The state rights democrat., February 27, 1880, Image 2

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MART. V. BROWN, EDITOU.
FRIDAY....... FEBRUARY 27, 16S0.
ri, ad snssous.
. The Jieviem is tho nauia of a neat
little newspaper which has boon started
at llarrisburg by J. M. Allison.
It is believed that an immense basin
of petroleum lias been discovered in
Hanover, Germany, which may rival
the Pennsylvania oil regions.
; There waa a paper published in
Richmond, lad., a few years since,bcai
ing tho title of "Tho Broadaxe of Free
dom and Grubbing Hoe of Truth."
Senator Wade IIamitos has never
fully recovered from hia shooting acci
dent, and is now quite ill. The loss of
hia son renders him very despondent
Cauforsiaxs are now very much
exercised over the Chinese (question.
Whito men are out of work and actual
ly ia want for tho necessities of life.
Ir all that is said in Republican or
gans about the leading Republican can
didates is true, there is not one of
then:, the Baltimore Gazette declares,
who sa fit to be President.
Mr. Marsh, the American minister
at Home, has an art collection which is
valued at 100,000. It is curious how
much money can be made by some of
our public servants out of small of
fices.
It is estimated, by thoso in position
to know, that more miles of railroad
will bo built dining 1SS0 in this covin
try than during any year before. About
0,000 milc3 of new road are already im
der contract.
It is a noticeable fact that the Back
of Frauce is constantly losing gold and
adding to its store of silver. Its 8jecie
now consists of $143,000,000 in gold
and $245,;10O,OOO iu silver; a highly in
teresting statement j
A contract has been made by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
with the Spnyten Duyvil Boiling Mill
Company for 10,000 tons of rails,
weighing CO pounds to the yard, for
which they pay $10 per ton.
Grajt was wined and dined from
Sia Francisco to Key West when he
came back, and not to be behind the
people of the United States, Mexico
gets up her regular little one-horse rev
olution when he calls on them.
All the North Carolina delegates to
the National Republican Conversion
have come out for Grant Republicans
might as well make up their mind that
they will have to support cither Grant
or Sherman for President next fall.
Notwithstanding that "Cuba is en
tirely peaceful," more troop are called"
for from Spain and considerable milita
ry activity is admitted to be manifest
in different parts of the Island. 'This
little Island will yet gain its independ
ence. The meanest convict in our peniten
tiary enjoys life more fully than 'does
the Czar of Russia. Only a few days
ago a part of his. palace was blown up
with iowder or some other explosive
article, and it was the merest accident
in the world that his life was not taken.
Bismarck, lately so blatant for gen
eral disarmament, is now advocating
the increase of the German army at an
enormous expense ! lie is bound to
have peace in Europe if lie has to fight
for it. When this man of blood dies
Europe may hope for peace, but never
before.
A Fbexch society of agriculturalists
express great alarm at the increasii
i i 44 . . -w.
importation oi .American cattle, it has
already brought about a reduction of
not less than thiity per cent, of beef
on the hoof, and it threatens such dis
asters to the home raisers of live stock
that they pray their government to im
pose a protective tariff.
. Thk National Board of Tiade,now in
session at Washington, have resolved
to recommend Congress "tojirovide by
law for the adoption of the cental sys
tem in the purchase of supplies by the
Government, the levying and collecting
of duties and the compiling ef statistics
in the case cf those commodities to
which it may be applicable."
England is trying to back out of her
situation in Afghanistan. She finds
that her little game is costing too many
millions of money and too many valua
ble lives. It is rather late in the day
fcrk malm fVIa Aiannmrv lmf. Ilion ln
British lion is getting used to tl is ; he
has had his jaws burned in nearly ev
erything he lias undertaken for several
years.
We see ColL VanCleve has called
the Republican Central Committee of
this county together for the purpose of
makin" arrangements for holding a
County Convention. That begins to
look like we were going to have an old-
iasnioneu sqnare-toea political light at
the next election. Well,' we are glad
of it, as it will make our party look the
closer in choosing its candidates.
The Investigation at Washington,
teaching what is called the Star Route
service, discloses the most outrageous
swindling, alike disgraceful to the ad
ministration and the country. It seems
that the ITajes administration is not
much of an improvement over that of
Grant.. The fact is just this : it is al
most second nature for a Republican
ciScer to dtfiaudfthe Government.
MTiovti wi riorume ov.niTTi.r.
The National Democratic Committee
met in Washington last Monday to ap
point a time and -placo for holding the
National Democratic Convention. Tho
meeting waa well attended, all members
being present but seven, and they were
represented by proxies.
Tho time set for holding tho conven
tion was June 22 J, and after that ques
tion was disposed of di Ho re lit persons
presented the claims of their reeetivo
cities as the place for holding Iho con
vention. '
M. W. Fuller presented Chicago's
claim. She had a hall of line quality,
capablo of seating 10,000 end standing
room for 10.000 moro. Tho citizens
would defray tho transportation an1
board expenses of each member of the
committee and his family. Twenty
three leading hotels would not increase
their rates. The air was pure and tho
temperature equable.
