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FRIDAY...
..HEPTKMBRtf 6,1878.
CALL VOH A 1KMOCBATIO STATE CON-
A fomoetnth State Convention for the Btato
hf Oregon. Is hereby failed by Mm liomoenttio
Hiatu Ontral tlommitteo, convened In lrt
lund, Oregon, this, Uip ttth day of Aujrust, JfffS,
to moot at Portland, Oregon, on Tuemlay, tho
Rhdayol Hentnnbor, 1H7H, at W o'clock a. m.,
tin-, ihhik, ol iiomluiillnK a e.indlthire for
Member of Comcres, to bo voted for at tho pe
ctnl election, to bo held October i:J, 173, nd lor
, ttie transaction of nny other business that may
broporiy come before it- ' ' "
Tho aovpml eouiiUM of the Ptnt will 1 enti
tled to delcgatei In such. CojiveuUuii an followi ;
Benton V
Baker..,
CMnekainarj .....
Columbia....
k ClotNop
Curry
Ooos
Douglas
Grant
Jnokson
' Joseph In a
Linn ,
f,ane...
fMarion
iMultnomnU...
Pnlh
I Till an took
: Umatilla
j 0 nlon
Wasco
Washington
lam tun ...
Total .....
.... 1
.... 0
.... 6
.... 6
.... 8
....
It In snirpcKl-cd hy the Committee that the
ievoml counties hold their I'rlmnry Oonven
tlona on the mi day of August, ltff;t, at 8 . jr.,
: and their County Conventions on the 301 h day
of Aufrust, lH7tf. Where thin arrangement doon
not suit thu L-onveulence of the l.n:iui)cr;it',v of
lb? several eounties, It 1a expected that they
will make the necessary changes throti'.'h. their
County Committees. W. L. WHITE,
Ch'n Democratic State Central Com.
Mart. V. Hkown, beeretary. :
CUR PLARFORM.
A Straight Democratic- Candidate Froe
frrade and Farmer' ltltflila. '
.,. With .this wo ought to win, and can
Win, Without it, we will ba busted
fc-M usual, i' '.i
A WOBD OF WABNINUI
Wo avail oursolf of this number
: ef the Dkuocbat to utter a few time
Jy words of warning to the people of
' Oregon in view of the Congressional
campaign whioli will be fairly opened
before the issue of our noxt number.
. The Pernooratio Convention whioh
' meets in Portlaud ou Tuesday next,
, will, of oourso, place beforo the coun
try a platform of principles and a
candidate for Congress in full eympa
' ; thy with the principles then and there
',' enunciated, Principles ncvor change.
Different expedients may bo resorted
to from time to time to carry out the
principles,' but the principle, never
thelcss, is the same. Tlio principles
that actuated our forefathers in adopt-
ing our federal system of government
: in 1789 are to day, and have ever been
- the principles of the Democratic party
as expounded by Jefferson and ad
hered to by all subsequent Democrat
ic administrations of our general
government. And so long as those
principles were carried out in the ad
ministration of our federal govern
ment, so long were wo at peace at
borne and respected abroad j. our gov
ernment wasotjly felt in its beneficence
like the gcntlo dews of Heaven, it
full alike upon all nourished and pro
. , teoted all alike; no special legislation
for the interest of capital as against
labor ; no oxotnptiou by federal legis
lation of the taxation of any species
of private proporty; no protective
tariffs to rob the consumer for the
benefit of the Urmnulaoturer, and no
interference by the powers at Wash
ington in the local state government,
nor was thero over, during any Demo
cratio administration, any effort on
the part of Congress to encroach upon
or diminish or circumsoribe tlio sov
ereign powers of a State.
It is idlo to say that all these ques
tions are obsolete They nro as dear
to the patriotio heart to-day as they
Were in the first Congress that assem
bled under tho Constitution in 178!),
when, among othors, the Oth and 10th
amendments, wore proposed, to-wit:
IX "Tho enumeration in tho cou
atitution of cortain rights, shall not
bo oonstrucd to deny or disparngo
others retained by the people" And
X "The powor not dolegated to tho
United States by tho Constitution
aor prohibited by it to tho States, aro
reserved to tho States respectively.
or to tho people
The Republican party havo not yot
completed tho woik they boI out to
accomplish, nor will they ooniplcto it
until they havo rendered overy State
In the Union as poworloss for tho
purposes of local government as ib
any county in any Stnto. Look at
the strides already made to supercede
by fedoral authority all Stato gov
ernments. In 18G8, in their National
platform, they declared that "the
question of suffrage rightfully belong
ed to tho States," and iuluss than six
months passed an amendment to the
Constitution, through Congress taking
this sovereign right nway from the
State and lodging it in Congress, and
then Congress coerces certain States
to adopt the fifteenth amuuduicut, by
denying them any representation in
Congress, upon their failure or refusal
to ratify the fiftoonth amendment.
Wo worn the people to pUuo no
Tolianeo in nny promises made by tho
Republican platform of Thursday
next. They will denounce nionopo- j
lies. Mid you all know how they build
them up and subeiduio them, and tax
you to pay tho subsidies. They will
cry. out against Chinese iuiiniyration
and you all know that the last sessiou
of Congress increased the Chinese
Mail Steamship subsidy from fuUO,.
000, to 61,000,000, aud you oertainly
have not forgotten that it is ouly
about three years sinco that the U. S.
Senate passed a bill by a largo major
ity, changing our naturalization laws
foaa to allow Chinese and all othor
inferior races 'immigrating to this
country, to beceme citizem entitled
to the right of suffi age; and were only
induced to reconsider tho Yolo by
whioh the bill passed, ae was stated
by leading radicals, that its passage
Blight lose them the vote of the lJa
eifio States, in the Presidential con
test of 1872;" not that tho bill was an
utraye npon American citizenship;
not that a radioal Congress was not
willing to fasten this humiliation npon
us if iuconld have done so, and still
have held on to power, but it took
counsel of iis fears; let these fears
pass away, lot thern be firmly seated
in power and then Chinese are ad
milled to citizenship! J !
