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GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE (’OCNTY.. Olt. FRIDAY JANUARY 14. 1887.
I
From osr fíryttlttr Corrttpondent.
NO. 4«.
Grant’« Faaw, wo named after General
' .rant, ia a county «eat centrally kicatnd
in Southern Oregon. It m * progreeeive
railroad town of 1000 inhabitant«, and la
th.' main aupply point for a large portion
of cuuirtry devoted to miumg, lumbering
agriculture and frmt-rauimg. Climate un
excelled
Tlie ÇoiiuKB bring the only paper pub
lished in Jueepiiine county, with a g<x»i
circulation in Jacluon county, enable« it
to lie one <4 tile lient a. I vert unog medium«
in Southern Oregon For rates, mldreaw
T h « C oi alia, Grant'« 1'iuia, Oregon.
I confine rheumatism to one part of Liver Comptaints, and "BoRchee's
: the body. In the case of Gen. Lo German Syrup, ” for Throat and
WASHINGTON LETTER.
“Good morning, «ir, Mr. Editor, bow aiv
gan it was the special aim of the Lung Troubles, were for the com
the
folk«
t'
’
-day
’
,
,
--------- FOR THE CELEBRATED J--------------
Attorney at Law & Notary Public
W ashington , Dec 51, '86.
I owe yon tor next year'» paper—I dimight
physicians to keep it from the heart. plaints they are recommended, most
l'<i rome in and pay;
Ga*N»'« P a »«, - - • - O bmom .
The city has l>een more quiet dur While they succeeded in doing this, excellent remedies, and only regret
And Jone« i« Ruing to take it, and Illi* i« ing the present Congressional holi it attacked the brain. The Prcsi that in much of our practice, medi
hi« monev here:
Will practice in all the court* of the
shut down tendin' it to him. and then day vacation than is usual at such dent hojies, however, to be equal to cal ethics prevent us from prescrib
Slat». Office on Sixth «treat, near poet-
coaxed
him to try it a year
times. (Juiix a number of Senators the ordeal of the usual New Year's ing them without making tbe formu
office
and
Representatives went home to day reception at the White 1 louse. las public. When we were shown
And here'« a few little item* th it liap-
eat tlieir Christmas dinners, the Even if he cannot endure the entire the great quantity of voluntary let
S. V. MITCHELL,
)*'t>ed l«»t week in our town:
I thought they'd look goixl for the piper. death of Senator Logan caused va two hours' task, he proposes to re ters having been forwarded Dr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
hi I jirnt jotted them dow n ;
rious proposed festivities to be ceive until conqiclled by fatigue to Green, from all parts of the country,
And here i« a basket of peaches my wife abandoned, and rheumatism has retire.
G rant '« P a » s , - - - - O klous .
and from all classes of people, law
picked expn-ssly for you,
yers, ministers and doctors, giving
And a »mall l«mch of Howers from Jennie again kept the President prisoner,
A Great Ditcovcry.
Will practice in ali State and Federal
—■lie thought *l>e must do aome- so that he has been compelled to
a description of tlieir ailments, testi
Courts. Office on Main street.
[thing, loo. forego certain social entertainments
W. M. Lee, the well known fruit monials of their cures, etc., I feel
SAM. WHITE,
'■ You're doing the politic« bully, xs all of given in his honor.
• grower of Tacoma, gives the par like endorsing Dr. Green'» sugges
onr family agree
agn'e ;
our
To-day almost everybody of prom-’ ticulars of a wonderful discovery of tion that the Government accept
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ju«t keep
wp your old L c»»«' quill a H ppin- incnce in Washington attended the bones of extinct animals in Wash such valuable formulas, and license
Gaixr'« P aw , - - - - U kegon .
and give them a p«»l one ter me
And now you are eh<**k-full of hoaineM, imposing funeral ceremonies of the ington Territory which will attract them for general use by giving pro
distinguished
dead, which were held the attention of the student of na tection to the inventor same as pat
_
and I won’t be taftuf your time:
Will practice in all the Court« oí the State
ents generally. —[Copied from N.
