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f ' tim PCBLISUTiO IVEBY FRIDAY, BY COLL. VAN CLE VE, IN B.EGISTERBUILDI NO S, Corner Ferry and First Streets. . S TERMS-IN ADVANCE. 1 One copy, one year......;...;. . .f2 BO One conv. st x months 1 so To clubs of twenty, each copy... .....43 00 Single coniis. ....... ....... ..Ten H'iits. I Minseviiwrs outside ot Linn eonntv will 1k charged 20 cents extra -J! 7t for the year-as that Is tl) amount of postage per annum which we arti required to pay o each paper mailed by us. FRIDAY, FEBKUARY 28, 1875. Aleuts for the Register. The following nained gentlemen are au thorized to receive, and receivt for sub scriptions to thcRKGisTKitin the localities mentioned : - f Messrs. Kirk & Hume........ Brownsville. Robert (.iluss Crawforlsv1ll. W. P. Smith Hn!y. O. P. Tompkins.. ...IlHrrisburg. . H. Clanirhton Lclanon. A. Wheeler A Co. ..... o.. X . .Shedd. Messrs. Smith Brastlela... Junction City. J. B. Irvine. Scio. Tt'aquina Railroad. ' The citizens ot our neighbor county, Benton, are apparently all alive to the interests involved iu the building of the long talked of and fondly hoped for narrow enajre road to 'connect tlie county-seat, CorvalHs, with deep water at Yaquina Bay. Mass meetings are being held all over the county in the interest of the road, when eloquent gentlemen portiay in fervid language the many benefits to accrue to the people of Benton and adjacent counties through its early completion. Our neighbors of Benton are not blessed with an overabundance of wealth suf ficient to engage in an enterprise of such magnitude as the building and equipping of fitty miles of railroad, . even though it be a narrow gnage, Without more or less cramping them selves financially, for a time at least ; but we are inclined to think, from the liberality already displayed in cheer fully giving so largely of tlieir sub stance in aid of their pet project, that as a people they have the nerve and will, added to an unconquerable and indomitable energy that will lead them to the verge of economy, it through the exercise of such economy, they ean see the successful accomplish ment of a project ot so great impor tance to! he future of the county. And there is hardly a limit to the under takings of a people who arc earnestly working together for a purpose. The people of Linn county are not uninter ested spectators in this enterprise. A rail load to Yaquina Bay will be ot vast benefit to her citizens, which they will not be slow to improve. And, as we have before remarked, as our peopks are to be more or less benefitted by such au improvement, they should lend it a helping hand ; and we believe they will generally extend liberal aid when called upon. We assure the citizens ot Benton that they have the best wishes of the people on every side of them for a successful issue in their great undertaking. Southern Oregon SXines. From the Jacksonville Sentinel of the 20th, we learn that the excitement with regard to the new discoveries ot rich silver and gold bearing quartz continues unabated : in lact it seems to gather in volume as new discoveries are reported from day to day, aud tlie Sentinel remarks, "should the pleasant weather we are now enjoying continue a few days longer, our town will be almost deserted, as everybody who can leave business, talk3 ot 'taking to the mountains."' John Howell, of Ash land, and party have taken up claims on a ledge near Kerbyville, which they have every reason to believe is Galice creek lead, aiid have gone to work in lull force and will soon send a lot of rock to the mill. Ore taken from the Yank ledge has been tested by the most practical method a . mill test. " Two of these tests, ot 25 pounds each, . from ore picked up at random on the ; ledge, gave an average yield of $58 one yielding $33 and the other $78, one part silver and two parts gold, or an average of $53, as above stated. The rock contains a small portion of - copper, which is generally believed -to ; Indicate permanence and richness both. The Elizabeth mill (Beekman & Co.) ' started up on the 15th, and as every- thiDg worked well it was expected tlie toil! would make the first ;eleau up" in about a month. - One great aid in the successful working of mines on Galice creek, is the abundance and cheapness of materials to work with. Wood is only oat at $3 per cord, with shaft and ' tannel ' timbers at propor tionate prices,', while "labor can be se- cured in abundance at lower - rates than in almost any other mining camp of the kind on the coast. Provisions are also said to be cheap and pleiitiluU and there seems to be no reason why money should " not 'sooa be plentiful , and times easy In that whole region. .. From printed official statements for 1873-4, It seems that the frates. of taxa tion vary tremeudously in the several States, from 10 cents , (in Connecticut), to $2 15 (In Louisiana), ;on the $100. The rate is 59 3eiif3 ' nv Alabama, Arkansas, California, Maine, Minne sota, Texas, and Virginia i 40 cents In Georgia, Kansas,"Ohio, and Tennessee? 70 cents in' Florida, 10 eents in Con necticut : 24 cenia in Illinois; 15 cents in Indiana ; 17 cents In Maryland ; 22 eents in Michigan; $1- hi Nevada; 72 cents in New York ; 15 eents In Oregon ; 20 cents In Rhode Island,, and 70 cents in Soath Carolina. .