Vkf
I this iolk county lMinsa.
DRESS MAKING
Goff and Goff.
Wis are prepared to do ilivus-
llUlkillU ill till) latest Style?. Slid
IfllltrHlltcO HrttiffHOlitm. l'lMllipt
service and reasonable charts,
Dress Cutting hikI Fitting.
Or. Kallroad aud D Sta,
IX" KI'KX DF.X IK. OKKGON.
Citv : Feed : Stable
Kl.I JotlNSON, Plvp.
ll.irscs fed bv the day,
week or month Trail
moat stuck l' It in imr
raw will lie well at
t'mlttl to. Charges
reasonable.
Main St., - Independence.
Marble Granite
G.Liun'h'r.Ys.
Indopomloiu-o, - Ore
.Man u merits,
icad.itou
Curbing
Etc.
Correspondence solicited.
Rir-AN-S
The modern stand
ard Family Medi
cine: Cures the
common every-day
ills of humanity.
101. oi.o
K. McXICILL, Keeiver.
TO THE
GIVES TIIK CHOICE OP
Two
Transcontinental
ROUTES
CHEAT
KORTHERXRy PACIFIC M.
Vregulato"r7
.News Item and F.dltnrUl K
presslons.
Krwm th liallssolwervrr.
000 FOR EVERYBODY
Sunt. Hutchinson has Un giv
ing magic lantern exhihitiona over
in tho south jart of the county,
Clerk Mulkey granted license to
wed to Mr. Warren Ward and Mia
1'hoehe Harrington, Wednesday
Mrs. Geo. Myer, of Sniithfield
avsa mt unfortunate Tuesday morn
Almost everybody takes some laxatlyt . u ,. , f ,. , .
ir,eJidne to clcsnse the system ana Keep tno r - - -
MooJ pure. I hose wno a.Mmuns iwreh at Her nouie ana urea ner
i iulu ki r.'i atoh (lldulJ or powder) .
ret all the benefits of a mild and pleasant l't rm-
iv.il ve and ionic mtu punnes uie fiwu i . ,, , . e r.
i.tnurtiitM the whole svstem. And """i '"" "r
...... r.-y.. I ...... . ...
more than this: n.wmum uvck trsi triul ml IOp growers insti-
UTOK regulates the Liver. Keens it tuyt , . ,, ,, ,
t hu ihv. and when tne Liver is in " "
ixl condition you tind yourself tree from vll who are interested and believe
.talaris. Biliousness, indigestion, skk ... . ....n.... i
l.la.he and Constipation, and rid of orgatuaaiuw unouui aneiiu.
that worn oui mo unuii m w . A vrv nrcttv wmltlniir tn'oured at
These are all caused by a slucRish Liver. A very pretty weaunifcouurea at
Good digestion and freedom from stomach ,,0 M, E. church in this city, Wed
troup es w l oniv re nau nni mc nn . , u , , , ,
u lriv .tuork. IftrouMed with any nesday evening at 8 o'chn-k, in
of these complaints, try SIMMONS Liver 4iich Mr. Harry lunn tnd Miaa
KKil LA UK. I IIC rwillK VI M'vi lk w . .1 .. ..
; ,,.c .n R,tt th.n F Us. Anna wciaiuui were me coniruci-
v I IV ... -
jr-EVEUY PACKAGE- ug parties Kev. Marr, ollioiating.
II aa the z Stamp In red on wrapper. They were the recipients of many
J. U. Zeilin A Co., rhlla-, l'a
THE INDEPENDENCE
Rational Bank!
Capital Stock, ,")O,tX)i).0O.
handsome presents. The Observer
joins itli the many friends of the
young couple in wishing them
happine!8.
Krom the talliui lU'inlaer.
HIRSCHBKKU,
AliltAM XEIOX, Vice President. Perrydale.
Perry CampWU dug 1"0 bushels
President, of potatoes from hah" an acre near
W. P. COX.S AWAY,
Cashier.
