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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. ALBANY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 187S. VOK rBESHET OF THE U.N1TEO STATES, I. 33. MX138- FOR VICE PRESIDENT, EIlBiaVX STATE TICKET. FOR COSOEE8S, - HON. R. WILLIAMS, V- of MnltnomKh county. Fob PREsinESTiAi. Electors, W. II. OPELI., of Lane county. J. W. WATTS, of Yamhill county. J. C. CARTWRIGIIT, of Wasco comity. Tlie wheat harvest is now in progress in Illinois. Recent rains have interfered with the wort, and from some localities eoiue reports of rust aad a short crop. As an evidence of healthy appetites, the Boston Post soys: "Haves eats a Chinaman every" morning, and Tildeu eats two." Liverpool quotations show wheat firm at 9s6d-!9d for average ; 9sSd 10s2d for club. San Francisco quo tations show wheat firm at SI 50c$I 55 per cental. . ' Colorado is now a State of our Xa tijnal Union. Her people voted on the question last Saturday, and approved the proposition by at least 10,000 ma jority. She is the Centennial State and heie's onr heart and our hand. A Waupun (Wis) farmer wipes the mud from his cart-wheels before permit ting his load ot hay to be weighed, lie is very poor in this world'n goods, but he'll draw a big check on the Bank ot the New Jerusalem one ot these days. The New York T -ibune is no longer on the knee. It now comes out square ly tor Hayes and Wheeler, notwithstand ing it supported Tilden for Governor two years ago. It cannot go the clause of the Democratic platform demand ing tbe repeal ot tbe Resumption act. Gen. Belknap was acquitted on the 1st, the vote standing 35 fur conviction to 25 voting not guilty. Less than the required two-thirds majority for con viction having been received, an order lor judgment ot acquittal was entered, anil the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, adjourned sine die. After the ejection Samuel J. Tilden will be a wiser and poorer man. His surplus millions can no more change the determination of the American i6ple to reject Democracy than the wind from a bellows can change the course of the trade winds. Our advice to Samuel is, " save your money and boy a farm. The Democratic National Convention, in its platform, declares that the Repub licans in Congress have taken no meas ures to secure resumption of specie pay ment, and then, in tbe very nest sen tence, demands that the act of the Re publican Congress looking to specie re sumption shall be "forthwith repealed." Theresa consistency for you ! A gentleman of color, lately arrived in Nevada, who had been scanning with evident curiosity a Digger squaw and her papoose, the latter being a bright little bait breed, with unmistakable indi cations of negro blood, exclaimed, "Clar to goodness, it dar ain't one of dem J JTeard ot 'em all my life, but never seed one till dis minute, and it's only a little one -one dem Improved Red Men ! Never know what dey meant before." The Isthmus. Should a ship canal be cut across the Isthmus of Darien at its narrowest point it would be thirty two miles long and would require a ship tuncel 125 feet high and seven miles in length through solid rock. A vesrel go ing lrom New York to San Francisco would save 10,000 miles of sailing and could afford to pay a toll of $3,000. In the one if em of wages a clipper ship of 1,500 tons burthen would save 2, 000 at least- It is estimated that the work would cost $100,000,000. i Gen. Porter started for "Washington on the 1st, to offer his testimony in eor lection of the statement made by 151 u .ford Wilson in regard to the "Sylph" dispatch and Gen. Babcock. Porter, whofe truthfulness is unquestioned here, denies ;that h ever, said "Sylph" was the cognomen given some lewd woru?n with whom the President was comprom ised. He denies that he knew or heard of such s case, though be did hear ot some female who was persistent io her efforts to reach the President on busi ress of her own, without any pretext reflictlog on the Prcsident,and who was switched off by McDonald at Babcock's suggestion. - WHson himself weakens on this lewd woman story and the discred itable inferences it was designed to sug HAVE COME TO AS tJSJDEHSTAXMXO. The telegraph informs ns that, after repeated meetings, Tilden and