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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Josenhine,s Assessment Roll.

From the assessors books to-day
filed with the secretary of state it is
learned that Josephine county has
1851 acres, valuation of 1872, ,476;
town lots $117,646; improvements
SIG, ,215; mdse. etc $133, ,214; money
etc. Sl52, ,O2O; furniture, etc. $51, ,651;
1132horses and mules $50, 195;44O2 cat
tie $5S,lO7; 1854 sheep S2O19; 1863
swine $2,S62; gross valuation 81, 49,
4O5;indebtednessS19O, ,66S;exemptions
$l11,O41; total taxable property
$S14,696; number of polls sol.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Some Good Advice.

Never pay your debts, 1t is unconstitu-
tional; for payment impairs the obligation
of contract, and even the Legislature
has no power to do that.
Always proclaim the faults Of others.
There should be no secrets in a Repub-
lien Government.
Never forgive any injury. The power
of pardoning belongs to the Governor.
When you are at church go to sleep.
Sunday is day Of rest.
When you lind your passions rising.
never suppress them. How many boil.
ers have been bursted by too close an i'm
prisoument of their contents!
Whenever you attack your neighbour
character do il behind his hack, % as not
10 wound his feelings.
Never give up your opinion, though yuu
know you are wrong; 1t shows that you
have independence.
Temperance il a great virtuei therefore
always be moderate IA the uss Of ardent
spirit Two glasses Of WhisksY before
breakfast are as good as a thousand.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Insane Commitment.

Sheriff B. G. Agee of Douglas
county this morning brought to the
asylum an insane patient named
Henry Howe, aged IA years. The
boy is incapable of caring for him
self and cannot be left alone. He is
very cruel towards children and by
reason of this is unsafe to be at
large. Neglect and exposure are
assigned as the causes of his insanity.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
LATE CITY NEWS FOUND
By the Reporters on Their Round Of
the Town.
OregOn's Fruits Cuttings From the
COuFts-State NOteS-City
News.
Will Locate in Salem.

Mr.. w. H. linus, together with
his father, three brothers and Mr..
Kelley, late of Hodgeman county,
Kansas, are in Salem and have de-
cided to locate here. They have
purchased considerable real estate
and will still purchase more as they
find what suits them. 1t is their
intention to open a law office and
perhaps a real estate agency in cor
rection. They have been all over
the Willamette valley and have
many good words for Salem and her
surroundings and say that there
wilt be a great immigration from
Kansas to the coast this fall.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

There has been great activity in
the upper Nehalem coal fields this
wear and a score or more OF new
claims have been taken. 1t can
now be asserted without fear Of sue
eessful contradiction that paying
veins Of coal from three and one
half to nine inches in thickness and
Of fair quality can be seen over
an area Of at least five thousand
acres. This is what is TO be seen
now, aud prospecting is still going
on and new findings are being made
all the while.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

When the mayor Of Charleston, West
Virginia, sentenced a white woman the
other day to work seventeen days on the
streets, a young farmer arose and offered
70 take her place, saying he would never
permit a woman 10 be worked as q convict
on The public streets The mayor accept.
ed bis offer, and the man was marched OF
10 the chain gang. lie declined 70 give bic
name, and said that "John Smith" would
do a. well az any thing else. lie said that
be was a faim iaborer from some place up
the river. and that he never saw or heard
nf the woman in HE life until he saw hel
in the mayors court, bat that his sense Of
manhood and his respect Of Womankind
would not permit him 20 see one OF the
sex scraping the public streets IN company
with tramps and bummeTs.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
A PrOtraeted Meeting.

Rev. Thomas Porter from Australia
IS about to begin protracted meet
ing at the Christian church in
Salem. He is an able talker and a
most successful revivalist and it Is
expected he will create quite an
interest in the meetings.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Likes our Prospects.

Mr.. Runyou, a prominent real
estate agent of San Francisco was in
Salem yesterday looking around.
He speaks very hopefully of the
Willamette valley prospects and
notes much substantial improve
ment since his last visit and has
purchased considerable real estate,
feeling sure of an increase in value.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Circuit Court.

