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EVERY
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BY
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
O ffice in, P ierce’s H all.
E e r JIS O j F SUBSCRIPTION
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VOL. 5.
BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON JULY 29, 1874.
C pbrespohwesce from all portions of
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D e m o c r a t .
All communications, to receive attention, ! -r- ^
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must be accompanied by a responsible name. J . J o . <or _A_ J 1 D N Xlj
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
^,uSt,on’ 97 Park R ow , New Y ork ,
mil 701 Chestnut Street, P h iladelphia, are
<v7.1 *i **e,ut!S lor Procuring advertisem ents
loj the B ed ro ck D e m oc rat , in thè above
Cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising tou r low est rates.
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¿r<CXB W O Z F L iE S .-
TrY e are now prepared to do all kinds of
O li V ORK on short notice and at reasona-
e rates.
N. li.—All Job W ork MUST BE PAID
FOR ON DELIVERY.
wm<m m m m 'i ,
EL. J. G-ER, Bropnotor.
i l E U X I ) h l t s l G X E D XVOt E l»
respectfully c.u i m e attention o f
FARMERS a n d FRUIT b R O VVERS
my extensive and vaiied assortment o f
T
'trees a i saralitiBry,
both useful aiiu ornamental, for winch I will
sell low for “ MO l M cj H .”
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
Address,
H . J, GEER,
Cove, Union County,
nl71y
Oregon-
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
L. O. STERNS,
T. C. H Y D E ,
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
S te rn s & H y d e ,
A t t o r n e y s a m i C o u n s e lo r s A t-E a w ,
B A K E R CITY’ , OREGON.
L. O. S teens will attend the Courts o f the
Eii'th Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Washington Territories.
Water Rights, and Mining Litigation a
p e c ia l t y
.
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WATCHMAKER AND JE vYELER,
Baker City, Oregon.
established in baker city in 1867,
Keeps constantly on baud a well assorted
he P rop rietors resp ectfu lly
T
inform lue i'ubiio that they have pur
er,ased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
Stock of
it up as a First Class Hotel, where they will be
found at all times leauy to attend to the
wants o f the
WATCHES. CLOCKS S JEWELRl
and is prepared to do all kinds o f work in
his line o f business.
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
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Prices
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W e ste rn . H o te l.
MAIN STREET,........................................ BAKER CITY.
REID & FLETCHER, Prop'r.
rjV H IS HOUSE has been enlarged and re-
JL fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta..
Connected with the Hotel will be found a
first class
SYVILOOISr!
Liquors, WTines and Cigars o f the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
all in good order.
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N. B .—Those indebted to either the Hotel
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’s office and settle.
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Bohna
&
M c C o r d ’s
H u n g ry a n d W eary,
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
MARKET W ILL AFFORD.
Give us a call, and then you can judge o f
our ability and capacity to please our custo
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
B A K E K C IT Y , O R EG O N .
IR E P R A C T I C E I N A P I . C O U R T S
o f the sta te.
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Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.
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and
o lm a & M cCord R e sp e ctfu l
ly inform the Citizens o f Laker City
the Public generally, that they have
opened a New
For M edicinal purposes. F am ily M edi
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip
tions accurately com pounded,
at all hours o f the day or
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night. Give us a call.
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cou n selor
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J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
M essrs , mm & \mm
Y > esp e ctiu lly In fo rm the Cit-
A Y i lzens ot Laker City and County, and
tne Public generally, that they have pur
chased the
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S A L O O N ,
I. D. HAINES,
Where will always be found the very best
W in e s , L iq u o rs and C igars.
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Either bight or day, with or without drivers,
at tne very lowest rales. First mabS baddie
Horses on iiand. Horses boarded and the
best o f care bestowed. We Keep nothing bin
To be found in the City. “ Fred” and “ Rob” the host of block and Buggies.
«i ll be pleased at ah times to have their j Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, BakeV City, Oregon.
friends give them a call.
