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Teacher Encaged.
Miss Ollio Chnmborlain, ono of Salem's
most excellent musicians, lias been en
gaged us teacher of music for tho BIuo
Mountain University tit La Grande.
A better selection could not havo been
made.
Doing Itopalrcd.
Tho bandsomu tug Edith was haulod
in below Pacific dock yesterday and is
having her hull and decking caulked and
otherwise overhauled. Sho is a hand
some, powerful tug and will Boon bo
ready for business again.
Flenda In Trouble
Tho opium fiends of Oregon City do
not dwell tocother in unity. A few
days since they got into troublo over i
pipo find indulged in a general fight,
breaking up tho pipe, fixtures and what
few articles of furnituro thcro was in
tho joint.
A Collision.
Yesterday as tho locomotive from tho
car shops camo down to tuko out tho 4
o'clock train, und was passing tho yard
engine down by tho switch, they collided.
Johnny Brandt was on tho locomotive
going north, and Hilly Sally on the yard
engine, both of whom aro careful engi.
nocrs, mid by what error tho accident
happened wo aro at a loss to know. Tho
damage was very slight.
Receipt cf Wheat.
Kinney Bros., of the S.tlem llouring
mills, Imvo since harvest received 200,
000 bushels of wheat, which amount
will probably bo increased beforo tho
season closes to 1100,000 bushels, nn ex
cess of 100,000 bushels over tho receipts
of nn"r former year. Tho receipts nt tho
Farmers' warehouse are fully up to tho
average, while other warehouses through
out tho county report a flattering in
crease. Tlio Xndcpendonoa Robbers.
Tho Independence robbers who were
captured at Now Jim on We Jncsday,were
taken over to Independence yesterday
and had a hearing bet'oro tho Justice of
the Peace. They wt re bound over in
tho sum of $2,500 each, to nwait the ac
tion of tho Grand Jury, nnd were taken
to Dallas for confinement in tho county
jail. A Mrs. It iker, living at Indepen
dence was arrested for being implicated
in the iilliiir.
A Forger.
Yesterday, Abel Laughridgo was ar
rested in this city on a telegram from
Salem. In the evening Marshal At into
anived in the city, nnd from him we
learn that Abel forged two small (.hecks
on Mr. Grave, tuning tho mi mo of a
woman named Ji.tttitt worm, iitese
checks were paid without question
which gavo Laughridgo courage, mri ho
forged a check on tho Bank of Ladd &
Bush for 100. but Mr. Alborts, tho
cashier, detected tho forgery nnd refused
to pay tho check. Laughridgo will go
to prison, lie was token to Salem this
morning.
Still FroBTOMlnrc.
The' track on tho West Side road has
been laid two and a half miles beyond
Independence, ns far as the iron would
reach. Tho grading hus boon com
pleted to Corvnllis, except ono or two
'Osibankmcrity. T-lio road will run
through Sixth street, C'orvallis, to the
depot in tho southern end of the city.
Tho 12iir.ii McNeil, bearing a cargo of
rails, enough to finiih the track to Cor
vail id, is expected to arrive soon, and tho
iron vi ill bo laid within :t month after
her arrival hero.
Solnjt Investigated.
Tho case of tho Chinawoman who wa.i
!iot by Wang Fook, whilo attempting to
escape" from a dm of infamy, U on trial
to-duy in Justice Dam Court, rrom
what wo learn tho caso has boveral dark
features mid woleaso them to law and
justice to punish as they deserve The
main witnesses aro christians, and tho
other side of tho easa may endeavor to
introduce Chincso witnesses to offset
their tottimony which should bo thor
ougblv bcrutiuiicd.
Farmers Complaining.
Tho farmers on tho Upper Chehalis
liavo galhorcd in an abundant harvest
and now havo it in their granaries,
whero it is likely to remain, as they
havo no mentis of transporting it to
market. Tho owner of a small steamer
in this city is canvassing the idea of en
toring that trade.