We expeot p seo them on Thurs
day next come down in the dust of
humility beforo the farmers, cringe
and fawn and promise to favor all
their i'ntereBts the only friends the
farmers have. No doubi if they
thought it would secure thorn a tri
umph in this election they would, and
wp shall not be surprised if thoy do,
declare for "freo trade and farmers'
rights." But of what avail ? WTho
is the voter in Oregon that does not
know' that such a promiso will be
mado only to be broken ? A protec
tion tariff is as much a fixture in the
radical party as are greenbacks lor
the tax ridden laboring man, and gold
for the non-taxed bondholder. No
doubt thoy will deny eyor having
been opposed to opening the falls of
Willamette river' to froe navigation,
but yon liave not forgotten the de
nunciation heaped upon a Democratic
legislature by the radicals in the lost
campaign, for what they were in their
classic style plcaBcd to call that enter
prise, "tho lock and dani swindle."
And another thing our friends, both
Democrats and Republicans of the
Willamette, have not and will not
soon forget it is, that tho "lock and
dam swindle" has brought them cheap
transportation. ' ' 11
lli:l'i;UM AN PliATPOBM.
In this paper will be found what we
regard a vary good Democratic plat
form, as far as it goes, that may or
may not, as tho convention at Port
land on Tuesday next detormino, bo
taken into consideration by that au
gust body. Not wishing to seem
partial in bestowing gratuitous labor,
wo now propose to give our radical
friends who hold their convention iiu
this city on Thursday a platform. In
this it will be seen wo havo departed
from the rule observed in construct
ing the Democratic platform. In that
wo used the saino timber always used
by the parly in such instances. In
this we shall use what the practice ani
policy of tho the Republican party
would indicate tho timber to bo and
build it accordingly. Hero it is:
1st. Our Federal Union was foi mod
for tho benefit of tho general govern
ment. -
l!ud..Tho several States can oxer-
oiso no powers not delegated to
them by tho general government.
3rd. That nil the States not in hnr-
mony with tho administration
Washington in its political sentiments
should bo reconstructed by Congress,
and, if need bo, Congress should dis
franchise enough Democrats in such
ohstinato States to enable the Repub
licans therein to bring such Stales into
harmony with tho aduiistration at
Washington.
4ili. Wo approve of a protective
tariff. Our manufacturing C8tnblish
uients of Bait and iron, cotton and
woolen fabrics are thereby enabled to
exact from our pooplo better p'iicos
for tho products of their establish
lishnienls,nnd also enables them to pay
our members of Congress largor sums
to voto for protection,
6th. As all other needed railroads
are either built or properly subsidized
for building, except the Portland
Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, wo aro
opposed to granting aid to said road
for tho reason that Kastorn Oregon
persists in boing Demooratie, and for
that reason should enjoy no such facili
ties, and there is great danger that tho
completion of said road would facili
tate tho settlement of Idaho to that
dogreo that it would soon apply for
admission as a Stato and beyond a
doubt would bo Democratic,
Cth. Inasmuch as tho Republican
party hold the three Pacific States by
a frail tennro, we aro in favor of en
couraging Chinese immigration and
enfranchising them, being assured
that they would then volu tlio Repub
lican ticket and our future and lasting
power be assured,
7th. youthful indiscretions com
mitted beforo tlio i!7th year of their
ago should not bo remembered against
thoso nl'lorward ntlainiii!' hiirh iilaoos
in our party. Wo fully torgivo "our
now Senator" his early indiscretions
and attribute all to a "perturbed slate
of mind."
8ih. Too high a moral standard
should not bo set up by which to
judge our public men. Living in
Washington is expensive mid federal
ofliuera generally, and everywhere.
must livo high to maintain the digni
ty of their several stations. Ropubli-
in olllcers are taxed hidi to oarrv
the elections in the different Stales
and salaries must be hili, and if even
iheli the exchequer ol soiuu should
lan snore ami piiiino minis uo taken
to supply tho deficit, the necessity of
tho occasion should be deemed a valid
ami sullieienl exouse.
Oih Wo approve of the administra
tion of President tlrant in 1st. 1 lis
financial abilities havmg, since first in
augurated, accumulated a fortune
equal to our favorite shoddies and
secured so large an increase of his
salary, and 2nd. In Ins edict to tlio
people of some of tho Southern Status
to ''let politics alone" ho hopo lie
will ho have it apply to all, theu
wo need hold no contentious, nor
write ami publish platforms takinir
piiitlonn, Hinf lus
PLATFORM.
We are not a delegate to tho Dem
ooratio State Convention, and hence
van have no voice in making np the
platform embodying the principles of
tho party and its future policy. We
therefore proposo to make one of our
own and to givo this written authori
ty to tho Stato Convention to adopt
it, or so much thereof as it may deem
fit, or none if it so decides; but we
fear if the substance of what we have
here is not embodied in, that plat
form tfiere won't be much Democratic
ring about it. Here it is:
1st. That our Federal Constitution
is tho written ngroehic'nt by which the
several sovereign and co-equal States
oonsented to form a fedoral Union,
and by which tho Slates so forming
this Union agreed to bo bound ; and
that such powers as were not by the
terms of this Constitution granted to
Ihi federal government were reserved
to tho States respectively.
'2nd. That the purposes of , this
Union were to "establish justice, in
sure domestio tranquility, provido for
the common defence, promote the
general welfare and secure the bless
ings of liberty," and tho safest means
of communicating and treating with
foreign powers. 1 .
