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Tnr EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL. "FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1888. 1-KRSONALS. Mrs. Melson of State street is quite ill. went to Portland V. J. Herren toay. Mrs. Jos Aiken has gone to Port land to live. Miss Mary Hill went to Portland on tbc morning train. George Hatch goes to-morrow to Yaquina for fifteen days. It. H. Dearborn returns from Me hania In improved health. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh and family have gone to Wllhoit Springs. J. P. Veach is back from his three weeks trip to Santa Rosa, Cal. Dr. T. D.McCauley leaves Stay ton to take up his residence in Seattle. Mrs. Dr. Slatten and daughter went to Portland to-day to remain. Warden McKinnon at the peni tentiary is oil duty on account of siekness. Rev. J. L. Parrish and wife arrived home Wednesday evening from Forest Grove and Portland. Mrs. Dr. Mary A. Thompson of Portland is staying at ex-Justice J. O'Donald's, on High street. E. L. L. Johnson has gone to jan Francisco on a business and pleasure trip. Chas. Piper is back in the store. Mls Addle, daughter of Capt. L. . Lovell, is not recovering from her nekucf-1 which threatensto run into typhoid fever. Mrs. Allan Rhodes and son Clyde have pone to Mount Hood forrecrea .tion. Tf anybody should discover i United States flag or a white hand kerchief waving from the summit kt them conclude the Salemites have made the ascent. trip through Oregon is becom ing very fashonablo with California people. On the morning overland Win were Mr. and Mrs. Gill on their bridal tour. Mr. Gill is the tead clerk of the Southern Pacific Wght department, nt Sacramento. Mrs. Rachel Earle, of Grande Ronde, Polk county, daughter of Vr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson, ar- ired by yesterday's train from ilifornia. Mr. Earlo remains here for medical treatment from hicli he finds marked benefit, and opes soon to return in greatly un loved health. Commission Merchants. Even the granger who shakes the hayseed from his hair while he discusses the profits made by "mid dle men," cannot yet altogether dis pense with the services of commis sion merchants. But greater caution should be observed in consigning produce. Some of them have little or no financial responsibility, and too many of them break over the business rule and the law against speculating with the produce sent them to sell solely on commission. The Statesman this morning justly scares the firm of Barclay & Robin son, of Sau Francisco, for not sell ing Marion county consignments when importuned to do so, and so in volving the fanner in the bank ruptcy of the S. F. ilrni in nearly sixty dollars charges over receipts. The JouuxaIj is credibly in formed that a Salem man is out over $S00, having ut terly tailed to get money or ac count of sales although they had frequently acknowledged that part of his potatoes were sold. A merch ant in another part of this county was congratulating himself that he had drawn on the same commission men and had his drafts honored before their collapse. But, hey presto ! comes a change. The re ceiver sends in a bill to reclaim a thousand dollars. A - A MONSTER LUMUKR RAFT. C'sar-Shapetl Mass Weighing Fif teen Thousand Tons, Contain ing Three Million Feet and Valued at Eighty Fix e Thousand Dollars. Snfclj Toned rrom Xova New York. More About the 1'ire. Tlio origin of the fire yesterday morning, over Gibson it Singleton's drug store, is still a mystery. Dr. Smith asserts that lie left neither fire nor light burning in the room. He found near the outside office door papers with kerosene ontlicni,and a box that he knows nothing about. But he can conceivo of no reason why any one should desire to injure him by incendiarism. If anything of that kind was attempted it is most dastardly being in the heart of the business portion of tlie city. All parties owning property involved wore very v it-ely insured. The State Insurance eompany yesterday adjusted the los of Dr. II. Smith by the preceding night's fire by paying him $03. Gibson & Singleton's loss was fixed at $14.50, which will be dovided between the State and the Northwest Fire and Marine. The building belongs to the estates of J. H. and Mrs. I. R. Moorcs and is in