. II. Miller of Indiana. Secretary of Aoricultu re Jeremiah Kusk of Wisconsin. 8TATE OF OUKOtlN. Senators, fj. II. Mitch J. X. DoLI'H. ELL. Coogressman, Governor, Secretary of State, Itivnvn HrllUANV. SVLVE.1TER l'1-.Nf.OVER. OtOIUIEW MCllRlllK. (;. W WKHll. fl.,,In(.nil.n( ltil1te Tn.tmetlnn. V.. It. Ml'Kt.UOV Stats Printer. ... Frank 0. Haker. fit. K i-traiian. 1 W. P. Loitn. (.W. W. TllAVKR Supreme Judges, SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTKIOT. i. i a M. I). Clifford Circuit Judges, . - JamsA. Fee. Prosecuting Attorney - - O. F. Hyde. COUNTY State Senators, Representatives, Judge Sheriff, Clerk, Ilecorder Treasurer, Schcol Superintendent, Surveyor, - : Asesor, Coroner, Commissioners, OF UNION. I J. W. Norval. 1 J. II. Haley. John McAlmter. I J. A. Wrioht. I. N.Sanders, j.'t. 1iolles. Turner Oliver. J. S. Elliott. E. C. IIRAIN'ARD. II. 8. Stranuk. J. l. CUHTIM. J. 1). (iUILII. II. HUIIEKH. I William Arnold. I John McDonald. CITY OF UNION. Mayor. .... J. W. Kennedy. Recorder, .... C. L. Hlakk.si.ke. J1arshal. - Anon Johnson. jfetreet Commissioner - N. F. Fii-klin. COUNCILMEN. II. F. Wilson. J. II. Corhi.v. J. S. Elliott. a. K. Jones. E. KEMILLARI). 8. A. Pl'RSEL. lodges. UNION LODGE, No 39, 1. O. O. F., MEETS EVERY Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. WM. HALEY, N. 0. 0.8 Miller, Secretary. GRANDE RONDE ENCAMPMENT, No. 11, 1. O. O. F meetj on the first and third Tuedys in each month. O. 8. MILLER. C. P. J, II. Thompson, Scribe. GRANDE RONDE VALLEY LODGE. No. 56, A F. k A M., meets ou the second an I fourth natttrdays eiery month. E. W. DAVIS, W. M. R. H. IIrown, Secretary'- GRANDE RONDE VALLEY OH M'TER, No. 20.. R. A. M.. meets tirst a 1 third Tuumlais each mouth. W. T. W1..UHT, M. E. 11, P. Turner Oliver, Secretary. BLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 23 K. OF P meets every Wednesday,.!, AWF0KJJ Q Q Turner Oliver, K. of R. & 8. PRESTON POST, No. 18. O. A. R MEETS EVERY third Saturday lo eacn month at the Odd hellows I hall, JOSHUA HRADFOHD. P. O. Oeoroe Heininoer, Adjutant. CHURCHES. The Methodic Etiiscopal Church holds services at 11 A. M. an -1 7 I , I. M. til eacu nunuay. Rev A. THOMPSON, Acting l'astor. Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at It A, M and 7 r. .M. of each Sunday. Rev. . Pastor. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J W SHELTON. J- M. CARROLL. SHELT0N & CARROLL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ottlce two doors south of Postoftice, Union, Oregon. Special attention given to all business entrusted to us. R. EAKIN. J A. EAKIN, Notary Public. R. EAKIN & BR0., ATTORNEYS AT LAW. i Union, Oregon. Prompt at'entlon paid to collections. II, F. WILSON, Notary Public. A. J. HACKETT. Notary Public WILSON & HACKETT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Union, Oregon. Collections and all other business entrusted to ui will SXffl&utSSft the land of Union county In lM?nUageSr. of tb. UNION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIA TION C. H. DAY, H. D Homffiopatblc Physician and Surgeon. 'wAll CulU I'roiuillr Attended to. Office ailjolulmi Jones Ilros." store. Can U found nlt.hu at resldeuoe In Southwest Union, I, N. CROMWELL, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office on door south of Summers Lajne'i store, Union, Oregon. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T. McNAUGHTON, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Klglll, Orfgon. All calls promptly attended to day or night. WILLIAM KOENIG, Architect and Builder, Cove, Oregon. Drafts, plans and designs for dwellings and bridges furnished on application DR. E. IN. NORTH, Resident Dentist Has the finest anaesthetic for citract'lig teeth without lulu know ii to the profession. Wl 1 ) r.ictlco in all the blanches of modern den-t-try. Sliver and gold Hork a specialty. Fine sets of teeth always on hati I. First-class work and sat sfa.ti n guaranteed Oltlce-Miilii St., Union, Or. UnionTonsorialParloFs GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor. Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Shampooing in the Lasest Style of the Art. Shop two doors south of the Centennial hotel. Olve me a call. City Meat Market Slain Street, Union, Oregon, BENSON BROS., Proprietors, KEET CONNTANTLV OS U AND Beer, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams, Lard, Etc. Montreal Saloon Ed Remillard, Proprietor. If you want a refreshing drink or a good cigar, drop In. Ililllardand pool tables for the accommodation of customer?. Gomeopia Saloon. William Wilson, Proprietor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Always in Stock. First-class billiard table. Drop in and be sociable. For Information About the South ADDRESS WITH STAJir - Tbe Official Immigration Department OF FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES. CARL ROHINSON. Secretary, lUleigb, H. O. TheCoveDrugStore JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor, -DKAI.KU IN PURE DRUGS, Patent fJedieines, Perfumery, Paints and Oils, rrencrlpt Ions Gnrefullr Prepared. -ALSO DKALEIt I.V- SPORTING GOODS, -CONSISTING OF- Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and Cartridges. Imported and Domestio Cigars, Etc. ri-IE PACIFIC COAST. The Cruiser Chaileston Ordered to Honolulu. An American Captain Tells of the Horrible Atrocities Committed Upon the Russian Exiles. The right of way for tin? Union Pacific between Lake Citvand Tacoma has been nearly all secured. C. A. K. Naubert is securlnjr the right of way on this jiortion of the line. The road w'ill enter on the tide Hats near the reservation school. Free transportation of oil paintings for the Spokane Tails Northwestern In dustrial Exposition from points in Ore gon, Washington ami Idaho and half rates on exhibits shipped from points farther east have been obtained from the railroads. Several late arrivals of vessels from Alaska bring recent intelligence from Chignik bay. Four canneries, managed bv dillerent companies, etlected a com bination and worked in common. Fish were so plentiful that hundreds of thou sands were thrown away on account of a scarcity of packing materials. Tho total pack at Chignik bay was 4:?,5S2. The Trustees of the Seatle, bake Shore and Eastern railwav met at Seattle last week. A. S. Dunham, the Managing Trustee, stated that the sole object of the meeting was to ratify some right-of-way agreements on the new extension. It is understood, however, that the meet ing had relation to the placing of bonds to the amount of about $1,000,000 in New York, the proceeds to bo used in paying for new construction. The United States cruiser Charleston has sailed for tho Hawaiian islands in obedience to telegraphic orders received bv Rear-Admiral Hrown from Secretary o the Navy Tracy, ordering the vessel to proceed immediately to Honolulu. The occasion of the return of the Charles ton to Hawaii creates anticipation of an other revolution in the islands' king dom. The Charleston has a large stock of fuel and provisions for a one-year cruise. The case of the Southern Pacific Com pany against the Recorder of Fresno county, Cal., has been decided in favor of the company. The case at issue was the definition of "course" in collecting fees on recorded papers. The Recorder lias usuallv construed the word to mean the shortest unbroken line between two points ; that a course begins and ends with the streets and alleys of a block. The Court decides a "course" to be a straight line between two points, whether broken or not. j The steamship Australia arrived at San Francisco from Honolulu last week, bringing advices to August i2i. Since the last advices the Legislature has been principally occupied with the considera tion of the Oahii railway bill. The louse passed an amendment giving tho companv a subsidy of $700 per mile. King Kalakaua visited the leper settle ment August 27, and addressed the peo ple. Orders have been issued by tho Minister of Foreign Affairs honorably disbanding tho First Hattalion of Ha waiian volunteers, known as tho Hono lulu Rifles. It is stated at San Francisco that thero is a probability that the brewers' trust will come to grief. Deposits were paid bv the syndicate on all concerns pur chased, but in most cases the remainder of the contract has not been fulfilled. This is particularly the caso in regard to the Philadelphia brewery. A dejxjsit of $150,000 was paid to it to bind