Come and see us, Every body, and we will
Si A K E R V .
do our Lest to please yuu.
They have re-upened the bakery in con
KiEBURN & PEiiKlNB.
nection with their Saloon, and are prepared
February 10, 1874.-n40ti
to nil ail orders in tins line, at short notice,
and at prices to suit the times. The Bakery
is under the care of Mr. 1LER.
BOMNA & McCOilD.
Baker City, Feb.TO, 1874. n40tf
GiUEK & KELLOGG
One o f the Finest and Best
.A A t o r r ie v -a /t -L a w ,
B A K E R C ITY , OREGON.
s. v. K n ox,
A tto rn ey tit P a w ,
(And Notary Public,)
W E S l ' O NT, O K E G O X .
W ill practice in the Courts o f this - tate and
Washington Territ rv.
PE CIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
Business, and Collections.
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LIVERY S T A B L E
l I J J .u a
AND
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B illia r d T a b le s
Having completed their New Stable,
have now the finest and best regulated
J O S E P H H. S H I i l N ,
N o tary IJ u bile
e y a n c e r,
W ill attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE .
Baker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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Corner o f Fro; t Street and Court A venue,
opposite V a lu e ’s B ank, where lie will
ue pleased to see and wait upon his friends
anu the Rubiic generally, liis
b
Ldvei-y ¡Stable
In E a s t e r n O r e g o n ,
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi
ness in ail us branches..
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Baiter City, a N uv . 13, 1872. ulJtf
n
f y
JJlacksruithine*
Is supplied with the very best o f every
thing in his line, at
PUBLIC
AND
O N E
DEPUTY U- S. MARSHAL.
Office with John Brat tain, Three Doors
South o f B e d r o c k D km ck ax office,
on side o f the btreot.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.n 17m4
T . 1ST. S n o w » A I . ID.
and Surgeon,
P h y rsiciun
;
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
O f f i c e — A t the City Drug Store.
For
W OULD
C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n ,
E. W. REYNOLDS,
NOTARY
CONST A B L E
respectiUlly tniorni the Ruhtm that
W
ue has opened the
B I T
A Drink. H e lias a Fine Billiard Table
for tne use ui his customers.
Baker City, Dec. 17, i873.
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JL.ach.rier
P roprietors
of the
B A K E R C ITY BREWERY,
On the East side o f Powder River,
M EDICAL E X A M IN E R
the New Y o rk Life Insurance Co
n ljlf
AND
I
W A G O N M A K IN G ,
n AH th e V a r io u s B r a n c h e s
carried on hy the Cnuersighed, at his
onup, at the
Head of Main Street,
K a stn e r
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
April 29, 1874.
n51y
BAKER
Grapr & Baler’s Sewing M ines.
s. A. GAINES.
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Respectfully otters his services to the Public
jjjln the capacity of
m m minmn
JOINER AND
PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.
D l a c k s m i t li s
S J M ’ C O R M I C K , Manufacturers of Baits X Waps.
Importer and I)eater In
it A R E G E T T IN G O C R T D i l l n R
direct from iSt. Louis, Mo., and none
but die very best is Purchased, we are there
fore prepared to Warrant ail our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete any
Bools, Stationary, T oys , Mnsic AM W
N EW SP A P E R S,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUB* .
Headquarters, Eire-proof
Brink Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
n37
Oregon.
D R . J. R.
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CARDWELL,
3 D e ? a ils t
All kinds and every
ENTAL ROOMS, No. 89, First street,
Portland, Oregon. The late and im
proved styles o f work at reduced rates. Ni
trous oxide for the painless extraction of
D E S C K i r T X O lS r D
O f Work in W ood neatly and promptly done.
Baker City, Jan, 1, 1873ti,
BAKEK CITY MARKET..
E p p in ger
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
GAINES & BOWMAN,
R. M’lNTOSH.
J olm
O R E G O N.
AND
agen t for
Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
CITY,
I wiii uo as good work, at as reasonable
Prices, as any omer bnop in tne Country.
