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P olk a O bserver . b e m i - w e e k l t jo u bn - VL, DEVOT ED TO TIIH (».EN Eli A L INTEltESTs OF Of It VOL. I. PALLAS. l’ O l.K C O l'N T V , O R E G O N . F R ID A Y , FEBRU ARY ( o r N i Y. ________ « ISSI». NO. c. C. DOUGHTY, 47 . I the command of his snip, finally rao- f nopolizod the northwest coast trade, —for ho hath brains. N atur* its l»iM|>Liyt-tl on But your conventional hnndsome end became rich. John K. T hayer is 4 a r, au .I s t r e e t C o r n e r s. ▼ t i t * t 'ir t u r e o f a T r r r i h l , lin t E n l n i n f l - I u g l y G r a n d S een *. Ihe only example of a broker Who man of the blu-ber's wlndow-wax-flguro- I.KSSilN J__ -"Shall we make a trip on - gun- the street There is one thing beyond man's 1 iso was a millionaire, and Johu head pattern; with a ]>et lock in tho mid lzed an ear and study human nat- order _ called -The Rose of ure?” control, and the grandeur of a prairie Welles of a land speculator. There dle of his fofthetld, an apple-sized I load, France. ' It is patterned after the and a raspberry mustache with six S E M I -W E E K L Y . - Per Year. English \ ’’s- let us ¡yo. They run so sv\»i ftly storm can only be imagined by those sro no lawyers in the above list. In- hairs in it; a pink spot on its cheek, * i*i in rose L^ajfue.” who have seen or witnessed 1 » storm ltetl, the returns in the profession that it is like the air. I ouri.ts complain .... ........ . that the H«. ir M “ flying j ***g through tnrot at sea. Such a storm swept over the have never been so large as to make a anil a little dot of a goatee on its sun- COUNTY OFFICIAL DIRtCTORY lightful calm and quiet of Heidelberir :° WMh*l‘« ’atii)g! What a moving p * * ,ning little chin; with pretty blinking ha * «fiven way to noise and manufacG orama of human life is here represent* prairies in August last- The morning lawyer a millionaire, though the Bos little studs in its shirt-bosom, and a 1 g. HTOFFKKR. C ounty Judge ton bur has held a most distinguished was warm and bright, but shortly after etl. Ah! but why do we stop?” I, w . M( I.K N rll » nook-tie that looks ns if ho w ouldafaint Immissionen \ . tle' A «»tuiier of tall chim- noon there came mi indefinable change. place, not only in our commonwealth i, W. MrHKK, I “ lo r that woman a block anc and a half were it tumbled. I'd iu< lief look at a Sberi iffl n i s l “ Jure the view from the eastle IRA.--. .'MIT1I The sun still shone, but its rays threw nut in tiie country. Several, however, r (i. c o a i i . Clerk grounds, and the fer.-ful foghorn from away who is waving both arms a. the poodle. 1 always feel a desire to nip it Treasurer various tygs disturbs th \VM E l.l.w 1 ‘B-iver. Now that she has stopped the an altered light, and brought the prai aero then numbered among the rich up with a |®iir of sugar-tongs, drop it Senator quiet o f t h e E. T. HATCH men of Boston. —Voston Ulobc rie flowers into brighter relief, while car she isn’t in so much of a hurry. Neck It r. .}■ - poW KI.I I gently into a I hiw I of cream, and strew Representative« (•; (i, FISHER *. s lie feels for her purse, rearranges her it cast a darker shadow where shadow s —The electrician is somewhat slow- • pink neft. ¿jiHiiis over its little remains. TH E LAND OF LAKES, fell. i c'°ak, draws on one of her gloves, and \%r P R O F E S S IO N A L C A R D S . Finn!lft ¡j »T aders when soul' mag- , . in hls conquests in Europe than in Away toward the horizon the waver detains twenty passengers for two min- A n K n g liN lt T n u c l f r ’* I m p r c f l i l o n o f th* noti/i* t • 'v' question of beauty is 11 I America. Electric lights have but j utes.” ing glimmer that curtained the meet JO H N J. D A L V , P r o v in c e o f l ln lu n .l, dt-gdfcti'M Tiie person one*loves is ! lately been supplied along Berlin's fa ing place of sky and plain became "8ho must have very important bus Finland is, in the language of the always handsome, tiie world’s arbitrary mous street. Under den Linden, and iness?” more tangible, and a thin black hue country, Suomesimaa, "the land of rules notwithstanding; therefore when the young Kiwp ror finds much delight