JOB PRINTING, OKI W' ' 1 1 - 113 ITiQCl J. is. !STiNS &, CO. . .. Publisher n 1 TCRW iMT KIU!MlJilPrriX. ..... iii(V.l ? T-lj Dp',,.-, Kttll Hit .bits r . ." i 1 Ijtrea. AiouUiS. . . . . ... to i ia'aU ta Wuc.) Ti-.r.iis of AtviaTidisti. (LKOA.Ii.) One first Insertion l-.j;n a,mui"l.iU uiseruon (UHU I.... 1 ,!(., r-'f I?" : v.:-"' I " hi-mr jerti?mS iwwr'fHt upon IiWnu tvnu. J-iti.r fi.t's, Cireniara, - Fonn, . VOL. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1637. NO. i 1 J t? t Jjr SOCIETY NOTICES. LVPAVX I.OIV.W. NO. 41. A. F I A. M: Mt && lltir now b,l m MiiA'Miij HWk. ott SaturdRj tTin ikj;, eu or Wiiirs U. iuJ ninm J WASSOX, W. M, IE IS WOX lo-yB, o. it. I. O. O F.: MwtJi ?-u-iy emi of -.h ww. t M.S K!l. w H1I, :in 5sjm.-; vmuug VriMhrta ci.'i'.t iP'lteJ to ttuid. J. J- CliAKLJXijS. S. O. HOKiiR Uvtv"! SO. SS. A.. O. T. W., Lebanon, in U month. f. H. Kob-oa. M. W. J. S. COUR7KSY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LBBAXOX OR15GOX. S"Offl.oln trick building, over M. A. JW- 14 s i ru; sioi. F. M. MILLER, . ATTORNEY AT LA Notary Public and General Insurance Agi. LBCASOS. OliKGOX. PiMcctf.vis Mitt otter buthisss pr justly iteiil$ W. Gl5i oa JhLaia swim. D. A. H. PETERSCK, SURGICAL, DENTIST, Fining and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. IXBAXOX. CB.EGOS. Office In W. C Peterson's jewolry store. i3"AU work warranted. Charges reasonable C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, LEBANON. OREGOX.. SKST STYLES. -17" Patronage respectfully lolicited. Gt. Charles Hotel, LEBANON. Oregon. 3T. W. Conn Mita and Sbencas Street, tn Kodk feast of & K. Xefot. H. E. PARHISH, Proprietor. Tabids Supplied with the Best the Market Affords. Suaple Eoornt and the Bo AKemmolatioas for ljEmieii own. -GENERAL STAGE OFFICE.- T. COTTON DEALER IS Groceries and Provisions, TOQACCO & CICARS, sroKERs articles; Forel-n and! Dcmeslic Fruits, COriFECTIONCRY, (taetuBware and daasware, li&mpm aad Uay FIxtares. Mala St Iiebaaea, Oregoa. Fresh, and Salted Beef and Pork, MUTTON, PCRX, SAliSACS, BOLOGNA and HAM. Eaccn iii Lsii always on Hand. Mala Street, Lebanon, Or. . I, cowaj. J. M. Butok, J. W. Ccaicr, BANK OF LEBANON Lebanon, Oregon, Transacts a Genera! Canking Business. Accona's Sept SabjOit to Check. EXCHAKQS SOLD OK lis? Ycrt, San Francisco, Forllasi an-3 ColSectSons Mcda on Favcr- TL C. PBTBB50H h CO., -NEW- Lorry, M klii Wz, LEBANON, OREGON. To otir many fi-tonds of Lebanon and vicinity, and those of other towns, we desire to ca'l attention to th fact that We have opened on Eajls Streot, Ect First M Sec;n3, m kkar ROrixryti karkissh shop.) a NEW LIVERY STABLE. WE HA VIS . Jew Buggies. Hacks and Hanioss, GOOD RELtACLE HORSES. Parties desiring to take a trip to the mountains, or other places ol recreation, should call and see our Special Conveyances For auch trfpa. All Kids of TeaslEi I HanliM Done -AT- Xteasoiiiiblo Xlates. B. H. BAHIXER, PROPRIETOR OF Temperance XXall ShOQtiiGall3ry &Pco1T1jIbs - K&in Street, Lebanon, Oregon. BEST OF- Ciers ana Coffi&eis -FOR raB- Accommodation of Patrons. Parties will fiod this a pleasant place tor innocent amusement. B. EL BARKER. IIAYEE BEOS., mam, Lebanon, Oregon. Ecrsesliociss anil General Eenairins. ALL WORK WARRANTED TO GIVB SATISFACTION, Prices to Suit the Times. GIVE US A CALL. NEW lien .Ms, CONSI3TINS OF The Latest Styles in HATS, E3SSETS AND TEIKMGS, r-..;....lEia ttt, Leteaoai "Oregon, Lebanon, StofEsiifiiwB,M,Pns,to .MAITUFACrriiER of. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, EVrJi2 FJPOCJT, Etc. Ail kinds of Repairing Alto keep Tlie WOVEN "E GOA1, ... XT rxca-ertaliiex, Dealer in Furniture. BURYlIiG ROBES & COFFINS CONSTANTLY OH HIND AIgo Doors, Windows and Blinds. r.l. A. DEALER IX Drugs. Medicines, Paints, Oils and Glass. ALSO A '.Complete Stock of Stationery, 3L,.XIDE TOILET iAJTCMO Prescriptions a Specialty. Next Door to W. Q. Donaca, J-ebanon, Oregon. T.TTTfitrRTX & I.EWIS CO., limited. , ' ritwrrt Haetae. tri. MAlCCFAOTtTKBBS OF THE MITCHELL FARM THE IIITCHELL WAGON. Irfiop. SMdnr and Truck.: Duma Hand and Road Carta: Opan ana lop Buggies, Phaetons, Carriage, Buclcboarda, ana Central A rents for Canton Clipper Tlows. Harrows, CultiTators, Bead Scrapers, Oais Chilled Plows, Idea Feed Mills and Wind Mills, Knowl- i ton Hay Raket, Howe Powers, Wood Saws. Teed Cutters, etc We earrr the largest and best assorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest Coast. All onr work la built especially for this trade and fully warranted, and for new 1887 catalogue. Mitahftll & Lewis Co.. Limited. 