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DALLAS, SATURDAY, JULY R IHR AGENTS FOR THE ITEMIZER. B allhton . . . . . . PEftkYO.tLC. L incoln . . . l; UK lit AI............ 1 ni > kpbni » knck . Ul tNA V'lHTA AlM .ll............. M on moi th .... .A. N. N aît an . UlOAttl T owimimu S. S. OlMBLK. ..A . C. N ichols . (itOBOK llELT. ...D. M. O alurkath . ...D alton B uoh . ...I .. S. R ow la n d . LODGE DIRECTORY. Jenuing* Lodge No. ‘J. A. F. A A. M., hold« regular communications in Dallas on the sec »nd and fourth Friday’s of each iu<Hth. Ainsworth Royal Arch Chapter No. L __ Dallas.^the first meets at the ___________ Masonic Mall, t in Hatimlay e evening at 7:30 o’clock P. M. after Saturday every full i «• ricini»ilip V. *• ” • y' ' ■' Y"'' y, tVtry 8staMSi evening at Odd Fellows Hall in Dallas, at 7 :9 0 o’clock. Lacreole Lodge No, 23, 1. O. ti. T., nieeto at Odd Fellows' Hall Tuesday evening of each week at 7 ;.'J0 o'clock. Union Lodge No. 35, A. O. L W., meets at Odd Fallow»’ llall on Monday evenings of each week at 7:30 o’clock. • LOCAL NEWS. Harvesting oils at J. D. Lee’s. Dried primes and plums at J. D. Lees. One-inch rope f«»r hay forks at J. D. Lee’s. Mr. Ciel). Belt, of Independence, was in Dallas, Tuesday. The new school house is being rapidly pushed to completion. " W. C. Brown has heaps of clapboards to sell cheap. Go and see. Dr. T. E. W o rth in g to n , of McCoy, paid Dallas, a visit on last Tuesday. Mrs. Sarah J. Jones, of Linn county, is in town visiting relatives this week. Mrs. ii. Ellis has moved into the house which she bought of Air. Burford. J. E. Smith, our big blacksmith; is at work Again, after a week i»f indisposition. Dr. T. J. Lee and Jos. Hirschberg, of Independence, were in Dallas on last Monday. The weather is as hot, and the smoke as thick us ever again. W hen will we have a change! Our correspondents are all too busy with the harvest to send any items. A leetle tierd shust. West Virginia Lubricating oil at Jap. R. Miller’s. The best Lubricating oil m the world. Try it. Just received at Jap. R. Miller’s drug store a fresh stock ui Baker’s cold pressed A. A. castor oil. Mr. AI. L. Bergman, of Buena Vista, the best looking bachelor in Polk county, was in town on last Sunday. Mr. Geo. W. Harris, agent for the Rockford Tire Tightener gave us a pleasent call on last Thursday. Father Howe went fishing to Little Luckiamute last week and caught 15 nice trout. That beats most of boys. Hay harvest is about over, and hay is selling at from 87 to $9 per ton in Balias. Now is the time to buy for winter. The families of Air. James Campbell, and Jake Crider spent this week still m the mountains, having a good time. In view of meeting at the Dixie camp ground next Sunday there will be no Sunday school at the Al. E. church. There is but one vacant house in the city of Dallas, and that one is engaged. Who say8 that Dallas is not booming! Wo have been looking around for ap ples for winter use but have not found them. Apples are very scarce indeed. Col Nesmith, of Dixie raised a fine field of rye on his farm this year. He expects to sow about 120 acres in rye next year. I If the smoko gets much thicker we will be compelled to have our eyes steel-poin ted in order to see any diitonce through it. Henry Sheppard, the incorrigible book peddler, with his never to-be-forgotten Baalim’s remorse, passed through town oi^Lut Wednesday. The are having the finest weather imaginatfft f ° r harvest work. Oregon beats the a^ er a“ * thunder storms or cycloncS.