Ws "- i Htf&ItfJZSS CARDS. da this Sp&es Foil? TrTeeks. .Ootiietliitig- ew i i : ; v N. B. KUMI'IlREt, Agent. . viihss . JOHN BRIGGS T AKES THIS OPPOIITUX1TT TO INFORM k is friend and the public generally, that la bow settieu in ms MEW BUSINESS HOUSE, t ha old etand next door to P. C. Harrier ft Co wbare can be found as great an assortment and aa targe atoca 01 Stoves and Ranges aa earn toe-found in any one house thia aide of peruana, ana at as LOW PRICE. ALSO CastIror?J Brail St Enameled .,..... r ; in great variety. Also, rjrii Cialvtaiiized and.. foil. Coppcrware .atwav on hand-, and niade to order, AT LIT' ma KATK9. .Albany. October M, 1875-SvS CITY DRTJC STORE. , Corner First aa! EilS"Wcrti it., kwiAXt, ORECOX. It. SALTMARSH, Has again taken' charge of tile City Drug Store, it ;, - - .Tlit a; pdrcbawl the entire interest, of C. W naw. anrcencdr to A. CarotUeis ft Co., and is mow receiving; 1 Splendid 2Te Stock, w atdT'i to tlie-former, renders it Terr eoaa plate in all the different departments. Faeiiax assured that all can be suited in both . . . Quality aai Fries; lse eordially invltrs Jiw old friends and custom sa give Blu a oath if 111 reeel-o Immediate and careful attention ast nil tonr, y and aUst. Para Wines and Liquors for medlclna wrpsni. , It: SALTJIARSII. Oat.M.'77-tTiO fclTY MARKlET S First street; f (fodrs Wast of Ferry, . jiiiBAN'r. I : ., , ortEtiON. SOXsACZEBS SB CrCSTZ, Prop's: h 1TIXA nnreliaied the Cltv Market. I will kMn constantly on handall kindsof Meats -aka rerr best to lo obtained in the market, I will strire at all times to meet the wishes of all who mar favor me with their patronaze, Tfce public ifenerally are invited to call at my iks visa Is Mt of irtetu, ti5Tue hishest aasai Brie paid for FORK. .... . 51 v 1013 Ktw Cstdil New Departure! t::LLi:;inY and dhessakiuq. . MRS. Or Xi. PARKS. TT4YIXB 4crtA:n TJe MtLLINERT 1m. Slore lately owned by Mrs. C P. IMvis and psyinf jdst added thereto a new invoice of late Chile llilliaexTV Triaaia. Bnnnets, Hats. c., takes pleasure In inviting thIadieor Allwtty and vicinity to call and 1 - t..m. iImmuIom All will K. MM at prices tnat ciiy eompeii'ion Harint; secured the services of first class r Dressmaker! f aas tMwnartid tm eut. At. arid moke drosses in any style desired, at short notice and inasatis faetory manner. frark akinr Clothtna; for children a specialty Storeon north side of First, eastpf Ellsworth Sweat. , Too are a vueu io can. it R9. O. L. PARKS. 1 . .- 7.I879- i Zafilli la ladi- ;3SemBdis' ' " ' . A Sure Snot Fr . FEVER OtjE. Kuitixa a Losa remdSscjs' sA-iioxo XJ the Indian tribua of the eoaat and the iato rtmpt I have had the good fortune to discover, front the "Medicine" men f.the several twbe: aad from other souroes, a niuntter nf-romedies tor dioeases incident to this oountryfonnsist in of roots, herbs and bark, and-havinx been aoiieited by many people of thia -valley, who nave trtat ,nd nmvMf Hi. m,,,r -.r hm 4 - 5 Mease, to procure and ojT.:r ttie sumo for sajis, i winuntaiiioi annouaeinif -to all thati. v x. m kmw, i- nav,-naean oxieno-. d tonr through the mountains ud vUtrvn. and have secured certain of theaa remedies watch are a sure cure tor and Asrtte. ""S a-i)V4s; from Asm who- desire t - wirawitrnt nri strong's store on- Htr)t, where IwiU furnssh the rensediesu ti-tsniiiig a radical cure or I will demwnd no k J?mediJ im tip in ) inckaVes. 'li l if IS and P xpenses euariw.td to Ao-ts V I I Oiiidt fawe. 6UAW Co., A uir .. Maine , Vlln33yl LEGAL. t.. rZ.lXK. Q. K. CIIAMBKKLAIW. FLIXX St CHAMBERLAIN, Attorneys at Law. ALBANY, - OKEQOlf. OFFICE- It. Fester's new brick block, flrat ddbr to the left, up stair. vllnlS 3. C. rOWCLL. -. W. f. BtMTEV. po vell a bil rjstr, Attorneys at Law and Solicitor . in Chancer)-. ALBANY, OBEGOK. COLLECTIONS promptly made on all points. