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COLL. VAN CXiEVK.
ALBANY,
OREGON.
OUT OF THE STREETS.
Although shewas yonng and pretty.
maax wrj ncn ana xasmonabie, Mrs.
Benwicke bad a goad, kind heart, and
strove to fill her place in life with mod
eatrand fidelity.
. When sbe married Mr. Benwicke, the
wealthy widower, twelve years ago,
there were plenty. of ill-natured re
marks by plenty" of ill-natured people ;
mail when Amy Kenwioke presently ran
way from her father's house and mar.
SL TY fin f1 wnsm a!1 Iib. J31
approved, there was no lack of censo
nous tongues to say that Mrs. Benwicke
was at me oouom of it, and was doubt
jees glad enough to be rid of a hand
some grown-up step-danerhter. That
Mr. Benwicke was too much taken up
with his new wita to remember the old
wife's daughter, all the world declared ;
fox he had banished her from his heart
lorever, ana wonia not near her name
mentioned bv his most intimate friends.
But no one knew or indeed would have
believed, how Mrs. Renwicke grieved
.over her step-daughter's flight, and un
justly blamed herself as having been
the possible cause. She sought in vain
uwiwu uju oicru iuuw o near wwnu
Jms disobedient - daughter : and when
ik 1 4- L A -1 J
... ahe saw that even her entreaties and
. tears failed to move him. she save no.
attaovHnar veil that all other- thphtir worn
Hopeless. .
From time to time she heard of her
allowance sha was always ready to give
generously ; but the girl was stubborn
and proud like her father, and it was
: 'difficult at times to assist her in such a
way as she was willing to accept. Then
" llr. Renwicke took his wife abroad with
. him, and in the period of their absence
it was impossible for Mrs. Renwicke to
ieep trace of Amy, whose silly pride
prevented ner irom responding to ner
step-mother s Kindness in the same
spirit in which it was offered.
Mrs. Renwicke, returning with her
Husband to New York, after an ab
' sence of two years in Europe, learned
that Amy and her worthless husband
"'-were both dead, having fallen the vio
n tims to a prevailing epidemic the second
winter after their runaway marriage.
m Mrs. , Renwicke broke the news to her
. husband, but she could scarely tell how
it Effected him, for he heard her with
coldness and silence.
- Amy Walters had left one child a
irl-rli$tle more than an infant; and
lira. Renwicke, who would gladly have
adopted and reared it as her own, could
' gain no trace of it. Mrs. Renwicke
'had no children, and the desire to dis-
cover and adopt the dead Amy's child
was, becoming a mama with her. Air.
Renwicke began to feel alarm about his
--JEbPPR wife : for she was as good as she
. was lovely, ana mo pueaiou iui tier was
-quite justified by her merits. Me beg
ged her to tell him what it was that
- "troubled her : and, although she feared
)ito fceH him all, Mrs. Renwicke confessed
. a part pf her grief.
"You know. -my dear husband." she
.said, a little tremulously, and blushinj
Very much, " how I love children ; am
"""fetfice heaveh has not given us any.
liave been thintang-that perhaps it is
because there. are. so many in the world
-jrwhp.-have- no. homes and no mothers.
,If,i.every rich and childless woman
' were to adopt one of the poor little
- waifs with which our streets are tilled,
how much misery and crime ' might be
"prevented, and how much happiness
might be conferred on those who never
knew it before."
This was auite a long speech for Mrs.
.Renwicke, and it was made with con
siderable haste, too, and somewhat as
if she expected to be interrupted be
: 'fore reaching the end. But she need
not have feared, Mr. Renwicke beard
her in silence, and he would have kept
silence much longer if she bad contin
.ned speaking. And when his eyes met
hers, his look .softened, and he smiled
frently on her,' for she really looked
"Tike a woman who eught to have chil-
dren to care for so fair, so sweet such
a pitying, loving, sympathetic face, no
child could look upon it except with
love and congdence.
'"And so von want to adopt a child.
mv wet ? Bless your tender little heart !
Adopt a dozen, u you use; nave
unerasl Drivate foundling hospital
of
-yoar own, only don't worry me about
them bevond drawinK on me for as
mneh monev as you please. To that
extent I give you carte blanche."
Tvnla called Mr. Renwicke a stern
hard man as indeed he was ; but his
' -wife' heard 'such "comments regarding
him with unfeigned surprise ; for never
except is the matter of his daughter's
marriage bad she known him to be
nvtbinff but kind and gentle. The
which he so lavishly accord.
ed her crave her genuine delight, and.
fnri& br showy arms about has neck,
ab th&nkAil him again and again. And
the worldly man of business, who.
iw f mm her. never thought of any
khina mt' dollars, felt himself sufn-
bv her embrace.
it as now five years since Amy Wal
ters died, and Mrs. Renwicke judged
that the child she was in quest of must
be about six. years old. She was not
quite conscious of it, but she always
sought tor cnuoren oi mi sc
always for girls, having quite made up
her mind to adopt some child, although
she feared that her search for Amy's
child would never be successful. Many
were the little wanderers whom she
clothed and fed, and for whom she pro
videl": comfortable homes. ' A rich
woman, with money enough and the
wil to. do .it, can open many doors to
,the homeless, and friendless, and Mrs.
