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HEPPNER, BORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1891.
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okeq-ost orpieiAia.
Governor B. Pen nojrer.
Sec, of State ... G- W. MoBrido.
Treasurer rhll Metsrhan.
8upt. Instruction E. B. Mcfclrov,
.T...I. Nooa.ith riialrinr. J. H. Bird.
District Attorney W. H. Wilson
MORllOW COUNTY.
.TnintRaratnr . . Henry Bleekman
Representative J. (I. 1 horn peon,
Comity Judne Wm. Mitchell,
' Commissioners J. A. Thompson,
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rini-lr' ' J.W.Morrow.
" Sheriff. " Noble.
T-,.r J. W. Matlock,
Assessor J. J. MeOee.
Surveyor JuIiub Keith.ey,
' School Sup't W. L.SalinB.
' (Coroner James Duughertv.
RRPPNKR TOWN OFFICERS.
Mnyoi Henry Blackmnx,
Councilnien Nelson Jones, J. W,
Morrow. E. L. Matlock. (). E. FarnBWorth, O,
M. Mnllory and W.J. McAtee. ..,.
Recorder A. A. Roberts.
rn,..nra. W.J. Ijeezer,
Marshal..."""'."'.'.". J. W. Rasmus.
AN INVESTMENT
io Twelve Moults.
mm
paying IDi-izl cloncls .jaril nncl October.
S TOCK OF THE
GA.-ALA. INVESTMENT AND
Capital Stock, $4,500,000. Shares, $10 each,
Subject to no Assessments.
Gen. BENJ. F. BUTL ER, Massachusetts. President.
Hon. JAMES W. HYATT, Late Treas. of TJ. S., Treas
full paid, and
SBPP1TES EOCCETIBS.
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dially invited to al.tena. ,
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Address him at this place.
A . A.. ROBERTS.
Heal Estate, Insurance and Collection
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J. N. BROWN. J A3. D. HAMILTON.
Attorney at Law,
Brown & Hamilton
Practice in all courts of the state. Insurance,
peal ntitflte ndlfit!t:i.;n and loan aeeiits.
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First National Bank
-OF HEPPNER,-
C. A.
.RHEA, FRANK KELLOGG,
President. Vice-President.
George W. Conser, Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Business
EXCHANGE
On all parts of the world
Bought and Sold,
Collections made at all points on Rea
sonable Terms.
Surplus and Undivided profits, $19,026.00
NATIONAL BANK of HEPPNER
D. P. THOMPSON, ED. R BISHOP.
President. Cashier.
COLLECTIONS
Made on Favorable Terms.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLD.
HEPPNER. tf OREGON.
L. D. BOYED,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Special Attention Given
to estimates on all
kinds of work.
PROPRIETOR OF HEPPNER BRICK YARD
Office Lower Main Street
Gunn's residence.
at A. M'
389-tf.
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GRANT COUNTY TRADE SOLICITED.
UTTER, Tne Tailor.
Gen. Bknj. F. Butler, of Massachusetts.
iion. IjOOAN ii. koots, of Arkansas.
Hon. A. U. Wyman, Ex-Treas. of U. 8.. of Neb.
Hon Jambs v. Hyatt, " " of Conn
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I E. I. Garfield, Sec'y. Thompson-Houston Elec
trie Co., Boston, Mass,
I C. V. Perkins. Cash. Mass. Nat'l Bank. Ronton.
Geo. C. Sciiofield, Pres. N. Y. Contract Co., of
iHoa. C. Smith, Pres. 17th Ward. Brooklyn. N. Y. New York.
L. M. Sanfohd, Pres. Bank of New Castle, of Kentucky
ADVISOWY BOARD
Hon. John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia
nun. ivtun. ia l a KiArK, (.Tovernor or lemi.
Hon. J. B. Foraker, Ex-Governor of Ohio.
Hon. Rich. H. Bright, Ex. U. S. Printer, of
Washington.
Hon. E. F. Mann, Supt. Concord di Montreal
Railroad, of New Hampshire.
E. R. True. Cash. U. S. Treasury. Washington.
Henry Feuchtwanger, Member N. Y. Stock
fc-xe banee. New i nrk.
P. K. Roots, Cashier First National Bank, Little
KOPIl, ANt.
F. Y. Robertson, President First Nat'l Bank,
Kearney, fteo.
