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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1891)
nountsaernnan THURSDAY, MAKCII 5. 1801. NOTIOK. On account of the change made in tho innnaeciiintit of tliN paper, all .ircflunts due up to Jan IS, lsni. mint be settled without delay. TIiojo knowing theinelvs indebt ed to tlic paper are roquenod to come In and pay up without further urging. LOCAL AND PERSONAL A Paragraphic Record ot Rweut Happen ings In and Around the city. Wo must have a woolen mill. Congress adjourned yesterday. J. V. Shelton Is still confined to IiIb room. Tho miow at Stmiter la about sis foet dwp. G. W. Slmiivms culled on 8 last Satur day. A. X. Gnrdnor is on a visit to Canyon City. A case of poarlot few Is "reported in Hatt er City. Idaho has adopted the Australian ballot system. 11. J.Geer, of the Core, was iu the city Monday. AV. .1. Townley, of Sanger, was in the city this week. II. F. IJurloiKh. of Kl(r!n, was in the city Monday. About six', inches of snow.. fell last Satur day night. Davis Bcuwell, of the Covo. was in the city yesterday. S. V. Kogur, of the Cove, was a visitor to Union Saturday. Dave Ueveridgo, of North Powder, was in the city Saturday. Sells Urother.-' circus will visit Oregon the coming summer. Haines, the new town near linker City, is growing quite rapidly. The new railroad commissioners held a meeting last Monday. 0. Eckcrsley, of tho Cove, made this office n pleasant visit Tuesday. Considerable sickness is reported in tho mining camp of Sangor. Remember the famous Georgia's at the opera house March 12th. Junction City, Oreuon, had an $8500 fire on Thursday of Itit week. Colorado appropriates $150,000 for her display at the world's fair, J. T. Wright sold a span of horses this week for ?400 to Portland parties. 13. E. Jones, of Elgin, made onr ollice a pleasant and substantial visit Monday. Mrs. llineluirr. will take lu-r departure next Sunday for Portland and Corvallis. Under tho new law tho county court will meet on the first Monday of each month. Your account at tho Cove drug storo is old enough to wean. Attend to it at once. We will have a woolen mill If our citizens are not all dead, and we think they are not. Sampson Itoy. ot Sanger, who has lraen quite sick for some time past, is now im proving. " Joseph Hutl'man, of Elk Flat, was in the city a few days ago. We acknowledge a pleasant call. At Haines over lifty additions have been made to the Baptist church since the rovival meetings opened. Licenses to wed were issued this week to Jacob Bartmess and Vernon ParkerChus. Tall and Dolly Elledse. Tho selection of Mr. A. E. Eaton as school director was a good one and will give satis faction to all taxpayers. Mr. Williams, agent of the Pauly Jail Company, is in tho city, and will bid on tho lining of the county jail. Tho Georgia minstrels will make a tour of the Pacific coast again soon They will ap pear in this city March 12th. The citizens. of Elgin at their school moot ing Monday, voted a ten mill tax and pro pose to build a ?-1000 school house. There will be no preaching at the Metho dist church next Sunday as tho pastor must be away. Sunday school as usual. Work on the.Sunipter valloy railroad is being pushed rapidly, and it is the Intention to havo the cars running at an early date. Tho Ladies' Aid Socioty of the l'rosbyter ian church will meet at tho rcsidonce of Mrs. Decring on Friday at 2 o'clock p. m. If you aro indebted to this papor why not comoin and pav up? Wc would not urgo you to do so if wc did not need the monoy. The celebrated sliding mountain botjveen The Dalles and Portland is giving the rail road commuiy n great deal of trouble this winter, J. A. Bakor, of EJgin, was in tho city on Tuesday. Wo acknowledge a pleasant call. He reports about 10 Inchos of snow in that vicinity. At the school election last Monday A. E. Eaton was olectcd director to servo three years, and B. F. Wilson, clerk to serve for one year. Ulysses Haynos, tho tonsorial artist, has resigned his position with George Bnlrd, and