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c o o 3 O O :tSs:. r; w. tv 'OHEii'JX CITl", DREfiOX, JULY 11, l73. j ! An Important 1 licet Ion. The death cf Hon. J. G.Wilson will make it necessary for an election to fill the vacancy. It will probably ; be called by the Governor sometime ; 1)roWbiv select n satisfactory candi after coir farmers g-t through with j date for the .port of the party, tln-ir harvestfiig. Jr. U a very impor- j vet tliere millllt be su,h a thing as taut election to the p-ople of Oregon. I ;hll choi(.., (f tho ,M.mie vleing do- Thev must not think that because mon; is only a Congressman to Ik- j chosen, that it is of no groat impor- tance. The Ba.iieal.s will do their best , to h hesueeessuil, mid thereby hope to gain a prestige for next June, when j we are to elect an entire State ticket, j O O n r A -f e:i t ml d lie ilK'irniw ti ........ uoiil 5UC11 numiuouuii. ' ' ..v.--.--. q and we must use sdl honorable means f at the people should select their to succeed th'n fall, and with a candi- delegates and thus avoid any danger, date who can receive the united and Tim election is an important one, and hiarty support of the Democracy ; nothing should be done which will -Hud many liberal l anded men who in the least degree imperil the a disgusted with the rascality of : c'mnces of success. We do not think the last Congress, there, can be no that it is any mere the duty or privi doubt as to the. result. The herds of , lege of the Central Committee to put inen who were rej eatod on the line ! out a candidate for Congress than 9,i the railroad and in Portland last I the same body could have legaliy .va- cannot be made available this ! nominated and expected the people Gtiiu . and beanies tl. people will not ! to support tliem, the candidates noni s.) far Jose their self-respect as to en- j inated by the last Convention. The dorse the Badical party's crimes j Committee's prerogative goes no fur which have been brought to light j titer than the arranging of the pre ince our last election. A Badical ! liminaries for a Convention, unless triumph in Oregon this fall woivld ' the Convention confers extra powers place tlie jeople in mvor of the most j upon it. We do not apprehend that gL'a'n'ic s uidling ever perpetrated there is any disposition on the part w by any party. Who is there among j of the Central Committee to do any in tliat'wonM go to the polls and ! thing w hich w ill injure our prospects v. te for a party guiity of the gr at I of success, and have not the slightest Credit Mohilier swindle? AVho is : idea that any move will be made by willing to eimoi-se the back-pay steal ? j is willing to endorse tl. Legislature that elected T. H. Mitch ell to the Senate? Who is willing to endorse the rasctditv and oxtrava- gance of the hist Oregon Legislature? had a w hole ticket to elect, and we These and many other outrages are ! must bring the candidate direct from to receive the people's endorsement ; the people. If there was not sud or condemnation. No other way can j eient time for all the proceedings they be condemned so eil'eetually as j necessary, there might be some ex- l Tn: il-L i L.i 1IU 11 II ; our State against the candidate of the j party which hfts been guilty of these ', -acts; and a vote ior the Radical par- ! . T-.-.-k t.r- i1... f,.,-,.,.,. rA' ' tv is an ein lor:;emei. c f all its ras calities. The elect .on is an impor tant one. Our .!: feit this fall would be followed by sir h demoralization which would seriously imperil our chances f i success, in June, 174, at wnich turn? we have a Governor and ! f.lirs 5,.lvs the San Jose Arrts, not entire State ticket t- elect. withstanding the fact that Kepub- Th' Gran lib ii'f aware- what effect tins election wnl have, an. I are pre- j.aring for a strong light. The 1'eder- a! elioue will e?:-!e.,.yor to harmonize al ihe eh iaents ;n its jiarty lilt such ac-ts as the Credit 3fobilier sw indie, tl; ' " back-pay steal," and til:- d-t';;c:ct oiis v -V liere visible, are actvt.f turpitude that no party can d'i en. 1, and the manner in w hich those serious charges have been heatj.-i'. bv ihe liadical maj(.rity in Congress w ill cause the Nations Capitol to be inf- .-.ted during the next se-sio.i with as auoacious set of scoundrels ;e ever" attein.ted to cor rupt a I.'"g;-!ative body. Hence the necessity (,f h.i i lij a man there who is known fo" Ids inlegritv. The I )e? ; .'eiMcy should place in : uttjnK establishment, and is propri he field its best ni;.n; one free from ! vtuv of tju; y.lT,x patent roofing con ny taint of sr.spicion of w hatever frivance. The rooting Muliett fa- ind; a 1,1 in in wh m the people may l. , l proud as a Badical jiarty re resei.tative. I no have disgraced our young Sl.de already with on ot its; representatives, an I the people will I not desire to t desire to have another of the same kind. T ! .. ll..,,,vnlii 1...