C o u nty
S3SERVER.
MONMOUTH. POI.K COUNTY, ORKGON. SATURDAY
VOL. I.
W hile fighting a grass fire at Car
lton, Ohio, Mrs. Hasan Hess was
ned to death.
T E L E G R A P H IC .
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Kjrttoat
dl« Pmap»] Kreoti Ne«
T he production of pig-iron in the
Attracts« Ptbk luterai
United States in 1887 was 6.417 148
gross tons, the largest in the history
Seven persons were killed by a col
of the country.
lision on the Wabrsh, Haunibal A Ht.
Jo« railway, near Kansas City, Mo.
T he richest child in America is said
J. T. Htroope, of Junction City,
be May Hharplt ss, a liule miss of 9
Texes, was brutally murdered by two
rs, who is worth 19,000,000 in her unknown persons.
rn right. Ex-Gov. Leon Abbett, of
Richard Mitchell, employed in slid
Mew Jersey, is her guardian, her father ing logs in Provo canyon, Utah, was
killed, being struck by a log.
being dead.
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W m . M c P herson , of Greene County,
Ohio, has four young h< gs that can't
ir it thunder. They will tand per
tly still while a gun is fired right
L* r their heads. Th6^ have no ears
nd no signs of any, though in other
pects they are well shaped pigs.
f.
I t is said that Mommsen, the histor-
of the Romans, when walking
along the streets of Berlin, keeps his
es fixed on the ground and pays no
Mention to the salutations of those
uaintances who meet him.
H e is
in his 71?t year.
Mrs. Elixa Lewis, an aged woman
and her three grandchildren were
smothered to death in a house at
Cleveland, Ohio.
At Ashland? Wis., Wm. Andrews
shot and killed his wife.
He then
shot himself, but not fatally, but fiu-
ished the tragedy
drawing a raxor
across his throat.
James Dobie, a middle aged English
man, shot and faOtlly wounded Miis
wife at a hotel in Pullman, 111. She
had I*-ft him several months ago on
account of his general worthlessness.
A rolhsfcn occurred betweeu a pas
senger and freigjy. train, tweuTy milos
from Barcelona, ¡Spain. Three persons
were killejJ and forty-six injured, sev
■ M is s E liza B liss , of Rehobath, eral of »¿iom have diefl.
Conn., invited an applicant for charity
W m . J. McF^yland, of Cleveland,
into her liouse the other dayO While Ohio, quarreled with his wife, while
■he was preparing food the tramp ander the influence of liquor. Iu iris
fury he drew a revolver, shot his wife
■Eng, “ Nearer, My God, to Thee,” and and three-year-old daughter, afiff then
at the same time stole the lady’s shot himself. A ll are d(pd.
pocket-book aud $25 from the bureau
A barn belonging to A. IB. ForboP,
drawer.
and located on W e® Moftroe street,
C ficigq , burned.
Seventy hoC>es
A plaster cast of a fossil°egg, were suffooated, and several people
found in the tertiary strata of the barely escaped wit& tSff'ff lives.
1’ljp
lain nd of Madagascar, the original of loss is about $ 24000 . 0
SergVfct Japies $ ’ hiCb, of Company
ich was in flie Paris Academy of
itences, belongs to the National C, stationed a t^ o r . Qjbson, I. T., met
with a fatal accident Hp wrfji bold
seum at Washington. It ir thirty-
iug a stake ig his haed, wften a hi©vo
four and one-half inches one way and kicked at him aud drove the Qako
through his^jody. H e d iid iijytantly.
twenty inches the other.
A cyclone swept over BrowOt<0i,
" A bout 2,500 words are all that are Texas, destroying Gie MRHJDdoff. Ifcip-
WPed in ordinary talking and conver- tist and C ougregianoil charcl®« and
dwolliugs.
person wa-
Mtion, although there are some 20,- eight
v
, . r • One
,
j.
non
, •
V u
°kdltHl, and eight, incleaiiHX
000 words in the English language. and county record»,
w<we
fatally
record», were fatally
different authors vary in the number wounded.
of the words they use, but the differ
A man nanffd Lil&ns & S » iq jff
ence is bill slight. Hhakspere found field, Mo., crushed the fiCiS®* Off h©
4,000 words sufficient for all his works. twajchildree. a boy a&l girl, iQffd tlD
spectively ifiie and eftsv® JhfftO*, w[E[J
T he cooling effect of ice is actually an a ft, and tlttn cut hts osrB thr^p
with a pocket-knife.
