VOLUME VIII.
ALBANY, OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1875.
NO. 11.
BUSINESS CARDS.
SAMUEll E. YOUNG,
Wholesale and Betail Dealer In
DHY GOODS,
CLOTHINQ,
GROCERIES,
BOOTS & SHOES,
THRESHERS,
REAPERS & MOWERS,
, WAGONS, JL0WS,
SEED DRILLS,
- C30ADCST, SEED
SOWERS, ETCt :
Vin ree,, AUmmx'
Terms : - - Casli.
u20y7
American Exchange Hotel
Cor. Front and Washington sts.
AMLIXT, . - OBEUOS.
THE AMEBICAX EXCHANGE HOTEL,
so popular under the former management,
will bo transferred on the 1st of October, to Mr.
8. W. EDDY. Mr. Eddy, in addition to being
a first -class caterer, i thorough in the hotel
business. epU S9;7j-U".
St. Charles Hotel,
Crmr Washington and First Sta.,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Matthews & Morrison,
PROPRIETORS.
Honae newly furnished throughout. The
bettl the market tulords always on tlie table.
Free t'earta to sud-from ttae Ilouae.
P. C.
HARPER &
Dealers In
CO.,
TlnHilnr Bta ud Khoea, Ht, roc
' ri( ru9ods Kvliooii, HbotiruM .
t Ptetols, Sails, Hope, Mirrors,
Wallpaper, Wood and Willow
Ware, Trunks and Valises,
Pocket Cutlery, Vc,
Sold very low either for cash, or to prompt pny
33 Int; customers on time. v7
Raisin? and Moving Building.
We the undersigned beg leave to
announce to the citizens of Albany and
surrounding country that, bavins supplied our
selves wits the ueoe-ry machinery for us
ing and removing buildings, we are ready at all
times to receive orders for such work, which
we will do In short order at lowest rates. We
guarantee entire satisfaction in all work under
taken by us.
Orders left at the Register office promptly
attended to. Apply to.
Albs, BAXTT, ALLEN CO.
Or., April 23. 1S75. . 2v7
O. S. S- CO.
tT ROM AND
AFTER DATE. UNTIL FUR-
ther notice, freight from
PORTLAND to
WILL BE
ONE DOLLAR
ALBANY
PER T0
All down frtdtrht will be delivered at PORT
LAND or ASTORIA
Free of Dm j age and Wliarftige,
At Reduced Rates.
Boats will leave ALBANY for COHVALLIS or
For further particulars, apply to
BEACH it M03JTE1TH,
Aany,Sov.M,'7-lS Agents.
CXAS. B. KOKTAGCE.
JtOBT. M'CAI.LKTf.
ZIOXTAGUE & McCALLEY,
A BE NOW OPENING A MAGNIFICENT
XX stock of
FALL AND WIXTER GOODS !
- selected with care, and bought for cola at
Seandaloiaaljr Iow Figures !
and as ws bought low we can and will sell the in
at prices tlmt will
Astonish Everybody.
Come and see oar selections of
. Dress Ctoods,
Japanese
Khawla,
. Manes,
Brilliants, .
BSarseUics,
Popttwsv,
T.tres,
Ribbons, Collars, Collarettes,
f .- v Spaces, Scc, ,
for the ladies, and cue complete lines of .
Rcadymade Clothing.
Hosiery,
umwuntsi -seres,
..
Clatbs,
Cans.
liata, r
of all descriptions for men and boys.
Also, full
Grc::rA'Crcciei7 and Glassware.
. or everybody.
Th best roods, at the lowest rates every time.
f ""Come and see. . .
ibauwm. Oregon, October so. 1871. -
FOUR-ACRE LOTS
Cr.TS ZZIXX3 oi Albany
f ?n w--t ft F-Mit-i Lots would do
is- ' li. 0;-a & CO., iiefore par-
i m lissre. Land ricn and would make
. . f can be irrigated with very lit,
J . i '' vr. II. DODD & CO.
Homo Interests
Destructive Finn. we made Mention
of the fact, in our last issue, that the Hvery
stable on the corner of Washington and
Second streets, belonging to Ans. Marshall,
had been destroyed by fire. The fire oc
curred about 1 o'clock on Friday morning
of last week, and is believed to have been
tlie work of an incendiary. Twelve horses
were consumed, nine of whom belonged to
Marshall, two to Mr. Moss, of Sweet Home,
and the twelfth to a Mr. Southern, of Shedd.