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Regular Tow.
Tho grand jury yesterday visited tho
poor house and found tho placo in a con
dition that reflects great credit on tho
present superintendent. An abundanco
of vegetables has been raised during tho
past season which will bo more than suf
ficient to msot the present demand.
Tho jury also visited tho county and
city jails and other places.
A Forger Arrested.
This morning Capt. Kolly received a
telegram from Marshal Minto of Salem,
asking him to arrest a man named Abel
Laughridgo, charged with forgery. An
officer went in search and found his
man at tho Burton Houso whero ho took
mm in cimrgc. Ulhcer iuinto will nr
rivo on this afternoon's train nnd escort
tho festive Abel back to the scones of his
misdeeds.
Hoary Trains.
Tho trains which daily pass up and
down Fourth street nro heavily ladon.
Tho incoming ones bring grain while tho
outgoing ones carry ireigiis ami uuiuung
material for bridges and offices.
Tho Old Man's Sunset Homo.
Navigation Suspended,
On Monday last tho steamer Spokano
went up tho Snako rivor to Lowiston
with three or four passongers and threo
tons of freight. She took on board
about 40 tons of freight but discharged
tho most of it at Almota. It is said to
bo her last trip to that placo this season.
Narrow Eacapo.
Tliis morning while a countryman was
driving along L street, Fast Portland,
ono of his horses stepped through ono of
tho many holes in tho plank roadway,
throwing him to tho street. After much
troblo tho animal was gotten to his feet
with a badly skinned leg but fortunately
no broken bones.
Annual Mooting.
Tho Board of Managers of tho Stato
Agricultural Society will hold their an
nual meeting at Salem, commencing
Tuesday Dec. 2, 1879. At this meeting
tho timo will bo decided upon for hold
ing tho nnuunl Fair of 1830, mid tho
list of premiums for the sumo will be
arranged. All members and friends of
tho society nro nro invited to attend.
Tao r.irmori.
Tho present Fall has been one of tho
moit favorable to tho farmers that they
havo had for several year., and thoy
havo fully improved it by sowing much
grain. Tho acreago sown is said to
bo much larger than last season, not
withstanding tho rust, and farmers will
live in tho hopes of being favored next
year with f.ivonxbhi weather for a good
yield, in order to raise them out of tho
rut into which they dropped tins year on
account of the rust.
Ostrcso Iron WorUs.
This important industry in tho pro
ducts of our State is nt present closed
down on account cf running out of
water, the lako which is threo miles
long and fed by nu old ditch having run
dry. Ono hundred ami fifty men aro klll,jll0 0.t!ement, on tho Columbia, was
Largo Contract.
Tho Oregon Steam Navigation Co.
leccntly entered into contract with
Honey man & Co. to furnish tho ontiro
machinery for a. new steamboat to bo
built on tho Upper Columbia in the
Spring and also for a largo boiler to be
placed in tho Mountain Queen, which
will givo her almost ono-third moro
power. Tho contracts amounted to
$27,000,
Elopement.
Tho lloseburg Star tells of nn elope
ment of an ex-convict named Chatlcs
Jones, with n voting girl scarcely fifteen
years old, daughter of a Mr. Bcnham, of
Camas vallcv, Douglas county. Tho last
account heard from tho runaway couple
tlioy wcro going down Conuillo river,
endoavoring, it is thought, to got beyond
the jurisdiction of Oregon.
Still Minting.
Tho man McDonald who was tout to
the Insane Asylum some five weeks ago,
whero ho remained but two weeks, nfter
which ho worked on the railroad two
weeks und disappeared without drawing
his pay, is still missin". Strict search
has been made in every direction but no
clow to his whereabouts has yet been
ascertained. His friends nro getting
very anxious about him, fearing that in
a fit of insauitv ho hus taken his life.
Acoldcntly Killed.
