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MART. V. BROWN, EDITOR. rrlay, . . . . AprllS, 1STS. TEB OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CREGOK ij:::, cc.nty cosratio ticket. For 8tU Senators, W. R. BILYEU, J. H. SMITH. For KtprwwnUtirea, J. P. SCHOOUKQ, . JOS. HAMILTON, a H. HEWITT. JASON WHEEI.KK, F. C, HANSARD, JACOB NEWMAN. For County Commiesionera, A. R. McDONAI.l), H. K. rOWKU. For County Clerk, J AS. L. COWAN. - For Sheriff, L C. DICKEY. For Treasurer, PHILIP QRIGSBY. For Assessor, ' Z. B. MOSS. For School Superintendent, L. N. LIGGETT. For Surveyor, H. BBYAHT. For Coroner, R. JACOBS. EK TICKET. It U with special ' pride t)it we an nounce the result of the Linn County Democratic Convention, and run Bt at eur mast-head the ticket nominated. The candidates selected are all good tea representative Democrats of the county, vpon whose good name no as persion can be cast or suspicion rcat. Pure, temperate, upright and popular citizens, they peculiarly fill the grand old Jeffersonian test of honesty and ca pability, and their nomination cannot fail te receive the full and free endorse ment of the whole party of the county. Some of the candidates hare hereto fore been honored with public trusts by the people of Linn, and their selection at the present time is the best endorse ment ef their fitness for office which could possibly hare been made. We will hare occasion to allude to eaeh member of the ticket in more r- Uewlar terms hereafter. And new we earnestly urge upon every member ef the party the neces sity of active and unceasing labor in behalf of the whole ticket from now till the election. Don't allow the de feats of your personal preferences to render you lukewarm in the cause which should be above the claims of all mere Sees. If you had secured your choice yea would have had a right to demand the fullest support from your vanquished opponent and his friends. Why not yield the same to them that you would have expected for yourself ! Then let us stand squarely by the whole ticket. Our Republican enemiee bein numerically weak, and having no hope of success save through dissensions and divisions in our ranks, arts ready to devise and adopt any scheme tu distract and divide cur forces, and will hesitate at no scheme, however reprehensible or dishonorable, to accomplish their pur pose. But we know they will not suc ceed. Notwithstanding the fact that they are already attempting to sow the seeds of discord and breed discontent and suspicion throughout our ranks, we have an abiding faith in the devotion and loyalty of the Democracy of Linu te the good'old cause, and confidently look forward to a sweeping victory for the ticket in J une. Let as move forward in solid column m the eaemy's lines, and all will be well A meeting of our citizens wax held a last Tuesday evening at the Court House, to determine the feasibility and practibility of building a Narrow Gauge read between Albany and Brownsville, touching at intermediate points. David Froruaa was elected to the chair, after which some very a;jrori ate remarks, touching on the bene fit! of the above road, were nia.lt; by Messrs. Powell, Dinwid.lir, M. V. Brown and Dr. Bayley. The f ,tlwing committee of five was api-ouul to confer with similar committor from Brownsville and Lebanon : David From.in, J. K. Wea.herford, il. V. Brown, L. C. Rice and Ashbv Pierce, As soon as arrangements can be made a grand mass meeting will be held and a subscriuon iit. oiiened. . The meeting was not Urge, but those present, manifested considerable inter est and are ready at any tira-i to set the ball a rolling. rMt SECBKTAKT Or ST ATT-, Hon. J. K. Weatherford, of Linn county, is favorably mentioned as a candidate before the Democratic Con vention, which meets next week, for Secretary cf State. Mr. Weatherford was Speaker of the House ef Repre sentatives at the last session cf the Legislature, and made a record in that position of which not only himself but our people are justly proud. He is eminently qualified for the position of Secretary of State, and his popularity, not only in Linn but throughout the State, would insure his election if nom inated. M TWIV Dave Mason says "The Forks are on top," aad everybody believes it The Republicans especially will understand it when the whole Democratic ticket cease out ef "Canada" witb two Sun deed majority. iiJUSB ... BATH! BATIIKaTIOV" I .. J An enthusiastic gathering of Derao: crats wa held at tho Court House lust Wednesday evening, for the purjioso of ratifying our county nominations. The meeting was presided over by Mart V. Brown, and speeches were made by Messrs. M. V. Brown, J. II. Smith, W. R. Bilyeu, D. P. Mason, T. J. Stites, J as. L. Cowan, Jas. It. llerren, I. C. Dickey, Phil. Origsby, Jasou Wheeler, Capt. C. tt. Montague and