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Our goods are sold by F. H. BOSCOB & CO., Hardware Dealers, Lebanon, Or. GvE. EAEBY, 17 ate h maker . .DHAtEB QT... "fatc.es, elect., Jewelry, SilTer .so ROCKrlrORD o o o o o o Cdd-Trdri Eepairin s a Specialty. 8. KAvnJ OH -V o o o o o e o rhifir,i(w slid atiiiT .aiao LP & H. A. Singer Soaring ' UM V. B. Oregon Done at Short Notice. in itock WIRE 13I3T. 173 IL LEE!, Brssesi PmUh,i AFiD SPRING WAGONS. and .. Jeweler- Plated Ware ni Ostleal Gools. sirr fob o o o e e A7ATCIIES SXACTIStQ All Work tSPIC V 4 Guaranteed y 'to fcxmitwI o o o o o o o AtmTT roa nts.... Machines & M etc THE MAGUEY PLANT. Cartas That la Tntut. Drink, Clothing sad Medietas to the Mexicans. The cactus prows wild in Mexico in almost endless forma of errowth, while some localities certain kinds are ultivated for the prolit to be tlorived through their production. The Mair- ey, a plant of the cactus family, is ojio of the most valuable of the rtro- ncts of Mexico, and tho uses to which it is put by these people seem almost infinite In variety. A fujritiro para graph u from a newspaper furnishes partial list: 'jTho maguey ;crti9 a pecial gift of nature to nupp!y tho simple wants of the native. Its coarse cloth makes his first, last and oniy gar ment, and its stiongf ropo tics down his coffin lid. The fiber of the leaf. beaten and spun, forms a fine and, beautiful thread, glossy as silk in tcxt urr. which resembles linen when woven into fabrics. It is manufactured nto a coarse cloth, also into iwtwr. agginn;, satl-cloth, sacking, etc. 1'he rope made from tt is called ma- ilia hemp, and h of uncommon strength and excellence. Cut into coat-so straws, it forms tho broomu ud whitewash brushes of the country, nd, as a substitute for bristles, it is made into scrub-brooms, dnstingr hrushca and the tiny brooms which ake tho place of combs among the poorer people, iseautmil fancy bas ts, money bags, purses, saehels, and thousand toys, trinkets and orna ments are woven from its fiber. If your horse has a sprain or your donkey a bruise, a maguey leaf, pounded anil bound upon the injured member, is certain cure. The pointed thorns. which, terminate the gigantic le.tvet are strong as nails and sharp as needle. nd to this dar, as in primitive tunes. hey serve for nails, needles and pins. Upon paper made of maguey fiber the any-Mexicans painted their pietur. histories and hierosrlvphie Bjrures. very Mexican estate, in certain d';s- ricts, cultivates more or less magitev. I"h 6 mighty plants answer for hed;e and mark the boundaries of ranches. wo rows with their enormous learei- and bayonet-like thorns making an impenetrable fence." In short, the maguey Is food, dnuk. lothing, medicine and writing nia- crinl for the Mexican. It has well been called "a miracle of nature," and t is probable that she has n-ver, in my other way, so lavishly provided. a such a convenient form, any thine mm which man can produce So main things to sustain life and add to hh omfort and convenience at home. One species of tho maguey pl int furnishes a drink known as "pulque,"' which, before fermentation takes place. is not intoxicating and mot unpleasant n taste. Itrpresents a milky appear- nec, and is slightly tart and pungent. Fermentation occurs in a few davs tfter production, and pulque then, like hard cider, will produce lutosica- lon if taken m suiiicient quantity. In some localities this drink is quite &f extensively used in th country as i the malt-beer now so largely consumed