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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1886)
WEST SI up : TELEPHONE M’MINNVILLE, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1886 WEST side telephone ALONG THE COAST A newspaper in one of the mining i towns of Califoania tells of a baloon Lwuod »«voted Principally to Washington Territory ' seen there recently, and thinks it was being made use of by spies to see if jyfiRY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY and California. any hydraulic mining was going on —IB— Waitsburg, W. T., is without a L in that region. Garnsoa’a Buildm, McMinBTllle, Oregon, saloon. A wholesale house in San Francisco — BT — Good lignite coal has been discovered i received the following frank confession Taltnnff0 A: Turner near Seattle, W. T. from a firm at Jackson, Cal., in answer Publishers and Proprietors. The snow is two feet deep in the to a request for a remittance: "We have lost all our money on a foot race, mountains east of Ogden. SUBflCBIPTlON RATES: and are unable to pay.” There are now 1430 patients in the ......................... *? !" California Henry W. Bateson and Charles Insane Asylum. fkroo months..................... 7o Atherton were hunting at Harrison A whale forty feet in length drifted ínurtd in the Poetoftioe *t McMinnville, Or. j Lake, B. C., when the latter turned B as second-class matter. ashore near Martinez, Cal. his gun toward his companion and it Albert G. Boynton, the murderer, ■ exploded, the charge lodging in Bates- was hanged at Los Angeles. i son’s stomach, from the effects of JOHNSON, M H. V. Another large ostrich farm is to be 1 which he shortly after died. Northwest corner of Second and B streets, established at Coronado beach, Cal. No trace lias yet been discovered of OREGON. There is much complaint about the Charles W. Banks, cashier of Wells, order to abandon Fort Halleck, Mon Fargo & Co., who absconded from San tana. Francisco with $70,000. The com A single hunter on the Antioch pany now offer a reward of $1,000 for LITTLEFIELD & CALBREATH, (Cal.) marshes bagged 325 ducks in his capture, besides 25 per cent, of the money found upon him. one day. Physicians and Surgeons, The hills and valleys around Santa Mr. Reaves, of Eagle Harbor, Kit Rosa, Cal., are stocked with wild sap county, W. T., father-in-law of C. M c M innville AND LAFAYETTE. OB. H. Packard, editor of the Snohomish pigeons. „ F. __________ _ D.. office over Yamhill County J. Galbreath, M- Eye, while trying to cross to his home Bank McMinnville. Oregon. Sanscrit is among the languages ¿ a R Littlefield, M. D., office on Main street, taught at the University of Southern from White river, was drowned. He Lafayette, Oregon. had lashed himself to his leaking boat California. The demand for carpenters in San and the body was therefore recovered. S. A. YOUNG-, M. D Bernardino, Cal., is far in excess of The catch of the whaling fleet this the supply. I season, excluding three vessels, the Physician and Surgeon, A miner named Patrick O’Brien exact figures for which cannot yet be MuMINNVILLK - - - OREGON. was killed by John Reid at Reveille, given, is 16,797 barrels of oil and 252,- Office and residence on D street. All calls promptly Nye county, Nev. 710 pounds of bone. Estimates of wuwered day or night. The 7-year-old son of John R. Rec the other three vessels bring the yield tor, at Compton, Cal., was kicked to I up to 20,217 barrels of oil, and 322,710 peunds of bone. Out of over forty death by a horse. vessels engaged in whaling this year, The Dustin bank failure, at Lincoln, I four—the Orca, Hunter, Northern Illinois, affects Montana creditors to Light and Balaena—secured over one- McMINNTTLLE OREGON. the extent of $95,000. third of the entire catch. OffioeTvro doors east of Bingham's furniture Samuel M. Redington, a San Fran •tore. Laughing gas administered for painless extraction. The steamer Oceanic, which arrived cisco grain broker, was run over and i at San Francisco from Hong Kong killed by a street car. 1 and Yokohama, brought news of the The brick used in erecting a new foundering of the steamship Norman building at San Diego, Cal., is being tone,off Oashima, Japan, with seventy- brought from Chicago. j two persons on board. Of these A skate weighing fifty pounds was ■ twelve