-The great 'difference in - ther rates ts re markable. Indiana and Missouri have about -enual ' tODalatki.A bub' the" Indiana rate (15 CetitfJ Is 4n third as large as the t Mfetsottri rate (45 cents) ; tills is partially; explained however, by the iiict that the Indiana valuation ($950,500,000) ia'nearly twice as great as that Of Missouri ($487,755,000.) A BritUh Columbian is In this State buying a band of horses and mules, ; State Temperance Alliance. The fourth annual meeting of the Oregon State Temperance Alliance, which convened at Salem last week, was very largely attended, much more harmonious than former meetings, and therefore calculated to wield a corres pondingly greater and more beneficial influence. A large number ot the best and purest minds in the State were in attendance, and all seemed to be ac tuated by the same spirit and desire, to-wit : the adoption of the best and most effective means to root up and entirely destroy the monster evil in temperance, and drive it from our fair land. A number of interesting and effective speeches were made, making a good and lasting- impression on the minds of those present. Meetings such as the one under consideration, where such perfect harmony exists, and all work without a jar of discord for the attainment of tlie same desirable end, must result beneficially. Persistent, intelligent and united effort iu a cause, especially when that cause is Just and right, must and will succeed in the end. Probably the most important act of the Convention was the adoption ot tlie report of trie Committee on Political Action, which was carried by a large majority. The members of the committee were B. II. Allen, D. I. E.'Luper, "Win. Phillips, IX New som, E. Turner, C. Kelly, and Eliza beth Johnson. Appended is the re port of the committee as adopted : Your committee would respectfully sub mit, the following preamble and resolu tions. - Whereas, Dishonesty, fraud and eor rnption within the lew past years have seriously endangered the prosperity if not the very existence of otirnatton : and, Wbbrk.v, Wc believe that the liquor fonsiness ha been a chief instrument in t his mischief by corrupting the ballot bos; and. WirrREAS, This thing is admitted by the most intelligent of our nation every where, so that wrongs are acknowledged generally where they exist, by thorns hold ing office and uower ; and, Wiiekeas, The people of our State and nation are clamoring for reform in every denartment of the government ; and. WiitiiEAS, The object to be sought can onlv be successfully reached by the united itnil consolidated co-operation of all the temperance people throughout the United States: Tn'-n-ftv; resolved. That we believe the interps't of t be temperance cause demands that we unite tor iodtical action upon thoroujt h-going t em te ranee candidates of whatsoever party, who are trustworthy, honest and comiietent men, for ail offices eh-eted by the people. That with t he aforementioned qualifica tion in candidates fur office, we leave political party preferences to be voted for liy the temperance voters according to t hei r eon v ict ions of propriety, but inak ing temperance in its widest and fullest sense the supreme bond of union with all tem perance voters. Tliat this Allianceappoint a State central committee, consisting of one member from each county, which committee shall act in unison with the State central com mittee appointed by the last State Tem perance Union. That at an early date these organizations shall call county and Stateconventionsfor t lie purpose of making nominations for all elective ofnees within said counties and State from among their true, tried and competent temperance men, to be sup ported at each election by temperance people throughout the State. Tlie X". Y. Herald's Washington letterhas the following paragraph, which is all the more significant as the Herald latterly has been numbered among the Democratic organs : It adds to the difficulties of the situ ation that the Democrats' have not since tlie session opened won confi dence, and are further than they were three months ago from being able to rally to tlicmselves the dissatisfied part of the Republicans. They have wise and caiable men in both houses ; but it is felt heie that they have lost good opportunities in the country, esiecially in ttie senatorial elections, i nere is a feeling that tliey do not want re cruit. They have made the same blunder of which Henry Wilson ac cuses His Excellency the President. They have refused to take the best men wherever they could find them. "Xothingdraws us to the Democrats," said a very able Republican in conver sation to-day in the House. "I. for my part, abhor the measures which are proposed ; but what can I do. I could pick out five Democrats and five Republicans in the House now, who. coming together, could and woukl agree upon a policy that would re store the country at once to peace and prosperity. It is so easy a task, and yet it Is impossible, because party feel ing reigns, and moderate counsels have no chance of a hearing or of influence." On the 19th inst., S. J. McMillan was elected IT. S. Senator by the Minnesota Legislature, the vote being 82 for McMillan to 61 for Lochren. The Senator elect is present Chief Jus tice of the State Supreme Court ; is a roan of ability and unimpeachable in tegrity, and always has been a Repub lican. Having occupied a position on the bench many years, he has not been an active participant in politics. A letter received at Sioux City, by the editor of the Times, from the party that left that city for the Black Hills In October last, says the party, thirty in number, are comfortably quartered near the center of the Hills f have had no trouble with Indians ; have plenty of grub, and are 'prospecting'' with sue cess. This is the first reliable news received from the party.' A passenger over the New York & New Haven ' Railroad was robbed of about $16,000. He sued the Company for the amount, and on the 19th was awarded a verdict, the court holding that the company must protect its patrons-, A -, few more such verdicts against railroad corporations, and rail road traveling will be rendered some what safer and pleasant. .. . f. A plan for constructing an artificial isthmus between Dover and Calais has obtained so much lavor in France and England, that the old and so long talked of tunneling beneath the chan nel has been almost entirely aband oned. It was found, after a more careful examination, that the strata at the bottom ot the chancel are of a na ture which would not prevent leakage, The following table shows how the people elf the United States spend tlieir ...,E . Preaclierf DOgS. . . i . . - s . - ' Criminal.. ........ .. Lawsu itau Tobacco --. . . I 6,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000' 33.001MMX) SKI,000.000 9,900,600,000 -. - 'I . . . . "An appropriation will; probably pass Congress, giving $80,000 for turn ing! the San Diego river into, raise J Bay, LA.TK TULEiiKAMIIC SEWS. The House Committee on Military Af fairs have reported in favor of a bill reimbursing Oregon for the Modoc war expenditure in the sum of $72,637. Everett Chamberlin, an eminent jour nalist of Chicago, died at. Jacksonville, J'la., on the 19i h, where he was temporarily residing for his health. A snow-fall of from eight to ten inches In New Hampshire on the night of the 40th, made the roads impassable and greatly delayed trains. At Portland, Maine, considerable ex citement existed on the 2oth, over the discovery that counterfeit bonds or tlie Leeds & Farmington liailmad were in circulation. Aliont 3,000 had been dis covered, but the full amount was un known. . 1 On the evening of the 21st, at Baltimore, Md., an immense Catholic temperance demonstration was held at Maryland In stitute, Father Iddier administering the pledge to t hree hundred memliers of the society of St. Vincent. It was the great est excitement seen in Baltimore since Father Mathew's visit. Senator Brownlow has purchased a half interest in the Knoxville Cal yand Weekly Chronicle, which will hereafter be known as the Whig and Clircnicle. Brownlow will be Chief Editor, of course. Ohio Republicans in Washington, re cognizing that the coming election in Ohio will be the opening of the Presiden tial campaign of 187A, met at the resilience of Secretary Delano, and after an inter change of views, determined upon tho early opening of a vigorous, aggressive campaign in Ohio. Commissioners were appointed to co-operate with the Sstate ex ecutive committee at Columbus, to pre pare for the canvass. Germany is "worked up" in regard to the causes" of her people emigrating, and is proposing various measures to put a stop to it. It is proposed, as an induce ment for her neonle to remain at home. that facilities lie afforded for the acquir ing of small estates, and that the action of emigration agents, patu iy trans-aiiantic governments, be strenuously opposed. The Madrid, Spain, Ptiitie, asserts that the indemnity to be paid by Spain to the relatives of American victims of the Virffinius affair, has been fixed at S4.000, and that the convention will be signed immediately upon Cnshing's presenting his credentials to the new government. On the 30th inst., by an explosion nt the safety fnse works at Redraths, Cornwall, England, five girls were killed, and many miraculous cscais were inane. John Mitchell has again announced him. self as a candidate for Parliament from Tipperary, and tlie prospect is that ho will have no opposition. These Mitchells are irrepressible, and are bound to be heard. Advices from Zanzenar report that a fleet of British men-of-war bombarded and captured Fort Mombaziquo, in the island of Mombax, off the coast of Africa. The engagement lasted five hours, and seven teen of the garrison were killed and fiftv wounded. Two slave ships were captured wiin auu staves on ooara. Daniel Ilassett, a young Irishman of Chicago. wiu arrested on the 19th, tor as saulting his lather, w hue under arrest he made a sworn statement that his father killed a man about three years ago, : chop ped the body uv. placed the nieces in a barrel and threw it into the river; also that he murdered a man in Pans, Ohio, in 18o4. Tlie mutilated body of a man was found in the river about three years since, but little faith is placed in the boy's state ment, i A lire at Bellove, Ohio, on the 22d de stroyed, three bouses. Loss, 112,000; in surance, 99,WU. A match game of billiards, played in New York on the 22d. lor S-2.0U0 and the championship of the world, tietween Vignanxand Rii-lolph. was won bv Vign- aux score, 600 to 556. The game was S-ball carom. j Chinese fanatics have .destroyed the tc'egrapu line between Foo Chow and Amoy. Sir Charles Lyell, the eminent English geologist, died in London on the 22d, aged 78. The 22 d was generally observed in Sew York by general susiiension of business, closing of Federal. State and municipal offices, firing salutts. ringing chimes, services in the churches, etc At JSash ville, Tenn., business was entirely sus pended, and fnlly 3.1.000 people took part In the celeorat ion. Cannon were tired, a thousand flags were displayed, and federal, confederates and colored people vied with each other in expression of sentiment, ignoring past differences and fully recog nizing a united nation. The Legation of the United States and many private resi dences of Americans in Paris, France, were decorated with fines in honor of the da;, and Bllnister washburn gave a ban quet in the evening, i The large glue factory of Wnhl Bros., Chicago, was burned on the 22d. j Loss, tario.euo: insurance, H9,000. Three1 hun dred men thrown out of employment. From Pittsburg, under date of Feb. 43d; we have this: Ernest Ortwein, w ho. on the night of the 19th of April last murder ed John Haranett, his wife, two little daughters and a boy named Koliert Smith, and then burned his house to conceal the crime, was hanged in lie fail yard at noon to-aavin tne presence ot tne omcers or tlie law and reporter. He met death quietly and with resignation. The brig J". B. Furd, just f rem Yokohama, is now in quarantine with at San Fran cisco, with smallpox on lHHiril. The stage from San Diego to Julian, California, on the night of the 22 1, was roblied. Well", Fargo & Co's treasure Ihix, -containing $4,000, was taken. The rob bers escaped. Import taxes and the Internal revenue on some articles is to be increased, and the income tax is to lie restored by the new bill. A tax of three per cent, is to lie collected on all incomes between t3,0CO and 10,000; incomes over 1J,000, 5 per cent. CCKGBESSIGXAX. MATTERS. 