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Is rccognizod as the lending
paper of Union county.
Sfye Oregon Scout
Has double the circulation of
any paper in the county.
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VOL. VII.
UNLOX, OlCEftOX, THURSDAY, MAKCH 12. 1S91.
NO. :i8.
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PKOF ESSlON .VI, OA .iD?
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SIlKt.T'Vf.
J. M. CAHHott.
A OAHHOIvL.
.A'tforneys at Law,
CMOS", oUKtloN.
Sped .1 a . ii. i pei "
entrusted i
nil businc.-.-
Oflice two i!oie so :.'t o: h.iiik
II EAKIN,
Attorney fit
l'MX. OHKOtiN.
I. aw,
Prompt i'.t"inio:i f
trusted to ni'".
Office "ii d r - it :
store of Summers & bayno
ah bitin
Hl-
I'' tbe liH''ltirr
I. N. CKOMWELU M. 1).,
Physic al & Surgeon.
All
night.
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Otllce on' 'lieir Ii '
store o'Su."'ii' rs l.ay.H
A St.. fourth li.ni'fM-i n
f
t:i! hii'hv.ri'
Wright's stnn .
E. HUOOK:-.
PhyssoWi'i &
ISl.A' O t'tTY.
. m. p.,
Surgeon,
odK'iON.
UP-Pro-..p; itt
siouul call"1. day
.0" t
all yrofo".
lichi.
T. MrNAUUHTON, M. 1).,
Physician & lurgeon,
ELGIN. Oltl'MOW
PA11 ca
or night.
s prnmptlv attended to. day
K. E. N.
NOUT1I,
Has th-3 I'm- ' ana' 'hi t!
teeth without pain knovn
AVill iiraei i'e I" ai ;hn ' '
.deiltustry f.-ilv.-r a.- i !
Fine sets of . Mi nk x
class work ami .it t -f h i"''
Oilice. Mai ' -trcei l'n o.
for extrai tiiiR
u i lie jn ofexioi
i c f of miuU" ) ;
"t k a opieialty.
t hum. rir-i
trua: tin teed.
. O'CUOU.
UNION'
Tonsorial -:- Parlors,
GEO. BA1RD, Proprietor.
Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Shampooing in
the Latest Style of the Art.
Shop two
hotel, (iiv
is ii. i i "l l hi) Centennial
Ml!.
City Meat Market,
UNION". OlllCU'JN,
ENSON BROS, PROPRIETORS.
Jteef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Hams
Lard, Etc,,
KHl'T CONSTANTLY ON HANI).
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UNION OltK'.oN,
REMiLLARD, PROPRIETOR.
ED.
If you want a refreshing Drink
or 00(1 cigar, drop in.
3-Fir.t-clasi. billiard and pool table for
the accommodation of cu-toiuurc.
Cornucopia Saloon,
UNION, OUKOON.
WILLIAM LSON, PROPRIETOR.
Finest of . .es, Liquors and Ci
gars Kept in Stock.
)BfLilnr fr inudieiunl purposes a
specialty.
Good billiard tabic. Drop in and be so
ciable, The (love Dim Store
JASPEIt li. STHVENS, ITopr.
deai.ku in
PURE DRUGS,
Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Taints ami Oil.s.
Prescriptions Cnrofully Proparocl.
ALSO DKALKR IS
SPORTING GOODS,
Consisting of
Rifles, Shotguns,
ami Cartridi
Pistols
es.
Imported and Domestic Cigars,
School Books, lite.
takbv rr.
, Ily I). W. Johnson, out- snd me -half mi'i
i south of Uniou, one torre. i.o-- years old
A branded gvii on tho hrft i ' e. N otice duly
posted acSJaeordltui to Uw and appraised
at20 bv ITTP. Wllbon,u:i "f tho peace.
2-12-lm
Written for This Scoit.1
KAIDSKKOOD.
My hiiM nind a ga'laur Knight .-hall b
With tlic f.iiri it, sweetet fitee;
li- will come to "liVr his love to me
111 Kniphthoi d' noblest grace.
lie shall walk erect, with o manly trend.
