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THE OREGON SCOUT 7s independent in nil things, neu trnl m noth ng; devoted to every cah"pi it believes to be right a journal for the people THE OREGON SCOUT Has na largo acirculnth'onasany two papers in this section of the State combined, and is corre spondingly valuable as an adver tising medium. Horo Will tho Press the People's Rights Maintain. vol. vrr. UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOHKK 'J, 1S90. NO. 15 9 mt i 'TheOreffon Scout An Indrpenaent wsekb' Jo" l"ueil vtttj Tliur.ilay morning by JCXSTES & CHANCE Y, Publishers and Prlirletors. A. K. Jones, Kdltor II. ( imkckv, Foreman I!at' of SiiliTi'liitiiiu. One copy one year. One copy m nionohv One copy three month?, - jll.50 I.uO 75 Invariably Cash In Ailviinro. by chance mbteriptiims tire not iaiil till e ml of year, two dollars intl be clinrind. Hale of advertUlog m:nle Lnu n on uillcatlnn 3T Corrcsiwndence fruw ull p.rts of tue country solicited. Address a'l connuunloatioas to the Oiikiiok ScoL'T, Union, Oregon. OFFICIAL D1RF.C I'OKY. UNITED STATUS. PBKainENT ltenjamln Harrison of Indiana. BecretaiiY OK8TATK -Jume U. Ilia ne of Maine. Hr.ORKTAUV ok the Thkaic iiv - William Wlndom cf Minnesota, Hechetakv or War RedBel'1 l'roctorof erinoDt. Heck eta kv or the JTavv Uenjiinla K Tiucy of Jicw York. Hecretarv or the Inteiuok- John W. Xuhle of Missouri. Postmaster-Oeneral John WannmuKtr of Penn- ArroRNEv aENERAL W. H. It. Miller of Indiana, Secretary or AuiucULTure Jeiemtah ltusk tf Wisconsin. STATE OF OUEGON. ... f J. II. Mitchell. Senators, - - t J. N. Dm.i'ii. Congressman, - - - liiNUMt Hermann. OoTernor, ... Sylvemteh Prs.so ek. Secretary of 8' ate, - Oeoroe W. McllRIUK. htateTreasurei, t. W. Wemii. .....(..an,ta... 1m1i1U Tn.tMiftlnn V. It MitKi.IHIV. Statd Pr.nter, ... Frank O. IIaker. fit. H. TKAHAt. -! W. P. Li. n. jlw.W. Thayer 'Supreme Judges, SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. S M. D. CLirniKD 'Circuit Judges, . Jamks A.Vr.r. aroeecutlng Attorney ... 0. F. IIiie. COUNTY OF UNION. State Senators, Representatives, Judge Sheriff, -Clerk, Recorder Treasurer, School Superintendent, Surveyor, - : Assessor, Coroner, -Commissioners, j J. W. NORVAL. IJ. H. Raley. John McAlistkr. I J. A. Wrioht. I. N. Sanuerm. J. T. Holles. TURNER OLIVER. J. 8. Elliott. E. O. HltAlNAKI). H. 8. Stranoe. J. L. CURTI8. J. I). GUILD. II. HUBEKft. j WilliXm Arnolij. I John McDonald. CITY OF UNION. J. W. Kennedy. C. L. llLtKKSLKE. Arch Johnson. Mayor, Recorder, street Commissioner. - N. I. Ficklin. COUNCILS! EN. R. F. WlLKON. J. H. CORIHN. J. 8. Elliott. a. K. Jones. E. Kemillard. S. A. Pursel. Marshal. LODGES. UNION LODGE, No 39, 1. O. O. F., MEETS EVERY Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock R 0. S Miller, Secretary. .GRANDE RONDE ENCAMPMENT. No. 11, 1. O. O. F mw:t on the tirst and third Tueds in each month. 0. 8. MILLER. C. P. J. II. Tjiomphon, Scribe. GRANDE RONDK VALLEY LODGE. No. 56, A F. 4 A M., meets on the second an 1 fourth natunlays every mouth. E. W. DAVIS, W. M. R. II. linowN, Secretary. 'GRANDE RONDE VALLEY OIUPTER, No. 20 . R. A. M.. meets first a d third '1 u -uliivs each month. W. T Wu.GHT, M. E. 11. P. Turner Oliver, Secretary HLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 23 K. OF P meets cer, dnesduyvening. Q Q Turner Oliver, K. of R. & S. PRESTON POST, No. 18. G. A. R., MEETS EVERY third Saturday lu each month at the Odd r ellon s hall. JOSHUA IIUADFOKD, P.O. George Hkininoer, Adjutunt. CHURCHES. The MethodUt Eiilscopal Church holds services at 11 A, M. aui 7 . I I, 31. OI eauil nuimaj. Rev. A. THOMl'SOji, Acting rasior. Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at 11 A, M. and 7 r. M. of each Sum'ay. Rev . Pastor. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W SIIELTON. J- M. CARROLL. SHELT0N & CARROLL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office two doors south of Postolllce, Union, Oregon. Special attention given to all business entrusted to us. 31. EAK1N. J. A. KAKIN, Notary Public. R. EAKIN & BR0., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, Ort'Kon. rrompt at'entlon iald to collections. ill. F WILSON, Notary Public. A. J. IIACKETT. Notary Public. WILSON & HACKETT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, Oregon. Collections and all other business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. ,,.., . . A complet abstract