Mr. Southern had just arrived from Walla
Walla, and the horse, a stallion, valued by
his owner at $1,000, had not occupied his
stall more than an hour, probably. The
agent of Cue Wheeler & Wilson sewing
machines had a vehicle and lour machines
tn tlie" stable which were burned. - The fire
hail gained such headway before discovered
that.it was impossible to save anything.
i. Tate's bulldiug, across the alley from
the stable, caught fire, but was put out be
fore any material damage was done. Had
there been a Cur breeze from the south all
the block, Including Sam Miller's wagon.
paint and blacksmith shops, the Register
building, Tweedale's grocery store, Harris'
butcher shop, and possibly the bricks west
on First street to Washington, would cer
tainly have been laid in ashes. The fire
showed the absolute necessity of at least
two fire engines in the city. It is true
tliat we have one good hand engine, and it
was well handled on the above occasion, as
it always is; but one engine, especially a
hand engine, cannot manage a large fire.
We need another, and for obvious reasons,
that we need not here recite, as they will
occur to every man, that other should be a
steam engine. And we take occasion bore
to remark, that more than half of the sub
scription for a steamer has already been
taken and there are still a number of our
citizens who have not subscribed. Let all
take hold, and by the 27th the entire auacunt
will be taken $4,000 and the steamer
will be secured at once. Don't be backward
in coming forward, fellow-citizens, in this
matter.
Grand Time. The supper and sociable
given by the Ladies' Aid Society at the
Pacific Opra House on Thursday evening
of last week Thanksgiving day was large
ly attended and certainly was a most agree
able and sociable entertainment. The Glee
Clnb, led by Mr. Wyatt, and assisted by
Mrs. Wyatt at the organ, and Miss A.
Blain, Misj Minnie Monteith, Mrs.Stratton
Mr. A. B. Cathey, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond, added immensely to the interest of
the occasion, receiving rounds oi applause
after each song. Judge Montunye read
selection as only he can read, getting the
fullest attention of the large audience, and
receiving round after rotwd of applause
Mr. Palmer then read a selection in an im
passioned manner, giving evidence ot brill
iant elocutionary power, that only needs
training to place him at the bead ot the
heap. He received a perfect storm of ap
plause. Miss Clara Price was then intro
duced, and gave her audience "How he
saved St. Michaels," in her brilliant and
unapproachable style. . aliss .Price never
does anything poorly, but on the evening
in question, to our mind, she excelled all
her former efforts, receiving a perfect ova
tion of applause from the audience. Miss
Halbrook came next, with "Red Jacket,
being introduced by Mart. Brown, Esq.,
as No. One's girl. As a speaklst Miss Lib
is away up, and the audience showed their
appreciation of the effort by lull rounds of
applause. After this came the 'polarity
part, anu tne lay out in this direction was
perfectly splendid everybody seemed to
De nappy and wanted everybody else to
know it. Ice cream, peaches and cream,
and the various articles offered for sale
were all purchased rapidly, benefitting
the Society's exchequer to the amount
of one hundred and forty-two dollars and
six bits, clear of all expenses. . Mayor Fro-
man made the liberal donation of ten dol
Jars to tne sjociety, and ten dollars were
collected at the M. E. Church South, at the
eleven o'clock service, and paid into the
treasury by Judge Montanye. The Albany
Brass Band was in attendance, and added
materially to the attractions or the occa
sion, free of charge. The President of the
Society requests us to tender the thanks of
said Institution to the Glee Club, to the la
dies and gentlemen who so well entertain
ed the crowded hall, to those who made
donations for the evening and to the citizens
generally who so liberally- patronized and
made the Sociable so grand a success. It
was a grancLsuccess in every feature, and
the coin secured will be used in alleviating
want and distress wherever and whenever
found in our city.
New Patents. Through dispatches to
Dewey & Co., Patent Agents, S. FM we
receive the following advance list of U. S.
Patents, granted to Pacific coast inventors :
S. Bendlt, S. F., sofa bedstead ; I. B. Dill
on, Vlsalia, Cal" sheep scratch box? H.G.
Livermore, S. F., oar roasting furnace W.
H. Masterman, San Leandro, Cel., wheel
bub ; W. C. Nelson, Sacramento, Cal.,
windmill ; A. Ryder, Oakland, Cal, coup
ling tor train telegraphs ; A. Smith and J.
