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9 L P ruber VOLUME VI. ALBAXY. OREGON. DECEMBER 3, 1878. NO. 2. TELEGRAPHIC. Plymouth Church Is still in trouble about the expulsion of Titton. Ijh of discipline is clrarged nglnt Beech er. Itffernal machines have tx'cn revived Again. The Intent a box full of powder, ball and Inciter matches,' sent to Comptroller Green, ot New York. Fortunately lt character was discovered before it was opened. ;0b the evenlng.of the 21th nit. two young men. named E. Dunn and Clark, entered the limine ot a man limed Meyer, near Lexington. Mo ami Insulted the ladies of Hie family. Meyer and his son-in-law fired on the young men. killing both. The coron er' Jury returned a verdict of justi fiable hoiuieiile. The first mortgage boimdhb'ders of the St. Joseph "and Denver Railroad Instituted a suit at Tojteka. Kansas, , Nov. 25th, for the. puroe of fore- Closing inc mnngiige on luni ihm;. iimu felling the road alid its land. The February to August Interest for 1S73, due And unpaid, amounts to $,'ijO,000; amount of bonds, $7,000,000. iX New York on November 25fli, the Wall street market was excited by the reduction in the llank of England rates to (i tier cent... the gain of 1.065,- 000 pounds of bullion bv the Bank for the Week, nu advance in securities in London, a decline in money to 4l,6 per cent, in open'. market, and Mr more peaceful ivorts on the Spanish question. All this causes a, buoyant feeling oil Exchange. Prices have advanced on Muling shares per cent,, with laree dealingsT After meridian a change was brought about br realizations in the Mock hxc.hnnge, and Vague rumor about Sickles feav bur Madrid. Kx-Govertior ami ex-Senator Rich ard Tate, of Illinois, died suddenly on the night of November 27th, at Barmiin's Hotel. St. Imis Mo., at the age of 95 years. A feartul tragedy occurred at Har- mdsbnrg, Kentucky, November 27th. Tlie trial of a suit. In which P. B. Thompson. Sr.. was principal on one side, ami Theodore Ifcivk Sr.. ou the Other, was in progress, and each priiis Cipnl was attended (luring tne witoio trial by his sons, fully armed. At the close ot t lie testinioiiy. while the lawyers were preparing instructions preparatory to commencing (Ihj argu ment, a son of Thouisoii and a son of Davis moved towards tlie iloor, ml lowed by tive others, awl in a moment Urine commenced by which party it Is not known. Many sliots were fired. Theodore Davis, Sr.. and his -sou Larry Were instantly Rilled, and The Wore Davis, Jr., mortally wounded. The latter has since died. P. B, Thompson, Sr , and his two sons, P. Jt.. Mid i. 15.. are slightly wounded. Two of the "Tammany Ring." have been convicted ol forgery and sentenced to imprisonment. Jas. If. Ingersoll. onvlchij of forgery upon tlie county during the King was sentenced. November 2'th. to five years in tlie State prison at hard labor. John D. Waringtnn. for the same offense, was sentenced to eighteen months impris onment. Baltimore. Md completed taking iep census NoVeniber 2Sth, which hew; her to have a population of mm. TImi great Hoosae tunnel was opetied on Thanksgiving day. It is announced for Massachusetts that hottld (lie times continue as they have Been during f lie past two or three weeks, all the mills of the State will bo running again by January, which will be. joy fill news to operatives. At Washington, November 2Sth, the young colored man, Henry; Young 'alias Charles Williams, convicted of the murder of Frank Holm, was hung In the jail yard. Tony Unsworn snot ana ku(ci ins brother George with a Henry rifle, a few day; ago, at Camp Grant, Arizo na." Both under the Influence of liquor. At Gold nilli Nev., on the evening Uovember 27th, Win. Graut, while wailing for the passenger train to Vir- fihlia City, aaideiitally stepped off ic platform, a distance of five feet, breaking his hip. From Gold Hill, Nevada, under date of November 2rtth, we have this i At about 8 o'clock this morning three men, including the foreman of Silver Hill mine, in Lower Oold Hill, met with a most miraculous escape front death. Tbev had barely stepped on the cage at the lop of tlie shaft 'wheti they were precipitated with great rapidity to the water in a'lump at the bottom, a distance of 330 feet. Not withstanding the imminent peril In which the party Were Involved", Mrj Ford, the foreman, had suflolent pres. . Boaf uUiKl ttoiflirow up Mm mide tot On bonnet of the ctfgej thereby pre- venting the men from being burled under 1.200 fret of wire cable, webrh- hnr at least a ton. nis nronmt iitl in the matter saved the lives of the entire naitv. The men who were in the center compartment 1 of the shaft escaped drowning by crawling through Into the pump compartment, from whence they were hoisted to the sur- lace oi rue mum. Ross Tweed was taken to the Pent tniitiarv on Blackwell's Island No vember 2!)th. Frank L. 