V. S. OMelal Paper for Oregon.
SATURDAY. APRIL 25, 1874.
PARAUKASfUSTS.
J. F. McCoy has moved into his
new saddle shop on First street.
J. Schmeer's dwelling in the rear
of his bakery is progressing.
The roads ire rapidly improving
hereabouts.
The city will tie full of Odd Fel
lows on Monday.
J, Bloom has a neat stock of
goods at low prices. ,
Jack Titus started out with the
new team on Tuesday.
Wm. Gird went to Portland on
Monday, on business. .
Butter is now quoted at 20c per
pound a fall of 5c
Ou the 18th, to the wife ot John
Laytoii, a daughter.
The weather has been very
pleasant during the week.
Odd Fellows' panic at Hackle
man's grove on Mouday at 2 o'clock
'P.M.' , i
The ball on Monday night is
strictly a "calico ball," and ladies
are requested to wear lifco dresses
Remember the Taxpayers hold
primary conventions to-day, in
Lijn count y, and be uu j hand. 1
Wednesday and Thursday were
hot days, and brought out linen
dusters a'ndsich.
Our young friend Henry States
has opened a school ncarScio. He
has a good reputation as a teacher.
The Climax Steam Washer does
away with all the hard labor of
washing it's trul$ a labor-saver.
Hons. T. W. Davenport and It.
Williams called ou-Tnosdav. Both
fWmgively.
One hundred and fifty Odd Fel
lows from Sajeiu alone are expected
here on the 27th.
Col. J. D. Biles called last week
juftjir fall cf fun aud joltrity as
ever.
All ot Newt Houston's children,
two hoys and 'two girls, are sick
with the scarlet fever.
The Willamette river is lowei
than usual at this' season of the
year.
Messrs. Titus, Bourgardes jfc CoJ
bad their new turncoat on the streets'
Tuesday. It is gay.
Clay Kubn'haa pot out a. fine
young orchard on his place across
'the Calipooia.
Geo. W. Young is getting along
finely wjth his itew, residence on
Baker street It wfM Be a neat and
cosy residence when finished.
,TrH?;!Ml.j(lttuupa resi
dence for the reception ot his wife,
who has.been finding the Winter
in California.
C. P. Crandall, Esqv has resumed
control of the "Salem Statesman
again, and it is now a redhot He
publican paper, "
Health of the county generally
good, but there are a few cases ot
lung, remittent and bilious fevers
no serious cases however.
fhfi iever has reached this
settlement and a number are talking
ot starting foj he Sticieen mines
next month!. - m
Croquet is ail the rage again, and
some of our peoples are oaastafltfy
engaged in the excitement of the
oSL wr scandal;
I1JJ0 tor each offence: only the
wea'larVfeTOVJ
This Is Mi season f the year
when all good business men hang
out their signs advertise.
As upholsterers Warren fe Co,
get away with all of them. Try
them.
the stockholders of the Albany
farmers Company hold a meeting
tor the election of seven directors,
iu this city on the 10th of May.
Read the several new ads. this
week, and patronize men who
patroniw the printer they'll do to
tie to
We learn that the English ped
dlers were in the Forks, the first of
the week, endeavoring to sell
"bankrupt goods."
Between twenty and thirty
Lodges, and members from numer
ous others, will be in attendance at
the Odd Fellows' celebration next
Monday.
Farmers rushing their plows
now-a-days. A larger area than
usual will be seeded to graju this
season, if the weather holds favor
able for a few weeks.
What a horrible idea is contained
in the following stanza, considering
the present sensible tempsrance
movement :
If ever I marry a wife,
Ml marry a landlord's daughter.
And then I can sit at the bar
And drink okt Bourbon and water!
Those desiring tickets to the ball
on Monday evening must apply to
the Committee, lave Thompson,
John Millard and Coll. Van
Cleve. No tickets will be sold at
the door, and no person admitted
without a ticket.
The Campaign Opened. Hon.
T. W. Davenport, Independent
candidate for Congress, and Hop.
R. WilliabiR, RepuWcan candidate
tor Congress, met in delate at ihe
Court House in this city on Monday
evening last. A full house greeted
their appearance. The friends of
both caivdidates were disappointed
in the effort of, that occasion, as
neither aid hiuiself justice, nor
came'- atiyiere near Mstaining
their afc4jedged refutation as
dcbatorjQfe rea)n)Ahis was
that, heretofore both' gentleman
have wjke) m the same pwty
harness! aid as thiif;wjfcg their
second i&ting in the canvass,
neithefjtas posted as to the "line
of argument "thfr .ot'.ier would
pursue. In tact eachftwas a little
green, having just been brought in
they have becume accustomed to
the harness, "hair will tl v," as both
are1 acoimplished tumrs," ua
know how to use the King's Eng
lish in the mpf,t effective manner.
