tmmti.
FRIDAY APRIL 2V, 1881.
Capt. Gilmax, of Portland, Owgctt,
is forming a grand excursion party,
which will "take in" the principal
Eastern cities and Niagara Falls as
points of destination. It is to leave
Portland next month if the response to
the proposition is sufficient to warrant
the undertaking.
The union between the Democrats
"and Greenbackers of Maine was an
awful thing in Republican estimation,
but between their party and the
Virginia Ropudiatore it looks entirely
different. The same change of view
seems to have come over them in re
gard to the right to fillibustcr in
Congress. "Now you see it, and now
you don't."
The Mahone bargain is likely to
prove a boomerang for the Republicans
in Virginia. Gen. Wickham, who
stands at the head of ihe Republican
State organization, frankly declares
that if the Republicans of the Senate
consummate their bargain with Mr.
Mahone, he will take the stump next
Autumn in support of the Democratic
debt paying candidates.
The Rosebnrg Pinindcaler goes for
"William of Dundee" in this gentle
manner : "Mr. Reid, President of the
Narrow Gauge R. R. (limited) and
manager of the Scotch loan company,
has been trying to obtain possession of
the "Public Levee" at Portland and is
mad because the Portland papers refuse
to aid him in his purpose. For blatant
otnposity and self-conceit we think Mr.
Reid excels any person we have ever
seen."
Blessed is it to be a brigadier at the
tail of the Republican kite. There's
Mahone nothing's too good for Ma
hone, the repudiation ist. The adminis
tration loads him with flowers and
offices. There's Longstreet he's to be
recalled from Turkey to be made Mar
shal of Georgia. There are curses for
Lamar, but if Lamar would bow down
and warship the administration he'd be
an angel who could have anything he
wanted. Chicago Times.
They say that Vice President Arthur
don't recognize Senator Sherman as
readily as he does the other Senators
in fact, he does not recognize him at
nil This. isjL horrible state of affair.
Wonder what the trouble can be ? To
be sttre Sherman about two years ago
kicked Arthur out of the New York
Cosloai House for corrujrtion, incom
petency and gross abuse of the privi
leges of his office, but the Yke Presi
dent shouldn't harbor any littk act like
that against the great Senator from
Ohio. Mr. Arthur should remember
that Mr. Sherman was compelled in the
last campaign to stultify himself by
warmly advocating the election to a high
office of one whom he had previously
discharged for dishonesty. That would
seem to be about humiliation enough
f jr any one act, and the Vice President
cin well afford to call the transaction
square.
Toe New York Evening Post is be
coming up thorougly disgusted with
the way things Lave headed that it
forsakes its usual parliamentary and
judicial attitude and Hpeaks right out
in meeting after this fashion: "Under
the guidance of Senator Cenkling the
Republican mem'oers of the United
States Sonate are daily impairing their
standing before the country by keeping
step with the Readjuster Mahone of
Virginia, the camp followers Gorham
and Riddleberger watching the columns
move forward with the interested at
tention which characterizes the class of
patriots to which they belong. Gor
ham and Riddleberger. are doubtless
great men Gorham, at any rate, we
know to be an unprincipled olitical
scoundrel; but the question in whether
or. not it is worth while for the Repub
lican jarty to lose its character on
their account." That has a smack to
it, as though the writer was "responsi
ble sir, personally responsible."
Speaking of the meeting held in this
eity on Thursday the 21st, inst, in the
interest of furthering the improvements
progressing at Yaquina Bay the Stan
dard of the 23rd, says: "The people
of those sections of the valley interested
in the proposed improvements are in
dead earnest about securing an outlet
at Yaquina Bay and they have the
warmest sympathies of the Standard
in their efforts. We sincerely wish
them abundant success, and have no
patience whatever with the narrow
minded flings made by certain personi
in this city at this enterprise. We
believe in Portland, and no man de
sires its prosperity more sincerely than
we do. But we can look out upon the
entire State and bid every effort for
the benefit of any part of the State a
hearty God speed. The prosperity of
any portion of the State will be our
prosperity." But for the opposition
of "certain narrow minded persons"
the enterprise would now have been
an established fact. The "flings" to
which the Standard so aptly refeis
have not in any way increased the re
gard of the valley counties for Portland
and the entire history of the opposition
the Yaquina Bay improvements and
e Oregon Paci6c R. R. is one of petty
contemptible selfishness.
Ik
ON THE WAY.
itB&ar? v nor. a woi.i:x mxi
only a QurUon of Eflori.
As a result of the local agitation of
the woolen mill question, considerable
correspondence has been had with va
rious parties in regard to the feasibility
of the enterprise.