-.1-1- I 1 HI l ii 111", lain in-n harrrjiMuousl v ai energetically to- get her in this coirest. No past dif- ferences should be allowed to inter- i when the bill is ma le civ, the rail fere with their zed and patriotism l1 fsl"' and traveling expenses of ,0, ,? , T Ithe workmen trom Washington to in behaU of a e;e mum cause. Let j oceans and ba-k are charged, their aim be suece and soon we so also their board while in that city shall see the corrupt -and dishonest ! doing the work. The time of the men who have dis-rraced the name of mtl ,1aU? frlol.n ,tlie option of the . . , orders: the freight on the material a Congressman, tonu-,1 out t the ; fn,m Wa-hinjrton is added to its places they di.-ho.ored. IK-mocrats t.ost, and finally a royalty is charged should consult 1 i-i 'tig themsehos for the use of the patent. By this T 1 A 1 A. Til ! who thev desire as their standard bearer: know the viMvs of those they -I:v-t to their County (.onyentioTis, ,0 and lot that bod be -arefiil not to G lo't anv man w'ho i ; not in favor of .' . ... , . t he nomination f the man ot tli-ir c.ioice. in tne primaries ami 1 onniy -r.l - I . Coiiye:itio:i is tin. pl.n-1 fr the voter to exercise his clioiei' f x candidates. He there knows how his neighbor -tanvls, and 1. 1 him v for rat other but those they know ici',' represent j . Dost Vv'.vnt It. Tlie llnllrfht sig t!iem truly and h' mostly in both tli j nities that the Ba tical candidate for County and State Convention. Then, j CongVi-ss shonld be taken outside of when the candidate is nominated, Portland. If there was a doubt in work for ' his mi cess, and if we do j th mind of any one that the Padi our whole duty. ur State w ill send ! cals were themselves satisfied that a Democrat to Congress ot which site will be proud. Tun "Blvst" I .pouskp. The tel egraph tells us that the Washington Citv Xif'otial L' "''r'. Grant's Court jrtjrnal. i: a two column edi torial yesterday morning, indorsed 'Beast" E-.itler f r Governor of Massachusetts. This indicates of oourse, that all the power and influ ence of the Administration are to be directed toward securing the eleva- tionof Butler to the Governorship of Massachusetts, the dispatch to the contrary notwithstanding. -o - SevS3cteexth " oivya:. Tlie San Francisco K.c rm'nnr has entered its seventeenth voli-ne. It is an able! Democratic pap-r, and we are pleas- ed to note ifs prosperity. May it meet with u lieaity supjiovt from all i-l.i ivs. S ) A Convention. The question lias been asked us Aether the nomination of a candi- date for Congress would lie made by the Central 'Democratic Conimit- tee. or would we have a Convention j called fur that purpose. We say 1 that a Convention should be called bv all mcans. The Committee would 1. A f -rated bv the Committee. This Com llittpe Wft!i SeIec.ted with no such contingency in view as has arisen, aUti th(.v wen. S(.eC-ted over a year ap:o. xhey could not claim to come directly and fresh from the people anii there might be much evil result r i. Vw liidifiuo that bodv to usurp powers not grant- ed to thorn. We want a convention called in regular form, and go into the light with as much energy and determination to win as if we ......... 4".. '-.mmlttin id- liniiini-ii' V li'V A'l lUU . i.'iuiuj in t , but this cannot be urged, as there will at least be three or four months before the election comes oil". We say that by all means let us have a regularly called Convention. "Vice 11 urns.'' There is nothing but corruption in the Administration of National af- licati Conventions invariably endorse the " AVise, honest and economical management " of President Grant, v, i..,. ,,.n .a- n.. 1...I.H.. i .1 o-t-.i,..,! liv- i.iIk niiit it is inuios- i.T 111-1 t- V . . . J , - L sible to believe that the President himself is not cognizant of it, if not interested in thorn. Under the sub head of " nice plums for the plumb er," a Washington letter to a New York paper lets out a little story about oss Shepherd. The lloss is on0 of Supervisor Mulh It's fi-iends, ;ina t-.lt ji,s at Washington and else- where arc- thrown in his way. In addition to running the llora.l of Public Works in the IHstriet of Columbia a fat take in itself the Poss also runs a plumbing and gas j vorSj .Ulj the Boss profits by that ; favor. The moi.'ns opa-mnli is thus : tietailed: Muliett gives Boss Shepherd an order to repair the roof of the Cus- t. 1 -- s . i . r-i . 11.. ; tomuouse 111 ew yrieans. j.uoj,oss orders a number ot workmen to that - r1. 