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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1875)
-9 OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. ALBAN Y, FRIDAY, OCTOB'lt 8, 1875. wwwJWl CONGRESS,.., I1EXKY WARREN, OP TAMUIIX. . Information' received at- tbe Navy Department from ' San Francisoo is to the effect tbat fraudulent certificates of clerk to Pay Inspector Spaulding of this city, amount to $75,000, bnt the loss will fall nton individuals and not upon the Government. - There never baa been a time in the his tory of Lafayette that so much improving And the erecting of beautiful and substan. tial buildings as has been done this sum mer. Kew bouses have sprung up in evrp direction, aitd improvements have been the order of tlw day all over the town. The number of legal voters In Wasco county is 1,67$; males of 21 years and up ward, 1,133; males under 21 years and over ten, 475; males onder 10 years. 583; females of IS years 'and upwards, 759; females uder 18 years aud over 10,319; females under 10 .years, 537. Total population of the county 3,S55. . . . For the benefit of newspaper offices not yet provided, it may be mentioned That two devil iish are on'eshibition in a can rraDcisco market- i bey meas ure twelve feet from end to end of their arms or tentacles Each has twenty ot them, and the strongest swimmers would be lost if clasped by even three or four of the arms. A German chemist savs he has made a compound which, in the concentrated - term of a powder, possesses all tbe quail ties of lager beer. One ounce of it put into a era lion ot water wilt produce oeverage that cannot be distinguished from ordinary beer. MAI I. FACILITIES FOB EASTEBX ORE- CON. Senator Mitchell of Oregon, left "Washington for Portland October 4th, i f t: n:. J xr" . r Ljy way oi jjuus: wju iaovcuj siw gon. ,; ille has secured an executive or ler giving the right ot way for a wagon road from. Walla Walla to the Meacbam .road. The new road will open that ipart of the connf ry to settlement and cafford additional mail facilities. At this his instance the mail service on the route from Antelope valley via John Day's river, Butte creek, Lone rock and Wil" low crock, to IlepHer, and also on the route from Hot Springs via Crooked creek, Chewancan and Summer Lake to ;Silver City, Idaho. ' Mi. - - - i. . mm ' in ; r A SCBJURI5E CITX. A Kingston, Jamacia, correspondent of tbe Buflalo Courier says: "In the 'latter end of the last century old Port Royal disappeared beneath the waves in an earthquake, leaving no other me morial behind than these few patches of 'reefs. In calm and clear evenings, when there is not a ripple on the glassy sur face of the sea, you may look down into -fifteen fathoms of water and see sub merged houses, towers and churches, -with sharks swiming quietly in and out of the open windows of their belfries. "The work of centuries was destroyed in a few moments by one single convulsive throb of tbe thin film on , which man ihas lived and speculated for ages past. .An American diving company, instiga ted in their enterprise by tales of nntold -wealth buried beneath the sea by this -sudden shock, rescued no treasures, bnt : a big bell suspended in the bell tower and -donated the same to the museum of the Island, where it may be seen, with '-many puzzling inscriptions upon it -which nobody as yet ' has been able to decipher - ;-: i '-, :."'-. Inhiax Agent Sinnott, of Grand Konde reservation, has sent after the ' 1 -remains of Charles . Back, the Indian v ho Was recently drowned in the Will - tnette a . short distance, below Salem, and the remains will be removed to the .reservation.. . The deceased, bad about 418 on his person when found, and also " owned three horses. He was buried on -Chitwood's Island, and the parties who put the body about a foot onder the ground wanted to charge $40 for their services, but finally consented to reduce , their charges to $10. Their graveyard -financiering is only equaled by their er oessivemodesty. - - . Wing ; Dam . Comflktbd. Messrs.. Parquet & Son who are the contractors for .constructing a numberof wiDg-dams aVihg the Upper WUlamettej says the Oregoniany have been bnsily prosecat . ing '(the work since tbe 15th of last month. A few days ' since the wing- daci at Union bar was completed, and the contractors are now building one at Lone. Tree'bar. This is good news for the people op in this section of country, The Flaindealer calls attention to the fact ' that an error was made in the published. report of the assessment in Douglas county.; . It snookl be : Valuation ot land, $1,275 . . 489, Instead of $275,469 as reported ; vain-" ' V atiosi of horses and mutes, $108,686 instead '.pf. $108,608 : valuation tt sheep, $229,519, - Isuioead of CS.iS.M9. Total taluatioa of fitorty, $2,743,138. - ... , , TTII AJUXV'AI. FAIK ) OF THE ' Linn Cow Agricultural, Association. I Tuesday, Oct. 5Ui, 1875. The tent annual meeting of the Lion County Arlcultnral Association opened tills mornig. The rains of Saturday and Saturday ight were sufficient to "lay the dust" for ie time being, and tlie roads are in good coditlon. Tlie attendance to-day is larger tan for the first nay of the last annual rceting; and tho prospects so far lead us tdbelievo tbat the present will be the "Boss Fair of the Society, in many re spects, tlie entries are also unusually lareo for be first day, aud tlie officers of the Association teel greatly encouraged at thcoheerlu, prospect. Of course tlie first day is the Preliminary or "skirmishing' day, and tin entries and gate receipts of said day are carefully noted, as giving an indication atleast, of what is to loliow. As before remarked, comparing tbe entries and the general attendance of to-day with the first day of receding mecetlngs ot tlie Society, tbe indications certainly point to a successful IssueV 'So mote it be, STOCK, IN SIGHT. Tlie stock on exhibition to-day already excels any former meeting In quality and number. First on the list we mention those on exhibition by Mr. S. G. Reed, of Port Ian 3. Mr. Reed has some 17 liead of splen did cattle, .that attract attention : 13 head of Berkshire and Poland swine, all line looking animals ; 30 head of sheep ; and the two fine stallions, "Autocrat" and "Marquis," tbe former a Patchen, and the latter a Clydesdale. 