Col. Dorsoy presented Baltimore and
ex-Mayor Brown St Louis. He thought,
Missouri being a doubtful Stale, that
St Louis should have tho convention.
St. Louis was centrally situated, with
abundant facilities of all kinds. Tin re
would be no advance of hotel rates, and
the committee would defray all expenses
deemed proper.
Sayler eloquently invited the com
mittee to Cincinnati, which had advan
tages over other cities Music Hall,
with a capacity of -1,500 seats and an
entertaining capacity of 73,000. Cin
cinnati would bear all tho crfjcoHes of
the convention. As Cincinnati had
named the nuu in 1STC, it would name
him in 1S;0.
Eugene City, Oregon, was advocated
by Whiteaker in. a very humorous
speech, lie said there were no artifi
cial facilities to lie had in Eugene City
but members could find excellent camp
ing grounds, and advised them to brin,
a good supply of blankets.
m. I, Soott invited the comimlU-e
to Philadelphia. Onteimial Hall was a
proper building ; it would hold 30,000
people. Other attractions were great
and there waa no city on God's foots! ool
which so much needed tho convention
to enlighten and civilize it
Stetson and Hutching advocated
Washington.
An informal ballot resulted: Cin. in
natti 14, Chicago 10, St Louis 4, Bal
timore 2, Washington 4, Philadelphia,
Jackson, Miss., Eugene City, Oregon,
and blank, one each. A formal ballot
resulted: Cincinnati 2D, Chicago 3, St
Louis 4, Washington and blank,! each
The selection of Cincinnati was made
unanimous.
Tho committee decided that each
State should be allowed representation
in the convention equal to double the
number of its Senators and R-.tircenta-
tives in Congress.
THE SECBO EI0DI.
Several of the Republican pai-rs of
this State try in vain to make sport of
the facts drawn out by the cxodtM com
mi t tee in Washington, but they simply
show their weakness in the attempt.
The testimony shows plainly that the
exodus was brought about by Republi
can politicians who wLdied to make In
diana's elecioral voto good for their
presidential nominee. What a disgrace
it is for a party to attempt to override
the will of a State in that way. Only
last 3Ionday P. It. McCorkey, a life
long resident of Terrc Haute, Indiana,
and a Republican, testified before the
committee that they had a surplus of
laborers and mechanics in his section of
the State. He swore that colored Mail
Agent Walker, in conversalson aitl
him at Tcrre Haute, said that at Nash
ville last autumn he (Walker) had
made arrangements to run 10,000 col
ored voters into Indiana to carry tho
State for the Republicans.
TAKJSG TOE t'EXrrt.
The Standard savs that Census Su
pervisor Suksdorf will soon appoint his
agents throughout the State, and get
everything ready for the taking of the
census. For the information of the
public we furnish the following laws re
lating to the census, which will be of in
terest to our readers :
All persons above the age of 2 1 years,
who shall refuse to furnish the informa
tion required by the supervisors or enu
merator, shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding 100, to be recovered as in
an action of debt. Prcsidents.directoiB,
or other officials of private corporations
who retuse to furnish information re
quired of tbem are made liable to a pen
alty not to exceed 10,000.
Only two weeks are allowed for the
completion. The compensation of the
enumerators is the following : Two
cents for each living inhabitant, two
cents for each death reported, ten cents
for each farru'fifteen cents for each
manufactory, which is to be in full for
all services, and no mileage or traveling
expenses. I lie subdivision assigned to
each enumerator must not exceed
4,000.
If Horatio Seymour and James G.
Blaine becomo the candidates pf the
two parties, the law-abiding and
peace loving community, the Phila
delphia Press thinks, will be givon an
opportunity to reflect how the former
dealt with a mob in 18G3 and how
differently the latter managed ono in
Maine in 1880. ...
It U supposed, the Boston Her.
aid' asserts, that those pistols, in
the bip-pockets of Maine 'Republi
cans were only .the pocket-pistols
which the prohibitory liquor law has
made so fashionable in that Slate.
They are generally loaded with a sub
stance more deadly than powder or
dynamite. - . j
A UlIMtO.Mt HOOH.
A harrow Cc Mullrom) I Unlit
TUi-oiigh Linn ( enniy. ' i
From the Portland papers we learn
that a railroad enterprise now on
foot, which,, if carried to n successful
tet ruination, will bo of grcnt benefit to
tho peoplo residing along tho foot-hills
in this county. The incorporators of
tho new enterprise ore William Reiil,
Donald Macleay and Ellis O. Hughes.