1 . T ... . , ... i liouit. I he old root is Taken oil. no ! matter what its condition mav be, and the Vaux patent is substituted ' npi-'vea sysiem me cost 01 ine 1001 1 is trebled, lint this is not all. If i there is a job of plumbing or gasfit- , tn,r t( py done in any of the public j buildings north or south, east or i W.est-T tho r,ler is ""ivou to 1oss Shoidierd; the workmen are sent , 1 t, . 1 , trom here: the material is su noosed - 11 , to be shipped from here als as i freight is charged on it. In short I the same process minus the rayalty ! on the patent, as in the Vaux rof I job is reH-ated. they will be beaten, this is positive evidence of the belief. Who ever heard of a Portland Badical organ, cuiie out and say they wanted a good thing given outside of that city? I the Badieals had the least hope in the world of electing their man, Port land w ould not only claim him but she would be sure to get him. Of course none of the Portlanders want to be slaughtered. Not much. New Local. W. P. Boone, of j U1- arge ot the local ( department of the Ereulug Ar.s. j Billy is a lively boy, and will make the local department of that paper ; sniev. Trainxrs Qcestiox. The various I l'ints on the Sound are greatly ex- j citptl ovor the terminus question, : As matters look now, Seattle appears fo h ive the inside truck. ggaagggai Elofjueiit Figures. Here is an interesting illustration, says an exchange, of the. universal operation of a tariff invented,enactod, and continued to develop, protect and foster native American industry, Suppose you are an unmarried man, a boarding-housa bachelor in an Eastern town, and have been such for a number- of years before and since the dawn of the protective era, has there not been a perceptable in crease in the price of your fare out of all proportion to the increase of vour income? Of course. But whence comes this inflation for your board bill what has produced, it? Wdl, for one thing, the rent for that house is three times as much now as it w as in 18(50. An inflated currency has raised the value of the ground, and it costs twice as much to build a house now as in 18(50; hence, as houses are let to pay a certain inter est 011 money, it follows that a house costing and valued at $100,000 must pay three times as much rent as if it only cost ;", 000. Put is it owing to the increase of labor alone that the building costs so much? Not at all. Just let us tell you what the materials are taxed: The bricks, 20 per cent; cement, 20 percent; tim ber, 20' per cent; iron, 50 to (50 per cent; nails, spikes, and rivets, Z to (50 per cent; screws, 70 to s0 per cent; lead, -17 per cent; zinc, about forty per cent; slates, 40 per cent; window glass, 07 per cent; paint and varnish, (58 to 70 per cent; marble, (5o to 80 per cent; locks, 35 per cent; butts and hinges, 80 per cent, and about a hundred more articles, w hich it is impossible to enumerate, pay a tax in the same ratio. Not to the treasury. Oh, no! All foreign com petition is to the same extent shut out, and the tax is paid to somebody at home, this is called protecting homo industry. Are you not glad that your industry is protected? Put let us go into the hotel. Wipe your boots, vou careless rustic. Do von know that carpet is taxed 70 per cent? Now, let us register, lnat steel pen is taxed m arly 70 per cent. Don't spill the ink, it is taxed -35 per cent. The paper in the register book is taxed ol per cent. And now let us go to dinner. That chair you are sitting on, with all its materials, is taxed fully -45 per cent.; the table napkins o0 per cent.; the jug with the ice-water 45 per cent., and the glass in which you pour the water is taxed .'U per cent. The utensil., with which the dinner is cooked are taxed in average over 5U per cent., and the plates you eat from are taxed 45 per cent. We shall leave out all the fax that may entt r into the vi ands. These are not what doubled your board. Now let us go to your bed-room; of course the carpet, as we said, is taxed 70 per cent., the sheetings and cotton fabrics on vour bed are taxed 05 percent, in average, and the blankets are taxed 140 per cent., while the very soap you use is taxed 5H per cent. Can you w onder at increased ami inflated prices? Put do you not feel an honest indigna tion when we assure you that of all those taxes not one-tenth finds its way to the treasury, while nine- tenths go to four or five mann fact ur- ing States; and of these only a small portion ot the population prom o ; . thegraliV Such is t lie tact establish ed by ofiicial figures. Ar-C'ITTEP. The case of ihe State of Oregon vs. James M. Moore, in dicted for subornation of perjury, in the " Wrestling Joe" case, was sub mitted to the jury Thursday evening. A verdict of acquittal was rendered by the