State VS.. w. o. Rosenfield and A.
ROsenthal libel; demurrer over
ruled, enter plea of not guilty.
The insurance case of Cohu &
Bros. VS.. NJ. Peyser, from Linn
county is still in hearing. The
closing arguments are being made
as we go to press and the jury will
be given the case shortly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
News And Notes Of a General In
tercSt to the WeSterner.

I The Corvallis w. c. T. L. has al
active membership of thirty-niue.
EXcavating for the new court
house at Reddiug has commenced
The building will be finished mex
June.
Typhoid fever is raging through.
out Crook county. There are about
twenty severe cases in and about
Prineville.
During the season 1890 feet OF
snowshcds have been burned be.
tween Blue Canyon and Truclec on
the Central Pacific.
The proposition to consolidate
Portland and East Portland seems
to have fallen into innocuous desue-
tude, as President Cleveland would
say, nothing having been heard OF
it for about seven weeks.
1t is now proposed to tow a large
log raft from British Columbia to
San Francisco. There is no duty
ON logs while there is on lumber.
The success of the big Nova Scotia
raft leads the Western Canuck to
initiate it.
The late serious wreck on the
North Pacific, near Sprague, was
caused 10y train dispatcher in
Sprague, boy but twenty years old,
who had been on but a short time,
and got mixed in giving orders. He
disappeared on the day of the
wreck, and has not been heard of
since.
Japan has sent four cargoes of
coal to San Francisco during the
past few months. This coal pays II
duty of 70 cents per ton and still
undersells Oregon and Washington
Territory coal. When the demo-
Gratis succeed in putting coal on the
free list that growing industry of
the Pacific Coast will receive its
death blow and all our coal will be
brought from England, Australia,
Japan and British Columbia
News.
The sequel to the tale of the Van
couver Chinaman who had his toes
cut Off at the depot is very touching.
a hungry dog happening TO come
by saw the toes lying by the side of
the track, and without waiting to
inquire whetherthey Were Caucasian
or Mongolian, proceeded to make
his dinner Off them, thus saving
All Sin the troable of burying them,
who sagely remarked: "Dog eat
Chinaman, alec samee bimeby Chi
naman eat dog"
Every time the river becomes un-
usually high at Corvallis, there is
imminent danger that it will
wash cut through the peninsula
which is just opposite the town, and
which throws the river to the place,
In order to avert such a calamity an
appropriation of $4,000 has been
made to build the herevetment-which
will be made of brush, laid down
and staked with living willows,
which will take root and grow,
forming "A permanent bank. The
work will be done about Il mile
above Corvallis. Should the river
desert the bed and cut across the
peninsula, it would leave the town
about a mile away, and injure it in
calculably. In such a case, how
ever, it could be turned back into its
natural channel, but the cost would
be a great deal heavier than to put
in the revetment, though the appro-
priation will not cover the cost as
1t IL.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
A New Paper Mill.

Senator Hearst, proprietor of the
San Francisco Examiner has pur-
chased an old Touring mill near
Oregon City and will build one of
the largest and most extensive
paper mills on the coast. Thus do
our resources one by one, find those
who will develop them. This is
quite an item for Oregon City.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

w. d. Claggett received this week
direct from C. P. Bailey, San Jose,
Cal, several fine young pure bred
Angora goats which he has for sale
He requests parties to call and see
the stock as he thinks he can giGe
satisfaction.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
Prohibition Rally.

All are cordially invited to attend
the prohibition rally and basket
picnic at Silverton next Saturday.
There will be good music and speak
ing and a splendid social time VIII
be had.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
TO-night's NJ. E. Social.
Supreme Court.
SALEM, Oct. II.

SALEM, Oct. IL.
State of Oregon, respondent, VS..
c. NJ. Harding appellant, appeal
from Multnomah county, argued
and submitted.
N. d. Simon atty for the state,
J. c. Moreland atty for app.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

The skating rink is expected TO
open tonight. Everybody can 60
as there is no admission fee.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

Painless dental operations at DIR.
T. G Smiths, % State street.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17
GREAT DISCOVERY!
DR.. II. $ M ITH

