WEEKLY ROUND UP.
The Eagle-Eyed and Ever Alert Re
porter Gets In and Gathers All
of the Week's Happenings.
He Catches All the Doings of Onr
Townspeople and Serves Them
Out In Palatable Style,
The Medford brewery and artifi
cial ice company's building is receiving
a few finishing touches, this week.
While it is hardly probable these peo
ple will be able to make ready to do
any brewing this winter they are get
ting in good shape to manufacture ice
as soon as the spring trade opens. By
another winter those who really feel
that life is not worth living without an
occasional schooner of beer need not
gat desperate' and schuffle off the mor
tal coil for the want of it their demand
can be supplied.
Protracted meetings are being
held at the Baptist church in Medford
this week. Rev. M. C. Hill, state
missionary, accompaned by Mr. Heart,
an eniment vocalist, arrived Sunday
and are now assisting the resident pas
tor, T. H. Stephens, in conducting the
services. There was an unusually
large attendance Sunday evening, and
the interest taken seems still unabat
ing. The meetings will probably con
tinue for a couple of weeks. .
About forty-five , of the Medford
business college students, together
with Prof. Rigbv, attended a meeting
of the Jacksonville public school Liter
ary society Friday evening. They
report have been most royally enter
tained and enjoyed a general good time
all 'round. The attendance would
have been larger had the train been
running, but as all trains were tied up,
team service was made the necessary
requisite.
Peter Jackson, the colored pugil
ist, is making ready to "star" in an
Uncle Tom's Cabin company and will
appear in the role of Uncle Tom. With
both Sullivan and Jackson on the stage
leaves Jim Corbett the only latter day
pugilist who has not an engagement.
Why not cast him for "Jock" in Ame
lia Rives' "Quick and the Dead?"
Jackson says he would rather fight
every niht than to "play" once a year.
Mr. A. Fetsch, the tailor, is capa
ble of turning out as much and as good
work as the best of men in. his line, but
since last Saturday he has been getting
a double geared move on himself .and
has iripplod bis capacity a new ugirl
baby earns to tfs hotas $o lira, last Sat-
tunlar eVeninz aad that is the whyfor-
Mother and daughterdoing finely, . v
Contractor Lyons i busy ' these
days ceiling the interior of the brew
ery Mr. Lyons tells us that prospects
for an tmusnal amount of work in his
line for the coming spring and summer
never were brighter. In fact he has
already drawn plans for several new
buildings and is now figuring on their
construction.
For Rent or Sale, 1611 acres good
land, known as tha Sam Center farm,
near Medford city. Inquire at this of
fice or direct letter to A. Rostel, Yreka,
CaL
Messrs. Angle & Plymale's reduc
tion sale is catching many buyers. Prin
ters ink cuts no small fiura in increas
ing this firm's sales. Their big ad on
first page, together with "clearance
sale" posters scattered generally about,
is performing the desired mission.
.. Good, pure, wholesome bread is the
staff of life. : Insure its being good,
pure and wholesome by usuyrSnowy I"
... .aieHBra. xjsfis a. j-oiienger are tw-
. trading increased: attention to theirj
far' famed grocery store on Seventh
Street, this week, by suspending an ap
propriate sign over the sidewalk in
f cont of their place of busines.
Look at those sets of bread, cake
and carving knives 3 in one for $1 at
Simmons & Cathcart's hardware store,
There is considerable talk of erec
ting a German Lutheron church in
Medford in early springtime. Messrs.
Hamilton St Palm have very generous
ly agreed to donate grouads sufficient
upon which to erect the building.
New Prize Baking Powder at the
Popular Grocery of C. W. Wolters.
Buy a can and get a beautiful dish.
Mr. F. M. Poe is carrying one eye in
a sling as a result of having come in
too close contact with a heavy hammer
while engaged upon Mr. Pritchard's
mew building.
Go to the Premium Market for
Bologna and all kinds of sausage.
Geo. Clements, the bridge contrac
tor, has recently competed the con
struction of a bridge near Applegate,
and is at present stopping in Medford.
Smoke Pride of Medford cigar,
for sale by Davis & Pottenger. ; . . .
There are at present few, if any, fish
la Crater lake, but It is proposed, to
stock its waters with young trout next
spring.
Smoke the Detroit Free Press
eigar at C. W. Wolters'.
Hotel Medford has a new office
desk. Great is The Medford one eon
Usual round of new things.
French Prunes a speciality at Med
ford Nursery.
