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ftEBKLV COBTAUK GAZETTE, OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE 0,-FlCIAt PAPER FOR 8ENTCN COurlTY Corvallis, Dec. 12, 1879. W. B. CARTKR. TOKENS QF NATION U PROSPERITY. For the year ending Oct. 31st, the balance of trade in favor of the Unit ed States was $269,000,000. These figures show how strong and what a wonderful factor in the commercial world our country has become. But a tew years since, when we were burdened with debts, and the inter est in the public debt caused us to put forth every endeavor to meet its prompt payment, and when the country was stricken with business paralysis, the balance of trade was annually $150,000,000 against a. But our people have learned wisdom by experience and have, for several years last passed, been practicing economy with very desirable results. Costly equipages and large establish ments ha?e given way to the more simple and less expensive modes o living. Resumpliorr has been a great boon to the country in restoring credit abroad and inspiring confi dence at home. While the idle mills and factories have again resumed business, after a long and distressing silence, furnishing employment to thousands ot our laboring popula tion, the lively, strong and active pulse of reviving trade is felt through every avenue of business. Never before have business men felt such confidence in the future as at present. Railroads are being projected and forced forward to completion with an energy heretofore unknown, and are opening to settlement large por tions of the public domain that has lain idle for want of sufficient means of transporting their products to the seaboard. Wo have been blessed with large crops, of every descrip tion, and they have realized the pro ducer, good prices, while the Repub lican party has been given a new lease of power by increased majori ties. It would seem that Providence is on on our side, not only blessing us with enormous crops and a con- quent business revival, but by allowing the Democratic party to exist to commit blunders that enure to the prosperity ot the Republican cajise. The elections this fall have retired such Bourbons as Thurman of Ohio, Keinau of N. Y. Eaton of Connecticut, and all U. S. Senators whose terms expire March 4, 1880. In their places will be elected sound Republicans, who believe in the Sovereignty of the Nation and are attached to its principles and honor, and who will not, by any word or act of theirs, aid the Rebel Briga diers in robbing the National Treas ury to pay for mules ov- cattle or slaves-captnred or destroyed during .the late war. Gold, by the ship- load, is coming to our shores to pay for our cereals and manufactured fabrics. The na tions of the earth believe in us. Be lieve that we are capable and willing to pay our just obligations, and at the same time take care of all our people, besides contributing largely to J.he distressed of other lands. Our credit is almost unbounded, and will remain so just so long as we live soberly, and practice the econo my taught us in the severe school of the past. No nation is more respect ed than ours. None that exerts the enlightening influences in the world. To whom do we owe all this ? To the Great Ruler of Nations, through the instrumentality of the Republican party. A tidal wave of prosperity, unequaled before in our history, has enveloped the entire country. And the nation is vigorous, active, aggres sive and is just entering upon an era of usefulness, enlightenment and grandeur before unknown. " CONSISTENCY THOU ART A JEWEL." During the last two or three years the National Democracy have been playing the lover tatheGreenbackers, in hopes that by 1880 they would have the unsuspecting damsel in there power to that extent, that they could control whatever influence, be it much or little, that she, the said damsel, might have. But how sadly are there hopes blighted.. Their seeming triumph is turned to disas ter. Their bright hopes blasted and their fond anticipations vanished like the ignis fatuus. Whenever they have sought coalition with the Rag Baby party, although flattered at first, in the end have been inglorious ly chastised. Many of the Demo eratic leaders have been caught in the meshes ot their toils and have been flattered and cajoled into re nouncing life-long traditions and principles, only to be left on the bat tlefield of political strife, mortally wounded, or dead, without a single Greenbacker near to offer consola tion. In short, the Democrats who were foolish enough to believe that the Greenback party ever had any influence that would be lasting, have been sorely disappointed and be trayed. No party can exist very long in this country without something about which men msy and will cluster. Some fixed principle, tradition or practice that commends itself to the masses. Men do not go into cnthu siasm and worship at the shrine of meaningless nothings. There must