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and
P roprietors .
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A Curious Mining Coincidr nee.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
The figure 9 is curiously and in
timately connected with all the
great gold-mining excitements of
■
HERALD CLUB LIST
j the Nineteenth Century. The great
Jerald and Harper’s Magazine..
... 5.00
■erald and Harper’s Weekly
... 6.20 Algerian gold bubble formed and
. . 5.20 broke in 1809.
Herald and Harper’s Bazar
Next came the
3.75
Jerald and Harper’s Young People
lerald mil Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia, l, 2.90 Mantanza Mountain craze in 1839,
Eai h additional volume after Vo). 1, 55 cents:
<
10 cents extra ner volume, postage.
when solid bowlders of gold as large
opiesof all the above works can be ex as flour barrels were reported.
The
mined at leisure ill the Reading Room.
California gold fever broke out in
Publishers of periodicals are solicited
to send clubbing rates, a copy of their work for 1849, and raged until counteracted
•Hr Free Reading Room—Wefile, and bind the
hitter at close of every half-volume, i'n<l v-v 11 bj’ the Pike’s Peak boom in 1859
aopies by advertisement.
Ten years later, in 1869. "Old Vir-
giny,” the celebrated miner, struck
ADVERTISING RATES:
the lucky lead which made Virginia
ACK j 1 wk 2 Wk 1 mo 3 mo 6 mo I 1 yr
City
and Nevada famous in the
!■
■neh »1 50 | 2 50 |5 00 »s 'XI »ii oo 115.00
18.00
6.50 12 u3
23.(0 mining annals of the world.
4 00
3 00
1879
«
40 00
5 00
8 00 15.00 24.00
3.50
4 50 6 00 10 00 20 00 32 00 50.00 came in on time with the Leadville
48 00
54.00
9 00 15.00 28.00
6.00
col.
44
80.00 120 00 frenzy and the famous "carbonates”
12.90 16 00 28 00 48 00
20 00 30 00 40.00 60 00 no oo 140 00
of Lake county, Colorado. 1889
broke the charm, but 1899 may
JOB WORK
make up for lost time, there being
’ every description executed with neatness
id despatch, at reasonable rates.
two 9s in that date.
■One Year
Six Months.
three Months
One Year (in advance)
rculars,
lyelopes,
atements,
einoranda.
BECAUSE IT GOES
BEFORE THE PUB
LIC
TWICE
A
WEEK
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 15, 1891
Semi-Weekly Herald,
I P ublishers
WiHYT
Posters,
Bill Heads.
Note Heads,
Invitations.
33.00
.. .1.80
75
.2.50
Pamphlets
Letter Heads,
Cards, TicKets,
Dodgers, Etc.
T he H erald is kept regularly on file for re
irence, in tbe Geo. P. Rowell Newspaper Ad
•fining Bureau. 10 Spruce st.. New York.
Kent ucky’w Eleotion.
On Monday, the 3d, Kentucky
elected a state ticket, adopted a
constitution, and chose a legislature.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
The state officers elected are: Gov
ernor, John Young Brown, of Hen
national :
Benjamin Har rlso
resident
...............
Levi P. Morton derson; lieutenant governor, M. C.
ice President,
JamesG. Blaine
»cretary of State
Charles Foster. Alford, of Lexington; attorney, W.
Scretary of Treasury
John W. Noble J. Hendricks, of
Flemingsburg:
frelary of Interior
Redfield Proctor
¡cretary of War
Benjamin
F.
Tracey
auditor, treasurer, suDerintendeiit
seretarv of Navy
Jeremiah M. Rusk
sereiary of Agriculture
Win. H. Miller of public instruction, register of the
.ttorney General
. John Wauamaker
ostmaster General
land office, and clerk of the court
STATE—OREGON :
„
(
J. N. Dolph of appeals.
All are democrats, and
. S. Senators
B
i J. H Mitehan
K. Binger Hermenn go in by majorities ranging from
ongressman
D.Syl
IIILDivl
vester
v. ii
a •
overnor
«*» a Pennoyer
»<T»t-l
Geo. W.
McBride 30,000 to 40,000.
Bcretary of State
The new consti
Phil. Metsehnn.
