FROM ALICEL.
Shipment of Cattle to the
Portland Market.
A DAILY MAIL SERVICE WANTED.
Unjust Discrimination of ths Railroad
Company A Tenderfoot.
Plenty of snow on the Sauclriilgc.
John West, of Mount Eagle, was in
the city this week.
There is a petition boing circulated
for a daily mail service for Alicel.
This end of the valley gets an over
dose of jurymen at this term of circuit
court.
Wm. Kucktnan is still going around
on crutches, caused by a horse falling
on him.
G. W. Ruckman went to Portland
this week to purchase a boll for the
Sandridge church.
The M. E. church, North, is talking
of putting up a large church building
at Alicel in the spring.
Cooper Bros, started their fine bunch
of cattle to market this week. They
looked as big as elephants and surely
such stock will bring fancy prices in
the Portland market.
The question as to the division of
school district number 10 has been be
fore the people for a week or ten days.
We hope that the question will be de
cided to the satisfaction of all con
concerned. Suminerville has started to move to
"Kettlebelly." One small building is
on the way at present and more are to
follow. Soon the site where once
stood a flourishing town will be a field
of waving grain.
Workmen are at work on the Elgin
branch, putting in extra cattle guards
for open crossings for most of the far
mers on the Sandridge; but still they
persist in accommodating a few. How
ever there will bo litigation in the
court on the subject.
"Carrie C," of the Press, must be a
tenderfoot from the back woods of Ar
kausaw, by the way her modesty was
shocked by hearing the names of oni
large cities (on paper) mentioned. We
would suggest that sho soak her head
for ft week or two and then see if she
could study up another name for the
little infant. Meanwhile we will stick
to the original name 'Kettlebelly."
Mixkhva Ann.
WASHINGTON.
News of the Week as Noted by Our Reg
ular Correspondent.
Washington, 1). C. Jan. 30, 181)1.
Emxon Oukuon Scout:
The shelving of the election bill for
the second time, in the senate, created
a veritable sensation among the repub
licans in both house and senate, be
cause it was entirely unexpected by
them, and for a time the wildest kind
of talk about rotaliat.on, the killing of
the free coinage bill and other meas
ures in which the republican senators
who voted against lhn election bill are
interested, but as usual, upon second
thoughts common sense prevailed, the
skies became clear and both housoand
senate settled down to the work which
has been more or less neglected of late,
the senate taking up the apportionment
bill, which is to have tho riuht of way
until disposed of, and the house tho
regular appropriation bills.
Tho republicans of the somite have
arranged an order of business to come
after tho apportionment bill, which in
cludes in tho order named the follow
ing measures: Tho eight hour bill,
tho international copyright bill, the
Paddock pure food bill and tho bill
guaranteeing: 200,000,000 of bonds of
tho Nicaragua canal company. Thoro
is considerable mystery about this last
named measure, and I believe that
that id tho method which has been
adopted by its promoters to secure its
passage. Whispers about coming in
ternational complications and tho mil
itary necessity of tho canal may do to
pass it through tho senato, but it will
bo strango if the people and tho news
papers do not demand a much fuller
bill of particulars before consenting to
tho investment of .$200,000,000 in it,
which is a good deal of money for evon
as wealthy a country as this.
A notion has become prevalent
nmong silver mon in tho house, that a j
majority f tho committee ou coinage, !
which i" now considering tho fruo coin-:
ago bill, h is dotonnhiud to delay re
porting that moasuro to tho hoiuu on
tho plea of giving hearing to dologu
tions uutd it will bo too Into .'or the
house to act uHn it. Tho members
et tiio committee dony thin, but thy
fact that a majority of tho cominitUo
have voted against a motion for tho
committee to vote upon the bill next
Wednesday, it is evident that they pro
pose delaying it as long as possible.
Senator Washburne has nnnouneel
hinuolf as tho instigator of a move
ment to havo tho free coinage bill
amended in the house to meet tho ob
jections of Mr. Harrison to unlimited
free coinage. Tin idea has fow sup
porters so far as 1 can learn, being op
posed by both the silver and tho anti
silver men.
