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jilting lir gif PUBLISHED EVKRT FRIBAT. BY '.. COLL. VANCLEVE, IN THE REGISTER BUILDING, Corner Ferry and Firtt Street. TERMS -IN ADVASCK. One cott, one year M One cnny.irti months. i To clubs of twenty. each copy -. 00 S ne-le copies Ten cents. Rnbscriliera outside of Idnn county will be eharired 80 cents extra 2 70 for the year as that in the amount of postatre per annnro which we ire required to pay on each paper mailed by us. - - FRIDAY, APRIL 16, .1875. Arenta for tbe Register. The following named gentlemen are author ized to reoetve and receipt for suliscriptions to the Rfhstfr in the localities mentioned : Messrs. Kirk & Hume Brownsville. Robert Glass i . Crasfordsville. W. P. Smith. . .Halsey.; O. P. Tomnkins . n. Clanghtnn A. Wheeler Co. . . . Messrs. Smith A Brasfield... J. B. Irvine Thos. H. Reynolds W. Water house .....Harrisburg, ...... .Lelwnon. Sliedd. , .Junction Hty. Scio. .Salem. .....Monmouth. BcsrsESW Aorar.-Wa hare secured the ser vices of Mr. Henri T. 8ayrs, who whill hereaf ter act as Business Agent for the Register. Letter Iron Wisconsin. The appended letter was received a day or two since by a subscriber uIebanon, who forwarded it to us, with a request to copy aud answer. The letter reads as fol lows : - WATRAxr. Wis.. March 17, T5. ' IX AK Srta : When a acboolby I always looked npon the Pacifle coast of tbe Union as some sort of paradise; bat It was, in those days (when we were without railroads 1880), a too for off country for me to indulge in even dreams of ever getting there. Although those childish Imaginations of mine have now vanished. nevertheless still feeLa longing to be there, as I think in a clime like the Willamette Valley is described to be, I should be more happy than in this frigid zone, with tbe thermometer at 1' below zero while I am writing this, and where, during January and February, this winter, the mercury never rose above aero. Therefore am dete-mlned to change my residence. Hav ing sold my form already, I am now studying your State, with a view of settling there. Would you have the kindness to give me infor mation about your neighborhood ? I should like to know what the chances are of getting a farm of from 80 to 160 acres, improved or unimproved, combining prairie and timber on it for the wants of a former, situated in a good locality, such as a friend of nature and a lover of scenery would like to live in and enjoy Ufa. Also, tbe price, terms, etc., such a farm could be purchased for. It you will give me an answer to the forego ing inquiry, I shall be very aracta obliged. Respectfully yours. Albert Zemke. K. B. I am a German, therefore one more question. Are there any of my countrymen yet in your neighborhood? March 18th thermometer 20 below zero just after sunrise. A, Z. The Willamette Valley it full of pictur esque and even grand scenery, and the lover ot natural objects and scenery of the Boost exquisite beauty can fiud something to delight tbe eye on every hand. No . Where in its whole extent, probably, is the Valley more than fifty miles in width, narrowing down in places to probably not , wore than fifteen miles, the broad and majestic Willamette river, its margin fringed witb timber, passing through it on Us way to tbe sounding sea. On each side of the valley, like sentinels, stand the ever lasting Mils, growing wider and broader and taller and grander as the'distance in creases, clothed from base to apex with luxuriant forests of fir, pine, etc., afford lng an Inexhaustible supply of timber for all tbe wasit3 of the farmers in the valley. . Here and there scattered over the prairies of the valley, are little groves of oaks and other trees, while bordering the little creeks and rivulets that come bounding down the mountain sides, nermeatinjr the " low lands " in every direction, singing and plashing their way with apparent delight to tbe river, are alder, and sometimes oak and firs, in sufficient quantity generally for fuel to the dwellers on their banks. Grand hills or " buttes " here and there shoot up from the level plain, hundreds of feet Into tbe air, sometimes covered with dense forests, but oftener bare of timber. . but covered with luxuriant grass, affording excellent pasturage ; while from their tops the lover of nature can behold such a pano rama, so grand and beautiful, as no pen can adequately portry or pencil transfer. JjuaA can be purchased. In any desired quantity, of almost any kind and quality desired, within ten or fifteen miles ot this city, tor from $20 to $40 per acre. An Improved farm, near this city or Lebanon, well watered and wooded, can be obtained. often by paying a small portion of the pur chase money down. We know of 200 ' acres, witb good improvements, but a short distance from this city, six or seven miles irom Lebanon, a number one form in every respect we are told, that is offered for $40 -. per acre, one-fourth of tbe purchase money down, balance at 10 percent. . Other farms ein be obtained, perhaps not so well Im f , proved,' for less money. Any person, with money, can buy a farm in the valley. lo trie last inquiry we answer, yes, There are quite a number of Germans In I-inn county, and they are among our best citizens, some of them being large land- bolder. . . , A Good Suggestion. Spelling matches are all the rage in California arid in the Eastern States, and not only are they pro- doctiye of a good deal of fun, brightening cp tbe memories of old and young, but a small admission fee is charged, and the money thus collected is donated to some charitable object. ,Th suggestion is that ' the Ladles Aid Society secure tbe Opera or Court House some evening soon, and give an old-Cisliloned spellinV' charging sv tit or two hit admission. ' There are one or two cases ot distress In the city, and tbe money thus obtained would do ajmod deal of good, and no one would feel unable to go and enjoy the occasion. The XtolSschilda have issued the pros pectus of a oew Eaesian loan ef 15,000, 500, with Interest 8 4i per cent, per aunom, to be issued at 63 per cent, of tbe total amount. 