Tho following dispatch from Gardiner,
Coos county, last evening, under dnto of
ednosday, says A young man named
Hcddiek, wlioho parents livnnttlio Kins
now at work on a ditch leading from the
Tualatin to whut was Oswego Laku.
This ditch is Bevcu feet wide at tho top
and six feet deep, nnd will furnish an
abundant supply of water nt all times.
Tho works liavo recently been increased
in capacity from ten to fourteen tons n
day, and contracts havo been lot for
310,000 worth of additional machinery.
Tho contract was let to Smith Bros, "it
Watson.
struck by a falling treeyestf rday, crush
ing Ins shoulder mid side nnd breaking
his thMi. Ho died in nbout an hour.
KciMick arrived from Idaho a short time
030, and was engaged in clearing oil'
some cend timber for I', Blake, on Scho
field's Creek.
Caloin Fire Sopartmont.
At tho regular meeting of Capital
Kngino Ccmpany No. 1, held on Thurs
day evening, this week, tavn tho States
man, tho building committee was
1 thorized to mnko nrmngementH for
nu-
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A Tcrrlblo JEncountor,
Wo were shown yesterday some tusks
taken from a
by Mr. C.iples. about four miles
tho Grove, tays tho Uilltboro Indepen
dent. Thoso teethwero2A inches in length,
and tho beast measured when 'killed,
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1W.1 ,.!! Woo with thoho,.sand mi i.ivititioii to theni to occupy it jointly
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sheen in the vicinitv, when last week
house, mid also to confer with tho City
Council and II10 other tiro companies in
relation to furnishing tho hall. Tito
committee was iiboutilliurizol to extend
Effoot of Houutaln Air
A young lady from ono of our valley
towns, disappointed in lovo last spring,
piaod and pined to a shadow, and to save
the necessity of ordeiing of a pino collin,
her friends sent her to Hood Bivor.
After feasting on the mammoth vegeta
bles and luscious fruits of that region,
breathing the mountain air und drinking
snow water through the Lunar months,
.she returned home weighing 150 pounds,
and is now watching for a chanco to
whip the man who threw off on her.
Poultry Association.
We havo received n pamphlet copy of
tho constitution and by-laws of the Ore
gon State Poultry and Pot Stock Associ
ation. Tho pamphlet also contains the
premium list and rules for tho first an
nual exhibition to be held at Portlund
from Dec. 8th to 12th inclusive, 1879.
The entries at tho coming exhibition will
close Dec, 9th, at 12 o'clock, noon. The
association was organized January 23th,
1879. W. S. Failing, of Milwaukie, is
provident ; II. D. Green, Portland, J. T.
Apperson, Oregon City, and Bobert Ini
brie) HilUboro, vico presidents ; A. A.
Ilvnon, Portland, secretary j ami W, S.
Ladd, Portland, Treasurer. Tho execu
tive committee is composed of gentlemen
ofwqusl standing with those above named.
The premiums of this association are
onen to the world tho best specimens
to win. The regulations for the exhibi
tion are excellent, and calculated to pro
mote fairness in the awardsin tact,
tho names of the officers of the ossocia
tion are a sufficient guaranty ugaiust
ud or unfftirae-M of whatever charac
ter.
Messrs. Ijifo C'aples and Thus. Kingston
took a number of dogs nnd with their
trusty rilles went in pursuit. The dogs
soon " treed" nim, when a bullet broke
his back just as ho was 111 the act of
springing on Mr. K. Jlo tought tho
dogs furiously, crippled as ho was, und
would undoubtedly havo killed two of
them had not another shot through the
head finished him. Several old hungers
that examined t his animal hay ho was
certainly thu largoit ono of tho kind over
seen in this country.
Woory of Life.
Abuut 12 o'clock last night a great
excitement was croated in the vicinity of
Mr. Morgan's hous-, 011 Clay street, near
Third, by his wife attempting to destroy
herelf by hanging. Thoy retired at tho
usual hour and Mr. Morgan had fallen
asleop. An unusual noiso awakened
him and ha found his wife missing.
