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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13
A WElGHTY YOUTH.
Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen Years
Old, but Weighs 535 Pounds.

A Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen Years
Old. but Weighs $50 Pounds.
Wythe county numbers within its
population the greatest man III the COM
monwealth, if one considers his dead
weight-Melvin Grubb, whose Vondrous
girth and ponderous limbs make him the
daily wonder OF his neighbors. He was
born something more than Is years ago
and has ever since that event kept his
neighbors wondering at his growth.
Each year since he was 10 has seen from
so to 1C0 pounds added to his weight,
until he is believed now to be the heav-
lest youth alive, and should his avcirdu-
pois appreciate at the same rapid rate he
will soon break all the heavyweight rec
ords since Adam. At 13 years of age
he weighed 40 pounds; at IA, $50, and
now at Is the scales creak at 535 pounds,
and the end is not yet.
Grubb is not merely a mountain of
flesh. but an active and intelligent boy
He can follow plow all day without
unusual fatigue and is bright and in
telligent pupil of the public school near
his fathers farm at Walters Bridge,
2a miles west of Wytheville.-R
Times,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13

For many years a sandy mound on the
r. A Maize farm, just south of this
city, has been known as the hiding place
of the fox. This winter the animals have
been unusually numerous and created
havoc in the henneries. The losses be-
came so great that the farmers held a
meeting and decided to blow up the
mound and rid themselves of the pests.
A large quantity of dynamite was pur-
chased, and four large charges were put
into the ground. For some reason the
fuses failed to discharge the explosive,
and the stuff is now buried in the mound.
The mound is one of the most productive
spots on the farm, and as the farmer
does not know just where the dynamite
lies he is in pickle to know what to do,
as he is afraid to dig into the mound for
fear he may strike the stuff and send
himself to kingdom come. The owner
of the farm insists that the dynamite
must be found, as he realizes that the
fact of it being buried on the farm is go
ing to hurt the sale of the farm or for
ever render several acres of his best land
valueless. (O.) Dispatch.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13
MAY eRooKYN,s sUPERsTITIoNs.
The Actress Kept In Her Room What
Seems to Be List of Omens.

The Actress Kept In Her Room What
Seems to Be List of Omens.
In Miss Brookyn's room were writings
which attested her superstition. The
name of ''test medium and psychome-
trist'' of this city was on card which she
kept. In her handwriting was what ap-
peared to be list of omens. 1t began
with an incomplete account of what the
months had IN store for her. This was
as follows:
Feb.-Avoid o. s.
June-P. /.
Aug.-Good.
Nov
Below this was statement of what
the letters meant. This was as follows.
H-Good: deal freely.
E-Not good in woman man.
O-Very bad.
S-Unpleasant news from distance; sur
prise.
A-Good; male or female.
P-Good.
Livery good; male or female.
K-Good: new friend.
V-New friend: good; fair man.
Don't marry in 'S4: 'GG good.
SO or 6I. SQ.5S.
BIS very good; deal freely.
W-Proposition; good for Irritation; never
marry.
Good; male or female.
M-Better woman.
T-New friend; good.
G-Fery good.
Mot quite so good; be careful.
She had drawn a rude circle, and there
were dots in it as if pencil point came
down in many places. The supposition
is that the letters were placed inside a
circle, like the numbers on the face of a
so1ao1y on1 CI, fha,, 1ot hn ,oa,ri1 hold in,
her fingers drop wherever chance brought
it. The letter on which it hit signified
the outcome of whatever she might have
been thinking of. In this manner doubt
less she found whether the months were
to be good or bad for her.
She had marked February as month
to avoid and with the letters 80 S." Ac-
cording to the mystic dictionary, 90"
meant that February was very bad for
her and rs" that she would receive IN
pleasant news from a distance. Curl
ously she did get some news from New
York lately, which is presumed to have
been unpleasant, and February proved
to be the month of her grievous exit
from the world.
A spiritualistic doctor fingered around
the Baldwin theater yesterday until he
could tell Mr.. Presbrey, manager of the
Palmer company, that he had received
knowledge of the reunion of the souls Of
Lovecraft and Miss Brooklyn. The spirit
ualistic theory is that when her efforts
to establish communication with her low
fr's spirit failed she felt the necessity of
taking exactly the same terrestrial route
that he had journeycd on. To employ
any other poison than carlo i; ;.y:. 49,
serve to keep them parted forever, and
SO she submitted herself to the scorching
liquid. She bought the deadly draft in
Columbus, O., on Nov. 90 and treasured
it until she felt impelled to put the bot
tie to her lips.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13
THE NEWS OF OREGON.
Interesting Items Cleaned from
the State Exchanges.