framed the landscape. Gradually fi "She has. Her neighbor got^i cloak Will prom ptly attend to all legal business en in wutchin»thr weird shadows under whi^-h she says cost 43ti. but this worn- grew broader and higher, and as it lakes," and this is really the truth, as you say, "v h ltH U ttlw handsome M s w trusted t«» him . no less than om*third is under water. Smitli sis» to admire in that stick of .1 tiie lime trees. HAM. AM. OIÍÉUOV 0tu thinks she ^tw one like it for #1'.!. overlapped the bright blue sky the ~ KiuK Humbert’s gift t* Emperor She is on her way down town to make | birds flew hurriedly from before it, Much of this is. however, marsh land, Miss Jones?” or "what can pretty Miss though the lakes Saima, Isxlogu, En- T see in that homely Mr. Johns?" you W A R R E N T ltlH T T , " llliam was unique, being a series of sure. 1 here—she is on—and wo will and such cattle as were in sight drew ■ are. etc., cover some thousands of square simply talk nonsense, us you generally models of the r#mains itf the men, closer together for protection. Gusts now fly again.” 0 miles. Tho surface of the country is do talk on such subjects. Still, the par- women, children and animals in tin* I of wind that shook the train followed flat, with a chain of low hills about the ■oifcgeta hls fees, and the census goes on 1 j. ° famous Pompeiian museum, taken by i each other at intervals that grew short- V A L L A ». Olii'.ffON. L esson >1.— "Street-car conductor» center, tho highest of these Wing the all the same, Fankj/ P<.rn. in th< A. T Will practice In ull the courts o f tin State*. the well-known sculptor, Signor Achilla are great students of ¿uuian nature, | er and shorter, and thu frame of black rmmntain "Auvasilksa.” The coasts L l <!ycr. Office iu Court House lioi-si, who has been engaged several are they not?” was once in awhile illumined with 1 are deeply indented ainf picturesque, months on the work. These are the •They a>-o. They can pick out a flashes of summer lightning, which, .1. II. T O W N S E N D , o T R A IN M ANAGEM ENT. i rst models ever taken of the bodies in man who will take a threo-eont piece as they came nearer, threw heavy with bold granite cliffs standing clear I out against tiie deep blue sky, and L x n t f r n Mi if 11 tin , T u k f i i f r o m t h o A m e r t the museum. banks of sulphurous-coking clouds in- for a ten almost at a glance.” many islands belonging to the Archi f'tilt * * s t liiu lt ir d C 'o ile .'* | to bold relief. Still there was no raiti, - Slaverie is the name of the man “ Are they often annoyed?" pelago of Aland dot the surface of its A train while running must display i »flier on M ill St. o p p o site Court House, # who has succeeded to the position of "\ er^r often, but the company pays and the thunder of the train was all western waters. Inland there are dense two grtfen flags by day and two green ItAl.l. %•*. - O ltE VII*. chief banc.it in Bulgaria. He is de 'em for it. it is very annoying when that broke tlio stillness. 1 forests of pine, fir and birch, which have lights by night, one on each side of tiie For nearly two hours the clouds scribed us u handsome young fellow, a conductor helps a woman and seven P H Y S IC IA N S ’ C A R D S . . a strange and enthralling influence up rear of tlio train. highly educated and a most eloquent children on and o!T to find that she is maintained the same slow approach, on tho imagination. Notwithstanding After sunset, or when obseeured by N. L. W O O D S, M. I)., and left the spectator to run fancy-free orator. T wo years ago ho was a mem only a wash-woman and can never their usually somW-r aspect, there are fog or other cause, must display head und imagine the outstretched lingers of ber of the Bulgarian Skuptschina, but leave him a legacy.” innumerable pleasant glades in the ro- light in front and two rod lights in being detected in “ boodltng” fled to “ Is a conductor expected to b e a gen some great ghoul to be slowly closing | cesses of these woods, where tho tall rear. • D m general practice In any part of tit«- in to crush him. So strong did the the mountains, and now lias a very tleman?” County, o ffice in W ood’s DrugStiffo. 