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Year: 1879

Several weeks ago, in the neighborhood
Of HetteDshaw, in this county, a remark
able bear. hunt occurred. 1t appears that
DR.. Stanley, WI lie on visit to Hetten-
shaw, expressed an earnest desire to go
bear hunting, and accordingly one morn
ing he started, in company with Greene
French, George Burgess and Joe Light.
foot. Arriving at the thicset, the dog
gave notice of their near approach TO a
bear, and the party decided TO station
themselves at certain points and let the
dogs go in and drive the bear out. This
was done but the doctor, becoming i'm


patient, entered the thicket himself.
Tue heavy updeigruwth made his pro-
sress slow, but he fought his way ahead
until he came to fallen tree lying in a
little gulch Helping himself along by
the limbs he arrived at the upper end
Just In time to be confronted by huge
grizzly bear. Retreat was impossible, as
it had been with the utmost difficulty
that The doctor had advanced 30 far !;
there was no tree in convenient distance,
and 81 the grizzly showed fight, there
was nothing left TOR him to do but shoot.
Taking deliberate aim with his Henry
rife. the doctor fired, and the besr fell
mortslly wounded. Another load was
sprung from the magazine into the rife,
and the doctor, looking toward his prey,
was surprised TO see second bear in the
same spot. This he shot also, and quickly
relOading, was yet more astonished TO
zee third bear in the same place where
he had shot the other two Again the
lever moved aud fresh charge went
into position, aud again the doctor looked
up, and discovered fourth grizzly
coming toward him from the same open
ing in the bush. Whang! went the gun
again, and down went bear number four.
By this time the doctor had got warmed
up and excited, and he kept moving the
lever and firing into the bodies OF the
bears until the sixteen shots in the mag.
szine were exhausted. Meantime, his
companions, hearing the shooting, and
presu ming the cause, made their way 70
where the doctor was, with the intention
OF assisting him, but found him on top
Of the largest bear, with the Others
strewn about, swinging his hat and
shouting Justify. One was an immense
grizzly, so large that the hunters could
not handle him, and the other three
were good. sized grizzlies, probably about
two years old. The shooting of fouI
bears by one man, without ever changing
his position, is something hitherto un
heard OF, even in the most highly .colored
annals OF the western wllds.
Year: 1879

We are now selling Pork Loins not only to
our City Butchers but to Butchers in East
ern Cities to cut up into Chops, and would
suggest to market men in all the towns OF
this vicinity, that they can buy these and
SAUSAGE Of us, for daily shipment, cheap
er than they Gun make them. All cuts of
Pork, fresh and sn1ted. Also Bacon and
Lard, at the wholesale Market in our Pack
ing House at Hasted-st. Bridge south OF
Twenty


UNDERWOOD T. co.
Year: 1879

A Denver Col, man dreamt three
different times that General 'McLell-
an will be President, but another
man once dreampt three times that
the same Little Mac" would winter
in Richmond, but he didn't Mac it
Year: 1879

scription was familiar. Mrs. Walsh
tore 1t open and glanced her eyes over
its contents. O, joy o, rapture Her
boy lived was well and was on his
way home to her.


When her husband entered the room
he found his wife falnting, with the
letter clutched in her nerveless hand


BY and by,when the first surge had
passed, husband and wife sat down
and read the letter understandingly.


Thank God / found true friend,
or, 7 should say, true friend found
me, wrote Philip, after be had told Of
his safety and whereabouts. But for
the coming of this friend I should
have died ere this. lie heard Of me
by my name, and when he learned
that was from Ernsworth, and was
the son Of Silas and Mary Walsh, he
bent all his energies for nv release
lle spent thousands of dollars in en-
listing and equlppingmen for the work
and with his own hand struck down
my savage captor. God bless him
And be you ready, both to bless him,
for he is coming home with me-


And in time. radient and strong,
their Philip came home to them, came
home bold and educated man, fitted
for the battle Of }ifc-came home
knowing enough Of lifes vicissitudes,
and prepared to appreciate its blss
sings.


And with Philip came a man of
middle age-a strong frank faced,
handsome man, with gray eyes and
curling hair.