1 On the 30th inst., in the Senate, during the consideration of the Indian appropria tion bill, Mitchell submitted an amend ment authorizing tho Secretary of the Interior to remove all bands of Indians now located upon the Alsea and Silutz In dian reservation in Oregon to a new reser vation two mites south of Kiietz. The amendment was amended so as to provide that such Indians shall not be removed from their present reservation without their consent previously obtained, and as amended was agreed to. An amendment in committee, appropriating IMVJOO for payment for improvements of settlers on the Round Valley reservation was rejected. Stewart endeavored to get in an amend ment antironrlating twentv thousand dollars for general and incidental expenses or rime reservation m southern Nevaia and SViO.ooOfor Walkers River and Pyra mid Lake reservations, and reducing the Piute reservation of south-eastern Nevada to one thousand acres: but they were ruled out on points of order. Silencer, of Alabamy, introduced a bill authorizing the appointment of a com missioner to proceed to the territory of Alaska, after the adjournment of the pre sent Congress to Inquire into the number of fur seals killed on the islands of Saint Paul and St. George, and if an increased number could tie killed without jeopard izing the perpetuation of fisheries, and for ot her purposes. Referred to the com mittee of commerce. Stewart has introduced a bill to establish a post route between Panamint and In- aepennence, California. The Senate committee on rv claims reported against passing the spe cial law lor i ne reuei oi A. i . uacason ana others, dispossessed of lands in Solano county. Cal.. which thev mirchased from theU. 8., by reason of the subsequent confirmation of another title based on Mexican grant. The committee invite the attention of tlie public lands com mittee to the matter. In order to consider whether any general law should be en acted 10 cover an sncu cases. I l': The Senate claims committee report adversely on Capt. Samuel Adams' claim for compensation for services in explor ing Colorado river. They say they were rendered without authority of the gov ernment, ana strongly intimate tney were in no pariicuiar value. ': The credentials of Andrew' Johnson Senator from Tennessee, were presented annniea. t . - . ,- - : Wright's resolution, offered yesterday. tor tne appointment oi a committee o five to examine branches of civil service. with a view to reorganizing. &c was adopted. Ingalls submitted a resolution for the appointment of a committee of Senators to visit inaian xerntory. uua over. - The House ioint resolution rassed last witer, providing that an examination of candidates for position in the civil service department of the goven,inent soldiers and soldier's children and relatives nhall have preference, was naased by 88 to Cooper. Dennis, Haeer, Hamilton, of Maryland. licCiwrv. Snrague and Sauls- bury voting in the negative. Gordon of Georgia and Merri 11:011 of orth Carolina voted in tha affirmative. ' '-' " Consideration; of tho Indian appropri- auon 0111 was iniiu resumed. . t, .... .s.. , .Ramsey, from the committee on post offices, reported the annual post route bill, with amendments. Referred. . , - Hitchcock submitted an amendment appropriating four mililrms to reimburse settlers for losses by Indian depredations. iAiutiniuBiaiiie, Stevenson submitted an amendment re- rpviriiig Indian agents to keep books con taining, expenditures, Bcnianra ; 01 ) tracts, Ac., such books to be alwiys open to inspection, to remain in the office at the reservation and be banded over to their successors in office. Any forged en try or failure to oomnl v with the -provisions to be punished by a fine not less tbaa $509 nor laosw uin vi,uuo. TnirallsonVrnd an amendment instruct ing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay i lie treasurer ii ' - , from the trust fund, to lie used in pur chasing breadstuff's for said Indians, who lost their crops uy n5iic. s.ou '"on the 20th inst., the House went Into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the revenue bill, the question being on me muimu . . .. . . i.,. -A.A-i-l tnriff Miction. Ullllliciiu.." "--, .. .... ., Clvmeropposeii me wiiuiu, clared that with economy ui tne adminis tration of the uoveriimoiii mcic wi,u.v io no necessity for increased taxation. sclio.ieui SlipiHIIlcu mo " " "" - ' i hanlliff AmtM't tllO x lie appoinieu un .... dulmte on the motion to strike out the 5th section closed, and a vote was taken, re sult ini? In 1 he defeat of the motion. eas "' J . ... OT. The. debate was nrotracieu. J.ne coni- mi,,iM tvti tbe nnrnose of limiting .!..i'n nn tii tifih Mn-.tion. Debate then limited toonehonr. House again resolved itself into committee of tlie whole. The 6th and last section, exempting merchandise on shipsliound to the Lnited States on theioth of February, and such merchandise as is in airy pubiic store