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PAPER PGR i OREGON.
()l O1)! I 'i I..CUPITAI. PUNISHMENT. '
Thq rase of, the. murderer, Ger
'rand, whose - death sentence has
been! commuted to life imprisonment,
Jha elicited an mmsuttl amount of dis-ouseion-iipon-
the subject of capital
punishment, ttnd : we ' observe that
several of our . newspaper eichangeB
Hie urging the abolition of the death
,um penalty from our Statute books.
As an argument in favor of ,this
' proposition a Snlem paper asserts
that "a large majority of the people
' Oregon are opposed to capital pun
ishment." ' The only facts which we
ire able to get at, without an, ex
pression of the ballot box will not
warrant Buch an assertion. Only
last fall a Legislature, fresh from
the people, peremptorily refused by
an overwhelming vote, to entertain
a measure providing for the abroga-
tion of the death penalty, and this
.notwithstanding the fact that an ex
traordinary amount of lobying and
honey-fugling was resorted to by
outsiders to accomplish the passage I
of the measure. The case of Ger
rand stared the Legislators in the
face. He was then incurcerated in a
felon's cell at the capital,' under the
sentonce of death, with no hope or
prospect of reprieve'! and as a moans
of saving him from the gallows the
most urgent appeals were made to
the law-makors to abolish hanging.
But all to ho purpose. A large ma
jority of those members had long
resided on the Pacific coast and had
been too long fumiliar with crime in
all its most hideous features to favor
the abrogation of the only wholo
some check upon the murderer's fell
designs'. ' Thoy woll knew that the
condition of society in our sparsely
c it settled Stale would not admit of
such modification of tie only just
''punishment for the reckless taking
of human life, and that they would
'" not be sustained by their constitu
ency in such enactments. Nearly
all Of the oldor States, with society
, evenly balanced, with courts coiu
' pletely' organized and justice most
n.t Rigidly enforced, have found. it nea
. essary to retain the death povally
n.n;npon,the statute books, and it was
not for our young and transitory
iii Oregon to make the experiment of a
change in this important particular,
ti'; ! True, li few States have recently
abolished capital punishment, but
the sequel has not warranted iho ex
periment. Statistics show that crime
' ' ' las' frightfully increased in these
,., .States sinco capital, execution has
l been abolished, and many of the
cases have been so atrocious as to
-v. . cause the citizens to resort to lynch
,; l: law as the only nderjunto means of
punishment. Only a fow woeks ago
' we had tho horrible spectacle do
tailed in our public print of the
j, t- hanging of a murdoror to a lnmp
' ih post in De MoinoH, Iowa, where hut
two years since the Logislaturo took
oifrom the Courts of justice the only
'adoqnatB punishment for, and only
t reasonable and wjiolesomo check np
!',,,, ou murder, Wo publish on the first
page of to-day's paper an aocouut of
;,.; one of the most horrible murders
-'! reoorded in the annals of crinio,
porpotratod by a fiend upon his own
'"'little duughtcr. ' ttg atrociousnoHS
l .kai nppurttllol. It is horribly cruel
and diabolical in all its feature's, and
f,r tha tmits displayed by the inhumau
ii.' i monster are iiliuost enough to uiako
man ashamed of his humanity. 1 Can
I", any one nrgo any palliation for such
' ' a crime or ofTor any sensible reason
why tho brutal ' porpolrator should
' 1( not be put to tloittli and thus orovor
preveuted from the possible com-
:; mission of a similar act. It is a
i n noticeable fact that Innny of tho Iowa
journals who favored the 'abolition
t ef tho death penalty', 'ard now, in
', ' contemplation of the rapid inoroaso
of murders in that Stjito, urging its
; 'reinstatement. ; The Oskaloosa Ihr
. . . oUwas one of that nuiubor, and it
closes its' account 6f tho atrocious
murdor to which we havo just rnfoiT
! ' ed'in the following words: "AVo
, are glad, for Iowa's good liiuiio, Unit
he was taken to a neighboring jail in
-i i time to savo lynching,, but Wo nmut
" express our sorrow that there in no
'" elmnce to hang the low dog, legally.
Certainly society will be benefitted
when ho becomes food for worms.
We are Rutislled, ,that the sober
second thought of most of those
' persons who favor tha abolition of
i the death ponalty in Oregon will lead
them to a different 1 conclusion.
Thoy are df course as anxious to
guard tho. lives of themselves and
other peacoublo citizens from, the
; knife and bullet of the murderer as
any of us, and must surely know,
when they eonteniplato the laiuonl
' able but stubborn fact, that only tho
', Most rigid aud speedy enforcement
of the highest puuimlimout known to
' tho law will offoct that object.
Tub Hartford Time snrs the most
ons))icui)ii8 wrc'k of the fall oloo
tions is that of tho Monitor, U. B.
Grant. Kothing but the smoke
stack IS visible!
. Mori Cha'iitiks. Societies are
lioing orgauiiied in various cities for
furnishing working girls a breakfast
of bread and oofloe for five cents and
a stick of chewing gmn for six cent.
A CANNON THAT SHOOTS BOTH WAYS.
We are glad to observe , that . the
Congress of the United States has at
last been attacked with a genuine
case of virtue, and is going to draw
its immaculate skirts closely about
its disfigured legs and protect itself
from further pollution and contam
ination with adulterers and such like
curses. , The House Committee on
Elections have reported a resolution
refusing a seat to Cannon, the newly
elected member from Utah, who, it
is alleged, is a Mormon Polygamist
having half a dozen wives, (or, as
the committee , recites it ooncu
bines.) It is also refreshing to see how
patronizingly the Radical journals of
the country pat the virtuous Con
gressional Committee on the back
and utter sanctimonious howls of ap
proval and "Thank God uml" over
this manifestation of the purity and
holiness ot our Republican Congress.
And npw that the good work is com
menced, we suppose it will go on
until both branches of the national
Congress is purified and purged of
these fornicators and adulterers
and the saintly Radical goose
is suspended at 1 an exalted al
titude, and Boecher and the other
pure Yankee deacons are constrained
to raise their nasal ebeneezers on high
and chant praises over a sanctified
and regenerated repnblic-ah ! '
And then away will go Matt. Car-
pohtor, who has just been re-elected
to the Senate from Wisconsin, and
who is known to all Washington so
ciety as a libertine and adultoror.
