ast ÿrcgon
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. MARCH
23, 1892.
NO. 2ft
(The coat fit J« bnson like a bag.)
“Well here’s your ten dollars.”
“Mr. Shonson, buy von of dose
nice hats fur a dollar mid a haluf
und 1 vount feel der loss on der
coat so much."
"I don’t want your hats ”
“Don’t you v int a pair of 8118
ponders vat vill vare twenty years
for 25 cents?”
tor’s conversation it seems he con- sane, ami he ha«i by his strung«»
aiders that he is a victim of a huge actions badly frightene«! his wife
conspiracy which began with his and other members of the family,
ElU'M AM, l’Altr-iOE THE Wdlll.l)
arrest for irregularities in the in- j His father-in-law, Mr. Ulrich, be­
L BYRD & SON.
surance matter. He appears to sought Constable Willyim Fleming
us and P roprietors .
class the Dunton family as the chief to arrest Pritchard an«l heagree«! to
conspirators. A young woman who do so. lie found Pritchard in a
ntllTION RATES:
has done considerable work as a store, ami told him h«> had come to
»3.00
.1.50
t MoutM.
typewriter for Dr. Scudder, says; arrest him. Pitcbard resisted, and
. .75
tree Months
2.50
■e Year (in advance)
“I have had plenty of oppertinities Fleming commanded him to throw
IAL1» <’ LUD 1.1 ST
“
N«i
”
to study him, ami I believe that he up his hands, but he refused, and
urpei’s- Magazine.............. 5.0<‘ Lou Bluff Witness
as
‘
Don
’
t
you
vaunt
a
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a
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. 5.2<
arper’.s Weekly
'
is perfectly sane. He is a smart I thrust one hand into the pocket of
R
5.2f
Jiirper’x Bazar
caM *
es
a
Wonderful
Mv gootness, gracious, he vas gone! man, but inelined to be disagreeable his overcoat as if to draw a pistol,
riber.< r»Ma
3.7.r
arper’.M Young People
co. 1 »Id at
____
Cyclopedia, 2.9’
len’ii . .jniiold
Ma
Dat
Mr. Shonson is a curious man; and dictatorial.”—East Oregon- i leming immediately fire«! three
acb a«Wfttoiiiii volume after Vol. I. 55 cents
Sale.
e tee i cents extra ner volume, postage.
he don’t vaunt nottings but vat he ian.
i shots, all of which pierce«! Pritch­
Décru J^Copiea of all the above works can be ex
vaunts,
don
’
t
you
see?
”
ard’s body. He foil dead. Flem­
I 1 was cordially greeted by mv
load at Iv.aurc in the Reading Room
'urn!
HIS
WIFE
ANI»
CUCUMBEK8.
ming
gave himself up, but was ex
“
Mr.
S.ieigelhemer.
I
just
picked
Ol«l friend Speigelheimer tester-
Ito«
Hag TMldBM|iBhe:R of periodicals are s.di<ite<
up the tag Moses pulled off that
I onerated by a coroner's jury
He
rates, a copy of their work foi day.
bini
Room—We file unii bind th«
W
ashington
,
March
10.
—
Secre-j
it
’
s
and
coat
you
sold
Johnson,
1
will,
however,
be
examined
by
a
rwt
•teluBe.'i'
ry half volume, end «•“' «I
“Hello Mr. Blufl.it does my soul
by aJbertisenient.
tarv
Rusk
is
thinking
seriously
of
’
magistrate. Pritchard was buried
goot to see you vonce and a vjle.” marked six dollars.”
establishing
a
matrimonial
bureau
haf
sold
today at Silver Citv. an«i had th«1
"Let
me
see!
Oh
mv!
I
"And I am happy to see you.”
advertising RATES
in
connection
with
the
agricultural
largest funeral ever seen in the
“Vat is der news in <ler country. Mr. Shonson'one of dose> fine six-
2 ivk 1 1 mo
department.
The
idea
was
suggest
­
teen
dollar
offercoats
for
t\ji
dollar,
county. He was unarmed when
Mr. Bluff?”
» 2 50 »5 00
1 OU <1.50
ed
by
a
letter
he
recently
received
und
der
vas
no
cue
before
der
six!
killed, and Fleming is centure«! fur
"Nothing of any moment.”
24.00
5.U0 8.00
82.00
<. CO 10 00
from
a
man
out
west,
who
experi
shooting to «luickly. Mr. Ulrich,
‘Moment, that means right Moses, come here, quviek!”
4 s. 00
2.00 15.00
K0.00
merited
with
some
of
the
cucumber
16.00 28.00
row
about
however, says he, ami not Fleming,
"Veil
vat
is
all
der
away, quviek, don’t it, Mr. Bluff?
no oo
;,o oo 40.00 1
seeds
sent
him
by
the
department
is t«» blain*, as he told the latter
“It means, in the sense I have fadder?"
at
the
instance
of
his
representative
Six
dollar!
'
Pritchard was armed, — Dalles
“
Look
at
dot
tag!