Suffolk
Trust
Co., Transfer Agents.
y, Ga.
built.
244 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
THE PROPERTY 0 t TIIECoTcONS fSTS OF
FIRST. 8,000 City Lots, or 2,022 noooa of land in the cltv of Tallopoosa, Haralson Count
the residue reniaiuiuK unsold of 2,500 acres, on the centre of which the city was originally'
i i cut ui, tuiue, ?i,u4,ruj.
SECOND. 2,-J5H acres of valuable mineral land, adjacent to thecjtv of Tallapoosa, all located
within a radius of Bix miles from the cautre of the city. Present value, S122,'.K)0.
THIRD. The issued Cflnitnl Stofk of thP r,Pn.in-i TpntiPHRo Ar TIHnnia Rnilrnnrl f-nmnontr
chartered for the purpose of building a railroad from Talapoosa. Ga., to Stevenson, Ala., 120 miles,
that will net the company nearly $2,000,000 of the capital stock of railroad, paying 7 per cent,
dividends.
FOURTH, The Tnllimoosn FnrnanP. on thP Uno of tliP fiPfirHo-PoHfip Rnllpnnd In thP ritv
of Tallapoosa, Ga,.-the sai(i furnace being of f0 toiiB capacitv, manufacturing the highest grade of
cold and hot blaBt charcoal car-wheel iron. Present value. $250,000.
FIFTH. The Piedmont ninsn Works, situated on the line of imp fiPOT-Mn-PfiMfip Rnilrnnd. In
the city of Tallapoosa, Ga., said plant being 12-pot furnace capacity, and manufacturing Hint-glass
nasks and prescription-ware. Present value $100,000.
There is ah'eaev locate! on the nronertv of the Com nan v. In the elt.v of Tnllnnnosn. fin...
2,800 inhabitants, 2,000 of m-horn are northern people, who have settled in Tallapoosa within the
ast three years, tift2 houses, 15 manufacturing industries, ond40 business houseB, schools, churches,
w ater-works, electrict lights, $75,000 hotel, and new manufacturing industries building, etc.
50,000 SHARES TREASURY STOCK
re now offered to the public, the proceeds to he devoted to locating new manufacturing estab
shments and developing the Company's city property, at a
SPECIAL PRI CE OF $3.33 1-3 PER SHARE.
This Stock Is full naid and sllbleet to no nsRPRflmpntB. Tt will nnv rlivIdpndH Anril mid fiotn.
ber, and the price will be advanced 'to $.f.00 per slnire, when the $."0,000'shares are sold.
Orders tor Stock Will be tilled as received, in nnv amount from nn Rhnr nmvnn, nn It in do-
sired to have as many small holders in all sections of the country as possible, who will, by their
interest in the company, influence emigration to Tallapoosa, and advance the interests of the
Company,
ui.w win purcnase s snares or i.:iu.ou par value of stock.
fH.00 " 9 " $110.00 .
$50.00 " 15 " li'iO.OD
$100.00 " 30 " $300.00 - " "
$250.00 " 75 " $750.00 " "
$500.00 " 150 " $1,500.00 " " '
$1,000.00 " 300 " $3,000.00 " "
AddresB all orders for stock, and make checks, drafts, or money and express orders payable to
JAMES W. HYATT, Treasurer (k-Ala. Investment and Deveopmenl Company.,
Globe Bniwiug, 2i4, Washington St., Boston, Masa.
SlF"80-nflqfe illustrated Prbsnectus of Tallapoosa. Stock Prospectus of Oomnan. and Plat of
reprebem uie ompuuy iu every county. IIU-IU.
BTMPTOM9 OK LITER DISEASE i
Loss of appetite; bad breath; bad taste in
the mouth; tongue coated; pain under the
Bboulder-blade : in tho back or side often
mistaken for rheumatism; Bour stomach
with flatulency and water-brash; indiges
tion; bowels lax and costive by turns
headache, with dull, heavy sensation;
restlessness, wiih sensation of having loft
something undone which ought to Tiavo
been done; fullness otter eating; bad
temper; blues; tired feeling: yellow ap
pearance of skin and eves; dizziness, etc.