'Eight tcUJloo pounds are ejTered for subscription la tLvndon the t&lzao is resented for k. Petersburg. A writer in the Qrfaxtt for April offers some thoughts that may not have occurred to the general reader, in a short disquisi tion 'on tlte possibilities and capabilities of the United States.' This writer suggests that while we are still distant irom the limit of our population, we are probably much nearer it than we suppose. In speaking of the "bom idles West, " we do not always take into consideration tliat a large portion of our country west of the Mississippi valley is comparatively value less. "Xine hundred miles from east to west in tlie latitude ot San Francisco from tlie eastern slopes of the Roeky Monn- tains to tlio western walls of the Siena Nevadas the larger portion ot the country is a howling, irreclaimable wilderness; and from Mexico to Canada, twelve hun dred miles from north to sooth, surveyors tell us the great aggregate of country is an un watered country of barren mountains and sterrile highlands, a domain of min erals and of snow, " whose elevation is so great as to render it unsuitable for- the habitation of an agricultural people. " While I he total area of the United Slates and Territories is estimated at three ami a half million square miles, one million miles must be deducted as mountains or barren. Much of it is a mile too iiigh in tlie air for tlie ripening of crops in our latitudes. Wyoming contains 97,000 square miles, not a foot of which is less than 4,000 feet above the sea level ; Utah is the average of the summits ot the Alleghauy moun tains, while Nevada is hardly lower than Utah. The writer says : "At the Navaj farm in Arizona, when the Indians hud with great labor brought forward a crop of corn and planted young orchards, Ion the night of May 31st, 1871, a storm of sleet froze every plant ami tree solid to the gtouud. If there were no other causes, elvation alone would render halt the far West unfit for tlie farmer. " General W. B. Hasten tells us Irom his own observation, in tlie AfortJi American AV?rr (January 1875). that "the western limit of our agricultural land his already been reached bv settlements along the frontier, Irom the Rio Grande to the 49th parallel of latitude. " "From the 100th meridian to the Sierrti Nevada mountains, a distance ot twelve hundred miles, there is not more than one acre to tlie hundred that' has any appreciable value for agri cultural purposes, or that will for tbe next hundred years sell for any appreciable sum. Moreover, for one hundred miles before reaching tliat meridian, there is comparatively little good land. " And he adds: "Tlie phenomena ot (lie formation ntl rapul growth or new. rich, and popu lous States will no more be seen in our present domain." No; tlie westward- roiling tide ot population is already beat- ng against the limits or our fiabitable do main ; and there, except for a ; scanty popu'ation of miners and graziers, tlie proud wave must be stayed. Doubtless our habitable country is to be muclt more thickly settled than at present. But this does not imply that our population is t rival that of India or China. Oriotw asd EmdofThisgs-Tm DooOmois or the HVPEKUREASS.-In the legends of the TinneD. living lnmnd. nortnenst or tne Kon- Uortvs the familiar Bird and Dok asntin aprnnr. These legends tell ns that the world existed at first as a areat ocean irequenteu only by an im mense Bird, the beating of whoae wings was thunder, and its glance lightnings This great nviiur monster deuended and touched the wat ers, npon which the earth rose ii) and appealed above t hern; it touched the earth, and there- rmm catne every living creature.--except tlie Tinneh. w ho owe t heir origin to a 1 o. There fore it is tliat to this day a do's lleh is an abomination to the Tinneh. as are also all who eat sncn nesli. A few years betore Captain Franklin's visit thev almost ruined themselves by following the advice of some fanatic refor mer. Convinced by him of tlie wickedness of exacting lalior from their near relations, the doss, they got rid at. once of the sin and of all temptation to its recommissiou, by killing every car in their possession. xo return to ine origin or tne unncn, tne wonderful Bird Itefore mentioned made and presented to themapeculiararrow, wliicn they were to preserve for aK time with great care.. But they would not ; they misappropriated ft)e sacred shaft to some common use, and imme diately the great Bird flew away never to re turn, wiin us acpanure enaei tue lioioen Aire of the Tinneh; an asce in which men lived till their throats were worn through with eat irne. and t heir feet wit h walkinir. From advance sheets of Bancroft's "Kative Races,'' VoL ILL (Mythology). - The Grangers are determined to erect a fine large mill in this city, on the bank of the Willamette, with seven or eight run of stone, tlie Intention being to send no more wheat