PUT YOUR regon ADVERTISEMENT IN THE HERALD. VOL. IV, WHY» FCAt sF IT GOES BEFORE THE PUB- TWiCE WEEK BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER Semi-Weekly Herald, GoveoaorBhip of Congo tree. It was so deeply imbedded GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES ! that only chips from its edges could London, Sept. 25.—It is true that be broken oft‘. BY Her.rv M. Stanley never accepted Poison from the stinger was kill A full and Complete Stock of Groceries ami Supplies. W. C. BYRD & SON. ' the governorship of the Congo Free ing the tree, and its foliage was P ublishers and P roprietors . State. Recently King Leopold of curled and witheied when the hoop Ranchers wishing to purchase thei<- supplies will do well to call and see Belgium offered the place to a Ger snake hunters first saw it. An ugly what we can do for you before going elsewhere. man officer, Van Wiztnan, but it | green liquid dripped from the hol SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Everything at BED ROCK PRICES One Year >3.00 I was declined. It was again pressed | Six Months. 1.50 low stinger like sape from a sugar H. E T hompson , Yours Respectfully, Three Months .75 1 upon Stanley. It is notorious that j tree spile and deadened the graen it Manager. A. ROBBINS One Year (in advance) .2.50 ! Leopold believes Stanley to he the | fell upon.—N ew York Morning 1IERAL1) CLUB LIST Herald and Harper’* Magazine.............. 5.00 only man who could make the Co - Journal. Herald and Har|ier’s Weekly ........ 5.20 WHOLESALE ! RETAIL I Herald and Harper’s Bazar 5.20 goexperiment a profitable one. So I Herald and Har)<er's Young People 3.75 anxious was the king to have Stan- Herald and Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia, 2.1*0 The morning Oregonian of Sept. Each additional volume after Vol. 1, 55 cents: lev take th office that he offered to HUNTINGTON, OREGON 10 cents extra ver volume, postage. 30 gives an account of a certain pay the $10,(MX) forfeit which would revolution in the republic of Gua jft^^Copies of all the above works can be ex amined at leisure in the Reading Room i>e due the Melbourne impressario. temala, which will, unquestionably Publishi rs of periodicals are solicited Smyth, if Stanley should break his become general. On the 15th of We are now located in the New Brick Block, with plenty of room, to send clubbing rates, a <-. pv of their work for to lecture in Australia Sept while the people were cele occupying three floors, and each floor loaded With POODS, , our Free Reading Room—W e file, und bind the contract latter at ek.se of every half-volume, end n«v “ 1 Stanley was quite recently half dis- Uniting the anniversary of their Copies bv advertisement. Will maintain our former rules: Square Dealing, ¿ae Price. posed to change his mind and re national holiday in the city ofGua-: ------- -—------ «—— turn to the Congo, if only for th»- tetnala, they objected to the ortiors Best Ouality. ADVERTÍSINC. RATES: We buv rlour, Meats, Stock Salt, Barb Wire, Liverpool Salt, «F ACE ¡ 1 wk I 2 wk 1 mo 3 mo 1 6 mo 1 1 yr opportunity that would l>e afforded of the day selected by President Canned Goods, and Coal Oil in CAR LOADS. Our Paices are LOW. 115.00 1 »1 50 |2.50 K> oo *N 'X) Ô OU 4 00 6.50 12 UÌ IS. 00 2KJ0 of settling old scores withTippoTid. Karri II as and the orators were dri 40 0u . 3.50 5.00 KOO 15.00 24 00 SEND FOR QUOTATIONS I ! 