- Look out for burglars anoL thieves. But I must sell my old home piaC-® acj' joining town. Look out or you lose a bargain. Mr. lleorge Crystal anil family and the family of VV. S. Elkina, urn out on I the Luckiamtite rusticating thi* week. J T he I tkmizer force are under many ; lin e ila Víalas h o s e s u h o o d C 'lll- ohligutioua to M m . McDonald for aonte of the fiuvst ripe blackberries we have j im T h e U s » k e i U eel* aeen this year; also to Mia. J. S. Mc iiijï Nu h «Pity. Cain for her favor. Many thanks, ladies. .Plenty of grouse. The uimruds are ! Hume lll<uii»p«»iuluaeiil IKeeaune Henry W ard having splendid success in setting them. ! |K t u l Coing lo \ lilt Buena AIrlJe, The increased pleasure of hunting wlu n j Lew isville, aud /.ena Heins the game has not been killed or rim oil ! before it has time to increase makes every : body more enthusiastic in favor ®f the j IN D E P E N D E N C E . game law. . (FROM Ol R SPECIAL CORKRRrOSDKMT.l NO FAI.HE ALARM THIS TIME. In one of our headings last week we, ! bv aocidentt insetted the word “ Honii* j Another alarm of fire, but a reality cide” whero we intended to suy * • Smcitle. ” this time. On last Tuesday, about 1 I It was such a ridiculous blunder that we j feel like ottering our renders an apology j o ’clock, a blaze was discovered coming for it. But we have learned that mistakes j through the roof of Mr. Maloney*« shop. will sometimes occur. The alarm of the fire bell soon brought The committee appointed by the Terror quite a foQceof citizens and firemen, and, Fire Co. No. I to arrange for the Fire ulthough the fire had got quite a start it men's ball aud supper, to be given for the was soon put out without much damage. benefit ut the company, have decided to have the ball on the evening of the formal A few minutes more and the whole block housing of the engine. Ih e exact date would have been Limit to the ground. cannot he definitely stated now, but will PUBLIC s c h o o l . be announced in due time. Our school, which commences Sept. 1; In 4»rder that the public may know our will be under the management of Prof. business we will state for their benefit Rigler as principal, and the Aliases Allice that through the entire month of July *»e will offer our stock of merchandise at Tatum and Bet tie Shaw as assistants. cost prices. In August wo invoice and Our school new promises tu be one uT the lay in onr fall sto?k, therefore we do not best in the county. want 1 4 > have much goods to handle; con COLLIDED. sequently we mean what we say. You will Mr. L. AY. Robertson was stiuck by do well ti> take notice and profit thereby. the tongue of the fire truck while running' B e t t m a n A R o s e n b la tt to the file last Tuesday and was bruised Wo aro informed that Dr. J. W. Bean, Lue had forget that he was who has been in tlie government employ a little. at the Cascades, lias concluded to locate growing old ai d not so quick ns lie used in Dallas to practice his profession. Dr. to be. Bean is a young man of line attainments, A KCCK DOWN. having graduated from Jefferson Medical Mr. S. Stannus and Cluules Landers College, and having successfully practiced since coming back to Oregon, tie is a had a few unpleasant wends, when the brother of Judge R. S. Bean, and is a former knocked the later bottom side up. pleasant gentleman as well as a good No bones broken. AVc did not learn the physician. We gladly welcome him. cause of the row. No arrests. M ore B ukglarism .—On last Monday night near 10 o’clock a light was seen in Air. Wrights house by Miss Blanch Collins who lives just across the street. As Mr Wright s people were away from home it was evident that the house was being burglarized. Miss Collins called her lather win» ran out and called a neighbor or too and went to the* house, but the noise had frightened the thieves aud they had skipped out, leaving tho window open through which they had entered and made their exit. We learn that Mr. Mutt Hrdtfrn saw two men prowling about the place near the same time. It is time the citizens of Dallas should turn out and catch the sneaking thieves who are com mitting these depredatious. D istinguished T ravelers .