jury. We know but little of this matter, and care less. But we have seen a disposition on the part of certain papers to create public sentiment against the prosecuting witness and those who have boon in jured by the perjury of this man as suming to be " Wrestling Joe," that we feel justified in publishing the affidavit which he has made, and leave the reader to judge of the guilt or innocence of the parties. The document being quite lengthy, we are compelled to defer its publication until next week. "Dead-Heading" is liecoming un popular in the -west. The Farmers' Convention of MeHenry County, 111., recently resolved that "we, being en tirely opposed to the system of free passes in the hands of our public otlicers, do request the person elect ed to the office of Circuit Judge in this district, who may hold such passes, to return the same. And further, that he will not aqeept or use any such pass or other favors from railroads during his continu ance in such office. ' K ' frJinn'j. Wonder if the District Judge- of this Circuit still travels on the dead head. He had better take a warning from the above. Economy. The Government has a trio of Collectors of Customs in the Colville District, says the Walla Walla f'ttcsiii'tit , who between them draw about SrMlO per annum, and the amount collected is about ."00. It looks like bad economy, this thing of spending 5000 to collect 6"00; but then this is only a specimen of the way the radicals run the "best governwfiit on earth." The S'iriugfield JlyinLlican affirms that James G. Blaine, of Maine, wants aaul means to lie the next Pres ident of the United States, and that his only New England rival is Gen. Butler. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA The Jobs of a Year. What a single year may bring forth, the radical party has disgrace fully shown. The bitter fruits of its own ill-advised sowing have been harvested in sorrow and shame. Pa triots and moralists sadlv deplore. savs an exchange, the spread and rav- , of our national life. It is assailing ages of briberv and corruption. All eveiT department of our political the terrible consequences of a peo- structure and every phasu of our so ple bereft of virtue and unselfish pa- j cial existence, and unless it is check triotisni given to licentiousness and j ecl il brrw ly w hat it feeds upon vice fill the future of the ltepublic. evelT branch of public service Cholera has scourged us; revers have j hmes so hopelessly demoralized plagued us, and Avars have endanger- j that the Government will fall an easy ed our governmental existence; but 1 I"?y to some daring usurper and the '.vithin a twelve-month we have keen ly, felt the ravages of cholera, the an guish of fevers, and the horrors of war, in that one all pervading pois onous, pestiferous and destructive disease public corruption. The Credit Mobilier is a growth of this year. Organized for the pur poses of plunder, !iov well it suc ceeded let :3S,0(),000 less in the treasury of the United States forever testify. It was legislated into pro ductive contract-,, helped to secret vaults of the government, nursed among the party's statesmen and gorged w ith the spoils of other peo ple's money, all by the radical politi cians. Whatever odium, or praise it may deserve let it attach to the ma jority. The gigantic and magnificent rob bery -of the government lands by the Pacific Hail way corporation is also a product of this year of our Lord. The fairest portion of the public lands the material for thirty groat and prosperous future common wealths has been donated to a com pany of private speculators to hold and enjoy it. The radical party 1 a; had its ignoramus in the presidential chair, had a powerful majority 11; Congress and possessed the govern ment in toto at the giving away of this immense territory of valuable T - , i.iii i. xi.in 'inn is iuii ami i- fo,i.i : ..... -..... . . ...ii.. ... i ... servedlv entitled to all the credit or - censure of this piece of legislation, j (,1,..n.;..,. ........! acy in the States. Bribery set aside statesmanship and character, and elevated the meanest and basest scoundrels to the highest offices. This is the year of Senatorial brib ery. Wherever this same party con trolled the emolument and honor of that position, there some radical vil lain invested his thousands for the ofti'-e, expecting to sell the powers thereto belonging. Therefore histo- 1 ry will record for unborn generations that this year was remarkable for the venal purchase of oihee, and radicals as the name of corrupt politicians who bought and sold them. The Caldwolls and Ponieroys, the Ilip pols and Pattersons will be ludd up by the impartial historian as the su- preuio traitors and enemies of a free republic the corru.ters of political I morality and public virtue ' 1, nun i-i im ,11:1 live millions is another outgrowth of .