S. B. McCOhD,
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n4Utf
Mrs. R. C. 8 heplierd
IS
teeth.
b a k e r c it y m a r k e t ,
Where, at all times, he will be prepared to
furnish his customers with the
BEST OF MEAT,
O f all kinds, at most reasonable prices.
Baker City, April 11, 1874.-n49tf
Duggies or Wagons
On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Baggy or VVagoti will
save time and money by giving us a call and
examining our wmk for tnemseives.
] E £ o r s e -» s l i o s i n g ;.
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
All repair work done on short notice. We
are thankful for past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOWMAN.
Baker City, March 11, Ib74.-n44tf
P
W. H. WATKINS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON.
R e sp e ctfu lly
informs tue citizens oi Baker City that
has re-opened the
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FFICE, Odd Fellows’s Building. Resi-
dence, corner o f Main and Pai k sti eets,
Portland, Oregon. tt^ S p e cia l attention to
diseases o f the Eye and Ear.
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W a s h i n g t o n , July 19th, 1874.
T li a D i s t r i c t C o m m is s io n e r s .
The first thing Ketchum, one of
Grant’s Commissioners for the tem
porary government of the District,
did after he arrived here, was to put
straight for Gen. Babcock, the mrn
of many offices, and remain closeted
with him for some hours. When
Ketchum was in Congress, he was
one of the most subservient tools of
the Ring. He is known here to be
Shepherd’s nominee. In fact the
names of ail the commissioners were
submitted to Shepherd by Grant,
before they were nominated. Blow,
of Missouri, also an ex M. C.’, is odo
of Grant’s chums. They are very
friendly—used to get drunk togetli-,
er, and all that sort of thing. The
fact of the matter is
T h e R i n g S t i l l L iv e s ,
M & 1O T & M m
l T v e r y ~ s t a b l e
B a m b ei’ger & F ra n k ,
!
O U R W A S H IN G T O N L E T T E R .
One of the first official acts of the
]NJ e w D r u g S to r e .
commissioners, after organizing, was
to appoint as their secretary, Dr.
Tindall,- who was Shepherd’s private
Opposite Odd Fellow s’ H all, Main Street,
secretary wTile the latter was Gov
B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N ,
W ou ld respectfully inform the public that ernor; immediately after which they
they have recently received a well se
chose, as counsel to the Commission
lected and fresh Stock o f
Drugs,
E. L. Stanton, who was Secretary of
Chemicals,
the District under the old rule, and
Paints, Oils,
the zealous legal defender of their
Perfumeries,
Patent Medicines, corruption before the late congress
ional investigating committee. Den
Soaps,
1
Wines,
nison also fraternized with the entire
.Brandies,
Ring on the 4th of July.
On that
W iuskies and
day
Cordials,
AT THE OLD StAND OF
B A K E R C IT Y . OREGON .
and
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
CLEMENT & SICCRD, Proprietors,
A t tonic y-at-La w,
Law, Baker city, Oregon-
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
RAIL ROAD HOUSE.
SALOON,
J. LAW
ttorney
(Graduate o f the College o f Physicians and
Surgeons New York anu o f the Medical De
partment ol the Willamette University,)
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Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 18ni.n0y
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Hm IF8. A t w o o d , 11. D.
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north of City Drag Store.
S . M . P l i l l 'K J i n i l . l , & t o . , 10 S t a t e
S
One square or less, one insertion,........W 50
Each additional insertion,............................... * rr
One square three m ouths,....... .............. ® ,
Business Advertisements by the month—
Quarter column................
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Half column.................................................... t0 .00
One colum n,...............................
15 00
Ten per cent, additional on advertisement*
to which a special position is guaranteed.
O 'y’ The space of one Inch, up and down
the column, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts due this office are payable
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
W EDNESDAY,
One year,................................
■Six Months,
«
R A T E S O F A D V E R T IS IN G i
A
Y
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A LL
PEUSONb INDEBTED TO A. H.
