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Show MERCUR MUTTERINQ8. Wo still hold that Mr. Wm. Hillings jvould be, nnd Is, of tho best timber for coui.QlImnn. ' -I $ Why not let Or Talt try ono turn ns councilman. Ho is a gentleman of considerable ability unblnscd by party prejudice, nnd very conservative. Tho Con. Mercur nnd Sncrnmonto paying dividends, and tho Hcrshel pounding out gold nuggets, surely wo ought to soon float on tho top notch agntu. Who will be our next mayor. Two years ago wo said Gcorgo Hrynn would fill the office with credit, wo say so yet. Bishop Hrynn, it you plcaso, nnn no hierarchy interference, either Olvo our worthy bishop n chanco nnd Mercur Mer-cur will not regret It. Jt One thing of which Mercur can bonst Is, wo have the, record for law. abiding mining population. Not n sin-glo sin-glo mining camp ot the Influence nnd tiopulntlon that Mevmr has now and has hnd can bonst 'Ana small u list ot violet dentlunnd im. Injuries inclf drAttellhVstinliVnrt'etitllrfnirea cllvltles of yo fcstlvovmlncr and gambler gam-bler when whisky rylgncth. Prof. Grant Van Hooso and sister aro now In tho Philippines teaching Bchool. After Inking In the fulr nt Portlond In tho hitter part of Juno, tho brother nnd sister went to Seattle where they shipped for Mnnllln. Tho Miner expects to soon hear from them tnd expresses a wjsh for their welfare In foreign lands. Mr. Van Hooso has i good word to say for Mercur and hopes to seo tho town nnd his friends there again In the distant future. |