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morning by
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Publishers anil Proprietors.
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XiV Correswinitnce from all prls of tne country
A?iSwM'l coinmunliatlous to the OiiEuo Bi-ofT,
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
UXITKI) STATI'.M.
PKEsiiiESTHenJamln lUrrlnon of Indiana.
RifKitTiHr n,- Ktatk -James U. 111a ne of Maine.
Secrktahv of tiik TniCAsiniv William Wlmlom
of Minnesota. ....... . .
Secketary or Waii- KedfleM Proctor of ermort.
Seokktaiiv of the Navy Henjunlu V. Tiacy of
New York. .,..,, ,
Secretary of tiik Interior- John . hAtle of
Missouri. ..... . . ,.
1'oaTM aster-Oknkral John WanamaVtr of Penn-
y fillip
AttorneOkneral-W. H. II. Miller of Indiana.
Secret mi v or AoitlcULTURE-Jeremlah Husk of
Wisconsin.
HTATK OK OKKC.oN.
(J. 11. Mitch
1 J. N. Dolpii.
Senators,
ELL.
I!,.s(iMi Hermann.
Sylvester Ivn.noyer.
Okohue W. Mi-Hrike.
oiTuor,
Secretary of State,
Mate Treasurer,
(I, W. WKIIH.
Superintended of Public Instruction, K. 11. McKlroy.
ruatu x r.mer. - - ....... ...
f II. H. STItAIIAM.
I W. P. LoHII.
(.W. W. Tihyer
Supreme Judges,
SIXTH JUDICIAL DIHTIUOT.
.... I M. I). Clifford
Circuit Judges . - (JammA. Fek.
Prnaeciitlnx Attorney 0. 1". Hyde.
COUNTY OK UNION.
Stat Senators, ' -
Representatives,
-Judge
Sheritf,
Clerk,
Hecorder
Treasurer,
Schcol Hupeilntendeiit,
Surveyor, - :
Assessor,
Ooroner,
Commissioners,
I J. W. NoRVAL.
t J. II. ltALKV.
J John Mi'Ai.Ikter.
1 J. A. Wriiiiit.
I. N. Sanders.
J. T. Holi.es.
TUNNEK OLIVER.
J. B. Hlliutt.
i:. O. IIRAINARD.
II. 8. STRANOE.
J. L. OORTIK.
J. U. (lUlLD.
Joel Weaver
j William AitMii.u.'sm.
t JOHN .HCIJCINALII
CITY OF UNION.
Mayor, I W. KENNEDY.
Recorder, .... 0. L. Hukkslke.
Marshal. .... Alien Joiinhon.
Street Commissioner, - - N. F. Fitklin.
COUNCILS! BN.
II. Y. Wilson. J. II. CoRIHN.
T a Vimiitt A. K" .Ion'ks.
J M. UAHKIIM. H. A. PlTRMEL.
LODGES.
UNION LODOK, No 39, 1. O. O, F., MEKT3 EVERY
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock
WM. HALEY, N. G.
V H Miller, Secretary.
C.RANDK ItONDE F NO AM PM ENT, No. 11, I. O. O.
F meeti on the rust and third TupmIivs in each
month. O. 8. MILLKK. U. P.
J It. Thomi-mon, Berlin).
GRANDE IIONDK VALLEY LODGE, No. 56, A F. 4
A, M., mee on the second an I fourth raturda)S
every mo..tb. E. W. DAVIS, W. M.
R. II. Hrowk, Secretary-
OltANDi: ItONDE VALLEY OHAPTEH, No. SO., R.
A. M . meet first u il thin! 'I'usdais each month.
W. T. WH GHT, M. E. U. V.
TURNER OLIVER, Secretary.
1ILUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 23 K. OF P
meets every Wednesday evening.
T. H. CRAWFORD, O C.
Turner Oliver, K. of R. & S.