R
Yeasurer
J. B. McElroy tution has carried, and the majority
upt. Public Instruction R
Frank Bakei
R
tate Printer
> R. 8. Bean, for it is placed at anything from
R
z Wm. P. Lord
R
preme Judges
thousand
) W. W. Thayer fifty to one hundred
R
Rheubin S. Strahm
The heavy majority for it was a
SIXTH JUDICIAL district :
to its opponents,
M. D. C lifford great surprise
D
listriet Judge
C has . F. H yde
■ D
listriet Attorney
among
them
were
included some of
D.
8.
DUSTIN
Dint-Representative
(D).
(D) H enry B lackman
Dint-Senator
the best known and ablest public
COUNTY—HARNEY :
men in the state, including Senator
W m . M illef .
(D) .
lounty ujdge
,W. E. G rach Carlisle and Governor Buckner.
Jerk
(D)
T. H. R oberts
TvHsurer
(D)
(D) T. A. M c K innon The peoples’ party has polled about
Irveyur
A. A. C owin «
He riff
• (D)
W. E. A1.BERSON 20,000 votes.
BKessor
. ,
.(D).
These have come
.C has .N ewell
:h,H>l Superintendent tR)
T
hos
.
G
D
odkon
mostly from the republican party.
lock Inspector
...................
W m . A ltnow While the alliance was supposed to
Dinniisaiunrrs
({Ji
Lytle Howard.
lie back of the peoiile’ party, it ha«
HARNEY U. 8. LAND OFFICE:
done
very little for it on account of
egister
............................. J. B. H untington :
eceiver
..H arrison K elley dissensions which arose" last Janu
ary, and which caused the retire
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
ment from the alliance of President
URNS METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH j S. B. Erwin, the peoples’party can
M.D. WILSON Pastor.
didate. The alliance has devoted
There will he preaching by the pastor in each
ninth as follows,until further notice-
itself to the legislature, and proba
1st fh ibath—Burns—at 11 a m, and 4:30 pm
2d Sai.bath—Island School House— Rt 11 a m bly has practical control of that
—Harney—at 7:30pm.
3d Sabbath—Burn*— it 11 a m. and 4:30 p m body, and so will control revision
4th Sabbath—Harney—at llim. and 7:30 p m
of the laws under the new constitu
SOCIETIES.
tion.
HARNEY LODGE, NO. 77, I. O O F.
Meet« at Odd Fellows Hall, every Saturday
30 pm,
H, M. H orton , N. G.
*n Brown, Tress
HARNET POS T NO. 43. G. A. R.
Meets every let and'ad Wedneedav of each
touth. at odd Fellow»' Hall. All Comrades
» govdstanding invited.
„
M. M. BRIERI.Y, P. C.
C has . K rwell . Ad’j't.
Meh 13-1«
U. S. MAILS.
BURNS— vale :
I vet and depart* daily, bundaya excepted.
BURN*—CANTON CITY*.
JwMondaj* Wednesday», Friday*. 6pm. a
Taeaoaja Tburadajs a Saturdays 10 <&»“•
The Heoaomy of Pain.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES I
I QUOTE YOU
Mr. Howells says "we are all ■ —
blinded, we are all weakened, by a ”
false ideal of self-sacrifice.” Even
1___ Drv Granulated Sugar, $ 9.75 per 1001b I have just received a full and
2.10
complete Stock of Dry Goods,
a cursory glance at ourselves and yaifs
7.80 h keg. Groceries, Hardware, Tinware
those about out confirms the truth Flour,
6.00
barrel Notions, etc , which I will sell
of this statement. In some way we Omaha Bacon............ 18 80 ** 100 lb at BEDROCK PRICES FOR
3.00 u can CASH ONLY
have so misinterpreted the Rible as L’oal Oil (Pearl).........
Yours Respectfully,
to believe that pure religion and un-
* HOM^8',N>
A. ROBBINS
defiled consists in ignoring common-1
sense. We do not dare trust our
own judgement in the cries of sor WHOLESALE !
RETAIL I I
row and disaster, and imagine that
the most painful course, bv reason
HUNTINGTON, ............................................. OREGON.
of its very pain, is the one we ought
to follow. Many of our funeral
customs, through a false idea of
what is due the dead, become bar
We are now located in the New Brick Block, with plenty of room,
barous inflictions upon the living.
occupying three floors, and each floor loaded With gOODS.