'fainter, rtef.uilting Cash ier of tlie Atlantic Bank. New York. was sentenced on the 49th nit, to seven years in the penitentiary. IL, In New York, on the 2rrh nit. Judse Davis fined Graham. Fullerton and Biirtlot. senior of Tweed's counsel in i he late trial, $250. after, giving them a sharp lecture for Drench ot morals in handing him a paper giving reasons why lie would not. preside at tlie trial. The junior counsel ras let off with a reprimand. Tffe crfnrt was densely racked withdiitingiii-hed lawyers, and Judge Davis' remarks were frequently applauded. Early on the morning of November 29th, In East St. Louis, there were burned Livingstone & Co.'s planing mill, lumber yard, wagon and black smith shops and sVvb1 small tene ments. Loss, $100.1 00 to $150,000. A dispatch from St. Alban states that Alison J. Crane, of Biiriington. Assistant Collector of Internal Rev enue for the Third District of Ver mont, has been d. .i ned a defaulter to the amount of $17. 00. Senator Ed munds is one of hi j bondsmen, who are expected to ma cation. Crane sa Collector, embezz'' good tlie defal Je we)l former the monev. Democratic members-of the Hone. in caucus, have determined to nominate Representative Cox for Speaker. General Maxwell will contest, the seat of Cannon, Mormon delegate from Utah, on tlie ground of the latter 's ineligibility, because he is living in violation of a CoiigwMofial law pro hibiting polygamy, and that Camion Is not a five moral agent, having taken an oath, which he considers binding, that he will obey the Mormon revel ation with reference to polygamy and orders from Brig'ulm Young", upon certain pain and penalty of death for disobedience. All the "votes cast for Cannon were under this oath. There are nineteen other reasons agakist Cannon. Special dispatches report tefween sixty and seventy ewes of smallpox in Toronto, only twelve of which are at the hospital. A mau who died from it tlie other da v. received a public funeral; lieiioe the disease spread. It is also repotted to be spreading in sev eral Provincial towns and villages. From Amsterdam we have (he fol lowing: Tlie steamer Kmiig M'i(!.eh, from New York, which arrived at Southampton, on the 2Gtlu and pro ceeded for Bremen, has gone ahore near Nieuve Din p. on thecoast of Hol land. Passengers are all sate. Two tnes arc trvlne to haul her off. It is expected she will have to be unloaded before she can ne gotaiioat. The bullion in (he Bank of England. has increased A1.OS5.00O. The bank rate is reduced to six per cent. The Itothsclr'ds announce a Hns- sian loan of $75,000,000. Telegrams from Madrid, Spain, dated November 27th, state that: (ar fagenia was bombarded by laud lot teries eight hours yesterday. The tow:i and the man-of-war Mentfsz Nunez replied with vigor. The outly ing fort Don Juan was silenced by tlie. fire of the beseigers. It Is reported that Its commandant and several other officers were killed. The insurgent fleet in the liarboj gotupsteam to-day, what purpose lias not j et been devel oped. Rebel readers, through the ad mirals ot torcign s iniuirons, nave ro queted a trnce o! two .hours. It is believed that propositions for the sur render of the city will soon be made. Washington datn to November 2?tb gay: There is great, activity at the Navy Department nxiav. l tie xcw- tary of the Nav: lias returned audjiad eonrerence witn several neaos ot bureaus. A largo number of officers are being ordered to duty. There is great unwillingness to give Informa tion at tne present stage ot negotia tions, although, it lias been repeatedly denied that Gen. Sickles has left Madrid for Paris, and that the 17rflin ius has been scuttled. These reports arc persistently circulated to-day. and are believed by many . The reluctance of exceutlvf officers to converse on tlx subject is regarded as calculated to les sen the hope now entertained of a neaceful solution of the difficulty :, but at present nothing official lias been made known to warrant a. definite statement concerning it. It is stated ou good AutfcorUr flH mem nas exwweu