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. Office in Foster's new block. - nlivll : J. K. WEATIIERFORD, (XOTAKY PCbLiC.) Attorney at Law, A LB AX Y, : j OEKGOX. WILL PRACTICE IX TIIK JIFJ1KRKST court of the State. Special Rttentiongiv- cn lu coueciitma ana proiu) umiiers, JCK In Odd Fellows' Temple. Ii47vlO D. B. M. BLAt-KBl'IH, ATTORNEY, AT LAW. ALIIAXY, f t OftKUOX. PKOMPT ATTEXTlOX VIVEX TO ALL business. S2vS I. B. HUMPHREY. C, . WOLTEKTOM. Humphrey & Wolverlon, Attorneys ami S'eanselora. rit Law TIT I L I. PRACTICE IV ALL THE COURTS ot tiiiohtate. OFKiCK in Froman's brick (up stairs; Aioany, u recoil. lint! L.. II. MONXAXYE. Attorney at Ta.w9 ta.vr, oneaoif. OFFICE tl stairs, over John Brings' store, on FlrSt street. vllnlS Cj. II. HEWITT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offlcr, Old At dficr Building, Albany, -Oregon. TTILL PRACTICE in the different Courts of V T the State. vllnSi I. M. COX LEY, ATTORNEY, AT LAW. OFFICE-In Tarrish block, north side First street, Albany, Oregon. All business promptly and carefully attended to. vlln.VJ UEDICAL. I) II. II. J. CIirRCIIILL, ttnle Fnysleiaav aad Karteaa, OFFICE - In Parrish's brick, Albany. Oregon. Chronic diseases a Specialty. Can be lound at mr office at all hours of the day or nisht. JT. SI UT1AX, 91. !., (SUCCESSOR TO PR. BBIWEH.) . Lt . i.1 OFFICE AND RESIDENCE -On S'DIW! S'., near Albany Engine Co. No. One's engine house. Albany, Or., Jan. 9, 1880-Yl2nl5 S. II. SAVAGE, H. D., Physician and Surgeon, Fromans's Brick, up stairs, Flrat street. x Albany, vlinlu C: C. KELLY, 211. I., PHTSICIA2T 25 STTSGE01T. ALBANT, t t OSEUOS. OFFICE N MrlLlrAINU BRICK BLOCK. Resldchcu one door north of broom facto ry, Lyon street. Ilvl3 D. W. BAtLAKD, M. p; J; It. rOWlLL, M. . BALLARD St POWELL, Phyaitians & Snrgeotls, KEUANON, OREOON. OrrtCB At Lelmnon Drug; Store. 12n2 JIIXIIIS F. WEIITIXG, ARTIST, Fresco, Sign, Scene, Iictcirial Paintinrr. DESIGNINO A SPECIALTY. Rooms 8 and 7, 1'arrlsh block. corner First and Ferry rtreets, Albany, Oregon. X3. 0 CLARif, SrtXSSOlt TO J. B. WY ATT, dealer in Heavy and Shelf Hardware, . Iron, Steel tutsl MerlianleV Tools, First door eaot of S. K. Younp, ALBANY, (vllntO! OREOOif. JAMES DANNALS, Dealer and Manufacturer of SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS No Veneering; No Sham. Also Oregon A5i, Manle and Pine Suit. Sprinsr Bels, Pure Hair Matrasses. Also Moss. Wool. Pnln and Straw Bed On. Wand Knd utade at lowest Rates. Work atirt S-ods warrarted as repri Corner Seconal and Ferry Kta. I as renressntel.. tlbiwy. GO Jewelers, Albany, Oregon. tEGCLATINU TIME-PIECES 4 REPAIP XV lng Jewelry a specialty. Coll. . yllnl7 enmea. (PtGfi week In your own towii, $ outfit free. A3 vM.f No risk. Reader, if von want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay il I ha time when they work, write for par ticular" H. HAX.I.ETT A Co., rortland, Me. - Hanron of at Ljmctt Court. BY CALVIN B. m'dOXALD. On the morning of joly 5th, 1851 mere were some nve thousand peopl in and about the town of Dowtileyille traders, packers and gamblers throng ing the village, ihdiiflrtona miners at work in the silver-beds anil banks and among these I was engaged on a branch of the river, a mile or so from the cen ter of activity. The gold seekers were scattered along so close together that continuous line of vocal telegraph was available tor several miles. About 10 o'clock in the morning the cr; of "Mur derl" came up the river, quickly re peated from ono to another, and, aa the oat-cy was aniftwally earnest iul start liug, all the miners dropped their tool and made for the river bank to observe thing. Everybody was running to ward town, tour or five hundred i eight and all under full headway. Of course; our party went, too. At the scene of action we found a vast throng surrounding a small clapboard shanty and within a raiuer was lying dead hapriened to be one of the few who crowded in. The man was lying on the puncheon floor, and had breathed tiia last. The floor ; eloped a little the rude structure of the tenement, and a broad stream of blood had flowed from his breast as much as ten feet There was hardly any perceptible ex citement until alter the murdeied man had expired, and then began that om'n ous deathly buzz which is so expres sive and threatening oil the Border, where there is no law but that of supe rior strength and no justice but that of popular impulse. 