THii onECK)N OTATE3MAN; KniDAY, JANUAK1T 21; 1887
BABY FAITH.
-Only bsndbMr Frosaler-
And tas lady's angers slight
Took froae Mm watting Mnrut't band
The liny missive wnlle.
One careless gianea at lu contents.
And she tossed U la the air;
' It (tipped throcgh tne pea easement,
WUoout hex tuought or care.
Circling. Boating. Battering down,
. It eonght the dasty street.
And dropped as soft as anownalLe.
At a baby's pattering feet.
The lltti M caught the paper.
With a cry of glad surprise.
And lifted to the bine of heaves
A pair of beavealy eye.
Tla a letter from my imiim,
1 know," the baby said.
UM ku MBt U4n I row heaven,
Wbtrt abo went win too wee dead.
Read it, nurse," too boy commanded ;
But the nurse's eyes were dim, -
Sot for her to road the mssssgc
Tttat hla mother seat to him.
But tao babv kissed Ms troaanro;
Bo eould "road batwooa tao lino,
And tao coarse aad com moo paper
Bore a word from falror etlmea.
So th lady's careless infer
Tnsssa a messsgc to hi heart,
"Which la all the yaar of child hood.
Bora a not forgotten park
South Boston Record.
A Conyent Eomance.
Among the many romance which
claster roood the innumerable old con
vent to be foand on almost every prio
ri pal street of the city of Mexico, their
cloisters silent and deserted, M they
have been since all convent property
throughout the repablic of Mexico wu
confiscated by the government, in 1857,
nearly thirty yean ago, none ia fragrant
with deeper, more rom&ntk interest
than the sad, true story of Mercedes
Riera. This life romance, inseparably
associated with the old convent of La
Encarnacion, on the Calle de Cordolanes,
which is now used by the Mexican courts,
and is known as the Palace of Justice, is
related to every visitor by an old priest
who ministered at La Encarnacion. It
is to bin that I am Indebted for the fol
lowing version of it :
Don Francisco Iliera, the father of
Mercedes, was a man of great wealth,
which it is rumored bad not been ac
quired in the most honorable manner.
When his daughter had not quite com
pleted her seventeenth year, she pos
sessed, to a most perfect degree, alLtbe
characteristic attractions of a Spanish
beauty eyes of passion, figure of ex
quisite proportions, and bands and feet of
most delicate size. Nature, which had
been so bountiful to this favorite daugh
ter, whispered to the innermost echo of
the heart of Mercedes that such charms
should not be hidden nor lack a worship
er at their shrine. Nor had the fair Mer
cedes visited the teatros, the plasa, the
alameda, and the cathedral, in vain. In
all these oft-frequented places her eyes
glanced over many a graceful form,
which maiden fancy might well love to
-dwell upon. A young lieutenant of the
army, with showy uniform and hand
some face, at length determined her fate,
and there sprang up for him in her heart
such an affection as only a fond, passion
ate girl can conceive for her first love,
Her devotion was not unrequited. The
young officer's eye had met hers, and
the passion that he read there was in
stantly kindled in him. From that mo
ment the thoughts, the prayers, of Mer
cedes were only for ber lover.
As is always the case in Mexico, even
when both parties to a love affair are
equal in birth and fortune, for a long
time their only communication with each
other was by means of stolen glances.
Fabricio, for such was the young officer's
name, baa no untune but bis pay,
Mercedes, . aside from ber rare personal
attractions, might as the sole heiress of
her father's immense wealth, aspire to
the most ambitious marriage in the land.
That fair girl herself scarcely dared to
hope to bend her father's stern will to
her wishes ; yet hope she did, she knew
not why. Boe was more faithful than
ever in ber attendance at the cathedral
and spent several hours daily at the
; magnificent altar of our Lady,praying the
Holy Virgin to watch over and bless her
lover. At length her father began to
wonder at the ever-increasing religious
devotion of his daughter.
One afternoon in summer, and conse
quently in the rainy season, Mercedes
had persuaded her father to take her to
the Boulevard of the reform ostensibly
for exercise along its well-shaded walks,
but in reality to meet her lover. Fabri
cio was there and he kept as close to
Mercedes as prudence would allow. In
the turn of the promenade they could
meet each other face to face and search
without fear of detection far into each
other's soul through its luminous windows
heeyes."