Brown are respectfully requested to
c o m e . forward and settle their accounts,
either by Cash or uote, immediately.
[ ¿ r “ A word to the wise is sufficient.
Baker City, March 26,1373.
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N o t i c e . — Hereafter no certificate
of publication for Legal Notices will
* Baker, and a Florence, noth new and \ be issued from this office until the
.he very b e s t -fo r sale. For particulars, en
1 Printer’s Fee is paid.
quire at this office.
.
ninrei
S e w in g M a c h in e s —-A « r o v e r
IF
ft
M r. M o la s s e s H u m e ,
a noted member of the Ring, invited
all his fellow beats to a fete ohampe-
t.re at his country house, a few miles
from Washington, to meat Mr. Com
missioner Dennison.
Dennison is
Cook’s man; both of them hailing
from Ohio. Cook, you will remem
ber, preceded Shepherd in the Gov
ernorship of the District, and re
signed when his bunk burst, and the
Northern Pacific went under; but lie
still possesses unbounded influence
with Grant, partly because he kuows
too much about the Ring to be neg
lected, and partly because; when’his
bank broke, lie distinguished him
self in Grant's estimation by cheat
ing an orphan asylum out of some
$18,000. which Congress made good
at i*s last session. By the by, al
though Cook was too poor to pay
back to this clfaritabte institution
the money it had deposited with him
he contrived to raise enough to make
a present worth $1.000 to the late
Nellie Grant, < n the occasion of her
becoming Mrs. Sartoris—which fur
ther accounts for the appointment of
his friend, Dennison, on the com
mission. Well, at this 4tli of July
gathering, Grocer Hume spoke and
proposed a toast to Shepherd with
cheers, a tiger &c. Shepherd spoke
and puffed Dennison. Cook spoke
and puffed the puffed the Ring; and
“ horribile dicta,” Teoumseh Sher
man, who was also present, spoke,
offering to defend them all with his
sword, if necessary. You will see,
by this, that the Ring ia not dead—
that it does not even sleep, but ia
alive and hearty as ever, under an
other name. Its leaders say they ex
pect to make more money now than
ever, without having the responsi
bility and labors of office to occupy
their time and energies,
G eorg e S.
B ou t w e ll a m j E.
lin s .
A. R o l
These are the two men who origi
nated the system of swindling which
culminated in the Sanborn contract
aud cognate iniquities. It will be
remembered that Boutwell was the
first Commissioner of Iuternal Rev
enue, and was followed by E. A.
Rollins. That was in the good old
times of Sheridan Shook, Perry Ful
ler, and others of that kidney, when
the internal revenue tax oa whiskey
was $2 a gallon, and when the rela
tives and favorites of Treasury and
International Revenue officials made
fortunes in a single day by moieties;
as did, also, the confidential friends
of Shenck, then Chairman , of the
Committee of Ways and Means, and
of other influential congressmen of
both houses, by being kept systemat
ically informed of what Congress
was “ going to do.” Shall we ever
see the like again? Is it not wonder
ful, when we look back upon all the
barefaced swindles and robberies by
magnates of the Republican party,
that our form of government has
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survived them? But, to return to
our muttons, private experts who
are at work tracing to their source
these Custom House and Internal
Revenue frauds which have been
lately made public, and who are un
earthing othsrs of a similar charac
ter, as also cotton frauds, the pay
ment of fraudulent claims of of all
sorts, and the non payment] of just
ones. &c, &o,-~these experts affirm
that, when the time comes for a full
and fair investigation—that is, when
Grant’s personal government ia con
signed to the demnition bow wows,
and we have honest and oapapls
men to administer our affair*, it will
be necessary to go to Europe to in»
terview Boutwell and Rollins. They
will join McCullough in London,
where a large portion of their “ sav
ings” is understood to have been in
vested for them by the ex “ Injianny
banker” who was at the head of the
Treasury Department while they
were in the Internal Revenue Bu
reau, and who afterwards went ia
with Jay Cook, to do a banking bus
iness in Loudon, on the capital the
pair had made out of the Govern
meut of the United States. They’re
all tarred with the same stick. No
wonder Boutwell was “ sick” while
the Sanborn contract was being in
vestigated Although he knew a ma
jority of the committee were his po
litical and personal lrieuds, whom
he had obliged while Secretary of
the Treasury, yet he did not know
what might turn up. Any one simi
larly situated would have been sick.