The Medford distillery ia running
to its full capacity .-
The Premium; Market for goad
meat. ,
And still another briek building
promised for C street. .
New line of hosiery at the Racket.
Mackeral and codfish at Wolters.
1
It is altogether probable that the
Rouge River valley short line has the.
youngest conductor in its employe of .
any railroad in the world. His. age is
in the immediate -surroundings of
twelve years. His name is John
Barnum and he is a son of Wm. Barn
um, an engineer on the same road.
The young man is said to be taking
lessons in the guttural rendition of
"Tick-ets" and pays as little attention
to questions asked by passengers as
does the. average real man conductor.
Rifonburg & Murphy, the S. F.
photographers leave Medford in 30
days for their usual trip through Idaho
and Montana.. .
Mod ford is decorating horself with
new plumage every day. The latest is
that Washington . people are sendiug
down to Mr. Goo. Crystal, of this place,
for several of his celebrated pruning
forks.. Mr. Crystal has this very con
venient article patented and is now at
work making up a few hundred of
them. The Mail, don't know much
about pruuing, but if this implement
fails to fill the 'bill we are unable to
guess where the improvement could be
made.
Don't put off having the little ones
photographed any longer. .You may re
gret it. Cabinets $3 per dozen. Re
member, only 30 days.
The County Convention of the Wo
men's Christian .Tempeaance Union,
wilt bo held at Ashland, Feb. 1st and
2nd. Mesdames Hammond, Kellogg
and Scott go as delegates from the
Medford Union. .There will also be
delegates from the Good Templars and
front the various churches and Sunday
schools. An interesting program has
beea prepared, a part of which will be
a paper on '"The relation of Food to
the Drink Habit," by Mrs. DeGroot.
Cloudy weather as good as sunshine
for making pictures. Open all day
Sunday.
The throe Demmer brothers, liv
ing about a mile north-west of Medford,
are as near a trio of hustlers as any
three men in this section. They are
putting in every hour of time in im
proving their ranches and just at pres
ent are making ready to each put out a
vineyard. Hustle deserves reward and
the man who hustles hardest usually
gets the big end of the reward.
Fruit trees as cheap as any place in
Oregon in quantities to suit purchaa
era at Medford Nursery.
Mr. G. W. Isaacs met with an ac
cident Tuesday morning which will lay
him up for a few weeks at least. He
was engaged in caring for his stock
when one of the cows hooked him . on
the left arm, near the wrist, making
an ugly , ragged wound and laying the
tendons entirely bare. Dr. Geary
dressed the wound.
Parties desiring dry pine, fir or
-oak fire wood, cut any length and de
livered to any part of town will do well
to consult John Justus. Leave orders
with G. L. Davis, Medford.
It is bad news, says the Eugene
Guard, to bear that those beautiful
birds, the Chinese pheasants, so much
admired by Oregon people, are threat
ened with great decimation by a new
disease. A great many of them are
dying in the sound country.
There are several new enterprises
just in the act of budding in and abojt
Medford, but as thev will not be ripe
for newspaper picking for a week or
two vet we. of course, keep our hands
off and say nothing.
-r-Call and examine DemoresU Bros'.,
dentists, combination gold and allumt
num plate work. Office in opera house
block, Medford.
The combination fenc6, manufac
tured by Mr. W. J. Frsdenburg, seems
to be the proper caper for all practical
purposes, judging from the number of
farmers which aredp.noing . into the
nabit of using it.
Nothing tends to harmonize a home
more than good bread.' Snowy "Butte
flour always makes the best of bread.
Mr. Cogeshall has a two-story resi
dent home on F street nearly com
pleted. Mr. C. is a new comer but he
seems to be getting right cleverly into
the ways peculiar to Medford. .
. 'Hoi tan, the Merchant Tailor,
has just received the largest and finest
stock of cloth aver seen in Medford.
Hotel Clarendon . has-been leased
by Landlord Purdin, of The Medford,
and will be used only as a lodging
house and in connection with The
Medford.
The best five cent cigar in town is
the Pride of Medtord for sale by Davis
& Pottenger.
Rev. Wilson, of Roseburg, .will
hold services at the Episcopal church.
Sunday evening next, at 7 o'clock. A
general invitation is extended.
Leading all other brands in tha
market Snowy Butte flour.
If any items of news interest gets
sidetracked before it reaches these col
umns you can mention, if any one .asks
you, that it is no fault of ours. ,
Quaker Rolled. Oats at Davis St
Pottenger's.
If Medford isn't getting to the front
every spot in the road it is no fault
of her people.
Endless variety of dolls and toys at
C. W. Wolters.
The new. ad oIJ. vv. .Law ton ap
pears in . another column of today's
Mail.
Go to Pen well's bakery for bread,
pies, cakes, etc.
The Klipple saw-mill ' started run
ning in full blast Monday morning. ,
Fine spices and. extracts at Davis
St Pottenger's.,
- Read the ads of Mr. F. T. Fraden
burgh and Mrs. L M. Nicholas.
For teas and coffee try'Davis St
Pottenger. .
Dry "popcorn at Elders.
-The Rer. Dr. Thomas Neil Wilson, I
who met:and. vanquished the noted in
fidel, Bradlaugh, of England, will hold
divine services -Sunday evening, Jan
uary 29, 1893, in the. Episcopal Chapel
at 7 o'clock p. m. Dr. Wilson is a flu
ent, scholarly and eloquent Clergyman
and all should hear him.
Go to Hamilton St Palm for prices
on houses, and lots, also unimproved
lots and acre tracts on the install
ment plan.
Mr. H. Klipple has recently sold
an half interest in his Gall's creek saw
mill to 'Mr. A. Marcuson, an experi
enced and practical mill and lumber
man from California, and the latter
gentleman is now superintending oper
ations at the mill.
Elegant photos, $1 por dozen, for 30
days positively. Open Sundays.
Dr. Geary reports his two children.
convalescent and still furthor savs he
is positive the malady has not entered
any other household in Medford. The
doctor very prudently quarentined
himself and family during their illness.
Pure Cider Vinegar at Davis Si
Pottinger. -
The vacant building standing about
an hundred feet north of Seventh street
and near the Clarendon hotel is to be
moved to the corner of Seventh and
Front streets and will be used for a real-
estate office by Hamilton & Palm.
The best bread in town at Pen well's
bakery.
Medford gentlemen, who are fond
of a little diversion by way of a target
shoot, can get more real fun out of the
Sport to the square inch than any crowd
of men we haye ever run across and
they are good shots, too.
Hanging lamps at cost. Davis &
Pottenger.
Station Agent Lippincott informs
us that the report that an additional
passenger train is to be put on between
Roseburg and Ashland is a mistake.
He thinks no such action is contem
plated by the company.
Eagle Point communication too
late for this week.ditto real estate trans
fers. Come one day earlier, please.
Fruit jars at Davis Sl Pottengers'.
The Fish Industry Looking Bright.
Mr. D. H. Miller, one of the mem
bers of the Klamath Fish Company, in
forms a Mm. reporter that the com
pany s cannery, over at Tule lake in
Klamath county, is nearly, if not quite.
ready to commence operations. Mr.
J. D. Whitman, another member of the
company and overseer of the works,
is now on the grounds and is rapidly
pushing the work in order that they
may be in readiness to catch the Feb
ruary run of fish. The fish, which for
want of another name, are called Lake
Pike, are very abundant in Tule lake
and as the water ia the lake raises dur
ing the winter months the fish go up
the stream, and it is at one of two of
the best fishing points on the river that
this company is located. The waigbt
of the fish at the commencement of the
run averages from twelve to sixteen
pounds each. The meat is said to be
very fine flavored and when canned
properly excels the very choicest of the
canned fish now on the market. This
company will only put up seven hun
dred cans this season, but if the ex
periment proves a success they will do
a big business in that line another
year. There is only about three months
of the year when they can be caught
and during this time they are so plen
tiful that it is an easy task to catch
them, as men wade into "the river and
gather them in with their bands. The
company will, experiment with the
evaporating process in putting them
up, which is said to be far ahead of the
old way of boiling them. The fish
when canned will be brought to Med
ford, by "team i a distance of seventy
miles.--. V - "'
It is this variety of fish that Peter,
on the Klamath Falls Star, says the
Indiana "bring" to town, smoked,, and
pile up in the streste . like cord ..wood,
and which he further saya r bl-you-muck-o-muck
for Boston man as well
as Indian- - "
Getting Down to Business. "
The committee who have charga of
the matter pertaining to the erection
of the Medford business college are
now getting down to good, hard -?ork.