'Autocrat is certainly "one of, if not the finest specimen of torse flesh ever brought to the Pacific coast. He left behind him in the East a number ot colts, none of whom, we are informed, can be purchased for less than $2,000 each, and probably not even at that figure. There are a number of "goers" on the ground, some of whom contested for purse 3 to-day. Jas. -Welch enters Blue Mountain Boy i B. B. Acker, Eph Mayuard : G. J- Baskett, Xapa, and there may be others. There are swine tbat are way up in size and weight, Merino and other breeds of sheep, and a fine collection ot Angora goats. As we shall necessarily be compelled- to go over this ground again when all the entries are made, giving as full a list as is possible to secure, for the present we pas3 on to the PAVILION i and the show in its Immediate vicinity. Mr. Pfnuder, of Portland, has on exhibi tion in the Pavilion a fair collection of rare plants. Messrs W. II. Dodd & Co., and S. E.. Young, both of this city, have a good display ot agricultural implements. SHOWS, ETC. There are the usual "humber of catch penny shows on the ground, and other alluring places for catching tlie nimble bit, but their encouragement is still to come. There is the Menagerie, a much more commendable institution than is usually ' found at such places. Messrs. ItockYell & Hulbert' have their stud ot finely trained auimals on the ground a rich treat to any one, and they will doubt less be well patronized. " 'I'M Pavilion will doubtless be decora ted to-morrow (Wednesday) with the usual show of products of the soil, domestic manufacture, home work, works of art, flowers, preserves, etc. '. ' ATTENDANCE. the musical prattle cf the geese and the quacking of ducks and the boisterous gobble ot tlie turkey are yet to be heard on tlie ground to break tlie monotony of-t lie cackling of hens and to give a, variety as well as add to the number already there- lu the- AGlUCrLTCKAL DEl'AKTSIENT there are but One or two more entries in this department tlian reported yesterdy., F. AVood, of this city, lias several pieces o farming implements, such as drills walking plows, sulky and gang plows, and a folding liarrow. We did not learn the name of the other exhibitor, but his implements were just about the same as those just reported. Going trom there down to tne suuius, we find the side shows, with the fronts of their tents glowing with different colors and scenes painted thereon of lands of some far off country, iuhabited by the most mucous looking beasts, and unknown to anybody but those who are running tlie shows, and every one ot them can be seen 'just on the inside of the curtain, for tlie small sum of half a dollar." Ten-die game, chuck-luck, and pool wheels are snugty anchored out In tlie kindly shade of eome tent or stand. But whether or uot all these show3 will make a fortune , we are unable to say. At 2 o'clock, accowling to programme, a minninc race, single dash of a mile, for 2-year old colts, for a purse of tlOO took place, and the following colts were entered: Geo. Schmadck ehters Limber Jim; James Bybee enters Oregon; G. J. Baskett enters Valiant. These colts were all pretty aui mals and were pretty equally matched, but Oregon was a little too fast for tbe other two and crossed the score first, win ing the race and money in 1:58 Thl3 wo call pretty good running. for two-year-olds. After this came a neat race, 2 best in 3, mile lieats, for a pnrse of fl30, free for all Oregon and Washington Ter ritorv raised horses. The following are tlie list ot horses and by whom entered. Wm. Gird enteres b. g. Bill Gird; Ja3. Bybee enters g. g. Rye-straw; aro G. J: Baskett enters s. g. Witham. After some jockeying the horses got a very fair start, aud tlie race was pretty hotly contested throughout, Bill Gird crossing tbe the score first and Witham secoud. Time 1:51. Af ter the usual time allotted between heat races bad transpired they were again called to tlie line and tapped off, Bill Gird taking the lead which he kept the entire race, and crossing the score with Bye-straw close a his heels; Witham being more tban dls tanced. Time 1:54 considerable money changed hands as to the result of this race. After this race Messrs, Bockwell & Ilurl bcrt gave an entertainment with their trained horses out ou the track and free to all, of course they were well patronized. It is triily wonderful what control these gentlemen have over their horses. They comprise one ot tlie best features of i the fair in tlie shape of exhibitions. The array of fine stock is just about the same as re ported in yesterday's issue. Of course there is a great dissatisfaction among the youngsters, owing to tlie fact of there being no