of the land of Union county In ' MaSiin of the UNION REAL ESTATE AHSOCIA "Til IN C. H. DAY, M. D., HomcBopatblc Physician and Surgeon. All CuIU I'romnllr Attended to. 4? Offloe Kljolnlng Jones Bros.' store. Can U found ialjhu at residence In Southwest Union. I, N. CROMWELL, M. D., Offlee one door south of Summers Larue's store, Union, Orffc-on. TlieCoveDniQ'Store JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor, -DKAI.EU IX- PURE DRUGS, Patent JVIedieines, Perfumery, Paints and Oils. l'rrrli lim Carefully I'rcpnrcil. ALSO DEALER IN- SPORTING GOODS, -CONSISTING OF- Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and Cartridges. Imported and Domestic Cigars, Etc. Montreal Saloon Ed Remillard, Proprietor. If you want a refreshing drink or a good cigar, drop In. Millard and pool tables for the accommodation of customers. Gornaeopia Saloon. William Wilson, Proprietor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Always in Stock. First-class billiard table. Drop lu and be sociable. For Information About the South ADDRESS WITH STAMP. The Official Immigration Department OF FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES. CARL ROHINoON, Secretary, Raleigh, S, C. DR. E. N. NORTH, Resident Dentist Has the finest aiiustbetlc for extract'ng teeth without pain known to tho profession. Wl.l practice in all the branches of modern den tUtry. Silver and gold ork u specialty. Fine sets of teeth always on hau 1. First-class work uud satisfaction guaranteed, Olllcu-Mnlii St., Union, Or. UnionTonsorialPariors GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor. Sbavlog, Hair-Gutting and Shampooing in the Lasest Style of the Art. Shon two doors south of the Centennial hotel, Olie me u call. City Meat Market Main Str.Mit, Union, Orrfc-oti. BENSON BROS., Proprietors, KKKl' CONBTANTLV ON UAM Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams, Lard, Etc. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T. McNAUGHTON, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Kls;ln, OrfKon, All calls promptly attended to day or night. WILLIAM KOENIG, Architect and Builder, Core, Ore no II. Drafts, plans and designs for dwellings and bridges lurouaca oa application. THE PACIFIC COAST. Steamship Runs Into an Iceberg in Glacier Hay, Alaska. An Effort Keing Made In the State of Oregon to Secure a Repeal of the Usury Laws. The crutor of Mount linker is roported by the rnni'her? of linker river spew iiij; out volumes of smoke inul line Invn at intervals this suminer. The assessment rolls of Spoknne Falls show the valuation of her city property to be !f 18,700,000. This is an increase o'f $10,000,00j over last year. A mortcae was recorded in Seattle, on Saturday that calls for- $80,000,000 to extend the'Nortliern l'aeilic from Assin aboine, Mont., to l'uget sound. An ell'ort is being made in Oregon to secure the repeal of its usury and mort gage tax laws. It is claimed they have stunted the State and driven capital into Washington. llv an explosion of giant powder at the Kliun nuickgilver mine near Colusa. Cal., Alex Davis was fatallv injured, and others were badlv bruised. The report was distinctly heard at a distance of four miles. Conner from the mines in the south part ot Josephine county, Or., has begun to arrive by the wagon-load, says the Grant's Pass Courier. This will be shipped to San Francisco for a practical mill test. Ilrndstreet's Mercnntile Agency reports twenty-three fnilures in the Pacific Coast States and Territories for the past week, as compared with eleven for tho previous week and nine tor thu corresponding week of 1880. Lame strings of carp are taken from King's river bv fishermen. The lish bito easily, and are from one to fourteen inches long, ineynre trom tne stock put in severnl vears ago bv the Fish Commissioners. James II. llarrv. publisher of the San Francisco Weekly Star, who some time ago was arrested and found guilty of con tempt in criticising Judge fcawyer ot the Superior Court, has been denied a writ of habeas corpus. Tho Trustees of the Lick estate have accepted llnppersberger's designs for a bronze statuary provided lor in the will, and contracts will m let immediately. The statuary will be placed in the City hall at ban l'rancisco, and will cost JflUO,- 000. The sailors at Nanaimo and Departuro Hay met and passed resolutions of sym pathv and supiiort of the Wellington coal mine strikers. The sailors will en