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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1880)
ALBAXY, CKESOX, APRIL 30, 18S0. "Death lows a shining mark.'" Before the dawn of Sunday morning Inst, at his home bi CorwllLs all that, was mortal .of AVh. It. Carter had passed away. lie bad but recently returned from California, wher Jte bad tpenttlie Winter. Imping to improve his healthy ml returned looking and feeling much Improved. About Ave fng his labors at ; his ofllce. lie rejmired to his. bone, suffering sonrewli.it. as lie said, from rheumatism. . lie retired for 1he night at the usual hour, but about ten o'clock, we believe, he was attacked by a severe palt m the foot, and physicians were immediately sent for. Tlie pain iu the foot was very severe, atul the untiring efforts of two physicians only succeeded tn removing It after several liours of un to kl suffering by the patient. When ttie mln left him, brother Cahtek was sitting Up In the bed ; a momeut afterward he tell back oil his pillow, dead. And thus jiass . ed away one ol Orson's flit .and noblest citizens, true Christian and a noble, honest man.. . , B. Cartes was a native of-Spring 'felJJiasnipti county. Illinois. Gros tnjfijH Willi li. R. Biiidle. fferraiins, he lias remained a cit'cn of Oregon ever since. . For a time he was 'connected wlth'the "Advocate ot Portland, bote some twelve years since he removed to CorvallU and took charge ot five Ga zette at that place, and he continued in the management of that journal until bisdeatb. Two years ago be was elected State Print er, and bad efficiently served out about lialf his term ol office. Had lie lived un til June lie would have been 40 years of mgr. - . lie was buried at CorvallU on Monday afternoon, under tlie auspices of I lie Good Tempkirs trom the City Hall, which was crowded to the utmost capaci ty.' Gentlemen were In attendance to do lienor to the dead from Portland, Salem. Albany and other points. Kev. Mr. Cb ro ll rtain. of the Methodist Church, deceas ed pester, preached - a most impressive sermon, paying the highest tribute of re spect to bis memory. Brotlier Caktf.h possessed tlie respect and friendship of all who knew him, and he leaves a mem ory tmtarnlshed by a single act unworthy of an honest, upright man. He leaves a wife and one son, to wliom tlie almost countless friends ot deceased unite lit ten dering their liearttelt sympathies in tlie tad liour ot tlieir bereavement. ilat j KdaeatioB. , lows has passed a compulsory education law, fait It they don't soon pass a compul sory honesty law In that Stat? tliev cannot put Into effect their educational law, for tlie Republican-officials have gobbled op nearly their entire school fund. Democrtd. Out friend ot the Democrat lias fallen in to a grave error In ascribing tlie robbery f the school fond 1, Iowa to tlie Repnb licaa'officbd.' .d be stated tliat a Dem ocratte' 3cbb6-)' done the stealing.- lie weald have told the whole truth. Com ing from : jowa, -. .the editor of the Dpmo rrut should be tolorably. posted, at least, in the past history of his party in tliat State; and we sniposehe is, but that 'Intelligent compositor," -Who Is continually! getting In bts work la the .wrong place, must have. 'Vhanged ; copy" on tlie General. Her Is the history of the wliole. . matter, as relates to the school fund of Iowa, as given us by an old . resident of the State: Tlie last Democratic State officer of Iowa was a Mr. "Fads, who was elected Superin tendent of Publ'a, Instruction. Kads got away with about one hundred thousand dollars belonging, to tlie . school . fund, while acting as sticb officer, and dug out from the State. And altliougb Republican efSctals have tved tlie utmost exertions In efforts to secure at least a portion' of tlie stolen funds from Bads' bondsman, tliey have tailed, the bondsmen being financially Irresponsible." : On reason why Hon. M. C. George will, receive aoch an overwhelming majority, la the fact that the people of Oregon de sire a mm in Congress, not an automaton, a machine ; a man ot brains, with energy and courage to " press his convictions to successful conclusions. They want a man whose abilities and personal integrity ot character will command tlie respect of his associates, and wbo will wield an influ ence itlw were the only Republican mem ber tn the Houee. Mr. George will com mand attention by his ability, and his hon caty and earnestness, of purpose will do more In securing the aid Oregon needs in one session than the present incumbent could secure in a long . Jlfe. While Mr. WMtiakerjnay be all that ts claimed for him In the way .of honesty, he lacks in en ergy, push and ability. ;i He is too old to learn ; and, as he himself acknowledges, be feels ont 1 of place . in Congress, and therefore bis desire to return to bis farm en Soap Creek should not be abridged one noroent longer than necessary. Do yod select the bark when getting out building timbers, and throw the - body of the freer away? So. . Do you select- an unlettered man to teach your school or preside over your college ? On the con trary