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Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
ssIneraI Product of the United States.

The chief of the division of min
ing statistics in the geological sur
vey has issued advance sheets Of
his report on the mineral statistics
Of the United States. The tctal
output Of coal of all kinds for 1884
showed a net gain over 1883 of 4 :
038, 1926 long tons, but decline in
value of $l5,726,277. The produc-
tion of crude petroleum was a.
0S9,758 barrels of fsrty-two gallons
each, of which the Pennsylvania
and New York fields produced 23,-
G22,752 barrels. AS compared
with 1888 the product shows an ILL
crease of 689,529 barrels, but as
the average price fell from 81. 10 to
85 cents per barrel the total value
of the natural gas used in 1884 was
81, 100000 against $4,000 the
year before. The total aniount Of
iron ore mined was S.200,0OO long
tons, valued at S22, 2,55O,OOO. The
amount of pig iron made was 4,097,-
S68 long tons, a decrease of 497,.
642 toHs, with value at the furn.
ace of $63,76l. .624, a decrease oi
! SIS, ,l48,576 over the previous year
The total value of ell iron and stee
in the first stage ef manufacture
excluding Implications, was $l07
100000, decline of S35, 900, ,00t
from 1883. The production OF golt
was $50, 500, 600 and of silver $46,
100000, ,an increase of $800,0O(
gold and S2,600,000 silver over tht
previous year The production o
nickel was 64,558 pounds, an in
crease Of $3.50 pounds, but th'
price, 70 cents per pound, was sucl
a fall from former prices that tn
total value was $4,50S. The pro
duction ef other metals general
show an increase in amount, bu
, the uniform decline in price mad
them worth less money than tn
wear before.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
s.un :sa % sssare t.:sa,.x seres.

l -.
National Bank NOES are coneed-
edto be tue safest kind of paper
money. OF the hundreds of, mil
lions issued since The establishment
of the system in 1862, not single
person has lost dollar for want of
redemption, or cent because OF
discount. This is a strange con
trast from the notes issued under
the old State bank system, when
bill holders were at the marcy oil
sunscrupnlous bank officers, or the
prejudices one State had toward
the paper issued By banks 10 aaorh
er State. A National Bank note
is accepted everywhere in the.
United States at it's par value, the
receiver well knowing that it is ut
terly impossible for him to lose
cent. no matter what becomes Of The
bank issuing the sote, as its equiva-
lent in coiE, and liberal margin
beside, is in place where the de-
funct bank officers cannot reach it,
to be used only for redemption pur,
poses. 1t is well known that the
Government requires a deposit Of
its bonds before bank can issue
note, and even then the bank can
issue only 80 per cent. of the par
value of the bonds deposited. Prisr
to 1871, most of these were 6 per
cent, and mp to January l. 1877,
thsy generally bore 5 and 6 per
cent. The amount on deposit has
varied from $236,Oo0,Oo0 in 1865
to $39l 100000 in 1874, at which
time the note circulation was the
largest. The character of the bonds
now on deposit for circulation is as
follows, as compared with a yenr
ago:
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

Browsing animals are proving as
destructive to Californie forests as
,tise is elsewhere. Herds of sheep
and cattle are driven up to the
mountains every year to Craze, and
they devour every green thing from
the foothills to the meadows on the
summit Of the ranges. When the
grass fails the young seeding trees
are eaten of, or the bark peeled so
that the underground is entirely de-
lssroyed.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
AYERS PILL 8.

They stimulate tie stomach, free the
bowels. heaithf'.lly invigoaate the torpid
liver and kiC-eys, and by their cleansing,
healing a-.d tonic properties, strengthen
and PIP. ify the whole system, and restore
it tc i, salutary and normal condition.
PREPARED BY
Or. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
Bilious Disorders.