The following extracts from a letter
to Mr. John P. Rector, of llalsey,
written by Lis father, are of MN than
onlinary interest, coming as they do
from a man whose extensivo experience
and well known ability place him in the
front rank of Paoific Coast manufac
turers. His strong, terse, sensible
points should striko home to our citi
zens who are wavering in legard to this
matter. Mr. Rector is a man of con-
8iderablo means, and well known to
many of our oldor citizens, as he crossed
the plains and came to Oregon at an
early day with many now living in this
vicinity. Ho wnsnuc of tho originators
of the Salem Woolen Mills, and while
in control of that establishment built it
up to one of .the most successful manu
facturing ventures on this Coast. A
thorough and competent machinist, a
man of sound, practical sense, and
withal a successful man financially in
connection with the very kind of enter
prises which Albany needs so badly, we
could not find a more suitable man or
one whose experience would be cf more
practical value than Mr. Lector's. If
our citizens manifest anything like the
interest they should take in this matter
Mr. Rector will come here, and his
coming here is equivalent to success.
In the letter above referred to he says :
" I have just mailed you a letter in
which I gave you all the family news,
so I will reply here to what you have
said in relation to the pro;. used woolen
factory at Albany. In the first place
I wilt say that it is a move in the right
direction, and will give you some rea
sons which you aie at liberty to use at
your own discretion. It is evident to
my mind that Oregon is destined to be
a great manufacturing country. It has
eveiy thing to promote such industry,
and many things which no other State
on the Coast lossfsses. Its unlimited
water power, mild climate, fine timber,
good iron ore, and in a word everything
necessary to employ a dense population
of industry forecasts its destiny to be
the New England of the Pacific slope.
Since I left Oregon I have traveled
considerably and have seen other coun
tries, and think 1 have learned by it.
I sjient six months at one time in the
New England States, devoting my time
solely to a study of the great manufac
turing interests of that section. In
contrasting their facilities for manufac
turing with those of Oregon I sec a
large ; ?r centage iu favor et the latter.
They have ice and extreme cold to con
tend with, and the cost of warming
their factories so as to make them hab
itable in winter is of itself no small
item. Vet they live and thrive, hav
ing to buy a greater part of their sub
sistence from other sections of the coun
try more favored with soil and climate,
vl ?Ie Oregon can fied as burge a popu-
lation of factory operatives as the New j
England States have from her own soil.
California has no water power, and
but little coal, yet there are six or seven
woolen mills running by steam at a cost
of $U) to &Z0 per day for their power
alone, and yet they seem to prosper.
The country .ottth of here is all in the
same condition. When the leople of
Oregon avail themselves of their na
tive resources it will compel the manu
facturing business of this State to go
there, as they can never compete with
Oregon's cheap water jwwer. Mexico
ad a part of California produce cotton, j
and it is likely to become a staple pro-
duct. They are agitating the question !
of manufacturing it here, but that can
never be done profitably by steam. The
cotton now goes to England, what is j
not used at the woolen mills.
When the jeople of Oregon realize
the great advantages it possesses by j
nature, it cannot be long lefore it will
Imre the largest industrial population
on the Pacific coast. Then instead of
sending your wheat to England to feed
factory laborers, feed it to them at j
home. The country that sends the raw
material abroad without enhancing its
raise by labor can never prosper large
ly. I yet remember a remark of Gov.
Joe Lane in one of his political speech
es. He said : "The South has made
the wealth of the nation they have
toiled in the heat of the sun for it; but
the Yankees have got all the. money
with their spindles."
Now, in conclusion, I will say if par
ties at Albany want to get up a good
factory and desire the benefit of my ex
perience they nave on'y to signify the
mm me and I am at thr ir service so far as
getting up a factory on the most im
proved plan and also in getting good
skilled labor to run it. I remain,
Your affectionate father,
Wm. H. Rector.
Santa Rosa, Cal., April 3, 1881.
We hope the citizens of Albany will
show their interest in this matter and
their appreciation of Mr. Rector's pro
position by appointing a citizen's com
mittee and empowering theni to corres
pond with him and get more definitely
his views as to the most practical meth
od of carrying out the project. Now is
the time to to act in this important
matter, and we hope before another
issue of the Democrat to chronicle the
fact that steps have been taken in the
right direction. It is simply a ques
tion of this effort on the part of our
citizens, and our future as a manufac
turing city is assured. We have all the
necessary elements here to make a grand
success of this scheme. Nearly $1,000
have already been subscribed for the
purpose, and not one of our citizens to
whom the subject has been mentioned
but is willing to do something. It is a
question of building tip our city, and
the-Democrat appeaU to the public
spirit of our citizens to come forward.
It is a duty our leading men owe to this
city, and now that the opportunity is
ripe for action there ahould be no hesi-
tancy or delay
GEN. JOSEPH LANE.