out of tlie country, but to-convert I! into flour and ship the flour. By doing this thev not only increase the industries in tbe county by that much, but they save paying out a vast amount of cash annually for offal, for which they obtain nothing when sent to Europe. They argue that there Is less loss, too. in tbe shipment ot flour than wheat. Tbe conversion of tbe wheat into flour will leave a large amount of offal which the farmer needs to feed to nisnocK. ine more nran ana snorts net feeds to his stoefc. the less onts he will have to raise for this purpose, adding that much rr .hut mnnh more tana to oe sowed to wneac. Packages of two ounces in weight are forwarded tight miles in two seconds by tbe general postoffice department of Vksn na by the pneumatic system. This con sists of a system of pipes, six Inches In diameter, laid three feet under ground, trom which the air is exhausted by power ful engines. The pipes . are polished smooth lnskle. tbe package of . letters or other matter to be sent. Is placed In India rubber cylinders of various lengths. then placed in these pipes from which the air has been pumped, an away they go in a harry. ' Tbe burning of a grocery store in Clin ton, Mass., on tbe 12th, also destroyed, Mrs. Din8tnore and her fattier, who were living In rooms over the store. On the same day, at Vineyard, the resi dence of Mr. P. P. Clifford was burned. His wife, who was sick and unable to leave her room, perished in tbe flames. ; ' An attempt was made : last ' Saturday night to burn the city of Petaluma, Cal- ifornia. Two young men of tbe city were arrested on suspicion,, and confessed - to doing the deed. A couple ot young men. a few evenings since, set lire to an old tannery in Salem. They are In jail. Arson seems to bs fashionable and our people should be on their guard. - v :- Tt is announced that a ' train of 100 wagons, with 600 persons, and a band ot cows, has or will start for the Pacific coast from Kansas City, " soon. ' Em'gra. t!orc to Oregon and California promises to be lively the coming summer. , Pet. McCartney, the noted, counterfeiter, has been recaptured. - The recent strike among tlie coal miners in one. or two counties in Pennsylvania, which lias caused no little trouble and great alarm, necessitating 'the calling out ot the military, it is announced. Is at an end. and we hope tlie announcement may prove true. , ' ' j It is announced that- the Bessemer steamer, constructed t overcome tlie mo tion of the sea. made a trip recently trom Gravesend to Calais, with satisfactory results. , I Vol iiey V. Smith, ex-Governor of Ar kansas, has been appointed Consul at St Thomas, West Indies. ; - On Wednesday evening D. D. G. S., (A. Noltner, was to Institute an Encsitnpineilt of the I.O.O.F., at Olyinpia. W. T. Tlie crusaders are already opening jup along the line, but create no special ex citement. Tlieir day has gone by. Mrs. Tiltoii is expected to go on witness stand as soon as Bceclier goes which probably occurred yesterday. the off. Tlie Humane Society of Bologne. Frariee, lias voted a gold medal to Paul Boyittpn. At the Amity school meeting a tax of $2,500 coin was voted to build a new school house. Col, Cornelius was elected director ami If. G- Guild clerk for the Cornelius school district on Monday. j At Forest Grove.' Hon. A. Ilinnian was elected director and A. S. Watt was j re elected clerk of the district. The wolves are working on the Cove. Union county. They have never before been known to be so intimate. j The Jimtrrl reports a discovery of a cvl mine in Cliehalem valley which furnishes a good article of fuel for grates and stoves. Another clean-up of the Virtue mine. Bilker ('ity. was made on the 2d. of eijjht davs run, making a bar valued at' $5, 600. T!. Tl. Cooper has concluded an engage ment with the Yaqnina railroad company for the immediate prosecution of the sur vey of the route as chief engineer. i At th school election at layfon Monday, the rieople voted : down the last res- nt ut ion to raise the sum ot $400 by ation, hut made up the amount by t.ix-sub- scriptlou. I From a private letter from Gardner, the Vfaindextler learns that three vessels lmve just been laden and sent from the o!d null, and one from the new mill. Health of the place good, and improvements march ing on. i 1 The Astoria says: "Alont $1,000 has been subscribed toward the road from Fort Clatsop lo Sea Side, anil prospects are fair for somethinsr lieing doie. in the matter at an early day. The O. S. X. Co.. evince a determination to assist the work. ; Over f 400 have been subscribed at Ore gon City, for the relief of the widow of Samuel Newman who was drowned at that piace a few days ago. This is a hand some indication .f the geuerosity of tlie people of that city. TheTT. S. mail to and from 'Wallowa has been interrupted by the late snow storms, which were the most severe ever known in that portion of the country, snow falling in many places to the depth ot four feet in 24 hours. j j A letter irom Umatilla county dated March 29th says : Tlie winter here hangs on with the tenacity of grim death. In consequence a large number of stock have passed in their clnvk. and stock raisers are wearing countenances some what elongated. I i John Martin, of Salem Prairie, informs the Farmer mat he ha forty acres of wheat growing that lie considers tlie best he ever raised. John says he cultivated the land last year in corn. otatoes. pumpkins, etc.. and imadu enough ofFir to pay well for his trouble, and the crop this year