Ami ftcojin wilt praise him thtn;
They will envy me in my mtnnr home,
Willi the fit In t of nil fair men 1
Uisovt will kiow with the brightest light,
A ad flower- ttuli bloom by hi" way:
U hattdn w..i be tender and soft and white
An.l ids !'o..!ti ).v ,igbt and gay.
f wiP I;i.K hi- 'nn-head aud Mio:h hi hah"
.... n. u.:u A. l..
I Mir it..- ii i hit ii.iiii ,.,.ii,
, No do id Mil darken our daylight (air.
j Our lioiii-v-iii.i.iii nver a io!
Thf .ky iH in- . Iisur and lovely blue.
And lb.- IhiU - all hi'len with irolil;
1 . ill linm . a, I ii.t.'ii l,h: (inimeiit through
NViil". h:s vfur .- -cei. iireuii- untold,
tie win my ..iul t tt fairer day.
v ti.it Mial' v, no. never! i weenl
lie !.. Ii b. hi; f;ili f i- t-U kinkier aye.
An" I In i . i i . ' ; ; ii : qunen!
VV'MAKHOOll.
A ;vit i nc m in to. s I treaMimi away,
'I he trr.it of a nutdit pa'stj
I ih.iui.-bt m -"til con Id rejoice alway,
Rut th heart acho came at last.
. tew b.i.'f Kea-oti of cloudiens jay,
With xuiiiiner and u nud bloom,
Hut the virgin uoid ha- it lijrhl alloy,
And i vvti'cli by hi-: quiet tomb I
A H-wfolu toUeiiN "f a tail It less faith,
A lin k of his auburn hair:
The flower-, ihut bloom by the doerway path
rn niuc.ir nanus jiianK-n mere;
A lonely life with iin day-star set,
day-dawn fled front the sky
The sound of his voice that I can't forget,
Aud iii"morii'S, thai never die,
IJekt Huri-'MAX.
me "Life of Oen. Blierinan.
The enterprising Pnrillc Publishing Co
of Portland and San Kranci'-eo, are ugnln to
the front. TbN time it i- with the "Life of
Gen. Sherman," written bv ihe deceased
', scnerars fellow-warrior and bosom friend,
Major Ucneral Howard, assisted by that
most popuhu of all biographers, W. Kleli h-
or .lohusiiii, Aiithur of " I he Johnstown
Flood" ami the "Life of rfittinf? liull and
the Indian War," also lir.iughl nut on this
coast by the Pacific Publishing Co. A
givatful Nation is at all times ready to honor
the memory of her brave sous who, during
life have followe I the Stars and Stripos
ill nil the frlory Held of battle; and this is
particularly the cine with the lat of the
jrcut War Heroes who has just been sum
niniied by the ftm call of death to throw
oft' this mortal coil, full of years; full of
honor; full of glory ; fu'l of love, affection
and ui-alitudc of his fellow citizens ; full of
everything. Indeed, that goes lo onsure an
enviable iininoi talitv to the memory of tho
departed.
This In uutiful work, pist issued by our
Jr. end', th" 1'acitic Publishing Co., will be
;.o mean fuutor in keeping roeii for many
years to come the story of the late general's
early llfo, his great war record at Pull Uun,
tit Sbiloh. at Memphis, at Vieksburirh, nt
CliathmooK'a, at Kunxvilie, at Missionary
Itidjie. at Atlanta, and last but very far
from the least, that glorintis and immortal
"Mitrrh to the Sea," the generalship and
military grandeur of which ha probably
never bean surpassed in tho annals of war
fare. All these matters are most graphical
ly and vividly dealt with by the able authors
anil when tt is remembered that General
Howard has, ith the consent of the late
jretieral's family, had access to all the pri
vate diaries and correspondence of General
Sherlnan for the purpose of cutibllu hint
to do justice fothe subject ho had taken in
hand, there can be no doubt but that the
in ink under notice is an autheiitiu and re
liable biography of the deceased soldior. It
is illustrated by portraits, battlo scenes, etc.,
from end to end. The steel plato engraving
of tho Into geneial, from n photograph
taken just before his last illness in his Ken
trul's uniform is a very lino likeness, and a
masterpiece of the engraver's art.
