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14 !iKSHS!SHSW.L! BATES OF ADVERTlHINtt. ; J STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT 1 OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. 1 W 1 M M 6M li K In. on, I ll . i 5 (in s on !i oil 2 In. 2 00 S 00 1 00 13 01) Is 1 0 3 In. 8 00 0 00 10 00 It 00 2:! CO 4 In. t 00 1 00 12 60 '18 1)0 27 CO Col. 00 t 00 16 Oil 25 00 3f, CO CoU , J SO 12 1)0 18 00 80 Oil 4H : Col. 10 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 Hi (0 1 Col. 15 00 20 00 40 00 00 00 100 00 oiibbd bvbrt tbibat, it MART. V. BROWN. OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TERMS, in advahcb i One year, $3 j 6li months, 2 Three monthsi 1 1 Om month, 60 ,snts; Single Copiol, 121 cents. Correspondents writing over assumed signa ture! or anonymously, must make fenown their uroper names to the Editor, or no attention will 09 gi w ... BU SINE 8 8 OA EDS. CHAS. B. WOLVERTOM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELER AT LAW ALBANY, OKEQON. tyonioo with Dr. P W. Harris, over Cartith ers' Drug Store. HMnii. . J. CiOlXSKY, - MERCHANT TAlLOft, Has opened a first-class tailor shop 'In Albany, .nd wants customers. Casslmere.s,.Cloths, &c., neeaiiy mode Into suits of the latest styles, vouiattf, V. A. OBB1IOWBTH. Vjsrrallll. . I. V. SUITB. Linn Co. 'CHENOWETH 4 SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , orvalli, Oregon. jar-Ornci at the Court House. vn27 JOHBf 1. WHITKEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOS AT LAW and Notary Public. Epeolal attentions given to eolleotions. Omoi Up stairs in Parriflh's Brick. Albany, Orogon. v3n33tf. AX. JOKES. I ' r. L. H JONES & HILL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS . . . ' ALBANY, OREGON. S. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. 7-omoe In the Court Housctl vSnal. BOOTS MADE TO ORDER AT RKASONABLB BATES AT IIE VRV FLINDT'S SHOP, ALBANY, OREGON. lw Work warranted to Rive satisfaction.-! vHnEStf. A. W. GAMBLE, M. D., PII VSICIAN At SURGEON, ' ALBANY, OREGON. Offieo'on Main streer,,-one door west of Weed's grocery store. Residence nt the lato residence of George Patterson near the Star Brewery. Jan. 12th, W71. vOnaltf. D. II. ItlCL, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY. OREGON, ' Office on Main street, between Kerry and broadalbin. Residence on Third street, two blocks east, or below, the Methodist Church. vWUStf. J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Will practice in all tho CourtB in tho 2d, 8d and 4th Judicial Kistrlcta : In the Supreme Court of Oregon, and in the United States Dis trict and Circuit Court. Olllce up-stnirs In front room in Parrlsh's brick block, First Bt., Albany, Oregon. vBnluyL OH. E. O. SMITH, ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE Two doors east of Conner's Bank. vOniltf. GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice in all the Courts of this State. OFFICE i ALBANY, OREGON. Nov. 11, 1870. T. W. HARRIS. ' H. J. BODQHTON. HARRIS & BOUGIITON, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, ALBANY, OREGON. BJ" Office on Main street, over A. Carothers' iStore. Dr. Harris's residence, on Fourth street, four blocks west of Court House. Dr. Hough ton's rcsidonoe, on Fourth street, opposite l)r. Tate's. vilnlKf. ST. CHARLES HOTJEL, tORNEU FRONT AND WASHINGTON STS., ALBANY, OREGON. r.. S. LUBOIS. - PROPRIETOR. This house is the most commodious in the elty. Table supplied with tho best tne market Words. Free coach to the house. Sate lor valuables. Offloe of Curvallla Stage Company. ,1 vSniW. G. F. SETTLEMIER, Druggist and Apothecary! BEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Glass, Dyestuffs, Liuuors, oy Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, Ao. Prcseiiptionj Carefully Compounded. All art des and Drugs in our line warranted of the best quality. Jirst street, Post Offiee building, Albany. jullovohlSyl ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDER3IGNBD W0TTLD RESPECT fully inform the citiiens of Albany and vi cinity that he has taken charge of this Establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying striot attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with thoir ptronge. Having heretofore carried on nothing but Flrst-CUss Hair Dressing Saloons, he eipeets to five entire satisfaction to all. -Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly ent W.hampooed. JOSEPH WtUliKR. v3n33tf. Hit. C. W. GBAYj ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE IX PABRIRH'S BRICK BIKX comer of First and Kerry streets Ofikv Spurs from to U o'clock A. m ., and from 1 to 5 tlBck r. is. tVildenoa: Comer Fifth and Ferry streets. vBoldf. , It. C; HILL & !0. DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, ALBANY, OREGON. tniKS and medldnea fresh and pure. F"nt kltrnliun ali-en lo otainlry ord-i and pnysl ans' preicniJIoM. bud water Inh Horn SraW.opr;t-f"nnPsnl VOL. IX. HEART-TRUE. "It is such a bother to be poor!" There had been a long interval of silence in Mrs. Jumeson's sitting room, vhen Gertie made this excla mation. "What is the new bother, Gertie?" The pleased voice and tone of kindly inquiry made the young girl blusii deeply as sue replied: "U, mamma, never muid; 1 was only thinking aloud." "Thinking of what?" "Of some velvet flowers I saw yes terday, which just matched