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lurvBrDoiymouilj,inutmke known thjir
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win ue jfivun loinmroomiuuiiuMuuii.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JAS K. WEATHERFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OKBQOW.
roan In Iranian's brlok, om iKKt-offlv.
vlliil.
W. R. GRAHAM,
FAsraONABLE TAILOR,
Hm ust opnd out shop In tha foomi rv
wntly upi(Hl by lit. K. 0. Slmth, one Uiwr
wet of JUy Mark. Kim Uvet, Albuy, kuU
GENT'8 OLOTHINQ
tn the beat manner and at the lowest reasona
ble rate.
Ulm him a mil. lit warranto to at yon.
viinstr.
, a. oasaaasv. I. . mm.
vervain, Linn Co.
. CHENOWETH 4 SMITH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OorvauJ, Off.
mm llniiil at the Court lleuee. v8nI7
8. A. JOIIXS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. 0RK00N.
truffles In the Cmirt Houoe.
vailXf.
J. A. VAKT1S,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
COHTAIXIS, ORBSON.
0
Will praetlee. tn all the routta of the State.
Lrumw in the ! Houee.-
vMvyL
J. W. KAVBIR V
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
COST ALUS, OREGON.
Rneetal attention tnenlleetewi of aevmtRte.
VOOim one door. Hnulh of r'labera Hncfc."
vUuSlyL
J. XT. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY ft COUNSELOR AT LAW,
WW anetlM In all the franta In the M. M
ajaul h Judicial IHMrkta . In the Mopreme
Vnurt of trrefttn. and In the (Tnltetl Hlnlee llls
trtet .ml (ftreutt. Coon, omee up-elAlre In front
mora In Puruh brwk biuek. Vim rtt.. Alhoiijr.
Onaxaa. vsnlsyl.
GEO. R. HELM,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
' Will rmatfaa la all taa Coaiti or thla Btal.
OFTIOtt : ALE.tXT, ORBQON.
Ko. 11, im.
L. II. nOXTAXVE,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
ALHAHT, OMBiiON.
FARMS Or AU HI7.ES. JT ALIT1E AN D
pncM in wit purcliHAm, umi numtwr of
dwwlllnjt In th city or AHwny. tor al chrap.
Kmlicnou and athn tltrlnir to purchtw
should attlaiul loMrn lernia before mreu.iiy
aWtlar.
Albanj, UragoD, May Ltth. 11171. 10n41yl.
d. m rice, n. i.,
FHYSICUN & SURGEON,
ALBANY, OEBOOM,
HBae on lfatn atieat, between Ferry and
BmMlalbln. lbaldenen on Third street, two
trtoefta aaat, or baiow. the Uetbudtal Cburcn.
aHntltX.
O. P. i. rLtnnEB, M. D.
DSALBaX
Brairai. aleAirtwem, PajrntaafiHeia,
Cigars, Tabatea. Ilekaai
atawka mm utu-
tiaaifirjr.
A fun atoek of tooaaea and itirBleal appll
nVRemamber PluoinitrAa
rionasri.
V. C. TWEEDALE,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS.
TOBACCO. CIGARS. YANKEE NOTIONS,
Catlar, Orockory, Wood 4 Willow Ware.
CALL AND BBS 8TJL
Mora on Front auaet, Albany, Urrfoo.
Tn7L
RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
npHR tTNDEHHKJNED OrKKKIW 1118
Jft. fln family rMidrinc In AlLwiny. itfitnn
for am ib oo rvaaonaUIti lerni. U tompniw
aaoat sicai aern m lanu, a fanrn onrrmru, a
aummoiluMta rvatdenav and ennvnntwni out
bulldlmtaor all klnOa. Th pliuw Ib niiffoTllifi
br lmjikTMl and moatdalrai)lA revlitonoa In
In dty. tn furthrr pAitlculan rmutrw of ii.
nfcX. J tilt aOKlUOB.
BOOTS MADE TO ORDER
AT BSaaKA.( AAraa at
ALBANY, OREGON.
atrwork mrmntod In ilva aatlalacUon.'a
ran&tr.
DAKBEK SIIOF
HAVIMO LB AH ED A NEW HHOP ONE
doorwoctof KoxD slora, and flttrd It up
Id a final and laaty mannr, I will be pld
to ha all mr old ustumfFra fttliiti' tliU
pairunatr), and will guaiaitbM aalUfitcilon to
RIIMtPM, Viunidti.
A. T. ARNELL,
will attend to all ordari for
PA:Tir.c, crjt'Rinc, glazing and
PAPER KfiflGIKG.
W on Kaaoiid alreet, to the old Paellle Ho
la: baiwina. rllnMrl.
' THE CRIGIAlTaY EAM
jaatui. A Lira with
A NEW, OUTFIT!
aanttARICFin.
FOR PAW FAVortH, AND
m allll oeelmue ur arintlnittnK to meet the
name, the proprietor la alwa,, rea4ly and eaallr
rmmdatall Itmee. I'neeenKera arid ImKKufie
aarrwd loanil irorn theaaretoaujr Mn of tba
atlr at reawMiafie avaa. a. a. aiimii.I),
Alban UlK -:i fntpriator
DnrlBt
THE OLD
BKOOM FACTOKY
WD. BKT.IHNII, THIT OKKTI.RKA";
who ittMmllAt-llireil the rimt lir.K,tna In
thla ef ly, ha lull rnluriiMl from i.'Mlllifrnln and
la aalr enKatf-l In the old IxieliieMat hie oh!
eland In lb MeUWr bulldtuM, nanr P,liri .
alU. vlbull.
VOL XI.