Not all, but always fiomn of these indi
cate want of action of tbo Liver. For
A Safe, Reliable Remedy
that can do no harm nnd has nover bo
known to fail to do good
Take Simmons Liver Begnlator
AN EFFJECTUAX SPECIFIC FOR-
Malaria, Bowel Complaints,
lyspeiIa, bicii Headache,
Constipation, BUlottfnesft,
Kidney Afl'eptlons, Jaundice,
Mental Ienroiitionf Colle,
A PIITSICIAK'3 OPINION.
I have been practicing medicine for twenty
years and have never been able to put up a vegeta
ble compound that would, like Simmons Livei
Regulator, promptly nnd effectually move the
Liver to action, and at l!ie srme lime aid (instead
of weakening) the dijestivc and assimilative
powers of the system."
L. M. Hinton, m.d., Washington, Ark.
ONLY GENUINE
Has our Z Stamp in red on Hunt of wrapper.
X B. Zin & 0af PhUadalpHa, Pa,
Plinr P, Colds, Influenza, BronchHU,
IlLJIlLtl HoarEOnfiSK. Whfldniiin C.nnnh
Sore Throat, Asthma, and evrv affection of the
Throat, Lungs and Chest, including Consumption
Speedy audpennaneut. 1 luatsins waited "I. ButtB.'
This Tradd
KSark lo on
Tie Best
Waterproofl
(Coat
dfoTHluatniteJ C&l&lori?) TWjjortnJ
The Morrow Co. Land & Trust Co.
At all Stations on the Heppner Branch.
t I Ml , , , f "
Sliill
I
T "En h'UiHw I j !l w u-BhT1 F " v-9zJr$
And after Sept. 15th will supply the trade only with
ARMOUR'S PA'KIG HOUSE SUPPLIES
Which they ship direct in car lots, at lowest wholesale prices, tf
THE POSiTIVE CURE.
I ELY BROTHERS. 68 Wanvi BU New Torb Wee SO c
THE GAZETTE'S FIBR
Notes Gathered By Those Who
Are Progressive.
APPLICABLE TO ODB SECTION.
Ana With a View of Benefiting the Stockman
Farmer, Hortlcnltnrist, Dairyman, Etc.
SETTLERSs
May now File
or Mate final Proof
T LEXIXGTON, BEFORE FRANK H. SNOW,
United States Commissioner. He Is also
prepared to attend to all other busineae relating
to public landB in Morrow County. 410-tf.
PISO'S REMEDY FOR CATARRH. Best. Easiest
certain. For Cold in the Head it has no eq
PT8
ual. I . 1
It is an Ointment, of which a small particle is applied
to the nostrils. Price, 50c. Sold by drufjeists or sent
by mail. Address, E. T. Hazeltine, Warren, Pa.
THE OREGON LAND CO.
with its
Home Office at Salem, Or., (in the State Insurance Building), and
israucu Unices in .Portland, Astoria and Albany, has for ale a
large lot of Grain, Stock and Fruit Farms, also City
and Suburban Property.
THE OREGON IVIVI CO.
Was specially organized for the purpose of buying and subdi
viding large tracts of land, and has, during the past two years, bought
1 , ! 11 0!J", .1 1 . I. , . .
ana Buoamaea over azuu acres ot lanu intonve to twenty acre
tracts. The success of this undertaking is shown in
the fact that out of 280 tracts of land plac
ed in the market, 225 have been
sold.
We olnim that ten acres of choice land in fruit will yield a larger income than 160
acres in wheat in the Missimippi valley.
We also make valuable improvements in the way of roods, fences, etc. We ord
sell a Kmall tract of laud for the same price pur acre as you would have ti
pay for a laree farm.
Send for pamphlet, maps and price list.
WORTH KNOWING.
It has been demonstrated thnt with
iruinary care, fruit tree do well in this
bunohgrass oountry.
An English," sheep shearing maohine
has been introduced into this country.
our rrnm all reports will hardly simer-
cede the good, old method, whioh gives
employment to so many of our Western
lads.
Convict labor of Colorado has been
used in constructing irrigidiog ditohes,
varying from 19 to 80 miles in lenirth
the water is taken from the Arkansas
river, and, with lateral ditches, supplies
thousands of aores, which is becoming
tue most valnabla farminj? and fruit
laud in that'state.
The Manettia cordifolia is recommended
by the American Agriculturist as one
of the most desirable climbing plants un
der cultivation. "It is admirablv ndun-
ted for ,a trellis iu the summer, crow
ing with the persistency of a weed, aud
flowering profusely all the season. As a
pot plant for the window garden it is a
perfect suces." It is propagated bv
toots or green wood cuttings.