And, alas and alack! , We must lose
our own Hipplo, who was as much
of an adulterer as the Mormon Can
non having for years had at least
two living wives, with others brows
ing around as much "to all intents
and purposes."
Of course this trio of gaydocoivers
must share the Bame fate. The dig
nified Sonators Carpenter and Hip
pie must step down and out with the
Representative Cannon. One is as
much of an adulterer as the other;
save thoiO might be some excuse, or
palliation for the crime of the Mor
mon who professed a belief in the
sanctity of his oonaubinage and
claimed that ho was only performing
a religious duty which he had been
reared and educated to respect.
There . oan bo no such soph
istry urged in favor of the Polyga
mous Senators. Being lawyers, they
yet outraged the law; being bred
and educated among Christian insti
tutions, they yet violated every pre'
cept of Christianity and detilod the
most sacred cilidel of our social in
stitutions. Then lot the throe stand or fall to
gether. If Cannon is refused ad
mittance, lot Carpenter be excluded
also, and let Hippie be kicked out to
make room for one whose skirts are
clear of this social leprously and
whoso constituency will have no rea
son to blush for his private life and
character.
Let thkm kino with us. The New
York H'orW, Louisville Courier-Journal,
and Now York Evening Pot are
advising tho Democracy of Missouri
to ro-eloot Carl Schurz to the United
StateR Senate For our port we
don't believe in that sort of thing.
Carl Schurz has just Blapped the De
mocracy of Missouri squaro in the
face by asserting that ho "had no
sentiment in common" with that
party, and we trust the Domooracy of
Missouri will now have no votes "in
common" for him. We shall here
after oppose tlie Grooloying of tlie
Democratic party for any purposo
whatever, and shall earnestly protest
against tlie promotion of rcn
'egadu Republicans over the heads of
truo and triad Democrats. The
Missouri Democrats have a sufficient
number of able statesmen in their
own ranks without slopping outsido
to eUct a man who boldly informs
them that he has no sentiments in
common with tliem. We rather like
the tone of tho staunch Democratic
Representative, Mills, of Texas, who,
when asked to favor "Paper Collar
Ranks," of Massachusetts, for next
Speaker of the House, positively re
fused, adding that "Bunks may sing
with we DoinooraU, but ho oau't lead
Ike. choir."
Anoyhkb Katie King spiritual me
dium has come to exposure and grief.
It now appears that the Katie King
who appeared at tho seances of Miss
Cook, in London, is of the earth
earthy, 118 the Philadelphia spirit
proved. A Mr. William Hipp writes
to the nowspupers that he attended a
meeting where tho Npirits were to
sprinkle water upon those assembled.
A tumbler was placed on tlie table
and tlie lights turned down. Mr.
Hipp, buiug suspicious, grospod the
tumbler and soon grasped a hand
dipping into it. The hand proved
to bulmig to Miss Cook. Thus ho
had her on the Hipp, and thus was
Uie spiritualistic goose suddenly
Cook-od
Tint Punt roh bis. A five-logged
mule is a Texan objout of curiosity.
We would like to run a curenter
.hop aud make a speciality of re
pairing stable in the vicinity of that
un;:i.I.
A Rkd Ih.iw) paper heads a col
umn ' SciBBouiiktimm. It ought to
add "by Firiariuktuni, 1 ' "'
AVBO FROM THH GALLOWS.
On Wednesday of this week His
Excellency, the Governor, commuted
the death sentence of Thos. Gerrand
to imprisonment in the Peniteny
for life. But for this timely interpo
sition of Executive clemency Ger
rand would have been executed at
Salem to day. Indeed the scaffold
had been partially erected and other
necessary arrangements made for the
ghastly ceremony when the order of
commutation was handed to the
Sheriff. We are pleased to know
that the Governor was not moved to
this act of clemency by the clamors
of the swarms of fanatical men and
women who daily besieged his office
and plied him with all sorts of maud
lin bosh and passional nonsense,
but was done solely on the united
recommendation of the Judges of
the Supremo Court before whom the
case had been twice argued. He
had fully determined to let the law
take its course when the reception of
tho petition from the officers of the
highest court known to our common
wealth induced him to grant a com
mutation. The subjoined correspondence
fully expluins the action of his Ex
cellency in regard to the case :
Supreme Coukt Room, 1
Salem, Jan. 25, 1875. J
His Excellency, L. F. Grover,
Governor of Oregon. Executive De
partment, Sulem, Oregon, Sm:
With full knowledge of all the facts
in the case of Thomas Gerrand now
under sentence of death and await
ing execution, I take the liberty of
addressing vou in relation thereto.
I am aware of the dolicate nature of
the subject arising from the fact that
the case has passed beyond the con
trol of the department of which I
am a constituent member, and from
the further fact that if anything can
be done in the prisoner's behalf it
must be done by your .bxcellcncy in
virtue of your constitutional prerog
ative. I nope, sir, that under the
circumstances you will not think I
toucn too mucn upon matters ex
clusively within the Executive De
parttnent, when I take the liberty to
add my request to the voices already
raised and ask you to exercise such
a degree of mercy toward the doom
ed boy as will lead to the commuta
tion of the death sentence to impris
onment for life. The law has been
vindicated and upheld by the recent
decision ot the supreme (Jourt.
ana in its decision cannot be any
more or less the law of this State
than if the sentence of death be car
ried into execution. It is far from
my purpose to attempt to arouse any
sympathy Ly any allusion to the age
race, or ignorance ot Uerranu, belli"
satisfied that you are fully advised
of all matters relating thereto, and
that proper weight will be given to
those oireuinstances.
Hopiug that your Excellency will
find it entirely consistent with the
safety of the people and the welfare
of the State to commute the sentence
from death to imprisonment for life,
I remain your Excellency's obedient
servant.
(Signed,) L. L. McAnmun.
We unite in the request oontained
in the above letter.
(Signed,) E, D. Shattuck,
Jons BimNETT, .
P. P. Prim.
COMMUTATION OP HKNTKNCK.