It becomes the tad duty of the writer
of this article to record the death of
the great and good man whose name
heads this article, which oecurted on
the 10th inst., at his home in Kosoburg,
Douglas county. By request of the
editots of the Democrat I will offer a
brief sketch of Gen. Lane's life and
public serriees partly from written
history and partly frsm what I learned
from him in conversation at my own
fireside. And let mo say here that as
an entertaining conversationalist, as an
animated encyclopedia of American
history, I never knew his equal. His
memory of incidents, dates and events,
and power of portraying them in words,
were most remarkable.
Gen. Lane was born in Buncombe
county, North Carolina, December 1 4,
1801, consequently he would hare been
eighty years old next December if the
measure of his days had been extended
t that time. In his fifteenth year lis
became a dork in a mercantile house in
Indiana, and in 1822 was chosen a
member of the Legislature of that
State, at which time he was only twenty-one
years of age. There is quite a
family coincidence in this inoidsnt.
His sou, Hon. L. F. Lane, was elected
to the Oregon Legislature from Uma
tilla county, if I remember correctly,
when he had just reached his majority
so as to render him eligible to a seat.
Gon. Lane continued as a Represents
the in the Indiana legislature, with
occasional intervals, until 1846, at
which time the Mexican War brought
his soldierly qualities into requisition,
and at the head of an Indiana regiment
he hurried to the scene of action, and
his heroic participation in the various
conflicts of that war are so prominent
in the pages of history as to require no
recapiUilation here. His pre-eminent
military achievement was perhaps lead
ing the storming hosts at Buena Vista
Heights, and securing the pivotal vic
tory of that war, although on other
fields he distinguished himself by his
superior skill and valor ; and for his
valuable services President Polk com
missioned him a Brigadier General. Is
1849 he was appointed Governor of the
then Territory of Oregon, without any
solicitation on his part and even with
ut his knowledge that any such ap
pointment was to be made, lie, how
ever, accepted the appointment, and,
notwithstanding the hardships and dif
ficulties of the long journey at that
time, he came here and promptly or
ganized a Territorial go vsinmont. How
carefully and judiciously thai duty was
performed can be best attested by older
settlers than myself.
In 1851 Gea. Lane was elected a
Territorial Delegate to Congress, where
hs continued until Oregon was, through
his own unsided exertions, admitted as
a State, when he was elected to the
( nited States Senate, in 1859. In
1860 he was nominated by the Demo
cratic National Convention at Charles
ton, South Carolina, as candidate for
Vice President, with John C. Breckin
ridge for President, but owing to the
unfortunate belt of the Douglas wing
of the party the Republican ticket,
headed by Mr. Lincoln, although fail
ing to receive one-third ef the popular
rote, was elected, and Gens. Breckin
in ridge and Lane were defeated. After
this contest Gen. Lane retired to his
home in Douglas county, since which
time be hss seldom appeared in public
duties, although he has always evinced
a deep interest in the affairs of his
country.
At the battle of Buena Vista (where
he was severely wounded), and where
he commanded the left wing of the
American Army, the report shows that
he defeated the Mexican army and put
Gen. Santa Anna to flight. That was
on the 9th of October, 1847, and he
only had 3,060 men for the conflict. He
pursued Gen. Santa Anna to Huaman
tula, and there defeated him again. On
the 19th, with his gallant brigade, he
took Atlixo, losing only one man, while
the enemy lest fire hundred.
Afterwards Gen. Lane took the
strongly fortified town of Mata moras,
with a large quantity of military muni
tions, after which he took Orizaba, and
and on the 24th of October he met and
defeated Gen. Jarauta at Tebaultapan.
Gen. Lane was in many ways a man
of peculiar power and greatness. A
hero, a soldier and a statesman, as well
as an actire pioneer, he combined qual
ifies that are seldom equaled and prob
ably nerer excelled.
Of course I hare no words that would
be balm to his kinsmen. Their less is
too great to be lightened by ordinary
expressions of condolence, snd yet I
cannot but hope that the heartfelt sym
pathy of a sincere friend and an humble
admirer of the great and good man will
not be deemed an intrusion on their
grief. What I write is in tenderest
friendship, and though it is a poor trib
ute to a great man, and the last General
of the Mexican War, I hope it will be
receired in that spirit in which it is
written. I know that Gen. Lane had
that chastity of honor which felt a stain
like a wound, and I trust that no word
of reproach shall ever be cast upon his
memory. Mart. V. Baowx.
The government tug Gen. Wright
was ordered some days" ago te proceed
from Yaquina Bay to the mouth of the
Columbia with the remains of the late
Capt. J. A. Pennell, which are to be
sent to San Francisco for interment.
As yet the Gen. Wright has not put in
an appearance at Astoria, for some rea
son. Capt. Pennell, it seems, is a rela
tive of Capt. Stahman Forney, IT. 8. C.
S., who assisted Lieut. A. W. Chase fa
the first surrey of Ysquina Bay in
1868. The Gen. Wright may be ex
pected to arrire at any time.
AJIMICAN SUB Ml ASIAN USUI OJII'I).