This, said the soll, when he had
been released from his mothers RAJ :
turous embrace, is my preseryor. Do
you not know him o


The doctor looked and shook his
head He did not know.


But the little woman observed more
keenly. Upon her the light broke
over powcringly.


Is it, she whispered, putting forth
her hanls-'is thames Ammerton


Yes, said the mana stranger now
no more. 7 am James Ammertonl


And | thank God who has given me
the opportunity thus to show how
gratefully I remember all your kind
ness to me, my more than mother.


And he held her hands and pressed
them to his lips, and blessed her again
and again, telling her with streaming
eyes, that she of all the world had
lifted him up and saved him.


That evening Mrs, Walsh, sitting
by her husbands side and holding ono
Of his hands, said to him:


Once upon a time pebble was
| kicked about in the waste of sand. A
lapidary saw it and picked it up, and
when he lad brushed away the dirt
from its surface, he applied the chise1
and broke through the crust, and be,
hold-a diamond, pure and bright.


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Year: 1879

SECRETARY SHERMAN Will go ahead with the
refunding Of the ten forty bonds and the sale
OF four per cents for that purpose A circular
Which the Secretary will Issue next week will
prescribe terms, which, as the Secretary has
already announced, will not be as favorable as
heretofore.
Year: 1879

A correspondent Of the Jacksonville
Times. being in the Palouse country,
writes concerning it thus:


"Ihe country is what is called roll
ing or billy. void Of timber, excepting
along the streams and the mountains.
There may be found an abundance of
fir, cedar, pine and tamarack. The
land along the base of the mountains
and bordering on the streams is about
all taken; but back twenty or thirty
miles, and in places still more distant,
it is as good IS that along the timber
line, and all as good as can be found
in amp part Of Western Oregon, being
rich, black loan. AS for the land
being all taken up, this is a mistaken
idea, for there is room for thousands
through o stretch Of country nearly
two hundred miles long, and from five,
ten and as far as forty miles from tim
Der.


ITO those who think of coming tu
the Palouse country l would say, dc
not expect to see as level tract oi
country as the Willamette or Rogu.
river valleys; but you will see 'b4ld
hills covered with luxuriant bunch
grass To those who have good homes
i'll Oregon and are doing well, l woult
recommend staying where they are
Those who are willing to work ant
make home could find worse place
than this. The winters may be sever
but there is ample time to prepare t,
meet them.


Vegetables can be raised in larg
quantities and grow finely. AS t
prices in the country, we find groce
ries and provisions are but little deal
or than they are in Western Oregon.
Year: 1879

1t is gratifying that at last there
begins to be in the eastern press some
thing like intelligent discussion of the
Indian question. The New York
Erening Post, journal noted hereto
fore for adherence to ''the noble red
man" theory, now speaks out thus:
"All England was stirred by the out
break and massacre the other day in
Afghanistan OF the British officers sta
toned at Cabul. In this country the
slaughter of Major Thornburgh and
part OF his handful of men with the
possible destruction of the whole com
mand by the Ute Indians attracts
comparatively little attention. When
railroad collisions were unpleasant in
England Punch suggested that the
only sure cure was to attach a railroad
director to the front of each locomo


tive engine. 1t looks a little as if we
should have to give the red man sho,
at one of our cabinet ministers befor,
public opinion in the United States
will be fully aroused to the wicked


ness of feeding wild Indians all Win


ter and permitting them to procure the
most approved fire arms and the best
ammunition, and then tempting then
by small and detached bodies of troops
to follow their natural and habitua


bent in the way of going upon thu
war path during every open season. ~
Ia.
Year: 1879

