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VOL. XIII
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY MAY 17, 1878
NO. 41.
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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT
M f i
W Pr
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. O. MILLER,
ATTORNEY A.T LAW,
LEBASOS OREGON.
win rmietlee In all the courts of the St ito.
tToropt attention gtvn to collections, eon-
ImalnuGC A tnMlftlilV. vlOnASX-
J. A. VAATIS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
COHVA1XIS, ORESON.
m practice In all the Conn of the State
a,r umoe la tne Loon ttouse
vlunsavl.
J. W. DALDWI.V,
UTJRNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
v hi .rtce In nil the Court tn the 8d. 3d
m J Kh Judicial Districts; in the Supreme
oarv vi Oregon, and in the United States Di
net ana urouit lours, umee up-stam in rront
n in larrtshs brick block. First St., Albany,
ree-an. V oil ivy 1.
S. A. JOII.YS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBAS V, 0REG03T.
tXHc9 In the Court Hon."'
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J. XV. UAYIU lt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CORVA1AI3, OBOON.
Poorta! attention to collection of aeeonnts.
"Office one door Sooth of Fishers Brick. "w
vionarrl.
CHIS. E. WOLTERTO.X,
inesxir isb consEioi it nw,
ALBANY. OREGON.
Omre In From an "s brick, up stairs.
D.E.N. BLACKBURN",
ATTGFiSEma COUNSELOR IT UW
Brownsville, Oregon.
T Collections asp eoialty. apit.
Dr. T. .. SOf.DEAT.
OCCULIST AND AURIT
r
(LF.M, OBEGOX.
DU. GOLDEN HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN
troatng the various diseases to which the
ye and ear are subject, and feels confident of
giving entire satisfaction to those who may
place themselves under his care. noStf.
3SI BR. E. 0. SMITH, gg
OFFICE IS FROMAN-3 BtJILDIXG,
over Blain's clothing; store. Resi
dence, south-east corner of Third and Lyon
streets. 13:31
. D. B. Rice, H. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE at Dr Hummer's Dreg Store.
Residence on the street leading to the
pepot, at the crossing of the Canal.
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J. K WEATHERFOKD. I W. G. PIPEB.
Sotary Publis.
. WEATRERFOSD & PSPER,
Allmny, Ortfoa.
Win practice in the different Court of th State.
Special axtentioD aiven to collecting, lnveeti-
gatkm of titles, conveyancing and ail probate matters
punctually attended to. Proceedings in bankruptcr
eoxtemctei.
ffl In 9d story, Brir-.' rmlding. rtSaS
R, S. STRAHAN,
Albany.
JOHN BURSE-IT
Corvallis
STflAHAN & BURNETT,
ATTORNEY'S AT LAW.
Will practice in all the courts In Oregon.
vl2n40tf
..Oils A. B.1XKS,
(NOTARY PUBLIC,)
ITTOHIBTAUD GQWSELOXATLAW,
Corrallls, rewnn.
T ILL PRACTICE TS ALL THE COCBTS OF
1 V the State. ConTwsncinfir done. ooDections
irade, farms bought and sold, money loaned, and notes
disoonoted.
OAoe in Court House up-etaira. 3l
D. M. Conley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ALBAXT, OCLCOX.
OFFICE, 57 WEST FROST STREET.
Special attention given to colleotiona.
Tl3nlf
G. H. Davis, LL D.,
Physician and jSnrgeon,
SALES, KECOX.
Office on Commercial St. Pust-offlee box,
So. 2.
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DOCTOR N. KENTON,
Physician and Surgeon.
Having rermanently located in the city
of Albany, and entered upon the
lliirty-firstyeir of his practice, respectfully
tenders his professional erviops to the
citizens of Albany and surround ng conn,
try.
W Office at the City Lirag Store. T,esA.
dencc on First Street. vl2n4&u"
H- J. B0TJGHTON, M. D
AUAST OKEGOS.
mHE DOCTOR 18 A GRADUATE OF THE TTVI.
X VKB.SITV Medical CoUeca ot New York, and is a
late member ot BeUevue Hospital Medical College of
Jietr York.
f3"OfSce in Dr. Henton'a Drug Store. YlSnTtf
R. ARNOLD, M. D.,
Bomeopathic Fhjsician.
ALB AX 1', OKEOOS.
OFFICE HOTJKS FROM 10 TO 12 AND
from 2 to 4, Chonic Diseases and Sur
gery a Specialty. nlOtf.
G. W. "WILCOX,
Homeopathic Physician,
AXBAXY, OREGON.
iaJOffiee over Tweedala'a Groocry Store.
, Tl3n8tf
Easiness Cards, Visit
ing Cards, We dding
Cards, or any other
kind of Cards, call on
11 lllM
Mansfield & Monteith
lob Printers. Albanv. Or
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C COHEN,
. Dealer in
CEr.ERAL r.:2ncninoisi
rostoff.oo Buildlnj, cor., 1st and Brcadalbln stx.,
AI.BASY, OREC09T.
Will keep constantly on hand s full
assorrmeni of
Clothing, Bry Goods, Fnr-
nismng voods, ltats,
Caps, Boots, Shoes,
Groceries, etc,
and will sell the above named goods
CHEAPER than any other house In the
city. Give him a call before purchasing
eisewnero.
