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II&aug legist PrBLISBKU XVRKY FRIDAY BY COLL. VAN CLKVE, lit THE EEOIBTES BDILSINO, Comer Frrrg and Ftrtt Strettt. TERMS III ADVANCE. On copy, one year.. ....................... .W 50 Or copy, six months....... .......... I Ml To clubs of twonty, each copy w !a;to copies Ten cents. Subscribers outside of Linn connty -will be charged SO cents extra $1 Jo Hoc the year-as tbat is the uauant of pontage per annum which we an required to iay on each paper mailed by as. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 187&. ' Aseata for tbe Begtster. The following named ftentlemen are anthor- uea 10 receive ana receipt Tor snoscriptiona to the BmwrEK in the localities mentioned : Messrs. Kirk & Hume.... .Brownsville. Kooert Glass ....UrawfordsviUe. W. F. Smith Ilalsey. O. P. Tompkins... ...Ilarriaburs. S. H. Clanghton. ........ .............. ..Lebanon. A. Wheeler A Co Sbedd. Messrs. Kmith A Braaflcld .Junction City. J. B. Irvine. Seib. Tnos. H. Reynolds................... Salem. "W. Waterhouae... ....... Monmouth. The telegraph brings us accounts of terrible disasters caused by Ice gorges In the riven, and break -tips on the lakes. 'be frost king comes, and seizing the waters In his grasp, they become solid as the rock. Then comes a thaw, the ice breaks op, gorges, causing the rivers to overflow their banks, and then sweeping over the country in a resistless flood, the turbulent, maddened waters engulph and destroy everything in their path ; houses. fences, cattle, and the farmer's stores ol grain, are swept away, and many people. too, lose their lives ; massive bridges. costing large sums of money, the pride of the section, and splendid mills, are torn . from their places, and hurled along In the general ruin. What a contrast Oregon oCcrs to all this. The ' past winterthe hardest ever known -In Oregon here in the Willamette Valley, we had ice (rather thin, It Is true), of sufficient strength for skating purpose for a Sew days only not long enough for the youngsters to fairly learn the art of standing up or skat ing graeerolly upon it; and even op the Gotambia, where the weather is much colder than in the Willamette Valley, navigation was closed but a few weeks ; and when the thaweamev but little dam age, comparatively resulted. The coldest day here In the valley during the whiter the thermometer marked bat from 8 to 10, according to the exjunia, and that for only one day: and for several weeks past the thermometer has rat got below 83 above zero, and has generally ranged atrver&l degrees higher. X amparison Instituted between the Eastern states and Oregon, In any and every respect. Is oertaln Co prove fltvorable to Oregon -StfaBbe poor man's paradise, only requiring of tana a little Industry to provide for alibis wants and to lay op something ferCbe winter of Va Tornado to the A telegram from Augusta, Georgia, Waited the 80th, grass Che following ajar. Honiara ot a desbroetive tornado that visited that part of the Stateatthat date; A destructive tornado passed wer here this afEernaoa. The rain mil accompani ed by haH wa nrtovecedcnssdly heavy. Several sown te the Interior suffered srrerely In lass of life and property. At Corns k, an the Georgia railroad, several houses wen blown down. Thos. Gosling was killed and several persons woanded. Near Thampson, 40 miles front Augusta, s larw aaoount of property was destroyed and several persons killed. At Appling, Colombia county, the destruction ot pro perty was great. Several persons are re ported kilted and many wounded. At jatkens, a Catholic Church was completely destroyed. All telegraph lines but one North are down. Near Thompson several negroes were killed and a number of white people wounded. At Appling Mrs. Martha Darcy and Miss Maggie Bailey were killed, and several others seriously wounded. Every house at Comace, except one, is destroyed. Two persons were killed there. , Telegrams dated March "1st, from the same place, give further particulars, as .' follows: The tornado caused fearful destruction atom? its track, laying waste bouses, trees and fences: kiiline persons and stock The Baptists were holding a meeting at Kiam unurcn. near comace, when uie storm demolished it, killing three and wounding twenty-five. Residences and outhouses were demolished on many plan tations in Warren, McDafHe and Colum bia counties, Georgia. The destruction extended into- Edgefield, Aiken and .Barn well counties. South Carolina. In some places persons were blown a distance ol sixty yards. Every house on Mrs. Wal-t-m's plantation, including the fine resi lience, wasaesiroyea. in cojtHnotaxHinty three negroes were killed and 25. persons wounded. Ten bouses on Dr. Hamilton's place were destroyed. It is Impossible to give a correct idea of the amount of pro perty lost. Several buadred thousand . dollars will not cover it.. Reartul suffer ing is already reported to too devastated regions The following under data of. 23d last., ' gives further particulars The path of the recent? tornado was from 300 to 800 yards wide. It was cylindrie in snape ana rot tea wt swwTtu velocity from north to south. The front-cloud was black as night and half a.raile high. The rear was illuminated by-a bright fight. It traveled nearly due easfe, veering a little to the north. After devastating- Comace the tornado seems to have divided, one portion going east by nortii .and crossing bavannah river above and below Augusta, both proving equally destructive In laying