I’ve thing« oi my own I must
tend
to— 1..
in the Senate
Chamber.
_______
.
_____
..... “...........
General
pxxl day, «ir. 1 !»• I kit 1 will climb” i<Ogan and his wife were mem tiers tural history and archseologv all V. Druggists'Circular of Oct., 1886.
II. KELLEY,
over the world
In a letter from
The editor aat’town m hi« «anctuni, and ot the Methodist church and Rev. Spokane Falls, just received, he
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
From Yreka to Grant« Pa»« on Foot.
brought dawn hi« tint with a thump; Dr. Newman, the AVashingtonpas- says: ' ‘The face of the whole conn
J ackiokvu . lk . . - - - O regon .
“God ble«« llmt ol.l farmer," he muttered, tor of Gen Grant, officiated at the
BY J . M MACDONALD.
try shows unmistakable evidence of
And til. thn«\rhhom)'n.ibl,<' I'lZ’J’ion, f««*™’* agisted by the Chaplain of
great volcanic upheavals. On my
Will practice in all the Courts of the
As
an
evidence of the unusually
and tlm« it will evei«be «till;______ the Senate, and the Rev. Dr. Butler trip south through Spokane county,
• State. Office in Court House.
There are «orne wli.i appreciate it« lab ire, of the Lutheran church. The futie- I stopped at Lathan, and in conven mild season, we note that the road
over the Siskiyou mountains is dear
H, K HANNAH,
and some who perhtpa never will, t al procession from the Capitol to
satiou with Mr. Coplen, of that place, of snow at this time (January 6th).
Hut
in
the
great
time
that
iacotning,
when
thc
cemetary,
which
was
lengthened
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
regarding the volcanic formation of Considering that the summit has an
Gabriel’» trumiwl «lmll Bound.
by a number of civic and military that section, he informed me that he______
altitude of atout 4000 feet above sea
J «CXSuMVIl LE,
O mboon .
Ami they w ho have labored and r ated organizations, was in charge of Gen.
had examined some large bones of' level, the fact that the road over it
«hall couie from the quivering
' Sheridan.
--
1ST”
[gn n-id :
great antiquity. Accompanied by [ js a nlass of s„ft inu<i ¡nstead of sev
Office in Orth building. Oregon street
This was the sixth funeral that
When they who hnve itrivenanu suffered
to teiu'li and ennoble the race.
has taken place in the Senate Cham» Mr. Coplen I went to the spring eral feet of snow, is remarkable; and
8. W. FORBES,
where the relics were dug out. It , taken in connection with the severe
Shall march at the end of the column, |>er.
™. The first was that of Senator
is located on a low strip of springy weather prevailing in the East, leads
each iu hi« God given place—
NOTARY PUBLIC
Hicks
of
Maryland,
the
next
Sena-
A« the} march through the gate» < f the
prairie.
The excavation around , us to account for the fact as follows:
K ibbvili . k as » A ltiiocse , J oki -1- hin »:
city with
' ' proud
_ 1 an«l
__ 1 vi<'tohoustread,
1__ 1__ ___ ' t°r boote of \ erinont, then Hon. the spring is twelve or fifteen feet: 'fhc
currents coining from the
CoVNTV, ORI-OOS.
The editor and hi« •i«»i»tant« will travel Charless Sumner, Vice President
not (ar from the head.”
Wilson, and last March Senator deep and thirty or forty feet across. nurth on the Atlantic coast, cause a
The bones were covered by several contrary current west of the Rocky
< -«rlton. Miller from California.
Collection* u Specialty. Legal Instru
I Mountains. And this wind from the
ment* promptly executed.
Among all the tributes that are distinct layers.
now
the
boxes
werk
COVERED.
South, which has prevailed since
President Cleveland has rheunia- paid to the deceased Senator, the
MEDICAL.