Plans have been drafted for William
ette universities new gymnasium. 1t
is to be GOxS0, with lockers and baths
in the lower story and the upper floors
in the clear.
Both Judge Galloway and Prof. D.
V. S. Reid are candidates for the posi-
, ton Of surveyor general, now occupied
by W. H. Byars, whose term has
almost expired. There are several
other asplrants.
In the Iast five years 440 tons of
! ciiittim bark have been shipped from
Lebanon, for which was paid all aver
age price Of $50 per ton, amounting to
$26, 400. Seventy-hve tons will be
shipped this year.
d. w. Varnum walked from Duns-
muir to Ashland the last week, max
ing the 40 miles in 50 hours, and
organized. it is said, over 1870 railroad
men along the route into the Ameri-
can Railway Union.
The strike lends unusual impetus to
the regular summer frei9hting hy
, teams between wiley towns. Charley
Croner hauled 800 pounds from Har-
risbnrg to Eugene Friday on one
! wagon with four horses.
There is considerable uneasin~sss at
! Palo Alto rs to the future of Stanford
university 1t is pretty generally un-
| derstond there that it is Mrs. Stan
| fOrd's intention to close the institution
in a couple OF mouths ewing to the
expense Of running the university.
In the klamath Fails fire the coun-
lv treasurer lost his saf~, and about
| 81. 900 was contained IN 1t, consisting
of currency and coin. The currency
was DESTROYED and the cold and silver
is melted together The money was
to have been turned over to the newly
el> c,ed treasurer that day.
Josephine county has the only sur
vivor Of the war Of 1872 who draws
pension on THIS coast-!iosea Brown
of WiIderviile, VIII" was born Ill West
more tttllt CtuDhN. 1TtN L VI N. III l -.
Of the old soldier the San Francisco
pension agent writes: ''Mr Brown is
the ONLY survivor OF tie war Of 1872
on our rolls and one Of the few nov
! living sad "c feel H9fs- r: ndlv toN"rG
him, ALWAYS looking for his voucher
and rent:ing The .;..oitit l;u'ued!It.iy
We wonId like 10 have photograph
/ of h;m Is possible. "-Graats Pass
| Courier
Mr c. P. Glover, of this city, says
the A bany Herald, foreman Of the
U. S. jury before whom the Bum
smuggling case as tried in Portland,
has returned home EIe saws he
knows nothin. o! the missing raners,
about which so much has been said
Concerning the row in the jury room,
he SAYS that one cf the jurors stated
that he woG.d believe Nat Blum before
he would dozen of Portland's best
citizens, naming them and abusing
some of the witnesses and attorneys,
whereupon Mr.. Glover told him what
he thought Of him in very plain words.
The three jurymen who stood out for
acuuttal are now III hot water, and the
court Is investigating the occurrences
in the jury room. Mr.. Glover has
forwarded an affidavit concerning
| .he>e occurrences.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13
The Old and the New.