sured in the State, Hartford, Home and Phoenix companies, so the loss, which docs not amount to over ?10U, will be settled in full. THE WAKD UOIIMJXRIUS- Marrylng "Itoyalty." Some American ladies are accused faring to Europe to marry tiristo- nts and titles. But Salem has an S stance of an European coming to ilem nnd earrvlnir off a "roval" ide. The fortunate groom is a te, Christian gentleman, Rev. wold Oberg, a nativeof Denmark, itnow a thorough American citi- . The accomplished bride, but ) longer "Royal," is well known 1 highly esteemed. Harold Oberg and iEolia F. Royal, 4h A.B., of '88,weremnrriedin Dal- Wednesday. Itis tho purpose of k Oberg to continue his studies in theological school at Evanston, J-mMkI afterwards enter the minis- Ipiri Oregon. Botli are graduates n the Willamette University. iUm lluMness Jlen Ar-p-reelMed. h i only a few days binco that e employment of Ex-Sheriff to W. Minto by Messrs. Staver Walker, in a very responsible po n was noted. Now tho same calls for another Salem man ' ex-official of Marlon county, 1 George Mack, late doputy ly clerk, who exchanges his (ion in Ladd & Bush's bank one in Portland. Sad tUe Jonrnil Abroid. leoiwidemblo number of extra fe of tho weekly are printed to- f- uu those who desire to send a paper to frlonds who are en- Htog about Snlom are wolcome to sail ready for mailing if they 'U and leave the addrossoa. riltry Stkolirsklps. ytfintendeut Yoder deeJNs to the fact that only threoof nOe H'linWslil.w nt tlin fitntn ""', to which Marion eouuty p"u, are vet taken. Iinme- -Vatjll 1 ra.l,.n .,!... 1.1 .A..,..,1i r..w r"MiMuii milMilt LK JlUtui; twi Far Silr. w pUno h bargain. It will Wke Inquiry at tills offlce. aug-20-tf. peiCryiwPiicler'sCastiria The lire bell may sound out the number of the ward in which a con flagration is occurring never so dis tinctly nnd it will be of no use in directing persons to the scene if, ns usual, nine out of ten ask in be wilderment whero is tho ward signified by the bell. Below wo give the boundaries so that they can be kept by the reader for reference: First ward, all that part of the city north of Center street. Second ward, all north of Court street to Center street. , Third ward, all north of Ferry street to Court street. Fourth ward, all south of Kerry street. Cut this out nnd paste it on the back of the door through which you usually go when you run to n fire. N. B. Don't forget to look at it before you go tearing madly down the street hunting for tho fire. . Home Again. Mr. E. B. Piper, city editor ot the Statesniau.than whom 'there are few superiors on the Pacific coast in his line, returned to-day from Califor nia. As ho was part of the time at Napa, where the writer was once principal of tho public schools, we would gladly have interviewed mm. But as ho had his sister, Mrs. Lang- don, Miss Addio Scrlber and Miss Cospor, nnd numerous "big boxes, little boxes, bandboxes and bundles" under his wing, so to spotik, forbear- niioo facemed to bo a virtue. Wol come back to homo, the social circle, tho bicycle, pencil, paste pot and shears. v I'nMUktJ To-day. The Wkkki.y Capita & Jouhnal was published this morning, with forty-eight columns of fresh and choice reading matter. Original and carefully written editorials, spicy locals, the latest telegraphic nows, Interesting corroBioiidenee, and well selected news miscellany. Tho resources of Oregon and of the Wlllametto Volley In particular are dwelt on with care and emphasis. An excellent newspaper to send to your frionds. Subscription price 1 a year in advance. s Cream wxla, ice cream Kxk, milk shakes, lemonades at Strong & Co.'s GbillreH GryftrPitcber'sCastsrla s many readers of the Jouknwt. are interested in, or observers of, lumbering operations, it is believed that an account of a recent great venture will be acceptable reading. Hugh R. Robertson, of St. Johns, N. B., has long believed that great expense could be saved by towing an immense raft of logs from Canada to New York, instead of loading them on ships. It will be remembered that he patented a plan and attempted it last vear, but in a gale the tug parted from it and it drifted off causing great fear of a collision with some ship. However, it broke up and no dam age ensued. Robertson and J. D. Leary tried another one this year, with