Things are getting warm around the
committee engaged in investigating
the silver pool. Gen. IT. V. Urynton,
tho well known correspondent, was in
formed by a gentleman who claimed
to havo heard it, that in a conversation
with Representative Dingley, chairman
of the committee, and JleprsenUitivo
Payne, a member of the committee, it
was broadly intimated that Senator
Vest would never havo been allowed to
testify if it had been known that his
testimony would show up Senator
Cameron's silver speculations. Gen.
Prynton's informant was Mr. Steph
ens, of St. Louis. Messrs. Dingley and
Payne say that no such conversation
over took place between them. In the
meantime the committee is finding
out very little about who has boon
speculating in silver.
Tho Pehring sea case was argued be
fore tho supremo court this week.
There was little in the arguments that
had not already been covered by tho
newspapers.
A delegation of Sioux Indians got
here yesterday. They came from the
Pine Ridge agency, and havo a string
of grievances a yard long, which, by
the aid of interpreters, they poured
into tho cars of Secretary Noble today.
Senators Davis and Washburne aro
making a hard fight for tho amend
ment to the apportionment bill, giving
Arkansas, .Minnesota and New York
one additional member eaoh, but the
chances seem to bo against them, par
ticularly because of a desire to pass
the house bill without amendment, it
being feared that if amended it might
fail to be acted on by the house at this
session, the end of which is growing
dangerously near.
The democrats are still suspicious
of republican intentions regarding the
election bill, and that suspicion is hav
ing an eflect upon the speed of legis
lation, particularly in the house.
It is believed that Mr. Harrison wants
the republicans in the senato to make
one more final and desperate effort to
pass the election bill, but it is not ap
parent that the senators take kindly to
tho idea.. They have had about as
much of this bill as they want, and
they see no way in which it can be
T. II. C.
Wallowa .County Hote3.
TmtKi: PrcK, Fob. f, 1S91.
During the past week it has boon
quite cold, the thermometer loitering
about zero from 0 p. m. to 0 a. m.
Snow lies all over tho valloys and hills
and mountains from G to 110 inches, its
depth being governed by locality and
altitude.
A board of trade has been organized
at Joseph by Joseph citizons. If its
organization was tho result of a wish
to benefit tho wholo peoplo of Wallowa
county, without injury to any, good;
but if the object sought for is to on
haneo tho financial interest of tho fow
at tho exponso of the many, I shall
modestly protest.
E. T. Roupo and P. D. McCully aro
stallfeeding about one hundred .'1 and
4 year old steero on the farm of E. T.
Roupo. W. II. Winters is feeding f)0
or GO more. There is a largo overplus
of hay and grain in this county, and
there is no better way of disposing of
this surplus than by converting it into
beef. Beef will bear transportation ;
hay and grain will not.
Thoro is considerable sickness along
tho river, of a typhus cant. Away from
tho rivor there is little if any sickness.
There is no malarial exhalations aris
ing from the rivor. There cannot bo
as thoro is uo stagnant water there.
Wherein, then, lien tho otiuo of tho ox
cosk of sick of the people residing
along, and Ufcing tho water, for domed
tic purposes, of the Wallowa river?
May not tho oause, tho germ of this
sickness, bo located in the waters of
Silver lake? Every July red fish, in
grantor or less numbers, oomo up from
tho oconn to spawn. After spawning,
those that aro not caught, die and rot
in tho lake. As decomposition advan
ces, tho wator, acting like a spongo,
takes up tho dissolving putrescence
and holds it, a virulent poison. If the
inlets to Silver lake wero divurUx), the
outflowing river wutild not empty tin
immense reservoir in twelve months,
perhaps not in two year; hence this
full defilement is never entirely tlimi
nutoil from the waU-rs of the Uko.
Then, if this hywthfHS Ik iruot lie
who drinks thin uiu Ul-n wau r,
courts disetu and consequent duntli.
J. J. JJLHVANS. 1
EAGLE VALLEY.
rteins IJeported by Two of
j Our Correspondents.
i
i SHIPMENT OP STALLFED CATTLE.
In JfoA of a nallroad-ia Qj.p.-o r:u
Blrta r.soora Fsrsoaa: tfo:s.