Springing out of bed ho ran to tho cel
lar from whenco tho strange noises came
and he found his wifo hanging by tho
neck. Ho liftod her up at tho saino
timo calling for help which quickly camo.
Tho joor woman was cut down and car
ried to hor bed whero sh soon recov
ered. Except a scarlot necklace about
hor throat she was uninjurod. Tho
cause of the rash act was on account of
trouble over a small pieco of property.
Wont Ashore.
TCo Schooner Lottie Coca AsSoro on Point
nudson.
A telegram from Port Townsend last
ovening says: Tho pilot schooner Lot
tie, purchased yesterday by II. Landes,
while coming from N"eak Bay last night
ran ashore on Point Hudson, near this
city. The steamer Dispatch and Annie
Stewart tried to float her this forenoon
but failed, partly owing to a lino break
ing Tho revenuo cutter Wolcott :ora
ing from Setttle at this juncture, Cip
tain Hooer immediately went to tho
schooner's assistance. The lines again
parted and tin tido ebbing fast tho
captain concluded to wait for tho next
tide. The schooner is lying in an easy
position, not leaking, and will probably
get off without much damage.
with Capi.al Kngiiio Company.
Sbot Ills Sister.
I Yetciday morning, whilo Kddio Man
chester and his little sister Anna wero
eating breakfast at thoir homo 011 Bail
road btrcot, bays tho Tncoum Herald, tho
former was handling a rovolvor, which
ho accidentally discharged, thu bullet
taking e!Iect in tho head cf his unfortu
nate companion, tho ball entering at tho
ccntsr of tho noso a hhado below tho
eyes, ranging a little upward, lodging
near tho junction of the tskull nnd ver
tebra. Thu wound is of tho most dan
gerous character.
"Your old chair is vcrv much in tho
war, grandm; I wish you would bo con
iuub iu a bumewnoro eiso ncsuiesnttnis
west window," said a dashingly dressed
young lady, as she swept into tho family
nitting room. Sho had not been lone
homo from a fasluonablo French school
in tho city, whero her selfishness, at
least, seemed to have developed fully as
much as was desirablo.
"I camo hero because the sunshino was
so pleasant, Sophia. 'Pears to warm up
my nun, oiu innus better than tho tiro,
1 11 givo you tuo placo if you want it,
though." '
"Tho window of your room is a west
ono; I ought to know, I think; it used to
bo mine."
"I know it is, Sophy, but it's kind of
mnesomo up tiiero all alone. Guess I
had hotter go back, though. Grandpa
is always in tho way now, I am
afraid," he said sorrowfullv. as ho roso to
leave.
"Whero aro vou coine. dear errand-
pa V said a brown haired, sunny faced
young lady, who had just now glided
into tho room; "I havo come on purposo
to havo a visit with vou."
"I am poing anywlicre to bo out of
tlio way, ivuty."
"Why, dearest grandfather, how can
you talk so? No room is so chcorful
and sacred in all tho houso as tho one
which your presenco blesses. What
havo you been savins. Sonhv?" sho
added, turning reproachfully toward hor
cousin.
"Nothing in tho world worth rnakinc
such a timo nbout," said tho young lady,
sweeping hastily out of tho room.
The scat by tho window wns resumed.
nnd Kalo drew a low rocking chair very
near u.
"I have been leaning on this arm till
it is all nslecp," said tho old man. "O I
just see,' and unfastening the whito
wristband, sho chafed tho thin ami nnd
hand till tho customary cltctihition was
restored.
"Thank you, Katy, darling; it is well
now. Grandpapa's fincers used to bo ns
young and quick as yours. Don t ccotn
so, doea it ( 1 don t think vour hands
aro quite as whito as yodr cousin Sophy's,
but they aro n thousand times prettier,
in my opinion."