will seek other Ileitis in which to follow his vocation. "Sarah 1. Wager Will B. Happy." forms a uniqe combination of names under tho list of -'Married" in a reoent number of a Chicago paper. Tho noted Billy Korwuids is with Uich ards ifcPringle's famous Oeorgiu minstrels which ore to ontertalu tho people of this city March 12ih. Mr. Frank Kruery ami Mrs. Powers, of Baker county, came down Mouday to be at tho hedudo of their futher, 11. V. Emery, who is quite sick. Andy Lee, of HuntfiKfUJii, emmuittc-d sul oklo a tew days ugo by cutting his throat with a rasor. Family trouble U algned as the cause of the deed. Picture- enlarged Ui any iae and tlnWbfl in any style at Jones Bros.' gallery. New prouetj. Oi4r than tver. eMtMadou KMiviilMd In evtvy Instance. ' " ""' i ; : . ,, ! up i.) the time of jroiiv.' t.,iv no buMiic- of im portance has bwn transacted. A full report of the proceeding, v:ii br triven next week. K1rin held it first itv election Monday. AH the ticket nominated at a recent meet In were elected, except H. B. Star, for city treasurer, J. W. nyter bHnjreleeted in his place. The interior of tho brick ndjainin 4iv cox's store ii hinf fitted up with hlrina counters, etc., and will He ned by Summers A Layne for tbvlr Bardwuro store the first of April. At its last tneetlutr the Knworth league gave a unanimous vote f than ke for those wlm kindly assisted in their entertainment also for the reduction of the price for use of the hall. Mrs. A. M. Pelham. of Norton, Kansas, a homeopathic physician, will arrive in Un ion, in about a raorth and locate perma nently. She is a relative of E. Draper, of High valley. The directors of the Mount Carmel Aero iiatic Company have decided to raise $2,000, 000, a part of which will be expended in es tablishing 'n large plant and building Pen nington airships. H. J. Gcer, of the Cove nursery, offer.) for sale for the spring trndc, several thousand plum u::d prune trees (mostly peach plum) three and toti years old. Price 2Sc each or 20c by thebundred. 3-5-lm Samuel Miller, on enterprising furniture dealer, is preparing for the spring trade, and has now en route two ca. loads of goods, which he will sell at bedrock prices. See his new ''ad" in this issue. Charles HoiL or "Kanaka Charley," was bound over at La Grandea few days ugofor assaulting an elderly citizen whom be. had conspired with a confederate to rob. He was brought over and lodged in jail. Gracie McGinnis, a daughter of M. M, Hasoltine, photographer of Baker City, died at Denver on Wednesday morning of last week from the effects of a pistol shot. It Is thought tliul she took her own life. Tt is ustonishlnjr the amount of ice that has been shipped from North Powder this wintot . Orders have been received from The Dalles Pendleton, Walla Walla, La Grande, and numerous other places for the article. Senator'Hearst died at his home in the city of Washington at 9:10 p. m. on Febru ary 28th, at the age of 70 years, having been born September 3, 1820 in Franklin county. Missouri. Tho body will be removed to San Francisco for burial. At a meeting of the directors of the La Grande National Bank, held last Saturday, the resignations of W. II. McDonald, cash ier, and F. S. Slater, assistant cashier, were accepted and G. Penned, of Michigan, elec ted cashier. No asi-tant-was elected. A snow slide occurred at the Bobbins' inlnc a few days agoand entirely burled tho mine. A man was entombed in the tunnel, but willing hands soon released him and ho was overcome with j , throwing his arms around his rescuers and kissing them pas sionately. New and novel. Stamp photographs, gummed, ready to stick to cards, lockets, watches, rinjjs, pins, fancy work, autograph albums, books, letters, envolopes or hearts, at Jones Bros.' gallery. Fifty for $1. Call and see .