A general bankinif ami exchange husi
iuc. transacted : loans made, bills dis
counted, commercial credits granted;
U'IhcUs received on current account
uhject to cheek, interest paid outline
epustta.
Miss Elhi Porter, of Mill creek.
has become the better half of An
derson ivie.
l'LKASANT ANI lKOFIT.
akli:.
Th session of the teachers' in
stitute here Saturday was largely
attended, pleasant and profitable
one. A few nivtrc such meeting
will get up a degree- of interest and
enthusiasm which will Ihi felt in
every live school ir. tlu county.
Our ciliiens entertained the visl
ting teachrs hospitably ami Indo
pnileuoe is sure to do the same at
its next meeting' Pallas ltcmuer.
A Corn Harvester.
The labor-saving machine l
moving on the corn crop. Coi n is
about the lust of the field crops to
succumb to the inventor. Machines
im out into a sixty acre Held of
wheat and thresh it into sacks be
fore night. Others will dig up ten
acres of beet lietween sun-up and
sun-down, cut the tons oil' and
take them to the sugar mill. Corn-
cutting and coruhusking have re
mained in the province of the hired
ai t 1 I
man. Mil now a macmue naa oce n
invented that will go out into the
cornfield, husk the corn, put the
ears into a wagon-box and take
them to the crate as fast as three
or four expert buskers. This ma
chine appears a tritle belated in its
appearance, for the old practice of
husking corn afield and leaving the
stalks to their fate has fallen into
lisuie, since the modern farmer
alias his cornstalk fodder as
worth aUiut the same per acre as
first-class huv. Itut another ma
bine is on hand to harvest the
corn, stalks and all. One firm has
T. II. Lucas, whose sons live at sold 10,000 of them this year. It
Pixie, where he was once a black- will cut the sixteen-foot giants of
smith, has gone from Arkansas to the Wabash bottoms, or the Van-
What is
1
m
DIRECTORS.
B. F. Smith, A. Xeleon, I. A Allen,
. 11. .la.siHTTOii, A. J. Goodman, D. t .
Sears, It. llirschfoerg.
Commenced Business March 4, 1SSD.
THE
Abingdon, Illinois.
jesterdays tram pulled otit
with 484 bales of hops raised in the
vicinity of Dallas, part of them
sold at from 6 to 6J cents and the
balance consigned to London.
kee corn, planted with shotguns, in
Vermont, equally well.
These corn machines are much
worse from a social point of view
than those that work in beet or
small grain. They cannot compare
CastorU U Dr. Samuel ntcher'i proscription for Infant,
and Children. It contain neither Opium. Morphine tior
other Narcotlo substance. II la m harmless; subatltuu,
for Paregoric. Prop, Bootulngr Hjrnipa, nd Cantor Oil.
It Is Pleasant. lt pnanutteo Is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers, CutorU destroys Worms atid allay,
ftirerlshneas, Caatorla prevents vomltlnf Hour Cur4,
cures Plarrbo ud Wlud Collo. Custorl reUcfe,
teethlntf troubles, cures constipation and flatulency,
CastorU nsslinllatrs the fool, r tfulutes the stomach
ud bowels, irlvlntf lenltly naturnl sleep. Cas.
torU U tho Chlldron's punsveou-tho Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
rwwta la an wrll a.lnM.-d luphll Ji. a)
I rvfoniuwnU 11 aaauWlurkiaujr pnawiBttai
kiwa lw aw."
H. A. Aacaia.IL a
III So. Oif-fl bi-, Unutlf a, ,
Oat hr('teM lu Uta ehlMrwi'.
mmt ha aruiiM kiaUljr of umt u?i
nta la Uwlr ouliAla iUi 'immit,
u4 alUiouirb only ki. awn
limli.l aui'M kat ta aaoa a itkr
pnaluoia, fwt an tn to aunta. Umi aj.
Mwrti. at Caorta tuu m k, tout ana,
favor ui It."
U arras lluarrrati as tharaauar,
Saua, Ma
C. Una, rut..
Castoria,
cuiri i "" -w r n
dia. Mutlirra lu roprotnil lu.d R ot
food alTnH upua Uwtt .Ulrva.