PRESTON POST. No. 18, G. A. R., MEETS EVERY
third Saturday iu eacn month a. the Odd elloB
hall. JOSHUA HRADFOHD, P.O.
Geo roe Heininiier, Adjutant.
CHURCHES.
The MethodUt Episcopal Church holds services at 11
i M. ana 7 V. M. of eao.i Sunday.
Rev. A. THOMPSON, Acting Pastor.
Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at 11 A,
M and 7 I". JI uf each Sum'ay.
Rev. J. 1'. MORRIS. Pastor.
PROFESSIONAL CAItD-S.
J W SHELTON J. M CARROLL.
SHELT0N & CARROLL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Oilice two doois south of Postollice,
Union, Oregon.
Special attention given to all business entrusted to us.
R. EAK1N J. A. EAKIN, Notary Public.
R. EAKIN & BR0.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Union, OrcKon.
Prompt at'entlon juld to collections.
DR. E. N. NORTH,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Has tho finest amvsthetlo for eitractuig teeth without
lulu known to the profession, Will practice In all the
branches of modem dentlitry. Sliver and gold work a
specialty Flue seU of teeth always on hand. First-class
work and tat'sfaitliu guaranteed.
Otllr.i Miiln St.. Union, Or.
C. H. DAY, M. D.,
Homffiopathic Physician and Surgeon.
All Call I'romiitly Atteiuleil lo.
Office adjoining Jones Ilros.' s'ore. Can be found
nights at residence in Southwest Union.
I. H. CROMWELL, U. D.,
PHYSICIAN !AND SURGEON,
OIc one door south of Bummer ft Layoe'a store,
Union, Oregon.
The Cove Druse Store
JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor,
DEALER IN
PURE DRUG
Patent pdieines,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils.
I'rcHt'rliitlmio Cnrpfiilly lrtiiarel.
AL80 DEALER IN-
Ar K N -f 1
CONSISTING OF-
Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols
Cartridges.
and
Imported and Domestic Cigars, Etc.
Montreal Saloon
Ed Remillard, Proprietor.
If you want a refreshing drink or a good cigar, drop In.
llllliardand pool tables for the accommodation of
cutomers.
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 tie South
-ADDRESS WITH STAMP.
Tbe Official Immigration Department
OF
FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES.
CARL ROIHNaON, Secretary,
Raleigh, N. C.
UnionTonsorialParfors
GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor.
Shaving, Hair-Gutting and Shampooing in
the Lasest Style of tbe Art.
Shop two doors south of the Centennial hotel. Glre
me u call.
City Meat Market
Main Strcot, Union, Ori-Kon.
BENSON BROS., Proprietors,
hKEP I'ONhTAMLV OK UAND
Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams,
Lard, Etc.
The v "Blue v Light"
SALOON.
Wm. James, Proprietor, Union, Or.
Fine'.'Wines,.' Liquors Vand
Cigars ',' in 7 Stock.
Drop In and be sociable Fine Millard table.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T. McNAUGHTON, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
KIkIii. Oregon.
All IU promptly atteuded to clay or nig
WILLIAM KOENIG,
Architect and Builder,
Cove. Oregon.
Drafts, plans and designs (or dwellings and bridge
furuUhtd on application.
n-lE PACIFIC COAST.
A Very Lirgc Wheat Blockade in
Eastern Washington.
Swinomish Indians Preparing to Take Up
the Remaining Marsh Land on
Their Reservation.
The Idnho Legislature will be asked to
pass a Sunday law.
The Taeonia Coal Company have just
made a rich strike in their liiino at Wil
keeon. The workof the Northern Pai'ifie in
Washington: will not Ihj interrupted by
any re7' of the recent financial Hurry
in ' "1'ork.
(lut 11,11119 lliu liu ru iii:a nil liiu
.'(hern Pacific that an extra engine is
J X'ccssarv to set over the Cow Creek nnd
fOalnia mountains
Grading on the branch railrrads from
the Southern Pacific to Jacksonville is
nearly finished, and the rails will be laid
as soon as they arrive.
