banon -Express.
. H. Y. KiRKPATRICK.
Editor - and - Proprietor,
STATE AND COAST. 0
Taken From Our Exchange Through
out the Northwest. .
Mr. A. Fetsah, a Medford tailor
r.i tw Jr550 in a lottery last week
A'colony of Nebraska people baa
orivcdt Independence, to settle
lipid in $500 bonds to the
grand jury. He gave bonds.
There are about one hundred
l.ovs in the roforme school, 161,300
is wanted for the school for tha
coming two years.
rtnv. T. I). Driver mav be presented
fur t'nited States Senator. It will
be a waste-of time.
The Virtue mine's December out-
mil has arrived in Baker City. It
is a big ball of gold and weighed
out about $17,000.
Jim Averill, the Pistol-river
duelist, has been put under 11500
boadB to answer to the Curry
county grand jury.
"Uncle Billy" Qillam is circulat
ing an iuitiatave and referendum
i.etitinn in Morrow county; also
one for new stats constitution."
Dr. W. A. Cusick, George S.
Downing, Dr. A. B. Gillis and G
Putnam, of Salem, are fitting out a
carload of wheat lor the Nebraska
suffers.
A young blood of Condon tore up
sixty dollars m bills and threw
them in the stove the other day,
iust to show he didn't care for
money.
Baker City is to vote January 16
upon the question of levying a tax
to keep school up the rest of the
year. It will coat $4,000 and unless
the tax is voted, school must dost.
Secretary of Btate Kineaid will
refuse to grant the nae of the state
house for an inaugural ball, tie
having written to twenty-eight
members of the legislature, who ob
ject to its being used for that pur
pose. " ;". '
As usual there were more wed-
pings in October 1894, than in any
other month. During the last
fourteen years this has never failed
. to be the case. October is the
irreat wedding month in Linn
county: .' ' '
The Oregon 'Construction com
pany, Edwin Stone, J. li. Smith
uui. F- K. Strong incorporators,
vesterday filed articles. Stock
3,000,000. Tniais the; Astoria
organization that il to push the
construction of a railioad to Port
land. """"
It cost $29,829.23 to run Yamiill
county during J894, as invested
by the record of bills audited,which
was 99&.C5 less than for the year
previous. The expenditures of the
last half of 1894 were 12,619.12 in
excess of the corresponding months
of 1893. -
O. N. Denny receiver of the de
funct Portland Saving bank, today
filed in the state circuit court a re
port of the condition of the bank.
According to his report the assets
are $1,965,192; liabilities $1,343,-
. 369. ' Assets in excess of liabilities,
$521,796. ''
- The Grant's Pass Courier learns
that Fred Carter, half brother of
Millard Bull, was drowned in the
Hull & Beck reservoir last Thurs
day morning. It seems he was
manipulating the headgate and was
struck on the head by it and
thrown into the water.
The latest sensation at Astoria is
a eliding mountain, which appears
to be traveling towards the bay.
Four or five houses have been
moved a distance of from two to
,-: five feet, and in one instance a
. selling was toppled over so that
, ' "'lightest jar will send it tumbl-
down. " , ..-,(
John Sexton was arrested at
Eugene Wednesday, charged with
adultery committed with Elua J,
Smith, wife of 0. C. Smith, pros-
nieottUng attornuy. Th woman is
about fifty ytors old and li Mpaatsd
have' a"' family" grown "and have
been married about thirty years.
Sexton is eingle and about thirty
five years old. The case hnj cre
ated considerable excitement in
Spencer precinct, Lane county,
where they reside.
The Heppner Record has retired
from business, printing its laRt pa
per last week. It makes no com
plaint, but turns up its little
toes. chaerfully, and mauluiiy. it
says that "Onward and Upward"
was the motto, and that it has gone
onward avers ince it started, and it
now goes "upward."
Ten years ago the thermometer
at Baker City fell to forty degrees
below aero, and sixty degrees be
low at North Powder. Weather
prophets predict regular Dakota
winter during the next few weeks.
visitor at Pendleton, from
Haines, reports nine degrees below
sero at that place a day or two
ago.
