—Prof. Newell
yesterday.
was in
Burns
—Hon. J. B. Huntington return-
I ed last Wednesday afternoon.
—East Oregon wool is quoted at
| from 5 to 7 cents per pound. Beef
and mutton is bringing good prices.
—The Baker City Democrat, last
week reported four cases of house
1 —Zac Hogan and Dick Miller
breaking
in that city and vicinity
circulation of
made final proof on their respect
during the week.
U5 “U apeb in this county .
ive Homestead entries the latter
—At the Virtue mine on the 1st
I part of last week
Bob
day
of this month Thos.Gold worthy
iHigions Services.
—Messrs. Joe Williams,
Sunday, of
a miner shot John Preston also a
Williams, Isaac Foster and T. J.
miner. Goldworthy fired five shots
A, ».lb U
»“» ' p m l
and Shields, were in Burns on business
two taking -'fleet one ball entering
.
Silvrr Creek 4tb. Sundae, 'engagements since our last issue. | the side the other the breast. It is
n,in..»d7p.m H«™v
Harney 5th
5th I I —Peter French, and his clerk supposedPieston is mortally wound- •
s.«d«yll»'^and, " 7/. ►. m and1 Frank Rieder were here the latter ed.
Thursdays at ’ P- 111 .before the 1st. part of last week.
Boarding and lodging at Mr and
—We saw the wagon
and 3rd Sundays. Poison Creek
Mrs. Andersons in the south west j
Thursday at 7 p. I. m.
- after 1st. and bed room set of furniture at the division of our town. Customers
shop of John Spitzer, yesterday ! can be .. accommodated
. ......... ............ with meals 1 the
3rd Sundays.
R ev . G ibson ,
morning. On inquiry found the . ft(. aj| bours and the proprietors j
Pastor. furniture was for 11. E. Thompson I gpa,e n0 pain8 to inafce gue8ts com-1
' j my
| and he is very well pleased with it. ’ fortable and at home.
KDNKSDAYMAY 8 UM.
Local
NeftS.
,
—Mart Brenton’s four fingers of
fihat. and E. J. Anderson.
-Latest style of ladies hats at | the right hand are suffering from
! the effects of having a norse at one
eastern prices.
J. Duikheimer. end of a rope the other around his (
and the horse going . faster'
-Roberts Bros can sell you a fingers
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Lite improved bathtub f<>r the . than wa8 healthy for Mart’s fingers.
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A good lesson may be learned by calling on J. DURKHEIMER
.
leading merchant of Harney Valley and getting his best terms.
stock -g jarge COmplete & only first class qualities,
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goods for Spot Cash & the following prices talk.
I
buy
all
i
Mrs. Robert Drinkwater will
be ¡n our town in a few days with a
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first c]nF6Stock of millinery. She
polite
the
ladies of T *
r......... i j y requests
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AT $2.50
ELSEWHERE
SOLD
SHOES $1.40
gurn6 and vicinity, when her stock 1 LADIES
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2.00
1.10
More than the usual number of arrives, to call anu examine her
small sum of $12.
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2.00
-Two fine rains hero in the last persons from different parts of the line of goods and prices.
1.10
county
have
visited
the
county;
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4<
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week.
1.50
.88
CHILD
seat in the last week, among whom
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4Í
(4
-Mrs. Altie Sizemore and Mrs.
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5.00
MENS
we notice A. Venator, H L. Wright, ’ Present sorrow wings are taking,
Lizzie Johnson were immers« d by
Pleaeent
memories
are
waking,
| Allert Ward, Rye Smyth and a |
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT BOOT $4.50 ELSEWHERE $6.50
Pastor Gibson last Sunday.
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And
life
’
s
sun
bedecks
with
splendor
,
I young Mr. II irton.
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3.25
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5.50
Her whom d 'ty called to roam,
—Loyd Johnson has been quite
—We see in an exchange that
sick the last week, but is now able
Yet the sympathy thats
the Washington and Columbia
In
those
lines so sweet and tender (
tobe up again.
River Railway Company contem
—Mr Sam Parrish and his sister plate extending the road, traversing Makes the tears rise up unbidden ,
O’er the welcome news from home.'
Miss Emma, residents of Canyon | 3outhern Umatilla, Grant, Harney
—MISS ABBIE KENYON. ’
Citv are Visiting the family of an(j Lane counties, in this state,
John W Sayer.
and entering California at the
—T. A. McKinnon was in town northeastern border of Modoc c.oun-
Van Items.
yesterday. The boys say he spends ty, with San Francisco as the oh-
most of bis time at Soda fishing and jective point,
V an , O regon May 3. 1895, i
drinking soda water.