others. The court house was crowded and the enthusiasm unbounded. Our candidates for Btate Senator, Messrs. Smith and Bilyeu, acquitted themselves gallantly and left a most excellent impression on the audience. They fully satisfied the Democraey of their ability to tackle the enemy en the stump, ana of their capability and effi ciency as members of the law making body of our commonwealth, and their acceptability to the people will be evinced by the rousing majority which they will receive in June. The other speakers simply " ratified " especially the defeated candidates. "Dave" Mason was jwrtioularly happy in his speech, and when he said that notwithstanding his defeat the nomina tion of Dickey from his section showed that "The Forks were still on top !"- well, you ought to have seen tho house come down. Hon. T. J. Htites was good-humored and jocular as usual, and demonstrated to the audienco that his Democracy was of a type which could stand defeat as well as victory. He earnestly urged the importance of standing by the whole ticket. Sheriff llerren took his defeat wilh the equanimity for which he is always neted, and with that broad nobility of soul for which he is noted, begged his friends to stand by bis successful com petitor. Messrs. Cown, Dickey, Grigsby and Wheeler made short bat neat speeches, accepting the nomination for tfie various oiEcee and pledging the utmost fidelity and honesty in the discharge of their duties. The meeting closed with a unanimous rising voto and three cheers for the whole ticket, and the people disjoined to their homes fully satisfied of the good sense and sound judgment of the Con vention, and the certain success of every ene ef the nominees at the June elec tion. Hurrah for the ticket ! TM "TttkAan- AT WORK. A nmcunc Orurow. The Demoerejer of Unn hi OweieeriUoa to-dee did Ue war thing In their newer he keeling . K. Herren tnr tit oat-- of Menu. . rferren bee nede a faithful and eflrieat officer, eo.l hfti woe the esteem end eonfkleoce el the people to as treat ft degree ee ear puhlte officer ever eie.-t.1 in Linn. He bee proved e rmre eaeepUoo to some srflce holders in this, that be Ami been honorable In the ful fillment ef every trust. The candideM who defeated Mr. H. la feimeetf candidate for defeat, and will Deti nue Sell river next June without gume er euenuses. Banister. April 4. So it seems that the "Barley Strm Tickler" is already writing letters to it self in the effort ta foment discord in the Democratic ranks. The one above quoted, purport ing to come from a Dem ocrat, aud patting Sheriff Herren on the back, is to thin for anything, and our gallant Democratic friend, Jim Her ren, is as much disgusted with it as anybody can be, as he fully understands the animus that prompted it. There is no doubt but that if he had been re nominated tho Tickler would have writ ten itself a letter filled with abuse and vituperation against him and equally complimentary of Mr. Dickey, whom it now seeks to assail. Hence Mr. Iler ren's friends simply look upon the mat ter as the latest dodge of the btish- hacking enemy, and will treat it with the coutempt which it deserves. W1U IT PAT That rattling little sheet, the Browns ville Adrtrtistr, is working up the pro posed narrow gauge railroad in an ear nest aad effective manner. It quotes the following from the Walla Walla Union in regard to the narrow gauge road which runs between that city and Wallula : The W. W. c C K. R. Co. hare porrhased for their road two new engines ef greater power than any now in m be them. They have on the way one floe paa sengcr car and the rolling etock for two more. Be sides these, flftv freight cars have been ordered, all of wnicn are now in transit it la eetunatea wax u ine txtounc-x offers, and the facilities for taking it away from Wallula are increased, so a. to meet thie want, that tr.a railroad company can trsaanort as much aa 600 to;,, daily to Wallula. In commenting on the above para graph the Advertiser says : When this road waa flrst thmiv-Ht of it was armed by i ..oy that freights could be hauled cheerier by veaum, ana tnu a n. K. would not pay, eta, but expe rience has proved that freiehu are etill reasonable, tea: -ters have all they can do in other way, and the ro-ui is one of the beet paying investments ia tliat part of the country. lenirth of the road ia SI mile, and onst a little over 00,000, or a little less than 3,000 per mile: there - j ana aevem Dnage and high trcstie-vorka. 8u4 look at the diSennra In th. try where this road is built, and the one between here ana Aioany, ana see now muca cheaper and ea-aer a 1 L.