The first layer was ancient peat. October, is doubtless the cause of
tisni iu the knee badly. Hispliysi- honesty of bis legislative life was
then gravel, then volcanic ashes, ‘he mild weather experienced on
W. F. KREMER. M. 1».,
cian says: “Mr. Cleveland is a lost sight of. In an era when cor
then a layer of course peat. From the Pacific slope during the past
ruption
was
rife,
and
when
many
of
very heavy man. He is gainiug
Physician ani Surgeon.
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the strongest men of Iwth parties this spring were taken no less than two months. As a rule, severe
flesh all the time. He takes no ex were broken down and blasted by nine mammoth, or elephants of dif weather on either coast beget» the
O regon .
G kast ’ s P ash ,
111 GOODS SHIPPED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY and sold
ercise
whatever, ami the methods public exposure or denunciation, ferent sizes; the remains of a cave contrary on the other, and natutally
nLL to the farmer at from 25 to 50 per cent, less than similar Good*
which he has employed to reduce which was almost as fatal, Logan liear, and hyenas, extinct birds, and from the causes stated above,
arc sold at. Our PLOWS are given to the Farmer on a
a sea turtle. Mr. Coplen kindly I The unusually high tempera-
his adi]K>se tissue are merely tempo escaped all those long years un- , presented me with some specimens ture at this season, has been pro
touched
even
by
suspicion.
Al
W. IL Fl AXAGA5, M. D.
rary in their effect, He is just of
though his political friends accused of these relics. The dimensions of1 portionate all over the Pacific coast,
I’livMcian and Surgeon,
that build which makes one look for him of lieing narrow in his preju some of the bones of the large mam At San Diego, the weather in the
fci" For further particulars of Prices Etc., call upon our local agents, apoplexy, and a stroke in his case dices sometimes, even they acknowl moth were wonderful to look at l.itt' i p.ut ol Ilecemlier, approached
O rast ’» P a ««, ...
- O reook .
GEO. W. RIDDLE, at Riddle and Grants Pass.
would probably prove fatal. Then edged that he was a firm, sincere The horns were a sort of tusk and nearly to the Summer conditions of
protruded from the head just below ■ that part of California, although in
DR. J. HINKLE, Central Point.
Office at residence. corner Main ami
his lieing subject to chronic rheu friend who never stooped to hypo- the eves extending downward below j October the thermometer there sank
A. DUNLAP, Phoenix.
Third Klrccts. Call attended any hour,
cricy.
matism leads to a suspicion of some
day or nigh.
C. FARNHAM, Ashland.
The re-nomination of Mr. Mat the jaws, then upward alxive the unusually low for a few weeks,
cardiac
affection which is likely to thews, the colored lawyer from Al head. Bv dropping the head in the During that few weeks, snow fell
Or Address
lie fatty degeneration.”
banv, to lie Recorder of I»eeds in act of feeding, the circle of the horns a»d lay on the Siskiyou range to
the District of Columbia, promises that extended below the jaws par | the depth of about a toot; but it has
'fHAxr* I't»«
-
-
O hi o on .
Murphy, Josephine County, Or.
The Portlaud News in noticing to liecome a celebrated case. The tially rested on the ground giving now disappeared and left the mud
support to the head which is csti j on the slopes in a liquified state,
English ani German Spoken.
the death of Gen. John .A Logan, . President holds that since the Sen
mated to have weighed a ton
"
*"*
ate
rejected
him
last
summer
much
Office <>u Main »treet, nvardriigstore.
A Happy N«w Year.
1 among
other appropriate words
'S
: of the opposition to Matthews' ap-
ENORMOUS HORNS.
. says;
' pointmcnl has been removed by the
The friendly greetings we toss so
The horns were worn away seve
"The troubled life, the conflict latter's management of the office. ral inches deep at the bottom of the freely about at the opening of a new
—MANUFACTURERS OF
and pain, the grief, bitterness and The Democrats are indignant that turn or half circle, indicating con year have a lieautiful meaning and
! stainless honor, all were his, and the President should have again stant use by rubbing on the ground value. They mean that we have for
Lumber, Doors, Windows,
the sorrow of the people is such as seen fit to send in the name of this or rucks. One of these horns was once at least risen so far above the
Calls reponded to at all hours, dav or
night
< Mti,s- opfsmite Mover'« hotel.
is only felt when a great man dies. “caqietbagger from Albany" as they ten feet and one inch long, and narrow life of self as to wish others
Brackets,
and
Mouldings.