3rd. That the powors graqled to
tho, federal government should be
strictly construed, and it should, be
fully sustained in the exercise of all the
powers delegated to it; and that any
attempt on the part of tho general
government to exeroise a power not
delegated to it in the Constitution, or
in a manner not therein prescribed, is
an act of usurpation, demanding the
unqualified , Condemnation of t the
pooplo as tending to the destruction
of our federal system and to central
ized despotism.
4th. Wo hold it to bo essential to
the preservation of the liberties of the
citizen, that tho sovcral States shall
bo maintained in all their rights, dig
nity and equality, as the moBt com
petent and reliable administrators of J
their own domostio concerns and th
surest bulwark against anti-republ
can tendencies.
(jlh.xThat the only power delegntod
to Congress by tho Constitution to
imposo taxes upon tho peoplo consists
in tlio right to collect revenue for the
ourront oxpenses of the governmen
and tho payment of tho federal debt.
and all other duties imposed fur tho
purpose of protecting ono class of la
bor at the expense of another aro in
violation of tho foderal compact, and
subversion of tho rights of tho peo
ple.
oth. That iustieo to tlio ticonlo as
well as tho dictates of common lion
esty demand a rigid economy in tho
administration of both Stato and fed
end government and the speody and
impartial arrangmont of .all abuses
of publio trust beforo tho cstab
lishod tribunals of justice and the great
bar of popular judgment, ,
7th. Wo are opposed to granting
by the genoral government of Bubsi
dies to steamship lines to import
Chinese slavos to our shores; and wo
demand suoh a modification of the
Rurliugamo troaty with China as will
effectually cut off this stream of
Chinoso immigration.
8th, Wo demand of Cougross an
additional appropriation for tho re
moval of obstructions to tho naviga
tion of tho Willametto river, and such
aid by appropriation or othcrwiso as
will open tho Columbia river to freo
navigation, by means of n canal and
looks at tho Casoado portage; and
the procoods of tho sales of alteruato
sections of public lands, as providod
for by bill of tho Hon, Jas. H. Sinter,
introduced in Congress in aid of tho
Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail
road.
0th. That Clod required man to till
tho soil; that agriculturo is tho pri
mary interest of tho world, from
which all trade ond commorco spring;
that wo hail with delight any and all
systemlsod organizations favoring ro
lief to tlio farmer from tho oppressions
of monopoly in tho transportation of j
ins proauois ana supplies, ami tlio re
lief of his bnrdons in oommon with all
others from tho onerous taxation by
import duties on nil he consumes.
10th. That for tho best interest of
nil, tho Democracy of Wregon, forget
ting all past political differences, cor
diully invito the co-operation of all
opposed to oonnpliou aud consolidation.
LINN COUNTY UEMncRAllU CONVE.V-
TiON. - u '
In pursuance of previous notice th
Democratic County Convention for
Linn County met at 1 o'clook, Satur
day, Aug. 80th. The Convention was
called to ordor by 51. V.-j Brown;
Chairman of the Linn '.County Demo
cratic Central Committee. A.' C.
Jones was elected temporary Chair
man. J. 11. bmith was chosen tem
porary Secretary, and. W. A. HcPher-
son Assistant. On motion of I. N,
Smith a committee of throe was ap
pointed on credentials. The Chaii
appointed I. N. Smith of Orleans, B,
Curl of Lebanon and Enoch Iloult of
Ilarrisburg. ' On motion the Conven
tion took a recess of ten minutes. At
the expiration of the recess the Con
vention was called to ordor and the
Committee on Credentials submitted
die following report r
The Committee on Credentials find
the following named gentlemen cut!
tied to scats as regularly elected dele-
gates from the various precincts
Lkhanon Jnmtm Cowim, Bart. Curl, Chas.
B. Montagufl, by .fan. Cowun, proxy,
Horo I,, f. rwvmiy. B. K. Harrl. bv Orn. B.
UhrlMje, u. JJ. utmtiUu, wra. JoOes by D. Ouby
UiuileHial,v.
Kbanklin Buttk ThOS. Donalioo. Jno. Bll.
you, 1,. W. 1 omeroy, .1. J. Crabtree, .
ALBANY C. 1. hurkliarf. John Parker. T.
8tlt per Hackleinan proxy, A. C. Jones, O. A.
iiu i, j. u. muKiouian, jr. u. earlier, u. uuiu
phrr'y.
IlitcvriffflVYT.r.H O. P. CVuhnw. T,. o.
unto, ii. 1..JJJ-OWU, j, n. w tiitmeriora, u.. Jim
W. Brown.
llAllIUSllUnaT. H. fimlth. T. P. RfhnnHnrr
Lovl Itoimliis, Win. MeUuUiwh by U (joMB'i",
pii'i.iiAm Jos. Hamilton, I. N. Smith.""
fcWKRT I Icjmk J. W. Krorilr.
Svhaui'mk-j.t. Crooks, w. A. McPherson,
P. V. Morris by Crooks, proxy. -
Centkh Thus. Huiuiiliries.
On motion the report was adopted
and tho Committee discharged, j On
motion the oflioers chosen pro tem.
wore declared permanent officers of
the Convention. Tho Convention
then proceeded to elect twelve dele
gatos to attend the State Convention
whioh is to meet at Portland on the
Oth of September. The following
named gentlemen were chosen :
O. P. Cnshaw, J. It. Cowan. Enoch HouK, J.
H. HaekkUniUL. S. MonlL'nm. ri- P I rr.
heart, N. Prion. J. J, Crai.tr, J. II. bmith, J.
jo, it, iuiuoinau, v. 1', Jjuvanoy.
J. II. Hacklcman offered the fol
lowing resolution which was adopted :
liKSOLVRD. That tho Democracy of T.lnn
county, In Convention asHoinbled, hereby do-
......i. uonnuonco nnu irusi, in mo
Intoi-rlty, ability and lAmioorncy of Ueo. It.