State of Oregon vs. Thomas Gor
rnnd; sentence of death,
Wlierens, upon indictment, trial
mid conviction for murder In the lirst.
degroo of tho said Thomas Gerrand,
In thoClri'iiltCourt of Marion county,
In said State of Oregon, judgment
and sontenco of death were passed
upon him by said Court, mid upon
appeal tho' proceedings in tho said
case were ntllrmed by the Hupreino
Court, ntil said Gerrand Is now In
the custody of tho Mierih? of said
Marlon county, awaiting execution
under said sentence; mid,
Wherenn, the Justices of the
Supremo Court, who heard the said
appeal, in view or the whole ease,
have requested tho Executlvo to
commute said sontenco of death to
Imprisonment for life; and numerous
petition of the clllnzcns of Minion
county to the same effect have boon
presented:
Now therefore, I, L. F. Grover,
Governor of Oregon, do hereby com.
inuto the sniil judgment nod sen
tence of death, and (ho writ of execu
tion thereon Issued, to Imprisonment
In tho Penitentiary of said .state of
Oregon, during the life of the said
Thomas Gerruml; and tho Sheriff of
tho suld county of Marion will forth
with deliver tho said prisoner Into
the custody of tho Superintendent of
said Penitentiary, to be by Mm
received aud kept us the luw directs.
In witness whereof, 1 havo hereun
to sot my hand, and caused the seal
of tho Statu ororegou to ho atllxed,
at tho city of Salem, Oregon, . this
2"tli day of January, A. 1). 1873. .
fu . L. F. Guovkh,
i Attest ; Governor.
8. F. C'llADWK K; Sec'y of State,
As soon bs the Hhorllf read the
Governor's order, he in company with
Messrs. Gllfivy, Booth mid a few
others, went Immediately to tho cell
of tho prisoner, who was found In
consultation with Father Dileiuan.
After calling him to the door, Mr. J.
V. B,.th, at the request of tho Sher
Itf read the alsive order. For some
time ho was unuhle to express him
self, mid apparently eould not realize
the change. Wo went In tho after
noon to pay him a vUt hut learned
that he had Just hceu taken to the
Penitentiary it then Mug tilxxit two
o'clock. We were Informed, how
ever, that he desired to express his
thanks through the press to Iho Gov
ernor and (he Supremo Court for this
last act of leniency, and also to Sher
Itr Shaw, Deputy Sheriff Win. Bar
ker and wife, Rev. P. 8. Knight,
Mr. J. C. lUith, Mrs. Thornton and
all others who lisve manifested an
Interest In his behalf.
At five minutes before two o'clock
the prisoner, In runipnnv w ith the
Sheriff, IVputy Sheriff and Mr. J. C.
Booth, started for the Penitentiary.
The driver occupied but few min
utes; and during that time the pris
oner was silent. Ho was Immedi
ately handed over to the authorities.
TUB MOBS OP STATES.
A contemporary, the Richmond
Enquirer, calls Louisiana "theNiobe
of States," and the San Francisco
Examiner thinks there is a great
deal of aptness in the smile, for
neither Greece in the hands of the
Turks, Poland under the feet of the
Russian, or Ireland ground down by
tlie heel oi England, ever presented
so piteous a spectacle as Louisiana
struggling in the coils of the Radical ,
anaconda, an 1 seeking heorically to
free herself from its sinewy folds.
For two years now the unfortunate
State has been undergoing all the
perils of a state of siege in war.
Her peope have been in a beleaguer
ed garrison, hemmed in all sides by
enemies, bent upon starving tneui
into conditions of surrender. They
have made repeated sorties, but all
in vain, as it resulted only in the
sacrifice of valuable lives without a
single advantage. Things have been
going on thus from bad to worse,
until now they nave readied a condi
tion where it matters little what
change may take place it cannot
but be for the better. The general
government, and General Grant,
who uses and abuses the power of
that government, is wholly responsi
ble for this condition of affairs', and
he cannot escape the odium it will
bring upon his Administration. He
has not the shadow of an excuse for
keeping the people of that State
under the muzzles of his guns or
pinned to the earth by his bayonets,
while thieves are plundering them in
the name of the Radical party. Had
he turned the government of the
State over to the real people ovon
two years ago, not to say long before
that time, all these fearful scenes of
disorder, anarchy and blood, would
have been spared ub, and tho people
of that fair State, which has been
looked upon in times past as one of
the proudest stars in our constella
tion ouo of the brightest gems in
the crown of our American empire
would now bo happy, prosperous
and contented under the rule of a
local government of their own choice
and own choosing ; but partisan am-
bition and hide both stood in the
way of this solution to the question
and what are the consequences?
Let the sad story of chronic tumult
and disorder that comes to us with
its daily repetition of horrors, by
each mail, or fastor still, over the
wires each morning, answer. All
there and everywhere in the country
is anxiety and fear. Thore is
fovorish dread of something about to
happen, a namoless apprehension
that at any moment a frightful trage
dy may be enacted that will again
drench the streets of the Crescent
City with blood. We all fool that
the fires of a volcano are seeking to
break through tho thin crust, and
bring disaster and death upon this
fair city of the South, and in place
of the niiniio revelry of the gay and
gladsome carnival, we look for a
carnival of death. Will, not Con
gresa step in and do an net of right
and justice, . and in the interests of
poace and restore the people of
Louisiana to good government and
tranquility? Will they not do this
one act in the name of humanity, if
not of justice ?
Geiuiano was taken to the Peniten
tiary on Wednesday nt noon and it
was rumored on the streets of Salem
that same evening that n petition was
already in circulation for his full
pardon, i The same free-love, wo-
man suffrage crow that besieged the
Governor for tho commutation of
sentence will of course expect to
seoura this Indian's : full pardon
and frcodom in due time. But we
predict they will not BuceeoJ until
Govornor Graver's term of oflico ex
pires. ...... , ,
Sciknck B.ii'jfLKn. Now wo suppose
the average Cincinnati husband has
lost all confidence in the skill and
cunning of tho dentists of that city;
for we road an account of a tooth
jorkist who lust lijouth yanked 1.1
molars and the tongue from the
mouth of a Cincinuatti woman, and
yet she is still able to taste sweet
things and talk glibly of the latest
fusluons. It may woll bo frantically
asked, "Is there no holp for a body's
son in this vain world?"