, It happened to be one of those even
ings, peculiar to the climate of Mexico
during the rainy season, when the sultry
air is charged with electricity and a
dense, reddish vapor overshadows the
earth. The water cloud advanced rap
idlv. The dust went whirling about in
eddies. Several large drops of rain
descended. In a few moments the boule
vard was deserted, the gay crowd that
V .1 1. A 1 "l 1 1
iiau wronged 11 scattering in au uirec
tions in search of shelter. A sudden and
violent gust of wind and a heavy peal of
thunder were followed by a shower of
rain that threatened to quickly drench
all who were yet exposed to its dampen
ing influence. But no sooner had it be
gun than a large silk "umbrella, erasped
by the hand of Fabricio, who had been
lingering near ber, was held over the
head of Mercedes, at the same time par
tially protecting the person of her father.
At first Don Francisco looked aurorised.
then very much displeased, but with the
rain tailing in torrents he could not well
openly take offense at a stranger who,
with the utmost politeness, was shelter
ing his delicate daughter. He therefore
merely said : ''Mochas gradas, Senor,
ce la attenaon." (Many, thanks, dr.
; fervour politeness.)
This rain had the effect of making the
d gentleman even more petulant than
tamal, and he regarded the young people
with, very dose attention. Alas! at 17
love knows no reserve and baa learned
neither niewmnlation nor concealment.
AU Mercedes passion for Fabricio and
Lis for her were so plainly expressed in
very glance of their eyes and every tone
of their voices that long before they
reached Don Francisco's bouse that gen
tiemaa was fully acquainted with, the
secret they had hitherto kept so carefully.
At the portal the lovers separated.
The episode of that rainy anernoon naa
determined Don Francisco to push to a
speedy , consummttkn a plan which he
bad long cherished to bestow us
daughters hand upon his only friend
and companion,' Don Jose de Silva, a
very wealthy but very repaisive-woKing
old fellow, some two or three years his
senior, who on being made acquainted
with the project, was naturally overjoyed
si the thought of having so rich and
lovely a bride. ' Though a thoroughly
selfish as well as a most determined man.
Don Francisco appeared confused as his
daughter approached him in obedience
to his summons, and be avoided ber
glance as be addressed her. "My child,"
he said, "It is time I should think of
establishing you in the world. I am
growing old and life is uncertain. In the
event of my death you have no relative
to whom yon could appeal lor protection.
It is therefore necessary that you should
marrr. 1 nave chosen lor yon a nusDand
who will make you both rich and happy
Don Jose de Silva. He dines here to-
dy. Pray regard him as your am
anced.
This- announcement fairly stunned
poor Mercedes. For a moment she stood
neechless. her face as pallid as though
evervdron of blood bad left her fragile
term. Then, wita visions eg dubs ior-
a 1
s . a - m
ever tost ana of nnescapaoie me-iong
misery flashing and whirling through ber
brain, she fell to tne grouna in a aeaa
faint. A Ions and serious illness follow
ed, but even that did not cause Don
Francisco to waver in his purpose. "Bet
ter she should die," be often said to him
self, "than be the wife of that young.
rakish soldier, and let him squander my
aavinc. God mar take her to himself.
if he wills it so, but if she lives she shall
marry my old friend."
Time rolled on. The lovers lost no op
portunity in seeing each other clandes
tinely. But soon a new sorrow cast its
shadow over them. Fabricio's regiment
was ordered to a distant provincial city
The lovers were unable to enjoy the
sweet sorrow of a parting interview.
Fabricio bade his beloved farewell in
few lines, which, though full of sadness.
still breathed the hope that her father
would relent and that all would yet be
well. Mercedes, in her reply, pleaded
herself to be bis or end her days in a
convent, as her stern father had threat
ened she should do in case she persisted
in her refusal to wed his old friend Don
Jose. The regiment, on its departure,
marched by Mercedes' wirdow, but her
father was on the watch to prevent any
exchange of parting salutations. When
the last sound of the horses' hoofs and
the last notes of martial music died upon
her ears, the poor girl wished that she
might cease to live until Fabricio should
return to ber again.