At a meeting of the committee Mon
day night it was decided that a build
ing suitable for the emergency for
several years could be constructed for
13,500, and with these figures as a basis
of operations they are now out solicit
ing subscription. It seems to us that
every resident of Medford who can pos
sibly afford it ought to contribute as
liberally as possible to this important
adjunct to, or perhaps the principal.
factor in, Medford'a envied position as
an .educational center. Wa can ail con
tribute a little and we can well afford
to when we realize the benefit such an
institution will be to our. town.. Ash
land people have made a bid of $3,000 for
the college but we hardly think they
will get it. Chances are all in our fa
vor and if we let this opportunity to
make a "ten stroke" for our town go
by, we deserve no better fate than to
loose it.
Quiet Wedding Near Jacksonville.
. Mr. Fred Luy, Jr., and Miss Minnie
Ida Bybee were united in marriage by
Rev. Ennls, at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bybee,
near- Jacksonville, on Monday, Jan.
23rd, at 3 o'clock, p. m.
The newly married couple passed
through Medford on the evening bf the
marriage en-route for Taooma, where
the groom is engaged in business, and
where they expect to reside. They
were, both raised in . th's county and
have a host of friends here who wish
them much happiness..
Highest of all ia Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOU7E1Y FUSE
MUCH ADO A POUT NOTHING.
Change of Administration in the
Rogne Klver Valley Railroad.
The 20th of January was the time
fixed for a change iu management of
the Rogue River system, but owing to
a complicated condition of some of the
rolling stock, all. trains were tied up
and the now management was unable
to turn a wheel for several days. "'
The system is owned by a Portland
company, who have demonstrated by
the earnings of last year that the road
is not a paying investment. On the
first of the year an agreement was en
tered into between the company, party
of the first part, and Mr. Wm. Barnum,
a locomotive engineer of this city, par
ty of the second part, by which Mr.
Barnum was to take charge of tho road
on the 20th Inst., couduct the same ia
the usual manner and pay all running
expenses, for the consideration of eight
dollars per day, to be to him, in hand
paid by the said company. . The em
ployes of the road consist of one section
hand, an engineer, fL-einaa and conduc
tor. Mr. Barnum was on the ground
bright and early on the morning of the
30th, and after an examination of the
rolling stock, refused to take control.
He wired the company to that effect,
aad was answered by the appearance
of Mr. Buchauau, one of the owners of
the road.
- TWO SIDES TO THE STORY.
Mr. Barnum claims that owing to an
old-time rivalry between himself and
the retiring engineer, tho machinery
of the locomotive had been tampered
with In order to embarrass him ia his
efforts to fulfill his agreement with the
company.' W. R. Ridunhour, the for
mer engineer, denies the alligation.
He says that it was his purpose to turn
tbecagine over to the now manage
ment in first-class order, and as he ex
pected Mr. Barnum to make an inspec
tion of the machinery, he had left a
few "screws loose,'' that the locomotive
might be easily examined. This caused
all the trouble, and tied up the train
between here and Jacksonville for
three days. At present traias arc run
ning regularly under the new manage
ment, aad no further difficulty is an
ticipated .
Got the Boys Guessing.
Some of the newspaper boys here
abouts are jumping at conclusions in a
most ridiculous and ludicrous manner,
as to the possible political complexion
of The Mail. Here is the way the
Ashland Valley Record has it sized up:
"The new man will make an entire
change and though at first it (The
Mail) will be independent, by and by
it will be a republican paper and will
advance the interests of Dinger Her
man toward the U. S. senate, so it is
reported." And here is the conclus
ions the Ashland Tidings arrived, at:
"That paper (The Mail) has been un
der contract as a people's party orgaa.
but it is whispered that it will take a
new political shoot. Some say it is
backed by Hermann, to work up his
senatorial boom, and some even sus
pect it is to boom H. B. Miller for Her
mann's shoes." And still another
port, given out by the Jacksonville
Times: "It is reported that the Meb
foiid Mail will soon become a Repub
lican sheet," You are all at sea, boys.
The Mail is a newspaper and isn't run
in the Interest of any one individual
except the publisher but is run, and
will continue to so run, in ' the interest
of Medford and Jackson county. If we
can be of service in the upbuilding of
any enterprise which tends to advance
this part of the country you can depend
upon finding us in the front rank, . We
ever met Mr. Hermann but onee and
rbave never even spoken to Mr. Miller.
- THE TOWN . TALKER.
"Barnum'eclrcutU coming to town!"
was the reply given the curious in
quirers whon they asked the" cause of
the great rush of people toward the
Medford station about fivo o'clock Sun
day evening..
' "Barnum's circus??
Yes,. Barnum has been having a cir
cus, and when he steamed into town
for the first time in. four days, of
course - there was an unusual com
motion among the people.