( .i.i(ri-i.jvi...ii 1 ,,.fi ,.f ,..J,. tins year's radical isn A radical party passed 1 signed it, and a radical majority poe.ieted tue ill-gotten lucre. How admirably this concluding steal har- j monizes with the general plundering j and robbing of the year. We need j scarcely mention the corrunt deal- ings witu ignorant savages, the oer- running of ten States with political cormorants and swindlers, the over- throw of Bepublioan government in I apply the remedy. It is not impes Louisiana and the disgraceful scan- if tlu'v 1? 'l1,1,11'11 l". v in leth dal of our Vienna commissioners. These stand out in bold relief on tlie panorama of our country's politics. ,vi 1 1 n , , 1 . .. hat snail we say then of our minor plottings and defraudings so success fully carried on in the radical gov ernments of the States and muniei oalities. A ith this load of corruption on its back will that party again achieve victory at the coming elections? If the dissatisfied grumblers of that or ganization and the democrats unite on democratic doctrines of reform and political integrity, we believe the most corrupt party this country lelti Hl-ni" 1. .nO-dnn.1 n-HI 1... l.,..a...i. v. . i. "..luuiiiei ni in; in iut n hi. the respective State elections during the coming fall campaigns. This will be a precursor of its total disso- lution. Willamette University-. We are in receipt of the catalogue of this University for the year 172-7.'. It shows the institution to be in a flourishing condition. The whole number of schollars in s.ttendance for the year were ".(FT, divided as fob lows: Collegiate, Classical. 2'): Col legiate, Scientific, J.0; Preparatory, 13 ; Academic, ll'J; Medical, 17. Tlie Faculty consists of seven teach ers, of which Prof. Gatch is Presi dent. New Papek. We are in receipt of a new paper, called the Tri W'ee hit Astoriaa, published by D. C. Ireland, Esq., formerly of this city. It is in dependent in polities and devoted to news and the interests of the town and county w here it is published. It is a small sheet, yet well filled with local and general news, and deserves the supjiort of the people of Clatsop county. We w ish it the best of success. At Their Tucks. The Padical pa pers have already commenced man ufacturing the Democratic candidate for Congress. These fellows' are ex tremely meddlesome in other neo- j pie's busbies. Not Impossible. From the 8. F. Examiner. One of the createst evils, if not the greatest of all that threaten govern- ment and society in this country at the present hour, is the corruption of morals that is eating into the heart whole edifice of American society w ill become a toppling ruin. The apathy with which the daily revelations of defalcations and frauds in public office are received by the people, and the listless air with which they hear of dishonest con duct in private stations of trust are lamentably significant of morbid conscience in the great body of the masses; and the increasing length of the daily criminal calendar, as well as the atrocious character of the crimes whien constitute it, betoken a callousness to the ascendency of evil tnan which nothing can be more alarming to tne future of our civili zation. While we boast of the present as an age of reform, social and political, j it is nevertheless a fact indisputable, that it transcends in moral uepravity the worst of all preceding ages. History may be challenged for the like, w ithout finding its parallel. In this country where s mirage and ed ucation are universal, in au epoch of enlightenment and material aggran dizement such as no century since creation's dawn can figure forth, the vi.y.i ii-.l i f wi-i .11 ri1 1 k 1 1 1 ill ii!li.ei! 1 u i- . v c, o i sitions, and of crime in civic hi'- is such as to stagger the beii f of those who still retain faith in human des i ..; ... . i-. 1 1U1U liu: lvoi.ii.iil a lav: l.iinv, . .. ci.i. . i .. .,ei., i. ...4 oiaies tioi ij int. miui.'u..ii r.i , I man, scarcely any puidie otiicor is free from imputation ot malversation i or neglect in the discharge of his j functions, aiid the telegraph daily brings us accounts of crimes of varieiit hiileohsness. from the terri ble butchery of the Bonders to the blood-curdling parricide 01 Wal worth, without causing more than a temporary disturbance of our atten tion to our ordinary daily business. One of the worst features of all is, the despairing attitude the people assume in the face of this condition of society. A clour ease of rob'oery of the vubiic funds is discovered. and the exclamation is at once made: I Mi. he will get oh; lie has mono will get oil"; lie It: and infiuonce; no jury will convict, or if should, pardon will follow." A most foul and unnatural murder is connaitt d, without the slghtpst at tempt at concealment or escape, anil the cry is again that the malefactor has m.moy, or friends, or interest of some sort, and eojiseonciitl v some frivolous pretext will be found for his release lroin the just penalty oi , '., i. intl 1 i 1 is too much foumL-.iion lor this uooular assumntion. is the ; iei ;i our remains. ioiic. . posi-: i tion, intlu'-nce woig'n move in this . .. 