this rib bon, and Gertie held up a bonnet she yas trimming. "Velvet flowers are so lovely for a winter bonnet, and this one needs something. "I am sure it looks very nice, Ger tie." "Nice," said the girl, scornfully emphasizing tne word; "ye3, it is verv nice, and that turned silk is nice. and the short sack niake out of your old coat is nice, and cleaned gloves are nice, antt "Why, Gertie 1" cried her mother, in a voice of amazement. "Bu(; thre is nothing stylish or handsome in cleaned gloves and re trimmed bonnets, . and old cloaks turned into sacks, and so I Bay pov erty is a bother.". . , "Qertiej put away that bonnet and come here. No', little daughter," said the widow, gently, "tejl me the meaning of this sudden tirade against povctry; of the restless, tossing I heard lrom your room l(tst niglit; ol the nervous unquiet'of my contented little girl since yesterday?" There was no reply. "Gertie, what did Leon Payne sfty to you last evening?" ''He tsked me to be his wife." The woids were jerked out hastily. And you answered 'Jane came in to shut up the par lor, not knowing he was there, and she stayed; so he got no answer at all.", "But he must be answered, Gertie. He Las spoken to me and I told him it must rest with you." "Mamma!" this after a long, deep stlence. 'He is very rich, When he mar ries, his wife can have every luxury. If if it is I, we can have you with us, and Jane need not teach that hor rid school any longer. We ware on street the other day, and stopped to look into a jewelor's window and he pointed out the kind of jewels he would wish his wife to wear. I need not wear old silks then, mamma." 'Then you intend to accept his of fer?" "I don't know; you see, there is Harry." 'But Harry cannot offer you jewels." "JNo, poor narryi 11 ne naa ,oniy three thousand dollars, Mr. In graham would take him into the firm. He told me all about it last week. But think how long it will take to save three thousand dollars, and of course his wife must save, and pinch, and economize till he is able to spend more freely." 'xes, dear, tliere woua De no va riations on turned cloth and re trimmed bonnets; no velvet flowers, But such a noble, true heart; such tender love!" Leon Payne loves you. As much as he loves anything be yond his own pleasure! and comfort. tie is so tnorougniy semsn, so nara, and thinks so much of himself. It is his wife that must be handsomely dressed, ride in her carriage, and re flect credit upon his choice. Mamma, he loves me because I am pretty and can sing well, and can manage his house nicely. Horry loves me because it is I." There was a a violent ierk at the door-bell at that instant that called her to the door. She came back with flying foet, "Two valentines, mammal I had forgotten it was the fourteenth." "Two? i 1 "Yes, oh, mamma, look!" She had torn the cover from a dainty package in her hand and open ed a morocco case inside. Upon the black velvet lining lay a pnrure of glittering diamonds, flashing up, where a stray sunbeam fell upon them, into a glorious sea ot color. T t) I" A rtnrf.'o " 'Are t.hev nnk axausite?" Mrs. Jameson's lips quivered a lit tle us she looked at her daughter's flushed face and bright eyes, and her heart sent up a silent prayer lor tne future, tremblinff before her eyes. "Look at the omer, sue mux 4m- etlv. Onlv a conv of verses, said Uer tiB. "Violet eyes and all that sort of thing. But are not these dia monds magnificent? It is the very set I admired so much when we were out the other dav." "Gertie, it is 11 oclocK, ana a must go to Mrs. Lewis, iiittie daughter, you may have callers while I am out." She drew her child into her arms", and looked with anxious lnvn intb her eves. "Gertie, mv dauirmer, be true to rrinrown heart" And so she left her. True to her own heart. Gertie Jameson sat down to ponder over those words. The diamonds flashed out their glorious waves of light be fore her eves; the copy of verses lay open on tile little work-table, and Gertie sat musing. Pictures of the runt r-inia in succession into her memory. Tt wns ten years arra but she could rfill remprnW. the dav. smfie her fnthpr hurl been called til the shadow land. Tho luxurious country home where she and Jane, her eldest sister, were born, Was sold and they had i tliA f iiv Her mother, one of the finest amafcur pianists of her time, bad begun to teach mu sic, and they had lived .upon her earnings until Jane was old enough to take the Trench class in a large seminary, and Gertie to have ainging scholars at home; but even with these additions their income was very lim ited. Close economy, self-denial, humble fare and quiet dress, Gertie could recall much more distinctly than the wealth her father had squan dered. Where did Harry Clarke come upon the scene? Gertie scarcely knew. He was a step-son of her mother's' brother, and had come to the city to make his fortune. Far away in the central part ot Pennsyl vania nestled a Binall farm where Harry was born, where father and mother had died, and which was the boy's sole patrimony. The rent of his domain scarcely sufficed to clothe the young clerk, but he had' been winning his way in the house of I, & Co. , and jjow, if he could make three thousand dollars, might be a partner. The farm might bring part of 'that sum, where was the rest to come from queried Gertie. Yet over Har ry's memory picture