-UHl M MU, .11 C rK STATE TBB.ASCBEC. We are informed that Mr. O. P. Burkhart, one of Old Linn's most sub stantial citizens, will submit his name to the Democratic State Convention for the office of State Treasurer. Mr, Burkhart is one of the earliest pioneers and most substantial citizens of Linn, and a man whom the citizens of our county would delight to honor.. His Democracy is unquestionable and his honesty unimpeachable, and if nomi nated he would make a strong and pop ular candidate. .TBUt BICMT STOCK. Jim Herren savs he will take L C. Dickey through the county canvass in his own buggy and see that he is elect ed, by the eternal Here's Democracy feryou ! The Secretary of War will be direct ed to report to Congress as soon as practicable, a new coda of army regulations. 8AU yt tUB A tEf.B BrttOOlr Next Monday evening tho logal voters of the Albany School Distriot will vote on the question of a tax for the support ef free schools In tho dis trict. This is an important question, and should be carefully considered. There may be some arguments urged against the free school system, but there are certainly more weighty reasons why such a system should be adoptod where it is at all practicable. In tho case of Albany we deem it entirely practicable, and therefore unequivocally favor the proposition. - At the term of school just closed there were not one-half of the children of the district in attendance. This shows either au appalling neglect of the children's interests and welfare on the part of the parents, or else proves that there is a serious fault somewhere in our present school system. Pel lisps both causes operate to some extent, but wo believe this large delinquency in at tendance is mainly owing to our present burdensome system. As it is, the fund drawn from tho school tax, when dis tributed among the children, is merely a nominal sum, and scarcely relieves the bunlen ef tuition. In the year just closed each scholar drew fl 75 from the treasury, which, putting the tuition per scholar at f 5 per quarter, would leave the parents to pay $3 23 per quarter on each pupil. As a rule the poorer classes of our people have large families, and at this rate of tui tion, when you add the coat of books, clothing, etc., it can easily be seen why manv parents are not able to school their children. It is a protection to society, aud to property-holders especially, to educate the youths in our midst In communi ties ef the older States, where educa tional privileges on tho most liberel plan prevail, it is a noteworthy fact that lawlessness and crime are visibly restrained, aud where a narrow-contracted school system prevails the re verse is the ease. Provide means for keeping our chil dren in school during tho day ond at their studies at night, and you have a certain remedy for hoodlumism, the tor ment and curso of our PaciSc coast towns. Property would be more se cure from incendiarism, taxes would bo lighter for the support of our courts of justice, and the community would be exempt from many of those grievous annoyances which they now suffer be cause of the want of this great restrain ing influence, free education of the masses. We are assured thut with an addi tional tax of not to exceed fifteen hun dred dollars per anuuni, good graded schools can le sustained in this district, and aa the advantages to be gained are so much greater in every way than the almost nominal tax required, we most earnestly favor the proixsition, and fer vently hope that the tax will bo voted. BAB TUB LAW. Our Harrisburg "O reen backer" de nies that there is such a drainage law on our statute books as we mentioned last week. For his benefit, we hereto append it,' from the Code, page 5.1, chap, xi.: OF DITCHES FOR DRAINING LANDS, 1. Any person whose land ie so sitaatcd that it re quiree draining, and when any permn or persone own ing land adjacent thereto object to ditches being cut or dug on their land, may make application in writing to the county court of his county, at a regular session thereof, for the right of way and privilege to cut or dig a sutScient diu-n or ditchee to drain hie land. t- Thereupon, the court shall appoint three disin terested householders of his county as a commission, and cause an order to issue direeUug them to meet on a day named in auch order, and, after subscribing to an oath or affirmation to faithfully and impartially dis charge the duties of their appointment, and after at least three days notice given to all psrwoas through whose lands such ditch is to be located. X The said eommiesionere shall proceed to locale and mark out the route eo as to do the least damage to the lands such ditch posses through, and they shell also at the same time anssiei the damage sustained by the person or persons owning such lands. 4. la assessing damage, they ahall take Into consid eration the benefit such ditch will be to the aforesaid land,. 