General Carr. Commander at Fort
Wingate, N. M., has received orders to
get the Sixth Cavalry ready for trans
portation to Dakota in anticipation of a
war with the Sioux Indians.
The Montana State Supreme Court
has nflirnied the decision of the lower
court in making John A. Davis adminis
trator of his deceased brother's $1,000,
000 estate. Tho will contest is not yet
decided.
Bradstrect's mercantile agency reports
fourteen faihms in Pacific Coast States
and Territories for the past week, as
compared with thirteen for the previous
week and cloven for tho corresponding
week of 188!).
Two memlcra of tho Siokaiio Falls
City Council have sent in their resigna
tions as members of that body. They
are Judge Itettis and Colonel John I'.
IJooge. Pressure of private buciness is
given as the cause for resignation.
The handsome building for tho Reform
School, a few miles south of Salem, is
fast assuming shape, and will soon bo in
readiness for the erring youth of Oregon.
The roof is now just nlout comploted
and the inside work well under way.
Daniel Kelleher, attorney for Dominic
Coella, tho PortTownsend murderer, has
received an order for a stay of all fur
ther proceedings in tho case, "pending an
appeal. Coella was sentenced to death
and time fixed for his hanging December
19.
Captain Andrew Haggard, brother of
Rider Haggard, who is now at Victoria,
Ii. C, says that tho commander of Stan
ley's rear guard, Major Rarttelot, who
served under him in the Egyptian war,
was remarkable then for cruelty and
want of consideration for all beneath
him.
Agent Andrew Andover of the Navajos,
who is at Albuquerque, N. M., says there
is gold enough in the Carrizo mountains
on the Navajo reservation to make every
body rich. An efibrt is being made to
give" the Indians other lands in lieu of
tho mountain country and open the gold
fields to the public.
A courier has reached Albuquerque,
N. M., from Anton, a small Mexican set
tlement twenty miles south of Las Ve
gas, bringing news of a terrible running
light between fifteen or twenty cowboys
and a largo nuinberof Mexicans. Hun
dreds of shots were exchanged, and sev
eral dead and wounded are reported on
both sides.
Rev. I. 1$. Champagno, the old French
Canadian Catholic missionary, who has
established a good many congregations
and built several Catholic churches in
Montana and Dakota, has lately been
appointed by the Most Rev. Archbishop
Gross of Portland to tho pastorate of the
Catholic missions of Linkville, Lakeview
and others in tho surrounding counties.
William Zeckendorf Commissioner of
tho World's Fair for Arizona, has brought
suit agaiiiHt United States Marshal Paul
at Tucson for $L'5,000 for refusing to per
mit him to go to tho polls on election
day after ho had voted. Tho Marshal
says ho simply carried out tho election
requirements.
The cases against tho Chinese at Snn
Rafael, Cal., for catching small fish with
bag nets have been postjioned until next
March, owing to tho exhaustion of the
venire in obtaining a jury. Tho defend
ants are conducting nn enormous shrimi)
lishing business at Point San Pedro in
Marin county, and should tho case l e
decided against them it will throw about
liOO Chinese out of employment at that
place.
There is considerable talk of tho gold
mines on tho head of Sprnguo river in
Lako county. The Gaylord Ilros., angi
nal discoverers, have worked down tho
sides of the ledge, and have also made
a tunnel into tho hill. They expect to
commence active work on tho ledge in
in tho spring, at which time numerous
prospectors will probably bo found in the
hills. Assays of tho quartz vary from
130 to $G5 to the ton, according to tho
location in which the rock was found.