1 . 1 . . i r . .. : free country than in the absoiulest 1iwuf Km of iV'l old world, ami the grand end of our pro- i pi l IP IV seems to be the attainment f wealth and power whore thy have that immunity, which 1.; denied to tin 1 ior and lowly. Wind is the moral of nil this? It is perfectly obvious. The fault is in the people; the remedy lies with them, and unless the generation wishes to outlie the republican gov ernment established by their fathers, thev will awaken to the danger and argy. 111:11 iney win never ceieora.e the centennial of their independence. Extra vac.anc:: and Pomu.nY. 1 . , . I Tndianolis Siii,t'l. a Padu-al tour- 1 " nal, says there is " too much money paid out at Washington. Besides robbing the people, the Governnvi t extravagance corrupts the rn. The i.. ;.. i..,.i i:..7.- 1 1 econ.uny at the national capital would be a keen rebuke to unlimited extravagance in fashionable society, which runs the nation in debt by im portations of fo-eigii goods. But prodigality and waste of the peoj le's money amount to a crime." This is 1.. .' . 1 1... il.., , . . 1 . C j m ginning l(, i it- lXie gciieiai k'w oi J all honest people. j I lNM'NANT.-SupenutendcT.t Od.en- ' 0:11 "vva" 1S at Ui 110:"-tl ot Jndion ai- fairs, and who is pretty well known in Oregon, pronounces tlie statement that there is swindling going on in the Indian service si falsehood. Of course, we expected B nt. to say so; but that does not signify anything, Most Peni M-rats don't believe much j IK. K:lYSj .on We apprehend that our mutual friend James Elkins, would not be a good witness for our friend , A -ii Bent, to prove his veracity l'v. T .i , iii '.it- Luttrell knew wliat he was talking about, we suppose. The yt)nntnniri'r says, " Pepnbli cans of Eastern Oregon will claim the honor of naming the candidate for their party. Should this court esy be extended to them, they have a be m ill inai iney leei ssuisnea will DO acceptable to the party in all nor- ii. .i ii. r l .. i : i: - j -n tions ot the estate. That jirohahly means Per. Mr. Condon, or an obscure attorney nam- ed Whittier. Disheartening Intellkience. The London Time has no confidence in the declarations of financial and political reforms in the United States. The people of this country are in the same fix, unless they can succeed in removing from power the embeciles and thieves now controlling the nation. Summary of State News Items. , The measles still afflict Douglas eounty The Pantograph office has a youn lady compositor . rWvnllis merchants rav 221 cents per lb for wool. Wool has advanced to 22 cents in the Albany market. Harvesting has been commenced in Southern Oregon. P. S. Strahan has been appointed City Attorney for Corvallis. There were four public celebrations of the Fourth in Yamhill county. Jacob Poudebush, City Marshal of Jacksonville, died a few days ago. Ex-Congressman Slater dalivered the oration on the 4th at La Grande. The duties paid on railroad iron at 1J1C Hill..-' I'um vii ..". Astoria last month amount 10 Oak riahi Grange, at Halsey, Lin 11 county, has a membership of nine- tCa' . ... Tliere are two cargoes of wool lying at Umatilla Landing awaiting ship- ment. A man in Baker county is solicit- ,'ng subscriptions for a monument to Gen, Robert L. Lee. . The average attendance at the pub- lie schools in Astoria during the past year was about 100 pupils. At Eugene the National Anniver sary was more generally celebrated than on any former occasion. Eugene City has a man named Con nolly in jail to await the action of the grand jury for stealing blankets. The Baker City Ih mon at boasts of the comeliness of a number of stone buildings erected at that place. During the last thre years there has been paid on money orders at the Salem Post Ofiicedhe sum of .18,0n0. The body of Charles Bgcrs, who was drowned a fortnight since in Wallowa river, has been recovered. i ine enterprising pet rill . 1 i. 11 , l r ho miK.'-nt-Kiiif lii'iiii e or Weston ; nro oriraniing a joint stock coi.man the purpose of building a grist mill. The Corvallis Cinzfti-' savs .i lllC'l'e r,..i x . .. ,.,. .' i . - - !