circus on the grounds It Is expected that by to-moirow noon tbe crowd will be pretty much ali on band. . We met several campers on their way to the ground, and the indications are very favorable for a jolly good time. Following is the StTCCESSFlT. OTES1SU OF THE BASK OF CAIJFORSIA. The Bank of California remained open until 1 p. ir., Saturday, October 2d, an hour beyond the usual time of closiig Saturday, i Receipts during the day exceeded disbursements by abont three quarters of a million. Bank offi cials express surprise at the result, sup posing that the' actual needs of deposi tors would have caused a greater de mand on tbe resources of the bank. They state that the receipts of the day were nearly equal to the average Satur day's business, drafts beius much less than the average. ' Couldn't Beh.tve II era el r. A Saratoga correspondent of the New York VortnitKrcial Advertiser overheard two ladies talking and this is what tliey said : "Is ell, I'm going Lome to-inorrow.' ' 'Going home to-morrow? What for, nrav r" " . vuecause l can e nenave mvself." Jennie. What have The average price ot. farm labor throughout the United' States, has been reduced since the year 1869, 22 per cent, according to the returns-of the Depart ment of Agriculture.. This reduction seonis likely to encourage rather than 1 reduce fanning enterprise, not" only by making it possible for farmers to hire and so increase their products, but by driving the better class of laborers to set np business for themselves, thus putting the elcill into management and toil, and the raw hand into toil under skillful advice. : Collector Shauijon, of San Francisco, has been victimized by some clever ras cal who forged the signatures of a cus tom house naval officer and his clerk to an order drawn in favor of J. C Merrill Jb Co., for $4,800, whxh Shannon signed and the United States Treasurer paid. The police have been put on the track of the forger, but as yet he has elude! them. . fiVell. out with it you been Uolng f v y "Lots ot tilings. "Well, given the first." ; "You know Frank Keunedy, Sell?" "That soft simpering fellow that always tells you how 'chawmiug you look ?" "Exactly. This morning I saw him coming and made up my mind to take him down. "I put my "diamond brooch in a chair pin upwards, and asked him to sit down." "He sat, of course, and wliat then?" "He jumped up and yelled, 'Oh, my ., Wliat's the trouble, I asked. i Nothing in particular, only. 1 thought of an engagement at this moment; you must excuse me. And off he went, and would you believe it, Nell the brooch wa3 sticking to him." . "That was awful, Jennie," and the two irirls ffiaacled together for five minutes. broke thu snell hv riamnnrtlntv "Whit I next?" Why.vnit wag talr"- i G?Y. Liccner, tlcnry C : 1 C3 I 1 viiut Jvuiig sprig of a clergyman, the Kev. Tom. Parsons. Wo had nearly talked each other to death, when, as luck would have It, he made some remarks about mosquitoes. I was on my native heath at once, aud began to tell him of my experience at Rockaway. 'Did they bite very hard?' in quired the Itev. Thomas.' '1 wish, Mr. Parsons,' said I, 'you could see my legs aud judge for yourself,' " "Tlmt was a horrid speech. How. could vou sav such a thine?'' ; " VWhy, Nell.it popped out before I kuow it." , . ; - . "And what did Mr. Parsons say?" " "He blushed clean to tlie eyes, and I ran away CINCINNATI. Oct. 2. The Commercial's Meadvllle, Pennsylvania, 6peetal reports the burlng ot the Jamestown, ana wyjicvoi Jamestown, New York,; on Chattaqua Lake, this morning. The rteatners were valued $40,000. Insured for $22,000. Sup posed Incendiary. Des Moines, Iowa. Oet, 2. A , special from Wintersel says tlie fiue court-house In that place, which was coniiaratively new, and cost $110,000, was destroyed by fire to-day. The fire broke out in the up per story of the east wing, and in thirty minutes the great dome, reaching 180 feet iu the air, wont with a crash into the court-room, and in one hour the fire had finished its work, and nothtng was left but gloomy ruins. , : The prisoners in the jail in the basement of tlie court-house were all rescued, and the county records were all saved. ' The building was not insured. Nashville, GA. 2 Business in tlii3 city is generally suspended iu honor ot the Obsequies of ex-Presldcnt Johnson. A large number of distinguished personages are present, among whom are; Senior iuerxi.;un, AU.nitani un. Townseud, ex- Yamhill county is in run between A Lakge specimen of petrified tree will be received at San Francisco in a day ot two, from MarysvilU?. It is in tended for the centennial exhibition. It consists of a block four feet long and seven feet iu diameter, aud will require and 8-horse team to transport it to this point. It is hard to dislinguish it from marble. I ' To-morrow will not, of course, beOie day ot the Fair, but we confidently look fur, at least double if not thribble the attendance of to-day. People are coming from every quarter of the country, and our. hotels are already overflowing with sight seers, all bent on "gjvine to de Fair." The greater portion at least, of the entries will be made to-morrow, and the real business of tbe Fair will commence. Below we give the result of to-day's TRIALS OF SPEED. - Trotting race, two best in three, three en tries : Jas. Welch names Blue Mountain Bov: Wm.Glrd names Antelone ; B.