S. Boy, Sheridah, Nevada, washing ma
chine ; O. Taber, Santa Clara, Cal., horse
hay fork ; J. D. Culp, San Felipe, Cal.,
curing tobacco and cigar mold.. '
i i a'
Good. Fourteen hundred dollars was
the amount raised on subscription for Ans.
Marshall, we are informed.-
Pete Schlosser, having ptuxhased a dray
and white horse, is culm and serene. ;
Neck Tie Parity. A neck tie party and
sociable will be given at the Opera Bouse
on Monday night. The ladies having the
matter tn charge understand the matter
perfectly, and intend that the sociable shall
be the gayest and most pleasurable of the
season. Besides the unlimited amount of
fun that is bound to be reduced, refresh
ments will be nrovided. so that all who
wish may be fed as well as neck-tied and
aproned. If you want to enjoy a big eve
ning, be on band, by all means.
Saturday Night. The Bepubllcan
Convention to nominate candidates for city
ofiicea meets at the Court House to-morrow
(Saturday) evening. Let Republicans turn
out, that a good ticket may be selected for
the coming year. We have a good work
ing majority, and can elect our entire tick
et provided the right kindf wen are placed
apoalt , The way to get a good ticket
nominated is for Republicans to attend the
Convention and express their choice oi men
for the positions. Come out.
The New Gallery. Mr. Paxton has
fitted up his new picture gallery in Fro
tnan's new brick block, up stairs, and now.
has the finest and most convenient place
on the coast. Paxton stauds at the head
ot the profession on the Pacific coast, and
all work done by him is bound to give the
fullest satisfaction.
Returned. Mr. Wassom, of Lebanon,
reached this city on Monday, en route for
home, after an absence of eight weeks on a
visit to the East. Mr. W. made the trip
from Dubuque, Iowa, to this city in ten
days, notwithstanding the terrible inclem
ency of the weather. Mr. Griggs, of Scio,
did not return with Mr. W. as he expected.
Daily. We expect to resume tlie publi
cation ot the Daily Register shortly. It
will be enlarged and improved, and issued
in the morning instead of evening, as be
fore. The price, too, both for subscription
and advertising, will be reduced.
The castor bean is to be cultivated in
Oregon, soon to be followed, doubtless, by
the erection of a castor oil factory. Our
people are determined not to be long deni
ed the pleasures ot this exhilarating
beverage.
c
Dave Froman has finished the handsom
est awning, In front of his new brick block,
yet erected in this city.
Beside the two truck companies, there
are now two or more one horse drays, lately
introduced from Salera, in our city.. .
S ' --r.
On Monday was received the largest
mail that has struck our post office for a
period.
A good way to learn a boy bee sees Is to
let him put his band into the hive.
Wrat Heenanles
rued in IS3S.
A few days ago the pulpit in St Andrew's
Church, Philadelphia, was demolished, in
order that ja more modern one might be
set up. In the progress of the work s let
ter was found hidden in tlie structure,
where it had accidentally been placed by
the men who did work over half a cen
tury ago. The letter Is as follows :
- "saint Andrew's l;nurcb was commenc
ed August, the year of our lord one thou
sand eight and twenty-two and was conse
crated the year of our lord one thousand
and eight and twenty three. This church
was But for Mr. Bedell which was sead to
Bee a very smart man. John Havlland
was arch Etch James Clark and Beuman
Rubin master house Carpenters when this
church was flnlst there was a Bout thirty
house Carpenters a working for one dollar
37 cents a day Plasterers one dollar 23
cts a day Stone Cutters working for one
dollar a day and we are glad to gitt that
much, a day other mechanists accawrdingly
no times are so bard that mechanists them
that Is married cannot a ford to live coum-
mefeble Without a good deal ot trouble
and a Singley man cannot afoid to git mar
ried. ,;, ,
Still we have good markts and cheap and
plenty to eight and rents and as many
puthy guarles and as cheary ones as the
country can produce John Burton and
Charles R. Gaskill. We was work on the
pulpit In this church and we tack the lib
erty to right a few lines and put them un
der the Bible Shelf to let -you now how
hard times is for us to gitt along. Now I
hope Wen these lines Is foand and opened
times will Be better than without tbev are
at Present and that People may all become
or one mina ana worsntp Lord in sincerity
and truth
. Bought and Sind By
John Burton
Charles R Gaskill.
May 11, 1823.