(From the KvaNtHO DaonT, Mao. lOtli.l
UOUU AND AlUtOAD.
When! 85.
OmntHu-V, WU4' to 87.
IMeaauit lut night wasn't it?
Trot out your Chrltrtmna turkey.
Many a pullet will toon lny her lust lny,
Mnny a rooslor will ioon crow his lost
erow.
This weather It as (food as anybody's
weather.
Many a lurkoy gobbler will aeon Mrut
his last strut..
This Is the season of "high th-ds" gait
ers, we mean.
"Fowl play"wlllboaUralMllilotwo weeks
from to-morrow.
Merer auch Fall la Oregon. So snjo
Uie oldest Inhabitant.
Those "Pan KuasU" at Uio Albany Caudy
Manufactory, are gay, you belt
Eomic kaudy toys will soon adorn the
show caam of Kris Cringle's aire
The weekly Dunoon at In wrapt ready
for mailing can be iad at this office.
For your morning coca uvll drop Into
Horbln & Go's, First street, near Broadul bin-
Mr. J. C. Deny, of the Halom Flouring
Mills, is stopping at the 81 Chnrlea Hotel.
As wo Journey through lire, let's live by
the way. Hubscrlbo for the Evenixu Iikm
ochat. I'hotograplis of departed friends raised
to life ie by A. 11. I'oiluo, In Fraiiian'e
brick.
The weekly Statu Kiohth Db-iiochat
issustl to-day. Bend one to an Eastern
friend.
Thothurmomcter at Dr l'lummer.s sloud,
Dec. 0th, at 7 a. m. 54, at 13 m., Cl, alO p.
m., 56.
Collarettes, scarfs and ties at Airs. S. A.
John's, Tiroadalbin street, opposite the
Peuociut office. .
Julinny Cmnin, at the Palace Oyster
Rooms on Washington alreet, dishes up lite
blvalre in every style.
Ur. C P. Jlurkhart informa us -that he
has sown winter wheat as late as the 4lh
of April and gut a good yield.
Mr. George F. Simpson, Superintendent
of the Farmer's Warehouse, has bought
13,000 bushels of wheat since Wednesday
noon.
The editors and compositors of the rcx-
nra IIkmocrat can "surround" mora wed
ding cake in leas time than any office on
the coast.
A small farmer in Sweet Borne Valley.
who is the father of 14 children, is puzzling
his brains 10 account for the hard time in
that Ticinity.
Kn.ua Mr Til India. A letter re
ceived at Hakey last Tuesday, from Spo
kane, contains the Information that Mr.
James McMahon, formerly of this eoonly,
found mntdered about the 18th ult., in
hi bed, his head having been split opcu
by hatchet or tomahawk. It was prolw
bly the work of some of the Spokane In
diana that wre4n the Ticinity of Ur. Uc-
Habon's ranch. The circumslauces of the
affair as far as can be conjectured, or ure
known, are as follows; Mr. McMahon. who
i a step-son of Mr. Jas. llamford, of Hat-
sey, is about 30 years of age, and for sever
al years past has been engaged in stock
raising on the Spokane, lie "bached" in a
cabin some distance from any white neigh
bors, and was a sober, industrious young
man. borne day sine, an Indian under
the Influence of liqn,cametoMcMuhon's
ranch and made the boast that he was bullet-proof,
and to prove bis assertion he put
his own run to his head and pulled the
trigger. The result was that his brains
were scattered on the grid and the Indian
went to the happy hunting grounds of his
tribe. Ill "tllllcnms" accused Mcilahon
of making the Indian drunk, canning him
to commit suicide. To revenge his death,
the Indian doubtless killed the young
He had been dead several days when
found ss above deacribsd. As McMahon
wua strictly temperate, the Indian could
ol have got any liquor from him. Mc
Mahon at the time of hi death, had about
three hundred head of stock, and one of
the best ranches in the Spokane country.
We learn that effort) are being mado to
bring his murderers to Justice.
Hiavy Buifmcnt. Mr. O. P'Beard-
nley the general Agent of tlia Alden
Fruit Company of New York, shipped
this data to that company, five ton
fruit put up by the Altleu Fruit Fro
aerving Company of this olty. The
shipment consist of throe and a half
ton of apples, one too of plums and
half ton of pears , Mr. B. I n forms us
that be ha sent a number of ton of
Oregon fruit dried by the Alden process
to New York during til lost two sea
sons, and aays that fro It from this
State I worth flva or ai x cent more
per pound than from an y other section
of the country.
Special Mr.rri.io. T ha Old Maid's So
ciety will meet in sscrr , session this even
ing at the residence of John Conner, Esq.
The special object of the meeting is lo ex
pel one of it lata members, Mrs. Win.
Peters tu4 Blain, wr 0 has been guilty, re
cently, of violating one of the fundamental
laws of the Socio' ... Other business of
importance will I transacted. The two
young gent who recently lent communi
ration to this Ten arable body, will doubtless
get a "set-back' to-night that will "send
them weeping t0 their beds." The soeiety
is said to bo it a prosperous condition, but
we are India' J(l to believe that "leap year1
will send it I ,p higher than "Olldcroy ever
Bow lus Mb? .."
Entkrt airmen'.". At the meeting
last evef ,oc 0f the committee of
arranges jents of Linn Engine Co., No
2, appoi uteri to take charge of the pro
posed otertalnmont, It was decided to
have a sociable and musical and libr
ary en tortainment combined ou New
Year s eve. The sommllUr also have
nnde r advisement the scheme of hav
ing ' a hall on the 8th of January. The
rear lera of the Kvknino JJkmouhat will
be kept posted as the arrangement for
t festival progress.