The laiok should find it way into ovory
patriotic home in the country. See the pub
lishers advertisement in another column.
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FROM SPARTA.
, Sparta, March, 7, ISfll.
Sfmrtu litis about oightecun inolio of
snow yot.
Thore will ho a neoktie jmrty nt tho
Spuria hotel on .March lfith. A cord
ial invitation is cxtutulod to nil.
Aldonmtn A Itogern hve just fin
isletl hauling touts vory rich ore from
the Dolly Vnrdou niino to Hukor City.
The oro is to ho shippud to Portland.
The Del ilunU mine has an incorp
orated company hold of it now and ru
in, ir fays that they intend to pay up all
Hie mdeliteiliies and t-rect a mill cajw
ble of treating lifty tons of ore every
day. j
Know More, i
COVE CULLINGS.
Wookly Jlorord of Local
Happen iiijys.
iTWO VERt' SEVERE ACCIDENTS-
atath of Mra. J. X. Pity autl Edward
JCltoJs ell School Hotea Per
onal Mention.
j CoVK, Oreoon, March 11. 18flt.
! lacension school is running along
I ntnotithly. The seion will not. tunni-
tittte till June.
' Sir. .1. W. Sills and family have mov
ed to town anti occujiied thu residence
formerly used by It. 1). Churchill.
Public school will close in three
weeks. An exhibition will be given by
leHuhott anil pupils on the Inst day.
Mr. O. P. Juycox is moving liit? stock
of general merchandise to Union this
week. Thin will leave Cove with only
one Htorc.
A daughter of Andrew Anderson
severed one of her lingers Saturday
by accidentally coming in foiciblo con
tact with ti piece of t;lnss.
An Episcopal minister is expected
here this mouth to take up his resi
dence in tho rectory. Services will
then be held regularly in tho Ascension
church.
.lames Hussoll started for Moscow
Sunday to look after his draft tennis
which have been at work on railroad
construction during tho winter in that
vicinity.
While chopping wood Monday, Mr.
IT. J. (jeer had the misfortune to se
verely cut his foot by the axe slipping.
The gash was about .'5 inches long,
thiougli the instep and reached to the
bone ,
Hunt stock in Cove is below pur.
He is credited with good intentions but
with faulty judgment in seizing with
his incisors more than he was capable
of nmcticating with his molars.
At the annual school meeting in the
Chandler district (i. G. Gray was elect
ed director and Wesley Duncan clerk.
A tax levy of ton mills was voted for
the purpose of building a new school
house suitable to the requirements of
this progressive district.
The community was startled Mon
day by the unexpected news that Ed
ward Mitchell was dead, lie had been
ailing for several days hut no one had
seemed to realize a possibly fatal ter
mination of his sickness, llo was of
an unusual robust constitution and
nearly nil his lifo had been in possess
ion of almost perfect health. Tho shock
of ins taken oil, to his friends and re
latives, can be imagined when it is
known ho was able to walk about the
house only a few hours before death.
Tho deceased was born in Grande
Hondo valley November '1, JS72 tind
lived to tho ago of 18 years -l months.
and 5 days. Ho had just returned
from the State University where ho
had been attending school during the
win tor but gavo up his studies to bo
presont at tho bedside of his father and
younger urotner wno wore Bunenng
with obstinato fevers. On his return
homo he was soon attacked with a
throat trouble, which proved most
treacherous, robbing him of life with
-r i i
an itwiul stiuuennoss. raiwuru was
the eldost of three children and was
universally rospected on account of
many storlitig qualities, and admired
for his acknowledged intellectual gifts.
lloing an ardent student, a young man
more likely to make his mark in the
world could not bo found in a long
search. JIo wub tho prulo of his pa
rents and tho idol of his mother and
sistor yot must desort all with his
promising career only begun, Death,
indeed choo a shining mark.
