1 J 7- V f AYEHILL FOR SALE TI,K l."7Crill Paint We have t--l imraiinls from owners of lie tlnest that h claimed for it by the umnufcietiirers. - I Call and examine wimples, and compare prices before purchasing elsewhere. E2T-A- ssor- uient of shades kept constantly on huiid. m 1 A. CAROX5IKI1S V CO., FIRST bT. BLAIN, SOX .&, OO., STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS I -DEALERS GRAIN, LUMBER, WOOL, . . fxST) o "-' Oiler- iov Sa'o: XlircHliers, Headers Reapers Mowers, Wagons, ItaWes, Plows, Harrows J": Will tre flnin. 'ol. and General MAwlMOTlI VARF.1IOV E-Hi 1 of DnVer - I : No time to write advertiscmeiit this w Will soon. s: JOHN IRIGGS TKKS THIS OPIV .niTMTT TO 1NFUI?M "his friends an be pnbiic scnemhy, that lie Is now wattled i his - - . NEW BUSINESS HOUSE, on thcold s'and ncxi door so P. C. Harper Co . where can be loan-l assreat an a-r;iu-it and &u m.rG a stock Ol Stoves and Eanges as can le found in any one houao this side of Portland, and at as r LOW A PRICE. - - - - ALSOr -.""" -'. ' - Caistiron, Bra&EnaiBcled In great variety. Also, Tin, ' Sheet Iron, CJalvantt-a Srou, . itnu (i;Pi)trware, alwars hand, and. mudi? to order, AT L1V ISti RATKK. OrtXX on iiim. Arwny..Octoler22, JS7 v .TH E F O E" O F P AI N To lan and Beast - IS TIIK 1SBAXD tl L.IHIMEH T . . , . . .... 1 WITT-W IfA-S STOOn TIIJ: TIST OF 0 YEARS. TJicre is no-sore it will pot --:il. no lame ness it will not cure, .ntf a-he. iv ini, that afflict the human iKxiy. or tti. - t.ly o a horse or other dome-tie annua I. that Hoes co&vield to its nifi- to'ioir: A. Ixntie " costin25c. 50t;. or l W). htr often saved the life of a human bei.. '' retoretl to life and usefulness many a va-uable horse. r FOB MKTS, IT WIIX CUBE ' Rheumatism, Burns, Scalds. Bruise.v Cuts Frost-bites,- SwelHujfV. Contrmcted Cords - Pain in, the Back. Lumbago. Sctattctt. T ChUblains, Strains, Spraiiw SiuT Joints, - ore Nipples, EruptkMis,, PSins Wounds, 6 Ulcers. ' WB-'MtlMAl-H, IT- WIlfctt'KB ! Spavin, Galls and Sores. Swniny. Ring Bone, Windgalls, Big Head. Poll Evil, i Efts .mow and ore. Itmeness, awHbiigs .-; Swmeitei, Lrtemper' Sfiirm-ss, , Strain, Soreness, Open Sores 25v8 t g ' i ru.i Rt honic. Minim" " '" IJ ZJjJ ree.-. 4vrtKsfi A tto .. rorthin. Me. p-CSXP&Jod.f. KOWKI.L & f"U., New ork, .: Hr Pamphlet of H paeo. eonraintnj; a,on0 pewspie.r, n l ei,timatc-!'h'wwint cel oftuu- P MW T is tt,e OMrt .nd Most ReliHhle Mixed Paint. residences m tlie count y, Uo lug that it us ail Groins to Xtlxx-t, lit- &c., Alv. Merchantli! at Tvest and Lyon streets, at ljxit of O. tte.s. ft c. n.ii.co. throw it in sisrlit San Francisco. 187G. 1876. Proclamation. Chicago & riorth-Vest- ern Railway. E PoriLiB ROUE ;Vl:Sd,AD. Passenaers for Chicaso, Niagara Falls. I'iii lmr. Philadelphia. Mont real. Quclicc.Kew York Boston, or any point Kjisi. sImiuHI buy their TPASSt'OSl iEXTAI. TKliliTS ' Via the I'foueer Itoutc, TIIK I'HII'AUO & 3COK1 IIWKSTER9C RAILWAY THIS IS TIIK REST ROCTJC EAST. Its Track is of STEEL RAILS, and on it has been made the FASTEST time that has ever been MADE In this country. By this route passen gers for points east of Chicago have choice of the following lines from Chicago: 15 y- the Pittsburg Koriwiiyne nnfKliicao UMl Pcuusyltavia KaiIwnM, 3 THROUGH TUACs'S DAILY, wl'h Pullman Palace cars through to Phiiadeiphia andXew York on each train. ITIIROCfJH TRAIX. with Pn'lman Palace cars to Baltimore and Washintfton. Ity tlx' IiKe Wiurp niitl .tflehlirnii Kontlf cm Itnllwny nncl Miniifclfciin iXrff Yorli t'eutral aul Ki-ie Kallrond.,), 3TITKOrGII TRaTXS DAILY, with Palace Drawing iloom and Silver Palace cars thro' to New York. y tin MleJifarnii