A Beautiful Idka Place the s shell
I J the ear, and "the delicious murmur of
the sea" steal like enchantment through
you; but the same effect may be produced
by placing to the ear a heaver lint, a tin
Pt or pickle bottle, which Inst mentioned
fact take all the poetry oat of the sea shell
From the Kvirwia Dsmoubat, Deo. Mb.)
OH AND ABROAD. :
Turkeys are goltlng ripo.
A good supply of I-o's In the city.
What are you going lo stuff your Christ
mas turkey with t i
The sound of the hammor and saw are
heard on all sides.
Capt. A. W. Water, of the Oregon Statu
man, called this morning.
A Lebanon belle has tresses 8 feet 10
inches long all her own.
The cost in a recent dog suit In an ad
jacent town amnnnted to f 811.
Oregon bus over been singularly free from
tornado, plagues and pestilence.
The handsomest girl In the city lias red
checks, and wears a number two boot.
A youugster in Dixie got hi eau boxed
recently, for culling bis sister " big sun
flowor." Tho thermometer at Dr. Plummer's stood
1, at T A m 65, at 19 in, Bo, at 6
p.m. B0.
A popular First street clerk talks of go
ing in Paradise. Paradise Is a small town
In Idaho.
Seventy ear loads of wheat wore shipped
from thiii city this week to Portland over
UicO.JkC.li.il.
A lot nf onc-stnry house for renting
wanted badly In this olty. Who will help
supply Urn wantt
Get reacy to "turn over a new loai" now
Year's day. That is the Orthodox date for
doing that 'tiling.
Uube say his girl didn't exactly say no,
but he considers what ho did say as "cat
mount to aTafusel."
Husbands should see that their wives are
kissed, pettt d and carressed even ir they
have to perform the Job thoiuselve.
ALBANY pstAIIUJt OIRU.
A K Pier Lamar rraaa Bebekah mt Alfeaaur
FnaMe.
Editor Demcerat:
Are you aware of the fact that there are
no ojd maids, in the general acceptation ef
the term, on Albany Prairie !" Jiovenne-
icas it 1 a plntnp, beautiful truth, not
that our girls all marry; some of them live
lives of single blessedness and It is bles
sedness, indiwl. They are not man-haters,
nor are they akin to Macbeth' witches.
They are the sart of girl that wouldn't
marry a man sour as a crab-apple, far the
soke of a home. They have strong and
brave hen-la, and can make sunny little
homes by their own noble effurt. They
possess strong, good sense, and sufficient
sentiment to keep the heart as freak as the
daisies that: gem the prairie In springtime.
They have been, or seem to have been bap
tised iu the fountain ol perpetual yonm.
They are not Aeahless, vapid sort of women
women that have been laced, rrtsatm ana
painted, until they look like a dandeliun
pressed in tho "Saint's rest."
Our Allainy ITairic girls wny, tnerc is
music and vitality in the words I The god
dess of health tins laid her rich seal tipon
their warm, flushed cheeks and given Arm.
neas and grace to the step, which high
heeled art In not in the least responsible for.
Laugh If yon will, but 1 have seen feet and
ankles skipping over Albany rrairic, taut
one of your Gospel Itidgo belle would
give a fortune te claim as her own. And
hair, teeth and graceful ontllnes go to sleep
with the poiweaMrr. There's no loving aside
those adjuncts to woman's beauty on the
prairie. If yon enter their room, It ann't
remind you of a sauuth up on the cars.
Dressing bureaus and tables are not loaded
down with dead people's liair.niinus brains.
Not long ago onojf 'out prairie girls"
told me thai she had bees visiting a former
schoolmate in Salem. Thoir sleeping apart
ment Joined ; the Salem lady was taken
uddesly 111. The prairie girl ran to her
room, and In searching Jor a match safe,
her hands came in contact with great rolls
of damp smelling hair. "Oh," said he "I
fell as if I hod thrust my hand Into the
very mUtnlgut of the grave, How the cold
waves did chase each other up slid down
my spinal column I"
It is refreshing to see these bonny girls
of the prairie, whoso lives are singularly
earnest and pure as a mountain bracic.
They can p'.ay the piano, milk the cows,
make corn- bread and glngermnaps, and do
anything I a the wide world that a good,
truo woiuaji may or can do. Yours,
At hom j, Dec. 6. HE11EKAU.
Is Towk Mr. John Helman, Superin
tendent of the Machine shops of B. F.
Drake, at Salem, ha been in the city for
the post two doys fur the purpose of ohng
ing the feed of the planer at Curler & Co's
sash and door factory, so as to do the work
ef manufacturing those articles properly.
Mr. Holmnn is the only person on the north-
west coast that has ever attempted the man
ufuclnre of planers. lis kos mode fifteen
during the past three years, and they are
considered, by those using-them, to be su.
pcrlor to tho Eastern muohlne. Mr. If. is
a thorough master of hi profession, and
we hope that he may nod it to ills lutoreat
to start iu the spring, a firnl clinw muciinii
shop in Albany.
Wkul Attkkokd. Tho literary exorcises
at the Institute and at the Dixie school
woro well attended yostorday nfternoon, but
we lenrn that the number of visitors si the
Central schsol were small. The exercises
were Interesting, varied and in most in
stancoe, well rendered. Parents and friends
of the pupils cannot spend more pleasant
hour than by attending these weekly exhi
bitlons. Besides the pleasure te be derived
by the spectators themselves, their presence
cncouruijf the pupils and nerves them up
to greater efforts in the future.