at the date of the passage of tne acr, iroui tlie duty provided in the bill, was then rend After some debate the committee rose without having reached a conclusion. At3o-clockall legislative business was siisne ruled mid euloiries were delivered on the late deceased members. J. B. ICice, of I.linois. A. II. Crocker, of Massachusetts, Hooper, of Miisvchuset!s, and Nersee. of Maine; after which the House adjourned. A gold leafl named the Centennial, j-ielclingqnartz worth $3,000 per ton, was recently discovered on the Little Laramie river. A maddened Texas steer impaled a $300 horse on one of his horns in the streets of Corinne. The horse died and the Texan was shot. The Cheyenne folks have it bad the mining tever. They are hugging a pleasant conceit that I he Crow Creek diggings are fabn'onsly rich. Wheat, In Tillamook eounty, what there was sown, is uninjured, the weather over there not having been so Severe as in the Willamette valley. Stock of all kinds in Tillamook Is in good condition, there being plenty of grass and no snow. o snow has lallen in the valley this winter. The snow on the summit ot the coast range where the Tillamook wagon road crosses, is about three feet deep, and four miles in breadth. : The little village of Fountain, In El Pho comity, is in a fever of ex- citemet.t over the strange conduct of one JNeis. v imams, a Texan. Who borrowed $50 and a valise from a girl he had promised to marry, and left the country. Mountain lions are pestering the ranchmen of Laramie county. A Mr. Jamison, a wooclclioiwier, was so closely pursued by one, the other day. that he dropped his gun. ax, hat, and coat, and then barely got away with his life. Tlie Salt Lake Tribune tells how a inme of cards saved ten miners from destruction by a recent avalanche in Cottonwood canvon. ll:cy were go ing up to the mines, and left the trail and entered an unoccupied cabin to play a game ot cants, ana had bare ly got settled when the avalanche slid down the trail which thev had left, carrying every tiling before it. A hunter near Fort Collins, having wounded a large buck deer, ventured to take hold of its antlers, when it reared nn and struck him under the chin, its sharp hoof tearing open his lurt, vest and coat, and splitting his breeches and piling them around his nkies. He was glad to get away alive, minus Ins clothes. From tlie liecord; Tlie capitol build ing coinniis-ioners have the use of welve liunureu thousand DricK that are ready made at the penitentiary. and two million brick will raise ail the walls of the building to their full hight. The eight hundred thousand additional can he made by convict lalxir as soon as they can be required to be used. A whisk v seller at AVest Jordan, Utah, was kicked, cutfed and puinmel- ed within an inch of Ids life, and pitched out of his saloon by a band of roughs, who proceedeu to gnzzie nis best brands of drinkables. Arming himself with a shotgun, the outraged saloonist staggered, under his injuries. back to his saloon, and the next day a couple of the ruffians were buried at the same tune 111 a little graveyard just outside tne town. Charley Ha vs. a Eugene City boy charged with larceny, was last week held over, under bonds of $250. tor trial at, the circuit court. The boy. some 14 years old, has already rather a prolific history as a felonious ab stractor ot valuab'es, but has escaped punishment out ot consideration for his family. It is now time to stop the turf business, and waft a few judi cial pebbles at linn. Major Kennover, from the Umatilla reservation, reports the health of the tndiausaid people good, une Indian, during the cold snap, was found dead on the plains, frozen to death. All operations on the reservation mill had ceased, as tlie men couiu not worn, but as soon as the weather opens they will Start everything. ' Hie sleighing is splendid between this place and tlie agency. A report reaches' the Mercury that the parties now prospecting and wont iiisr tlie old leans ot quartz on tne Santiam river in Linn comity, have fouud a "fat tal e ;" while engaged in prospecting amongst tne linings trot 11 the mill formerly iu operation there, a workman discovered in a crevice some 75 ounces of amalgam and about 800 pounds of quicksilvcr, which had wasted troin tne mtii wiuie in opera tion several years ago; . - : - ' The 'AtUori'in sayss "The mills at Kuappton start in full operation next week,; alter a general overhauling. These mills supplied Astoria with nearly a million and a half feet of lumber, dressed and rough, last year at the same time loading vessels con tinually through the year. A number of improvements have been introduced lately, and the mill starts next week with facilities for sawing ami dressing lumber superior to any iu this region. Under date of February Cth Mr. J B. Dickinson, who resides hi Attanum valley, seven miles from Yakima City, writes that the winter 111 mat re gion has been a very bard one, and tlie prospect for great loss ot stock is good. and unless a change should Boon come a good many men win get out or the stock business without selling out. Many of .the cattle were then so weak mat they had to be helped up when they were down. Snow had not been deep, but the cold very bitter. Mr, Dickinson had plenty ot feed and his catue were doing wen. Farmers over in the vicinity of Be thel and Spring valley are organizing a wolt scalp club to raise bounty for capture" of cayotes who are depredat ing. on sheep flocks. ; The " scope of country embraced W from the Kickreal on the south to Salt creek on the north. The subscription is being circulated ai d the bounty offered will be large.! ; Tha Baker VAtv Herald, of the Bfh.7 is informed that there were two em igrant