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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1876)
- ' OTi" -' i 4 tVr'-S" Ff VOLUME vm. ALBANY, OREGON, AUGUST 11, 1876., BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN CONNER, BANK! NG - AND Exchange Office, ALBANY, I DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO I check at lcht Interest aiiowed cm time deposits la coin. Exihanrfe on Porttaad, Sua Francisco, New York, for sale at lowest rates. l ol Ice ions niudt and promptly remitted. Refers to H. IV. Corbet. Henry railing, W .S. La id. Ha:kinx boar from S A. 5X. to 4 P. M. :-'-AnjaoyTeb. It 1871-224 - A. CARU111ERS-& CO., Dialers in ClILniCAJLS, UIU, PAINTS, OVE3 , tit. ASS v LAMPS, ETC., All the popular IMTEXT JIEDICIE$, flXE CUTLER T. CIO ASS. TOBACCO, ' XOTlOiS PEEFCMEUr, and Toilet; Woods. Partk-nlftr carp and "promptness given Physicians prescriptions aud Faiullv Rec 11R-S. A. C YROTHERS A CO. Aflwiny, Oregon.-! vi ii. jr. uolx:iito, ji. C" HAIH'ATK F TflE lAlVLtPiIH X Medical College of New York, Jute "memlrror Bellevieti II spltulMediculfol lejre. New York. OKFICJE-1st A. Oarotliers A Co.' drujf store, Albany, Oregon. KPlZOOTIfS DlSTAACIvD. THE JtAT TEAM (CTTTU. I.ITES. AND IS FLOURISHING I.IKE V OKEra 'My tree. Tlutttkful for ii.st i'ltvors. ;nd wislilnic to merit the continuance -of : lie same, the BAY" TEAM will always be renly. and easily found, to do any haulms within ho city limits, for a reasonable -oiii'oiish! Um. " tCrT U el I very ol lioods -cially. A. X. ARNOLD. SiivS Pronrietor iltis: Iiles WHY SAY THIS! DAMAGING AND trouolesonie coiuoiaint cannot be cure I, win-ii so oumv evidences of success mi-flit "e, nlaee i before you evm day 'cure of sinmo-vl hopeless cast's Your oliyslclau informs you that the lonjreryou ihovr tl vomplaiiil to exist, you lejim yonr chances for relief, jt'jxruwe hut auyhllhiM in all (atex. A. Carulhcru & 1'0,'s Pile Pills and Uiutul.ut are all tlioy are recoinmcn lea to be. VTill careCbrouic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very fthovf t lino anti are tmviti.iil to u-v. Thb ore.rkarn.tlon ir stmt bv mail or es- pre to any point witliiu the I'nited States ar i .w net nacKasre. Al lres. A. CAKOTHERS A CO., 47va . Box M, Allwny, Oregon. . The Ensile flrvnieii ape tusking ar- r.liigemeiit for a grand kill at Lane liaii on Cliri.ma3 eve. JOHN SCHMEER. DEALER IX 'Groceries' & Provisions, ALBANY OREGON. HASJUST OPENED HIS NEW ROCER establishment on corner of Ellsworth and Kirtt atreeta, with a fresh atock of ( Imceiies, Provisions, Caudles, Cixars, To- inmi, .c, in wnicn ue ioviu iue alien tlon of oar citizen. In connection with the atara b will keep a itakery, ani win aiway9 nave oa nana a mil sappjy 01 rresa oruaa, ciscaers, cc CLiT" Call and see use. ..JOHN SCHMEER. February 16-5v4 . . . , ALBANY FOUNDItY Machine Shop, A. F.CIIEIIKV Proprietor, ALBANY," OREGON, iy mi Slanofaetares Steam Engines, Flour and Saw Mill Mac hi n WOOD WORKINQ AC3IS0LTUBAL MACHINERY, And ail ktnr.! of ' - - " -f tsosr A3a bwass rASTtses. ; - Part Scnlar attention paid torepainn all fciadaof aaachtnery. - - ivb Tj KOYI.E. Ha Md Shoe Wafcer.M door Jjj east MBarpfr warehouse, la always on band to do work at reasonable rates, neat and nice. , se-wna- Hone and Siim Painter, ALBANY. : : Y j f : OJ5EGQN . GH AIXrS, YAPEBn ANC.ING CAIXKMIN Init, OlazlnK, Ac llnvlnir had- an experi ence or s nan i t we mwin t .r can onfely ?nstrarntee aotfeifaetory work to all. Srmn on First street, e door east of Clark 4Wy.lt. - 23v8 Trirt55-ff1S"n a Tferbcr Shrmou First afreet All one door wet of Thomiison Alrvina'ahftr neAaolran, where be will bo pleased to meet ail who wish work In bis line. Thankful for past, patronave, fce hope by close attention to dors neas jo merit com t ha nance of the mme. Will keep eonatanf ly o hand, a tmll supply of r - . -' - JfrfiHew uut f ir Otis , i the tee aasanuiKiH in lewn. .Come and see ae. Albany, Or., February S, !S78-2Sv8 tf,T!25, 5S. I.i, j- s ; Phy8jefiah::iancl Surgeon, BSOWKSYIIXE, ORECaJN, OFrttiE At fc Daft ttUtrt, .