reached shore. She was laden fl and |2 House. Single meals 25 cents. caught from one of the Saucelito with tea for New York and Canada. Til« Sample Boom« for Commercial Men (Cal) wharves recently. Miss Florida D. Sylvester, of Port- F. MULTNER, Prop. Lena Deacon died at Nevada City, i land, Me., who had been stopping for Cal., from an overdose of morpine i some time with a relative at San Fran taken to quiet her nerves. cisco, was found dead in her bed room It is now proposed to make the Los Death was the result of asphyxiation Angeles river navigable by the con from gas that had escaped during the night from a burner that was out of struction of a Benes of locks. R. B. Potter, of Pomeroy, W. T., has order. The young lady was 26 years Up Stairs in Adams' Building, been adjudged insane at Spokane j old, and an orphan. Falls, and sent to Steilacoom. I A special from Billings, Montana, MoMINMVILLB OREGON A coal miner named W. Pezet was says : A raid was made on the Mussel- killed by a mass of coal falling upon ! shell, near the mouth of Halfbreed, I by Piegan Indians,sixty-seven head of near Albuquerque, N. M. CUSTER POST BAND him John P. Emmons committed suicide | horses being stolen, of which C. A. at Carson, Nevada, because of his in Wustum looses thirty head, John H. Wilson thirty, A. Edmundston four, la to fuiniah music for all occasions at reason ability to procure employment. and the Chicago Cattle company three. able rates. Address The body of the boy Fox, who was Only three Indians were seen. drowned in Snake river, six miles L. J. Rose, of Los Angeles, has from Blackfoot, has been recovered. sold liis fruit ranch to J. H. Puleston Nute Holt was riding a wild colt at of London, England, for $1,037,400. Mt. Idaho, Idaho, when the horse The property includes thé Sunny reared and fell, killing Holt instantly. Slope vineyard and orange grove, Mrs. Fannie M. Martin was the I, 950 acres, of 750 are in vines. 155 in successful candidate for Superintend orange and lemon trees, and 20 in ent of Schools in Sonoma county, Cal. miscellaneous fruits, and cultivated German carp and catfish have mul lands in grain, etc., to the extent of tiplied so as to form the principal fish 1,025 acres. LOGAN BROS. & HENDERSON, population of the San Joaquin river. Martin Costello and Tom Cleary, The extensive works of tne Magalia 1 convicted of felony for prize fighting, Proprietors mine, near Butte, Cal., were destroyed were sentenced in the Alameda by an incendiary fire. Loss, $60,000. ! Superior Court. Cleary to serve three A number of men had a narrow es months in the State Prison at Folsom, cape from being burned to death in and Costello to serve six weeks at San the Idaho mine, near Grass Valley, Quentin. The Judge said thatCleary’B sentence was the more severe because Cal. • Eighteen thousand cases of salmon he had deliberately committed perjury were canned this season in Aberdeen, on the stand. A terrible accident occurred at the Cosmopolis and Lower Montesano, depot at Spokane Falls. A Mr. Hadse, W. T. attempting to catch the west-bound Henry Miller, a saloon-keeper, com in passenger train as it was pulling out mitted suicide by shooting himself A Strictly Temperance Resort. the station, missed his footing and through the head at Gold Beach sta of was thrown under the wheels, and his Hume good(Y) Church members to the contrary not tion, Cal. withstanding. head was literally severed from his E. W. Dawson and Peter Pope body. He is a well-known farmer who miners, were found murdered near lived in the vicinity of Sprague, and Alturas, I. T. They had both been had been on a trip to Fargo. shot in the back. (Governor Stevenson, of Idaho, in The dead body ot a young man, un his annual report to the Secretary of known, was found on the railroad the Interior, recommends the total track, near Redwood. Cal. He was exclusion of the Chinese by abroga about 19 years old. ting the modified Burlingame treaty The supervisors of Monterey county, with China and the passage of an act 1 First - class Workmen Employed. Cal., have ordered a special election in prohibiting the immigration of Chi order to settle a tie vote between two nese in any event, and also, as soon as ' door south of Yamhill County Bank Building, candidates for sheriff. practicable, the enactment of laws M c M innville , O regon . E. H. Hergaler, veterinary surgeon, providing for the deportation of the H. H. WELCH. was shot and killed at San Francisco, thousands now here. by Wm. Dolan, a hackman, during a Explaining a Discrepancy. A schooner which arrived at San quarrel over money matters. Dolan Francisco from the Kodiac islands, “Bromley, I’m right in with you. It was arrested. Alaska, brought the body of the Edward Mugford, a telegraph oper Alaska Commercial company’s agent, will take money, but it will pay hand ator, employed in the W estern I nion somely. I have ten thousand dollars B. G. McIntyre. While seated at st interest which I can call in upon ten office at Los Angeles, committed sui supper with several other gentlemen, days' notice. If you san command the cide by shooting himself in the back in the company’s house, on the even of the head with a six-shooter. ing of Novemberl.be was instantly same amount—” The railroad which connects Pres killed by a charge of slugs or buck “But, how is this, Darringer? Yes terday you made an awfvil poor mouth, cott, A. T., with the Atlantic and shot fired through an open window lou said you had no bonds, no stocks, Pacific will, it is said, lie continued on behind him. It is unknown who fired south through a rich mining country : the shot. no money at interest, no—” to Phoenix, Florence and Benson. “Did I say H to you. Bromley?” The government dry dock at Esqui- “No, but to a stranger who sat jnst A mob of 20,000 men surrounded malt, Vancouver Island, which has •ver there. I was by, you know.” the city jail at San Francisco and >>een in process of construction for "Oh, 1 remember. Well, do you made an ineffectual attempt to take several years, is at last completed, at a know who the stranger was?” therefrom Aleck Golden »on, the mur cost of nearly a million of dollars. It “No.” derer of Mamie Kelly, the 13-year-old is built of massive masonry, the stone ‘ "He was the assessor!” for which was brought from Salt “Ob, I understand!”— Philadelphia girl. Call. In the Sullivan-Ryan tight at San Spring island, fifty miles distant. The Francisco, the latter was completely British government voted $250,000 for James Close, of Walla Walla, W. knocked out in the third round. The its share of the work, and the local killed an Indian about a month government supplied the rest, which *go, and recently was sentenced to one police rushed in, but it was too late as is to be paid back by the Dominion year in the penitentiary and to pay a Ryan was unable to continue the : government. fine of five dollars. fight. PHOTOGRAPHER THOUSANDS OF SMITHS. ARSEN IC-EATINQ Th« R«m»rknble Family Reunion Recently Held In a Naw Jersey Town. Th® Buucful ConMqueucsi of This Terrible and Health-Destroying Habit. Peapack is said to be the Indian name for Smithville. It is situated in a fertile valley on the headwaters of the Raritan river, and is five miles from any railroad station. Nearly a century ago it was colonized by Zach- ariah, the youngest son of the only original John Smith, and his descend ants have lived there ever since. They have reached the sixth generation, and to-day number about three thousand souls. Zachariah’s son Peter, who was born Christmas-I)ay, 1808, still occu pies the old homestead, and the re mainder of the family is scattered over the hills and valleys for twenty miles around. The Smiths recently held their annual reunion in a picturesque grove on “Uncle” Peter’s farm, and succeeded in having a delightful day of it. There were Ike Smith, of Smith’s Mills, Zachariah Smith, ' of Smith's Corners, Cornelius Smith, of Smith’s Hollow, Jacob Smith, of Smith's Hills, John Smith, of Smith’s Creek, and many others. There were fat Smiths and lean Smiths, blacksmiths and tin smiths, little Smiths and big Smiths, pretty Smiths and ugly Smiths. They came in all kinds of vehicles and from every direction, till the grove was one mass of living Smiths and the road way without a tangle of horses and vehicles. Some of the family groups passed on the winding, hilly highway were picturesque in the extreme. While yet the clan was gathering the Smith Family Band arrived on the scene, Ichabod Smith acting as drum major. They marched into the grove to the air of “Yankee Doodle.” The Smiths went wild over the music. Huge lunch baskets were brought to