-B. Acker names Eph Maynard. First heat von by Blue Mountain Boy, In 2:42 An telope, second, Eph Maynard third. Sec ond heat and race won by Blue Mountain Boy, in 2:43 Antelope second, Eph May nard distanced. - Then came a running race, single dash of a mile. Wm. Gird names block horse, Bill Gird; G. J. Baskett names sorrel horse, Napa. Won by Bill Gird, in 1:55, V i - Wednesday, Oct. 6th. SECOND DAT. , Tlie day opened with a heavy fog liang lngover the city and up to 10 o'clock there was but little stir on" our streets. About ,10 o'clock the people from tlie country began to arrive, and the rond be tween the Fair ground and- the city pre sented a much more lively appearance than on th day previous. - New camps were made and tents stretched, and everything begins to look as though the Fair would be something more Uiau anticipated. Tbe pa vilion has a much better showing, owing to the numbeeof articles' placed on exhi bition, but still there is an abundance ot room. Several articles of fine, clothing, nnderware aud sucli, together with spreads and coverllts ot a most beautiful pattern, and shows a great deal of care and taste displayed by the "makers. Some fine oil paintings and wrested work, togetScr with some shell frames adorn the walls. In tlie . t VEOKTAMJS DEPAETMENT, '-. j we found quite an improvement , In tlie number and quality of that ot the first day, several large pumpkins presented a very attractable feature, and' on tbe left they were flanked by half a bushel of the finest potatoes that we ever, saw iu tbe State,' and would' make the; mouth of any "Sphud eater" In the land, water at the sight,' and to tbe extreme' right are several piles of parsnips, carrots and turnips of different varieties and sizes. In one corner there are some of the finest specimens of sun flower stalks and blossoms we ever .saw, some ot the stalks will go well on to 15 ieei m signs, wiuie uie blossoms orf beajjs. of some will measure something near 3I8 inches in diameter Several varieties of tomatoes also form a part of the collection In the poultry : line there " are but a few cages of chickens as yet out there. And. Thursday, October 7. TIIIIiD DAT. j Weatlier splendid but rather wann. The attendance at the lair to-day somewhat larger than yesterday. No additions to speak ot in tlie way of entries or atti-ac-ctions. Tlie dust begins to be intolerable, and old clothes look about as well" as bran splinter new oues after passing over the road to the fair grounds. . f . As we are pressed for room we shall de ter further remarks at this time, j hoping that to-morrow will witness a larger turn out and more interest tlian to-day. ; ' BACKS. '- 1 The first was a trotting race, two In three. J. L. Harris names Rob Roy ; Bill Gird names Levina; Al Faro names Light Heels. Levlna won the first heat in 3:42. and tlie second in 3:40,l, llob Roy second in each beat. - . - . . ; The second was a trotting race, three iu five, for which there was . four entries : Blue Mountain Boy, Eph Maynard, Capt. Hogg and Antelope the latter, to go against time. But three auimals contested. Following is the time made in each heat : Fikst Heat Antelope 2:45J ; Blue Mountain Boy 2:46 ; Eph Maynard 2:51. Second Heat. Blue - Mountain Boy, 2:44J4; Antelope, 2:45; Eph Maynard, 2:49..- Thikd Heat. Antelope, 2:40; Eph Maynard 2:43; Blue Mountain Boy, 2:40. - Fochth Heat. Antelope, -2:43 ; -Eph Maynard,' .43; Blue Mountain Boy, 2:49., ' 1 Antelope won tlie race and flGSj Blue Mountain Boy second, and $85. . 1 - Fair Pih'm" T-day. V, Exhibition of Stock At 10 o'clock A. m., exhibition of stock, 'v, y, J Pacing At 1 o'clock p. m., pacing, 2 in 3 free lor all. ' Purse $60. ; 1st horse, $40 ; 2nd horse, $20. Each beat to be made in 3 miniates or no premium will be paid, and the entrance fee will be forfeited to the As sociation. ." ':'" "i.'.'siiiK.; j , ','',. Running At 2 p. m., running, free for all. Purse $250. 1st horsej $165 . 2nd horse, $85. :v??-!."': -. 'X-:-- y.-'X ' -i J ''-y '1-KiAi. of Fire Engines At 2:30 p. m.; trial of Fire Engines.;. . TOWN IN NEW SIEXK'O DEHTKOTF.O " ir WATFJK KPOII IS. A correspondent of the GloLc-Dema-cfaty at Tas Cruees, New Mexico, says a treme.idous water spout suddenly ap peared iu the lulls about a mile back of town about 3 p. m., the 11th ot Septem ber, and before the citizens had time to comprehend tho impeuding'calamity it was upon them. The tall, dark column of water and dust approached with such velocity that no more than 10 minutes from the time of its observation, and before ten dollars' worth of property could be saved by any one, 63 bouses were hurled to the ground. The streets were soon covered four or five feet with water, and the current was ot such force that boulders ot large size and cor repsondins weight were carried away. Two hours later rain fell in tor rents, lastine several hours. In all the wreck and ruin ot fallen houses and rushing waters, strange to say, not a single life was lost. On Sunday the en tire popnlatiou were out repairing dam ages as much as possible and eudeavor ing to have the homeless cared for. Tlie work was kept up 011 Monday and everybody began to look cheerful, when, at 4 o'clock, another water spout ap peared from tlie exact spot at which its predecessor was observed, and came on with equal celerity. ' Sixteen houses fortunate enongh to escape the previous visitor, were tumbled down and their contents totally destroyed. This flood lasted three hours. The damage by these storms will amount to $150,000 at the least calculation. Four houses destroyed were valued at $5,000 to $10,000 each. A TROTTING" WONDEK WITHOUT A PEDI GREE. The buckskin mustang, Don Eliplia is expected to arrive here to-morrow trom Ios Angeles on the steamer Orizaba. This wonderful horee, without a pedigree, has an interesting history v lie was tor a long time worked in liauling stages in Arizora, and has done considerable cavalry service in that country. ;? One of tlie feats perform ed by this half-breed while iu the cavalry was'the carrying a-soldier one .hundred miles in one day. lie was purchased by smith .