SAM. COHEN,
AUCTIONEER
REGULAR SALE DAYS I
SATURDAYS AND MONDAYS
At 10 o'clock A. M.
Will also eo to an v part of the country
and hold special sales when directed.
visnzTti
GUN STORE I
SCOTT & M0XTE1TH, PROFRS.
Customers can alwavm find mi this oltvce m
splendid assort meat ot
GUMS. RIFLES m REVOLVERS
And Ammanitioa of All Kinds.
ALSO
TOBACCO AIVO C1GABS,
WBOLBSALB AKO RETAIL.
Baby Carriages, Steamboats, Games
M -eh astral Tys, locomotlres, Dolltr, Boy
kind of toys mannltarM.
HOW OPEN!
OUK DISPLAY OF
Millinery Fancy Goods!
WE ARE KOW ENABLED TO OFFER IK OUR
f Y fine Complete Stock of the Latest Novelties
is this litre and ha ring- embraced many opportauities
presented to as to purchue at natunxai low rates, ve
viu oner new (ooas nnnnr the Uoming beason at
EXTKAORlINARY LOW PRICES.
BLEACHING AND PRESSING
A specialty. Also, agents for Demorest Pattern
MESDAMES BLEVINS & POWELL,
Cor. 1st aad Ferry Ms., ftoarlstcr nulldtaaL
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Corvallis, Lebanon Dallas
STAGE LINES.
is at the Charles Hotel, at Albany, in
stead of the American Exchange, as repre
sented by the proprietor of the latter hotel.
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THE PARKER GUK.
SEHO STAMP FOR ClRCULAft
PARKER BRO'S 5
WEST MERIDEN,CT.
JAMES D ANNALS,
nun a an KAxrcrcBxa or
SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS,
TlarMe and traetl Teps.
Parlor Sets and Lounges, Mar
ble Top Center-Tables,
Spring Beds and
Mattresses,
WALNCT, MiriE iXD fill EEACKET3,
And an kind! of
IS hataota. Chairs, Bedsteads, Extension Ta
bin, Masda. CilU aad Faacy
Mealdlacs, Etc.
I intend to keep everything In the furniture line,
and will iraaiantee eatutection to all who will call on
me at Miller1. Brick. JANES DIMilU.
CITY EXPRESS.
I HAVE A GOOD TEAM, A FINE,
strong hick, and will do any deliver
ing or other work entrusted to me with
dispatch. I came here to stay and expect
ins to stick to this business, I solicit a fair
share of patronage.
13n40tf T. I DTJGGER.
Taken Up.
rTIAKETT UP BY THE UNDERSIGNED.
JL on the 19th of April, 1878, in Soap
Creek precinct. Benton Conunty, Oregon,
one bay mare, about 14H hands high, sup
posed to be 8 years old, hind feet while,
white spot in face, on nose and back, ap
praised by J. M. Risley, J. F , on the 30ih
aay ei rtpru, iSiB, at fw-
40wl C. VANDERPOOL
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.
aadepeadeace, Oreffen.
J, C. SCBAFFOSD, - I'KOP.
HAYIN'O KErTTTED THIS HOTEL
in first-clani style, I be to inform
to traveling puDlre tnax can give tne:
good soouuiBOdadoos. 13.31
MANAGEMENT F THE St BOOt FCXD I X
DEK BENOCBATIC ABMLtUTBATIO!.
Portland, May 6, 1878.
Editor Standard .-
These are matters of genei-al public
interest independent of their relation to
tbe canvass. But aside from this, a
great many vague and startling charges
have been made by the Republican press
in reference to the management of these
funds during the last few years, and the
serenth resolution in the Republican
platform has embodied these charges in
the sweeping declaration that the Dem
ocratic party "has robbed and misman
aged the State, School and University
Funds, loaning them to pattian favor
ites on straw securities." Let lis see
what the facts are by the official record :
COMMON SCHOOL FCJTD.
The amount of this fund on hand on
the 12th day of September, 1870, when
the Democracy came into power (see
report of School Land Commissioners,
1870, page 16) was 312,385 10. But
this includes $5,894 70 of interest due
and uncollected on $10,516 03 of notes
in the hands of the Board (see same re
port pages 1 2 and 1 3). This interest
was delinquent for nearly one
and a half years. Deducting this
delinquent interest and there remained
$306,490 40. To which add $235 96
in hand of the Treasurer (see report
1870, page 12., Total fund September
12, 1870, $306,725 36.
Thousands of dollars of interest, on
loans made by county local agents, was
uncollected. In many cases the interest
was three and four years behind. Many
of the descriptions of land in tbe mort
gages were not correct and the mort
gages had to be reformed to make them
effective, and the fund was in other re
spects in great confusion.
The law requiring the interest on this
fund to be collected and annually dis
tributed among the several eounties in
proportion to the children in each be
tween four and twenty years of age,
was passed October, 1866, vet not a
dollar teas vtr to distributed until the
Democracy took charge. Under the
Democratic Administration there has
been distributed, including 1877, $216,
885 10. The fund has thus been as
sisting to support the schools in all the
districts of the State where schools are
maintained, and in a few years more
will be of sufficient magnitude to sus
tain a free school in each of the districts
the greater part of the year.