Re-ei.kited. Mutt. Carpenter, a
Republican who wouldn't take back
pay, but did tako up with another
nuiu's wife, bus just been re elected
U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, not
withstanding the fact that a petition
signed by over one thousand Repub
licans of that State asked the Legis
lature not to do it, said petition de
claring that if Carpenter were elect
ed it would break up the Republican
party of that State.
Willi av Paiir, who first applied
the name "carpet-bagger" to the ad
venturers who wont dowu South after
the war to make their fortunes in
politics, died lately, in extreme pov
erty near Suffolk, Virginia. The ex
pressive application ha gavo to the
Bcolawags will not die so soon.
A mh named I'llory recently out
raged a little girl aged 9 years, at
I'rbaua, Ohio. He was arrested and
put in jail to await his trial. On (he
17th inst. forty masked mea entered
the jail yard, overpowered the keep
er, and took out tlie prisoner aud
hanged him to the nearest treo. ''
PACIFIC COASTERS.
Chitfkens froze to (Jealh in Yam
hill. :
Lane county pays 8 State tax of
i8,ojo. ' , ;
Vasquez is to hang at San Jose on
March 19th.
Slate Temperance Alliance meets
at Salem Feb. 17.
Great suffering among stock East
of the mountains. '
Forest. Grove is split up on the
subject of erecting city jail.
Six men were victims to a snow
slide near Salt Lake last week.
There were 4,044 deaths in 'Frisco
in 1874, iwenty-seYcn ot which were
murders. ' '
Loaded teams scooted across the
Willamette od the ice at Buena Vista
last week.
The Ajax went back to 'Frisco
from Astoria without coming to
Portland.
.' Lcabo's ferry boat, alovo Salem
was washed into emilhereans by an
ice-bust Inst week. '
Charley Christy got his feet badly
frozen in carrying the mail from
Monmouth to Corvallis.
A huntsman named Archie Little
killed fourteen fine, plump deer in
the Blue Mountains recently.
A drove of sheep last Sunday
crossed the river on the ice at Port
land, and saved their mutton.
A Lafayette man threw a snowball
at his neighbor with such force that
be jerked his arm oat of place.
The Mountain benhnel has a new
head and a patent outside.' It certain
ly is on the high road to fortune.
The playful Indians have busted
out in Nevada and oommenoed dep
reflating on live stock and human
life.
A Portland thief got so low down
as to be below zero. He stol
thermometer the coldost night last
week.
Benton coiirty has 78 tax-payers
who pay over $100 each; 13 who pay
over $200 eah; 4 over $300; 2; over
$400; 1 $518, nnd 1 8708.
The loss of sheep during the recent
storm in Douglas County has not
been great. Young lambs have fared
worse than any other stock.
' The Eureka papers blow about a
beet weighing 82 pounds, but what a
pigmy that is in size compared to a
protruding tack in a man's boot.
The Vancouver hotels are not do
ing a rushing business. Notasingle
arrival at any of them occurred dur
ing the week ending last Friday.
. The Tribune says: It Utah had a
live man to represent, her, instead of
a dirty polygmniBt, Salt Lake would
rejoice in the possession of a mint.
The Oregon Granger is shortly to
be enlarged. It is a valuable auxil
iary to that organization in this juris
diction and should be well patronized.
Los Angelos indignalod because
the Southern Pa-itio K. It. Bwituhed
off and refused to pass throuijh that
town after a subsidy ol $000,000 had
been raised. , , , , .
A party ot Chioago tourists ran out
of whikkey in tho mountains of
Colorado, and , before they could
reach a settlement, three ol them
died in great ngony.
The patent outsides of our Oregon
exchanges have just begun to arrive
with the poem of "Beautiful Snow,''
and there is a Iceile cussing going on
iu certain print shops. . ;
A loser, at a little poker gamo
nt Shei'idan, damandod the money of
the winning party, and as the demand
was barked by a loaded revolver, it
was quickly complied with.
The good people of Yamhill are
improving the cold weitther by form
readmit schools. The Courier
has the mimes of the persons belon g
iug to two of these organisations.
Ono of our exchanges says: ''The
Eugcno Guard was a rebel paper
during the war," but the (7 ucird can't
see how that was, as it was not estab
lialied until two years alter tha war
closed. ' - i
The residence '"of a man named
Tale, about 11 miles from Walla
Walla, was last wook buried under a
snow elide, and his wife and three
children perished. Tate was away
from home.
When a man bin s stock in a Kansas
railroad company, he doesn't begin
to brag much about tho value ot it
until the road has enlivened the com
munity by two or three first-class
"holocaiiRts." . '
A little child ot Mr. Shackle, living
in the Sitislaw neighborhood, was
severely burned on January Gill. At
first the injuries were considered fatal,
but at present the proxpeut is that
it will recover.
When a Mormon father tolls his
son that his mother is "going to whip
him when h gets home," the boy
thinks of his ten or a dozen mothers,
and then takes to the woods to begin
lite as a hermit.
We despair ot the oranga and
banana crop in Montana this year,
litit by a wise dispensation of Provi
dence, the average Monuniaii is en
abled to lay up a stora ef Iroiou
whiskey for his summer's use.
A Council Bluils lawyer ato pea
nuts in court aud was fined $10 for
contempt. 1 ne luiisro remarked mat
. , . ... , , l .,
h MBS determined to Uphold the
:..... r .1... 1... trW (K.
CUlirO peanut crop of Ihe bOUlh. I
rM i ii . -l it.
Hie l'oiUllelon TribuM saVS: Th
ii . a,ip i, , j -
iVntlleloll OtU iellowt olered $j1
K7 liv Lh hall vhmh ihpr PavB on
. , . SMMMlf rVwnt but a Ihfr Sn la wiy is-
Curittmas, nd it has been presented ' stncr thai oi-jms, hi theory woum
bylh.Commitw. of Arw.fi.mMUlS3SSSJ!!r
to Eureka Lodge, with instructions
to expend it in the purohsae of books
for the Lodge. It ii intended that
this shall be the nucleus of an Odd
Fellows' Library in Pendleton.