Pathos tn a Police Court. Amons
the famous comic reports of the Detroit
Free Press occasionally appears a picture
that is really pathetic. Here is one :
An old woman, wnose lace was lull of
time's revengeful lines, whose hair was
white as snow, .whose eleht was hardlv
strong enough to enable ber to see the desk
before which she tremblingly stood.. And
Ills liooor Rasa ,
God helo such as you when second
childhood robs them of strength of mind I
. . l . .
foor OKI woman, you amy go t
She hesitated, and seeming to feel that
some explanation was necessary, she repli-
"It was either drink or drown myself!
My troubles are too much for my old heart!"
lie poiiiieu vo tito uour, ana sosuy sski,
"Mv heart aches to see one so a red. and
weak, and tender, brought here. If you
have a home, eoto it. If your heart is
troubled, sit down, and I will talk to you
afir the court closes." . ,
,he walk 1 f serly out, tears in ber eves.
and when "Jim Fife." the newsboy, cfired
her a score er peniueq, nopw to nJiten
lies bKl3n,-.Rhe etoook ber iseaa and atid, ;
It's ray oi l f'srt I; utacaes,and money
can't ease it, Lord fck'as you, boy I"
THE MUSED CASTLE.
BY Hi 3. -VERNON. V . 1
"Welcome to your borne ! It is a ruined
one, but all I have. Once I hoped better
things, darling." ;
The speaker was the young earl of Tank
erville. He stood, with his newly-wedded
bride, on a broad but decayed terrace, over
looking a wide sweep of hillside and river.
It was night, but the moon was shining,
silvering all things with its magical radi
ance. ' Behind him -was a long, low, pic
turesque edifice, half castle, half manor
house, dilapidated and in ruin.
"I would be nappy anywnere, dearest,"
was the fond answer, "even in the poorest
cottage, were you with me."
"It is but little more than a cottager's
fare I have to offer you," said the young
husband, sadly. "Yet, when Geoffrey
Tankerville, five hundred years ago, built
tills castle, be held a hundred manors.
When his descendant. Sir Godfrey, leaped i
his horse from yonuer parapet, and was
dashed, to pleees. Sooner than surrender to
the Yorkists, who had stormed the walls,
the possessions of the family were even
greater. But now, this ruined castle, and
a few barren acres, represent our entire
wealth. Ah, Gwendoline, had 1 known
that I was to be disinherited, I would nev
er have asked you to be mine"
'Hush 1 not a word of that," replied the
bride, laying her band lightly on his lips,
'you would have done me a great wrong.
Besides, you were not to blame. Your
cousin, after years of estrangement, had
and the title he could not keep from you.
lie aiterwara changed nis mind, that was
all."
"Yet," answered the vounsr earl, "I am
sure there was a will in my favor. The
old earl said to me, 'I have come to die in
the home ot our race, and I realize at last
that I have' no right to disinherit you, simp
ly because I hated your father. Years ago
I made a will, leaving to my brother-in-law.
Lord Dormer, all, except this castle,
which is entailed on the titles But I have
executed a later will, giving everything to
you.' It -was on this' assurance, darling,
tint I came to you and spoke. Then the
old earl died suddenly : was found in his
library-chair a corpse ; had died, it was sup
posed, while looking over his papers, if
the later will was ever abstracted, it was
at that time. Certain it is, it was never
found."
"I have always thought It very strange.
especially as no one was here, you say,
who could have had any iitterestiii makiuz
away with the will."
"On the contrary, the old butler, Wil
liams, was my fast frieiiik He himself was
one of the witnesses to the will. But see,
there be comes to summon us to dinner.
An earl of Tankerville Is poor indeed when
one agea ioi lower is Dutier, footman, valet,
steward, everything, and that on his mas
ter's wedding day." .
The young bride turned to take a last
look at tlie landscape, before going in. Just
at that moment a raven croaked under the
terrace-wall. Tlie interruption' came so
Unexrjectedlr. tlm roiiim) was an thnhnlinr.
that Lady Tankerville shrank, instinctively,
and shuddered. t
"You think it an omen of evil," said tlie
earl, with concern, y "Let us rather look ou
It as a welcome. -Inese ravens have been
here from time immemorial ; they are the
last of our retainers.; It is but their rude
wayoi showing gladness."
The bride tried to smile.
l was sury," sue said, "and nervous,
Yes I it is a good omen, for see, here he,
comes, soaring over the parapet, and with
a white peace-offering, I declare, in his
beak, like tlie dove from the ark. What
can it be ?"
As she spoke, the " raven rose heavily
over the terrace, fiappiug his wings slowly,
and hovered just above them.