the con tract. Then $500,000 was to have been paid on the 1st of July last, $500,000 on the 1st of August and the balance on the 1st instant. These payments have not been made, and tho whole contract is about to be declared off. The syndicate, however, has been given until tho 15th instant in which to pay tho whole of the purchase money. Should it fail, the property will revert to Mrs. Wieland, and the'. $150,000 deposit will be forfeited. Tho barkentine Catherine Liedden has arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia. Her commander, Captain John Thomas, gives a description of tho Russian exile svstein as witnessed by him. Ho de scribes a brutal scene, which ho wit nessed on Saglialien island, the famous Russian exile prison. A largo party of exiles of all ages, heavily manacled, were being taken' to tho island. A few old men, whose strength gave out, fell fmm exhaustion. A brutal driver, act ing under orders from his superior, shot the unfortunate men, and removed their chains. No mercy or discrimination was shown. Wives saw husbands killed lx foro theireyes; inotherssawtheirdaugh ters outraged anil insulted. Tho exiles were driven like cattle, a heavy whip U'ing used to urge them on. Tho prison cells were filthy and the treatment bar barous. A new bridge has just been completed across the main Uinjquii river at Umi nim ferrv. The driving of tho Inst spike was the means of great rejoicing by tho people in that ncighUmiood, and tho exercises were witnessed by 500 people. Miss Maud Shambrook drove tho last spike. Speeches were made by several prominent men of Douglas county, and at night a dance wbh given by the young people. Tho structure is a combination Pratt trust, and is 0ia feet in total Jongth with one span of 300 feet, probably the longest span in the State at present ; an other span of fortv-two feet and tho rest in approaches. Tho height alwvo low water to tho floor is flfty-ono feet, and the piers are forty feet in length. The bridge is seven feet above high water, and the total height from low water to tho top of the truss work is 105 feet. The coat waa $23,000. EASTERN ITEMS. The Little Missouri Range Swept by a Prairie Fire. The President Extends the Time for the Cattle Kings to Remove Their Stock from the Territory. Ex-Senator T. C. Piatt of New York has declined the protl'ered Spanish Mis sion. The imputation of Rhode Island is given as ,"4r,:S4:. In 1880 the population was 270,5:51. A svndicate of American capital ists is i to spend $10,000,000 in railway building in Jamacia. One of the largest worsted mills in Providence has leen recapitalized in England and the stock sold. A vast syndicate of physicians and others have a project of establishing a health resort and sanitarium in Florida. It is believed at Washington that Ile nicia, Cal., will be selected bv the gov ernment at which to establish an ord nance foundry. Mayor Frank P. Schifl'bauer of Kan sas City, Kan., has been arrested and charged with embezzling about $10,000 of the city funds. Official dispatches from Honolulu do not show anything calculated to cause alarm. The" report that revolution is rife is discredited. Guests at St. Louis hotels help them selves since the waiters' strike, and the best of it is they are not so long about it and they have no waiters to tip. Statistics show that the cotton crop this year is the greatest ever produced, and that the growers are less in debt than at any time for twenty-five years. The Grant Memorial Association has already raised $150,000, anil needs to raise $:550,000 more in order to erect the proposed monument in honor of General Grant. A suggestion for a second Roston me morial to John Royle O'Reilly calls for a charity farm of 100 acres near Roston for that city's homeless Roman Catholic children. It is reorted in Roston that a note of the Worcester Steel Works has been pro tested. The capital of tho companv is $500,000, but the Commercial Agency gives it no rating. The committee having in charge the adjustment of the Virginia debt an nounces that it has on deposit a large majority of all classes of the securities under the agreement. The freight brakemen on the Pittsburg, Shenandoah and Lake Erie