Helm, ho is tlio llrst choice of the Democracy
of this county for mom bor of Conirress, and wo
hereby instruct the delegates to the iorthoom
InK Htate Democratlo Convention, this day se
lected, to use all honorablo means to socuro
PACIFIC COASTERS.
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DEMOCRATIC STATK CONVENTION.
On Tuesday next, 9th instant, tho
Democratic State Convention will
convene in Portlaud to place before
tho peoplo of Oregon a candidate for
Congress. '
In most respects this campaign does
not differ from others for the last do-
oade. Wo will in this, as in tho past,
have the samo wily and unscrupulous
foe to fight.. Fedoral patronngo and
Wheat, is worth $1 per bushel
Waitsburg. . v j
The Cape Foulweather Light
House has just been finished.
;Tbe overland mail now reaches
Astoria in ten days from New York
bity.-'- ' ' "''
Mr. Leland is .lecturing on that
abstinence to the people of the
Sound.
The new manufactory at Portland
will be ready to furnish ice by the
15th inst.
s The Mayor of Portland baa put on
a number of Heathen Chinese as
special police.
There is but one vacant house in
Astoria and that one has a lot of
furniture in it.. , ! . :
Captain J. H. D. -Gray has com
menced the construction of a new
wharf at Astoria. ';
The last shipment, for the season,
of Oregon salmon was taken to Asto
ria on Fridaylast. '"; '
There is but one prisoner in the
Union county jail, and he is a China
man, well contented. :
Green B. Smith, of Benton county,
has just threshed 5,000 bushels of
oats from sixty acres of land.
Three men dug out ?1,260 in five
days' Work, on Myrtle Creek, Curry
county, about a fortnight ago.
A Second Advent preacher has
been preaching at Junction during
the past week to crowded houjes.
Denver is being fleeced by a hun
dred thieves and Denver ; makes up
the loss in return by fleecing tourists.
A now paper will be started at
Baker City about the 1st of October,
R. B. W. Boyd.editor and proprietor.
Last Friday a fellow was taken out
of the Salem oalaboose and ' treated
to a coat of tar and feathers by the
citizens. ';,.,.
Mrs. Colia A. Blake, the first white
person born in Jefferson county,' W.
died at Port Townsend on the
17th inst '.
Mrs. Jos. G. Wilson and family
arrived at the Dalles on the 23d ult.
aud intends residiug in that city
hereafter. ,
County Court met at Salem Mon
;y , but adjourned without doing any
business, owing to the illness of
Judge Terry.
Ivan Applegate, of Jacksonville,
was thrown from his horse, breaking
his collar bone. He was doing well
at last accounts.
In- Salt Lake during the month of
July five persons passed to the other
side of Jordan through the medium
of six-shooters.
There are now twenty-six Farmers'
uloatod corporations are against , us Granges in Oregon. The State
now ag heretofore. Tho Democracy Grange will probably be organized
have proved themselves equal to tho
contost and oyorcome all this combi
nation of forces. . Will it do soon
this occasion 1 The same wisdom in
council on Tuesday next that govern
ed tho deliberations of our State Con
ventions in the seasons of our triumph
will givo us a ticket as it did then, to
whose support every Democrat in
Oregon can rally and triumphantly
oloct, if the masses of tho party
throughout the Stato but do their
duty on election day.
To the delegates of that convention
wo have a word to say. Survoy tho
whole field. Remember that onr
representative in Congress is supposed
to represent the whole Stato of Ore
gon, llo who is not comprehensive
enough to take in the whole Stato
with its uivorsihed interest, climate.
son anu production, is not statesman
enough to satisfy the Deniocraoy of
Oregon. Go to that convention, gen
tlemen, determined to surrender, if
necessary, willingly and gracefully.
personal preloronocs lor the
his edict us our
oico as our candidate nud iird
For his masterly uunius in beiinr
able iu eight mouths of tho year lo
criorm uu ins arduous dulius us
'resident and allow himself four
months of tho year for recreation
and may President (.Irani grant In
me lavor never lo havo any other
President but Grant,
Iv tho exposure of the infamous
Credit Molnlior at the last session of
Congress, which scaiidaliied the Uov
orniucnt of tho United States in the
eyes of the world, a largo number of
Senators anj Members of Congress
wero involved. Among them tho
Vioo President of tho United Stales,
Henry ilson (lm should resume his
old iiauio of Jeremiah Colbruith),
Colfax, Bingham, Dawes of Massa-
oIiiirous, Sehofield and Kelly of Penn-
itylvruiia, (.arlield of Ohio, and a num
ber it other Radicals, There wns
ono Democrat, only, whoso good
imuie was smirched by tlm exposure,
James Brooks of Now York, lie
died soon after, the adjournment of
Congress. No other Democrat was
in any way implicated iu the Credit
Mobilier fraud. Brooks was a stock
holder before his election to Con
gress. Tho owners of the stock
placed by Ames "where It would do
good" had not oven this poor excuse
to otl'ur to their indignant constitu
ents. '
good of all. If there is a broak
ahead upon which your favorite might
founnor, (ion t rusn mm to destruction,
but hold him back for his own trood
and tho good of tho party, now, and
in tno luturo.