1 white-stemmed birch and great bould- Two groen flags by day and two feeling become that the more nervous desirable position as boss of the back '•( ertainly. Ho is supposed to lift , ers revised with lichen crop up front green lights by night, displayed in tlio . J. K. L O C K E , M . I>„ • counties. his hat t»> every lady, wish every pjjs- passengers drew back and shuddered tlio grass and form a |densiint picture; places provided for that purpose on —An influential paper of Buda- ssnger good-slay, and to indulge in tall at each succeeding gust, while others i besides this tiie lakes have a beauty — the front of 1111 engine, denote that the Pestii, Hungary, advocates w reform in linen collars, kid gloves and swallow clustered round windows and gazed, I solemn and romantic which can scarce train is followed by another train run fascinated, at the coming storm. At Buena Vista, (>regou. the upper House of that country, mak tailed coats." ly be found elsewhere, Tho landsca|»e, ning on the same schedule and entitled last it came. One huge cloud shot out "W hy does he have to ring up a far« ing titles of nobility AceoeBd only w > T. J. L ee . o . D. B utler . too, dotted wii’ i numerous windmills, to tlio same timo-tublo rights as thu from tlio approaching bank, and for a the eldest son, and kaviag «*• « j*. tfc v each -passenger?” and the church towers, built apart from train carrying tho signals. I.KK & H I T L E R , moment poised in mid-air. n "To prevent his changing placet separable from a w < i. n* if — m. the p aces of worship, present strange Two white flags by day and two Fleecy clouds, that looked ghastly •itii the owners of the lino. But for English faehioa. itm ■ n— g. i . ! pictures. From these towers the night white lights by night, carried In the by contrast, hung round it like fringes wise- provision of nature ho would tustic enough mu» A» n -M HU. <•«» watchmen sound their hornsorplay up saint) manner, denote that tlio train is Will answer calls from any point in the county. »mm be seated at tkss cashier's desk. on a funeral pall, till with a crash that on triangles as au alarm of fire. an extra. Telegraphic com m u n ica tion from M onm outh. and Dukes Wise * « • killing them ,Office up stairs in Opera block. selves lately the »Id 00 am * fee cashier would bo on the rear outweighed the roar of tlio train it Often in the dead of night a A blue flag by day and a blue light 4*I>KPKXI»B\<K. - . seemed to be rent in two with money to supywsl •«Mr great blaze on the horizon will toll of by night, placed on tlio end of a car, ono streak of lire that turned M A R K —The ezt.nl o* W m some forest fire. These are mainly denotes that car inspectors arc at work H A Y T E II, the entire cloud into gold. From I u w<s III.—“ Why does the pas- owing to the carelessness of the peas under or about the car or train and as com]un-ed wife m u» 1 1ST,----- on and for nearly an antry, and, combined with tliogreatex- must not bo lou p lei to or removed w * io r put his hands in his pockets that principal count r i . •* » l l i l . l t , ■ - OHKUOX. hour it was one continuous rumble, portutlon of timWr mid its lavish use until the l»lin’ signal is removed. ing to statiatic« publiWaM Of she l*». aa^wtreteh his legs across the car?” At Dental parlors d o cs an y k in d o f dental broken occasionally with a sharper "tie cause he passes for a genius." work with neatness »m l dispatch. for firewood and for building purposes, partment of Public % .»»«• * I ~»uru fc. crash, and evx'inpanied by tiie patter ’ ■»lit it looks loaferish." AN O B S T I N A I t W IT N E S S . a*’ / a l l n u r w S » c « I m m , J it pin* mat Itfu' ........ J - 1 ....... ' BANKS, "It might, in case of a pom mini, Ol mo ti«iu mini iniiVa.YftfYH S!i«> Y«* x « m I fits* l . i w y c r , l i n t hum «•**«( u r « m sia, 87; Austria (with.ut Rungary), birt this one is worth (75,000 and any sheet and forked lightning played con Ml tin«* ill « 'lit I n tlir* tho country, though cheap, is not al W m . S avauk , Hanker. | M. M. K li . is , Cashier 32}; Hungary, 28}; Germany, 25}; Lawyers and judges h aveagood deal tiling he does is credited to eccentrici tinuously. and, while the former turned ways pleasant. Many of tho roads are ' l C T 1 H r I M t i I r Norway, 24}; Servia, 20; R)1 lgium, 19}; ties of genius.’’ the clouds from blackness into light I what would bo described as “ corduroy” to endure from witnesses of a certain í I t ' V_ 1 L \ D i l l 1 K . Switzerland, 19^ France, 18; Spain, 17; the lattor seemed to rend them in frag —that is, having rough logs laid across, class, who simply tciV/talkln their own "He seems half.drunk." Roumania, 15; (¡recce, 13; Italy, 12; way, and who seem to have no concep "So he does. 1 11 the case of a man ments iwid stand out in lines of tiro for over which one’s vehicle butnps Exchanges bought .and sold on all points. • and Holland, 7: Portugal, 5; Denmark, 5; earning two dollars a day ho would seconds at a time. Special attention paid to collection s. jumps in a manuor calculated to mako tion of the meaning of thu word DAbLAM. . . . . OKF.4-OV Great Britain, 4. At last it passed away and tiie flick tho bones sore for a considerable time "b re v ity .” seem all drunk, and the conductor Sm-li witnesses afford a good deal of ; —Social entertainments in England would give him the collar, but money' ering flames that illumined the south after a journey. Tho velocity with 1). T. S t a n l e y , Pres. | J. W. D aw son , ( ’ashler. are made the subject of the following and genius are big excuses, my b oy." ern horizon seemed like the volley fir which the natives send the carriage amusement to the spectators, if they do ing of a retreating army; but so great down hills Is also likely to try tiie fret and vex the lawyers. criticism by an English magazine "Now, please tell all you know as writer: "The chief‘performer in draw M onmouth. Oregon. L esson IV.— “ Why did the lady give was the expanse of prairie that ttiey nerves of any not to tho manner born. Does a general hanking business. Sight ing-rooms is a girl of wild arid unset such a sudden start?" were never entirely lost sight of, but Most persons posting through Finland quickly and concisely as you can,” said drafts on New York, San F rancisco ex Portland. “ Because she realized the fact that again grew more and more vivid until have their own vehicles—wheeled ones a lawyer to a woman of about sixty Deposits received subject to ch eck or on certifi tled look. Her dress is loud, ber-hais cates of deposit. C ollection s w ill receive prompt is touched with dye; she plays and the conductor had been holding out his eighty miles further west tho storm for tiie summer and sledges for tho years, wlio had taken tho witness-stand. attention, office hours, 8 a. m. to 5. p. m. Half’s "A ll rigid,’ ’ she replied; “ I'll do that. crossod the track, moving winter aud they cluingo horses at each Bur;iar Proof Safe, secured by Vale Time Lock. sings, acts and recites, and is said to hand for two long minutes for her again northward with diminishing force. stage of about fifteen versts (ten Eng It ain’ t much I know about the case, make a great deal of money. She is fare.” SU RVEYORS. • always engaged to a young mummer, "But didn't she notice him collect ! Slowly us it appeared to move, it had lish miles). Should you have to trust anyhow, for 1 don’t meddle myself with in five short hours traversed tho half to the post-house for a conveyance you other folkses’ affairs nohow, 1 don’ t, and she is now playing the accompa ing?" F R A N K BUTLER, "Oh, no. It wouldn’t be fashiona I of a ciacle not loss than one hundred are more likely than not condemned to and It’s my opinion------” niment for her future husband. Like "W e don’t want your opinion,” inter the others, he is exceedingly lovely, ble to notice any such thing. Her j miles in diameter, which would give it travel in a cart without springs and a and I upward of thirty miles an hard scat with no back to it or an ordi rupted the lawyer. and everywhere you hear of his loveli mind tins been far, far away, and now a >'iito Address him at DALLAS. A ll calls prom ptly "(), don't you? Well, I s’ pose not. . that it has returned she feels in differ hour. — •»r. Omaha /tee. ness.” nary work sledge. 