throughout the United States. In the City of Mexico, where the water is of poor quality, pulque is almost univer sally used, many persons discarding entirely the water furnished by the city.and using the unfermented pulque solely as a beverage. . One of the richest citizens of the Mexican capital realized his immense fortune from the sale of pulque, being the proprietor of several retail shops in various -onarters of the citv. His in come is estimated at over j:W,0U0 pet annum. t hen it is known that on an estate of one thousand acres of the chenpest quality of land a million plants may be constantly flourishing in their- several stages of growth, anil that during the entire time there will be a sufficient number of matured rna- gueys to furmsn about lour tnonsaiia gallons of pulque daily, it will be quite apparent that there is a good margin for profit In the production of this bev 1.. which is worth -about eisrht cents a irallon as It flows froffr the plant v:'; It is said that over forty thousand gallons of pulque are sold and drunk in the City of Mexico daily. From the duty ehaisred for the privilege oi bringing this liquor within the cor iHirate limits, tho municipal treasury derives an income amounting to f 1.00C a daj'. Cor. Indianapolis Journal. i - n. Cleaning Black Silk. I have recently ripped, sponged and made over an old black silk witu such success, that I must impart my know! edge to the readers. ...The process was a new one to me, although it may nol prove so to you. I first thoroughly brushed it with a soft caniei s-uaii brush, then laid each piece flat on clean pine table, and sponged it with hot coffee that had been slrainod through a piece of muslin. This I did on the side which I intended to turn out; allowed it partially to dry, ant ironed it on tho wrong sine. it was very dirty, shiny, and adorned with not a few grease spots, before the nitra tion, and I was surprised to soo how completely tho grease and shine were removed. It has none of the crackly stiffness Imparted by water or beer. Try it on an old silk apron or cravat Rural New Yorker. -The best paid minister in America is Dr. John' Hall, who has $20,000 a year, and receives f 5,000 for his liter ary writings. Dr. Dix, pastor of Trin ity church, receives 115,000 yearly, ant' Dr. L. Taylor is paid the same. Dr. Charles Hall, of the Fifth avenue Pres byterian, has $15,000. Dr. Parkhurst, of Madison Square has a large salary. Dr. Jaxton receives $15,000, and Rev. Kobei-t Collyer, the blacksmith preach or, is paid $10,000. Public Opinion. American juuite (vehemently). "How awfully vulgar Ruskin is be coming! Be has just said that he owes more to cab-drivers than to any other in the world." English Dude fcompromi&inglv) "Aw, my chappie, you misunderstand him you, know. I, myself, owe more to the cabbies than I will ever be able to bay. ne x.;oci. When a pretty young girl tells v," 1. young man that he is "very asm had better begin to F.ive lw ot Lcr. fiuc rue's. TELEGRAPQIC SUMMARY. h Epitese sf the Frindpal Ere: Is Ksi PfiVJe Iafcresl A fire at Memphis destroyed cotton and buildings valued at 750,(XK. Fourteen persons were killed by an explosion in a coal mine at Oreizanoe, ; uermany. A young man named Kaflerty was killed by the upsetting of a hay wagon near Placervilie, Idaho. By an explosion of a furnace in Cleveland, Ohio, two men were killed and five ctliera badly injured. Fourteen men were seriously, and it; is leared some ol them fatally injured by an explosion of gasoline at Phila delphia. - The official list of the members of i the next House of Representatives! shows that it will consist of 168 Demo-J crats, 153 Republicans and four Inde- i pendents. j China official, W ,rtl ln , f empress dowager that an amount equal to 112,750,000 will be required for the young emperor's marriage. An edict has been ordered to raise this amount. A. A. Cohen, attorney for the South-1 ern Pacific Railway Company, died while en route from New York, near Sidney, Neb. It is believed that the immediate cause of