the little maiden lingered lovingly. There was no part of her life so pleasant to dwell upon as that where he figured. Long walks and talks, duets over the old piano, chats by moonlight, firelight and gaslight. He was so tender and loving, so honorable and true, so res pectful to her mother, so tender to Jane, and so ready to advise or assist Jane's betrothed, a fellow-clerk, who was waiting the turn in fortune's wheel that would enable him to mar ry. Was not such love as he offered worthy of any sacrifice? Leon Payne came to the scene only six montlis before this musing fit upon Gertie. She had met him at a party and had bewitched him by her pretty, piquant beauty, her grace and voico. He had dazzled her by his handsome face Harry was not handsome, poor fellow, Gertie sighed and wealth. But the young girl know, with a woman's intuition; that under the courtly manners, flattering attentions and devoted air, there was aihard, selfish nature, a cruel jealousy and a suspicious and hot temper. Yet he was so rich, and Gertie knew all the torure and misery of genteel poverty. "Be true to your own heart!" she said aloud as she arose and walked across-the room. "Do I love Leon Payne? If he should lose his wealth would I be a true and loving wife to him still? Could I wear old bonnets for his sake?" 1 ' She took up the diamonds and put them on while she spoke. They flashed brilliantly against the deep crimson of her neat dress and height ened the effect of her young, fresh beauty. "If he were poor and ill could I work for him its I could for Harry?" it burst from her lips in a sort of cry, and she tore off the jewels and replaced them in their velvet bed. I could bear all this for Harry but not for Leon Payne. I will be true to my own heart." , The winter was gliding into spring when Mrs. Jameson sat in a luxurious house on street, waiting the com ing ot two brides. The parlor in which she waited was richly furnish ed. Velvet carpets covered the floor, velvet curtains draped the windows, long mirrcrs threw back the light of of large chandeliers; costly pictures in heavy gilt frames hung upon tho walls. Above large bedrooms were filled with handsome appointed fur niture. In one room, laces., velvets, flowers and silks fit for a royal trous seau filled drawers and wardrobe; the dinning-room was spread for a rich and varied repast, and tho wid ow's own dress, though only black silk, was rich and handsomely mado. "My little. Gertie," said Mrs. Jame son, softly, ''how will she ever reign over this palace?" A quieter home, but pleasant, too, was waiting for Jane, whose husband has received an anonymous gif that enabled him to accept a businessopen ing long looked upon as an unattain able felicity. But Jane was to spend a few days with Gertie before going to her own borne, and the mother looked for two brides, as I said be fore. It was nearly midnight when the carriage drove up. Gertie' was the first to her mother's arms,. and thon, as Jane took her place, the little bride stood in the center of the long Earlors pale with astonishment. She ad tossed off her bonnet, and the soft gray traveling dress of the mis tress of the house seemed oddly out of place. , "Where am I?" she gasped at last. "At home, my darling," and her husband passed" his arm around her waist. "Home?" "It is not such a very long story," be said, looking down into her won drous eves, "but I did not tell you before, because I wanted to see if you loved me." She n-tled close to him, letting her bead fall upon his bosom. i "The farm, Gertie," he said softly "was full of oil. "Oil!" ' "I sold it for more money than Leon Pavne ever possessed. JNow. Pet, run up-stairs; mother will show you the room, and let me see now some of the finery there suits you." "But it is nearly midnight." 'Sever mind, we want a queen to nroride over this supper. Mrs. Jameson led the way, while Jrtne and hcr'husljand stood as be wildered as Gertie had been. Sud denly the bridegroom started forward to grasp Hairy s band. Are we not brothers?" said Harry quietly. . There was a little talk then, with hufcky ivoiees and moist eyes, and Jane was still looking gratefully into Harry's face when the door opened and Gertie fla.-;hed in. All the light had come back to her eyes, tne rich color to her cheeks, and the shining silk revealed snowy arms and ghoul des, while rich lace fell in folds around the Sweeping tkirta. Ipon ALBANY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, iUNE 19, 1874. her cluslering curls rested a wreath of white flowers, and rare bracelets clasped her wrists. She made a low reverence to her husband. " Lovely 1" he cried ; " but, Tet, wear the diamonds to-night." " Wliat diamonds ?" " Tlio ones I sent you for a valen tine." " Ypji sent me, Harry I I sent them back tp Leon Payne." , . It was certainly ten years later when, one evening at one of Mrs. Clarke's receptions, Mrs. Leon Payne said to her, pointing to her jewels: "It was the oddest thing about these , diamonds. Somebody sent them to Leijn for a valentine, years ago. He never could guess where they came from, for, of course, the lady must have been wealthy, though why she sent a lady's parure to a gen tleman is a mystery. Are they not lovely, Mrs. Clarke ?" " Very lovely," said Gertie, and smiled as she thought pf the day, ten years ago, when she was true to her own