light about this time from beneath the seats of the various wagons, and tables were spread beneath the trees, with cold chicken, sandwiches, cakes, pies, and lots of other good things, includ ing big, luscious peaches, fresh from the neighboring orchards. The Rev. Mr. Ansem Smith, of the Peapack M. E. church, said grace, and then all fell to eating with a vigor born of good health and appetite. After dinner Liz zie Smith, the pretty fifteen-year-old poetess of the family, recited some original verses, commencing: “Just take a good look at this woman coming toward us and tell me what you thiuk of her,” was the low-toned remark of a well known physician. The woman to whom he referred was elegantly dressed in a polka dot silk walking costume, and her plump, well- developed figure was displayed with a true fashionable precision. “So you didn't see any thing queer about her, eh?” asked the physician. "Well, I’ll tell you what I saw. First, that woman's eye-lids, particularly the lower ones, were pjffy and full, pre senting the same appearance that en sues when one indulges in a good fit of crying. That complexion which you admired tins really and truly of an al abaster whiteness, but thedelicate pink was produced bv paint and the dead white by arsenic.” “Arsenic! How do you know she takes arsenic?” “Because two years ago she came to me, a thin, almost gaunt woman, and asked me for a prescription for her complexion, which was in a terrible condition. You see she hud been using face powders and paints in her stage •make-up' and they had tiually brought on skin disease. Well, an arsenical solution is the constituent part of any prescription for the complexion. I gave her such a proscription, but warned her that she must use it in small doses, and after three months she must gradually increase the intervals between doses until thoy fin illy ceased at the end of the four months. She promised to obey me, but she didn't. Just as soon as she found the arsenic was improving her complexion I know what followed as if 1 were there to see it. She com menced to increase the doses, in accord ance with the popular fallacy that if a little is good more must be better. “Well, if arsenic produces all these pleasant results, why shouldn’t she use it?” “Because,” replied the physician with savage emphasis, “the good re sults are only temporary; and she will soon become a physical wreck. Before she gets back to town from ‘the road’ next spring she will commence to no tice, while combing her hair, that it is dropping out very freely. I have writ ten to her, warning her that this and other symptoms will soon develop. She don't believe me now, but just as soon as the hair falling commences she will know 1 am speaking the truth. She will stop her arsenic doses in a panic, and in two weeks she will be the worst looking object that ever wore female clothing. The cutting off of the arsenic supply will precipitate the very trouble she will hope to avert. Her cheeks will sink in, her finger nails will commence to crack and split and before a week her complexion will begone. Out of sheer desperation she will resume her arsenic and will be temporarily benefited. She will have the worst symptoms of arsenical poisoning before next summer is over, and will be d so hideously _ ugly „ , that she will have to retire from the stage, whether she wants to or not.” “What are the final results disease?” “Palpitation of the heart, a oppression in breathing, itching eyes, stiffness of the joints and terrible emaciation. In this condition the slightest cold will bring on galloping consumption and death. Yet I know that arsenic eating is on the increase.” —Ar. Y. Star. The Smiths are hero with much to boast Of honored names; a mighty host Of poets, authors and divines. Their words appear in golden lines. The family tree is spreadlnir still. And Smiths are crowding vale and hill. Three obeors for the xood Smiths, we say. And greeting give them all to-day. The Rev. Mr. George Scarlet Smith made a brief address, congratulating his hearers on the proud name they bore, and cautioning them never to spell it with a "y” or an “e,” but to stick to the plain S-m-i-t-h. The Rev. Mr. Ansem Smith also made a few re marks, referring in a feeling manner to the Smiths who had passed away during the year, and welcoming the little Smiths that had been born into the family during the same period. Mention was made by another speaker of a branch of the family, numbering four hundred, which is settled in the central part of this State, on the west bank of Cayuga Lake. It was stated that they are also organized and hold a reunion in June of each year. Copies of an illustrated weekly paper were distributed in the family, the same be ing edited by a fat man named H. I. Smith. At sunset the Smiths started homeward on their respective ways over the hills, promising themselves many happy returns of their annual feast day.