'The charge for post Answered. If you did, I could give it to you mighty ent placos for her purse—rises up, sits ing is little enough, being ton Finnish F O U R D E C A D E S AGO. down three times, shakes out her I». W R I G H T , pennies (Id English) ]>er verst, and tho quick. I’ m o h o f the&r porstyu that PA R K E R & FERCUSON, skirts and unbuttons her cloak, and O n ly S ix teen M illinim lrei« In llo n to n In t h e driver is required by law to tako you nt says what they’ ve got to say right out, i ... i v 1 M M II. finally produces a car ticket from her the rate of ono Swoedlsh or sovon Eng and no beating round tlio hush, or No longer ago than tho year 1851 glove?” lish miles per hour. — Cornhill Mag hemming and hawing over it, uiul it's l .N . K riiuty Purveyor. $50,000 made a large estate and $100,- my honest opinion that——•” "Didn't sho know it was there all azine. I’lans. sr>ccifioatioiii« Hint estimates furnished " Ill do work In all part« o f the county, t» 000 made its owner a rich man. Only “ But I toll yoirwe don’ t want your on applieatlon. Shop two doors south of the the time?” prepared to furnia!) all dealred inform ation lu city waterworks. opinion. We want facts.!’ regard to lauda surveyed, i »Ilice in l>ai?k. "She did, but if she hadn't gone sixteen residents of Boston in that your T H E H A N D S O M E M A N . llllK P I A 'i r K l'C E . - - OHKtsOM, HA 1,1, AM.............................OKK.GOV "O , yes; I s’ pose likely. W ell, there’ s through her performance the rest of were millionaires. Tho Appleton fam us might not have noticed her now hat ily mude three of this number—Nathan W lia t C o n s tltn te * O n e A c c o r d in g t o F a n n y a witness on this stand now who will Appleton was worth $1,500,000, Sam #toll you fact*, and nothing but facts. Fern*« C r itic a l Mind* and sealskin.” uel Appleton, his brother, the samo, Well In tho first place, there must If tin-re's any thing I do natchully do- L essi C j V.— "Is the tnau mad?" and William Appleton, his cousin, be enough of him; or, failing in that — #|)isi>, it’ s a liar. 1 ne^er told a lie in $500,000 more. All three began life but, come to think of it, he niusiFt fail all my horn days, anil what's more, [ "He is.” ----------HEADQUARTERS--------- 0 poor, Samuel with 6J cents. The dry- in that, because there can ho no beauty never expect to; anil it's iny opinion "W hy is he mad?” II "Because he says he whistled for the goods business and manufactures gave without health, at least according to car last evening and it didn't stop.” them fortunes, which they used most my way of thinking. In tho second "W ill you kindly keep your opinions ‘ •Didn't the dtiver hoar him?" generously, William appropriating his place, he must have a beard; whiskers to yourself, aud toll us what you actu- "That's a question. Tho man says entire Income beyond his family ex —if the gods please, but a beard I in »lly know uhout this case?” he couldn't have been over half a mile penses to . benevolent purposes. sist upon, elso ono might as well look "<>, certainly, to-be-sure! Why, away, and the night was very still, and John Bryant made a million and at a girl. Ix)t his voice have a dash of that's what I'm here for; ain’t it? It's he wants it understood that if it hap a half in the Northwest coast Niagara, with tho music of a baby’s mighty little I know about it, and I pens again he w-ill go to headquarters and China trade. Ebenezor Francis, laugh in it. Lot hi» smile be like tlio earn a good deal less. I'm a person who also began life poor, made breaking forth of tho sunshine on a thut minds her own business and lot with his complaint.” three millions in tho East India trade; spring morning. As to hls figure, it other's alone, and it s my out-and-out "But he got the next car?" "No. he didn't, and that's what hurt« John L. Gardner and Thomas Wiggles- should bo strong enough to contend opinion----- ” him. He was standing on the curb- worth made half that sum in tho same with a man, and slight enough to trem ‘ •Now stop just whore you are,” said si me, kicking tho heedless driver of way, and Joshua Scarf as much in ble in the presence of tho woman ho the lawyer, sharply. "H aven’ t I told the other car in imagination, and was West