heart. A IIIGU-TO.VICD WYOMING WEDDING. What is termed the "grandest ball that Eawlins ever knew" occurred in that city recently, according to a letter in the Larainie (Wyoming) Independent. The modest writer says the, Rawlins youth were "drpss ed in the height of fashion," find describes two of the participants in tho following high-toned, and Jeu kinsy style:' "Miss , from Wilder's Gulch, was elegantly attired in a handsome buff cross grained buckskin dress, with army blanket ovorskirt bottom looped up with buckskin strings cut bias. Hair dressed a la Red Cloud, in which were twined a few sprigs of sagebrush; the whole secured be hind in a bunch with a handsome pin made with pine splinter and a buffalo's ear.' She wore an clogant mountain cat-skin cap, festooned with antelope tails, secured under the chin with a rattlesnake skin. Her feet were encased in buckskin moccasins ornamented with beads and soldier buttons. She created a big sensation as she entered the hall, hanging upon the arm of Mr. H. Barton, of Hallville, who was dress ed in the style of his locality, buck skin breeches in boots, hunting shirt of the same, ornamented with beads and tobacco strips. An army belt of the latest pattern around his waist, securing ,a pair of six shooters and huge bowie-knife, which set off his gallant figure to advantage. Envious glances from both sexes followed tliis handsome couplo round the hall. Several ladies and gentlemen from the mining districts were present and expressed themselves well pleased with the manner in winch the party was conducted. Their frequent exclamations of delight such as 'Red hot, you bet!' 'Ain't it fruit, though?' 'lloop-lar etc., plainly indicated that they were enjoying themselves in the bost possible manner. Virginia City Enterprise. A Boy's Composition on Giri.s. Girls are the most unaccountable things in the world except women. Like the wicked fleas, when you have them they ain't there. I can cipher clear over to niipropor frac tions, and the teacher says I do it first-rate; but I can't cipher out a girl, proper or improper, and you can't either. The only rule in arithmetic that hits their case is the double rule of two. They are as full of Old Nick as their skins can. hold, and they would die if they couldn't torment somebody. When they try to be mean they are as mean as, parsley, though they ain't as mean as they let on to be, except some times, and then they are a great deal meaner. The only way to get along with a girl when she comes with her nonsense is to give her tit for tat, and that will flummux her; and when you get a girl flummuxod she is as nice as a new pie. A girl can sow more wild oats in a day than a boy can in a year, but girls 'get 'their wild oats sowed after a while, which boys never do, and then they settle down as calm and placid as a mud puddle. But I like girls first-rate, and guess all the boys do. . I don't care how many tricks they play on me and they don't care either. The hoity-toitiest girl in the world can't always boil over like a glass of soda. By and by they will get into the traces with somebody they like, and pull as steady as on old stage horse. That is the beauty of them. So let them wave, I say; they will pay for it some day, sewing on but tons and trying; to make a decent man of the fellow they have spliced on to; and ten chances to one thoy don't get the worst of it. Qi-Ar.BT.uso. If anything in the world will make a man feel badly except pinching his fingers in the (rack of a uoor, it is unquestionably a quarrel. No man ever fail3 to think less of himself after.it than before. It detrrades him in the eyes of others, and, what is won(fe, bluutabis sensi bilities on tho one hand and increases the powor Of passionate irritability on the other. The truth is, the more peaceably we get on tho better for our neighbors. In nine cases out of ten the better course ist if a man cheats you, cease to deal with him ; if he is abusive, quit Lis company, and if he slanders you, take care to uve so that no one will believe him, No matter who ho is or how he misuses you, the wisest way is to let biin alfie, for there is nothing better than this cool, calm and quiet way of dealing witn the wrongs we mwj. . Brotherly love is not tho only kind fiey cultivate in Philadelphia. 1'or 15,782 fond hearts were made to bore as 7,B'J1 in that city last year. The Lima bean is a native of Lima, South America, and requires some three years nursing W accumulate it here. From the N. Y. Sun, Juno 8.1 WOnHB THAN TUB I.AUNDAUI.ET. It appears from the testimony be fore the investigating committee that the enterprise of Attorney-General Williams was aot confined to the thrifty application of the contingent fund of the Department of Justice, or to- the purchase of a gorgeous landaulot for the use of his family, but took in the Board of Publio Works in its extended sphere of operations. The facts as disclosed in this last category are curious, but by no means,surpri8ing. About two years ago Mrs. Williams purchased in her own name a square of ground is the centre of the district made , famous by the "real estate pool," and near Castle Stewart, at a cost of some $60,000. Last year Jsbe had erected on it her presont luxuri ous -residence. This ground lies high, and it had to be graded. Application was made to the Boss for that purpose, and hb ordered