TITION,
An Odessa grain circulst gives the
following despondent account of the in
ability of South Russia to compete
with the United States for tha grain
trade of Knropo:
The total amount of exports of grain
and seed for the year 1880 Is 3,840,140
ohets (2,77 1 ,400 qrs. ), against 7,721 ,539
ohets (5,559,500 qrs.) in 1K79. Thus,
there is a falling off in this year, com
pared with that which proceeded it, of
more than fifty per cent. This enor
mous difference to the disadvantaeg of
the trade of Odessa mainly arises from
the badness of the harvest and tho
pauoity ef the yield in almost every
breadstuff, except maize. But although
this is the capital, it is not the only
cause; there are others, which, although
their effect upon the commerce of the
past year was relatively inconsiderable
as compared with that of the failure of
the wheat crop, are really more scridus,
because they are of a permanent and
not ef an accidental character like a
bad harvest. Russia has been so con
fident in her monopoly hitherto of the
grain trade, that little attention has
been bestowed upon it. The wheat,
to begin with, is badly harvested and
badly dressed. The soil being full of
weeds, there is always a large per cent
age of seeds mixed with the wheat, and
the agriculturalists being unprovided
with the proper implements for dress
ing, or barns for storing their corn, it
is brought to market heavily charged
with earth, which holds the damp and
causes more or less deterioration in the
grain. Bo, it has come to pass that
the purchase of a csrgo of Russian
wheat "to arrive" leads te a difference
between the buyer and the seller, arbi
t rat ion ensues, and the exporter has
generally to make a bonification to thn
purchaser. But, besides all t hit, the
country is so ill equipped fur the pur
penes of commerce tho roads are so
few and so bad- that the grain, be
sides being dirty, is dear in consequence
ef the heavy charges for carriage and
shipping, with which, owing to the
want of proier appliances, it is saddled.
While she was without a rival in the
trade, Russia could afford to shut her
eyes to these things, but such is not
the case new. America has supplanted
Russia in the British market, which
was the main outlet, and during the
past season the wheats of America
have also found their way in consider
able quantities to Marseilles and other
Mediterranean ports, where their
cleanliness, good coadititioo and even
new of quality have already secured
for them the preference.
TALCABU INrarTIwJf AT ALBA).
We are informed that Mr. II. Ken
ton of Albany, after about two years
ef study snd experiment, has succeeded
in the invention of an electric sluice
for saving fine gold from black sand.
The machine is based on strictly scien
tific principles, is very simple, easily
handled and can quickly be set up at
any point where the miner desires to
work. Magnetic power is used upon
the sand as it pastes through the sluice
boxes in such a way as to lift it from
the gold in fact throwing the black
ssnd into an open or porous condition,
leaving a free passage, threngh which
the gold finds an easy way to the
quicksilver in the bottom of the sluices.
After die sand passes through quite a
number of- sluice boxes, Wing carried
along by s stream of water that runs in
at the head of the sluice, it finally
comes in contact with a magnetic
cylinder that separatee by a revolving
brush the magnetized jwrtion of the
sand from that which is not magnetic
It is claimed that with the use of this
machine fully 70 per cent, of the geld
in the black sand along the sea beach
of this coast can lie saved. Hitherto
no method of working has resulted in
in saving mere than 15 or 20 per
cent. From this will be seen at once
how valuable the invention of .Mr.
Kenton must prove to be, if it will do
ail that is claimed for it. Oregonian.
23rd, inst.
New Text Books.
We hare received from the State Board
of Education s statement of the result of
the official canvass of votes of County
School Superintendents on the text books
to be used in the public schools of Oregon
for the four years ending October 1, 1881.
The following have been selected i
FOB PRIMARY AWO COMMON URAOR.
Orthography-Watson's Indpendent se
ries, vl.: Child's, Youth and Complete
Spellers.
Beading The Independent series, con
sisting of Primary, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth.
Penmanship W. L. White's system and
copy books.
Arthmeties Brook's series, consisting
of New Primary, Elementary and New
Written.
Geography Mont eith's Independent
Elementary and Honteith's Comprehen
sive (both Pacific Coasted.)
Grammar Sill's Practical Lessons in
English, and Clsrk's Normal Grammar.
United States History Barnes' Brief
History.
General History (for beginners) Peter
Parley's Universal.
Science Monteith's Popular Scionoe.
Literature West Lake's Common School.
Citizenship Young's Government Class
Book.
FOR ADVASOED ORADR.
Arithmetics Brook's Normal Mental
and Brooks' Higher.
Algebra Brooks' Normal Elementary.
Geometry Brooks' Normal.
General History (advanced) Ander
son's. Composition Swintoa's.
Philosophy Steele's Fourteen Weeks.
Natural Philosophy Steele's ''Fourteen
Weeks."
Chemistry Steele's "Fourteen Weeks."
