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About East Oregon herald. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 1887-1896 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1895)
—Mrs. Isaac Foster is in town the guest of Mrs. Samuel Miller. The Henil —M. N. Fegtly and family have moved to his homestead on the wg the largest circulation of Owyhee Malhuer couutv. WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 18?» avY SPW8FAPER IN THIS COUNTY^ — An observation party at the residence of Mrs. M. E. Miller last Burns 1st. and 3rd. Sundays of evening was a very enjoyable oc smooth 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. casion. — fteHgions Services. Arrows 2nd. Sunday, 11 a. m.and ■pm Silver Creek 4th. Sunday ¡i a.m.and 7 p. m Harney 5th Sunday 11 a. tn-and 7 p- m and Thursdays at 7 p. m. before the 1st. and 3rd Sundays, Poison Creek Thursday at 7 p. m. after 1st. and 3rd Sundays. R ev . G ibson , Pastor. Local News. —Latest style of ladies eastern prices. hats I —Mrs. Marshall, of the Narrows neighborhood and her daughter, Miss Nora Marshall gave us a pleas ant call yesterday afternoon. —A. C. Worthington was on the sick list seyeral days since our last issue, but is now about well again. —Ben Brown returned from Portland last Monday evening he reports hard times in that city and repeated failures in business. at —GRAND BALL At Lochers J. Duikheimer. Hall the evening of the 4th. Every body expected to be present. Great —Mrs. Fred Ash has gone to pains will be taken by the commit tee appointed for the purpose to en Baker City to visit friends. tertain and introduce strangers. —Mrs. Taylor Simmons gave this —Secretary of State Olney, took the oath of office on the 10th inst. —We visited Harney last Mon and was formally installed. Chief day and found a few crickets cross Justice Fuller administered the ing the road near that place. oath. office a call last Thursday. More Accidents. Ed Jordan accidentally shot him sei" with a 44 caliber pistol last Thursday about noon. He left here that morning about 8 o’clock in company with his brother, Frank, and M. N. Fegtly, to go to his fath er’s ranch, about twenty mile south east of this place Before staiting he put a blanket on the seat of the buckboard and laid on the blanket the pistol that came very near put ting a quietus on his existence. Arriving at his father’s they got out and Ed took hold of the blank et that was on the seat, intending to carry it into the house, forgetting the pistol which he had laid there and which, at that time, was con cealed in the folds; the pistol was jerked from the seat and fell on the bottom of the buck board, hammer down, which was broken by the fall and discharging it at an angle just right that the ball entered his neck on the right side and low down making a wound nine inches from the point the ball entered to the hack of the head, its exit. The ball passed on the outside of the jug ular vein, just mis.-ing it and the neck bone JEd had a very close call and now declares he never «-ants to see another pistol. —J. C Wooley is back from the —Ex-Secretary, Whitney says: railroad with freight for Geer <fc Co. ‘‘I am not and will not be a presi Atty. John Biggs, while attend This firm is receiving a large stock dontial candidate If the silyer ing the hardware store of Chas of hardware mt n should carry the next Demo —Misses Jennie Racine and Clara criitic Convention it will split the Stenger, pupils of St. Francis Acad party.” emy, Baker City, are home in a few days. expected —James Mahon was in town two days the latter part of last week, —We were treated to a serenade placing tomb stones at his wife’3 the other night by some of the grave, who died several years since, band boys. Many thanks boys, the and was buried in the Burns ceme music was excellent. tery . —The 0. C. Co., Huntington, sold —The pastors of Dallas Texas last Monday, 150,000 lbs of wool are striving to prevent, if possible, at prices from 6^ and 8 cts. Send the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight com your wool to them. —John Newman, George Maupin and Milo Cushing came in last Sun day from Baker City; their teams loaded for J. Durkheimer. ing off in that place. A mass meet ing has been held and the business men have declared almost to a man that the fight shall come off as ar ranged. —J B, Huntington and wife have —J. Durkheimer has shipped to gone to Salem after their daughter the R R. 300.000 pounds of wool Eloise, who ha6 been in that city and still has tc ship 140,000 pounds. tor some lime going to school. He has 60 wagons now on the road —Mr. B. Hamilton, a