-C7l SAMUEL. E. YOUNG, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, THRESHERS, REAPERS & MOWERS, . WAGONS, PLOWS, SEED DRILLS, BROADCST SEED . SOWERS, ETC. lint street Terms : Albany, Urteon, St. Charles Hotel, Corner fYasblmjrton.antl First Kts., . ALBANY, OREGON, Matthews & Morrison, PROPRIETORS. Hon-! newly furnished throughout. The bel the inarket u:r.rd alwnyu on the table. Free t uui li to and I'roui Uie House. . C. II A 12 153 11 &. CO., - lienlurs in 33 n "jaT 3r O O X . Clothiu, Boot und Kjoe, llata, roee-rli-a, Faucy (ioods, Ko'ioaa, Mtotjsmis ul PlstuW, Nnll. Kope; Mirror, Wallpaper, Wood nodi Willow Ware, Trunk nnd Ii'hIIsi-h, Poeket Cutlery, Ae., Ac., SoM very low cither for rah, or to prompt pay- Ili; irll tllstOIUU-SOB tiniu. 'l Furniture Warerooms. TOED (mAF, HAVINiipurcha-sed the entire interest of IJ. to:iar in the lute tlrin of A Collar. In thu funiiiure husiiii, titkes this opportunity to return hi llmnk to Ihc citizens of AUmny an 1 vicinity who have so sreneronly patron ize 1 hiui in the lMsf. and reitctlully nk a continuance of ihe same. fe"Ali kiixls of tmv niinrv kept on liun 1 and niauutact urea ;oorior at lowest rati-. HIED ORAF. Alltaav, Nov. 12-vSnS " Raltins and Slovlagr Bnlldings. WE THE UNDERSIGNED BEO T.EATETO annnun.v lo . h ci'izens of Albany and surrounding connlry I hat. havlnir :iit-nlie'l our aelve.iwith the neuesry ina-hinery tor rai ina and rcmovina biiil iin j. we nre it iy at ail time to receive or lers for atteh wo k, wiii b we will do in -hort or ler at lowes1 rti . We jrnarantee entire aatisniei ion in ail workumler taken by us. Order left at tho RfXilsrEB o!Tice promndy attentedto. Apply to. 7vp,a, U A NTT, ALLEN CO. - Or., April 23. KJ75. iv7 I II IV I X Livery iFeed Stable CVB!1 WASinSOTUS A FIRST STS., US. MARSHALL, Proprietor. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES. HACKS A SADDLE horse to iet on reasonable terms. Horxes lorde i bj- Ihe day or week. I will litive Home or i ho gayest ri;i ever tum eJ out oi'a liverv stable in Allxuiy. HEARSE and carriages furnished tor fu nerals. Give me a call when vou wan! to ri le. i AN 3. MARSHALL. ATlMnv. March 10, IS7G-i"vS HAEDWAEE ! BOLTS, all Kixe and descrip tion, & general SIIEL.F II Alt D WARIu a full aud complete as sortment. Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, Uose. Tin, - Copper, Ziac and Sheet Iron, on band for sale CROCKERY WARE, The largest and most complete assortment in the city. t Ki"55wlrlnsr done neiCUy, at short notice, I u 1 f XT A 11 . iTIfl J. URADWOHL. First street, Albany. Oregon. n27 v8 DR. PLU17.rj.ER, DRUGGIST, Porcand Fresh . . ' DRUGS AND MEDICINES I out, ..,.'.y,! Perftinieriea, : '-r vF 'Toilet Articles, IBimiS AN HIAl'LOES BHACEK. C25 Prescriptions carefnlly filled. ' " 8-13 " ; "" ... 1 , Xcw Mlllinpry Store! " 2MHS- STEVENS, HAS moved into tho store recently occupied by Mrs. C. C. English, on First street, ad Joinlntr tho City Draw Wore, where aba has opened out her select stock of ,v t r r , Fashionable Mori of Ml SI in cry Good.. Having bad rcany years of experience in tne millinery bnalnens In t he East, Mr. Stevens be lieves she can Kive lite fullest aatiHlac'ion to all who (lve ber their tat ronace, and won Id there fore i-espcctfully aoilcit a share of t he same. MRU. D. 8TJSVEK3.11 , AlbanyiXoT.;l-T8naiaJ j-.s- ;.. .4 v.U bftti T..t I - W." R iCUAlIAM, Jf ? ifcATB car jurcBWAJtl ,- ist ...... T7"EKiS always on hand Doeskin. Cassunerca than ever Iwforo brought 10 this market., . tllll tin' muRewra miiTi mi . , " . " for men and ikv-s, at reasonable rates, frvxaraa-; teeing satisfaction. kct lately occupied by Dr. E. O. Smlln. 