In the meantime there had been many
grave consultations between Don Fran
cisco and Don Jose respecting the final
arrangement for the bo da (wedding.)
Don Jose who was sensible and kind
hearted, becoming convinced, at length,
that it was impossible to overcome the
repugnance of Mercedes to his person.
generously counseled Don Francisco to
cease his efforts to coerce his daughter
into a union so dissastef ul to her, and to
gracefully consent to her marriage with
Fabricio. But to such advice Don Fran
cisco refused to listen, and dismissed
with scorn the idea o&acrificing hi slong-
cberished plan to gratify what he called
the passing whim of a silly girl. This
difference of opinion eventually caused a
complete aissotuuoa ot vuc muuiacy urns
had so long existed between the two old
men.
Thus deprived of the companionship of
his friend,-Don Francisco seemed to grow
even more determined than ever to make
his daughter drain completely the bitter
cup of disappointment. He had an in
terview with the abbess of the convent of I
La Incarnacion, who readily gave her
consent to the admission of Mercedes to
that establishment. A rich dowry was
paid, and a few, days afterward the fatal
door which shut out from ber the beau
tiful world she had loved so well closed
behind the unhappy girl forever. It
would be futile to attempt to describe
the emotions which filled the bosom of
the unfortunate Mercedes at this final
extinction of all hopes. The gloomy ap
pearance of the convent, the height and
thickness of its walls, its barred windows
and grated iron doors, its monstrous
garden and gloomy cypress shade, the
constant chanting of hymns and prayers
in slow and most melancholy cadence.
the cold, unfeeling manner of some of
the sisters, and the annoying watchful
ness of others, were all calculated to ex
cite and sadden this victim of parenta
severity.
Not long alter her imprisonment,
Mercedes was seen walking in the gar
den toward the fall of the evening.
but she was not present at the vespers
nor at the next morning's matins. Her
flace in the refectory was vacant,
ier cell was open and deserted. "She
has escaped!'' was the general belief.
A thorough search was immediately
becrun. , A strong shadow cast upon the
whitewashed walls of a chamber that
communicated with the open cloister
a shadow that slowly swung to and
fro with a pendelum-like motion
attracted the atttention of one of
the sisters. Presuming it to be the
turning of a shutter upon its hinges,
she opened the door to make sure.
What was her horror at beholding the
dead body of Mercedes, once known by
the sobriquets of la hermosa, la sin par
(the beautiful, the peerless), now swing-
ing in the wind, and suspended by a cord.
Her love-troubled spirit had departed
hours before, to answer for her self-murder
to that merciful Judge who best knows
our errors and the palliating circumstan
ces that attend them.
It was in 1S47. lust ten years before all
Mexican convents were closed by govern
mental order, that the sad occurrence
happened, and from that time the cell
which Mercedes bad occupied and the
chamber in which she performed the last
act in the sad drama of her life were
kept strictly closed, and the sisterhood
were enjoined never to mention nor re
call the tragedy a prohibition which, it
is needless to say, was far from being im
plicitly obeyed.
Don Francisco was completely crushed
by his daughter's sodden and violent
death. He survived her but a few weeks,
and bis immense wealth was inherited
by distant relatives for whom he had
never cared a single centevo. Fabricio
still lives an old man with grandchil
dren playing at his knee, for be soon for
got his beautiful Mercedes and married.
despiie his lack of fortune, into one of
the best families of xiezico. uonstancy
in love is one of the rarest virtues among
all mankind. To Mexicans, as a rule, it
ia an utter stranger. - .
In the silent watches of the night the
special officer whose duty it is to guard
the Palace of Jo6tice, formerly the con
vent of La Incarnacion. has seen a wnite-
robed figure walking in the patio or
courtyard, and residents of the neighbor
hood, wnen compelled to pass toe palace
after nightfall, do so as rapidly as possi
ble, dreading to meet the ghost of the un
happy Mercedes.
OYER THE SISKIYOU.
Progress of the C. & 0. B. B. Con-
gtroeUon and Descriptive Syn
opsis of the Country.
onoawaa
Written specially for th Statesman.