do you not select the best material, the highest en! tore, that your children may enjoy the best opportunities ? So in the election of 'a Congressman, you want the beat ability coupled with energy and honest; there is to be bad la the State, to the end thai your Interests 'may receive the attention they demand, and results se cured commensurate with their Importance; It these propositions be true, tliea SI. C. George la pre-eminently ' the roan wbo slsould leceive yoetr ri&nigee, - " ' : The Lodorsenieui of the Oreyouio and , Mitchejl by f&e bote -ep&blican Coaiven- showa that barraonkH spirit pre. ns ti I pitgcsn-partyj Let tn have TH tMsrtvrorifei. Ivl mij Just before 8 uYtock on the evening of tlie 33d as dhas, te Young was engaged tn convention with some gentlemen in tlie couiittug-rooto of tlie CitronteU office. San Francisco, Jtey. . M. Kalloch. the son ot the Mayor of San Francisco, entered tlie office, drew a revolver and commenced firing at DeYonug. Mr. DcYoung re treated behind the .counter to his desk, tlieu lurned upon Ids assailant, pistol in band, when Kalloch. leaning over the counter, fired again, tlie ball entering DeYoung's mouth. DcYoung raised his pistol as if to fire, but his strength failed him, the pistol was not dlscliarged, and he tell to the floor, expiring In a few mo ments. Yonng Kalloch was seized as he was retreating from tlie office, and con veyed to prison. The officer reports that he was tlie coolest maa he ever saw. Kalloch refused to be interviewed, and gave no reason for the cold blooded mur der. Five sliots were fired by the murder er, only one of which bit lie Young. In the absence ot any explanations from the assassin, the cause ot the act is attributed to the fact that a pamphlet lias recently made its appearance in San Francisco, containing a report ot the Kalloch (father ot the assassin) scandal in Boston, and other matters ot a scandalous nature in tlie life of said Kalloch. senior, which it was believed Cha's: PeYbring caused to be publ'.lted while on his recent visit East. 31. II. tie Young, brother and- partner in the Chronicle with- deceased, denies tliat lie (tlie deceased) lia I anything to do with tlie pamphlet. At'thollmeof the shoot ing, young Kalloch filled the pulpit of a Baptist church in Oakland, lately filled by Kev. Mr. McLanortr, wlio was but recent ly engaged in holding revival meetings in this city. It will be remembered tliat a few months ago, Chas. De Young made an attempt to kill Kalloch, Sr.. which resulted in excit ing the sympathies of tlie people for Kal loch, and electing him Mayor of San Francisco. Tlie trial of deceased for the attempted shooting of Kalloch, Sr., was to have occurred at an early day. KefafclN-M tl Of tlie Repnblican candidates for the supreme bencli tlie Statesman speaks as follows : K. B. Watson is one of the lead ing lawyers of Jackson county, at one time holding the office of Probate Judge there. He was admitted to tlie bar In l!68 and since that time lias been in active practice. He is spoken ot as a man ot excellent ability and one eminently fitted fur the Supreme Bench. It Is not necessary to introduce Major Ttml. now State Senator trom this county, to the people of Salem or jiieuihers ot tlie bar of this State. He Ims stood In tlie front rank as a lawyer of profound ability and a man of riiie schol arship. His services as a soldier in the ranks of the Union army during the Re bellion were not only tlie credentials with which he went before tlie Convention, ne was nominated because ot his emi nent fitness for ilie position, and it speaks well for Ids character and ability that by those with whom lie is the most intimate he is lield in th lughest estimation and giv en the most cordial snpport. John B. Waldo is a pioneer Oregonlon, well known to the people of Marion county, where his earliest years-were spent; He. like Mr. George, was formerly a student of the WllhttnettMJniversJty, graduating In the class ol 193. " For tlie past fifteen years lie has been practicing law in Port land, Oregon. So far as we can recall he has never held official - nosition, not from any want of fitness, but from a nat ural aversion to political strife. He is a quiet unobtrusive, scholarly gentleman, a 'book-worm," and perhaps a harder stud ent than any other member of his profes sion in the State. His peculiar teuipera jmenf, his studious habits, his fredoni fn-in political entanglements, his quick percep tion and his keen analtic mind all combine to commend tlie fitness of his nomination. Rrpnblleia Stale CvnvenUoa. Tlie Convention concluded its labors on Thursday. . Tlie following business, not reported in our last Issue, was tiad : The" committees from, tlie several judicial districts presented their nominations, which were ratified by the Convention, as follows : First District Judge, C. W Kahler. Prosecuting Attorney, A. P. Hannon. Second IMstrict Judge, J. F. Watson. Proseeuting Attorney, J. A. Yantis. Third District J udge. II. P. Boise. Prosecnting At tonic v. W. G. Piper. Fourh District .ludg-, R. Stott. Pros ecuting Attorney, J. F. Caples. Fifth