& Billings, of Ios Angeles, two years ago, for a mere song, and put In training. He has trdttcd five races in the OrangeGwve-City, ami when he scored 2:30 he shut himself out of future contests in that locality until tbe racing stud shall be Improved. This la tlie bestfrecord made on any course -in Southern California. The last race won by the Don was a two mile race for $2,000. ' A brilliant future is predicted lor Don and it is expected he will yet go me strings unaer tne twen ties. S. F. Vtatoin. , Xast week, some parties oh their way to Tillamook, camped just beyoud K. McCnl loughV saw-mill,' Yamhill county, and when they resumed their journey next morning, carelessly left 'their fire burning, which soon communicated with the adjourn ing timber and, but for the efforts put forth by the mill hands, the mill would have been destroyed. This is tlie second time within the fast two months that they have' baa to ngnt tne nre to save tne mut. - ' Mr. L. E.Etes, of the Ooquille valley, met with a serious accident at the Parrott hill, south of Roseburg. . It .appears that he had been engaged In hauling wheat from Camas valley to the depot, and bad a team of young horses using., . The team became unmanageable on this hill, and he jumped from the wagon down the precipice, about 30 feet, bruising himself terribly. , There are 120 pupils in the i Jacksonville distrlcf school, , s ; 1 - . ,. Has Arrived! -The Oregonian of the 6th says: The noted race horse Twenty-One arrived here last evening on the steamer , from San Francisco, in charge ot his keeper and trainer, John ny Faylor. Twenty-One will be on hand at the State Fair, and give lovers ot turf sport a test of speed. The Consolidated Virginia Mine is sending forth a steady stream of ore worth $2,000 per hour, or more ; than a dollar every two seconds. The stock of this mine is quoted at- $225 a share. Three years ago it was selling for $26. In one week it leaped to $76, and later to nearly $80. Such are the vagaries of Nevada minining stock. Malheur City has three stores, two saloons one hotel and one livery stable. . Pack- J wood & Carter's ditch at that place is sup- , plying the miners with about 1,000 inches of water dally. ... All the Indians have been ordered by tho common council st Victoria to get out of the city. Circuit court for session this week. A two-horse stage is now Baker City and Boise City. According to tlie census the population 01 Jacksonville is aoont uu Tlie re will be a concert and literary en tertainment at iatayette tms cveuuig An Indian girl, in a camp near Dallas, was burned so badly that she died in a few hours alter. Twelve thousand bushels of wheat were raised on Mr. It. 11. Thompson's tarin in Yamhill county thisyear. nops are quoted in Kew York at 1820c and in San Francisco at 2025c. Oreeou has produced a large amouut of bops this year. The annual pamphlet of the pioneer and Historical Society of Oregon, a book of thirty-eisht pases, Is now ready for distri bution. ' - .. ' T migrants still continue to arrive at the Dalles. Tne larger portion cross the river and so into the Klickitat country, wliere they find homes. The religious lawsuit between the Bishop orcoiuniDia anu uean uncige eot .!fi,2iH in court tees, which tbe bitter lm been called upon to pay. The small pox hits broken out in the lunatic asvlunt at Victoria. An Indian patient has died and tlie superintendent has been artnekeu by it R.Flulayson, of, Victoria, and ethers, are about to commence opening up the Baynes Sound call mine, and woik will be pushcu aucaii to a speedy conduction. Mr. Jas. Kennedy Is a temnerance candi date for tlie legislature in New Westminis ter city, lie seems to- oe a "rrce lance" among the politicians, but is a strong ad vo- cate or tetotaiism. McDonald, Btmibam and McCann, of Salem, have struck a ricn quartz ledge iu the Granite Creek voinitrv ami will scud some 30 tons of it to Sun . Fnmcisco to be worked, mid we hope vt may turn out to meet tlieir expectations. A Slllldav school tins honn nmr.iu'i-xtHl at the Seattle co;il uiiiied andarnuigeuicnts made for religions services. Clergymen of tne various uenoiniuations take turns going out th;re from Seattle, weekly, for tliat pnrpo.?e. Tlie Seattle Coal Company is crowded to Us utmost capacity Dy the quantity or coal detnatMled for shpnient. Several vessels nre waiting for an opportunity to load, and still tlwy conic. .1' pward of 300 tons per uay arc Drought in trom the mines. On Monday, the 2Sth ult., the" clergy of Seattle ami vicinity completed their min isterial association by tlie adoption of the constitution and by-laws.! They meet on Monday of each week at 10 A. M., aud tlie pastors of the several Protestant church es unite In tlie enterprise. . Monday evening, of last week, a little step-son of James Green, of Lnfyette, re ceived a somewhat painful though not dan gerous wound from a . vicious cow. The little fellow was feeding her through the fence, and as his arm protruded through, the cow made a-lunge and ran one horn through his arm tearing the