II the Indians on plains and in the
mountains of the Far West were not
thrown SO much into society of the
savage white men; where they cannot
fail to contract the most pernicious
habits and form the most atrocious
vices, the periodical massacre would
not have to be mourned over with such
striking regularity. 1t may seem
strange to some, but it is fact,
that oven an Indian may be imposed
upon to much. He can stand great
deal, heaven knows, and he is willing
to put up with almost anything rather
than to get into quarrel. But he
has found out few things lately.
His discoveries have made him mad.
His white superiors in the east have
not been able to see through them.
We have standing army 1t is a
small army, to be sure, but it is an
idle army-or it would be an idle
army were it not that the government
sends detachment of it to the Great
West. Here our standing army is
well fed, well clothed, and well housed
in some Of the most beautiful military
posts in the world. There are young
and ambitious officers at these posts
and it is dull life for the high spirited
and ambitious at best. The only pos
sible means of gaining distinction, The
only avenue by which fame can b'
reached, is by stirring up trouble viii
the wards of the governmental In
dians--and killing them off at the peri
of bringing down upon the country ;
a general border war. The Indial
sees this. He has learned to be Gun
ming. He has shed the blood frequent
lly Of late in order that reputation
for valor and dash and warlike skill
might be made by the young men from
West Point who are sent out west
He is tired of it, He is very tired O
it. 1t is just possible that he ma
make the young men from West Poin
very tired of it before he gets throug


with them. The Custer and the Thorl
burg massacre ougl. to teach tn
young military men in The west tha
the Indians, when driven to despara
ton, are very apt to do q great deal c
harm. 1t pays to treat them decent
ly.-Er.
Year: 1879

The woman who, thirty years ago,
was the acknowledged belle of Halifax
is now residing in or near Boston.
Halifax is still proud of the beauty of
which she was possessor. One most
promising young man blew his brains
out with pistol because he could not
induce her to marry him. Other
young men were about crazy over her,
but the one of her own choice treated
her as haughtily as she treated her
admirers, and she left the city
and came TO Boston. Here she
was married to a Massachusetts man
who became Mormon and took
her TO Salt Lake City, Not long
since she came to this city, wrinkled
and haggard, looking more like poor
Indian squaw than like the proud
beauty whom her friends had known.
Fifteen year ago her husband had TAX
en- another wife, and from that time
she had been the miserable drudge OF
the household, suffering constantly
from abuse and fearing that she would
be killed as the readiest means of get
ting her out of tho way. She had man
aged to make her condition known tc
friends in this state, and they had pro
vided her with means of getting away
from the city of abominations, and
with them she is now living, a mere
wreck, the victim, first of pride, and
of that degrading system which is The
disarnce of our countrY.-Er.
Year: 1879

DUBLIN, Oct. l4-Five hundred
tenants of the Marquis of Sligo and
the Earl of Lucan met near Westfort,
county Mayo, and solemnly pledged
themselves to pay no rent until re-
duction should be granted proportion
ate to the great fall of prices of all


kinds of agricultural produce. Notice
was posted at Warren point, county
Down, that any man coming into the
county to pay more than 81 an acre
for land may bring his coffin with him
Year: 1879

A MOST DARING robbery aud attempt
TO murder on the public streets OF this
city, Oh Saturday evening, will be found
fully reported in our local columns
This is one of the most brutal and dar-
ing robberies that has ever been COM
mitted in this city within our remem-
brance. 1t proves the necessity OF per-
sons being always on their guard In
this case the victim of the robbers yield
ed to the call of one of the scoundrels
and went to him. Had he at once
drawn his revolver and demanded to
know what was wanted, the sight OF the
weapon might have saved him from as
sault. But it is likely that the murder
Gus gang would only have paused in
their intention to rob or kill until an
other victim presented himself on whom
they could perpetrate their deeds OF
blood IL that were necessary 10 secnre
booty.
Year: 1879

THERE is a great deal said in the
Radical papers about the defeat of the
Democrats in Ohio and the loss of Mr.


Thurmau's services to that party in the
United States Senate. This is indeed
deeply to be regretted. Mr.. Thurman's
absence from the Senate will be greatly
felt and regretted. We hope hat it may
not be so much so 10 the injury of the
country as it might have been had he
been Withdrawn by the political changes
few years back. Most OF the great
questions are now settled, aud the share
which Mr.. Thurman has had ia their
detern. nation has been the chief He
led the way to tn recovery Of the mil
lions of money due the government from
the Pacific Railroads, in which he had
the important aid of both the Delaware
Senators. This alone was enough te
establish his lasting fame as patriot,
s'1'osihan' But the wisdom of hi.
course shown no less bright in his effort.
70 nA and establish the currency upor
the solid basis Of gold and silver tuat ",
now md it. No statesman will nov