1). Q. C. rWvn.,
Uw, lUa,
CMorla to l'ia !! romwlf tf ihilla of
hWh I am a.-.! I M ' u '
far duiant wh nmiVra will nui .W tlw mil
blm o Ui"" chll-""1. " 1 " C.mr 1
uaa of Ui.Tarfcuqiia. a axinw "hieh ara
dnimt uw ur! . fiTi iiwi-ei"'"-
BHirvhlna, auuUilns arrup ami ortwr h'iririU
aMit ao l""". 0-"' lr swans
IbMa to praaturasr'M'"
Pa. J. T. Kiacaavoa,
(Xiaaa, Ark.
Ths Catau Companf, TT MaJ-raf StrMt, Haw Tars City.
SASH and DOOR
for a moment with the hired man
Last Saturday Wm. Savage told oh what a a,in. (lff it wij, l(t for
First National Bank U8that for,nin, years P tha the husking-bee when, instead of
day there was a big rain after a the Virginia reel and the simple
t 1 t . . . a.na .a
oi inuepenueuce, vrvgon, mne dry spell, l'erhaps no other L:.M!n ,lf ,,. .., iia
man in the county is so well post- Lmi m,ii,b.nH lt r l,rr...i..r.
0pital8tock, - 50,000.00 pd on back date8 and occurence8 , . , .
lleillB etlil.ied with
the latest and best woop
JOA OTO R Y working; imit hinerv wesre
I fw I Uli I prepitreil In do all kinds
of wood work, such as Frames, llriu-kcts, MouldinH, and all Limit
of wood turning at the lowest possible g FERGUSON
prices. We also curry a full line u' MAIN STLhT. '
( J LASS, (iliiss cutting quickly ilonc. iNDtPCNC INCt, OR.
Surplns,
114,000-00
Last week J. J. Williams cut yard, without a ripple of mirth to
DIRECTORS.
oner,
Helmick, G. W. Whiteaker,
W. W. Collins.
VIA
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
AND
ST. PAUL
VIA
PEXVEU
OMAHA
AND
Kansas City
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
OCEAN STEAMERS
Leave Portland
every 6 days for
SAN FRANCISCO.
For lull detail fall on O. R. A G. Agent
M. O. FOf'fEK, IndeM5iidence, Or.
or address:
W.H. HCKLBURT,
Oeu. Pass A cent.
Portland, f'.
1niim V.O Ki no Ir tralk ir, fmnl nf hrrRk tlll'ir fl I I'll 1 1 l t i VH bIIhIU'o! .
S.COOl'ER. L. W. BOBKBTWON u .j . .... ... .......
prMidem. vie prideni. his residence and in its heart a foot Daily Oregonian
W. H H.IHLIT. V-aalllcr. I, , ,
iri'm Lilt? Biilllltc mill ritit lerb iriiili
the ground found a wagon nut. Worthy lour Confidence.
The tree has doubled in diameter The success of Hood's Sarsaparilla
since he moved to Dallas twenty- n conquering scrofula in what
I OT16 YtfflrS S170 c'1' (uiiii (if utaj uiauin rn jirt'ii in
I 13 OAimka. f.-.m K K. 1- ... t a..
vin.;uc4 in uj tin upainin ihj nrrr
severally afllictel by this prevalent
Turner, has been engagsd to preach wno now rejoice over a
i . n , permanent cure by Hood's Sarsa-
the coming year in the Presby- ,.ji . r. i
i , , ,. . . parula. btTotuIa may appear as a
tenan 'church. Their Sn,ndav humor, or it may attack the glands
school is to be reorganized next of the neck, or break out as dread
Sunday and their young peoples ful running sores on the body or
meetimr in tbP evening Rev D!' Attacking me milCOU
Whiteman. his wife and three chil- ?'?mb.rane' " .nm-V .velp into
' Pflrflrrn nr iruiirintr in tim iimrrj
rune Fa. Tnpepkn fiRfspR. ork. I J -1 - ,i 1 v-l. . . B ft
sideMaiLst. ophite Stockton urr" "r" reuy "wu"s"cu " lead into consumption. Come as
parsonage. it may, a faithful course of treat
. . .... . . ment with Hood s Sarsaparilla will
im. r i v in i n irirfii whiii. inn i . . .