Among the warning symptoms OF Bilious
ness are Nausea, Dizziness, Headache,
Weakness, Fever, Dinlness of Vision,
Ycllowness of Skin, Pains in tie Side,
Back and Shoulders, Foul Mouth, Furrcd
Tongue, Irregularity in the action of the
Bowels, Vomiting. etc.
The Stomach suffers when the bowels
are constipated, and Indigestion or
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
Dyspepsia,

follows. Fetid Breath, Gastric Pains,
Headache, Ac;dity CT the Stomach, Water
brash, Nervousness, and Depression, are all
evidences Of the presence of this Distress
ing nialady. A Sure Relief for irrecu-
larities Of the Stomach and all consequent
diseases. will be found in tie USE of
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

at is the best cart in our city."-H: H. MAT
LOCK, Ottawa, Ill.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL, March 49, 1888.
w. r. CHURCH-Dear Sir-I am greatly !
pleased with your twowheeled vehicle. 1t dis |
counts any thing of the kind. / have no more |
use for four wheeled buggies in my business:
A. W. TIPTON, NJ. D.
MARTINS, S. c., May 90, 1888
". R. CHURCH-Dear Sir-The Cart ordered
from you came yesterday. It is all and more
than you claim fer it. 1t is certainly the finest
think will 8 /. any other vehicle in my practice
now. Yours respectfully,
o. B. EVANS.
HEMSTEAD, TEXAS, June Ie. 1888.
W.R. CHURCH-Dear Sir-Cart is at hand
has been tried by me and is satisfactory in every
particular. will not hesitate to recommend
them, Lcs only to physicians, but also to any and
all persons having much driving to do.
Yours, etc., P. S. CLARK.
GEORGETOWN. GEORGIA, July 20, 1888.
". r. CHURCH. received my Road Cart all
right and like it very much; would not exchange
it for any four-wfeeled vehicle ! have ever had
for my use. 1t is the admiration of all who see
it. Yours very respectfully
ST. JOSEPH, MO-, August Is, 1888.
W. r. CHURCH-Dear Sir-The Cart was re-
eeiyed in gooo shape. am highly pleased with
# after giving it trial It is much ncater and
more compact than l expected. think it will
take here. Wishing you success, am yours,
Y c. HoYT.
CHESTER, IOWA, August 1s. 1893
". r. CHI RCH-Dear Sir-The Cart il the
HgFitest to draw in tine United States. The more
use it the better like it. You-s truly,
F. FREEMIRE, n. D.
MARLIN, TEXAS.
". r. CHURCH-Thougi you have not asked
foF recommendation OF your Cart, think it my
duty to give one. For ease and speed it can't be
well beaten. With $50 Texas pony think /
can 90 with any hisa-priced horse. 8. P. RICE
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
1896, 322. $50 1912 e52 70O

Totals ...... .S336, 322, 80 $3l2, 952, 700
The comparison shows a with
drawal of $23, ,3G9,450 during the
year. The amount withdrawn in
the past two years is $39,954,450.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

That will ride Good and with phaon body
god FULL bacand rider and feel
wheeled vehicle Has all the for
doctors box for che and and of
buggy nothing climb getting See what is said Of it,
ETZgEEAEoNEAL
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

Canyon City NeaUs: There is
disease raging among horses in this
part of the county, aud there are
but few horsemen who have not suf-
fered loss of colts. The disease is
something similar to blackleg, and
the animals generally die in few
hours after they manifest symptoms
of the disease.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

hrm 4 SO cafied new color ror szv,-
900. The dye WAS new and cheap,
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03
G0STIvENESS

.fsce:s seriously all the digestive and
.ssilniisttive organs, including the Kid
ceys. When these organs are SO affected,
hey fiil 10 extract from the blood the
lric acid. which, carried through the cir
euiation, causes rheumatism and Neu-
ral.ia.
Tie f,.ncticns of the Liver are also
cttactcl b. cGStiYeuess. causing
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

uonsy-and TINS stimulates every
useful and benekcent enterprise,
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

The fery charger-The red head
ed hotel clerk,
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

Captain Haskell, who is said to
represent Portland capital. has
bonded the Rotten ledge in Willow
Springs. precinct, and we learn will
also bond the Swinden ledge near
the same vicinity. Both of these
mines have been worked before
with fair results, and are likely to
prove valuable property with the
improved methods of crushing re-
fractory ore.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