We sco no reason why tlio forego
ing romai-KB win not apply wiih equal
foroo to every Democrat and overy
friend of reform in Orerxon. You all
have your favorites, but thoro can be
but ono candidate ooiiie out from that
Convention. You should then bo
willing to resign your preferences as
readily as you oxpect others to do if
your favorite is tho nomineo,
lil'HOl'HAN WIIKAT CROP,
The latest copy of the 'Mark Lam
JttTprcss received at New York states
that it has, from most trustworthy
authority, moro unfavorable reports
of the Knlish whoat crop, whioli in
many localities is not expected to
equal tho very poor yield of last vear.
and thero are strong fears of sprout
ing in mo shock Horn occasional
showers. In Franco tho storms have
dono much damage, and a deficiency
of at least ten to twonly per cent
may bo relied upon. Tlioro are ac
counts of increased prices in many
localities, and in Paris flour has ad
vanced considerably. Old wheat has
entirely disappeared from the market
aud new is supplying its place at high
er prices. In Hungary the condition
of tho crops has beeu greatly over
rated, and from the prevalance of
cholera and an interference with tlio
work of harvesting threatened in Ger
many, only an ordinary yield is hoped
for. The paper also sums up tho sit
ir .ion by saying that with a deficient
crop, exhausted stocks and hut gener
ally moderate prospects in Europe,
low prices seem almost impossible
noxt season. The International Com
and Seed League, recently hold in
Vieiuia, with an attendance of 1,5U0
persons, formed an ostimatp that tho
Auslro-llnnmuian Kimiiro wilt ovnon.
less than usual say only to the ex
tent of 8(10,000 quarters in wheat and
alioirt 1,100,000 quarters in barley;
wherpus, In a favorable season. Hun
gary has exported threo limes that
amount, while tho important article
of rice is so deficient that imports will
be required for consumptive wains.
in about four weeks
The Klamath Lake country is still
settling up rapidly. At the present
rate of immigration the vacant land
wijl soon all be ocoupied,
Forty workmen are employed on
the new State Capitol building and
the stono work will be completed
during the present week.
Rev. Stephen Bowers, of Salem
pastorate, has received 160 persons
into the Methodist Church nt that
place within the past year.
The total value of assessable prop
erty in Lane county amounts to i-
012,212, an increase of more than
fifty per cent, over last yoar.
Sheriff Davisson, of Pierce county,
was arrested and fined $20 for an
assault on Rev. Dr. Atkinson, in
Tacoma, on Thursday, 28th ult.
A boy, aged fifteen years, was
struck by lightning in Richmond,
Utah, recently. The amputation of
one of his foot became necessary.
Joseph Audetto, of Napierville,
Canada, aged about 14 years, can
hear of something to his advantage
by addressing John Kelly, of Oregon
Uitv.
A Turn Verein Society has been
orgauized at Jacksonville with C.
Nickell as President, R. Kahler as
Secretary and S. Hubbard as Treas
urer. Rev. Thomas Condon, has rented
J. W. Campbell's dwelling house at
Forest Grove, and will make that
plnoe his residence for some time to
come.
A correspondent at Junction City I
says that about 90,000 bushels of
grain are stored in the warehouse at
that place, and the crop is not half
harvested.
At the burning of the Whatcom
sawmill recently the Indians fought
the fiery demon in a manner that
would do credit to a Chicago fire de
partment. Last Saturday night the friends of
Rev. Stephen Bowers, of Salem, had
a donation party at his residence and
presented Mrs. B. with a purse con
taining $30 in eoin.
An effort is being made to have
the name of Mt. Ranier chanced
back to original Indian, Tacoma. All
this comes from the railroad fever at
the new city by the sea.
The Farmers' Company have pro
cured an engine, which will soon be
nt Astoria, for a new pile driver to b?
constructed nt once for tho work on
Uioir wharf in that city.
Yale students are gathering goologi
cal specimens along G reen Eivcr. A
day or two since they found a large
petrified animal, closely resombling
the South American tapir.
An Oakland correspondent of the
Oivoohwk, wriKng under date of
Saturday, says "I have just heard of
a horrible accident near town. W.
R. Cauady, while in a fit, lo-day, foil
into the fire, aud, being alone, bis
face, shoulders and arms were; burn
ed almost to a crisp. , Dr. Boughton
has just gone to see him. r
ed he will not recover.'' ; t ;! f '
The entertainment given last Fri
day evening by the, ladies of the
Dalles, for the benefit :of the Rev.
Thomas Condon, realized about $100
over and above all expenses.
Messrs. Logan and BryttDi '
Yaquica, one evening last week, slew
a cougar for supper, and the next
morning muzzled another for Break
fast both from the same, tree
A mnn namorl Lfivin was wounded
last Friday in Tacoma, quite severe
ly Wide accidental discharge of a
pistol in the pocket of his pantaloons,
He is getting along all right
-! A steamboat thirty feet long and
ten foot beam is the latent sensation
on the Yanuina River. It is owned
by H. C, Smith, and will be ready
forbusinesin about throe weeks.
! A few nights ago dogs killed nine
teen head of fine sheep on S. G.
Reed's farm in Washington county.
The worthless curs were caught in
the net and simultaneously destroyed.
Messrs. Meyers, Holmes,' Daly aud
Shelton succeeded in catching 417
trout in the La Creole, above Hal!-
eck's logging oamp last week. Where
are the Abiqua and Salmon Rivei-B
nOW? . 1 .
Mrv A. Noltner has been appointed
to fill the vacancy in the U. S.
Grand Lodge, I, O. O. F., from the
Grand Lodge of Oregon, caused by
the resignation of Mr. A. L. Stinson
He started for Baltimore last Mon
iy. .'.,'..,.'
A ledge of pure chalk has been
found in the vicinity of Latta Creek,
on Clatsop Plains.' Residents in that
vicinity can now offer liberal induce
men ts for the establishment of a milk
ranch.", . 1 . ''
Deeds have been made out by
Messrs. Taylor, J. M. Shively and
James Welch, of Astoria, to the lots
and blookB of the Farmers' Ware
house, and they are now a matter of
record.
A. L. Davis, of Lewis county, W.
T., one day last week, cut and
thresed 1,000 bushels of oats from a
field of 2G acres. ; This is only one of
the many instances of such yields in
that county. , ,
Charles W. i IJubbard, while at
tempting to ride an unbroken horse,
in the Waldo Hills, on Wednesday
last, Was thrown to the ground. He
struck on his shoulder, breaking his
collar bone.