"He does uot fear us, at any rate," said
the earl, "and that Is a sign of welcome,
Stay, I will scare him tilllie drops his bur
ueu, aua men we win see what it is.
cannot make it out."
He uttered a auick. loud crv.ashesrjoke.
and the raveu, with a frightened croak, let
gu ms uuruen, anu mmOcred dustily away,
"Strange," cried the young noble, as he
picked up the parcel,' which had fallen al
most at his feet, "this Is a folded parch
ment. It Is tied and sealed like some im
portant law paper. Gracious . beaven !
wnat do I read ? The superscription is,
Z Ac last mill and testament of Ralph, earl of
iibwwtmk.- uny, tny darling, this is
Jhe 'ost will, unless my eyes, in tlie raoon-
uiii, ueceive me. ' -
irue euougu, u was that lost will, as
tney soon convinced themselves, beyond
the possibility of a doubt, when they came
to examine it. deliberntelv In Mm HrlitH
diuing-room, within doors. "Them's my
wcrrj- leuers, - emeu old Williams, Detwcen
laughing and tears, "I knows the big W
and the ." (he nronnnnrvd them wiTh nri
A,) "and that's Jim Jones' sienatoor like
wise ; Lor' bless us, what a mirracul 1"
a searcn, the next dav. tinder the, ter
race-wall, revealed a large Cavity, filled
with various other articles, apparently sto
len by the raven, and hid there. "It is
most probable," said the young earl, "that
'"y pwr oiu predecessor was examining
uw tci v win. wun otner natters, wnen n
was Struck with death, and that the raven.
entering through the open window, carried
off the document and secreted it. I have
heard of such curious freaks before." '
"Lord Dormer made no opposition to
the surrender of the estates. He was very
wealthy In bis oxt a riirht : and besides, he
saw the tolly of a contest. !
It was a lucky chance, my lord," said
the family lawyer, when he announced
this Jesuit, "that brought vou to the old
castle for your wedding , tour. - Otherwise
the will might never have been found, for
the raven was plainly carrying it off to
some other secret receptacle, God knows
where." ,, ..."
"It was not chance," reverently replied
the young bride, who was present, it was
Providence. Whatever else Is false, this
is true that God reigns, and reigns in all
things. Not a sparrow falls to the ground
without bis sanction." ,
"You are right my lady, and I Stand re
proved,'' said the old solicitor. "It was
God's doings, and His alone."
All this happened nearly half a century
ago. The castle has long since been re
stored, and Is no more desolate and in de
cay. Bnt the bride still lives, andH often
tells to her grandchildren, as they listen at
her knee, the romantic story of the recovery
Of the will Peterson's Magazine.
asjicyiio aciu, wbicb a lew years ago
was only known as a curiosity, obtained in
small Quantities from the oil of wintertrreen
and toe leaves of willow, ts now made on a
large scale artificially from carbolic acid,
and is being largely used in surgery and
the arts. It prevents the decaying of meats
and enrdnn? of milk, the mrixlag of wine,
and the putrefaction of wounds, and destroys
the fungtis-rrovfth in beer and the livinz
organisms mat make drinkiux water un-
uaibuy. it i Kthinr tile puioe oi creosote
In se!3t;siry and. iulact, seems, to a cert
ain extent, bound to superset) cart die aoii
r aijy parpens, liavi;-;; t: a sUvarit? rs
of bcins cnork-s and Ic-s nr.: - - -,hl and
acting even in very small q-tantzixs. ' '
;. Mr. Warner Tries It.
Mr. Warner, a respectable and law-abid
ing citizen or matter street, rode home in
an express wagon the other the other rl.iv.
having a hand fire extinguisher and the
driver for company.
"What's that thing ?" asked his wife
in contemptuous tones as she opened the
nan uoor. -"What's
that ? Why that Is a fire ex
tingutsher best thing you eversaw meant
to have cot one a vear aero."
"Jocob, you are always making a fool ofJ
yourseii, - ene concinuaa, as sue snuc tne
uoor. ".Every patent right man gen
arouna you as a cas lays lor a mouse.''
"Does, eh? If you knew anything at all
you'd know that every store and office in
Detroit has one o the They've saved
lots ot buildings, and w&j save ours."
"You throw it at tjlfcre, don't you?"
she asked in a sarcastic tone.