3enwicke's means and will were equally
good. More than once she had almost
- decided on the adoption of some little
girl; but her heart cried out for the
pne she was in quest of, and bade her
wait, yet a little longer. So she found
Prosectors tot the little ones she was
iresfed. in.', and waited, hoping
. against' Hope for the one that fate
Bfeemed to ordain -for her. She per
suaded newelf that- she was destined
to find the child of Henry Waiters;
and mormng and evening she prayed
heaven i might be soon. In this way
. l 7efV8 Psed by, and Mrs. Ren
wicke s lovely fase and generous hand
'werd-well knewm in the haunts of mis
ery and squalor and disease -with which
every greatcity is filled.- -...
..Christmas time approached. This
.wasof ail .the. year the busiest season
. ith Mrs. Renwicke f for at that time
she" found more cold and shivering little
iiilJien abroad "t'&aa at "any other time,
'and scores of the poor creatures had
come to regard her as the great fairy,
that even the most wretched of chu.
dren have beard about. It was the day
before Christmas, and Mrs. Renwicke
-was hurrying along Broadway, having
dismissed her carriage in order that she
might be obliged to walk tor exercise
uke ail rich women, driving everywhere,'
" "f"J uiocs, naa oeoome so much a
habit that she indulge it unconscious
ly. For the first time in years she had
forgotten, for the moment, her little
waifs, and the especial desire of her
heart. She was preparing a Christmas
surprise for her husband, and she was
quite absorbed in the subject.
jriease give me a penny."
It was such a nathetia little
and so soft and sweet, scarcely above a
whisper, that Mrs. Renwicke didn't
hear it. The child put out a little hand
and caught her dress, and then, finding
it such a rich and handsome dress, held
it tightly and pulled it, as the wearer
went rapidly past, i Mrs. Benwicke
stopped and looked down at the little
mite beside her, not in angea, but so
gently that the child said again, shyly,
and loosing her hold of the dress, but
looking up with a oonfident expression:
Jf lease give me a penny."
That glance thrilled Mrs. Renwick
to the very core of her heart, for i
came from a pair of great soft brown
eyes, such as she had sought for in vain
for nearly seven years. She felt that
her quest was ended, and she answered
the child s request before asking her
name. I
" What do you want of a penny ? "
she said,- i
" I don't know. Old Bess said I must
ask every lady I saw to give me a
penny. Oh, there's another! Please
give me a penny." ;
A showily-dressed woman turned and
frowned on the child : and Mrs. Ren
wicke smiled and said :
You mustn't ask any morc-peopl
for pennies. I will
give you
the
pennies you need.
" Oh, will you 7 My l Mow nice
I'm so glad ; because, ma'am, you see,
I didn't like asking, only Old Bess said
she'd beat me if I didn't; and I never
was beat Jack never let any one touch
me."
Mrs. Renwicke silently thanked heav
en that the child had not been accus
tomed to ill usage, for it was to be seen
at a glance that she was not one of the
miserable, abused Utile ones she had
feared to find. She asked only a couple
of questions more. !
" How many pennies nave you got lor
Old Bess?"
The child unclosed the fingers of a
slender, delicate, but dirty little hand,
and showed a small collection of pen
nies about half a dozen.
" And what is your name, little one ?"
"Amy Walters."
Mrs. Renwicke felt that the child but
echoed the name her own lips would
have spoken ; but it Was such a joyous
assurance that she had found the little
stray one at last, that she caught her in
her arms and covered the dirty little
face with kisses, much to the scandal of i
many elegant passers-by. i
Mrs. lienwicKe soon realized that she
was attracting an unpleasant degree of
attention, and signaling the nearest
carriage, she lifted little Amy into it,
and then, from the child's rather unin
telligible description, started in search
of the place she called home.
It was not easily found, but the car
riage driver, spurred to his best efforts
by the promise of a goodly recompense,
was at last successful. It was a long
drive, however, and before it came to an
end Mrs. Renwicke had learned all that
the child knew of her own history. She
had been brought up since she could
remember in the : home of the woman
whom she called Old Bess, but had been
the especial charge of Jack, the old
woman's grandson. Jack had received
little Amy from her mother, who died
in Old Bess's house, her father having
died in the hospital a week before.
Amy knew nothing of her mother, ex
cept that shr bore her name ; and in
deed that was all that Jack knew dear
old Jack, good old Jack, he had always
been so kind ; and he -called her his
little girl, and took such care of her.
But now he was gone to sea, and Old
Bess said " she must make enough
money, somehow, to pay for her keep."