llesh all loose from tlie bone, . - ; On the evening of the 7lh of October there will bea grand sociable and entertain ment at Amity and ou tlie next eveninar a grand bull, both atfiiirs to take place in tlte new sci 1001 ouiiuing prior to its being turned over to the directors of tlie district. After running tlie Baker City Jferald ore year, W. S. James wound up the business of the concern and gracefully retired ou thezutbult. - The Masonic I.odgo at Amity lias pur chased a lot anu tlie old district school building; at that place Thev will move tlie building upon the lot and fit it up for a iouge room. ' - A hop yard of seven acres and of two years' growth, at Eola. beloiisrlnz to Mr. Bccket, turned out 10,000 pounds of bops this season, which broucht the owner $4,000 Pretty good for bops. Tliat is paying busi ness, larmcrs. The editor of the evening edition of the Oregonian has received an extra head that is to say had a 'nead put on hru'' at tlie hands of Maj. Johnson, of Portland, and the paper will probably present a bet ter appearance hereaiter. - The paper gives a rough report of the ,,set-to." , , ' Captain Kelly. Informs the Sirtiinet-Qvxt they are taking quartz of a superior quality out of their mines on Grave Creek, and have been running an arastra for tlie last three weeks, but have not yet made a clean up. lie Is sanguine that the ore that tbey are now crushing will yield handsome re turns. - . , ,1 . The Bismarck Tribune says : A. Ver milllon Jury has outraged justice by turn ing the murderer Wintcrmute loose with out punishment. On the charge of murder they return a verdict of not guiljy-.fJTo midnight assassin ever perpetrated it more cowardly murder than was Winterhiute's Willing ot McCook. But the murderer has been loosed by twelve men who evidently regard human life of little value and justice is left to weep over the insult put upon her. The citizens ot Walla Walla held a meet ing to consider tbe subject of deviding the county last week, and concluded tliat If a division be made the line should bo as fol fows : Beginning at Snake river at a point where tlie range line between ranges 38 and 30 cast of the Willamette meridian, intersects said river ; thence running south between said ranges to its intersection with the Touchet river; thence following up Touchct river ItSouth fork to the line between Oregon and Washington Territory Carr of Philadel phia, and many others. The procession. fomnrisinfif thirteen divisions, will move at : 1 - . . . . . two otciock, uuuer ine supervision 01 we Chief . Marslial, Brevet Major I Gen. G. Pennypacker, of U. S. A.. Major vm. Klchards, chiel of staff, and thirty-seven aids. Kx-i?enator 'ovier win deliver tne memorial address. - I - CnEYESXE, Wy., Oct. 2. President Grant and party arrived here, by special tram, at s o clocK tin 3 morning.; brcaKtat ed at the Inter-Ocean hotei, held a recep tion, took carriages and drove around the city for an honr, alter which they took a special train and annul proceeded on their journey westward. j ' 1 ' ' 1 he commissioners to treat ior tne jiiacK Hills reached Fort Laramie from Red Cloud to-day on their way East. The at tempt to obtain tne liius was a ratinre, tne Indians holding out for- fabulous sums. Northern Indians were leaving, and very bad temper prevailed among tlie several bands. - - New York, Oct. 2. A dispatch from. Johusboro, Georgia, reports trouble brew ing between whites and blacks growing out of the conviction and sentence ot George Spelr, negro, to be hanged for olit- raginga white . gin. cuosequent 10 con viction another negro, who had eoTnniitted a similar crime, wns foun3 dead, and Spier's friends claim that he Is innocent, and both crimes were committed by the dead negro. Monday night the armory of a militia company was broken into and 21 guns abstracted. "Twenty of them were artcrwarus round tinmen in a scuooi-nouse belonging to the blacks. New York, Oct. 2. Loons decrease, $2,774,000; specie decrease. $823,300; legal tenders decrease, $831. 300 ; deposits decreased, $5,035.800 ; circulation decrease, a. -fish - T(wi err The United States assistant treasurer at New York lias been directed by the secre trry of the treasury to sell $4,000,000 gold durtue tlie present month, as follows: $1,- 000.000 each Tuesday. - CixerxNATi, Oct. 2. E. u. Dyer, ot the well-known firm of the Lane & Dyer Manufacturing Co.upany Hamilton, O suicided in tlie works of that company, at thai nlace. this morninsr, by shooting him self in tlie riaht temple. Cause unknown. Newtort. it. 1.. Oct. 3. Jiayor tsio- cum. ot .Newport. loroiu tne nu liiver committee to solicit aui 111 jNewportior tne Fall River strikers', and ordered them ar rested if Ihey attempted it. j New York, Oct. The nark commis sioners refused the application of Swintou, ward and others for the use or Tompkins square to-day to hold a meeting ot New York workingmen to sympathize with the Fall River strikers. 