H e *tx 1C50 '
pendent upon its melting, as in this
ten minutes.
efts the heat which causes it to
William Bullock, i {J j off ploy qi
is absorbed from the surround
West Shore railroad iff
CT3
ing bodies. A pouud of ice in melt Wayne county, New
i!)
ing will absorb sufficient heat to cool a wife four times with a
He tl2>rl
und of water from 174 degrees Fah- her inft.tntly.
weapon to Iris own h£& ]££
nlieit to a freexing point, or to cool
Hiding a ¿fital wound. J'
2 pounds of water one degree.
the cause. Three ch ijii
nine to eighteen y ^ rs
T he city of Liverpool is to be sup-
The «teaftihip
ied with water from a reservoir in
o
left Colon
0 I
r aletP which is to be four and one- on Old
.*<'
, station
o
lf miles long l© a half mile to a ma.
f»y
tr was fci
in
se
ile broad, an 1 eighty feet deep
_
.1
here will be three lines o f pipe, each sel U' . 'V
weatJtbr s,('rn Ria
^-'I'Dat
ty-eight miles long, with fll&ring
at 1 ••rc.*moud> Va-
o
’ s and sec^pdary reservoirs.
The mi I ‘ .he Southern I
y
èm
inary,
of
tl
qugduct alone will cost $15,000,000.
In, 'fesident, vice D
M ortar made in the following man
or will stand if used in almost all
rts of weather.
One bushel of un-
ktd lime; three bushels of sharp
u d ; mix one pound of alum with
e pint of linseed oil, and thoroughly
ix this with the mortar when mak-
In* it, and use hot
The alum will
Counteract the action of the frest on
the mortar.
i ()■• gemination of E O
mil hroat, dissipates
icoverO-Tlie
though the he
« « able strength, h<
b .i- nil au early dea
Ci.s
, 'oomington, W.
V- "(■sane man, ft
O
kii. 11 is Bougliner, A
o
the hid, seizing lii
c*8l| fi *d struggle, tin
hN* infect high, caik
o
lilt ^tes Turner, a
iss A lmbda T a f t , of Sadorus, 111.^ ,
y City, Penn., shot
Abo
o
■ im » canary » bird
" h that
•■•■»* snores. --
an,j tju.n nhot
*wo o’clock one morning its snoreiid
j)eilt), W:lg j,w
me so loud as to arouse the
I Is-th cam s. Thecau-o<
old. The bird being awakerjr Jg j was jealousy.
Fire in the medicalpt
oise instantly ceased. Thr
a
“e bird regards it now a lt.( • |,eard the university at 11
l stroyed many valut
al canary, and the neiglk:^, Tlie specimens, wax m<alf
lare they never h»ard t
instruments, winch w|
replace. L: ms to built _
nores which become m. ^
ith each sucoeeiling d»<jer»liip in 000.
W hile the officers were all at dinner
. ------ Court.
thieves kicked in a window of the
iff-
one
of
A BRAKEKAM who liv H ‘ l\
Pratt County Bank, at Pratt, Kas ,
ill©, N. Y , while standi s(.l stolen and got away with $4,016, all in cur
of a freight car was struifb' A t the rency. Precaution hail been taken to
chest by some object ths ( n,i iter partly turn the combination of the
safe.
through the air directly fi60**'
William Kern iston, an old faimer
The brakeman nicked
mber ■■!
.n d ,.„ c d ,h .,
Taking it to the cabcai I*’
small glittering o b j e / ^ y p j in
cealed by feathers ou t Hedges, of
I t was found to be a
c ,.ildri n
suspended around its • „„ q„ite a
chain, which also apt _______
fa
It
The trinket w * « c 1 o m i ; eQ A greitt
e
\ the ioli W on the
was fonnd engraved
leave*
10 0 . B. M., 1881, I, „ i i jump up,
1 nd strike the
% lore paws.
C O AST
23, 1888.
C O N G R E S S IO N A L .
C U L L IN G S
NO. 14.
1 Everyt-
TT
Devoted Principally to Washington Legislation Pertaining to the Interest
1REGON
NEW S.
A G R IC U L T U R A L .
Territory and California.
of the Pacific Coast
u Rug of General Interest In a Booted to the Interests of Farmers
Hotel.
Henry Schussler, aged 14, was
n
Condensed Form.
and Stockmen.
Hatch, from the committee of agri-
drowned while bathiug
at Napa,
Cal.
culture, moved that the rules he sus-i T .
M nm
Fire broke out in Palouse City, W. pended and the hill passed to enlarge will,.'B»on will spend $2,OUO more in j Saving the cream daily until enough
T., that consumed the entire eastern the powers and duties of the depart- 1 Jln8 l *ie levee along the l inatilla for a t-iiUi-njng has accftiulated is
< wrong. Th e best butter is made from
portion of the town. II .If of the buO meut of agriculture, aud to create an '*•
executive department, to be knS«*t*. The wife and child of Hon. J. D .!cream that has been recently removed
inesss houses are destroyed.
the department of agriculture ; p 4J Burnett, of Douglas county, are very from the milk.
Joe Cha-cst was drowned in the
sick.