A representative of San Francisco
company has lately bonded a placer
mine on wolf creek, Josephine
couaty, and is now testing the same.
He also intends to erect quartz
mill near that place, for the purpose
Of working some Of the numerous
quartz leages in that vicinity.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

Several farmers in Linn county
are blowing up spring wheat which
has been very much injured by
rust. The Albany Herald says:
''The prevailing view is that the
wheat crop will fall considerably
under what it was last year." No
rust has yet made its appearance in
the fields of Eastern Oregon.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

Grants Pass Courier: The men
working one of the the tunnels at
the Yank, have struck into cave
Of considerable dimensions. Ii the
ledge is really rich there will pro-
bably be found large mount If
fine gold and prehaps some good
nuggets, on the floor of this cavern.
1t is rumored that they have refused
an offer of $1,000 for thirty days
lease of this prospect.
During the progress of game of
base ball at Forest Grove on flon-
day of last week Willie A. Reddick,
aged II, was struck full in the eye
with the ball, from the effects Of
.hich he has since died. Young
Reddick was at the bat and struck
foul, the ball following up the bat
with such force as to produce con-
cussion and subsequent indamma-
tisn Of the brain.
A little daughter of R. B. Jeffer-
son, on South Coquille, was burned
TO death few days ago. The child
about seven or eight years old
was playing with other children in
an old house, which had just been
given up for new ami more COM
| modious dwelling, and, getting too
near the fire, which was still burn
| ing, her clothes were soon in a
blaze, and before they could be re.
| moved she was so badly burned that
she died in about twenty-four hours.
The father, in his efforts to tear the
clothing from the child's body burn
ed bis hands in = frightful manner.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

The Military telegraph line be
tween Linkvile and Fort Klamath
is in poor repair, the wire almost
touching the ground in places. A
force of ofrepairers will soon commence
operati ,ns, putting in new poles
where it is necessary.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-07-03

The Bandon City Fishery Com
pany expect to be in full blast by.
the lst OF July. Th cir new asEing
boat will be ready for sea by that
time "Moggie" is twenty. seven
feet long, six feet beam, and is half
decked. She is pretty little craft,
and will undoubtedly make a good
sailer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
Bill Arp in a Strange Tavern.
IAtlanta Cnlst tint ION /

Where do all the people come from and
what are they after? The cars are full of
them and the hotels are crowded wherever
60. They come and they go. They seem as
restless the troubled sea- As sit among
them in this large lounging room | cannot
help wondering what is their business and
what they are thinking, and how many are
happy and how many have some secret sor-
row, and wish | was a mind reader and
could follow them in their thoughts Of home
and famly-wife, children or mother away
off some where How much We are all alike
if we only knew it. Sometimes | venture a
| remark to a stranger who sits near me by
the stove When | draw them out on home
and distant kinired it seems welcome sub
| ject and as We get more familiar, they
warm up, aud will venture to tell me Of their
| families and their business.
Strangers in n strange land are very quick
| to appreciate civility. A man may be Of
fish an1 uncommunicative when at home
but when be gets away off he looks longingly
4 around for friend-somebody that knows
somebody that he knows. A times | have
felt awlully lonesome in my wanderings
and l would have rejoiced with unfeigned
gladness to have seen my little dog Fido. |
could have almost cried over the affection
ate wag of his little tail. This ever-constant
mingling of the people from all the states is
obliged to do good We are all assimilat-
ing; we are rubbing against each other
more and more every day, and we under
stand each other and find that we are all
just human and are sailing in the same big
boat upon the sea of life. The north and the
south, the east and the west are being fast
drawn together, and not even the politicians
can much longer keep us apart.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

II have no appetite complains many
a sufferer Hoods Sarsaparilia gives an
appetite and enables the stomach to per-
form its duty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
Cold Cream for onietnde.