it to be done at the publio expense, as the records of the board show. After the ' first payment for this work the scandal got abroad, and then Shepherd and his confederates, taking the alarm from the threaten ed investigation attempted to put the responsibility on a subordinate, and repudiated their own- contract. Their virtue took a violent turn af tor the discovery, as will be seen by the narrative which is made up from the official papers. , The first step was a letter written by Mrs. Willirms to the Boss, dated Ocf.,t; 1873, as follows: hope not to bo oblljred to trouble you again for'totne time. The hlKh ground lying next lo our. lot needs lowering some, and as there are in tho vicinity several lots to bo filled, I should bo glad If the dirt for that purpose could bo taken lrom our land, aB It Is the nearest point for obtaining soil," "Accept my thanks for past favors, and be lieve me, with high esteem, most faithfully your friend," This document is quite business like in style, and clearly indicates that it was only one of a similar series. It was endorsed on the back by the Boss with a military ordor: "Mr. Johnson : See that these things aro at tended to ; call special attention. A. It. U." The next day Mr. Johnson ex pedited the instructions of bis Mas ter: ' . "Respectfully referred to Col. Clement Hill. f:eneral Inspector, who will please nttend to iiose matters at once. Ry order of the board." "Fdwaiid Johnson, Assistant Soo'y. With all the energy which the in spector Was able to apply, he could not start the work before the 14th of October six days after the general order was issued from headquarters. But when he did begin, it was in the spirit of his chief: "BoAHn ov Pnm.io Works, I WABHIWmiN, Oct. 4, 1878. J Gentlemen ; You aro hereby requested to grade and tlx the property of Attorney-Uonerul Williams U) the satisfaction of Mrs. Williams. Tho work must be commonest! once and finished without delay. Uy order of the board. Very respectlully, Ci.emrnt Hill, Ooneral Inspector. Messrs. Kilkv & Clahk. Inside of twenty-four hours this active inspeotor reported as follows: "I have to report that the gas eompnny have placet! the gas up to her house. Messrs. Hlley & Clark havo commenced to do the grading that Mrs. Williams requested done, una I will see it completed to her satisfaction. Very respectfully, Clkmunt Hill, General Inspector. The contractors wanted their mon ey for a part of tho work, and thoy applied to Shepherd, with this result: "ExKctmvB OKFinr:. 1 Wasiiinoton, Pee. 18, llfrll.J PEAR Sir: The Governor direets mo to re quest you to hnvo the work done by Hlley Clark around Ocn. Williams's property meas ured, AO., so that a settlement can bo effected atouco. Very respectfully, Wm. Tiniiali., Heo'y to Governor. How. Hknhy A. Willabp, Vioc-Proalddnt Board of Publio Works. This was referred to tho engineer, Mr. Cluss, who knew nothing about the matter, though it belonged to his department. The order had been given over his head. Upon going to the ground he discovered that the bill rendered was only partial, that another had been presented, and tne work was still going on. He order ed it stopped, and then the truth was forced out that under the direc tion of Shopherd this property was being improved at the publio charge. In order to conceal tne transac tion. Oertlv one of the engineers, who was used by Shepherd for all the false measurement, reported that the sou removed from Williams lot. came from "Rhode Island avenue, and it was so charged and paid, as ap pears by the report of the Treasurer, Magrader: . "1873. "(let. 80 Rllev A Clark. Rhode Island av enue, between Hoventh street and New Jersey avenue, i,iou.uo.-- Riley, ono of the contractors, was called and asked : "Q. Were you paid for that workf A. Yes, "'"Q.-'Whntamountt A.-I think it wa 1,- "q Your firm? A. Yes. sir ; Riley Clark. "(). bid the firm of Itlloy A Clark do any work wliafc-voron llliodo Island avenuirT A. Never. They never did a stroke of work on It. "O 1,1,1 von do ,inv work lietwoen these points for the Hoard of Public Works. A. No sir; l never am. Q. bid your partner? A. No, sir. This fraud was entered among the disbursements of the Treasurer with a full knowledge of its iniquity. Not satisfied with that Shephord and his associates refused to pay the poor contractor for what they had ordered to bo done and tried to escape by makin2 their creature, tfill, the in spector, take the load on his own shoulder to save the Boss. When Riley was examined on this point he made it clear enough: . 0."Yorcnmn!alnt really is that you did oenaln work and have not got your pay for It? A. No. sir; 1 have noi. i even nan u, sen my horses and carts Ui ny my men off nt Christ- mua rwt I have nulri the last tennv I OW". eij-iow much work did you do on the At-torney-tien'-rot's premises. A. Well, that is the mea.iirement. 'Q. What is tie amount-he number of yards r-rnov'-d rroin ! h-re7 A .Miietliousaiiu fi..ip tion.lr.-d anrl eh'1,1 l.K X VIlTlln. "0 .-i I ,w much of that have you been paid? A. 