'tVlio was be?" "Who killed him ?" 'Where is the murderer?" were the inquiries repeated a thousand titties over, and presently the crowd began to surge in a particular direction, indicat ii g tliat the homicide Lad been dis covered. The man killed was Joseph Cannon, an Englishman, who ! had come from Australia a mao of giant stature and strength, considerably above mx feet in highland weighing perhaps 230 ponn Is The person who killed him was a Utile Mexican woman, from Mazatlan, uouou. ally small even for her diminutive race. Cannon . was a good-natured, carousing miner, and very popular with his asso ciates, who were chiefly English and O -1 ..a .a i . ocoicn satiors wiin tne usual propor tion of "Sydney ducks,as Australian people were then called, i On the night of the 4th, immediately preceding the murder be bad been o a spree, and "ran all night" with his rough friends, who in their hilarious j intoxication, went about knocking at people's doors, and making them get up to drink no body minding that, then ; the sailors had plenty of money and were disposed to throw it around lavishly. In the course of their raid Cannon and his ca rousing friends kicked at the door of a certain clapboard shanty, which having only frail, leathern hinges, fell in, and the rude visitor ran away. The cabin was inhabited by a young Mexican and his reputed wife. The man dealt monte in a neighboring saloon, and the woman took in washing. In the state of socie ty at that time the two were living respectably and by their united exer lions were making money. The wife was rather a pretty little woman, show, ing the Indian features Wry disfinctlyV and was about 24 years j eld. It was sai she had been of loose character. ana had killed two other men but of that I never had any authentic jufofma tion, a'nd so far" as their lieihrrVsaid, the pair were living honestly and rVpu. fab'y, with no more f candle than gener ally fell to the lot of a young and good lookiPff ro'rnao in those ioagTi oid times. . On the following morning having somewhat recovered from his debauch, Cannon heard he had .broken into the family V; door and rted off to pay the damages and make an apology. While standing o'ri the outside, talking in broken Spanish to the Mexican, Can. norij placed a band on each door post, andwhile iathat situation the woman p'rang out from a place of concealment, and with a long, sharr bowie knife subbed huff throftgli'tTw"4center of the breastbone and clear into the bean. Tfie blow mast bve Iseen tremendous, to tins have cntthroofii bis strong andj gigantic anatomy, uannon reeled back into tbe middle of lbe treet, 'fell with a groan, and waa carried into an unfinish ed house, where the roufder cry was given, aa related in tbe foregoing. Cannon having been a popular leader among the , rougher sort of miners, a .-: :.- ! fir ; , . ; ' cloud of indignation rose rapidly an( with ominous portent. There was a standing-feud between the rusty looking miners and the flashy dressed gamblers ; the homicide woman belonged to the latter class, and woman though she, was, it was resolved that she must die. The crowd continued to increase and gather resolution and fury ; the woman had not only murder, ed a' popular miner, but she was the wife of one of the hdted tribe of gam blers ; and die she must! Some of the more humane citizens offered to in to fere and stay the horrid proceedings, but they were at once intimidated and put downne or two of die more