6. The eommieuaners eo appointed, or a majority of them, shall make a report to the county court, at the next regular erosion thereof, stating the luoeiioa of the ditch or ditches, the name of the person or persons entitled to damage, the amount thereof, it any is as sessed ; aud u i fie county court is sauened tnat the re port is Just, and, after payment by the applicant fur right of way, of all awns of locaUng such ditch, and the damages, if any ars aassssed, the court shall cause the same to be recorded, and the ailicast may proceed to make such oitcn, doing as lltus damage to tbe lauds it nw.es tnmugn es poesioie. 0. Any perrti sggrieved by the assessment of dam ages, may appeal within twenty days to the circuit court. 7. In the absence of the iu-ti-T of the peace, the said commissioners may admiuister the aforesaid oath to each other. S. No person shall be allowed to tap or bring water into a ditch already dug, without paving a reasonable com pen sail (i therefor. 9. Tin. chapter shall not be construed so aa to in terfere with the rights of companies or individuals for mining, manufacturing or watering town, or cities. THE riTt ftB 8TATF- The Universalist clergymen of Bos ton, after six months' discussion of the subject of future punishment, have adopted resolutions declaring substan tial! v: First As holiness nnd happi ness are inseparably connected, so we believe that all sin is accompanied and followed bv miserv, it being a fixed principle in divine government that God renders to every man according to his work. Second Till the requisitions of divine justice are obeyed, justice ad ministers such discipline, including both -l . ... cuasuscment ana instruction, tor as long a period as may be necessary to secure that obedience which it ever de mands. .Third We believe that re pentance and salvation are not limited to this life whenever and wherever a sinner truly turns to God, salvation will be found. NOT EXITED. A citizen friend of ours asks us to state through the Democrat whether or not the M. E. Church South and M. E. Church North have ever formed a union since their first separation. We simply say that so far as our information ex tends they have not united. Various efforts have recently been made to ac complish the union, but so far nothing has been accomplished, and we doubt if will be this side the millenium. In you caustic) Btriutiirea upon the Independent Qreenbuok platform of Linn county, in addition to your chargss of theft, nonseiirie, and other weak and wilful misrepresentations as to tho ori gin and purport of tho platform, you affirm that " there ia a resolutien next to the tail end that shows woful ignor anco of our own State laws in relation to the drainage of lands, and that there is just such ft law as the Greunbackers ask for already upon our statutes, in full force and effect," and quole the page, chapter, and time of its passage, and then, with an air of self-satisfactory triumph, this stunner is propounded: "If people don't know anything more about their local laws than this, where is the use of them tackling and under taking to wrestle with great financial problems,'' tto. I jmsitively affirm that thore is no such law on any page of Deady's Coda as is aiked for in the res olutions referred to, and if the editor of the Democrat would exercise the same care and eeal in according justice to po litical opponents as it seems ho doos to foster party prejudice, to soy the least, it would be far more ploasant and prof itable both to himself and tho general public. I shall adduce now no further proof to sustain the proof of what I say but kindly ask the editor of the Demo crat to review tho promises, that he may hereafter act in consonance with truth, justice and law, thnt "woeful ig noranco" msy be ascribed to whom it justly belongs. "Again, in bis peculiar style of fair ness, he charges the Independents witb stealing Democratic thunder by slipping Senator Voorhees' financial views into their platform." This is an ironical, slipshod dodge, to conceal and justify the intention of the Democratic party to adept the essential financial principles of that "voluminous document" at their forthcoming County Convention. If tho editor of tho Df.moobat ean show that Senator Voorhees endorses the finnncial theory of the Linn county In dependents!, as appears in their county platform, I will renounce the independ ents and vote tho Democratic ticket from head to foot. "Wo leave our Democratic Solon to ponder over these little things." (iREKXriArilrTK. TBE rKei-LR TBI. Greenbacks 99 gold 101J I This is the latest from laonotiry circles, and yet the gold nu'ii don't want greenbacks for bonds or anything else. Silver is virtually of even value with gold, and yet gold men asserted that remonetiza- tion eould never be reac hed even by Congressional enactment. But these gold worshipers can't humbug the peo ple any longer. Tho full in the price of gold