waste and destroying la their track. Trees were broken like reeds and, in some instance, carried three-qctarters ' of mile. The tornado was preceded' by dull, heavy roaring, as of heavy artillery in the distance. It spent its greatest fury in about three minutes. An eye-witness asys the senses were utterly deadened and appalled There was a crash, a roar and' a mingling or a Hundred terriac and un earthly sounds. There is a great devastat ed district, embracing eight counties in Georgia, and two or three in South Car olina. The destruction of property Immense and tlie wounded :appalling. list of maimed, and The Judiciary Committee of , the N. Y. Legislature have reported adversely to the bill permitting wives to testify against their husbats tntroditceiJ, it is supposed. to allow lit. Tiiton to testify in the Beechcr.-cs. Am tbe report was adopted Yesterday -Atkaoeas. was - TJb&ksfiitsa day in SEWK PARAGRAPHS. The Equitable Insurance Company; of lias failed.' Xo money Klizabeth, N. J.. in the concern lor creditors. The gold clique had entire control of Uie N. Y. market on the 23d. Weather extremely cold in New York on the 22d ; tliermonider several degrees below zero. Ex-Congressman. John Hickman, died at Westchester, Pcuu., on the 23d, aged bo. ,z ' . . . Telegrams of tbe 20th sav tliat ex-Sen- ator Cluuidler has been offered and will accept the mission to liussia. Andy Johnson is expected to loom up In the Louisiana matter. Later Ho made a three-hour characteristic speech ; which let him out until next session. Mrs. Ij. I... Wimpy has been appointed postmaster at Hangman's cre k, Stevens county, vv. i., ana Airs, ira ououh 4'ossy jkock, iewis county, w. r. A competent geologist will be sent to the Black Hills by tho Interior Department as soon as possible, to ascertain accurately its mineral weal th. The legislature of Alabama adjourned on the 22a. Its last act was to withdraw the license tax from hotels, permitting proprietors to make special contracts with boarders. - It is announced that the terms of the Louisiana compromise will not be made known until the meeting of the IxHusvuia Legislature about the 10th of April. Rev. J. DevrittTalniadgelwtcslegT-apli- ed to Moody and Sankey, at London, England, declining to go there to assist them in revival work, on the ground that there is too wide a field here. - It is Bttted that by the Wheeler com promise the Ilouse is given to the Dem ocrats ami tne senate to trie rtepuoj icans. with a small Republican majority on joint ballot. An Ice gorge has formed in the Dela ware river, six miles above Water Gap, and extending back eighteen miles. The ice is piled ten to fifteen feet high all the way, and much alarm is Kit along the valley. A London telegram of the 20th states tbat John Mitchell is dead. The Irish societies of New York and other cities will have public meetings to express re gret for ins death. CLeary, of Chicago, and W. R. Held. of New York, finished their 20-mile walk ing match at Chicago on the 20th, O'Leary whining in 3 hours, 24 minutes and 15 seconds. Keid gave out on the ' ICth mile. i : La ud is, founder of Vineland, N. J. shot Camitber, editor of the Ideypmict in that place, on the 19th. There was some hope that the wounded man would re cover. A monster massraceting- was held at Ilyde Park, London, on the 20th. by the Irish, it being estimated that 300.000 peo ple were in attendance. Resolutions were adopted demanding the release of Fenian prisoners, condemning coercive laws in Ireland, and condoling with the family of John Mftchell. Gen. BmMerbas pnblfsheda letter say. ing that the civil rights bill does not give negroes the right to enter drinking sa loons withont the proprietors' consent, nor was the bill intendcd.to affect barber shops or any other private business, but only in public conveyance, bins and licensed amusements, in which all men from time Immemorial have had equal rights at common law. There is a threatened strike on the Pennsylvania railroad?, " beeanse the Companies have asked employes to resign membership in the Mecbanies & Work- lngmen's lienevoient Association. .Largely attended meetings have been held, and the employes have resolved to stand by their Association, and many new members are joining. The programme of the Democratic Sen ators is announced to be to raise a point ot order on the Louisiana resolutions, and, if overruled, to interpose sundry rotatory motions, and tlte realtor to debate it to the fullest extent, so long as any hope of de feating it is entertained. If this pro gramme iscameu ont, uie session may do protracted two or uiree wecics. letter it l ailed, and the berate adjourned on toe 24th. The Omaha, Nebraska, Herald contends that the suffering in that State from grass hoppers has been greatly exaggerated, and assert? tliat the answers to appeals for puDite cnanty were pimply enriching many whose crops are abundant. If this be true, can't some plan be developed to give tne rascals positions in tne btate Penitentiary for twenty years at least. They deserve this much attention, at least. A terrible tornado visited Ouchita valley, Louisiana, oa the 19tb, between Smith- land aad Ray's Point. Loss of life and properly reported as great. James Agair and iakl are among the killed. Smith land was leveled to the ground, and at Ray's Point plantation buildings, fences, males, fiorses, cattle, etc., were scattered in aH4$fections. The track ot the tornado was three aslles wide and fifteen long. General Sherman has sent the