Powerful and large as are the great
est of modern United States warships,
they are all of low stature compared
with the towering structures of 60 or
70 years ago. The United States steam
ship Pennsylvania, built about 1928 and
supposed at the time to be one of the
largest warships ever launched, was 220
feet long and 5S broad. She carried 220
guns and lowered aloft with five decks.
Her complement OF men was 1,400.-
Detroit Free Press,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13
SOMETHING IN THIS NAME.
But the Man Whose Property IT Is Wishes
lie Had Not Recalled 1t.

lie Had Not Recalled 1t.
The mystery that has been surround
ing the identity Of David Draughn has
been solved and in n way that is likely to
give David 1nuch tro@ble. Draughn was
several weeks ago dragged from the rail-
road tracks in the south end of the city
just in time to save him from being
mangled. 1t was then discovered that
he had been beaten almost to death. He
was carried to the Grady hospital, and
when he recovered physically it was
found that his mind was perfect blank
as to paSG eyentS-SO much SO that lie
even did NOT know 'is own name.
ril4dI.y under the uaIe OI ,ue nui z, C4:.S
there came back inklings of the past, and
one day last week he electrified every
body about the hospital by rushing about
and declaring he had it," He had caught
what tie said was his last name. He was
taken by detectives up into North Caro-
lima, and at CulbcrsOn, near Murphy, he
found friends, but he was not Draughn,
at least not there. He had been known
there as DR.. F. D. Heath and had lived
there for several months last summer,
but Heath and Draughn are one and the
same man, and it developed that under
the former name he has three living
wives. One lives in Salem, No. 2 in
Ashevillc and No. il Bryson City, Va.
Lis mother, Mrs. Frank Barr, the wife
of printer, also lives near Salem. He
will be prosecuted for bigamy and is
very sorry he has found out who he is.
Atlanta Cor. St. Louis Republic.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-13

CfI CL-I-ittA1 - i'-t CIV
money. At all ev, ntS the fee as the
controlling factor in official action has
been eliminated. The various coun-
ties will have an oppo tunity to sivdH
the new system at close range
A C n'tst has been filed in the
,asas OF four of the recently elected
citv and and county officials by the
com lined action of the pcpulists
democrats and independent repub i
Cans. alleging great fraud and coirup-
ton and the use of All enormous f. nd
for the purchase of votes and the pay
ment of repeaters. What evidence
t':ere is to support these charges is not
revealed, but it seems to be chiefly
street rumor and the allegations of
men who are son the make" 1t S
certain that this campaign was run
almost on the bed rock. It was hard
times, and less money was spent than
in any election in Oregon for years.
All the strikers and buns will bear
sorrowful testimony to this fact.
D d D
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
Proposition 20 Erect beet sugar Factory
On the nitter Rect

rropssition 20 Erect a Beet sugar Factory
On the nitter Rost
Western News Hamilton.
The News IN . week or two will Law be-
fore ia readers the complete plans for a
beet sugar factory which IL proposes shall
be erected in this city. some years ago the
agricultural department supplied variona
farmers OF this valley with the seed for the
b. 81 sugar beet that was then known. The
seed was plauted and the returns made in
manv casos. The yield was enormous. 90
ing "a high A. twenty-four tens 20 the acre
On irriRat % land and the per cent OF sac
carine matter reaching az high ~ beets
crown on any soil IN the world.
When received from the factories 20
which we have written Tor information. We
shall LAY before our readers all the faots-
cost Of plant method OF mnnufaoture' anu
also treatment of soil to procure she besl
results and such other matter as they WIZ
furnish.
After this Is done. We shall call meeting
OF the leading farmers of the valley %
Hamilton 20 discuss she adviaability or
forming a ioiut stock company 20 build
plant appoint committees 20 supply the
seed and contract for acreage 90 be planted.
Montana annually sends away S1OOuO0
big, round dollars for sugar, which We can
Just Ss well keen az home and turn into the
pockets Of Montana farmers As SEND u
swav To give impetus to the enterprise, a
bill will be introduced in the legislature
pert winter Offering one cent a pound bonus
for ell sugar manufactured IN TIE state.
This bill will pass without opposition:
Keep your eye on the western News anu
see IA build the greatest industry, outside
OF mining, in Montana.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
BOSTON AND MON TANA.
The Ore Output for the Past Twelve
Months Over $4,000
Tons.
The Silver Product OF tho Meador-
Vile Smelter for Six
Months
ore shipment From SLOGAN 90 tho smeit-
ers-Fiuesn Miaes raking Cat
ore Rapidly.