Hkauino KooM. Articles of Incorpora
lion have bees made out and will be tiled
the first of the week, incorporating the
"Subncriliors Association and Beading
liiiom." The incorporators will be Messrs.
M. V. Urown, N. B. Humphrey and J. D.
Bruwcr. Mr. Brower lias the matter in
hand, and Judging from the way he Is work-
inn the matlor no, our citizens will soon
have a good library and reading room
Waiiteiv Four conipelenlmiislcians for
the llnuil of tho 21nt ltegimcnt U. H. In.
fanlry. For terms, clc. apply lit Fort Van
couver, W. T., to Find Lieut., Qoergo W,
Evans, 21st Kuglinent I'. S. Infantry, litv
crultlng officer. Here Is a chance fur first
class "blowers" lo work for Ibslr "hard
tack and $10 a month.
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IT,
ram the Cvsnrrtn Husoosat, two, lUli.l
HOME AMD ABAOD,
Wheat 80.
Home radish oason. ' H
All quiet on tho Calllpooi.' '
All wreno along the Willamette.
Oroonliack buying 80S'. Selling 87.
li'hloh port of the turkey do you profsr?
Yesterday was good "shirt slooyo"
weather.
Supremo court commenced It session In
Salem this morning.'
Thanks to Coll. Vancloavo, of tho Jittlit
ter, for special favors.
"The proper tudy of mankind" Is wo
mon. Pops Improved
Not one In twenty of the Gospel Bldgo
belle wear striped stockings.
Boston may have her Bunkor Hill, but
Albany ha her "Hunker Bill."
R A.Irvine, of this olty, will be chief
niareuel at the next Bute Fair.
Now 1 the time to dish up the saner
kraut you put down in October.
Hon. John Burnett went down to-day to
attend the Supreme Court at Salem.
Holiday goods are now visible to the
naked eye oa Bruadalbin and First streets,
Mr. S. F. Mathews, or the St. Charles, lias
"doue gone" to Portland for a "rusticate."
(J no. Christie, one of the live workers of
the Dkmociiat, was over from the Forks
yesterday.
It Is a bad plan to Judge a book by Its
cover or a Gospel Kldg belle by the drus
she wears.
Business before pleasure ; ' always take
a drink before listening to sue of the major's
"rich" yarn.
One "drunk n disorderly" deposited fS
and costs with Recorder M. A. Baker for
the use of the city.
In Jefferson they fine a man $.' for kisslug
anulher man's wife and i0 if ho don't
wheu be bos good show.
The Wisconsin brigade hold meetings
every evening at the SI Charles, Oregon
weather is now under consideration.
A Ooapel Itidge beauty recently sent
utile to her young man, in which she sc
cuses that individual of telling "phllis."
The ladies of some of our churches might
get up a mite society afer the Eastern style,
and it might lie profitable to their society.
This 1 the season for sportsmen to "pick
their flints" ud saunter out in the foul
hit's after Ahe wild deer and fleet-footed
The thermometer at Dr. Plummer's stood
Dec. 11th at 7 . ra 61, at 12 m W., 6 p.
m., 08. Dec. 12 at " a. m, 50, at 18 m., BO",
at 0 p. ni St.
A hill half quire of new subscribers for
tli Weekly Dehocuat uwluy, and our
sprightly little Daily is looking up in pro
portion. "Let the mare see her call."
A Dixie girl ha ripped up her brother's
carpet slippers nd naed the upper to car
pet the parlor. She ha enough material
left to make three good alxvd door mat.
Thanks to our old time Democratic friend
Mr. Nlatrad Prk. fur a club of new sub
scribers for the Waeklt Deuochat. If
other frlonds will do as well, we will have
a grand procession for the Centennial year.
Spend totrn .Mtwtrr at Home. Do not
send away from home for a bill of any site
you want, under the mistaken Idea that you
can do bettor. The best that any man can
do is lo help build up his town and county.
This is done by patronizing home men and
measures. You spend your money with a
home merchant, he lives; keep clerks,
they live: he Improves, gives employment
to men who Also live, nd the subsistence
for sll these men must come from the tows
snd country and bring profit to the pro
ducer or maker. You patronise your home
manufacture and help build them up, and
as they yearly expand Ui clr borders, snd
employ mora men, they benefit towa snd
country, sud there are more mouths to
feed. Bend away for your purchases, and
you starve your merchant and manufactur
or; he more away, takes his clerks and
hands, and your produce and work Is a
drug. And above all things do not go
away from home to spend your lneuey, and
lean account unpaid at home, Spend
ynnr money at heme. Your merchant are
your neighbors, yuur friends; they stand
by you in sickness are your associates
without your trade they cannot do business.
No stores, then no banks, no one wanting
to buy property to settle on and build up
your place. Merchants should do Uieir
advertlsmg at home. They should get
their bill heads, circulars, cards, letter
heads, envelopes, and all their printing at
home, of their own nowspapora, who aid
them in many ways, and advertise them
hundreds of times without any pay what
ever. Merchants should sot an example to
their customers by patronizing liberally
their homo newspaper. Mon ud women
re Imitative animals, aud sro prone to fol
low examples set them. How can mcr.
chant expect their neighbors to trade with
them if they set the example of going away
from home for their printing and adrertls-
iug. Let the merchant and people of Al
b.iny patronize home enterprise, home in.
dustry and home trade, and In a few short
years we will have one of the most flour
ishing cities of this fair commonwsalth.