— Senator J. N. Dolph, Representative Al. C. George, and Gov. Z. F. Moody are at present making the tour of Southern Oregon in order to become better acquainted with tne interests and wishes of the people of that section of the state. They will try in this way, by personal contact with the people, and by a careful study of tho actual needs of the country, to be better and more intelligent servants of their constituents than they could otherwise be. Wo would be glad to welcome them in this section before going back again to their respective fields of public service. Dr. A. E. Scott has his office fully fit ted up a id is prepared to treat all diseases scienti.icilly. Chronic diseases of what ever nature a specialty. < >tfico in rear of B. M. Smith’s drug store. We call the attention of our readers to th^auction sale, at the residence of Mr. J. A Miller in Dallas, on Saturday July 28, at i o’clock. If you want household goods now is your opportunity. A NEW ENTERPRISE. L O U IS V IL L E . [FROM 01 R »i'StlAL CORRMPOVSMT. A great deal of sickness. . Mr. and Airs. J. S. Oooper has been »Lending the past week in Portland. , Aliss Bettie Shaw, of Eugene City, has been in the city a few days visiting friends. ^ Mr. H. D G odl y has moved into his new home, recently purchased from I. Albertson. BUE im A v is t a . [¿ ROM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ] R IG LE R REMOVES. H ENRY W AR D BEECHER. Word has reached here that H. W. Beecher will not visit this place while lecturing ill this state, much to the dis appointment of our people. Polk County to the Pact Mis. Henry Smith is dangerously ill. THE PIONEER OF that they will Who can beat the storekeeper’s garden Prof. Qarrigu* ¡»aid ua a flying visit last I Sunday. INVOICE AUGUST FIRST, Mr. Litulerman is putting up a new’ granary. Mr. Estabrook has fifty tons of splendid hay fur sale. Jack seems to think he is learning farming fast. Billie Burns sold his pony Guinn for Well sold. Er^ GOOD A n d now Offer their Entire Stocvk o f t!i STILL AT HIS OLD STAL'D II» TUE ** W James T. Yeater is quite lame, having jammed his heel while raking Hay. W ith an H CO N SISTIN G OF Ribbons, Suitings, English Cheeked Worsted Satin Armures, Moires and Ottnmnn Cash mer», Alessrs. Smith & Smith have completed making great alterations ir. their store, it is greatly improved. Ottoman and Brocaded Silks and Mr, Vincent and family left for Wash ington county last week tor the purpose 4)1 settling on his farm. A lpha . ZENA. [FROM OI K SPECIAL CORRKSPCSDKST.] Oliver Jury, of Salem, was among us last Sunday. B o o ts & A. W. Crooks, of Jefferson, Marion enmitv, is spending the week with friends n«ar Zena. Shoes, GITS' FURNISHING GOODS, This office has been left out, it seems, with “ no cards,” but we wish them much joy and happiness all the same. H A T S -A -1ST 1 3 MEN AND BOYS CL9TÜ1M3, 33373 AND SHOE ,0 F A LL CRADES. C A P S , Hardware, Grocries, Crockery. AT COST PFI ES FOR ASH. I will continue m y regular importations PHIA FI ¡té SHOES. CIANI SEAM BOOTS, Now is the Time to Buy, as W e AND M Ï OWN UU a NDOF Must Make Room for Our BASKET FIRED NATURAL LEAF TEA IC H . Main Street, Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy horsefeed. Therefore, nil persons indebted to me will please make immedi ate payment us I must have money in A order to carry on business. Pleae rack I up and save costs. N at H olman , i July 19, 1883. Wheat and oat hay is worth from 85 to £8 per ton in the field; timothy 810, and scarce. NOTICE •• FARMERS. T h e S a le m F lo u r in g M ills C o m p a n y h a v in g b o u g h t th e Jacksonville Sentinel: Mother Hitcheos is aud has been quite The paymaster’s team for the railroad sick for a week or more. Mrs. Nash is F a r m e r s ’ W a r e h o u s e a t In indulged in a runaway this week on Cow | convalescing. One or two light cases of d e p e n d e n c e , w ill r e c e iv e creek hill and two occupants of I ho wagon j measles in town. were quite seriously injured. The report W H E A T IN S T O R E , Mr. D. M. Calbreth reports the chicken ; that Wm. Crump had been killed by this Young chickens | on u s u a l te r m s , s u b je c t to team running into oue that he was driv crop is rather short. ing seems to be without foundation as it | die by the acre, and the weather is too dry cannot be traced to any authentic source i to transplant. Thinks his fall gatheiing 1 o rder, a n d pay th e h ig h e s t will amount to three or four hundred i m a rk e t p ric e a t a n y t im e tho R ailroad E xtension .