l''Unce Bill in Chicago Herald
Some humorist could base good story on
the remark Of fun-loving young wife
whom | overheard at the toilet goods
counter of a leading establishment
"Stop second, she said to her female
companion Il want to buy pot of cold
cream"
Il didn't know you ever used it, said the
other.
mo more did |, until got the roller skat
ing craze You'll never guess the strange
effect the exercise had OH me. Adolph at
tempted to kiss me in the dark t'other even
ing, and, do you believe it, he missed my
bps three times in succession
What on earth was the reason of that"
"Listen to me telling you. The motion of
skating-for I'd spent the afternoon at the
rink-had SO affected all my nerves anc
muscles, | suppose, that they went yank,
L.yank, first one half of me and the other, in
| sympathy with the action OF the feet in the
alienation of skating. Ny mouth wasn't
excepted 1t went so and so"-and here she
drew her pretty lips, first awry to one side
and then to the other-"in a manner that
totally upset his aim. | guess some colt
cream would restore quietude.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
Taurus in Germany.
ITbipaO,, V,io,as,

Some German bulls are quite as amusing
as their more famous Irish rivals Here are
few collected by German paper: After
the door was closed soft female foot slip
ped into the room, and with her own hand
extinguished the taper" "The chariot of
revolution is rolling onward and gnashing
Its teeth as it rolls" is what Berlin revolu-
zionist told the students in 1S4S in speech.
"The Ladies' Benefit association has distrib-
uted twenty pairs of shoes among the poor,
which will dry up many a tear" Il was
sitting at table enjoying a cup of coffee,
when gentle voice tapped me on the shoul-
der looked around and saw my old friend
once more
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
Electricity as a Reformer.
Norwich Conn Bulletin.l


A gentleman signing himself "Philanthro-
pist" writes to inquire ''if the electric light
may not prove a factor for reform If the
business streets were nightly made as light
as Franklin square, do you think men who
love to be respectable would tumble into the
the street at late hour to be taken home
by the police2 Isn't this modern light an
antagonist to deeds of darkness aud shamef
We give it up When we do not know
whether there is dynamite or soothing sirup
back of an inquiry we make it rule to let
IT. aiOnA
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

1t is well known that DR. Prices Cream
Baking Powder has been made for many
years without reducing its standard Of
perfect purity, and that there is not an
other baking powder in the market thai
can stand so good test for effectiveness
healthfullness and freedom from injur-
ious substances. The test is in the fami-
ly biscuits in the oven.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
Houses for the Isthmus.
Chicago Times

Fifty dwelling houses will form part of
the freight of vessel bound for Aspinwall,
South America, from Portland, Me. The
houses are what is termed "knock downs;
every part, including roof, is finished and
shingles are painted, and they are ready to
be set up in about an hours time after ar
rival They are made in the Ottawa dis
trict, Canada, and intended for the men
who are at work on the canal By sending
in this form about IS per cent. in freight il
saved
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
County Building.
TRANSFERS.

25-Adaline D. Alexander to Charles
Titterington, Jr., nwi se4 6, 16 3w; ST.
900.
William Torrance to John p. Attig, pit
sw4 mel 0, 10, 4w. $40, and Peter Attig
to John s. Cannon, same description; 81
Peter Attig TOD s. Cannon, nwl ne4 9,
16, 4w; 81 100
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
HALF-CENT A WORD.

FOR SALE-sixty lots in my additions to the
city of Rock Island on four yearly payments, with
interest at six per cent per annum,
dim B. DAVENPORT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

The legitimate expenses of political
campaign, including the printing OF tick
cts, the manning of the polls, the rent of
the headquarters and other necessary
things, amount TO about $45,00O.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

Sick headache? Piles, constipation, bill.
ious headache and dyspepsia, are all
speedily cured by Hunts Kidney and
LiyerI Remedy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates
Agency established 1874. Office oyel
Rock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

. The Arehduchess Maria Theresa OF
Austria has passion for manufacturing
jewelry, and labors under the instruction
of working jeweler.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

Hogs-24, coo; light, 4 1Oa4 80; mixed, 3 95a4 10;
heavy, 15a4 80
ROCK ISLAND.
Oats-36c
Hay-Timothy-SS 90.
Hay-Wild-S6
Corn-45c.
Potatoes-40c.
Onions-90c.
Coal-Soft Il; hard $s 80,
| Cord wood-$4 90
Straw-S5 00s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
LAKE MILLS.