The barkentine ' Portland, the
largest vessel yet built in Oregon,
was launched into her element last
Sunday afternoon, from the ship
yard of A. M. Simpson & Bros., at
North Bend. , '
The Statesman learns that there
will be on exhibition at the coming
Stnto Fair a fine stallion, for which
the owner has lately been ' offered
$15,000 in gold by parties livin
tho Eastern States.
The Willamette Woolen Manu
facturing Company of Salem are now
manufacturing blankets which sell
for $;0 por pair. They ore, in size,
7x9 feet, and weigh fifteen pounds,
and are bound in silk.
Dead fish line the beach south of
the Columbia River entrance to such
an extent that the birds are fishing
by the millions in the vicinity. The
supposition is that an earthquake
at sea has occurred not long since,
A McMinnville boy swallowed
yenow jacket the other dav. It
kicked" on the wind-pipe as it went
down, but soothing appliances of
salt and salaratus, by the hands of a
skillful doctor, soon fixed him all
right. - .
Ueorge S. Rogers, of Cypress
island, w. I., is supposed to have
been drowned while returning to his
home from Sehome. Some suspicion
is felt that Indians may have had
something to do with causing his
death. e
Assessor Davis assessed the. rail
road in Yamhill county at 87,000 per
mile. The representatives of the
company went before the County
Board for a reduction. The Board
determined to let Mr. Davis' estimate
stand.
On Friday of last week twenty-five.l
inaians torert on a wood train in Bull
Canyon, eighteen miles southwest of
Rawlins. The train men promptly
returned the fire, and the reds got
up and dusted. No one killed on
either sido. 1
The City Council of Seattle met
last Monday evening and passed an
ordinance deeding to the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad and Transpor
tation company all the tide flats south
of lying street,, iu that city,
Elliott's Bay.
Salem's boys are precocious. Oneof
them about 13 years old, "nipped"
a horse, saddle and bridle which had
been loft by the owner at the gate of
air. a. iiicr. fatton, n few nights
ago. The lad is lo be arrested and
tried for larceny.
It is cheaper to live than to die in
Salt Lake. The Washington House!
is luinistiing meals at fifteen
... M ueo.-VTasliington
y " "8 were to come back
uu oco ins uotei feedin
that rate? .
. i 1 i.nm fllfi
of the section of roaa east -
mouth of Snake river, the materials
will have tftbe transported up fte
ColumbiarahiMhe present road will
B8 insufficient to make the portage
This new piece of road will no doubt
BUimatelboapart of the through
J"The Lewiston Signal reports quite
a small-pox scare in the Spokane,
country, and several deaths have
been reported among the' Indians.
From what we can learn, the disease
isoonfinedfor the present entirely
among the Indians.
Mr. Leander Storr, living near
Monroe, mot with a very Bevere ac
cident on Tuesday of last week by
the accidental discharge of a bIioO
gun. The entire charge of bird shot
passed through his left hand fear
fully mangling the same.
A Yamhill former named Durham
made three revolutions around the
tumbling-rod of a threshing machine
a few day Bince, at the rate of 800
revolutions per minute. Two more
"revolutions" would have wound him
and his earthly career up at the same
time.
On Wednesday, Ed. Crandall,
pump manufacturer in La Grande,
met with a severe accident. While
handling a pump log bis footing gave
way and he fell backward, the log
falling on bis right leg just above the
onlrln lirflakinfr the front bone. His
ankle was also thrown out of joint,
A man at the Moadows, Umatilla
county, was stacking hay one day
last week, and after finishing th(
stack, slid down the side of the stack
coming in contact with a pitch-fork
handle, which ran info his body, in
flicting a very serious wound. The
physicians say his recovery is doubt
ful. Clark is his name.
The Plaindealer is - informed by
Mr. A. Marks, President of the Ex
celsior Lime Company, that for, the
present work has ceased at the quar
ry. The railroad tariff is bo high as
to render it impossible for this lime
to compete in Salem and Portland
with the Santa Cruz lime.
The editor of the Olympia Courier
has a work on medicine published in
1550 by Balthazar Arnoullet, , of
Lyons, and written by John Ruellius
of Soissons. Its nomenclature gives
the names of every plant, animal and
substance in Greek, Latin, Gallic,
Italian and German. Asa relio of
the olden time it is venerable.
We learn that on monday last,
Captain Powell bad a fine team
drowned at tne Dayton ferry. He
was descending tha hill to the boat
with a heavy load of lumber, when
the brake gave way, the wagon lurch
ed forward, and the horses, not be
ing able to control it, were crowtled
quickly into the river and drOwnod.
The Astorian of thejst snys: Yes
terday G. W. Wood, of this county,
and a young man with him, upset
about half a mile off shore, near the
upper town', when coming down in a
small sail boat. They got ashore iu
a canoe, and their boat was picked
up by B. F. Stevens, of the Astorian
office, who went to their relief in
another boat, just in the niok of time
and prevented a first-class sensation.
Senor P. C. Armijo, of Albuquer
que, New Mexico is probably the
most extensive sheep raiser in the
world. His herd at tho present time
numbers over half a million. He
supplies with mutton nearly all that
section of country embraced within
the Territories of Colorado,- New
Mexico, Arizona and Montana, and
and the States of Kansas and
Nebraska.
A mo3t daring robbery was perpe
trated in Oregon City last Saturday
evening.. As we learn the case,
about 11 o'clock on that evening two
masked men effected an entrance to
the sleeping apartment of Mrs. M.
