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TBI OFFICIAL AMD LIADINO PAPER Of GILLIAM COUNTY. HAS THREE TIMES THE CIRCULATION OF AST PAPER IN THE COUNTY. ADVBRTISINO BATES. rCZMIHgD 1VRT FRIDAT IT SLOAN P. SHUT T, Editor mm Proprietor. : . Subscription Kates. Professional cards... One huhi ..41 00 per month Gne-qnaiter column....... , Ooobalf column.... . One wnlnmn ,,,,,,,,,,., i eu per monto t 60 hi month , ( 00 per month ,10 00 per mouth Business locals will be charged at 10 etmt per line lor first Insertion and I cents per line there, iter. Legal advertisements will In ell Mess be charfed to the party ordering them, at legal ratee, and paid lor before affidarlt la tors liked On year (In drnoe).... .,..,. . 60 II sot paid la sdvauv ................................ 2 oo Id BlOlltblnitlHMtMKINttlllHNIIHhltHtUtMIMtWMM i 00 Three mouths ,.. ........ 76 lugl ooules. 10 vol. vr. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OUEGON, FRIDAY, JANUAltY 8, 1897. NO. 43. GO DON GLOBE Attend at tin PoKogUn at Condon, Ortaon, as HMowi-eia.s matt matttr OrriCIAL DIHRCTOHT. V ii Had (tales. rrasldeat, ,. , Manvaa Ci.btbi.aiid Vice President ..aiii.ai K. WntvanwiK eoraiarr ef male Ric:makiiOi.ii eareiary o Treasury John . Cabi.iiu.S Senrotary ol Jnuulor Hone bnith jjaoMiarr ol War ., Da Him, a, I.amont Sonralnry ol Nary.. Hilabv A. Hkhhkrt r'oitma.iBrHaiiBral .......... ...Wii.i.um I,. WiukiN Atlonier (Jencral., JmawN II KMOM beoretaryof AgrleaUure, ,..J. nncsutM MoatoN tat of Oregon. Onvarnnr . Wm. P. Txikb Secretary ol State... TreaitMrer .,.,...,,... Attruy-(Jeueral... gapkol rubllo lueirMttiou.. H. K. KlNOAin . Fll I L. MKTMiMta U. M. IiilcmaN 0. M. Ikwin jj. II. MlTCHKLL jj. N. Ool.m. I H. lURMAHB W. K. Ki.lis W. II, Uaia ;(!. X. Woi.yktoh t. A. Moos tt.fe-.bait. Baton,, Cougreweien... Printer., ,,.M,M.,,t,,, aprera Jadgeg... Berenth Judicial IMstrlct gtrcalt Jsdge ...W. U Hbamhaw rreemnung Allorney t Member aute Hoard.... A. A Jaymi W. V, WILLI 411111am County. Joint Senator for (lllllam. 8her man ami Waaoo euullti.....-...K. B, Duhb RotiruwuMtl. 1, K. David Jadga. ..W. J. Mahihkr Clerk H. N. Fsasks BlierlfT. .,.. , W. U Wilcox TroaAiiiw , H. R. Hahksb t"- z:::::;zWXX: AuMair ......M... u. CLAaaa auuuoi Mnperliilvedviit. .....K. W. Daohktt , Surveyor .,..,... J anur ftsnwa Slack lu.nector .....Kaau A. Hals O. It. N. Co. Time Card. Traliiaarrira at ArHuvtou aa follows: No. ii-Ksii-bouna, tie,' Walla Walla, 12:2 A. U. Mu. l-Wratbmud, la. W alla W alla, i,U A. U. Train H. t learea I'nill.nd at 7 r. m, No. -U - W. bound livUhl (paaaeiiRera).7:46 A. M. No. !M g. bound I "IkIii (iMi!Kor)... is r. M. No. Ill W. bun nit IruigUl (paieua'i'r)..6:l6 . M. Noa. ii and t III be provided wllb a coanh and I'mkk ear and will caiiunst at Wlllowi J.iiii tioii wuh the Hepiiir tram. No. HI will comma at The Iialloe with No. (, he local iaaaiiger train between Portland aau IbeDalWa. araa by ioal to Han Pranelapo bay bren re diired Arat naliln, 4i'i; alMiaKx, H, limladlng meaU and berUia, lliroiiah tlrkata are aold lu Arllngluu, f. C. IUNULK, Ageut. JJIl. I. 1. HOOAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Condon, Or. . I Offlne Oregon are., between Calliollo Church nd raaldeuoe ol rt. t. Blind. , W. DARUSO, Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Convayancar, Condon, Or, Collantlnna and Inanran". Tenna rvaaonable. Ofhce In rear ol poauiltlve building, Main atreet, ' JOUN LVONH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condon Or, All legal work promptly and carefully at leuded to. Colleuilug aud AbalraoUug a apeclally. A. P. (JUKI.KY Attoray ni Ooaaitlor t Lw U. 8. ConmiMloner, Notary Public. . Arllnarttn, Or. Admitted to practlne In the court of Oregon and Waahlngton and In the V. H. court. 