The nerves ot the Pendleton people
were shocked recently by the cry of
fire, and a general panic ensued. The
fire was kindled by some boys in a
dry stump alongside a livery stable,
and it wan extinguished with no dam
age to anything bat the stump itself.
We are in receipt of tha lienton
County Almanao for 1875. It con
tains a good desl of . information
relative to the early history and pro
gress of that part of our State em
braced in Benton. It ia published
by W. B. Carter, of the Corvallis
Gazette.
' The Bedrock Democrat, published
at Baker City, says: At CUrksville,
on Monday, December 28, 1874, in
the forenoon; the dwelling house ot
E Wendt was discovered to be on
fire. The furniture, eto., was saved.
the house was burned down. Loss
$3000 or $4000. ' :
The following is the business of the
Uoseburg Land Office for the month
of December: 1,365 acres sold for
cash; 15 homestead entries, embracing
1,855 acres 7 final homestead entries,;
embracing 980 acres; 1 mineral entry
embracing 132 acres; 20 pre-emption
filings; 1 donation certificate issued
A Dayton couple are having a
slight nupleaeantness. The woman
charges her lord of threatening to
spirit bcr. away, and he retorts by
accusing her of being a bad cook.
He says "glass and applesass" is a
dish lie is not particularly fond ot,
especially it the glass is pulverized.
The rain storm of last week was
general and protracted throughout
the State of California, and caused a
treshel and flood in many cases.
Marysville ' was almost completely
inundated, and much damage re
suited to life and property. This
rain insutesabundant harvest through
out that State.
The Plaindealer's patent outside
froze up on the Ajax, at t''e mouth
of the Columbia, and all hands in
that office had to fall to and set up
both--sides, henco Mao had a live
paper last week and in his wrath
threatens to bust up the patent out
side business in his shebang. "Didn't
we tole you so?"
The Ilillboro Independent learns
that Mr, J. Wilkes, an intelligent
and active farmer who lives near
Greenville, raised s lot of as fine
carrots as can be grown in any
oonntry, on his farm this year. One
of these carrots measured 22 inches
in length. Now then, if any man in
this State can beat that let him come
to the centre.
Tuesday, says the Yamhill Courier
the awning in front of the store of
Hon. A. It. Burbnnk, in consequeuce
of an over sufGcienoy of snow upon
it, came tumbling down, striking
man on the back, knocking him down
He was not much hurt, but awful mad
He said he didn't like to have them
d n things thrown at nim whoa he
was not looking.
At San Francisco, on the 3d, one
Sohmitl got his Dutch up at a lot of
boys, and taking his gun ho popped
away and killed the first boy he came
across, and that one happened to be
peaceable, quiet boy, who had never
pestered hnn. If that Dutchman will
just hold his windpipe awhile we will
have a long petition sent down from
Salem for his pardon.
What he cant iJEAB. lou may
gloat over the failure of the Rebel.
lion and the Louisville editor will
bear it patiently. But spell Fort
Sumpter with a p and he will fight
you till he falls exhausted on a pile
of Southern exchanges. '
' That Salem preacher who last
Sabbath night tried Gerrand in his
pulpit sermon and pronounced hiin
"not guilty," is preparing the half
breed a lecture against the time of
his release from prison. He will do
to run with Laura D. Fair.
A Good Paper. Messrs. Kelley k
Robinson are making of the Portland
AVirs a No. 1 paper, and we earnest
ly urge our Democratic friends down
that way to give it a liberal support.
It ia a perpendicular Democratic
sheet and no mistake. .
Lmfrovisq. Tho Jacksonville
Times gives constant indications of
progress, snap, vim, and ''git' up,"
and is now one of our most valuable
and interesting exchanges. It is
Democratic from center to circum
ference. , How .they do rr. If oar-windows
were constructed so women could
raise them, Chicago drummers would
go mad. liaising a window for a
woman is their main reliance for
striking up an acquaintance.
AyWs Chwy IVrtarml the wnrtdN great
Tvuifdy lor Cold. I'oujth tui tonsunilou.
"T spkciaU ioticksT
4 happed IlumU and Face.
Sow I.t, DrjriMft ( the Kith
Ac, Ac.
PiinxI kt nnM hv HL'iiruiva r i unmin
s.it In alt weather.' tw that ymi vtH Ki"pr!
MAM. S.ia by nil hrnmruts. only oenta.
mass. s..i,i uv mi imuieiA ..nil ..
Unulsoturvd only y II ..i H AR m. Cnera.
j ..I. uJ IJiutxisu. New MnilTlj "
I
K IK " iA ik
? Lf n,,t l"f ""'n fn:
J'4 "' . ha Is swind d.
'V ,rt-( ht a m.iiml mrtlnet misnt tie
vv.;J?Alv'u,, ' w..y' lrt how hv
' iLV Mw Kitth. ough mS la
I.Kr Conoiint. Vtum-niai
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
. CARD.
SAMUEL E. YOUNO, WHOLESALE AND
Retail Dealer In Dry Uooda, Urocertes,
Clothing, Hoola and Shoei, Threshers, Kenp
ersar.d Mowers, Wagons, 1'Iowb, Seed Drills
and Broad Cast Seed Mowers, etc., eto.
iermi uaa. - r irei niraei, Albany, oen.
vlun:&tr.
KSTKAY NOTICE.
TAKEN TIP BY A. J. FItEDENBERO, TWO
miles East of Hrownsvllle, Linn County,
Oregon. One bay horse uUtut ten yeais old,
wllh a white spot In toe forehoad, with three
white feet, with wlnualls on ono hind leir and
a larne lump on the other, and about fifteen
nanus niyu, no oiner marKs ur urauus peroep
table, and appraised by the urnlendgned, at
forty-live dollars, tnU'joth day or January, 1875.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
KTOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
meetlnc- of the Stockholders of the Alba
ny and Kantinin Water Dlleh or Gannl Com
pany will be held at the office of said Compa
ny, In Albany, In Mull County, Oregon, on
Tuesday, the 9th day of March, 1876,
at the hour of one o'clock In the afernoon of
saul day, for the purpose of Increasing the
capital stock of said Compriny, and to provide
for the payment of the indebtedness of'said
Company, and transiictlne; such other business
9 may come oeiure tne company.