-umplos. Also minette photographs, beautiful designs, 20 for $1. tf The Livennoro hotel "at Oregon City, a three story frame building, caught fire on the 28th and burned to the ground. Tho ground lloor was occupied by George T. Dicker . Co., with grocories. and by Wil son & Cook, hardware.' Tho loss is estima ted ut $1G,000; insurance $.1000. A correspondent wriu'sjfrom Kamclu un der date of" February 2(1, that if all the snow that lias fallen during the winter had re mained on top of the ground It would be twelve feet deep. It has sunk into tho soil which is well moistened, and there is now five feet of snow on the surface. Sallio Jones, a colored woman of Seattle, went on the war path last Saturday and got into a light with her husband. A police man endeavored to arrest them when the woman struck him across tho head with a curling Iron and laid his scalp open. She was II n ally overpowered and taken U the citv jail. A special train of eleven cars, loaded with California trotting stock, bound for Now York to the annual sales, was wrecked five miles east of a small station known as Kel ton,on the Central Pacific railroad. Mirac ulously the men and horses escaped serious injury. Several of the cars wore totally wrecked. Spokane Fulls is stirred to Its center over the ruin of a young girl named Lodle Wirt by two gamblers, aided by a devil in wom an's attire. It is a story of an innocent girl's horiible experience in a strange city three thousand miles from horhomo, in tho hands of beings who cannot be culled hu man without a shudder. The Salem Statesman thinks that if Ore gon people supported, advocated, dofeuded and stood by the Oregon newspapers with half the vim and loyalty that the newspap ers support, advocate, defend and stand by Oregon, thou Oregon would becomo the host state in the Union and Oregon newspapers would be. the best newspapers in the whole world. There is to be a "Bonnot Social'' ut tho residence of S. O. Hwackhamer on Friday evening the 6th Inst. Let as many ludloa as will, bring a bonnet or hut, with trimming for the same, and a oupply of pins. The gentlemen are to do the trimming. Prizes will be given for the best and poorest trimmed. This is u dime social. All are in vitu! and a pleasant time is expected. kterit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for year we have l -eu illlng Dr. King' New Discovery for Commuiptiou, Dr. Kin ' New Life I'dls, Buckli n's Arnica Salve ami Kliclrlc B.tters, and h:ie never bundled remedies Ills' -i ll a- well, or that b.iVe jdv en uch uiiiu'iul au dtiiuu. We do not hesitate to guarantee l twin every time, and wctanl ready to refund the purchaxe pili e, if .-aufui'tory resuli do not follow their use. Tin e rt-iin db - box won their p P ili uy p ' ! mi i lr men It. 11 ' Hrow ii, druggist, Union, Oregon NEWS NOTES. Hunt Disposes of His Hail I road System. OUR NATURAL WATER POWER. Ooacsrt Oomyiay Organist far Be eta Tae of a Madman OUtr Hews. Puti,APi;i.PKiA. March 3 The Press to day aaysthatChas. B. Wright has purchased from Oe.sic W. Hunt of Walla Walla, Washington, a number of railroads known a the 'Hunt'' system, which penetrates the gre it wheat fields of Kaitern Wash ington and Oregon. The first payment on this tiansacrinn, wiiieh Involves three mil lion dolhir-, w;is made today. Wright is a heavy stockholder in the Northern Pacific. No town in Oregon, and no region of like shse in the world, contains a better water power and more of it than wc have right in Union. It t not necensaV here to go into detsils in tho way of producing proofs to substantiate the above assertion. Kvety observitig prison who bur traversed the length am) breadth of this great country (irrcat in area) will bear us nut in saying that it has no peer and few equals in its ex cellent and abundant natural water power. The day is not far distant when 'he greater portion of it will he ntiliaed. The wool pro duct alono. .saying nothing of tho practically inexhaustible timber supply, will be tho means of induoing capitalists to invest their money in mill ami manufactories along our beautiful and swiftly flowing mountain stream. A local oo'icert company ha been organ ised in this city by a number of our young people, the object being to raise money for the Methodist church, as well