1'akaa ttlluga aud proola on land. g e. tavrt, NOTARY PUBLIC Condon, Or, Notarial work an oolleotloni promptly and earelully attended to. OIVES TMt OHOIOf OP TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES GREAT UNION UEAII RY. : PACIFIC RY. VIA VIA SPOKANE DENVER MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND ANO ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. OCEAN STEAMERS ' LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS ' '' ' i.rpn ' SAM FRANCISCO (r For full detnilt call on O. R. & N. k'flut, F, C. Hindi,. Arlington, Or. OR A00IU88! '"7 W. H HUnLBURT, Oenv Pa. Agent, ' POUTLANO, OH. tmaammmtmammummmasammmm TO THE EAST I NEWS OF THE WEEK From All Parts of the New World and the Old. 09 INTERE8T TO OUR READERS tweaprebentlee Kelew ef tbe Import nl Bappenloga of tbe rnal Weeh Called rrnaa the Telegraph Oelauna, 'I'll itrimer Carcnu, from Rotter dam, ii repotted loet off Cap Abjo. Bii membcri of tlx crew were igyed and fifteen art milking. Folic Offloer Bratton wai badly ibot while trying to oaptnr two bar. glari In I itor in Taoonfa. II fired at on bnrglar, when another, who wai watobing, opened lire and ibot Bralton twio in the; back of the bead. Be will probalby die. Eddie Chandler, about 1 1 yean old, wai drowned In Portneof river, in Po oatello, Idaho. He threw bii bat on the ice and tried to get tbe dog to get It, and, failing In thii, be went on the ice and broke through into deep water. Tbe river wai dragged and the body found in about an hoar. One of the lait official acta of Mayor Rador of Loa Angolei, Cal., will be to attaoh bii aignatare to an ordinanoe making ezpeotorationa npon tbe lide walki of publio itreeta, enttanosi to poblio boildingi or the floor of itreet can a miidemeanor, pnuiahable by either fine or impritonment, or both. Chief Ilasen of tbe aeoret cerrioe at WaihlDgtoD, hai laaued oircrjlar warning igainit a new oonnterfeit $10 naiivnal bauknote on the Union Na tional bank of Detroit Tbe note i the prod oot of the tarn hand which produced the recent oonnterfeit on the National Bank of Commerce of New York. One diitlngnlihablo feature ia that tbe back of the not ii npiide down. - M'aa Celia 8trabm wai killed by ber brother-in-law, Elden Buroker, at Diiie, eighteen milea weit of Walla, Walla. Mill Btrabm wai Tilting the family, aud after the family bad re tired he went oat of tbe door, and npon returning tbe noiae awakened Buroker, who drew a pfitol from under bii pillow and ibot Mian Btrabm. He miatook her for an enemy, whom be bad beard wai intent on doing him harm. Japan bai a larger carrying trade on the Paolflo than the United Statei, and Americana who are near enough to watch the ihifting loenei in thii new and rapidly developing oonteit for com mercial lupremaoy find little matter for pride in present tendenoiea. Tbii i the itatemf nt of United Statei Coniul Bell, of Sydney, contained in hli report to the itate department upon the open ing of tbe new Japaneee iteamihlp line between Yokohama and Auitralia. Tbe president bai eztended tbe civil lervio rulei io ai to inolude all offloer and employee in tbe federal peniten tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., though it ii to apply to all loch gov ernment institution! and to all peni tentiariei hereafter created immediately upon tboir eitabliabment Attorney Utuieral Harmon ii lubjecting the re cent oivil eervice ached ule ai affecting the department of joitio to a rigid orntiny. Tbe present amendment ia to overcome a defect in tbe rulei pro mulgated and farther amendment! om limilar linei may be ezpeoted. Radloal ohangei in tbe procedure of the pension office bave been made. All clalmi for increase, iiv in extraordi nary oaiei, hereafter will be sent direct to tbe medical division of th bureau, without having to be paued upon by tbe board of review. Thii aotion ii taken on the ground that the bulk of increase oaiei involve only medical ao tion. Hereafter there will be no ne cessity for oaiei before the board of re view being passed upon by three or four examiner. Commissioner Mur phy bai fixed the number of examlneri, who muit review