his death was PH .. .. . .. ... . I alyeisl though he had been ill for some month?. .,' -. .'" The Union Pacific has issued a new J freight tariff; which reduces rates from 1 OnAha to all Montana pointa on an average of ten per cent on all classes of goods. This action grows out of the Manitoba rate recently promulgated, and which cat the Union Pacific felt bonnd to mceL A special from CoffeeviUe, Miss , save a body of men, estimated at 150, went j into Pitteborough and demanded of the commissioners that they either deliver up the ballot-boxes or issue certificate" of election to the labor candidate The commissioners chose the latter alterna tive, and certificates were issued. At Amsterdam, N. Y., aerolite weigh- mg three tons dropped with a loud re- Iort in the main street, making a deep uientalion in the gtcand. Gt e tt ex citement was created by the occur rence and large crowds visited the -ce lestial visitor. Local experts find traces of iron," nickel, aluminum, and other met&ls in the aerolite. William Kibler and others have filed application for a writ of mandamus to compel the Supquehaiina Coal Com- pany to produce the bodies of twenty-1 six miners who were buried m the No. I 1 Elope of thateompany, at Nantieoke, j fa., on the IJstaof December, 188a, and whose bodies are still entomed in ! the pit. It would cost f 200,000 to dig them out. In 1S-S6 there were bandied bv the clerks in the railway mail service of letters, ordinary matter and registered packages, through registered pouches and inner registered sacks, 5,31.-)47,- 044 piece. In 1887, 5.851 ,394,057, be- j ing an increase of Ui,54!013 pieces. During the year 1,734,617 errors india-, tribution was found, making one error for each 3J7J pieces handled. Lieut.-Geu. P. II. Sheridan has pre sented bis annual report to the Sec re- i tary of War. At the date of the last consolidated returns, the a'rmr con sisted of 2200 officers and 24.226 men, including Indian scouts. The lieuten ant-general briefly sums up the condi- i tion of the various divisions of the army, and says that while it has been free from Indian hostilities of any mag nitude, many operations of a minor nature have been rendered necessary, j The Hancock Chemical Company's packing house, for dynamite, was blown up at Ishpemmg, Mich. The follow ing named men, who were on the prem ises, were annihilated with the build ing: Willie Renaud, Charles Barkel, Thomas Thompson, Tim Crowley, Will ! King and Wni. Lapp. There were 1500 pounds of dynamite in the build ing. Search was begun immediately for the bodies of the six victims. All that was found were a few scraps of j flesh. The cause of the explosion will never be known. Five negro laborers were killed by a dvnamite explosion in the cut on the! extension of the Nashville & Florence railroad near Nashville, Ten a. The calamity was the result of a misunder- standing. The foreman bad sent his hands away to a place of safety, with orders not to return until he sent for them. He, with on ) or two hands, remained to charge the holes m the rocks and fire the fuses. Five of the hands came back in the cut just below facing where the blasting was to be done, and instantly tons of boulders j and earth were hurled in on them. The annual report of Tre asurer j Hyatt shows that the revenues of the Government for 4he fiscal year were 1371,403.277, and ordinary expendi tures $267,932,179, the surplus of re ceipts available for reduction of the; public debt being $103,471,0a7. As compared with the previous year, re ceipts increased $34,y(3,55y, expendi tures $25,448,1)40, and surplus reve nues $9,514,509. There was an in crease in every article of revenue, the largest being in receipts from customs. The largest increase in expenditures was on account of Indians and pen sions, and the largest decrease on ac- count of interest on the public debt. Receipts of the postoffice department amounted to $o4.7a2,347, and expendi- tures to $53,583,835. Revenues exclu - sive of deficiency appropnations, m c ensed $3,500,405, and