be some vitalizing principle that appeals to the hearts and consciences of men, in order to attract aud liald them in the service of any sector party. In the words of Hans Brightman, " Once there was a Greenback barty ; where ish dat Barty now?" Echo at.swers, lost, on the great ocean of time, January 1st, 1879, the day Itcsump tion took place. A remarkable fact, is it not. Not only are the Green backers out in the cold, without the offices to dispose to hungry breth ren, but the Democratic party have irretrieveably lost that which was within their reach, and almost within thsfr very hands, a short time ago, to wit: The crontrol of the National Government. The Thurmans, Ewings, Voorhees and Hendricks, have tried to curry favor with the Rag Baby party and have all been laid aside for repairs. While these so-called patriots and leaders were doing all in their power to ride into places of honor and po litical preferment by the aid of the Greenbackers, the Democratic parly thought the country was wonderfully still about their methods and modes adopted by these gentlemen. Sound ing no note of warning, giving no advice publicly through their party press, but winked at the seeming gul libility of the voting masses; but now, since defeat is met at their po litical Waterloo, a cry goes up all over the land, " I told you so," by the same party press. And now, upon the con veiling of Congress, the first day of the session, ev'en leading Democrats are eager to put them selves upon record as being in favor of Resumption and against inflation ; in favor of metalic currency and against any further issue of green backs, by the introduction of resolu tion after resolution, declaring that the Democratic party rejoices in the business prosperity of the country. Are satisfied with the currency ques tion, and do not think it would be advisable to meddle with the present system of finances in any way, dur ing the present session of Congress. Why, bless your souls, how quickly you have come to your senses. All through the last regular session, and also during the extra session of Con gress, you talked and voted upon every occasion against the Republi can party in regard to the finance question. And even went so far as to attempt the decapitation of BayT aid, the Chairman of the Senate Fi nance Committee ; but now you ad mit your former follies, and that the Republican party was right. Well that is commendable as far as it goes. However, it's, a sad reflection upon your wisdom and will not re store you to the confidence of the masses, a result you so devoutly wish for. Now the die is cast. The fiat has gone forth. No Democrat need apply. t YAQUINA BOOM. Ed. Gazette: The following ex tract is from the Daily Oregoniaii's commercial column: " The several vessels at hand and on the berth are filling up with good dispatch, and there being but few other ships in the market, it seems that there is some difficul ty in breaking the market for freight), which art still held at a high figure." The italics aie my own, and are given to show what has occurred every year since Oregon commenced shipping grain to Europe and I can see no stronger plea or argument for another shipping point, particularly for Central Oregon. It is asserted that Eastern Oregon, alone, can load all tlie vessels en route to the Colum bia river; and, no one can doubt, with her facilities for transportation, that she will do it. And if sor pray, what will Central Oregon do with her crop ? Of course she can pa tiently wait until warehouse charges and internet on notes eats up the year's profit. And, truly, this would be a burden of intolerable weight to the producer, and a serious obstacle to the future growth of the Willam ette, if it was not for the FACT that within 60 miles of the central part of the State nature has made a har bor of sufficient magnitude to offer a cheap, certain and independent route for all the outgoing and incoming trade of the country. Without desiring to anticipate of ficial report on this subject, I will say, that men of observation and experience, have asserted, and even testified, that there was NO BAR at Yaquina Bay, that there was a REEF across the channel, rising on either side, confining the water, keeping the same in certain limited bounds. This theory has been substantiated by the never varying direction of the channel ; the same beacons being used, the same depth of water re maining on the reef. When we con sider that there is no sand spit north of the Yaquina channel to drift, as at other points, south with the strong north winds, causing channels to shift south, and even till up, and that there is no sand spit north of Ya quina channel to drift up the coast and fill the channel from a southerly direction, we have every assurance that this channel is fixed, running out clear and " well defined," as Chase has it, west, giving a vessel a fair wind to enter, from south-east to north west, as there is 4 to 5 