STATEXEXT OF TBS laaEOTCtSLB TCrfi.
Amount In Sept., 1ST0 S30S,50 tO
Amount in lilt (Rep. of Board, p. 101).... 4M,S:i OS
Amount in liTl (Reo. ot Board. p-K) SOi.eiS
Amount in 1ST8 (Rep. of Board, p. 10) 6i5,i 44
Amount of increase aince Sept., 13rd, $10,009
Total amount of irreducible fund now 535,491 40
To which if we add interest attributed ?4,s5 0
Total ; rK,309 K
The above is the amount the fund
wau'd now be if no distribution of in
terest had been mads or an increase
during Democratic management, iuclud
ing interest of 475,879 40, or a clear
increase of the irreducible principal of
$228,991.
The charge of "straw securities" is
based upon the loans made to J. B. Mc
Oane, A. Meyers and the West Port
land Homestead Association.
These loans were made upon the cer
tificates of County School Superintend
ents, certifying the value of the lands
offered as security. In each of these
cases the appraisement and certificate
upon which the loan was made was made
by a Republican. TheleantoMcClanewas
made upon certificates of two different
Superintendents, one of whom wa3 iiev.
L. J. Powell, preterit candidate on the
Republican State Ticket for Suierintend-
ent of Public Instruction, who certified
that the thirty acres of land in N
Salem, upon which fhe loan of 6,250 j
was umdf, was worth $20,000 in gold
com. C50 much lor "partisan favoritism
and "straw securities."
CSIVERSITT FUND.
The amount of this fund left by the
Republicans for the Democrats to "mis
manage" and "rob," to quote from the
Republican platform, was as follows :
Amount of coin loaned (see Rep. Board, 1870,
p. 11) 3,0ir U
Amount of currency loaned (see Rep. Board,
1870, p 11) ,6S0 00
Amount of coin on hand as per Treas. Rep.,
1870 : 273 74
Total amount in 1370, only 7,971 28
There was due $3,205 39, as interest
on this sum, but not collected in 1870,
which should not be added to the irre
ducible fund loaned, as it is made to
appear in the report same p. 11. The
interest had been due for three years
when the amount,$7,97l 26, was turned
over to the Democratic Administration
in Sept., 1870. This - fund, though
small in 1870, was in even.greater con
fusion than the Common School Fund.
In fact, the old board and county treas
urers, who were acting as local agents,
did not seem to know the difference be
tween it and the School Fund, and
consequently got the two funds in some
instances, mixed.
BTATEJIE5T OF THE Ft'SD.
Amount tn 1?73 t 7,971 26
Amouai in l7i (Kep. of Boa.-d. p. 103) 1,79 74
Amount In 1874 (Rep. of Board, p. 93) 68,380 87
Amount In 178 (Ren. of Board, p. 11) 75,490 20
Amount ill 1878 68.7K4 38
It is claimed that the amount report
ed in 1876 was too great, because cer
tain parts of it were not paying inter
est, for instance the loan to A. Meyers,
of $10,000, about which so much has
been said. There were some other sum
put in the hands of attorneys for col
lection one or two of which have not
been finally adjusted. Somo of the
amounts that were not yielding interest
at the time Hon. M. P. Deady made
his report on the fund, are now loaned
out and bearing good interest, so the
available fund is near $68,791 38, or
an increase during the Democratic Ad
ministrations of some $61,000, besides
the distribution of several large sums
of interest to the University at Eugene
City, for its support and maintenance.
The loans to A. Myers, of $5,000
each, or $10,000, were made on property
valued by Rev. L. J. Powell, candidate
for Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, at $30,000 in gold coin. His own
signature attests the fact.
Tke chaige that tbe University and
School lands have been frittered away,
is also without foundation. The Uai-
veraity grant only contained 16,080
acres, and more ihaa half of that is yet
unsold, while there remains more than
1,750,000 acr) of School land undis
posed of.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND.
There was no fund for the support of
the Agricultural College in 1870, from
the sale of lands. The fund began to
accumulate in 1871, and amounted to
$900. The amount of the fund on
hand now and bearing interest isS 37,
600 97, while but few of the lands be
longing to this grant liavo been sold. .
Democrat.
S05!t OF rBEXTICE'fl SMllVCS.
A recent writer produces from thu
Louisville Journal some of George D.
Prentice's witticisms, which are not de
pendent upon time and circumstance'),
as most of them naturally were fo?
their point and force. Following are
a few of them:
"To keep your friends treat them
kindly; to kill them treat them often.
Ha who reels and staggers most in
tho journey of life takes the straight
est cut to the devil.
Men should not think too much of
themselves, and yet a man .should be
careful not to forget himself.
A dinner to whL-h a man is not in
vited geiu rally sets the hardest on his
stomach.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues.
The doctors ought to escape calumny.
No man living has a right to speak
ill of them.
The working of a corkscrew is about
the only thing best achieved by indirec
tion. The reduction of postal facilities has
gone too far. The mail jtassed through
town the other day in a couple of
stockings tied over the back of a bull
dog. A few days ago tho freedom of New
York city was presented to Mr. Van
Buren in a gold snuff-box. There was
plenty of room in the box for all the
freedom that New York has enjoyed
for many years.