Cmtrnl. Ornnd Tnmk, Umt Western and ICrie huI Sew York Central iiailway, 3TIJROU .II "TRAINS, with Pullman Palace PrawinjLr Itoom and FTieepinir cars through to New York, to Niu-aru Fails, Bullalo, Rochester or Km York eity. Itj- Kititlmwe nil .1 Ohio Itallrond, 2TITROCr,n TR AINS DAILY, with Pullmnn Pn!a-e i-ai-s for N ewark. Za'icsv4:'c, Wheeling, Washinsfion and TiaHimore wi'.hout change. ' ThU is -lie PH )RTEST. BVST nnl onlv line rnnniriT Pnllinati e!elae-1 PALAi'K SLEEP ING CABS AN' 1 1 ftA"HES. ronneetmtr with t'nion pjicitic lfnllioa'1 a? OMAHA and from thu WIST, via- iran-i Jnnc'ion, Marshall, t'e'tnr liart1s, t'linton. Srerl'mu and Dixon, for CHI CAGO ASP THG EAST. This ponnlar ronte is nnsnniassod for Sed, Cotnforl and Safety. The smooth, well liallast ed and perfect track of sff.M rails, the cele'u-at ed Pullman Paiaco Sleeplns: eai-s. the wrfetrt .Tekijtraph System of moving trains. Hie regu larity with which they run. the admirable ar ranjement for rnminst'throu?h eai-atoCnieajro from all points West, secure to passensers all t he comforts in nmlcrn railway traveling. So changes of Cars, and no tedious delays at Fer ries. - Passcneers wilt find Tickets -via -this favorite route at t lie General 3'ieket Office of the Central Fad!ic Unllroad. Ssicramento. Tickets for stile at all the Ticket Offices of he Centra Purine Railroad. W. H. FTEVSETT, MARVIN Hl'tiHITT.Oen.Rup; - m-.Pa. AttL U. P. STAXWOOU. General Agency, 131 Monl goinery street, San Francisoo. -7ni7y - "Albany Boole Gtore. TEALER IS MISCKLLAXEOUSBOOKS, YJ School Books, Biauk Books, Stationery Fanoj' Af tides, -- . Books imiorted to order, at sliortest pos sible notice. v5n3fl 9 . W. V. TWEEIAUU, r Oi'Occrdos, ' Irovisionf-. - Tatanti ' VuLUfr Crltp- .f . .. erysimrt vrowl Willow Ware, : : - ' ALBANY.' OREGON. " C7i"CiHrrt htm." -tt S Incorporated Feb. 4, 1873. Capital. (30,000. UHI01T STOEE! -: Corner First and Washington Btreeta, Albany, : Oregon. . s , President, S. A. DAWSON. Superintendent, A. J. JOIIXSOT :" DIRECTORS: A. M. MONET, 11. MH.I.EB, J. BI.CVINS, 3. m:i:u. A. KLMI.WI, DAWftOA'. H. A. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Clothing, Hardware, Crockery, Groceries Farm Implements and Machinery, &c, &.c. Also, liny and 9cll on commission all kinds of tioods, Mnrketable Produce, &e. Pec. 34, 187o-li-v8m6 Furniture Eooms. Beyts leave to annonnco to the citizens of this city and surrounding country, that hehasopen ed a large stock of t in the hnildinr latelv occupied by Dr. Plum nier's druji slore; on First street, where can be had, on most reuo:uble terms, Parlor Sets Bedroom Suitw. SoTiis Llill!gC, - Easy Ciiis'.s Center Tables Wljai is ol, stents 12oo5i-caies, litres "VnrdroJjes and in fact evevybiner eT4 needed lo . My K-'io'ls aw veil ma 'e and of the very Latest and rsrsad;sicit SisyEes. rtctts way iowx i Ci3"'Ft"RNITi:Ki: manufactured to order.at short notice. '.-if Fur:iii '.ire rcpuirt,-;! ;-..d ptit in jrood shape on short no ice. ;' o me a call. TT. n. DUXXIXG. Albuny, Nov. 2-5. 17 lOvtf TO YOUR i INTERESTS. DRY IWtl.l, MAKE mis IXCOMIN-G SEASOX, from April5th to July 15th, with WHITE PRINCE, .. ; -S AND- ' 5 - , , - f PRIDE OF PERCHE, one of the si ail tons brought tut from the East the past winter. 