2jv8 . . xv ; wijlcox, Hdim'oeopathio 3?hymGiscxx OFlFICE "with. Dr. Jfc -H. OrifHn. Flrst strecW Albany, Oregon. e-2f Chronic! diseases a peeliittT. ' Mr FRIENDS! CITIZENS!! COUNTRYMEN ! ! ! LEND US YOUR TRADE I WE II WE JVST OPENED OC.T A SEW and fresh assort iui u: ot GKOCKRHiS,. 1R0VIS10TS7S, Ac., in Dr. Tate's new brick. Fust street, where we would be pleased to serve you with any thing in our line, our stock was selected in San Francisco, by MR. JOHN BARROWS, well known in this city, and we." feel safe in satisfaction to all who lavor us with their pat- romvii We i ply of ronate. , , , we win cnucavor to acp on uanu a nut JFx-eh. Vegetables, in their nson, at nil times. You are invited to eali and see ns. T 1 l.:lt A- TATE. Albany, May 5. "7i33 EVERYBODY BUYS THEM. H.WIVG .n sr RKi TIVEIi A LARGE SIIIP meii o: :t-. I'i.'. i-aie l new alyieV.oiubined Drill and ll-ist.itu: t STATESMAA GRAM DRILL, direct from the factory, am now offering extra inducement to ihe farmers of Oregon. Most, of the best farmer in ihe State are now using them. , ...... snvimr seed ahfl an increased yield of gram Is the result of lrillinsf. Can be used equally well as a Drill or Broadcast Seeder. The STATESMAN GRAIN DP. ILL ha been jrreatly improved for tbi year. vt urenons ai m nmthMiniuoiH'cwmii" Second and Ellsworth streeis, Albany, Oregon. FBAXK WOOD. Marcn SI, 1576-28 . K. . B1.A1 HIU KN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, - BKOWNSVILLE. LINN CO. OGN. KM' T ATTEX IION OIVEN TO AM. msmess. J. C. POWELL. l ri.i.vs. POWELL & FLIXN.- AttomeN A- Count- Ilora Ijw and o licitoia In lianeery, Al'mny. Oresron. Collect ions made and con veyaiiues prouiptly at tcuded to. 1-8 .a,KO.TSIT Drliiery, t Irving nAVING boHL.'ht out ihe deHvsry business nl Mr. Lewis S' imson, 1 bca leave to'annonnca to 1 tie eii iz-ns and business meti of AifHy, ilvat V nave ii 1 he stretits an ex:ns and jo't ffatron airl will be happy to serve all ho limy Rive me a cult All or ler will be promp'ly aMendol to at reasonable rates. Orders may Imj left a; ihe I nm Sioit of Bel! A Parker. ' Ii:i;il. PARKER. Lebnnon Hot!, S. II. CLAl'rSTCX, !., LER1TOX O tt.ON. nDUSE newly inri-lvd tlirn''iiu'. The Im-si itu- umriie's.ulor i ai son i lit laM). The.ivs-o?lli- is r-.vxi -';:-?.) :b. IT:te. Irotti CIIAS. BOl'KCAEDES, . WATCHMAKER & JEWELER, S Comer First and Ferry hta., ' ALBANY. OKEUOX. Watches, Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware, arid Jewelry of tfvery description and of the best manufactories, on hund tor sale at lair rates. tif Cleaning and roairing Timeiieces a specialfy. - Jewelry, etc., repaired and cleaned on short notice at living rales. fcTGive me a call, and sec for yourself.3 Alarcli 3, ls7(J-24v . . f ,; ". r- J . - J. II. KIRKIIABT, , Real EsUs Oil Teyancing -Agent, AtBASii:. i : , .BtXi031. CCKJfrJ'. tTKST AM) BliCADALBIS 6TREXTS. INARMS oTalf sii's, !m-"rovn.1 sri'l nnimprov cj. iii i iits an.l a1jacv;it w-mitiea, suitable for rrui.i tuistn. fti-o s :r tere'i land and stock ranches foi .iaUi.oit ett'.y tet uis. Aiso for sale a number 01 dwelling houses and vacant ;ots in tbiseity. Parties desjilnyr 1o eiiner sell or purchase should call and learn terms and crices letore -purchasing elsewhere. . , 82v8 J. D. S1CPARLAND. i .: WM. MOROAN. MORCJAX &. ItlcFARLASO,. REAL0 ESTATE AGENCY! ! .; y-- and - :-- E.MPLOYMKNT: OFFICE, Keat Door to Well., Fara-o V Col. Expreas ' t J3! Allany,Ore(BOU. WE ARE PREPARED TO FURNISH EMI irmnts and others i?ood haivnins In farms and small homesteads in Linn and adjoining counties Farms in vaine and size to suit pur chasers. - ; -r. Also, city property both improved and un improved. Rentlna farms arid city property, ana collec tions of all kinds, promptly attended to. ' Otir ftwilHies for advertising will enable n to do more for our patrons than any oilier Asrency In the 8?afe m onr line. .