'int-ru la a balance yet flue of Sl,ti07. "tf. How eame you to quit the work. A. Mr. i;iu emne up niu. let'K-t'-n in, oir ,r.,i work. '1 hat ws Just atioiit tho time then tal ked or havliitr an mvesr.i;'i,ion np ner". r.v-r, thiitv w,-t,t on well tin l that time. Mrs. Wi) Hum. herself told me to go on with the work ittil Hi" lw;trd n.ld me lo sltip. Hhe was ifr. reellyjtilllugto havo the whole place taken down. The Attorney-General appeared and mado a lame explanation, like ... ... . . - .ti i -.. that about tne lanuuiuci. ah uin rjim-ema ino-onntt.v flnnirl Tint llinturb the record "that his wife'a property , . .... i t i i nwl peen rauca ai mrn, wsiirnmj .... , il'l IT.-.- 1 auu cuargcu to tne liuwu ouura But for the investigation the whole square would havo been cut down in the same way and covered itp under some other fabricated voucher! ' "SIOOCATS." Aiiiong the amusements offorod for the edification of the San Francisco publio was the exhibition of a mon ster anaconda. His snake-ship's diet was1 confined to rabbits, and the doily devouring of an unfortunate bunny was one of the attractions of the show. After a while business grew dull, and it was decided to seek fresh fields and pastures green. Accord ingly the entertainment was trans ferred from San Francisco to Sacra mento. There the show "drew" so well that the agent concluded to pitch his tent and prepare for a pro tracted stay. Ho therefore tele graphed to San Francisco for his posters to "bill the town." The dis patch read, "Send me 200 cuts," but, after passing through the hands of the operator, was roceived, "Send me 200 cats." The recipient of -the telegram at once jumped at the con clusion that rabbits were scarce in Sacramento, and that in consequence the diet of the anaoonda was to be changed. A few boysWere informed that a small sum would be paid for each and every cat delivered in good condition. In a short time the news became known, and the few boys were increased to an aritfy. Kittens in all the innocence of infantile cat hood were rudely abducted; matron ly cats were snatched from their fa vorite door-steps, and even the pirat ical old toms were captured. High and low, rich phd pooiv all, without regard to color or previous condition of servitude were taken to swell the contribution to the anaconda's lar der. By afternoon a crate of seventy-five cats was collected and for wardod, acoompanicd by a letter saying that' tho balance would be sent by the next tram. A dispatch was immediately sent forbidding a a further shipment, and the Sacra mento man Bet lus wits at work to devise means to rid himsolf of the feaful incubus so unexpectedly thrust upon linn. At last he saw his way out of his dilemma, and that night took the crate to the outskirts of the town, knocked off tho battens, and set free a perfect avalanche of cats. There was little sleep in some locali ties of Sacramento that night, and when morning dawned thore were but few families unprovided with fe lines. . A PIECE OF GOOD NEWS). A Chronicle reporter waited last week on Mr. Stanford, President of the Central Pacifio Railrotd Com pany, at, his office in this city the ex-Uovorhor having arrived on the previous night from Ojjdon, where there was held, a few days ago, a conference of officers of the Central Pacifio and Union Paciile companies, on the subject of fares and freights between the Pacifio and Atlantic soabords. The reporter learned that the conference lasted three days. The Central Pacifio was represented by ex-Governor Stanford, General Superintendent A. N. Towne and Chief Engineer Samuel S. Montague; the Union Pacifio by President Dunn and General Freight Agent Banning, who also spoke for the companies operating between Council Bluffs and the atlantio. Mho reporter was informed that although no new sched ule of fines and freights had been made up the oompanieg not having yet agreed upon the proper propor tion to be charged by eaen yet it bad been decided to reduce the rates of both fares and freights on all the roads at an early day just as soon as the equities oau be adjusted. Furthermore, that this reduction will be considerable a consummation that will be hailed joyfully by the people, business men especially. He was further informed that the Central Pacific and Union Pacifio companies had agreed to issuo anothor class of passage tickets for the accommo dation of the middle classes, to be known as secoud-class faros. These tickets will be issued when tho new ordor of things contemplated by the recent conference is' established, which will, it is expected, be soon No further information was given, but the reporter was assured that tho publio might look for redncod rates at an early day. a. jr.. unronme. Tub Telegraph Abound the Wortm. With the excoption of direct linos from the western coast of America to Asia, tho trirdlo which (rood-humor ed Puck was to put about tho earth seems to have been completed tho forty minutes tho littlo sprite claimed to accomplish his work has been quite verified by the events and the labor of tlio present age. Tho wires of the telegraph are an nihilating distance, aiding tho laws, nnd bringing tho nations of the earth into a companionship wich compels a better understanding. We can road in tho morning papers tho Austra lian news of yesterday, coming by way of London, leaving there at 3 a. m. of to-day; the triumph of science and the testimony of success to energy and perseverance Is complete. North, East, South and West all are within a few hours' reach with tho touch of instruments, and the steady tapping of tho telegraphic signals breathe tho wishes of the world and tho news of national or financial