Jacksonville, (trogoli.
Were a star quenched on high,
call him, and the Republicans are twenty inches in circumference. It well. This is no small tiling to do.
For ages would it» light,
watching with interest to see how
When one can sincerly wish onty
DR. CH \S. W. BEACOM,
— ANU AU KINDS OF—
Still traveling downward from the sky, the Senate will treat the case of the weighed 145 pounds. One of the
good
for all others, he has got be
tusks
measured
twelve
feet
and
Shine on our mortal *ight,
Dentist,
same nominee which it rejected last nine inches in length and twenty yond self and come into the great
So when a great man die«,
For years beyond our ken
session.
O regon .
G rant ’ s P ass
seven inches around. It weighed warm life of humanity. He’has con-
The light lie leave« behind him lie«
In renominating Mr. Matthews 295 |»ounds. The jaw weighed 6.} quored enmity, envy and jealousy.
Upon the path* of men.
the President said to the Senate, “I pound*. The molar teeth weighed This does not meat»’ to overlook the
Ml work warranted. Office on Main
have ventured in view of the demon
wrongs and vices of others, for
s reel, above Post Office.
—The Introduction of—
Bradstreet's Journal of Finance strated fitness of this nominee, and 18 pounds each. Some ot the ribs that would net l>e well wishing No
were eight feet long. The pelvic
MIRTEI 1.1NEOUI».
and Public Economy puts the for with the understanding that the ob arch was six feet across, and an or greater evil can liefall many people
jections heretofore urged against his dinary man could walk erect through than to go on happy and content in
eign question as follow ''
“Affairs still remain at a stand selection have to a great extent sub 1 this opening This huge and an their present wav of life. It means
NEW TIN SHOP;
HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES FIFTY PER still in eastern Europe. No prog- sided, and confessing a desire to tique monster was eighteen feet and when we can wish all others well,
O. II. STARR, I’RorRtETon,
rees has been made toward the set tender to onr colored fellow citizens ' six inches high, and was estimated we desire for them all honorable
CENT BELOW ALL FORMER RATES.
—I »caler In—
success and all proper enjoyment.
tlement of the Bulgarian question. just recognition and the utmost to weigh twenty tons.
good
faith,
to
again
submit
this
|
There is a real value in this state of
The
representatives
of
the
regency
W
For
Price
List,
address,
S.
P
D.
&
L.
Co.
IN
THE
BACK
AGES.
Stove*. Tin-Ware, Pumps, Pipes,
mind. It is a blessing tothe one who
are still engaged in making the cir nomination to the Senate for confir
Just
imagine
far
back
in
the
misty
I
Grant's Pass, Oregon.
Etc.. Etc., Etc.
cuit of the European courts, where mation, at the same time disclaim by gones of antiquity, probably lie possesses it as well as to others. It
the disposition apjiears to lie to re ing any intention to question its fore the appearance of man u|«>n the increases the joy of one who lives
JOB WORK DONE ON SHORT "HURRA
FOR
GRANT’S’ PASS,
HURRA !” ceive them, not in an official, but previous action in the premises." earth, that Washington Territory ■ in that state, and it goes out in fra
»
NOTICE.
in a private capacity. No conclu The matter will cause a warm dis was the home of these monstrous grant helpfulness and encourage
CAMPBELL à TUFF
sion as to the result of their mis cussion soon, and it is probable that animals that roamed over the great inent to all others. And how much we
Prices Moderate.
sion can lie formed as yet.
An oc Mr. Matthews will l>e rejected prairies traversed the Columbia river all need encouragement, and what
now Rolar «»r iîavimu the
GRANTS PASS,
-
-
-
OREGON.
casional ripple on the surface is again.
and made the genial climes of Puget .1 sweet inspiration there is in the
Congress did a good deal of work
thought that in the hurry of life
caused bp a flash of Russian or
ROOM IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
sound their haunts in winter. It
WILL 2 BROWN.