fath oms up to this reef, and a like depth found inside as soon as you cross u We feel confident of obtaining twen tv feet, or more, at low tide, by con finin: the waters and blasting out this obstruction. With seven and one-tenth feet rise, we have a harbor deep enough to float any vessel that now comes to Fort rand. Several months ago I begged the people of the valley to arise and work for Foul weather as affording a shipping l-oiiit for the central part of the state, and was pleased o see tne deep interest manifested. For rea sons that may never be understood, Foulweather received but little favor in the examination made by the Board of Engineers; so little, indeed, that my enthusiasm fell with their departure. Now there is a chance to regain lost gronnd. With a small appropriation the farmers of the val ley can be free to ship to the point offering the best market i and, with out repeating arguments fourteen years old, I ask, in the interest ot a classes, producer and consumer, land lord and tenant, to rally and urge, plead and demand, in the name of progress, prosperity and general de velopment and wealth, that Congress give us the small sum necessary to complete the little nature has left un done. The day and hour is propi tious. The cause, one closely inter woven with every material interest of the valley. Let us petition our members in Congress. Help them with all our might. Every name is strength united, it is a power pres ent condition must and will respect. Rialto. Newport, Nov. 29, 1879. AN ARRAY OF QUESTIONS FOR HARD PANNERS TO ANSA Eft. Selected. Friend Demo-Repnblicrats : If green backs are not mousy, but simply promises to pay money, why does the secretary of the treasury enumerate them in each month ly statement as cash on hand ? A promise to pay in the hands of the promiser is of no value. Has not the Republican party turned to be a pro-slavery, in restricting our people to a per capita money circulation of from one-half to one-fifth of what the pau per nations of Europe have compelling low prices for labor 1 Don't you really think the war is over ? And do you not think that sectional animos ities are studiously aggravated by the lead ers of the old parties as their only political stock in trade, in order to keen the voters from dividing upon the only present live is sue that of money ? What would national bank notes be worth if United States bonds should depreciate fifty per cent.? Must the government le-coin all her coins at every change m the market price of metal ? Can she if she ought ? Would there not be as much reason in the government of the Uni ted States delegating to the national banks the power to coin metals as to authorize them to issue notes as money, and endorse them ? Is not all paper money, in circulation above the coin in the treasury, irredeemable ? The national banks boast that " the banks can in any emergency act together at a single day's notice, and with such power that no act of congress can overcome or resist their decision." Is not this conspiracy to fire vent the execution of the laws, pure treason against which the army would have ' to en force subjection to the laws ? Can any law abiding citizen be justified in advocating such treasonable doctrine ? Can a note which is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, be truthfully called irredeema ble when it pays for government land, pos tage stamps, pays taxes, etc.? You say the greenback, is not money ? Did we we put down the rebellion without money, and have we done business for many years since without money ? If greenbacks are not money, why do prices so suffer by its contraction ? Are the Bank of England notes " honest money," and ore they supe rior to greenbacks ? Is not a greenback re ally a government bond ? Why should not the United States avail itself of a profitable privilege which it das delegatsd to the na tional banks, viz : put its bonds in a box and draw its own interest on them, and also issue 90 per cent, of their face in " honest money," based on them, and loan it ? Will he who favors the present national banking system be so kind as to answer this question ? How can national bank bills, based upon bonds, be any better than a currency based upon the same basis as the bonds themselves the nation, and all there is in it ? This question is unanswerable, and I defy any hard-pauner to answer it ? If congress can be entrusted with the war power, the disposal of the public lands and the disbursement of thousands of millons of revenue, with the imposition of taxes, with the weight and fineness of coins, and the is sue and control of interest-bearing bonds, can it not be safely entrusted to issue and regulate the supply of non-interest bearing legal tender bonds (greenbacks), especially as it has never yet broken its self-imposed promise to issue over $400,000,000 of them, and as it does not put these into circulation except by citizens voluntarily baying them, or, in