— Three lines dozens. hav» been run bv Mr Huilburt's party sto re r m ay w is h to s e ll. across the flat below Ashland. Tho upptr A IR L IE . S a c k s fu r n is h e d free of one has depot grounds and side tracks (FROM OCR » P K ci.lL COSRK8PONDKNT.) laid off about the middle of Linsev Ap- | Miss Allie Davidson, of Monmouth, is c h a rg e to m ove th e w h e a t to plegate s field, and passes near Daley A visiting friends in Airlie. Co.'s planing mill. The middle line, tho W are h o u se . which is fully surveyed for location, has , Wonder why the boys don’t carry F o r fu rth e r p a r t ic u la r s in depot and side tracks laid out at a point gunny sacks with them grouse hunting! in B F. Myer’s field, about one hundred Harvest has begun and the sound of yards above his barn, and about half a the sickle is again to be heard in the land q u ire o f th e A g e n t a t In d e mile from Main street in the central part Miss Anna Martin, of Lafayette, was p e n d e n c e . tu , C O M P L E T E A S S O R T M E N T Of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicine*, Toilet Articles, Etc., Etc. .Main Street, Dallas, Oregon. It. DEI. «N in i I TT. W . B. DELASHMUTT & rowiLL POWELL, REAL ESTATE AGENTS Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. F A R M S FOR SA L E ° O N E A S Y TERM S. Also Flouring Wills, Saw Mills, Eic.f l’srtie* wishing to locate, by Pre-emption or ilomeal&Ml, upon Government Land, or to .School or Railroad Lund.-«, will do well to <-ul) upon or address ua, us we aro thoroughly acquainted wit* Mail lands throughout the cntlrn Willuuetto Valley, on either side of the river, and <»n ehow parties U m vahuhle hinds and de-drnhle locations, from -10 to 1,200 acres in a body. lutormation pertaining te !**«• price», »end send for circular. Address, " urimhe l grati». For location ami price«, A L S O DKLAE.......... CI.AHHMCTT ........ fi ................... PoWEI.L, Italian, Pollc Comty, Onfoa. full assortment of Paint*, Oils, Brushes, and everything pertaining to COLUMBIA A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. W. 8. JAMES, Principal. An in-tit1 ,iti in de'izneil to place within the reach of the young and middle-aged of »ftWe iik the facilities for obtaining a have also secured the services of a competent and experienced PHARMACIST from the East, THOROUGH PRACTICAL BUSINESS EDUCATION who will he found at the Store At the lowest, possible rates. The school i.i supplied with all the conveniences of ike JPt* at all hours, work. Kvervthimf is new, neat and pleasant, and the instructions are the most practical riA / D A Y O R tlmrough. The Telegraph Department has oil the necssary appliances for imparting a tikur- ouj'h knowledge of that science. All kinds 4>f pro work, such as engrossing resolutions, filling »liplonias, visiting or wedding cards, etc., executed in a work-man-like manner at living rates. For particulars send for the “ Columbia Commercial College Journal.” Address, N I G H T . VV. S. .JAMES, Cor. Second and Salmon Sts. We make a Specialty of filling Prescriptions, Family P . O . B o z 5 8 3 PORTLAN D, OREGON Recipes with the best of Drugs, and at reasonable rates. C. P. SU LLIVAN . H. W. LYONS, G IV E -TO S. UH A L Y O N S & S U L L IV A N , C A L L . Real Estate Agent F I S H B t n R N . 9 STATE AGENT FOB BAILAS, POLK CO., 0GN. IRON TRIBUNE AND BUCKEYE WIND ENGINES T II O I - MV1I* I 4K. FORCE PUMP t> We have for sale on easy terms, farms of from fort* acres upward. Also Ito ON III l l ; ? i l w in d jîrODE all sizes G O V E R N M E N T A N D R A I L R O A D LAND, T IM B E R L ANDS, S T O C K R A N C H E 8 , T O W N P R O P E R T Y , S A W MILL8, E T C ., E TC .. E T C . k Mr J. H. Townsend attorney at law will b* found at his office opposite the I temizer office untill the now building on the burnt district opposite the court houae tli r o w s a con stant stream is completed. Then he will occupy his of town - the depot grounds on each line II.