RnnTan,cHnF sHnP uL. i ..v:J?vereit or..wo.rkuiK p?n the
www w- -w wi wi uuiiuaj wj nur uub hu wucrijHiuiJW MoUnUatlOIl Of all dlHeaHeH,
on the Rock Creek road
k ffHneral hankinjr bu)insj trKiiiiartexl. Buys
aim HiilMjteuiaiiiie on allimiMirtisni pulnts.
LtfpmltH received nuhject to check or on Certifl-
cutp iirueposii. uollectloriB made.
Office Hours: 0 a. m. to 4 p. m.
H. M. LIN ES,
Notary Public.
LITTLE F1LJCE HOTEL,
Iiult'iK-mlaiict', Ort'jron. Clone U
railway htatimis, HtoamlM.at lan'lcng
ami tho Lusiiuss tmrt of the citv
Is
Koonigaml niiitcs for Loth tramicm
ami jH'nnatieDt jxuests .SVrvify un
Burjatisi'l. Kates 1 tt f 2 j'r day.
;and Fire Innuranco.-
Hi-nkle a
P. H. Murphy, Prop.
Tho.F. Oak. Henry C. Paine. Henry C. Rouse.
Receivers
0RTHERN
PACIFIC R. R.
U
N
o
9
Repairing of
all kinds will
receive
prompt
attention
IL
The best of
work
turned out on
short notice.
in
mules. Irving Wilkes is cook and
the road is being made westward
from Suitor's mill to join with the
party of Rock Creekers, who under
the directorshio of A. Porter are
Main street, - Independence on ,heir wav eastward Falls Citv
Correspondent,
impure
Hj. h. blood, the system is clarified an
Fanno,directs the work and a large vitalized, and vigor, strength an
nuanity of provisions were hauled nea"n re8W w me D.wiy
by Wm. Alderman and his
A share of your patronage
I is solicited. I
I A Remarkable Announcement.
Pullman
Elegant
Tourist
Sleeping Cars
Dining Cars
Sleeping Cars
TO
ST. PAUL
JIIMYE.JPOL1S
DULUTU
FARGO
GRAXD FORKS
CROOKSTOX
WIXXIPEG
HELENA and
BUTTE
When Baby waa alck, we gare her Castoria.
When the waa a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria
When she had Children, she grave them Castoria.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Corrected weekly by Star Grocery.
Chickens. .
....$1.50 2.50 per doz.
THROUGH TICKETS
TO
CTUCAGO
WASHINGTON
PHILADELPHIA
NR W YORK
F OS TON and a ll
POINTS EAST and SOUTH
maps and
Side Bacon 7 (8 8c
Shoulders 6 ( 7c
Hams 10 (as 12c
Lard 7 8c
Eirgs 20c
Potatoes 20c
Cabbage Mc
Onions (old) le
Apples 20c
Fall Butter Pears 25c
Honey 10c
Turnips 2oc
Beets 25o
Grapes 23c
Tomatoes 30c
Squashes 40c '
Cauliflower ..tl.OO
lb.
doz.
bu.
lb.
lb.
bu.
bu.
lb.
bu.
A brief paragraph can bardly do jus
tice t the Interesting announcements
wbicb The Youth's Companion makes
for the coming year. Not only will
some of the most delightful story-
writers contribute to the paier, but
many of the most eminent statesmen.
jurists and scientists of the world. No
fewer than three cabinet Ministers are
announced, among them being tlieHec-
retary f Agriculture, who chose for a
subject "Arbor Day," the celebration
of which he originated; (Secretary Her
bert writes on "What the President of
the United Btates Does," and Hecre-
tary Hke Smith on "Our Indians."