India trade. These wero the loves. Of course, if ho is a well-made you again and again tl.st your opinion DEALERS!X- so deeply interested that he let two days of commercial prosperity in Bos man, it follows that he must be grace cuts no figure in the case?” "W ell, my good land! who said it cars and a good-looking seamstress ton. Abbot Lawrence, then Minister ful, on the principle that perfect ma ’ pass him without sc-ing them.” —De- ^ Court of St. James, had three chinery always moves harmoniously; iliilT' cried the old lady, innocently. "I simply said that It was my upin- millions, and his brother Amos half as therefore you and himself and tho milk troit Fret Pre.»». ion------” B E S TC R A D E '.O F C O O D S AMD FAIR DEALIMC. IS OUR M O TTO much and their house was the heaviest pitcher are safe elbow neighbors at the "Plenee leave tho stand!” _In Bootle, Eng., the son of a poor American goods house in the country. tea table. And. as she did so, the old lady All kinds of goods taken in exchange for produce. woman was stricken with fever. The Thomas H. Perkins, familiarly known This style of handsome “nan would turned and si.nl. sharply: ¡mother, having no means of buying as "L on g Tom" Perkins, began his "W ell. I've got my opinion of you, no more th nk of carrying a cane than food or medicine for her boy, took a mercantile life In St. Domingo, and he would use a parasol to keep tho sun any how!” — Uohl< n /hi 1 /. 1 . quilt off his bed and pawned it, to raise a when driven away by a revolt of the out of his eyes. • Ho can wear gtovoe, —The Forth China Herald says the little money. For this she was pros* •laves came back to Boston, began or warm his hands in his coat pockets, I Cl)ted under the Public Health Act, trading with China, and acquired as he pleases. Ho can even commit tho Chinaman is peculiarily distinguished which forbids the removal of clothing a very large fortune. David Sears suicidal-beauty-act cf turning hls out from the European by his absolute (rom houses infected with fever. The inherited $800,000 from his father, side coat <• »liar up over hls neck of a nem-lessness The Chinaman, it says, can write all day, work all day, stand magistrate, being an enlightened and the largest amount ever inherited stormy day with perfect impunity. The in one |Hmition all day, weave, heat benevolent man. took a broad view v ie - of in New England up to that time tailor didn't make him, and as to hls gold, carve ivory, do infinitely tedious lie case, and let the unfortunate wo- by a single individual. Robert hatter, if he depended on this hand jobs for ever and ever, and discover no . d e a l e r in nan off with a nominal fine. G. Shaw was called in one of the lead- some man’s patronage of the "latest more signs of weariness and irritation __ _x m ing newspapers of that day "the old- spring style," I fear he would die of than If he were a machine. This qual _ 5 ,(tne ()f the people who advocate t.gt active merchant in his city, as he hope deferred; and yet—by Apollo! ity appears early in life. There are -remation belong to that class who are i# tj,0 jnogt opulent one." William what a bow he makes, and what an ex no restless, naughty boys in China. They are nil appallingly good, and never c o n t e n t to await the natural -jturgig was another Capo Cod sailor pressive adieu he can wave with hls will plisl away in sehiMil without r«- BURRELL A CO. A C E N T S FOR KARR, course of svsnta. —Merchant i r a « « .r |v ha aomfeenoed life poor; he arose to hand I For all this he Is not conceited n*»«es or recreation of any *•* ’ O H E Ö O N . — ITHLIMHKK OF — i f o ll;€ -o in t ] i (O liocvvtv .“ ' „ t $2 Attorney anil Counselor at [aw. Atlonifv and Counselor al Law. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Physician and Surgeon. Physician and Surgeon. Physicians and Surgeons -----DE M POLK C O U N T Y B A N K ! pvevor Ml Ml (ITECTSandBini S H E L L E Y & V A N D JJY N , INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. General Merchandise. Bed Rock Prices - Orel on. M o n m o u th , Agricultural Implements and. Farm Machinery. E . W . Cooper, Hardware, Stoves and Tinware IN I ) E P E N D E N C K , .r