marked success. It is an enormous affair and looks in the water like some prehistoiic whale or the upturned bottom of a giant ship. It is cigar shaped ; 592 feet long, o5 feet beam, tapering to V2 feet beam at tho end, 3S feet in depth or hold and draws 22 to 23 feet of water. It contains 21, 300 spruce and pine logs, ranging from 25 feet to a" feet in length, with a diameter, nt the butt, of from 11 to 20 inches. It weighs about 15, 000 tons, contains about 3,000,000 feet of lumbor, board measure, oot when launched $60,00(1 and K worth from $S0,000 to Bo.000 delivered in New York. It was bound together with fifty eight triple bands of seven-eighth-incli criiciblo steel who ; through the center thero runs a double one and a three-quiutor-inch cable, which is connected with the wire bands by cross cables. Forty-live miles of wiro and 3,500 feet of cable were used. This went to Nova Scotia from American factories duty free, being for rc-shipment. The great mass was built on stocks and launched like a ship, and was towed from the center cable. The fee for towing it was i?o,000. To bring this in the ordinary way nouid have required forty-llvo schooners at a total cost of at least ?30,000, a saving in favor of tho raft of?31,000ormore. Many attempts wero made to aniioy the promoters of the enter prise. Owners of lumber coasters' endeavored to have congress pass a bill prohibiting such rafts in the American Avators, and Canadian oi ponents claimed that tho timber was intended for manufacture abroad and was consequently liablo to the export duty of $1 per thou sand feet broad measuro that Canada imposes on timber exported for manufacture. Those obstacles were, however, successfully over come. It is probable that next year will see several such rafts built, and Messrs. Robertson fc Leary con fidently expect that ere many yearn they will send groat timber rafts to Europe. The noxt raft will bo sup plied with steering apparatus, and tho logs on tho bottom will bo peeled, thus tho raft will give much less resistance to the wator and will glide along much faster witli tho same expenditure of force. Tho having effected by this mode of transportation is immense. First tliore Is tho saving in freight, and it costs little if any moro to build such a raft than to stow the same quantity in schooners. If the timber is intended for manufacture the Canadian export duty is $1 per 1,000 feet, while tho United States imposes a duly of $2 per 1,000 feet on manufactured lumber. But under our laws unmanufactured timber comes In free of duty, so that a raft of these dimensions (300,000, 000) of fine timber, Intended to bo sawed here, would pay a Cunadlan export duty of $8,000 and 3vo the Tutted States import duty of $0,000 were it already cut into beams, boards, etc. It would lie cut up Here ami jjive LOCAL XOTHS. Call on Winters & Thomas for tho best groceries in town 1 Painless dental oiwrations at Dr. T. C. Smith's, 02 State street. It is said that 0,000 people wit nessed Sells' circus in Portland. Cream soda, ice cream soda, milk Scotia to sunues, lemonades, at Strem: & Co.'s Willamette Assembly of tho Knights of Labor will meet to-night. If you have oats to sell read the ad of E. E. MeKinney & Co., Tur ner. Sells' Bros.' mammoth circus will parade the streets Tuesday of next week. To-morrow afternoon Rev. Win. Rollins will administer baptism by immersion ititho creek. The circuit court will meet In Salem to-morrow to attend to some unfinished business. Mr. Judson, who lives near Pros pect Hill, brought in a line lot of peaches to Weller Bros., to-day. Tho price of wheat is still upward in tendency. Yesterday one load sold as high nsGli cents per bushel. McMinnviUo people believe that they have fully quarantined their smallpox case and that it will not spread. There is talk of getting a cotton mill at Oregon City. Tho magnifi cent water power thero ought to be more fully utilized than it is. The Oregoniaii says the Catholic church at Salem is to have its win dows made at the Art glass works here. There are to bo eight me morial windows in the building. There is some likelihood of Dallas gaining and Salem losing M. J. Wilklns, late steward of tho asylum. Mr. Wllkins and family are too desirable members of society to be willingly given up. Owing to the hurried