District Judge. M. S. Olmstead. Prosecuting Attorney. F. P. Tustln. With report of the district nominations tlie following names were presented as members of tlie state central committee : Joseph Simon Chairman, Baker S. T. Moomaw, . Benton f. Fraukel, Clatsop I. W. Case, Clackmas-rI. T. A p person, Columbia W B. Morse, Coos - D. Morse, J r., , nrry M. Riley. Iioiiglas E. G. Hnrscli, Grant X. Ruleson, . Jackson M. Bellengrr. Josephine Tliomas Floyd, Jjike J. Frankel, Juie T. W. Harris, "l.iiin W. Ketchum. Marion Jacob" Voorhees, Multnomah Jos. Simon, -I'olk O. G. ShnHleff. Tillamook I; T. Manlbv, Umatilla F. Page Tustiii, Union W. J. Snodjjrass, Washingfoti T. B. Uandley, Wasco E. .1. Smith. Yamhill J. J. Silencer. The joint flelegatlou from Wasco and Lake counties, reported tlie nomination of N. B. Sionott for joint senator ; and the delegations from Benton and Polk re ported the nomination of It. A. Bensell as joint senator from those counties. Mr. Pengra announced that rooms bad been er.zneed at the Giand Paeifl hnt-i in Chicago for the Oregon delegation at the national convention. B. J. Pengra theu offered the following ICMIIUUUII. . u Jiesolred. ; Tliat it is the voice of this convention that the prosecutiens which have been commenced azainst the stnt officers otthetate government,-trom 1870 to in, a be continued with vigor, and that au persons wno were nam illegal fees be compelled to return the same be thev whomever they may and that the thanks oi tuts convention mar tie tendered to tha committee who, at vast labor, exposed the snametoM rnooery oi ine state treasury, Adjourned. ? - , L : The nomination of Hon. M. C. George meets the universal approbation of tlie people of Oregon, lie lias the qualities of bead and heart that recommend blm to the whole people, and therefore lilt elec tion is assured. - - - , , - Under this I wading the Oregantan Of Saturday prints the appended communica tion signed "One of the People,' which is just to the point, and should be careful 'y read : 7 ,1 ' Tony objecbT to fonl, WaMo and Watson as candidates lor tlie supreme bench, because they are. as lie thinks, too young; and he sneeringly asks If tlieir mothers know they are out. I would like to ask Tony which Is bi tter for Judicial office, a young man of intelligence and education who is a student imbued witii principles of honesly and spurred on to win public favor by it bright future in Waiting, - or an old man without honesty or capability ? But is the age of these candidates any objection? MnJ Lord Is about thirty-eight ; Mr. Waldo thirty-five, and Mr. Watson nhont thirty tour. I.nrd dime from Ilaware. and ha been living in Oregon nearly fifteen years. Waldo is a native of this state, rhf son of an old pioneer; nud Watson came quite early. nearly,thirty years ago. They are all young men of greatly more than average ability, and the crowning feature of their character, as testified to by tlieir life-long acquaintances, is Imnesty. In every true seiiso of the word they are men true men. They are regarded by tlie bar as of superior legal ability, and Lord and Waldo are specially regarded as cast, mentally, in a judicial mold. Watson Is less known at this end of tlie state, but those who do know him speak ot him In like manner. "" l - ' The question then recurs, having men of ability, education and legal -learning, is Tony correct when lie" says tliey are too young, in their swaddling clothes, as it were , The hitoj-y. of our . State, falsi ties Tony's statement aiid relegates him to his original position of the' "linage oi nonenti ty presiding over Iftahlry. "When fir-t en tering upon the bench our Oregon judges were of age as folio .vs : Peter G. Burnett about 33; O. C. Pratt, at 30: Wm Strong, at 33;. Geo. H. Williams. :it .'10. though he had previously, for lour years, been a circuit judge in Iowa ; Cyrus Olney, at 35; M. P. Iie.idy, at present one of the most distinguished ornaments of the American circuit bench, at 2S; R. P. Boie. aliout 3S; P. P. Prim, at 35, though he had no natural gifes and was better littiMl for his otigina! occupation of wagon driver; W W. Page, at 30; It. K. Shatton . at 3S; K. D.Siiattuck. at 3fl; Joseph G. Wilson, at 34; h L. McArthur, one of. the best ot our democratic judges, at 27. So the intelligent American mind all over tlie union also brands Tony with silly stupidity in allrging too much youth against thc.