railroad at Mercer, Pa., have gone on a strike foran advance in wages, and ail freight traffic is suspended in consequence. It is understood in Wall street at New York that Norvin Green is alwut to re sign as President of the Western Union Telegraph Company. He is to be succeeded by George Gould. John J. Knox, ex-United States Con troller, who arrived in New York from France, said that the American silver legislation, which has caused an advance in the price of silver, was looked upon with favor in Europe. Mr. Morrow is not a candidate for the vacancy occasioned by tho resignation of First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson. Mr. Morrow says ho will start for home as soon as Congress ad journs. TheTreamry Department has received a dispatch froin tho Collector of Customs at San Francisco stating that six China men had been arrested at Nogales, A.T., for illegally entering tho United States. The city of Chicago is endeavoring to secure tho benofits from deposits of city funds in tho banks, Tho interest has for years been above $50,000 .annually, and' tho City Treasurer has claimed and appropriated the sum as perquisites. A New York evening paper says a pe tition is being circulated among tho stockholders of the Illinois Central, urg ing them to rise in rebellion against tho present management. The petition says the company is practically on the verge of ruin. Two St. Louis physicians havo filed complaints in tho Probate Court for in quiry as to the sanity of Mrs. Wood worth, tho evangelist and leader of tho Oakland (Cal.) doom-sealers, who has has been holding meeting at St. Ixniis for several months. Al)out a dozen scientists, archaeologists, botanists and zoologists are altout to ex plore Arizona and New Moxico to exam ine the remains of ancient civilization, antedating, it is said, that of the Aztecs and existing principally in tho Gila val ley, in tho northwest part of Arizona. The peculiar habits of tho Zmi! and Navajo Indians will also bo investigated. A prairie flro ravaged thousands of acres alonir tho Little Missouri river ten days ago, and tho great cattle range was swept clear. The fire was put out by means of horses, which were killed and lu-cd as drags to extinguish the flames. The horses were split up tho back and their carcasses dragged over the country by long ropes. Twelve hundred head of Iiorses were used. The South Pnrk Commissioners havo decided not to tender tho Washington park as a site for tho AVorld's Fair as requested by the Exjwsition Directors. Thov add that they have already made u tender of the unimproved jwrtion of Jackson park anil will now add thereto the improved area of that park, making a total acreage so tendered of 070 acres. A milu and a half of the frontage on tho lake shore is incluucu In the tender. FOREIGN NEWS. Lord Sackville Vents His Spleen in a Pusillanimous Manner. The President of Colombia Speaks Well of Present Effects of the Pan. American Conference. Russia is increasing her garrisons in Poland. Osman Digma has, arrived at Tokar with Ji.OOO followers. The Prince of Wales is leading an in nocent and enjoyable existence at Ham burg. The grain trade between Suakim and the interior has been stopped to prevent the spread of cholera. Non-union men are kung put to work on the docks at Melbourne, and the ship ping trade has slightly improved. Despite Catholic clerical condemnation tho system of boycott is still employed largely as a political weaiion in Ireland. It 'h reported that armed Armenians have crossed the frontier from Persia to assist their persecuted brethren in Tur key. A private bill has been introduced into the Argentine Congress to authorize tho leasing of 250,000,000 acres of tho na tional lands. It is stated that thero are 4.000 cases of smallpox in tho Province ol Pernain buco. Rrazil, and an average of twenty deaths daily. The Rritish naval maneuvers just con cluded have cost about .200.000, and the taxpayers are complaining that the show was very dear at the price. , The saloonkeepers of St. Petersburg have been warned not to sell liquor to factory operatives on credit or entice them to drink in any other way. Advices from Lamus stato that tho German