report of tho funeral of Rev. Dr. Roberts, yesterday, which took place as we went to press, the name 6f Dr. Tower, who ollercd the very fervent and appropriate prayer, was omitted. Conflicting reports are received about Layton Tlndall, who was struck so severely on the head by Win. Davis, of the threshing ma chine, at Ballston, some time ago. Some late advices say ills recovery to mental and bodily soundness is quite doubtful. Good schools do much to build up a town. Salem realizes that. Mix. S. E. String, of Junction City, is visiting the faintly of M. G. Wllkins, and will locate here as soon as she can find a house to rent, so as to send her children to school. "Edward, why do I hear that you luivo dlsobeyod your grandmother, who told you Just now not to Jump down these stops'.'" "Grandma didn't tell mo not to, papa; sho only came to the door nnd said, 'I wouldn't jump down tluo steps, boys.' And I shouldn't think she would nil old lady like her." No band concert to-night as Prof. Cooiner lias sevored his connection with the 2d regiment baud to nccept a more remunerative position in Portland. The many creditable public performances of those under Ills instruction, as well as ills own splendid and often original solo playing on the cornet, have well demonstrated his skill. In tho musical line he will he much missed in Salem. 3IISCKI.lAXKOtl9. T. McF. PATTON 1-Ia.s just received NEW STOCK Cambridge Bibles, Plain and Fancy Stationery, Embossed Scrap Pictures, Birthday Cards, Day School Rewards, nn i vet i norm MAi a ii a i Natural Law in theSpiritual World 25c, Leather Card Cases, Leather Pocket Books, Leather Purses, London Incandescent Steel Fens, Nos. 1, 2, 3, III l I u I t 1 J , !i & f! ., W XV u, OS, STATE ST Afino Wriliiig Tablets. SALEM, OR G. W. JOHNSON'S CLOSING r U v j -OF nluyineut to men York in em around how iiHteiid of men in the wild of Nova SeotiH. Tliirt io not the only economy, however. There id grout waste In timber wwed or nwiiu fucUired where grown. All the wxirfetuirb left behind. In fuet, it l entiututed that the ordinary wuate weuld pwy tho freight of h ntft. 1)1 KI. I.AWRKKCK. At liM hOiiM a f totttli of Hah, WedBenUjr, AHftwi Hng. rf OHUMmMtoii. Jvt Invent He whs buried yeMerdny afternoon at 4 o'eloek In the I. O. O. V. eeme-tery. A Sid Corlffif. At the dopot today, Ford'H liearne nnil a number (if carriages wero awaiting the arrival of the I2U n. in. train with tho remaliiH of Mr. t. I). Urower, of Yaqiilnn, who died after a few daj-H lllnos yehtorday, August 28d, 1888. Sho woh the daughter of Mr. Hum C. Klchoy, a well known Oregon pioneer, brother of Mm. Dr. "W. C. "Warrlnor, former ly of this county. Mr. Clilllnghain Ih her coumIii. Her huaband and their only child, a boy orolghtyoars, Mr. and Mre. Jtloliey and Mr. It. A. Htralford accompanied the reumliiH here. At tho depot they were met by Mw. and Mlwt OrHceOlllliigliHin, Mr. William ISodnwii and wire, a sinter of Mrn. Urowcr, Hiid Mr. S. B. Itlehey her brother, mid wife, from J'oitlaiid; and by Klder lliirnett, iwwtor, mid Dencoii H. A. Jiiiiiwoii and J. W. Webb lute ittwtor of the Christian church, Salem. The r. maiiirf, after appropriate hervlccs were laid to rent In the I. ). O. F cemetery. Ifirklfi'i Aral' Blio The bent salve In the vorld f itit,brulMg, sores, ulcere, HiUtrlu-ur.. fever tmnm, tetter, ohappe hmi-I-clillblMltiH. corns, anil all nkln unit tUrn, and positively oureabllw, no jmy required. It la gulrmit! to give perfect satUfaetloii, ot mom.) refunded. Price 25 cents nr l" For wl ' Dr. H. W. Cox. Clolliing, Cents' PiiriiisliiiiK Goods MATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES. I now oiler mv entire utouk at actual llrnt cohI. and until I find auuh a buyer 1 will continue to gull at retail at greatly induced pricuH. I have the iargol mid iih well Selected xtouk utt you will dud 111 Buloni. My object in cloning out Ih that I may devote my wholo altimtlou ! my hiislnoftrt In Solo. Call early and see trie bargains I have to offer you. , G. W. JOHNSON, 235 COMMERCIAL STRKKT, THE BEST STOCK OF STOVES IN THIS CITY IB AT R. M. WADB & CO'S 282 to 286 Commorcial Street, SALEM. AND Gai'laml Stoves, Charter Oak Stoves, Brighton Rang MANY OTHER LEADING STYLES, Ab a ftipltte Stork f llirthurc awl Fan Slacliiwry, WagNW ami Carriages