".Mine havo to work, you see," said
Kate, laughing; "it would not do for tho
little folks to go hungry nt homo because,
sister was afraid cooking their dinner
would brown her hands. Georgo likes
them just ns well brown."
"Ho may well bo thankful to get
them nny way. They are n treasure
orth any man's aspirations."
"Shall I read to you, urundpa I eo
you havo a new book open or shall wo
talk 1 1 must go liomu to-morrow, vou
know."
and sho consents 5 on condition tint you
rido over often."
Tho kind-hearted cirl did not ciro to
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ten 1110 eagerness wun wiiicu the pro
posal had been accepted, "only for tho
children's sake," it was clearly to bs un
derstood. And so tho nrraiiKcments were made.
and tho month quickly rolled away.
Tho littlo cottage had received its simple
furniture, nnd tho best room in it was
fitted up for grandfather as nearly liko
tho old familiar homo as possible. Tho
light buggy drovo over to A , and in a
few hours afterward tho old man was
walking hand in hand with his darling
Katy over tho establishment, listening
wiwi Keen tiengut to an mo nine uetbiis;
and at lust comfortably sottlcd down in
his oasy chair, ho talked with his now
grandson over his present homo and fu
ture prospects, till Katy called them to
their tea. O, how sweet tho simnlo
board appeared with its snowy cloth and
whito tea-set; its light biscuit, fresh
buttor, stewed cherries and nlain cako I
Tho burnished silver and cut glass of
tho homo ho had just left never looked
half so beautiful ; and with a full heart
ho bowed his silvery head and asked
God's blctsing on their evening meal.
An old-timo friend was asked to spend
11 nvnnimf. nml n livnk- vmvnt-intini
tho evening, and a lively conversation
'To-morrow? I had forgotten that.
O, I am so sorry, so sorry I" ho said,
very sadly.
"Don't read, Katy; talk, if I can onlv
hear your voico ono day longer. You
aro a ray of sunshine in this houso, und
you win uo 111 any houso you enter.
May God bless my child I" ho added
solemnly. "I shall be pretty lonesome
when you uro gone, I know 1 shall.
Thcio won't bo any ono to tnlk to then.
Old people lovo to talk, Katy. Martha
is kind to 1110 nnd makes my room as walk nround the beds, und milium the
pleasant ns sho can, but household cares 'results of his skill and care. Then, too,
nml company tako up all her time, so! tho neighbors, as they passed loved to
sho can't talk to her poor old father jbtop a littlo while, und leaning their
much. Her husband is away nUendiii" loitiou nuns against tho paling, talk with
wns sustained till lone nfter his custom
nry hour for retiring. Ho seemed ten
yenrs younger when he took his place at
ureakiast next morning.
"Aro wo too early for you, sirl" said
George, "I was afraid wo were."
"Not a bit ; I novor sleon a wink af
ter fivo o'clock. Early rising is all im
portant to young people just setting out
in life, and I nm glad you havo tho
habit."
When tho meal was ended, tho morn
ing liyinu wns iiung, nnd nu earnest
prayer for God's direction and protecting
care through the day wns offered ; then
tho young physician started on his daily
rounds.
"I civo tho littlo homo into your
cluirgo to-day, grandfather. Don t let
Knty get lonely or work too hard scrub
bing imaginary dirt oil' thu wood-woik,"
ho added, with a smile nt his wife's
sciupulous neatness. "If tho gardener
should come, could you talk with him n
little, nnd direct nbout tho plan of tho
girden? Knto does not know much
about such things, I believe."
I should delimit to do it, said the
old man, a bright smile coming
into his fa en at tho idea of his possibly
being of any bcrvico in tho world again;
"I was a mnstor-haml nt making a garden
in my day."