1 Will beat theslable of P.EAN ft PAVIDSOX, Salem, on Tiouilnys . in., Fridays p. iu., and .' n tnrdayit. At Albany '.uesdays ! WrlneIay, and 'I burMlnjn n. m.ot -ch week -luring i he season, at -the stable of A. II. MARSHALL. WHITE PRINCE i in trood eondii Ion. and Is Eenera'ly known as having liroven himsei a No. 1 stock horse. - - - PRIDE OF PERCHE came out Jrom France to Ohio in is7t. and made the season of Ti in Wisconsin, lie isa dark danplesrrav, well form ed, fine style, trood disnosii ion. wi. h a irracefal, free, rasy act ion that I have neverseen qnaled in anv horse of his size : will weigh, in good eondii Ion. 1.8U0 pounds. It has long heen my ambition io be able to supply the horse breeders of Oreaoil with a breed of larKe horses anil concent rated rer-ro-duelngnowers.emana lint; from purity of blood, from which could ho bred when - crossed upon the common marcs of the country, a uniform class of hoi-ses --compact, nymmelfli-nl in form, coupled 'with style, action ami stamina. Td supply the above want, after a cnrefnl esamhi ation of tho varlons larire bi-eeds known, I se lected the Pereberoii family.- alio; oldestaolts from White Prinew are n w couiin.at 4 yearsi-ld. with the younger ones, show that the above fact ha been aoeo -"plisbed, as they am all nn I form in jrcnoral make-up, and show tho 9to-k probably in a greater decree than the prodm-e of any other horse In the State, whether bred from the fall-blood, M;rh-;?rade Percberon,rood American or tho Indian pony mru, all straw the peenl iari ties of t he Perc heron race. In offerirtf the sen ices ot the aliovc borsesto the broders of Oregon, ;it Is .not atv nnfried matter, biU a demonstrated faeJ of thelrvalne, as it is 23 years since their introduction into Ohio, and 13 years into Illinois, and wherever Introduced they arc urivmg the Itest of satlsflio tlon. The one-fourth and one-half bloods bruir more than doable the price of t he Rood eommrai stock of the country, and the breeders of thia stock are nftable to supply the demand for thcml" ' - . -.- u - -.- . ; ?..;..,!.; ,s There Is now, and wilf be' for some time to Mine, a demand for Hiotolm at good prices for stock purposes. . S V ;'TKR1f i V?V-i the senson, or four mnres for 81Mtn C, S. gold coin, except White Prince ftilies.tney will be bred by special agreement, - (". . . .- w,;r,'7tlrcB. ' Arhland. nr., March 81, Igrf: - POST OmCB Bir8TEB.t , ' MAO'S AWBVI! , ' FrotV Railroad (north and sontb.) dally at 11.10 p. m. . v , , ? From CorvaUist, dally at 10.30 A. H. From Lebanon, trt-wpekly, (Monday, Wednesday and Fiidny) at 10.30 A. M. - MATI.S TJltFAKT: ' For Hailroad moribund -jcti), daily, , ' close prompt at 11. lUA. M. , For Corvallis, daily, at 12.50 P. M. . for Lebanon, til-weekly, (Monday, V, cd- nesday and Friday) at S F. M. ; . ., Office boar from 7X A. M. to 1 J,' P.M. , Sundiiv, from 13 M. to J p. m. n Moeyoivodle TO MAKE MONEY ! SAM MILLER "ITfOrLP AXXOCKCE to the public that he ii carrying on a Wagon and Carriage Shop, at the old stand known as 1he Teters Rpeldel shops, where ho has on band the finest lot of end and side spring, Two & Three Seated Carriages ever manufactured in .the State. If you don't believe it, -CAIX AMI !EE FOB Yai'BSEl.VKS. I use nothing but Enstffa Tlnibrr, Mil AVai i ant ull 4Wprlc to ftive satisfai-tion, while my prices .are most reusoimble. . You do not know how your wife and fiinily vould appreciate a ride m a well-niade, 'jsnd---omeand stvlisb hack, l'lirtbase one ol earn "Miller's handsome new eurriagea, and yon will pn v less doctor's billn. and ;rlve your family re creation for which- tliey will repay you a thou, and limes, with their happy smiles. C all at my shops, corner of Ferry and Second streets. AUmn y, Oretjon. . . April, 170 SAN MILLEB. TITTS BROTHERS, IIAn: JUST RECEIVED A Xcxr ami Ltsxrsc Invoice OP AKD ,j e w i: r, n y , And will Nell at the Following l'riees s Coin silver, 2 oz. P. S. Tlartlett W.iltham ffa'cli. P2 Hi: each additional ounce $1 so. KialH-dav Se!h Thomas Clocks from SS 00 to ?li Ut. A nj all other