There are two periods when Congress
does no business. Oue is before holi
days and the other after.
Were it not ungenerous to remind a
man of his natural deformities, we
should inform the editor of tho Grand
Gulf Advertiser that he was a natural
fool.
An opposition editor offers to bet his
ears on something to our discredit. Ho
shouldn't carry gambling to such ex
treme lengths.
If ihe eilitor of the isn't a rogue,
be ought to bring a libel suit against
his own face."
sit plum snrrn.
"Who is thatl" asked Brown of
Jones, as Smith passed by his store on
Main street yesterday.
"That is Mr. Smith, sir," replied
Jones, "and I will bet you the drinks
ynu can't spelt Lis name."
"I'll take that bet," quickly rejoined
Brown, casting a glance towards the
clouds, with a look of scholarly wisdom
as he complacently removed a fresh 11a
ranna, ani puffed from his lips a cloud
of blue smoke that Uoated iu wreaths
and curls over his head. "Smith
S c-li ai-id-t," was his first effort.
"Try a;ain."
"S-c'-h m-i-t."
"Wrong again."
"Well, it ain't S ro -y-t-h e, for that
sjiells Smythe."
"Sa."-
"Xo-.r I have it; S-c-h-rn-i-tt."
"No, fiir; you've missed it agaiu, and I
have won the drinks."
"Well, then.I give it up," said Brown.
"How in the d 1 do vou sicll it,
then!"
"Easy enough. I spell Smith
S-m-i-t-h."
"But that," said Brown, with a look
of innocent surprise, "is plain Smith."
"Certainly," replied Jones, "that's
what I said, plain Smith."
Jones gently re-lighted his cigar and
walked back into his office, repeating as
he went, "Scmidt, Schmitt, Smith."
8ICIUAX BRIGASDS.
The ransom originally demanded by
the bold brigands who, in January,
carried of Signor Parisi from the large
town of Patefmo, and from the neigh
borhood of his father's house, was
$120,000. They kept him blindfolded
eleven days and nights in a dark hole or
grotto, with an armed brigand constant
ly watching him ; but he was well fed,
and had a god cigar once a day. When
they found that their demand was too
great, thev compromised and released
him for $2,000 in gold and S7.20O in
bank notes; but, as the numbers of the
bank notes are known at every bank in
Sicily, they overreached themselves in
that matter.
A minister in Connecticut having
married a couplo the other day, the
bridegroom asked what his price was.
The pastor replied that the law gave
him two dollars. "Well," said tho
young fellow, "if the law gives you two
dollars, here's fifty cents more, so that
now vou have two dollars and a half."
And before the clergyman could recover
from his surprise the pair were otl on
their honeymoon.
When a men comes homo at night
and sips his tea with his fork, and tries
to spread a slice of bread with a tea
spoon, and howls at his wife: "ley,
Bill, here she goes!" it is very safe to
conclude that that man has met with a
sore illiction, and has been trying to
deaden it in some innocent way.
A frenchman, bavin? heard the
phrase, "I've got other fish to fry,'
very readily learned its application
Ono evening, after escorting a young
jaay uome, and being invited to walk
in, he thought of tho above expression,
and excused himself by saying: "I
must go cook some fish."
iFrom our regular correspondent)
WAsniscTex Lrrrrra.
Washington, D. C,
Editor Dmoerat:
An Adjoanatne Panic In Congress The waa
Statesman sees mirages of tomb stoaes
Washington as a Haul tar lam What tbe
Kew Zralnnder will do when It is no longer
tbe Capital A seene between a Called
States Senator and a Car Driver Seels!
Reanniptlon The belle from Detroit and
another belle from Kansas.
This warm weather has the effect to
create an adjourning panic in the breast
of many a member of Congress. From
physical causes, more easily understood
than overcome, Washington is a warmer
and more unhealthy locality than many
points farther south. The capital city
is anything but a sanitarium, eveu in
the winter, and when tho wart govern
ment clerk, after hibernating ia stifling
furnace heated Department rooms, and
subsisting on the execrable victuals of
cheap boarding houses, finds himself en
the verge of a hot summer, inhaling
miasma from the swamps that flank the
city on all sides, he need not be accused
of sentimental billiousness, if lie dis
cerns mirages of tomb stones, or feels
sensations of cremation run up and
down his back. With the member of
Congress it is much the same; he is
better fed than the government clerk
but he lacks acclimation, and the air
that he breathes in the capital is even
more pestilent than that of the Depart
ments; and we see men of powerful
physique, like Conk ling and Blaine, or
tough, wiry veterans, like Christiancy
and Howe succumb to malaria and sub
sist on quinine.
In spite of the millions that have
beea spent in Washington to make its
streets solid and smooth, and to make
its public edifices rival the architectural
splendors of the old world, the day may
yet come when the capital will be re
moved to a more healthful locality, and
when the New Zealander, or some other
fellow, will wash his fish nets in Bab
cock's artificial lake, and calk his boat
with pitch from its most aristocratic
aveuues.