other words, exchanging services-or commodities for them ? Oo men buy more hats than they want ? When they do, it will be time to say that hats are inflated. If congress has no power to issue paper money itself, how can it dele gates that power to the national banks ? Is the creature greater than the creator? The ringmasters who run the Republican party seem to think that no money is " honest money " till it poseesses overwhelming pur chasing power. If purchasing power is a test of " honesty," who is to look after that of wheat, com, cloth, leather, etc? Do- we not need a chance to sell honest productions, of increased purchasing power, awhile until our debts are liquidated ? A national bank bill reads thus : " The national bank of New York will pay the bearer, on de mand, one dollar," and a greenback reads thus: "The United Slates will pay the bearer one dollar." Is there any difference between these two promises save that the banks promise to pay on demand, and the United States promises to pay at its own option as to time, not necessarily on de mand? Pay whut? You say eoin. Do yon mean that both must pay coin ? Are not the promises to pay alike ? If one means coin does not the other ? Has the United States broken its promises to pay at its option ? Would it not be payment to hand ont for the redemption of greenbacks the same money the banks pay in redeeming their bills something which the law savs is a legal tender for ail debts, public and private ? Should not the creator have the same privileges as the creature ? Now, Mr. Hard-panners, it would afford me a creat deal of pleasure as well r.s in struction, for yon to answer all the above ?uestions in an intelligent, logical manner, am aware that we greenbaekers are con sidered " fiat lunatics," " dishonest money -ites," &c, &c, but this being the case it will be but an easy matter for you ' honest money" advocates to answer our foolish questions. I pause for the answers. W. A. Wells. Corvallis, December 10, 1879. Concluded. From the Daily Statetmar , AN OAKLAND EPISODE. A very extrvirdinary event lately oc curred in Oakland, which I think will in terest the Methodistital portion of your readers, which is neither small nor unimpor tant, as I well know. A young man, who was engaged to be married, proved recreant to his betrothed, and fell violently in love with a young woman-of-the-town. His friends did every thing in their power to cure him of his in fatuation, but in vain. Not having courage to marry the young girl, and being still ui -able to gtve her up, he become frantic, took poison, and afterwards shot himself. The girl, hearing the report, ran into the room, seized the smoking pistol, and likewise shot herself through the heart, fell, and died be side her lover. The relatives and friends of the young man, who had occupied a respectable sta tion in society, gave him a demonstrative burial, aud strewed his grave with flowers ; and in the- meantime his companion in guilt and death was lying in the morgue, appar ently forsaken by all save a few of her frail companions. She was extremely beautiful and in death looked like the sculpture of another Phidias.- As one and another went into the dismal death-chamber to view the poor remains, a sentiment went abroad that while one sinner had been buried with such demonstrations of love and respect, it was cruel, inhuman, and unchristian to suffer the other to be buried like a dog in the Potter's Field. Some good Samaritans went to- the Rev. Thomas Guard, and asked him if he would not conduct a Christian service over the re mains of the poor outcast, and he did so without a moment's hesitation. There came more than two thousand people to the M. E. church, where Dr. Guard preached the most eloquent sermon ever heard in that city, and seemed to electrify the vast throng, who were wrought up to the highest tension of, sympathetic excitement. I doubt whether such another scene was ever beheld in this country, and I do not think any other has been more exciting and pathetic since the drama of Jairus' daughter. The foregoing will explain the ensuing letter : BEAUTY. IN RUINS. I never felt so warm a seutiment towards the people of Oakland as I did when read ing in the Times about the extraordinary ob sequies of the poor, outcast sui ide. It Was a brave thing to do, but it was gloriously done, yet, hardly so much as Christ did. If Torn Hood had been there, it would have spoiled the pathos of hi3 heart breaking dirge. I should have expected as much ot the splendid and magnanimous Dr. Guard, whom the Methodists of Oakland will be gin to approbate and lament, after the in exorable ordinances of their church shall have taken him away to shine in the bright est constellation of Methodism in Baltimore or some other focus of Christian enlighten ment; but I hardly thought the people would do and dare so splendidly so like the Son of God. Nevertheless, when I read that the pathetic clay, " fashioned