JOB WORK
used it, nothing worth mentioning ”
in
congress.
It
appears
the
farmer
Mountaineer.
“Oh, yes I see; vat you don’t Vat does dat mean?"
( every d<> icription executed with neatness
planted
the
cucumber
see«!
an«!
his
id despatch , at reasonable rates
we
haf
no
“
It
means,
fadder,
vant to speak about you yust keep
Pamphlets
Posters,
1
irculara.
It Ohl Have a Meriouii Look.
Letter Heads.
furiler use for dat tag! You had wife afterwaril died from eating
bill Heads,
secret,
don’t it, Mr. Bluff?”
r
Cards, TlcKets,
Note Heads,
some
of
the
cucumbers.
The
farm
­
Dodgers, Etc.
better burn it up.”^
Invitations.
“That’s it.”
Tliere was once a man who bad
‘ Moses, go and figure up der er in his letter to Secretary Rusk
“Oxcuse me, M.’. Bluff, dor vas a
Ln is kept regnlariv on C’e for ru­
le Geo. I’. Rowell Newspaper Ad-
a wooden leg. The man was i an
profits for yesterday, und don’t quit said :
customer."
reau, 10 Spruce st.. New York.
oilier in the Union army, He had
Yon
blamed
•
cucumbers
robbed
“Goot morning, goot morning. til! you get done.”
iye
of
my
wife,
so,
instead
of
send-
lost his leg at Sharpsburg, But
”
Mr. Shonson; haf you offer seen so ; ‘‘All right, dear fauder.
Mig me cucumber seec
seeds this spring, the wooden leg was such a good
' . ... T
mis
FICIAL DIRECTORY
cold a schnap in all your oxperi I “My. gootness, Mr \'>r-
1
Send me another wife. There are a
..............
i bust me higher’n a kite in for years number of likely women in your line that its owner still passed for a
once?”
biped, even among some of hn in­
national :
i if I don’t stop giving away every- department.
“Hardly ever.”
Benjamin Harrison
In reply Secretary Rusk said he timate friends
l.evi P. Morton
nt
“Step up to der stove, Mr. Shon­ ting for notting?"
James G Blaine
Sta'e
One dav a runaway negro, a con­
“You are altogether too liberal ! had nn appropriation from which
___________ Treasury
Charles Foster. son, und get varm "
John W. Noble
eciwtary of w a r
traband,
strol ed into campanil the
Red field Proctor
“I want to look at a cheap spring I 1 “Vouldn’t I make a good pension he «•■mid draw money to send a wife
[ Navy
Benjamin F. Tracer
commissioner for der soldiers, Mr I to the widower, but suggested that oflieer engaged him as his body serv­
Jeremiah M. Rusk overcoat.”
I Agri« ultore,
Wm. II. Miller
¡eneral
th«’ latter come to Washington ami ant.
General
John Wanamaker
“Do you vant von for about four­ Bluff?”
After looking long upon the wine
STATE—OREGON :
“I believe you would do the square pick out one for himself. The sec­
.1. N D.ilh., teen dollar?”
«
I
ITI
retary informed bis correspondent one night at a little dinner, the of­
J. II. Mitch®
"No, I want a ten-dollar coat " ’ thing by the old boys.”
R. Rinser Hermen n
D.Sylvester Pennover
r
“Of course I vould. I vould gif that be has in the department some ficer came home to his tent, lie
"Oh my, oh mv, how unlucky;
f State
“
R Geo. W. McBride
R
Phil. Metschan. I am vust out of ten dollar offer- ’em all a tousand dollar und throw beautiful maidens, many sprightly called his contraband to help him
<• Instruction R
J. B. McElroy
widows, and several well-seasone«! pull off bis boots
Frank Bakei coats; but 1 haf some of the loveli­ in Alaska to boot by shimney.”
1 R 8. Bean.
“Now, Sam," he said, “be careful.
“Well must Ue off. So good day.” I ok! maids.
. Wm. P. Lord est offercoats you efl'er seen for
' W W. Thaver
Oi.e of these boots is tight, and it
“Don’t forget to stop in ven you
Rtuben 8. Strahn. swelve dollar!”
’most pulls mv leg out to get it off
IXTII JUDICIAL district :
Garza WantM •<> Surrender.
"1 want a ten-dollar coat or none are in a hurry un«i vaunt a shirt
M. D. C lifford
ige
D
Besides, I feel fathers flimsy."
| for fifty cents ”
torney
C has F. H yi » e at all.”
.0
esentätive
D. 8. D ustin
ID).
‘Tse alius keerful, boss,” replied
SAN A ntonio , Texas, March 10.
“I won’t. Good day.”
..(D) H enry B lackman
“Oh my! Moses, come here
Sum,
and he carefully removed th«
“Goot dav."—Lou Bluff in Chica­ —It was learned here to-day that
COUNTY—U ARNEY :
quviek!”
Robert Sornmarlin, the attorney of J first boot.
W m . M iller
>
ID) ,■
“Vat ish all der trouble, fadder?” go Blade.