- We also my wieolal attention In tbe employ ment ami labor exchange department. Albany, May ISifc 44-: . . Batli Hous&Barl)er 51 TIie'PNtJERSTGNED WOtTLT Tt3. ftlllv t h.nk JiA ui0ns Ckt Aftisn a )P. CCT I -t 1 es rthi r tlx nt pen srem fit IK cinlty for the liberal TWrpnaire bestow. nm lor t lie past seven years, and hone, I future a continuation of their favors. Tt accommodation of transient customer friends in tho nnrier part of town , he H : ed a ueat lit tie short next doer to Tavo Saloon, where a good workman will a. nattnnaneetowaitrlcnpatrrms. - - ' Dce.11,1874. . - w - JOJi WK3 . ; wntcli n s ae--eat es ior A"urt ni . o-ctoca A. M an I re nrn.n-; hit: 1 J . t,-. ;o.-t.- m. Convpv Hflit "ithtii ri tor r ft io- wiMiinij: to visit ilie so-ly S'-vrincs Lira:-; an 1 tea liti room, wl h choice rca.liiiK matter, for ihe xucsis ot t he liouse. apr30vs a. a. wiiiyxet; m. d., Graduate of Bellevue Hospital Nodical College, Physician, and Surgeon, ALBANY, OREUON. lISEAPES OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY. XJ Residence in Westlakii's building, corner 01 First and Lyon streets. , - , 44-8 J. LIXSEA II1I.I,, RI D., OFFICE At Bell & Parker's new drug store. RESIDENCE Second street, between rail road aud Montgomery. 8-44 . JOB PRINTING, Wieu you vdsli " - t Posters. Visiting Cards. Business Cards. 0 .Bill Heads, Letter Heads Lnvelopes, Ball Tickets, Programmes Labels, PRINTING HOUS., Horse EiHr, Circular, Pamphlets, : . or In fact anj-tlilug in tlie . Px?ixxtixs E. ine, CSlll fo ll'e ALBANY' REGISTER fs(rv CORNER FE'KllY & FIJiST-rita. 0GB SEW YORK ' LETTER. THE FAST MAIL PNEUMATICS MENONTTES HEAT AND HEALTH ICE THE TILTONS LIBRARY PAY BUSINESS. ' ' ' . New York, .July 21, 1878. THE FAST MAIL. The continuance of the fist mall which some papers are making so much fuss about, excitea no feeling here. It was a humbug nnd a blunder from the first, and never was of any u-e to any class hut the morning papers of, New York. Bu-inesa closes litre at 6 P. M., and all the mail for the tl:iy is put into the office at tliat hour. Ii leaves by the regular express at 8:30. arriving at Cleveland the next bight at 7, at Toledo at 11:35. and at Chicago the nest morning at 8. Now the fast mail leaves New York at 4 in the morning, and gets into Toledo, Cleveland and Chicago, at practically the pa me hour as the regular train. There was iu .it 110 carl lily use to the-busiiiesj men either to the east or west, and the expense, of the extra train was an entirely useles expenditure. Xe York sends out each week over 10,000 sacks of mail matter that otiginates iu the city, be sides the vast amount of matter that comes hoi-e for distribution. But the" Govern ment ought not to pay for special trains jast to give New York papers an advan Dige over other cities, and that was all the good effected by the fast mail train. It is well if It 's dead. . THE PNEUMATIC TUBE. An experiment Is being tried in this city, or rather has been tried, tluit will work a revolution in the transmission of mail matter. Hollow tubes have been laid from the main office of the Western Union Tele graph Company to its branches. In these hollow tubes are placed leather boxes, con taining messages the air is exhausted, and 'n a second the dispatch is at the other end ot the route. Tire Pueumatic Tube is cheaper than telegraphing, for messages ot any length, and as the experiment has proved to be entirely successful, tubes are to be laid in Philadelphia ami Washington very soon. The rate will be something moj-e than xo.st:ige, of course, but it will be nothing as compared