Over 40,000 of the amount needed to
purchase Union Pacific terminals at Ta
coma has been subscribed. Chairman
W. J. Thompson of the committee has
been notified by Engineer llogue that
only thirty-threo instead of thirty-eiiiht
acres will bo needed, tho Tacoum Land
Company having agreed to give tho rail
road tho right of way from the passenger
station to and along tho water from tho
channel of tho Puyallup river. Thin
change will result in a saving of from
12,600 to f 15,000 to tho citizenta of Ta-coma.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Robert Kay Hamilton's Wife is
Pardoned.
A Kentucky Judge Decides That a Man is
Justified in Killing Another in
Defense of His Brother.
South Dakota towns are short on fuel.
An air brake is boing tried on a Chi
cago grip ear.
Sanitation against typhoid fever is the
problem in 1,000 Eastern towns.
The Mayor of Findlay, O., has ordered
all gamblers to leave town. Fifty have
left.
Dr. Agnus of Chicago claims to have
hypnotized men at the distanco of eight
miles.
Kansas City Councilmer. aro to lo in
vestigated on a charge of receiving
bribes.
A Kentucky Judge has decided that a
man is justified in killing another in de
fense of his brother.
AVhen a criminal is convicted by a jury
in Canada there is no appeal ox'cept to
tho Executive power.
Tho Kights of Labor Assembly has re
duced Master Workman Po'wdorlv's
salary from $5,000 to $15,500.
It is said that Governor Reaver of
Pennsylvania will succeed General Haum
as Commissioner of Pensions.
Eva Hamilton, tho wife of Robert Ray
Hamilton, who was imprisoned in tho
New Jersey penitentiary, has been par
doned. Tho father of the lost Charley Ross
failed-to discover in Charley McChristyH
tho boy imprisoned at Roston, the son
ho had so long sought.
Topeka, Kan., is now at work on a
scheme to utilize the swift current of the
Kaw as a water power for electric light
ing and other power purposes.
Tho City Council of Atlantic City has
)ifsscd thbhigh license liquor ordinance,
which fixes the price for license, at $500
and for concert gardens at $800.
Tho report of Stato Dairy Commis
sioner Tupner shows that 72,000.000
pounds of butter were shipped out of
Iowa for tho year ending October 1.
Every Methodist church in Kansas, so
far as heard from, cast an afiimative vote
on the proposition of admitting women
as delegates to the General Conference.
One hundred and fifty carloads of
wheat arc leaving Manitoba daily, and
soon tho ligures will run up to 200 car
loads. This is tho largest wheat move
ment known there.
A committee from tho W. C. T. U. has
called upon the President and Secretary
of War and urged tho issuance of an or
der forbidding the sale of beer and light
wines at military garrisons.
Great excitement has been caused nt
Ann Arbor, Mich., by tho arrest of flvo
youths concerned in the recent row which
resulted iu tho death of Student Denni
son on a churgo of manslaughter.
G. II. Papazinn, an Armenian student
of divinity at Cambridge, is mooting
with support from Boston citizens in tho
establishment of a religiouB and educa
tional journal at Constantinople
It is reported that Oscar Neobc, tho
Anarchist, is likely to bo liberated from
Joliet, as it is asserted that the man who
identified him as tho distributor of tho
Revenge circular thinks ho was mis
taken. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
will adopt a chain coupling, in addition
to the patent couplers in use, in order to
provide further safeguards against pas
senger cars breaking apart in rounding
short curves.
Tho Market Committeo of the Now
York Board of Aldermen has rejiorted
favorably upon an ordinance providing
for tho sale of fruit and vegetables by
weight instead of by measure. Tho mat
ter has leen before tho Board for three
years.
Lexington. Ky , wants to become tho
capital of the State, and a special elec
tion will be held on tho question of in
demnifying the State to an amount not
to exceed $250,000 for loss iu moving tho
capital from Frankfort.
The contest for the Speakership of the
next house will bo betwerui Criup, Mills
and Springer, Crisp will represent tho
Southeastern section, Mills tho South
west and Springer tho Northern Central
group of States.