We are wanting in feeling for those
whom God has taken, we believe,
wiii maintain our former rules:
if we do not torture ourselves bv
every sight and sound calculated to
We buy Flour, Meats. Stock Salt, Barb Wire, Liverpool Salt,
increase our suffering. Tt is a Canned Goods, and Coal Oil in CAR LOADS. Our Prices are LOW.
remnant, perhaps, of the savage idea
SEND FOR QUOTATIONS ■ !
that a grave must be heaped with
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
sacrifices.
There is such a thing ns a luxury
Prprietors Huntington Warehouse.
Yours Respecfullv,
of woe amounting to dissipation.
J. H. AITKIN, Manager.
Tt is quite as selfish as ar.v avoid
ance of pain and more injurious to
others. Children are dressed in
mourning garments, the significance
Portland Boot 6c Shoe Store.
of which they cannot understand,
LUNABURG A FRY, P roprietors , B urns , O regon .
and depressed by darkened windows
and hysterical outbursts of grief. $>¿3,000 stock Boots and Shoe«, of the very beat duality. Just received
Sometimes they grow to hate the
Cheapest Place in Town for Cash,
very name of the dead, whom in
Also. Custom work and Repairing neatly done.
their ignorance they hold accounta
ble for the dreariness of their
lives.—Harpers Bazar.
o.
o.
CO.
G eneral M erchandise ,
Best Ouality.
Square Dealing. One Price»
The Only Blur Gum Nrgro in Texas
Lufkin has a curiosity in the per
Proprietors.
son of Gideon Crane, the only "blue
gum” negro now in Texas. This
negro, from documentary evidence j
now in his possession, is a living
descendant of a crowned monarch
of Stanley’s dark continent, and he
freely admits to those to whom he
gives his confidence that his bite is
The Proprietors of the Red Front and White Front Livery Sta
bles assures the public that they are prepared to accommodate
more deadly than the adder of the
in every way in their line of business.
East or the rattlesneak of the West.
fW“llav and grain constantly on hands, and careful hands.
Strange as it may seem, the race so
Passengers
taken to all parts of the country. Job Wagon ir. connection.
graphically described in the British
Encyclopaedia is now nearly extinct. j
and stranger still that Lufkin)
should be the home of one who coins
himself one among the last of the We wish to inform the pub-
dreaded tribe who carry with them
the patronage. Shop
instant death to a hated enemy. lie that we have again open-
"Gid,” as he is familiarly called, is
upplied with good meat*
a quiet and inoffencive negro, until ‘at ^,e
stand and
thoroughly aroused, when the
venom of his passion is seen in the
putrid green of his eye, and woe be
The Incorporated
tide the victim upon whom he con
centrates bis anger or fastens his
fangs. He is now the humble keep
er of a hostelry in our town, and
TRANSPORTATION Company.
serves meals at all hours to the
C. C. McCoy, General Manager,
hungry wayfarer, and when he once
-------O-:-o-------
says “ You must take coffee without
Stages leave Burns, Oregon, daily for Harney, Drewsey, Beulah,
sugar,” they simply take coffee
Westfall and Vale, where
without sugar.—San Antonio Ex-
Close Connection is Made
press.
with the railroad. Good fresh horses, careful drivers, new vehicles.
There is living near Higbee, in
Randolph County. Missouri, an old
negromanand his wife named Hitt
who are aged respectively 122 and
113. The story seems incredulous
hut the colored people have proof.
Alligators have made theii ap
Hitt and his wife have had fifteen
One
children, the youngest of which died pearanctin the Missouri River.
the
i
of
considerable
size
was
seen
at the age of 70 years. Unquestion
other day following the steamer
ably this is the oldest pair in the
country, and Hitt is perhaps the Benton while passing Rocheport,
oldest man in the United States. i Boone County.
. NORTHWESTERN MAIL
RATES or FAKE FROM BURNS TO ONTARIO AND INTERVENING POINTS
Burn«. t<> Ontario
|IO 0* I
Burns to Vala
5»
••
•• Grove« Itjr .
R 10 I
•• West Fall
7 50
M Bealah ...... ...........
6 00 I
“ Drewsey
. 4 00
••
•Fine Creek
2 fiO |
•
•• Harney
...
100
Baggage, 30lbs to each Passenger. Frieght and Passengers must
Passenger fare paid in advance.
be way-billed. ~
N eki A xles ,
J.M V achon .
H akky F loyd ,
D vision Agent.
Gon. Sup’t.
Burn
Agen