following order to ue3rai urd in regard to expe ditions to tbe Black mib: "Tlie Presi dent directs the following to be made public : All expeditions into that portion of Indian territory known as the Black liiiis country, must be prevented so long as the preseat treaty exists. Efibrtsare now being made to arrange for tbe extin guishmcnt ot- the - Indian title, 'and all proper means will be made to accomplish that end. ! however, the. steps which are to be taken toward the opening ot tbe country to .settlement foil, those persons at present within that Territory Boost be expelled. A letter to the Farmer from Turner's Station, Marion county, says : -Tbe stockholders of the Turner Storing and Trading Company held aa enthusiastic meeting here en the 17th and elected Messrs. Henry Smith, John Downing, vr jo., nuieary, &Mas jones ana w. c. Morris directors of the company. The company are sanguine ofi saooess, as but few shares . remain' to' be taken. The stockholders will meet again on Friday, March 26tbinst to perfect' the organiza tion. The grangers here are mbilanb over the prospect ot having a place to store mcir grain tne coming Harvest, where loaning wheat to speculators will be out of oruer. " It terns out that John MiiobeL twice elected a member of the English Parlia ment within a few months past, was in fact a citizen of the United States, having taken out bis final paper in. th District f Columbia in 1880. Ifeis rumored that the MoCmbeui silver mine, in Mohave county, Arbsona, was sold recently to San Francisco capitalists for $24U,ooo-casa. . ; The special session of the Senate of the forty-fourth Congress adjourned1 on the 2ith Inst. " ' ' '. it is romeied tbat General Sgt&Ber will resign. t A Washington tiecial says tlie express company gouge in tlie iOotal law is creat "S a good dwil ot annoyance thnnifjlioitt tlie country. This law will be reiealed among tlie first acts of tlie next Congress. The iKwtmasler general, in view ol" tlie in creased rate of tstHe on transient news papers, and in ortler to attord tne people in all parts of tlie country an opportunity to become familiar with the new law, sus pends its operation in this particular until April 1st, wlnsn lie will rigtuly enforce it. and all newcNtiiers will lie detained if in sulliciciitly prepaid. An onler to the above effect will be Issued by the Postman' or General to istniastcrs. Tlie aetnjii of the I'ostinaster t jeneral is absolute! v necessary to prevent tlie flooding of poKtotllees with insuflicieutly paid uvsiapers. The de partment is still in receipt of complaints of this embarrassment. i Tlie new mines so recently struck in Tillamook county hasn't as yet turned out any millionaires, iieason navii t tomiu a bonsnTa. i Wells, Fargo Co.'s express was roh- ltetl on the 23d, between Coperoiolis and ReynoRl's ferry, California, by three masked men. j Eight dollars in currency is novr the fare from Chicago to Baltimore or Wash ington City, over the Baltimore" & Ohio Railroad. Capt. John Farnham. .late Of Pngct Sound, has sailed for China, to go into business there. A Montana man recently pnrchased a Percheron colt in Marion county, paying fSOOfcrhlm. j A number of alleged Jvo-iviux nave re cently been arretted in 'IVxld eoinvty, Ky., and are now in jail awaiting trial. New Yorkers are still lmppy, as the Tilton-Beecher Hastiness Is not yet over Willi. Tbe postmaster nt Salom is not to be removed, says a Washington dispatch. Union county calls for plans for a new court lions to cost not more tnan fo.uoo. The rabbits are destroying a good many apple trees in Union and Baker counties by gnawing tlie bark off.' i James March got caught In the ma chinery of the flouring mill at LaGrande last week, and came near losing his life. The trustees ot Pacific University and Tualatin Academy are making an effort to keep Prof. Condon at the Grove. Rev. E. Walker sold 65 acres of land from tlie northwest side or his farm, near orest Grove, recently, for $31 per acre. Parties in the vicinity of Beaverton have shipped on the cars 2,400 busliels of onions or last year s crop. A dog fight for $200 a side' is being arranged by soldiers at the Walla Walla garrison. The Port Townsend Arms learns that 542 families will leave Minnesota this pring for Prtget Sound. t lj tali has 263 miles ot narrow gauge railroad in operation and as many more under construction. i The prospects of putting the Olympia Tenlno railroad through, the coming summer, are not very nattering. The proposition comes from the people of Wyoming to annex tbe two southern degrees or tnat Territory to ixxorado and tne two nortnern oegreca to Jaoutana. The virtue mine or Baker connty re cently sent to San Francisco a bar of bull ion valued at o,77B, being tne proceeds of zw tons oi ore. it is rumored tnat a leu ire, rich in some kind ot metal, has been struck ; by certain parties in tlie mountains west; of Dilley. BO says tne imlepenuent. i Mrs. F. A. Wallace, of LaGrande, met with a very painful accident, a few days ago, by slipping on Uie lee, causing tne iracture or one oi tne doiics oi tne ankle- j J. L. Thomasi G. W. C. iR. of the Golden Rnle temperance society, organ- ized a lodge at Cornelius, (Wednesday evening of last week, with 23 charter members. s On the lOth-of March Miss Laura Spen cer iorwaruea via oy wens, r argo & uo.'s express to the Nebraska and Kansas sufferers, which she collected from citizens of Cornelius. Tlie citizens of School District No. 82. in Marion county, have let out a contract