A g'xxl deal is said about the “ dairy
The diplomatic and consuls ■ ’
Hacramento river opposite Red Bluff,
W. P. Watson, of Toledo, fell from form” of the cow. But it must not be
Cal.
He was in swimming, took priation bill was reported by Q
a building, on which he was working, taken for granted that every angular
cramps, sank and did not rise sga'W. out tee, and the bill waa paJ-
o«w is a good milker, and every smooth,
The district of ColuiuWôc -^Tint and fractured one of his ribs.
Ignatius Kehrer, brother-in-i;.~v Oi.
Henry Keene, of Sublimity, sot a straight-lined cow a poor one.
bill was also consti, 14iM*>c.
ex Htate Treasurer Wiol, fell dead iron ‘ t
spring gnu for goplftrs, and while
After the hen is set aud process of
tU-e of the whole,
a wagon, of bean iliaeiJe, at Haora
$4 00; plaining its operation to a friend loot -iucubetion begun, it is iLsirnble that
I ho.ise.
>Uer'
meuto, Cal.
o
one of his thumbs by Qts unexpected nothing disturb the hen. Every pre-
Senate bill grautit
Turner pQrdum, while fi-hing on
1 discharge.
caution should be taken to keep her
thrmigh9he
Crow
I
some rocks a mile south oj Suita
G.
W.
Duncan,
a
prominent
citizen
setting steadily until time for the eggs
to
the
Billings,
Claoll,
j>er pound.
Cruz. Cal., was washed off by the surf
¡City Railroad Conj2Ui
inferior of Staytou, who sutlcrtQ severe in- | to hatch.
and drowned.
juries by fulling from a step-ladder
According to some experiments re-
A committee w
some days since, is not expeeted^to re ccnllv made in Holland, cattle fed 9u
iug the committ^n, 16c<i20c ; Ore- cover.
hay with other food increased in live
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The lloufi)com m ittee on commwKe tOiQlit more than those fed with en
nubencê of A 1 ^
*
leg.
fifi-- Woof a rif) anolr nooHo o fa VrirtiMo -A 'C fl nf the bill HI] silage. but those fed with «11 ilage
Frank Lagrove, driver of a brewery
Symes Qi*
o
butter.
wagon, who w is lb.own into the builiiiu^)»'
o
>uld not be left
street by a runaway team, died from
The X!
illy prepare the
the effect of bis injuries at Sin Fran sTTin ar
o
iat, and jrlow the
o
cisco.
cu n O
eu the crop is iu
A brakeman named J. F. Brown
o
O the laud may
waa killed while walking on top of a
o
reductive,
o
Û o
freight train Hi SuffiinitjOOal.
Bro$fP
ul a young tree,
o
o
was caught und^r a snowslij)), ifJIB t\i]i
ipped aiVuiul the
top of his he&l was takeft off.
•ees from animals,
o
uit trees may t>e
Henry Petersoft, of S.iO QrqjTpfJ f
•en 1 ^ to stuck,
and fPra. Payne, of VickQia, 9 «
o
ach will kill the
have signal articlA for a
With a bellows
maU’ h at Victoria, on JuQe ^
o
■ to the nests (or
course, tlire^ miles and tJiQ.
& in the after-
sta kfc of $»2,150. PO ffsflP 0 •
le better— for I f t
$5160 for tfltptmaw. u
in the nests.O The
Wm. Ittirns, a youn^j ^
m inst^itly.
dJlO FraiO'ffon, vflQjl o i l )
lot be in IhOsame
laoS on the Iff^y 03 J> a
ison. o *!.v having
h & not begjj scdJi tJTO
h valuable manure
o
d rift® tOffl'C-o
rom Jjie saturated
iJp-rOn. It (Ji
o
d sihw, while the
cffit of tlcPKf^iCPy
■laces will greatly
JJt-b O O t ' u O
o
1 and health.
fftood
^(¿12
ilauQng young or-
throat cot.
J
iMU or to memory,
o
coam itaSbfD
e only sure way to
eqry. IL c . d
are planted is to
io B,q2no
the time of laying
driaft {10
a map aud murk-
o
CQ-ly litO
o
iriety.
C .®
ery scarce and dear
o
cat?
>», gardeners plant
Iwearly, placing in
o
each eye will get
o
iese may bo set out
ml, and cultivatid
jdanted in tl 0
o
In a h.sehall game at Monterey,
Cal., John Tymau, while running
basis, i^ppcd and fell, b rak in g bis and ti-lM ee t-i.w .na,
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a wooden structure, was j z is u irei iu
The reason of this is because the place
dimensions, and was literally blown to
is never there after the first strike.—
pieces.
The men being at dinner,
Drake'* Mugaiine. ’
there was no loss of life.