Nkw Ukiikik, February (, 1891.
There lire few items this time.
The la grippe paid our valley a visit
again this winter.
Mr. Hindnmn, who has the intlama
tory rheumatism, is on tho mend.
Porn, to tho wifoof Mr. Charles Wat
orbury, a girl. Doth are getting along
well.
Bom, to the wife of Mr. Harry Par
rows, a bnby boy. Mother and child
doing nicely.
Miss Libbie Hennehoff is thought to
be improving, but it will take time for
her to regain her strength.
As wo havo had such a delightful
winter, stock is looking fine. We have
some snow but net enough to enjoy
sleigh riding.
Mr. William ICnoblaugh, who got
thrown from a horso some time since
and badly hurt by falling on his bond,
is slowly recovering.
St. Valentino's day will soon bo upon
us, and how tiie young lady's heart
will gladden when she receives the nice
valentines that ore now to be seen in
our stores.
I havo understood that tho Metho
dists, at their nextappointmont, which
is (he 14th inst., will begin a protrae
tod meeting. How long it will contin
ue is not known.
School in our Middle district, taught
by Mr. Ivendnll, closed last Tuesday,
and as your correspondent was not
there, cannot givo full particulars, but
presume an enjoyable time was ha i,
by tho nuinbor of visitors seen on their
way homo.
Prother T. F. Campbell, of Pakor
City, delivored several discourses to
the Eagle folks last week, and was lis
tened to with intense interest by all.
Ho is now in Pine preaching and it is
hoped he will 'not go back without
speaking to us again.
ION A.
Nkw BitnxiK, Fob. 4, 1 SO 1 .
Everything is quiet in the valley.
Our stockmen aro all doing well this
winter and cattle aro looking line, es
pecially those that havo boon stallfod.
No sicknoss to speak of. Mr. A.
1 tinilman is suffering with rheumatism.
Miss Libbo Pennohofl' is still in bed,
but improving.
E. it W. Chandler aro rounding up
their horses with a view of hroaking 40
head to ship. Don't know whether
they will go east or to Seattle. They
havo some very lino largo horses.
Frank P. Lee has 6old his farm to
Martha P. Ilolman, a sister of W. W.
Kirby, late of Iowa. The price paid
was $22.50 por aoro. Wo hope that
Mr. Lee will remain in the valley as he
1ms many friends horc.
Swishor Bros, have just shipped 100
head of fine steers to Portland, and re
alized 4 cents a pound. Ben Longloy
will ship anothor 100 head soon. Mc
Gowon is now on his way to Portland
with 100 hoad. Poazloy & Reed aro
feeding 100 bond. I don't know whet h
er they will ship them or sell in tho
valley.
Deputy Sborifi Usher has been in tho
valley with a remonstrance against an
nexing this portion of tho county to
Baker, as a petition had already been
circulated to that, eflect. The citizens
of this part are a long ways from tho
county sout and tooinod to think that
there would bo a tax levied to build a
new court house in Union, and that is
tho reason they signed the potitinu.
Wo don't want to build a new court
house for wo havo enough debt to pay
now.
Laud is high in Kaglo valley and it
will bo still higher if Nuwlun Bradford
don't scare oil" all the ruilroml men by
writing such pieces to Tub Scour. In
his last letter ho says: "The eoplu of
Baker City are trying to swindle tho
people of Eaglo valloy by wanting to
run a railroad through this valley."
Wo, tho farmors of Eaglo valley, want
to be swindled that way very bad. Tho
iieople of Eaglo and Pine valley want
a railroad, and would be glad to h ivc
it from B.ikcr or any thT poin'. I
ItflWi we will get a road from Bukwr
to the Seven l) vils mining camp and
think it will be built this summer, and
will not ask parties who pay no laxe,
or have nothing to ship, any odds. Wo
xivtT the right of way to show to the
railroad oompuny that wo aro ready
for a railroad and want it. If tho road
will not ray. none oi them will pay.
Thousands upon thousands of tons of
ore can be shipped ovur this road, be
sides worlds of timber, slock and nil
manner of produce. Mr. Bradford
says: "Let Baker City build a wagon
road to the plaeo." We neod that, but
we Want a railroad to ship our sur
plus. Well, that is enough on the
road question for this time.