Now In possession Of "a new discovery1n
medicine, which is purely "a local amaAthet-
lc, ana acts almost lnsthntnneouHly ON the
surrounding tissues OF the teeth. IL isin
no way Injurious or unpleasant 10 the
taste The manufacturers Of Il claim that
H. equal has never been known before and
by applying it % the sensitive Or sore
teeth, they can be cleaned and niled
without pain. No all those that want an
kinds ~ dental work done without pain
would better call ON DR.. IA. Smith. 1eeth
extracted flr 10 cents.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

The senior senator from Delaware,
Mr.. Salisbury, is gay bachelor
of seventy, for whose attention half
the widows in Washington pine. He
is very tall and very thin. He is also
very charitable. He sent o box of
his cast-off clothing to q committee
formed for the relief of the suffers by
the Western floods. The story, as
told by one OF his wicked colleagues,
is that he received the following in
his MALL
'The committee man Civ me, among
other things, wat he called q pare
Of pants, and it would make me pant
sum to wear'em. found your name
and where you live in one ofthe pock-
cts. My wife LATED SO when show EN-
to her that / tho't she would have a
convulshun fit. She wants to know
if there lives and breathes man who
has legs no bigger than that. She
sed if there was, he orter be taken up
for vagrinsy, for having no visible
means of support. / couldn't get'em
on my eldest boy, SO l used 'em for
gun-cases. lfyou hev another pare
to spare, my wife would like to get EN-
to hang up by the side ofthe fireplace
to keep the tongs in.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
A WOman'S Great Invention.

One of the biggest little inventions
of recent date is the slotted sewing
machine needle, a patent for which
was taken out a short time ago by q
woman 7Oyears Of age. 1t does en-
tirely away with the old process OF
threading by twisting the end of the
thread to a fine point and thrusting
it at the needles eye until by some
chance it happens to strike the mark.
This new invention is domestic
economy has a beyelled slot in one
side Of the eye through which the
thread slips as easily as a nickle drops
in the slot of a weighing machine or
lung tester. A blind old gandm other
need not have the ligh test difficulty
in seying now. Nothing could be
simpler than the slotted needle, and
all who see it wonder why it was not
thought ofyears and years ago. The
inventor said the other day that it
cost $4,000 to make the expert
tnent which resulted in producing
precisely the kind of slot which, while
readily admitting the thread to the
eye, prevents it at the same time
from slipping out in the operation Of
sewing. What q boon this will be to
our mothers and wives may be easily
realized when it is understood that
one sewing machine company alone
in New Jersey turns out every month
oyefa, 100000 needles.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
The Girl Giggled.

He was middle-aged and greyhair ed,
with gold-rimmed spectacles, and a
benignant forehead, and, says the
Chicago Journal, he would be worth
interviewing on the consumption of
cosmetics by the elite of the South
side. Well, he sat in a cable car and
looked as if he might have stepped
out of one of his own show cases.
Presently his eye caught a tiny thread
on the outer side of the right knee
of his pants. 1t was SO very sh ort it
was hard work for his gloved fingers
to pick it up. Across the aisle was a
pretty operator who works in the
rooms of a sewing machine company.
Her eyes twinkled as she saw the
gentleman succeed in his efforts to
capture the thread, and, as Improved
to lengthen in pulling, he began to
wind it around his fingers. He
thought he had hold ola simple bast-
ing. She knew that upon that slight
thread hung the integrity of his new
pants. An expression of mild wonder
overspread the face of the intellect
ual gentleman as the thread continued
to come at his gentle pull. He bent
his near-sighted eyes nearer to dis
cover the source ofthis thread supp ".
Apparently he found it, for look of
horror came into his face. He
clutched the skirts of his overcoat
tightly about him, hurried off the ear,
and, probably, headed for tailor's
shop. And when that pretty little
sewing machine operator got off at
Thirty-ninth street she, was still
dimpling with suppressed laughter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