Mr. DaWnpod is cool, self-reliant,
and depends eutirely ou solid ar
gument and the jmtness of his
cause for snccess, and is blessed
with a strong, unimpaired con
stitution, which will enable him to
rtandrtha meiul ami; physical
Miaul vi me oiaie canvass not onlv
without injury, but probablv with
beneficial, result, btik ttftfft..U
goes after his antagonist with less
method, in a hap-bazzard, "lickety
T , . , , , lutllD I
onnaie sort ot style, getting in a
"joke" now and tl.eu Which ' genir
ally "brings down the house,' and
to the superficial observer, seems to
get a way with his opponent in good
shape. But while witticisms mav
and do create a transient iinnrAion 1
javorapjo io tlje author, they are
i,i jtt r ; J
um transient, and melt befor the
solid argument 0t his apponent
like-'hJlsts fijfore he risini Z
wedoTre?w.;r:-,liain8
ALBANY REGISTER.
has the physical force to tarry him
through the canvass in good shape.
Of one, thiug we are satisfied, and
that is, that neither gentleman,
on the occasion referred to, acquitted
himself as well as he will here
after. Both, we are informed,
acquitted themselves much better in
Corvallis, on Tuesday evening,
On Wednesday the ladies arrest
ed in Portland for disturbing the
peaceof that city by proving and
singing'in front of a saloon, having
been found guilty were brought be
fore the Court and sentenced to
to pay a fine of 65 each or go to
jail 24 hours. Bonds were offered
by gentlemen present, or money to
any amount to pay the fines and
costs, bat the ladies firmly refused
all offer, and declared tliemselves
ready to-be incarcerated in jail. It
was a most affecting time, and the
end is not vnt. Tho
were given rooms in the third story
of the jail, and everything provided
for tiieir comfort. As soon as dis
charged they went straightway to
the Taylor street M. E. Church,
where a temperance meeting was
being held at the time.
The 20th was an eventful day in
Wall street, opening with the
failure of Capron & Merriman,
followed by events which precipi
tated a panic on the Stock Ex
chaise. The failures above noted
Were followed by various rumors,
all of which tended to disturb con
fidence and? msettle matters gen
erally. There was a report that a
railroad and steamslup war was
likely. toresult from; the inability
of the: Pacific' Mail, Panama rail
road and the Union Pacific railroad
companies, to agree upon some
amicable freight arrangement, and
that the Central Pacific Co. was
about to consummate an agreement
with an English Company to put
on an opposition line ot steamers
between Saji Francisco, Japan and
China. 1
In the House, Pollard, of Ver
mont, offered a resolution reciting
the conflict of authority between
the United States courts and the
Territorial courts of Utah, and that
the enforcement ot the laws has
been delayed and obstructed, anl
directing the Judiciary Gommittee
to regort a bill for the regulation of
me wgai jurisdiction ot courts and
officers in Utah.
The Executive Committeo. ap
pointed at a recent meeting in
Faneliil Hall, Boston, to take action
for upholding the public kith, have
issued an address recototnendyig
the formation of leagues throughout
the country 'to unite the peopJevin
favor of demanding that the 'Oov
emment shall redeem its financial
pledges ar,d create stronger public
sentiment in favor of Ppecie pay
ments. The bill which fluted (
recently, known its the tiiianno kill
on the 20,1
Grant. To have approved the bill
the president would have simply
been going lack on his record, as
he has shown himself opposed at
all timeR to the schemes of the in
fiatiomsts, The President has done
his duty, as the future will clearly
show.
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Another betitidn from Oregon in
- . .
favor of 4ovetnment aid to the
Portland, Dailies' and fWt Lake
Hailroad, was laid before the Sen
ate anffreferrd" a''tile "5dmfmttee
on CtonWrce t&lftt 20th. r M '
I The Arfcntauia Huddle.
" ' Affairs in Arkansas have got ji.to
a fcirfnl snarl, 'arid blood may be
shea freely before an amicable ad
j iistment is reached, Joseph Brooks
claims to have been elected Gover
nor of that State in 1872, and on
the 15th. at Little RicfcJ took the
onth of cilice before Chief Justice
Met Mure, and then took forcible
possession of the Governor's office,
ejecting Governor Baxter and tak
ing possession of the Court House.
Brooks bnses his action on the de
cision of Judge Whitlock ot the
Circuit Court of the State, made
that morning, overruling a demur
rer tiled by (lov Baxter's counsel
in a suit brought against him by
Brooks for the Governor's office,
and issuing judgment of ouster in
Bro: k's favor. Baxter and Brook
both have called Ibr assistance to
maintain their rights as tie lover
ernor; both have raised qu tt a lit
tle army of volunteers, and have
went into camp in close proximity.
On the 21st the two little armies
pitched in pretty lively for rv few
minutes tiring some two hundred
shots, and wounding quite a num
her. What will be the upshot of
the affair the future alone will dis-
clo.-i.
The House Committee on public
lands have agreed to recommend
the passage of a bill providing that
all lands heretofore crranted bv
o
Congress to railroad companies
shall bo subjected to local taxation
the same as similar property of
individuals.