The little bob-tall that had been tho
all absorbing topis of conversation fori
a week or more, was surrounded by up
wards of an hundred people, every one
of whom had probably inspected the
aforesaid bob-tail upwards of an hun
dred times.
But they wanted to see it again.
.They had heard rumors of war between
railroad magnate aud employe, and
the outcome of this serious friction was
watched with breathless anxiety by the
traveling public at both ends of the
llneolt was certainly no more than
nature vthe re-appaarance of the
"little . In Medford after so long
an absence' should be greeted by a pub
lic reception.
Dear council give us street lamps,
.' And give them to us soon, .
Or we'll go over to Cent- al Point
And skip by the light of the moon.
Notice to Taxpayers.
The taxes for the town of Medford
for 1892 are now due and will becoma
delinquent on the 1st day of March,
u. u. HASKINS, Treasurer.
PURELY PERSONAL.
COL. Murky, of Central Point, was
hero on business Monday.
Attorney Hammond made a brief
business trip to Jacksonville Monday.
Mr. A. F. HUNT, or Ashland, was
In the city on business last Saturday.
Mr. J. W. BLEVIN3. or Rock Point,
is a new student al the Medford busi
ness college.
W. E. Bennett, of Detroit, Michi
gan, is the artist who is doing that fine
sign writing abont town.
J. L. Castle, a Portland stock
buyer has been making a sl'.irniish of
the county hereabouts this week in
quest of fat cattle and hogs.
"Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Garfield, of
Rio Vista, Calif., has been visiting for
a week or two at the pleasant farm
homes of Messrs. Arthur, and . J. H.
Wilson. ' -
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bashfohd, of
Reinbeck, Iowa, arrived in Medford
Sunday evening, and will probably re
main in this part of the country. Mr.
B. is a. brother of our townsman E. H.
Bashford. ' "
Mr. W. BonxEBT, of Neligh, Ne
braska, arrived in Medford last week
and will rsmain a few weeks looking
over the county, and If he likes it he
will anchor a base right here. He is a
friend and acquaintance of W. II. Rus
sell. J. B. Da RUNG, representing the
Pickens" commercial ageocy, of San
Francisco, was In Medford this week
fixing up the rating of our business
houses. It is more than probable
he rated them all x q z h, which is
volapuk for "He's pretty good pay."
Mr. and Mrs, T. H. WEST, of Phoe
nix, were pleasant callers at The Mail
office this week. The good doctor is a
strict adherent to the People's party
principles, but he appreciates a good,
live newspaper and accordingly orders
TnE Mail to make regular fisits to his
pleasant fireside from bow on.
Mrs. Geo. L. Mathews and two chil
dren, formerly of Jacksonville but now
of Dunsmuir, CaL, were on Thursday
evening's train enroute to Tacoma,
Wash., where they' expect to remain
two or three months visiting relatives.
In the mean time -ye expect George
will get thoroughly initiated in the
arts of bachelorship
C. F. DESCAMP, representing tte
Pbosnlx Insurance company,-arrived
in Medford last week and expects to
remain here permanently. Owing to ill
health and a desire for a change
his company has moved his head
quarters from San Francisco to some
Oregon point, and Mr. Descamp has
wisely selected Medford as that point.
Mr. W. C. HUNT, of Portland was
in Medford Wednesday. Mr. Hunt is
a special agent for tho Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company ofMaine and
was here settling up the matter of
insurance held by Mr. Thos. Harris,
whose demise occurred last September.
The amount of the policy is $2,500 and
will be paid in full to the mother or the
deceased, whose namo appears in the
policy as his beneficiary.
Mr. W. E. COUL, a civil and hydraul
ic engineer, of Tacoma, U in Medford
taking in the situation. His business
here is not in shape to give out just at
present, but we have his assurance
that if the plans for operation which he
has formulated arc carried out it will
tend mightily to the welfare or our
town and vicinity. He exports to re
main with us nermaneutlr and will
bring his family here from Tacoma as
soon as suitable resident quarters can
be secured.
Death of an Infant Babe- '
The two-days' old girl ot Mr. "and
Mrs. C. A. Dickinson, who reside ia
tha Nay lor district, about two miles
south-west of Medford, died last Satur
.nri w buried at Jacksoavilla on
Snndav. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson ha
the sympathy of the entire community
In the loss of their infant baby; and tha
m.mKunm of the life which has SOi,
quickly come and gone will point them
to a shining mark made beautiful In
death.
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