Tho capital stock of tho company is
started Rt $2,000,000. The objbet is to
build a railroad, narrow gauge, from
Portland southerly, crossing tho Cns
cado mountains somewhere near the
head of tho Valley, thenco to tho State
lino near Gooso Lake. They have pur
chased the Dayton and Sheridan, and
propose to extend it to Portland north
ward, and southward to King's valley.
Tho Ortjwium says, after giving arti
cles of incorporation !
"As will be observed by tho above
ar ticles of incorporation, a company has
been organized composed of well-known
financial gentlemen of this city. ; The
purpose of the comjSny is to construct
a narrow gauge railway 100 miles in
length, fiotn a point on the "Willamette
river in Marion county, opposito Rog
ers' landing, across tho 'French prairie
to Woodhurn station, on the lino of the
Oregon and California- railroad. From
thenco tho road will bo continued
through Silverlo?, Sublimity, Stayton,
Sew, I-banon and Brownsville to
Springfield, iu lame county. The in
tention of the oomiany is to finally
construct the road down tho west aide
of the Willamette river by way oC Os
wego.
For several years the farmers who
livp near the Caw-ado mountains have
urjjd Mr. Reid to construe? a narrow
gauge railway. Several committees
last fall waited on Mr. Reid anil repre
sented that the jx-ople along the pro
posed line had concluded that a narrow
gauge road was a public necessity, and
dumrrd him to solicit aid from capital
isU in the eas.t. These gentlemen who
waited on Mr. ReiJ intimated that they
were satisfied that if tho ent equine was
inaugurated ten per cent, of the re
quired capital to carry it forward to
completion would l subscribed by far
mers along the east side of the river.
After sumo consultation, Mr. Reid
promised to represent tho views ex
pressed by thrne gentleman to New
York capitalists, and other Eastern
cities. Correspondence followed, and
at length several capitalists of New
York and Scotland have entered into a
bond, and fcavo jiositively agreed to fur
nish two-thirds of the required capital,
with the understanding that the re
maining one-third is raised along the
proposed line cf tho road. Last week
certain gentlemen from Portland com
plcted arrangements and the ' Oregon
Railway Company, limited,' waa organ
bred. This company has succeeded in
rawing, in Portland alone, 400,000.
This amount has been subscribed with
the understanding that the road should
bo continued on down to Portland next
year, and ultimately to be built to
Southeastern Oregon. It is thought
that this sum, together with the moneys
which have been offered on bonds bear
ing 7 er cent, from thoso capitalists in
New York and Enror who advance
two-thirds of tho cost of building thrse
l."0 miles to Portland, and tho various
subscriptions to bo obtained, and which
have been oiTered by the jieoplo along
the line of railway, will build the road,
It is the present intention of tho com
pany to commence Derations in tho
spring, whenever the sntMcription sheets
along the route aro signed. Meantime
there aro 1,000 tons of railroad iron to
arrive here la-fore 'the 10th of next
May, intended for tho iteople of Silver
ton, who have already guaranteed
very liberal subscription. It is intend
ed to have the road graded and tho iron
laid to Silvcrton by July 4th of the
present j-ear. From that point the road
will bo extended through Stayton on to
Scio and reach tho latter place before
the 2d of October. The railroad will,
it is expected, reach Springfield in time
to move the crops. Arrangements have
also made by which, while the Central
Pacific R. R. Co. do not themselves
agree to build into Oregon, yet they
have offered the Oregon Railway Com
pany, limited, great inducements to ex
tend that road lifter it reaches Sprrng
Celd, across the mountains to the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad."
thk ktekxal fatiikk dead.
Our readers will remember that sev
eral times wo have had occasion to refer
to a little colony of jieople near Walla
Walla, among whom wero two little
boys who wero actually looked npon by
the members of the colony as God and
Jesus Christ respectively. The folio w-
ing from the Walla Walla Yfalcliiiuin
shows that their God is gone :'" ..i. ?
Lose Saturday there died of diphthe
ria, 'in the camp of Davies, known
among his followers as the "Standard of
Israel," a son of Davies, about ten years
of age, recognized- and called by ' that
sect as God, the - Eternal Father, the
corner stone of their faith and the hope
of their glory. But now he is dead.
The ono called Jesus still lives. Our
informant, who ' at one - time was a
strong believer in the faith and holy (1)
personages, begotten by Davies, won
ders now what will becoineof the House
of Israel, since God, their Eternal Fath-
died. I hero are others in tho camp.
down with this loathsome disease and
may yet go to their Heavenly home,
out wnat a strange camp and creed ! '
Lateb The, telegraph informs ns
yesterday that' Jesus Christ has also
died. ; "'- - !
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WASUIXUTO lETTCK.
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! Washington, D. (.!., FJ., 17. ;
Kill ftp JJcnuirmti ' j
Fashionable society at the cupitiil
now takes a recess, after revernl weeks
of unusual gaiety. For a time tho
round of parties and receptions .-uh,
and tbo dovotces of fashion's i'ljlllp.) get
a respite from their dissipationi. Int
must bo to them a most welcomo lent.