n to all'ortl amusement for tho participants. At a re cent meeting held thefollowing otliccrs were elected: S. M. Driver, chairman: M. V. Davis, manager; (leorgo Benson, secretary; Francis W right, assistant secretary, andG. l' Hall, treasurer. A committee was ap pointed to select the character of entertain ment most desirable and reported that it bo a drama of some kind, and u commltteccon sistlngof J. C. Summers, J. W. Driver and Mi-ssdahel Carter was then appointed to select the play and oust tho characters. Tho first entertainment will bo given in a short time of which duo notice will be given. Wo hope they will meet with success. At Grand Island, Nebraska, the beet sug ar company has produced in largo quanti ties an article of granulated sugar of the best quality. The Grand Island enterprise is so successful from every point of view that preparations are being made on a lar ger scale for tho cultivation of beets in oth ers of the northwestern states. Am cultur al manufacturing iirnis are preparing to turn out machinery expressly adapted to this sugar beet industry. If the farmers of tho northwest havo a new and profitable in dustry thus opened to them, what shall bo said of tho jiossibilitiusof ihc same industry here? Tho soil and climate of this state are espef ially adapted to the production of sugar beets, and our farmers aro rich enough to form companies among them selves for the manufacture of sugar. "Maggie!'' exclaimed Win. Saunders, of Grant's Pass, one night last week, "you have been giving me deathly poison." The words had scarcely left his lips when the eternal shooter was pulled by the madman. Mrs. Saunders jumped on; of bed, knocked the pistol to one side, received a scratch of the bullet, which passed through her hair and cut a lock off, and escaped. Saunders then gave himself one, the bullet crushing through his skull. He will probably dio, Saunders is 55 years old and an old-time rosidont of Josophiue county. He had re mained a bachelor up to seven months ago, when he married a very aiulablo widow lady of Portland named Mrs. Litton. Ho was a good man off his base. Klamath Star. Thowoolon mill project, spoken of by Tin: Scout some time ago, is assuming definite shape, and it Is very probable that the mill will now be built. Mr. Eaton is in receipt of another letter from the gentleman in tho ensl who has been negotiating for the estab lishment of a mill bore, and states that he will bo in Union within a week or two to investigate the mattor. Let us give him a hearty welcome and do all in our power to have awoolou mill hero. Tho Northern Pacific Baiiroud Company has begun another suit in tho superior court at Taconm against (1. W. Hunt, president of The Oregon it Washington Territory Ballroad Company, on promissory notes ag gregating $135,000. At the same timo tho affidavit of General Superintendent Dickin son was filed, alleging Hunt's absence from the state and asking that attachments issuo against the proporty. Bond for 270,000 was filed. A largo crowd was in attendance at the Jaok-Flrman show last Prlday evening at Wright's hull, and tho evening's entertain ment seeuied to givo general satisfaction. Joliu Jack and Annie Firman arc artists and we would Hko to sue them supported by a good company, although they aro ca pable of giving a first-class ontartainment by then-selves one that is wfJl worth the price of admission. As a general rule all minstrel shows are more or lets similar, hut tho Goorgla's havo an original way of entertaining their audi ence. It is not the Iron-clad minstrel show, the old jokes and the state conundrums. They are new, bright, spicy and witty. Tho finale of the first part is a noyol feature of the show in the way of a miuleal entertain ment, Will C. Hull', tae euntlsinan ho puff wind in and out of u harmonica, Jg a n.urvel. "The Black Patti" Is a gwilns, and iiic iruiu nm,1. ui. I vestibule oo r portert cnnnei be ejuaUwl far novelty. It would be il . it.. i . -..ii "vj i- i . with ile jii.i, ml p Illllsl lie N . ! olt.o-CV.,1 aw