House plants that have become sickly
lookiug can often by the a'd di! a few
doses of nitrate soda be quickly brought
a perfeot state of health aeiiin:
but being very powerfull in jts aolion
this must be used lu small quantities, a
piece about the size of n marble is large
nough for a twelve inch pot. This fer
tilizer has also the effect of forcing
plants on much more qniokly than other
mannreB, and ia therefore vnluable for
BRsistmg those that are naturally of slow
growth,
Ecu Swaggart, who lives 12 miles
south of town, is afraid the fruit is all
killed. However, he is not certain that
it is injured, as the heart of the budH
were not black when examined a few
days ago, yet he thinks the great ex
tremes of heat and oold have oertaiuly
endangered the orop. He has one thous
and trees, which are in good oondition.
He takes pride in his orchard, and recom
mends cultivation neoesaery in gowing
trees. He also raised nn abundanoe
of grapes last year. It fakes labor to ao
complish anything.
SOME TRUTH.
Statesmen are the only people who are
permitted to pass bad bills.
The heart that is soonest awake to flow
ers is always the first to be touched by
the thorn.
The easiest money to spend and the
hardest money to save ia that whioh we
have not yet earned. N. Y. Ledger.
The average millionaire never foels
happier than when he has just devised a
way in whioh be oan neatly cover up the
advertising on a gratuitous engraved oal
endar. Journal of Education.
what kind of a slope does your orchard
have? Whioh doyonconsiderbest? What
have you found out to be the best reme
dy for rabbits aud gophers in the orou
ard? Have you found a remedy for
orchard lioef If so, please tell us if you
were successful with it. Please reply to
fiese questions, and we will all learn
something. Let another oolumu print
politics. pi
Feb. 13; 1891.
A TALK ABOUT JAPAN.
RELIABLE RECIPES.
From the Free PreEB Household.
Bkeadbd Egos. Boil eggs hard. Wbeu
oold remove the shells aud slice them
lengthwise. Dip each slioe in raw egga,
beaten, then in fine bread crumbs nnd
fry in butter. Strain from grease aud
serve hot.
Flour DuMi'LiNas.-Ingredieots:
One half cup of sweet milk.
One heaping teaspoonful of bilking
powder. Mix stiff euougu with flour to
form in cakes with the bunds. Thin
makes about Beven. Drop iu the kettle
where ohickeu or meat is boiling (do not
allow them to sink below the water), cover
tight and cook fifteen or twenty minutes.
Italian Cream Dissolve in half pint
of water one ounce of gelatine. Four
one quart rich cream on one pound pow
dered sugnr. Let it stand half an hour
and whisk uutill very light. Pour iu the
gelatine and beat until it begins to thick
en. Pour some ice cold water into the
mold. Shake the water around in it,
pour off, and fill immediatJy with the
cream, seasoned with vanilla or lemon.
Eat with whipped cream.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
I was much pleased to know that we
were going to have a farmers' column in
the Gazette. I thought we would have
something original every week nbout
farming matters, but wasdinappoiritod to
see the column taken up with a political
subject, whioh did not even hnve the
honor of being original. Tell us how to
raise poultry, how to raise early garden
"sass," small berries, etc Let some one
tell n how they suooeeded iu their ex
periment on raising onions and potatoes,
and hew many bushels to the acre; what
variety of corn matured the blab for
them, and what kind of apples, peart
and other (ruit did the beat (or them
Most people know that Japan ia
. vt y u xoitiiiun i vim if kii lTnnaar nr i ;hinn
but bow many of you know that Japan
uo more an absolute monarch: that
ti-legraph wires and railroads interweave
the country like a spider's web; that ber
eduoational system is not inferior to
those of average European countries
that she has a stauding army of well-
trained soldiers, about 100,000 strong;
that her postal system is said by some
observant investigators to surpass that of
amerioa; that heathenism is fast deoav
ing, while Christians already number
moro than one and a half millions, which
ia a little more than the population of
uie original states when your ancestors
fought against their mother oountry?
bivo juu a oiear conoeptiou of Jap
anese nttairs, it is necessary to relate
briefly Japan's history from the earliest
time. Like many, other ancient coun
tries, the earliest inhabitants had numer
ous gods nnd goodesses, with whom are
oonneoted many a myth. Once unon
time, says a legend, God Susnnawo
offended his sister, Goddess Ten-show;
inceupou the goddess, who was identi
cal with the sun, retired into the eastern
heaven aud dosed the door after her,
leaving the world dark and confuse.'.