so slen derly," was lying in such melancholy ap peal at the Morgue, I thought perhaps the ice would break presently, and that the pent up fountains of mercy would overflow. How Colonel Baker would have shivered thaf obdurate, Horeh-rock by one tremen dous lightning glance: l Here 13 not in all this earth a creature so forsaken of man, so afraid of God, so hunted. to cities of refugp. that I could not find a heart to pity, and a tongue to soeak in her defense, though around her head all the waves of public opiuion should rage and roar and roll, as the ocean rolls round the rock. God forgive me, if I have not quoted that great saying iust right. It is twentv-three years since I heard it spoken, and thought the Wood had trozen in my veins. Or. Guards maledictions on the destroy er of the hapless girl remind me - of a pas sage written by some conscience-stricken sinner, and published in a Cincinnati paper twenty-tie years ago : " The voice of a woman forever Runs .sobbing alter my soul. Day or night, night or day, I can never Escape its mournful control. Its moaning, musical dole Pursues me fovever and ever. Oh ! what If that voice be immortal , And where the blisses begin, Shall come and welcome me in With joy to the heavenly portal ? " It is not true that good women are obdu rate and cruel to their erring sisters ; it is not true that women, in general, are natur ally so. But a great many good women, as well as men, lack moral courage ; and it re quires a bold heart and a steady eye to en counter the forbidding gaze of society. There- are five thousand women in Oakland who would have taken that poor girl into their houses to die, if they had dared if there had been no other spectator than God. But it is not long since that variety of hu man dust was denied Christian burial, and since the bodies of suicides were staked down in their graves. Give the whirligig of time a little longer to revolve, and a good many of our existing inhumanities will have disappeared. A few more incidents like the burial of the outcast girl would put a stop to Bob In gersoll'B accursed ribaldry about the unchar ity of Christian people. What must be the depravity of mercenary wretch, who, for a pitiful half-dollar, dropped into his beg garly hat, would undermine and destroy the faith of a tottering old man, and turn him out on the crumbling verge of Time, with nowhere to go beyond the grave ? When I heard the Atheist-reviler at Dietz Hall, poi soning the hearts of the throng of young men and women, and listened to his cut and dried highfalutin, which some call elo quence, 1 wanted a dead cat to throw at him, in testimony of my critical esteem. After forty years of wandering in the wilderness of sin I have come to the conclu sion that, after all, the moral forces of Christian people are the controlling powers of society, aud that the young man who ar rays himself against that momentous and irresistible force, is a fool. I am, therofbre, rejoiced to hear that the most eloquent cler gyman in all California voluntarily went dewn into the ghostly twilight of the Pot ter's Field and gave Christian sepulture to the pathetic dust which had been purged of all nncleanness by the awful baptism of mis ery and death. C. B. MacDonald. Sacremento, Cat , .Nov, 4. FROM PORTLAND. Portland, Dec 1, 1879 Ed. Gazette : As we write this date; the inclination comes strong to moralize' a little: We are commencing the last month of the decade. The 70's will soon be a thing of the past, and 1880 a living present. How the years roll by. It seems only yesterday since we were writing '69 ; and yet another ten years have been added to our lives ; and we who are living are ten year3 nearer the narrow home appointed for all the living, than we were then.- And yet, if we have within us the consciousness of duty well performed, the passing years will have no pang, but will light up the pathway as we go- down the declivity of life toward its sunset, with a halo bright, beautiful and well pleas--ing. The decade just going out, marks a new era for Oregon. She has thrown off the garb of youth, and assumed a place which has brought her to the notice and respect of the world. Our products are attracting the attention of the whole world, and the inter nal improvements now being made, are the sure harbingers that in a few years she will b3 united with the Eastern states by bands of steel, and covered with a network of con necting railroads. THE GROWTH OF PORTLAND. I have not at hand any statistics of the actual growth of Portland during this year, but comparing it with the improvements last year, the number of buildings erected will not fall much short of one thousand, a id yet there are but few empty houses or stores. From this your readers can form some idea of the steady and rapid growth of the city. Real estate is quite brisk and prices have very largely advanced since the commencement of the year. The progress of the state is, I