Probably tho ontiro community has
ncvor boon cast in such profound sor
row as nt tho sad though not unexpect
ed death of Mrs. J. M. I'hy. It occur
red at 1 -.110 p. m., Friday, March 0.
That a dovoted mother and loving
wifo whoso whole lifo hud boon past in
well-doing and in kind attention to
tho momborsj of tho family cirolo,
should be thus torn awny from her
lotl ones, seemed too cruel for even
this mysterious world. For days her
life hrtng as if on a throad and those
around hor oxarted thorasolvos to their
utmost by ovory caro tfiat human skill j
could devise in hopes that the tide
would be turned in favor of life. Hut
all to no avail. She gradually sank
into an unconsciousuos?, to tho last
weathing words of hope and advice to
the dear ones she was leaving behind.
The funeral sermon was preached by
Itev. S. M. Driver in Ascension church,
Sunday afternoon. The church was
filled 'o overtlowing with friends at
home and from a distance; anil such
was the solemnity of the occasion that
minister and hearers alike could not
he!ti but show how deeply they were
n (fooled. The memory of Mrs. I'hy
who had a kind word for every one will
endure fr yours to come Her kiss
while folt so painfully by husband and
family is a invert! one to the communi
ty and gives rise to expressions of sijii-
i cei" sympathy for those who can
! scarcely become teconciled to the sor
; rowful change in the family group.
aucel'notes.
Travel on the Elgin Branch
Increasing.
AN UNUSUAL FALL OF SNOW.
A C.tao in Judge Jasper's Court Farmers
Making Preparations For
Spring Work.
Aucr.i., OitcooN, March 10, 1S91.
Cold nights and warm days.
Finest sleighing snow of tho season.
S. 0. Johnston is moving to Alicnl
this week.
Alicel bus now as good mail facilities
its any town in the valley.
Snow fell to tho depth of 1-1 inches
on the Siindridgo on the first day of
.March.
The M. K. church south is holding
quarterly meetings at the Sandridge
church.
Dr. Cobb, of this city, has been so
journing in the Wallowa valley for the
last ten days.
Wheat is now worth fit) cents per
bushel at the Pncifiu Coast Elevator
Go's elevator at Alicel.
Frank and Walter Tharp aro again
in the valley from Wallowa. They ex
pect to stay on tho Sandridge this sum
mer. .1. L. Hoe has sold and is now de
livering 2f00 bushels of wheat to 1J. F.
Titcomb for tho elevator company at
Alicel.
School meeting was hold at tho Fair
view school house, March 2nd. M. D.
Cochran was elected director and J. L.
Hoc clerk.
Squirrels nro making their uppcar
unco and seem to bo sotnowhat sur
prised to see so much snow on tho
ground at this timo of tho year. They
will havo to rustle quite lively lo make
their living.
A tax of $300 was levied at Fairviow
district No, -1(5 for a nino month's
school. Any good teacher that wants
a school to teach would do well to ap
ply to tho directors or clerk of district
No. -1(5, Alicel Oregon. School threo
months in the spring and six in tho
fall.
Tho Elgin branch of tho Dago Cen
tral has lots of travel on their road.
Tho passenger coaches on every train
nro crowded each way with passengers.
It is tho shortest routo for all points
on tho Sandridgo, Indian valley and
Cricket Flat. Itcasonablo charges
and elegant coaches.
Farmors are rushing in all directions,
getting in supplies of wood and hay
for spring uso, cleaning grain for seed,
repairing farm implements, and such
other necessary work, as the season is
now getting Into, and it will he nccos
sary to put in as much timo in tho
fiolds, when tho snow goes off so that
they can get to work.
Jtitlgo Jasper's court convened at
tho Lono Star school houso last Friday
night. Tho caso of tho State of Ore
gon vs. Marion Hammock was called,
tho defendant being accused of mur
dering a dog. Ellis Ilmehart was tho
prosecuting witness, Hurt Oliver tho at
tornoy for tho stato, and Charles Coch
ran tho defendant's attorney. Marion
was duly found guilty of murder in tho
fcocond dogroo, and was sentenced to
ninety-nino years trapping squirrels for
Dr. Woodcll.
