— One would think that all the
—J. I. Sturgill of Baker City is
- cit zens of Burns and vicmitv were stopping at the Burns.
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threatened with some fatal epidem-: —Notice adv.of E. H. Thompson
WKDNKSDAÏ JUNE 51W»
: lie, from the number of life insur of Baker City, in another column.
: ance agents that have been plying, . —See
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change in Robinson <fc1
¿AB THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF their vocation in the town and ad- Walton
. ......... adv. The best Tonsorial
ANY NEWSPAPER IN THIS COUNTY.
Parlor in town.
jacent country.
Religions Services.
—Mrs. Baker of Sil vies Valiev
—A carrier pigeon marked with
Burns 1st. and 3rd. Sundays of
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is
iu town the guest of Mrs. Britten
the letter “B” and figures “44” on
the month 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
at the Burns.
silver band around its leg, flew in
Narrows 2nd. Sunday, 11 a. m. and
—No 48 G. A. R. of Harney .
to the window of the residence of
7 p.m. Silver Creek 4th. Sunday
I County appropriately observed
J. 8. Kenyon, a few days since. No i memorial dav, in Burns,last Thurs
11a. m. and 7 p. m Harney 5th
one here can tell the home of the day.
Sunday 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. and
pigeon, but this reference to it being
—M. N. Fegtley, after an absence
Thursdays at 7 p. m. before the 1st.
here, may be read by some one hav-1
-' on the Owyhee, in
iree months
and 3rd Sundays, Poison Creek
ing a knowledge of the brand and Malheur County, returned last
Thursdayat 7 p. m. after 1st. and
lead to its identification.
Monday.
3rd Sundays.
A good lesson may be learned by calling on J. DURKHEIMER
—There is a woman residing ini —J. M. Duncan a resident of
R ev . G ibson ,
the leading merchant of Harney Valley and getting his best terms.
Pastor. West Va., whose pets are snakes, Malhuer county, 16 miles east of
dogs, mice, cats and goats, but she i
’8 ’’topping at the Burns, lir. My stock is large complete & only first class qualities,
I buy all
loves
her
net
snakes
the
best
and
Duncan
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a
g°°
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account,
ag-
Local News.
loves her pet snakes the best, and ricu]tura]ly>of hiscounty. The late my goods for Spot Cash & the following prices talk.
<. e’ve been yisited with,
—Latest style of ladies hats at says she can charm any snake.
eastern prices.
She is a hard working woman and fortunately for Malhuer. did not
J. Duikheimer. about the only recreation she takes ' call on that county, consequently
—John Muldrick of Canyon city is a romp with her pet snakes every the finit, vegetables, etc., were not
day. Some folks say this is rather nijur'd UP *<'
he left homc
is in our town today.
J
wmch
which was the 28th ult.
snakish.
—Notice in this issue the local
—We are glad to see our friend
SHOES $1.40
SOLD
ELSEWHERE
AT $2.50
A load of Chinese was shipped jarneB Newcomen back from his • LADIES
of the 0. C. Co.
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2.00
—Oscar Wilde was sentenced to from Walla., Walla, to the north visit ~to England his old home,
fork of John Day, to work in the i The people here will remember that
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two years imprisonment.
1.10
2.00
mines. But when they arrived Newcomen left here in company
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Mr.
Richmond
who
professed
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—J. R. Gould is running the there, they were politely informed
CHILD
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1.50
to
be
a
baptist
minister,
but
it
B-irnsOakley mail route.
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their services in the mines there, seems he was sadly lacking in mor- MENS
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2.50
5.00
—Mrs. Haskell has a garden full were not required and 1 >aded them rt . ]s. Mr. Newcomen thinks Rich
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT BOOT $4.50 ELSEWHERE $6.50
mond is the most brazen, bilkinest
up and sent ’em back.
of flowers.
ll
bilk that ever bilked a bilk or an
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3.25
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5.50
-The I. O. O. F. of this place , ¡¡^“min i Mr Newcomen will
—Wool is now being moved from
the county to the R. R. in large held their semi-annual election at remain here if he can get the kind
the regular meeting of the lodge of employment he desires.
quantities.
—In a few days, ten or twelve May 25th., and elected the follow-( _E j Marshall residing near
freight teams will be in loaded with ing officers, for the ensuing term. Harney died of enlargement of the
For N. G., W. Y. King. V. G., W. C. heart, on the afternoon of the 3rd
merchandise for our merchants.