to Mr. lira i ley, tnrougn tneir directors. tor the building of a good schoolhouse at x arKcrviue mis season. Mr. Lindley Meeker reports that Mr, J. II. Fletcher, Assessor of Clarke Co. W. T., found 150 voters between the forks of Lewis river. i Sheriff Geodell, of Chehalis county, W. T., states tliat the recent census of tbat county under his supervision shows apopuianonoiaoontou. r Parties who have land patents in tbe office at Olympia will save trouble by calling for them at once.j There are about 900 there awaiting the owners. Old Billy, a snperanuated boatman who has navigated the waters of the northwest for a quarter ot a century, was sent to tbe hospital at Vancouver last week. l -. - - : j An Indian from tne jvesanaity was killed on tlie hill east of Olympia, on Sun day morning of last week a beat 2 o'clock, by Soto Indians belonging near Olympia. Tlie remains gave evidence of liaitiug been pounoca wun a stone ana cut witn a knife. The long-talked-of race at Walla Walla, between irr. Hunter s norse and Mr. Ray's for $160 a side, single dash of one mile, took place recently. The race was witnessed by a large number of people. and, was won by Hay's horse, j Time, 2:01, The largest transaction ever made in real estate In Pierce county was recorded in tbe auditor's office lately, where the Northern Pacific Railroad Company transferred to tbe . Tacoma I Land Com pany more than 11,000 acres of land in the said county for the consideration of 200,fJOO. .- . . i Here id tlie weather report of Fort Benton : The mean temperature of the month of January, 1S75, was 8.6 below aero. The lowest thermometer was 659 below aero, occurring January 14tb at 8 A. M., but the mean temperature of the same oay was only 2S.4" , below zero, while the mean temperature of January AiKo was oeiow zero. A few weeks since ft was supposed that the fruit trees in Walla Walla valley had been nearly all killed during tbe extreme cold weather. Late examinations show mas uus is a mistake, too apple, pear and pium trees have suffered but slightly. in noma localities tne neach tram am nearly all killed, but in otliers they cscap- uyuxjf. " ,,. j ...... The enterprising citizens of Chehalis county residing on the Catsop, have open ed a highway from their rich valley tt the tide waters of the Sound. A few weeks ago the Erst wacon nasjwd nvnr thA iyuuI which they have cut out, and a quantity of butter and'eggs was brought, to the head of utg okooKum, worn, winch point it was uansportea V UlympU hi 4 boat. A high toned lil fxtsqne Is arranged for April ldt by promiilent biileniitcs. A 'farm twenty iilcs potitheast of Sulem was sold the otherf lay for f 20 per acre. A man with the f-eqnKire Pkill is wanted to ciisnigc iu the tttcry business at Ore- got i vuy. More acres of land have leen turned up in I "oik count v this year than ever here tofore. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cosper, of Salem, celebrated tlie 21 ainuversiiy of their wedding hist WeUnesuay wceK. A ljlgeof Odd Fellows is soon to be organized at New Tacoma. The quails which were let out last summer nnoot Hie city oi vijrinpia are alive and doing well. 1'lie mills on Pngct Sound are crowded with orders, and generally have small supplies of logs on hand. The steamer A'Mie, which was snagged up 1 u wain i.n river, naa oeen oroiigiic down and repaired and is running again. Work on tlie Dalles and Sandy Wagon Road at the Ca.caae portage, wm ue re sumed this week. The incipient fire department of Cor- vullis Is at a dead loek for want of ordin ances to regulate it. Roim'hodv shot a fine cow for Mr. Owens. of Slcin, the other day, so that she died of the wouiKis. The Good Templars of this State have increased their membership about COO in tlie. last three months. . John Laugliery was found dead in a house near Lafoutaine's mill. Bitter Root valley, recently, shot through the head. lie Is supposed to nave connuiuca suiciue. llie steamer Adtlin was snagged and sunk in the Duwamish river on Thursday ol last week, but it is lielieved she can be nii-H.'d and repaired without much cost. A drove of cattle crossing tho Wasatch ransre. in I. tan. lost tneir looting anu siki down the frozen snow and over a precipice a hundred feet high, and were dashed to pieces. Major Overton has been transferred from tlie land office at Salt Lake City to Fairplay, Colorado, and is to bo succeeded On Tuesday of last week the Catholic Society at Gervais received their new 1,400- pouud bell from tne celebrated foundry of Meneely fc Co., Troy, New York. : The same evening it was elevated to its posi tion in tho steeple of tlie church recently nnisnea oy tnat ueuominauon. The officers of Mountain View Grange, Clackamas county are: Master, W Offield: Overseer, R. Irvln: Secretary, A. Carmicbael: Steward, H. Pope; Assistant Steward, A. W. Riggs: Gate Keeper. M. Brackett: Treasurer, Isaac Clawser : Female : Ceres, Emily Offield f lora, fSaran Uribble : fomona, Amanita Adkins ; Lady Assistant, Caroline Offield Tlie Ne Perces had a brush with the Sioux Indians recently, beyond or east of the Big Horn in which two Sioux were killed. Four Nez Perces were frozen to death on account of the light, it got too hot for them, and they skedaddled, throw ing away their robes and blankets to aid them In their flight, ami the consequence was that Jack Frost got their scalps instead or tne bioux. Theconnne Mati, in an article upon the subject of connecting Montana by rail with the Union and Central PrAnc rail roads, talks