Tut receptions a6 tho Whito Houue tins
season, havo been moro lergely attended
and brilliant than any since tin fraudu
lent President tok possession' of it.
At tho last public reception on Satur
day night there was a rush, ar.d ir good
part of the crowd nppcarud to have
como in from the street on tho way
home from their daily labors. It is one
of tho forcible illustrations of the spirit
of this government to seo higlr and low,
capitalist and laborer, alike welcome to
struggle n vtaum through tho spacious
and elegant pailors occupied by tho
chief magistrate of the land, and grasp
their rulers by the hand. , ,,'''-,. ,,
But the high-toned and siihtoc-ralic
reception occurred on Tuesday evening,
when Mr. and Mrs. Hayes received the
Diplomat iu Corps. . It was a really
brilliant, not to suy gorgeous nflnir.
When Mrs. Lincoln reigned in the
Whito House she inaugurated tho plan
of making a division of tioelcty ofter
the guests had entered. Shu had a
door net apar t for the Judges of the Su
preme Court, Senators, army sn-1 navy
and foreign Blinisters. Members of
Congress were herded ith the common
people, and actually forced through the
sarno door. When Mra. Julia Grant
succeeded to the sceptre she realized
that any distinction of this kind would
make any administration inqopnlar;
so she decided that all 4-iona who en
tered the front door of the Mansion
were entitled to tho iuimo social privi
lege, and alt doois should be alike to
tho guests. But to get over tho difii
culty and please royally as well as dem
ocracy, Mrs. Grant discovered a side
door, a sort of mesk entrance, where
those who w hilit-d to avoid the crowd
could pasa in, take up their position in
the rear of tho ''throne,'' nnd glare upon
the crowd of struggling humanity as it
ssed by in single file. Mrs. Hayes'
aristocratic notions have led her to re
vive the system of Mrs. Lincoln, and
she has doors for tho common people
and other doors for tho gr eat ' '
It U said that one of tho luo.st im
pressive and gorgeous reception ever
given in the White House occurred to
ward tho last cf President Lincoln's
Grst term. Tho White House looked
old, worn and dingy, for this preceded
the golden splendor of I ho Grant reg
ime, but tho brilliancy and magnificence
was made up by the scar!et nnifyrrma of
tbo Marine Band, with the gilt buttons
and shoulder straps of the brave de
fenders of the Union, who clustered
abont the Capital in those hiHtoric days.
The same struggling tide of humanity
inundated tho doors of the Executive
Mansion, but at every turn A soldier
was stationed to keep the crowd within
the limit of Mrs. Lincoln's law. Bay
onets glittered over tho daintily dressed
heads and bare shouldcra of the beauti
fully dressed ladies who declared that
"mob law" was now iiffttigu rated and
"they should never visit tho White
House ajruin, until a cJuDior" But if
the guests felt insulted at the presence
of tho bayonets what was their aston
ishment on going into the "presence" to
find a genuine eroa n on' Mr. Lincoln's
head. It was made of gilt, but looked
precisoly liko those which are found on
the heads of those distinguished women
about whom we read in Agnes Strick
land's " Lives of the Qucensof Eng
land." Tho stones or gems were waut
ing, but the tinsel and gilt was all there.
There was only timo allowed to note
that dear old Abraham looked down at
tho little "bobbing" woman at his side,
as he urigbtat a frolicsome kitten. That
"crown" was a harmless head-dress in
vented by a Philadelphia milliner, and
Mr. Lincoln ridiculed it so severely
that its debut and withdrawal all took
place the same night.
Tho bill introduced in tho House at
the extra session to make tho Commis
sioner of Agriculture a Cabinet officer,
has got a favorable rejiort from the
Committee, but it will never go beyond
this. The proposition has generally
been regarded as ono of .Lepuc-'s crazy
schemes. Tho tax-paying people of the
country are opposed to any increase of
their burdens in the shape of additional
office-holders.' Then, from a political
point of view, there is very little prob
ability of the passage of this bill. A
Democratic Congress will not bo likely
to enlarge the powers and add to the
patronage and influence of a Republi
can administration., This bill will have
arrayed against it all the interests ex
cept that of agriculture. Whenever it
comes before the House,' amendments
will bo ofl'ered to create a department of
commerce, department of manufactures,
and departments representing other in
terests, each to. be presided over by a
cabinet officer, with the usual assistants,
and secretaries and, other, ' accessories.
It will bo contended that commerce, for
instance, is as much entitled to a posi
tion in the cabinet as agriculture. Tho
opposition to the bill is so strong' that
it will be defeated, notwithstanding a
favorable report, from tho committee, '
' There are rumors on the street to-day
of a little' unpleasantness between Mr.