'Die Secretary of State has lxen in
formed that Moussa Roy, wIioko reported
outrages on American missionaries in
Turkey aro a matter of note, has at
length been summarily banished to tho
interior of Arabia.
Referring to a statement in tho New
York Herald that there would bo a de
ficiency at the end of the current fiscal
year of $151 ,000,000, Secretary Windom
said there will certainly be a surplus;
but, of course, he cannot say how much.
Tho Board of Lady Managers, of tho
World's Fair has selected the following
Vice PreflidentH : First, Mrs. Traiitmim
of Now York: Second, Mrs. Burleigh of
Maine; Third, Mro. Price of North Car
olina: Fourth, Miss Minur of Louisiana;
Fifth, Mra, Wilkina of tho District of
Columbia; Sixth, Mrs. Ashley of Colo
rado; Seventh, Mrs.Glntyof Wisconsin ;
Eighth, Mrs. Salisbury of Utah; Ninth
or Vice President at large, Mra. Uussoll
Harrison of Montana,
FOREIGN NEWS.
German Newspapers Digging at
Hrewer Bismarck.
Count Von Multke Is the First German
landed Proprietor to Adopt the
KlghMIour Rule.
Odessa bus been made a free jort by
tho Czar.
At TVchaneh, Austria, a mine is Hood
ed, and twenty men perished.
Electric motors are leing introduced
on the underground railway in London.
The Rothschilds have opened another
free hospital in Frankfort on the Main.
A number of Sanchez followers in
Honduras are being tried by court
martial. At Carlsbad, Rohomia, the Topel river
has overflowed, and great damitgo is be
ing done.
The floods in Bohemia are generally
subsiding, but tho Danube and Elbe aro
still rising.
Heligoland through its incorporation
with the German Empire has been made
part of Prussia.
Tho great Russian stopnes are to bo
irrigated by a company formed by au
thority of the government.
Orders have Iwon given in Russia that
no government work bo given .lows out
side tho territorial limits assigned them.
Ry the new arrangement American
mails aro being distributed in England
twenty-four hours earlier than hereto
fore. Salisbury believes tho time to dissolve
Parlimont opportune, owing to tho Par
uell sc indal, and has decided to do so in
the spring.
A great Nationalist meeting at Dublin
has voted confidence in Parnell, who was
characterized less a man than an insti
tution for Ireland.
The inhabitants of Lochcelly, Scot
land, are siillering from want of water.
Tho underground coal workings have
drained tho supply.
The great chomical trust in England
has been registered as tho United States
Alkali Company, with a capital of $30,
000,000 in $50 sharos.
An indignant crowd at Vienna severe
ly thrashed a member of tho Bourse wtio
had been suspended for spreading false
reports designed to mako money dear.
Cocoanut butter is receiving consider
able attention in Europe Tho now sub
stitute is declared infinitely preferable
to tho too-ofton bad butter sola in mar
ket. The Queen Regent of Holland has is
sued a proclamation declaring Princess
Wilhclmina Queen of tho Netherlands
and accepting the regency during her
minority.
Tho German Minister of Railroads has
ordered
jred an empty carriago, labeled
satety carriago." to bo placed between
tho locomotive and tho other coaches in
all trains.
Tho Turkish government has mado
valuable concessions to a French syndi
cate, granting it tho right to construct
quayH on tho shores of tho Golden Horn
and to levy landing dues on merchan
dise. Count von Moltko is tho first landed
proprietor in Germany to adopt tho
eight-hour rule for tho peasants working
for him upon his estate at Crisan,and is
well satisfied with tho result of his ex
periment. It is affirmed by thoso who aro in
a position to bo well informed that tho
circulation of tho London Times contin
ues to decrease, and that as a " prop
erty it has not tho valuo by 25 per cent,
it had a few years ago.
Dispatches from tho Congo Free Stato
say tho Baptist Mission's steamboat
Peace on tho Upper Congo river has been
confiscated by tho officers of tho Congo
Stato for Stato purjioses. The Urltish
flag was hauled down.