to telegraphing, as a four-page letter can be sent as -cheaply as ten words. Suppose the inventive genius ot the age si.ould apply this idea to pass enger travel 1 How would It seem to be boxed up, put in a tube, and sent from Chicago to New York in an hour? It may come to that. . EMIGRANTS FKOM A NEW fOCECE. We have emigrant from all the countries' ot tlit! world ' Unt Arnbbtr"aud ww - Uisit country lias contributed ltd quota. Nine Arab stone-cutters having heard fabulous accounts of the wages that were bring p;'kl iu this country, made their way hither, aiiti l;i tilled in New York last week. The poor fellows could not speak a word ot English or any other language that vou id l ib.Uer stood by any one here, and only by rigns did they make their wants known. Tlu-y were disappointed to Mod tliat tlmusaiiu ot stone-cutters were out ot work, and as they had no means, of course they font id themselves iu Bellevue .IIospit.il, living at the expense of the city. They are tall, intelligent, flue-looking men, and having lieeu given tools, showed wonderful prcfi- cieiicy iu their art. What is to become of litem lieaven only kuows, Theje isn't work for oue-hnll the mechanics here, and new-comers fire badly. We could Sare Arylii.t enough stone-cutters to build over its entire territory. THE HEAT AND IlEALTIIi Never in thf history of the city lias tliere been so 'o tg a term ot heat. Vor almost a mouth the thermometer has kept up in ihe nineties, and for many days fogetlier going above a hundred f right ' along through the night as Well as day. The mortal! v aihoiig children has been fright fn'. Iu the lower part of thv city where tiny are bin Id ! d togtther in hd!y venti lated dens, where a hundred exist iu room Insufficient for a single tamliy, the poor iinioceuta liave died tv the thousaial. TIip physicians and clmrities have clone all that vvas possible, but, to littlg piirpo'sei The childreu could not live iu an atmos phere heated like a fUrnaee, iii which air ct wild not come ; aud tlieti their food was not such as would enable them to withstand tiii- di Mlifatliieffects of the "heat, and so. despite fif 'doctor and nurse, the little ones wvnt by tin- thousantl. , , In one of these buinaii hives in the lower part of the city. I Of.e hiiudreil and fifty children, died during the month. ' ' THE ICE dITl03t.';Vi ; Anil While ilie heat is so intense, and. conseqnentlv. the uses lor Ice multiplying, the ice companies, in the most, heartless manner, have doubled the price. - No one out of New York can appreciate how op pressive such a raise Is. The Water runs on an average fifty miles In -pipes, and be fore It reaches the consumer is a warm a dish-water. .k In fact U is entirely rmlif fjftr use. The ice business is in the bauds of two companies, aial being thus placed, it is a huge monopoly. To erect ice-houses on the Hudson, lobolld depots Iif the city, to buy thousands of horses, and to fit up thonsaikls of wagons to deliver the ice, re quires so much capital that competition Is impossible, and the whole city id left at the mercy of the two great corporations that are 1i the business. ., They a .fix their owu prices and -terms, and the people "are compelled, to submit. Cou.seque.itly :the thousands of people who are .using: ouly half what they should before Jthe raise, will be cou.ellMl to do wit him t It altogether, and a tearful liivrpa -e pt mortality may lie looked for. " But the roauairers of the tee companies will not tly have ice etiough c-b-..tnatnif for their Ice. ,f It Is a hot-rib! v . uirn viHenpniie, out Will luive UUh VI III lUtwK llllli t4 selfish world.. ; ... . --e-i-. . - THE -TILTONS. . The Tiltmi8 are still in trouble. Theo dore has taken the boy Ralph to his father's hmise in New Jersey", leaving Mrs. T. only one of