is actually better than after a summer fitllow.l He considers that the best, way to summer fallow, or rest land and prepare to renew it in wheat. f j On the 2d inst.. at night, a burglar en tered the store of Mr. Burns at McMinn ville, by boring around and cutting out a panel in one of the front doors. He help ed himself to a lot of clorhing, and ' took eight or ten dollars in small change from tlie money-ilra wer." At last accounts Mr. Burns snpjoed his loss to he in the neigh borhood of $ 150, but could not as yet tell wliat had been taken. j Mr. Henry Fuller, who has just come over the mountains from Goose 'Lske val ley, informs tlie Jfecord! that the winter there has been mild and; stock have done well. Tlie population in tliat region has increased Considerably grid the business of stock-raising' promises (to be profitable. The great want of the people there is a regular mail, and they consider tlie want of it a great deprivation. , j Tlie Coo Bay jVetoai savs the startling m nr An unoL-o thA f i, ,h Uirt nr Emnim hW Wrsdav t.irht. h 11.. . - .. . ... n 1st ihsc., about i o'ciock. Arthur Iewis. tbe U. S. mail carrier discovered too bright a light in the U. S. cii"toiii houe office in Luse's new building, and hi the meantime. Charles Mack saw the same, who acted promptly in the premises by breaking the window with an ax. and soon extinguish ed tne nre. neing erneientiy aided oy 3lr, Geo. Wasson. and others. The Yamhill Reporter says: "Gen fa i mer came over from salmon river one day recently, and he reports a very bad streak of fortune upon himself. He had a Isrge baud of cattle in that country. :out of wmcn lie nas iot isu tieart during the winter. Tlie General says a dead wliale. measuring 50 feet. long. Washed into the month of Solmon river fl tew day ago. ami it. v iiKeiy tnat riiere will be some whalebone in thi part of the country now. jiKigmg irom me calculations that are being made. " . ! I From the JSentinel; "Not lon since .T. W. Moxiey, the champion 'shootist' of Union county, vhile hunting In the moun tains, ran across a nana or twenty deer. anti arter Killing ave ot ttiem, ran the re maining fifteen overXa ridge, into a soft snow-drift, where thev became lionelesslv swamped": though under the circumstances they became so domestic that M. W. ' ordained tliem on the spot by going through the process of laying on of hands i he also took a dieovery claim by marking several of them with a 'crop off the left year' and a 'split in the right' his (X) itmi at. The lioard of trustees of the Statei Agri- vuiuiiTti voiivgn riiftnc orrailH mursu- nut m chi i oi tne freHKienc, ; at Ji-it clock tr. sk.a on wetinestiay. April 7thL The presiiieut pnnonin. that the object! ot the ""J uoaru was lO maKe pro vision for the payment of the Locke war; rant, and take steps to relinquish the re- iiiaiiiing oeoc against the agricultural farm. On motion the tivasnrot. Wfltt It- Ptnicted to rmy the Looke warrant mit of uieii Limeys iiiws f nac canje into m ...,. .ira ,iiiiuee on - agricultural farm tendered their i restenation. ! which J" ccep red. ; A motion was made that - veiey do appointed a com. mitree or one to superintend tne agricul- W es I 14 Ut A grange lodge was recently organized in H illapu. valley by deputy Markl am. It is reported that there is no flour in Tillamook county. Donglas county seems to be the choice for Missourians who come to Oregon. We understand' that parties are now in Tillamook for the purpose of building a sawmill. , There are several logging camps on the river near Klkton, cutting logs for the Gardner mills. : At the city election in Eugene last Mon day 227 votes were cat u increase of 17 over any preceding election. Capt. L. Cofiln has received his com mission as register in the land office soon to he estibli-hfd at the Dalles. There are no two places in Southern Oregon where the ieople of one place visit the other as uiuch as those of Koseburgand Wilbur. Dr. Hamilton, the President of tlie Coos Bay Wagon Koad Company, has sent or ders to have their road cleared of obstacles immediately. The governor has appointed AV. K. Leveridge. '.q., formerly of Salem but now of San Francisco, honorary commis sioner of emigration to Oregon for the Stafe of California. I. W. Dimmick. of Elkton. in company with another gentleman, killed two large panthers last week. These animals have been making sad havoc on the sheep in tliat section'of country. Mr. Renfrew, the mail carrier on the McKenzie route, from Kugene to Ochoco, on the Cascade mountains, reports a ter rific storm week before lat in which lie came very near losing his life. ' Mr. I. F. M. Butler, ot Polk county, last, week receive I a painful but not dan gerous blow on the le g from an iron hand spike which he had inserted under the sill of i house I hat was being moved on run ners. Mr. Bewley. the mail carrier between North Yamhill and Tillamook, reports altotit eight, feet of snow on tlie -summit f !lieenat mountains. The snow extends about eight miles and has to be crossed on snow slmes. On last Thursday the Marion County Judge examined a convict at the State Penitentiary, who was pronounced insane by lr. Richardson. Ills name is Smith, from Multnomah county. This is the same person tliat stabbed Dr. Glass last winter. The Ssnlem Itermrt says: "'i here at- rived at this postottiee thirteen bags of public documents, direct from the nation al capital. Kindling material is not as valuable now as earlier in the session, hut is always acceptable to the