to the point as follows : "That Montana, with her spirited residents and almost unlimited though undeveloped wealth, should not have a railroad to the trans-continental line ere this, is a matter of surprise to many who know her re sources and wealth. The treutnes or uorinne and other sec tions of Utah are tired of Mormon associa tion, and ask tbat a new Territory, to be called Cariboo, be formed from portions of titan, Wyoming and laano, described thus: Commencing at the point Where tbe 4 1st parallel is intersected by the 100th merid F 1 I . . T . - , uui, auu running nitiicxj uurui un &aiu meridian to the 45th parallel : thence west on said parallel to the intersection of the 114th meridian : thence south to the 41&t parallel ; and tlience cast on said parallel to the place of beginning A letter Irom Goose Lake to tbe Ad vocate says stock of all kinds look well and have wintered with little or no feed. The snow li:is not laiieu at any one tunc more than eleven incites, and only remained about a week. At the present time tliere is no snow in the valley. Tlie soil ot this valley ts very productive. I lieanl one of our farmers say a few days ago, that he raised forty bushels of wheat to tlie acre and lie said one of his near neighbors claimed to have raised forty-three busliels of wheat to the acre. The Hillsboro Independent says : "Mr. tlie county for support. Thos. Brady has applied to court of Washington county He lias Hied his auiciavit at the i county clerk's oflice testify uig that he is a citizen ot the State of Pennsylvania, having left there a month since; has been iu this county three weeks ; tliat he has the dropsy of tbe kidneys; has no means of support and no relatives in this State. Tlie county court will notify the Secretary ot State of tbe facts in tlie case, and Brady will become a pauper on tbe county at tho expense of the bUto. " Mr. Wm. Grant, of the firm of R. Grant & Co., of the Dalles, returned tlie tore part ot last week from a visit to tlieir ranch on the John nay river in ijir.it it county. He reports that live stock gen erally got through tlie winter with but little loss, but that the spring is backward and the weather rather cold for this sea- sou of tlto year. He found at the ranch a large number of cattle that would make good beef, but ho dklnt think they would stand driving to market at present owing to the shortness ot the grass along tne route to bo driven. It is Sir. Grant s opinion that in tlie course of front four to snrwecks, there wm bo- plenty " i oeei cattle. The Corvallis Democrat learns that on Monday of last week quite a large- number of men made a frantic rush for the Alsea reservation, to take early advantage ol the act of Congress making provision for the removal ot the Indians irom tnat reserve The company started down tlie Alsea in a skill, but met witn a misitap wnicn upset their canoe and left them to nistke the best of their way on foot, minus sundry articles of grub and annarel. When in formed tnat tne i nutans nau not yet agreeu to the removal, and that the reservation was not vet open for settlement, a por tion of the company concluded to continue their search for a location farther down the coast, porhps as far as the Siuslaw and Five rivers, while the rest will wend thcir way home, sadder and wiser men. Two new and ambitious "towns" in Washington Territory reioice in the name of Centre vi lie. One of them Is in Snoho mish county, the other in Lewis county, on the line oi tne raiiroaa. i ne i "'- office at; the latter station is known as Newaukum. Considerable annoyance has already been caused from this same- im ot name, ana it win increase as tne places grow older and increase in popula tion. i On Thursday of. last week Richard Rush, a deputy sheriff of Lane county. arrested two men at Coos bay on a cliargc of having attempted to rob the stage near Ploche, Nevada, on the IKth of August last. "The' deputy sheriff' brought them, over to Kngeno and there fomid he bad nothing to, bol the men on only bis own suspicions, melons pay jeusy little of tUh bort of tbUtg goes a long Places can be ohtained for ire-eiiint.ioii and homestead on tlie Chelialis. Mr. T. M. Alford. of White River. W. T., has wiutercd about head tt cjittltj this winter at an average- cost offO per neaa. Mr. Mead, livinir at the mouth of the Alsca, Hccidcntiilly shot his little daughter, aged -about 0 years, while doing some thing with his gun, on Friday of last week. It is restrcd the wound is fatal, as the shot took effect in the side. The members of Corvallis fire depart ment met at Young America's cturinehall. Saturday tiefore last, for lite purjiosc of electing ollicen?. The vote for chief en gineer resulted in a tie between Geo. P. iVrenn and Bush Wilson. J. M. Eglin was chosen assistant chief. The ltojitstcr of Vancouver says : "Whether the chiet river of Oregon should be spelled Wallaniet, or ; Willamette, is a question that has seriously interfered with our repose. W c are at length com pelled to admit that we are driven to the 'wall " by preponderance of evidence. ' Daniel Roberts, fireman at the Isthmus sawmills, on Coos Bay, owned by J. F. intrnam, met with :i painful mishap last Friday. Ue was standing in front of tlie furnaces, putting in a fire, when the fecd- Cijie whicti conveys water to the heater, urst and scalded biui severely about the face and neck. i Hie A.ttsn-iun savs thieves are prowling around Astoria. Last Wednesday night they cleaned out Capt. Fcrchen's clothes line; emptied