Some olever sols, however, summoned
e greatest musicians of the country at
the gate of heaven, and danoed and sang
with the utmost skill. The eoddess. hn.
ng bewildered by the music.
opened the door a little to see what was
going on iu the outer world, when a bully
from the outside jerked the door wide
open. And the sun Bhone bright ever
since.
Huudreds of jears before Columbus
proved that the earth was not flat, but
-,..,. 1 ..
.vji.uu jut,, hu ortmce. .lanun wnn
thought to be the home of the enu, or
the mythioal Goddess Ten-show. Hence
the name Nippon, (Nip the bud; pon the
nomej, or Japan, which siguifles "Tho
home-pf the sun," or "The Land of Sun
rise," Jis poets call it,;, ,
But wo must leave our gods and god,
desses here, and proceed to the autheu
tic History. It begins 6G0 B. C. Jimmu
Tenuo, the first emperor, is said to ha
descended from heaven upon Mt. Taka-
ohiho iu tho Isle of Kien sin, whence he
sailed across the sea with his retinue
and subdued the whole oouutry. He
was orowued the 1st emperor of Japan
CC0 B. C. The aborigines were driven
far east into the Isle ot Yezo, where their
descendants are stid to be found with
their loug beards and coarse garments.
Close mvesligiitiou shows that this Jim
mil didn't oorne from heaven, but prob
ably were gallitut warriors from Mnu-
oliooria laud ou the Me of Kin sin, aud
oouquered the country with their swords
Ihis statement is supported by many
historians of eminence.
Be the matter what it may, one thing
is certain thnt-all later monarcha oauie
from the same fmnily, even to the present
emperor, the 123rd Mikado. The natives,
especially staunch conservatives, are
very proud of thiir oountry, and will
sometimes tell you, with a haughty air,
"We had no other monarehs but the de
scendants of Jimmu, and the imperial
line was unbroken for 2,562 yenrs. Ah!
poor oreatuiesI The truth is, Japan
rather suffered than gniued for having
had no external foes to awaken the peo
pie inside, for change often means pro
gress. Had she encountered as many in
vasions as England did, the oountry
could, perhups, have been in a more
civilized condition when Commodore
Perry, of the United States, rounded
Urnga Point In 1803. Though the im
perial liue was never broken, yet. some
able generals or statesmen wielded the
actual power almost ooutinually, till re
cently. Nothing, however, souuds so
dreadful to the ears of the people as the
word "usurpation." go, whenever one
wanted to rule the oouutry according to
his own will, he had to rule, not as a
ruler, but in the name of the emperor-
Thus we see, in 1192, the functions of the
government divided iu two the Mikado
as the uomiual head of the goverumeut
aud the ceutre of honor, but the scepter
actually wielded by Yoritorao, the chief
ot a dauntless olan, whose decrees being
isaued in the name of the Mikado.
This dual system went down with a
orash iu 1868, aud the Mikado was pro
claimed the sole ruler of rhe country
'The war of Restoration," people call it.
The Mikado was only 16 years of age
when be succeeded to the throne. The
clever leaders of the Restoration caught
the opportunity, aud mnde the young
Mikado swear before gods to call a ooun-
cil of wine men aud be guided in all af
fairs of state by public opinion. Alas!
but these leaders, like many other
great men, forgot their former piomiees,
when ttiey came to power. They liked
their opinions better than the people's;
what did they care for pnblio opinion?
So the Mikado's oath was allowed to
bipse into nothingness. The people
clamored for the (erfect interpretation
of the "imperial charter oath of five
articles.'
like mighty towers, both in opposition
to the existing government. Japan never
witnessed suoh a wild excitement since
the foundation. They denounced th
ministers for misleading the Mikado.
Petition after petition were piled Dp on
the Mikado's desk.
Finally, in 1880, the Mikado issued a
decree promising to limit his preroga
tive and oall a deliberative assemhl
after ten vears thence, nr in ion t
February, 1889, the long-looked for con-
stitution was promulgated. Japan neyer
saw suoh demonstrations of iov ninn
Jimmu's acoeesion. Arches, lanterns
flags and all kinds of deoorative designs'
all over the country. "Long live the
Mikado I" and "Great and Wise Mon
arohl" were heard everywhere.