agitator, Toppen, has been con verted to Mohammedanism and is about starting on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The largest sailing vessel afloat has just been launched at Glasgow. She is a five-masted ship of :i,(50 tons burden, and is intended for tho nitrate trade. ArtuoutH and Montenegrins continue their sanguinary warfare on the Turco Montenegro frontier, tho Turkish Com missioner being unable to preserve order. Alexandre Chatrian, tho well-known French novelist, who wrote in collabora tion with Kmile Erckmann over tho nom do plum of Erckmann Chatrian, is dead. Signor Dorsina, member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, has secured a con cession from his government for tho es- taDlisiiment of a steamship line between Italy and Mexico Liverpool seamen and firemen havo decided to combat tho organized ship owners' federation, and a trial of strength huh uiu HiKiiiiiu; iiiiiuu ui iriliMUlUBlH may soon bo looked for. A dispatch from San Salvador savs General Ezeta is eniraired in forinim: a legal government for tho Salvador Re public, preparatory to demanding recog nition from foreign powers. The Empress Frederick's chroniclo of tho ninety-nine days' reign of her hus band will be a most curious book. It is said that it will explain many circum stances hitherto thought obscuro. A Rerlin dispatch states that Emperor William is annoyed by tho non-arrival of tho phonograph promised by Mr. Ed ison, and has been trying to purchase machines elsewhere, but without suc cess. Tho prospects of tho Panama canal nro definitely brightening, and in the best informed circles at Panama the matter is regarded as practically concluded. The draft of a bill is being prepared at 1 Bo gota to authorize tho President of Co lombia to secure terms with M. Wyso. No French fleet will bo present at Fpezzia at tho launching of tho now Italian war ship at that ort. The order for sending a squadron to Spczzia to do honor to King Humbert has lieen coun termanded in consequence of a dispute regarding formalities to Ihj observed on the occasion. Chinese supremacy in the tea trade bids fair to find a rival in a few years in Asiatic Russia. Already largo shipments from the tea plantations in Russian Cen tral Asia aro made to England annually, and a considerable proportion of the product finds its way to the United states. The rioting at Valparaiso, Chili, dur ing tho late strike was of a very serious nature. There was considerable pillage, and the itolice charged tho crowd with sabers In hand. Home twenty persons were killed. At one time the crowd was fully 10,000 strong. Tho arrival of tho cavalry and artillery quieted tho tumult, but pillaging outside of guarded ointH was carried on and many outrages were reported. A new "euro" has been invented in Germany, which may bo adopted as a greater novelty than the mind cure or tlio faith euro. Its basis is the harden ing of tho human organism, which has been disastrously enfeebled by civiliza tion. The patients imitate tho noble savauo and tho irypsy. and the system includes going barefoot as one part of tho cure. One German parish contains i,-iuu patients, PORTLAND MARKET. Whkat Foreign advices aro of quiet markets, without any improvements in the demand for cargoes. Spot quotationa at Liverpool are rather better, and the option market closed higher throughout. The feeling in local circles shows littlo change, but trading is more active. Open quotations continue: $1.27?i for Vallev and $ 1. 20 (? 1.221., for Walla Walla. Fun-it Quote : Standard, $3.00 ; Walla Walla, $:U)O0?H.8O per barrel. Oats Quote: 48c per bushel. Millsti'iks Th market is steady. Quote: Hran, $17T1U; Shorts. $2IJ25; Ground Parley, $I!2.50; Chop Feed, $25; .Miauling!. $''& per ton. Hay The market is steady. Quote: $ltifti l7 per ton. Vkoktam.ks Tho market ia steady. Quote: Cabbage, $1.75(&2 per cental; Caulitlower, $1.25 per dozen; Peas, I?c per pound ; Onions and Lettuce, 15c per dozen bunches; String Reans, 3c per pound; California Onions, 2t4(u212c; Oregon, 2l4C per pound ; Corn, 80? 