resident of th* Narrows, is suffering with an at tack of typhoid fever. Dr. Mars- ^n, whois attending hiuj, reports him not dangerous. —Stephen Gaylord, who resides nfar Risley, Lake county, was in t0K|’ 'a’v week in company with *rl Cec i. Mr. Gaylord is a broth- «of Mrs. George Williams. to the raiboad, and has received already, 75,000 pounds of merchan dise at his Etore and ware house in this place, and the wagons now out will load for him. This shows very well for our county and town when we take in consideration the age of our county and number of settlers. Mr. Durkheimer has control of about two thirds of the wool clip of this county______________ -Miss Roberts left lastThursday Bryant’s Card. ur a ten days visit to Harney coun- The following is a copy of a card L. Thoi H Roberts, her father, ’ 1 Probably accompany her upon sent the United States supreme court by H. H. Bryant, of Massa r return —Malhuer Gazette. Mrs. J. c. Buchland has re- chusetts, after the decision in the “n*d- W® understand she pur- matter ot the income tax: “To the Prostitute Judges of the '. n*? *Veral t0Wn ,ote in Cald- tk daho, and expects to move to Supreme Bench of the United States. Washington, D. C. it 'n a 8bort timeand make “After Judas had done his dirty rther future home. job he had enough manhood left to °**l® Williams desires return his bribe and then forever put himself beyond human right her °Ur.coluran8. to express His example is worthy of your se thank *‘ncere and heartfelt rious attenti n. Private income lor ne'i>hbors and friends from land is unmixed injustice as dunn K ir,d 8ymp‘th* 8"d help the same springe from public effort, i wckneae and burial of and is beyond the reach of private endeavor. No doubt that million ""«•»Med hwsband. aires needed to support their lordly »u IV Or who establishments in various parts of the world and their luxurious har u * utv MTer*1 d*?8 8ince ems that float upon the seas. But hom* of Father Bow- millionaires have always been a !7 Ca,ed f°r by him curse to all people in all times—a for the time'being. deadly and tar reaching rot to the r’ught town- Dr- entire gamut of morals, both public '•**1 b’’ CMe one of and private. You illustrate one phase of that rot. (8igned) H. H. B byant . Voegtly, in his absence, came very near receiving the ball from a Mar lin rifle. A traveler came in and wanted some cartridges for a Mar lin and Mr. Biggs was unable to find the kind hewanted hut suggest ed Winchester cartridges. The man laid his gun across the counter with the muzzle towards Mr. Biggs and pointing directly at his body. He (the purchaser) proceeded to take the cartridges out of the mag azine in order to try the Winchester cartridges. Mr. Biggs made a step forward to take down some cart ridges from a shelf when “crack” went the gun. Biggs didn’t know which one of the boys he was and the man who accidentally discharged the gun was more frightened than he. Finally when they found they were still alive and no damage done they ex- chaged greetings and danced a ‘can-can” on top of a gallon jar. HARPER’S WEEKLY. The Christmas Number of Har per’s Weekly will consist of thirty- two pages, including an illuminated cover, and will containa large num ber of especially attractive short stories. John Kendrick Bangs will contribute a ghost story; Howard Fyle a novel in outlii e, entitled Sailors and Landsmen; a new writ er. Reba Gregory Prelat, a powerful and dramatic story, for which il lustrations will be made by C. Carleton. There will be other stories and features appropriate to the holiday season; and drawings by Frederic Remington, Gilbert Gaul, F. Luis Mora, Peter 8. Newell, Miss Lydia Field Emmet, W. H. Hyde, and others. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER —The ladies are requested to meet at the church Thursday even SHIP The partnership heretofore ex- sating under the name of C. E. Porter & Co. wherein C. E. Porter, Abner Robbins and John D. Daly all of Drewsey. Oreg., were co partners in the flouring mill busi ness is thia the 17th dav of June A. D. 1895 dissolved by mutual con sent. The business will Le con tinued at Drewsey Oregon, by Abner Robbins who will pay all bills owing by said firm and who alone is au thorized to receive and receipt for all amounts due said firm. Signed, C. E. P ortek . A bner R obbins . J ohn D. D aly . ARMORY TROOP“A” O. n . g . T roop O rders No. 5. ing at 7:30 o’clock, to appoint com mittees etc. for the 4th of July. A lice K in «, Chairman. On the next regular drill day. June 16, there will be target prac tice by the troop at the place to be prepared under the supervision of