La-it night, while ridin ; i n. First
street car, your eorre8n.i.;i,i, whs ed
ified by a conversation bt i we.ti a states
man and a car driver, vrh-eh lie wiil re
late verbatim: .a the i-ai- j.;isstl the
Ebbitt House, it as boarded ly the
distingue mUitaryjenatnr Rhode
Island. The seuasor wa to nil apKsr-
ances in a state cf equivocal i xhilara-
tion, from what good socitt-.- fdJs good
living, but what Mr. Murpl;;- tail by
another name, and, from sentences mut
tered indistinctly, with eyes half closed,
it was inferred that he was thinking of
what he had recently done, or had yet
to do, in the cabse of education. Sud
denly, from a lurch of the car, turning
a comer, or from a gesture delivered in
half dreamy oratory, his military elbow
went through the glass window, shatter
ing it into small pieces. The driver
who is also conductor on this line ap
proached him with great politeness and
said : "I don't know but I may be to
blatus for this accident, but I don't
think I w3, and the company will de
duct a half dollar from niv wages. If
I was to blame, of course I must lose
tho money." "Of course you were,
said the senator, but a little later, under
a magnanimous impulse, he drew from
his pocket twenty-five cents, of the re
monetized, and extending it to the
driver, said, "d n it, suppose we di
vide, that's all tho money I've got."
The driver reluctantly accepted the
compromise, when the senator called
after him: "I'll pay you the rest when
I come this way again," and resigned
himself to the following soliloquy:
"Ride oa these cars three times a dav.
guess I'll take a carriage after -this."
Then to the . driver: "Oh! you wil:
know me; you will see me when you
come to the capitol ; you will find me
on tho floor; guess you will recognize
my face;" and getting off at the Arling
ton Hotel "recognize my face, will
you? Well, just take a keen look at
these whiskers, take a keen look at these
whiskers, you will recognize mo again
I guess."
Social gayety has been resumed with
tho expiration of Lrnt, but the weather
r is rather warm for violent dancing, and
Washington has been beroftof many of
its transient belles who have gone home
and are making preparations for the
summer resorts, or for Europe. Last
winter the best dressed lady at the
capital, (I give the opinion of -tnother
lady who is a connoisseur, was a young
lady from Detroit. To be eclipsed by a
lady front a "frontier village," caused
the belles of Baltimore and Boston some
surprise. But there is no reason why a
Detroit modiste should not have es good
taste as Worth, or be as successful in
adornincr the human form divine. Then
there appeared another belle froui Kan
sas, neat tho Indian reservation, who
made her own dresses, and was much
admired for her, "style," as well as for
her mtelliaence and thoroughbred man
ners. The facts are that the distinctions
between rural and urbane people are not
as sharply marked as they once were,
srnco now newspapers and fashion jour
nals penetrate every home, and the
moral is, that taste like genius is con
fined to no locality. . J. A. S.
TPLFCRArniC AND HIACELIASEOIS.
Wild parsnips are killing cattle in
Jackson county.
They are having strawberries and
cream on the Santiam.
Representative Luttrell of California
is sick in Washington.
Mrs. Tilton ia preparing a detailed
statement of her confession.
The number of dead in the Minne
apolis fire is now swelled to 18.
John Mark of Appleantte creek. Jack
son county has a herd of 800 ,goats.
The-funeral of W. S. O'Brien, in
San Francisco, was very largely attend
ed. A Russian naval officer is en route
from New York to San Francisco, over
land. The llmao has passed the leji-Jative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bills.
A Mexican attempted to rido 305
miles in 15 hours, at Brooklyn, on the
1th.
The funeral of John . Morrissev, at
Troy, N. Y., was attended by an immense
concourse.
It is thought that some practical
action will be taken on the Chinese
question.
Reports are current respecting the
withdrawal of Russian troops beyond
the neutral zone.
Hayes will allow the Pacific railroad
funding bill to become a law by the ten
days lapse.
A shepard boy living near Ashland
recently discovered a iiorcupine's den in
tho mountains.
The Salem Eagles beat the Monmouth
base ball club the Champions four
runs, on Saturday.
The South Chicago woolen" aiills were
destroved by fire en the 15th. Loss
$150,000 to $170,000.
Russians are to return Turkiah re
fugees to their homrs at the expense of
the Turkish government.
The British admirality ,has ordered
that the island of Heligoland be prompt
ly and eftlciently fortified.
Charles Menzie committed suicide at
Omaha, on the 5th, on account of hav
ing been disappointed in love.
Tho Jacksonville Timet which by
the by is one of the spiciest and neatest
papera ia the State intends enlarging.
Loti of emigrants are this Tear
crossing the plains in wagons. Let 'em
come I j grand young Democratic Ore
gon.
The Time's Pera correspondent tele
graphs that Gen. Todlebea is taking the
Khodalphe insurrection vigorously in
hand.
v. u. iUiitou. while waiting in a
chute at the month af Cotta Neva
creek, Cal., fell forty feet into the ocean
and wa? drowned.
The mining season is drawing to a
close in Jackson county. Times iave
been very prosperous this Spring with
ail the miners in Southern Oregon-
The Turks have evacuated Aation,
in the Fashalik of Trebizonde. This
is considered the commencement of the
execution of the treaty of San Stefano.