-e candidates of the people.. Ot the justices of the supreme court ot I lie United States tlie following and 'many others whom I have omitted, became judge; in the thirties: Joseph Story, appointed associate justice of the U. S. supreme court id 1311 at 35; at 34 John Marshall declined an appointment as associate justice of that court; John Jay. first chief justice ot U. S. supreme court, was chief justice of the N. Y. supreme court at 32; Win. Johnson.associate justice of tlie U. S. supreme . court, was circuit judge in South Carolina at 32, ami on the L . S. supreme Dencli at .is. ny appoint ment ot Thoma Je.fi'erson: Bnshrod Wasliinct on of Virginia became associate on the U. S. supreme bench at 33 by ap pointment ot j-'resiuent .loim aiiiw; oali 11. swayne was at .iu eiecieu jnnge r-f tlie state court iii Ohio; David Div4s at 33 in Illinois; John McLean at 31 to the sn pre me court ot Unlo; Samuel .eison. of the K. Y. circuit court at 30, and su preme court at 30; James M. Wayne. judge circuit court of Georgia at 34. If tram warren, a native oi aiassaciiuseiis. and for forty years on tlie bench in Geor gia, was elected by tlie Georgia legislature a circuit judge at 31. So in every state ot the union the grentest judicial intellects will lie found to iiave . cntereu on tneir judicial carvers before tliey . pissed .their thirties. J lie whole history oi the woi iti. too. brands Ton v as a silly prater, it show that flie liTalust elTorn of human. genius have bei'made: by men in : tlieir thirties, nltctlier U De tn law or letters. 111 theologv, in arms .or deoda of high emprl-e. Wlien Jeus Christ utlerert ills uneiinaiecl lessons of moral philosophy he was just past 30. and crowned his noblest of all careers iv martyrdom at rfvi; me same is true of John the Baptist; Julius Caar was a Kouian chief lothre at 37. ana at JU one ot the greatest of Romans; Francis Bacon's gre;ii essjij s were wriiien i oo, iu- lam Pit. was the greatest man in hnglsiid at 30; Thomas Jefferson was only 33 when lie wrote the declaration of Independence; Bonaparte at 30 was first consul and sole ruler of France, and at 35 was m ister ot Europe. ' If Tony Is right, these candli la tes for the supreme bench are too young and oiifflittobe defeated. If Tony is wrong. tliey are very proper men and ought to be elected. James K. Kcllv Is the only In stance in Oregon history where a lawyer Dezan HIS JIKIlcmi enrerr iil.au nutniiu age. He is about 60. Ills lame now smells of nolltical clilca.ie and subterfuge. During his judicial ccrcerwilh Poor Pliant Prim the Oregon pencil nas oecome ouor ous with judicial outrages and the p;-ople have become filled with uneasiness and alarmed at tlie insecurity of their rights. A wtdesprend distrust prevails.- As appli ed to lite Ions politicians of loose morals. there Is exaet truth in Dr. Sam Johnson's sentiment exnressed in Rassclas, that "in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration, whetlier it be that we bear easily what we have borne long, or that, fii.ding ourselves In age less regarded we less regard others; or that we look wl'h !I(r.r rerard noon afflictions (public con- temntl to which we know the hand of death is about to put an end." No change could put us in worse plight Tt us have these educated, earnest, con scieiitious vouncr men to administer the laws ot our state, or any two of them with John Burnett. The republicans have .lone well. They have nominated judges for tlie neonle not for rings, and lience Tony and tlie poor hardened barnacles are maa with insensate rage. - t'ewartlly Murder. ; The murder of lOias. DeYonug, one of tlie proprietors of the San Francisco Chron icle, by I. M. K::lloch, Jr., was a coward ly, assassination." Hie details published elsewhere give not tlie slightest grounds of an cxciise for the act- Whatever Clias. IJeYounp mav have been, the taking ot his life by this man cannot be excused anv nerson. It Is to be honed that bv the guilty assassin will receive the tnll penalty ot the law tor his tniainous crime. The RennbMcans " will probably have control of tlie iiext Hduse of Representa tives. As our friend - Whtteaker can ac complish nothlns while the Democrats are in tlie majority there, what' on earth Is tlie use ot sending him back ? Send a man there who has the necessary" ability now. and therefore will not hare to be member ot Congress one term to learn the ropes. r. ' - . -. . . -. j Our candidate for Congress will com mence the canvass of the State, In Jackson county and coming ion through the State, will finish the canvass in Eastern Oregon. Everywhere the Republican candidates are endorsed by the people,- and the ' more their qualifications and fitness Is canvass ed the better they loom op, ' - . -J Vineyards in Jackson- county suffered much from frost last winter. ! KopubllciUi lt Ticket. The Republican State Convention has succeeded' much better than our fondest hopes might have led Us td anticipate iu making its, nominations, as even our Democratic friends are pleased so desir able are tlie nominations in fket that tliey entirely neglect tlie ndntlnaticiis rtl.nte by the late Democratic Convention, and spill their best Ink and highest coirtmend.itloiis on the Republican nominees. Our friends ot the Democrat and StmiHard . are mos complimentary " In their notices, but the Mercury of Portland whoops 'em up even more lively. It says our candidate for Congress, Hon, M. C. George, is a thor oughly good candidate, fills the bill com pletely, while, to quote its exact words : "The selection made for the three Su- prenie Judges could not have been better ny Hie part. Major W. I . KonJ. o ft i lem. Is perhaps one of tlie best office law yers and '.'Counselors on tlie Northwest coast, atxl as an "advocate Is very close to the front rtfnks Iu leeal lore his knowl edge is v.