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SHELL.
The Athenian Society will attend the
oocial to le given liy the Spartan
Aside from the bad marksman-, Soeietr at the Masonic hall J-rWay
ship of the Spanish gunners in the weni Veh' 24'
fettle of Manila, there seemed to The Pf for V.rU lay evemK
,1 , , , .... wa carried wit as published last week.
b;e an extraordinary lack of killing XhedeUlewM dkled by the critic in
qualities in the shells which hit favor of the affirmative kle.
our vessels, mere prooaoiy was, There will be n social meeting given i
never before known such an ex- by the Athenian Society March S, lSOi).
pcrienceas that of the Baltimore. The program will consist as follows:
A sixty-pound armor-piercing shell ",erof Bi Responao to roll call
. . J. . by quotation from some good author;
lired undoubtedly from the Canacao shy Societr; sjcct
battery on shore, entered the Balti- monA Wynne; Recitation Chun. V.
more about two feet above the Culp; Quartette, Nina Ostrander, Ida
upper deck on the starboard side, Thorna?, Winter Wallace and Elbert
between the after six-inch gun and Veatch; Essay on Man, Elbert Veatch;
.... , . , Recitation, Kora Sherwood; Song by
the three-pounder mounted on the .,Rwolvel lhat t,;o
rail. This shell, after piercing two IrKlian Ma9 morc nght to complain of
thicknesses of steel one-quarter of the treatment of the white man In
an inch thick, struck the deck and America than the Kegro." Affirmative,
and nenetrated till it reached one lnn Whipple, C. JV. Culp, George
n( fUi,.,,,,. rMnh it I Waldon. Negative, Chris Jackson,
.-w-w-.f , "" u-infield Bennett, John Walden. The
craclcea clear tnrough. It was ram win c,jnciuded by an
tnen deflected upward, coming out address by J. E. Young, subject, The
of the wooden deck and tearing its Necessity of Educating Young People,
way through the steel combing of A,ter the prosram refreshments will be
the en trine-room skvlisrht attain iurm ui ice mum mm
. , . r . , cake, after which games will be plaved
passing through two quarter-inch or the enJoyment of all.
plates. As it had been turned j
sideways on rising from the deck, J STAR ITEMS.
the
Mr. H. D. VitkJk went to the Grove
Sunday.
Mr. Aaron Kelley who Is wwkin for
J. 11. Row ejKMit Sunday at home ami
Mb-s Itena went bark with hiw ml i
now cooking for the crew.
Mr . Win. Edwards took a trip to
Royal Tuesday.
Mr. ami Mm. Kelley and Mr. M
wants made a ilylii tripto the Utove
Tuesday.
The roads, are in fine shape, we can
sometimes touch bottom with a ten
foot pole.
Mr. J. It. Warner went to town the
tirst of the week.
Several of our youns people attended
the dance at Tannery vlllo the 17th and
rciwrtwl it it decided gueeew!.
GlIUKY.
tt. .
icavy T,eaij
0. 6: J. TRE
.fYe.vt to I lie RAM HL Eli in Qua lily and Price it
holes it made through these
plates were about eighteen inches
long by six inches wide ragged,
torn spots, very unlike the clean
cut punctures made by such a
shell when entering point foremost.
Leaving the skylight, the shell,
ranging slightly forward, struck
the recoil cylinder of the port six-
inch gun on the quarter-deck, dis
abhng the carnage. At last it met !
Fine weather Sunday.
Joe Damewood has come back to Row
river again.
Uncle Jim Teeters made a visit to the
Grove Friday returning home Saturday
morning.
Sid Vaughn came home Saturday
night from the Booth-Kelley saw mill to
vibit on Row river over Sunday.