expenditures $2,001,249. The amount drawn from the treasury to make good deficien cies in the postal revenues was $6,969, 138, as against $S,7 14,432 in The other afternoon as Farmer Kellogg's oxen were drawing a heavy load up spring Hill, Conn., the load shifted to the rear, raising tho tongue of the cart and lifting theitoxen nearly off their fore feet. , Mr. Kellogg was able to release them ana tne oxen were fast choking to death, when a passing neighbor came to Kellogg s assij-iance. They both mounted the cart tongue and managed to unyoke tho oxen, but not he fore one of them was si thoroughly choked that Is foil aa though doad rd fr .1 11- NEWS. STerytblzg cf General Istsrest fa a Condensed Ferm. A new picture frame factory has been started in East PottLind. Many new contracts, have been let for the erection of dwelling houses in this city, says a Baker city paper. The era in crop of A. B. ConW. of Sand Kidge, near the Cove, Union county, amounts to 40,000 bushels. Nine car loads of ore have been re ceived at the reduction works in East Portland from the Cosur d'Alene mines. Notwithstanding the fact that eighfy- one new residences have been ere--t;-d hi Astoria the pa-st year, desirable houses are scarce. Eegular shipments of flour are new being made to China by a Portland firm. By the Lttt Canadian Pacific steamer 000 tons were forwarded. It was sent by rail to Tacorr.a and thence y boat to V ancouver. ; The steamer Telephone, the fastest 8tern wheeler probably in the world, eaught fire near Astoria and burned to the water's edge. All the passengers with one exception (an intoxicated man) escaped without injury. The steamer cost about $45,000. Near the old mining camp of Clarks- "tl . n- , - T l raid on a Chinese cabin. rnl tntvb hv force whatever of food eupplies they wanted and then went to the raininr claims near bv and helped themselves to a f 50 clean-up that the Chinamen had raided from the sluices. Reports of the coast survey from Tillamook bay down to the Yaquina Heads lighthouse, and from laouina pier to the Uenpqua, have just been made by Messrs. Kockwell anl Dick- ecs, of thCi U uited States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Much new and im portant information is included in this survey. Southern Pacific omjials state that the California & Oregon road will un doubtedly be completed by December 1, and that before the 10 ih of the month through trains will be runuing to and from Portland. Just as so n as the UMt raila are General Manager A. N. Towne says that an initial excursion will be run to Portland, to give busi ness men a chance to see the road and the new territory. John H. Hogan, of I);ifur. died fiom wounds inflicted by his own hand. He had a quarrel with his wife and shot Eve times at her. one ball taking eff"Ct in her arm and one in her hand. He then shot himself in the breast, the ball coming out under the shoulder. It was . vpnr iinlnrtnnaf flriv.-'.- TIr.psin was a well-to-do farmer, and an old set- tier. He leaves a wife and four chil- dren. He was aiiArreljme when drunk. but generally considered a good citi- sen. Martin Chrisman, who came near being murdered on Sucker creek, Ogn., by one Raney, has so far recovered consciousness as to be able to tell all about the facts in the matter. He was struck in the head by a rock thrown by Raney, which knocked him off his mule; then Raney beat him with a stone and left hina for dead, bul seeing him trying to crawl off, came back and beat him again, dragged him to an ir rigating ditch, threw him in and piled stones on him. Rauey is still at large. James Hamilton, a native of Lanca shire, aged 18 years, an apprentice lad aboard the British . bark Lady Law rence, lying at Victoria wharf, Albina, was drowned. He was engaged in painting the side of the vessel from a staging, and, at the time of the acci dent, was leaning, against a wheat chute which projected from the lower floor of the wharf. Suddenly the chute slipped back and the lad was precipi-4 tated into the water. Immediately three brave