deavor to prevent any of their class shipping on any vessel that is intended 10 carry coai mined uy scao moor. A special from Helena, Mont., says that the killinu' of Hugh lloyle by Che'y- ennes, following the discharge of Fergu son's murderers, has so incensed the set tlers that they declare they will send their women and children to Miles City and start on a war of extermination against the Cheyennes. Flemming J. Pratt has been acquitted of tho charge of murdering Charles A. Dobson at Seattle last .nine alter a trial lasting nearly three days. The testi mony was to "the effect that Pratt and Dobson l)ccaine engaged in a quarrel for a key of a new house, which Dobson was building for Pratt. The evidence showed that Dobson first made the assault on Pratt. Pratt dodged Dobson's blow, and the latter fell to the ground among the stumps. Pratt hit him two or three blows with his list. JJouson was lound to be dead from hemorrhagoof the brain. Tim seliooner Citv of San DioLro lias just arrived at San Francisco from tho North. The captain reports his catch as two seals and one otter. Tho catch for the season is said to have been only four teen otters and twenty seals. the schooner brought back three men out of a crew of fifteen, the others having de serted in Alaska. Tho captain said that during the entire season he was able to lower his boats only twice. The California Athletic Club at San Francisco gave its usual monthly exhibi tion the other evening, Sidney Hunting ton and Charlev Hochette. local lidit weiglits, lieing matched to a finish for a I small purse. I no contest was very tame, but after Huntington had drawn blood from ltochettc's noso in tho sixteenth, nineteenth and twentieth rounds tho po lice entered the ring and ordered the fight stopped. The Ixn-s started to fight the twenty-first round, and were, to gether with their principals, promptly placed under arrest. Tho Hoard of Equalization of Lake county mado n reduction of fll,48.18 from itB Assessor's returns, and added $3,109, leaving tho total tnxable property of Lake county for ISilO, as equalized by the Hoard, $l,:i(5,088.21. This amount will stand as it is unless the County Court should conclude to make some changes. Tho total taxable projierty for 1889 was $1 ,078,350.81, considerable moie than this year, which is accounted for by the great loss of stock last winter. Tho rate of taxation is the samo us last year-l.75 per $100. A now town lias been laid out sixteen miles above Mchaina, whero tho Oregon Pacific crosses tho North fork of the San tiam. The townsltv embraces fifteen acres, and 1b on the land of Clnrenco Ilrown. .It is now tho eastern terminus of tho Oregon Pacific, and contains a saw mill and about fifteen houses, among them a schoolhouse in course of con struction. A iMtftoflice will at once lie petitioned for. The new town Is in Ma rion county, and Niagara is tho name chosen for It, EASTERN ITEMS. Plan for Kidnaping Children Dis covered in Kansas City. The United States Takes Hold of the Census Cases, ami Will Investigate the Crookedness. Madam Ilavatsky has sued the New York Sun for lible". John 1. Foster of Indiana has been ollVred the Spanish Ministry. Mexico has decided to reduce her army and change her system of recruit ing. A strong movement todefeat Powderly for General Master of the Knights of Lalwr at the coming election is being made. The cash receipts of the Mexican Treasury the past year were $37,000,000, a sum never before equaled in Mexican history. The population of the State of Ver mont, as announced bv the Census Bureau, is 33'J,:iT)0, a decrease in ten years of thirty-one. Ktforts are being made by citizens of Galena, 111., to secure the removal of General Grant's remains to that place, his home in early life. The Postal Telegraph Company of New Jersey, which is to open an office shortly in Orange, is going to mount its messengers on safety bicycles. New York has suffered this year con siderable from the drought. All tho streams in the northern part' of the State are so low as to affect the canals. All the designs submitted in the com petition for New York's monument to General Grant are drawn on the suppo sition that the work is to cost $500,000. Presumably owing to some religious disagreement six Icelandic students, who have been studying in Winnepeg, have gone to Dakota'to finish their stud ies. The Cincinnati Hoard of Public Im provements has adopted a