( 11 IW -J.i.M'V' irew.ru -ii:.u III , b i i.i. ... . ..;.. nit- ui-R'i'i ;.lio;i in 111.11 tin Ml -j.i 1 11 day. Mrs. Morford, widow of the late Judge Moiford, of Umatilla county. I keeps a restaurant at Humboldt Bav, j California. I Arrangements are being made o 1 an extensive scale ior a grand .iewi.-n picnic to be held at Albany on the LOth inst. A young man named Ezra Paddock ae.-idrvitly shot and killed himself, in Sweet Home V last week. .lley, Liun county, The Tillamook wagon road is i 1 good condition, and a hugtry may Douglas county, informs the '',.,'., now 1m driven from North Yamhill jrai,h that crops in that section au to lillamooiwLay. Oscar Mik-r, of Dalh-.s. has jrst re turned from the 0;-hoco mines an don't give a very liattering account j taino m llis vicinity is prospering, of the prospect there. j ()nr Pendleton correspondent r,i:- (V.l. Tiiiiics Kinnev, a former resi- I u:lt f the lh inst. sa;.: "'if. dent of Benton countv. who has been hiri.iers are busy harvesting tl.,i absent several vears in Central Anier- I l-a"1" b;ack i-ru kots are v,. u-a, reiarnod last wi-e.v t a meeting at Astoria last Tlmrs- ' ,1 day :.---i.t(K was -subscribed to the ;e,i tt..i- toria Farniers' w al'ehoust' v lUilpiilUV. i " - . , J.' "'V - 17 i. swejt mis ooen f?1101' ' "',uv !ls military iitru-t- or in the State Agricultural College 01 Oregon, at Lovvallis. ; Albany had an Indian war dance on the l'onith hulul' vd in bv Silei Coijiielle ami Calipooia Siwashes, and witnessed by numerous palefaces. The store of Shipley and IIinkle,at Philomath, Benton county, was bur glarized last Thursday night to the extent cf 100, coin, clothing. and a lot of Complete charts of the Columbia rivor bar and 11 -t hoals of Cathlaniot jav, six mile above Astoria, have l,(.en published by the United States Coast Survey. j T , , . ! John 1 razier si, farmer living on i v.;,...i. i". ....,...,. ..1; . . 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 v 11. . v. uiii iia v'.'uiii 1 , Jll eill- od 4,100 sheep this season, from which he realized ol.UJO pounds of wool, sheep averaging nearly S ths to the fiVoee. Mr. Chalmers, of Washington county, w as rat! 101- seriously injured (V an infuriated tiny last week. She rail one ol her horns into the ilosJiv part of his leg and threw him up in to the air. The Eugene Ciutrtl says: The out side walls of the basement story of the University building an about completed. There is considerable I ! 1.. 1 . 1- . 1 i 1 -i , . liisme duck w oik to no iione oclore j the joists can be laid. Tllo sir; savs: There is at this time ovt.r OIM, hundred tons of salmon at the wtiart liere, slnpment from I nsheries along the Columbia river. t ...... wl. i .iiiiiui.ia nil';. j 'Ihe Ajax, trip before the last, took away nearly 200 tons It is stated that some of the Indians on tin Umatilhi lli-mn-i-iiinr, .Uo satisfied. Some would like io go to the Wallowa, others to Simcoe, and others still to si proposed new reser- v.i.ion up the Columbia. . ie htate ireasurer advertises for 7" oi mi.wm ot ttuite , bounty bonds, and S-J, 0(10 of State rHi,,f i,n,i rri , ' , -"- : i pnds. llu ju-oposals ure t tne surrender of 4t..S(ld of S-it oe received till August '2, l.STU.atthe Treasurer's office, Salem. . The Citv Council of PovtTnnd 1 , " -i i i.s hist meeting Wednesday evening f leeted the following ollic: Audit- or, W. S. Caldwell; Servevor, W.S. Chapman; Attorney, M. F. Mulkev: ! f "Vw;i"tt'naIlt of Streets, Pobt. A. ; Habersham . j In tlie ease of the State of Oregon I J1- hiney, in tiie Circuit! 1 M?",". Slllf nb motion for smew I uuu a ini'rnueu and tne tteieiid ! aut was granted a stay of proceedings on an appeal to the Supeme Court. liaii was tixed at s-i,UU0. Mr. L. C. Burkhart, who resides just in the eastern suburbs of Albany, has commenced the erection of a large warehouse adjoining the rsul rosvl running through his farm. It is 50x25 feet, 10 feet in the clear, and will hold '20,000 bushels of grain, lie proposes to store grain at two cents per bushel, sacked. I A new paper, called thp P , i i, has been started at iVn.lla '"" Umatilla county. -"i"eton. county. The Salem fire bell M-as broke,, while sounding an alarm on Mon,h.', night. It cost SGOo. -uondax Judge S. E. Parr, ft.rmerl j Tort land, has been appointed lnsi,f.. t r 01 customs at Oystervilk-, W. T Gold diggings paying 4 per ,1 ,v to the hand, have been discovered o the Middle Fork of the Santiam river five milis below Donica's bar. 1 Mr. Win. Ilarman has been award ed the contract for the iron work of the new steamboat that is beiiv hmH at Portland for the W. p. T. Co Tliere were three funerals at Jack sonville on Sunday, the 2'.'th uJt very unusual circumstance in tiiVt place. The deceased were all adults Some slippery customer tried t,, ..1 1 e e - i . - - T, "v L 111 air-m 'onth e .