He carried it up stairs into a closet with
out replying, and she followed on and ask
ed : -
"Don't Jt shoot a fire out?".: . :
. "Jf you don't know anything, Pll learn
you sofnethinz ! -lt IS full ef JieicaIs :
ou strike on tbis'&nob on top and she's all
reaay to open this raucet and play, on the
fire."
She grinned as she walked around it, and
finally, asked :
. "Do you get a horse "to draw it around?"
"No, I don't get a horse to draw it
around. Ybu see these straps ? Well, I
back up, and put my arms through them,
and here it is on my back."
"I see it Is," she sneered.
"And can't I run to any part of the house
with it?" he demanded. "See see!"
And he cantered along the hall, Into the
bedrooms and out, and was turning the
head of the stairs when his foot caught in
the carpet, He threw up bis arras and she
grabbed at him, and both rolled down
stairs.. He yelled and she. yelled.. Some
times he was ahead and then she took the
lead, and neither of them had passed under
the "string" when the extinguisher, bump
ing and jamming, began to shoot off its
charge of chemicals.
"You old !';' she started to say, when a
Stream from the hose struck her between
the eyes, and she didn't finish.
"What in o-u-c-h !" roared Mr. War
ner, as he got a dose In the ear.
They brought un in a heap at the bottom
of the stairs, the stream playing into the
parlor, against the ball door, and up stairs,
and she gasped : .
I'll nave you sent to a loot asyiuin."
"Who's a fool ? he roared, dancing around
witn ins eyes mil ot cnemicais. r
' "I'm fainting!" she squeaked.
"And I've broken my back !" he shouted.
It was a sad house wlien those two high
ly respectable Old people got so that they
could shut their eyes and discuss matters
calmly. And she doubled up her fist and
uoareeiy said :
"Take that investigator or distlngulsher,
or what ever you can it, back down town.
and tell everybody that you are a lunatic,
And he said: " j "
"Dnmmlt, I know more than all your
wnoie rurally put togetner."
"There may be such a thing as love at
first sight," remarked a Detroit girl, as she
twisted a "ma arouuu tne curling-tront,
"but I don't believe in It. - There's Ered,
saw him a hundred times before I loved
him. In fiiut, I wouldn't if his father hadn't
given him that house and lot."
The roads between Oro Dell and
Grande are in an awful bad fix
La
A steamboat is being built on Coos
river especially for the Coos river trade.
Since the rains began the hcaltblul-
ness of Forest Grove has much improv
ed. '.
A GO year old lad at Oregon City is
to be married soon, says Madame Iiu
mor.
A tree fell on a house in Baker City.
Coos county, during the late storm, and
crushed it.
Tlie Coquille has been higher than
for a long time in consequence of the late
heavy rains.
Six cattle, belonging to Mr. Vowel,
on tlie Coquille, were killed by a tree
falling upon them.
A grange has been organized at Bea-
verton capital stock $200, with power
to increase to $5,000. ,
The estate of the late Col. Jo. L.
Meek has been appraised at real estate,
$1,400 ; personal property, $1,131,
IX. M. McDonald, of Forest Grove,
lately sold property he seized on a jndg.
ment for $6,000, on a debt that had run
for twenty years.
Wm. Mannenng, who lost the sight
of an eye about seven years ago, recov
ered the use of it in a remarkable man
ner last week, at Bandon, Cocs county,
The dwelling on Judge Albertsois
farm, four miles from LaGrande, occupi
ed by an emigrant lamily, was bnrned
down a few days ago. Loss not ascer
tained. . - .
The boys in Ilillsboro have a tribunal
of their own and inflict punishments on
their culprit fellows for vagrancy one
ot whom they have frequently flogged.
The young people of West Union
precinct, Washington county, have reor
ganized their literary society for the
winter, and have interesting and profi
table exercises.
A charivari party tried the thing on
at S. F. JohnsonVhonse, Forest Grove,
to annoy a newly married pair and Mr.
Johnson severely punished three or
four of them.
Phoenix-like the" "Orphan Home"
at Oregon City is raising from its own
.?!.es. The building will soon be en-lor-;J,
f.l occupied about the same &a
bcre 3 fire, mkms "the orphans.'
A Clackamas county man has left at"
the Enterprise office a turnip-beet, which
weighs 18 pounds and measures 34
inches .in circumference.