Fimed. Officer Wm. Queener arrest
ed, this morning, Q. U. Potter, the In
dividual who gave a "Magio Lantern"
show at the Opera House Saturday
evening, for giving bis show without
first obtaining a license "as the law
directs." After Interviewing Booordor
M. A. Baker he plead guilty to the soft
Impeachment and was fined $5 and
costs, amounting In all to $ 16.00. His
free admittance dodge didn't "imui
out," m
Wiu. UE AnsENT. Dr. D. M. Jones, M.
D Professor of Materia Medina and Ther
apeutic in the Medical Department of the
Willamette University, will bo absent on
business connected with his Professorship,
every day in the week except Saturdays
and Sundays, from 12 m. to 8 p. m. The
balance of the time the Doctor will be at
his post in this city.
Road Kki-aiiui. Thecltir.onsor Browns
ville are to hold a meeting next Friday
the 17th lust,, to lake Into consideration the
best means of Improving the road lictwocn
Unit town and Halsey. Tho mud at pros
ent is said te be In horrible state, but can-
bo plaoed iu good passable condition for a
comparatively small amount If the citizen
will pull together.
CBOOL -REPORT.
Ma. EniTon i Herewith I hand yon a con
densed report of the public schools In DIs;
trlot No. 8, as oomplled from the toacn.
or's reports which have Just come to hand ;
Mnmbor of boys enrolled, im, wiui nn
average scholarship of 11, and deportment
80.
Number of girls enrolled, 101, with an
avorago scholorshlp of 80, and deportment
82.
Total number onrelled SOB.
The above summary shows that the girls
are Just a little nliond of the boys In Imth
scholarship and deportment, Now, boys,
try and improve A.N. ARNOLD,
iiei'E.
MASONIC KUtCTON.
HAnnwuimn, Deo. 10, 1875.
Editor Demoernt :
At a regular meeting of Thurston Lodge
No 8,A. F, A. M., the following ollf
oers were elected for the oomia'g Masonic
year ; w . w . unggs, it . n. , u . m. . '. ,
8. W. O. r. rompains, j. tv.; aici. num.
morvlllo.Tcas.i Saml. May, Sec'y. Offi
cers appointed : Gen. Ward, S. D.i Wm
MoCullooh, J. D. ; Cues. Lvis anu tinocn
Hoult, Bawards. S. MAY.
iHronxATiox Wakted. Joan or Joanna
Marney, daughter of Amos Morney, re
moved from Missouri to Texas about 1882
with her uncle Hale nalhswny. Joan was
at that time about 14 or 18 years old. From
Texas she removed to Los Angelos, Califor
nia, where she married Wm. Maddux, by
whom (he had two children. Maddux lived
but a short time, and after his death she
married man named Morgan, with whom
she removed to the Slate of Oregon ; since
which slme her friends have never heard
from her. She is still the owner or some
real eslale In Missouri If she appears and
claims It. Any information regarding Mrs.
Morgan or hur hell will be thankfully re.
colved by JOHN M. W ILLIAMS,
Attorney ut Law,
California, Moniteau Co., Mo.
Th Sw York Odseuvee. Thi
beat of family newspaper 1 as fresh
and Interesting, now In It fifty-third
year, a ever before; and, indeed, we
think it more o. It letter alone are
worth more than the subscription price
of the paper. It repudiate all oner
of premiums, picture, Ac., aud sends
to It patrons a splendid family news
paper of the largort dimension, con
taining all the desirable news, religious,
and secular, and an endless varlcly of
reading for young and old, all of which
I pure and good. Every family should
have It, For specimen copies, address
8. 1. PbimsI A Co., New York.
Jockey Club. There Is some talk
of organising A Jockey Club in this
city aud county, under the same rules
and regulations a those of Cslifornla
and the Eastern Blatea, and to have
ri'gular'PprltisTandfranmoetlugi We
have a good track aad there are certain
ly running and trotting stock enough
on the Northwest coast to mak each
meeting interesting and to draw a
large crowd twice a year te our go
ahead city.
Cntmcn Sociablc And Fair.T1i ladies
of the Evangelical Church will hold a
sociable and fair at the 0)icra House is
this city, on Wednesday evening the 22nd,
and cordially Invite tho public lo lrnd a
helping hand. Admission 25 cts. Oyster
soup, cakes, peaches and cream and ice
cream will Include the refreshments for
the evening. Any donation will be uiaitK
fully received. Exercises for the evening:
Music, both instrumental aud vocal. An
acreeahle time Is anticipated. Come and
see our "butler duck." Ministers of all de
nominations, with their famlllirs, admitted
free.
Knew thet wotld Bust. A cMnir back
woods, foot-hill storekeeper recently visit-
ad Halsey, and dropping into one of the
tores in that lively little town, found the
nronrictors busily engaged In taking an
Invoice of slock preparatory to making
their usual yearly exhibit. I pon learning
what they were doing, he took a companion
aside and remarked "They arc invoicing!
InvolciiiEl I Just what I expected. I knew
they would bust,"
Ometkrs,Take Notice I The following
resolution wa passed at the recent meet
ing ef the Board of Munngers of the Stale
Agricultural Bocloty.st Halein. "llcsoivco
that first premium ol ft mi, aim seconu
of f 100, be offered for the best drilled,
cqulppod and uniformed Hand Fire Engine
Co. The members of the Company to be
tested by trial on the grounds the trial to
lake place on Thursday ofFalr week, at 10
o'clock, a. a.
Majbion Station. Mr. J. M. Johus has
taken In about 40,000 bushels of wheat at
his warehouse on the railroad nt Marion
Station, this season, s great part of which
caiuo from the Forks of the Santiam, in
this county. Mr. Johns is now bnylng and
packing pork, and Informs us that he will
pack several hundred hogs this winter, and
istonds to make a permanent business of
It In future.