The constitution treats of the Emperor,
Rights and Duties of subjects, the Im
perial Assembly, Ministers of States and
the Privy Council, the Judicature, Fi
nance and Supplementary Ruler. The
1st ohapter opens with these words, "The
Empire of Japan shall be reigned over
and governed by a line of emperors, un
broken for ages, eternal. The Mikado'i
person is saored and inviolable. Ha
combines in himself the rights of sover
eignty, and exercises them according to
me provisions of the constitution. Thn
rights of subjeots are deferred. Nc mr
son can be arrested, detained, tried, pun-
iueu, or aeprived of his right of trial ex-
oept legally. The Imperial Assembly
consists of House of Peers and House of
ttepresentatives. Each house baa turen '
hundred members the upper comprising
some members of the imperial family
flohles, some elected from the highest
tax-payers of each province, and a num
ber of wise men appointed by the Mika.
do himself.
This constitution went into oneralion
Dec. 1st., Inst year, and the first session
of the Imperial Assembly is still continn.
ing its deliberation. Contrary to the ex
pectations of many, the present session
is rather a quiet one. Both the Minis-
ters and the Representatives are exertina
their utmost iuflnenoe to avoid a oollis.
iou with eaoh other, and a happy result
oan now be augured.
It is remarkable that these most start,
ing, important changes in Japan's insti-
tntions were made during the last thirty.
uve years, within this short period,
Japan had cast off feudalism and is fast
advancing with long strides towards the
shore ot liberty. Although the Dutoh
merchants traded with the Japanese once
in a while, aotual opening of Japanese
ports to foreign commcroe began after
the treaty with the United States in 1854,
When President Buohanan reoeived
the "Grand Embassy from Japan," in
1860, he noticed that the Japanese were
taking notes of everything they saw. He
remarked on one occasion: "They are
the queerest people to deal with, pos
sible; there's no getting anything out of
them, they are so close about everything.
Ah I these Japanese; they are the most
curious people I ever saw." If we oan
raise him from the grave and show him
what we have done since he made this
remark, he oan perhaps understand bet
ter why they were so olose and so onri-
ous. Br A Son nr .Tpaw.
Heppner, Or., Feb. 10. '91.
The great vegetable substitute for pills
is Simmons Liver Regulator.
JOTJ FROM EIGHT MILE.
Snowingl Snowing!
Sabbath school at 11 o'olock nntil the
1st of May, as it was thought best to
ohange the time of meeting, as two
o'olock made it too late in the eveaing.
Mr. Ed. O. Asbbaugh and Miss Cora
Stanton were married on the8tb of Feb..
O. E. Jones officiating. As Ed. had the
cnge before he got the bird, they will go
to Housekeeping shortly.
Mr. Black came from the mountains a
few days ago, and he said there was a
great deal of snow up there then, and
still snowing. The farmers are muoh
pleased to see this snow, as the ground
was in good condition to reoeive it..
We can soarcely realize that Mr. Spray
as left our neighborhood forever, as it
seems but a short time sinoe he was
amoug us. "In the midst of life, we are
n death." We hope Mrs. Spray will
visit our neighborhood before she leaves
this country.
On the 28th of Feb., 1891, there will be
G. A. R. meeting at the Eight Mile
Centre school house. The supper will
a basket affair. All are invited to
come and bring their baskets. Free to
all after 4 o'olook. Bonfire and an inter,
eating programme in the evening.
Mr. Tbeo. Downing and family visited
few days on Eight Mile, last waek.
They were the guests of Andrew Ash
baugh, Mrs. Downing's parents. They
have all gone safely through a siege of
measles. Tbey attended the wedding of
Ed. Asbbaugh.
Alliance, free coinage of silver, eta., is
what the men strike out od, as soon as
they get done telling eaoh other about
the weather, and how the folks are; then
if any one is in their oompany, with weak
nerves, and oan't stand the racket of two
or three excited mn talking at once and
each trying to talk the loudest, they had
better get out of hearing.
Feb. 13, 1891. a. F.
Why will yon suffer from Indigestion
and Dyspepsia? Simmons Liver Rnl-
Two political parties arose tor is pleasont'and oures.