resolution providing for competitive bidding for tho purpose of introducing natural or fuel gas. A company has been organized at Des Moines, la., "to establish a colony at the South, where Edward Hellamy's plan of a Socialistic government can 'be prac tically tested. New York's mounted park policemen have appeared in an outhtof tight riding breeches and top boots, Whitman sad dles and Prussian army bits for tho horses' bridles. Regarding the Chicago dispatch stat ing that J. F. Goodard would succeed Richard Gray as traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, President Crocker stated that Gray would remain with the company. Clara Belle McDonald, well-known on the Pacific Coast on account of her mat rimonial troubles, has arrived in New York with her child, where she pro poses to study law. A boycott is being established by At lantic "steamers against cowboys who are returning after taking over consign ments of cattle. The actions of the men are declared to bo outrageous. Philadelphia iron manufacturers nnd dealers have subscribed $10,000 for tho entertainment of the members of the British Iron and Steel Institute, who are to visit tho United States next mouth. Uncle Hen Baker, Assistant Secretary of tho Actors' Fund, and one of tho most widely knownand popular members of the profession, was found dead at his residence in New York. Ho was seventy-two years old. The State School Commissioner and Attorney General were in consultation at Atlanta, fin., in regard to securing for purposes of negro education in that State a sum of money that has lain in tho Hank of England for many years. The total gross exchanges for last week, as shown by tho dispatches from the leading houses in tho United States and Canada, is $1,094, 720,790, an in crease of twenty-one per cent, as com pared with tho corresponding week last year. Representative Dalzell has submitted to the House, in behalf of tho minority of the House Committee on Pacific Railways, a report in opposition to the bill for'refunding tho dent of the Cen tral and Union Pacific roads. Among the passengers on tho Teutonic, which has arrived at New York, was Sir fieorgo Baden Powell, a nieml)or of Par liament. It is not unlikely that his visit will have something to do in the way of settling the fisheries questions now in dis pute between this country and CJreat Britain. Ho is bound for British Co lumbia. An audacioiiH plan for attempting to kidnap children has been revealed at Kansas City. The plan was to kidnap children of wealthy parents, conduct them to some secret place in some dis tant State nnd keep them there until their ransoms should be paid. The Grand Jury found a true bill for the of fense against Henry C. Wilson, the owner of a livery stable. W. F. Murdock, tho young man who claimed to have discovered the rail across tho track of the Boston and Maine ruilway, near Lynn, nnd warned an approaching train of tho danger, hns been arrested, nnd confessed that he had himself placed tho obstruction on tho track, though he disclaimed any in tention ot wrecking tho train, He said tho net was done in tho hope of being rewarded. FOREIGN NEWS. Kinperor William Will tome an Editor. The Guatemalan Government Decides to H.vile Ilarrundia's Daughter for Shooting at Mizner. The Hoods in Central Europe are sub siding. Francis Robert St. Clair Erskine, fourth Karl of Rosslyn, is dead. It is estimated that the losses by floods in Central ICurope will reach 20."- i 000,000. Advices from Spain say that the Em press of Austria intends "to visit Havana and will travel incognita. The maneuvers of the German navv, according to experts, show the condi tion of the Hoot to 1h excellent. The province of Ferrea, in Italy, is Ik'ing devastated by rats, and hasalreadv been damaged to"the amount of 800,' OOOf. The mock war going on In'foro Hali fax is much enjoyed by the people. The whole fleet will take part in " tho siege of Halifax." The long;-talked-of scheme of render ing tho Seine navigable as far as Paris for sea-going vessels is at last likely to be carried out. Emperor William has expressed in a speech at Berlin great pride in tho working of tho fleet as displayed at the recent naval maneuvers. William O'Brien advises the Irish peasants under the present condition of the potato crop to pay no rents until their families provided for. The latest reports from Tonquin an nounce the arrival there of a portable