The writer of the following remarks
walked over the track now being con
structed between Butteville and the
Klamath river, about forty miles, a few
days ago; and is consequently posted re
garding the present rate of progress made
in the construction of the new track of
the C. &. 0. B. B., and the other partic
ulars which he gives.
, Soon after leaving Bedding, the county
seat of Shasta county, California, the C.
A. 0. B. B. track enters the narrow and
rocky canon through which flows the
impetuous current of the Upper Sacra
mento river; and winding by the rocky
cliffs, or cutting through mountain slopes
the older portion of the track reaches to
Delta, forty miles from Bedding. Above
Delta the more newly constructed por
tion of the track is met resting chiefly on
the solid rock of igneous formation, and
ballasted by broken masses of the same
material. The masonry employed in the
culberts and bridges, is, from the abund
ance of suitable stone found here, of the
most suitable kind and enters largely
into the construction of all these works,
Indeed the masonry employed in the for
mation of this track is a very noticeable
feature, and Mr. Scobie, the contractor
for stonework on the line, deserves credit
for the excellent workmanship through
out. On this new part of the line above
Delta, there are here and there alluvial
slopes through which the track is cut,
and these during the present wet season
have been subject to numerous landslips
that have been the cause of delay in the
trains. However, these alluvial areas
are neither numerous or extensive ; and
the present season will probably afford
sufficient time for them to settle and be
come permanently fixed. At present
the up train arrives at Delta in the eve
ning, and since the recent wet weather
set in about Christmas, remains over all
night and proceeds at daybreak next
morning. This is a wise precaution, be
cause although no slide of serious mo
ment has yet taken place, one is liable to
fall at any moment, and were the train
to leave the track it would necessarily
roll over and down the steep embank
ment into the river. This canyon is very
narrow and densely wooded, and the
mountains rise abruptly from the edge of
the river. In the upper part of the Sac
ramento canyon and the adjoining
country there has been a few inches of
snow on the ground since Christmas,
but little or no frost. The melting of the
snow and the frequent falls of sleet which
have succeeded have kept the ground
unusually wet and this condition has
given rise to the landslides. Above Delta
about thirty-hve miles is Upper bona
springs ; and at tnis point tne line leaves
the Sacramento canyon, rising and wind
ing by steep grades over high and long
trestles, at places, until it reaches Mc
Cloud. At this station the heavy freight
is carried farther by teams, and the
country around opens into more level
land with Alt. Miasta rising a lew miles
to the east. The famed Strawberry val
ley is here and the country is compara
tively settled by farmers and timbermen,
there being several saw mills. I be Sac
ramento canyon, through which we have
passed, is almost worthless for purposes
other than mining and timber cutting ;
but apples and other northern fruits are
grown here of the very best quality nev
ertheless. There are mines of various
kinds in the vicinity of all the railroad
stations and by the miners the business
places in the canyon are chiefly supported.
from Alcvloud to tfutteviue is sixteen
miles and at the latter station we enter
Big Shaata valley. Passengers going
northward take stage here, although the
construction train goes ten miles farther
to Edson. From Butteville to Yreka is
twenty-six miles, and from .the latter to
Ashland is City thus making seventy-
six miles of staging at present, although
the track to Edson is finished but not ac
cepted by government. When this part
of the line is accepted there will lie only
sixty-seven miles of staging, but the ac
ceptance is not likely to take place until
the wet weather ends, as the "adobe"
grading of this portion of the line is not
yet in satisfactory condition.
Un the extension from rxivm to the
Klamath river grader are w -k on all
parts of the line tee from rloit'' soil
and the trar is bung iM . -rthe
mountain in the vicinity c. . . ver.
The detonations of blasting rock ar vd
here continuously and at one point abut
three miles south of the Klamath the
are about 600 Chineaejgraders, having
towns ot tents through which the stage
road passes. The bridge over the Klam
ath is not yet begun ; but it will be loca
ted a little above the upper ferry, and as
the river narrows at this point it will not
be an undertaking that will cause delay.
The next work of magnitude is the Sis
kiyou tunnel which has been partly bored
through already, but the works of this
tunnel are at present suspended through
the winter condition of its approaches.