Botany Steele's "Fourteen Weeks."
Book Keeping Lyte'n.
IHI NATIONAL ttALANCK SUSKT.
Tin' following is an odinial statement
showing tho financial and economic
transactions of the I 'nited States of
America tot the" fmr years ended March
1, 1881 :
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ury March 1, 1M77, waa a,0W,7SI,lW.oi,
and the atinual n ( ; .-: eiiargo, $11,403.
i.i v.'.o ; allowing a ! m t jn iho (li ljt
during the four var, an abovo, of fns,.
h:M,7:K.27, and of tho annual Interna
charge, 17,557,7QK.
Jon Siikbman. Keo'y.
Treasury Iiertment, March 1, lhi.
out con na uuiwjh a m lata
There will be a meeting of the land
holders of the O. and C. It. R Co., at
Frankfort, Germany, on the lGtb, of
May. As these landholder are now
really the owners of tho road it is also
a meeting of stockholder. Thia is
undoubtedly the moat iinjwrtant meet
ing ever held by tbeae owneni of the
main artery of our valleys; for it is
understood this csll is for the puroc
of arranging tho ssle of the U. and ('.
Railroad to tho Oregon Kailwsy and
Navigation Company. As the O. and
C. K. It. now emWracui both the Kant
and West Side IUUroads, this will
place them both under the manage
martt of tho grcal corporation that ia
now contesting for the mastory ef all
tho North Pacific Lino in the city of
New York. It is rumored that after
the new owners obtain Kso8ion there
will be great changes made in the
operation of roada in this city. With
in a few year a large deiot and shops
will be erected on the company 'a lands
south of the oity for tho extensive traffic
and travel of their route here. Tho
West Bide Dqot in this city will then
be removed to the commou deiot build
ings, and the Fourth street track will
be tfbandomed. Kuch a change as this
will be a decided advantage to the city
for it is a nuisance to have trains of
cars running through the principal
streets of a city. Property on Fourth
street will make decided advance in
value. PorUitwi Standard.
With many of the settlers of the
north west the past winter has been a
prolonged struggle for existence against
the elements. A Oerman farmer two
years ago took up 1 CO acres of land
near Big Lake, Dakota. Last year he
raised wheat on G.'i acres, getting -bushels
to tho acre, and received $1 ,200
for it. Laving in what he considered
an ample supply of fuel out of these
proceeds, he set his houeo in order for
the winter. Two other families de
cided to leave their own houses, and to
lodge with him as a measure of mutual
protection and comfort. Very soon
the ample supply of fuel was all con
sumed, ami the three families had to
bestir themselves to keep from freezing.
They dug railroad tics and telegraph
posts out of the deep snow and burned
them. After this source of supply hsd
been exhausted, the two families that
had quitted their own houses were com
pelled to take part in tearing them
down; and the wood work sent went
the way of other fuel. Next followed
the furniture. A neighbor named
Becker finally harnessed five strong
horses to a sleigh to force his way to
the nee rest railway station for a load
of coal. He was caught in a snowdrift,
and two days later was found frozen
stiff in his sleigh, his dog dead, lying
upon him, and the five horses standing
dead in their tracks. His body was
taken to his family, nailed up in a box,
and placed in the grain loft, to be kept
there until tho ground should thaw
sufficiently and allow of his burial.
Another family of tin neighborhood
was saved from starvation by making
soup ef an ox-skin.
FKAHPIL t'LOWD.
The floods on the upper Mississippi
and Missouri have been fesrful, result
ing in the loss of life and great damage
to property. The water probably
reached its highest point at St. Louis
yesterday. A great many towns on
both rivers are inundated,andthe waters
are sweeping the bottom lands.
Shepherd, of the "Baker City Bed
rock Democrat, has sold out to an incor
porated company.
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SHOT DEAD.
Deputy ProKcrutlMS Alloracy J. VV. Kobfc.
klllml hf J. C Ro bens ii Is Astsrt.
From di'patohftisoatto Hon. J. F. Capias,
tho pnoav uting attorney for this jtulicial
district, and other sonrcss, ws gather the
pArtieular of a startling shooting affair In
Astoria yentoMay. About 4 o'clock yester
day aftomoon, parties living near ths office
of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney J. W, Robb,
which is situated opposite the Occidents
Hotel, hoard an unusual noiso in Mr. Ilohb's
ofheo, which is on the second floor, and a
MM was hoard to leave the rooan snd hastily
go dows ths stairs. Home perssn wsntup
to Mr. Kobb's office and found him lying so
his book on the floor just breathing his lsst,
with a bullet hole through his brcsst, from
the effects of which he died immediately.
The news spread rapidly through the town,
and a Urge crowd collected. Investigation
soon revealed tho fact that tbe man who was
besrd to como duwn tho stsirs from Mr.