A number of distinguished Masons
met at Washington on the 5th, and
formed the Royal Order of Scotland.
The Order has never existed outside of
Scotland.
Grand Duke Nicholis has reached St.
Petersburg. Gea. Todleben, who is
left in command near Constantinople,
is the right man in the right place in
case of war.
Joseph N. Janes, of Evening Shade,
Arkansas, step forth into the gleaning
light of day. Your sister Eliza wants
to hear what you are doing away out
here in Oregon.
Servian detachments are advancing
gardually toward the Prissend, Mitro
vitza and Salonica railway at Uakupur.
Their progress has been impeded by
guerrilla war-fare.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the celebration of the Queen's
birthday at Victoria. Visitors are ex
pected from Oregon, Washington Ter
ritory and other points.
The mother of William Skelton, the
man who killed Joshua Brown some
time ago in Douglas county, has come
all the way from Portsmouth, Ohio, to
see her son. Their meeting was very
affecting.
Congress expects to adjourn towards
the last of June. A week will be
given to the tariff bill, and about that
time afforded for the consideration of
the Pacific railroad bills, and some
other prominent measures.
UOTT JAMES WAS "IXT OFF."
"I say, Jedge," said the gaunt woman,
hailing the Court from where she stood,
with elevated voice and a waive of
her long arm, "ye han't got Jim Carpen
ter locked up in yer, hev yo ?"
"Is there such a man here?" asked
his honor of the clerk.
"Yes, sir drunk and unab'.o to take
care of himself."
"He's here," said the court.
"Well, I've comearter him," said the
geunt woman. "He's the sole support
uv his family over in Jersey, and he's
my husband, an' I want 'im.
James was brought out, and proved
to be an inoffensive person. Mrs. Car
penter brought her hand down on his
shoulder with a bang, and clutched his
colar.
"Ken I hev im Jedge 1"
; "Yes ; take him."
James gave one appealing look at
his Honor, cast a regretful glance in the
direction of his prison cell, and was led
rapidly out of Court.
A country youth, who desired to
know how to become rich, sent a shil
ling in answer to an advert lament, and
rocieved the following valuable recipe:
"Increase your receipts, and decrease
your expenditures. Work eighteen hours
a day and live on hash and cat-meal
gruel."
WIT AJfD BIMOK.
Border troubles Matching wall pa
per.
In what places are two heads better
than one! In a barrel.
Why is a scratch on the hand like the
first flight of a fledglingl Because it
is only a little soar.
Why is a father's nose like a well-
trained child 1 Because it is always un
der a parent's eye.
In the bright Lexinirton of Kentucky.
there are no such words as "No, thank
you, I never drink.
Midnight soliloquy by a man who sup
ped on dried apnies: "Twelve 'e!ock
and all swell."
"Beauty and boot?" was the cry of
the young man who kissed the eirl and
was kicked by her father.
W by may a. tipsy man fall into the
river with impunity I Because he won't
drown as long as his head swims.
"lorn, what m the world put matri
mony into your head?" "Well, the
fact is, Joe, I was getting a little short
of shirts." .
Men are frequently like tea tbe real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been in hot
water.
A little boy went to his father dy
ing the other day, and told him that he
had kicked a bee ifmt had a splinrer ia
its tail.
"I presume you won't charge any
thing for just remembering me," said a
one-legged sailor to a wooden-leg manu
facturer. It takes 2,160 bees to fill a pint cup,
notwithstanding a single bea takes np
so mucu room in a tellow g summer trou
sers leg.
An abandoned wretch affirms that in
engaguis a wile only a nan is necessary :
but nothing short of the cash will secure
a good hired girL
"A man with a trade dollar feels as
if he had a full moon ia his pocket.
But without any kind of a dollar, his
pocket is still lighter.
What a blessing the phonograph will
be to editors ! The bores can slip right
into the phonograph-room and plead
with the instrument, and the editor.
can grind it all oat afterward if he
wants to.
Maguire, of New York, is a cool phil
osopher. On Monday at 8 he found
fault with the fish -cakes, and his wife
broke the dish over his head. Tuminj
to his daughter he said : "Your moth
er is celebrating our china wedding."
At the end of the first year comes
the "cotton wedding," explains aa ex
change. And that is not the only thing
that comes at the end of the first year.
Sometimes poverty comes, sometimes
the mother-in-la-w, and sometimes
twins. "
"What oo yoa think of my new
white sack, Leanderi" 'asked Mrs. Spil-
kms, complacently, tha other evening.
..-OT-, ...I .....
"White sacE-tnauy beaunlui, my
dear, replied Spilkins, dodging behind
a chair for protection.
If the surplus vitality of childhood
could be bottled up and held in rossrvr.,
how bandy it would come to a woman
in after life when she goes to a picnic
with a year-old baby, three baskets and
a husband too lazy to carry a smile.
Deacon Norwoo 1 (to Elder Tomp
kins) "Yes, sir; man -with hope
and with no faith 13 just like a young
man in a row-boat who ban t got but
one oar, and rows round and round in a
circle and don't get nowhere." Small
boy (at a safe distanc) "If he warn't
a darned fool he d scull.