eaoh olaim at onoe. Tbe Mexioan government, recognis ing tbe inoreaiing importance of its west coast oommeroe, ii determined to improve tbe harbor. Arrangement! have been made to raise a considerable sum for thii work, in addition to the $5,000,000 for the improvement of Ccatxaooalooi and Salina Cruxa, tbe eastern and weitern termini of the Te bunntepeo road. The move to improve the harbor ii also caused, it is laid, by tbe rapidity of railroad building to ward the Mexioan Paoifio coast, which will open fertile country and develop a large oommeroe through the porti be low Maaatlan. A strike instituted at Georgetown, Mhbi., baa thrown oat of work 200 men, and promiiei to embrace the en tire ilx shoe faotoriei of the town. A threatened cut in wagei wai the cause of the strike. The oonitruotori of the Siberian rail road bave undertaken to build a line through Mantohurla, itarting from a point on the river where the Siberian road joint tbe trani-Baikelia Hue and terminating at Mikolakaya, Russia. Tbe ministerial presi of St Peters burg point! out that . thii line will make Russia the intermediary of peace ful oivilitation between Europe and Alia ARMS FOR CUBA. Iteamera Oanatleee and Commodore Apply for Clearanee Paper. Waihlngton, Jan. 1. For tb first time sinoe tbe preient itruggle in Cuba began tbii government ba given per minion to custom! offloiala to clear for Cuba a vesiel loaded, according t manifest, with munition! of war, pre umably for the iniorgent army. Yeiterday tbe aeoretary of the treai ury received a telegram from th own. en of tbe Dauntless at Jacksonville, itating that they would apply to th collector of cuitomi at Jacksonville for a clearance to a Cuban port with a cargo of arms, but the oath required by tb itatutei would not be taken. Tbe question wai aiked whether under the oiroumstanofi paper would bo issued. Later a telegram wai received from the collector at Jacksonville stat ing an application to clear tbe Daunt lea for Neuviu, Cuba, with a carge of arms, bad been made, and asking instructions. This morning the secretary replied substantially si followi: "If tb matter of tbe vessel and th owners, ibipperi and consigners of tbe cargo comply fully with tbe lawt and regulation! concerning the manifest and take tbe oaths required, you may grant a olearance U Neurit!, Cuba Oaths must ba taken and subscribed in writing, as required by lection 4197. 4198 and 4300 of tb revised statute." Tbe port named,, as tbe destination ii on tbe northern coast of Cuba and ii occupied by Spanish forces Treas ury officials therefore are of tbe opinion that the oaths required will not be taken. : Late tbii afternoon tbe oollector of ouitoma at Jacksonville wired tbe sec retary of tbe treasury that the steamer Commodore had applied for olearance papers upon practically the sam state ment of facta at in tbe case of tbe Dauntless. In response tbe secretary wired permiaiion to issue papers to tbe Commodore in substantially tb earn terms as were named in the former case. Up to the bour of olosing tbe department no information bad been reoelved as to the movement of either vessel, or whether the oonditiens im posed bad been accepted. FIFTY YEARS IN OFFICE. Tb Lone; Berrloe of a Pennsylvania Po.tmnater. Philadelphia, Jan. 1. Joseph Strode, of Mifflin county, it the oldest post matter in the United States; that it to say,' the oldest in oontinuoua serrioe, for be baa beld tbe position of postmas ter at Strode's Mills sinoe 1840, despite changes of administrations, political upheavala, tbe war and tbe ailver agi tation. Strode' Mills is a pretty little vil lage in the central portion of tbe state, surrounded by rich farming lands and valuable ore and sand mines. Joseph Strode ii in bis 83d year, and it Is believed be will bold tbe job until he is too old to fill it He is tbe pride and joy of the postoffloe department in Washington, which placed his piotur In th government display at th world' fair. Tb