-oiling of the Fourth bv ste-n jng the Treasurer's cash drawer brt it had been emi tit d, ' I J- I- Walker, who is survevin -- tile Xehalem Valley, savs th it 1,, ir hundred settlers could each find . hundred and sixty acres of good land' ! subject to entry in the valley. j Tbe Fmr(i milsl,ro is t.a hy the A,orest Ur(ve Jj j as having passed off pleasantly :ul ! successfully. There w as line inu.-ie and some good speeches. The down train of the 4th ran oytr a boy of J. S. M. Van Clove on tin' on the trestle work near East Port land. The boy was, of course, 1 afiy hurt, but it is thought he vvill recov er. Mrs-Thos. Evan, wifo of ti e pro prietor of the liuss House, Portiaial. was thrown from a wagon invliiea she was riding Thursday inornjiig and injured so severely that it is f, ,.r ed she cannot live. Two Baker City fellows have been arreslt d for selling whh-key to In dians. The Officers in Oregon :,pe;;. I uetormincti that that thh g si, all 1 c ' w..i.i. ..i 1 .11 vb-.bi- i..;...1...! ... ! nil',' -.'I, i.ii'i nil iinu U11IKU U ' 1- i -1 1 ' - 1 j pie approve. 1 j Sprag'ue Ilolman of Portland, v.' o J had be n mis i g s.nce We :.t-x v 1 ..,..1 !.-,.; . , : ceiiiiij, lias j .'Mm 111 i iiio. ii:' ei . 11 . lt i ieao, n ine earin vault oi me t 1;- j .ua11.11, 1100 1. iiien lie nau lalit 11 ....1 ir 1 1. . 1 i- 11 in an epileptic, fit. j The m my friends of A. Hollar., j better ku wn as "Mannie,'" viiii, t git t to J".iiTi t:.at lie is l:n i low :-.t Eig'nt Mile Croei;, in -j .... e I county. Mr. Holland was f.r na;1. v voars a citizen of this idace. 1 ! The La Grande 'c savs t' Commissioners were mu--:i surpris-l w hen they first entered the W.di.v.;. the valleys being of a greater iin-i.:-tude and iresenting an opening f ; agriculture at.d stock raising tiay hail little dreamed of. W. F. Benjamin, of Ga!esilh in( .0 I good : the minin-'- season h.-es I.e.- . . usually iavoraine one as a fr'-nev..! thing more so than usual, ai d ee: v- 11 r i suen countless nuniiK is m jsarts -f ! the oonntrv. tiiat tbev ib-stvo-- I 0-,.., 0-,,d .','ii t-;,,,-, , ,f i .'I j t.ulm, iu their wav 1 'Pi . . . t . : .. i . ,f 11 . -11 - , , . J--.e ooieits oi ine ooiiirovve I Association, recently organized l,,st.urg, asset forth b the C,,i. tntion. is "for mutind i,r,,....f: j against cdl rings and mono; tidies w iaii e ei' I t.'li! tney mav exist tt,;:t rt ! '"'' in ' wy detrinu-nta! to the in- ' te.restsf the producing and lain.,; cias-es. Als, ior giving aid r.vciv- ing instruct ons m all that p naii.s to agriculture; also tin bive.iin.e a-id roaring- of domestic animals and 'die embellishment of our homes.' Ihe ku'j r?.'. io u ist savs: The sever est had storm ever known in ( )reC"i. passed ovii- Scoggin-i' Valley in the western --ortion 01 Washingt(n im;ui ty, on the "i'dli nit. The storm cam-.' from the west, black fearful. w ith t i rilic thunder said Cightning. ?Ir. S. E. Wilcox informs -us that in the od ley it almost destroyed the crop i f Mr. (roorge Davis. 'The hail was sd most conlined to thisplai e. It kii'ad oyer a hum. red ehickens, and b :t his crop into the. ground. The kal in low phv-es was piled to the dcjitJi 01 two loot. Touching the? progress' ve spiri ei Journals n in Shis country, tlie S: Louis Ih;iun m! justly remarks tL.it "the Congressman of to-dav is tut nan as gresit a man m the eyes i i his constituents us his prL,lece oi twenty yesirs ago was; and it notbecav.se lie knows less than predecessor knew, but because Li constituents of to-day know so mva!o more, through the newspapers. t!.;:'- th io constituents of twenty years a-.- .pi f . 9 , ' th-motntt might have added t; while I ongres: inen nr.' ln-co?r::- less and less objects of esteem suul confidence, from their notorious y ' -and corrupt practices, the respecta ble newspaper press is continually rising higher and higher in the seal' of o oular regard and practical ia-Q Hue nee " OroiiT to-be ISEiirKi:i lodo A'.o' insists that th .The 1- e Senate i f tt i ie United States should refuse cn- tirtue, thm .if .Tulm Th'lrlia!ll O ..ft,..'. . " . .. vis. i -vtmister to .Japan, necause -i t . . , T . r,a. ! RUl!l,ol't t( tlu' 1 lKk 1VA.V LllL A t,', i jority of that- body passed thy buI- i and " the President who appoint' iliiu signed it. They are not lilv fiv lkwlr .in theinsel ves. lhel' ! are too manv Binghams in the M ft - ---- -- ate. In Tiiorm.E. Our Badical fr:rls are in considerable trouble about a candidate for Congress. Tue. of tbo Mitchell organs have already signi fied their willingness to eat the Corbet t element will r them to eat. They are rt anything to " harinoniz organs know that whoeve date is, he will be de' their generosity. 0