Put yourself in his place. Bontwell’a
health did not begin to improve un
til he got it so fixed as to have all
the blame, in the Sanborn swindle,
placed on poor little Richardson,
and his next in command, Sawyer,
who were booted out of the Treasury
Department by Grant for simply
oarryiug out Boutwell's programme.
A. F. B.
LATK NEWS.
L ittle R ock , July 10.— Depnty
Sheriff Kline was shot to day and
mortally wounded by an assassin in
ambush, it is believed for having
officiated at the execution of Sid.
Wallace, at Clarksville, last Spring.
His friends then swore vengeance on
all connected with the affair. A
Cousin named Robinson has been
arrested charged with the deed.
E ast S aginaw , Mich., Julv 10.—A
race was ruu at Saginaw driving park
to day for a purse of $5.000, 2.500, to
the winner, $1.500 to the second aud
$1,000 to the horse that makes the
best time on record. Goldsmith
Maid won the first money in three
strait heats, making the remarkable
time of 2:19%, 2:10%, and 2:19. The
only contestant was Judge Fullerton.
Goldsmith Maid broke once in the
first beat, but s ill won by a length.
She won the second heat, by two
lengths, and the third by four lengths
Fullertons time was 2:20%, 2:18, and
2:18%.
C hicago . July 20.—A Washington
special says a Ca inet meeting of ex
traordinary impoitance will be held
on Tuesday. The subjects to be dis
cussed will be the Indian war, Rus
sian Mission, and the complications
of the Secretary of the Treasury and
Gen. Spinner.
M a d r i d , July 19.—Decrees have
been issued declaring all of Spain
in a state of siege, sequestrating the
property of Carlists, whose estates
will be held liable to heavy penalties
to the relatives of Republicans who
have been slain, and also creating a
special reserve of 125,000 men. G ov
ernment announces strict official o r '
ders prohibiting the shooting of
prisoners.
The Epoea denies that ex Queen
Isabella intends to revoke her act of
abdication.
W a s h i n g t o n , July 20.—A gentle
man just from Cuba says that he be
lieves the war will soon be conclud
ed on that Island, owing to the de
moralized state of the finances. The
people of the United States have con
tributed largely to the support of
Spanish rule in this way. American
sugar dealers in New York and Phil
adelphia have advanced large sums
to sugar planters, with a lieu on
their slaves as security, and are
therefore the real slave holders;
hence they are doing their utmost to
crush the Cuban rebellion, the suc
cess of which insures emancipation.
W a s h i n g t o n , July 17,—A special
says a serious quarrel has arisen
between Treasurer Spinner and the
acting Secretary of the Treasury,
Conant. Spinner claims the right,
under written ' ordergfrom President
Grant, to waive civil service rules in
“the appointment to his Bureau.
Conant holds that the Prsident’s or
ders does not over ride rules prom
ulgated by the Civil Service Boards
since the order was issued. The
matter has been referred to Secreta
ry Bristow and decided in favor of
Oonaut, and Spinner takes the appeal
to the President.
G a l v e s t o n , July 18.— A Sherman
special says Indians and a bauj of
Rangers collided in Kingsboro coun
ty yesterday, and the latter were
victorious. The Rangers lost one
killed and several wounded.
The Indians who attacked Loving’»
ranch, in Lost Yalley, were pursued
by a band of Cavalry, but defeated
them, aud Major Jones, their com
mander, seut in word last nigh that
they were »nrrounded, and askod
immediate assistance from the post.