frontier settle ments. Capt. Ticlinor. of Port Orford. reports the discovery of a tine lead of coal neat that place which he pronounces superior to anything he has yet seen on the Pacific coast, both in thickness and quality. " Qipt. Furlong, so we learn, intends to put a steamer of 200 tons burden on the trade between the Co-piiHe and San Fran cisco. A steamer of that size could go in and out of the river at almost any time. Governor Grover has appointed the fol lowing gentlemen honoraiy commission ers of emigration t Oregon; .1. W. Knight, of Grand Rapids, for tlie Suite of Michigan: A. G. Allan for the Province ofOtago. in New Zealand, and James Frazer. of Windsor. Canada, tor the Pro vince of Ontario, Canada West. The Iewrstoii (Idaho), , paper says : 'During the week. Snake river has risen' some four or five feet and Clearwater has risen considerable, tint not so much as Snake. The weather has been quite cool and tlie sudden rise is owing to the copious snows on the low mountains so unusual in past seasons. From all appearances we will have a boat about UMj-nrst ot May. if not lieforc. " The Lewistoii yortTiemer of the 3d inst.. says: "the Jlonnt Idaho stage was un able to proceed from Mason's Tuesday morning on account of tlie depth and yield ing condition of the snow. There is so much snow on Craig s Mountain that it i not likely it will be passable for horses for several week. Tlie carrier will try to reach Mount Idaho by going up the Clear water and thus keep oil of the mountain. ' The Acalmic'ie say: "The mountains of Idaho Territory abound in valuable trees, such as pine, fir, hacmatac, etc. The abundant water power will give all the facilities for the establishment ot numer ous saw mills, and these In turn ought to give en ploy ment to a large titunlier of mechanics and lahonng men. I he bulki ng of railroads would develop the lum bering interests and create an immense business in this great staple oi ltseir. The Lafayette Courier says: "We were sorry to see so few ol tlii citizens out to attend the school meeting on the oth inst. Had it been a horse show, in all probability the entire court yard would have been crowded. A motion was made for the directors to call a meeting the first Mon day in May for the puroseor, levying a tax so tliat a public school could be held nine months in the year. This motion was voted down. We do not believe a tax can ever be levied in this district. Jas. T. Hembree was elected director for the period of three years, white j. K. Hub bard performs the arduous duties ot clerk tor one year. A petition Is circulating in Hillsboro in favor of giving Miss Mazy Brown the post- Ornce at that place. Tlie district schools in Douglas county opened generally on Monday of this week for tne year, k wo scnoois negau in uiik land, one in the old town and One in the new. ,-.'-.,. Mr. J. L. Parrish, of Salem, has In his possession an ancient Bible that is, sup posed to lie three hundred years old. It was printed in uertuany, aou pruueu in the oldest text..: . ; ... 4 The Elizabeth Quartz Mill Company, of Jacksor county, cleaned .up for Mm first timo lat week after, crushing 93 tons ot rock, which averaged about f 15 per ton; one-half of which is a profit. - Mr. MeMahon. the brother of tlie mur dered man, has gone to Douglas county to take charge ot the hand of slieep found in the possession of Barden and belonging to Daniel JucMahon. ' Mr. Tinton writes under March 7th from Warner Lake that out of his band of cattle, numbering 600 head, he has lost but one. - The greatest depth of snow was eigne incurs, aui tue giounu was co Jour days. ' The Marion county Woman Suffrage Association met at Salem last Saturday Th attendance was- small.' and, after some discussion, the body adjourned until the second Saturday In May, when a reg ular debate will take place. The Thos. Evre donation land claim on Salem Prairie, four miles northeast of Salem, the nroherf.v of J. II.- MooreM Eq. containing 240 acres, has just been sold to Simon and Richard Swr i ts for the sum; of $7,200, gold coin, or $32 per acre. The Olympla Farmer says: The weather has been so cold and, stormy; of late that uwimlnn 1 verv backward. Everything is about twenty tlavs later than at this time last year." Fruit buds are pushing forwsid now, but tlie grass Has scarcely started. ., - - t - 'flu firmers rf Bentou county have farmed a joint stock company for tlie pur- nose ot building a large warehouse on the trriv of Green B.. Smith, on . the bank of the Willamette. There are one hundred shares at $20 each, no one man being allow ed over ten share. Freight is three cents a nound trom Roseburg to Jacksonville. The Twin 6'i'sters sailed from tbeCoqullle a week ago last Thursday. The IioMink was the only vessel left at Gardiner at last accounts. Coos county has an extra good tax col lector. Out of 28,000, less tluin pOO are unpaid. 4 The total fall of snow nt Baker City the past winter up to April 7ih, was 6 feet 9 inches. ' The Coos county Hecnrl will be pub lished on Wednesday, instead of Thursday, hereafter. , The Coos Bay wagon road is said to have lvH-ome impassable for teams through a landslide during the recent storm. At the school election, in Jacksonville, M. Hanley was elected director tor three years and Silas Day clerk tor one .year. The custom house at Coos Bay caught fire last week, and but for a timely dis covery would have made a great conflag ration. . Rev. T. II. Small and Rev. McAllister will debate the question ot Universalis!!! at McAlpin'a ' schoolhouse. in Marion count-, on the 24th ot next month. Mr. Moras, of Coos county, will prob ably lose the sight of one of his eyes from the elTect of getting hit in it with a small twig. A special meeting of the Washington Council of Patrons ot Husbandry - will le held at HUlsboro on the 19th iii.