import with unerring prorriptnoss. The Blonder girdle which tho wires spread makes all mankind closo neighbors, and the bond of union which civilization is each day riveting should make us truer friends and nobler toward each other, "And so thf!y go," one of the Port land School Coinmitte3 is reported to have said; "our great men ure fast departing first Greeley, then Chaso, and now Sumner nnd I don't fool very wolf myself. " JSoj!o O'.'oAs. NO. 45 TKXAH CATTLE KINGS. Gen. James S. Brisbin writes tn the Chicago Tribune: J. hose who are familiar with Texas cattle-herding are often amused at the importance attached td a few thousand head on the plains. A man will point to his 1,000 cattle and say, wiuj. pncie, xnere is a line nerd, and a feig one, too; I will soon have cattle enough to makeme a rich man." What would such owners say if thoy oould see the herds of some of mir Texas cattle growers? r , - ,. un tne atanto (Jaturos rivet there is a ranche containing e'l.lM . acres. It is owned by one man, and has on it 65,000 head of cattlo 20,00Qihorses, 7,000 Bhecp, and 8,000 goats. ThiB immense number of live stock re quires 1,000 saddle-horses and 300 Wexicnns to attend and herd it. , Ten thousand beeves are annually sold from the ranche; and 12,000 young calves branded, i, There ia anotjier ranche, on the San Antonio river, noar Goliad. which grimes 40,000 head of cattle, and brands ll,uui calves annually. The owner of this ranche sells $75, 000 .worth of Btock each year, and his herds are constantly increasing. In 1852 this nidh began raising cat tle with a 1,500 herd, and his present enormous herds and wealth are the results of natural increase , ,r,- On the Gulf. W.wenn iha T?in Grande and the Neucos, is a ranche containing 142,8-t.O acres. It is on, a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, and to inclose the other sides nas required the building of thirty one milos pf plank fence. Every three miles along the fence are houses for herders, and enormpus stables and pens for stock. There are grazed, in this inclosure 80,000 head of bcef-cattlo, besides an im mense number of pther stock. , A ranche on the Brazos river con tains 60,000 head of cattlo, 800 horses, and 50 herders. The owner driwa 10,000 cattle to niarkot an nually. Thirteen years ago he was a poor farmer in Tounosseo; but, sel ing his land, and going to tlio Brazos, he succeeded by dint of bard labor, in. getting together, 60 cows and nine brood-marcs, when he went to rais ing stock. He has now 50,000 head of cattle, worth at least $150,000; and he is still under 50 years of age. This man is establishing stock ranches on the Platte river, in Nebraska, where he now has 6,000 head of cat tle, and expects to bring in 10,000 more. ; ','.- . ! ' There us a ranche on the Concho river, Texas, where, I am told, one man owns over 70,000 head o( steers and milch cows, Tuobo are very cattle-kingB indeed. , . i MAP YOUll FARM. . Evory farmer, should haveia coni- plote map of bis farm, with, each field, parturo and wood lot, together with all the fences, roads and ditches, plaiuly drawn, and either nuiubered or named, so they onn be readily des ignated. Few farmers can appreci ate ine iuu value oi one . until tncy have tried the experiment, for with a map before you, you can direot your workmen to any part of it with out tne posHiuuiy oi tnoir muKing a mistake. You can plan improve ments and estimate thoir cost at your leisure, instead of spending half a days valuable time in surveying the land itself. Any person with a, little ingenuity and patience can draw a map of his farm. It should'be about two foot sciuare. or larger if desired and drawn upon thick card-board to prevent its boinr? torn or dofaced. Let our farmers try the experiment and they will soon learn iU value. f armers union. ANTUBECRKT BOMETY CONVENTION. A dispatch from Syracuse, New York June 5th, Nays The Anti-Socret Society Conven tion to-day adopted resolutions de claring that the Convention recogniz ed in all secret societies, inclusive of Temperance and the Granger organi zations, hostility to all not bolouging to them and to the Christian reliiion expressing special opposition to 1'reo Masonry; refusing to vote for Ma sons, and promising to raise f lU.UlH) for locturos; prosesfing against Ma sonic dedication)! of public buildings, After a warm dobate ,tho , resolution to embody the name of,. God in the Constitution was adopted as a plank in tho platform. The next annual Convention meets at Pittsburg, 'S' 1 1" A Keuiiobunk (Me.) man, who as saulted his wife with intent to kill, was fined $10. And yet if he had failed to marry her after having promised to do so she would proba bly have collected several thousand dollars damages There is a farmer, near Flushing, L. I., who owns a Kontucky-bred mule that has, within the luHt thirty (lavs, kicneil in seventeen baru doors, unroofed a dozen chicken coops and trampled the life out of four of his favorite pigs. At Galway, N. Y., tho othor day, Mr. Jfidward Vinos, ogotl sixty-live. was married to Miss Delia Kherian, aged fifteen. It must lie a pleasing thought to Mr. Vines that when he comes to die of old age ho will leave a widow nearly old enough to marry. , The book trado is at present duller than it has been mco tho hist year of the war. Nothing will sell now and publisher re-train from