A body of 100 men were dispatohed
to tha soene of action, since whioh
no newt, has been received.
N e w Y o r k , July !7 .—An Havana
letter says Spanish intrigue has been
at week in the prosecution of F. A.
Dockary. The officials, not finding
any valid specific charges, have made
a general one, embracing all sorts
of offenses—that of being a newspa
per correspondent, a spy,, chief of
insurgents, secret emissary of the
United States to obtain information
respecting the war. a Cuban named
Varena. arrested recently at Manza
nillo, declared the Attorney General
told him he was present at the house
of the United States Consular Agent
when Dockery arrived in January
last, and leaihsd that Dockery wai
sent to Cuba by the United States
for the purpose of obtaining infor
mation about the war; and that D oc
kery had letters giving him such d i
rections. Varena having baou im
prisoned as a “ suspecto," and now
figuring as a witness for the prosecu
tion, his statement does not appar
ently deserve the utmost credence.
The Brooklyn Argus states that
when Beecher reduced his statement
to w riting he submitted it to a friend
with the remark that it was the paper
he intended to lay before the inves
tigating committee. The friend read
it carefully and returned it to Beech
er, saying, “ I advise you not to pre
sent. that paper to the committee.”—
Beecher asking the reason of such
advice was answered “ Because T il
ton’s statement will shiver it to
pieces.”
On further consultation
and comparison of views Beeoher de
termined to follow the advice of hi»
friend. Accordingly, Beecher’a state
ment was not presented to the com
mittee last night, but, instead of a
state. Beecher sent a note, in which
he announced that he had not pre
pared any evidence to submit to th»
body.
G a l v e s t o n , July 1 7 th .— A special
says that on the 17th Major Jones
with thirty four men, attacked 125
Kiowas, Camanohes and Apaches in
Lost Yalley, Jackson conutv, killing
three and wounding three. * He lost
four killed and wounded. The fight
lasted three hours. The Indiana
were routed, the pursuit was omitted
because of want of force.
W a s h i n g t o n , July 17.—The new
Board of Indian Peace Commission
ers met at the Interior Department
to day. There were present Sibley,
Fisk, Long, Roberts and Smith.—
Butler and Turney were absent.—
There are threo vacancies not filled
in the organization. The Board or
ganized by the election of Fisk,
Chairman, and Smith, Secretary. Aa
Executive Committee was chosen,
consisting of Smith Roberts and But
ler; and a Purchasing Committee,
consisting of Sibley, Butler, Turney
and Long. The Commission mad*
an official call on the acting Secreta
ry of the Interior, and the Commis.
sioner of Indian Affairs.
The state of Tllonois has taxable
property worth about twenty six hun
dred millions of dollars. The asses,
soi-s report property assessed at
thirteen hundred millions of dollar»
of which over eighty per cent, is the
farminglands, with their live stock,
implements, etc., and town lots and
-mprovements. All the rest of the
property in the State escapes taxation
and, of the less than twenty per cent
of property returned by the assessors,
one half escapes taxation by the
failure to collect.
During the Revolution, “ Old Put”
had received a lot of recruits, and a»
he had some fighting at hand, and
wanted none but willing men, he>
drew up his levies before him “ Now-
boys,” said he,“ I don’t wish to retain,
any of you who wish to leave; there
fore, if any of you are dissatisfied ana,
wish to return home, ho mav signify
the same by stepping six paces in.
front of the line. But.“ added the
old war dog,‘ T l l shoot the first m»a
that steps out.
One of the assessors has.discovered
a new plan for estimating the value
of a man’s earthly possessions.' It is
this: A rich man keeps no dog, a.
man with moderate means one, a
poor man two, and an utterly worth
less and impecuniary cuss generally
has from three to eight, a portion of
which—to make the matter worse
—are “ yalley” in color and
fem
inine gender,
j
That “ little birds do in. their neats* agree,’
! is no credit to the birds, beqauae tt wnitid;
rievnr ds fcr them tq fell cwri.