Lt. Thompson, who will take full sull charge of the squad in such practice; Lt. Joy will take charge of the squad remaining at the Armory and exercise them in the Manual of Arms. No mounts will be required for the day. II. The Troop will report at the Armory July 4th., 1895, at 10 o’clock a. m., for mounted duty, each troop er to furnish suitable horse to ride. By order of A. W. G owan , Capt. Troop “A” O. N. G. By virtue of a chattel mortgage given by J. H. How’ard to Anna W. Sayer, dated the 9th day of Au gust, 1892, I will, under the terms of said mortgage, sell to the highest bidder for cash, at Brenton’s liver barn, in the town of Burns, Harney county, Oregon, on the 6th day of July, 1895, the following described property, included in the said mortgage to-wit: About 105 head of cattle and about 50 head of horses. J. D urkheimer , Assignee of Anna W. Seyer, Mortgagee Notice to Donation Claimants. Don’t Tobacco Spit, or Smoke Your Life Away. U. S District Land Office Burns Oregon. To all persons having made set tlement upon tracts of land within this district, and given notice, as required by law, that they claim such lands as donations under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to create the office of Surveyor General of the public lands in Oregon and to provide for the survey and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands,” approved September 27, 1850, and the various Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and to their heirs, devisees, grantees, and all persons making claims to such do nation claims whether by descent, devise, judicial sale, or conveyance in good faith, who have hitherto failed to make and file in the pro per Land Office final proof of such claims: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the requirements of Section One of the Act of Con gress approved July 26, 1894, and in pursuance of tho directions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that they are required to appear at this office and make and file final proofs for such claims and perfect their title thereto before the 1st day of January, 1896, and that if they fail so to do within that time such donation claims will be held to have been abandoned bv them, and the lands embraced therein will be restored to the pub lic domain as provided in said Act of Congress of July 26, 1894. Given under our hands this 11th day of June. 1895. T homas J ones , Register, A. A. C owing , Receiver. Strayed. From the P. F. Stenger pasture 5 horses 2 gray geldings one brand ed 3 on left side 1 gray horse brand ed auarter-circle diamond, 2 brown mares one branded A on left hip and foretop tri med square. A suit able reward will be paid for their return. FORECLUSURE SALE. is the truthful, startling title of a book about No-To-Bac, the harm less, guaranteed tobacco habit cure that braces up nicotinized nerves, eliminates the nicotine poison, makes weak men gain strength, vigor and manhood. You run no physical or financial risk, as No-To- Bac is sold by druggists everywhere under a guarantee to cure or money refunded. Book free. Address Sterling Remedy Co , New York or Chicago. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of rmell and completely de range the whole system when en tering it through the mucous sur faces. Such articles should nev»r be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer cury, and is taken int rually, act ing directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken idternaliy and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney <fc Co. Tes timonials free. fW^Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. HARPER’S BAZAR. The December issue of Harper’s Bazar will be distinguished, so fa- as fashion is concerned, by elegant toilettes for evening and comingout receptions, dinner and street cos tumes, and beautiful wrapa in var iety. “Our Paris Letter” will not DEALER IN only touch on fasbicn, but reflect the gavety of Paris in full notes as to what is going on in the world of music and the drama. During De cember will be published two very striking stories. The Tifft Way. by Maria Ixiuise Pool; and Mr. Ruth ven’s Black List, by Octave Thanet An interesting paper on Hypnotism in Fiction will discuss a question FRUIT TOBACCO, AND CIGARS. of present interest; it is by Adeline W. Sterling. Comn g-out Recep tions form the theme of one of “Spectator's” brilliant essays. The Hay, Grain. Flour, Feed and Country Produce. Christmas flavor will pervade the earlier numlers. BAKER CITY, OREGON. Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions. Staple Groceries. Classware Crockery Cutlery