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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1883)
■■ NEWS OF THE WEEK. MONMOUTH AND VICINITY, Harvest. Roads very dusty. Mumps are in town. Threshing has commenced. Weather not quite so smoky. Hazel-nuts are plentiful this season. Bro. W. E. Richardson will preach next Sunday. Town is quiet. Everybody busily engaged harvesting. Mrs. H. J, Butler, of Dallas, was in town a few day3 last week. a Miss Ella Butler, of Independence, was in town last Saturday. Mr. Frank Bedwell, of Yamhill Co., spent Sunday in Monmouth._____ a Mr. Gussie Morris, of Salem, was iD town the first of the week. — Pres. Df T. Stanley spent a few days "‘"Tn Portland this week. Mr. Thomas Rash left on Thursday morning for Eastern Oregon. Sister P. R. Burnett has gone to Mc Minnville to spend a short time. ____ _ '_______ _______ t ... , Mr. Thomas Rash and his sister, Miss Retta, spent Sunday in Albany* Miss Rebecca Watkins, of the Dalles, - i« making Monmonth friends a visit. Two sermons were preached by Bro. < Bruce Wolverton, of Hillsboro, on last Sunday. . The Misses Emma and Ada Waller are spending the weak at Eola, visiting friends. Miss Allie Bedwell left on Monday tcL spend several weeks visiting her \ brother at North Yamhill. Bro, R. C. Peroival, of this place, Jost two valuable cows last week. It is supposed they died of poison. The family of Bro. R. Foulkes, fore man of the H er add office, is visiting friends five miles west of Dallas. For the best beaf-s£eak in the county come, to Monmouth, where you will find A. B. Griggs always at his stand. The wife and little daughter of Bro. J. A. Campbell, of Hillsboro, made Monmouth a short visit the first of the week. ' Apples were selling in Monmouth on last Saturday at twenty five cents per peck. This is an excellent price for apples in the Willamette valley. The farmers are in the midst of --——<—-—•———7-—■—”— harvest ; grain ii far better than was , anticipated a few weeks ago. A number of threshing machines in this vicinity began work on last Monday. C. G. Adkins is refitting his house on Warren St., just east of the railroad. Also a new fence and sidewalk have been placed around the lot, giving the place quite a cozy appearance. Wonder what all this means ? I A good Sunday-school was had last Sunday. Large number in attendance and much interest taken in the work. Under the able and efficient superinten dence of Prof. W. E. Yates, the school will no doubt prove a success. Every body come next Sunday. The following ia the list of offioers On the 24It ult. the Mormons celebrated Brigham Young’s birthday and the thir ty-sixth anniversary of their settlement in Utah. Tho 24th is a much bigger day than the 4th with the Mormons. The city treasurer of Dallas has on hand $543.27 and no debts. There are sent to Portland from Wil- elect for Monmouth Lodge, No. 331, I. O. G. T. : W. C. T., C. G. Adkins ; W. V. T., Mrs. E. Percival ; W. Sec., L. S. Rowland ; W. M., S. W. Dongbty ; W. F. 8., G. W. Richardson ; W. T., Mrs. H. A. Adkins ; W. C., Miss Katie Bristow ; W. I. G., Miss Ellen Tatom ; adjourned for the summer. It will meet again the last Saturday in September. PACIFIC COAST. Olympia is to have a National Bank. The Prineville Netcs complains of smoke. .. -There arena printers iu ihe..Slate Penitentiary. Olympia is surronnded by emigrant tents. " * The closing of the fishing season gives “ a rest to several hundred men.” Lane county lias'$7,908 ’03 Tn" Tier treasury after all outstanding orders are paid. J. E. Fenton, brother of Hon. W. D. Fenton, has opened a law office in Eugene. The North Pacific mills of. Walla Walla will begin grinding wheat in about two weeks. ——— t — - The current term of the State Circuit Court adjourned on the 4th. The next term begins in September. TTa Wednesday, the 22nd nit., near Albany, during a thunderstorm, light ning struck Mr. Wintzermeyer’s house and shook up things lively, bnt injured no one. , A company has been formed to quarry the sandstone, which is said to be of fine quality, near Port Oxford, Oregon. On the 21st and 23rd of this month, Henry Ward Beecher will be in Port land os a lecturer, under the manage ment of Mr. Steclihan. A man by the name of Robinson, at Eugene, while passing through a wheat field carrying a pitchfork, was struck and instantly killed by lightning, one day last week. This is remarkable for Oregon. Mr. Hugh Smith, of Howell Prairie, finished cutting a twenty-five acre piece of wheat on the 4th, which averaged forty bushels per acre. How is that for a season of drouth ? The fire which occurred in San Fran cisco on the morning of the 4th, in extent of area, is the greatest that has occurred in that city since 1876. Over two-thirds of an entire block was laid in ashes. Henry Jenton, the third assistant keeper of the light-house at Point Banita, fell off a cliff, a distance of one hundred and eighty five feet, and was instantly killed, on the 4th. F. IP. 8 tech han was in Salem on the 