Hen dricks have at last como to an under standing, and wiH soon write letters of acceptance. It does not make really much difference what or how ' the political differences heretofore existing between those gentlemen have been ar ranged for the Presidential canvass, there is no concealing the fact from the people th&t their political records were radically different on the financial question st least, and one cannot agree with the ther, occupy a position on the same plat' rm, without stultifying his past politcal ivcord. If either of these gentlemen is willing to "go back" on his past rcord for sake ot the chance of an election to the Presidency or Vice Presidency, he is lacking in honesty and principle equisite to entitle him to the smallest off.ee in the gift of the people, much less cither of the high offices to which they aspire. CEKTAI3I DEFEAT. Says Mr. Purdy, a New York Demo crat, to his party ; " With Mr. Tilden your defeat is more certain than it was with Mr. Greeley, and victory a thing to be hoped for, -but never realized. Applause. Do not, I beg of .you, as you value the inheritance left to us by our ancestors, do not, I say, close your eyes to facts, or your ears to reasons ! Do not lead the Democratic party like sheep to the slaughter and to certain and absolute destruction and annihilation by the nomination of Samuel J. Tildeu !" IKDIAXA TO BE BOfVIIT. Tilden deems it ot vital importance to his cause that the Democracy carry Indiana in October. To accomplish this $3,000,000 are to be raised from the faithful to be expended in that State. We greatly tnisiake the tex ture ot Iudiana voters if Tildeu or any other man can purchase them in the pending canvass. Some of them may be poor, bnt Tammany Hall cannot control money enough to buy them. Samuel will find this out in October, if not before. The Sioux are raiding now and then on wagon trains, killing wagon masters and teamsters and running off stock At last dates Gen. Crook had not made any decided movement against the In dians. His aim, heretofore, has been, when making . campafgir ntimt To ; dians, to wait for the dead of winter theu he always cleanod them to the bed rock. This may be his intention, so far as he can control matters, at this time- The Confederates at St. Louis vir tually indorsed Boss Tweed's operations when they chose Tweed's silent partner for their standard-bearer. It is a fact that slipery Sammy Tilden stuck to tlie Boss just as long as be dared, and, seeing that a continuance of the intimacy would prove dangerous to his political prospects, he suddenly "flopped," as the Tammany ites declared. The official organ of Sangamon cennty, 111. the Jtftrnitor is a Democratic paper, but in speaking of "Tildeu's nomi nation it says, editorially, that "the result is a victory tor the paid tools of the money power. The jraoney power has triumphed, and TildenTs'noujination was bought," Of coursi it was, but we hardly expected a Democratic news paper to acknowledge it A good suit of broadcloth may al ter the appearance of ft' rascal, bnt it cannot change his character. Disguis ing Democracy nnder golden promises may please the eye and tickle the ear, but it remains the same old power, de ceptive, dangerous, and unworthy of .public confidence-. By the advice of Peter Cooper and others, tbe committee appointed by the Indianapolis greenback convention have selected Gen. S. T. Cary, ot Ohio, as their candidate for Vice President ; therefore the ticket will be Cooper and Cary. . A rich vein of silver ore has been dis covered io PittsGeld. Merrimao county, New Hampshire. The ore is galena, carying abont50 silver to the ton, be sides copper and zinc A shaft is now being sunk on tbe vein, and Bmelting works are nearly finishtsd for the reduc tion of the ore. The minirg interests of New Hampshire promise to become of some importance, as numerous -paying "finds" have recently been reported of cold quartz and silver-bearing galena in different parts of the State. An 'assay ofthe Pittsfield ore gave about $50 in silver and $60 in lead to the ton. New York parties have honeht the property, and are actively at work upon it, ean. guine of success. . . , The Lowell Courier thinks "the real Indian question is, "How can Sitting Bull be cowed?" V- ZJ ''..' On the 2nd there were 24,530 pay ing visitors to the Philadelphia Centen nial Exhibition. ; s The smallpox is reported on the in crease at San Francisco. TAM3IASY REFORJH EBS. WThen the American people want a reformer they will not call upon Tam many Hall to furnish one. ,The Devil may disguise himself as a saint, but he remains the Devil still. So Tammany Hall may put on the disguise of refor mation, but it will be Tammany still, the hot-bed ot political corruption, out of which will spring all manner ot pub lic evils. TOO BIST TO WRITE. Tilden is too busy to write his letter of acceptance. It will be several weeks, so says the telegraph, before he can take it up. The longer he delays the document the better. If lie postpones it until after the election he may include in it words of wisdom based upon actu al experience as a defeated candidate. The contemplated movements ot the array upon the border are kept with great secrecy. General Sherman is very much occupied at present, and fully ad mits to his intimates that the Indian pro blem grows in difficulties daily. He is now ordering every available soildicr that can be spared from the Southwest. The forces at all Indian agencies are to be doubled, for the purpose of disarming all Indians upon the reservations, to prevent them from going on the war path. Gen. Sherman's present plan in send ing all available troops to the frontier is to disarm all the Indians on the reservations to prevent them joining the hostile Sioux. The forces stationed at all the principal Indian stations are to be doubled. John B. Gough has concluded to re sume the strenuous advocacy of temper ance, next Winter, at the rate ot $200 per night. ' Slippery Sammy and Oily-gammon Tommy are a delectable team to hitch to the Democratic cart this Centennial year. Henry Ward Beecber has engaged to lecture eighty nights next season, for which he is to receive40,000. Gov. 'Woods, who is stumping Cali fornia, is greeted with rousing audi ences, " The tide carried oft all the clothing of two Olympia ladies who were bath ing some distance from the towyi one evening not long since, except the shawl of one and collar ot the other. They went back to town under night's sable covering, i A brother of Gen- Lane is on a visit to Oregon from Indiana. The house ot Mrs. Carmin of Eugene, was burglarized three times, last week. Indians are numeous about. Baker City, offering to sell, swap or trade po nies. The festive sage Ben now affords good hunting for the. people of Eastern Oregon. The telegram opens tfie question of a relocation of the county seat of Polk county. About twenty-two emigrant families from Canada West, settled about Wes ton recently. Yamhill merchants have agreed to take silver at Portland rates. Dallas merchants ditto. The Mountaineer says: The post- office called Fossil is situated in this county in a section known as Butte Creek. ' . ' Mr. Livingston, of Rosebtrrg, while removing the honey from a bee tree near that place the other day, was stung 41 times on one hand, A destructive fire occurred on the farm of P. Peters, near Roseburg, last week. About 200. acres of pasture land were burned over and! four or fi ve hundred rails destroyed. Supposed to have originated from the careless nse of fire about a bee tree. ; Mr. Wa ver ot Roseburg had his car almost torn off by being thrown from a carriage down an embankment last week. Mr. Pete McKinney, living on the road to Coos Bay, has in his posessoion, pfeserved in alcohol, a doubled-headed garter snake. .The two heads," perfectly formed, ere entirely separate, of equal size, and are joined together at the neck. Before its death (it died a natu ral one) it had become thoroughly domesticated, and lived about Mr. Mc Kinney 's hous, a perfect pet, , One morning it was found dead on the hearthstone, and Mr. McK. put it in alcohol, to keep it thereafter as a natu ral curiosity. ZZ,. rbo Indepent says There are : now eight different parties out prospecting various parts of Douglas county. Four of them are prospecting for coal and petroleum, and the others are seeking for placer and quartz mines. Petroleum has been found in two places, and were we at liberty to give the names of par ties and locality, we could tell where coarse gold some pieces ju