Through all the sixty-seven miles of
track yet to be constructed the roads are
at present more than usually heavy; and
on the southern slopes of the Siskiyou
range the highway is nearly impassable
by reason of the deep and sticky mud.
There is, however, no snow on the sum
mit of the range at present, as all that
the recent snow storm left has since-melted
and run down the mountain sides
until checked by the mud which it has
helped to liquefy.
From present appearances it is esti
mated by the contractors and others best
informed at the works on the line, that
the whole track will be finished through
to Ashland by the 1st of July next, and
that the formal opening of the road will
take place on the "glorious fourth." Of
coarse these calculations are baaed upon
the condition of no unforeseen "hitch"
taking place, bet if matters eontinne to
progress as they do now the 4th of July
wiu see train running tnrongn between
Portland and Ban Francisco.
WILLAMETTE U5ITEES1TY.
Sews Notes Concerning- this Instita-
tion, its Students, Teachers,
and Friends.
Two weeks more and the school year
will be half gone.
Ber. F. P. Tower, the financial agent,
conducted chapel exercises Monday, ana
John Jensen read the first chapel poem
for 87.
Bev. E. S. Craven, of Amity, led the
chapel exerdsee Tuesday, and Miss
Susie Harrington entertained all present
with a One essay.
8chool was dismissed from 11 a. m
to 1 :30 p. m., Wednesday, to give all
who desired it a chance to bear the
governors' messages.
Hon. J. D. Lee, one of our efficient
trustees, seems to be one of the moving
s pints in the senate. Political honors
asl well as other rests well upon his
shoulders.
Alias Alice Mcuormac, m Astoria, a
last year's student, witnessed chapel ex
ercises Friday, and Mr. W. T. Bigby
read an interesting essay at the same
time.
The first regular semi-term rhetoricals
for '87 were held at 3 p. m., Thursday,
and many acquitted themselves very
creditably In their first effort for the
new year.
Hugh Harrison, Esq., B. S. 79, was
seen in the capital this week. He was
looking well, and reports the outlook as
favorable for the farmers in the vicinity
of Jeaersoo.
bamoel w. lioimes read a good essay
at chapel Thursday, and Louie Tarpley, of
bUverton, a last year s business student
and a this year's pedagogue, was among
those present.
Some of the boys have been looking
after clerkships, etc, during the week.
but as all the counties have not been
heard from, it is not known whether any
ot them were selected or not.
Hon. J. T. Gremr. sneaker of the house.
is a popular teacher in the law depart
ment, and there are doubtless some com
ing statesmen among the large number
of young men in attendance at present
who will be beard from in our legislative
hails by and by.
The gentlemen members of the moral
science class are very- benevolent so
much so that when a lady member of the
class incidentally stated that she had not
had all the candy she desired during the
year, the aforesaid gentlemen presented
her with a generous supply of choice
quality at the next recitation.
Members of the legislature and others
from a distance who wish to see the
students and teachers in a body can do
so by being on hand in the chapel at 12
o'clock noon, sharp. Visitors are always
welcome. According to the Statssm am
of the 7th Inst., the session of the legis
lature for 1851-2 was held in the old
Willamette university building, and mem
bers of the present session might find
enough of interest in the present building
to pay them for a brief visit to its various
departments.
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President; Vice President; Cashier
DIRECTORS i
W T GRAY, W W MARTIN.
J M MARTIN, R 8 WALLACE,
H CARPENTER, J H ALBERT.
T. Mcr. PATTTON.
-LOANS MADE-
To farmers on wheat and other marketable
produce, consigned, or in store,
either in private-
Granaries or public warehouses.
COM ME KOI AL
Psper discounted at reasonable rates. Drafts
draws direct on New York, Chlcaio, Ban Fran
cisco, Portland, London, Paris Berlin, Hong
Kong and Calcutta.
KSTAHLIKIIKU IN 1809.
The oldestbsnk in the northwest outside
Portland.
of
-8ALEM.-
Trsnsact a general banking business la al
branches.
Its
Make loans and draw sight and telegraphic
exchange on New York, Chicago, San Francis
co, Portland, The Dalles, Eugene City, Astoria,
Albany, Corvallls, Walla Walla, and other towns
of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Co
lumbia.