me nine ior epMii to make definite reply 'to WH- him. Dispatches of an elaborate eliar-ai- were recdveil from Madrid No vember 27th giving an iiccwiuf of nu in terview between Sickles and theSpau Ish Minister of Foreign Affiiirs. Onlers have been given to recruit the marine corps up to tlie mil standard provided by law. " It is rumored in Naval circles that Admiral Porter will command the West 'Indian squadroH. but there is no official knowledge of the matter. . On the 23th the following dispatch arrived in cipher, from tlie New York Herald's correspondent in Madrid: Tlie situation Is a grave one. On the lflth hist. Gen. Sickles, bv order of President GrAnt, delivered a formal ultimatum to President Casfehir, de manding prompt and vigorous repara tion for the insult to .h U. S. flag; the restoration ot tlie Vlrat'iiiitx : the release of surviving prisoners; indem nity to families of the murdered and the" punishment of the murderers, and also a guarantee against further out rages in Cuba. Tlie demand was couched in a kind mid sympathetic tone, but no alternative Was given. Gen. Sickles was so instructed to snv that IfCustelardid not comply with the demand in a week, he should ask for a passport ami leave Madrid with the legation. The time expires to-day and no answer has yet been received. r.verything at the legation is packed up ready tor immediate departure. Sickles has no hope that the nltimatnm will be complied with. . He telegraphed to Paris yesterdav to have all bis offi cial correspondence that might be there kept for a few days. Sickles in conversation, said lie did not see how war could be avoided, as Castelar can give no assurances tliat his onlers will be obeyed in Cuba. The public feei ng is also opposed to col icesa ions, Unless Castelar responds litis evening. Gen. Sickles will leave Immediately. All American ships in tlie Mediterra nean have been ordered to Key West. In the event of Gen. Sickles leaving. the British Minister will probably pro tect the archives and American resi dents. Castelar is personally anxious to accept tlie British Minister's gnol offices to effect a compromise, but there is no hope to higlit. Penitentiary nupermtendent liiH Watkiiids reached San Francisco on the 2Sth. to bring hack Bargeman, alias Schnlt, captured in California recently, an escaped convict from the Oregoti Penitent iary. Mat. Bledsoe aceompttited Watkiiids to the jail, and Doth recognized the prisoner as the man Wanted. Sclmltz seemed dejected at his capture, ami stated that be did not expect any light treatment on his return to Salem. . rt tr rnxsr v. v.. R. R. Thompson's steam plow lias been at work on his Yamhill farm, and is said to perform wcU, Tlie Swinomisa flats are described as lieing the lest lands in Washington Territory. The flats are ten miles long and five or six wide, and are caused by tlie overflow of the Skagit, and are rich to tlie bottom that is deep down, and no one has yet been able to reach it. The flats have all lieeu taken by actual settlers, and there is no land now vacant. Every place is dyked, and the slough; thus formed are navigable at high water. Farmers require no roads off t heir own lands, but sell to sloops and schooners on the slough, or else boat their own produce to market. During the past fall two threshing machines have been constantly employed, and have turned out an immense amount of grain. Oats and barley are the chief produc tions. Sam. and Tom Calhoun had 130 acres in. and reaped a iuirvest of 10.400 btishelaV On another farm 3,700 bushels were taken from 40 acres. Stockton, California, dates to No vember 23th. give this : At the Gar den race course hi tlie trolling yester day, mile bents, 3 in 5, there were three entries- -Hazard. Culver and Snowstorm. Tlie race was closely contested. Considerable money vas staked. Culver won tlie first two heats, when the backer of Hazard de manded a new driver, and the third and fourth heats were won by Hazard. Owing to tlie darkness (he race was postponed until to-day. This atter uoon, when tlie liorses got tlie word. Culver led all around the track, but was closely pressed on tlie home stretch; bv Hazaid. when Snowstorm indulg ed in a run and passed Hazard, run ning over his leg and pocketing him, thus giving Culver, tlie heat. As Snowstorm passed the Judges' stand his driver, Charley Blood, was greeted with curses and a shower of missile. And the driver of Hazard, without dis mounting trow the