tltlll to sav ihat he I she V - V !Pe of the whu'e -how. Daily .'oiiimil. lli'eni Montana. Taking it in the .iRirrecate u sum .i.ivMint hut to not les than three :bou illd dollars is due this pnpor. While not much Is ow Inst by itnvrme our nninetiMt customers, the amount dtie from idiot them, combined, wiiud help tt out I'oiisider ibly. and a we have never before insist d upon a man pay ing us if he felt unable to do ., we think nt this time all. -beitlil put themselves out a Utile, If necessary, in otiser to pay us what is dne, and what, in many instances, we havo been waiting for a long time. Kti Tlnkhatn met with quite nn accident last Saturday evening. He had put a set of harness on a horse at Mitchell's livery Stable and started for home, but thought he would like to ride so he jumped on the horne. when it betmn to "buck'' and threw Kd. to tho ground where he lay for ome time in an nnoonxeioiis s(te. He was picked up bv bystanders and is all right now. The clerk's office was very quiet this morning, and thorn wms nothing '.lilcli would disturb the equilibrium of the nielll lluotts (low of the placid disposition of the clerk or his deputies. rROK CORNUCOPIA. The Eastern Oregan a old Mining Com pany's Amalgamator in the city. The Democrat received a call yesterday from Mr. P. Marley, the Kastorn Orogon Gold Mining Company's amalgamator, shortly after his arrival in the city from Cornucopia. Mr. Marley. who has been in the employ of the company for several months engaged in working tho sulphurets in their mill informs us that he had good suc cess, getting HI per cent of the assay value of the sulphurets and speaks highly of the prospects ahead of tho company. lie says the company 'has something liku $100,000 locked up in ihelr sulphurets all of which can be worked up to SI per cent, of their value. In speaking nf the recent snow-slide In tho camp, Mr. Marlcvsays the damage to the K. O G. M. Co. was not so had as report ed and that $IC0 will cover the loss to tho company. The grcatet losers will bo Messrs. Davis ,fc Howard, who had their Huntington mill plant completely demolish ed and .fJKiOO will be required to repair their loss, Mr. Marley speaks highly of tho camp and believes that mining successes on a large scale will bo made there In the near future. Baker Democrat. Tho Reevca-Taylor Wcddlug. A correspondent at North Powder sends us a report of the marriage of Vincent It. Hooves to Mis Lydla A. Taylor which oc curred at the residence of the bride's par ents near Jiaines on the 18th inst., but as the notice has already been published, we only give the list of presents which the hap py couple received. They are as follows: Fruit dish and cake stand, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell; fruit dish and sauce dishes, Mr. Henry Wallace; hau l painted broom hold er. Miss Mabel Chapman; napkin rings, Mr. and Mrs. Hart.mg; cator, Mr. ''. Waggle; turkish towel, Mrs. Blyze; hand painted plaque, Mr. John Lawler; line laces and dress, Mr anil Mrs. John Fisher; largo hanging lamp Wilcox Bros.; table cloth and napkins, Frank and Mollto Lconlg; glass tumblers, Ida Jackson; syrup pitcher and pickle dish, Mrs. Long; counterpane, Mr. and Mrs. Vanderwall ; tablecloth and napkins, Mr. and Mrs. Poulson; wash bowl ami pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Taylor; pair of vasos, Frank Foster. A VrtJOROUfJ KICK. A Merchant's AVlfo tlio ltono of Contention. A Denunciation. A welt known merchant who has lecn greatly Benefitted by Joy's Vegetable Sarsuparllla, desired to givo It to his wife, who was very delicate, but out of caution first consulted his physician, Dr. W. H. Qriswold of 8S0 Market street. The doctor, who Is one of our leading practitioners objected, raying ho had never seen a snrrnjiarllln that did not contain potash, which thinned tho blood; that his patient did not hare uny vitality to lose, mid that what dcllcutc pcoplo need la not de creased vitality, but more blood. Ho consented when assured that Joy's Vegetable Farsaparllla wa directly