large s squash seed had been found in strffi. cient quantities to insure good paying mines. Diptheria still clings to Dallas. ; L. The west pier of the Eugene bridge is finished. C . : ' ! Plenty of huckleberries and sage hens in Baker county.", J. P. Irvine, J. P., Independence, was sunstruck last week. f Hon. A. II. Brown is on his way lo Mount Idaho with 2,000 sheep. Bee trees are still productiveof honey and stings in Douglas county. A race bet ween Holt and Sally will be run at Baker City shortly, for 150. The peach and plum crop in Douglas county will be far below the average. The diphtheria is still very prevalent in Polk county. Secretary Chad wick and Treasurer Brawn report tlie State University, at Eugene, worth 80,000, and admirably adapted to the purpose for which it was constructed. A crazy man eivinsr his name as "John Doe," escaped from a stage in Umatilla county last week and is now prowling around the country. From his name the East Oregonian sur mises he is a Portland lawyer. HansonAckerson & Co., of Taco-" ma, recently had launched in San Fran cisco, one of the ' most powerful tug boats on the Coast. ' She will be known as the Tacoma. 'U'' :V:'' Sherriff Agpew, of Boise, has gone to Colusa, Cal., to take charge of a fugi tive from Idahb named Ad. Stock, who had been sent&ced to the penitentiary tor life for muider. The Steamboats are now having a keen competitici for the passenger and freight trade of the upper Sound; be tween the Annie Stewart, Ahdia, Eliza Anderson and Zephvr, belonging to three different concerns and each mak ing two or more trips a week. S. W. Richardson, James Ware, J II. Davis and J. T. Gilshan, who shear ed Mr. John Sout&well'B sheep in Was co county, a short time ago, have given the amount ot wool taken from the backs of tome of Southwell's bucks, which is as follows: one '19 J, one 17, one 16J, and many from 13 to 15 lbs. Mr. Southwell realized 10,000 lbs of wool from 1300 head of vheep, making an average of nearly eight pounds per head. The Aetorian says: "One of the queerest fishes .ever dug upout of water was caught by Mr. Graj-, at Chinook, a few days ago, and sent to Parker's Museum, i It cannot be described. It has lrs and claws and wings and .fins and teeth and gills, and a face and a nos like a rat. During the past two weeks stre uons efforts have been made to raise a- suffi cient sum of money to clear off the in debtedness of the State University build ing at Eugene, so that it could be turn ed over to the tate and a school com menced. The canvassers have met with good succers the amount yet to bo rais ed being but about $1,200. A correspondent informs the Tribune that a waterspout burst in Lone Rock precinct, Wasco county, on the 23d inst. It filled cellars and ruined a lot ot but ter for Mr. Ward; spoiled Mrs. Ilen- shaw's flower gardei); cut a deep gully through the garden ot Mrs. Williams, and more or less damaged several others in the vicinitv. One day last week, says the Rose burg Plaindealer, George Brown, a logger on Smith river, failed to return in the evening, and his neighbors went to look for him. Search was continued through tlie night, and on the morning of the nei day his body was found, lit erally crushed, between two saw-logs. He was a German, and had no relatives known in the country. A Teachers' Institute was in session in Eugene City nearly all of last week. ' It commenced on Tuesday, the 25th. Prof. E. "P. Henderson was chosen chairman, and Myrom Judkirs, secreta ry. Profs, Baily and Condon, ot the State Uuiversityj Dr.. Bolon, present county superintendent; R. G. Callison, ex-siipcrinten lent, Rev. E. A. Judkius and others were in attendance; also Miss WTilcox, Miss M. Scott, Mrs. J. J. Wal ton, Jr., and several ladies from Junc tion and vicinity. t The It&mizer says a little son of Mr. Pierce carao near being drowned in the creek at Waymire's mill in Polk county last ; week. Z He attempted to swim across the channel when he sank in the deepest pait, and had sunk under the water the third time when Frank Jen kins, seeing that he was drowning, jumped in with all his clothes on, and by almost superhuman exertions succeed ed in dragging him to shore, where, with the assistance of the other boys, he was brought to consciousness and