the cltl!lren.'at which that lady de murs, ai d will take legal steps to get pos session, ilrs. Tilfon is in close straits to live. . Site litis kept boardem. but failing in that, has been reduced to the necessity .of sewing by the day. Mr. Tilton has sent her money time aud again, but she stub bornly refused to accept assistance from h'mi in any iorm. Tilton has tried to get money to her by romkl-about ways, so that she should not" know that it came from him. but iu every instance she lias detected his good intentions, and returia-d it. In one instance she sent back money that came- from a particular frieiid ot her mother, for fear that it came from Theo dore,- and no assertions to the1- contrary could make her believe but that he sent it. 8lie- i a smbljoni little woman, and will die before she will bo under obligation to lilui. .The old scandal U very likely .to be opened"ngaIn. ' By the way. Mr. Beecher ought to take Iter to the White Mountains. She is the only sufferer from tlie great scandal. ! ' PAT FOR LITERATURE. Occasionally an Uncle Tom's Cabin makes for its author $30,000 or 40,000, aud immediately every -scribbler in the country seizes pen and paper, ami expects to do 'likewise. They discover that this happens only once in a century. Geo. Win. Curtis never made $5,000 a ear with his pen, Bret Harte isn't worth a dollar, and never bad one ahead ; Grant White has a place in the Custom House, or lie would starve, and Partou makes about $5,000 a year out of fugitive writing, and lie finds it hard to get on. Gail Hamilton never received $ (5.000 in her life lor her work. In short, literature is the worst paid ot all the professions and whoever expects - to live by it may exiect to live on short ra tions. I know of hundreds of gifted men and women who have walked the streets tor years with their manuscripts, and who iiave not averaged $10 a week for their work The market is overstocked with merely good work, and it is only the strong est who even live. Keep out of it, unless you are sure you are one of the elect. business. Is still dead, with no signs of resurrection. 'l"he weather keeps everybody out. of New York, and the demoralized condition of trade everywhere keeps the "merchants from buying. The city is dead. Failures are less frequent, but it is only because there have been so many of tlieih heretofore. The weak ones are all "weeded out. IN POLITICS . I have to report that Tilden Ls losing every day, and Hayes and Wheeler are gaining. Tlie " Reform " Democracy, headed by John Morrissey and Tweed's old friends, have -shown their hands too soon. The merchants and solid men have too painful a remembrance of Tweed times, to put power in their hands again. New York will give the Republican ticket a majority as cerb.in as late. Make no mi-take about it, the Empire State is sure for Hayes. ' THE MENONITES. Five hundred Menonites arrived last week aud are now on their way to Nebras ka. These emigrants arc the best that come to the country. They are an intelli gent, hardy people, and are rich. Iu this party tlit re was an average of $1.3o& in gold (-r head. They are excellent tann ers, am) make tir-t-class citizens. Over l'f.UOO inore are preparing to coiner Tlie iihT- tisv better. PlETEO. ''Communicated. .Ilatriage. On East Portland. Aug. 1, IS70. A few thtaights u Romans vii. 2-3 : "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth ; but it the husband be. dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. S. then, if while her husband liveth, she be married to another man. she shall be called an adulteress; but ii her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man." From this apostolic ex position of the law of God -upon the sub ject of inatriinoriy.'we are fully sustained iu asserting that nothing short of