demon strative having been driven out ot the villigte lo fear of their lives! . A lynch court was summoned, and twelve jury men eagerly responded. One or two lawyers volunteered tor the prosecution, but none for the defense, .There had been a Fourth ot July celebration the day before, and the shed, something like a campmeeting preacher's stand, was still there ; and to that Judge Lynch and his court, together with the prisonej-, repaired, and the triai began. A leading physician, Dr. Cyrus D: Aiken, tvho died recently in Downie ville, an honored citizen, was called as a witness, and wishing to save the poor wretch, gave hi3 opinion that she was eucien'e; a howl of inbred nlity was raised and he was driven from the stand, had to fly the town, and durst not return foi- two days.. A cettnin Mr. Thayer, from Nevada, undertook to make a speech in defense of the priton- er, but he was kicked off the platform and the crowd below opening a gang. way he was beaten off the ground driven across the river, and fled up the hill, leaving his 'hat and mule behind him. A certain man with a white bandage on his head, took (an active part in the prosecution, aided by a young lawyer who thought to gain popularity with' the miners. The trial lasted four hours, a rope leaving been thrown around a small enclosure, like prize ring, and every now and then the crowd would make a surge, break, ing down the ropes and interrupting the proceedings. Nobodv had the courage to face the furious mob and speak for the woman, who sat' with the stolidity and coolness of an Indian wsr- rior in council. The Hon. John B. Weller, who was then running for Con gress, was at the hotel overlooking the lynch court and was requester to go out find speak to the people, but he de clined. Aa the delicate condition of the prisoner had been suggested, a com mittee of doctors was appointed, who took her . into an adjacent house, made an examination and retried to the court that the statement ot her situa tion was untrue. She was then found guilty, sentenced to be hanged, and given four hours to prepare fdr death All along the prisoner had borne her self with the stolid fortitude belonging to her race. In the interval the doom ed woman made her verbal will, gave away her little property tor the use of her various frSbuds, and then was ready for the awful moment when men trem ble and pray j but not so that little in. Carnation ot human heroixm, as she looked out ait the preparation of the scaffold. The gallows -was constructed on a bridge over he Yuba' river, at the lower end ot the town. In the middle ie bridge had two n'prigTits and a oea'm overhead almost a ready made scaffold. A piece of scantling was lashed across from one post to the other, abont four feet fforri the flooring ;' the tope and tioose were in ilace i a' stenladder was procured tor the prisoner to ascend to the scantling- which answered the purport of a judo " The prisoner and her few terrified' friends came down the street fn a melancholy little corn pal nfi and op on the bridge np to the foot ot the fallow There she shook hands wiin ana iook V pt her friends, and ascended the ladder with a firm agile step. Standing on the narrow scant ling, while "a deal sflenco Ttrcvfliled if iththevast ciowd of spectators, she took off A fnWa hat. which she had borrowed to wear to the gallows, and deliberately and' skillfully shied it over! ip.e neaas or the crowd to its owner jejst wks ot straw, and'sailed on the wind , V pasta-board card do when tJ'fowa. - Then she twisted op and fixed her Iprij black ti!r4 nootbed . dbir'ri her dress,, placed the noose t found her ucck in the proper manner and raising her hand, which she refused to have tied, said, 'Adios, senors !' Tbe signal was the firing, of a pistol. Two then stood with axes to cut the tope and let fall the scantling upon which the woman stood. In his trepidation, one ot them missed