Mrs. Renwicke's thankfulness to
heaven that she had found the little
one in time to save her from want and
sorrow was deep and fervent.
Old Bess, when at last found in a
miserable room of a rickety tenement)
bouse, turned out to be rheumatic and
bedridden, but with a decided tendency
to drink, r Jack's mother, who lived in
another part of the house, " looked
after her," and " kept an eye on little
Amy." Mrs. Renwicke found them
quite willing to part with the child, for
a "consideration, which she anorded
to such a liberal extent, that both wom
en voluntarily gave her all the infor
mation regarding Amy's parents which
they possessed. At was meager enough,
but served as farther proof that the
little girl was Mr. Renwicke's grand
daughter. A letter, without any ad
dress, was also given to Mrs, Renwicke
by Jack's mother: it contained Amy
Renwicke's certificate of marriage; and
also the date of little Amy's birth and
baptism. An unfinished letter in Amy
waiter s nand writing was inclosed
but owing to the letter having no ad
dress upon it, the people who had cared
for the orphan child were unable to
make anv use of it.
Mrs. Renwicke was a joyful woman
when she took her treasure home with
her ; and Amy turned out to be a beau
tiful child, under the renovating process
of r bathing, and new, fresh, pretty
clothes. Her extreme resemblance to
the dead Amy, troubled Mrs. Ren
wicke somewhat, for she feared it'would
betray her parentage, and causetrouMe
with Mr. .KenwiCKe. one naa no tear
of finally overcoming his objections.
but she wished the child to be estab
lished in the house first. Her name
was a serious subject of debate in the
lady's mind ; but -happily she found
from her baptismal record that she had
a second Rose and the child took a
neat liking to the new name, it was so
pretty, dropping her old name in favor
of it entirely: . - 5 r
Mr. lienwieke .tools such very uttie
notice of children that Christmas passed,
and many weekssuoceeded, before he
once looked at little Rose closely enough
to have known her again in the street
if he had. met her there and his wife
saw with great delight tnat, although
he had gone so far . as to compliment
i W.. UrAna ha rAftllv ha1 Tint
HQT CM aw . wmw.w,
noticed the child's looks at all.
Christmas time came again, ana Mr.
Renwicke acknowledged .Rose's exist
ence so far as to give her a magnificent
Christmas tree, laden with handsome
presents. The little giri delight and
gratitude were so vociferous as to
attract more than his ordinary attention ;
and a look, as of sudden remembrance
and recognition, flashed a moment from
his eyes, but he said nothing? and Mrs.
Renwicke was careful to avoid all re
mark that might lead to any especial
questions regarding Rose. - ,
Several years passed, and Rose had
grows into a tall and beautiful girl so
like her mother that Mrs. Renwicke
marveled if it could be possible her
husband did not see the resemblance.
She began to wish that he would ques
tion her, for her guileless nature was so
averse to deceit of any kind,, that she
often felt like a hypocrite, notwithstand
ing the purity of her motives.
Christmas time once more ! A glori
ous, clear night it was that ushered in
the Christmas day. The keen, frosty
air had blown brilliant roses into Mrs.
Renwicke's cheeks, and her husband
complimented her beauty and the youtH
fulness of her appearanoe, as she came
after dinner and sat down beside him,
telling him of the many pleasures she
had prepared for her various proteges
to gladden their young,, hearts on the
morrow.
" And Rose ?" atked Mr. Renwicke,
holding his wife's hand, and gently
caressing it.
"Rose is not forgotten, dear hus
band, be sure."
"Oh, I am sure. I think I'm a little
jealous of Rose. -You don't give me
half so many Christmas boxes since her
arrival." '
Mrs. Renwicke laughed a merry,
sweet laugh, and declared he should
have a lovely wax doll with blue eyes
and yellow hair, just like Rose'si
"Ain't Rose' rather old for dolls,
dear? By the way, how old is Rose ?"
Mrs, Renwicke's heart beat uncom
fortably fast, but she answered, bravely:
" Rose will soon be twelve years old,
dear."
Mr. Renwicke started, and his wife
felt his clasp tighten on her fingers.
He looked away from her for some mo
ments, gazing sadly into the bright
coal fire. She didn't speak, and, after
a few minutes, he spoke again, : very
softly:
"io you know, pet, I have had a
strange fancy lately 1 If Amy had had
a child, I could swear that Rose : was
her daughter."
Mrs. Renwicke impulsively clasped
both her hands about her husband's
arms, and looking entreatingly in his
face, exclaimed:
. " Forgive me, my own dear husband.
Rose is Amy's daughter ; I couldn't tell
you sooner. Oh, do say you are not
angry with me."
Mr. Renwicke's face was deathly
white, and his wife almost feared to look
at him ; but her gaze still rested on
him earnestly, longingly; and she saw
his face soften, and tears slowly drop
from his stern eyes. Presently he
turned and took her in hi a arms.
" My own sweet wife," he said, "you
have conquered me in spite of myself.