roods in proportion. The onlv house above Portland that keeps the SI.TZ3I.V WATCH. Good hold, Iaiifniv-1 Free of CTjarce, BY MR. EVEKET. Practical watch-maker ami Jeweler, late ol Cal ifornia Watch Co., and the only engraver in Albany. . AGENTS FOR THE SLXGER SEWIXG MACHINE. A !ioo t assortment of Sawtnjf Machine Xee- ues ana attacliuienis. TITUS BROS. CIIAS. B. StoJCTAOCE. KOBT. M,CAI.T.V. jIOMAGIE & SIcCALLU, A RE KOW OPEXLVO A M A G XI FI SKI a. stock or - FALL VXD W1MER G00 IS I selected with care, and bought for coin it Seadalou!r Luiv Figure and as we bought low we can and w 111 sell them at prices that will Astonish Everybody. Come and see oiir select ion s of Drew Goods, Jtapuneae . Shwl, Pktnes nrllliMuseitt . Marseilles, Poplins, . - - ; .ostres, - Blbbous, Collars Collar ites, ; Laces, dee., ace., for the ladies, ana our complete line i of Readymadc Ctothln ?y Mo ilery. Cottonndes, t'ftMluivrett, Cloths Mioes, ' . Boots Tups, llnto. s of all descriptions for men and txys. Als , fall - . assortments of , ..' Graceries, Crcclrery and Gtaire . . . . s or everybody. The best goods, at the lowest rates evei j Hate yti v otne ana see. Lebanon, Oregon, October 30, 1874. Svm Isnued. SOOth Edition MANHOOD, Revised and conncted by the author, Z. SoF. iuriis, ai. x., c, sc. A Medical Essay on tho cause and cur i of pr' mature decline in man, sliowinst how I Ttdtli is loaf, and regained. I givesa clear syr r-jsis of the imticdiments to marriasre, f be treat n Jnt ot ner ous and pbysieai ilebilily, exbmst 1 vital ity, ami au oi ner ut.seases appertains u rw, tlie results oftwenty years successfnl .-a Mice. . Onlnlona ot th PriHi CURTIS OS 'MANmKI.'Tliereisr:5 nem- lrofK-k'llv wliinii this book wil vt lie found nsefn il.wheiherhe tie "parent, p'-sj ".?ptoi 1 orclera-vraBtt. Tim-. CWK J ISON "MANHOOD." Tbisboo :, tonl be read bv the young- for Instmctjon, i a by t he afflicted: for relief ; it wiU injure ns je. - Price- One Dollar, -wv mail or eitprfir .- ireas t ue ant nor, D. CCKTIfS, 3i SutU r . tl c t or P. O. Box 337, San Frftncisco, Cal. THE tETZtEfl ! CM Alit THIS 13 TO INFORM THK PCBLIO "THAT do chair cocs from mv factory without my name trpm, i.-tiot-hers ttre- false imitations, and should bo-so regarded. All persona are iiuieoy warneo aifaiiist attempting any ancn .T. M. METZLER Jefferson, Or.. .Tan."?1. 19T. . LOCAL MATTERS. LIST or XJBTTEBS Remaining in the Post Office, Albany,' Limi .; county, Oregon, Jniy 27, 1876. Persons calling for these letters must give the date on which theyrwere advertised. , Roods; Sa'rol . , , James, Stephen G Can-, Howard 2 Johnson, C. S Cahlll, Rlmsey Kelly, Peter A Coleman. Frank Mercer, Asa S - CiMer.lt Powers, Mrs. Martha Qootlniau. Hon, T. PRaddin, Albert Jackson, E. C Shepherd, C. F P. II. RAYMOND, P. 31. . Bi dden Dkatii, Little Ed Murray, aged about nine year., son of tin landlord of the American Exchange, died very stid- deuly on Wednesday uiglit. . lie hail been in the habit, with other boys of tlie city, of ! bathing in the Calipooia at almost all hours of the day, and his death is supposed to' have been caused ,hy sunstroke, received while thus engaged during some of the hot diys. lie had just returned from bathing in the Calipooia ! wlien taken ill, and at 0 o'clock p. M , one hour after taking ill, lie was a corpse. A good many of the urchins about town have suffered from gohij; ii:to the watt r during tlie heat of the day.' It is wrong, and this warning should prevent them for the future. All that was mortal of little Ed Murray was consigned to earth yesterday afternoon. PLKASUiUNti.-Everyoody is gitting for the mountains or coast. Ju3t look at the array : Dr. Rice and wite, Dr. ;Plninmcr and wife.' Rev. II. W, Strattion and wife and Jno. Bowersox ncd wife, Joe Webber and family, P. C. Harper, T. Calloway and a host of others, liave gone to tlie rnoiHitains. Betides these nearly every body else i- preparing or wishing they conlil go. Mo;c Sternlx?rg and Ben Kohn have gone, to Yamuna Bay. Home Aoaix. Out old friend, Robert chambers, who has been traveling in the Easter'! Ptate" for . several months past, arrived in the cifr.ou Wednesday noon's train. Bob says he . saw lio place like Oregon in hi travels and returns to old Linn mor than ever satisfied that there is no better country in the U. S. . He returns in good health in fact, looking better than we ever saw liiin. Welcome fcack, old boy. As Good .vs Xew. It will be rme'm ered that a portion of the foundation un- ler tlie Farmer's Warehouse, under the immense weight of grain crowded into it last season, gave way, causing the loss of a small amount of grain. Mechanics have leen busy repairing the foundation, and now. the Superintendent informs us. that tincture is stronger and sater than it was before. SaVf. Yovi: Fia-rr. The Alden Fruit Company ot this city propose to pay the highest cash price fur all kinds of fruit and vegetables prepared by them, and -ask parties who have or expect to have fruit to sell, to bring it to tlieir factory. Read the notice elsewhere, and follow the in structions that good prices may be ob tained. " For Y 4QU1NA- A very plcasaut little party started for Yauiiia Bay. "down by the sounding sea. '? yesterdav. to be absent a couple ot weeks. The party consisted of the Misses Conner, Kate ami Jennie. Mrs. Althousc and daughter. Labbie. P. II. Ray mond and wife, r.n 1 Messrs. G. W. Furry. J. T. Tate and John Hutchinson. That crowd will have a gay time, yon better jruer.s. Handsome. The poem written by Prot White, of Portland, and dedicated to Al bany Fire Department, beautifully. written and neatly framed, has been placed at the jewelry store of 5Jessrs. Titus Bros., where all can see nnd examine lor tliemselves. It is one of the most, artist ic and handsome pieces of work in its line that we have seen. ' The Rargest Baxxer. A handsome Hayes and Whoe'er banner was flung to the breeze in this city on Wednesday. It is sixty teet in length by nine wide, and is stretenefl across t irst street from the KEG ISTER bUi-mng to the Parrisli brick. Tlie lettering was done bv Mr. 2C.T, Moore and son, and is a nent job of "red, white and blue." Billy Morgan bossed the job. C. D. Simpsox At his large Warehouse at the foot of Ellsworth street is prepared to store 100.000 hnshels of grain, . and tt) ftn tiUh any quantity of sacks free to those who store with him. - lie will always pay the highest market price tor grain iiv eah. Give Charley a show and he'U do the right thing always. . . . : Personal. Wallace R. Si ruble. Esa.,: eilitor and proprietor ot the KVoot Mrrga zin. made uh a pleasant- eall on Wednes day.. , Mr Stmble informs u that, he is succeeding admirably w ith ins magazine. as he Should, for it is worthj- of the fuUtsst support by our people. " Officers Elect. Following are the officers elect of Western Star Rotlge 2To. 10. I.O.G.T.. of this citys A.' M. Roopj Chief? Ellti Rideottt; V.Tl ; Wm. Bench, S. ; L. N. Rlggett, F.s: $ Sarah ; Dawson, T-; Ida Dawson, M,j Mrs, F. 3f. Westf.dl, Chaplimt; C. Irwip, J. E. Hollatid, SC; W. R. Blain, p.Wx;.T; Good enough Farmers tell ns that without a good fall ot rain soon late stfwn"' grafn will not fill ont afid tHe crop will be short.' This-eon ditlon of things, we aro ihcllner to-think. Is confined to special - loealltie, and the