1 4 50 6 00 10 00 20 00 32.00 50 00 who has lately been openlv villifv- ven from the rostrum by the peo 1 6 00 9 00 15 00 2S.0O 4M. 00 54 00 1 12 -X) 16 00 2K 00 4M 00 K0.00 120 011 ing Stanley at Zanzibar, probably ole. A battalion of infantry was CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 1 20 00 U) 00 40 00 60.00 110.00 140.00 emboldened by the belief that »h< thrown out. but the assault made bv Prprietors Huntington Warehouse. Yours Respeefully, redoubtable explorer would never JOB WORK the citizens was to great and the J. H. AITKIN, Manager. return to Af-ica. Mrs. Stanley was infantry was conipeled to retieat. Of every description exet uted with neatness quite pleased with the idea of oc and despatch, at reasonable rate». “ ~ I'he ••H-mbers ofthe niobthen shout Pamphlet» Posters, Circulars. cupying a semi regai throne. Ini’ bill Heads, l etter Head», Envelopes, •d “Let us storm the national palace; Portland Boot & Shoe Store Note Heads. Carda, Tickets, Statemeli s, her mother would not hear of i*. Invitations. Dodgers. Etc. Memoratili a. kill Harrillas and rest.ire the repub LUNABURG A- FRY, P roprietors , B urns , O regon . and it is stated by people who ought lican form of govt riiineiit. Guate T he H erald is kept regularly on C’e for re I ference, in the Geo. P. Kouell Newspaper A<1 to know that Stanley yielded to his mala should not te ruled bv a die MoekB.ints and Shoes, of the very best duality just received ertising Bureau, lusprutest.. New York. mother-in-law in the matter, al Cheapest Place in Town for Cash t.itor The pbilidering of the mi though he and bis wife was in- tional treasury iitii-d 'ceWfce” The OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. : clined to go. Gossip bus it that the Alaa.’Cnatom work »nd Repairing neatly done. 'ttenipt was made bitt unsuccessful I non ar-rival of a yearned-for little national : because of the infantry and artil Benjamin Hur rigo Stanley is M's. Tetinants's grit-v President lery guarding it. The fight in the Levi P. Morton Vi. e-Pregident. It is known in Brussels that JameaG. Blaine i ance. Secretary of state -treets lasted four days and fully Charles Foster. Secretary of Treasury Ji.bn W. Noble some of the ablest officers in the ecretary of Interior 5 X) lives were s icr'ficed. Salvador Redfield Proctor beerei ary of War Benjamin F. Traiev 1 Congo country will resign if Stan gei rotary of Navy is moving troops to the southern Jeremiah M. Rusk Secretary of Agrii ultnre Long and frontier of Gnateina la. it is believed, Wm. H. Miller ley becomes governor. Attorney General BRENTON <fc FINE Proprietors. John Wanamaker Pvstmagter General bloody war with the Arabs may for the purpo-e of invading tlie lat STATE— OREGON : J. N. Dolph i also be counted on as a result of Ms R Í ter country if the city <>f Guatema U .».Senators J. H Miti han r . : Binger . Hermelin assuming control of affaits in that la revo.t spreads to interior points. Congressman D.Sylvester Pennoyer Governor Geo. W. McBride R ..................... ...... region. Secretary of State l’hil. Melt» han. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. w I s 1 R Treasurer Bupt. Public Instruction State Printer Supreme Judge! R R R R D J. B. McElroi Frank Bakei i R 8. Bean. Í Wm. P. Ixirii ) W. W. Thai er Rlieuhin 8. Strahni A Goblrr Sim < »n a .Melon. Chasetl by a Hoop Snake. SIXTH JUDICIAL district : I> M. D. C lifford District Judge ,D C has . F. Hvns District Attorney (li). D. S. D ustin Joint-Representative .(D) H enry B lackman Joint-Seuatvr COUNTY—HARNEY ! W m . M illke (D) County . ldge .W. E. G rack (D) Clerk T. 11. ROBERT! Treasurer . (D) (H) T. A. M c K innon buiveyor A. A. Co.» ino Bherin .(D) • (D). W. E. A lberson Assessor CHAS.NE.' ei . l School Superintendent (R) Taos. G. D odson Stock Inspector (D) Í 'D; ( Commieeionere DIRECTORY URNS METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH M.D. WILSON Pastor. There will be preaching by the pastor in each Month as follow a. until further nutit e >•1 >abbaih—buri ■—al 11 a in, and 4:30 p m k<i Sabbath—lalana b< bool Houae— at 11 a m “ —Harney—at 7:30 p m. id Sabbath—burnt»—it 11 a m. and 4:30 p m 4th Sabbath— Hari.ej— at Ila m, and 7:t0p m SOCIETIES harney lodge , no . n, I J 1 W k . ALTNOW • Lytle Howard. HARNEY l>. ». LAMI* OFFICE: Regiater J. B. HüNTlNOTOK Reieiver ..H arrison K elley CHURCH | I. o <» f. Meets at Odd Fellows Hall, every Saturday 7 30pm, H. M HORYOV, N.G. Ben Brown. Tress HARNEY POS T NO. 4S. 6. A. R