But even you never dreamed the heart
break Amy's marriage was to me. I
hoped so much from her I built all my
future life on her till I met you ; and
my first thoughts of you were prompted
by the hope of your companionship for
my daughter. Well, we will try once
more. Unler your guidance, Rose can
not fail to grow up into the woman I
vainly hoped Amy might have been,
My own best of wives, ten thousand
thanks for the Christmas gift you have
given me this year 1" , ,
Observance of Christmas.
Down to the period of Luther (in the
beginning of the sixteenth century) the
observance of Christmas Day as a sacred
festival was universal throughout the
Christian Church. The Greek ritual,
though differing in Borne points from
that of the Roman Church, not the
less zealously commemorated the birth
of the bavior, though it does not appear
to have been adopted throughout the
East generally before the time of St.
Chrysostom (A. D. : 400). And then
came a dispute as to the exact day on
which the birth of Jesus occurred.
This, of course, was owing to the con
fusion which had crept into the popu
lar chronology through the use of the
different eras by which nations chron
icled their annals. There was the era
of the building of Rome ; the era of the
Selucidse; the era of Dioclesian ; the
Jewish era of the creation of the world :
the era of the indications of Constan
tino the Great ; the era of the Olym
piads most of them fixed arbitrarily.
It was when the great bulk of the na
tions of Europe, Western Asia and
Northern Africa, had become converted
to Christianity, that the want of a
Christian era was felt, and it fell to the
lot of a Roman monk, a Scythian by
birth, named Dionysius Exiguus, to
supply the want. The practical neces
sities of the church called forth a work
in which the civil laws were arranged in
harmony with the ecclesiastical. ' This
was done by a learned monk named
Scholasticus ; and Dionysius revised
and rearranged the old Roman code,
between the years 498 and 514. This
revised code having been approved by
the Popes, became a standard legal
authority, not only in the church, but
throughout, the west of Europe. Dion
ysius endeavored to rectify the chro
nology of the Western World as far
back as the advent of the Savior, and
he adopted the birth of -" the heaven
born child " as his point of departure);
perhaps it would be more correct to say
the point of his arresting his " progress
backward." His system was adopted
into general use in the year 527, and
has superseded every other in the West
era World, as the Hegira, or flight of
Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, A.
D. 622, has superseded every other
standard of chronology among Moham
medan nations. Yet the la bars of Dion
ysius produced only an approximation
to the truth; for to this day it is a mat
ter of dispute among historians and
chronologers what year Christ was born
in. r Tradition fixes the day, the 25th
of December, but , those who have not
read up the subject will probably be
surprised at the discrepancies between
the " authorities " as to the year of the
Savior's birth. Thus, according to the
Benedictine authors, JJArt ae veri
fier lea dates, it took place in the year
7 before our era. According to Kepler
Pagi and Dodwell, it took place in the
year 6 - before the era. Chrysostom,
Hales, Blair and Clinton place it five
years before, Sulpicius and Usher
place it four years before. Clement of
Alexandria, Ir en sous," and Cassiodorus
place it three years before. Eusebius,
Jerome, Epiphanius, Orosius and Soali-
ger place it two years befor. Tertull
lan, Dionysius and Luther place it in
the year 1 before. JNansius and Her
wart place it in the year 1 after, Paul of
... 1 . 1 1 n iti
xtuaauDurg places is in me year zajcer,
and Lydlat in the year 3 after. So that
between the extremes there is a differ
ence of ten years.
Don A. Pabdeb, whom the President
has just appointed Judge of the District
Court of Louisiana in the place of
Durell, resigned, is said by those Who
know him best to be well fitted for the
position, both by character and educa
tion. " He is a native of Ohio, about 89
years of age, and is .a member of a
family of large influence in his native
State. yC .... .,.y.-: .-r.?
. Fbom Florida comes the romantic
story of Delia Jones, a full-blooded ne
gress, 40 years of .age. She-fell des
perately in love with a young white
man, a carpenter, and, realizing the
fact that he could never be anything to
her, she turned her property into cash
($7,258), left it to him by will, and
then went off and drowned herself. -
CHARLEY ROSS.
The AbdneUon-Clrcnmtiee of the
Child'. .DIMtppcarmncc. .-
The killng of tne two burglars in
New York, a few days ago, and the con
fession by one 5f them of his connec
tion with the abduction of the child
Charier Ross, revives fresh interest in
that affair, and hence we reproduce be
low, the circumstances oi tse Kidnap-
. j. o ward tne ena ui o una iwii, iwu men
were lurking about German town, a quiet
suburb of Philadelphia. These persons
met there two boys, Walter and Charles
Ross, of the age of eight and four re
spectively, whose parents reside in the
neighborhood. They professed to be
friendly to the boys, and gave them
toys and candies. On Wednesday, July
1, between 4 and o o ciock, tne men in
question drove up in a buggy, and
meeting the boys, asked them to ride.