Letters of credit lssned, available In the East
ern States.
Draw direct on -London, Berlin and Hong
Kong.
Collections made on all points In the Pacific
North west.
With a record of nearly Twextt Years' pro
dent and soceessful management marked by a
steady growth of Capital and Patronage, we so
licit bnslnesa, on as liberal terms aa are consist
ent with safe banking.
ALFRED WRIGHT'S
FINE PERFUMERY,
SACHET POWDERS. Etc.
AreWORLD RENOWNED
Sold only to the retail drag trade at' schedule
pricee.
C. W. OOBXJKN fc CO,
fto'e Agents.
ttl-15 Front Be. ll-t-tia-4 w San Francisco
FR RENT. A HOUSE; t. APTLY TO
1. Hendricks, at the States a ah office.
KIN
kittm Bankers
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE t
KOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN PTE
soaaee of aad by vlrtoe at an order of the
county court of the state of Oregoa for theeoaa
ty of Marion made on the nth day of December.
ISO, authorising the aadersigned as adminis
trator of the estate of Wllbura King, deceased .
to sell at public auction aa the premises, the
real estate of said decedent, I will oa
Satmrday, January f Ptk, 1SS7,
At the hoar of one o'clock p. m. of said day.
sell at pablie a notion, at the premises here
after described, to the ale best bidder for cash
In hand, the following property, to-wit: Com
mencing at a point one hundred and thirty-flve
feet west and sixty feet tooth of the north-west
corner of Water and t hird streets la the town of
Stayton; thence south thirty feet; thence west
twenty Ave feet: thence north thirty feet n hence
east twenty-five feet to the place of beginning,
tne same bain a part of lot two In the Hammer
survey of said town of Stayton: also the follow
ing property, to-wit: Lot . number two la black
Bomber six In the town of Burton, Oregon; also
the following described property, to-wit: Com
mencing at a point one- hundred and eighteen
feet north of the south east corner of block
number one in the town of Staytoa. Marion
eoontv, Oregon, running thence west Arty-four
feet; thence north twenty-four feet: thence east
fifty-four feet: thence south twenty-four feet to
the place of beginning; also the following de
scribed property to-wit: Lot number eight of
section number twenty-one in township num
ber nine south of range .one east of Willamette
meridian, Oregon, and situate in, Linn county,
Oregon, and containing 44 M-1M acres,
liated this 11th day of December. IN
. W. KINO.
1J-17-M Administrator.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for
ma eoBBty ot Marion,
Elisabeth Harat, Plaintiff, )
vs. Summons.
Mel via Harat, Defendant. )
To the above named Mel via Hurst, defendant:
TN
N THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON.
X yon are hereby required to appear and answer
tosp
tos II
tne i
i complaint filed against i
la tha above rati.
tied salt, within tan days from
I tha Anlm of t Ka
service of this summons upon von. if servetl
within this county, or, if served in any otber
connty of this state, then within twenty dare
from the date of the service of this summons npon
w, or, ii scrvea oy puoitcaiton, teen by tne
rst da of the next rewnlar term of said
following- the expiration of the time rreerribed
in the order for publication, said first day of said
term being the ltth day of February, 117. And
if yon fail so to answer, for want thereof .the plain
tiff will apply to the ooart for the relief demand
ed in said complaint, to-wit: For a decree dis
solving the marriage contract now existing be
tween yourself and the plaintiff; for the care and
custody of ( 'land and Kara Hurst, the iesue of said
marriage; for the costs and disbursements of
said suit, and for such other and further relief as
tha ooart may see proper to Brant. You are
further notified that service of this summons ia
made npon yon by publication of the same onoe
each week for six successive weeks in the Ore
awn Statesman, a weekly newspaper, by order of
Hon. R. P. Hoise, indxa. of said court, made at
chambera, on the 2wh day of December, lxxt.
His. llATPEtt, and
Holmes A Hatdek.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
SHEKIIT'B SALE.
V0T1CE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY
ll virtue of an execution and decree duly is
sued oat of the Hon. Circuit Court of the state -
of Oregon for the county of Marian, and to me
directed on the 34th dsv of November, Inns.
herein WillismJ Miller. plaintiff, re
covered a Judgment and decree against E. J.