-tsJU while his scholastic attain ment and Ins gentlemanly, nignlflea ana suave deportment should entitle him to the "Ioiiz raw."' Johu B. JlValdo, Esq.. is too well known as a cnnsoieiitlonv itains-takinir, careful lawyer to-twonire aiy extended notice. and wjjj ocenpv; one . of the arni-clciirs of the "SnprWiie Beiich" of I lie State of Ore gon 'With dignity . md firmness. .t;. 15. W atsou. or JacKson county, is a prominent-"' lawyer of flout herlf 'Oregon, aud ls"neAith. few Republicans in that county that nsever elected to an ofTice 1 in that "Diocese.". He will make Judge (?)Prii sick on tlie 7th of June next when the votes of Southern. Oregon are counted ojif. ' ! . ' The IteDUblicnns have imleed made irooil Supreme Court uomrnntinns, and we - have no doubt that two of' the candidate will be elei'teil with John Burnett "saud- wjclicd" between tliein. Council Proeeestlnai. Council met In regular session on Tiies day tveninz, all present except council- j man naltmarsli. Minutes of last meeting read sitid ai- ! proved. I The Mils presented at last mei-linff. on ; recommeiidatioii of the comnutte were ordered paiti. Report of- committee on Streets and ; Public I'rojierty was laid iijion the- table. I'etirion ot C Pteifier et al. asking for a sewer Jrom tlie rear of the Revere House Jown ti e alii y to the ditch on Broadalbln stre-t, for the purpose of carrying ot waste water, wis. granted. Petition of M. D. Ballard et al. asking for the improvement and graveling of Thurston, from First street to the river. was referred to the committee on Streets and Public Property. Petition of S-nders & Sternberg, asking privilege ot tour feet of stairway to tlie basement story of their contemplated build ing on HriKidalbiii and First streets, re ferred to sauie committee. An ordinance offered by J. Gradwohl, relating to. the salary of tlie lwxt City Treasurrwas read first aud second time and referred to commiltec on Ordinences Ordinance to amend section two of ordi nance eighty-eight, am) ordinance to pro vide for the repairing of sidewalks, alleys and street crossings were referred to same committee. " . " The contract for moving Linn Engine Ce.'s house was let to G. W. Young SCo., for the sura of 40. The following bills were allowed tinder suspension of theories : J. L.. Cowan, recording deed, $1. R. E. Ilarmarr, nlghtwatcli, $60. Robt. Brown, nlghtwatcli, 60.50. Following bills were referred : R. S:iltmrh, lamp chimneys, etc., $4.50 A. J.-Hunt,-fees, $10.40. J. L. Halter, fees $44. J. M. Merrick's license wr.s revoked, and the Recorder authorized to refund $33.33',. i - New ; crosswalks were onlerl across Jefferson street, -north side of Third, and across. Broadatbin north sids of Tliird. On motion tlie City Attorney was direct ed to prepare forms for foreclosure ot liens. Adjourned.- - By the action ot tlie Republican Con vention ot Georgia a serious break is . made in the programme of the Grant "boom sters" to get the united delegations from the Southern states to the Chicago Conven tion. Grant will get little aid from Georgia, the Blaine men claiming fifteen of the twenty-two delegates, while Sherman has a number.: Olfcourse these twenty-two delegates represent no possibility of elec toral votes ; andfcit Is tor that very reason they ought to be "set ofT' In the conven tion against !ik non-representative dele gates from Kentucky nml Missouri, which are Instructed for Grant. Another break or two iu the Southern line will make It clear that Grants cannot possibjy be-nominated, and his llnme will lie withdiawn. In a talE wifb a "visitor recently, Presi dent Hayes said : "I believe tlie last half of my administration has been a free from perplexities aud-troubles, as ever fall to the lot of an Incumbent of the presiden tial chair. At the outset there were mis understandings . anil misapprehension ; but I think in general a good 'di-gree ot harmony now exists, and that the admin istration of affairs is on the whole such as meet approval.-' ! have been often accused of taking optimistic views, but I think throughout the country In genera! tlicre has been a revival of just such views the past twelve mouths, and I am not sure but tliat everybody Is better off for having taken hopeful and reasonable views ot the future of this great country." Tlie Oregon delegation to Cincinnati, says the Jacksonville Time, wlmtse editor is one of the deleeates, should be solid for Tilden. ."The state convention." it adds, unequivocally sat down on tlie embryo Field boom, and, it the Judge receives five ont of the six votes of this state, it will be because the delegate refuse to voice the democracy of Oregon." - The Watson family got hi tlieir work on tlie Repnblican State Convention In good shape. 