teams frozen up in the Blue mountains last week. They were at Mea Cham's on. the -Meacham route, una Die to proceed on account 01 snow A capitalist is bnildine a row n twelve brick cottages in Cheyenne. Albert Skinner, eon of th ; nncr- master at Beaver City, is under ' for robbing the mails. i Leroy Beveiidge, of Helena, i tho Inventor of a new hydraulic nress for the manufature of cheese. j Two thousand head of cattle wpk blown into Greely by a recent: gale. Ihey came down like a shower of shingles. j During a storm at Longmont the other day. the electricity melted the brass off the repeater button In the telegraph office. j The Methodist M. E. South and Baptist Churches have united ini' hold ing a protracted meeting at Baker City. ' The O. S. Sf. Co.'s machine shons at the Dalles have been running all winter, giving employment to quite a number of machinist. The shops have usually been closed during the winter season. ' 1 An ordinance has been passed bv the Dalles City Council prohibiting boys under sixteen years ot age1 from tiAiiirr on fhf Ktrwta a Oa. Q O.VlAslr T M., Tn the winter, and 9 o'clock P. M. in the summer. The surveyor general of Oregon advertises that he intends to remove his office from Eugene on the 31st of . , 1 n ,. . . , inarcn, aim open it 111 foriiauu on tne 1st of April. j The four appended paragraphs are from last week's Mowitaineer: From Mr. Michael Finnigan, who lives on the east side of the Deschutes, In Wasco county, we learn that i cattle are doing quite well in that vicinity, and if the weather does not get any worse than at present, he expects to have a large band ot beef cattle to sell in the spring. r rom unamDeriam Jt lat, w . 1.. we learn oy private letter tnat tne weather has been very cold, but that the stock are doing well. Should the cold weather continue much longer the loss is bound to be severe in that section. From the "Walla Walla papers we learn that large numbers of stock have perished and win continue to die un less the weather changes. Mr. D. G. Leonard ot Scotts. Wasco county, says the stock in that section of the John Day country seems to be doing well, the weather there has been quite warm and pleasant. All the hill sides exposed to the sun are bare of snow. j It is said that the people of Jordan vallev. Baker county, can out dance any other set of humans in tne world. They start in at 4 o clock in the after noon and generally keep it up till 9 o'clock the next morning without In termission. A jolly crew are ! those Jordan Valleyites. J. B. Griffin, superintendent of the Summit Mine at Hog 'Em, Baker county, is running levels north aud south from the shaft, and is finding plenty of good quartz. He thinks that he is on the main chimney of the mine. Tliere is plenty of rock in sight that will pay from $ 10 to $20 per ton. Tlie citizens in the vicinity of Cut- tingsvtlle. Clackamas county, arc still of the impression that they can find ore containing silver, and a number have been prospecting iu the toot- hills. Mr. Thos. Webb, of Hood's canal, informs the Olympia Echo that, there is snow to the depth of six or ; seven inches near the kokouiin reserva tion at the present time, and consid erable ice on the prairies back ot Oakland. The secretary of war says the aver age cost of operation and maintenance of the government telegraph in Ari zona has been $'J06 a month, and the revenue from private messages 94 0 a month. The line win in intnre be operated by the signal corps and the cost of hiring civilian operators will be saved. Tlie Pioneer Oil Company of Salem, have contracted for 1,200 acres of flax in Douglas connty, 8,000 acres in the Willamette Valley, 3.000 acres east of the Cascades, in all about 12.000 acres, and expect the yield will range trom 100.000 to 120.000 bushels in the aggregate, 40.000 ot which will be munutiictured at the fioneer Mill, and the rest shipped to Calilornia, as they mve a contract to supply the mill tliere with seed. At a meeting of the stockholders of of the Alden Fruit Preserving Com pany, of Oregon City, held at t he iffice; of Thos. Charman, on Saturday last. Messrs. L. D. C. Latonrette, Arthur Warner. J. T. Hunaker, and Thos. Charman were elected directors for tlie ensuing year. The directors im. mediately organized by electing L. I). C. Latourette president ; J. T, Hunsaker. vice president; and Thos, Charman as secretary aud tieasurer, The Bad Lands of Northern Wyom ing are, in an probability, the most curious plains in tlie world. Stretch ing far away trom tlie foot (of the Bhtck Hills, tne iiaa Land region has been looked upon wttn awe by the Indians, as it is now looked , upon with curiosity by white men.. Lately Prof. Marsh, of Yale College, entered the region in search ot fossils and other curious geological formations in which the country abounds to a remarkable degree. Severe wea'ther, resisting Indians ami nnru marches dwl not daunt the scientist, and he baa finished his trio with gratifying 1 results Great fossil beds or tne miocene age were discovered, rich in specimens be yond expectations. "Nearly two tons of bones were collected, the remains of ancient animals, many of which are unknown to science. The bed of an ancient lake was the resting -place ot tne animal remains, wiucn were near l v all of the tropical specks. ; Many of the bones were of Immense size. A vV asco correspondent of the Jourwil says : "Game is plentiful, especially since the game law took effect, the largest and finest mule tails offering themselves - freely without lakers. We are law-abiding Citizens. we are. Th3 Warm Spring Indians, however, like necessity, know no law. and are, "snovmg tne-duck" in a manner peculiar to themselves. In the chase, as well as in