H. Kelly, which is directly in the
rear of her store on Main Btreet, pre
sented a pistol to her head, anrl
threatened to Bhoot if she made any
noise or refused to deliver up her
money. .She had in her room $480,
in currency, which the robbers ob
tained and left with. This, we be
lieve, is the most daring robbery
ever perpetrated in our city, occur
ring as it did at such an early hour
iu ma evening, and the house being
ouuaiou m ine most central part of
lown. it is to be hoped that the
thieves may be detected.
ocntly nttackoii train near' Des
Moines (Iowa), in which ono, robber
was wounded. Tin Sheriff and posse
wore in hot put-suit last acconta.
.MoGnrahan Entered suit" in" ' Cali.
iornia for $5,000,000 against the New
Jdrn Company (for quicksilver taken
j- iTI,nrton ...:n
before the Conns of that State.
John T. Birdf,meniber of Cono-msn
from New Jersey tas returned" his
bnck-pny to the 3:nitcd States Treas
ury, including iiioreit oh a 'portiqn
of the' amount. wjmih accrued by 'in-
The Missouri liepuhlican Conven
tion mot nt Jaclaon, Thursday And
nominated Davil(colored) for oil
tenant Governor lnd Hill for Secrota- "
ry of Stato. Thievening session was
consumed in balloting without choice
for State Tronsurej'.' -. -'i
The Cholera is haine fearfully at
Millersbnig fiventuokyli Th ore Wore
fifteen deaths in town yeBtorday
morning, and several othors will be
dead presently. R was never so vio
lent before. ,The most cases, thus
far, are amon the colored population,'
Thirty deatlwiBince Thurtdoy Inst' ' ,
NEV ADVERTISEMENTS
1VOTICF. IH nRUErrv GIVEN THAT MY
ill wile, Ellzahi-lh Ccis, hnvlnir lof,t my
n.,.i i,nn,.,t iviiiw,;,aiii)ati e catiso or
provocation I will not 1,4 taw"" !.' "n
debts nfliorcontmctlnif.l J01IN . LUX.
BCio, Kept, i, inej,
Graduate- ol Iowa ftitt Pnlrersitjr
V ILL HF.nBAFTKR
w fesslon in tills city
fine and rooms are at tlio
bany.
HACWK HIS PRO- .
fcnavicinny. jus Ol-
Lglisrlos Hotel, Al
-V
NOTICE OP FINAL fiETW'EMENT.
In the County CowtW Unn, Jonn-
ty,. Oregon. . . , - -,
In itio mfittrsrof BhoestftMTI,omw Mnis
tin, di'WMisoi.. 'i i 'I ' ' " ' f
HkfOTICR IS HEREBY BYTItR'tW- .
tcstaiiH'iitnnUestati nf Tli"'1 J uc
ci'usi'tl, ttmi. siiid cxi'tiutorfl lii11"1' "(''r o
cmints In tlio County Court 4 mn county
Un'Ron, in tho mutter 'f naitlffla'' uslced
the Ui.iirt fur a llnal iwltlwiiio"w ttouyunt,
and salil Court litis appuiiittd J'
Tuesday, the 7th day oj'Qtt&er, 1873,
nt the hour of 1 oVToffk p. mj sf iJ rtayi for
tlio hciirinsof nljjwlion, if .mt "w ho, to.,
suki acommt, nnii (or tin' miaUUl'''iit. Uim
of, by an order of wild Court vate tho Hup
tumtirrteriiiUn'n'or m. B .
HUtA.H HMiril and J. F.WRTW,. '
n-iwi. i '' f biccutori.
summoNS, , t
In the "Circuit Cotyl'ofk State lo
Oreaon, ' for the Vmttpf Linn.
Tho Allmiiv ond HnnUiinl WiinltlHi or Ca
nal Cmumu'v, pliilntillf, vs. Hinn toiith, Ad
lninlnLriilor, wll toilJ" will annM ol (ho uu
ttituof John HubiiK'tU lU ocasi J, Msry Way,
dfiuphlor of B'lid John Itobliiit.Od, and
iiv'hi'r husband, Nancy OiiT.tiiihtpr of
said John Hobititlt, dt'i'fastjll, iu Mik-n Oary
her husband, Hachi'l .Moore, dftiatT of Pitld
John Kobini'lt, di'ocasi d, anulVaJlilnfrlon.
Monro her husband, Biirah Soolj taf.1" Mt
Haid John Uobint'tt, duLVHHi'd, id Hoely
hrrhuHband, UidndaMuclinll.diidH'ol'snid
Job!) Koblnelt, di'oonscd, and Mill Iut
husband, William Rnbinett, N' Soblno.tt
and Mnst-s Kobini'lt, sons of sailrta Itobl
niit, deceased, mid Murk-tic FIlalrptoviscQ
of fin iil John Rvihluftt, decefUvHl, taunts.
To IMmm Hmlih, Adiiiinisiraii, nil tho
will annexed, of tht: eslatw of Jim Mnutt,
deceased, Mury Way and VVayktatiitiHl,
Nancy t'urey nnii Allies Carey Ii'htband,
Uucliol Moore and Washington Sinter hus
band, Sanili Meely and Heeley tiMn lid,
I.iieliida Mucltnll find Maoltall Itifjiiand,
William Hobinott, Nonh Kobtnctt.inH Hob
inett and MurieLlo Kllsbuig, dolcuui.Lbnvu
named. -,. ,
Jn tlio namo oflJio Ptntpof Orfroi ! aro"
hereby summoned and rennired to ism r in
the Circuit Court of tlio Htnto of Orjjifcr tho
County of Linn, within ten diiys i'mitMatfi
of the service of tills sunnnmiB upsim, f
served In said l.lnn cour.tv, but - il kti, U
any other county within tills Wn to, tin hiii '
twenty duys from the datw of such am hut
a Hi-rviuem imssunnnoiisijo made urnm bv
publication, then on the llrst cbiv oiik'mvt
term or said Court in and lor Uun tm uf
ter publication lor six nuccosslve wow,tn'lf Tp
on tho second Monday tlio ljjtn day wJetoer,
A. P. 1S7H, and answer tlio foinpialitol he
plalntiir In the ubnvo entitled acliuiionst
you. on tile with the Clerk nf nn n.