Strodci are an old noble family. They oame from England in 1650 and settled in the valley of Virginia. In 1778 Joseph Strode, the preient post master's grandfather, came to Pennsyl vania and settled in the vicinity of what ia now Strode's' Mills. Tb oldest poitmister ii a Repub lican and has never missed voting sinoe be was allowed to. He .baa never been ill, and is pos sessed of all his faculties. He was ap pointed during tbe administration of President Polk. A Village Bank Looted. St Louis, Jan. 1. A speoial to the Poat DUpatoh from Das Moines, Ia., says: Word oomes from Sully, a mall town near Newton, that robban looted tbe bank at that place last night The bank was incorporated in 1891 with a capital of $5,000. The deposits were about $17,000. A. S. Smith ia president and L. A. Sherman cashier. Details of the robbery are hard to ob tain, because the town has no tele graphio oonneotlon. It is reported the robbers entered the bank, blew open the safe with dynamits and curried away an amount of oath estimated at from $5,000 to $30,000. Killed an Innooent Man. Salem, Ind., Jan. 1. Djteotive Sexton and Deputy Jailer Brown, of Louisville, Ky., received information that Riohard Brooks, an eioaped pris oner from Louisville, was at the home of Riohard Land, four miles from here, and went to the house. Land, seeing the party was armed, ordered bis hired man, John Rippey, to get a gun and repel the attack. At this the officers opened fir and killed Rippey. The officers gave themselves up and are in jail. Brooks was not at the Land home, Cauaed Insanity. San Franolioo, Jan. 1. Fred L. Wood, a oonvlot in 8an Quentiu pria on, who reoently inherited a fortune of $30,000 from tbe estate of bii father, a Chicago millionaire, is insane. He beoam violent in his cell Monday night, and bad to be forcibly removed to the reoeiving hospital. It is thought his recent good fortune, together with the constraint attendant upon his con finement in the penitentiary, is the oauie of bii iniauity. iiiiioifnii Venezuelans Not Ready to Ratify the Treaty. A DELAY IN THE PROCEEDINGS They Insist That Incidental Negotia tions Shall Bo Closed l-lnt Gen eral Arbitration Treaty Completed. Washington, Dec. 80. Secretary 01 neyleft tb state department at 13 o'clock today and went direct to tbe British embassy, where be beld a long conference by appointment with Sir Julian Paunoefote, tbe British ambai sadtr, relative to tb status of tb Ven ezuela treaty. Mr. Olney's call fol lowed the arrival of Minister Andrad, of Venezuela, and James J. Storrow, counsel in tb Venezuela case, who reached Washington late last evening. Tbe result of tb conference was guarded with tbe usual secrecy which prevsils at meetings between the- secre tary and an ambassador, but there is good reason to believ it was tbe occa sion for going over sevnrsl new pbsses of tbe Venezuela question. Tbe officials are reticent, and will say only in general terms that tbe pros pect of an aooeptanoe of th settlement by Venezuela is good. It is under stood, however, that there are impor tant limitation to th aooeptanoe which appear to make tbe case leu hopeful of an immediate and satisfac tory conclusion than baa been expected. The plan of an extra session of the Venezuela oongre to ratify tb treaty has been praotically abandoned There appears also to be a question as to tbe nature of Venezuela's sooeptanoe. President Crespo and tb government authorities bare expressed satisfaction with the general settlement, so far as they secure arbitration, yet they have not yet expressed official approval of all tbe details of tbe settlement On tbe oontrsry, there seems a very earnest deiir at Caracas for more ex act information of tb term of tb treaty between Venezuela and Great Britain. At present there is no disposition to swsit the gradual maturing of thi complete treaty, and it is littl abort of settled that the treaty will have to be forthcoming, and all the incidental