illustrates in the strongest manner what simple assurauce can do unbacked by a single fact or by a particle of evi dence. Tho men who presume to run Wall stieet stepped forward and dic tated what the financial rolicy of the country should be. When the war first broke out they stood coldly back and proffered the distressed nation no relief. But when the people sprang forward and tendered their aid the so called capitalists insixted that they should be allowed to manage the way in which that aid should be applied. From that day to this they have insist ed upon having a finger in every pie, a voice in every council. And they have so contrived that every piece of legisla tion was devised to benefit them espe cially. The last contest over tbe silver question shows that they have been ig norant of the true principles of trade all tho while ; that they knew nothing and cared nothing for the country, or the pssople. Now the country demands that legislation t-linll go one step fur ther, and call in tho national bank note circulation, and in li n thereof issue to the banks greenbacks, dollar for dollar for their bonds. This would relieve the banks from their tax, which they com plain of as a great burden. The system of bank examination seems to be a great humbug, and that might as well be abolished first as last. Both the banks and the government would bo the gain' era by this act, and it is one that ought to le put in operation at onco. CRIMES DECLINES. Harrisburg, April 1, 1878. Editor Democrat : Dear Sir : Seeing it announced in the papers that I have been nominated as a candidate for the office of County Surveyor on the Greenback ticket of Linn county, I wish to say that I was placed upon the ticket without my knowledge or consent. No person or persons ever said a word to mo on the subject, "or I to any one about running on their ticket for the tmid office. I return to the honorable Convention that nominated me my sincere thanks for the courtesy and honor conferred upon me, and I simply decline the nom ination. I would have declined sooner had I not been absent from homo. Respectfully yours, G. A. Grimes. STATE AX COIXTY POLITICS. Following are the Marion county delegates to the Democratic State Con vention: Geo. A. Cutting, A. Shar pies, W. B. Munkers, R. H. Dearborn, Geo. S. Downing, Nathan Young, Spencer Dudley, P: K. Hurphy, W, H. Byrd, Jas. Cnsey aud J. R. Cole man. Tbe county nominations were postponed until the 26th of April. TATE CIECXsMCK CO ! RSI! OH, The Greenback State Convention met at the Pacific Opera House at 1 o'clock P. m,, April 3, 1878, and was called to order by Green, B. Smith, chairman of the State Central Committee. On motion Dr. J. F. Hondrix, of Linn county, rs elwtod temporary chair man, and J, J. Dorris, of Linn county, temporary secretary. On motion of A. C. Edmunds, the following committee w ere appointed: On Credential W. I, Maj field, P. A. Graves, L. Bentley. On Permanent Organization O. V. Carter, Geo. Whitney, W. It. Henry, J. C. Small, A. J. Woodworth. On motion, the following committee en order of business was appointed: G. W. Lawson, W. MoClany, J. It. Bay ley. On motion of A, C. Edmunds, dele gates from the several eounlies were empowered to fill vacauoies from their respective counties. Convention took a recess of 30 min utes to give thesoveral committees time to act. At the time fixed for the Convention to come together, the meeting was called to order by the chairman. Tbe committee on permanent organi zation recommendod that the temporary officers bo elected the permanent officers of the Convention. Ileport adopted. J. C. Small, of Linu, was appointed assistant secretary. Ponding tho reception of the report ef the several committees, remarks were made by Hon. O. W. Lawson, Hon. El mli a L. Applegato and A. C. Ed munds, Esq, Committee on credentials reported tbe following delegates as entitled to scats in the Convention : Benton Counfy C. B. Wells, Dr. J. IV Bayley, E. Hnrtleai, John Wilcr, O. B. Smith. Clackamas II. N. Warsham, O. F. Hibbard, John King, Ira Moody, Wm. Scott and N. II Dannall. ClattopO. V. Carter, Wm. Mo Cleary and Isaac Bergman. Linn J. F. Hendrix, W. J. Stewart, A. Irvine, F. M. Daniels, J, C. Small, L. Elkins, J. T. Crooks, D. F. Crabtree, J. J. Dorris. LantW. n. Spaugh, II. B. Polly, G. M. Whitney, E. L. Applegate, Jos. McLane, Jehu Simpson, M. W. Wil kins. Marion J. C. Hutton, E. J. Thur man, J. Y. Byrjn, G. W. Lawson, E. II. Bellenger, P. A. Graves, J. A. Schaf fer, W. B. Majors, R. R. Scott, L. Bleak ney. Multnomah A. C. Edmunds, W. I. Mayfield, A. J. Woodworth, E. M. Tay lor, T. F. Wilcox, V. Yolney, W. B. Brook sli ear, J. L. Smith. rolk L. Bentley, J. JB. V. Butler, W. A. Henry, L. W. Robertson, W. C. Brown. L'matiUa II. J. Hale. Union W. A. Cates, G. W. Moore, J. F. Woodell, Mat. Johnston. The committee on order of business reported as follows : 1. Appointment of committee on platform ; discussion and adoption of the samo. Nomination of candidate for Con gress. 