CD)
.W. E. G race
Alejandro Gonzales, fatbe -in-law of: When the contraband began to
T. H. R oberts
(D)
“Vy, Mr. Shonson vants a ten-
ID) T. A. M c K innon
Catarino Garza, is negotiating with pull at the other boot the oflieer
• ID)
A. A. C owing
THE INSANMTY INtEGE.
.ID). W. E. A lberbon dollar offercoat und ve haf notting
■Gov. J. 8 Hogg for the surrender: loosened th«« strap of the wooden
■rintendent
C hab .N ku ell scheaper than swelvt dollar in der
T hob . G. D obson
C hicago , Mir. 8. —Dr. Henry M. ¡of the revoluti »nary leader to the | leg a little. Sain pulle«l hard, and
W m . A ltnow store.”
thigs came with a rush.
Lytle Howard.
“Oh, yes, we haf; up stairs, you Scudder, who is charged with mur­ I state authorities, and it is expected
"There! There! I told you to
dering his mother-in law. and who the formal action will take place in
IBIARNEY U. 8. LAND OFFICE:
know!”
be
careful.” shouted the oflieer an
J. B. H untington
“Sure enough, I forgot dot! Rnn i is confine»! in the detention bospit the course of a few days. Mr Som-
...H arrison K kllky
the
leg came off “I was afraid
up, Moses, und get von You see. al’pending examination as to his I marlin baa returned from Austin. |
you’d pull that leg off.”
SOCIETIES.
Mr. Shonson, dev ver fourteen dol­ sanity, seized a heavy chair yester­ where he had a prolonged interview
Sam saw the leg protruding from
lar und I marked shem down to day afternoon and with a powerful i with the governor and Adjt.-Gen.
■ri.VA REBECCA Degree No. 43.
the top of the boot he had pullc«l
^^^^■verv 1st and 3d Wedncsdav
ten dollars und t«x>k them upstairs swing brought it down on the head Mabry relative to the treatment
•
B elle G ekb , N. O.
of a defenseless lunatic. The vic­ ¡of peaceable citizens by the United- off.
und forgot all about it."
His eyes bulged out like a lob
“Why did you take them up tim dropped as if he ha»l been shot States, troops and the proposed but -[
A. O. U. W. Burns Ixxlge, No 47
star
’s, an«l he yelled just once as In­
ami the doctor was proceeding to render of Garza, who, heannounced
Iwvery 1st and 3d Thursdays
stairs^at all for?”
H. A. D illard , M. W.
sprung
from the door.
“I vill visper you a secret, hut kill him when the attendants rush« d was willing to give himself up if
‘ Iaiinine g«>, lemnie go!” he
don’t say nottings! I vas keeping up and seize«! him. It required assurance was given him that ‘he
M'RNONiA HONOR Lodge. No. 3,
shrieked,
as he dashed throgh tin­
the combined strength of three men would not he turned over to the
iver» 2d and 4th Monday.
dose coats for a rush."
M asía K kllt , C of H
group outside. “I never «lone nuflin,
to disarm the physician and put Mexican authorities.
“Oh, that’s it.”
’f«»re Gawd, I never «lone nuflin!”
NEY LODGE, NO. 77, I. O O F.
“Moses, are you sure you haf one him in his cell. When asked why
at Odd Fellow* Hall, every Saturday
And he was still yelling when h*
An Infuri únate Killing.
J ohn W S a yer , N. G.
of dose fourteen dollar coats vol I he assulted the lunatic he said,
disappeared. They never saw him
kb . Treaa
“Voices told me to do it, because
in camp again.— Boston Herald.
marked down for ten-dollar?”
B oise C ity March 7.—Full par­
ARNEY POST NO. 48, O. A. R.
the man was in league with mv wife
“
Yes,
fadder."
Wry let and 3d Wednesday of each,
and others against me." His son ticulars concerning the unfortunate
Odd Fellows’ Hall. All Comrade,
“Try it on Mr. Shonson.”
standing invited.
killing at Oreana of Sam J. Pritch­
“Oh. my gootness! Mr. Bluff, and father called to see him this
ard, deputy United States marshal
morning
He
seemed
pleased
to
li. 8. MAI IA.
cotne here und see vat a fit.
Did
and secretary of the Republican
■ urn *— valb :
you effer see anyting like dot? I see his son but would not speak to
HINT IM THB WOBin
and departs dally, Mondays excepted.
state central committee, were re­
Hr *. aria<r<|uallU«e«rean«urp«aa»<i. actual'»
bet me four dollar dot coat vas bis father, who, be said, was in
out:
-fina
two bo««a of nny other bran U N-
□uewe—c ah von city :
ceived tonight.
It aeeniH that
tra. xiirbo.i.ir(.FrtHi.orii i'i
MondaySjWedneadaya, Fridays ( pm
made fer Mr Shonson und nobodv league with the people who are try­
” a . jcm obwmui . lt . ry»
lays, Thu-adaya. Saturdays* a. m
ing to ruin him. From the doc- Pritchard Lad suddenly become in­
else "
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