-t., at 10 A. M. The sale of the Coos bay wagon road, announced two months ago. finally fell through, and in consi.quence tin; original owners still remain in possession. Tlie new building being erected in Ba ker City for the Sisters' school is being rapidly pushed to completion. It will, lie an ornament to the city when completed. The Sentinel learns that the California and Oregon Stage Company have received a renewal of contract lo tsirry the daily mail between Redding and Roseburg. Mr.' Jay Turtle was elected school di rector, and Mr. John Kastabrooks school clerk for school district No. 0. embracing F.mpire City and South Slough, Coos county. One of the fine merino ewes on Gen. J. W. Nesinitirs farm. Polk county, last Wfek brought forth four lambs a "liter"' ary feat, says the SMesnuiH, that deserves special mention. Tlie hultipeii'lent, says the grangers talk of building and running a first-class mer chant flouring mill in' Washington county. H illsUiro on account of its ecutrality Is spoken of as the point of location. t Mr. Bolt, of Utter City, is going into the potato business on the (Joquille. He intends to sdip 4(K) tons next fall. He exta'ct fbeseed up on the next steamer. There is prolwbly no country in the world that can beat the Coyuille valley for po tatoes. There is but one business stand and only two dwelling houses .not rented itv Hills horo now. This is a better condition than the town presented even in the time of the railroad excitement in '72. Col. J. L. Mv.ek lectured to fair au diences at the Grove and Cornelius last week, and this week he has gone up into Yamhill county to tell the people aliout the wonders of the Rocky mountain men. A new town, called Paradise City, has been started in opposition to Moscow, up in Idaho. I lie rivalry is said to be very lcrimonions. One is the St. Louis and the other the Chicago of the Northwest. The iiast winter has lieen wrv favorable for stock in the vicinity of Grav's Harbor : bur the cold rain storms of March have been pretty severe on cattle, and some have d ieil. At a meeting' of Olvmpla Grange A. A. Manning was elected secretary, rice J. M. Scott resigned. Mrs. Georgia Smith was ehor-en lecturer, and Miss. Mary L. W oodrutr chaplain. Il is the general Impression among gai-detiers that this season will lie the earliest for vegetables ever known in the Umpqna valley. New potatoes will be in market by the 1st prox. An o!d fashioned spelling school will be heltl at I lie Presbyterian church. In Olym- pia, on Thursday evening next. We . sug gest that it the attendants sped everv- . I '. . 1 ... . I . C I i. lung else, i nev irv Mine oi i ne J. -urea k ing names of rivers, towns, counties and post olhces in Washington lerntory. Young's River Grange. Patrons of Husbandry. Clatsop eomity. are making arrangement for a picnic and festival to celebrate Memorial Day, Satni-d.iv. May 1st, lS7o. At the same time if is propos ed to lav the corner stone of a new build ing to lie dedicated to grange liuriioses. A steamer will be chartered, to convey all who will go from Astoria, and it is con template! to have the public, private and Sunday schools present on this occasion. At the school meeting at the Dalles Mr. T. Waldrnn was re-elected a director for the term of three years, and Mr. K. B. Mctariand was re-elected clerk.- A siie- ciai tax ot m'e mills was then voted to run the school, with the understanding that Prof. Barrett should be the principal, and that the term would commence on the 1st ot September next. The amount paid out during the past year was $2,331 71. The present indebtedness of the district is SI. 051). - They have a very interesting literary society which meets in tlie college building In Philomath. Benton county, and . pro pose to have it hieorfiorated. and make it a permanent institution. They are now- collecting books for a library, and would he thankful foranv contributions in ' that direction. - Present officers are as follows President. E. Godfrey: vice president. J. Conner: si-cre-tary. B. W. Harriett: chaplain, G. M. Stroup; ; corresponding secretary. N. Whenldoii; treasurer, H. Chamber; librarian. L. .Kd wards; critic. J. Hoskins: scrgearit-at-arius. J. Ken- noyer. Crooked Finger Pmlrle Is located fiir up in me mountain looiiiins in tne northeast corner of Marion county. Its altitude is greatly above the level, of the valley prairies, yet ir noes not seem to suiter from unusual frosts, and all agricultural product, cereais, . vegetables a,u trtlit thrive tliere equally welt. Tlie Jlectrd says tins prairie is occupied-, ny only six families, the extent being small, but it is especially valuable as a sheep and stock range, winch is almost unlimited in the adjoining timber and mountains. Strange to say. too, there are no wild animals to destroy flocks and herds, as the wolves and nyotes'.'clo not remain In the moun tains, but infest the lands nearer the main settlements. AH things considered. Crook ed t inger Prairie may be considered a mud or romance tar up in the mountain rmges, wnere rne iniiaoitMiits can pea ce- nui.r iuuii uo ii upon a struggling world from a remote standpoint above tlie level oi. ordinary human troubles... A 3few York telegram of the 1st instant says : ten. W. G. Mank, who has hclu many importnut offices in government service, including that of consul genenil nrreneu oy tne secret ser vice officers last evening, on eluirn of Bniuirrini, money, ana committed to jau. At ine time or His capture, he had. it is charged, f 200 In good greenbacks. which had been marked for kieotiri.