The Brazilian government Ihih re
scinded tho deci'ees of banishment
against ex-Premior Proto, Senhor Al
fonso, cx-Preident of tho province of
Rio Janeiro nnd Souhor Martins, ex
President of Uio Grande do Sill.
A ukase has been issued by tho mili
tary authorities (says a St. Petersburg
telegram by Dalziel) for tho capturo of
Jews trying to escape army duty. Any
one guilty of hiding or sheltering such
persons will bo heavily punished.
RejortH from Vienna stato that Dr.
Ciesar do Pane, tho founder of Socialism
in Belgium, is dying with consumption
at Cannes, his health having been broken
down under his arduous labors.
According to the Indon correspond
ent of tho Freeman's Journal, a not too
friendly authority, tho Irish light-railways
scheme will give work to a large
number of laborers in excess of thoso
resident iu tho districts to bo traversed.
Tho thirteenth centenary of Gregory
the Greut iu to bo celebrated in Rome in
an international liturgical congress, to
which all thoso who aro concerned with
musical archieology and ecclesiastical art
will bo invited. An exhibition of literary
and musical works In connection with
tho origin and growth of " Catholic and
historical church music" will also bo
organized,
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Thero is no change to be noted
iu the local market, which continues in
active but steady. Vallev, $1.201.22 ;
Walla Walla, $1,123. Foreign markets
ure quiet, but firm.
Flouii Tho market is steady. Quote:
Standard, $3.tH)4.00; Walla Walla, $3.00
3.80 per barrel.
Oats Tho market Is firm. Quo to:
White, ()0e; gray. 58c per bushel.
Miu.stukks The market is firm.
Quote: Bran, $21; Shorts, $24; Ground
Barley, $32.50; Chop Feed, $25 per ton.
Hay Tho market is steady. Quoto:
$lt!(U8 per ton.
Vkoktahlks Tho market Is firm.
Quote: Cabbage, $1.25 1.50 per cental;
Cauliflower, $1 per dozen; Celery, 5c
per dozen ; Onions, 2,Sj($2?.(c per pound ;
Carrots, $1 per sack; Beets, $1.50 per
sack; Turnips, $1 per sack; Tomatoes,
50c per box; Potatoes, $11.10 per
cental ; Sweet Potatoes, 2)c per pound;
squash, $2 per cental.
Fuuits Tho market is steady. Quoto:
Tahiti Oranges, $3 per box; Sicily Lem
ons, $8(30 per case; Pears, l)c per
pound; Apples, 00(385c per box; Grapes,
$1.25 per lx)x; Pineapples, $3.504.0U
per dozen ; Bananas, 2.503 50 per
bunch'; double, $0.00; Quinces, $1.25
per box.
Nuts Quoto: California Walnuts,
17)sjc; other varieties, 13c; Peanuts, 12c;
Almonds. 17c; Filberts, 1415o; new
Brazils, 20c per pound ; Cocoanuts, $1 per
dozen.
Ciikksk Tho markot is steady. Quoto:
Oregon, 1314c; California, 0610o;
Young America, 1415c por pound.
RuTTKn Quoto : Oregon fancy cream
ery, 4042)sje; fancy dairy, 37c; fair
to good. 27&Gi30e; common, 22&25c;
choieo California, 37KJ por pound.
Eons Tho market is firm. Quoto:
Oregon, 3082$o; Eastern, 25c per
dozen.
Poultry Quoto: Old Chlckons, $3.50
4.00; young, $2.50(f4.00; old Ducks, G
riiO.50 ; young, $7; Geese, $910 per
dozen ; live Turkeys, 12c por pound.
i Tho Mcrcliiinillso Mnrltnt.
Tho markets aro firm, business is
good, but no changes in prices.
Suoaus Tho market is firm. Quoto:
Golden 0,6?jju; extra O, 6a dry gran
ulated, Ojo; culo crushed and pow
dered, tU.jc per pound.