Uy order or the Hoard of Directors.
J. H. FOSTER. President.
L. Fume, Secretary. n'wtx
ANNIVERSARY BALL.
TO BE GIVEN AT '
PACIFIC OPERA HOUSE, ALBANY,
Monday Evening, February 22d, 1875.
'. . : j. . '-U'l-'V M . - .-.";,., r,,i
, BONQBABY COMMITTEE -
ALBANY,
Gftti. M. V. Brow a,
Maior J. R. Hprron.
HArtRTSntTRO,
O. P. louipklDi, Esq.
Uod. J. K. We other ford.
HALSKY,
J. U. K.'IU, Esq.
BROWN6VIILB,
G. C. Ii I likely, Esq.
scio.
D. P. Mason, Esq.
LEBANON, !
Jas. L, Cowan, Eiq.
BALEM, COIIVALLI9,
Hon. U. H. Gilfrey. Hon. J. O. Lee,
' EUGENE,
Col. C. V. Kltch,
JEFFWKSON,
L. Loooey, Esq.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE:
M. A. Baker. Eno. Cant. ! C- Harofr.
Ciipt. W. B. Humpliry, Hon. Geo. it. Helm,
FIOOB COMMITTEE!
R. 8. Price, Ed. R. M. Carter, J. B. Titus,
Jos. wobber. Alajor John rnrker,
TICKETS, Including Sapper, $i 00.
nZtd.
LEEANON NILLIHEBY STORE.
FASHIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT.
Mrs. A, Comptoa & Daughter, Propr's,
krep constantly on nnnd a largo and
elegant assortment ol cone, and trim bonnet
and hats, and cut and muko divsses In tlie
mtest iasliioiis, lie sure and give us acnll.
n)w2.
PROPOSALS
FOR
IRON
FUR THE
CAPITOL BUILDING.
' ' AT SALEM, OREUOX.
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE OP
tice of the Htmnt ol Capital Building Cooi
nriKsimnTs lor the Inl louring Iron, vin.
40 Window Kills, 9 fuet 4 laches long;
1 foot 10 inches wide.
3 Win doir HillH, li tbet8inches long;
I foot 10 inuhos wide.
4 Window (Hpt, 9fcot6inchos long.
Ott ISritrkctM. for window pilasters.
Utt t'orbelM, under window sills.
9 Fiecen lied Moulding, a feet 4
Inchon long.
61 IMiiNfer 4'apN,
4H Key N tones.
HHt) IseikvcM, for medallions.
7dO OriittnieiitM, on side medallions.
'i his Iron must bo furnished" within tlie tlms
nnd inutU' In canlorui to the pi tins nnd apecili
cuIioiih or tho smnn an ascribed in the
ij"lftipl drawing mul Bpt'clfli-irt ofi notv to le
seen tn tho oflico of the Aruliituct, W. W. Piper,
In Suleiu.
Said bids must bp uroompnnled by an under
taking with two or more snri'tios, of not lfss
than live p'-r cent, of the amount of en id bid,
conditioned that If tho contract be owurded Ui
toe suit! biudor he will enlt-r Into bonds for tne
fnithiul perlormnnee of (Mild contract
The bid nctrlvi;d by tho lioard lor said Iron
will b3 ojxiticd by anid Board at their oflico In
Hit I nni, on thn 27 th dny oi February, 1876, at 1
O'clouk P. M. of ftnld duy.
Tho board r.'scrvt tin right to reject any and
nil bids that ahull in their Judgment not be ho-compauli-d
with fuilltelt'iit 8uritii8, and also to
rt'Ji-ot ull thi' bldft in fase all Mlmll bo too high.
Cuh in coin will be paid on the delivery of
tho Iron nt Kiilini.
By order of the Bonrd.
H. Ml APLETON, Prosldani.
P. f.. Willis, ftecret-ary.
Balcm, Jan tfi, 1S76. n-4w8.
REDUCED PRICES.
PllINTING PRESSES!
THE SILVER-PLATED HAND STAMP,
lor printing names on clothing. This
Krint one line, nnd In iiirniKhod with 9 alpha
etsol tyM' lor fl.oU, or 5 alphabets for l,75.
The Euroka llund Stamp, with & alphabets
of type, i,uo.
Th Improved hand Stnmp, prints 3 ltnrg,
with II alphabet a of type, .',un.
I ho Home Companion Can! Printer, for bus
In ess men and ollKTa, prints 4 Hues, with 10
alplmp-H, t t,;0.
The liuslni'wi Man's Printing Press prints 6
lliii'M, with Ifiiilpliabcts, l,.'0
The DlBmond Print hi n l'ross prints from AM,
to.'iH Inches witiarf 1.7,0().
A st nek of ink. Inking pads, etc., furntMiod
Ireu with each prM. Ad orders promptly ttlicU.
Hunti ottWn to MiUltM MoititiH.
vl0nU3iu. Albany, Urt'gon.
STATE TREASURER'S NOTICE.
Btatb Treasurer's OrncK.)
balem, urfon, Jan. 21, liiTd.f
yolf In hereby (riven t,tat there an funds
on hand rinpluol U tho payment of tha fol
lowing wnrrunw, druti'ii on the NUte Treasurer
Ince 8'pt''nib:T llth, A. D. 1K71, o-wit:. Noi
Wi.L'M, Jvt, Jtit. ., JCii. -'Hi. i!17, MH, 2ll, StIO, i'A
'iW, iM, I, :'ri, i5"iH, 'J.'i7, -i'vit J.VI, -1, jtil( tij, VliS
4 'jni, i.V, K7, 2, m!
is. Art, , w,UH..HH,uai.-i, ait, ai.i,
,11K, 17. aL'l, .ti-2, U. -Uy, ,1, JtT, 27. 3-N
;t:;i, m, m. w, w, jmj, utt, m, uai, 3..J.
SH, fit, .i, M",
AIo wuiTBiU No's :!, ftH. 1DW, 201, SHfi, StW,
V, 7.i, it7 t. ;n. m, S71, drawn previous to
Sept. U, 1S7I.
liK-'n -it will not be allowed on the above
WnmntsaitiTth.il clnte.
iSiiietn, Jan. Jl, iiTix-Uwl,
In the Circuit Court, of the State o
vrryon,jor tne vounti of linn.