Some miscreant threw a dynamite bomb
into the cupola of the Litcbfeld Car apd
Machine company's foundry Mt Ltchfieid,
Illinois. The missile exploded, tearing the
cupola to pieces and seriously injuring two
sf the employees.
en- s1,s Goth of September last two boys,
Jacob Bfai;a4dler and Stephen Cummings,
aged sixteen, were Rnpqtiflng on an island near
La Crosse. The latter eaiAe home in the
himself accidentIy, and that In coming to tliA
city he (Cummings) had tipped over In the
sxi6 losing both guns and narrowly escaping
drowning, The body was brought to the
city. an inquest ws< hold and verdict OF &C.
cidental death found. 4 fey says ago boy,
skating, found Brabander's gun in pig aIpehes
OF water, loaded, and to-day the police feupd
At tie ,i1le Cummings claimed to have
tipped over ana last the guns the water was
a loot higher than nov. uaaking II sixteen
is,ches, or O little more than kns0 deep at the
noitiit rhere the guns were found. In view st
these facts f4s police locked Cummings up.
He reiaeffats his story, and tho police are at
q loss to know whefl,sr ls shot pr g e
cape blame, or whether semethfig More SER
ious underlies.
Thomas McConnelly,. a young teacher
near Albany, N. T.. was fatally injured by
one of his phpi;S, He was teaching at An
dale. He had some Jseuble about the Or
ganization Of the school, and 4sd gotten the
ii win Of some Of the pupils: While tEFlslR-
inc IA a i,rYsillem at the black board he wds
s calls:a & III 4 Ga- 81 q pupil. He demonstrated
With the yourig 6plly, whsp d free tight en-
sued iintfag which the teacher Yeeeivef e
fatal blow On the head from poker M thRe
hands Of one Of the boys.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
the Panama Canal Collapse.

A notable result of the Panama canal col
lapse is that both in Paris and in the provin-
ces all the anger and disappointment ofthe in
vestors is directed against parliament, while
sympathy is extended ton de Lesseps. Both
NJ de Lesseps and M. de Normandie daily re-
eeiye numerous letters from holders of Pana-
ma Shares and bonds encouraging them with
assurances and ptoiaises that every possible
sacrifice will BIZ made to save the enterprise.
Nowhere is there heard word Of complaint
against NJ. de Lesseps, who Is rather regard
ed as q martyr. On the other hand, there is
every indication that when the deputies who
voted against the bill come forward for re-
election they will find very intense feeling
against them. The feeling on the bourse is
lsss gloomy. There was a general rise in
prices, Panama canal shares advancing ~
francs, Rio Tihtos / francs end Suez canal
6 francs The cabinet hay detided that when
the eommitteeIs report On the bankruptcy
bill is presented tS the senate, the president
of that body shall Ask leaye to Interrupt the
budget debate in order to detach from the
bankruptcy bill an article applicable to the
position OF the Panama Canml company, the
Object being to save it from bankruptcy. 1t
is expected that at the opening of the next
session Premier Floquet will communicate to
parliament the decision of the government to
restore the old system of voting, which is
supported by the whole cabinet, with the ex-
ception OF NJ. Goblet.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27


We suspect that few, who hang their Ayer's
Almanac on it's accust omed nail. from year to
year, are aware that from thirteen to fourteen
million copies of this popular calendar are
printed every year. To accomplish this stu
pendous work, tine publishers use a machine
which prints and folds, ready for the binder,
off at the rate of q hundred and eighty books
a minute, and consuming about twenty-five
miles of paper each day! These astounding
facts and figures are given in the preface to q
neat volume containing specimen copies of
the Almanacs and other publications of this
company in twenty-one languages. This
as q rare literary curiosity while it must in
crease the demand for pr Ayers famous sarr
saparillp and other standard remedies. Your
druggist can now supply you with Ayers AL
manac for 1889 in it's usual attractive form
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

Less than two weeks ago EGstE, ester
Nierstadt of Rudd, Iowa, disappeared, and
although his bondsmen have diligently
searched he con nowhere be found. Now
William Tones, deputy postmaster at Hamp-
ton haS disappeared, and his much-interested
bondsmen afS aaxiQ.s to learn his where
abouts. He left the city several Days ago,
and the inspector who ID now examining the
affairs of the Office has found shortage OF
about 81 500. E
An epidemic has broken out among the
principal horse ranches Of theL Lower Yellow
stone 1t first made it's appearances about
three weeks ago and was considered OF but
little impevtanfe, but it has become 50 dam
gerous and is spreading With sHch alarming
rapidity that il 10 causing mNoh HsKiety ~
that section Of the country. The disease A.
tacks the glands Of the throat, and in tho
majority Of cases causes q swelling which az
tends from the point Of the jaw to the breast.
making matters Of respiration and eating OF
greet difficulty. In from eight to ten days
this gathering, which contains alarge amount
Of matter, breaks, and not until then is prop
er surgical assistance possible. Thus far the
favorable open weather has saved them, but
should cold snap set il Q great mortality
win he ths Eesalltt. Z y . ~ s e f's'''S
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