The confiding children did so, and after
riding some distance, one of the men
asked Walter to get out and buy some
firecrackers. He complied, but as soon
as he, had entered the store, the buggy
drove off rapidly with Charley Ross,
who was seen no more.
Mr. Ross, who was a member of a
Philadelphia firm, returned at 9, and
was greatly distressed at not finding his
son at home. He searched everywhere
for him, and then sought the aid of the
police, who also sought several days to
find the missing child. Finding his
efforts fruitless,' Mr. Ross advertised as
follows : .
Three hundrod dollars reward will be paid
to the person returning to No. 5 North Sixth
street a email boy. four years old, haviDg
loDg, curly, flaxex hair, hazel eyes, clear, light
e&iD, and round face ; dressed in a brown
'linen suit, with short skirt, broad-brimmed
straw hat, and laoed shoes. - The child was
lost from Oermantown on Wednesday after
noon, 1st inst., between A and 5 o'clock. ;
This advertisement brought no re
sponse until Tuesday, July 6, when the
personal column of the Philadelphia
Ledger contained the following :
Ross We be ready to negotiate. .
On the same day Mr. Ross received
an anonymous letter through the post
office, . in which it was stated that
Charley would be returned for $20,000.
It also said that' the child was in good
hands ; that it had cost the parties a
great deal of money to get him, and
that they could not think of returning
him for less than $20,000.,. "We
know," the letter 'said, "you are not
worth much money, but we are aware
that you have rich friends, of whom you
can borrow. If you love money better
than you do your own child, the blood
be on your own head." The father an
swered this cruel demand as follows in
the Ledger :
" Boss will come to terms to the extent of
bis ability."
Another anonymous letter was prompt
ly received by Mr. Ross, stating that
the parties who had the child would not
part with it for a smaller sum than the
one already named. "Any attempt,"
they wrote, "to ascertain the child's
hiding place will result in its entire an
nihilation." The distressed father had
not the ramson demanded, but he was
willing to make any sacrifice to regain
his lost child. He answered in the same.
paper as follows :
" Boss is willing ! Have not got it! Am
doing my best to raise it."
Several other letters were received
during the succeeding week, defying
the police to discover the child, and de
claring that it " would be put away " if
the terms named were not accepted.
Meantime the public excitement was
very great, the police were spurred into
activity, and the Mayor of Philadelphia
offered a reward of $20,000, giving, at
the same time, the circumstances under
which Charley Ross had disappeared,
The Philadelphia police subsequently
searched 140,000 houses in that city
without finding any clew to the fate of
the missing boy. Stimulated by the
reward, as well as by humane mo
tives, efforts have been made throughout
the country to find some tidings of the
child, but nothing has been accom
plished except the circulation of sev
eral false reports.
A M0UNTA1S OF SILVER.
Tremendous Discoveries of Ore la the
Great Comttock Led(-8haioa Kutl
matcs the Value or the "Balge" at
Three Hundred Millions.
Virginia (Nev.) Correspondence of the Ban Fran
cisco Chronicle.
At last the great "bulge," the true
heart of the world-famous Comstock
silver lode, would seem to have
been reached. A? far at explored, it
lies in the Consolidated Virginia. Cali
fornia, and Ophir claims. In all
three of these mines have been devel
oped marvelously rich bodies wonder
ful masses of sulphuret and chloride
ores. We have said "bodies," but
there is in reality but one body one
immense bonanza, chimney, or whatever
else we may choose to call it one huge
mass of ore extend intr all the way from
the Consolidated Virginia through the
California into the Ophir, and no one
knows how much farther; nor does any
one know much of its height or width.
and nothing at all of its depth. As to
its length we know something definite
namely, that it extends 400 feet through
the Consolidated Virginia, ana un
doubtedlv traverses the entire length
f600 feet) of the Cab'fornia. as it ha
been discovered in the Ophir mine,
which adioins the California oh the
north. How far it extends into thee
Oohir around, time and the honest
miner alone can determine. It is con
ceded, however, that the ore body can
not ba les than 1.200 feet in length.
For several months the Consolidated
Vircmia Company have been at work
in fie crest of this subterranean silver
mnnntAin. and the Oohir Company have
been gouging into it for a shorter period
of time, while the California folks have
but just begun to feel their way into its
woatera slone at two or three points.
Never until lately have the Consoli
dated Virginia Company seemed to get
fairlv into the ridae of the mountain
to penetrate to a point where they could
begin to see what they were working
upon, although in their upper levels
they have opened great breadths of
wonderfully rich ore. Last Sunday
afternoon I visited the famous mines in
company with a number of experts and
operators.
.This cross-cut is not in the California
but is fourteen feet south of
that company's south line.