bis aim, and failed to cut the rope, so that only one eud o the timber fell and the poor creature lodged in her fall. There Was a cry ot horror, from the crowd, with fierce oaths at the awkwardness ot the accursed hangman ; but another blow dropped the timber and the body swung. The rope was new and commenced untwist. ing the body whirling aroundtintil many turned away , deathly tick- at heart. But in a few moments Juanita. was dead. .. v ,. . This, terrible scene was witnesseJ by most of the few women,. who had then come to the place, and two of them had their children in their arms , and it is not long since I read the marriage notice of those infant spectators, now beautiful and accomplished young women. The body was at length taken down and carried to her poor abode, where it was hoped to revive her. A clapboard was torn off to give air ; but when it was given out that she was not dead, the brutal crowd rushed in surrounded the house and swore that if not dead she should be hanged again! Hut Juanita wai -beyond the reach ot their vengence. f?ark came on, and still tiger-like many ot the savage wretches stayed round the house all night. On the lollowing day Cannon and his slay er were buried near together on the hill side, and their half obliterated and for gotten graves may still be found, if. indeed, the gold diggers have not dis- emb'bWled and washed away that prim itive oemetery. I -saw the graves and their faded inscription as Idle as 1862. About . fifteen years ago, when as- cending.the Feather river to MarysViUe, I heard that a m&n was dying on the lower cfeck ot the boat and on going to see, at once recognized the 'man will the white bandage on his bead,' who had beeu a leader ot the mob thirteen years oeiore, wnen tne woman . was bung in Dowuieville. He was dying miserably and friendless, and his re mains were left at liuba. I had for- gotteti his name, but he was the identi cal leader ot the lynch court, as was afterwards ascertained. The young lawyer who led the Prosecution after- wards ran for the Legislature, but was beaten because ot his participation iu that shameful affair, ami, about eigh teen years ago, he was killed by Indians in Nevada Territory. Nearly all the prominent actors in the tragedy are in ban rrancisco and will recognize tbe accuracy of this sketch. f It has been said that Major Jack Strathlau took part in and urged on the mob ; but, having beon an eye wit. uess ot the whole affair, from first to last, I hereby certify that Jack had no hand it, but on the contrary tried to save the woman from death. To have offered to do more than he did, would have produced his forcible expulsion from the town, and the destruction of his place. This,J I believe,; is the onfy accurate and circumstantial account ot that tragic affair that has ever been given to the public by an eye witness. For many years it was regarded as a stigma on the character ot Downieviile ; but the chief actors end most, ot the spectators have long since passed from this scene, There is no end. to the gullibility of the public and of worthy scientific men. A few days ago an account of a pcrpet- nal-motion machine was telegraphed from the wilds or Illinois, it was vouched for by some Chicago scientific roan. iSow comes a report that tne Pro'esflor of tbe Mineral Department of the British Mnseum has publicly an nounced the "entire success" ot J. Bal- lantyne Hannay'd experiment in mak ing artificial diamonds. Doubtless the value of gems of the first water will not suffer to any appreciable extent nntil the ?nny Soot turns out his crystal ized carbon by the bushel. England has taken Herat away from Af fs'- ghniiiMan and givcu iMp, Persia' as a, re. Tvard to thft latter fos her Assistance in the struggle, with the Afghans,. It is I he west erly key .oi Alghanlstan, .aryj. sSbrtla the ofilyrp'jpach to Western Ifidla,. Jt has. long been viewed as an ," outpost