Hayes and John Sherman,' It is re
ported that Mr, Hayes took the Secre
tary to task for using tho Treasury to
forward his Presidential aspirations and
charged that ho had utultified " the
Administration. Retort has it that
Rutherford got right p on his ear and
informed Sherman that the Civil Ser
vice rule raunt not lo entirely ignored,
at least not so long before elaclion.
' ' Phono.
A .HA!l TKI roitVtAltD.
Photography in- Hack aftd whito has
been carried ns near jcrfcclion as human
effort can be expected to reach, but the
recent mtecessful experiment of Mr.
Gros in Fiance warrant us in tho belief
Hint a process of photographing objects
in their natural colors will soon bo add
ed to tho wonders of the ago. It is
dazzling and bewildering even to dream
of only one of tho applications of such
a discovery tho reproductions of the
works of the gTest masters.' Think of
being ablo to purchase for a couple of
dollars a colored fac siuiilo of Raphael's
Tiansfiguration of Madonna delta Seg
giohr. The effect of such a discovery
would bo to kill bad art, but not to de
stroy art itself. No mechanical process
can supplant (hat which is based on
brain and soul. What U tho most fe
licitous photographic portrait ever exe
cuted to ahead by Gilbert Stuart, re
cording not only the features but the
character of tho sitter, as Vandvko did
some'Jnies, and Titian always.
tMH AT IT.
Tho vast influx o( gold into our coun
try will lend thoughtful Americans to
glaiu o at a page of history not yet ten
years old, and therein to find a sugges
tion and a lesson. The fivo billions ex
tracted from vanquished France by vic
torious Germany was ourcd into Ber
lin by the cart load. That gold was
the price of blood ; ours is tho price of
fiiod. The Germans earned their for
eign gold by putting men to death ; we
have earned ours by enabling them to
live. But whstevri tho source of the
wealth the financial conditions are the
same. In the case of Germany tho re
sult was tho strange fact that the re
ceiver grew oorer and oorer every
day, while the victimized debtors grew
richer and richer, and are now the
most pryjcrou ioplo in Enrojio.
Money turned tho stolid Leads of the
Germans ; tho loss of it steadied the
heads of the French, and stimulated
them to achieve the gigantic tk of ro
cm peration.
BA.TMtT Ntr EAT KW,
It is ridiculous nonsense, tho Wil
mington Etnj Tlermnrj asserts, to pre
tend any longer that Pennsylvania'
voto will not be thrown for Grant in
the Chicago Convention, and itouly re
mains to' be wen whether the other ma
chine mar agent have the nerve to follow
Cameron's example, and send similar
delegates with similar instrnctions to
the National Convention. New York,
we believe, comes next, and it will most
likely do likewise, and after that the
weaker States ill follow the lead of
these two, so that there can be no fur
ther question of Grtuit's nomination.
With Pennsylvania and New York
positively united and determined, noth
rug can prevent it One of the worst
effects of the success will bo tho awful
amount of lying it will cause among
lhoe who are now swearing they will
never support Grant.
A .oi isor is tiurtiiu,
The San Francisco Bulletin of last
Saturday published the result of in
quirics addressed to reliable corresjiond-
enta ia all parts of the State relative to
the crop prospects for tho coming sea
son. It is shown that there is a much
larger area of land under cereal cultiva
tion this year than ever before. That
on tho whole the rainfall, though not
heavy, has, owing to its distribution,
been exceeding beneficial, insuring, with
ordinary spring showers, even in drier
counties, good crops. That frost lias
not materially damaged young grain, at
most only retarding its growth, thus
giving it an opportunity to strike its
roots deeper into the ground, whila the
evaporation of moisture from the soil
has been prevented.
A TEMPEBAMB BOOM.
The Chief Engineer of tho Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company has
notified tho superintendent of construc
tion that he'must discharge from his
employ any man that carries liquor to
the works or intohia camp; As a fur
ther precaution, that tho failure of gang
foremen to report any cases of disobedi
ence to"this order will be regarded as
sufficient cause for their dismissal. Tho
reason for this stringent order is that
nono but careful and sober men should
ho employed, and the Umpire says, nor
does any reasonable roan deem this or
der too severe. ,
A JOT HK It t'OMrAKlMtt.
Of the nineteen Presidents of the
United States,- only fivo John Quincy
Adams, William 1 lenry Harrison,' Jas.
Knox lolk, Ulvsscs Simpson urant
and Rutherford Burchard llayos had
middlo names. The balance of the evi
dence seems to bo against S. Jones Til
den and T. Adolphus Hendricks. Ore-
gontan. - ' .
How would the evideneo balance up
if the Democratic Convention should
pnt forward the name of Horatio Sey
mour 1
"After Grant, who ?" is tho conun
drum now agitating Eastern political
circles. Oregonian.
That is a curious question coming
from the Oregonian. We don t know
of a single newspaper in this State, even
on the Democratic sidf of the house,
that can equal tho Orcgoniun in its ti
tle apainst Grant.
r.t IMC (OAHTKKS.