Capt. i Johnson's meat barrels, and poisoned Capt. Johnson "sdog. Loaded revolvers, handv by, might assist night prowlers like these to hospitable graves. : A resident of Cove. Union county, recently gave a candy-pulling,- rag-cutting and wood-chopping party, anil the La Grande Seminal says : iYouug Cove hoodlums, who hail not been known to cut a stick of wood at : home for a year, actually cut a cord that day. It is esti mated that tlie boys cut seven cords ot wood. The girls cut forty-nine pounds of carpec-rags. " Tbe Hillsboro Independent says: Last week Mr. Stortnont presented Dr. Bailey with the head ot a lamb wonderfully monstrous. Its jaws have no articulation, it has no nostrils, ami its two eyes are joined hi one eye hole, which is situated in tne center oi tne ioreneau, ana are so closely united that they look like one eye. 61Mina;np witn Her. Slie was expecting him Sunday night ; the parlor curtains were down, tlie old folks notified that it was healthy to go to bed at eight o'clock, and Johnny bribed with a cent to permit himself to tie tucked away at sundown. He sneaked up the path, one eye on the uog ana iner otner watching for tlie 'old man, " who didn't like him any too well, gaye a faint knock - at the door, and it was ojiened, and lie was escorted into the parlor. He said he couldn't stay but a minute, though lie didn't mean to go home tor hours. She wanted to know how his mother was ; if his brother Bill's rheumatism was any better ; and he went over and sat down ou tlie sofa so as not - to strain his voice. Then conversation flagged, and he played with his liat and she nibbled at the sofa tidv. He finally said it was a beautiful evening, and she replied tliat her grand- lainer preuicteu a ewwtwuii no uu lie guessed it wouldn't enow as the moon wastrt crooKeu enougn to nang a powuer horn ou the end, and she said she didn't believe it would, either. This mutual understanding seemed to give each other courage, and he wanted to know if she had seen Bill .Jones lately. &he haun t she said, and she didn't want to. Then tliey went to talking about the donation visit whicli was to be given Elder Berry, and he carelessly dropped his liaml on iters his risrht hand, while his left arm sneaked along tlie sofa to get behind her shoulders. She pretended not to notice it, and be looked down at his boots, and wanted to know it sue tnougnt mutton tallow rotted out boots faster than lard and lampblack. She couldn't say, but she liad an idea tliat it did. He bad jnst commenced to lock lingers, with her, when she discovered that 'something ailed tlie lamp. She rose up, and turned the lamp down a half, making the room look dim. It took him live minutes to get noiu oi her lingers again, and she pretended to want to draw her luind away all the. time. Alter a long pause, he lowered his voice to a whisper, and said he didn't see wliat made folks love each other, bins bis her handkerchief and admitted her ignorance. He said that he could name a dozcu young men who were going to get married right airav. nun tin it-iL arm icti iiowu ami iruvo a hiur.k Then he went over and looked out of tins wiudow to make sure tliat it was or was not going to snow, aud, coming back he turned the liirltt down a little more, and theu sat down and .wanted to kuow if she didn't want to rest herself by lcauiug her head on bis shoulder. Ah. mc : wc have all been there, and who ot us cared a cent when the old clock struck twelve, and we live miles from home.? The old man was fast asleep, the Ltch-dosr ronc a visiting, and the hand somest girl in the county didn t see why we need be in a hurry. Pertains I shouldn't have written of this, but as I was going by Saunder's tlie other fliiv. thinking ot the night l heard him whisper in lief ear at f peinng-scuooi. tliat he'd love lier very slwdow as long as he lived, he raised the window auct called to her, as slio was picking up chips iu tlto road : "Sue Saunders, come in here and find lite b'ar's greese for my sore heel, or I'll bicak every bono in your body! " ! KTRt'tHaliE. BT EI.LKN F. AU.KKTOS. ' Great strength is bought with pain. From oat ine sirnc From out the storm tliat sweeps tlie human hose hiddn tempests of t he inner life Uhui loitn tiiu tony uuiu oi einntioi. : Ptice after war. AlthotiKh the heart may bo Ti-ampH't ana Pi flowed like torn luxltle-Ueld, KK-h are the fruits t.liftt follow victory. Aad battlc-grouuda the fullest harvests yield. Strong grnwa his arm who breast a downward streniu, And stems with steady strokethnmijrhtv tide Of hia own passionn. . core the wrench may seenu Yet only ho is strong whose strength is tried To toil is hard. To lay aside the oar- To sofuy nae anu lau wun )iasiins swell fall wi Is n9ler f.ir ; but, w lien tne urauii is o'er. Tlie uitternesi) 01 waiting none can teu. To float at ease, by sleepy r.ephyrs fanned. n tniT to irrow iire neitie. tinv nv niiv. While slips life's little hour out, annd by sand. Ana strcnKia anu nope myeiuer waiuu away. n nl v wins who sots his thews of steel Wttn uituier ieuioii iw uie fii-iea oi pain ; Who wearies, yet stands fast ; whose patient iscai ...... Welcomes tho present loss for f attire gain. Tnil before ease : the cross before the crown. wtinmvnu nt. he first must earn the boon. He who at. nlg-ht in pence would lay him down Jdusl Dear aia lona autiu uiu uuaia ot noon. FIIIAr.CE AMD COMMERCE. Gold in New York HOf. Ixsgal tenders S788. Wheat M!4 cbnts . Flour, ft 12 sack. Oats 40 cents. Butter 2&(37c as to quality. Eggs 15 cents.. PoUitoes lil 25? bushel. Apples, g'cen, . retailing fiom etorcs at 623-jC per box. CtncKcjns z ovuj f uozcu. I lams 13' .c; shoulders 9c; sides 11c lb. " - : . liird, in 101b cans, $1 25; in bulk, 10c ?lb. " -..;!