3. Governor. 4. Secretary of State. 5. State Treasurer. C. State Printer. 7. Superintendent of Public In struction. 8. The delegates from each Judicial District shall present tho name of then- candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of their respec'ive districts. Report adopted. On motion, the delegatos from each county were authorized to name a per son te act on the Committee on Plat form. On motion a recess of fifteen minutes was declared te give the delegates time to act in accordance with the foregoing resolution. Convention sailed to order and the following names announced as the Com mittee on Platform : G. B. Smith, Benton. W. A. Cates, Union. R. N. Warsham, Clackamas. G. W. Lawson, Marion. A. C. Edmunds, Multnomah. O. V. Carter, Clatsop. W. J. Stewart, Linn. M. Wilkins, Lane. L. Bentley, Polk. II. J. nale, Umatilla. On motion, Convention adjourned until 4 o'clock, to give the Committee on Platform time to act. Convention met at 4 o'clock, and the Committee oa Platform not being ready to report, an adjournment took place until 6:30 r. m. EVENING SESSION. Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment and was called to order by the chairman. The Committee on Resolutions pre sented the preamble and platform, which were adopted as a whole, and will be published next week. The chairman announced as the next order of business the nomination of candidate for Congressman. Messrs. A. J. Dufur; of Multnomah, and N. L. Butler and Prof. T. F. Camp bell, of Polk county, were placed in nomination. On motion the Convention voted by ballot, and bv counties as the names were called. Messrs. P. A. Graves and O. F. Hib bard were appointed tellers. On motion, the Secretary was author ized to cast the Tote of J. X. Crooks. Prof. T. F. Campbell was nominated on the first ballot, tbe rot standing : Campbell, 28; Butler, 18; Dufur, 7. On motion, the nomination was made unanimous1. M. Wilkins, of Lane county, was nominated aa the candidate for Gover nor by acclamation. For Secretary of State, N. L. Butler, Judge Truett and Gen. Applegate were nominated, but declined. W, A. Cates, of Uaion, was then put through by ac clamation. Dan Clark, Green B. Smith, Dr. Bayli'y and Judge Lawson, wete nom inated for the office of Btate Treasurer, but all declined. Fin Sutherland, of Douglas county, was then nominated by acclamation. A motion to dispense with the nom ination of State Printer, was lost. Mr. Craig secured tbe nomination by a "rising vote," after a warm and lengthy debate. For the office of Sapt. of Schools, after several had been placed in nomin ation and declined, the mantle fell grace fully upon W. W. Parker, of Clatsop, by acclamation. For Prosecuting Attorneys, Messrs. N. L. Butler, for the 3d, and John M. Gearin, for the 4th districts were nom inated. The 1st, 2d and 5 th districts were left to the two policical parties ta fight over. The following named gentlemen were elected by acclamation a State Central Committee : L. Bentley, of Polk ; D. Clark, of Marion ; O. R. Ilammersly, of Lane ; J. F. Hendrix, of Luin ; Isaac Bergman, of Clatsop. The Convention then adjourned. TBLEtiKATHIC. Russian soldiers think an Anglo- Russian war is inevitable. The National party will hold a con vention at Philadelphia on May 8th. Hon. Richard C. McCormick, Ameri can Commissioner General, haa arrived at Paris. The British revenue for the fiscal year, ending March 31st, shows a Bur ns of $3,085,000. The Maryland Senate baa pasod the Blair resolution for review of the elec toral count. Ignatieff says the action of the Vienna cabinet is calculated to promote the interests of peace. A resolution to amend the Massa chusetts Constitution in favor of woman suffrage, was refused by a vote of 19 to 1C. M. Tchurnitch, ex-President of the ministerial eounc'l at Belgrade, has been found guilty of treason and will probable be shot. The demand for horses for England in Canada, is increasing. Largo quan tities of cattle are also' being forwarded from the lower provinces. In September next the annua prize will bo shot for at Creed moor, regular army terms from any part of the world will be allowed to enter. Austria baa assured Roumania that Russia, under no considerations, should keep the military road open through that country for two I ears. At Mier, on the Rio Grande, tbe Mexican authorities returned a herd of stolen cattle to their Texas owners and took steps to punish the thieves. Two wooden screw mon-of-ar, at Devenport, have been ordered by the British Government to prepare for hos tile service in tho Mediterranean. The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk and driver, were all shot dead in Vaughn county, on the 2d. No particulars. Supposed to be of Agrarian character. Russians have commenced fresh move ments towards Gallipoli, troops near the Balkans are being moved nearer the Danube and Russians are everywhere erecting fortifications. News from St. Petersburg states that Austria's demands are so exhorbitant that to prevent an alliance between that country and England, Rusaia will again try to come to an understanding with England. The Secretary of Navy has received information that American merchant men are engaged in the coolie trade, transporting Chinese frem China to the South Pacific as semi-slaves.. Such ships will be seized. General Meredith Read has made a very valuable collection of the objects connected with the Franco-German war. He began on the day after war was de clared, and is still at work upon it It includes all the books, brochures and journals, caricatures, engravings.medals, and placards on the walls, published at Paris during the war. Valuable relics of the Commune in stone, metal and glass he collected himself, in the streets of Paris in the latter days of the last week of the fighting. One of these is a shell picked up before it could ex plode; this has been ingeniously turned into a clock, with bronze ornaments. A little fellow being told by a young man to get off his knee, that he waa too heavy to hold in that way, made quite a sensation among the persons present by yelling back "Too heavy, heyf Sister Sal weighs a hundred pounds more than I, and you held her on your knee for four hours last evening. Hirajn Smith says he doesn't care a continental about the Radical State Treasurer nomination, because he ran for Congress once and was only the butt for newspaper paragrapbists and the end men in nisjsrer shows I Such is fame 1 Dr. S. W. Dodd. formerly of Scio, is the candidate for State Senator on the Clatsop county Greenback ticket tv&K'A C3, ci..:;::r.ATS3 ticket. For State Senator, Judob JOHN BURNETT. Far Rapreseatativos, Host JOHN T. IIUGHE3, Da. It GREEN, Wm. BURGETT. For County J udge, W. 8. McFADDEN. For Ceunty Clerk, ' WILL. T. WEBBER. For Sheriff, JOS. D. JOHNSON. . For County Treasurer, THOMAS GRAHAM. For Assessor, JACOB MODIE. For County Commissioners, J. P. TRIEST, HUGH HEBRON. For Surveyor, t ; J. W. WEBBER. For School Superintendent, . (Vacant.) For Coroner, Da. J. R. BAYLEY. PCX AKD PASTE-rOT. Cremation is now one of tbe rites of women. A new Georgia paper is called the Okeef&wkean. f Tho Cincinnati Commercial feels good because Russia will accept all of Turkey without a chromo. When A man sees his wife shedding a cataract of tears it well-Niogare-vates him beyond endurance. An aged negro died in Baltimore, recently, who was Commodore Decatur's cook, in other words, he was de caterer ef Decatur. It turns out that a man in Michigan who "lived forty days on water," had pUnty of provisions in bis boat all the while he was sailing around the lake. A New York journalist has oom posed an "Editor's Waltz." An editor's waits is usually danced to the tune of "More Copy," and the music is general ly furnudied by the devil. "I want to die in harness," says Al exander IL Stephens. It will be a lit tle difficult fa find a harness small enough for the purpose, but it shall be dons. ". " . - It is said that sliding down hill in the evening air bis been the direct cause of over sir hundred deaths this winter. Always slide down hill in the summer. D. Parke Washington Curtis writes some verses and calls them "A Mem ory." The follow is probably trying to remember the rest of his name. But he can't do it. The grasshopper commission is pre paring a book of 600 pages. Now it seems te us that if that boek had been printed in the first place, the grasshop pers would never have come. A returned missionary was recently invited to a party, when all the ladies appeared in low cut dresses. Said he to his host, "I don't mind it at all; I've spent ten years among the savages." The books that collect valuable knowledge into small compass, and do this wisely and thoroughly, are the best books in the world. The same may be said of a newspaper. A shrewd patent medicine man has been chasing Alexander H. Stephens around for three months trying to draw bead on him with a pocket camera. He wants him for a preface to his ad vertisement to illustrate "before tak- rr" 9' A candid Kentucky editor advances the suggestion that a special tax of $1 en each pistol owned in the state would beat the bell-punch plan for taxation all hollew. He wants to tax 'em by the barrel instead of by the drink. While reading a few chapters in Noah Webster's entertaining novel, we learned that when they embalm a man they fill him up with aromatic spices. New we know why a man chews cloves he's embalming him solf. George has a great many pull-backs in life," said a young wife to a lady friend. And when the friend said, "yes, I saw him with one yesterday," tbe young wife didn't know what she meant by it The most enterprising piano manu facturers in this country Jiave already prepared then ' circulars'- announcing that they were awarded the "first grand prize" at the Paris exposition for the bast and sweetest toned instrument She was quoting, "There is more joy in "e, intrrruptM mains .. . , . . .... 