4th, making - arrangements for the lecture of Henry Ward Beecher, an nounced for Wednesday evening, Au gust 22. From present indications the famous reverened gentleman will have an immense audience from all portions of the upper Willamette valley. A man by the name of Richard Has kins, who was digging a well on Mr. Wilson’s farm, near Helix, while beiDg drawn up to avoid poisonous gas, fell from the bucket, injuring himself so that he died within a few minute» after ward. - NOTICE TO FARMERS. milE SALEM FLOURING MILLS J- Com puny having bought the Farmers’ Warehouse at Independence, will receive Wheat in store on usual terms, subject to ofder, and pay the highest market price at any time the storer may wish to sell. Sacks furnished free of charge to mCTB iAh a Wh wsL. ia A ha, For further particulars inquire of the water daily. Agent at Independence, The wheat crop is turning out remark W. P. CONNOWAY, A gknt . ably well in Umatilla county, andespeo ially about Heston. In the Cascade mountains along Silver ATTENTION! FARMEES!! creek, Marion county, a fire is raging, :o: doing great damage. Five distinct shocks of earthquake were Having bought the felt in Oakland, Cal., on the 6th one at 11 and one at 12:30. Neither were of a severe character, bnt both were strong enough to make themselves felt. Tho population of Whitman county Formerly owned by- as enumerated by the assessor is 9164. The time for driving the golden spike REISS BROS. & WHITEAKER, has been fixed for September 8, and the place moved from twenty to fifty miles We are now prepared to furnish this side of Helena. It is reported that a very rich quartz Sacks for Storage of Grain. strike has been made near Anacondo, on Harm Springs Creek. Farmers Warehouse Company. An artesian well company has been L. D amon , 4 formed at Miles City. J. R. R odes , J Trustees. Tke price of ice at Billings has de ___ P. W. H aley , )__ clined to a cent per pound.------------------ L -Cl. AGGET, Agesk The First NaHbhal “mtfkof Olympic, —------ will inaugurate business operations in a Independence, Or., July 17,1883. 29-tf few days, with a capital of $50 000. ' / / * . Public gathering has been forbidden in Lewiston, on account of that dreaded disease diphtheria raging there. A NEW MAP ■ ' . . OF THE EASTERN. The cable hv which cars are to be be drawn over East River bridge, at New York, was laid on the 4th. It now needs only to be placed together to be AND THE ready for use. Tho splicing will take about two days. • The President found it impossible to show himself to all the people on the line of the railroad in Indiana, bnt there seems to have been no hard feelings on Showing Railroads, Counties, Etc. that account. The people sat on the Selling rapidly. fences and yelled and fired guns with T. A. LEWIS, patriotic enthusiasm. A Special train over the Chicago and M onmouth , O r ., A gent . •Northwestern Railway, convoying Presi dent Arthur, General Sheridan and par ty, en route for Yellowstone, left Chicago THE COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE, promptly at 12 o'clock on the 3rd. The train is made up of two private LEXINCTON, KENTUCKY. coaches, a dining car and a bagge car. :p No stops were made except to take on rrtHIS COLLEGE IS DEVOTED EXCLU- coal and water. UNITED STATES ............................. 7*- " • ---------------- - ——■■■■■ ..... . .... OLD WORLD, 1 ttively to tiie preparation of young men tor u»efuIne8H tn the Ctnircb.-It in not necessary BORN. that those who would attend it become preach ers, though moat of its atudenta do enter the To the wife of Mr. Scott McMurray, at ministry. It is leqnired of those who would enter that Eugene City, Lane Co., Or., July 30, they be sixteen years of age, professors of re ligion, and have at least a fair Eugliah educa 1883, a daughter. tion . The College is conducted in close con nection with Kentucky University, and to all the classes of the latter our students have BUSINESS LOCALS. access free of charge. In the College of the Bible tuition is free, there are no fees, except Farmers Mercantile Association of one of $5 for the janitor, coal, etc. Monmouth are receiving a very fine Good board and bulging ean lie had in pri assortment of goods complete in every vate families at from S3 to »5 per week. Tho»m department for the spring trade. Dress who board in the College dormity pay »10 per for their room and from $1 AO to »1.75 per Goods and Trimmiugs of the latest year week lor board. They must furnish tlwir own styles, Mens and Boys Clothing, a rooms and provide their own lights, washing, splendid assortment of Bootsand Shoes, fuel, etc. To these the whole expense need not Hats and Caps, Fancy and Staple Goods, exceed »125 per annum. Those seeking a good education at little cost, Groceries, Crockery, Glass-ware, Tin and specially those preparing for the ministry, ware, Ac., Ac. Remember you can woifld do well to apply tor Catalogue and save money by dealing with this estab- further information to meut. R. GRAHAM, President« A