Michigan has an overflowing
tivas'ory, and accordingly no State
tax will be levied this year. And
that's abotit the best idea ot peace
and happiness tltat has come to the
surface recently. . ;'
i Tlie Board of Aldermen of New
York City have requested the
Mayor to remove the present Police
Commissioners for incompetency
and corruption.
The Senate passed the House bill
enabling the Secretary of the
Treasury to gather authentic infer-
mation as to the condition and im
portance ot the Alaska fur trade.
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Auja.vv, Or, Apr. 22,74.
En. Re($tii: In his speech
at the Court House iu this city on
Monday night, Hon. J, W. Daven
port, Independent candidate for
Congress", charged that .tudge Tol
man, Republican candidate for
Goiyenior, had received coin and
paid out greenbacks at par in liqui
dation ot county indebtedness,
while County Judge 6f Jackson
county ; also ' that h6 paid private
debts in the same manner paying
greenbacks at par instead of coin,
thereby defrauding the creditors of
the county, an,d his individual cred
itors out ot their just d ties. ' Al
though I have been acquainted with
Judge Tolmao for thirty-one years,
a greater portion ot the time having
lived within a few miles of his farm,
it is the first time I ever heard any
such charge against him. Li vine
close neighbor to him so long, cer
tainly I would have heard it if any
such charge had been made. I bei
llive the charge is .entirely without
tonudatiou and tak6 this early occa
sion to say so.
W-C.MYEK.
Thertoan tribunal at 8evern
his imnosed, a heavy fiti;1' the
Bjirajjf Tauy for his charge t
the clergy' iMf-Mlft kJU
A telegram from Marysville,
Cal., dated April 19, says: teorge
Turner, an old citizen and farme,
who had been living alone in a
small cabin on his farm, about nine
miles out of this place, was yester
day found murdered. He was lying
outside of his cabin. A shotgun
with one empty barrel was lying
near. He had been shot in the
head and struck by some heavy in
strument. No clue to the murderer.
A telegram dated April 20,
Wells, Nevada, has this : A shoot
ing affray took place last night on
tlie western bound emigrant train,
under the following circumstances;
George Shields, section foreman on
tlie section west of the Wells, had
been in town during the dav. and
just as he attempted to get into one
ot tne emigrant cars to return home
he was met bv a rjasseiwr wlin or
dered him not to enter, and at the
same time presented a pistol to his
breast. Shields struck the pistol
down inst as the nassentrer wan
pulling the trigger. It was dis
charged, the ball entering Shields'
left thigh ' where it now remains.
The would-be murderer has been
detained atCarlin, Deputy Sheriff
Mclntyre has gone for him with a
warrant from Justice Smith of the
Wells.
The following postal changes
have beeu ordered for the Pacific
Coast: Postmasters appointed-
James H. Whitlock, Greenville,
Plumas county, California; David
(t. Overholt, Canyon City, Grant
County, Oregon. Discontinued
Aukeda, Marion County, Oregon.
The following islrom New York
April 13th:
The most important event affect
ing stock operators and commercial
men at present is the proposed new
combination of Western railroad
lines, to turn the tide of freight and
traffic hitherto flowing over the
Northern routes, via Chicago, into
a new ohanue 1 . 1 1 is f aid an ar
rangement is contemplated between
the Toledo, Wabash and Western,,
and the Hannibal and St. Joseph
roads for throngh connection for
freight and passengers over those
lines to and from Omaha and Sau.
Francisco.
This is from Rochester, New
York, 15th itist: The Industrial
Congress, is session here to-dav. din.
cussed and adopted the following;
resolutions :
Mesoloed, That the Industrial
Congress of the United States, rep
resenting the prodrug classes,
hereby issue this protest asar st. ttv
expansion of curreitcy, issued by and
through the manipulations of the
iNational banking system, believing
it to be a robbery of labor and 4h
sum' of all villainies.
Retolreil, That we demand i.hft
issue of a natioiiarciTculating medi
um by the Government directlv ta
the, people, the fame to be legal
touaer tor an debts, public or pri
vate, based upon the faith and re-
sources' of the country, without the
intervention ot the so-called Nb
tioual Banks.
Betohsefh That a conv of thes
resolutions be forwarded to the pre
siding officer of the Senate, and also
to the Bouse of" Kepiseutafives,
Tlie dnvK nf "hivalrv", in net.
yet entirely gone. A New Orleans
dispatch or the I5th says :
A dtlH was fought this moniinir
at Tunlme Station, Mississippi,- be
tweeii William Wood and, A. J.
Bachemer. The weapons were du
eling pistols, and the distance was
twelve paces, llacliemer was shot
through the right thigh ai the first
nre,ana .wood was unhurt line
cause of. the hostile nieetinir was thu
placarding eaph other in the papers
ana public places on account, ot
some business ditogreement -'Both'
were bnder 81.000' bonds td keei
the peace at the time of the en
counter. It i reported, than tha
entire party weW airested, by, the
Mibls
pt author ties. The party
itfolud(
era,
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