Capt. Thomas +. Couch. OF the Boston e.
Montane. is engaged on his annual report
This will embrace the operations OF the
company In Butte for the last eighteen
months. says che Inter Mountain.
AZ recent meeting OF the direc-
tors the time Of making the annual repor,
vas changed from the close Of the hscal
60 the close Of TIE calendar year Capt.
Couch estimates the ore output for the past
twelve months was slightly in excess OF
$500 600 tons and the copper production both
here Cup 20 June. when the Mesderville
smsltsT was closed down and at Great
Falls will be about As. 900, 600 pounds. The
production OF silver - She Aeaderville
smelter for the fret six months Of 1888 was
2S3O 600 ounces AZ 90 the metal output ~
Great Fallss since then. CAPT. Couch says that
IL known only a. Great Falls. and the
complete statement will be submitted 60
Boston during the coming week. As the
Mountain View mine q station Ia being cut
AZ the /. l0O-foot level and orosa-cutting IS
going on. Sinking will soon be reSumod.
Asked ss TO how the vein holds out at the
lowest workings, Nj. Couch said on the
east levels 10 is better than il has ever been
above, being about hfty feet In width.
Al present the company is working from
only three shafts, the Mountain View, Leon
ard and PennsylvaniA. Daring the present
year this concern eontem plates doing con-
siderable prospecting and developing Of
property owned by the company in the dat
east Of Vaudeville. The possibilities of
that section have never been thoroughly
demonstrated. A strong copper vein dips
in that direction. and Capt. Couch has
every condolences that some extensive de
rosits of mineral will be uncovered there.
Attic h y Nj. office is q curious looking
blue stalaRmite. 10 stands about fourteen
inches high, weighs about twenty pounds
aud was formed By water drippingH, in a
few months, in some Of the abandoned
workings Of the Mountain View mine. IL
looks exactly like so much blue stone.
Can't. Couch says 10 carries 30 PEE cent
copper, and he is wondering now, after ths
mine Il worked out. how long 10 will take
90 al M again with these stalsgmites. de
saws they are very plentiful on timbe's
and other places about the mine whore
water drips and forms very rapidly into
these blue crystals.
The st. Lawrence mine started In 90 ship
ore Wednesday night and Is daily making
shipmsnts nov. During the week the
miners raised more ore 90 some Of the
mines than she trains could take away, aud
a few shifts were laid on but are ~ work
again Friday 12l cars wsfs shipped. This
was ths largest single days shipment since
the new road has been in operation. 10
will require the output Of the High ore 30
make Ia possible 90 got out the expected 10
ears per day. The High Ore will be started
90 shipping ore the coming week. II is an
dsFstood that the Modoe is also being put
IN condition for work. ALI Is active on the
hill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
THE SLOGAN COUNTRY.
Five Thousand Tons Of ore to BE shipped
This season.