-»* P orcrln ln old stand again. L in ed C y lin d er. being within the town limits. The third visiting her sister, Mrs. J. D. Palmer, Mr. Charles Sullivan, attorney at law, line is »till Uwer, being between B. F. this week. 1« e a s i l y g e t . 1« the Cheapest a n d and Sullivan and Lyons, real estate Agents, Myer s house aud Bear creek, and reach (jnl.v 28-tiJ___ A g e n t. The first baled liny that has been Heat F o r c e P u m p have moved back to the second door ing the level of tho stage refcd near the brought to this maiket arrived Wednes I n t h e w «» r l « l f o r D eep or S h a llow north of the post office, where they will Eagle mills. dh . w. j . M c D a n ie l , day, by Mr. Joseph Berry. The price he te r l l a . be found ready st all times to transact On Tuesday last J. H. Howard finished , received for it was 812 |>er ton. T h < * n a an « 1a In business in their line. sectionizmg the located line of the rail- uae In e v e r y p a r t P H Y S IC IA N A N D SU R G E O N , Mr. W. P. Connaway was here Wednes ni the L n lted r»*ad, which completes the suiveying for Score one more for Mr. and Mrs. Gold day putting up a binder for W E Will Mates, D u ll« * . O r e g o n . Hubbard, of Smithfield. It is the tenth the O. A C. R R. extension (with the ex iams. As soon as it was put together * e v e r lree*ea In Il \ T T L K I * COEErC TK m WITH JAP. R. MIL boy and fifteenth child. If any other ception, of course, of crises sectioning) as they proceeded t<* the held to give it a M Inter. O FFICE For side ler’* drag «tore. couple in Polk county—or even out of far south as the Siskiyou». h TMK trial. It worked to perfection. tracks there may be still a little more V m i for circu i t —can do better let them speak out. t e l\ P . l a r a n d p r l e e a . surveying to do, and it is possible that Messrs. Thomas Hendrick and AV. E. MRS. 1)R. GREEN, Mr Ed Eads, of Salem, came over to some unimportant changes may be made Dalton went to Portland last Friday ot» . J m f ( h i|> PI MP-4, 111 »SB, PICKS AND FITTINGS OF ALL KINDS ALW AYS ON. Dallas on last Tuesday with the expecta at some points of the line; but we can business, returning Monday. Will says n *P # ***** WW Imnd and furnished t*» »»rder. Parties desTing any article in my line will be tion of meeting with Dr. Sites. The doctor now say that the loaatMNl of the road ia hr don’t know what it was that made hun n T T V c -r m iV t n n c n o r i m v nr- mj.lly •tlvtidr.l to 1« *.Mr.«»in| me or o ilin g at my place of b iin iio . on h u t . not having arrived, he was compelled to completed to the summit of the Siskiyous. " s o rick, Dalton Bros, being the pur P H Y S I C I A N A H U & U K U L U N , h tro t. Comnxrcial and Front, Sal.in. Or-gnn. return home on Wednesday morning. From that point to the junction with the chase rs. nwrAHEs o r woMrs and children a JO SE P H F IS E H T ^ R N . From some unaccountable cause the California road, some ten or eleven miles J »prMthtf M r. H . 0. Clark, formerly a resident I t Zena items sent us the first week in July remain to be located. —{Oregon Sentmal. I W. P. CONNAWAY, Parties wishing C liny or Sell should call c r A LL INQUIRES CGNOEfiNlNC LAND PROM PTS Ofliee on Mian st,' two doors , North LYONS m J k j* 1873.) Dallas, Oregon. T o I lir P u b l i c . Our citizens are on their city ear be cause wc are treated like a country cross roads. C patxxtpd jvxm I BETTMAN & ROSENBLATT, N otice. FOR SALE. of »ALLER LEWIN CD’S PHiLAD -:o :- I nsane M an E scaped .