The Coos bay Keu-,8 of the 24th
learns that Daniel Belt was drowned at
the mouth of Beaver slough, last Mon
day night, by the upsetting of a small
boat .in which he was taking some
freight to the Coquille. '
' i John Eastabrook, of: Oregon City,
has made up his mind' to bring suit
against Lewis Bros., of San Francisco,
for having bad him arrested on a crimi
nal charge, of which be has been acquit
ted. ,v -v -
Ed. FJemiDg.tlie lad wbpshot himself)
aocideolally a few days ago in WashiarJ
iuu county, wiiiit uu wiwuug- wuu
geese, is improving. His right arm was
badly torn, and the bone shattered, but
it may be saved all right. v :i
President Marsh, of Pacific college,
is on his way back from the East. Sev
eral new students have lately entered.
TLe Rev. Mr. Knight, ot , Salem, will
deliver a course of thirteen lecture.
there this winter on ornithology.
The Frithiof, a schooner in the Coos
bay trade, lost a man overboard on her
trip up, off Cape Mendocino, Nov. 25.
very effort was mader to save him by
the captain and crew, but it appears the
man could not swim, and thus was lost.
, The La Grande Sentinel says the
wind blew so furiously in that valley on
the 16th that the stage horses refused
to travel against it and the diiver had to
turn around and return to the station
That evening he made the trip - after
the storm abated.
During the storm of last week a tree
blew down and fell on a house on the
South Fork ot Coos river, crushing it
and killing two men instantly ; one, a
yourg man named Catlicart, a son of
Judge Cathcart ot Douglas county, and
the other a young man named Stem
eman, who has been residing on Coos
river for several years.
r Burglars entered the mill store jA
North Bend, Coos county, on the night
' of the - 19thV by pry ing the door 'open
with cro .vbars. The safe, weighing 1,600
pounds, was taken out and carried to a
boat and taken no one knows where.
There were only $600 in money lost, but
the safe contained many valuable papers,
mortgages, promissory notes, county
orders, bank books,'7 eta, belonging to
the firm and to other parties who de.
posited there tor safe keeping,
Says the La Grande Sentinel: "Pat.
Quade, a well known miner and moun
taineer oi considerable experience, came
down from Camp Carson mines last
week and made things lively among the
boys. lie bas been engaged in mining
on Grande Ronde river for about three
years, and says he has 'as good a thing
as he wants.- lie reports mining pros
pects at Camp Carson; very flattering,
and has no doubt large amounts of
money will be annually taken from these
mines for many years to come.
William Maddox, a son-in-law of
John E. Burns, formerly a resident of
Olympia, was rosfing Port Discovery
Bay, last Saturday week, in a skiff,
when be accidentally fell overboard and
was drowned. There was another man
in the skiff at tlie time, but in such an
intoxicated state he was unablo to ren
der any assistance. It will be rememb
ered that Maddox shot and killed John
Burns, at Port Discovery, about a year
ago, for an indecent assault upon his
wife.
According to the biennial report of
the Territorial auditor, there are in
Thurston county, T., found to be
400 dwellings, 392 families, 2,268 white
inhabitants and 90 colored, 308 persons
ot foreign birth, 781 married, 480 single,
594 attending school within the year,
396 who cannot read, 562 who cannot
write, 692 United States citizens. Total
population, 2,358.
A letter from Port Townsend, dated
Nov. 23d, says : The schooner Gen.
Harney y which was at San Jnan tak
ing on a load of lime, was expected
here, on her war to Tacoma, on Satur
day last, but now rumor has it that dar-
ing the late storm she lost Tier two
anchors,and it is not cow known whether
she went p to Tacoma or went ashore.
Burglaries are of frequent occurrence
in Seattle. . Whisky, jewelry, clotLing
and money appear to be equally attrac
tive to the light-fingered gentry of that
place, and losses are frequently reported,
ot property belonging to one or the other
ot these classes. ...
.Loggers hare pretty ducTi saspeswled
work os the Enoicxnish arid - down
Sound for the present. . . ,
Walla Walla' had a" slight shock of
earthquake on' Monday night of las?'
week. No damage donev-
The- machinery for a' grist' raill at
Mount Idaho left Walla Walla, on three"
or four waUonr, last week1.
Ten families from Cedar and' Cl'u tori'
counties, lows,, wilt come to settle in
Clark county, W.- T. ui the' spring.-
The bark Coquimbo was considera-'
bly damaged, . and ' tho inspectors are
holding an inquest over her at Port?
Madison. " ' r '..
. The demands- for gas in Seattle - is"
greater than the mains can' supply
Some places of business have been almost
shut off of late, -' "i'-
"'Thcra: feTe'3m-Y.'at- inftfieJisl?-
county, between -Elma rndC jIicklin'p,.
where it will take $200 per mile to clear
the road of fallen timber.
