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UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOHKK 'J, 1S90.
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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,