The Lakjview Examiner gives
an account of rabbit drivers in that
section, which resulted in the
slaughter of 3,500 jack rabbits. The
rodents had become so troublesome
in destroying crops and gardens,
that they formed a combination to
surround a large extent of the coun
try and drive them into a corral,
where thay were killed. ,
George Harris, a ditch tender on
the Eonis-Cameron -mine, met
big five-point buck near the head of
the ditch in the snown'e day last
week and slew him in a hand-to-
hand combat It seemed he "cor
ralled" bis'deership in the ditch.
and the animal in attempting to
get by ran into George's arms, thus
making the venison killing a clear
case ot seu aeiense. courier.
Lissie J. Anderson arrived at
Lakeview with bet witnesses from
Bowden, Or., last Saturday,1 to
prove up on her land in that sec
tion. Bowden u about two hun
dred miles east of Lake iaw, in 'the
extreme southeast corner of the
state, and as she had to travel in
roundabout wav, ' they traveled
over four hundred miles and were
more than a week no the road
The special committee appointed
by the state board of agriculture to
examine the miscellaneons xhibits
at th state fair have reported that
the most attractive and interesting
display which came under their no
tice was the mining exhibt from
Jackson county, which was
charge of Hon. Theodere Cameron
and have recommended that cash
premium of $20 be awarded it.
G. N. Fraxer now hbj bis new
boat completed and a few days agp
steamed up and tried the machin
ery, which was found to work sat
isfactorily. He has written to the
government inspectors of hulls and
boilers to come up and inspect the
craft and as soon as this is done he
will propahly be ready for business.
The boat will draw twelve inches
of water when loaded. Eugene
Register. , ,
General E. L. Applegate, who re
sides at Merlin, Jackson county,
and is known by nearly every old
pioneer in Oregon, is suffering from
a cancer in the right hand, which
haljbeaumc carious affliction. It
is now considered probable that the
arm, or at least the hand must be
amputated to save the general
life. His many friends all over the
state will earnestly sympathise
with him.
It is' learned that the school
house in school district No. 65 near
Monroe, Benton county, was des
troyed by fire a few nights ago. It
is not known how the fire origi
nated. The entire building and all
the contents were consumed, and
now there is not a school book in
the district, all of them having
been burned with the building.
The building was a good one and
there was $300 insurance on it. '
Grandma Townsend died in Dal
las December 80, at the residence
of Hon. W. C. Brown, her son-in-law,
with whom she had made her
home for the past thirty-two years.
Harriett Townsend was born near
Nashville, Tenn., October 28, 1309,
and Wat, therefore, 5 'years, 3
months s&4 8 days wd.i lo 1821
ssouri, and in IfiiJti, was married
James Townsend, Who died in
that state in 1838. She came to
regon in 1847. :
At a meeting of the stookholdore
the Eugene Loan A Savings
bank, the paid-up capital waa in
creased from forty thousand to
fifty thousand, and tha follow-
ina named directors eiruea
to serye the ensuing yar J. U
Church, J. B. Harris, W. E. Brown,
B. D. Pains and F. W. Osburn. At
tbn directors' maetint. which in
meoioieiy iouowbu, 4. v. vm"
was re-elected president and F. v .
Osburn cashier.
Jack, the W-year-old son of II.
D. Smith, of the Whiteaker irsigh
borhood, near Stayton, was ssvarely
kicked in the face by a colt the first
of last week, endangering tha boy's
eyesight, if not his life. Tha boy
was urging the colt into the barn,
when the animal kicked him in
the face, cutting circular gash
from the left eye down to the month
and across the cheek. He may get
woll, but his face will b frightfully
scarred.
One of Medford's new butchers
becamg involved in an altercation
with a person whose name it un
known and drew a gun on him.
He was arrested and brought be
fore Justice Walton, aud during
the examination became involved
in a row with the attorney on the
other side, who drew the gun,
which was lying on the tabls in
evidence, and compelled hint to
subside. The attorney is now un-
dea arrest for the same offense.