Tho population of Lakevtew Is
225.
A stcttm saw mill will bo built at
Jacksonville.
Sheep are dying along tho const of
Curry county.
It la proposed to build a telegraph
line from Pendleton to Umatilla.
One hundred tons of goods to one
WttJJa Walla houso In ono week is
considered n fair opening for the
Spring trade.
The wife of T. (. Meutitv living
near Hmlthfield, gavo birth to twins,
Jan. 20 th. Tho two have forty-sov-on
fingers nnd toes.
Tbo WulU Walla Union n&j tho en-
glnccr's office of tho O. II &. N. Co.
will to located at tho Dalles until the
road 1 built from Celilo to Wallula.
The AMdand woolen mill will con
sumo 100,000 pounds or wool tau
year, against 80,000 last season.
James Thornton is now superintend
ent. . '. "
Lyman Woodruff.of Curry county,
liaa patented a now procesa tor pres
erving Cab, which U said to preserve
tho color and flavor better than any
yet known.
Two foot of snow lies on Ike Siski
you mountains, which Is Interfering
somewhat with tho stages. It re
quired 11 hours ono day last week to
rnaWe'Jo miles.
Georgo Hudson, charged with bur
glary, escaped irorn the custody of an
nicer at Canyonvillo last week, and
was not recaptured till a couple of
pistol balls inado him stop..
Tho Grant County Xewi says the
mortality among cattle In the county
boa only Ix-eu one third what it was
last year, but rattlo are too poor to
drive, and very littlo trading Is
done;
John Mounts, a blacksmith who
worked at Eugeno City last bummer,
started to join hia family In the Eat,
In Dcccml&r. His wile received a
letter from trim dated Ha FrancUoo,
Dec. 2 5 th, say log that ho would start
for home In a few days, since wben
no tidings of him have been received
and it U feared that ho has been foul
ly dealt with.
Jacksonville paper: It I feared
that somo of the wheat that has been
sown wilt be frozen and re-sow lug
neeesraYy. Farmers are speeding
the plow whenever possible, and
have made some progress during the
past week. Tho weather is unfavor
able for expeditious operations, how
ever, and wo fonr a abort acreage will
bo th result
Pendleton ImUptndtnt'. Tho Su
perintendent of tho O. S. N. Co.
snys that the jam of freight which
occurred last year can never, by any
possibility, ooeur again. We fear
that ho underrates tho producing ca
pacity of our country, tor this ia Ihv
ble to occur next year, and probably
for several year to come, tor our pro
ducing capacity Is constantly Increas
ing. Superintendent SpraSJO has ap
pointed 11 N. Sweet.aG. Livingstone
and C I) Porter as commissioners to
take evidence in all cases of contest
between settlers upon, or those claim
ing Nothem Pacific railroad laPds,
where there are adverse claimants.
Upon considering the evideneo this
commission will report to the comp
any, and their report will govern the
sale of that class of lands.
Tho Chicago Timet says: General
Grant's friends at Washington are so
confident of his nomination at Chicago
that they are discussing the advisa
bility of sounding Mr. Blaine on the
subject ol accepting, tho second place
on the ticket. Tho theory entertain
ed In some quarters that the General
will not enter the canvass unless his
nomination is secured without a con
test, Is ridiculed at the Capital.where
his disposition to take nil he can get
Is well known.
Jackson county lias almost as many
stills as tbo balance of the counties in
the State . put ' together. Several
thousand gallons oi whisky of a good
quality Is manufactured annually, for
which there Is a ready market. The
cold weather has interfered with op
erations, so that tho supply is not
equal to tho demand now. Apples
aro used -principally in the manufac
ture, but some of the distillers will
next season try peaches and other
suitable fruit :
On the night of the 13th Inst, a
fellow named John Lance, a lodger
in the Gilmoro Hotol, at Junction,
climbed Into tho room of a lady
lodger In tho sanie hotel. Ho at-
temDted to rdaoe her under the influ-
enco of chloroform, but before that
subtly drug had tlmo to perform its
work she aroused sufllciently to cry
for help. He attempted to silence
her. but failinr, crawled ut through
the window, and in his haste to re
gain his own room, slipped and fell
to tho ground, a distance of about
twelve feet While Mr. Gilmorewas
loading his shotgun Lanco managed,
bv the aid of a ladder, to regain his
own roojn, where hejwas found. The
Marshal was summoned, aua on
search being made, a razor and a vial
of chloroform ,wero found on his per
son. As the lady was known to have
somo money In her possession, it is
ouestionable as to .the- nature of the
crime contemplated.