-sitlou and given to nim in exchange for counter- un vnn-eiicy.- uen. jsianK fought In tne wr oi me reneuion, commanding oneregi- ment in the brigade of Gen. Morton, now u. n. senator. He draws a pension as lieut. colonel, havlnff- been wnundud av It is SELjiosr that wi notice anvthing in the medical line, nor would we now, unless e could be convinced tliat we are not. doin our dntv as a journalist in recommending to the public the celebrated liot anient preparations of tnv Henry. Whoever induces the victim of Scrotals nranv other disease of the blood, to ne l)r. Henrv's Extract of (.arsararilla, has begun a good work. Tiiero can be no quest Ion as to the result of this medicine If versevered In. It is a sure cure for Scrofula, Rheumatism. Salt Rheum, and indeed all complaints arising from vitnted or impure blood. It Is jnst whut a tcood phvsteian would prescribe for these eomplninrs, Hnd we eonftdentlv recommend it as being ihe best article now-in use. Dr. Henry'sC'ongh Bal sam is the most effective remedy for any n mic tions of the Throat or Lungs that we have ever known. It contains no deleterious drugs, and can be taken with impunlt v and rertnint v of re lief. Kortheeure of Coughs, Colds. Sore Throat, etc., ttstand without a rival. Pr. Henry's Lini ment, as an nPeviafor of pain, is unrivalled bv any wrenaratton oemre the public: the most skery.'ieal will be convinced by a single trial. It -wiil prove itself k "f.-iend in need" which no family should be without. FINANCE AND COtVlfaEBCL Gold in New' York 115J.' ' Iegal teiwlers 87,J-faSS. Liverjiool wheat qnotntions are 9s 3d 9s 7d for average, and 9s 5d 9s lid or club. Sa.f Francisco quotations : Wheat, choice. $1 67 best, $1 70. Oats, best Oregon, $1 l -1 100 as. Eggs have advanced one cent since our last rejiort, and are now quoted at 13c per dozen. Butter is coming in more freely arid is qtioted at 25c per pound. The business depression under , which the country has been languishing for mouths past, seems to be gradually lifting, - and the prospects are that money will be easier in a few weeks, and business much revived. Business in this city has not been overly brisk during the week, and we have heard of but few transactions in grain. On Wednesday 67 cents, we believe, was gen erally offered for wheat, although one house was offering 70c. Several who are holding cotisiderable amounts of wheat have declared their determination to hold for 75 cents. Potatoes $ I Sil 25 bushel. Apples, given, retailing from stores at 62Ve per Ihx. Chickens. &2 50S3 dozen. Hams 13l.',c; shoulders -9c: sides 11c H lb. I. a i d, in lOlfc cans, 31 25: in bull;. lUe W lute beans 4c. $1 . Onions scarce nominally $1 50 per biisheilrom stores. Beet, on foot. 4c : pork, 5Wc ; mutton sheep, per head. $3. Sew To-Day. BLILIMX PHOPOSAUi. SEALED BIDS WILL BK KECEIVED FOR the erection and comnletion of n chur.-h house for t be M. K. Church South, in Albany, Oresrun. fiwn this date nntil May 1st, 175, the bnilditiar to bti completed Ansnst lt. 187". rians and wneclncatlonscan be seen nt t ne (trace of L. II. Montavne. Kirst street, Albany, Ore eon. The Commute reserve the rijrht to re ject and all bids. x. it. nmic, jrrcBiueni. L. N. LiaGKTT, Sec. X0W READY FOR IJISIXESS. E. C ARTER & CO HAVE GIVEN THEIIt - PLAXIX Mil L, SmsIi 1iior Factor a Kener.il overhaul ing and rer'airiiig, and greatly increased their lac.iiitie tor doing work, tiv vuttintr in n new WATtuMHtti. a new SHAPING MAt'HINE and ii new PLAN bR AMI M ATCHER, all nut le in Oregon- by Oregon mechanics and out of Oregon iron, and aw a crevHt to i iretion. Tlie 1'luner and Mu:cher is sreetajly mnptea to irmlcliinir FUxiriii' id KrcsUc w-hich we uiHke a s;iecally. and aro now nremnnl to do wit hour delay, as we cun change the machine from nne bind of work to another in a lew minutes, and with our excellent water-power are always ready to run any or all our ma chinery. we Keep 1KKJK8, PASll ana muliukitRiwbvs on hand, or make lo order with diiatcli. We have niiitlt arrnngements by winch we are now prepnrud to furnish Susii and SaSi,. loors. prime I and jrlnzed. lo or.ler. at very near Port mnd prices, nnu proj-wwe to make it to the interest of ll'iilders to buy AT BiHii and eneouratre home interests. V it h onr new Shapek we are prepared to do any kind of circular or lrreiruiar wont, iiiucu better than it has ever ihhmi done in Albany. We have t wo new firinds'ones, one for the specinl iK'netlt oi those wishing lo grind axes or loois oi an v Kiiiu. In Miori. we have soared neither moncv or laOi- oi tittliiir un our shop fordoing all kinds oi work in onr line with nciti:es. ehciin:ie--s nnd disoach. nud Iiv- it -rlH- r at.ie 1 onr H-ii-e for work. Ail of wliicti we hope i lie pntiiiu will apprectare, ana continue to give us a iim-mi snare ot tiieir iw'ronuge. Lo Cakti.k witlalwav be on hand, withcom lietent mechanics, rendv to serve those who may favor us with t heir orders. RttMsretion tut to work and prices guir- ainrra. E. CABTERJtCO. AlljarTy, Or., April 9. 1875. 0. P. S. PLOIMER, M. I)., DEALER IX ORltW, UiARl. rilHAtTO, BOOKS AND STATIONERY. A full stock of Trusses and Surgical appliances. 