believe, fully equal, proportionately, to that of the city. The next census will surprise even the most sanguine as to our population. COURTS, ETC. Judge Bellinger closed the October term of the circuit court Saturday, having to go to Oregon City to try the Hagar murderers n Monday. This leaves a large amount of equity business undisposed of. The Judge has labored incessantly during the term to advance the business, but there is a limit to human capacity, and there is too much busi ness for one man to do. This district will have to be divided. Multnomah county alone furnishes enough business for one judge. Akin to this topic of courts, I have heard considerable said lately, concerning the election of Supreme Judges, next year. It is a question in which every citizen of the state is vitally interested. Upon the integ rity, learning and ability of the judges of the courts of the state depend largely the security of person and property. A cor rupt or ignorant judiciary can do more to unsettle the confidence of people in their rights of personal liberty and property, and to impair the fair fame" and credit of our state abroad, than most men are aware, at fist thought. I should like to vote for Re publican judges, but I had very much rath er support incorruptible and able ones. Politics should be a matter of secondary importance in ths selection of these officials. And I hope that in the selection of candi dates for these positions, that the J eff,erson ian qualifications honest and capable will be applied, rather than a particular accent of any party shibboleth. POLITICAL. Some few persons who seek to rule the Republican party seem to wish for a renew al of the differences that have divided the Republican party in this state in the past As a Kepubhcan, I am very sorry to see this. With the party united, Oregon is as surely Republican as any one of her sister hood of states. As a result 01 divisions 111 the party, we now have a Democratic rep resentation in congress, which is solid for the solid South, led by the rebel brigadiers, and ready to vote for any measure which may be demanded bv those rebels. There is still quite enough of the Democratic par ty, with its schemes of repudiation, its wild financial theories, and shot-gun policy, to engage the united opposition of the Repub lican ranks. And however much I may have differed with some, yet if they are de sirous of now casting their votes with the Republican party in its great struggle for national supremacy in 1880, I give them a friendly greeting and a brotherly welcome in the ranks of to-day. Any attempt at proscription in the Republican ranks is po litical suicide of the most foolish kind. ETC., ETC. There are two Chinese now in ?ail under sentence of death. Ah Lee applies for ex ecutive clemency because his partner in crime was found guilty of only musder in the second degree ; and Wong Fook applies on tne ground that Ah Lee has asked for pardon, when he claims that his crime was not so great as Ah Lee's. But thinking people rather regard this matter with the idea that if these Chinese are pardoned, poor white men can be hung while rich Chinamen can't. An interesting case of attempted bribery was tried in the circuit court the other day, in the case of the State vs John A. Carr. He was accused of attempting to bribe a councilman in the choice of a police com missioner, and while there was good deal of testimony showing " something rotten;" yet he was acquitted on technical grounds. The go-between, who appeared on the wit ness stand, seemed the guiltier of the two. Hon. J. H. Mitchell is a passenger on the incoming steamer, from an extended trip to Washington. H. W. Scott, of the Oregonian, is off on a trip east, to attend the meeting of the Na tional Republican Committee, He will be absent about six weeks. Rev. L. A. Banks, who; if I mistake not, was a former resident of your city, preached the thanksgiving sermon at the union meet in this city, Thursday. He is making hosts of friends in Portland by his eloquent Dreaching. MORE ANON. Sheriff's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT of and under the seal of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County ot Benton, to me di rected and delivered, on the 5th day of December, A D. 1879, for the sum of (232.73-100) two hundred and eighty-two and 73-100 dollars, with interest at one per cent, per month from Nov. 29, 1876, and the fur ther sum of (915. 50) fifteen and 50-100 dollars costs, in favor of Thomas K. McCoy, administrator of the es tate of John H. Kendoll, deceased, plaintiff, and against Wm. A. Rldenour, defendant, and for want of Eersonal property out of which to satisfy the same, I ave levied upon the following described real estate, to-wit : Beginning at a point in the middle of the Territorial road, and on the north line of land claim No. 47, that was donated to David Butterfield and wife, and running south 89 degrees and 10 minutes, west 22 59-100 chains to the northwest corner of the said David Butterfield s donation claim, thence south 89 degrees and 15 minutes, west 33 27-100 chains to the middle ot tne channel ot Mary s nver, tnence up along the middle of the channel of Mary's river 40 90-100 chains, thence east 40 90-100 chains to the mid dle of said Territorial road, thence northir.y alot.