—The trouble between the 3et-1
M r L. Kribs who has been ’ill with '
—Subscribe for the Portland | tiers and renegade Indians of Kal-
fever for the past three weeks, is re
Weekly Sun only $1 a year, This (ispell Va ley Wash., which has
ported better.
1
paper should be encouraged, for the been brewing for some time, has
simple reason it is truthful and resulted in an open conflict. Three
news».
settlers were attacked by a band of last ten days,
One or (W0 light cases of lagrippe
—The crickets in this county red skins a few days ago, and driv-
our neighborhood.
are said to be thicker than ever en from a quarter section of land
they
were fencing in. The Indians'
. . . . ...»
known here, we mean by thicker
J
.
Millions of crickets, but the gran-
armed with clubs, except one I
.
.
,
,
° .
more nuuiero
We fear our crops were
, ,
m
...
gers are going right ahead puttiug
who
had
an
iron
bar.
The
settlers
?
6
6
r
&
will suffer.
escaped to the opposite side of the'ln croP3,
—A party of miners on Snake
river
I Four Jew peddlers congregated
riier a short time since, on Sturgill
at Van one night this week.
—We g«t the following school
Bar, below the mouth of Burnt
V anity .
fiver, picked up nuggets worth statistics of our county from the
annual report made by our County
nearly fifteen thousand dollars.
School Superintendent. Number
—Miss Dot Bowen was taken
L ivingston A lberta N. W. T. '
of pupils in the county 805, in
ver- r>ck Monday afternoon, and
April 20th., ’95.
Br. Marsden called to see her. The the school during the year 621.
E d . H erald —It has snowed here
1,r®n his return reported her con Teachers in the county 28, em- to day about six inches and is still
j ployed 25. School fund apportion
dition much improved.
snowing but melting, now, as fast
<ed during the year $8396, amount
as it falls. Two weeks ago T 1 was I
-Cyclone at Aurora Ill the 4th | on hand March 4, 1895 $79.46.
digging a cellar and the ground
this month four persons killed '
—Julius Durkheimer returned was frozen 4 feet in depth,
Grass
'J »falling wallin the village of St.'
arlea. Several other persons in- from Portland Monday morning. has just started here, and I have
Mr. Bowers, of Baker City who was come to the conclusion that the
Jlire,J two or three fatally.
here a short time rince in company climate here is similar to Harney, i
~~^r Miller and family who re-
re- with Mr. Burns, both of the latter Farmers have just commenced I
ce"’ly moved mto the N. Brown being interested in the building of
plowing. Stock looks well and
^"'dence, last occupied by Sheriff the contemplated
wagon
road there is an abundance of old grass
‘«mgs. came here from Portland through from Drewsey to Bake-so
"ng ken a resident of tbat - as to if possible secure our trade, and snow does not lay on long so
that stock winters well without
"tenyear.
Mr. Miller has per- came in with Mr. Duikheimer.
being fed. Ths wind is still blow-
®<nently loca'ed with us.
—The decision of Secretary Hoke I ing but the citizens say it will cease
-The Mastachusets school teach-
Smith is now in this kcal land | the 1st of May and remain calm un
lamenting the short com- office, overruling the land decision , til th 1st of September. Times are
8s o th-lr pupils in the public in the case of Chapman v Wiliam-. dull here this spring, wages have
' ette Valley Wagcn Road Company, fallen from 140 a month to $26 and
“d"»d lo th. horrible ,ice of
made by Secretary Chandler a $30 The silver question is hurting
g an<1 lhe trouble of the boy», synopsis of which was given in this this country as well as yours. I
•nt t,f f 1(,an|j||rig
q OV8 nre
paper of April 17th. The secre find it costs about as much as
En»
an g'r^8
that New tary’s decision is lengthy, we will ranche is worth, to get the right of1
ih,
n
t
,.
Sldt
'
an
d
the
teachers try ana
and pu
publish it.next week for tne way for an irrigating ditch and'
töink a
e leacnera
Un e, glrIs ,ie to please the benefit of our readers. If Hoke most of the land on which is water
Rd-,he 6071 are dirty be- Smith is right the Road Company
is reserved, the water right is re
>• natural W and be- will have a right to seiect lands on served for stock. This is an old
.n*’iaDd m,y ** ^e Massachu- the wagon road route for the next lease.
hundred years or as long as time
M ,l’H.adini,ea dirty face.
I
shall lest.
J ack G regg .
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Please call <fc my liberal ’teyrn a
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wuioesnreto meet with your
approval.
Yours truly,
J. Durkheimer,