judgment for want of on answer willietilen
iijiiu7i. ,mu ; vou hit niniier noune itm if
you fall to nswer snlii complaint fu tor,
quired, tho plaintiff wiil take U&mt
nirainst you for tho aitnroorintJon in tWir
I'""" hi mi uu- mhiii, oi way i or i tin 1
tho toltowlncdeserllted tract nt land, tut a
strip nt land sixty feet wldo thirty foerfltvu
side ol the center line of snid eniiRliiitn
same Is surveyed ami staked by said kwff
and plattod onfhe pint of tho survey i mi
canal now on die In the offlceof said femur,
in Albany, Oregon : HeninnlnR at a 4ni
tho south line of the land of said Uofnto
and in Neetion :t) threo. Townihfn n-n ii'
South ot Range, 2 Wostof the Withim
ridbin, in Linn county, Oregon, whero. Iw II
ol said eonaf, as surveyed as atoreHaicL m.
Wit
-tiiirtj
UU o
I1KI fa
Will
HtK
the south line t,r wild floft.n.imtfB' 1.
extending thenee In a north-westerly
on oiioii Khio.of snid rine, sixty feet wtd
i-:i;hmi I'imn si( in sn i eon IT Inn nl
mil thfrlV-ntnft eblllnn ami Mitnufr
the point where said center lino of sail
"llf "if netween the lands of
leuimnMnndthoiJUMiwirf.iif. hCrs ol
Hitter, said strip ol land oomninniti a,ty
loo acres ot land, and that tho comnonwition to
be iiald detondanfs Iherffnr bv tin. i.inititor iu.
determined by tho Judgment of 8ld Court, and
tifitphiintitr have cost and disburse in im ts of
this net Urn. .
i ms summons Is published by order of Fton.
B. K Ronhani. JnHire nf ei.m
the B7th day of Auirust. 1H7.1 '
HoiHK A Wii.uh and Poweil A Yhtstt, At-
torneys tor plalntllf.
AT A081. Y PRICES.
npnAVELKUS ON THR W. V. &' 0." M.'
viii."P?n ond,'MW1,,nclt1PnsofOcho .
alloy will boar In mitid (hat they oan pur-
no hl,W PKtt nt ,,nn' Prtco. Thin is
no li'iiulV, biital tern fnct.. '. h Mnuu
hweet imine, Aug. 10, 187a n2w4.
NOTICE.
TO 2!CK ,JR HRERY OIVRN TO AUi
if Z m U winwrn. that the underslRn
SS; rnuH. ,,i"11' -I-'J"r1 wife of Martin
;r7""CWH'V.n.thH bounty of r.inn.ln the
nny
file, ond
, ' '"' t Miiiwiimmi n o. flnil lm.
totoinont.
eupon did tw
. Of this let all
- v. " o,,w is, a soic trader. O
persons henceforth take due nolle
. 1E I.AVONTIA F TT'Pli-n
Dated nt Albany, Ofegon, Au 17,'ml;
... TELKIiltAPUIC GUiAKlXGS.
A batallion ofBannblimn nk..'.L
stationed in Vichy, have mutinied.
The nublio debt t.nimni .1. .
a , fat. -ft, oilUWH
- .UuUviUu 01 9o,iuu,uuu lor August.
Seven shocks of e.mliq.iako were
felt yesterday t Mission, 'saa
and Uedwood City, (Cal). -.
The renorled
h dir, ;..i C T,v "'ort mii
Uu
: WEBFOOT MARKET.
W. II. GEAIUIART, Proprietor
and Proadalbin streets.
both the Indian
area,, and the War Department,
stations between To,,o a lc
and prove, foul in nearly every ca"e
It is reported that tho French
Government will pay t0 Germany ?hi
last installment o ,L .. .. ,a"y ,he
on the 14th of October U""'y
A rumor is mrrom ,1... ... !
cents, rrinoe of Asierrea. " ' A ,0Mr. 1
' . . "iu s nr v 01
erupt, on feahnish t0 '.r
Ins sucoenH on in .1,. .1 '. . l"oiaini
-. ' :-'' , ' 1 win 00 naimv In 1
i-,o..ninoaii inyoiucnstomeriiniid iuimnni1
ton, veal, and lSRnV. mutJ
jBeware of Counterfeits IT
I0,SS' s,llsK?iii8KB"
oon.utuUuni. ,ESt SIiwh"!l' '"""U
fad cur6l,u,,S':;!1f.'l"rtoJI .t,l,
nil Umh,, touiui , " ? In tho Hack
cop. ln .il eSSr'aJiS; h.?";,Uic W1"
N,ponra.SI toM !SP "raeiNi, do do!
feople at
The Chief Engineer of the O. S
. v,o., commenced the survey 0f a
new railroad around the Cascades, on
the aslnngton side. ti....-
last. A; hen lb. Northern Vu:m
v vuini, j- commence the
succession to the tlirnnn
Late advices from the 1?;;; r i 3
re to the effect Ihat tl.-UV i ? '
m on.,ndtl1liot,,rl,r:lr.n
A dispatch 1,-om Cllnto
on (.Missouri)
took i,la, ,...-, .v "
savs that nn Ti .1... i
W, -""""y ist a skirmiHl,
n
Slirines.
,N tiN minutes:
BO tut, D? !!l!. . ?0 BUBJllM. 1,0,
w bolore fi.11'11"1 n
7rEl?"E" French-remedy;'
tft iiicron ihiCJ, h,l ,vl with uii,alt
lv!l-AR (I. ,( Ik? EYS t'tid Jirrnl I
"C-1111,4,, '
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