undertake to change the amount of coil


in either of the dollars, so we'll estat
Year: 1879

lished are they in conformity with the
usage of government and trade. 1t was
by backing down from the theories which
the Republican party and It's press and
orators held two years ago, that Ohio
was carried by that party. Had John
Sherman held to his theories and advo-
Gated a currency Of gold and Greenbacks
only, denouncing the reconciliation Of
silver by the Democratic Congress, and
defended and claimed for his party the
right to demonetize silver at the next
session, the Republicans OF Ohio would
again have refused to support Mr.. Sber-
mans principles and his party would
again have been DEFEATED. Ohio by her
vote endorsed the Democratic doctrine
of gold and silver as legal tenders; and
emphatically rejected the doctrine of
gold and ereenbacks which John Sher-
man was an advocate of two years ago.
Fortunately the influx Of gold for the
purchase of wheat and corn instead Of
the return of U. $. bonds for this pur-
pose has given great ease to the money
market. The Democrats in Congress have
accomplished great work and placed
the currency OF the country upon solid
basis, where 1t is likely TO remain and
become as popular as it was anterior TO
lo6l-2.


The only remaiuing discussions may
arse over the question as to what is to
be done with the greonback legal ten
den. Whether they shall be redeemed
and withdrawn aud cancelled; or the
bank notes Withdrawn and their place
supplied by greenbacks. These ques-
tions will require discussion to elicit
what is best to be done. We have too
much gold and silver in the government
treasury. But not enough to redeem the
whole greenback circulation. 1t would
be good thing if both political parties
III Congress could fix upon some equita-
BILE plan upon which this matter could
be settled. If the government would
take up at par a portion Of the bonds
held TO secure circulation, and pay them
in gold and silver just 30 many bauk
notes would be withdrawn from circu-
lati III and gold and silver substituted,
the government interest account would
be educ d aud our circulating medium
greatly rengthened without being di-
min shed.
Year: 1879

Let every member of the Constitutional Convention who has any regard TOT his future political prospects, retire from that body ere it is too late The people will re- pudiate, should the opportunity offer, every man who has taken any part in its deliber- ations. It has finally settled down into a regular discrderly assemblage, verging closely on to mob. When the hundred days expire, the Constitutional Convention ehould die the death it richly deserves. Gal. Spirit of the Times.
Year: 1879

The bill for recognizing the army, which we believe has only been published in full in one paper, that of the Army and Navy the WEEKLY MINER, and us life is pretty short, we venture the assertion, that not one person in ten thousaud in the United States will read it.
Year: 1879

SAN Francisco, May THE election
in this city has been conducted with the
greatest vigor by both parties. There was
an almost total suspension of business, and
the best men in the city have been in con-
stant attendance at the polls. The vote was
very heavy, probably oyer forty thousand.
The opponents of the new constitution are
confident that it has been defeated in the
city by ten to twelve thousand majority
While something must probably be allowed
for the sanguine feelings, there is no doubt
that the majority against its adoption is
heavy, Advices from the country indicate
large maiorities against it in the populous
counties Of Alameda, Santa Clara, Sacra-
mentO and others, but not enough has been
received to warrant any estimate as to the
general result


The opposition concede this city by 5000
majority against the constitution. The
majority will probably be over 10000
Returns from the interior are yet too meagre
to state with any accuracy the result there,
but the present ntindications are that the vote
outside of San Francisco will be small


majority in favor of the new constitution
There Is 20 question, however, as TO tht
defeat of the instrument, as the mejorit,
against it 10 the city will be far more thar
| overcome in the country.
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, May 5. In the custom house
cases this morning, Judge Dyer overruled
the motion to quash the indictment and
also the motion for bin of particulars,
and a jury is now being impannelied to try
the cases.


At about 80 last night as the elevate
in the fremont House was leaving the sec
ond floor and descending, Mrs. Henry
Lightner Of Peoria, who had just left it, by
some upacc0untable means slipped and
fell, and her head coming between the
floor and the descending arch of the eleva-
tor it was crushed so terrible that the lady
died in few minutes thereafter. The pro-
prietors OF the house are very retioent and
facts could only be learned early this NOR
Mug, but the whole truth will probably
come out for the first time before the cor
Oner's jury. Mr. Lightner was with his
wife at the time but was unable to do any
thlng,sO quickly was the accident.