Masonic Election, St. Julius Lodge
No. 68, of this city, last Saturday night
dueled the following officers for theeasulug
Masonic year: N. B. Humphrey, W. M. ;
W. K. Price, 8. W.; W. II. llarr, J. W.; It.
8. Price, Trcas.; M. A. Baker, Sec'y t Oeo.
Humphrey, Tiler. Tho Installation will
take place on the 27th Inst., at 7 r. at.
Arr Illustration. A subscriber says
that an Albanian who takes a 1'ortlund or
San Francisco daily in preference lo his
home dally, because, perhaps it coutalus
more reading matter, remind hlnn'f the
person w he selected the largest pair of boots
in the liox, because they cost the same as a
pair much smaller that fitted him.
Died Thursday morning, Dec. 0, 1878,
at 8 o'clock, within a shorl distance of ouch
other, near Miller' Station, Mrs. H.uuli
Bimlson, daughter of Wm. Hale, of Albany,
and Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis, daughter of
John Laytou, also of Albany.
Christmas pools designing to cniitrlliule
this year to tho Evkninci Dkmociiat, are
requestud to write oo both sides of the pa
per; one printer can then work while the
O'.lior commits suicide.
187
A DARKKY FINANOJltR,
' !I "IHAUDS NO MAS," AND MARKS
TUB MONEY "00 HOCK' SOMEHOW,
Adaptability to bnsin i not ex
oluBivoly confined to the ADfrlo-Saron
ltioe.ni tlie Homotio persuasion occa
sionally exhibit a markod foroo of
ohitraoter in that direotion really
wonhy of being Boted; and the fol
lowing inoident, saya a Florida cor
respondent, prove conclusively that
a groat deal of business tact is some
time to be founa lying aronnd loos
oven is thi settlement.
Sorao few days sinoe on of our
oontrftotora had oooasion t tear dows
an old briok wall and remavo tne
material elewhsre. He agreed with
an old darkoy to do the job forfilteen
dollare, tha ob to be paid for as soon
.a nmnlotrid. The sab oontractor,
filled with the Importance of hi
position, at ono engaged the services
f fiiioan oilier nerrroe. cimg to
psy them at the rale oi one oohsu
per day for their servicos. Hut, a
the work approached oompletlon, the
idea eudaeuiy entered uno a.. .
head that ha waa not making any
;roat profit out ol tne coniraoi.
!'hia would not begin to do; ao, call-
ing in III aw ot a wuuo
kopt a imall grocery hard by, he lub
mitted hi ce, and wa advised to
settle with hi hands pro rata the best
he could. It wat a aigbt not readily
to be forgotten. Seated upon a nail
keg, Uncle Jake, after clearing his
throat to attraol atlenlion, bean by
the assertion :
"I 'fraud no man. Now I want all
you oolorsd gou'lomen to un'sfan' dat
1 loses oo dis yer conlrack. I don't
see my way to nufiin 'tall. I wants
ebery man to bab suffin, 'canae dat's
right; but,aeeyere, dis yere money
ain't gwino to hole out; clar it ain't;
an' 1 don't want no grnm'lin nor fuss
kicked up wid me; you hear dat?
How much I owes you, Lemuel?"
"Dollar'n'arf. You knows dat well
ai I da Didn't I werk a dayVarff
"Y-a a-a. Well, yon take a dollar
au' say no more about iu da money
ain't gwine to hole out, I tells you. I
wanta ebery man to gel a bar', and
di s all yon gets any way. Say joo
Dan, what I owes yon?"
" You owes me a dollar, Uncle Jake.
I done work a day."
'Dat' what 1 thought Here la
half a dollar and a dime lo get a drink
of whiskey wid."
"Hut 1 wanta mt dollar." '
"Course you doe. I 'fraud do
man. Dis here money hai got to go
round somehow, yeu Mere ur mow
I don't want any more foolin' round
here. Jim!"
"Here I U."
"O, you's dar, ia yer? How much
I owes yer, Jim?"
- -"Dollar'n qararter. - '
"Mighty tight times for money, Jim
nebber seed eoeta timet afore. Her
take this sebbenty five . cents, and
thank the Lord 'tia so worse."
'Look heah, Unele Jke, don't yer
come noue 'o dat on me, kuae I ain't
gwiue to put up wid it."
"New don't you ge maVio' a fuss
heah, mind I tola yon. De money ain't
gwiue to bole out, I done lole you all
dat. I 'fraud do man. Every mao
specie to get a little, an' how you tink
dey'll get it, an' yon makin, a fuss Ilk
dis? I doue heerd enough. Joe."
"Now 'lore you begins to talk, olo
man don't you fool wid me; I done
my work, an' now I wants de spexerino
tums. liutterberdam ef I takes any
nonsense. Hand ober dat money
dat wot you a got ter do.
"How much fowi yon, Joe!1'
"Yon owe me aebbenty-Sve cents,
an' I wanta it right away- An' be
sides I doue lost my hatchet, ao I
don't make nufiin, any way.
"You don lost your hatchet?"
"Dot's wot I tole vou."
"Sorry 'bout dat," responded Uncle
Jake, "kase I alius 'doplcd a rule,
when a man lost any of his tools, he's
got to be docked till dey're iolcbed
back. Her, take dis quarter, and
trabble."
"JSut do hatchet was mine, you olo
fool. You understand dat?"
"Don't know nufiin about it; youno
business ter loose der hatchet. I 'fraud
Human; when you fotehe dat hatchet
back den I talks mors wid you 'boat
it; rSut l never tows any man to tose
de tools dat ain't butiuesa."