Minerva Akh.
IN PORTLAND.
J. W. Minnick Vinll Our
Metropolis,
SOME LARGE OCEAN STEAMERS-
Tho Looks at Oregon. City An Account
of JuiIgo Wllllatna' T.ootuv,
ami Other Notes.
Editor Oiti:rjoN Scout:
While in Portland 1 inspected -nine
large ships and ocean steamer." niie.
tho American ship Ke.ipor. She ivm
docked at Sutton it Heche's wharf.
The captain, Mr. Taylor, pive us .i I'm o
romp. The cargo was in perfect con
dition, consisting of turpou in , tc.-in,
oil, kerosene, paint, ;H)0 tons of iron
rails, 10S tons of soft coal, soap, pumps,
carriage gear, nails, lioiseshuo.-, etc.
She has a total carrying capacity of
VXJlt tons. I Ier log shown that sho
sailed from New York in August and
was lf)9 days around Cape Horn. She
is a fine new ship of genuine Yankee
material and build.
The Hritisu ship Hninel was loaded
with wheat and was . being towed out
by tho steamer Heed. I was on hoard
of her when all was hustle tor tho start.
I thought of tho ship owner who has
freighted his vessel with his wares and
now stands upon her deck us she lies
in tho harbor, ready to set sail for tho
distant port; how carefully he scans
her from stem to stern, and from top
mast to keel; how each member of his
crew must pass inspection before him ;
why, because his hopes and his for
tune are entrusted to them. They tiro
to be his companions on his voyage;
they are essential factors in Ihe out
come of his enterprise. Tho cloudless
sky, tho softly blowing wind, tho broad
expanse of rolling waters, all seem to
beckon him forward and to promise
him sure success. If he be prudent
and holds tho helm he will be toward
ed. If he be not prudent and skillful
it will overthrow and sink him in the
midst of tho deep.
Tho steamer Modoc, of the Union
Pacific, is the only ono which goes us
far south as tho mouth of the Yamhill
river. A private company runs their
steamers up to Albany daily. Tlioy
carry passengers from Portland to Sal
em for one dollar. Tho railroad coin-
'puny charges ..lfi and gets ton pass'
ongers to tho boat's ono ; and why it is
so is a mystory as thobo.Usaroall Jirst
class and ought to command tho pnt-
ronago of all tho travel up and down
tho river.
Tho locks at Oregon City aro coin-
... ., .1 1 . .. . .f
luoio aim tno uoats pass tnrougii easily
and quickly. Tho falls there tiro being
utilized for various purposes. A largo
woolon mill; electric works that supply
a portion of Portland with a portion of
her electricity, besides several other
factories.
While in Salem I hoard Judgo Wil
liams rendu lecture bo it remembered
that ho was attornoy general under
Grant. Ho advertised to preach at tho
M. E. church. Ho read tho wholo ad
dress instead of holding his head up
and preaching like a man. Ho tried
hard to show tho past, hut never for
once touched tho enormous wickednoss
of church disciples in murdering all
others that failed lo bolievo as thoy
did in past ages that, of course, ho
jumped, and then took up tho growth
of mind and tho unfolding of wisdom.
Tho masses, by slow and painful stops,
had trodden tho darkness of dusty ages
under foot, and our mon aro moving
on to tho heights of knowledge novor
before attained. He brought forward
tho rapid changes of tho outgoing
years and looked into tho not dim fu
ture, and claimed that wo can mensuro
tho forces of a drop in tho bucket com
pared with that immoasurablo gravita
tion. Who over saw it? Who could
livo without its oxistonco, or compnro
its strength with things tangible, with
physical and mental forces? Wo aro
apt to be miiilcil in tho sumo way aud
think of a hero instead of a genius.
History at ono timo dealt with mon,
but now it has to deal with inlluonco.