'Rah for the Watsons ! - : Josephhremnty owed. Jackson $1,030, and has paid. up. Tb VMliCaraia. Tills is cue ol tlie brightest and most attractive monthlies tliat comes to our tabfc, and is always welcomed with pleas ure. The number tor May is unusually excellent, containing a Vigor and excellence found In no other publication; Iu fact, it is brtm full of Pacific Coast literature, which gives it a raciness and ptcturesqne uess, so to speak, th.1t trlnkes it welcome everywhere. It Is bound to have an un precedented success, aud It deserves It. Publtshed by tlie A. Roman FUblisi.lhg Co., Sun Fhanctsdo.Cal., itt $3 per annum. Tlie project of holding an agricultni-ai fair iu Douglas county uet fall Is meet ing with universal tavor among the farmers. The Eugene Guard says a young man named S. W. Condon l.s to be private secre- j tary to Hon. R. P. Earhart, secretary ol I the state. , Fishermen inform tlie Antortan that sea j lions are plentiful In the bay. and annoy ! them very much, following tlie nets and i playing hob with the fUh. Charles Sargent, who has jut fililslied one year in the penitentiary, hurries back from Lane county to commence a five year's contract, awarded him by I lie cir cuit court. : i James Johnson was in 'jail at trtgene : tor trvine. to kill his wile but eW?ee ! showed that she was abundantly able anil willing to defend herself aud .lames was ' f nrned loose to try and hold his own. j The fine vinyard of W. T. Liver, north I of Jacksonville, was nearly ruined by the severe winter. He thinks that over three I fourtlis of his vines are quite dead, . tiiclud j lug all liis fine foreign varieties, the white : "Sweetwater" being tlie only varlely that survived the freeze. It will soon tie decuieil by the survey whelhei to repjiir tlie Enterprise or not. If so, the AMorian says, the machinery nnd appliances now at Coos Bay tor re- pairing vessels will be brought to Astoria. No decisive steps will lie taken until Capt. Simpson reaches San Fraucisco. 'Hie State Journal says : Mr. Win. Gar liughousc uiet,with an accident on Wednes day. He was riding in a wagon and lead ing a horse, when the horse by a sudden jerk threw him out. His head was first on the ground rcuderlug Mm insensible, in which condition he remained for some time. At latest dates, farmers In Goose Lake valley, Lake coturty, were still housed up and snowed in. Some ol tlie settlers iu Drew's valley will emigrate to more genial regions. Loss of t-heep in Lake county. ; it Is said, has been somcwliat exaggerated. A band of GOO csit tie sold in Lake county at an avenge of $1T 50 a head. A San Diego dispatcli says General CarT bon wltii 300 Mexican federal troops land ed near the moittji of the Colorado river on April 15th and marched on the 19tii for San Rafael. Tlie revolutionist. Marques, marched to meet them on the 20th' with . 200 men, and a fight will, brobably occur. According t fcUest' reports from the Skagit the snow Is still very deep on Ruby Rnd other creeks where mining claims Iiave princiilly been located. It is con sequently impossible to accomplish any thing iu tlie diggings at present. Some twenty miners at rived here on the Chehalt's on Monday evening from the head of narlgation. Tliey report the river ris ing rapidly, tlie water at present being so high as to admit of steamers going up as far as the mouth at the Sauk river. Mr. McCanslaud, who has a trading post near the portage, brought down $200 In gold dust taken out recently near flie mouth of Ruby creek: One fatoroblo Indication is that all who Iiave visited tlie mines so tar (including several hundred men, many of whom are old miners), are sufficiently sat isfied with prospects to retnrn as soon as the season opens, without exception so far as I have observed. Tlie SUtteiirn learns that the Asotin country is very rich soil and rapidly settl ing up. Tlie very high winds this spring Iiave blown down a great deal of fencing about Walla Walla. At no time in the history ot Wall.t Wal la has so niiu-h improvement been mnnl. fested as at present. According to tlie Statesman, soldiers rob drunken men by daylight in the street of Walla AValla. The StHtesmnn says many citizens of Walla Walla are beautifying tlieir homo and adorning their grounds. The wife - ot Noah Thcvlng, Walla Walla, woke up bleeding at tlie mouth, and died iu three minutes. T'ie tt'otdiumn Is to follow the example of the Statesman and fi buy a cylin der press .link-get up steam. Tlie people cast of the mountains are delighted at having good rains last week. just when tlio,"grjbiind .was becoming too dry. The Yakima Record says Ellcusburg. In that county, is growing rapidly and tlie prosperity of the valley wears a blight look. " .r- . . , -. ,' Three flumes to earry down lumber arid wood are being built from tlie Blue Moun tains to different places in the Walla Walla valley. a peuuicr uameu uonrnii i,euman was arrested In. Walla Walla county for com mitting indecent assaults on married wo meti. The husbands had a mind to kill him, but turned htm over to the law. The Owyhee Avalanche says it is report ed that Matt Denning, the well known butcher, who left here for Jordan Valley in the early p-irt .ot the week in quest ot cattle, got lost somewiiere Iu the country and it is is feared that he perished. A ColvWIe cot respoudtnt says s Tho In dians around here am all quiet and hard at work, some farming and others cutting wood, but It seems