"See here, man you a fraud yoo.s
worse dan de Freed man 'a Bank. Hand
ober dat moneyl"
"O. e'lonn cbilliu I tole you du
ver's a lootiu' job, any way. How you
'spec 1 make auyluing ty tn opera
tion? De mouey has got ter go round
somehow.
The reprobate certainly cave any
thing but anlistaction to liisemplojees
all ol whom wont oil highly indig-
naut, but unable to help themselves
in any way. It ia barely possible
that a similsr mode of doing business
might occasionally be found else
where, and not among the darkeys,
either.
The Death Kiss. Woman' love
it Ihere anything like it? A Canadi
an wife bos just died at Unliegh, and
he has taken her to Canada to bury
her under native tod. She died in a
land of strangers, but loft behind her
the name of a dovotod wife. It wot
love in death! He saw hor sinking
fast; and the knew it; it was con
sumption! He nursed her like a lit
tle child the Croat stronK wan and
there fhoy wore iu the room together
the ni(jul rite died.
Hhe wanted to see out;to gaze onoe
more at the world outside, but he en
treated hor against it, and told her
that to take her up would moke her
worse, but she said she wa dying
anyhow, so ho lifted hor about iu Uie
room, holding her to hit breast, and
uhmvitio- fiiia nrtincf. and that DOint-
ing out everything, and she kissed
him with every breath, till the last
broath was gone, aud the kins died
cold on her cheek. Womnne love!
When God made man He put all
heaven in woman's love, and He told
him to win it and be worthy of itl
NO. 19
A RAILWAY KPiaODB.
They ome into the oar at a wayside
station together. She was in the
lead; a position she is not likely to
surrender o long a they travel to-
eother. A tall brunette, with a
shari face, and ciercine black eyes.
hair black as the ravens wing, a long
aquline nose with, a mole on the
aide of it, and a mouth the cut of
which betokened determination and
force. She hod posted beyond the
abady tide of the teens, and climbed
to the apex of aauarter of century.
He wat a guiloss youth over whose
oow-oolorea head eighteen summers
had passed, an innocent hotMtde-hoy
just released from his mother's apron-
strings. On him she east loving
glances, and hit faoo suffused with
DiunD.es, was mrnea wiui uuuu,
aimAaliiirr look to her.
lbs cur waa crowded, and eligible
soaia not tvis ohtainable. - AMui
th middle of the car sedate trave
ler oocunied a aeat all to himself
Thither the irrepressible lady pressed
her way. The eedate traveler rose
and with much oourtsey invited her
to take a eeot next to tho window,
and when she was seated he calmly
eBconoed himself upon the vacant
half of the chair. By this time the
young man whom she wat escorting
had come up. He placed his hand
upon the back of the teat, looked np
pealingly Into the face of hit protect
ress and timdly around the car. He
wat evidently embejTaased and didn't
know what to do with himself. J. be
sharp nosed brunette eyed the sedate
traveler by her aide with sharpness
mat almost amounted to niaiiguiaity.
Hut the traveler teemed all uncon
cioua of scrutiny to which he was
subjected, and looked away over the
fielda through an opposite window.
The brunette could endure to see
her sallow bean standing forlorn no
longer, and thus addressed the
date traveler, whose eyes were
wanJerinrr far awav. and whose
thoughts were with the dear ones at
home.
"I sat, straneer 1
"Well say on," responded the se
date traveler.
"I sav, look here, stronger!'
"Well, what have you to show
me." said the sedate man.
"Stranger, I want you to know
that this young gentleman 8 tan ding
up there ia my feller."
"Ah! I'm glad to hear it. How
long have you bod him? Taking care
of him, 1 supposed
"Now von lust look here ttraneer
this yonng man it my feller and I'm
bound to see that nobody shall im
pose upon him. You hear me. Now
poseuponnim. lounearme. o
lfyou hod any manners you d iunt git
right upl and let him have a seat by
- Oh," I' am very happy in your so
ciety. You cannot imagine how
much pleasure it has given me to
furnish you with a seat where you
can tee out through the window.
Besides 1 always toot especial de
bght in being near charming ladies
like yourself," replied the sedate
traveler.
"But, sir, he it my fellow, sir: my
beau, do you understand?"
Is that to and who would nave
thought it! And does his mother
place him under your protection
when be goes abroad?"
Now, you look here, stranger,
me and that youug man expects to be
engaged, and we ve been keeping
company together, and me and hiin
wonts to have a talk together, and you
are real mean if you don't elvo him
seat by me so that we can talk:
that' what I think." The imper-
turnble traveler straightened up, then
leaned over in the direction of. the
sharp-faced brunette, smiled most
benignly and lovingly on her, and
thus spoke:
"Charniing lady, 1 would be most
happy to accommodate you, but you
tee I'm a pilgrim and a stranger, way
worn and weary, and a long way
from home. Besides my heart it
just now beating a tattoo of of ecstat
ic aausiocuon, uecause ui your
chorminrr presence. Beinc a bache
lor, and so near one ao lovely and
engaging, how can 1 forgo the great
pleasure I now enjoy. . I have had
dreams in my time bright dreams
as I have wandered through this
great big world, of sometime meeting
with one to whom I could reveal all
this ead heart of mine would fain not
longer conceal. You ire the inr
peraonatioo ot my dreams, and now
would you drive me from your love
ly side? Hay hat no bird SaDg in your
heart? I saw" you come as a star
rise above the horrizoa.attd the light
of your eyea has illumined my soul.
Say beautiful straujjer, will you
drive me hence? The sedate traveler
ceased to speak.