-.-,.. White beans 4c ft- , ' Onions fcaree nominally L 50 per busliellrom stores. Beet, on foot. 4c ; pork. 5'.c ; mutton sheep, per head, if-l. , j San Francisco quotations give i lieat, $1 filX'tl 70 1 100 lbs ; Hour, extra, $5&5 37!; oats, $1 50fl 75; ioUU)es, l 75!tl'0. - - -! - ' New To-On). LYON'S ' j . ; KA'PIIAIRON, SOt mS I'EK BOTXIE. linn been lu uae over Hair Century. It I'roiootcH tbe Cirowth, Preaervea the Color, Increases the Vijror Bud Beauty s I'revcnta it VallluKr ou of the I fair. and Ttirniiiic Urny LADIES,! Do yon want n Pure, Blooming Cow plexlon T ir no, a rew applications of IIAUAVS nAOSIOUA IIAI-M will KraUty yon to nr heart's content.! It toes ... j . away witn Redness, Blotelies and l"lui- . t pies. Overcomes the Flushed appear. ance or beat, futiiue and exeltemeut. Ayer's Cathartic Iill, " For all the Purposes oCa Family Physic, 1'CTKINa Otstiventaw, Jaundice, llyfiutiHiu, 1 udi&ist i-n, 1 y xen tcry , Foul Slonintli and Jirenth, Krysiiwhut, Iliuiiliv-lie, riles, Kheti iitatisni, Kruntloiii and Skin 1 tuwases, iliousii(!Mf), Uvcrdim laint, lroy. Tetter, Tumors - and Salt Klieuni, Worms, liont. .uirat"H as n innncr Fill, and Puriivina the Blood, are the most conffenlal piu-gatlve yet perfected. Their effects abnuUuitly show liow iniH-.h they excel ail other l'ill. They ate wfe and olttutnt to tnke. but oowerful to cute. They ptuvc out the loul bniuors of the blood; incy Hiiinuiaie ino Mniiisn or - uiwmivreu organ into action ; and tltoy inipart health and lohu to tho whole lieinir. Thcv cure not onlv the every duy complaints of everybody, but lormiuaoio anuuanKeroua uweoHoa. i niosi bkiii- ful pliyaicianM, most eminent clergymen, and our best citizens, send certificaleHof cures per- Trtneu ana ot irrofit tieneuta tnev nave cienvea from theHo Pills. They are the daftist aud Iwet physio for children, because mild a well us ell'iiitual. Beinir suirar eted, tlieyare easy totnkn: and beina oureiv veelublo. they are eniireiy luu-nucss. 1 KEPARFD BY nr. J. C AV Kit A- to., IowelI, Mass., Practical and Analvtical uheniista. C2?-sld bv all DruiaasUt aud i Dealers in Medicine. v7nS Aycr'n As; uc Cure. , For tlie Kpcedy (teller or Fever and Airue, Intermit. tent Fever, t'hill Fever, Keiulttent Frier. liumh i tjnie, Periexlieat or Kiliotm Fever, Ac., and indeed all the aileetinM which ariw trout ninlnriom, marah, or inlnouiallc iwcwnit. lias neen H lUeiv nned. dnrinirthe last twenty-five years, hi the triaii- lnent of these dtetressuiff diseaseH. and with such unvarj-ins success that it 1ms pained the reputation of behur infallible. The shakes, or dulls, once liroken by it, do not return, until the disease is coiitraetcd aain. This has made it an accepted remedy, and trusted spccifie. tor t be Fever and Asrue of tlie West, and the Chills and revcr ot t ne &nutli. 1 AVer's Asnfl Cure etadicntes the noxious poison from the system, and leaves the pa tient as wen as uciore ine aciacK. it thoromrhlv extiells 1 he disease, so thai no Liver Complaints. Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Inwn- reryor eitiity loiiowincure. mueca. wnere lusoruersoi tne Livcrnnu uoweis naveoeourreu from Miivsinatic Poison, it removes the cause of them and tlH'y dissippenr. Not only is it nn eirectiial euro, but, if taken Occasionally by lviticnisexnoscn to niniaria. it will exnel tlie poison and protect them from attack. Trav ellers and temporary residents In every and all Asr no localities aru inns enanieu to tieiv the disease. Tlas IHuieral Iiebility which is so ant to ensue from ntinued exposure to Matin ia- ana Miasm, nas no speonier remedy, lor Uver 4 oniplatnlM, It is an excel lent remedy. CKKI'AKKII BY cruc.in-ai ami yinaiyiuio cneintsia. E3?"Soia bv all lru!iicists and .Dealers Medicine. j v7n8 Cash'' $ PucaV O.HBOOART V-TH.BtJRWCrT. ttanter&ine&SipuomeStrwls, SanFraiiciscoCaKforruai CapitaItFdili2inG5;(l)$800,000 Surplus Fund (inGoM) 206,110 TrnnsnclnfTrry Itind of l-iittLUHto BtankiaK llNNinc. ItCVj A1KI MKS.fM I!Xf ll.yH on t lie priiK ipttl clues ue Uiu L'iuk-I sulci KImI Knroni. IN.OIJ.N I'ERTIFItlATKM OI' lKlOMI'r -HV.uUiile ill ail cmmurrujl nii'l imiiiiii i:iI (MHtirs. i ('. Aim KKI.I.N National. State, t'itr aii.l (Hi'it.v l;itils. i IXVKMTMKItlTS M Di: IMI nrliK (iUI.U&MII.VKK ;. I. IO.-M Ull't I. S4m tlrKAIDKKN iMMIICllt HI !. DKfHKIT ACdvllitlTH K-t in Uil4. Mlvcr ui Curicmy, and Mibjeci l clici.K at iiU'iimn-. ' I 't' V. IC f.HT PtlDnn Timu Pop""iH. rotl.KITIm. itl.lK in Man ' Irflncim nnl vicinily witfuint. rhurw, ami ut alt otucr iini .it cust, mi rin:cvtls . rcuui ivii ut currcul ricn of K.x ii i nt; O. H. BOGART, PETER H. S CTRKETT Cashier. President. ention,Farmem LUDSCRIOE; ..ram Tac. I STA11 WEEKLY OF THI PACIFIC COST. 10 Off SAN S4 EAB. Tho Great Pai tho Farmer, Miner, Mecl merchant. our aora AN.. DEPAIvT- MEXT IS A TTEACT1VE FEATURE. As a rircsMe Oiu panto t!lrcle lae Rckl.T is it the Fastily leqaaled. EVERT VRApOER tTtou HAVE IT. rKTf fun t Oopygto whoever (wuwp o Club. One Yeari t'XO SO Copifs ------- C8 OO advsnee in U. S. OoliS Coin equivalent in Currso-a rnificent MAP of the 1 atlilo (.'oast t rc Vo every subscriber. li DE YOU NO t CO., Fivpriet&a, - nan 'raamM. a All PosUnaeters ue authorized J I i'rtxjelTe subeuriiiliuns. Sjpectmen f 4 I Cj ijvet meut free, tih.su