Kobb's office was one J. G. Robeson ; thst
ho wss seen te go up to ths offioe a moment
before and then down sf sin as described. It
was known that there had bn some difii
culty between tbe parties, owing to ths part
whlab. Mr. lb, as attorney, took in s psrt
norship dissolution case thst Robeson hsd
previously had in the courts and Hobb had
upsearud for the oniiosins party. It is also
reported that Robb and Roboson ' had been
in business together buying up county and
other claims, and a misunderstanding grew
out of thst. (July tbe dsy prsvions to the
shooting, HoIm-hou had born boArd te ssy in
sn Angry, excited luAnnor, that he would
make somebody pass in his cheeks before
to-morrow night. Robeson wss srrosted,
bnt lie denied all knowledge sf ths Affair.
No pistol was found upon his person, bat s
party wss found from whom Roboson had
borrowed a revolver just previous te tbe
time ef shooting and returned it immediately
after. An examination of this pistol dis
chsMxl the fsct that one barrel hsd just been
discharged and reloaded.
A Coroner's jury was summoifcd snd after
ascertaining those facts rendered s verdict
charging J. G. Robeson with the murder ef
the deceased. Robeson is now in jail. Hon
J. V. spies will go down on the A Una
ifoat tins morning, snd so soon as be Arrives
te-dsr an examination will bo held. It looks
like a very clear csso of murder, and there is
no doubt ths examination will result in ths
prisoner being held oa that charge. Mr,
Robb was well and fAvonbly known in this
city. He canto to Portland a number of
yearsgo with J. . V ucom, from Iowa, sad
entered inte the practice of law in this city.
About four years Ago tho firm was dissolved
snd Mr. Robb moved te Astoria, where be
has sinoe eontinned the practice of law. He
wss regarded as an intelligent, honorsbls
lawyer, of fair ability, and an upright citi
ten. He leaves a wife and a child by s sec
ond marriage, besides two children by i
former wife, one a young man and tbe other
a young lady, all living in Astoria. Robe
son ha been for some time cngrged ss s de
tective by some of the canneries of Asterta
sad vicinity And is very fAvorably spoken of
by Uiom who knew him. Ttutlt' Stand-
CASSlSt IS MHUUI.
For some weeks pest we have been
arprieod severed times iiton hearing of
largo accessions in this county to the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry. They
generally occur immediately after the
open Orange meetings which have been
held in different portion of our county,
and are no doubt the direct result of
speeches made by old members at the
meetings. The last meeting was held
at No. I, at which time State Deputy
Irvine, Hon. K. A. IUwson and others
addressed the audience, showing up the
advantages to Ins derived by becoming
members ef thu order. The result was
that nl thu last meting of this Grsnge
thirty new applications were received.
As the Orange is now conducted it is
of great bene tit to the farming commu
nity, and we are glad to see it prosper
ing. KEWtlXe TKAW RKULU.
The remains of Mrs. Polly Lane
were brought in from the mountain
rancheofGen. Joseph Lane on Satur
day last, and escorted to the vault pre
pared for herself and husband, by her
children and other relatives. When
tbe coffin was exhumed the wood was
discovsred to bo perfectly sound, and
the lx?dy of the deceased was found to
bo in a perfect state of preservation,
though it had laid in tho grave with
in a few months of eleven years. Mrs.
Lane was born in 1802, and died
Auguiit 17th, 1870. There was no
display in the transfer of the remains
to the vault. Quietly, in keeping with
the life of one whose history is that of
a pure woman, a faithful wife and a
noble mother, the second cortege went
its way to the cemetery.
A few items taken fiom Republican
tariff la wa, for workingmen to consider:
. Per cent.
Gold jewelery (for the rich) 25
Imitation iewelerv (for the poor). . . .40
Diamonds, emeralds, etc., (for the
rich) 10
Imitation diamonds emeralds, etc.,
(for the poor) 40
Gold watch chains, (for tbe rich) .... 25
Silk watch chains, (for the poor) 60
Gold watch keys (for the rich) 25
Steel watch keys (for the poor) 45
Meerschaum pines (for the rich), 1
cent each, and 75
Clay pipes (for the poor), 1 cent each
and 75
Rosaries (for religious purposes) .... 50
Toothbrushes 40
Slates 40
Toys 50
Baby rattles 50
oui.; HOME.
Senator Jas. H. Slater left Washing
ton for this State last Wednesday. He
will receive a hearty welcome from the
people of Oregon.
Kin ven' at Cherry Tooth Paste.
An aromatic combination for the preser
vation of the Teeth and Gums. It is far
sunerior to anv preparation of the kind in
ths market. In large, handsome opal
pots, price 50 cents. For sale by Foshay
fc Mason, Albany, Oregon.
Amnion's Cough Syrup never fails to
cure if used in time and according to di
rection.
fiimu saws.