the papers lose sight of Colville, . Pen 'd Orelles, Okauagan and Calispel tribes. They are all good; Indus- trtous indbms- Tbe ffVeR says : The- terrific storm which for ?ajt Fast three or tour days has bccti rajbi all over t,he Pacific ami At- lanric Stales finally reached this valley last Wetlntfsday evening.' and thunder and liehtniiis jpiereed the silence and filled the Urtiid with awe.,. The storm was act' coretJitnied; with balL: 7 r" A new paper tt be called the Timet is to be issued at the Dalles next week by Mitch ell and Marsh. Considerable stock has perislied for want . of feed.' more especially at Big Prairie, Lane county. About 40 acres of hops Iiave been planted tm the Middle Fork and Fall Creek, Lane county. The "frceJ!eM mined tlie peach orcliards bf J:te16n''colinty and not a fig tree sur vived the winter. The Etigcue Journal says : Willie Evans, a little fellow 10 years of age, killed a hiFfiecaligaf last week. The Inland Umpifn ?;ty& there Iiave been rains ot late cast of the mountains, and the farmers are highly pleased. Stock on the Central point range, Jack son enmity, tire doing well and a little good ri-calher will revive a great many. A hail storm visited Eola last Tuesday. Several cases of scarlet fever are report ed at Bueua Vista. Bridget and George Crffee, and Andrew and Elfcibcth Hale, appear before tlie Behfon county court with suit and cross sufts, askfug to tie unmarried, Tlie cruel court dftittjUsed their several pleas. ExceWite Lo,lgt.. f.o.fJ.T.. Corvallls, has a neit'liRll and a fine organ, and pre sents a fine opportunity tn the young and old for a p!eastrt social evening each week. Miss Nettie Spencer is W. C. T. The first "blast" tit tlie Corvallls foundry lat week, was a errect success and very satisfactory n tl;e proprietors, Messrs. KlffW Belknap Bros. Tliey find tliat the sand procured acros the river is ot very snterlor quality for their bttsiwss, and the castings were unu-unlly smooth and clean. Harry Wilson, who robbed the Good Templars' Hall near Eo!.K and Was last year -vntenced to one year In tlie peniten tiary, lias been pardoned by the governor. The citizens of Dallas aitd vicinity will, on Monday next, Iwtween the hours ot 10 and 12 o'clock, witness the arritaf of the first train loan1 of material to Smithfield, tor the extension of the narrow eange to Dallas, to be folio wed. by daifly trips. ; Snow to I lie depth of two iriefies All at Smish on tlie 13th fnsf. Tlie Iiitelliyitccr saya CO men a'nd boys are now employed in tlie Svaitle barrel factory.. , Tlie mall is carried to Rocky Bar on snow shoes and all travel thcreif In the same war. L. C. Harm-in of the New Er-gl.ind House-Seattle is dead.' He was a -prominent memlier of the A-O.U.-W. ' : A little daughter of Isaac New tort, four miles from Middlrtotf in Boise valr,- was drowied in a slough near his house. - A large plfto tree nrar Lake View, this side of Olympia was -struck' by-.. lightning on Satniday last, torn into fragments aud entiretyconsumed by the fire which result ed from t he stroke. - Twelve tons of Olympia oysters were recently shipped by railroad for consnojp tton in Portland and San Francisco. This was tlie largest oyster shipment ever made from tlie head of the Sound. The Olympia Standard savs : The Skagit gold excitement is now at a stand still. The manipulators are probably wait ing for soni" old miner to come In with a bigger nugget than has heretofore been found.-': ... Mr. W. R. Andrews returned from the Skagit gold mines on last Monday, aud re ports tliat npnn one claim on Ruby creek lie saw them taking out tlie gold at the rate of from eight to nine dollars a day to the man. Only one iTay s washing was done on this claim, however, as the next day brought a heavy freshet which neces sarily s-twpended work tmtil tho river goes down. Tlie Yamhill Reporter says .' Fall and winter sown wheat is not larcc, but is do ing splendidly, and tin prospects for an abundant yield is cheering ye heart of ye granger. , . Tlie Bedrock zfeioocrat tens- era ognt in a gambling liouse there where tlie gam. bier named Dortgla handled a lighter fig tired fellow than himself hi a very gallant manner. L. Bv Appleffite tette tfce Asbiaud Tid ings that of the t ,3TW mata of esftlc in the bind of the Applegate'' Bros, but . 55 liead had irtm fern few week ago. while when he last licardf a few tttrt sineef 200 had died. The Rschff rg litrh.nAt rerrs i Jo seph Steplieiis. .ccwWp''nWrl fry C'feff Hyars and others, comrnenrvd gfth-tUx tfp cat tie for Goose Lake Wetlnesilflfy rrrornhig They will take to that sertion 40d bead from this county. Tlie Ttditrpsrztaya ? The Barron boys found a coydte s den last week, and killed the eld motlier and six pups. This will bring theuj In tlie neat little sum' of $30, as a bounty hf $4.25 la offered for each coyote's scalp by the farmers' club. The Jacksonville T imea says : The mining season is proving more favorable iu every particular tlian expected. A great majority of tlie miners have an ample sup ply of water still and the snow in tlie mountains, which lies at a greater depth