Adam Mistier of Oak Hill, saves
Lane county from going another
week without agunning accident.
He was climbing up a small tree
and pulling gun after him as
usual muzale forewarn and the
hammer caught in a bush and dis
charged the gun, tha wad passing
through the knee of hit trousers
and close to the side of his bead.
Had he not thought of hi danger
and moved his head to on fide,
he would undoubtedly have nut a
terrible death. -
KlnalM Uthl,
Late advices from Florence show
that important cbangei in the channel
of tne Biuslaw harbor an being tfade
Dy me winter norma.
T. M. Martin, who bas Jutt examin
ed the Jetty with government m
oloyeee says: "We eould see that tne
Jetty has not been damaged thin .win.
ter so tar, but I am sorry wise uat
the channel is shitting rapidly ta the
north, and that it will require snore
Jetty work." Ships hav been enter
ing by the Boutb channel for two
yean, North channel haviag itneu
filled up with nri rt tlift time.
During late years the government baa
tarted to build a Jetty aeruss North
channel to permanently eoBUix all
the water in South eliannsl, .hut the
Jetty waa only started wbea tbaap-
propriation gave out and the work
waa stopped. During tha bat twenty
years the channel of Blunlaw harbor
haegbllteda number of Urn, four
yean ago ships entered by North
channel, but but summer this channel
waa a dry sandbar at low tide, and a
go; 3, deep channel was a mile aad a
half or two ml lea to the south, The
Biuslaw harbor bar baa a good deep
channel If the tamt could only be
prevented from shifting back and
forth from the north to the south side
of the harbor, Eugene Begisltr,
PBOBAI BRCOSD.
In eetnte ef Jonathan Needbam
receipts of 90,10 each for dUtrlbdtion
filed. . -
In guardianship of Walter and Eva
Haabrwek, Inventory filed; real pro
perty 11,000.
In estate ot John Fagan Inventory
filed; real aslato In The Dalle 110,
personal property, $83.t6. :
In eatate of Olney Pry Sr., petition
to sell personal property granted.
In guardianship of Luellla Bart,
account approved.
In Mtata of A, V. Qaroutte, bil
Bitter appointed administrator. Bond
al.200. :
Iu estate of Hiram Worrell, invent
ory filed; real property In Beatou
county 11,640, personal property In
Llrn county, I6S. 4
In estate of D. J. Bbaban, .James
Bbahau was appointed administrator.
Bond, 12,000. I
In guardiauahlp of L. II. Jonas In
vantory filed; oaab, f33T.3S. '
Iu estate of John Brown, personal
property reported sold far 1777.84. ,
Iu estate of D. V. Mlebael, dmjni.
trator appointed.
BHILOH'8 CUKE, th great Cstigh
and Croup Cure, is In great domain!.
PooketalM MllaiM tweilly l wly
A 'Debt Fia.ARor Thirty reara.
About thirty' years ago,' says the Cori
valils Times, a man named Houghton,
recently arrived from Manwohunt'ltt,
conducted a tannery on the ground
now occupied by the Corvallis Water
aemcani-'s nunipt and eiiKllict, For
aome time Mr. Houghton was III poor
health, and before his death Horace H.
Hastings, a brother in-law, came out
from UaasBChueetls, and after bis
death wm appointed administrator ot
th talats, wbicb waa iuaolvant. fi
P.'Brlggahad aolulm aguluat the sa
ute lor 1118, and Mr. Huntings stated
that he would probably forward
(be amount ot the bill at some future
time, aa the deceased's father bad con
siderable means. .
Mr. Srlgga bad almost forgotten his
claim .after a lapa of twenty-nine anil
a half years and was moat agreeubly
aurprbed on last Wcduesdny to receive
a cheek for 1220 on I lie Fir national
baak of Boston, from Mr. Boating.
Mr. Bastings stated he waa not legilly
booud te pay the debt, but trut the
priBCll with Interest computed at 6
par cent, the legal rate In Matwchu
setts, and trusted the settlement would
bsjatlsfactory.'