6t0ReiDler PLl'H.IIliK. jJ v7 nSS BOOTS & SHOES FOR EVERYBODY 1 ! i EASY SHOES FOR OLD IMEX FANCY SHOES FOR YOVNG MEX PRETTY SHOES FORLADIFS TINY SHOES FOR RABIES. 4 JUST RECBIVKU By Ocean Steamer, at LOUIS REHVALD'S FIBST ST., VORSEB BKOABAIJWSt Albany, Oregon, Cheaper tban the Clieapeu. Albany, Matyh 86, 187i-88v7 LYON'S K ATH AIRON, . , t'Exra rmtt bottle. Hm bJea in ue ever lfslf eotory. M Promotes Orwh, Preserve, (be Color, Icre VKor BeBy X Uki" Kr, Krwwets Falling; out dTaralOKVrar- 'C - Sening ninctilne Holes of 18TS. - The' labl ot Sewinir Machine ftiles for 1S73 hows that onr wi'es' last year niiionnted to 32 411 niro hundred and thirty I wo thous and, four hundred and lorty-iour) Much lues being a large Increase over tue mxivm ui mw pi--vio'us year (187.) . The tab.e also ho-v that our vales lietnl those of'nny wtli.-r 4'inMiijr lor tho period named, by4heiiumuerof 1 13 ieS4 Msrklinii, or nearly double those ol any other Company. It. limv lie further stated that tne uuien oi 1K7: u vimv,m.il with 1 h.il nt' 1872. tlW rcta lively larxer increase, beyond he nu.e of t ner inuKerM. nmn ol any oilier year. For inxtum-e in 174 we Mild 45.WU more Machines than any other Company, whereas, inUi73. the nales were . ; 1 13 234 Jtlnrliliiea in Exeomt of onr Kiglivwt 'ump. tltor. These figures are all the more remSiksble, for the ttaxin ttint the sales of Ihe piinelral oiurunloa in 173 are Ictm rli ti-ir turn I72: whenen. hs hits been sbown. soli-s Iimv Inrjteiv fnereiun-el. 'ine nceount ot totleM is trom vxrn ma le to the owners ot the Sewing Machine -litems. It will hardlv be denied, that the mwrwiiT ofthoSlXGKK MACHINES Is fully dtiusn- rated--at all events that their nopiiiariur in tliu liouschoidis unquenrtonable. Nnmeof . So. Sold. or Miu-hlnes. 1372 187$ Increase v Singer Mfg Co.. ...21.7-)8-e32,414 In. 12.1B KtwvS.M Ho 811 S.43U " 3.0l : W. & W. Mfg Co...l74.e88 119.190 lle.64,SM 1 -oiliest ic S. M. Co. . 4".1..V4 40.114 0.44O (ivover&BukerCo. 52,1.10 i.l7 " WeedS. M. Co 4'.',444 21,719 " Vrt.won S. M. Co ... 2-2,W 1,447 " How Miichine Co.. (no retnniM.) Wia-ox A liiblw C'4. 23,39 lfl.twl American B. II Co. 1S.93.'I 14,182 " Florence S.M Co.. 15.7HS 8.U00 " 11,f SI i20.l7: 1,41 17.7ii 4.748 . .ea CO., 3 TnE SINGER MAXL-FACTCKIXG Union Square, Xew York. TITITS BUOTIIGR9, Agents, Albmiy, (tgoii, apill"4 THIS IJROTIIEItS, CEALRUIi in JEWELRY, Silver &, Plated Ware, and ' DIAMOND SPECTACLES. MAXI-FACTUBED AND AliJlSTKl esiieciftlly lor the faciiie Coact by the NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO of Elgin, Illinois, viz: lultroriiia nnd . aun Francisco WITt'll, and we most confidently - rjrora mcud tht-in ni the pulilic, as possewlng uiunt irood finalities for the price than any other Watch in the market. We also Keep al! other brands of Kliiln. Walthain itttd Swiss Watches, Clocks, Jcwclrj', Silver and Plated War-, AI.SO- INstol nml-Ccrtridges. CsrT Kepolring a Siecuilty. J3S All Work Iuiie and jMits liold, Warraiitcd to be as Rcrtseutel. J. . TXTVS. J. B. TITUO. TITUS BROTHERS, AT JOHN OATRHi old STAND, First street. ALBAX Y, OREGON, Aver' feiarfapurllla, ' tor r. rlfjlngr the Blood. This couinonnd of the vegetable alters 1 1 v e , fa rsapsrilla. IHiek, : 8tllJtnKl an. I Mandrake with tho Iodides of I'oiassiuB and Iron tnukeo lnotit treetiii,l j.nM. sCot" a serivtt of com plaints which are v-ry preva.ent and affl let iug. ll luiliies the b ood, pnrgea out the hirkimr liuniom In tiw. system. ttiAt nmleriuine hcalib and tttletmo troublesome disorieis. Kru itlnns of the skin are the nimearance on the snriaeeof hnntnra that nbotild be expelhid from ihe hiood. In. temnl dentngemet a are ihe detenu inai ion of these same hnmoi-s io tHimeiiiternal iunn,or oruans. whose action they dvi-nnge, and wIiomq tnls-ance they disease and destroy. Auk's SAMSAPAi:n.x,A expeis these humors from the pai:ti.l.a exiHiis iiiei numors from the When they are gone, the disorders they n tlisppear, such us Vlo rrttiom of t& NtcnuHm, Kiclnt-ys, l.ungt, Eruptiimt ant OIOO!. nroduen ErvpLirr 7t-o' 0 fx- Mm. 6. Anthcnjf' J-'irt, JinUn, Trmvrs, T.-Uer awi Unit Jiluvm, timid H-rut, tttnrmvrm, tjlors aiul & res, : AAww (i.tm, J ' um'iiia, fain- in Wi.- Hm-t, iirt( antt H,al, It-male IV t aJnu , . t) eruuy, Z,- tuyrrhru arurino fnm tiuemril vlvjralttn tuvt tmtvrhw dif-oM 7Vryjf, ivneptta, ICmaeintimi anH Uirn rnf DtitUUy. With their departure Lejlih. reiiiriiA. -'''' : , .,-..-,, j.&KPAra n by " ' Dr. jr. V AYt W .- 4. S.OWFU, Mass.. PrnttticHl and AnalyticuJ Chemists. CJT Sold by all lu-utfgisui and IetUerfi In Medicine. ... , , v7na JlalPa Vegetable Sicilian IT A. I II RE N E V E R I This sttindtn-d article is compoudded, with, the greatest care. - Its etl eels areas wonderful and sat iv fact orv as ever. - It restores gray or faded hair to it youthful color. -..-.. It removes all eruptions. Itching irnd dsn rdntT; and the scalp by Its use becomes whim and clean. ., , " By its tonic properties It restores the ennll. ki-y glands to their no.roal vieror, pi-event ina lnndness, and making the hair grow thick kail Strong. . - As a dressing nothing has been found sa eaixslual, or desirable. ln 1 A U..U1.U & .fa A......-.. . jetM, ssyspf It: ; consfcier It th tVmporn Mua (or its intended purpoKcs.nv jw Duckingham'o - Dyo,; yon tiiie wmsmW. no yoo. wtu Par,' Btomac Comm. llexlor If s, f. w :,mb ,f IIAUAV8 !AUOLIA llAIa KrUT yottiio yout herr oontwt: i 4 way wttto RMtneos, BIu-b mnm m pli-m. Overrent th ritwliMi T ot keas, rstltfMe aai m