The day was warm nnd bright, and
tho old man spent mo.it of it out of
doers, superintending the Englishman's
operations, who listened respectfully to
all Ins suggestions, and obeyed them
strictly. Tlio day's work was most satis
factory on all sides; and when night
camo Katy's delicious tea was taken
with a relish ho hud not known for
many months, nnd his sleep wns sound
and sucot.
All Summer tho garden was his prido
and pleasure. Tho care of tho beds was
assumed by him, and tho satisfaction
with which ho brought Kntv tho very
earliest vegetables of tho season, it made
tho household happy to witness. When
Georgo came homo nt Minuet it was such
n sou ice of joy to have him mid Katy
Killed by a Friend.
Nowton Claiborne Mistaken for a Seer
Sbot and Killed.
is
Full many a timo and oft wo havo
been called upon to chronicle tho deith
of persons accidentally killed by a friend
while out hunting, on account of being
mistaken for an animal. Thoso acci
dents always occur in "still" hunting
and are too frequently the renult of
carelessness of all concemod. Tlio
latest accident of this kind occurred in
Douglas county and is given as follows
in thu Independent: Last week 'Aha,
and Silas Marvin, Nowton Claiborne
and another gentleman, went out for a
four days' hunt in tho mountains near
tho Littlo Canyon, in tho northern part
of the county. On Friday tho pirty
separated, tho Marvin brothers going in
ono direction and Claiborne und com
panion taking another course. Some
hours afterward Ziba Marvin noticed a
commotion in the bushes and sighting an
object which he thought to bo a ileer
fired upon it. His aim was tco true,
and a cry of pain from Claiborne made
known the terriblo fact that a companion
had been woundej. Tin bullet took ef
fect in tho left breast, a little below tho
heart, and after lingering a few hours in
great buffering, Claiborno breathed his
last. Ills dead body was then brought
fivo miles to his home. Mi. Claiborne
was aged 22 and well liked in thu com
munity where ho lived. This is another
ono of those painful cases whero no par
ticular blame can be attached to anyono,
saso, perhaps, cwelocnow on the part of
all.
to his business till day, 10 I don t seo
much of him either; and I urn sure John
nud hoplua think mo always in the way,
I don't want to lie u burden to anybody,
Ivuty ; and a tear tilled tuo mud, dim
oye.
"No one could think so, dear grand
father. But I havo seen all you mention
iu my lung vhiit lure, and now I havo
something to propose. No, I havo n
favor to brg, a re-quest to make, on
which my heatt is tct, and I want nu
assurauco that you will not 'say nay.
"If there is any favor I can do my
Katy, sho need not bo afraid of any
nays."
"Well, then, you know that in ;i fow
weeks I shall havo a home of my own;
not a graud establishment lil.-u this, but
a neat, pleasant cottage, suitable to
George's income. Now, what I wish to
ask is, will you not make us happy by
sharing that homo with us? George
wiiihcs it as much as J, and I am sure
you will bo happy with us. The cottugo
is far moro like the old homestead than
this splendid mansion. It will only be
ten miles away; so you can rido over ns
often as you chooso to see your daughter.
Pleaso say yes, grandpa."
Tears filled the old man's eyes again,
but this time thoy wcro tears of pleas
ure, "My precious child, you don't
know how much you aro taking upon
yoursolf. You don't know how much
trouble an old man liko me would 1 in
a houso."