In these days of pnnle-strlcken, bunt
oorporatioB and unsatisfied creditors,
It Is refreshing to hear of men of Mr,
Hastings' caliber, and color Is lent to
the statement that the world is grow
lni bstter. Mr Bantings baa been en.
gaged In the newspaper business tor
many years, and, with his sons, publi
shes of the Dally and Weekly Items,
at Lynn, Maaaaohusutta.
Mr. Hastings, during hlsstay In Ore
gon, was, for a abort time, foreman in
tbsQregonlan's composing room. This
about twenty-eight yean ago.
The O. P.
The matter of the eonOrmallon of
tha O. P. sal was continued until Jan,
19 after a long siege of arguments. Mr.
WalUsKaab appeared a ludloatetl by
th Dtmoerst aovcral days ago and
proposed to put up a forfeit of 1(0,000
by the data named on an auraement to
bid 1200,000 for the road. In eoniider-
attoB of this the Judge properly con
tlaued the east until the date named.
If the 180,000 deposit Is made another
aate will be ordered, if not the sole to
Bonner VHamnurad will unquestion
ably be confirmed as Indicated by th
remarks ef Judge Kullerton. Aryue
menta for the confirmation wan mad
by Judge E. 0- Bronaugb, Judge
Wballey, George illngbam, H.
Mitchell, J. K. Weatherford, Percy
KisUey and Wallh Nash, while Judge
Burnett mad the plea for eonflrma-
tloa. TITlmttya:JudKt Fullurton
briefly revtswed the history of O, P.
sales, aud stated thai the road liad
first been sold for 11,000,000, next (200,
000, and now It only brings f 100,000
each Urn Uranpas only one bidder
and on several occasions no one ap
peared lo buy the road. One year ago
he had, against his better Judgment re
futed to eon nrm the sale on account of
the earnait wlleltutioo of emplo.ve i,
and It was not ustice to Mr. Bonner to
delay matters now, but he would take
th mater under advisement for six
days. Mr. Nash etrenumuly loalsted
that It would take longer time to get
return from the EnglUh capitalist
aud finally Judge Fullerton sgrecd to
put off considering the matter until
January 19.
a ibnl Veaehen CartlSealM.
At tli recent meeting of theaeliool
euperlntendenls meeting of the hlate
at Portland the muttor of teachora' oer
liflcata was brought up, and It ws de
cided that Mvml chaugea should be
mad In the present luwa. A enmrult
tee was appolutcd to draft such a law
as was proposed. Tl.o'.illlpropoed t" be
Introduced In the legislature provides
for four grade of c -rtlfloal, inati-ad
of the many kind now In use. Under
the present law there are tbnre grade
ef certificate baucd by th county
board, then there is a state certiorate,
a slate diploma and a state life di
ploma. In addition to these, eertifl
eute eau be Iwued tiy the state seliool
board and by any chartered luitltution
of learning.' The new law plaeeetbo
entire matter in the baud of the
county board, there being provision
fur two county certificate by the
county board, and to atnte eertlflcntw
by the tate board. The power of Issu
ing certificate will be taken from
ehirtered institutions of learui ng. The
standard of lheecoud grade of county
certificate will also be raised, and the
third grade will require examination
in fifteen studies Instead of ten as at
preaent.
To Th Public.
Tlioa that never have tried a good
bouw or a cheap house, can learn
where to buy a good article obeap.
The celebrated W. L. Douglass slios,
and th Barton Bros', boot and hoe
are known , by our Eastern frltnde to
be th very beat. We huve a line of
the Brown alio company, of 81. Louie,
a well as many oiliar line, hlcb
ar sold down to the bardeat time
prices. Our espetuea are light and
r 1 prepared to tell cheap. We eurry
nearly (very thing from a tootbplok
lo a loaoBwtW, Uak Biitin,
rrlc'( Cftam IMMut
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Music Courses. -
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IrviiiK, KtiKene nod ull HlHtioua from Kobu
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12:46 p. H. IiV...Allmoy Ar, 12:80 v. M.
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2:00 P. H.
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Pullman Buff.jt Si.eki'khs
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