Five Thousand Tons Of ore TO Be shipped
This season.
The history Of the year 1898 in one mining
region, the slcesn country. adds 10 TIE &C
oumulatsd Arguments advanced By mining
men In favor Of the immediate establish
ment Of smsltsr at Spokans, says
TIE Review. The year was marked
By financial depression that was gem
sral and development was not pressed
as IL otherwise would have been, but
the showing Is good one. just l. loz
tons Of ore we're shipped In 1898, the re-
turns averaging 16f ounces OF silver 20 tie
ton aud Gs per cent lead. The figures are
the sums total. While most Of the ores
run higher in lead, considerable dry ore
has been SHIPPED which contained no
lead. AZ the wharVes IN kaslo are coo
tens more awaiting shipment and "a
the mines and along the wagon Toncs
are 100 tons sacked ana awaiting trans
portations The totsl product o. TIE
Kaslo-slooan mines for the yesr 1893 Ia
reund n1mbsr Is thus shown 10 be Z,452
tons Of ore that will average At the present
prise Of silver and lead TlG5 10 ths ton. or
q total output Of : i06. 30 worth.
ne kGsio- SLOGAN Examiner estimates
that 300 tons will be shipped from the
SLOGAN country TO the smeltera OF ths
Unitsd States during the present season.
The Examiner also believes that the pros
psct for the faturs Is Brighter than ever.
Fifteen different mines are taking out ore
a. L surprisingly rapid rate. AZ the SLOGAN
Star. Mountain Chief. Freddie Lee Idaho,
Ruscau. Wellington, Washington, Blue
Bro. Lucky Jim. DGfdaaelles. Antelope,
Noble Five and others. ore IL sacked await
ing transportation and more IS being
mined.
The mines at Valley are sill In posi-
tion 10 pot ont all the iron orc needed Tor
the purpose. and the friendly attitude Of
Mr. CoTbin Is in itself q guarantee that
obstacles in the way OF It's economical
transportation will not defer the wo kina
of a smeltor. The settlement Of the Col
Vile strip will oDen snOtho- held that j.
said 20 be rich in mineral. The Okanogan
country and fifty or 100 other camps would
be contributors. and spokane is IA such
location that successful competition foi
the bulk OF that trade 10 not thing 70 II
considered.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
JoTrIXGs ABOUT TOWN.

A regular meeting OF Canton schuyler
Colfs1 will 30 held this evening.
The Catholic Ladies Literary society wi
hold their regular meeting hereafter
"Wednesday evening instead OF Tuesday as
heretofore.
The New England supper 10 be given oy
the workers in the mission sunday sehool
will take place this evening az eulliNAh
hall on Main street near sixth avenue.
The psmbers OF the board for the work
ing vomsn's home will have an important
called meeting Tuesday at 1889 a. m, at
the residence of Ms swallow, on living
street.
The W. J. Dent arrested az Livingston
on SATURDAY. for passing spurious checHs IS
we'll known 10 the Helena police, ana ~ 10
said that under she name Of ha.ph Lee ne
passed several bogus ohseks IN TINS city
Z. L. Burton. Of Choteau. has gone TO 81.
panl 20 meet a number Of Mennonites who
have decided 70 locate In Teton county near
Choteau. The men will accompany NJ z.
burton on MS return this week. lheir
families will not come till spring. In the
meantime land will be selected and homes
built and everything will be arranged TO 20
into farming as soon ss spring opens
Another hold-up was added 10 the list In
Rntte on SATURDAY. night Fred Fox, a
driver for the @. o. ID. laundry was called
upon to deliver some goods on the west
SIDE of Idaho street. between Granite and
Ouartz. at $50. He was dragged into the
sllev by two masked men where one OF the
robbers held him by the throat and the
other took $50 DOT OF the victims pocket
After the robbery one Of the men shot Fox
in tho left arm.
Gen. Weslsy Merritt eommandant OF the
department Of Dakota, accompanied by his
alde-de. eamp, Lieut. 5. D. aturgis, Will de-
part Feb. 3 for a journey abroad. Gen.
Merritt and Lieut. Sturgis will be absent
about three months. during which time
thew will visit the principal European
countrieA 1ho command OF the depart
ment Of Dakota. during the absence OF
Gsn. Nsrritt. will probably deVolvs upon
Col 2. h. swayne. Of the Twenty second
regiment, Fort ksoEh.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
THE WISE TRAVELLER.
In Selecting HIS Railroad Route. selects
the Road