1 - Tlie Spanish Minister at -Washington, now here, received a cable ; dispatch- from the Spanish consul at Kingston, Jamaica, that tlie cargo of tlie steamship ITrutjum, consisting of arms and ammunition tor the Cuban insurgents, had been seized by tbe authorities there. j New York, Oct. 3. Tlie lamons trot ting mare American Girl fell dead yester day.afternoon in tlie first heat of free tor all ages. "I Baltimore. Oct. 3. S. League, captain ot a tugboat, to-day approached the sacris ty ot St. Patrick's church, Broadway, while the service was going on, aud, draw ing a pistol, attempted to shoot tho pastor. Father Gaittley, on account of Fatlier Gaiteley having put his (League's) daugh ter iu a Catholic convent iu Indiana. Lcajnie was arrested and committed for grand iury. Boston, Oct. 4. In tlie U. . S. circuit court tliis moniinsr, Geo. Miles and Wm. Smith, convicted of murder on board the 'schooner JefauaoH ItoitiestJ. were sentenced to he hanged January 4thj They received their sentence without emotion. St. Paue. Minn.. Oct 4. II. Y: Cliat- field, iudjie of one cf tlie district courts of this state. died to-dav at Belie Plain. Judffe Chat fiehl was brother of Hon. Levi Chatflcld, former W a well known Dcm ocratie politician ami attorney general of New York aud. was appointed to one of the territory judgeships j ot. Minnesota by tranklin fierce. 1 r aix Kivkk. Mass., Oct. 4 An excess ot help reported at all the mills this morn ing. A orcaK in a steam pipe at -Mercn- ant's mill caused a stopage in tlio new portion. Tlie old portion is in full opera- firwn I Bostox, Ovt. 4 Vice President Wilson has been coiincilcd by hi medical ndvlsers to abandon his intention to lecture this season, as it would prove a more serious shock on his constitution than he could stand in addition to his official duties and the completion of his work. New York. Oct. 4 The third annual Convention ot Engineers of the fire depart ments of the United States, met in Fire man's Hail to-day at noon. The body was caiieu to oroer Dy ijiner 11. uiay sexton, of St. Louis. He said tbat if these conven- . Uons of chief en gl tiers served no other pur pose, uiey niaue utem an acquainted with one another. Tliey would also consider matters which were of interest to th( partmeiH.. 1 rtiuci x . jj , aynio"-' . 0t Cambridge City, read the. aii for the" meet ins;. Chief f i Bates, of tills city, was elected permanent chairman, but declined on the ground of having to attend to lm portant business. A committee of five was appointed to nominate officers for the ensu ing year, as follows : Messrs. Matliew Bcnner, Chicago; Martin Cronln, Wash ington; W.H. Green, Boston; L. A. Gib sou. Rochester; and A. C. Ilpudrccks, New Haven. Tlie secretary then read an invi tation lrom tlie old volunteer department of this city to members of the convention, asking them to dine in Blocker's building to-morrow evening, which was accepted: A number of communications were then read from delegates unablo to be present expressing regrets and naming substitutes. ITrSBUBQ, Oct. ' 4j Shortly after 12 o'clock tills ; morning i a fire occurred at Marsbfleld, Pa., on the Panhandle Rail road, which destroyed O'Slica's block and fetor tenement houses. In tlie former, the first floor -was occupied by DiiiT&Co., gro cers, O'Shea's jerocery. mid several empty store rooms. Tho upper story Whs occu pied as a tavern and opera house. . Loss about $20,000; partially insnred. . 5 Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 4. A fire,' Origi nating from spontaneous combustion, oc curred at Washington Mills to-day. Loss on stock , aud machinery is estimated at $50,000; 011 tho building comparatively trifling. !..-:' !". .- ';,,:-!..... Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 3. A destructive fire broke out this morning at Aurora vil lage, supposed incendiary, destroying a tavern, the store of II. B. Miller, and three large buildings of C.J. Hamlin, of this titv. Less, $10,000; Insurance, $16,500, Copenhagen, Oct. 4. Tlie Sweedlsh steamer- L. J. Ateyen. miming bctweeen Lubeck and Copenhagen, has been burned in the Baltic. Twenty-four passangers and ' eleven of the crew perished. The steamer was a small one and was built In 185S, at' Gittenbergh. Beegbade, Oct. 4. The Servian Minis try has resigneil. Perfect tranquility pre vails. Beijgkade. Oct. 4. Tlie ministry ha resigned in consequence of a declaration or Prince Milkin, made at the sccrectsiUhii of the council. A coiiacivativc ministry U forming. ? " j. ' " . ' ' ; ... Madiud, X-t. 4. Tlia Epoat says roill--tary operations in the North will be re- -sumed as soon tlie government Is able to send 80,000 men to reinforce tlie army. San Sebastian, Oct 4. Tlie Carlists-. demand -100,000 to discontinue the bom bardment of the town. ? - r r t'ij Havana, Oct. 4. The Spanish -war vca-i sel Tornado has chased tlie Uruyvay, former ly the Octaeia into Port Royal, Jamaica,, where her cargo was embargoed. . 5 SliKrkey, the murderer, sailed for Spaiit yesterday. - . . 'ii''i'lSi , . NvwY.W- rt. t. B.-The IT.' S lJT"1 . TCuer Club call a meeting at the Cooper Institute on the 13tb inst., to form a Demo cratic Legal Tender Stn Central prganlza- tlciiiCAGO, Oct, 5.A Wa3hlnfetf special! .,.r Anf VnrnoV. WliO m WSIIU - out to investigate charges against A tenburg, former. marcM C " gives a grapliio picture" of the ormoii operations of the Denver ring., r orney lett here with four accounts that lsd beeu submitted by Schaffcnburg at the cfose 4 his marshal's term. j oruey wenii ont ior the purpose of comparing the accounts aa submitted to tlie treasury tlepai tinent. witlr ' tlie original records ot the court, In oroe- -. to discover their falseness or correctness. . He tound the four accounts fraudulent an had secured payment of bulge ' sums of money to Schnffenburg, tbat amounted to robbery. One of the principal swindling; features of ihis, mail's style of keeping Ac counts with the government was charges for keeping prisoners. Every man who was arrested was made to figure u s prisoner in the accounts, whether