The cOroner's jury this afternoon rem
dered verdict in accordance with the
above facts aud stated that while the
cause OF the descent Of the elevator could
not be determined, they believe. If the
conductor had not left his post the acci-
dent would not have occurred They dep
recate the system requiring conductors to
leave their stations while passengers are
on the elevator.


In the accident the coroner's iurv rsn
dered the following verdict: After taking
full testimony that the deceased came to
her death by being caught between the
! landing and the arch Of the elevator. and
while the cause Of the descent cf the ele
vat0r cannot be determined the Jury be.
| lieve that ii the conductor had not left hi.
post the accident would not have occurred
and they do deprecate the system of re-
| quiring conductors to leave their stations
when there are any passengers on board
| The socialist leaders here assert tha
| they, with trades unions, are organizing
strike to begin July 5th and 70 be genera
throughout the country They will De


mand the universal adoption Of the eigh
hour system and will settle the matter 0
J wages, as soon as their demands on tha
point are acceded to. This strike has beer
decided on in their privy councils, butts 4,
secret. Their purpose is political in it


nature, and the purpose Of the workmeI
is to secure better wages.


a committee Of medical experts havini


examined Mark Gray, who shot at Booth


report he is insane.
Year: 1879

ATLANTA, May The jury in the Cox
Aston case, after being cut all hight, came
in this afternoon, having found Cox guilty
and fixed the penalty to imprisonment for
life. Cox was calm. but his wife was wild
with grief. She attempted to throw her
self from the window, but was caught by
Cox, and throwing her arms about his
neck cried: oh my God Oh, ny poor
darliug!' Sentence vas passed. Ccx' S
council gave notice of motion for new
trial and supersedias.
Year: 1879

We have been asked several times the causes and remedies for grape rot This is matter of perplexity to more than one grape grower Every season, as vineyards are being plant ed, more interest is being taken on this subject, and we trust that in tn C near future, tho remedy will be known. It is believed that old vines are more subjectto the rot than the younger ones, and those that are thrifty more than those of moderate growth Rich soils, especially if of . dark or nucky nature are far worse than those of a clayey kind. Heavy rains in July are apt to bring on rot, especially if accompanied by too het weather Care should be taken that the water used fer irriga- tion in this valley, it being slightly brackish, does not touch the stalk, as it has tendency to injure it. In large vineyards in California a weak solution of lime water is applied to the tree when it makes It's first ap- pearauce- and is generally successful.
Year: 1879

A farmer, living in our valley re gently turned valuable horse into an alfalfa field. The animal not having been used to such kind of treatment, did his best to eat it all up at one meal. The farmer seeing the condition of his horse, sought advice from neighbor, who reccom- mended alloes. He then came to town for the purpose of procuring 2 them, and not being familiar with medical names, purchased one pound of dunn, which he admins tered to the horse Result no horse He has concluded that he will never what, never,-well, hardly ever purchase alumn any more.
Year: 1879

ATTENTION Says the
Record Union Of the 25th: The San
Francisco Chronicle Of yesterday said !:
When any machine Democrat asserts
that any cand idate for State Office on
the Democratic ticket, who Is not also
on the New Constitution party's ticket,
can be elected, lie lies" 1t is not the
brutal backguad dsm Of this TO which
we desire to call the attention OF Demos
crats, for that is IL normal characteristic
Of the sheet which prints it; it is the
assumption that no memberof the Dem
Ocratc State ticket stands the least show
Of election, but that the head ofthe ticket
does. That paper evidently calculates
that the rank and file Of the Demoora'
cy will meekly submit to the slaughter
Of their State ticket, and at the same
time will vote solidly with Glenn, not
wthstanding the fact that he is pledged
to oppose their ticket.
Year: 1879

OF course proper allowance must be made for
the smaller rate Of interest obtainable in England.
but the difference is not so great as to materially
affect the fact that dividend paying securities here
are cheap in comparison.


The following table shows tho extreme fuctua-
tions for the week in the leading shares-