Tk 4a bora in this drift that the won
derfuijyrich ore of which so much has
nt lata .been ' said was found. 'This
ore yields an average assay of six hun
dred dollars per ton 1 It would be an
matter to get samples of ore in
this drift that would assay far up into
tha thousands : indeed. In taxing
o.Tnnla the trouble would be to avoid
hold of this very rich ore. This
is the famous drift which seems to tell
the-story of t.ae zaomous. weaun lym
' at hand in the California, A3
about you is ore so rich that it " makes
& nnor man sick to look at it.' as one
at our partv very justly and feelingly
observed; and the drift ia going for
ward in the same mass,
It is estimated by Mr. Deideaheimer,
the well-known mining engineer a
expert, that there is now standing in
the Consolidated Virginia mine, above
the 1,550-foot level, $43,000,000 worth
vi via, ur auoat 9Z,UUU,lUU ill divi
dends. This is saying nothing about
what is below, and, as we have
seen, they already have a winze down
fifty feet below the 1,550-foot level in
ore of the richest description.
The great center of interest in the
vast ore body running through the three
mines is at present in a little drift in
the Ophir ground, just at the edge of
the north line of the California. In
this, last Saturday afternoon, was
struck ore far surpassing in richness
anything yet seen in this enormously
rich body of ore. . Specimens are here
found that are almost pure silver, that
are quite malleable, and that may be
whittled with a knife, almost the same
as lead.
TWKLVB-HTrNDBKD-DOIiliAB ORB.
It is estimated that the ore in this
little 10-foot drift (as yet in Ophir
ground) will average $1,200 per ton. A
specimen taken out at this point as
sayed over $8,200. It is ouch ore as is
nowhere else to be seen on the Corn
stock lode, and is-far ahead of the
famous "California cross-cut" men
tioned above, situated fourteen feet
within the Consolidated Virginia
ground. If that is rich enough to make
one poor man sick, this should nauseate
half a dozen paupers. Mr. Deide
sheimer and other experts estimate that
there are in the California ground (600
feet in length) at least one hundred
million dollars' worth of ore.
In order to give your readers some
idea of the quantity of ore already de
veloped in the Ophir, I may here say
that the best estimates show that there
are now on the 1,300 and 1,465-foot
level not less than 150,000 tons of ore
opened up and in sight. At present
the Ophir Company are extracting ore
at the rate of 240 tons per day, keeping
four nulls in operation, but they could
very easily increase the amount if it
were necessary.
There can be no doubt that the body
of ore now just being opened in
the three mines under consideration
is undoubtedly the largest and richest
the world ever saw.;.
A Chronicle reporter called upon Mr.
Sharon last evening,' and found that
gentleman in that- peaceful and com
municative mood which ever succeeds a
good dinner. The reporter's mission
was to obtain from the King of the
Comstock such ideas as that well-informed
gentleman might see fit to com
municate relative to the value of the
great bonanza.
Reporter Have you any notion what
the lead will pan out I
Mr. Sharon Judges place the gross
at $300,000,000, and the profits at from
si&o,uuo,ouu to szuu.uuo.uuo.
In general conversation, Mr. Sharon
said that he considered the discovery
the most important event in the history
of the coast.
Desperate Wrestling Contest.
One of the lonsrest and most de
termined wrestling matches on record
was contested at Frankford, N. J., on
the 16th of December, between James
Batlev. and Thomas Coleman. The men
wrestled in Devonshire style, best two
in three fair back falls two hips and
one shoulder, or two shoulders and one
hip to touch the ground together to
constitute a fair back fall for $250 a
side, and the championship of New
Jersey. . In the first round, Coleman
crrasDed iJatlev by the DacK ana neoK.
A desperate struggle ensued, and, amid
the wildest excitement. Coleman jerked
his opponent on to his hip. and threw
him. Batlev fell on his face, and
the referee decided no fall. " In the
second round the athletes began to
kick each other's legs violently. Bat-
ley twisted himself underneath
Coleman and Drought mm on to nis
hip. A furious struggle followed.
ijatleyheld on, and, alter a aesperate
enort. both fell on their faces. In the
third round. Batlev hiplocked Coleman,
and threw him heavily, amid shouts of
enthusiasm. The fourth round was
desperate one. Coleman got a hiplock
on BatJey, dragged him on his shoulder,
and threw him over his head on the floor.
In the fifth round the men kicked each
other's legs in a violent manner. A
desperate contest followed, and Batley
threw Coleman on nis lace, xne sixtn
round was a desperate one, and both
fell on their faces. In the seventh
round. Coleman threw Batley on his
head, and he fell on his side. On went
the wrestling, the men 6training
every nerve. In the eleventh
round, Coleman threw Batley fair
on his back, and won the first
fall after an exciting struggle that
lasted fifty-two minutes. After resting,
the contestants continued the struggle,
kicking each other's legs in a brutal
manner. In the seventeenth round.