the death of the husband can so exonerate the wife troin her marriage obligations as to leave her at liberty, to marry another man. That case's may and do sometimes occur iu which a wife may lawfully separate from her hus band, or a husband ' may put away his wife, we believe, the Scriptures are suffi ciently clear and to the pi tint. (See Matt, v. 32; also xix. 9.) Butiu no case do we find authority for such persons to marry again. - Cases may occur in which a sepa ration may take place against the -will of one of "tlie parties, and not for the cause mentioned iii Matt.1- xix 9;' but in sucli case the parties are forbidden " to marry again; "But unto the married I com mand, yet not I. but the Lord, let not the wife depart from her husband ; but if she depart let her remain unmarried, or become reconciled to her husband " (1 Cor. yii. 10, 11); Tne wife Ls bound by tlie law" as long as her husband liveth " (1 Cor. vii. 39J. - From tlaj plain testimony of the Scrip tures as referred to above, we give it as our decided conviction that no married wife can. nnder any circumstance whatever. marry another man while her h jsband is living, without involving herself in the crime of adultery ; nor can a mail marry again, while his wife lives, without involv ing the same sin. A "bill of divorcement. legally obtained may in the eye of our civil code disannul a former marriage can tract so that as far as he civil law is con ceriied, the parties may contract to live Iii adultery, and their issue be legally their heir; but the Bible -gives them no such liberty f nor has the God of heaven given any .authority to any earthly legislature to divide asunder jwhat God Iwe Joined to gether. IIow can a man, professing to be a minister of Jesus Christ, join such parties in a marriage contract that have been divorced from tbeir former companions t Can he- have tho. fear ,t God before his eyes? : - ..P. George. Ilalkck Grillhi returned iron Southern Oregon last weetrr"lre secured a fine stock ranch about Torry miles from ooose LKe, v. . I to which he expects to return , In about mi 1 .weeks. Ilainesard Bound. r "MoouTivftLiJ ialy !?.- Eb. Regkter : I am now on the home stretch. Expect to leave here for St. Louis, -Mo., someday this week, arriving bom between the 1st and 10th ot August., w li would live iu a country where it cooks you most of the summer, and fhen freeze ytnr all winter? Wheat Is Almost an entire failure In this section of the country thi season, awl so much rain has fallen to Cur that it is almost impossible to save that which is fit to harvest. The corn, except on-high ground and the ridges, looks very sickly indeed. Yours truly. Geo. W. Gray. An Incident. Last Friday evening a young aud handsome bachelor of this city -was out buggy-riding with a lair young lady. The young man. was supremely happy. But iu an unlucky , moment ho , drove into the canal, probably thinking his horse might be dry. Sad to relate, the animal was dry ; in fact he was cot u)y dry but, judging from his actions, he Im agined be needed a bath, tor .no sooner did he reach the center of the canal, and tho cooling water laved his sides, than he. in continently laid down. As the horse re fused to proceed further, the young lady had to 4.tako water," however disagree able it might prove, which she did, getting to dry land in good style by tlie aid of a plank. We don't think our young friend , will be in any haste to drive througli the canal again when he has a young lady in the buggy with hini. Lots of fun in Albany. A case of smallpox came up on the steamer John L,. Stephens last week. The health officer at Astoria failed to do hi duty, and the steamer came on up to Portland, instead of being quarantined there. Whether this failure of tlie officer to do his duty will result