life. : . During the storm at Walla Wallft last week a wheat field, owned by Si mou Fields, about 9 miles up M ill creek, was struck by lightning and set on fire. After burning ever about three acres a heavy fall of rain put the fire out, thus preventing what otherwise would have been a destructive conflagration. The lightning also struck near the Walla Walla river, tearing up the ground and moving large boulders some distanca. ; On Wednesday of last week a storm occurred in Weston, which was partic ularly severe. Fences were blown down, grain in the fields was prostrated, and all the destruction that usually follows in the train of a tornado. ' J. Ashbaugh buried three fingers at Dallas last week the effects of coming in too close proximity to a circular saw. The pipe tor the State Fair-water works will arrive on the next steamer. " Forty bushels of wheat to tbe acre will be raised on some farms "round about" Vancouver. G. W, Dnrilap, at the residence or Uncle Billy Moore, in Umatilla county, attempted to hang himself to an apple tree last week. . The Eugene base-ball jugglers are practicing for the State Fair tourna ment. The station agents of the Oregon and California Railroad "Company will not accept of trade-dollars in business. A sand-hill crane, who has apparent ly lost all interest in cranedom, has as sociated himself with the geese on a Douglas county ranch, and to all intents and . purposes concluded to make a goose of itself. The Jffcrcuri says: "For about a year past two practical miners have been prospecting for gold in the moun tains along the Santiam river. These men, named resnectivly Frank U. Hull and A. J. Patison, have persisted in their search through tbejrwinter6 snow and rain aud summer's heat with varied results. Last fall they struck upon a bar about two miles south ot Quartz ville, which yielded them very encour aging prospects. They have since suc ceeded in interesting some of their friends in tbe matter, who, after visit ing the mine and surroundings, became convinced that it would pay to open and work it. They then took the init iative to iirganize and incorporate a company. They have obtained over 60 per cent, of the stock, and on the 2 2d inst. the stockholder held a meeting in the law office of W. H. Holmes, Esq., in halem, ami organized the "Mount Iokout Mining Co." by electing J. W Mcdiew, A. J. Patison and II. N. V. Holmes a board of directors. The directors then elected J. W. McGrew, president: W. II. Holmes, secretary; II. N. V. Holmes, treasurer, and Frank II. Hull, superintendent. Tlie following are the footings of the assessment roll of Walla Walla county for the present year. The total assess ed value of the real and personal prop erty of the county is $2,593,120. ' The amount of stock assessed in the county is as follows: Horses, 5,281; mules, 232; cattle, 11,147; sheep, 13,233; hogs, 4.020. The number of acres ot timothy is 1,774;. wheat, 21,000; this is aside from the large amount cntforhav; Bar ley, 5.120; Oats, 2.000; Corn, 70; fruit trees, 000. Numlier of flouring mills in operation, 5. Whole number ot persons-assessed, 1,072. The present pop ulation of the county is estimated at 4, 000. A letter in the Statesman contains the following, written by one who has just returned from Eastern Oregon: The uplands of Eastern Ore-ron and Washington Territory are good giain ; lands. I saw them harvesting last week in different fie!ds, and they told mo that their wheat was going fifty bushels to the acre. So far as I could learn, -this was the average. I am sure that it they get this wheat to the Portland market this fall they will crowd tlie market. The Sa'eui 3fercury of last Friday says: The nimor is cirreitt on our streets to.day that a well known citizen had ehped with his sister-in-law. a cer tain dashing grass widow, who but re cently was connected with a notorious mail robbery case. He leaves behind a wife and three children in rather des titute circumstances. It is said that the guilty pair were accompanied in their flight by another citizen, whose matri monial relations have not been very pleasant aud agTeeable of late, and that his irate spouse, on learning of his es capade, left this morning in hot pursuit. If f lie catches him, we doubt not but his already