cathedral. It was imported from the town of Kesub, and is ot iron. As soon as the telephone between London and Paris is completed arrange ments will be made to extend the system to Brussels, Hordeaux and Mar seilles. Tho fiuatemalan government has de cided to exile thodaughterof Harrundia, who attempted to kill Minister Mizner. It is said all of Ilarrundia's relatives will be ordered from the country. The Berlin Kreus Zeitung alleges that Emin Pasha has not received the arrears of salary due him by the Egyptian gov ernment. Germany pays hun $5,000 a year, the salary of a Major-General. Laguerre, a well-known supporter of Boulanger, is preparing a speech in which he will renounce fealty to tho Bou langer party and assume the position of revisionist. The cholera is preparing for tho fall business in various European Capitals. Hut, being better understood, it is no longer regarded as tho dreadful disease it used to lx'. The Anglo-French agreement with reference to the parceling out of African territory seems to give mutual satis faction. Each country thinks it has tho better of the other. A cablegram from Home says the ad vanced Lilierals are taking a leading part in the opposition to tho Conservative government. The government became unpopular, owing to tho Treasurer's re cent embezzlement. Tho recent mutiny in tho First Bat talion of the Hritish West India Regi ment nt Jamaica, by which Sergeant White lost his life, was a deplorable ex hibition of want of discipline and de moralization in the regiment. The English journals borate Lord Saekville for his action in respect to the Strut ford-on-A von monument. The Man chester Guardian says it amply proves how unfit he was for the position of En voy or Minister to anywhere. A passenger elevator to thu summit of Mount Blanc is proposed by an Ameri can mining engineer. Tho shaft is to be of eight compartments, each six feet square, intended to carry a triple decked elevator for twenty-six passen gers. Tho Indian government publishes n return showing that in tho years 1887, 1888 and 1889, 372 males and 132 females were tortured by dacoits in tho central division of Upper Burundi. One hun dred and eighteen cases resulted in death. Dr. Henry Muirhead. tho Into Presi dent of tho Glasgow Philosophical So ciety, has bequeathed tho sum of $125, 000 'for tho erection nnd endowment of n college which will be devoted entirely to the instruction of women in tho theory nnd practice of medicine. The large stilus of money that the government of India devotes annually as rewards for tho destruction of snake's has brought nlxmt an unexpected result. Tho snakes are lieing bred nnd reared by the natives for the purpose of obtain ing the usual head money offered. An important feature of the cavalry maneuvers nt London wns tho attempt of twenty officers of the Guards to swim cavalry horses across tho Thames. Dash ing into the river ainid great excitement, several succeeded in reaching tho oppo site bank in safety, while three riders fell oil' and had to lx rescued by boats. It 1m held that (he trial proved the futil ity of uttempting to swim cnvnlry horses across a stream in a body. The ravages of phylloxera uro causing consternation in tue Champagne dis trict of Franco. Extensive preparations have licon made to give tno ground n thorough drenching with a solution of carbonate of sulphur, und tho govern ment will render assistance in the work. Owing to the apprehensions of the wine farmers, the market has been affected. and tho prico of lino grades of cham pagne muy probably bo advanced. PORTLAND MARKET. Wiik.vt Txvnl business is slow. Ship pers quote $1 25 for Valley, with $1.27& as an extreme, and $1.20 for Walla Walla. Roim Quote: Standard, $3.90; Walla alln, f3.0Ocrt3.S0 per barrel. Oats Quote: -15(?4Se per bushel. Mills riKi-s Tho market is firm. Quote: Bran,$19(Jf20 j Shorts, $20(327.50; Ground Barley, $32.50; Chop Feed, 25; Middlings. $25 per ton. Hay The market is steady. Quote: $ltnt 17 per ton. Vkckt.iii.kk The market is steady. Quote: Cabbage, 1.75(if2 per cental; I'aulillower, $1.25 per dozen; Peas, 3c per pound ; Onion sand i.o ttuce, 15c per dozen hunches; String Beans, 3c per pound; iniiiornin unions, Ji,(rt,jc ; Oregon, 2V per pound ; Corn, 8(it 10c per dozen ; Cucumbers, 10c per dozen; Carrots, 10 15c per hunch; Beets. $1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1.25 per sack; California To matoes, (5c; Oregon, 