Batlev hurled Coleman over his head
and won the second fall. The men had
now bee a wrestling one nour ana
twenty-four minutes, and each had
Brained, a fall. The men continued to
kick each other, and struggled earnest
lv to eraiii the deciding fall. In the
twenty-second round, the way in which
the contestants kicked each other's legs
was biutal in the extreme, and con-
tinned until Batley got Coleman oS his
euard. and. by a dexterous movement.
twisted underneath Coleman and threw
him clean over his head, and won the
match, amid most intense excitement
and cheering. ..The contest lasted two
hours and eighteen minutes. Both
contestants' legs were badly injured.
The Herring Fishery.
The take of herrings on the north
eastern coast of Scotland this season is
set down at 300,000,000. Most of the
enred fish go to the North German and
Baltic ports, to be consumed by Ger
man peasants and emancipated Russian
serfs. Already 500,000 barrels have
been shipped to these regular market
places. The Scotch herring fishery ia
situated on one of the most dangerous
coasts in the world, as the North Sea is
especially stormy, and there are few-
safe harbors along Eastern Scotland,
Yet it is said that, with all the hard
ships and perils the fishermen are com
pelled to undergo, they are a thriving
and happy race, and show an asrereeate
of mortality much lower than that of
many comparatively safe trades, as, for
instance, tpat of the mason. From the
forty miles of seaboard in Aberdeen
shire, 1,900 boats are sent to the fish
eries, 800 of -which hail from Fraser-
burg alone.
Thk Governor of Arkansas has issued a
proclamation deciding the result of the
Congressional election on the Sd of No
vember r In the First District. L. O,
Gause, Democrat, has 4,244 majority
over J&ogers. .Republican : W. . oiem-
mons, Democrat, in the Second District,
1.681 over Clavton. Republican: W.
W. Wilshire, Democrat, in the Third
District, has 8,909 over Hynes, Repub-
liwn anrl '! hnmir.n I nne-runnint, I JA7Y1.
I oorat ; in the Fourth District, M. Gun-
1 ter, Democrat, has 7,037 majority over
Haunders, liepnbuoan.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN CONNER,
Exchange Office,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Deposits received subject to check at tight.
Interest auowea on time aepona m cuui.
Exchange on Portland. San Francisco and New
York for sale at lowest rates.
Collections made and promptly remitcea.
Refer to li. W. Corbett, Henry Failing, W. S.
Iadd.
Banking hours from 8 a. m. to p. m.
Albany, eD. i, ltn. ""
r. M. JOJJES.
J. IiTNSBT Hmib
JONES & HILIi, '
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Albany, Obeoon.
37v6
J. w.
BALDWIN,
Counselor at Law.
Attorney and
Will Dractice in all the Court in the Second. Third
and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court
of Oregon, and in the U. 8. District and Circuit
uourts.
Office in Parrish brick (up-stairc), in office occu
pied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany,
Oregon. tolSTG
D. B. RICE, M. D., j
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Office, First-st., Between Ferry and Washington.
Residence. Third street, two blocks below or east
of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. v6n0
J. C. POWELIi. 1u FTiTNN.
POWELIi & FLYNN,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
AND BOLICITOBS IN CHANCERY,
L. Fllnn. Notary Public). Albany. Oregon. Collec
tions and coneyances promptly attended to. 1
Albany Book Store.
JNO. FOSHAY,
DealiT in
Miscellaneous Books, School Books, Blank
Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, tc.
Books imported to order at shortest noasible no-
ice. v6n30
DR. GEO. W. GRAY,
T
Albany, Obegon.
Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and
Ferry streets.
Kesiae nee, corner ima ana erry streets.
Office hours from 8 to 12 o clock a. m. and 1 to 5
o'clock p. m. 18v6
Epizootics Distanced.
THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES,
And is flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful
for oast favors, and wishing to merit .he continu
ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be
ready, and easily found, ta do any hauling within
the city limits, lor a reasonable compensation.
Cr KeilTery of goods a specialty.
20t6 A. N. ARNOLD. Proprietor.
W. C. TWEEDALE,
Dealer in
Groceries, ProTisions, Tobacco, Cigars,
Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware,
Albany, Obeoon.
" Call and see him.
24v5
The EVIetzler Chair!
Can be had at ths following places :
Harrisburg. . .
Junction City....
Sam Hay
.Smith 4t Brastteld
Kirk A Hume
Brownsville
Halsey
Bcio
Albany
i. M. Morgan
3. J. Brown
Graf A Collar
A full supply can also be obtained at my old shop
on .First street, AiDany, Oregon.
J. M. K17il.HU,
Piles !Piles!
Why ssy this damaging and troublesome com
plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of
success might be placed before yoa every day
onres of supposed hopeless cases f Your physician
informs you that the longer you allow the complaint
to exit, you lessen your cbancs for relief. 2e-
perience ha taught thi in all cases. (
A. Garotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment
Are all they are recommended to be. Will cure
Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very short
time, and are convenient to ee.
This preparation is sent by mail or express to any
point witmn tbe United states at si.su per paczage.