opposed to tho old mistaken blood thinning idea ot other snroparlllair, ami that od the contrary by specific vetrctablo alteratives 11 stimulated the excretory organs, promoted dlgcs tlou, and repaired nutrition, hence created now blood and was tho very thing for fccblo people. The above, explains tho hundreds of cases la wtilch aged, enfeebled, delicate and run down jieojile, havo becu built up by Joy'S Vegetable Sarsaparllla utter tho potash kareaparlllas failed. Its effects aro creating a sensation. & F. K amUier. Eupepsy. This Is what you ought to have, in fact you must havo it. to fully enjoy life. Thous ands aro searching for it dally, and mourn ing becuuso they find it not. Thousands upon thousands of dollars arc spent an nually by our peoplo in the hopo that they may attain this boon. And yet It may bo had by nil. Wo guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted In. will bring you good digestion and oust the demon dyspepsia and Install instead eupepsy. Wo recom mend F.lectrlo Bitters for dyspepsia and all diseases of the liver, stomach and kiduoys. Sold at 50c. and $1 per bottlo by It. II. Brown, druggist, Union, Oregon. mi:i). FOBKDICi:. At Lost Prairie. Wallowa county, Oregon, February SO, 1691, Mr. J. M. Foredlco. Tho deceased is well known In Union county, having formerly resided near Sum morvllle, and is tho father of Mrs. Titos. Flokliu.of this ally. notioi:. To Whom It May Concern: I hereby warn all persons not to trade with Dr. A. I. Fuller on my account, as I will neither recognize any of his trades nor pay any tlehli of his eotitntuting. 1 CJI10. A IIpl.tjTINK, New Bridge. February W, 111. ll.lpo- 5 Mt&.,Ammm' s Said a critical tramp "1 would say Crusts of bread often come ia my way; But they're toush now no more m o Where tne.yyireLrauzeDoor Givesltlie air in thtroftenfulliplay. -5TOTJ" -W.2vTO? U?T31S BEST Buy the CHARTER OAK? Witlx tiLO WIHE aTJSE Ovca XJoors. F We are sole agents for these well known Stoves and Kange. In HAKINO, BOASTING, F.CONOMY of Fl'KL, SAVING of MHATS. and Dl'UABlLlTY, they are superior to any other so called tirst-class stove made in America, and we are now spIIiuk them F.V11 OHUAPHK than any so-called first-class stove has ever been sold In Knstern Oregon. They are Fully Warranted in livery Particular, Till is not an idle and valttless assertion, Integrity and reliability of tho Charter Oak rying a complete assortment of HEATING All of the above H a rclwa re A fTP T 1 1VQT-TO P Ls in ul"lrS-'u f drst-class workman, and all kinds v7 U LV X JLJLA OJLXvy L of rcparing and job work done at reasonable rates, and satis-faction guaranteed. Call and examine our goods and prices. SUMMERS t LAYNE. Union, Oregon -l-17tf Men TO CARRY AWAY BARGAINS, at ADOLPH LEVY'S STORE. 1 urn overstocked in Clothing, Dry Goods, and all kinds of Dress Goods, which must be sold REGARDLESS OF COST. Call Early and Secure BIG -:- BARGAINS! gpSSKThese goods arc of the latest styles and importations, but must and will be sold at a sacrifice. N. I have now on the road from the east two car loads of FURNITURE), Which will arrive About March 15th, and in connection with what I now have on hand will comprise the LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK of Furniture over Urought to Eastern Oregon. Eras Do not fail to the rush. WML Ml aid ffl STABLE. (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) Wm- E- Bowker, - Proprietor. Everything First Class, Terms Vory Reasonable 'Bus to and Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Pass- senger Trains. HOTOGRAPHS ! HiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiHiHHiimiimiiiiinimiiriiiiiiiaiiiiiJuiititmiiiiiiiiiiiiMii The Jones Bros., Photographers, Union, Oregon, aro now prepared to do finer work than over before. NEW SOENJ3RY and ACCESSORIES. A.U work nMnuite4i to yhri Mktfetotfan w mi ninny it, mi ijLh'lft m but a warrantee backed by the well known Manufacturing Co. 27Wo are also car- STOVES! reliable manufacture. ANI TP in ware B call and select before S. C. MILLER. 1