scanty eapil'ary adornment will be lurther reduced ni proportion. The Union county Sentinel says: "On Saturday asT, J. IPIts was return ing from the Warm Springs on the "Thomas Ruckle road, where he had been for the purpose of conveying Mrs. Ellsworth and family, his team took fright and started to run, add getting the advantage of Mr. Hilts, threw him out and completely demolished the bug gy. San Jobe came- along soon after, driving tl-.e stage, and found Mr. Hilts lying in the road entirely unconscious. Ho vps brongH-t tit town, and although seriously brnsext, it was thought he would be all right in a few days " Tlie Lafayette Courier of the 29th says: "Young Chenette, ot Hillsboro, lodgged in jail last night at this . place for stealing a horse from someone at Wpato late. He says (so we are in formed) that he wanted io go to a friends honse and seeing a horse handy, thought it best to ride. : He had au examination at North Yamhill, aud in default ot bonds, was committed." The Indian chiefs, Ilow-Iish-swam-po, We-nap-snoot and Young chief, of, the Umatilla reservation, were each paid last week their annual payment of $500 by Agent Uprnoyer. Young Chief re ceives the payment which Homely for feited by not divorcing all his wives but one. . ; " Ochooo boasts of two sawmills, both on M ill creek, and they are tuning Out lots of lumber; and what is good for their owners, it finds ready sale. Upper Ochoco takes .the lead just now, as it has the finest school house in the valley. Hit old barracks which answer for a school house in Prineville are almost a disgrace to tlia community, ' ri Tnwa "lias a. hov four vears old who can climb a tree three minutes after beinsr run over bv an omnibua. A prudent boy would climb a tree three minutes before. 1JST OF XETTEBS Remaining in the Post Office, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, August 3d, 1876. Persons calling for these letters must give the' date on which they were advertised. Byland, DC Mercer, a S Caldwell. M G juonaner. Airs Crawford. Mrs S J Mitten, 8 Custer. Mis Susan A Munkers, Hon T K Crawford, Miss Em Kulkey, Christophr Hall, Calm Bobbins. Thos B Johnson, Leroy Watts, Henry C Wood, J M Vedder, David Jewells, Alfred Keckney, W m . Langden, Edtnond P. H. RAYMOND, P. M. Humor has It that Chas. Kiefer was a victim to coup de soliel, while traveling in the East, bnt at last accounts was recover ing. - ' 'r:r RCLES FOB THE CaRU OP THK Eyes. In the August number of the Sanitarian we find a list ot rules for tho care of the eyes which are worth pre serving. : , ... When writing, reading, drawing, sow ing, etc., always take care that The room is comfortably cool, and the feet warm; There is nothing tight about the neck; There is plenty of light without daz zling the eyes; ' . ., , 'J he sun does, not shine directly on the object we are at work upon; The light docs ,not come from in front, it is best when it comes over . the left shoulder; J The head is hot very much bent oyer the work; - The page is nearly perpendicular to tlie line of sight; that is, that the eye is nearly opposite the middle of the page, tor an object held slanting is not seen so clearly. Cat,cut.atix Dates. In order to find out the day of the week upon which any event fell one hundred years ago, just count forward two days from the day of the week upon which the centen nial anniversary tails. Thus; The Fourth of July, 1876talls on Tuesday; tlie Fourth of July, 177G, fell on Thurs day. Thctule is applicable to dates in the eighteenth century after '52, when the new calendar was adopted by Eng land and her colonies. You can' , buy a cane fish-pole for twenty-five cents, aud cath just as many fish with it as you can with a jointed one that costs seventeen dollars, but you can't take it apart and slip it under your coat when yoti go fishing Sundays as you cati one that's in sec tions, and a religions outside appearance is worth $16V75 to most men. Lying in weight false stales. 