50c per 1kx; Pota toes, 75v?85c per cental; Sweet Potatoes, 3n3l;.c per pound. I'htits Quote: Tahiti Oranges, $4.25 per lox; Sicily, $9 10 per case; Egg and Columbia 'Plums, lle per pound; Uradshaw Prunes, 2c per pound; Italian Prunes, l'2e per pound; Seckel Pears, 2c per pound; Bartlett Pears, ljc per pound; Grapes, $1.251.50 per box; Pineapples, $3.504 perdozen; Bananas, $3.76 per bunch; double, $0; Oregon Gravenstein Apples, 0575c per box; Ciawford Peaches, D0e(t$1.25 ; other va rieties. $1.151.25 per box; Oregon, 90c (ii$1.25 per Iwx, $1 per basket; Nectar ines, $101.25 per box j Oregon Water melons, $2 per dozen ; Cantaloupes, $1.50 2 per dozen ; Crabapples, 50c per box. Ciikics'k Quote: Oregon, ll312c; California, 0)v310e; Young America, 14 15c por jwunu. Buttku Tho market is firm. Quote: Oregon fancy creamery, 35c ; fancy dairy,. 32c; good to fair, 27i30c; common, 22)6 25c; choice California, 2728c per pound. Eoos Quote : SOc per dozen for Ore gon. Poultry Tho market is firm. Quote: Old Chickens, $4.604.75; young, $2.50 3.50; old Ducks, $4.505; young, $5(( per dozen ; Turkeys, 15c per pound. Nuts Quote: Walnuts, 13c: Peanuts, preen, 12c; Almonds, 17c; Filberta, 14 15c; Brazils, 1314c per pound; Cocoa uta, $1 per dozen. Honky Fancy Whito, 1-pound car toons, 18c. Nails Ilaso quotations: Iron, $3.20 Steel, $3.30; Wire, $3.90 per keg. Tim Merchanttlaa Market. Suoaiis The market is firm. Quote: Golden 0. 4c ; extra C, 5ac ; dry granu lated, O.Sjc; cube crushed and powdered, G-JjC per pound. Hkanh Tho market is firm. Quote: Small Whites, $3.25; Pink, $3.75; Hayes, $4.50; Butter, $3.50; Limas, $5.50 per cental. Duikd Faurra Tho ninrkot is firm. Quote: Raisins, $2.75 per box; Flum-mer-dried Pears, 10(gllc; sun-dried anil factory Plums, 810o: evaporntett Peaches, 24c; Smyrna Figs, 1410c; Cal ifornia Figs, 0c per pound. Oannkp Goods Market is firm. Quote: Table fruits, $2.25, 2'r,s; Peaches, $2.50; Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.65; Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $2; Black berries, $2; Raspberries, $2.55. Pie fruit: Assorted, $3.75 per dozen; Peaches, $1.40; Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05; Tomatoes, $1.203.50; Sugar Peas, $1.40 1.00 jStriug Beans, $1, Hides Tho ninrkot is weak. Quota tions: Dry Hides, selected prime, 8 9c, Kc 'esa fr culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 3050o; me dium, G080c; long, 00c$1.25: shear lings. 10020c; Tallow, good to choice, S 3;c. Receipts the past week were 9,280 pounds. Wool The market is dull. Quota tions: Eastern Oregon, 1010c; Valley, 10 18c por pound. Receipts tho post week were U.,072 pounds. Hoi's Quoto: 2530c per pound. Pioklkb Quoto : 85c 3s ; 90c 5s. Salt Quote: Liverpool, $17, $18, $10; stock, $1112 per ton in carload lots. Coal Oil Quote : $2.20 per caao. Kick Quoto : OJo per pound. The Meut Slarket. The meat market is firm. Quoto: Ileof Live. 33c; dressed, 07c, Mutton Live, 83c: dreesod, 7c Hogs Livo, 55c ; dressed, 7c Veal 08c per pound. Spring Lambs $2 each. SMOKED MEATS AMD LAItD. The market is firm. Quotations : East ern Hams, 1314c; Breakfast Ba con, lll4c; Bides, 910c; Lard, 6i& lie per pound. On and after October 1. tho Emnoror of Germany will publish u newspiier to do inspired directly uy nimseii, and to Ik; theotlicial exponent of his views on all subjects military, civil and iolitical. A committee has lxien formed in Ger many for tho purpose of purchasing: Moltke's birthplace, tho object being to present it to tho nation on the occasion of tho great warrior's ninetieth birth day. One ot the wedding presents to Stan loy was a gold geographical watch from a firm of watchmakers, the first of tho kind ever manufactured. It tells thu time in almost every important city in tho world. Delegates to tho California World's Fair Convention assembled at Metropol itan hall, San Francisco, and effected an organization. Every iwrtion of tho Statu was represented, and tho delegates were enthusiastic in the preliminary work of placing California in u condition to be. fully represented at tho World's Fuir. Tho steamship Georgo W. Elder whilu passing through Ulacier bay, Alaska, at half speed ran into an iceberg, whieh drove a hole three feet square into tho vessel. She had to be beached and. tho break toniorarily repaired so asto allow her to continue her voyage to Vic toria, Tho vessel will go to San Fran"--, cisco and bo docked,