lie saw the inside of t he jail or not.' A responsible citizen would he arreted for some trivial infraction of the. United States law, an I would be, perhaps, relrnsed on bis wu recognisance. Such as tint were maile' to i ihnvre.undar Schaffenbnrg's inanipoIatkn . as prisoners in the jail rroin three io - ix -months, reqniiiug the payment of $1 60 each a day for their subsistence. II. V. AHoman, district attorney, at tbe time Schaffenburg was marshal, nwidc himself very unpopular by bis persistent arresting men for trifles and carrying tho cases up tor the fees'; yet ho' never -arrested-a man. bnt Schnffenburg- made a jailbird of hlmr and made out n bill of subsistence.. Some of the best men in Colorado, without tlielc knowledge, have been placed In 8vhalfei burg's accounts to the treasury department., on a par with thieves and murderers. Dur ing tlie last six years tliere have not beeu over 200 prisoners confined by the United. States authorities, and yet Schaffenburg. during his reign, sent In accounts ch.irgtng.- for subsistence of over 2,000 prisoners. An other means ot stealing from the govern ment was to over charge for mileage. This was done to such preposterous extent that were it not for the importance ot tlie ci rmr;. it could but excite levity on account ot the barefacedness ot the steal. He would fend: out a deputy marslial to arrest a man, anils whether tlie deputy succeeded t finding, his man or not, Schaffenburg would tako the nabie iu the warrant and enter up a prisoner for whom he not only charged $1 SO a day, but also added mileage for transportation ot the piisoner from what ever oiut ttie wandering deputy saw fit to bcicvr. vnte or me hmjpc vrigitina. wjt.--- was where SchoffculjurgarreslB himself audi charges- tlia government fop- subsistence. At one time be, in company with some ring ; speculators in Denver, vwent south ot that city, and through rollnsioos- with, tlte register of. tbe laid: olice,. totfc twwity'-- threc sectious otiionicsteals threughflctrcP- ous names being nsetl-' in the- entries. All ' these laucU were sftcrwaww sold to Davidii Moffatt A Co. of the rins. 1 hen thei gov- erntnent got word of this, and besaWJ suit agaiust the fictitious men In tlie iltW'fM) scllino their homesteads. Then it was Mi lift Scliaffeuburg arretted' himself and crowd; causing warrants to be issnetl for all tlio aliuse used iu tlie fraudulent land .transac tions, at onoed placed the imaginary crowd in jail, and charged up a Jot oi oiucers mileage, ' guanls' expenses with regular rates ier tlay for a long time in jail.' A !iGri.AR Exi-mtTTlOV At t.h llAnnr- tng of Frank Sniitb, colored, which took place recently hi luiitagnu County, Tex as, a large crowd gatlicred at tlie place of execution, and after the prisoner had off ered up t prayer he addressed the people in great penitence, and exhorted them all to meet him In heaven. The Slierlff llien adjusted the noose aliouthls neck, nnd: tliio guards crowded up to bid hi in good-ny. The. Sheriff ordei'ed them to stand back. but they refused to do so, ami 'cocked their guns, swearing that tliey would bill him good-hy. Sonic one called out to shoot, tlie rope," "Let him go." "Liber ate him." etc. .The createst excitement prevailed. and it was evident Unit the sym pathy of tho entire arowd was .with the doomed man. The effort to release him would have been successful had it not been for the doomed man himself. : He was tlie only man tltnt was firm aud self possessed, lie exhorted, his friends, to desist. "Let the law take t its course." said he, "I am a mini and can die like a man. . This is no time tor a row ; let n not disgrace ourselves in ' this -"niajnnerjr- Ac l... . ... ' - u . and as he stood upon tlie platform, strong ami powerful, ahead aud shoulders above-any- of tlie others, he certainly presented, a picture of no ordinary, interest. . At a. signal from the sheriff tlie preparations .weretcompleted, the trap- sprung, and ho. fell and" died ' without a struggle. The crowd soon, dispersed, but still mattering; ngaiusi me executioners. -I'm.- , tr "Texas PBbSlTr;rrv.aA Ci P01". Vil reViei'''::t.- i'rui hnstnAiu of that nrt aging tiling, that there is estimated to be Iu Is ortbvrn Texas alone.' at 'least ninety flouring mills iu operation ' tveoy-twu being counted iu one eomity alone. This, growth te a Rreet result of the. Nrpeti bagger," and the enterprise tliat acccmpa nios him. The oensns- of 18Z0, gives but 20 miles in tlie whole States w4lo;biK nnt 52 haud., who rcc-ive? Mat year h! 14,R00 in money, or $230 per C0T I-he capital inves was $f29.300? the pioouct lielng valuci at $2U.0GS. ThU growth Is but part of the State, aud In tlie roaafjrv , There has always been a great lack in the construction of chairs in" matins them comfortable. t .The backs are not of right shape and tho leg! hot of proper length. - Common chairs may he consid erably improve. by shortening the hind legs by one and a half to two inches. 1? or average size male adnUa the front of the chair had better be sixteen to sew entcen inches high; for grown, full ab women but fourteen to til Icon inchcs,atid ess in proportion for children. - Agasslz, sort t'L5. "N".s vncani, Uet wit, A ter-ihij. Agasslv of b !.!.. . Monday last while oiling the wheels of a "' "S''lne. I T appears tlmt bl shirtsleeve caught on one of tlio oogs, and his left arm ww crushed, sS tlwt on his arrival in this city', it was deeinwl advisable to amputate tbe arm just bldow the elbow, which. W43 accorUingly done.