ttanever before, at this season ol tlie year will keep it up for some time to come, The Eait Orcijontim says : Jlmmv John Son has sold hit entire band of horses, on sistinz of mares, liurses and colts about 400 head at 40 per head. Ryan, the cattle king, was the pnrcliaser. He in tends to take the entire baud east. r It was a choice band, and It wire fences had not been, the baud wouTd nut have been sold. -' ,'""? :; 'An attempt was made, to raft wood, rails aud timber down the Umatilla from tlie head of 4t, to supply the region below iiint is oarren or timoer. A horse fell with Newt. Peters at Mc Mlnuvillc, and strikhig tins "orn of the saddle upon the young man's left arm. gave it a slight fracture near- tho elbow, Ji: ft Carter, so well known: in Portlatr.1 d wd lately in Baker county .. ifiliTMMIiiTlilll"ilWtriil,'r.-irf. " A hi riin of salmon was reDortbit Sat myi'tfni''caiiiMriee working fbii ttne.tU: . r .. 1 " ' During it snow storm last week Itt JJa ker 3ty; a flash of lightning nearly Wind-, ed some persons. Tlie Astoria tells ot several bad cases of diphtheria there, and says there la k-iT of an epidemic. '.. , . . ., . & f . A new quartz claim on sterling creec w being prospected, and worked with an arastra yields well. M , Mr. John Mackln was nearly crashed te dentin flie wheel ot theJJoniU.at West porr, qu ine.zou. ' Jackson county lias made a special ef fort thi tline, and sends two brothers to tlie asylum at once... 'lite State Line Herald till k t ejots ef tocfc in Lake county has been conslder- bly over estimated. ; Hide buyers from San Francisco aad Portland have been paying fancy price In Southern Oregon of later" ;... 1 Oscar Kilbouni. the Timet says, lie guaged 1,500 gallons of liquor made Itt fackson county, chiefly irom apples. . - Gen Lin. the Chinese . mining sharp of Tacksou county, cleanetl itp $3,400 last week. His name oueht to be Glnr-Llur.- George Phillips and John Flshburn arc under arrest at Empire. ' 'oos Bay, for breaking into a saloon and stealing $6$.- Hoodhms on Cdhs Rav hava baen fttbU bing old fiitll.in graves, and Just f preMftt some1 are under arrest fofflils desecrafiotr.- . . Dentist,' Albany, Oregon' OWce In FnV tcr's brick block, up stairs, at large ufcr window. Prices In proportion to Tivk and MATKKiAL consume!. ... ..,11-34 . - - - , Atttntt fttr the iHraetlpe r atear Ail werk warranted tfglea Mr IWHdh blaeh, rtrnrr f lra and Ferry . fcf New To-Itar. Albany I-urinera C' 8taavBiM' rri' xneeiiag. NOTICF. is karcbr riven to tlie stoekboMarf of lB -Hjny Farmers' Co. that there I1S lie a mofrtfiftf of the atookholden of aaid COlnV puiy at tlieir office In th city of Alhaay. ati" TiMKXIay. 1ie imh day of May, Ikmo, at ta Vnar of ona o'okx-k V. M. of raid day, for tl aarpna of eleettng seven Director to varva far taa termoTotia year, and for lha trananettaa ot any ottfer limlneM ttiat mav leralty nnaa be lore ine raeeiiitff- on repona win w whwit. i'ft of boMneaa trnnsacf Wm. A acneiafaltaAe.- anoe of I ao stockholder drlred. , Attest M. 11. WIIW 11. MAjtsFlixn, nr, rre.jf.rxe:- April 30, 18WA 2nf -.... Acfinitifsfritftfr fe, ; "VTOTICE Vi 1IF.RKBY- RIVEJf that lha nu ll Icrst2nd a'liiiluiofrntor of tbe eatata of rfciTbt Pivsle.v. doce.1, in imronanra of an ar- l.r twf taa County lmrt of l.fnn canity, llra-- tton, duly BStide and entered of roeorxf, wMW Ttth day cf Mty, JiBff,- at the hoifrof tttrtcUGlt fw iVin ltpona 1 soiil 1hv, St- ttfltdwCTlirWOTf t'M prriin4 h?f. lnnfter"deerilSd. aellftl polilfc iiVMftVnVf'T f highest liMder, tlie following daanrtbea pr' bM. tinHt : ' - ,' -Tlrrrtrtli hair of tno nortnaavt onarlarof . sect lo Is.'tn toa-aship 14 aonth of ranara S waat f the Wiflatnatte meridian, tn Una eoanry, Oregon.?', ' Tkkmts or -One-third of tbafntreaaaa piice cawh in hiuxf. one-third to be paid la six nionths..nd th Imhtrwc in nine months fraaa rbo dny naale, tbe defenxd payrneM s Mr be w curett uy a iporiKaKu on im nrruiipr, April 23, Isso-nSOvM Admlalstrator '' VJTLLA2SZTTS MARBLE AID ST0XE W0H1S, T. "WOOD & CO., Manufacturers of MOJSJJMENTSI Head Stones, Tablets, Mantles, Cemetery Curbing:, Ashler " Cypifss Til t& TTiXteMt. Basot fox Cfctfdea Tvas.ixit,if , , and nil kinds of work done in Stasra. i... - i : -. -"- ',. t 4 As C(ret OiYr nrarMe dfrwrt from the dMr" ria,and Imvc it sfteoled with cnif eaa es ur vosiomers iho Ttzitil lafenals M Um Pricci; - OrJIers from any part of the State prematly ' attended to. - - - , CSTAII work warranted as renrmwatei.' aarSnnpand WovfnweoVnarofeetteMal enawortn sirvets arinsny, urea r. Msrell 19, fSSO-vlioij . HI laffrrfl ftartriAi enmtaw iniiHswt t Maaufaetnrar and Healer ia FURNITURE, ucuroonriiiiirf wnrnnMU'iHi wapie rarior totmjres a spectafff fBxtcnslon CfMr Tatttlee, Pillar f?fMraTM, -, A splendid tot of" Walnut and Hardwood Chairs of n alaes, W-iataots,.; ' '. 1 ; f- BofdKC4usfi. ;. . la tmet, I intend to keep a flrst ciaas : - ' FurnitiurE HoijsE. I am tbaahful for pant pstrenaceaaaV intend to make it t the fertereat of a!1 residents ( tots ctty ttr vlslnlty tei ' come and as ae. . . ... " ' Coracr of Secoqjl aad Wcy vtreatv