general crop will bo an average one.. Dr Lister is ftt'preseut Jiavlhg a" tussle with the "ager." Wo arc lit l0pes , Doc will get' an-ayr with hia sham as soon, a possible and give tbc.bftl.mce of tlie congi- gation a chance. ; Some wheat fields are reported as badly 'struck with rust; We Iioii tiie report trtiiy not prov true. . ' ;, .." - No change in market quotations to note. ' Haying Is about over. ' - A few farnierir have coimneiiced cutting oats, to. ? ; Father Iioyal and wife returned on Tues day" from flieir Vfeit to Portland., f .., s Sohie of tlie boys, drive a leeQe too fest oil first " sf reef. 'Sere Sis ' an Vordinahce against driving in'the city." JIave a care. MaReied. On the 2Cth af I.etnn6ii, ty H. M. Powers. J. P., Mr. R.?C. Usher and MU. Dnlcinea J. Ridgeway. ' ' ' - - Wool Pool.-A pool of 25,000 pounds of wool, at the Farmer's Wart honie sold, a few ti;:ys since, at 9J' ccnls fer pound'. Morgan & SteFarland have issued a neat little circular, giving a list 61 iarrhitrg lands "placed in their hands for sale Ft'LKtTCRE.- As' good an assortment and at as low figures as you could ask, at Duiniing's. i Carotliers & Co.'s new" di ng house will be a hand-some building, It I rajidl3 ap praacliing completion. . .. - Way Ur. Billy TweehUe is nicely fixed in ids new place on First street, opposite A. Carotliers & Co.. , The , Ladies Aid Society, of this city, meets at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Back ensto on TUumlay mu,', ... ... . t.t Sirs. KateMendeiihalT, daughter aiid sou, of Portland, came up on Wcdnesda j, on a Visit. . :: A picnic was held at Willamette Churcb by the temperance people on Tuesday. A number of our citizens went out there to participate in the Inn. Prof. Warren did not get off yesterday as he expeeted,but proposes to start to-day so as to go on the pleasure eseursio.iT' tliat leav.v Portland for Astoria this evening. Rntlrveije. The Daily Bee.M ?ovt IaniT. an out and out Republican paper, i now delivered to subscribers in this city by carrier. Its a way up paper.; Gone East. Dr. G. W. Gray has gone East on a health and business trip; expect ing to be absent between two and three months. Due notice wili be given of Jiis return. 33m3 . i . m -. . t... What are the Credentials of Glenn's Sul. phur boap? I irstly, tt is tntlorsecl by ni?:U- cal men as a disinfectant, decdi izer arid remedy for local diseases of the skin. Sec ondly, it is an admirable article for toilet ti-se. Thirdly, It is inexpensive. . Steamers ix Demand. Tlie recent cx dbition at Portland of wiiat our little To. 4 ":lapp & Jones steam fire engine can do, lias waked up the fire boys generally, and especially, of Salem, the firemen of that city having asked the authorities to purchase-one or more steamers for the use of that department. The Salem firemen are tuck"' after our little giant, .and want one or more jiistlikfe It.' Obituary. ' Chri-tcn T. Ralston wa born in Leba non, Linn county,- Oregon, ami lived there until nbont three years agr, w-hen lie came with his parents to reeide in Albany. He spent nearly a year in college at -this place, after w Inch he went to California and entered upon a business life, remaining there about one year." Returning to Alba ny, he was employed in the dry goods house of P. C. Harper & Col and subse quently in the County Clerk's oRlcc. , ; On tlie morning. June 5. 