1 v.-,, more jaw in thi house than the com bined show eivtes f tlt Rwwy den tists." An omitmu Uwe has hung up its fgotfall rn the tlofr tuk Good clothe mitts) nuw tUSVrwaee with the world's opinion than a good many people are willing to admit How do you suppe Senator Coukling would look climbing the height of fame with a patch on his jiantaloons "That's our family tree," said an Ar kansas youth ah he pointed to a vigor ous hemlock. "A good many of our folks have beenjhung on that tree for borrerin' horses." Worth says not one women in ten knows hew to sit down on a dress. He means her own, of course. Any wo man can sit down on another's in a stage or horse car, and do it scientifically the first time. One morning after the fall of Plevna one of the London papers is authori- tivelv said to have issued the enormous edition of 296,000 copies. Lord Beaconsfield has conferred the Order of the Star of India upon the editor, Mr. Edwin Arnold. Kex pleases AiAti. Salem, March 23, 1878. Pursuant to adjournment, the Boar 1 of Director of the Oregon Pioneer A(- srciation met in thut city yesterday, t 7:30 p. u. Mr. Henry Brown, the Sooretary, being confined to his bed by sickness, F.. M. Waits was elects J Secretary prv tm. On motion of R. C. Oeer, J. II. Brown, J. A. Baker, E. M. Waite, Mrs. J. Minto, Mrs. B. H. Bowman and Mrs. S. A, Clarke were elected a committee1 on arrangements. On motion of Thomas Monteith, the programme of 1877 was adopted for 1878, excepting gate fees and band inu sus. On motion it was ordered that the committee of arrangements contract drum and fife music for day exercises, and for a suitable number for string instruments for tbe annual ball. Ordered that the reunion of 1873 commence on Friday, June 14th, at 10 A. M., and continue until June 15th at 1 P. fif. On motion Col. Moores, Col. John McCraken and A. P. Ankeny.'Ejq., of Portland, were appointed a committee of three to arrange w.ith the transpor tation companies for a reduction of fare. The grounds of th? State Agrieultur al Society having been tendered the as sociation for its reunion, it was voted to accept the offer, and the thanks of thn association were tendered the society. On motion the papers throughout the State were earnestly solicited to publish the proceedings of this meeting or a showing of the same. There being no further business, on motion, adjourned. W. J. nERREN, President, E. M. WAITE. Sec'y. DfXLM 1.1(1 BE4.It. The Greenback State Convention nominated their ticket from men who were not in attendance. Now look out for declining. Our columns are open. Fltuaelal aad tww rrrfal, OoW in Sow Tnrk, 191 Uiral tenders is t"ortlen4 borlnf, tS) ; Milinc V BUS- ntfun BASK ST. WHEAT, per taaM 1 f 111 f LOUB, extra U a) 6 Superfine . 75 ee A 00 OATS, per bushel M OOi HAT, baled 19 00 JS so Lmse telOHl POTATOBS, per tnsabel SO I Ml Bf.K r, chuKS on foot, per t, If 1 IJOOS, earn ehokai ia) ea BACON 12 M 1 HAMS 14 4 IS COFKEE f il LARD, in kea , .' la,4 uj in 10 t Una 13 e l7f BITTEK. in brine Use Solid IS tt Fresh dairy SO ? S BOOS, per dn SO ta ii DKlt D FBUIT ApJe, sun-dried, In seeks.... a) in kegs... t Pears, stm-drled..... i A Plums, sun-dried It s9 ' POULTKY, old hens i to s t r Sprinsr chickens HIDES, dry flint 1 1 m m i ts (9 ueoa etuis Murrain ... Green.. beer skins TALLOW, per a hops, Oregon ana was&n&toa it... WOOI WHEAT per Bo M OATS per be rt6c HAY oeled lse. Loose - lie. POTATOES per tra 4533. UAGOS hams l'je. evidee lOe. Shoulders Te. la En ia loa- tins i eaiw BUTTER Fresh roll SSe. EOOS 15e, CHICKENS (CI 00. SUOA& Sao Franefseo ISa Island lr312e. COAL OIL Dewner. S-trai eana S 00. Deroe s. t-ral rans ta V. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Gentlemen Readers of this Paper are invited to call on L. E. BLAISE and examine all the Latest Styles in Clothing and Fnrnisliin Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, for men, boys children at his Popular Clothing House, 112 First St., Albany, Oregon. ALBANY HOUSE. TrrsnrtsT-'- afreet1 ewe r Sorllt aft S. A. FANNING, - - PROP. H AVISO LEASED THE ABOVE bonse, I will say to those who may favor me with their patronage, that I in tend to give entire satisfaction to all aa far meals and prices are concerned. Board and lodging per week 5 ea Board ."-J-- 4f Sing'e meat Board and lodging per day 1 t" iSnlStf