war with hos tile tribes of Indiana, these braves show that they are masters of the situation. Ten of ihem, with about three times that number of very good horses, are now encamped on Squaw creek, near Camp Polk, whence they deal slangliter to the , herds ot deer now ranging In that vicinity. .Their Modus operandi is to ride abreast at given distances apart, in a certain direction across the plain, driving the game before them at a terrific speed tor several miles through heavily crusted snow1, which so tires and be wjlders the deer that they offer little resistance to outcnery. Loaded down with the trophies of the day the Indians return to their camp, only to resume the next day with fresh, horses the sport ana carnage. : . v... Mr. Bail, of IVrrvdale. Polk mnntv writing to the Farmer about the care of sheep in winter, says r "The present makes twenty-seven , winters l h lived in the Willamette valley, twenty one winters huib a ,nave kept sheep and never lost one on account of hard winters .10 my s knowledge. During snow storms their food has always been timothy hay, fed at the rate of about two pounds per day for each sheep, and I am careful to see that tney get water to drink, as tne : want of water is apt to kill them when tlieir food is all dry. I never salt their hay nor feed them salt when the ground is covered with snow. ' My sheep do better when the ground is covered with snow, in winter, than when it is bare, although theii past ure Is good, as then they will eat hay more treely (especially the young one) and it Is more nutritious than grass In winter. " Mining interests in Lower Califor nia are looking up considerably. Two old miners. Milligan & O'Reilly, have mane a very rich discovery near sail Batael, which promises fabulously. On the morning of the 14th inst.. an Individual whose name is not given hired a horse of Manning & Islw of Jacksonville, to go to Phoenix with, promising to be back that evening. He failed to respond at the appointed time, however, and Sheriff Manning started in pursuit the following day. The Sheriff found that his man had sold the horse to H. Casey, of the Mountain Hon-, for $25, and had taken it afoot to California. Although he adopted several strategic maneuvers to throw those pursuing off the track, the Sheriff captured him on tlie other side of Yreka, and is on his way back witti nun. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. Gold in New York 114 1. Legal tenders S7ia88. Wheat 06 cents. Flour. $1 12 4 f sack. Oats 40 cents. ' Butter 25S37.Vi'c as to quality. Eggs 20 cents. Potatoes ft a good article scarce. Apples, green, retailing from stores at 62 'e per box. Chickens. $2 503 dozen. . Hams 13Mc: shoulders 9c: sides 11c W lb. Lard, in 101b cans, SI 2a; in bulk, 10c ft. W hite beans 4c tt. Onions scarce nominally $1 50 per bushel from stores. Beet, on foot, 4c ; pork, 5c ; mut ton sneep. per neau. f-i. ban Francisco quotations give Wheat. $1 45S1 57 14 "$100 lbs flour, extra. $5?5 25: oats, $1 75 1 80; potatoes, $1 7ol 80. New Xo-Sj . The Thoroughbred Devonshire toll, Victor Second, TUTTLL MAKE THE SEASOX, COM f V mencins; March 1st. 187'. and endinsr June 1st, 187-i, at tlie farm of the under signed, two miles north of Shedd Stat ion, on the rod leading from Albany to II ar- risbuttr. L.inn irountv. Oreiroti. Those deslriaa can obtain good pasture on renonanie terms. VICTOR is the finest bull In the State, having taken the first premium over all competitors when exhibited at the Oregon stater air. CiT TERMS BEiiOXABU. ?3 H. B. & T. B. SPREXGER. 24ni3 IMPORTANT. Endorsed by the Medi cal profession. Dr. Wm. HALL'S BAL SAM for the lungs enres Coughs, Colds and Consumption, and ail diseases of the Throat and Chest. Dr. TOWXSLEVS TOOTHACHE ASOllYSE cures in one MIXUTE. 7n48 STOVES ! STOVES ! lSS From this date until further notice, I will sen a CHOICE SELECTION OF Stoves & Eanges FOIl -ALSO- PUMPS, HOSE, &C. W. H. McFARLAXD. Albany, Dec. 10, 1874-13 Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral, For Ilsense of the Throat and luK'. such ms 4'onsrlM, Colds, AstUuiHaaiuICousnmpU n. The few compo sitions, which have won theoon- tidence of man kind and become honsehold words. anion not only one but many na tions, must nave extraordinary ir tues. Perhaps no one ever secured so wide a reputa tion, or maintain ed it so lonir as AYKira Crekbv Pkctokai.. it has been known to the pub lic for about forty vears, by a long con tinued series of marvellous cures, that have won for it a confidence in its virtues, never equalled by anv other medicine. It. etill makes the most effectual cures of uoufrhx, UoMx, Conmmnhon. that can be made by medical skill. Indeed theCHERKY Pectoral has really robbed these danger ous diseases of their tenors, to a irreat ex- ieni, ana ifiven a leennir or immunity from thelrfntaieffeets, that is well founded. li ine reweay oe iiiken in season, feverv familv should have it in their closet, for tne ready and rnomnt relief of its mem bers. Sickness, suffering-, and even life is saved by this timely protection. Thepru- ucm siiuuiu not nejCKct 11, ana tne wise wu 1 nor.. Keep it oy you for tne orotecttoa ii BuuruH uv lis time.lv iisa- in sin men nt taCkS PREPARED UV r. C. ATEH Ac CO., Iowell, Hia- Practical and Analytical Chemists. t T5?1id by 811 Druggist and Dealears w iwiuiaus, , c ; oviy - Arcr'i Hair Tlsrar. For Kestortns Uray Hair to Its Nat- vnuiiiy aua oi r. Advancing years, sickness, care, disap liolntment and hereditary pre- ll-lll... oil turn the hair sl. Bray.anaeiiner it to shed pre matnrely. ElfS 11 AIR wVloom by long iOand extensive, inse. has uroven nair immediately; often renews tne growth, and always surely restores its color, when faded or gray. It stimulates the nutritive organs to healty activity,, and preserves both the hairand its beauty. in us orasuy, weak or sickly nair oeeomes glossy, pliable and strengthened ; lost hair reirrows with bvelv Tnresslon: falltmr hair Is checked and stabiished; thin nair thickens: and faded or srav hair resume their original color. Its oiieratton is sure and harmless.