"I do not know any such thing, I as
sure you; but I do know how much joy
und comfort it would bo to us, and what
a real blessing your society would be,
long days, when Georgo' business calls
him away from home. Indeed, I could
not keep house without you, I am afraid;
so wo will understand that wo have set
tied this point, will wo not '"
"I shall bo too happy to go any placo
on earth hero you are Katy, even to a
strange town. I know aiost all tho old
people about ycu there in Hortou, and it
will seem enough more liko homo than
tlii p!a'0, which i as .strange to mo
now as it was fivo years ago, when I
first came how. But what will Martha
say, Katj? Can you tell 1"
"I havo talked with her all about it,
tho cheery old gentlemen about his
beautiful garden, nnd tell him what a
"likely young man" his grandson was
and how much the people loved and
respected him,
in short, ho had just tho homo ho
needod to mako his old ago peaceful and
happy. Kntv's infinite tact novor al
lowed his mind timo for gloom, or for
feeding itself; butt would ever, appar
ently without elfort, start some nleasaut
train of thought, which should divert it
from n melancholy channel. JIu was
loved incut deeply anil tenderly, and
treated with tho respect and deforuiico
duo to his years. Tho sweet country
air, und tho constant sunshine iu his
In east, madu him grow young und hulo
again, and tho sunset of his life wai ono
long, ghutlo Hummer twilight Sunbeam.
Linn County's Standing.
Thu annual assessment of Linn county
has boon completed, and thu following
figures havo bem compiled from it :
dumber of acres of land, l'2i,iioi ;
value, $2,907,200 ; average per ucrr,
$7 10. Number of acroi of railroad
land, 31,921 ; value, SI fi'JCO; average
pur acre, 19 cents Wagon road land.
ii.nuu acres, value, za.tw, aveiago
per acre, DU cents. altio of town lots,
$702,908, value of improvements during
past year, ?;I17 381 ; merchandise, im
pleimnts, etc., ?028,879 ; Money, notes,
accounts, shares of stock, etc., $1,120,-
181 , I'uruiture, carnages, wutches,
$200,902; Hones and niulei 0,275,
value $285,989, ai erage pr head $17 50;
Cattle 9,521, value $79,215, average ir
head 88 35. Shcrp 13,010, value 1U,-
027. au-ruge per head $1 20, Swine
,303. value 11, "52, uwuugo per head
1 fie), amount of indebtedness $I,Hl'5,
;ill, uniojut of exemptions, $171,000;
amount of U table property, $i, 190,31 1,
whih i. $177,102 lotttr than last )cur.
Number 01 jkiIIh 2,001, against 1,780
last year, which iIioa that our county
has gained 1,100 iu population.
Thtm are seven different ways of
adulterating cider, but the cheapest is to
slosh in about 10 gallon 1 of vau-r to 25
of ci'ier No man ctn objict to water.
An Indian Prinoosa.
Picv. Alex. Wright, a chaplain in tlio
united states army, narrates to tho
readers of tho last number of tho Stou
benvillo (Ohio) Press a truo but tristful
romanco of tho lato Princess Monica, a
daughter of Sjtotted Tail. This norm
live is moro interesting in that it ex
plains tho unifounly peacoful attitude of
that chief toward tho whites. A short
time ago Monica visited Fort Luramio
to look upon tho palo faces nnd their
manner of living. Sho was shown
around by a handsome young lieutenant
of a cavalry regiment, and, In thanking
him for his courtosy, sho acknowledged,
wun cuarming naivete, that sho lovod
him. Tho surprised and flattered oflicor
told hor that sho must not lovo htm, as
his heart was placed among tho palofaco
girls i-i an Ohio town. Monica visited
Urn fort on the day following that on
which sho lost her freedom, and so, for
many weeks, in plain, neat attire, tho
poor girl sat throughout tho afternoon
on tho doorstep of tho officers quarters.
Tho great Stoux chief, whoso warriors
outnumbered thoso of Sitting Bull, was
mortified nt tho conduct of his best be
loved daughter, and sent her to a littlo
camp in tho Bocky Mountains. Ono day
a courier arrived at tho chief's camp with
tho tidings that Monica was trying.
Spotted Tail redo with all hasto to her
side, and hraiil her farewell injunction :
"My chiof, livo with tho palo faces in
peace, nnd bury Monica on tho hill bo
fore tho fort." General Maynadicr,
commander at tho post, Colonel Bullock,
tho post trader, and Chaplain Wright
gavo the body Christian burial. Tho
gravo is now n point of interest to trav
elers, as Fort Lnratni is nppoached on
tho Cheycnno road. General Mnyuiidier
testifies ns to tlio truthfulness" of the
girl'n death from n broken heart and to
tho effect it had upon tho Siouv.