sulkey, eoHinwne- eda vigorous chastisement with a horse ynip- I Biwwrtorm 1 1 wa I mi jftejqiwrter-ltorse to; avoid thl pun ishment, biit Hazard's driver followed him to tlie quarter tiole. plying the whin Over his face, head and shoulders without merer, ffie crowd crying out. "Kill Mm." Give It to Mm," etc. The Judges gave the beat, race and money to Culver, and severely reprli ma tided the driver of Snowstorm and ruled him off the track for one year. More permanent imprnveme'tits have been made in Seattle this 5'ear than for some time previous. A goodly numlh-r of dwelling-houses some of them very cos'tly two public school houses, aiid mi!ch road work, have gone toward tlie mentioned Improvements. In flic C. S. Circuit Court at San rmnclscoon the2Nrh. In the rase ot the officers of the ship .vimrw. con victed of horrible cruelty to sailors on a recent voyage, Cant, Clarke was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and to go to the county jail for eighteen months; first mate Harris sentenced to the Stale prison for four )-ears at hard lalior. and second mate , Maloney to sixty days :n Hie county jail. A volcano has broken" out in the Pinto mountains, ten mile; eat of Eureka. Nevada. H-avv Black smoke constantly issues from the crater. Traek-!avlng re-commenced on the Northern t teifle railroad on (Jne '25th nit. 'Track i being put down (it the rate of one ami a half to two miles a day. Taeoina is exiiected to be reached by the 15th lost. Hands are paid off every Saturday. Barcelia Fmgli, a native of, and re cently arrived from Italy, wasarresled November 23th. on a charge of rape on the person of Francisco Rlcheda. a Clillil of eight years m age. am! daugh ter of an Italian violin player. A medical examination has lieen made which proves that the oflense lias been committed. A dispatch from Wilmington, Del.. Nov. 14th says: Gov. Pender to-day .appointed ex-United State Senator Willard Salsbnry to be Chancellor in place of Judge Bales. The ex-Senator Is brother-lu-law to the Governor. His reputation while In the Senate is will known to the country, and his habits since lie left it have bv no means improved ; on tlie contrary bis consti tution has shown signs of being e riously shattered, anji hh health ha become so Inquired th it. be has been Under medical treatment in Philadel phia for several weeks, reluming home to Delaware within a few days. The appointment will Live great pub lic dissatisfaction, thnrgh it lias been to some extent anticipated. Tlie town of Dnyfmi, W. T., Is n dy a year and a hail' old. and has a popu lation of several hundred, with schools, preaching, brick buildings, roads, and other good things fir hi teivanct M towns of its age. The only wonlfli mill in the Territory is located them, and is just fairly starting on a splendid business. The first blankets and stocking yam were turned out a few days since, and very shortly the .factory proposes to monopolize the clothing business of that section by fnnitslimga lietter article at a lower rate. The town is ten miles from Waitsbnrg, twenty from Walla Walla, and fifty from Wallnla. It is located in tlie midst of a splendid agricultural region, and grain, fruits and stock are the principal productions. Beef is very low 31,, cents a pound. Wheat is worth only JO cents a bnshel. and at Wallnla. to which place it has to be. hauled for steamboat transportation down the Columbia river. 50 cents. Just as tlie Tncoina sawmill had commenced work on tlie 2-tth a very bad smash up occurred, necessitating the shutting down ol tlie establishment for a week or ten days. 'Tlie main shaft was a little sprung, and, in de-' secndlng. struck the piston-rod, and forced it clear through the cylinder, shattering the heavy iron cy Under head all to fragments. Beaver Lodge No. 33, Cod Fellows, of Astoria, will celebrate the anniver sary of tlie institution of Um Lodge, IX'ceinber 221, 1373, by a social re union at the hail ; and on thu evening of the 31sf by a second meeting, of slmlla.' diameter, to hid tins Old Year adieu and welcome 1874. at both a happy, joyous festal occasion may be anticipated, A meeting will be held at Victoria early in the coming week to take steps to grganlze the long-talked of militia force. Lieutenant Koseoe. of the old corns, tins been appointed Captain, and Adjutant Vlnter. Lieutenant. A new gold mining district lias been discovered. Is is called by the Indian name ft Sastrite, and is ou the head waters