I oh omk. , jf va a ft Vk 1 Aewincr Machine Soles or, 1S73. The table ni fW-wtniT Mm-lifnn SnW fnr 1S73 bIhiws that our miles last jx-ur amounted to io hundred unci thirty two Ihona iind, four hundred and l'oi1y-fonr) Machine, beiiitf lariio incrcuso over the sales of the previous ycur(l7-'.l xue mule also kIiows tliat our sales lael IIiohc el nny ullt-r 'uiiKiuy, forthetmriod nuiued, by tlie number of 1 1 ;i.l!Si Miw-lilol or nearly double llioxe of any ol her Coniiiany. i. limy uc iiinner staled iiuu rue xaion ui 1M7.1. as coiniuiiiMl willi tliowi of IS72. show a relatively hiiver Increase, beyond the Hules of other makers, tiian of any other yenr. For instance in 1873 w solil 43,0)11 more Miichincx ilitm uny other Company, whereas, iu 1K7S, t he Kilcs were 113,S1 Miu-liinet in Ktnu of snr IlittllCNt CoiapcUlor. Tiiese tifsures are ull tint more rcmaraaiiie, for tlie leiiHon that the Mtlcx of tlie principal ominini.-s in 1S73 are lew llisn their aalea in 172; whereas, o has twon shown, ear sales have largely iuerenaed. l lie account ot sales is lrotn trworn murru nuvlu to the owners Of tho Mewing Slachlna Patents. It will hat-dlv be dijnletl, that the wiperiorlty of the SIX U Kit MACHINES Is fully demonstrated- at ull events Unit their popularity in tlie housoholdis unquestionable. Name of No. Sold. or Machines. 187 1873 TecTeaia , Siiifjer Mrs Oo.....2l9,75S-25M,44t lm W,l !. M. V 311 3,430 " S.btn W. A W. Mfir Co...l74.tiK8 119.190 IH.54JW -atm..it.n u x.r t '.. inr.i in HA u AAtk . ........ i n.i.t;, tri. ....... . YV lKHl S. M. CO 42,444 21,nHM W,i' WUboii 8. M. Co.... !W,Hti 21.24W 1,41 How Macbine Co.. (no returns.l . Wilcox A Uilnst. ,6S9 1SM1 " 17.70S American H. II Co. I8.9K0 14. IW " 4,748 Florence ($. M. Co.. 15,793 8,960 " THIS KIXGKK MANUFACTUKINO COi, Union Square, New York. TITUS UROTUEKS Aaonts, Albany, OrcffnM aprin TITUS BROTHERS SKAIiEKS I!f ' :W&tebos. Gladys, J E "W" ELRY, Silver & Plated Ware. . and ' DIAMOND SPECTACLES. C A N U K A CT U R K I AND ATUITSTKI 1YX especially for Utu, Paciiiu Coast by th NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO of Elgin, Illinois, via: laclUc, . California and Kan Francisco WATCH, and we most confidently Tst-mn-nioid tlu-in iw the public, us HissessinK mora jimhi pianties lor tne price tuuii any oilier Match in the. market. We also keep all other brands of KlRin, Walilium and Swiss Wnlclieb, Clocks, Jewelry Silver and Plalcd Ware, Pistols and Cartridges. 62r Uciiairing aSiiceialty.'sa 03PAU M'orh hone and Uods Kldk Warranted to be ns Iteprvaented. J. D. TITCS. . B.TITCH. TITUS ISItOTIIEUS, AT JOIIS UAMTKIl'S OLD STAND, First street ACI1ANY, OREdON. Aycr' Cherry lcclral, For IMnchw 4f the Throat and fasti. Mien mm Coutthn, 4'oida, HIwoiIhk IOUkii, vranrniux akuuuu and . ....-.'"'.-- Cuuntunption. ... . Tho few compost, lions which have won the confidence of man kind and hncumw household words. iiiii.!if not only one, bill. ninny lmtions. lunst Intve extrauriii nary virtues, i'erlutpa, nnonn - ever wnm rei I so wide a renulauon, kf ltiiLinfjtltKMl It 1 .-T lonx as AVKR'a i V m CJ1KKRV 1'HTTUHAI.. It "Ty .' ! -i til bus liecn known lotha ju-sr" rtiT Ai. imbiie for about fori v villi's, bv a lim com inued series of marvellous ciii-cs, tluit have won tor it a confidence in Ha virttH'S, never eipmllcd by any other medicine. Its! ill iiiukcs tint iiiom. eitwiuai cures of Osiin, t wis. DirtiinniijitKm, mat can be inada bv medical skill. IndocdlheClIKItav PWTobas.. litis rcl!y roblHHl Hirho diiiiRerous- diseasaa of llifir iMrrfii-s. 1n a creat extent, and elvim a.. feeling of itniniinily trout their fatal effects. tnar IS will lounieij? it tne reinriy ue uttttn In season. t.very laimly slKmld have it in their cl.wt for 1IH3 ii-ady and pronifit relief or its. tucnilicrs. Sn-kncs.-s snuerini;, ann even life is. sn veil by this timely proiecvtion. Tho prudent should not nof;k-t is aud the wise will not. - Kwp " ny y" ,,H IH iKHanwuu anoros by its timely nuo In sudden attacks.- . .. , t , . FKBPAKKI) BT Or. J. C. ATfK Ar I4wll, H(M., Pi-Hctii-ai anu Aimiyiu-Jii cnetnists. C-rsoid by ail Kruggiina and lealears In, Medk'inc. . , tlvVy iii-r'a Hair - Visor. For Kestoriaic Oray Hair fa- M Katawah Vitality and 4'elar. . i,,anuK year, sickness, care, distp. polntment, an d hereditary pre1l, Kisltion, art turn tlto. tir pray.and ei her of them incline It to shed m-emA.tjiw.B-... or, by lon nf ea i tensive u sv f,, tt 0 the failing: of tte .,ht viimnediately ; iVenews the g fln growth. , ivi ww always BUieiy when Unlet or gray. ! Hunuma tnj n i trilive orjtans to hcalty activity, and -.i servo both the hair and its beauty. Th I , l... wauIt m. uU,lr1v tlflfl tw. .n.a It stimulates the WMir, br.iKhv, weaK or sieniy nair iteeomes nllablii and strcnirthonod ; kwst hair r :?sy, rr, 14. with lively expression i iiuimn iniirm I'i.wt-M and stabHshcd; thin liutr thickens ; and t or smv hair roMumetheir original eokiw. Iia or xniv hair rosumemcir original eoKiw. na niiei-ntlnn is aercaud liarmioss. It enrwa drutT, heals all humors, and kmim the si.r, cool, clean and soft under which oaiia.y,. ilrull, neais an nuinu, --? i.n Hi,:r cool, clean and soft under which toaUiiH,,,, . djiseaseit of the scalp are impossible. Firaisod for its ftratcfnl 1 and aiie-al.. u tn. and valued for tM soft lualrvtkiij nesaof loue itiiniiarts. . V ur. J. C. AYKH A t.. lAwelV, A, ' Prni-tii-iU and Aimlytitwl Chemists. I C;" 'd by, 1" miasma and iaier rnaratvr-i ni . JBtoti. Medicmv tSVIy 1 re-... In