English jelousy, but lieyond that in the brief time that it convened matters not, what the theories may we are not forgotten, Blessed will
there is nn immediate stir in the l»efor/tlie holidays, and it should lie in regard to these imlx-ddcd be the day when every human soul
Assayer 4 Analytical Chemist,
dispute
Meanwhile the powers not lie severely censured if it were bones of such huge proportions, can say from the heart, "A Happy
oaruoN xn « el minx ,
who are likely to have a baud to do nothing more this session ex why »0 many of them were piled New Year'“ [Mining and Scienti
in the dispute are silently arming. cept to pass the regular appropria together in these springy places, fic Press.
RIDDLE, DOIGLA8 COUNTY, OGN.
Journals which devote leaders tion bills Still much more is pro what periixl or age the animals lived;
On their Cheap Counter« in ¿di sw h lines as
Captain Mike is tbe Idnian who
For instance, Representa
to reassuring declarations regard jected
Àn.lll.i mud* nf «’ninpl»« H.h.l.nr.i,
at what time Ijie great change took now pretends to know all adout
tive
Springer
says
lie
will
do
all
he
ing the permanency of jieace pub
place which made them disappear the wreck of the Brother Jonathan
Murr« riAMiwen »xn r»r>«Trr> t ros.
DRESS GOODS,
lish advertisements calling for ten can to pass his bill enabling the Ter from the continent, whether they
<lers for military supplies. In Ger ritories of Dakota, Montana, New first made their appearance, in this and where it can be found. It may
Assay for Gold and Silver
* hO
CLOTHING,
l»e so, but there have been so many
Assay for Nickel or Cobalt
ti Oil
many the government continues Mexico and Washington to enter part of (America and whether or not
Indian stories in relation to the
Assay for l ead or Copper
3 00
HATS AND CAI’S,
to press the army bill, and the the Union as states, and he thinks it was then a tropical climate. Cer
finding of the wreck, that too much
he
ma}
succeed.
BOOTS AND SHOES. inspired organs are calling upon
tain it 1» that they lived and flour reliance should not lie placed upon
There arc two propositions pend
the Reichstag to obey the voice of
ished here thousands of years ago, what they say. It has been so
the nation. In France the nianu ing licfore Congress now relative to and the remarkable discovery of
long since the disaster and this
the
subject
of
marriage
and
divorce,
factories of arms and ammunition
these Ixmcs may lead to fresh re Indian, although he has been in
are being worked to their utmost and whether or not any action will searches in the vicinity.'' [Tacoma
PROVISK )NS,
J B MARSHALL & SON
this neighborhood ev.er since that
capacity. Italy is putting herself be taken on either of them, the Evening Telegraph
Wiah to inform the (irople of Grant-«
tune, is liable to tie mistaken with
CROCKERY,
question
involved
is
one
of
great
in readiness for possible war, and the
Pa»« au*l snrrounding country that
many others, still he may have a
TOBACCOS,
they have opened a new stock of
(German trooi«i in Alsace Lorraine public importance and constantly
Propri»t»ry Medicine«.
clue and it is worth trying for.
increasing
interest.
One
of
these
CIGARS, ETC. arc being reinforced. There is not measures proposes a Constitutional
A visit to Dr Green's Laboratory [ Record.
quite so much uneasiness now a»
was felt when Von Moltke made his amendment for the establishment of at Woodbury, N. J., has considera
FREE TRADE
iH^All our good« are entirely new and will }*■ exchanged for cash warning speech in the Reichstag uniform laws throughout the United bly changed our view», and esj»e
The reduction of internal revenue aibi
some weeks a ;o, and prices are States regulating marriage and di i cially our prejudices in regard to tin- t«kiin{ off o( revenue »tuiiij« from
or farm produce.
CAMPBELL A TUFFS,
| what are generally known as “Stan-! Proprietary Medicin»», nodouM h«» l irgv-
somewhat steadier on the bourses, vorce.