Polygamy.
Whilst polygamy is tho woakness oil
thu Mormon system, it is also its strength.
It is abhorred by tho woman; and yet
thoy strenuously defend it, for if it wore
overthrown all tho polygamous wives
at'd their children would loso their status
and position. Thoy would bo cast-of
waifs. Again when n woman hus suf
fered from polygamy hhocmnmouly wishes
to seo all others reduco to tho mmo state.
With respect to tlio men, tho clover
Mormons who seo through tho monstrous
fraud and imposition of their system
would, in many cases, nfter having inndo
money, return to tho Stales but for their
polygamous households of wives and
children, whom they can neither leave
nor tuko with them, Hence in older to
retain these men llrigham Young always
insisted mi their taking two or more
wives, and tho refusal of any ono to do
so excluded him irom ofllco in tho Mor
mon Church ami from all hope of rising.
Such refusal was considered as a proof
of apostatising, and in tho timo or tho
Dauito Baud Brigham could point out
such a person to it for destruotion. Ho
would say, So nnd so is opostat'sing; if ho
dies n natural death his soul will botott,
the only way to savo him Is to offer his
blood 11 sacrifice for his soul. Ono mem
ber of this band stated that hit had of
frred tip fifty-four iudividnaN iu this
way, by tho orders of Biigham Young,
in the duja when Mormoiiisiu wns 11 law
to itself. And it is so still, that when
ever a man begins to tin ivo ho is told by
the ulders or iipostlr.i that ho must tako
another wife, nnd ofliired uu introduction
to some very nice girl that h tdiould
marry. If ho duiliues ho i.i n marked
man.
Tbaolxoruy'u Charity.
His charity was overflowing, his gen
erosity oxewisivo. 1 heard once n story
from u man who wai a dear friend to
both of us. Tho gentleman wantod is
large homo of money instantly some
thing under 2,000 had no natural
frirudt who could provide it, but must
naturally go to the wall without it.
Pondering over this bad condition of
things just revealed to me, I met Thack
may between tho mounted heroes at tho
lloiso Guards, uud told him tho htory.
"Do vou moan to say that I urn to find
tho X2,000l" Im said angrily, with
some expletives. 1 explained that I
had not oven suggo-ticd tho doing of
anything, only that wo might discuss tho
matter. Then there camo over liii fuco
a peouliar smile and a wink iu his oye,
and hn whispered liM suggestion, u'l
though Imlf unlimited of his meanness.
"I'll go half," ho said, "if nuybody will
do the rust." And ho did go half, at a
day or two's notice, though tho gentlu
man was no moro tluti simply u friend.
I aai glad to Ixi able to udd that thu
money was ipiickly ntpiid. 1 could tell
variom storiet of tho same kind only
that 1 lack space.
Deooptlvo.
Farming in Nevada ii almost 114 uu
certain us mining. Thu soil in many
parts of the Stato is very "spotty," und
tho division iiiuw between the best and
tho wotHt are oft. 1 only a fow indies
wide. Tho Humboldt meadows uround
libvclnek's lonvnin smrm nf the 1 it-bent
l.tii 1b i-. t n wi i'.A, and also iioineiif thu
wont, and il.-i t:iv -st putt s that 110
one tan tsl! iiiifjiiiij about it by 10111
a.ing it with I md anywhere else. There
is very .handsome black ground which
looks hi if it would producu anything,
but which is so full of sultitetio and
black alkali that nothing will grow on
it. Water which" niind 1 on it u few
houw gew tho color of ti very dark beer.
l'.eno Gazette.
Yexit hitlpii poor people, to raiAo bread,
for a, family.