In spreading this loathsome disease over the State remains to be seen. We are iu hopes, however, that the prompt action of the Portland au thor!' li-s in removing the smallpox party to the hospital, and deodlrizing and disin fecting the steamer, will prove successful in preventing the contagion from spread ing. An ounce of prndeuce is worth a pound of cure, and if our citizens would vaccinate, be careful to remove dirt and slops from their premises, and use disin fectants freely, it might pay big dividends in the wry of health. . Focnd Dead. Harmon Swank, who resides hear Riownsville, was found dead in the mountains near Moose Lake, on Wednesday evening, tlie 2nd lust. ' He in company with James BV " Keeney and son ' went into the lake several days previous throuh an obscure trail, jpr the purpose of gathering blackberries, fishing, hunting, etc. On the day mentioned above" they -left camp iu the morning for the pur pose of gathering berries. Some distance -from their headquarters they discovered u. largo patch ol the article, and' commenced picking. While thus engaged Mr.; Swank became separated from his friends and was not seen by them again until several I tour later, when they accidentally came upon his dead body. The body .was brought out-, to Wilholt's soda springs, Thursday of last week. - ' ;,'... - Providential Escape. The second sou . of Mr. James Elktns had a close call re cently. Mr. Elkins and'fatnily, on their V way to Ochoeo, camjied at, or near. Fish " Lake. ' Iu the morning while getting ready to resume the journey, the lad mounted a -young horse that Is tender-mouthed, and in attempting to turn him around the ani mal made a misstep, precipitating himself and rider down an embankment ten or fif teen feet. Providentially no damage re sulted, as the boy only complained ofx slight headache as the result of tlx toll. - - Fire. A fire last Friday night burned down a little shanty on tho bank of the Willamette a few rods west of Althouse Ar Go's, planing mills. The alarm was given about niiduight. The fire department was oil land promptly. No. l'a getting the first Water on to the tire. " Owing to not having prepared kindling, No. 2s steamer wa longer than usual iu getting up steam. Tea . fire was put out, and both engines safely housed before 1 o'clock. "A lady visiting tba Singer Sewing Ma chine Co's. building on tlie Centennial grounds, Philadelphia, and receiving ticket numbered 2,000000, will receive the ma chine of a similar number manufactured by the Company," says an exchange. All our lady readers will want to go to the Centennial worse than ever, now.. ' ' Very few men hare minds evenly enough " balanced to indulge in a moderate chew of tobacco, provided tliey are taking ft out of - somebody else's poach I v . i , n.-. ' A A Doable Dana-' Avertea. 1 The Inhabitant of a malarious region Is - threatened by a double dangers He 1 not - - only compelled to breath miasma, but to , twallow It, since it infects not only tho at-. mosphere but the water. The aerial poison m threatens his system through the lungs and pores, the liquid through the Stomach. Aurainst this double petti there Is but one protection, and thalTu to invigorate the m , entire bodV through the dative and se- , 7 ' tiVe organs, tbrdlnary tonics usually ei. Kttters never. In the t- s, where. the diseases orfginated r " - -- - , ..ti-iaaroof a Ur more maii&mu j .n those origin-. ions -rfi-- - -- -' -r, by the same cause in tlie tempera to... i; eone it enjoys immense miu cuuswtiujr i i . . lrm a im! r iitii'A Ib lift nm -t:l fn t . , iln..t- luknwA Ir fa iutf trltk. wt imi ? rm" ".. tillS CrOI-1 IIWV v. iao , aw as- aavw -ware .-MSftii..ii i... Ed.. 4.m Bnttarstcif I CuVfirC A rtVa t I (Ailar'Lui-a of the fitoaiach, Hver and bowels, procj-e3- " "" 4 s : 7 4