1S76, lie, in com pany with Mr. J. Jforcro., started bn horse back to collect cattle, which they were in tending soon to drive acro.3 the mountains. In attempting to ford tlie Santiam river, n very swift and treacherous stream, he was swept from bis horse by the current and drowned. The most vigorous search was kept, up uiglit and d ty. and on Jnly 2nd (nearly a month) his body was "recovered about one mile below the place of drowning. and safely Interred in the family cemetery at Lebanon. .. . .. m At the time of this sad event he was 20 year. 2 month and 13 day of age just in the morning of life, w ith every thing to hope for the future. Seldom 1ms a commu nity been more deeply touched. !, lAH seem ed to share in a common grief at tho Io3s of otie so young and promising, His habits of Industry and' temperahec, promptness in bttsiiiess, and his genial and cwirtfcdus manners Vtirido him nnivcrsally respected and, esteeinexL-,!; ... M .... -U , The writer enjoyed his confidence to such a-degrce that on more than ope occasion we were called nponby" him 'for advice. He always spOke franklj and with great freedom ftpott ids iiopes- 'and. ' purposes ; in life: nud it ts with : great satisfaction I and pleasure wo enn say that lie was actiuietl by pure, and Mpble iniotives,.., Success with Him was never desired at the sacrifice of prinefplei. . 'The temptations that 'leatf so many y oung men of his age' astray- where ever resisted by him. ami the "Sabbath day always found him at charcli and Subbath selHKil In his life, We ftnd a bright ex ample for the young; sik! in his death soi- emu warning comes to them witlr fearfiil empKasis, Be ye also ready,' for' f The day of tlie Trd. it confeth f JS - . v -It comes Jike a thief livthe. niht, ! It comes when the world Is dreaming : Of MUHyl-attd Mcv aod'HgliR.--- ; i I Slowly, slowly like twlighf. .. . , ' X"or like tlie "colli crisping-fides ' 3Ior bartpi from the distant offing;- t f ; Moving ou o'er tlie waters wide. But lniaist irkeuMen Mghttilng,- In tlio depths cf a tranquil sky; . From the west to the east fn a moment, TJio havoc descends trOnt off high: . Both Hayes and Wheeler are Pres. bvterians. If U' important,1 also,1 to know that tlief ara rJepublK5ai)8. Detriocratie JVeeMy ' Standard: a Samuel.Tilden is a Catholic. It U important to know that he is a Democrat- ' -i There is no love like tti old love thai we conrtrd in ir pride. Several Cliihnfen-' are making irorh' one to two tfollara "pet da by talcinrr dirt from tfto f reets in. Umatilla and washinn it throngli rockers at tlie river. . Last week,' Dr, Sjmpsori, cf BirSh creek, took, from tlie range a tliree-yeaf' old stailion, longingly Jiimself, which . vrlien put oii tlie sk?pV tfetgl.cfi 1,42CT pounds. . 4 ' Some land's or Indians from the tribes' east of tlio mountains,! are mak tug ar rangement to go at d figtjt tljSiouxV i wo of tlio Xez Perces were with CuStex1 ' in his figltt, siid were killed. ; ' A Wrtv is in Umatijla county at present engaged in btiying Itorses ioy Hie Montana market ,tind ha vealrcady aboui .. 606' head,7 most' .of tVliicTi ' Vcfe bough If of lite Indian at about SlO- per,hva41 It is now thought timt VIr V. J)t ' Scott, who was thrown from hia horre" between Salom nd Sil vertoii last week," and badly hurt will, iiot reddVer.a-Jlifl' physiciau is reported to liaye prowurxv ed his case hopeless. . ':-a . " CharTey Black, who drives for the Northwestern Stage Co. troriv Umatilla,' to Coyote station, was com jiel led during high water to tin J another road, and' ire . doing so found one which has instead of 10 miles of heavy sand 10 of solid grav' t el. - : " - ; :,.-..' - :.