Dawne, defendant, said Judgment being for the
sum of I2M 90-100 end interest thereon from the
19th day of June, IMHS. at it per cent, per annum
together with his costs aad disbursements here
in taxed at 33 tt and all accruing costs and ex
penses, less the sum of 1177 1.V100 received on
a former execution, I will sell at public suction
on
Saturday, the 3 2d day of January, A. D.
At the court house door In Salem, Msrlon
county, Oregon, at one o'clock p. m. of said dsy
to the highest bidder for cash In hand on the
day - of sale, all the right, title and inter
est which the said defendant E. J. lavnc had
on or after the 15th day of June, 16, in and to
tne following described property, the ssms hav-
g-oeen sitscnea ny me on seia i.'itti day
June. lWn. to-wit: The donation land claim
of Felix M. Taylor and wife, notification No.
1W2, In Marlon county, state of Oregon.
imtei st Btlt-m thi win dsy of iec., IRK.
JNO. W. MINTO.
Sheriff Marion County, Oregon.
NOTICK.
VOT1CE 1.4 HEKKRY GIVEN THAT THE tN
ll derMgaed has leen sppolnted ay the Hon.
C. bhaw. Judge of the county court of Msrlon
county, Oregon, administratrix of tha estate of
J. R. ttconce. lata of Marlon county, Oregon, de
ceased. All persons having clslme against the
said estate will present thea with tha proper
veuchers within six months from this dste to
me for sllowance, st my residence in Wood
burn, Msrlon county, Oregon. Hald estate is
sanposed to be solvent.
Dated this December ZTth, nha.
IDA B. SCONCE.
Administratrix of estate J. R. Scouce, deceased.
NOTICK Or FINAL ACCOI KT.
V0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
ll undersigned has Sled her final account
executrix of toe last will and testament of Her
man Rabens, late of Marion county, oreson. de
ceased, and that Monday, the 7th day of Febru
ary, A. l.. at 10 e dock a. m., hss been
oxed brine judge at the coanty court of the
state of Oregon for the county of Marlon, ss the
time for the hearing of objections to such
Snal account and the settlement thereof.
MARGARET RABENS.
Administratrix
Salem, January Mh, 187.
"V0TICE. ALL OTSTANDIN6 NOTES. BILLS
11 and accounts of the estate of F. E. Parmen-
ter deceased, have been Placed In mv hsnda for
collection. All persons knowing themselves to
be in anvwise indented to the above nsmed es-
ate will please call
at the sheriff's office sod
euie. ii w-aw
E. M. t ROISAN.
TAKEN CP.-ABOCT THE 2tti OF DEC EM
ber, on Lewis Pettyjohn's rsnch, five mllce
southwest of Halem, a bay horse, two whit
bind feet, eight years old. Owner please call
at place, pay charges and prove property.
1 14 ftw A. L. YATE8.
NOTICE. MONEY TO LOAN. I HAVE from
one to four thousand dollsrs to loan on
good Marlon county fsrm security. Enquire of
the undersigned, at J. II. Bridges, W Trad
street, or of Rsmey A Blnghsm, attorneys. Ha
lem. 1-14-lm JACOB OLSCH LAGER.
FOR SALE.-THB WELL KNOWN CHAM
poeg grist mill, with Ave acres of lsnd. to
gether with all necesaary buildings, dwelling
house, etc.. Is for sale; price W.-VjO. For further
Information Inquire at the premises. 12-31 lm
S2i 6,000,000 PEQPteuse
FERRY'S SEEDS
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WILLAMETTE VALLEY
MortpgeLoan I Trust Co.,
OF SALEM. OREGON.
Loan money on improved farms and other
flrt class real estate, and personal property. -
Bny notes, bonds, mortgages aad other secur
ities. Bay and sail real estate.
Writ Fire and Marina Insurance In flrai
Class companies.
Furnish abstracts of title to real estate, make
collections, etc., etc
Oflice over First National Bank, Salem, Or.
T. McP. Pattoh, War. N. Lapce, D. W. Shaves.
President, Vice President. Secretary.
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