Bird Farrier was a passenger with Joe
, Cole to Cottage Grove Saturday.
an object strong enough to resist, river made a trip over the divide to
its attack the steel shield, which Mosby creek Saturday, on business and
curved in front ol the gun in a I t0 visit 5Ir- Downs and family returning
semicircle. Following this curve,
the shell came out on the forward
side of the carriage, traveling in a
direction exactly opposite to its
former course, until it reached the
starboard side of the ship again,
where it struck a steel ventilator,
and was finally stopped. In other
words, this shell passed through
one inch of steel, ripped up a deck,
broke a deck beam and bulged a
on the river are vcrv
on Monduv
The farmers
busy plowing.
Blake Stewart is educating the the
two cougar cubs that he found and
brought home from Green mountain.
The day is not far distant when the
Bohemia mines with countless tons of
base ore, and the timber of the hills and
mountains adjacent to Row river will
attract the attention of men with enter
prise and capital that will build a rail-
Wethis week received a letter from
the secretary of the Library Association
at Cottage Grove, Cacper Un, asking lis
to send the Watchman to the Free
Reading Room. The Association evi
dentlv knows good literature when they
gee or hear of it, and we send the
Watohuian witth pleasure. Drain
Watchman.
$25
I-TlTEl) WITH IOC" A I 20'
G.&J.TIRES. IEJI.ni.
.FrectT. Morrill Cycle Co.,
105. 107, toy and tit Sixth St., Portland,
IIkanciiik:
SPOKANE, - - TACOMA,
Ralph Whipple, Ag't,
S3
OrqJ
Ccttac.kC'.kovk. Oi.
The richest gold strike for
months is reported from McDonald
creek, Northwest Territory. The
surface gravel pays $1 to $2 to the
B USINESS
pan.
high.
Gold is coarse and assays
I SUBSCRIBE-
1 Bohemia Nugget
rfni tin tltn i n linn f,nin - -
"UUUL " 1UL" Ul" o is to the mines.
original shape. It crossed the
Baltimore from starboard side to
nnrt anrl hnnU or; Bohemia Nugget Oregonian
board side, and yet had hit none of :
the many men engaged at the guns I
near by. It is true it vz thc
cause of wounding two officers and
sir inen", for in its course it ex
ploded two three-pounder shells
which were lying on the deck
ready for use in the small gun on
the Baltimore's rail; but directly it
injured no one, and it is regarded
as holding the record for eccentric
action. Harper's.
A printer is a man who lives. !
eats, wears clothes and pays taxes
if he has the money and yet ',
people expect him to live on wind
pudding, unkept promises, and live.
in oriental splendor on such sup
port as indicated in the follow
ing letter, says the Shasta Courier .
man: Mr. Editor Send me a few j
copies of the paper which had the ,
obituary and verses about my little ,
child about a montu or two ago.
You may publish the enclosed
clipping about my niece's marriage
and I wish you would mention in
your local column, if it don't cost
anything, that I am going to have
a public sale and will rent a part of
my farm; also mention that I have
a few extra calves to sell. Semi
me a couple of copies of the paper
this week, but as my time is out
you may stop my paper as times arc
to hard to waste money on newspapers.
"VT ' SUMMOXi
d a , . v CMirii. nintirr. 1
X - y-k SI I A V i .
rKtrn:;:iuiNL. ij.M.
-Ss J. S. JIEMEV,
iltoi'iioy Al Lira
net K Ihrtfp. MIrmI
Ittnrn aurf J. W.
ttnwtiv Ail m1hI ilf.Fjit
UIIDtrtlttlvnr K v.
ome()n Mklntrrl.
Cofltiyr (irovf, Orcyon.
nvnnnMJ inn i w
mm hi Lilly
O rlre On Mulnnrect, Wni HWr,
Cnttitye drove, ih'eunn.
A tall girl named Short, long
loved a certain Mr. kittle, while
Little, Jittle thinking of Short,
loved a little lassie named I)ng.
To make a long story Short, Little
proposed to Long" and Short longed
to be even with Little's shortcoming-.