Children's Day will be observed at
the Congregational church, morning and
evening, June IA.
We hope some one will see the advan-
tage of putting steam yacht on the
Like this season.
George Ryder will have the pleasure
of reporting the birth of boy to the
census taker.
The Rock Lake hotel is being rapidly
pushed. One week ago Monday the
work on the foundation was commenced
and at this writing it is about completed
While Prof. w. A. Henry was here
last week ne made arrangements to haye
Is calves shipped to the state farm. He
will make an experiment on the cost ol
raising the calves and will be able to
report in few years whether it pays to
raise calYes or not.-Ledder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
JEFFERSON

About IL o'clock last Sunday night
persons intent on doing mischief, set fire
to the chicken coop of John Reiss, on
the west side. Luckily the fire was dis
covered by Mrs. Seifert and put out by
her sons
Ferdinand Werner, who resides mile
southeast of Jefferson, is having his share
of trouble this spring. He now has
three children down with the scarlet fever,
and two have just passed all danger,
making FIVE sick within short time.
E. Ratherman, one of the prominent
contractors of Janesville, bought 300, ,0OC
brick of the Jefferson brick yards the
fore part of the week.
Hans Tritchler was arrested and
brought before Police Justice Voight or
Monday for violating the city ordinance
providing saloons shall be closed at II
o'clock. We understand he kept his sa-
loon open until 2 O'Clock in the mornine
and those present were very disorderly
The Justice imposed fine of $40 anc
COSTS
The contract for hauling 1900 yards O
gravel for the town of Jefferson was lei
at the town hall in this city by the towr
board to Chas. E. Braman for 343 cent:
per yard, he beicg the lowest bidder
Banner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Charles Dudley Warner says that
eighty per cent of the inmates of the
Elmira Reformatory are sent out re-
formed and become good citizens.-M.
Y. Setn.
"A flock of crows, estimated att
from two thousand to three thousand,
appeared at Coxsackie, N. Y, the other
day, and horses as well as people were
frightened. Troy Times.
Prof. Mail says that there are to
be found associated with seams of coal,
and especially with the underlying
shale, the fattened expressions of
creatures which oi,ce had life, though
at first strenuously doubted.
"A fountain is to be erected in Back
Bay Park. Boston, to commemorate the
early visit of the N Norsemen to this coun-
try. 1t will cost six thousand dollars.
and will be ornamented with Morse.
men. ealleys and bas-rehefs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-10

Judge David S. Terry, who killed
David G. Broderick in duel in San
Francisco, which created such sensa-
ton quarter of a century ago, killed
himself politically with the same bullet.
He has not been heard of for great
while, and was generally thought to be
dead. But he is alive at Stockton, CAL,
where he still practices law, and dWells in
the shade of enforced retirement. He
is now nearly seventy years old.-Chi-
cdgo Journal.
Lord Wolseley was stationed at
Montreal twenty years ago, and was
very popular with the ladies. His old
French, instructor there relates this in
cident: ''Once | said to him, quite
prophetically, as it turned out: ''Col-
onel, believe you will some day rise to
be Commander of the English armym
| remember his answer. He said: How
can | ever hope for promotion when
have no one interested in me at
court?' At Montreal, however, Prince
Arthur was then a Lieutenant, and be-
tween him and Wolseley a warm
friendship sprang up. 1t was probably
due to this intimacy, in a measure at
least, that he was subsequently ap-
pointed Colonel of the Life Guard at
London. ."-Bosto1a JoatrnGl.
The lately deceased millionaire,
Mr.. Burnham, who was to have mar
ried Miss Sanborn, had planned for a
happy life of years longer. He gave,
says correspondent, "a handsome
diamond ring to that lady that
cost not less than five hundred
dollars, and said: This is a
makeshift for an engagement ring. [
will give you better one as soon as we
can select it, And he planned for ten
thousand dollars worth of trinkets for
her ears. and neck, and hair And he
said: You can have that big mahogany
table in the library to write on, and we
will have those two new books of yours
published, you ambitious girl! And
our house will be very central for the
journalists, and artists, and musicians
of New York. Let us have some weekly
receptions for them, and see if it won't
be pleasant all around IN. 7. Sun.