AH EXAStrLK TO BE EH VI. .1X9.
The Democrats of Oregon, in the
recent State Convention of that State,
nominated a clergyman, named Joseph
Emery, for the office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction. The nomination,
as things look, is equivalent to an elec
tion. But Mr. Emery has declined
the candidacy, lie is a Uemocrat in
principle, but he does not believe in
the election of clergymen to office. To
show just how he stands cam. be best
appreciated from his own words. He
says : "I appreciate the honor bestow
ed upon me by that representative body,
but being a minister of the Gospel as
well as a teacher, I have made it a mat
ter of conscience to keep aloof from all
political entanglements; and although
the office to which 1 bare been nomin
ated is not a political one, yet it can
only be reached by passing through poli
tics. I therefore mast respectfully de
cline the nomination."
It is an admirable exmaple the rev
erend gentleman sets, and it is a pity
that it is not more generally received as
such throughout the whole country.
Clergymen ought to abstain from active
politics. S. F. Examiner.
A tlCAJJTIC IXrAXT.
On last Monday there arrived at the
Olive Street Hotel, Mr. Henry Header
son, a well-to-do farmer of St. Francois
county, Mo., with his wife and infant
boy. The latter, though only 13
months old, tips the scales at 100
pounds, and in spite of its monstrous
weight is a handsome, healthy baby.
It is perfectly formed in every re
spect. A number of leading physi
cians called to the infant prod
igy, and pronounced it one of the won
ders of -the age. The mother of tha
boy is a remarkably fine-looking lady of
forty, and is the mother of eight chil
dren. Before leaving the city the pa
rents expressed their intention of ex
hibiting their giant baby to the public
at an early day. St. Louis Post.
WEUCAIiV
A Syrian convert to Christianity was
urged by his employer to work on San
day but declined. But said the master,
"doth not your Bible say if "you have
an ex or an ass that falls into a pit on.
tne ;atbatn day, he may pull Aim
out," "Yes,'" answered Hayop, "but
if tho ass baa a habit of falling into
the same pit every Sabbath day, the
man should either fill np the pit or sell
the ass."
STATE DEUOfBATlC riATFOSM.
The Democracy of Oregon, in convention aseimbl',
make tbe following declaration of principles :
Sec. 1. That a slmpU government, lioneTT and
economically adminUterod, oonflat-d ir, iu aerations
to the administration of juslice and tfca pre .-ranon
of the public peaoe, is the Wily af'-jard asiiriM i.e
abuses of power to which i-ersons in a-uhi.rnv ,vs
prone, and the corrupt and fcivish ai:proi,r-afc; oi ir.e
public funds to corporatio'y!, winch has eV.rscl--:!
the national admiuidtr&tion lur tha rs6 fevefeWtn
years.
Ssc. 2. That we hcsrtFly approve t:ie sniteon of
grew in the remonetizntion of silver. Tha wc biiievt: s ,-jt
all money rmuie or issued by the e.venc(S2t bh.,-ni i
of equal Value, and that we are hi f iver of ps.-ri.'igau
the obligations of the irovsnimeirt in frr-nbicki,c so
called, when the pecuniary mteret of tho powie is
improved thereby, except where othgrvrlstj cspre-ly
provided:
Sbc. a That we regard the forced resumption of
specie payments as freaily aj-yravatini? the deenwhoa
and distress conseqiieiit on a lonj season of iallatioa
and extravagance. Wc therefore favor the rjf esi of
the set requiring resumption -an 1, 1879.
Sec. 4. That the gratuity of near twenty-four rtil
Uon dollars now paid the national bank by tb gov
ernment U simply levying tribute upon the ps .pie ijr
tbe benefit of the capitalist. We therefore favir t!
repeal of the lair undr which they were esublUW
aad th? direct issue by the government of cil-rren-y re
ceivable for all public dues, sufficient to au;pjy c
place of the present bank note drcolaUon.
Sac. a. Inat we heartily indorse the effort now be
ing made in congress to reduce our present tariff kx
to a strictly revenue standard. Thai the interest. o
the great mm of the people of the United Slates lis lit
the paths of unrestricted commerce.
Sac. 6. That we favor eonliiruee arltaiion on the
mbjoct of Mongolian immigration to tlm country un
til the federal eovernrnent is moved to nvdily oor
treatici with the Chinewe empire so as to prohil.it it,
and thus save those of our felk-w citizens who deTr.J
upon labor for a sumrort from uniujt and iegrxhw'
competition.
Mice. 7. That the ein-treecn rears oi misriio oi ' --
Republican party is indubitable proof that that psrty
ia ao longer to be trusted. That muvh of itsie-ritl-uio
in congress has tended to make the rk'h rid.- and lias
poor poorer, andwearraign tliat party bef-;irexhep.wie
for lis Class legislation, for having fostered and upheld
rings, for it repeated efforts to overoms th-j voice of
the people by an unjust and uncaastitntt-ffu.! n.c of
the military arm of the government, and t-K fcrpe.rii
perpetrated under its omcisl sanction, aherc-bv K- U.
Hayes was placed in the prefjdential chair contrary to
the expressed will of an overwhelming maSttriiy tti tbe
people of this government.