So Short, meeting Long
threatened to marry Little before
long, which caused Little, in short,
to marry Long. Did Short love
Little less because Little loved
Long? Ex.
TO THE
EAST
Gives the Choice of
Jwo Transcontinental
ROUTES
"Every town has a liar or two; a
smart aleck; some pretty girls;
more loafers than it needs; an old
fogy that the town would be better
without; a woman or two1 that
tattle; men who stand on the street
corners and make remarks about
the women; a man who laughs an
idiotic laugh every time he says
anything; scores of men with the
caboose of their trousers worn as
smooth as glass; men who can tell
about the weather and how to run
other peoples business, but have
wade a dismal failure of their own."
Roseburg Review.
VIA
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
ST. PAUL
ANP
CHICAGO
SHORT LINE
VIA
SALT LAKE
DENVER
OMAHA
AND
KANSAS CITY
LoW Hates to all
Eastern Cities.
Ocean Steainors Leave
Portland evory 5 days
lor
San Francisco,
For full particulars call on 0. R. & N.
Agent, Frank Jordan, Cottage Grove.
W. H. HtmutKirr,
Goneral Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
The Weekly Oregonian and'Bohe'mia
Nugget for $2 in advance, Profl t b
this offer.
Fishing at night by a camp fire
has become popular sport among
the boys. Millett's lake is the
most common fishing ground and
a string of bullheads from four to
.
six incnes long is tne average
catch. Junction Times.
L. L. Stevens,
4 Attorncy-at-Law
Special attention given to Mining
Business and Collections.
Kl'OBXK - ... ... OlCKUO.S.
Eulciif & BristoV
BANKERS.
Tmnsncf a GniMKil Bciiminu
Business ii all Its Brunches.
Ooller (Irii.rr, Oregon.
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n fi.iMtlv ilul.l.ti.i....iik
Thrirh. tlfrrtiinl. ilcfMilim
in in .Mt ill lb KUtt i.l UltruB
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OIIJUS
LITE..
.SHAVING
CHURCH NOTICES.
m. e. ciiuncii.
Hereafter the ervicia at the Metho
dist Episcopal church will be as fol
lows: aunuay ecnooi at 10 a. in
Preaching every 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sun
days at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Ep
worth League at 6:30 p. in. Prayer
meetingevery Thursday evening at 7:30
Let us hear the Gospel "it is the power
of God." Strangers and friends are
made welcome to all meetings.
M. 0. Uiii.VK, Pastor.
REVIVAL BKJtVICKB.
Rev. E. A. Ross the widely known
evangelist who creates a great interest
and stir in the hearts of people whore-
ever he goes, will hold a series of meet
ingsat the Methodist church in Cottage
Orove, commencing the first Sunday in
March.
I-11 Grippe Succemrully Treittml.
''I have just recovered from the second
attack of In grippe this year," says Mr
James A.Jones, publisher of the Leader,
Mexia, Texas. "In the latter case I
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
I think with considerable success, only
being in bed a littlo over two days
uginst ten days for the former nttuck.
The second attack I am satisfied would
havo been equally as bad as tio first
but for the use of this remedy as I had
to go to bed in about six hours after be-
ing 'struck' with it, while in the first
placo I was able to attond to business
about two days boforo getting 'down.' "
Foranlo by the Benson Drug Co.. Cottairo
Grove and Joe Lyons of Drain. I
PARLOR.
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C'otlucn drum ...