W SAM IlOt Tf BArfVUB; T
During &ara Houston's residence in
Cherokee Nation, west of Arkansas,
he lived with a daughter of old Cap
tain John Rogers, an Indian, about
two and half miles west of Fort Gib
son. He was a merchant, but tried
to conform to the ways and habits or
the Indian, and In .dross wore the'
hunting-shirt, buckskin leggings and !
breech-clout of the Indian. - For the
greater part of hia slay here he was
under the influence of liquor, when It
could bo had, and ho was seldom
without it. He seemed, after a resi
dence of two years, to tire of the jrt
hejwag acting, and dnrlug short jr.
lods of soberness became morose and
sullen. Ho was evidently comparing
la his mind bis present mode of with
tbo past, or a worthless,, drunken
whito Indian with the proud Gov
ernor of Tennessee i " - r
; It " was directly, after1 'one '' cf his
drunken spells that one of tbo Texas
Cherokees brought news of tho war
betweon Texas and Mexico, Hous
ton, although not yet sober, walked
out on the banks of tbo Graudo river
with . John .Henry, a merchant.
Throwing ' bimself (low n on , the
ground, he was silent for somo time.
At length, starting up quickly, he
said j . "Henry, 1st us go to Texas.
I am tired of this country and this
life. Go with me and I will make a
fbrlune for us both. , You a merchant!
I a merchant! We are nn more fit
for merchant than h 11 it for a kw
der-house. ' I am going. ' In that
new State I will make a man ef my
self again.,". He began, at once
making preparations for the, at that
lime, long Journey, Casting at once
aside alt bis Indian attire, ho came
out dressed as a white man, and at
once refusing the use of liquor offered
him frequently, as If by the stroke of
the magician's wand, be looked the
man and hero he very soon became
after hln arrival In Texai'.
a riciric coast c-asbioate.
Ia looking through our' Eastern ex
changes we see the names of many per
sons brought forward as probable can
didates tor the presidency before the
National Democratic Convention, and
in the list we aro proud to note the
name of one Pacific Coast man lloa.
Stephen J. ; Field, of California, 'Asso
ciate Justice of tho Supreme Court of
tho United States. While our prefer
ence might be for another person, still
it must be acknowledged by all that
Sir. Field would poll a larger vote on
this Coast than any other man the
Democracy could place in nomination.
u decidedly our orn that I Dar,t vg. Thomas, Supreme Court, I Hi
would carry all the Pacific Coast States. noj
but bow be would succeed in the Hist
we are not prepared to state. If the
people in that . jrt of tho country
would give him a warm support, he is
no doubt the strongest candidate that
our party could select as their standard
bearer. . ' '"f --'
.From LInkville : Block have be
gun to die In earnest." By bee, living
on Tule hike, thirty mile from here,
has already lost half of bis. Carr, on
Clear lake, fifty mites from here, has
lost some eight or ten thousand dol
lars worth of fine cattle. All cattle
men will lose froaa .10 to 75 per cent.
Many who bare hay cannot save
their stock, as they are not Qxed for
feeding. Those who . do not need
feed got most, because they can con
tend for it. Somo bay slacks are en
tirely covered, with snow drifts.
Horses seem to fare very well. Many
good Judges of such matters say that
stock that Is not fed at all looks bet
ter than- that , which Is fed , The
trouble Is that feeding has been going
on since January 1st, and the cattle
rely, entirely npon thfcr ,nnd wilt not
browse. - '
' " MKT KXHKCT TOO BII CM. -
It ia not without some apprehension
of over-production that we" read of the
enormous amount of acres' laid down to
wheat in the Western States , and on
tkl Coast. The Agricultural Depart
ment of the United States, in its last
annual report, urgently recommends a
yariety of crop, which is clearly the
true policy. . .The late immense harvest
in the-United States happened to coin
cide with the tailure of European crops,
but those who base their operations on
a recurrence of such exceptional cir
cumstances will incur the risk of bitter
disappointment.
A SBKIOCS OaJKTTIOX.
' There is one objection to Blaine as a
Republican candidate: for the presi
dency, the Detroit Free Fmss thinks,
which will unite all the others against
him. ' If he should be elected he will
have too many friends to provide for.
The addition of the Maine bribery
agents and the Supreme Judges to the
claimants would swell the column to
the exclusion of a ' good many, with
out whose support no candidate can
be elected.1 .-? ...
BtILUOXE AAI.
v Last Wednesday ihe N. Y.' Republi
can State Convention met aUtica, and
after having a first-class row, enough
Blaine delegates were thrown out so
that '- when-, the 'resolution endorsing
Grant was Introduced it carried by a
Vote of 217 to 180. ' The whole afl'air
was a regular bulldozing operation, and
shows that Cornell and Cameron are
going to use every endeavor to nomi
nate Grant.
BMTO.V 01 ST Itr.HOCBtTfC retTE
'''.-' TIO. t
A Democratic Convention fur Ren
ton County, Oregon, will bo held at
Corvallis, on .