- It cures dandruff, heals ail humors, and keens the ealp eool, clean and soft under w h ich conditions, diseases or tne scam are lmnosstiiie. As a dressing for ladles hair, the Vigor is praised for Its grateful and, agreeable perfume, and valued for the soft lustre and richness or tone it imparts. ' PRKPARES BY'-- '" ' Dr. . C AYEB c ! ., Xowell, Prnctlcal and Analytical Chetpists. KSV-Kold bv all Druircists and Dealers In Medicine, . - . . - ; v7j5i a i A CAIlD-gl.OOO nEWABW THE ABOVE REWARD WILI, BE Giv en to an v one proving that the sales o the SINUfcK do not exceea an omen, j thousands upon thousands. While all the "other old companies' sales in 1873 decreas ed,, the SIXfJER increased wonueriuny, and" keep at the head, where it always la and should be. a Tin a j.UAiAv, Albany, Or., Sept. 25, 1874. Sewlngr 17S. The table ot-ewinsr Machine Sales for 187a shows 1 hat our sales last, year am ounted to 233,444 (two hundred and thirty two thousund, four hundred ana orty-four) fMachines, lieing a lance in crease over the sales of the previous year (lHlZ.I - M ne taute also snows mar our sales jrx ceel tliowe oi Huy other C'ouipauy, for the period named, by the nnmlK'i-of 113. not .InelaiiaeH, or nearly double those 01 aiiy other Comany. It mav be further stated that tne sates of 1873, as compared with those: of 1872, show a relatively larger increase, beyond the sales ot other mutters, tnan 01 any 01 tier year. For Instance In 1872 we sold 4.1.(100 more Machines than anv ot her Company, where as, in 173, t he sales were ll3,ti4 nacnniMi in urem 01 wr iiijrueMi ompetiwr. These fljui-es are all tlie morn remark able, for the leason that the sales of Hie principal Companies In 1878 are leaa tlinil their sles in l72i whereas, as has been sbown, our wile have largely liicreiiMfil. The account of sales ts from Jiron Mitmi made to the ownersoi the Sewing Machine Patents. it. will harrtlv be denied, that the snneri- ority of the SlNUEK MACH1XKH Is fully demonstrate'!--at an events inm ineir popularity in tlie household is unqaes- uonaoie. Increase Sold. or Xameof "So. Machines. Sinner MFjsr Co... Secor R. M. Co. . . . 1872 1873 Decrease .21U,7S8-232.44 In. 12.1H8 311 3.430 " 8.019 W. W. Mfsr Co. 174,1)88 11H.14KI T)e.M.8!)8 llomestie S. M. Co. . 4S,V4 40.114 V.44U 1.V.B31 20,7.1 1,419 Grovor & Baker Co. 52,010 8G.17B WeedS. M. Co 42,444 21,7H Wilson S. M. Co.... 22.HH6 21.247 How Machine Co.. (no returns.) Wilcox & tiibbs Co. 22,ti31 15.881 17,758 4.748 6,833 American B. H Co. lS.iWO 14.18-2 Florence 8. M. Co.. l.,7S S.isiO " THE SIXtSER MAXUFACTUR1XG CO., 34 Union Square, Xew York. TITUS CKOTIIEIiS. Agents, Albany, Oregon, aprll? TITUS BROTHERS, DEALERS IU Watches, 6Iae&s, JEWELRY, Silver & Plated Ware, : and ' J "' ' DIAMOND SPECTACLES. ANCFACTUKKll AXD ADJUSTED especially for the Pacific Coast by the NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO. of Elgin, Illinois, viz : Pacific, Jaiiiomia ami San Francisco WATCH, and we mot confidently ijc ommend them to the public, as possessing more Rood qualities for the price than any oiner narcn 111 ine niarKet- We also keen all ot her brands of Ehrin Walt liatn and Swiss Watches, Clocks, Jew elry, Silver and Plated Ware, Pistols and Cartridges. 63T Repairing a Specialty. .3 2"-AH Work none and Coods Hold Warrauted to be as Represented. J. D. TITC9. J. B. TITUS TITUS BROTIIEKS, . AT JOBK GASTERS OVO STAND, First street ALBAXV, OREGON DOLLARS TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION' riVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED OX THE 27TH FEBRU ARY BY THE PUBLIC LIBRAKY OF K Y., UPOX THE OUCASIOX OF TIIE1K IhiH AND LAST CONCERT. Drawing Certain or Money Reloaded One rand Caah "....--.-m2;!w'!!XX One Urand Cash ........ IW,000 One VmiHl Caah ll t.... """V One Urand f 'mh lf t . 2?x2 One Urand Cash .. ai 10'aahjtta, e4,OOOea 134'anhMtrta. IO OOOea 1SO.OOO 2e'MihUirts, iMtnkUin,. SOCaMhliiito, OO Cash !, lOOCtMhUma, SIO'nhlls, AooCaah 4.11 tH, 1 9,000 Caah Uifta, 4,ooea loo.ooo S.OOO en 0,000 ,000 ea IOO,00 j,m0 ea 10- 'ft4Oea lao.OOO loan ft,ooo So ea 93o,ooo Whole Tickets.... Halves ...9 !C5rfM oo Tenth, or eneh pnpon. 11 M hole'l lcKel lor. Soo.00 2J Ttcketa lor PUBLIC UBRABY OF KESTtCKlT. DeatH of ov. Bramlette-Aetion of . ihe Trsotees A iiceewr "P . pointed-No More Pontpo"""''1" lUrwalu; Certain February 27th. At a meeting of the Trustees of the Vvto lie Library of Kentucky Jan. 1.. J"." was resolved that C. M. Bngas, hsq-. under the late Hon. Thos. E. 'n,'tJ was the real bnsiness incr,JJK,r, ic concerts already given In '01TJhrhrebv Library of KentiK-ky, be and he is nereoy autboriated to take the plo Y0?" by the death of said Pm'VMfVhand manastement of I he affiilrsof the r Last tilft Concert. ad tbftf 'ne'i, "R announced for February T,Jbfi IxwlUvely and nneqiivoea; takeawon that day, without any "vULt"?'UZ? ment or delay W.'ivS ;' Jobm S. Caot &icy. - v : Hereafter, all: commitnlcations rehiting to the Fifth Concert "?"'d Vvatll to the undersigned, ami I P'"???? that the Drawing shall come off b"'T 27th or th.u eei-y dollar paid for ticketa shall be returned. - ' , CM. BRl(iS,Affcnt an Manager. Itnrm. 4 Fvblic Libntru ihittdtnp, Lout aiaclilne Salea of -1 o P C5 O - P-i O. C tc u o a -a OS "71 CO fc' a S - ax -CO o PS PS C3 CO p P PP r3 P rt ID .S CO cs h-1 H pi O aP CO o t v. .-, 1