Ann o-nrien, Plaintiff, vs. Kiehard O'Brien,
It-'lendHMt.
Kuii lor Invoree,
To 1 tit hard uikrlen the above named defend
ant ;
fn th nam of the Wat of Oregon: You
are h n'by rnulr-d uni(. flr and nHt-r ehn
coinpli.ini of tii" a tmve n:un-d pl,ntlrT, In the
above entitled phiiw, now on til" with tb Clerk
ol bhM mirt. wiimn t -n dityx ntt -r the dule of
the 9t !. of thU jSui.tuions upon you If serv
ed In l inn Ctmnty, tru., but If served in
any ntht-r Couoi.v within this mi', then with
in tw'-iity d;ya alter the tint of th mt-rvk' nf
i thi i HutiinioiiK ti IM.MI You. ir if at rid hw hI.H.
f nwrthMfn.piahv by the Aral day ol the
nt vt. anr ,; ri" o1 to Ik hold, n
" ' said nam. to be hi,i n
'h ' '"" ncl ilon.l.n v. I he Ii day of Mart-li.
in nni County and And
' nrt ainive requo'd. tor Want o( a n-
;."'."."'" ' pp"r;
; therein d-mamled In li.c complaint, which
j ins b..twfHn touand tli piuuttrf, and rw Uh
rr and eu. ly m th- minor children in aaid
complaint oml. ami w,n Uke h.tlJmrnt
t.ittv K ITm m 4itv t ti
i .hlllf B; F-
'ADYEltTlBEMfey
INTRA Y NOTICE.
Oroiron on the nu, or niosuibi"? 2""""'
ot old brown work horses, about liriolA'l"""
talKh. the largest on. or whleh h,"S? "U
UBT. ,11 WALKER"1
ESTRAV NOTICE.
r-JIAKEN' Vf BT'THB-nNDERfim.,.
JsL-.ono oia bay work horse. nit,.P;
hlfh, three while feet, and a white nos. .
posed to be 12 years old. Hald horse waTi.l "
up on the Hth of Deo- 1874, and 1 postc-Jt"
up on the nth of Deo- 1874, and poste-J
JM of thesaine month, by WUllam HmhhJ
Reaverdam precluot, Washington count, 'n?
eaon. ... . yi
WSwl
THE ORIGINAL BAY TEANU
1SBTIM, ALIVH WITH , ... -
A...JST E W Oi U T Ft T f
THANKFUL FOR PAST FAVORS Aim
Still desllUUS Of COniinolnir fa.
same, the proprietor la always ready and en.ii!
lounn nt all times. I'asseniiers and bnitoii
carneo to ana irom tne cars to any partni
city atreasonawi atea, A.N.ARNoi.n
ttt vBn,., :;Froprleii''
; , NOTICE, , '
ALL THE POOK ACCOUNTS AND NOTES
bolontflnK to tho Ann of It, C. Hill A. Son
lte druirmsts In Albtinv m ha fn..ni -V:
this date with tho undcrsluned, at th Clerk?
oflioe In the Court Mouse, tn this city. Ani
and nil persons Indebted to said, Arm win
please cat) betore January 1st, i7&, and settis
and thereby save ousts, ; -
t i : ,,......C.Hn.L80N.
NOTICE.
IR6lff AND AVTEtt DATE UNTIL FUb
, the notice, freight from, Port land to Alb,
ny will be onu dol lax per ton. All ilown freight
will bo delivered nt Portland or Astoria trtt
charge or trtmrtnge at ml hop d rates. Boats
will leave Albany for CorvalUs or Ponian
every dny. For further Information apply I
viunmr. .. -...ii,
NOTICE--
AUSTIN MORRIHON. FORMERLY OP Mo.
Dououuli Couirfy, Illinois, can haav soms.
thing to his advantage by addressing Local
uox w Albany, ivUin uounty. urugon.
viimiitr.
A MILL SITE FOR SALE. . :
AV.U.UAM.S: MIU.81TE.StnTADr.EP0B
either a grist or saw mill, or both, situated
H mile below tho W'ilpy Creek brloVe, and
atiouL H mile from the toll gatein Sweet Homa
Valley, l.litn oouuty.'can be had very cheap.
Knr particulars, address, A. RAI.8T0N,
ji'Jlwtl Hweet Homsv
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
THE UNDERSIGNED' ADMINISTRATOR
de bonis lion of the Estate of Thomas.
Hopps, deceased, hereby gives notice, that hs
has tiled his final nccnuntln the matter of said
Instate, and all persons Interested, are hereby
notllled to appear before Hon. ii. N. Tandy.
County Judge of Linn county, Oregon, on
Friday, the Blh day of Feb., 1875,
at tho hour of 11 u'olock A. M. of said day, to.
show cause If any, why said final account and
accempnnying vouchers should not be allowed;
in settlement of said Kslate. , . , .
Fupllslied by order of Hon. K. N. Tandy,
County Judge of Mim County, Oregon. . .
Juu. 7th A. 1). 1871
i D. i'liuMAN, Adin'r de bonis non.
n4. T ' .....
. THE OLD
S5ROOM FA0T6RY.
WD. RF.TJ)IN(, THE GENTLEMAN
who mnmiffleturrd the flrat brooms In
this city, liHB Jufit, returned from C'ulilornla and
It n train cnnap'il in the old bnslnres at hli old
Htand tn the Motzlor buUUliiir, near Foster
Milt. vlOnlOtf.
- . - -. .,, - ,.
DBSSOM TIO. NOTICE.
miOTlCR IS HKRERY OU'EN THATTHB
Lm rnercnntlle firm of Ham. Levy, ham. Seller
and Henry Neller, carried on at HarriuburiE,
Oregon, undT the linn name of Lvy, Boiler
it Lo n dissolved- hum. iiovy hnvinjr retired
irom the same. After Jan.. 1st, Jf7a. the busl
iicHs will be condueted it the old stand under
the tlrm nnme ol H. & II. Srii-r, who will col
lect till accounts due the lute firm and awums
all liabilities of tho name.