10c per dozen ; Cucumbers, 10c per doaen; Carrots, 10 loo per hunch; iseets. $i.ou per sack; Turnips, $1.25 per sack; California To matoes, ti5c ; Oregon, 50c per Iwx; Pota toes, 76ci85e per cental: Sweet Potatoes, IlQrll'.je per pound. l iu'Its Quote: lahiti Oranges, $4.K per Ikjx; Sicily, $0(10 per caso; Egg and Columbia Plums, I'bc per pound; liradshaw Prunes, 2c per pound; Italian Prunes, l't.e per pound; Seckel Pears. 2c per pound; Rartlett Pears, l)c ier pound; Grapes, $1.25001.50 per Ixix; Pineapples, $;i.504 per dozen; Bananas, $3.75 per bunch; double, $0; Oregon Gravenstein Apples, ($56 "Be per Iwx; Crawford Peaches, 00c(t?$l.25; other va rieties. $1.15(tcl.2 per box; Oregon, UOc $1.25 per Iwx, $1 per basket; Nectar ines, $11.25 per box; Oregon Water melons, $2 per dozen; Cantaloupes, $1.50 2 per dozen ; Crabapples, 50c per Ikjx. (Jiikksk Quote: Oregon, ll12)c; California, ll,S;10c; Young America, 14 15c per pound. Huttkii Tho market is firm. Quote r Oregon fancy dairy, 30c; fancy creamery, 32lc; good to fair. 2527c; common, 20(322Ho; choice California, 2728c per pound. Edos Quote: 30c per dozen for Oro- gon. I'oui.tuy The market is nrm. uuoto: Old Chickens, $4.504.75; young, $2.50 (M; old Ducks, $4.50f?5; young, $5G per dozen; Turkeys, 15c per pound. Nuts Quote: Walnuts, 13oj Peanuts, irreen. 12c: Almonds. 17c: Fillierts. 14 (ai6c: Brazils. 13014c per pound ; Coco- nuts, $1 per dozen. Honey j;ancy wuiie, i-puuuu car toons, 18c. Nails Baso quotations : Iron, $3.20; Steel, $3.30; Wiro, $3.00 per keg. The MeroliantlUe Market. QrTi i urTlin fun rlrnf. In firm. Oliotftt Golden C, 4c ; extra 0, 5)0 ; dry granu lated. OWc: cube crushed and powdored. 0.c per pound. Rkanb Tho market is firm. Quote: Small Whites. $3.25; Pink, $3.75; Uayoa, $4.50: Butter, $3.50; Lunas, $5.60 per cental. Dim: i) Fruits Tho market is nrm. Quote: Kaisins, 2.76 per box; Plum-mer-dried Pears, 10llc; Bun-dried and factory Plums, 810o: evaporated Peaches, l.'4o; Smyrna igs, liiaioc; ifornia Figs, 0c per pound. Pivuim Cnmu Alllrkltt.ifl firm. OllOtO 1 Tablu fruits, $2.25, 2.b; Peaches, $2.50; Uartlott rears, $z.i; riums. ti.uu; Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $2: Black berries, $2 ; Raspferries, $2.55. Pie fruit: Assorted, $3.75 per dozen; Peaches, $1.40; Plums, $1.25; BlacklHjrries, $1.05; Tomatoes, $1.203.50; Sugar Peas, $1.40 l.J0;String Beans, $1. IIidkh Tho market is weak. Quota tions: Dry Hides, selected prime, 8 0c, Kc less for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c j under 55 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 3050c; me dium, (J0(?80c; long, 00c$l.25: shear lings, 100120c: Tallow, good to choico, 8 (aatfcc. Receipts tho past week were, 0,280 pounds. Wool The market is dull. Quota tions: Eastern Oregon, 1010c; Valley, 1(1011 8c per pound. Receipts tho past week were 11,072 jioundH. Hoi'M Quoto: 25(3,30o per pound. Picki.kb Quote : 85c 3s ; 00c 5s. Salt Quoto; Liverpool, $17, $18, $19; stock, $11?!12 per ton In carload lota. Coal Oil Quote : $2.20 per caso. Rice Quoto: tic per pound. Tim Munt Market. Tho meat market is firm. Quoto: Beef Live. 3(g3?c; dressed, (i7c. Mutton Live, 3(334c: dressed, 7c Hogs Live, 55c; dressed, 7c. Veul (JGlUc per pound. Spring Lambs $2 each. HMOKKI) Ml! ATS AND LAUD. The market is firm. Quotations; East ern Hams, 1314e; Breakfast Ba con, 1114C; Sides, 010o; Lard, 8& 11c per pound. Lord Sackville, as Lord of fho Manor, has through his agent made a claim upon the Stratford-on-Ayon Town Council for encroachment of rent in respect to tho American fountain and clock tower which was presented to tho town bv George W. Childs three years ago, anil which was publicly opened by Henry Irving. Tho exhibition of prison labor in St. Petersburg ou tho occasion of the Inter national Prison Conference, which woh recently hold thero. was so successful that measures aro being taken now to establish ih a permanent "Museum of Work.'1 Greece, tho Republic of Prison tho Archipelago, Franco and Italy havo ulready declared their willingness to contribute to that enterprise. Oscar Ballou is of Providence, K. I., is at tho Oregon State asylum suiTer ing from hydrophobia. Ho is rational at times, but calls tho attention of his attendants whmi ho feels the simstu coming on. His sutltirings aro mild to bo so terrible that he prays for an end to life.