-g the middle of said road to the plac3 ot beginning, con t I'nincr f IM) one hundred and four acres, situate in the County of Benton ai d State ot Cragon, together with the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and on Saturday, the 10th Day op Jancary, 1880, In front of the court house door in the Citv of Corval lis, Benton County, Oregon, at the hour of 1:30 o'clock P. H- of said day. 1 will sell at- public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estate ot said aeienuant wm. a. Ride our in and to the above described premises, to satisfy said execution and costs. bOL K1MO, Sheriff of Bentort-Countv, Oregon Dated December the 10th, 1879: 10:49w5 King of ths Blood Cures all Scrofulous nff.clions nnd disorucrs result -ing from Impurity of the blood, it to needles; 10 specify it-ll, us ihe sufferer ai 11 u.uuliy perceive their cause; but Salt Skeuw, J'impUs, If leers, Tumors, Goitre, Swellings, &c, tire tlie most, common, well as many uiXectious of the Heart, Head, Lw.r and Stomach. SCROF L Wonderful Cars of Blindness. D. Ransom, Soy & Co. : For Ilia bsncfifc of nil troubled with Scrofula or Impure Blood in theft systems, I hereby recommend Kni;r of the Liool. X have been troubled with Scrofula, fUr the past ten years, which so affected my eyes that I wan com pletely blind for six mouths. I was recommended to try King of the B!oo:l, which has proved a great blessing to roc, as it has compleLeiy cured mt, arid I cheerfully recommend it to nil troubled as I have been. Yours truly, Mes. S. "Weathehlov, .Sardinia, N. Y. will be pnid to any Public Hospital fo be mutu ally egreed upon, for every certificate of this medi cine published by us which is not genuine. Its Ingredi.B32.ts. To snow oiir faith in the R:ifi? y and excellence of the K. B., upun proper personal application, when satisfied that no imposition is mi'enCcd, we ytvX (rive trie unities of all its ingredient., by nrfidnvil . The above offets were never nrirle before by the pro pr'e'orof nny other Fnmily lltilieino in tie world. Blnny testimonials. fun her iiformatM,iim full directions for usintr will be found in the pam phlet "Treatis on Disease of rhe Blood," in ivliichenclibottreisencloscd l'rirr- $1 ppr bottle con taining 12 ounces, or 40 to 50 doses. SoM bydruo gists. V. Kassom.Son & Co., l'roii'is, Buffalo, N.Y- Th3 Oregon and Washington Land Company ADVERTISE OREGON FARMS FOR Sale, largely in the East, free of ex pense to Farms, unless sale is made. In that case, SG.00 for each farm sold. Farm ers will find it to their interest to call on CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, Agents O. & W. L. Co. Corvallis, Oct. 8, 1879; 16:41yl NOT FAIT, to seu for onr NEW PRICE LIST. More coKtrjIern than ever. Contains descriptions of every thins required for BICSHUl tYT 1nmil,i U3e, with over 1000 Illustrations. Send nlus cents for it. fstamps will do.) We sell all goods at wholesale prices 111 quantities to suit the pur chaser. The only Institution in America who Wake this their snm-ial business. Addrcs3. MONTGOM KHY WA1SO & :)., SZt toxxy Wabiuli Ave., Chicago, Ills. CORVALLIS mm MILLS, Corvallis, Oregon. FLOUR, BRAN, SHORTS and CHOf Feed, constantly on hand. FBICE Or FEED I Bran $11 00 per ton Shorts, 15 00 Chop feed, 15 00 ORAY, KORTHAUER & CO. October 1st, 1879. 16:40m3 Sheriff's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT of the County Court of Bunton County. Oregon, on the 20th day of October, 1879, to me directed, for the sum of ($228.66) two hundred and twenty-eight and 66-100 dollars, in favor of the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad Company, plaintiff, and against O. A. Whitney, defendant, for'want'of personal prop erty out of which to satisfy the same, I have levied upon the following described real estate, to-wit : Lot No. (80) eighty, in block No (23) twenty-three ; also, fractional tot No. (79) seventy -nine, in said block, in the Town of Philomath, Benton county, State of Ore gon, together with the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and on Saturday, Dec. 20th, 1879, In front of the court house door, in Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon, I will sell the above described real property at public auction to- the highest bidder, for cash in hand, to satisfv said execution, costs and ex pense of sale. Sale will take place at the honr of 2 o clock, f. M. ot saul day. HUU. Kl.sti, Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. November 14, 1879. 16:45w5 a compound of the virtues of sarsaparilla, saihngia, mandrake, yellow dock, with the' ioli(le of potash and iron, all nowerfnl idnnd. making, blood-cleansing, and life-sustaining' elements. 