3trhJne I'oetry . There is no friend like the old friend that has shared our morning days. T! ere is no place like the old pJace, where you and I were born. i There is no time like, tlie old time, when you and I were young. There is no limes like the old times they shall never bp forgot. An Ohio man makes brick, but he is high-born and calls himself "a sculptor m clay. ' A little girl was first to notify a gen tleman, sightly bald, that he had a hole in his hair. A thorough Indiana Jndge can di vorce a couple in ten minutes, and not get out of breath. " A Tessa man returned a napkin to a hotel waiter with thanits, saying his cold was not very bad. j I ; . The truth iif t-o bad nowadays that it is not surprising that nearly everybody has taken to lying. . j Wm. Howard of Texas has been ap pointed Surveyor General of Washington Territory, rice Wm. MeMickeo, remov ed. There id a firm in Boston named Gray & Lunt. Half of their letters como to tliem addressed Lay & Gruut. Tho average American is worth $350. We know men who fall considerably short of being average Americans. Woman has many-" advantages over man; one of them is that his will has no operation till ho is dead, whereas hers generally takes effect in her lifetime. You can buy a paper collar with a picture of George Washington on each corner. The time is at hand when a man. earning 6 per week can have pic tares all over his shirt.; Nevada is short tor cash, and the Governor can't get his last quarter's sal ary. If he can secure three or four good indorsers he might, perhaps, make a raise among newspaper men. Yon Bulow wasn't such a high-priced man, if stories are to be relied on. It is said thai lie would "blow" the merits of any piano for $500 in cash. COXOREKflOXAI. KOBHSATIOIkS. Detroitj Aug. 2 Tho Republicans of the fifth district, at Grand liapids, to-day nominated John W. Stone for Congress.; ' , . Evansville, Ind., Aug2 The Re publicans of. this Congressional district to-day nominated A. Debruller tor Con-. VicksbUrg, Aug. 2 The Democrats of the sixth Congressional district nomi nated Gen. James R. Chalmers. Cold water, Mich., Aug,.-S The Re publicans of the third district nominated Jones II;McGowan, and the sixth dis trict, M.Xi,: Brewer. , . . 4 Alton,' 111.; Aug. 2 The Bepublicans have nominated. II. S. Baker; from this Congtetsional districi. . Iate comers from Ochoco complain dreadfully of the prevalence of "ticks" in the Ochoco country. Born August 1st, to the wife of Wm. James, nine miles northeast of this city, a son. Grand ojd moonlight nights, this, week, just the kind forweIlr everybody. V Prof. J. F. Koyse has a fine school just across the Calipoola. ' . . C. D. Simpson's new wharf will be over two hundred feet In length. 1 A "footless stocking without" a leg," Is rather a good description of nothing. As the gn me law is "out," grouse and jays must look out for themselves. Seven marriages last month. Choice cigars are thfwe t Tyler& Tate's. News Gleaning. Eastern War Sews. Kagusa, July 30. Advices twin Slavon ic sources confirm the intelligence of tlie complete defcut ot ti.e'. Turks, on the 2Sth inst., near Urllza. The Montenegrins cap tured 300 Nizals, besides Osman Pasha, five guns and several flags. . The Turks at tacked the Montenegrins at Ilntclii. but were repulsed. Seliro Pusha was wounded. Paris, July 30. Vienna intelligence as serts that Turkey- and Austria favor the" Pretender Knregogeorgvitch declares tliat if Prince Milan returns to Belgrade " van quished he will be dethroned. LONUOJ. Juh 30. A Standard special from Kalafal. says the Turkish army cross ed the Servian frontier at Itussa, Saturday. A great battle is expected There is great excitement at the seat of war. among Christians, on account of a proclamation of Dervish Pasha, the Turkish commander In Bosnia, prohibiting quarter to Chris tians. A Purafjn dixpateh says there is now distressing want of medical officers in the hospital aud much needless suffering. A Kngiisa special, says Sclim Pasha lias been killed. A Berlin dispatch says 1.000 Germans, settled in Russia, are reported to Iiave emi grated to Austria last week. A Belfrrode special says: Col. Atiticli, General Zacli" sncceor, is bombarding Suraza, which commands the pass between Bosnia, on one side, and Xovabizar and the country whence comes supplies and re hiforcrrfnents, on the other, it is of vital importance to both commands. A Ii:igua dispatch says Monkhalar Pa sha admits losing 10.000 men in the fight with the Montenegrins. A Pesth special says the annexation of Bosnia by Austria w contemplated. T1kJ linily A"efj IVsth rorrespondens from Galvtz 'reports 70.000 Tclierkisins have revolted against the Russians in Cau casia, and are overpowering the garrisons? The C'otirer''ts special telegram gives de tails of the massacre of Turks in Bosnia. Three hundred Christians were thrtnretl and drowned in Die villages of Pervan and Iiinar. Twelve women were cut tp pieces at Pa vie'. Sixty children were stoned to death nt Ratlilovo and one hundred and eighty girls were violated and murdered at Sacknloon. A Times special says tlie 'Dirks at Wi Lirza after two hours fighting fled in un controllable panic. The greater part ot the army wns lost. BtTek is snrronntled. There is a panic at Trebifije. This disas ter leuvas Herzegovina practically defense less. , The T tJeirrifiVs- Viennn special speaking ot intervention ay- the initiative will be taken by England at Belgrade ai.fl C'ou stantinople, with tlie approval f the pow ers. The beligerents are favorabie to ths pence negotiations. Loxuon. July SI. Tlie Osnuin Pasha captured at Verbiza is not the great Turk ish commander. Of the sixteen, Turkish battalions cirgageil, four oly have reached Kick. The Turks 'engaged Friday near Mednm numbered I2.0U0. They were driven to Podoritza, ntiU fc.st two guns. The sup porting batt iriiom were annihilated, the atrocities of Basha Bazouka cause intense feeling throughout Greece, and her rela tions wlfh Turkey are becoming alarmingly serious. The opposition newspaper of Greece demands that the com it 17 be placed in a position to command the respect of neighbors. CYi Irospct In the States. The Toledo (Ohio) Elude' a crop reports to July 29tlf. from 173 -counties in Ohio. Indiana, Michigan aud Illinois, show near ly a full average wheat crop in quantity, and superior ii quality. - Corn is nearly i total failure. In Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, there will beau enormous crop of pot m toes. Hay' is a large crop, and fruit generally will bvahundaut; From St. PanU Minnesota, under date of July 28th. we have this : Grasshoppers have overrun the western part ot the State, and many farmers have lot everything in the shape of crops Z The damage done by them so far. however, is not widespread, and crops outside of the section alluded to have not suffered much. A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch of July 20th says: In many wheat fields in this section the reaper was put to work this week and abandoned, the grain not being worth liar vesting. Farmers must rely on their old crops, or buy grain for bread. Not one in ten will raise enough for family ivse. This condition of tlie crcp extends throughout Dubuque. Delaware and Jackson .counties, and is the worst failure known iu several years. - Floods, chinchbngs and Hessian ifJies have done their work completely. A II eal tb-l'romot in Stimulant. Physielans, who certianly ought to be the best judges of such matters, declare that wholesome ttmuTation Ts not only desirable but essential in many Instances. Whenever temporary good effects ot a sound stimulent is confirmed and rendered permanent, as in the case of Hostetter's Stomach Bitturs, by tbe action of tonic and alterative principles combined with it, it becomes infinitely more efficacious aa a renovant of physical energy ami a correct ive of those condltlous of the body which Invite disease. The Bitters have received the emphatic sanction of medical men who have observed the effect of that pop ular stimulative cordial a a remedy tor weakness, nervousness, , dyspepsia, con stipation, inactivity of the liver, mhrlous fevers and many other disorders. It basis Is sound old rye. the purest liquor known to commerce, and itself possessing tonic properties of no mean order. July. New To-Day. I?i-ofl G. I. Newell, TEACHER OF THE Harmony. TliQronsli-iiass ini Elixirs. Special attention given to . VOICE CULTURE. HAVING concluded to make AI.BAVT my permanent Testdenre, all wlio dettirts thorough knowledge ol Hitcie can bow. have an opportunity. . ;- 4 nrvmsctBi - . -': ry' Meswa. Jno. Brlggs,' J. B. Wyatt, Tr. Griffin, Dr. Whitney, and many others. Leave yur attdreiHt Ht Mr. Foebay snnaicaiiel book store, or at Mr. Barr'a tuuulc store, aad X wUl caU at your residence. PROF. O. P. NEWEIA. Albany, Augiist 1, 17 t