of the British empire of the east against .the er- croachnjents of Russia. A rnllroad Is to be built by EngTnnd from Teheran, .the capital or Persia, southward to Persian gulf, which will be wholly on Persian territory, and will open communication to within seventy miles of the Caspian sea. Antmato. Slgnor Antonio, many tlmps und oft VVder 51 Ito yoU hve bs'l me About rny;mrney, und said dot I took more Interest in a year. As der brinclpal was com to ! Still have I. borne all dose mlt A patient shrug. For. vat you call It? sufferance? Vas de badge of all onr tribe : Yon call me bad names Miibelievcr, ctit-thront, son uv a gun. Cheep Slion. and so on. Veil, den, it now appeared -Dot you need my helup I You come to me nnd yon said. Mister Sliylock. old poy, I vonlrt Like to borrow dree dotisand dollars Till next Saturday t you said so? You dot haf booted one, ttW' dn?e' T1 tlrriesi j Und spurned me from your threshhold" IJke a tog. Ajoncys Is your suit then t By goodness, yon have mow -shrek As a book agent, t S&mld t not said i Hurt tog money? De a son fry a itq ' . - Keep a bunk account ?' . ' : Didn't It been sn Impossibility Dot a cur should lend yon.. Dree dousarid dollars? , OK . .' ; . SJmll J.bcnd low. iinrl in a hnrlim,n, Mlt bated breath find vhiapereti humbleness tjrwu 11.13 ; Fair snr.yon spiton me on Vedqesday last, You epuhied me on ThHrsdsv, On Friday yofi told me to vine off Mine shine off; A under dime vou called me Old stick-In-der-mud : Und. now, for dose l!ngs I lend you a five cent nickle Ind topk .n morfgnge ' Ou ybtir old paid head ! Don't It? Another Railroad Boom. We are reliably Informed that the Frank fort committee of the bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad Co. have nnder consideration ,the construction of branch roads from the. main line of their road to Silverton in Marion . county, and from Albany to Lebanon in t,lnn county. A meeting, we leant, has been called and will meet in a few days to decide finally upon the matter. There is no doubt bitt that the construction of the branches will be authorized and work commenced at once. Tlie branch from Albany to Leban on has been a matter of negotiation be tween the people of the last named town and Mr. Kohler for ome time ; and is : now brought before the committee by that gentleman, who is at present in Germany, In pursuance ot his understanding with the citizens of Lebanon. ', The construction ot the Oregon and Cat itornla railroad will be a great benefit to the people of Marion and Linn -counties, tnd will be especially advantageous - to the towns of Silverton and Lebanon, each ol wbich-wlll be a terminus of a branch road and will necessarily become the wheat depot and center of trade of a considerable section of country.;. This will be more es pecially the case if the people of the east side should not succeed in getting the pro jected narrow guage railroad. We hope the expectations ot the officer of the com pany will be realized, and we shall be able to announce soon that the. construction of . i i . . . -? . . ' . . mcse orancnes nas Deen autnorized by tbe bondholders. The farming class do not figure very largely in the present Congress ot the United States. ; The American Ccrrespond. ence classifies the members as follows : The Senate is composed of 78 members. of whom 59 are members of the legal pro- tesjion. ut 233 representatives, 219 are lawyers. .. The President and Vice-Presi dent of the Republic and almost all the heads of the departments are also lawyers There Is only one physician in tbe Senate and slin the House. In the Senate there are also eight merchants, one journalist, two planters, two agticulturists, oue bank er, one mine owner, an 3 only one- person witjiotttiry professions "retier," as they would be called iu Europe. In the House there are twenly40 merchants, five bankers, three capitalists, two Inventors, five