sailors aboard the ship, hearing the s plash i sprang into the water to rescue him, but he did not rise to the surface, rue body was re covered about twenty minutes later. - Walter Sutton, editor of the Gold Beach Gamflt, at Ellensburgh, Oregon, shot and killed Thomas Cunningham. Cunningham fired one 6hot at his wife, who ran, and then pointed the pistol at Sutton, but the latter killed him in- J stantly. The coroner's : jury brought I in a verdict of justifiable homicide Family trouble was the cause of the 1 shooting. : . Cunningham, about four 1 years azo. married Lena Z&haizer, a j niece of Sutton's. He was a sailor, ad 1 dieted to drinking, and when in his 1 cups quarrelsome, and at times mur I derous. He was at these times very I abusive to his wife. Sutton is a highly i esteemed citizen of 43oos county, and Iwss a member of tb.9 Legislature of 1 1855 James Murphy, a miner, was killed in the Anaconda mine at Butte by a chunk of ore foiling on him. There are now confined in the Terri torial penitentiary at Walla Walla 107 prisoners. One of these is a woman from Seattle, two are colored men, one Chinamen and four Indinns, and the others of different nationalities. The postofSce at Winlock, W. T., on the line of the Northern Pacific, was robbed of $241 by two young men, who boarded a passing tram and got away with the money. One of them was ar rested at Silver Lake and the other took to the woods. A fearful tragedy occurred at Gran ite, Montana. C L. Scott murdered his wife in cold blood. Trouble in the j family seems to have been the cause. J xhe murderer was diseovered lying by 1 e side of his murdered wife, seem- inirlv in a beastly state of intoxication. J The officers were apprised of the facts, 1 and a once proceeded to the place where the oastardiy deed was com i mittad and placed tha murderer under : arrest. - A special train of twenty cars, loaded with raisins, left r resno, Cat, con i signed to a firm ia New York. This was the first full train load of raisin? ever shipped from the Pacific Coast. George Asmussea, 15 years of age, elevator boy in the Bancroft building, San Francisco, feu down the elevator i shaft, a distance of sixty ioet, and re Iceived injuries from which he died. John Montrulo, a teaitibU-r, fell nr.der the wheels of his wagoa near Aybo. Nev., and was crt he was cors-lor t the icci-iint. Hit L When ivi-. OREGON GS. tJerated : Prisispally Territory and to Near Seattle, W. T., James Y was si-nick ty a fa;;;ng t-ee ai etanily kuJed. A boy named Day was drowned "si Lake WAsiiinjrton, near c.-aUie, by the upsetting of a bo.-t. The name of theTCtoiTne at Burl?, Idaho, has Jteen eLanjod by ths c.J- partment to B.iyard. August Marls comtuiilefl ptiici's st Colusa, Cat., by fchoo'-icg hrK-elf w;:h a ball-dog revolver throe.;!! the brain. John U. Divii, a prominfut Odd Fellow, living near Okvi.Ii, Cs'U dk-d from the 'resriH t.f havKs a tooth ? x traeted. A great tZo-v of bljod choked Mm, suffocation ensuing. At a mef ting of the Bod'.e Miners' Union, hell recently, Uu;fa O'llar-i. financial secretary of the organization, was fouud guilty of embezzlement and expelled from the union. George C'ark, about 50 years ol i, just arrired from St. Louis was found dead in bis room at the Pico II ;!.-?, Los Angeles. He tad I.Iowa cut t.oe gas and been asphyxiated. United State District Jad::e IJc:" ma'n sentenced James Harkins, con victed of bribing ex-Unite. States Com missioner Obeirne, to one year's i.u prieonment and a fine of ?2,400. ; A Portland bridge carpenter nain-J Lurka Ml from the bridge over the Nesqaalla river near Meida, W..T., r-n the line of the Northern Pjc-iSc ra.l ri"md, and was d row ne t. Ills txxly wa not recovered. . . .At Los Ansjeles the jury in tho t-a-e of Wm. Williams, who killed his nfs for allowing their child to attend tf:-ts theater, brought in a verdict of murder in the first desree, with the penal :y fixed at impri.nment for life. Within the past two montba tno Fish Commia?ion dwtrirvtted young tront in California as Tl(!lows: Tea thousand in the vicinify of f ?3ia Cru., 10,000 in Venture conntr, 1050 r,i ,;r Colum. anil 10 OfSO nejr T,,k irj.U The mining enmpanka of D-c-r Lodge county, M-mtana. returr.i-.L? are the Granite Mountain. ? 