In Selecting his Railroad Route. Selects
the Road
That adorls excellent aud most comfort
able faeilities-"Ths Milwaukee"
That traverses delightful and pictur-
ssqus portion Of the oountry-"Ihs Nil
wHukce."
That has-and meiits-the reputation of
strength aud reliabilitT-"Th Milwaukee"
That enjoys popularity and 10 stained
with public npproval-"Iho Milwaukee"
That has n substantial roadbed aud most
frequent train sorvioe-"lhe Milwaukee"
nat regards. always. the comfort, ease
and safety of It's patrons-"Ihs Milwau-
kee."
That furnishes ths latest privhts COM
partment cars and latest library buffet
smoking oafs-"Ihe Milwaukee"
That furnishes elegant drawing room
parlor cars. fres reclining chair cars and
sumptuous dining cars-"lhe milwaukee,"
That has exclusive use OF the electric
berth reading lamp-"Ihe Milwaukee"
The Milwaukee" combines all tho above
aud more. too. Its trains are vestibuled,
heated by steam. electric lighted aud IN
surpassed in luxuFious appointments.
The immortal Lincoln said; Follow the
people aud you cannot be fac from right"
The people use The Milwaukee"
}. 4. CoNLEY. Asst. Gen. Fass. Agt
~. Paul, MINI.
Norr.-Five trains daily ftom TWIN Cit
les 20 Chisago; one to 81. Louis and one 70
Kansas City.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15

The Homestaks gold mine known ne the
Neal mine. situated Ia Neal district.
eighteen miles from Boise. has been sold %
reasons connected with the Omaha and
Grant Smelling company. The price 10
said 20 be $4,000. The deal has been a.
ranged, bus tie transfer ia not Jet made.
This IL the mine over which there has re-
Gently been some sensational litigation,
finally settled Oui Of court
The completion Of the Spokane q North
srn 20 Five Nile Point has stimulated the
ore trafnc 81 kaslo 20 a remarkable degree.
The initial trip OF the steamer b sokane les
sened the visible supply by oighty-tw0 tons,
and the same day ths Nelson took away
thIrty tons. GA her second trip the Spo-
kane took the largest cargo 81 ore ever
transported on the waters q koOteuey lake.
10 tons. The same day the steamer Nelson
took siNty-four tons.
W. II. Taylor % Spokane. has bonded
The group of four claims on the DE Lamar
vein IN southern Idaho, snd has arranged
20 prosecute development work through ths
winter. The Garfield IL silvor-Rold prop
srty. Il vas ope stsd under a bond 10
1881 and l-J2 by Mr.. Taylor end John 81
Burke. and $1,000 WAS expended. There
Is a L6O0-foot tuunel which. owing 20 dis
10 ths vein, failed 20 reach. and which - d
nov designed 20 extend. he stated pric'
of the property j. si0OJ1.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
Personal

WI. Raymond, Of Po sland, is at The
Helena.
J.B. Hudson, OF Marysville, vas in town
Yesterday.
Mrs NJ. A. Russell. Of Bozeman, Is at
The Helena.
Richard AIMING, Of C.eas Falls, Is at the
Grand Central.
James Allan, of White sulphur Springs.
was Ia tbs city yesterday.
George Wood. OF Missouis. J. A. Ialbott
Miss Talbot, A. j. Davis and Adolph Lew
q Butte, were among the west side visitora
10 the capital on sunday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15

The L. h. Pubrc sampl.ng Works. this
city. are IN tho market fer all classes Of
smelling ores aud arc prepared 70 pay tho
highest market price for same.
Parties having ore % sell will End 70 70
their advantage 20 Interview 4. d. BrRdsn.
manager, before disposiug OF their products.
Custom asssyinR will receive CAREFUL and
prompt attention.
ONCE corner Grand and Jackson streets,
Helena, Montana.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15

Meyers cough and lung balssm is = sure
cough killer and will cure la grippe and
prevent pneumonia IL taken ia time. IL
} on hAvs a cough or pain IN the lungs, or
bronchial troubles. you will not miss 10 by
taking heJsr's cough remedy. IL your
druggist don't keep II, call, write or tels-
phone the City Drug Store. Eugens Msye.,
proprietor. Tslephons $50.