Grant’» Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
The White House patient has dard Patent Medicines.” Of course: i lv Iteru-filted the < oneuuvr«, »« well as re-
but the presentiment of ultimate
l»een refractor}- and consequently he we are getting to that age in life I'levin* the burden of home niannfactiir-
They have ateo iu Connection a
trouble remains."
I era. Eiqiecially M thia the ea»e with
is not »0 well as he otherwise might when we are forced to conclude Life tjrw«'« zlMyust H'Krtr and
G-.-
FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT,
itself
is
a
humbug,
and
naturally
z\ woman sold her wadi tub to a have been. The President's phy
»uos .S//r*^, u* tbe reduction of thirtv*«><
where they will lewd the hungry.
party of riflemen for a target. They sician warned him to keep still and distrust anything that has not with cent« |«r doten. h i* l*en a'ldeil to in-
reuse the si«e o( th» buttle-* <*>ntuininiC
paid her J1.50 for it: and after the} not exjMrse himself to drafts, and stood long and triad expericnct *. < lliese
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I)
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retnedie«, thereby |fis in/ one-Ultii
ICE CREAM !
ICE CREAM ! !
had gone home she went out into the lx>th of these orders were disolx-ved. Being a physician I had thecurioi more nie<liciiie in the 75 cent «ise. Thu
Once, Twi-e or Jhrre time* * Weik, and
field and lirought it back as good a. Then on Wednesday aftern xm the ty to know how such a sale of two d«yi>><
l>v»|<«|»iia and liver
will furnish lce-ciearn for Feativah
for
President drove out to his country medical preparations could be sus Complaint, »ml th« Hmum
it
ever
was.
—
(Advance.
,md all Public Gathering».
place iu an ojien A’ictoria. wearing tained for so many years. The per Couah hik I Lung trouble«, have perhap",
SMI’I’H BROS., - - - I’roprivtors.
the lareest ale oi any uwfh'ine« in th”
On Saturday the two hundred a light overcoat and caught some feet system upon which the business world The advant*«« ol increaasd niao
—TRKV AL»O MAL I»—
<5th street. Grants* Pa*». Ote«on.
is
conducted,
and
the
pharmaceuti
(<«'t span of the < Oregon Pacific draw void
of the iK/ttle« will he grsutlv uppreemteif
Flour and
Provision?
—«
n............
The president's trouble is a rheu cal arrangements for the manuiac by the wick and alllicted. in every town
bridge at .Albany, was successfully
Having completed our new Stables wc arc now prepared to furnish swung into position and was found matic knee and everything is lieing ture of the two recipes with which and vill.ijp* In civilised eonntries. Mam-
Subscribe for the Corm er .
pl« buttle« for 10 < «nt« rumain the »e.nio
the best of «xomtnodatictu AT REASONABLE RATES
to wo’k admirably. Two men were done to prevent the disease from we were made acquainted, are suffi •lac.
*p
eaditig
but.
•-
»id
th"
Doctor,
no
ciently
convincing
to
u«
that
the
able
to
turn
the
drao
in
six
mitt
TH? P1WK1 AND ONLY NEWSPAPER
Stihwrils; for the C"» nirg
August Flower fi>i <h «pep<in ’nd
Horse Shoeing and W.igon Kenai ring a Specialty.
medi- *1 kill
1 - - n -i ,i’»1e t*>
nte-
I Erb ..
1 Jmrnhl.t»
DAVIrf BROWER,
-------- HIP, HIP, HURRAH!!!--------
ECONOMIST SULKY PLOWS!
OUR WALKING PLOWS
T he 'ECONOM
Have Reversible Points and Shares.
Two Days’ Test TriaL
WIMER & MEE,
SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO.
HOUSE and STORE FINISHINGS.
The Latest Improved Machinery,
Bargains! Bargains!
New Store
New Goods.
Groceries. Candies. Tobaccos.
New Livev, Feed and Sale Stable!
BLACKSMITH SHOP
Piihhehed in J*wrrhi..» '."’ll»'!
A Rill r'. *1 BSCRIMKll.