Byrd, Rec. Seoy., M. L. Lewis, Per.!* iiiBt. He died it ts supposed very1
—The P. L. 8. Co. are gathering Secy. J. S. Kenyon, Treas. II. M. suddenly, no one being about the’
bouse at the time When found
stock near here this week. Sever Horton.
about
5 o’clock in the afternoon, he
al of the boys have been in town.
was
lying
on the sofa dead, and
—The Canyon News in its last
-State Treasurer Metscham and issue tells of a man passing through appearances indicated he passed
away without a struggle. He had
daughter are visiting friends in
that town going to the mines, who thrown a coat over his shoulderR,
Canyon City.
had met with some accident in days probably with t he intention of going
-The largest fish of the reason gone by, which caused the loss by 1 to sleep or at least taking a rest, the
«as caught by Ed Walton, last amputation of both hands and goes [coat was not at all disarranged,'
hursday morning.
Length 22 on to say. “He is poor, but bis in I which shows that he niu.-t have
died without pain, and so easy and
inches, weight 4 pounds,
dustry notwithstanding his afflic free from pain, that he did not
-Jas. Anderson and family spent tion, aught to put to shame many a realize what was approaching. Dr.
several days of the last week in our mar. who is more fortunate. He Marsden was notified and went to
™i,ing hie Ullcle si d Aunt will do a day’s work with any Harney and held a post mortem
miner, having a pick strapped to examination declaring, as before
Mr“d Mr.. Ch«.. Anderson.
stated, that Mr. Marshall died of
his wrists, and can e en write a I heart failure.
-"nr town was visited this week good plain ‘hand’ with a pen be i
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mod '"r"'8 n“cli:ne rfcP«irer whose tween his severed wrists.
Secretary Gresham died at the
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care of Dr M
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^airJd°hn *\icNul‘y ’ho has
*Tfr»l year?' h °Ur C°Unly for
California, wb?a8/°ne back to
.^heexpecu f
‘"^orthr^ye,?
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cattle. A,*
bpre cheaper
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’he co,\1‘ * 'h’PP-d alive
nt.mu<!h n,or®
aC?,MK’>n<| °r..,rt,g”d at a»K>ut
of the mA
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frt#h
,??°ked. salt-
p*Jur,,i»h tier/ d.‘hl> country
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—The Blue Bucket mine excite- Arlington Hotel Washington D. C.
ment is again started in cur county I at 1:15 o’clock the morning of the
, 28th ult.
It is now said parties accompanied
by’ an old man, who crossed the
“The Burns” was the favorite j
plains at that time and who feels hotel during the term of circuit
satisfied he can locate the spot court recently held in Harney
where the precious stuff was picked county. Mr. and Mrs. Britten, the
up, and the nuggets beaten between , host and hostess, are well pleased
", and 7 found
e
7“ to
. u be malleable.
nil , 'with
Burns, ...
their new home, and
rocks
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| their many friends will rejoice to
He thinks be can remember cer learn that they are making a sue-]
tain land marks in our county, ' cess of the hotel business.
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which will enable him to locate the | people of Burns appreciate their ef-I
place. We only hope the party forts in this direction, fully realiz-j
ing that the hotel always has con-
may be successful.
' Biderable to do with a stranger’s
—J. Durkheimer H. E. Thomp opinion of a town.—Canyon News.
son and Dr. Marsden have made
and are making substantial as well
WE OFFER.
as handsome improvements on
Stock Salt at $8.50 per ton sacked!
their respective grounds, which add
WOOL STORED FREE!
much to the beauty and usefulness
R. R. RATES THE BE8T! (
of the lota and is an ’example of( Can any point offer more? We
what all our citizens could do, if so are the competing point and this is
minded. Mr. Thompson has r re - ‘ the place to send your WOOL.
ceived and put in place a small en
Rn" 25 cts rate to l’endletion from here.
gine to raise water from his well for ___
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irrigating purposes. Several others
y
No point can offer better than
of our citizens have been improving here...........
Buyers are here getting wcol.
the grounds around their dwellings. ¡ Don’t overlook ’
your interest in the
but some of us are lazy about it above WHICH
!H ARE FACT8.I
and do not seem to care very much,
Don’t be misled bv irresponsible of-1 {VD'DY'fWíl
this should not be the case for fers
—we cao duplieate any propoei-
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these improvements adds very tiun.
Send your wool in our care.
much to the beauty of our town as
Rerp’t.
well as enhances the value of our
O C. Co..
prrperty
Huntington Ore.
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Tours truly,
J. Durkheimer