Dkiki) Fuuits Tho market is firm.
Quoto: Italian Prunes, 12J614c; Pe
tite and German Prunes, 10c per pound:
Raisins, $2.75 por box: Phimmor-dried
Tears, 11 12Ko; sun-dried and factory
Plums, ll12c: evaporated reaches,
24c; Smyrna Figs, 1416c; California
Figs, Do por pound.
Bkans Tho markot Is firm. Quote:
Small Whites, SX4c; Hnk, 8&c;
Bayos, 4lc; Butter, 3c; Llwas, 6$c
per pound.
Canned Goods Market is firm. Quote:
Table fruits, $2.25, 2s; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartlett Pears, $2.26; Plums. $1.65;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.60;
Blackberries, $2; Raspberries, $2.55;
rineapplos, $2.75; Apricots, $1.85. Pie
fruit : Assorted,$3.75 per dozen ; Peaches,
$1.42 ; Plums, $1.25 ; Blackberries, $1.05
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.20
1.50. according to quality; Tomatoes
$1.153.50; Sugar Poas, $1.4001.00;
String BeanB,$lpordozon. Fish: Salmon,
$1.251.50; sardines, 80c$1.50; lob
sters, $23 ; oysters, $202.75 por dozen.
Condensed milk: Eaglo brand, $S.25;
Crown, $7 ; Highland, $0.76; Champion,
$0 per case. .
Picklks Quoto: $1.15o 3s; $1.25 59.
Salt Quoto: Liverpool, $17, $18, $11);
stock, $11012 por ton in carload lots.
Coal Oil Quote : $2.35 por case.
CiiANnEiiitiES Quoto: Wisconsin,
$0.50; Capo Cod, $10.50 por barrel.
Cofkhk Quoto: Costa Rica, 22c;
Rio, 25c; Arbucklo's, roastod, 2(ic
per pound.
Rice Quoto: $0.25 per sack or 100
pounds.
Hors The market is steady, with
nominal prices. Quoto: 8033cpor
pound.
Hides Quoto: Dry Hides, selected
prime, 808c, He less for culls; grcon.
selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 65
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 30
06Oo; medium, G080c; long, 90c
$1.25; shearlings, 10020c; Tallow, good
to choice, 3030.
Wool Quote : Eastern Oregon, 10
10c; Vallqy, 1020c per pound.
Nails Baeo quotations: Iron, $3.20;
Steel, $3.30; Wire, $3.00 por keg.
Shot Quote: $1.85 por sack. (
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The Meat Market.
The meat market is firm. Quoto: J
Beef Llvo, 23c; dressed, 0c. i
Mutton Live, 3c; dressed, 6j7c
Hogs Live, 405c ; dressed, 6c.
Veal 58c per pound. j
Lambs $2.50 each.
smoked heats and lard.
Tho market is firm. Quotations: East
ern Hams, 18014c; Breakfast Ba
con, llllc; Sides, 00 10c; Lard, 86
10Jc per pound.
Advices received from San Paulo.
Brazil, suy that whether for good or ovil
tho government has decided to pardon
tho ox-slavo convicts who havo mur
dered their overseers and owners in
years past, most of whom havo been in
tho penitentiary for many years, on the
ground that tho cruel system of slavery
contributed to a great extent to these
crimes.
Officers of merchant ships familiar
with the Cujio Horn routes discredit tho
report of tho loss of Captain John Orth,
Archduke John of Austria. Tho Santa
Margherita, tho vessel which ho com
mands, is a good ship and is well
manned.
Bonny confirms tho stories told by
Stanley of Barttolot's cruelty, and thinks
tho latter was insane. Tho London
Times culls upon thoBarttolots and Mrs.
Jamiesou to publish everything in their
Jiorscselon in order that tho who!,,
Ireadful stories of cruelty and cannibal,
ism may bo cleared up.