There is prospect of war with the
Uto Indians)
Three cases of cholera are repoiied
in New York. -
The Kansas wheat crop gives
promise of abundance.
Mackey, tbe bonanza king, has
control of the Hutro Tunnel.
Five deaths by drowning in Iheflood
at Bclolt, Wis., are reported.
Forty lodges of Maricopa Sioux
have surrendered at Fort Keogh.
A severe shock of earthquake at
Chlo Wednesday renewed the panic.
Flic N. Y. If rald says Garfield has
developed a desire for a second term.
A destructive fire has broken out
among petroleum wells at Slobada at
Gallcia.
The N; P. B. R. has suffered
severely west ef UismHrk on account
of floods.
The Turks will treat Albanians as
rebels. Seditious attempts are sup
pressed. Grain report from the West and
south-West on the whole, are en
couraging. Tho Guadalquiver hasaagain risen
10 feet. Tbe quays at Seville, Spai n,
are Inundated.
England has not yet accepted an
Invitation to participate in the mone
tary conference.
Five mad dogs were shot in Jersey
City in a fev hours, three of them
after biting children.
Assistant Postmaster General Brady
itjs understood has been compelled
te resign for crookedness in th Star
service.
- John Grltcom of New York, under
tho supervision of the Bush Medical
College at Chicago, wilt attempt to
left 46 days.
It Is believed that Longstreet will
be confirmed U. S. Marshal by
practically unanimous vote. Brown
favors "him. Hill is absent
Over 6,000 immigrants, chiefly
Germans, nrrlved at New York, tbe
largest number In one day ever
known in April of any year.
The Bey again announces that he
ean maintain order if the French do
not cross tbe frontier, but fears are
entertained of a general rebellion.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
Farley, who have been spending
some days in New York, resumed
their seats in the Senate on the 20 tb.
There are 101 smallpox patients iu
tbe hospital at New York, an in
crease for tbe week ol 81. Typhus
fever patients 103, an increase of 47.
Whitelaw Held has resigned the
editorship of tho .V Y. Tribune for a
six month's bridal tour, and will be
succeeded by John Hy of ballad
fame.
A colored prisoner who was help
ing the officers at tin Chicago Jail to
prevent others from escape was shot
by eoe of the ring leaders and will
probably die.
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of damage has lioen dates by
high water in Kane county, III., and
$200,000 worth at Elgin. Chicago
welcomes high water as a mean nf
getting rid ef garbage.
The President has nominated It. A.
Kltnorc Second Aasltiiiit Postmaster
General, and . W A. drier, of Pennsyl
vania, Third AssUUnt, vice A. L.
Hszen. appointed Assistant Attorney
General of tho Postofflce Department.
Republican Senators, particularly
those from the West, who have all
along opposed an extra session of Con
gress, assert that none will be called,
certainly not sooner than October, and
not then unless something arises to
make it necessary.
One hundred and ninety-seven
Mormons wiUJarrive at Castle Garden
en route for Utah next Tuesday,
having left Liverpool o j the steamship
Wyoming last Saturday. This will be
thefirst company of Mormons that has
left Europe thfs year.
Itls understood that the friends and
relatives of the late Lord Beaconsfiehl
arewilling to assent to a public funeral
and burial of the remains at Westmin
ster Abbey unless directions to the
contrary are found among the papers
of the deceased.
the was1
We wish to call the attention of our
readers, and more especially of our
farmer readers, to the article which ap
pears on the fourth page ef this issue
ef the Democrat under the above title.
Tbe writer, Mr. Mongredien, is a mail
whose views are jieculiarly worthy of
consideration by reason of the study he
has given the topic he essays. He is
one of the ablest and most profound
thinkers on the tariff question either of
this country or England, and his views
as expressed in the columns referred to
will be of interest new that this ques
tion is attracting so maeh attention
The following chapters of his pamphlet:
entitled the "Western Fsrmer of Amer
ica" will appear from week to week- in
the Democrat.
Two hundred and fifty excursion
ists from Boston to San Francisco
were in Chicago un the 20th. They
left on the 21st, for San Francisco,
stopping at Denver. The party wil
be succeeded next week by another.
bound for the Pacific coast also, and
numbering about 125.
Travelers to Bodie now come vis.
rail to Hawthorne's distant 27 miles.
An unusual number of mining men
with capital are coming in and pros
pects for increased interest in local
mining stocks are good.
racinc coasts.
Cor va ills is to have a now fire com
pany.
Fruit and grain never looked better
in Yamhill.
Town lots In Pendloton are selling
for from $30 to $80 apiece.
A very creditable horse show was
held at Eugene on Saturday.
Here wheat is sowed in the Upper
Yamhill valley than ever before.
The local of the Bedrock Democrat
is doing" the opium joints for bis
paper.
John Roberts has been indicted at
Eugene for assault with a deadly
weapon.
Tho warm sulpher springs are ex
tensively used for bathing purposes
at Ashland.