The fire had gone down in the
brunette's eyes, the severe expression
had vnnished from her face, her storn
lips had relaxed thoir rigidity, and
apart juBt enough to reveal the ivory
structure within: and in a tone that
was soft and low: she asked: .
"Did vou say vou was a bachelor?"
"Aye. beautiful Btranger, that's
mv fortunate station.
Then the brunette turned her eyes
softlv Upon her "foliar," who stood
twitching his fingers, and gazing
around man abashed, timid sort of
way, and thus she addressed him,
"Tom, I guess you'd better git
another seat,- while I speak with this
The odlcer of New York oounty,
Me., have by a vigorous enforcement
or the proniuiiory law reeoyercu i-ai,.
UUU within two years.
lied. used on railroad.aignifle danger,
and savs atoD. The same color dis
played In a man' no may well be
interpreted to give a imnar warning,
A novel, but needful, In these times,
Insarauc company Is to be formed.
called the Natieual Burglary Insurance
Company, wltu a capital ot l,uuu,vuu.
The progre of knowledge Is like
that of the u-Mio slow that veoannot
see It, but so sure at to change night
into day. , ,.
Business notions in the Ixxml Column,
30 cent per lino.
For okh1 and transient ailvortlwmonta,
fit 00 por square of 'i line, for the first
naarllon, and 60 oenta par square for each
sutiHoquont Insertion, .
aOMKGOOn ADTICB.
Vou should not choose a minor part,
Or make yourself too ohnap.
Without eonootl, bavo self.rospeet.
And look before you leep.
De not too proud, but do not stoop
To what beneath your reach i
And should you advocate a rule, ,
. Just praolloeVhat you preach.
"Tls well to feel yourself possessed '
Of merit and ot skill.
And talent, too oo tries wall In play l
But tact Is baiter still.
Choose noble alms and never swerve,
And grasp your honors tUtht,
And whan you Sad the Iron not,
atrlke It with all your mUht,
Vharlet Merrltt
PACIFIC COABTKRH.
Over 115 names' are enrolled at
the Lafayette Academy,
The weather has boon quite cold
Idaho City. Shoveling snow is said
to be the principal occupation. '
A new and commodious building
it in course of construction at Cen
tral City, for a distributing office for
the Coquille River. f
Captain Porker & Co. are building
a tug-boat on the Coquille, intended
for the Coquille, and Coot Bay bars,
Sixty feet keel. '
Quito a number of new buildings
were ereeted at Halsey the past sea
ton, prominent among which is the
Granger's warehouse.
The precise date of opening thd
State University at Eugene has not
been agreed upon. A corps of teach'
ers have been engaged.
B. M. Washburn has bought out
the interest of W. I. Mayfield, bid
former partner, in the Walla Walla
Spirit, and it now sole proprietor.
The Souring mill at Dayton had a
narrow escape from fire last week,
The flames broke out in the engine
room: but were discovered just in
the nick of time.
A three-quarter interest in the Van
Winkle Co., Lightning creek, belong
ing to Harry JoneB changed 'hands
last week at $4,000. Mr. P. E. Pa
tullo wot the purchaser.
Father Brabant, a Catholio mis
sionary, was shot in the right hand
and back by Matlahow, a Hasquot
chief. He reached Victoria in the
Rocket, and lfts wounds are healing.
The Astoriaa enters a protest
. t & further hoard of the
p6" , . .
P"" etJ hr tte carrying of
passengorrj uy inu viuioui vmu uu
the route between Astoria and Skipa
non.
A Dalles milkman has served his
customers, every morning for nine -years.
From present indications the
little railroad towp of St. Joe intends
to keep pace with the demands of the
timet.
A mon named Wigmore, formerly
o captain in the British Army and
recently in the employ of F. J. Bar-,
nard & Co., jumped overboard on a
recent trip of the steamer from Sort-
land.
The Eugene City people , think
they have discovered a clue to the
thief who has committed several
burglaries in their midst recently,
but unfortunately the; have not dis
covered tho thief. He has sloped.
The Jounfainee-r is told that the
steamer Idaho on her way from the
Cascades to the Dalles on last Mon
day, caught fire near the smoke stack,
but was extinguished before any
damage was sustained.
Pieces of the. wreck and articles
belonging tj the lost vessel continue
to float ashore at Beacon Hill. Near
ly every vessel that arrives sees some
thing or other a relio of the lost
vessel.
We ore informed that the hydraulic
apparatus and ether material to be
used by the English Company in
their claims at Galice Creek has re
cently arrived at Roseburg and is now
on its way to that point.
Beaver Slough was thoroughly
dragged, at the mouth, by a large
party of men, for the body of the
late Mr. Belt, who was drowned the
day previous. We ore sorry to say
that the efforts were without success.
The wreck of the Shoshone, which
has so long ornamented the river
bank opposite Salem, has been carried
away by the late high water, and has
gone a last journey to that bourne
from which no steamboat has ever
yet returned.
Telegraphic inquries were received
in Victoria from Ottawa and other
parts of Canada, California, Nevada
and nearly all the Eastern States,
and from England and Ireland as to
the fate of persons supposed to be
on board the Pacific.
The new school house at Unity,
Yamhill county, is about completed
and will be ready for occupancy by
the 1st of January. It will be re
membered that the old school build
ing was burned lost fall, since which
time the district has been without a
school.
A man by the name of Mnthiaa
Mock late from Iowa, came to liar
low's gate on the 22d of November;
having been lost in the mountains
for 24 hours, with his feet badly
frozen. All was done to make the
stranger at comfortable as possible.
He will most likely lose all of his
toes.