The grain m Whatcom,- Snohomish
and Island counties, suffered greatly
from the severe winds and early rains,
yet the crop will double that of any'
previous year."
The Seattle Dispatch bf No, lfr
says : - Mr. Wm. Denny, a gentlemanr
living some nine miles north ot town,
started for town at 0 o'clock yesterday',
morning and arrived here at 6 o'clock.
The Dispatch says that the herring
fishery of Mr. Hammond, at Fort Mad
ison, is now running day and night, and'
employs 11 white men. The daily "
catch is about 200 barrels, : making"
about 250 gallons ot oil, worth 50 cents
a gallon.
The Hoofs of Napoleon's hokses.-
It is 6aid that there are in existence'
one' hoof of each ot Napoleon's two
favorite chargers. They have been pol
ished and handsomely mounted as-sua ff-
boxes. One in possession of the' House
hold Brigade, London, bears e its gold
lid this inscription : "Hoof et Marengo,
rare charger ot Napoleon, ridden by'
i: m. a . 7 TTT
niiu sit luarcugu, AuoicfiiMb AM?i.3ft, st
rain, in the campaign ot Russia, ami
lastly at Waterloo. ; On the inside of
the ltd is inscribed i "President, April?
8, by H. W. Argensiein, Captain Grensv
dier Guards and LieuU-Colonel, to hisr
brother officers of the Household Brig
is tlie following : "Marengo was wound"
ed in the near hip at Waterloo, when
his great master was on hint, in the hoW
low road, in advance of the French por
tion. He bad been-freqnenllywoctnded
before in other battles.' The- ether
hoof ia in the possession of atMiss Doug-'
las. , On the cover of the box is written
"This is the hoof of Napoleon's horse,
which was killed tinder him dunmr the
Ecnrotian eftmnaiim of 17SS. Fwom
Captain W. Sleigh, late 100th Regi
ment, to Dr. Donglas, Hawick, 1817."';
Tlie fortunes or misfortunes of a cer
tain Kentucky family might form the
plot of a French novel. Many', jeara
since, the wife ot a wealthy and distin--
guisneu lusii, in a ui juiui.y, wnsw
her two little ones out of a lofty window
of her beautiful borne. - One died,' the
other was unharmed. The mother was-'
committed to a lunatic asylum, where'
she remained many years without recov
ering. .By hia wealth and political in.'
fluence, the husband proonred an act of
the Le&islature bv which he became
divorced from his unfortunate wife. In
the meantime the son whom his mother
iwuHiivnuuvyi.uvwiuuvii wobu iuwujiv
affianced to a lovely girl ; but she jilted '
him," and married bis father, who gave '
her most of his vast estate. 1 Finally-
the father died; the first wife recovered,-'
and sued the second wife for ber prop' '
erty , assisted by ber son, whose esrly
love for bis step-mother was turned to
pall bv her unfaithfulness, aitdtransferr.
ed to the mother wh attempted to
deprive htm of 11&.. .(-, 4
chanie saya : "Turn the flame up to-
full power, and then blow a sharp pufT ,
horizontally- across the top of the ;
funnel when the light will rot only be
extinguished, hat there will be no after- "
smoke -the formerly ignited wick will
be extinguished, by its owncarbonia acid
gas. On leaving my ofSea at night I
thua turn nn the flaming: wick Jind, with
a grateful gladness that the desk labors
ot the day (and ni-ht) are over, give s
side wave of the hat past the chimney,
which draws p the flame from contact
with the wick, and the fcht ia Holl
and with no after-smell. This cannoj
lie too widely circulated, as I rc?. i in
the Time the other day that i Tj
lost her lL" by blowing dyirn U-
chimncyaed thus causing aa expIcsLn.
Judge Dhxox fob Pkesidest.
Kansas newspapers are -&ia I lo
cating the nomination ot J 3 Jc ti
F. Dillon for the TKxZ&vey ia
Thus says the St. Louis Giot-Z
crai- If tiey will issL vjx n i s
man-as Jcij3 'Cllljo, tl.3 " h '.
in . consorjanoe .with t!.e 2 Ti. I
Republican Coave; i:-ra
it
all we tave to ry ics a e;
liaao and a good. man . iu .
particalsr, will be car '.. ccs
GsrcileEg i'j c a
ts teeth.