— ' ‘Night-caps are coming into favor
H. 8. W ieeler. recently employed again," aay the fashion journala Bless
by the government in the construc those innocent fashion writers; “ night
tion of lighthouses on the Oregon caps" hare never been out of favor.
coast, dropped dead of heart disease Ask the bartenders. — Uotton Globe.
at Alameda, Cal. Deceased who was
— "How would I advise you to be
a member of the Masonic order, is gin?" responded an old actor to an as
widower. pirant for stage glarioo. "W ell, the
*"■ * “ i *
The murderer waa captured after a I A three-story brick building owned best t plan Is to begin like a good din-
desperate fight, during which he re- by the Sharon estate, and occupied by •er ; with th« aup«."— if. T. Tribune.
reived a severe scalp wound from a the Wert Coast Furniture Co., burned
—The milky way— “ Hoi’ on, boy'
shot fired by A. H. Kennirton, his at San Francisco.
The loss to the Don't put no water In 4am cans to
victim's son.
building is estimated at $50,0(X). T h « day. Fill 'em op wld snow. Dat’ s ds
A terrible tragedy is reported from Furniture Co.’s loss is $15,000, insur- iirae cel or aa ds milk, an’ we must lx
M honai' as we kin, wneaaver we
Orccola, Ark. A widow named Allen unce $10,000 A finely wrought cabi-
1 • / .1 »4 KkAMKMfe 1 KB ft. . VVA
A Bt ft ! *
..
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_
was ravished and murdered, and her net intended to hold
cenwls to be sent
git de chanoe. — Unrptr » Dntmr.
16 year-old boy and 10-year-old girl to the Sydney exposition from this
$2,000, was de - 1 —The obi adage Is good In these
were fatally injured, by four mis 1 State, and vs
creants. Four young white farmers stroyed. The furniture factory of A. days of progress and Innovation: "D o
who attended a dance in the neigh Johnson, and the carpenter shop of not be the first by whom the n«w is
borhood Saturday night have been ar John Cuff, adjoining, were damaged triad, nor >et U m last to uesl th« wld
to the extent of $1 000.
aside '
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•
, rested on suspicion.
u
o
o.
l manywcattle com
rns fiul Htublcs th9i
hair rubbi-d oil' in
^bother it bo barn
ir minute parasite,
O re is the best .
veil applied.
This
1 .
sweet cream is di
arts are kept at a
iturO for ripening,
udiC from one and
given to the other,
lie Hanio time, but
>e 1 Q j rested in the
e air. Churning the
w this.
t growers of Wayne
ere three-fourths of
produced, are com-
proKpects this sea-
st for twenty years,
wnese oil is now be
es at such rates that
iroliUi front the busi-
ewened.
trim shrubbery that
ar’s wu>®, if you de-
f fl iwers.
The best
tiie old and weak
y after (lowering. A
ig, if too large and
mai^f, will improve
a flowers, but to cut
lead isOnot the best
should be near the
mm shatle.
Set no
j in the kitchen gar-
id out so that as much
may be done by horse-
’ loam is the best soil
O
hies.
Use no green
o
srden. The standard
od. Use s o <1 ashes
from the house. The
l in gardening, ns in
appointed by the company.
courtship lies in sm ill attentions fre
A warrant was sworn out before quently aud steadily bestow, d.
Justice ^yons of Fox Valley, Linn
Mr. D. B Widr, says he nas solved
county, charging Mart Smith, his the problem of the plum cmeulio. A
brother, and another man,
whose mixture of on ...... . of l*aris green,
name could not lie learned, with the ! or London purple, and sixty gallons
attempted murder of Charles Thomas, ' of water sprayed over the trees jnst
two weeks since.
They are now in l»«fore blossom buds shall open, then
custody. The Smiths are enemies of a spraying of strap emulsion taro Weeks
the Thomases, and are supjxrsed to be later, with a third spraying about
leaders of the vigilance committe June l<Hb, will elLctu illy destroy the
sworn to exterminate them or make curculio, as well as kill leaf lice, a phis
them leave the country.
and other injurious insects.
Bennett camp, No. 8, Indian War
There arc in America over 4 000,000
Veterans, near Salem, have elected tl e farms, Urge and small.
They cover
following officers: John O. W righi, nearly 20000,000 acres of improved
captain ; John Savage, first lieutenant; land, and their total value is something
N. R. Doty, second lieutenant-; T. C. like $10,000,000,000.
These figures
Shaw, orderly sergeant; E. H. Piper, are not, of course, veiy comprehensive,
commissary sergeant. D. C. Thomas, They simply convey the idea of vast-
color bearer; Wm. Townsend, muai- ness of area and equal vastness of im-
cian . E. J. Chambers, corporal of the portance. The estimated value of the
guard; delegates to the state encamp yearly product* of these farms is be-
ment, Frank M. Smith and T. C. tween $2,000,000,000 aud $3,000,000.-
Shaw.
000.
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