manufacturers, two professors, twelve farmers, one architect, four journalists, two Clergj meii,' one stone-cutter, one In surance agent, two cabinet-makers, and three agents of transportation Hues. feelore timber steps are taken to popu larise the electric light It would be well to appoint a committee pt experts to de termine the effect of that agent on tbe organ of sight. It is, the Lancet thinks, by no means certain that the light can be used for ordinary purposes such as-read ing and writing, without Injury. In any event this is a matter for Investigation, and the issue raised is too serious to be treated without due consideration; : There is a question, that some peculiar effect Is produced by this agcqt ; and it the physi cal effects on the organism are. In any de gree proportioned to the sensation, they can scarcely be without consequence. The inquiry should, tor the sake, of the in ventors and the pub He, be undertaken and completed without needless delay. Professor Collier of the 'AjrtcUltuWl De- pai tment, has several barrels of excellent sugar: on band, niade ttata sofghutri and cornstalks. He says that bis observation warrants the .statement that tbe cause of previous failures- on the part of experi menters hi. making Ugar from sorghum Is. toJ ioqud.Jn the facttJutt ther iuvari- bly cut ills stalks too' enr.ly Jo jhe season, hystalk .must be rully.Diature and ripe before sirup will crystatize. . : v The beet-sugar crop ot Europe. Is fUis. yjeajr estimated at 1,0 10,000 tons,-. befng 11U.UW tons mora than last yeas, and the cane sugar crop of the United States "la . nlacad at S(XflfsVhoelwada this St. l. . ra o - v v( iwiu ouble the quantity ever produced before, yet this aggregate amount is smatt com pared with the world's product. Bnylock to :: . . . Whooping cough Is waking the echoes about Canyonvi'le. Horse iraclng Is the regular Saturday amusement at Mola'.Ia. Stock In Josephine county Is faring bet' V terthan n many other local i tie?. The editor of the Jacksonville Time' la' presideut of the literary association of that. citv. : .' -' r-oner langnlshoiS" In- the Rosebnrg jiti. .or obtaining a pair of. hoots nnder -false pretences. - - - '. Kepojta front Lake county are again iV favorable, ami a heavy loss of stock la that section is anticipated, v- r V .. A literary.soeleti to which ladies are ad mitted on eorial teims witb neii, has bcea. started at Jacksonville. ..y. It Is feared that sohwjfjf tba ?it f tat uc-.u sown; in Jac, on county will V uuii, auu rcsowing D,ecesstcateu- r-r- Mr. Thomas Brown of Oardon fn.ii has been as disastrous to UaffSTas county interests as was the w inter of 1861-62. Walla Walla dismisses fear of a grass.' hopper raid. The last snow and ireeze "fixed them." At Spoksn Falls, says the Times.Honr U selling at. the grist mill at six dollars and a halt and seven dollars per barrel. Y. Lake county will soon be called upon to pay- her indebtedness to Jackson county ; an execution will be issued to facilitate matters. r A lodge of Champions of Honor, a new temperance organization lately In trainee In this State, wms recently founded at Ash larirt, with 28 charter members. ' The grand jury recommend the build ing of a new court house at Jacksonvili. the present one being uncomfortable, in convenient and tiiitU to transact the busi ness ot the count v iu. Work in the quicksilver mine In Douev las count is progressing finely. The re- tort constructed by Dr. Chase, of Califor nia is almost ready for ttsei mid they will soon begin to boil out the quicksilver. A first class anality of lime, has been discovered fvo miles west ot Dsiliae. The mine is owftcd by C. Q. Ito well, M. M. Ellis and T..i)tiiler. : The Pendleton " school teacher' was ar-. rested and tried for assault and battery7 upon one of his pupils. The charge wasr not sustained auu the peuazogue was dis charged. The Port Madison mill nrorjertv has been sold for $11,000. The mill is now- running on two hand's. time, and cutthur. about, 55,000 feet daily. . - Whatcom county has granted tour 1iquor licenses to men intending to petldlo' out fortr-rod whisky on the nnrwr waters ol the Skagit and at the mines. t , The wood supply ot Jacksonville la growing short or. account ot the.