O. K. drl !lth, Prop
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or ins ntififiiiK of r .fiti!) tncrtiiiu"
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ne ijrmeni W a rerttl - t.n.mli
by mm K I 1 borp to 1 1
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ht firol I0rfnl ft inn' nfroiai
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im . n uimujr mr (i,riiil
lit ''fKTlbisl teat nrv.rr l. -II
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ii.itM' dmiu lo ColUr -fo li Itf,
oomr. "irtvit. hlh )! tnoit(it f.PZ
me fre on ttir iwn 1 CI Jicun.l
lrtir.l to I III hlilnltfr And lar I I
4frlii)f cnil lotnItiiic no r;d ftrk tin
mn ni inn n rij hi, in i nr irrin,iiu
ilw..fm ihorp. In le mH
nil-nrtr mini rrrrr fan thrrrnf Ih'jr
tufti i imUlitir.l hri-rilcr of lhllon.Jl
.amnion. jiMtr llir txiit entitled m
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Alir (or MiUtij
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Ull 1
Cottage Grove, ijine County, Orr
Jauiurv II, lCA
To Ai.kx CoMrxiR:
You are h.-reliv notified tint will-
xiwndeil at leant t'200, 111 work
'almr on oneh of the two ruir
i'Imiiii!! known mid record d In
Milling Iteoordi of the Moheinia Mln
DIntrit't in Ijine county, Oregon, 11U
"Drum l.umoiid" and "Opportimi!?!
mining olaitus, will upptxr
certificate llltnl January 13, I8WU
otllceofthu County Clerk in said U
. 1 1 1 I .. ... tit t 1 .V
''"'" , wilier IU IIUMl DaUU IICUii'flHr
under the nrovlnloin of icctton '321 tWa
vm Statute of the United 8Ut,
Tmicnri ntm I Mu niuount miuireil o lioldl
I wnjuirL ra'XLVJ'.tO, Haid two claimii for the yean 1897 u
For Hair Cutting, Shaving and Hot I IW,8 npcclively, and if within ntri'
Baths
I nays alter the completion of tin pow
I cation oi thia not re. toii ft . Bt
Cotta(U) Giiovk, Oif Main Stiikkt. ' hwt or refiue to contribute T
portion of tnid expeiidltml
as n co.on ner, your interest in th '
claims will become the property ol t!
hiitwcribers, under tald section 2324.
J. H. Wiiiti.
A.M. Whiti.
Cy. fliller,
General Blacksmithing.
Two Doors North of Eakin .t Uristow's,
Cottayc Grove, Oregon.
DEPUTY
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
:o:
Special attention civen to Mininc
rt! . 1 . - o
-iwinis ana procuring ot Patents.
Grants Pass, Okkgon.
GO TO
Mrs. Pet Ssuif owl's,
FOR
Fashionable Dressmaking.
Main Street, Cottage Grove, Or.
2A. I I. NICI lOIJStis
When yoio want fine Cabi
net Worh clone or Furni
ture repaired.
Leave orders opposite Racket store.
Aclive Solicitors Waoted Bverywbi
l or" The Story of the Philippine!"
Murat Halsteaif, commisBioncd br
Government as Olflcial Historlun
tno ar J;ennrliiifnt. Tli lnnlr t
written in army camps at San Francli
on the Pacific with G moral Meritt.
the hospital Ht Honolulu, in II
Kong, in tho American trenchti V
Manila, in the iniuruont ennui
Aguinaldo. on the dunk nf Oik Olrml
with Dewey, and in the roar of the biV
tie at the fall of Manila. Uonanu '
agents. Rrimful of original niclur
taken by goveiument nhotoeraniieM
tho spot. Large book : low pricei. mi
profits. Freight paid. Credit kItm!
DrOn all trimliv imnfllntnl r linolll
Outfit free. Addi-mm i.v 'P. lUrbfM
bec'y., Star Insurance Uldg., Chwt
isrB
sul
AW
ror Hale.
Oho half interest in the Home 8ho
mino in tho Uoliemia gold mining dli-l
trlct. For tcruiH and particularicallo'i
or address, 0. H. Willabp,
Cottage Grori
l'or Hal or Trail.
1 20 flIMftd (if limit, fiirtn house, bit"
nnd other out bulldlncs. iituatffl "
miles west of Kuncne. Good out ran
Will trade for property in Cottng" Otom
rnr further particulars, address
S. R. Jknkixh, KiiKeiir, ore.