- ' - Last week Sheriff Sargent of Umalil- la county arrested James Wilsun of BdC' ter creek, charged with stealing i horsd -valued at 100, the property of Ra:hef . Yoakum. . AVilsoii w-as iudicted by tlie ' grand jury of this county in 187S, bnV kefit but ot the way ntitil last Wed nesi' day; when arrested; he gv bonds to.V the amount of $300 to apjiear belbro the cireuit court. Another arrest made fit ihe same time was that of J. C. Wilson," charged with the sejoction of Angelina' Yarlett. Wilson gave bonds in the sum ot ?f00. , . , t The East Oregoniun is informed Wednesday by John McBanc, interpre-' ter on the Umatilla reservation, that th'. news of Custer's, defeat has been receiv-" ed b- all of the Indians, not from the . whites, but from their bwu means of communication; as Custer's battlo was' fought on the 27th of last mouth only,Y we can form some" idea from this how . . rapidi.y the Indians ot one part can trans mit information to those ot another McHane says that several parties from this ami other agt-eies are making prep arations to go and join our forces against" . ti e Sicnx. ...?s .... iv r ,-,--; . About two weeks ago a man by the . name of Rollins, who -was - working-''-about 35 miles above Umatilla, saw v- just befure dark, a novel craft, making- its way down the river with a man' aboard who was undoubtedly raptain." Rollins took a skiff, pulled ; out ami found that the man, whoever lie - waf, '." had taken a log. hewed a p'ace on -the top sid.e sufficient to stand or-Bilon awl ' . was on his way from Lewiston to Porf lar.d. lie (tlie unknown) most' have passed Umatilla in the night, ai.id what has become of him is unknown, and as he has not been heard frOrfl- since ' it is prubable that he went in another direc tion to pass his eeiueniiial. , ... , . . On Friday of last week three clouds bnrsted at different places on Willow' creek, Umal ilia county. Jerry Crowder was compelled tp urge liis team to tlie' utmost for some' distance to keep from being' overtaken by the water ,on 1 1 ni ton's fork. At HcppncV the water rse" six feet in 20 minutes; at Ilcrroii's place, Herroti was compelled to carry his wife in his arms across a roaring torrent to a place of salety" expecting every nioinent to see the house ao doWn stream, bat t.Ttniiately itr did' not. . Billeveaux who . drives from lleppbor to Pcotts, had tq . drive tor a conid arable distance- on the road where the water was iu eotrie places' over two fcof deep; r ' , - r On'Sdiiday rhoruing, tho' ;16th init",: Wrul Syphert,. aged about 8 years, ' liv ing on the hill road between Sublimity and Salem, disappeard frotti home arid' has not beer, heard of siucc that date II is brother, slates! that! upon the niorn iug mentiored Jie got up, ate his break-' fa t, and assisted in doing the chores as' usual, after" which he douned Iris, tiun-, day suit and started off in the' direction' of Turner'B station. II is family, .canntjff account for the freak, and fearsoroo ac eident has , befxlleu., lam. ono J knowinp; of lus wltcreabouts;- will Confer a. iaVor bv addressing Chas. Syphert.., Saleni aI s rJiey fiis . aged , iiiothpr, who is half distracted ovxrliis disappear.- ance.-. ; - i fi :.i '. . HiMnlSfK, In Aim ..'ijj :1 Here i & sfftiple experlibenflby rhfori ye can pmvtf the existence of a blind spot iii lm e$G.-: Slat your left eyer aiid with your right one look stead ly at tho dross below holding the "paper ten or twelve inches from the eyes. - - XL W Now tnovo tho paper sloy- toward the eye, which jnust be kept fixed, oo the cross. At a eerfaiu distance , tbty other ftgure-r-the lolicr 0 will sod' cfeklj disappear-but if you j bring, the pape rtearer, it ,wiX cciuo aain t into view. , Yon niay not succeed m the ex-pc-rinoent on dm ttial, but, with a "Jit tie jpatience, you, can,,Jardly fail; and tho suddenness wiUi .which 'the black spot, vanif fics ; and' rc-apj carais, wry ctrikio: ..1j - , . s L s- i t i. A