negotiations closed before the desired Venezuela ratification is secured. In official and diplomatio circles, tber continue so be a satisfactory and hopeful view of the situation. It is felt sll obstacle! will be cleared away in time, and there is a disposition to minimis obstacle as being under the head of minor detail. At the tame time, the practical abandonment of the extra session of the Venezuela oongress and the dispo sition to olose all negotiation on the final treaty before acceptance ii given do not increase the prospect of a speedy conclusion of the case. On the f uestion of general arbitra tion between the United State and Great Britain, Mr. Olney and Sir Julian have made their final draft of the treaty, and it ia in the hands of Lord Salisbury, awaiting bis spprovsL No doubt exists of its approval, aad it ia expected to come daily. THE PACIFIC ROADS' DEBT. President Cleveland Preparing to Bring tbe Matte r to a Settlement, Washington, Deo. 80. Tb Even-: ing Star today aays: The president has had several con ferences of 1st with the attorney-general, and the secretary of tbe interior and th secretary of the treasury, with a view to speedy action for th adjust ment of obligations of th Paoifio rail roads to th government It has been settled that steps will shortly be taken for tbe foreclosure of tbe government mortgages on these roads, unless oongress shall make provision for settlement of the ques tion st the present session. With tb amount already matured, more than $18,000,000 of tbe principal of the subsidy bonds issued in behalf of tbe Union Paoifio line, and more than $6, 000,000 of limilar bonds issued in aid of the Central Paoifio road, will bave fallen due and been paid or must be paid on or before January 1 next Without reference tu tbe application of the linking fond now in the treasury, thii itate of affaire will, in tbe opin ion of the president, as stated in his annual message, "oreate inch a default on the part of tbe oompanies to the government ai will give it tbe right to at onoe institute proceedings to fore olose its mortgage lien." In addition to tbe above stated in debtedness maturing January 1 next, there will mature thereafter, by Jan uary 1, 1899, the remaining principal of suoh subsidy bonds whioh must alio be met by tbe government These ag gregate $41,000,000, of whioh $30, 000,000 are on aooount of the Union Paoifio, and $31,000,000 on aooount of the Central Paoifio Company. Loat on f,e Swedieh Coast. Hull, England, Deo. 80,-The Wil son line steamship Volo is a total loss at Wiogu, off the coast of Sweden. The crew and passengers were saved. The Volo was a screw steamer built at Hull in 1890, registering 841 tons net THE BOILER EXPLODED. Fireman fatally Sealded at the Medical Lake Asylum. Medical Lake, Wash., Deo. 81 At 13 o'clock tbii morning tbii town wai ! maken by a heavy explosion, which wss by many thought to b th shock of an earthquake. Some buildings were very perceptibly jarred, and their windows rsttled furiously. It was not until after daylight that tbe cans was generally known, when it was found that one of the boilers at tbe hospital for tbe iniane bad exploded. There were four boileri in use, generally for steam and heating purposes, all in- ciosed in a brick bouse at the rear of the hospital, but immediately adjoin ing. One of these boilers bsd exploded with suoh force as to utterly demolish it, tnrowing fragments in every direc tion. A large section of it wss driven backward againit the head of on of the other boileri, driving the latter from its foundation and partly into the rear wall of the bouse. Fritz Theilman, tbe night fireman, was standing near the boiler at the moment of tbe explosion, and was blown out into tbe yard along with tbe flying bricks, pieces of boiler, timbers, eta, and so badly scalded and internal ly injured that his life is despaired of. He says everything was in proper shape with tb boilers, snd he cannot aocount for the explosion. The boiler-house will have to be entirely rebuilt and the remaining boiler reset on their founda tions. A DESPERATE SUICIDE. Woman Throw Herself Under Ber Ha band'e Locomotive. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 81. Ella Eager, whom body, torn and dismem bered, wss found on tbe road of the Shore Line in this city, committed sui cide by throwing herself under the wheels of the locomotive which ber husband, Engineer Fred Eager, was running. The oouple bad quarreled two weeks before and bad separated. Tbe wife grew moody over her misfor tune, and the neighbors say that she often remarked that she wished abe were dead. At 6 o'clock in the evening ihe put on her things and went out She went to the station and her husband saw her there just as he hsd come on for duty, ready to make his run to New London. He did not appear anxious to see his wife, and it is supposed that Mra Eager, notioing his indifference, be came desperate and resolved on suicide. Tbe woman walked away from the depot and followed a route along the railroad track. Her husband's train started at 6:65. At that hour ahe was a few hundred yards from the depot The train came on with in creasing speed and achieved rapid mo mentum when it came to Mra Eager. To carry out her resolve was the work of an instant After being killed ber body wai car ried along for 1,000 yardi when it waa caught in a frog of the traok and thrown to One aide. The hnahnnrl snarl away on his engine, little thinking of wnat tne maouinery under bis feet had done. MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE American Prleoner In Mexico Clnlme to Bo n Victim of Conspiracy. 8an Diego, Cal., Deo. 81. Ameri cans throughout Mexico are watching with great interest the movements of tbe authorities in tbe case of Carloa A. Miller, an American citizen and resident of Cusjiniouilapan, state of Guerrero. He is in Belima prison. City of Mexico, charged with the mur der of a Mexioan engineer named Edu ardo Zepeda, at Ometepeo on October 6. Miller claimed from the first that the offloeri at Ometepeo and in his own town with the unpronounceable name had oonspired to bring a murder charge against him and encompass his ruin and death if posailbe. He claims he knows the identity of tbe murderers, and offers, if released under guard, to furnish evidenoe of a wholesale con spiracy in tbe state of Guerrero not only to do away with him, but to de fraud the govenrment out of a large amount Reputable people of the state forwarded to the government state ments setting forth that Miller is all right, and ia the intended victim of nemiea in publio affairs. M'KINLEY'S ESCORT. Chicago Buaaara and Cleveland G'aye Will Share the Honor. Chioago, Deo. 81. When Major Mo Kinley take the oath of offioe March 4, his personal escort will be formed of tbe Chioago hussara squadron and tbe Cleveland Grays, Cleveland's oraok organization. The hussars were asked and promised last night in a big meet ing at the Great Northern hotel to ao cept the honor of tbe escort This matter was considered early by President-elect MoKinley. Both of these bodies offered their services. Finally the Grays were selected. Th Grays deliberated, and then deoided it would be tbe nice thing to invite the hussara to share the duty with them. All the members of the escort will b mounted on blaok boraei, and tbey count on making an effective display. The hussara will stop over on tbe way home at New York for one day and per haps give a fanoy ball A Resume of Events in the Northwest. EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH Wows Gathered In All the Towns ol Onr Neighboring Stat tea Improve snoot Bated Is A 11 Ind ostrlea- Oregon. A project ii on foot in Brow my ill to have a free reading-room. Stockbuyen are paying $13 to $17 for S-year-old iteers, and $15 for oowi, in Grant oopnty. Cattle on the range in Grant county are looking thinner than ever at tbi time of the