In a it
prentit
how he became an author, General
In a fascinating croon of articles un
der the head of "How I Nerved my Ap-
renticeshfp," Frank 11. ntocklon tells
For lnforrnatln, time cards,
.Inbnta Mi II rn w ll wi i a
war a w a i.tv wwmT A I
w. ii. hah 1 , K-eiiij i4tuiinower ..ii.uu
independenorr . Quince. 25c
A,VriiARIT0AssUGen.l.'AiOyr P,M" ' V. J
Ko. 3V, MorriMf.n Htreet, Corner Third SU, V-rrotS 14. UU
l7l.yu, On. 1 Parsnips 1c
lb.
bu.
doc.
doz.
bu.
Nelson A. Miles gives reminiscences of
his army days, and Andrew Carnegie
recall his earliest struggles in getting a
business footing.
The Publishers of The Youth's Com
panion make the following liberal off
er: New subscribers who will send al
once their names and address and $1.75
will receive free a handsome four. page
Calendar for 11106 (7 1 101, lithographed
la nine colors, tne retail price or wbicn
is 50 cents, The Companion free every
week until January 1, 1WH3, the Thanks
giving. Christina and New Year's
double numbers free, and The Youth's
Companion fifty-two week, a full year
Jb. to January l, is7. Aaaress,
ton Tmk Youth's Companion,
lb. 1 1&3 Columbus Avenue, Boston.
HEART DISEASE!
Fluttering, No Appetite, Could Not
Sleep, Wind on Stomach.
"For a long time I had a terrible
pain at my heart, which fluttered al
most incessantly. I had no appetite
and could not sleep. I would be com
pelled to sit up in bed and belch gas
from my stomach until I thought
that every minute would be my last
There was a feelling of oppression
about my heart, and I was afraid to
draw a full breath. I could not sweep
a room without resting. My hus
band induced me to try
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
and am happy to say It has cured
me. I now have a splendid appetite
aDd sleep welL Its effect was truly
marvelous. "
MRS. HAERT E. STARR. PotUrllle, Pa.
Dr. Miles Heart Core la Bold on a pnaltfw
guarantee that the Brat bottle will benefit,
AlldniRirlntaaell ltattl, bottles for H, or
It will beaent, prepaid, on receipt of prlr
hy the Dr. MUes Medical Oo. Elkhart, lad,
Ar .w ..... j ..... . . " VA
$ of llarclwart'. ImiltmiitH. Htovt
IlllWIIl'O.l'tC.HHlOck tltUt WillllHH't tl'
waiitH of our trade
SUPERIOR STOVES ---
WE HAVE RECEIVED
a now lot. oi tlu'Ho HtovoH, for both
fookiiiur iuul heating jmrpoHOH.
C1LL 1ND 5EE THEM,
tho bout roodrt for tho leutnt money'
o FRAZER & CATTRON t
n . Monmouth, - - Oregon. wW
FOR-
and
WAY LANDINGS
SALEM, PORTLAND
Steamer Altona.
Leave Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, 0:00 a. ru.
Leave Independence Mondays, Wednesdays and FridavsBulO "
7:45 "
Cheap Bates.
Leave Salem
Fast Time.
Plant an advertisement In the En-
terpkihk. No better advertising
medium can be found. Ask those who
have tried it.
Estes I Elkin5,
-Leading-
ity Draymen
All kinds of TT i
n or out of the city
Promptly attended to.
Charges reasonable.
The K.NTKKi'liisK Job office Is equip
ped with everything necessary for ths
rapid printing of all kinds of ob work.
First-class work guaranteed.
CITY LIVERY
8 A LIS and FEED STABLES.
KKLLEY A ROY, Props.
Hiircoanora to A. W. Itocksteader.
Styl. Alim. At
as
ish
Ihouri
I
i
outs UyJ Yxzihr
Gotsl turnouts for Commercial nn
Horses larded by the week or niontn.
INDKPEND KNCE, O B.