Physical force is liko a stone dropped
into a deep sea a great splath and all
is over, With tho arm wo can reach
but a few inches from tho body; but
with a worthy thought wo may girdle
tho earth. A free uso of brains is ah
ways in order and claimed that com-
P" .nn matter always existed and that
the earth never was melted. Magnet
ism of loadstone causes the repelling
influence of force; electricity the pow
eiltil motive over of all. The infinite
ruler computed like tin apple seed, oven
as like the apple that Mother live ate,
claimed to know the distance from tho
earth to the plane;.., but does not know
the number of grains of sand on tho
shores of the ocean. At first there was
nothing but Gial and force, and ever
in the presence of eternal force menus
sell existence, declaimed Unit. Dar
winism wa us fur iMtn the origin of
iiinii as it was to stippo.su a whale was
the mother o'" a hoin y In o, ir the Vir
gin Mary to be tho mother of a croco
dile; and that tho children of today
were making fun of the science of thoir
lathers. God acts, through inlluonco
and f.ji cos, to build up everything, and
a man is made by his own thoughts
and they are conveyed and tr.insinit
icd to others. Religion, science and
materialism all being compelled to
glorify God. Tho entire lecture that
he read was composed from Iiigotsoll,
and other liberal doctrine, only enough
of tho salvation intermingled to miiko
it. smack of Sam Jones. In vain aro
all attempts to butcher and defile tho
teachings of the liberal press, and the
clergy find that they cannot forever
steer clear of its grappling hooks. Tho
glory of tho far oil' heaven in us it has
always been a typical mystery; but
tho stato of man changes as (he years
pass by. Earth is man's abode, and if
he is fit for his abode he improves ma
terial surroundings, establishes good
governments and schools to attain
heights of knowledge that can build
social systems regatdless of tho church
or any of its arbitrary rulings. Thero
is a social standard everywhere, depen
dent upon what tho people make -.t.
We need the best thought, tho best
people, to this subject. Them should
bo no compromise of social purity; tho
high tide of any ago is tho best lives of
noble individuals. All should strive
for this standard that our best may
bettor grow. Wo do not eradicate
wrong, wo only endure and palliuto it.
Wo worship wealth, wo consent to uu
wholsomo divorce laws, and wo have
unsettled beliefs, and compromise when
wo should havo settled convictions.
J. W. MINNICK.
A Comlnjr Scarcity of Cattle.
A late Washington dispatch makes
encouraging reading for stock growers.
It shows that the day of prosperity for
tho cattlo man is drawing near, after
many days of adversity. Tho dispatch
reads :
"Tho department of agrichlturo pre
dicts a coming scarcity of meat.
The natural increase of herds,' says
Statistician Dodgo, 'has been off-set by
tho unusual number of cattle marketed
(luring tho closing months of 1890,
mainly on account of tho small corn
oiop and threatened scarcity of animal
food and also by a heavy reduction of
range cattlo on tho Pacific coast.
Scarcity of feeding material, presont or
anticipated, caused in many districts a
rapid marketing of all stock which
purchasers could bo induced to tako.
Fitness for tho shambles was not con
sidered, tho purpose being to rotnin as
small a number of cattle as possible on
tho farm. With high-priced corn, and
in many sections whore drouth pre
vailed last season, dear hay and other
forago, growors folt compelled to part
with their surplus stock at any price
rather than attompt to carry it through
tho winter. Tho records of cattlo re
ceipts in tho groat markets reflects this
almost uuivorsal impulse to sell. At
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and
Omaha tho receipts of 1890 were tho
largest in tho history of each market,
and tho increase was mainly during
tho last six months of tho year. Tho
correspondent for Clinton county, 111.,
gives the reason for doplotion of num
bers as follows :
'Decline in numbers duo to light
corn crop, ovorything that would sell
being rushed to market and sold at a
loss rather than run tho risk of kcop-
nig tliem ovor a long winter on short
rations ;' while the reporter for Mar-
quetto county, Wisconsin, tersely says
that cattlo wero 'sold half-fattened and
without regard to price, in conscquenco
of tho scarcity of grain ami nil kinds
of feed.'
So heavy has this movotnent boon
that thoro aro indications of a scarcity
of, stock or fattening for noxt year,
and a demand is already felt for young
cattlo to be prepared fer aext yw'i
markit."