Katarday, April 3d, 10.
at 10 . o'clock A. m., tor tho pnrjH of
electmg seven delegates to attend the
Democratic State Convention, and for
the nomination of a full eonnty ticket
as follows : I
Three Eeprcaeiitatives, 2 Commis
sioners, Cleik, rJlieruT, Treasurer, As
sessor, School Superintendent Survevor
and Coroner,
The various precincts of the count r
will hold their primaries on
Natnrday, March 27t!i, IHo.
at 1 o'clock r. m., for the purKwe of
choosing delegates to attend the County
Convention, and to mominateean lidatei,
tor precinct offices.
Each jrccinct is entitled to repreen-
tion in the County Convention ns Ad-
lows j. Tsro delegates at Urge, one tor
every 20 votes cast tor Representative
Whiteaker at the last election, and oin
for every fraction of 10 or more.
A resolution was passed recommend
ing that no mernU-r should seceive
more than one pr.xy tor Ttelegat- who
are not in attendance
E. A. 3I1LNER,
Joux T. HcoJina, Chaimmn.
Sircrelaiy. -
lECAl, B-OTMOS.
Parol Moktoagz. A valid mort
gage on a growing crop, or a crop to -a
plan ted, may ! given by jarol. Scearns
vs. Gofibrd, 5G Alabama, 54 I.
Ht'sKAXu axo Wife. A married
woman can claim exemptions aniiiHt a
jndgment enforceable ngaint -r separ
rate estate. Schnesster & Co. vs. Wil
son, f'G Alabama, 57(i.
3IoBTAiK or Mausikii Wosias. A
note ami mortgage given by a married
woman tor the purchase money of land
is valid and can bo enforced. Strong
and wife vs. Waddell, 5C Alaliam.i, 471.
M out:; age. The transferee of a
mortgage, having actual notice of a la-"
tent e.-juily, or secret trust, may never
theless take 'advantage of the want of
notice by the mortgagee. Cirtlett vs.
Varner'a Executor, oC Alalams, oS;.
TuASKKr.R ok Rid. It ia often the
case that a bidder at a public sale trans
fers his bid to another, and directs tho
ded to I: made to such fierson. If
there be n) fraud in the transaction
and no loss thereby to the previous
legal owner of the property, there can
be no legal objections. Johnson vs.
Watson, Sup. Court, Illinois.
Sham Rids If one by fraud pro
cures a sham bid on his property, when
oiTered for sale, by . an irresponBiblw
party, and thereby succeeds in haviu
the land of another sold to y otT a
portion of tho debt he is eijuit-l.lv
bound to ay, such injured jerson may
recover back the sum so lost by him in
the sale of lira property, or .the sum
I i: i u it. i ;,u
Usirnv. Tho New York Supreme
Court has decided a nsnry case, holding
that a mortgage of $50,000 wad invalid,
on account of a violation of tho usury
law. The jrson who negotiated the
loan charged the borrowers a lxnus cf
$4,250, and paid one-balf of it to the
lender. The Court held that this vio
lated the usury law and rendered tlo
contract void. The leader got $2,125
a3 a lionus, and lost $50,000 pr incipal.
A petition is now ia circulation in
Douglas county praying tor tiro coa
fstruction of a lighthouse at the mouth
of the Umpqua river, on the south
side. Then carest lighthouse to that
IrHrbor Id that on Capo Blanco, thirty
miles south. The commerce of lht
river, and that of the coast tor that
matter, demand the lighthouse as de
sired, and tho petition is of course
meeting with the signatures of every
one.
, Stanley has recently toun-1 in Afri
ca a monarch who has eleven hundred
wives. Shades of Brigham ! What a
place tor the "Latter Day Saints." The
Mormons had better sendGeo. Q. Can
non over there to spy out the land. He
would no doubt meet with a warmer
reception from thoso jolygamous sav
ages than ho receives from hia fellow
members in the House of Representa
tives. It will ntt "do, the St. Louis Glol.
Demccral declare?, to ask the soldier
boys of the West to vote for a Pivsi
dential candidate who euriched himself
by speculating in Government securities
while they wero fighting the lattles of
their country. Hence, John Sherman
will have to take a back seat, and also
Blaine, who sent a substitute into the
army.
So fab 47,705,200 standard .silver
dollars have been struck at tho mints
since . their" coinage at the rate of not
less than $2,000,000 a month was au
thorized by Congress one for every
man, woman and child in the country.
The largest part of this silver still re
mains in tho Treasury. It would do
our heart good to see a part of it in cir
culation out here in Oregon.
Ed ValHer shot and killed Pat
Eagan at Camp Chelan a short time
ago. Eagan bad a few days previous
to the shooting, whipped both Vallier
and his hired man, and Vallier, in
order to bo revenged, laid for Eagan,
shot him dead and left for parts un
known. ,
Tho Ashland Tidings says two men
ia the mountains near Langell valley,
who have been saving up hay for
three years, are now feeding Pte-ek,
for which they aratorcceivo ono
head out of every five in the spring
a pretty good price. '
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