Aaaresa A. jako ratKS iu ,
27v5 Box S3. AUbany, Oregon.
JOHN SCHMEER,
DEAIiEB IN
Groceries aai Provisions,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Has Just opened his new grocery establishment, on
Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets,
With a fresh stock of Groceries, Provtulon, Candies.
Uigan, looacoo, &c., to wuica ne invites tne atten
tion of our citizens.
In connection with the store he will keep a Bakery,
and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh
Bresn, urackera, c.
s nv call ana see me.
JOHN fCHMEEE.
February 16. ' 2v4
The Old Stove Depot
John Briggs,
Dealer in
Coot, Parlor ani Box Stores
OF THE BEST PATTERNS.
ALSO,
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware,
And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to
be obtained in a xm oiurv.
Bepalrs neatly and promptly executed on reason
able terms.
Short Reckonings
Make Long Friends.
Front Stbkbt,
Albany.
Dec. S, 1874.
FUEsNITUn
Everything USTew.
GRAF & COLLAR,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
FTJ RNITURE
OF ALL KINDS.
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tanies, JiOtutges,
Sofas, Spring Beds, Chair; JEYc,
jjwtTI on kand or mads to order on the shortest
Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair rates.
Salesroom Mil factory ea v-irac Biswas,
SMjr
Albany, Teb. 38, 1874-28. GBAF It OOLLABi
fa
Lai
A. W. GAMBLE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, 8URCEON. Ete.
Office on First tit., over Weed's Grocery Store
Residence onnoirit V, .
denhall, near the Foundry. First street. AlhV.v
uctoner 2a. 1S73. "
7e b foot iui a Ric r
. dHARL'Ra WTT.flfVKr
Having leased the Webfoot Market, on First street,
J0'n' Gradwohl',, respectf nUy asks a .hm of
Ilia TJUDiiO Dttmiuua Tk.f...biiik.i .
stantly supplied with aU kinds of fresh meatsV Cal
tW The highest cash price paid for Hides.
... , CHAKLKS WILSON.
Albany, August 14, 1874.
W- H. IUcFarland.,
(Late M. If. Harvey It Co.,)
Next Door to Conner's Bank,
ALBANY, OREGON.
STOVfes, RANGES,
Force and Lift Pumps,
Lead and Iron Pipe,
Hollow Ware,
House Famishing Hardware,
Tin, Copper I SheetlronWare.
LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY
LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
June 11, 1874. , t
ALBANY
Ffliflry aMIacMie
IS
A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Manufactures . v
Steam Engines
Flour and Saw Mill Machinery,
ooa-orting & Auicnltnral MacMneir
And all kinds of
Iron and Brass Gastings.
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds or
machinery. 41v3.
A. CAROTHERS & CO..
DKAIjBBS IX
Drugs, Chemicals,
Oils, Paints,
Dyes, Class,
Lamps, Etc-
All the popular
PATENT MEDICINES,.
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
NOTIONS, PERFUMERY,
And -TOILET GOODS-
Particular care and promptness given physicians""
prescriptions and family recipe.. -
A. JAUUl.tl.KKS UU.
Albany, Oregon. . 4v6 .
GJ-O TO THE
BEE-HIVE STORE I
TO BUY -
Groceries,
Provisions,
Notions,
&c, &c.t &c.
Cheap for Cash, t
!"'',
Country Produce of All Ms Bonght:
For Merchandise or Cash.
This is the p'acs to get the
Best Bargains Ever Offered in Albany.
Parties will always do well to call and s for them
selves. H. WEED.
First Street Albany, Oregon.
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Wss first known in America. Its merits srs now
well known throughout the habitable world. It has
the oldest and best record of any Liniment in the
world. From the millions upon millions of bottles
sold not a single complaint has ever resched ns. As
a Healing and Pain-dubduing Liniment it has no
equal. It is alike
BENEFICIAL TO ,MA3T AND BEAST. .
Sold by all Druggists.
S.T.--I
Y OLD
Homestead Tonic
Plantation Bitters
Is a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed of
Caliaaya Bark-, Roots, Herbs and Fruits, among
which will be found Barsaparillisn, Dandelion, Wild
Cherry, Sassafras, Tansy, Gsntian, Sweet Flag, etc.;
also Tamarinds, Dates, Prunes and Juniper Berries,
preserved in a sumoient quantity (only) of the spirit
of Sugar Cane to keep in any climate. They invari
ably relieve and cure the following complaints
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Livsr Complaints. Loss of
Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and
Ague, Summer Complaints; Sour Utomacb, Palpita
tion of the Heart, General Debility, etc. They are
especially adapted as remedy for the diseases to
which " -
WOMEN
Are subjected ; and as a tonlo for ths Aged, Feebl
and Debilitated, have no equal. They are strictly in
tended as a Temperance Tonie or Bitters, to ba
used sa a medicine only, and always aooordisg to
directions.
Sold by all Fibst-Class DauaatSTS
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