of the Skeena. above Bear Lake. The gold is fine and bright, and it Is said that from f 5 to (10 per day to the man can be made. The beaver-dam land in Washington county is attracting attention for Its great richness, one acre of it being worth ten acres df tlie best, prafrte land. From two hundred ro (m hundred and fifty dollars pur acre ic the usual profits on beaver-dam miions; one to two hundred dollars on eornits. and other roots and veg etables in proportion ; fifty to ehht dollar per acre no hay, etc. It wal raise from seventy-five to one Iiuijd onsheis or grain per acre, and expense is limited to the $ef. borrow ing and harvesting up plowingj necessary. "BeaVer-dani laud Is, a muck la?ap a vast deposit of 'pure vegetable mold, with its unequalled fertility increased beyong calculation by irrigation from a stratum of water, underlying and not far below the sur face of the soil." Five Imndi-wf AtA- lars per acre has been offered and re fliscd for a small tract owned by L. V. W. Quiniby. ixtar Ilea vet t on, on the West SiJe railroad. On , Thursday night thieves entered Ferguson & Bird's store at Lafayette, and they went out again. Mollalla Grange No. 40, Clackamas County, was organized the first of last month P. S. Noyer. Mater, and T. J. Howard. Secretary. It now has twenty-four members, with prospect of a large increase. The P. C. Atyocate announces that Rev. C. W. Shaw has succeeded in accomplishing a noble work for the Willamette University- of which at present he is the agent. We learn that, after casting aside as worthless notes amounting to more than S14.000. .he lias succeeded hi reporting a tsum more than sufficient to liquidate fll muennunw, mm mis more Jliau doubled the interest-bearing endow ment fund of tlie University within the past six months. The Mountaineer says: "Many fjf the settlers of Ibis comity, pdnic "time ago. received notices from the Land office informing them that the land they were, living on belonged toithe Northern Pacific Railroad Company. These parties will be glad to know that this Company have ascertained lite fact, that it cannot build the road with tlie -Innil grant', and, as a last resort, they intend asking Congress, at its next session, to pass a law guar anteeing the payment of Hie Infrrest on their bonds, In consideration ot this the Company gives up the land grant and the mm reverts back 'to tire Government." Frederick- Ilblte. a Ind ot about 13 years of age. while out bunting on the 22d ult.. ; mi one mile below Kahuna, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. His body was not found until lite following day, as lie wns entirely iiKme when tlie disaster oc curred. The Ive'.iina S&mn is reliably In formed Mm t the mill 'machinery and the entire construction Outfit of -Mr. J. B. Mootgomery,along his last con tract on the Pacific Division, last week were attached by Messrs. Stoiie' & Dark who sawed the timber im terial required for the line between Teuinu and the Sound. Mr. Iliaciiweli is inisy at the Kazanib Hotel iii Kalama lwxing furnitw, rolling (iirpet. etc., preparatory to removal of tin outfit to tlie TerinimM Hotel at Tiiewna so soon as tlie first' through train reaches there, which is exa-cted to I alwut the 10th instant. Hon. J. M. Short, one of the ph neers of Owyhee, says tlie Aralancht t lias closed out business at that place, having amassed quite a little fortune ?50,000 and gone to San Francisco, where, be will wed an estimable young Italy and go ou a bridal tour to the Atlantic States. Hie dwelling of Mr. Henry How ton, a resident ot Lewis River, W. was burned on the 14lh int., With aft its contents, including W tutor supplies ot all kinds for tlie family. Nov. 29tli, legal teialers were 92c In -Frisco. At Belmont, Nevada. November 28th. D. M. Hall, convicted of the murder of John Copeland, Alias Black Jack, suQered the penalty of the law. Hall acknowledged tlie justness of the sentence. Anne Eliza, Brigham's nineteenth wile, left for the East on the 23th ultimo. Myers, editor ot the Corrinne (UtapT JiefHer, who committed suicide Tnes d.y of last week, was Impelled to th rash act. It is said, by . tallucinativsj, sii peri ud iK"ed by an Inlerview with, a spiritual medium named Foster, from New York. The principal reason easterly for resigning his SeuatOrehip b. tHfc his health lias been greatly imtwired byhispnbliJdntles. Jas. T. Stratton. of Oakland, wilt probably be appointed Surveyor Gt er.il for California.