— A very danger ous man escaped from tho insane asylum on Monday last, and since then every effort has been made by the authorities to recapture him, but thus far it lias been' without avail. His name is Kahrlow, and it will be remembered that some months since he followed and killed a Jewish peddler, whom, in his insanity, he claimed had haunted him for weeks. He m B ¿ g A T i • ,! m , was held on a charge of murder, and Kahrlow recounted in detail how ho had M l'ffE M M O R T O J . E. H Y D E , killed the man. A thorough examination was had, and tlie man being adjudged ('or. Main and Mill Sts., Dallas, Oregon. insane was a month ago brought to the territorial asylum. On the night named, he wrested the bars from his window, reached the ground and made his escape. The woods have been searched every Having purchased tho well-known corner Drug Store, 1 have replaced where with no results. He is an exceed the old stock with a new and ingly dangerous man to be at large.— [»Standard. Notice is hereby given that I have start ed my grist null on Little Luckiamute, near Lewisville, and am prepared to do grinding for all that may come. , J. H. B veiiley . LARGE G oods and N o v Mr. B. F. Smith harvested a very tine piece 4»f fall wheat last week. Who can beat him! A bscond ed . -Nate Clark, employed in the store of the lute P. F. McManus, at Plevna, iu Oregon, near the California lino, on Klamath river, and who was ap pointed administrator after the death ol McManus, absconded lately with about $1,500, which his bondsmen will be ob liged to pay over to Airs. Me Alarms. Ac cording to the law Airs. AIcMr«nus could not net as administratrix iu Oregou, not being a lesident of that state, although she acted in that capacity in this state for the settlement of her late husband’ s busi ness here. Alls. McAIauus has beeu over ut Linkville for some days past to see what she could do in securing Clark or the money, and found that Clark was out of reach of the officers, and that her only resource w as to make the bondsmen set tle for Clark’ s defalcation as administra tor.— [Yreka Journal. I m ost A T T R A C T IV E Uncle Dave Lewis has gone t») Yaquinu, where he intends to stay the summer. estimates the crops. He says the yield w ill b« only 50 per cent. We think (30 per cent, is low enough. I T E unusually The daughter of Mr. Estabrook is ro covering as tost as can be expected. Several cases of measles in town to be looked after. Little folks are kept at home for g(»od ami sufficient reasons. GOODS, to Al. F i r s t -c la s s H E A D E R in g o o d re p a ir fo r SGO . CHAS. UREN, B uen a y is t a . NUGGETS. D?sire to Call the A ttention o f the Citizens o f Hay harvest in full blast. Mr. AY. S. Frink is stopping in our Our vulcan is kept busy all day long, 1 4 *w ii at present. AYi understand that he and he seems glad when night comes to Ins relief. This is what wo might call intends locating hero permantly, and will ihe blacksmith’s harvest time. engage in the real estate business. Little Raj', son of Joseph R. Shupback, I L4 A JT ns. had the misfortune of breaking his leg in Harvest!! g commenced. tW4> ¡»laces. 'Ihe brave little fellow i Mr. Ira Smith is recovering from lbs getting along nicely under the care of Dr. severe attack of sickness. Reynolds, of »Salem. Air. Al. Cumings moved to his resi “ Brick,” in The News of Saturday dence bought 4 <f Dr. fekipwortli. last, writing from McCoy, rather under Supt. Rigler loaves Buena Vista this j week to take up his residence in Inde ! | pendence, and our citizens are in a st to j of rebellion again in consequence of it. , Mr. Rigler has mad« many warm friends here, who are selfish enough to wish him to stay with us. In losing him wo lose S everely H urt .—Mr. Ale M. Dodson one of our best citizens, and our consola was quite severely hurt by being thrown tion is that we furnish Independence a from a wagon one day last week. He citizen so worthy. and his son were driving across a deep H A R D TO D i o i . s r . ditch, in which a few poles had been ; A basket meeting was announced to be thrown for a bridge. Air. D. was sitting *n the hind gate of the wagon, and the held here on the fifth Sunday. That horses made a Quick movement in cros means go to church; take your dinner sing the poles which threw him out of along; hear a serman, and then spread balance and to the ground. Besides receiving a deep cut on the head he was your dinner on benches or any place con sprained across tho loins, which hurt may venient. Eat your cold dinner; take a prove very serious. We learn that he is smoke; hear another sermon, and then much improved. go home and belch the remainder of the F alse R eport .