SAM. LEVY,
- SAM.8KLLKR,
. HKiNRX BKIiLRIU
Harrisburo, Dee. 20, 1874. nilw.
PICTURES.
SPECIALEisoficE
ALL RTZBS AND HTYI E3 AT- PRICES TO
Milt tliH times. Great improvements maUa
on flnishlng piiotographs. . v. , ,
SOMETHING NEW I ' : ; '
I mnke the copying and enlnrRlnff of oltf
TJajruerrotypea, etc:, a speciality, and my
unnrges nr as inimws: i will enlarge irom
small cards to HxUt or ioxl'2, rind finish nicely
ior i nun in ", lor me nm copy, ann l
for each nddtllonnl copy, which Ih lower than
li is done lor in ban h nineisco. Call and i
tnv samples. .. . . ..
ft" Satlsi action guaranteed or no eharpciW
A. B. PAXTON.
nl0n21tf.
NOTICE! TO CREDITORS.
' EslHte of Edward E. Parrlsh
SifOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY
Lm order of t he County Court ol Linn County, ,
Oregon, made nt the D?combitr term, thereof,
1S74, the iind'Tfiinni'd was duly appointed Ad
ministrator of the above named estate. There
fore, all persons having datum agnlnBt tho es
tate of Edward K, IWrish, ueoaaswd, nre noti
fied to present the same, duly verified to the
umiertogncd, at Albany, l.lnn County, Orogi
or hi nis n'sim-uce aoout lour raiies irom Al
ny, near Knox's finite, within the tltnoandlft
a-
me manner provided uy law.
Dated, Jan, im.h, 175. v
H. If. KNOX, Administrator.
Geo. Ii. Helm, Att'y for tho Estate,
niiwf.
AlHII.MSTItVIOltS SALE OIF
UEA1. ESTATE.
mTOTIOE IS HKHRBY rtfVRN THAT THE
1 undersiirned liavld Frotnan, Administra
tor ol the estnto of J. C tlrves, doconsod, by
virtue f an order of the County Court, of Linn
County, Oregon, miwlo and entered of rocord
at the regular January term, thereof, IKJ&, will
sell at public auction nt the court house door,
in Albany, Linn Coulity, Oregon, on
JStUurdutfj the 27th day of Feb, 1875,
between the hours of A o'clock A. m. and 4
o'clock P. u. ot said day, the following de
HcriUed real estate belonging to aid eHtata
towlt: Heglnumg at a point on the East
boundary ot the original donation land claim
of Wallace. Cuahnum and wile, claim No. Vt
as npiH-ars ou the plan and surveys of the
United HUilen, Townwhtp U, South Range 4
West Willamette Meridian, Linn County, Ore
gor.,ai.7H chains North ol tho Kouth-uuit cor
nerot said claim, running thence West 70.81
hninjt, thonoe North z oiialtn, thence North
aideurei'a West HU(W chains i the North-west
corner oj said claim, tliencc Eaht 8i.81 olialnt,
thencii sml li X ctmins to the pi ich of begin
ning, containing 4W acres of land, more or
lew, lying and being (n Linn County, Oregon.
Thn said valuable tract of land Ilea wtUikn
about :iH miles ot Albuiiv.and will w sold In
two nrc'li), theouth hall as oue paresl and
the .North hnlf as one pare).
Terms ot pule iinUi tmin of tho ' United
Ktntes, one-half of purchaft price to he paid
down nt the timn of sale, tho other half on
twelve iiKinths time with note and mortgajcS)
on the premises, sold for s. i'urity.
DA V 1 1 ) F R I M AN, Ad m V,
fiFo. R. Hfxm, Ati y for Admyr.
Jan.atith, 1W5. n - - . .j n24w4.
EXECUTOR S 8 ALB OF ?
YALIASLE 13PB0VID REAL ESTATE
m ths city or albast '
Prnr.ir? notice is jikueby oiveit
that by vlrum of an order made by tha
County Court, within, and lor the Ctanity of
Ltnu.stiite Oregon, on tha l dny of Janu
ary. If7,, in tha limner ol Co (fsUite or Kd
wtirdM. Altree, 1st" m nld Count r, deceased.
w, Mary A. Altre, Kneeittrix and I-xlward
W a I (leu, Kx'Cuior ot thu last will and teffta-in-
iitoi tii Mild inward b. AIUmu, deesed.
will on
Thursday t the Uth disy fiFeb., JS75,
at th Court Houv dfor. In the eitw f Alhnv.
I In nuiil t;unty f Inn, between the h hi t of
Ito'eliM'k in tin- nmrniiiL' and 4 n!oek tn the
evf-niiia or that dav, m-wit ; At the hour of I
o'eto-k i. v, orft r or ale t rmhlte auction
thf lollowliig d. ,-ntd r-nl estate, Hituated
and (via; In the Ltty of All any, tn in uf Coun
ty of I. inn, to-ivit , I oil o.-J and S in Block
No. ; with dwelling h.mv ther-'on. No.
ft sintl i in lU-k No. with dweMtns hoiiM
thereon. ltiNo..I anil t In lUorlf No. M.
-Wflh dwelt tttc in ue- tht r-on. lts No. I, 2,7
and , in Ulnrk . W. The North S of IstU
No. 7 and R, la JiUvk Ka w ith Jut Iii ng
h.iwl!i"ivon1 1t No. 1 In Hkk No. 11, With
K. wMh dwliing houw th"
, " S "f i N
nw-n.n n.ii., 'in.'fvoo. UK .O.Sill HIOTH r O.
th"renn. AUo, Ixvt No.
: s " tx No. -i in hi. No. l
I I" "'. V. e.l, rn sd.lltl.rn l said city ol AlUny.
' Willi ,lelnn h.nie iher.-.
; (r irold cilo f tn Cni-d M O"
"7"-'r'" - 7? . . .'" "
'" r ntmnioc hall in nlo- monms,scuKd by
I , V AKY A. Al TVT, pTenrH.
KlWAHO WAI.UKX. kxruu,
Johtcs Joiw,Aiurmyi.l,rK;utoi4r
niy AU""n- 'i'd do wvll Uy jkamliuy th
.irrTt1y.!iW.,hownto n-. on applies.