K.
7 AS 7421837 KAN 017 EARTH.
TWity-STon Tears in Btu and Stilt Its
ia Ftrfaetly Well and Uealtby.
Mitchell, Indiana, claims the laziest
mid most stubborn man on the earth.
About twenty-seven years ago there
lived near Paoli, Indiana, a family of
negroes named Bond, consisting of a
mother, two daughters and a son by
the name of John. They were in very
comfortable circumstance, owning
their own farm. The mother decided
to sell the farm, but upon making her
decision' known to the children she
was met with opposition from her son,
who declared that if the farm was sold
ho would go to bed and never get up
again.
No attention was paid to the threat.
Tho farm wassold ami tho family then
moved to Mitchell. Tho first night in
their new homo John went to bed as
usual, but in the morning refused to
Set up, am! has stubbornly kept his
couch during about twenty-seven your
leaving it only once, on the day of the
death of his mother.
At first his case caused much com
ment. Physicians examined him and
pronounced him in perfect health, but
all efforts to get him out of bed proved
futile. Whou told that tho house was
on fire or that burglars had broken in
he made no effort to arise.
As time passed people lost interest
in him, and ho only attracts attention
now when carried to tho polls on some
important election day. Por tho last
few years his health has been gradual
ly failing and ho lies with his head and
body covered, speaking to no ono un
less spoken to, then answers all ques
tions intelligently.
I'HE COVE.
Brief Personal Mention California Prod
ucts A Cold Bath.
Covk, February 11, 185)1.
Mr. Kay Duuoan has been quite cick
for several days past.
Mr. E. A. Robinson has gone to tliG
Sound in search of a now location.
Soveral of our prominent citizens are
away courting this week. (Copyright
ed I SI 2.)
It is whispered in Cove that a mar
riage in high life, to take place in Un
ion soon, is on the carpet.
Mr. W. II. Wright has returned from
Iowa where ho took a carload of hors
es last fall. lie found fair sale for his
stock.
Mrs. J. W. Magann, of Cornucopia,
caino down Tuosday and will remain
some time visiting her mother and
children.
Mr. Alex. Cochran, a retired disciple
of Vulcan, is now wielding tho yard
stick in tho O. P. Jaycox merchandise
establishment.
Letters remaining unclaimed in tho
Covp postollico: Bov. J. M. Haskell,
Bill Grimos, W. It. Grimes, Miss Cad
die McFarland.
Mr. Ililry Mitchell has been suffer
ing from an attack of fovor and erysip
elas. Dr. McDonah'l, of LaGrando, has
been awaiting on him.
For tho first timo of tho winter thoro
is enough snow for good sleighing.
Cutters and bobs aro about tno only
conveyances used now days.
Tho wiso men of tho community, at
thoir regular debate last Fiiday night,
brought forth such strong argument
that it was decided church property
should bo taxed.
Mr. J. E. Stonrns arrived from Rooky
Bar last week. Ho reports the Bar
very quiet and unless a strike is multi '
in tho next sixty days in tliu uilj.tfeiir
gold ininuo tint town will ooii bo an al
most deserted one.
A number of California products in
to bo stion at the drug stor an I .ire
noveltios to a good many Gov.! proplo
The most noticeable are wtmn mam
moth oranges and lemons, silk cocoons
and mulberry leaves, fig blooms, cactus,
leaf of a century plant, and jmliu
leaves. Mrs. Dougherty made tho col
lection and is justly proud of it.
Tho ico harvest is in full blast. Mr.
Bloom is putting up a supply, also J.
M. Phy and other ar Jtaiheri'u of the
conrf'-alrU wt. The iiv i- h.iii,- Mk n
from a deep slouch in Mr. 1'hy's field.
Tuesday the snow had covered thu
thick and thin lue alike. One of thu
workmen whoa sir name is William,
' stttppod on a delusive piece and inline
I dtaUdy disappeared frou viow in tho
I iev Hood beneath. Ho was so cold th it
tle more tolling of it will make tho
roudor's tcoth olmttcr.
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