—A s there has been a day because your dinner don’t, set well. Not false report circulated in the town of All within an incorporated city. Dallas to the effect that Dr. Scott had much. manifested inefficiency and want of skill RETURNED. in the treatment of my wife in case of Air. E. C. Hall and daughter, Airs. child-birth, I deem it but just that I should contradict such false report. Hav- i Jose Davidson, lmve returned from east Airs. Davidson is ing studied this feature of the medical of the mountains. practice myself, and having had some ex much improved in health. E. C. says lie perience in such cases, I atn froe to say never felt better, and thinks that a part that Dr. Sci>tt managed the case in a most skillful manner, and I wish tc say further of tho country he visited was good for j that the case is entirely open for criticism him. Yet some of it he would not have by competent judges. J. AI. C a i n as a gracious gift; on the whole much prefer-, the \alley. D eprived of an I tem . —While Frank! OFF ITS BEAT. » j Brown and Al. Nash were engaged in i There is a fellow in our town that was painting on the new school house, on last | Thursday, the staging gave way and fell j foolish enough to take his baby to church | to the ground. The two men chanced to without th« mother going, just because I be standing near an open window, and succeeded in catching U: the sill and held it was the best behaved baby in town, | on until they were relieved. As they and would not create any disturbance. were near the top of a two story building Well, our people were treated to a short if they had fallen we would doubtless sermon and that baby will go to church have had a first-class item of news to re port. Don’t lie so selfish next time, boys, when hfs mother goes hereafter. We are glad to learn that Jap. R. Mil ler’s hand is very much improved, and that everything is now favorable for a speedy recovery. Mr. Newton Harris, had the misfor tune to got 4)ne of his team horses found ered and another seriously lamed. It is a serious misfortune just at harvest time. but fall to the ground and create a little The stone quarry of Messrs. Holman, sensation, anyway. Rowell & Grant la rapidly becoming an R emoved .—Chief of p4»lice Lappeus, important industry. 1 hey are not able to supply the demand at Portland for of Portland, has at last been removed. There is no means of knowing as to the stone. correctness or incorrectness of the many Mr. T. A. Lewis, agent for Tunnison’s charges against him, but it is to be sur- Matchless Historical map of the United I mised that where there is so much smoke States, called in our otlice cn last Wed there must be some tire. However thi» nesday. Ho is offering t«» furnish the ' may be we are called upon to chronicle map very cheap. the fact that he has been supplanted by We learn that the basket meeting held I Win. H. Watkinds, formerly superinten We at Dixie on last Sunday was a very pleas dent of the Oregon Penitentiary. ant and profitable one. Rev. E. P. ' think Portland should be congratulated upon the change, as “ a now broom, etc.” Tower, of Salem, was present and preach ed two able discourses. R unaway .—T he following is from the Mr. Dave Burns and party returned home from the Soda Springs on last Thurs day. They gathered a line quantity of berries, caught any number of trout, and had a good time generally. Tlir E flirtent lire* Company at ludriKiidnirt* P m r u U u ConfliiRrutiou. of this place, but whose home is now in ! California, is back among his old friends, who are pleased to learn that he is think ing of bicating among them again. Wo tim.k he will be better satisfied to remain with us now, us he succeeded in persuad ing one of California’* fairest daughters to return with him to shale the blessings ; of Oregon. ___