putting any books that will koep on tho stag nant market. Lynch law is probably based on the old saying. When dcHpcradoes alwund, honest people surtondor to their leaders an "ynch," and thon thoy take an "L" and make a code called "Lynch Law." Waters waist deep havo made tho lowlands of the Misfaiftippi a watta of waters. -Business notices in ,the Local Columns, fr oents per line, each insertion. , For legal and tranHiont advertisements $2.6 perMniareof 12 .linos, for the first insertion, and SI tlU par square for each subteqtumt i. SCI880RINUS. - Florida makes Jorange champagne. Straining Bweetness--kissing thro a veil. . A model lodeihrr-houso The Ptitrant Office. Beaded and embroidered saCnues . are very fashionable. ,, , ' Smoking may, discolor but it pre vents decay of the teeth..,... Cock-fighting is the little game of Montana just now. A Michigan editor calls another -a snivolTheatled idiot." EuthanasBia was the ponsation a year ago; now it is cremation. , And now the base voice of tie um pire is bailing o'er the land. A man weighing 417 pounds re cently died in Somerset, Mass. : To have ideas is to gather. To think is to, weave them into.garlands. How to shorten ocean voyages Lengthen the ships. iV. Y. Mail. A St. Louis boarding-house martvr is ill favor of cremation iij his coffee. A Hartford paper returns thanks for 150 bottles of cough medicine. What sort of a saint would a con verted sailor make ? Why, an anchor ite, probably. H , ; The Buffalo Istreet railway icom- panics clip their horses, and tliink it a good tlimg. , whten trouble themselves to am plify what their readers trouble them aolros to abridgi, 1 The American Car-list war The railroad fight for who shall carry the most emigrants. The belle of an Ohio town is named Duty, and naturally whore Duty calls thore you'll find 'em. j, A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks it must be a vory Binall base ball that can be caught on a fly! - ' Mr. Itobert Bonner last week re jected an.ofl'er of $100,000 in gold for his horse Dexter. New York Sun. Oh. the earnest love of women I Little for itself, it seels; it is not a thing, uncommon for its flame to last six weeks l' ,. - .' iritttM nra An nnrt nmmM.'i elers in the tlnited States, and it costs over $87,000,000 a year to keep them moving. " Suiculo now within reach of all kerosene only fifteen cents a gallon," tne joyous announcement of a TituBvillo paper. , , .. A circus has already left so many unpaid bills " out West " that an ' editor , ventures to hope that this world is no all a " fleeting show." A dornnged lover, living near Louisville, committed suicide by taking hold pf the edge of a pond and holding bis bead under water. Tlio King of the Sandwich Islands has been appointing certain journal ists and authors to office in his do minions.1 But what can be expected of a savage? . A .contemporary mentions , that a near-sighted hen which mistook saw dust , for Indian meal ate heartily thereof,' then laid a nest full of wooden knobs.. A boy eleven years old was recent ly, received at the express office at Springfield, Muss., duly labeled, and tagged from an Illinois village, the charge uouig 4 Well, I 'spose the turned stuff got mixed," was the sad reply of a Missouri druggist when he killed a woman by giving arsenio for salts. - Ono of the arguments against cre mation is that in case of suspected poisqning it will, be impossible lo de tect tne presence oi poison py cnenu cal analysis. . , ' . , A Vermont oanrt is trying a, young! man for stealing eighteen years ago. Justice may sometimes be be tardy,. but she s always aohingtoget her paws on the guilty. . , Longstreet undertook: to thrash a New Orloans reporter tho other day, but when he found his head in chancery he mildly apologized, and the fiaht was declared "oft" The St. Louis, liepullican tells us that the strongest glass will sustain 2,000 pounds to the Bauare inch. It also has bet n known to twist a man's logs so that he couldn't walk. Potatoos contain when sound, and ripe 20 per cent, by weight of starch, wheat contains - about 60, while wheoten llour ioutaing about 70 and rice about 80 pur cont. by weight of starcK. ORANGE items. ,Thore are nearly three hundred granges in North Carolina. Marshall (Mich.) Grange, number ing 200 members, at its last meeting, resolved not to trade with, or pat ronize in any way a person engaged in liquor selling. Now granges ore still being organ ized every week throughout Kansas. Laporte county, Ind., is estimated to be the home of six hundred gran gers. Tlio new engine on the Des. Moines Narrow Gauge railway, that, drew the first train, is called the "Granger." , . , The grangers, have entered the field against hor:io jockeying as car ried on at the Agricultural fairs in the West, and have declared against, horse racing at agricultural exhibi tions, on geuornl principles. - All honor to the Pomfret, Vt., Grangers. While the oboricides of. Boston are bucking and foiling tho doar old trues on the Common, at thoir own vandal will, the Pomfrut (Irangora recently gavo up u whole day to tho planting of forpt-.t freest "not loss than nino feet liigh;",nml throe premiuniB wore bestowed npcuj the throo persons who piniilod tlio greatest number of tree. Of courso future generations of Pomfiet pco-, pie will rittfMip and 'call theao Giaa, gei'S blujbCtl'.