Sec. a That ste demand sora -?Is!aS:o, state an.
federal, as will prevent the abuses cjm irtg eut or eim
pention for extra acrvicea, and will fUr.it the pay
officials to a single salary : 'secure the prohibition ot
all perquisites, "that fruitful source of orruptk.n
whereby the compensation allowed by raw to tfcoee i
public employment is frequently doubted ; thedumtia
tion from public affairs of that species of di-fhonety
known as favoritism, whereby personal rrieBdefcjpe are
rewarded and personal obliaiiona discharged at the
expense of the public, without regard to emelency.
Sue, 9. That it is the daty of the state government
to maintain its suprcmacyaip regard to tha auttusnty
not delegated in the conTtttutton ot the United ivaioa,
and to vindicate its jurisdiction against encroachments
from any source whatever. That intheadministratk.u
of state aSairs the preservation of private ris-ht arid
promotion of justice shenld be tbe principal aim ; that
taxation should be equal and uniform, and extrava
gant expenditures of the pubhe revenues be avoided.
Economy should be the watchword, and rigorous laws
be enacted for tbe management and preservation of tbe
various funds belonging to the state.
Sec 10. That we are in favor of improvecneut by
tbe general government, of the rivers and harbors ol
the state ; of the opening of the Cohnrtiws river at tla
Cascades and Dalles : of the improvement of thcSn-ifco
river, and of a subsidy for the Portland, Salt Lake ani
South Pass railroad ; of an exroisiou of time to e.m
picte the Nortb Pacific railroad under sneh reasonable
conditions as will preserve the rights snd interests of
the people of the state, and the settlers upon the fends
donated to Also for a subsidy for the speedy com
pletion of s railroad corntecKon between Oregos and
California. .
8sc 11. That urrrversal education, snd the eenenrl
diffusiou of learning being the principal bulwark of
American noexty. we are m ovor ot - - n.:: a.m.
protecting 6ur public simool system for .tho fai.hf-al
sdacttten of the risine generation.
I -
A LETT Kit fete! TtVi.
Gtaysok, Co., Texas, April 21.
E-litor Democrat:
Please give me a little space ia yocr paper
just to warn the young men of my old county
not to ome to this "far-lamed State. The
snotto here is to make the poor man poorer
aad the rich man richer; it is no plaee for a
mas of email means. Two-thirds of the
pple here are renters, and yoa often see
two or three families in one house.
Aa for the bnd, it is good, bat it is of the
"black wax"ord2T. All who have passed
through Joe Lane's land can form some idea
of the sticking quality of our soil after a rain.
And, by-the-way, we need rain now very
badly, aa we have not had enoagh during the
last two months to sprout the corn. List
winter the loads were impassable, althongh
every man in this State has to put in tea
days' work en the road during the year the
poor man doing just as much work as the
large land-owner.
I have been over the larger portion of this
State and have not seen a barn that would be
called by that name in Oregon, They say
here that they don't need haras. Mast of
the houses are of the low"boi" orrlor, having
genera ly bat one room, and no ottthousea
whatever. Another thing I don't like is that
there are very few orchards m this country,
and fruit is very scarce.
I can say truly that this is not by any
means the State it is represented to be abroad.
The newspapers tell of the thousands em
: iting to this State, but are entirely silent
.Mot the multitudes that arc leaving here as
fast as possible. Remember, young men,
that $12 per month ia about all yon can get
here.
Hoping this letter will be a warning to any
young men of Linn county who may think
of emigrating to Texas, 1 will bow dose.
t rem one ot tbe boys woo got Bis
iotchin
up in Canada.
A. M. U.
FZOX SHEDS 8TATIOX.
Shkdd, Msy 1ST?.
Editor Democrat:
School began in this place Ivlondry, April
29th, under the most favorable circumstances
and there is now a largo and coutam!y in
creasing attendance. A moto stndion3 and
well disposed collection of girls and Wvys it
woald be hard to find aaywhejo. Generally
two or three may be found in a school who
have dispositions to be continually cansing
trouble, but this school is certainly an excep
tion in this respect. AH seem well inclined.
Captain Shedd, Mr. Porter and Mr. Thomp
son constitute the efficient board of directors.
They are all men deeply interested in educa
tional matters.
We anderstand tha people of this vioiaity
are talking seriously of making aa addition
of another room to their already spacious
school hailding, and then employ two teach
ers. This, of coarse, would add much to the
efficiency of the school.
The farmers are jubilant, as they will sees
get thronsrh so wine Most of thn
peeting to finish this week. A grand picnio
is under consideration, which would certainly
be appreciated after such a long siege of hard
work. More anon, E. J. N.
WIU SHOW HUa I P.
The Bedrock Democrat, published at
Baker City, says of the RSpublicaa
candidate for Congress:
Of the hypocritical Christian editor,
Hines, we will have something to say
in the future, and here we wish it dis
tinctly understood that any and every
charge we may make aga'ut. iim we
have undeniable proof '&Vbttck. our
charges. He is one of llm worst men
in our State, and if he had . his jii3t
deserts he would be working for the
people of our State in a cvimiual capac
ity, instead of being a candidate on tho
Republican ticket for Congress. We
know his history and at the proper
time shall give it to the public in broken
doses.