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No sufferer from any diseaso' which arises from impurity of the blood need despair, who will give Ayek's Sarsaparilla a fair trial. Rememher, the earlier the trial, the speedier the cure. Its recipe has been furnished to physicians everywhere; and they, recognizing its supe rior qualities, administer it in their practice For nearly forty years Ayer's Sarsapa--rill a has been widely used, and it now posv sesses the confidence of millions of people who have experienced benefits from ita mar vellous curative virtues. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Cheiuists, Lowell, Mass. BOLD SY ALL DEBaCISTS EVEUTWHEBJ5. Ame's Process KEEPS MEATS, FISH, BUTTER; Eggs, Vegetables, and Fruits Rweet and good without salting, cooking, drying,, or sealing up. It also stops fermentation in' Cider or Wines, cures the scab on sheep, and is excellent for other purposes. It is not injurious to the health, and costs but a trifle. Family rights $10. County and District riyhts on reasonable terms. Writ--ten guarantee given. Money refunded hr case the Process cannot be made a success. Genuine testimonials from prominent men testifying to its healthfulncss and success. For further particulars inquire of GOLDSON & MATTOON, Corvallis. Benton county, or Albany, Linn' county, Oregoa, general Agents for the Pacific coast. Corvallis, July 25, 1879. 16:30tf "south end J. H PENN. HAS, and will keep on hand, a full line of cook, parlor, box and office stoves, got' ten up on the late st improved patterns and? fuel-saving principles. Also, a line of GENERAL HARDWARE. Worker in copper, sheet-iron and tin. Jobbing a specialty. Having hadfa long ex--perience in this line, we are satisfied that we" can give satisfaction. All work and stoves warranted to give satisfaction. WE WANT WOEK. Onr prices to suit the times. Call and Beef our Goodspeed Stove and Orient Range, at Corner of Second and Madison Streets,- CORVALLIS, OREGON. 16:26tf J. R. LOMEIl. 1. C. rOLtEV. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, CORVALLIS, OREGON, LOMER & P0LLEY, Propr's, Tire only First Class Hotel in the City. THE OCCIDENTAL IS A NEW BUILDING,, newly furnised, anJ the recognized headquarters for Commercial Travelers, and all prominent men visitiim- Corvallis. Lar-e sample rooms on first floor, fcr commercial men, atid bath room for the exclusive use of guests. Board from one to two dollars per' dav, accordins to room. October 20. 1879. 16:43m6 NEW BUSINESS? LISTEN FOR THE BELL I Tne USDESlONED PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A MILK X THE SAN FfiANCISCO BULLETIN, . THE . Leading Evening Newspaper West of the Rocky Mountains. MARRIED - At the residence of Mr. A. Angerbrightr Dec. 7th, 1879, by Rev; W. C. K-ntner, Mr, Charles E. Tyler and Miss Evanna E. Smith all of Benton county, Oregon. At the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. S. G. Irvine, December 9th, 1879, Mr. Zephin Job, of this city, and Miss Archie A, Gaines, of Linn county. No cards. 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Each subscriber will be presented with several va rieties of Rare and Valuable TREE, VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS, equal in value to the subscrip tion price of the paper. tW Send for Sample Copy, giving full particulars. Address, S. V. JBUUCF.T1.' CO., 16:4Stf San Francisco, Ol. For the purpose of supplying the citizens of Corvai-; lis with Pure Fresh Miik at the very reasonable rate of 35 Cents per Gallon, ... . i ,,.,.,;,. n n, i;-.-f-rv V:inn on or befors- the 1st day of June next, when he will be glad to supply all demands for Pure, Fresh Milk attheabove rateV Patronage is respectfully solicited aaTListeu for the Bell. A. G. MULKfcY . Corvallis, May 20, 18T9. 16:21ml, FOK SALE. A COMMODIOUS AND DESIRABLE: House with Jthree town lots in the City of Corvallis. Th'e house is situated in m pleasant part of town; a good barn; all mod ern conveniences attached. Terms reasona ble Inquire of Geobgb Merceb. Corvallis, Aug. 1. 1879. 16:31m6 FOR SALE. VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY. GOOD DWELLING HOUSE, ONE LOT, barn, fruit trees, fruit-house and other ., -t.i:.. ,.-iit ernnA well nf water. De- sirable location, on Fourth street, near the north district school house. Will be sold at a bareain. Terms, CASH. Inquire of on the premises. Corvallis, Sept. 4, 1879. 16:36m3 ftotice of Final ProoL Land Office at Orboos City, Omtoox, ) November 11. 1879. ( nvr .-iiiM'V ri a rfl T'U TT F"iT NOTICE IS HfctvEUI ljr&n llowinir-named settler has filed notice of his In tention to niake final proof in support of his claim. thirtvays from the date of this notice, vU : John inin-y )' , i;.; ain for the lots No. T&TlTgZJfKjF- 1 and I lots i anu o - a ftW .j the fel- ton county, uregou, -j,'.- county, Oreron. BSSer. 16:4sw