- tmusu' amount consumed and the bad roads which render hauling almost impossible.,- p Company F, 2ist Infantry, Capt. Riley, now at Fort -Klamathi,-Oregon, has been, ordered to Vancouver" Barracks as soon as the roads are in condition for tbe march to . Roseburg. Dr. X. G. Blalock,-C. W. Colby and Tft S. Colby, with a capital stock of $50,000, are now duly incorporated as a flume com pany for the purpose of constructing a flume to extend from the bead waters ot I lie north tork ot the Walla Walla river to Milton. , The Walla Walla Watchman says :' Xtt less, than fifteen men Iett the city lately in search ot land. Everybody wants: It. We expect a bisr slamnfdB .wf Spring, but Wheat Will be wheat, for ail (hat. . . ' Mr. Pate, supervisor of one of the Wnrl- on county districts, has attached tlie bag gage of a company ot ChiiHtTherf; worklnr near Jefterson. for theh- road tat. and l celestials have carried tlie matter to the courts. . j A petition is now in circulation In TVn Ja3 county praying for tlie construction ef Kiiiumisi- a, uio niomnoi tne UinpqUa river, on the South side. The nearest lghthouse. to that harbor is that on n n. Blanco.' thfrtV' eiiles south. Th mm. merce of the river, and of the coast, de mand the lighthouse as desired, and the. petition is meeting witb the signatures ot everyone. : ... Thomas S. Wilks writes from Green ville, Washington county, as follows. In, your issue of the 2it inst. I noticed an item regartling a little daughter ot Mr. Backus' having died of starvation. I have the word Of two men from Jehalem, viz t- Mn W-eed- and Mr. Knight both nelirhv bors of Mr. Backtis that the'.etfltement is. false In every particular. The tacts are as -follows: On the day ot the storm Mn Backus was in Washington county, and he started home two .or three days afier. He experienced much .difficulty in srettino over the road and was oVer two days mak ing the trio, liis family were not desti tute, as was stated, nor did he go to SLi' Helens, tor he would hare to pass thfoug?i the settlement te get to St. Helens. . His- child died ot some disease resembling a congestive chill. ... , - non. T- W. Davenport -recently sold hi farm neajr Silverton tor $12,000.. -u. . : Reports from Lake county "are not favorable, and a heavy loss of stock hi that section Is anticipated. - T. B.. Odeneal has organized Banner : Lodge Jfo. 23, -A. O. U. W.,-at Jackson ville. . Some ot the best men iu that place are members. . - 4 The new Iron steamer Cotmnbia, 333 fot-t long. 35 feet -beam and 23 feet depth t -hold, built for the Oregon Steamship Com Danv. was launched at Roach's yard. Chester, Pa., on the 24th. The Xew XbrteiTinies Is authority tor the- statement that the vegetable known as the; Jerusalem artichoke is neglected without cause, and that its merits warrant le a place among our regular table vegetables. A tew use it as a pickle, but It is claimed that as. a boiled vegetable it has a, delicate flavor of Its o wo which faintly recalls the truffle and that it is really excellent. It t even better when used, after boiling, int cold salad, and as stuffing fof . foivJs; and the component part of soiip Iff U filghly recomended. In conclusion It Is-eafd -that - at this season ot the j ear w hen. tlie addition ot a alngle vegetable is of decided advan- tage,nene have better claim lor a posUIoti at the -table, tlian the Jerusalem artichoke.. But it seems to have the Ul fata to l'i?3 a bad name and is shunned in cc-oseu.--:-: . It is exceedingly hardy and yieU-i jo vr." that It )3 hard to s'-in ressi It '.vhia t -.C"J started.