year. Empire City's town treasurer holds $1,300 town funds, and the city boasts of no indebtedness. The colored miners at Beaver Hill, in Coos county, are organizing a lodge, supposedly of Masonry. There are about thirty taxpayers in Wallowa county, who pay taxes on property valued at over $5,000 eaoh. Elgin has shipped 787 carloads of grain, stock, wool, lumber and ties in tbe last ten months valued at $105,000. Strange as it msy seem in midwinter the kranobgrass is growing on Grant county's bills, says the Canyon City Newa Mr. Herrick expects to have work begun on his cannery at Tbe Dalle in a few week, to put it in shape for the spring run of salmon. 8. B. Edson, representing Edson Broa, of Gazelle, CaL, who has been in Lane county for some time buying cattle, will abip about 850 head, eight carloads, to Gazelle. , The cattle are mostly 8-year-old steers. In answer to a request from the Mil ton board of trade for a conference upon the quesiton of dividing Umatilla county, the Pendleton chamber of oom meroe has written that the question of division is one for th people of tbe county; but that, as an association, it is opposed to division. Last summer P. Boler, who live in Springfield precinct, in Lane county, raised several hundred bushels of canary seed, snd sold it in Portland, Salem and Eugene. He received 4 oent per pound for tbe seed. It is better than the canary seed raised in California and the other states, weigh ing considerably more to tbe busheL An old couple, while on their way to The Dalle last week in a two-horse haok, were upset in a snowdrift on a steep grade on Ten-Mile, and went rolling down th hilL A young man went to their assistance tried to get tbe horse out of the drift, and the horses and hack went tumbling after. For tunately, no one was seriously hurt, nor was muoh damage done to the rig. Harold Parker haa returned to Baker City from Omaba, after as absence of several montba Last spring Mr. Parker left Huntington with 13,600 sheep, the property of Gutnerie, Foss & Co., of Omaha, to be driven over land to darks, a station near tbe me tropolis of Nebraska. Although it took Mr. Parker four montba or more to make the drive, he waa so guooessful that he lost but ninety sheep. Washington. A great deal of wheat haa been sold in Ellensburg lately. Tb city treasurer of Fairhaven bai issued a call for warrants numbered from 1970 to 8080 inolusive, drswn upoa th general fund, there being funds on hand with whioh to pay them. Buckley citizens are now circulating a petition for the establishment of a wagon road from that town to the Summit mines, and pledges of assist ance are said to be numerous. ' The aggregate value of real property in Klickitat oounty in 1896, aa equal- 1 ised by the oountykboard, ia $1,613,606. . Th population of the oounty ia 7,600. The oounty haa fifty -six organized school distriota, with an attendance of 3,680 pupils. The Washington state board of pilot commissioners for tbe Columbia river and bar have submitted their report to the governor of vessel! bound in and out of the Columbia river from July 1, 1898, to October 6, 1896. It shows that there wer sixty-four bound in and sixty-one bound out between these dates The city of Ellensburg haa been or. dered by tbe oourt to make a speoial tax levy of four mills a year for four years to pay the amount of tbe judg ment in the Lorenoe case, wherein a verdiot for damages against the city was rendered, because of an accident resulting from a defective sidewalk. The judgment now amounts to about $10,000. Superintendent Barnett, of the St Louis mine, was in Everett the other day from Silverton. He brought down five pack horses, and had to make tbem swim the Stillaguamish river three times. It was a perilous undertaking, for the stream was high and swift The company has a drilling outfit ready to put in the mine as soon as the machinery oan be transported by rail, and then work will be continued all winter, ,