1. 5-'Xf ,(':-, the Bine Ered Nellie, ifKW.uCO: the Hope, $6S,Orj0, and the Cable, $27.0!-O. " The board of manasf-rs of the Na tional Soldier' Home witlh-.ij a mc-tt-ing in San Francisco for th - pn-poae of selecting a siie t r the Pacific Cmst branch of lLat institution, for whLh the list cnref5 arprppriateJ the s'jni of 150,CW. West Joccs w'j i'ar.t!y killed .t the Lumpkin if -hi at Or.viiie, Cfil., while unloading los'ro"! a Irnk.. Hi; had unloaded the t-; 1 sad f gettmg it out of tbs w:v a -j,-slipped from tha t-j.es. f-'rl"&;r 5 ""a, the head and crcIticg t '.i tfeu.L , R. J. Fleck, a miner, took h"s wle and eon, from the mountains to winder in Chico, Cal. la unloading the ges's he stepped to the rear and pu-k-d & n .3i3 towards him. It caught and was dis charged. The ball entered the right side and passed clear throuah t'.ia body. He cried, "My God, I am dying and fell dead. His wife and eon w it nessed his death. A paper published in the Bitter Ejot valley, Montana, gives a list of forty eight "residents there who this year raised ninety-seven tons of fruit, mcsl'y apples, which are described as unsur passed for size and flavor. Many thou sands of new trees are being set out, and Bitter Root will soon be a valley of orchards. It is a valley fvrty miles long and five to twelve miles wide, be ing not far from ilissoulA. The official report of the catch of whaling vessels tor the season shows that a total of SOO whiles have been taken. The catch of 39 vessels, now in port at San Francisco, show, a re sult of 32.334 barrel? of til, pounds of tone and 5-"0of ir. ,rv. Tl.o Oceania expected to brir.-a- in 4-"" l-u-rels of oil and about 11,000 pnis ot" bone. ; This will brins the vaia-s of th-3 total catch to nearly f 2,000,000. A horrible tragedy was enacted at the south end of the Montana Central tunnel, near Wickes, Montana. A i- - L 1 " .1 . . . T umtsu woiKiiian juuireu t;a oi um uiiui in the bouse where a working force of thirty men sleep, whipped out !iii re volver, a o3-cahber sel!-acti3i; wapx-ii. and without a word fire-d at John EL-L a fellow-workman, who w. fctaiiinT in the room scarce six pseee dist a TbebnTIet entered the base of the br.5i, and Eld dropped dead on the instant. The murderer then eot.lly turned to another man, John Limburg, standing near by, and quickly planted -another bullet in his head, (striking him Ec-.ir the left eye. Limburg fell dead. The fiendish man then turned -'he wespon against his own breast, and completed the tragedy by shooting himself through the heart, falling dead without a groan. The whole thing happened so sud denly, without any warning, aud passed off so quickly, that the men ground, some of whism were still in their bunks had no time to interfere. Before they had recovered from the surprise occa sioned by the first shot the tragedy was enacted, ar.d thr?A bodies were stretched oiit on the floor as corpses. Governor Hill, of New York, plays with all the little children near tJie xecutive mansion in Albany every day. - Charles IL Woodruff, who has made a fortune ia printing inks in Philadelphia, was once a compositor earning three dollars a welt. The manuscript of "IIm, Swvt Home," has been buried iu t-'.e co-lift ' with Miis Harden, of Geovgift, .who half a century ago rejected the hand of the author. . It is said there is a town ia Shet land where twenty-two men h. we re fused -to speak to or reeor.irf each other for years because they Iv.ve dif ferent -theories about the creation cf the world, and sene of them will give ap to the other. A very large ntmibor of Irili names end with "a'a." Ah ireiiei-ally means field in Irish. TU.i.f: Cavanarr means ho"ow tlel 1; Cvrrah, race ri!' . It i not i:iirrol :i'"e thft t ti.et - -erd oi'gr.-ii'y ilv, :t b p.-'"". .',! lwlt in or near ioealitii 3 '.vliicii wt-r COAST CULLff-