Joseph Golding, Familiarity known as Oscar
Face Tex" was brought from Junction to
Billings, Montana. to answer to the charge
of forgery. The prisoner is typical Texas
cowboy and desperate character and has
been presenting forged checks for about 5000,
bearing the signature of S. B. Miller & Son,
well known stock raisers of this vicinity. at
various points during the last month. These
checks were readily cashed. p. F. Linton &
Co. of Billings, and Paul Mccormick & Co..
of Junction being the heaviest losers. When
taken the culprit had horse ready saddled
and bridled to skip. He waived examination,
and for lack of 50, 900 bonds will remain In
Jail till the spring term of the district court.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
Ex-senator COngeF,
From q Washington Letter

From Washington Letter.
Ex-senator Conger is leading a re-
tired life here atpresent. He drives an
old gray horse about the streets,
hitched 10 ln old-fashionea rock
away, in which aamosf daily can be
see his portiy, goodl-ln'!a7t1lp7Fed wife
with him, They have enough TO live
on nicely, and are apparently happy
and contented. The present Mrs.
Conger is his second wife. They were
sweethearts when they were young,
and thsre is romance in their case,
which has beea printed before, He
was q WHOEVER and she g widow, and
they proposed byletter. Mrs. GQngsT
brought some property, but not q
fortune into the marital tirm,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
He Saved the Frame.

A well-known Snowman who once
ran u newspaperin Pennsylvania town
tells story which will amuse the
printers. He hired a big colored per-
son to do chores about the office, and
on one occasion directed him to move
form from one place to the other.
The darkey promptly put it on his
head, and'just as promptly his head
went through, and there was n ter
rible mess of pi. To his employer
he thus reported: "Boss, | done
spilled the type, but saved the frame"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

The Dominion of Canada will
adopt the chief features of our bank
ing system. In 1S9Oradical changes
will be made in the federal banking
system of Canada. The principal
change will be the adoption of an en-
actment authorizing the Government
to practically control the issue of
legal tender and correspondingly re-
stricting the issue of notes by the
various chartered banks. The change
will be borrowed from the American
banking system.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

Officer Bryan of Paragould, Arkansas,
Williams, who was charged with selling
liquor contrary to the county law. Williams
was discovered by the officers disguised as q
negro. Williams resisted arrest, and during
a running fire succeeded in mortally wound
ing Officer Bryan and his two assistants.
Williams was also wounded and will proba-
bly, die.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

In the Third district D. B. Halls plurality
was 2. S6S. The total vote In this district
varies only aLnut 125 from that of the First
district, though the gain in two years was
slightly larger-4.156 The result OF the
.eiectlon WAS also very similar. The Repub-
aican vote showed IN increase almost tden-
s.c.e with the INCREASE in the population. and
che Democratic vote failed to hold its own.
The ProhibitiOnists gained about 900 votes
Kand yob3 u the banner COUNTY Of this dis
trict. and gave Mr.. Hall 2.O8S yotss TO 427
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

A successful trial trip was made over the
line of the electric street railway in Des
Moines, Iowa. The event attracted large
crowds, and the completion Of the rapid
transit line IL justly regarded as the crown
ing work of the years improvements in the
capital
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27

George W. Davis of Marietta, Indiana
whose daughter Lille was abducted and
White Cap, shot Gregory dead. Mr.. Davis
was heart-broken over the ruin of his child
and his friends have known for some time
that in case he met G.egory he would kill
him
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-27
Nozzle,

Old men use Moxie the year round to keep
their nervous system strong enough to sup
port the functions of their body, and mend
up the break down of II long business life.
The young city bloods to remove the effects
from liquors and night of dissipation. A
tumbler full will break a recent intoxication
in an hour, with no i'll effects OF stimulation.