Tbe salmon are railing abun
dantly In the neiglitarhood of
Ellensburg.
John Sax has let the contract for
the erection of a flouring mill at
McMinnviile.
Some orchard grass of this year's
growth, five feet high, is on exhibi
tion nt Salem.
A schooner will make ren&T trip'
between Rogue river snd San Fran
cisco hereafter.
Adolpbus CobttH, of Cole's valley,
is advertised in the iJougias yn
dent as a trickster.
The Douglas Intlfpeuderd has enter
ed upon its sixth volume full of hop
and apparent strength.
The Dalles Mountaineer claims a
circulation of 1,02H, which is very
good for a country psi r.
A Chinook salmon weighing 47
pounds was caught at the mouth of
tbe Clackamas on Monday.
Every business house in the town
of Marcial, N. M-, was destroyed by
Incendiary fire on-the 20th.
Honolulu advice report 123 deaths
from small-pox during the month of
March. The disease is now shatioe.
A new ferry boat U being built to
take the place of the Veto on tbe route
between Polk county and Salem.
Tbe Areata will run between San
Francisco and Departure Bay now, in
stead o' between the former and Coos
Bay.
H. H. B lecher, of Sprague river,
take county, has lost two valiaole
horses, which are thought to have
been stolen.
The Jacksonville Times says: Tbe
grape crop promises largely, and
only late and heavy frosts can pre
vent a fine yield.
Big blue flies were swarming the
streets of Dallas and the neighbor
ing field last week. Houses bad
to be hermetically sealed.
Sheldon, who stabbed a man in
Polk county, and was out on bail, nan
been rearrested, hi bondsmen not
caring to "take chances."
William Rubell, of Eugene City,
who enlisted in the British Army,
has sent Senator H la tor the money
with which topurchaso his discharge.
Some enterprising individual
weighted down a lot of deerskins
with sand and sold them to Jackson
ville merchant for 25 cents a pound
the other day.
We learn from the Astorian that
the Ilwaco Steam Navigation Co,,
are about to begin the construction
of another steamer at South Bend.
larger than the Gen Cuuby.
The British bark 2tbelried, Capt
Dunn, from New Castle Jan. 7th for
San Francisco, has foundered after
being in collision. Her crew and
passengers have been landed at
Taleahuanou. .
Last Monday, Robert S. Dixon, a
clerk in the employ of Kohler, Chase
A Co., San Francisco, shot himself In
the abdomen with suicidal intent.
He was a native of South Carolina;
aged 3G years.
Smallpox is epidemic both in the
Sandwich Islands and China. It is
noticeable in this. connection, says a
San Francisco reporter, that mortality
in Chinatown for two weeks past has
been greatly on the increase, but no
one seems to know of what they die
in that quarter.
STwr THAT
If yea are suffering with a severe cough,
cold, asthma, brsnchitis, hay fever, con
sumption, lua of voice, tickling in the throat
or any affection of the throat or lungs, use
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption.
This is the groat remedy thst is causing so
tech excitement by its weaderfal euros,
earing thousands of hopeless esses. Over
Ose million bottles of Dr. King's New Dis
covery have been used within the lsst year,
and have given perfect sstisfsction in every
tBstancer Wo ean unhesitatingly say thst
this is really tbe only sure cere for throat
snd lung affections, and can cheerfully rec
ommend it to all Call snd get a trial bottle
free of cost, or regular size for $1.00. For
sale by
Foshay snd Mason, wholesale agents Alba
ny ; D. Morris, Scio ; Dr. L. Foley, Leba
non ; Dr. J. M. Powell, Lebanon ; D. M
Csibrestte, Buena Vista ; Resfetto and Mon
tague, Jefferson ; O. H. P. Coruelins, Tur
ner ; It. A. Ranipv, Harrishorg ; S. S.
Hayes, Halsey ; Damon Smith, HaLev ;
Starr snd blakely, Brownsville,
FAMOUS OPERA SINGERS.
Annie Louise Carey and Clara Louise
Kellogg are beyond question tbe most fa
mous opera singers of modern times. In
fact they have been universally acknowl
edged to be tbe leaders of their profession,
as well as ladies of large experience and
particularly good taste. They have prob
ably traveled mere extensively than any
ladies on tbe stage, and, as a consequence,
have had excellent opportunities or judg
ing of the merits of different counUiosand
their productions. It hi certainly a very
great credit to California and the balmy
semi-tronical climate of the Pacific, to have
had them pronounce 81aven's Yosemite
Cologne by far the uest they have ever
used in any country. For sale by Foebay
A Mason, Foster's Brick, Albany, Or. 5
Mb. J. H. Bates, Newspaper A Jvertie
ing Agent, 41 Park Row (Times Building)
New Tfork, is authorized to contract for
advertisements in the Democrat at our
best rates.