Meet» every 1st »nd*id Wedneadav of each month, at * Kid Fellows’ Hmll. All Comrsuee In (ooditanding invited. „ „ _ M. M. BRIERLY. P. C. Ca*g. N ewell . Ad’J’t. Mchi»-W U. S. MAILS. ■csss— vale , . Arrives and departs daily, sundsys excepted. ■UBSS—CASTO!, <rrY: Arrives Mondais, Wedncsdais. Fridays.fP" Lea»»» Tuesdays, TueadaA, A Saturday» * am Mr. James Grier, who licit s about five miles east of Dawson, has a The Proprietors of the White Front Liverv Stable A hoop snat-» chased Architect turkev gobbler that is a curiosity. sures the public that they are prepared to accommodate Rufus B. Van Tderstine down Mr. Gvie“’s turkeys consisted of two in every way in their line of business. and grain constantly on hands, ami careful hands. Orange Mountain. New Jersey, a hens and the gobbler The hens Passengers taken to nil parts of the country. Joi. Wagon it, connection. few days ago, and he onley escaped made nests about »5 yards apart i an awful death by strategy. in Mr. Grier’s no-lam i natch, laid G ';ngto East Orange he saw their nests full of eegs and went to ZB URNS BUTCHER SHOP what I e supposed was a twelve-foot telling. The gobbler go» lonesome BYERLEY <t STUBBLEFIELD Proprietor section of fire-nose hanging over a and co icluded that the proper thing rock high ^liove the road. On close f.*r him to d<* was to set also. He inspec’ion he saw it was a serpent got an equal distance between the with a head like a bull dog and a ten turkev hens, squatted over ii guinea watermelon anti set «ix weeks tail that ended with a barbed sting I before he was discovered. Mr ‘Grier er half a foot long thought that hi« gobi ler. hud been Rufus took to his heels when he stolen. an<l was utterly astonished Full weight given. Good l*e> t ot* the block. Mutton, pork saw the monster move down the «hen he found him in the natch venison and game. when on the market. rocks. He got half a mile start, trving to hatch out young melons. —Enquirer Sun but looking back nt the bend of the The Incorporated road he saw the snake grasp its CaiiM-d by the Earthquake. tail in its mouth, forming a hoop, Waverly, III . Sept 2H —Seven that rolled swiftly after him Th • teen miles aouthwmd of this city lies hoon-snake came on with electric a small strea..... ailed Panther creek. gjteed. When the frightful creature On this stream are sevtral large TRANSPORTATION Company was within a hundred yardsof-hitn. eaves. During the earthquake on C. C. McCoy, General Manager, ------- o-.-o-------- Van darted tiehind a big oak. The Saturday night crush after crash was heard to resound from the larg Stages leave Burna. Oregon, daily for Harney, Drewsey, Beulah. The hoop snake swerved, and com er cave, and on invetigation it was Westfall and Vale, where ing on in blind rage, drove his spear found that numlters of targe fissures in the rocks had appeared. Masses like tail into the tree. Close Connection is Made It was traped Van hurried to of atone fell from the ceiling and a with the railroad. Good fresh horses, careful drivers, new vehicles, RATES OF FARE FROM Bl RN» TO ONTARIO AND IMIMIMM- I DIMS: Orange for help to return and des small subterranean lake covering I»®» Burna to Vale Bnrns. to Ornarlo 110 almost half an acre has entirely dis - Weal Fall •’ •• Grovel it y M 50 troy the monster. Two hours lat appeared. In the bottom of the K •• •• Drewaey - •• Mulsh « .... t. •' •• Harney - ’• Pine (. leek ? Ä0 I ter half a dozen men, with shotguns former lake are a large number of ascended the mountain. The hoop- fissures. A strong smell of burn Baggage, 30lbs to each Passenger. Frieght and Passengers most Passenger fare paid in advance. he way-billed. P anake was gone It ha/i pulled its ing sulpher pervades th* cave. It J M.V aiohx , N eri A ckles , H arry F m > vd , is l*eing visited by throngs of peo tsil out of the hollov, horney sting Burns Agent Division Agent. Gen. Sup ’ t. ple—The Republic. er which was left hurried in the N0RTHWES1ERN MAIL I