— N. Y. World. DIAMOND-HUNTING The Alacrity With Which Adventurer« I Flood Fromkhig Fields. In 1843 diamonds were discovered in the province of Bahia. There are two stories told of the discovery •‘-one that a quick-eyed slave from Minas-Geraes, keeping his flock in Bahia, remarked . the similarity of soil to that of his na tive place, and, searching in the sand, soon found seven hundred carats of diamonds. With these the faithful creature ran away and attempted to make his fortune in a distant city by sale, but, so valuable a property in the hands of a slave exciting suspicion, he | was put to the question as to where j they came from, and, refusing to an- 1 swer, sent back to Bahia and his mas ter. There, being watched, his secret ! was made clear, and within a twelve month there were five-and-twenty I thousand seekers at work, securing for some time a daily amount of 1,450 carats. The otherstory is that of a mu latto miner in the interior, gold wash ing in a stream at Sincora, whose crow barslipping woke a hollow sound below; mother earth groaned as it were, like a i miser, at the discovery of her store; and pushing his hand through, the mulatto pul li d out a handful oil stones, J valued subsequently at £100,000 in that hole alone. Within six months I fifteen thousand people were there, and in the tirst two years the«product of their toil rose to half a million of j money.— Cornhill. —There were fourteen daily papers published in New York City in 1845, of which eight are «till in existence. Thera are now thirty dailies in that city, ten of them printed in foreign languages. There are ten daily paper? in Boston, three of which print morn ing and evening editions. In Chicago there are fifteen dailies, six of them in foreign languages, one German paper printing two editions each day. and one English sending out four editions. AUTUMN JACKETS. Short, Tight-Fitting, Double-Breasted Gar ments to He Al) the Itage. The cool days of autumn make wraps of medium thickness necessary, and these are now shown in jackets for general wear, and mantles for more dressy occasions. The new jackets are short, tight-fitting, double-breasted garments, with a very high collar that may be merely asfanding band, or else a turned down collar may be sewed to the top of this high band. The fronts may be fitted by one dart or by two, as the figure of the wearer requires; the backs have but one side form, and are plaited flatly ai the end of the mid dle forms. The sleeves are close coat shape, and the pockets are inside with a band or mere slit for an opening. Two rows of small buttons, either plain lasting or braid buttons, .or else of wood, trim the front. The rough bouclé cloth will be much used for ’hese jackets, especially for slight fig- ires, as they add to the apparent size; ’here are also many diagonal cloths tsed in very wide double lines, or in harrow serge twills, and among the Host tasteful jackets are those with lark undefined plaids, checks, cross bars or stripes. Brown and navy blue ire the colors most seen, as these will harmonize with most of the dresses to be worn next season. The rough bouclé cloths arc very prettv when of mixed brown and blue, with merelv a •ow of wool braid half an inch wide Hitched along the edges, and either wooden or metal buttons. The smooth er jackets of either large or tine twills may have velvet collar and cuffs, and are either bound with braid or else are stitched along the edges. — Harper'i Umar. — Said a school-examiner at South Abingdon. Mass.: "When the Pil grims landed what did they have that was more precious than home and friends?” A bright-eyed little boy answered so promptly as to bring down the house; “Pop-corn!”—Bos ton Journal.