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About The Benton democrat. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1873)
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Transient notices in local column, 18 cents per line lor each insertion. ; .."'.' Local notices by regular advertisers, 20 cents per line. '.-'.! ' ,' Advertisinebills .will be rendered antarerly. . onevear., ....... 10000 UST OP AGESTSt . . . - The following named persons are author ized to receive and receipt for subscription and advertising for this paper.; ,- - .f TSew York..,. . . .Geo. P. "KoweU '& Co. San Francisco ... . t. P. Hslier, .... L. Samuel. .Major Johnson .W. 'B. Privett .Kntns McXArie 1 Portland.... East Portland . . .". :i Corvamjs . . . . viewport. . Newton E. N". Sawtelle Toledo... ..':. ... Starr's Point .. 'Philomath .'. .-. ; . . ...H. B. Thrasher , , . . Bobert Herron ....John Wells JQng's. Yalley ,..r Alsea...... Summit. .1. .. Salem. ...... .... .... ,Britt. Wood l. . J. Holgate . .... ....Sub. Mulkey Zii'U ..'J. B, McClane 'Albany ." ...... T.. J. Whitney Scio.......T3eo. B. Christie & J. C. Head Dallas -...... Lycurgus Vineyard J'unctioh City... .. '.'Xouls Salomon Jacksonville,;... ....J. S. Herriii Empire Cityi.'..., .... .... Harry Howard ' Oregou Ofilcial Directory. " EXECUTIVB DEPAETMKNT. Govenor..., .... ,. .. I;. F. Grover. Secretary of State. ....S. F. Cluidwick. Treasurer of State . . .. ; . Tj. Fleischner. State Printer ........ v. . . Eugene Semple. State Librarian ........... S. C. Simpson. Register of State Lands.. E. S. McComas, " 1 ' COXGEESSIONAL. U. S. Senator.... .... ..James K. Kelley. r : " r." .... .. ...... II. W. Corbett. Congressman,,.,,,.,,, James H. Slater, FEDERAL OFFICERS. IT. S. District Judge.... . . ..M. P. Deady, U. S. Marshal Clerk U.S. ourt... Surveyor Getieral.... Sup't Ind. Affairs U. S. Assessor...... .. U. S. Collector.... ... . ..Tho's G. Young. B. Wilcox. W. II. Odell. .... A. B. Meacham. ...... Thos. Fra?er, .W, Bowlby, LAND OFFICERS. . VT. B. Willis, Begister, .... ....Bosbeurg, is: Herman, iteceiver, . . . Owen Wade, Begister, . . Henry Warren, Beceiver, S. II. Stevens, Begister, .. D. Chaplin, Beceiver, ..Oregon City, .. ..La Grande. -i 1 SUPREME COURT. P," P. Prim, Chief Jsutice, Jacksonville A. J. Tliayer, .... ... ..CorvaUis B. F. Bonham ,.. ....balem W. W. Upton, r, . .... ' . . . . Portland ..Baker City L. L. M"o Arthur, . : , r, aroDICIAL DISTRICTS. . . .i First District : Jackson and Josephine 2d District : Benton, Coos, Curry, Doug las and Lane. 3d District: linn, manon, Polk and Yamhill 4th District : Clacka mas. - Columbia. - Mulnomaa Tillamook and "Washington. - 5th District : Grant, Umatilla, Union and Wasco. TERMS OP CIRCUIT COURTS. r First District In the county of Jose phine, on the fourth JKonday in octooer; Jackson, second .Monday in February, June and November. . Second District Dougjas, third Mon day in October, and second .Monday in "Mav : Coos, fourth afondav in May, and second .Monday in September; Curry, first .Monday In June ; lane, tnira monaay in April, and first .Monday in November : Benton, second ilfonday' in April, and third .Monday in JS ovemDer. Third District Linn, fourth .Monday in March, and second .Monday in October; Marion, second .Monday in March, J one nd November Polk, second .Monday in Hay,' and fourth Jfijnday in November s Yamhill, second Monday in ApriL and fourth Monday In October ; TiJiamooK, second Monday in July. i . j . . .- . . . - ." Fom-&District-Clckamas, fourth Mon ' jday in April and September ; Multnomah, second Monday in February, June and pctober ; Columbia, second Monday in April; Clatsop, second Monday in Ausust Jind fourth Tuesday in January : Wash- i : e .1. -xt 1.. I lr . .1 a .i Fifth District Wasco, third Monday in Jun'e and second Monday in November ; jGrrant, first Monday in June, and third Monday in September ; Baker, third Mon day in May, and first Sfonday Jn October: j&nibn, first Monday in May, and third Monday in October ; Umatilla, last Mon day in April, and the fourth Monday in pctobcr. ' ... ' Benton County Directory. . : . bounty Judge .....John Burnett. County Clerk ..H, W- Wilson. Sheriff ................ r r J' ?almer Commissioners, J. Chambers, J. EdwaFds. Treasurer ....William Groves. Assessor.... .. .W. H, Johnson, School Superintedent..;. . ....A. Brown. purveyor .... .... Grge 'Mercer. t'oroner Dr- T. J. Bight. Justice of the Peace. ..W. B. Privett. jpimstable.., James Graves. TERMS OF COUNTY COURTS. - ' On the First Monday in each Month. VOL. 2. " " COBVALLIS, PROFESSIONAL CARDS. BB. D. S. STKYKEB- "f" DENTIST, I : Uses all the latest improvements, and does all work in his line of- profession in the best and mostipproved styles. Anjesthetic used for the painless extraotlon of teeth, if dosirorl. Tipntal p-yaminatlon and con sulting free. Siitisfaction guaranteed in everv case,- nargres rauueraw.- wu iv . . nil. , tn exauinie speoimens or his wui. opposite the Pqstoffice, Corvallls, Oregon; ..JOHN i BOS WELL,' M. D . :- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS ' V coBVALiis.' ; .: ; Will attend promptly to all cljsin the line Qt ins proresaion. . , , Office at Graham & Baylev's Drag Store. Besidence", Southwest corner of second block north of Court House. October 25,187a.;V.- i! ;' ' ' 2:27tf ' L. FOLEY, M.' D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, r J- - OFFICB AT ; . :' ;.'' Graham's Drug j Store, ! 1 ,; 2:Iayl . COBVALLIS. . R, S. STRAHAN, v ; Attorney at Law... r . ; C0BYALLIS, OREGON. ' IPOfficb corner 3d and Monroe Streets. ; 4matf. V. A. CHESOWETH, Corvallls. ' I. K. SMITH. Linn Co. CHEXOWETII & SMITH. , ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. ; CORVALLIS, ORG ON,.-j-Office at the Court House. : ma:tl. C. W. FITCH, ATTOBNEY AT LAW .1 Eugene City, Oregon. W1U practice in the different Courts of the Iegal Tenders bought and sold. KS"Officb' two.' .doors! North of Hie Pest JOHN BURNETT, - . .... . : Attorney at Law, - ; COBVALLIS, OBEG ON. Wil practice in the Supreme and Cir cuit Courts of the State. OFFICE AT THE COURT-HOUSE. r - vlnoWyl, W. T. JOHNSON, v Notary-Public waft. Conveyancer. May be Found at Dr, ; Bayley's Store, on ' Aiaiu ireep. : ---Conveyancing done on short notice and satisfaction guaranteea. ,r . T. ; V.R. PRIVETT, ., ': Justice of Oie Peace. ,:, . ' !: COBYALLIS ? - - " - - Oregon. WIXX GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE DnllRction of notes and accounts. Particular attention paid to aU business en trusted to nis care. - - g3-Office in Fiher's brick building, up stairs. MISCELLANEOUS, WEWSTORE ;...',.: . AT .;' EL K CITY. forming the inhabitants of the Ya- niiino 'Rot' art1 Hia SllPPAlltKil n Ct rTMlll irV. ibat we have opened a store at the above place, ana keep constantly on nana an assortment of GENERAL MERCHAN DISE, such as GEOCEBIES PB0VISI0SS -. CLOTHDiG ; ; V BOOTS and SHOES HATS and CAPS CIGARS & TOBACCO. And we shall endeavor to sell our goods FOR CASH ; At a very low margin, We will also pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE for HIDES. FTJUS and SKINS. JACOB CLINE & CO. ' v2no6tf. ' Yaquina Stage Line. AND r ' Steanjer "0NEATTA" ON AND AFTEB THE FIBST DAY of May, the new Steamer Oneatta will make daily trips from Pioneer to Newport at the entrance of Yaquina Bay, and con necting at Elk City with , : WOODS & DIXON'S STACE LINE, ' Carrying the UNITED STATES MAIL', And all other lines running to the Bay. Also connecting with Cannon's Stage line to Albany. Stages leave Corvallls on Mondavs, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 6 A. M.; returning leaves Elk City on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. . . v2n2mG. BENTON COUNTY, OREGON : SATURDAY . JANUARY 11, 1873. .' NO. 38, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. CITY HOTEL, COB. MAIN AND MADISON STS . : COBYALLIS, . . . . . . j. .; . OREGON. A.. It. M'CONNELL,, ' ' PBOPBIETOB.; ; i - THE UTJNDEBSIGNED, "HAYING leased the above named fine hotel, will conduct it as a s t :s.. x . j FIBSTCLA8 HOrisE, That well known caterer. " TrTUS," , , will nave -ctiarge of;. . , ; . The Culinary Department, : : ; And the best th6 market affofd3 will at all tunes be found upon the table;" ' ' Yaquina, West Side and Albany Stages . au estop at mis nouse. , v HOUSE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. LARGE FIREPROOFSAFE FOR VALUABLES Every Accomniwdation Afforded to Guests. A, B.T McCONNELL. November 15, 1872. . - . 2:30tf STANTON'S HOUSE. Formerly KIGEB'S HOTEL. Main Street, between Monroe. & Jackson, "'. COBVALLIS. ' ''' F. M. STANTON, I t I PROPRIETOR. Having prirchased the above stand, I have , thoroughly renovated the same f : : . and opened it as a. , , f j" FIRST CLASS PRIVATE BOARDING ., '; . . . H0LSE. . EVERY ATTENTION AFFORDED : --: ;, PATRONS. Any irregularities" on the part of waiters shoiua De promptly reported to -; i the Proprietor. ; " - SOL. KING'S STAGES RUN TO THIS H0tS. , October 28, 1872. ; " 2:28tf ELK CITY HOUSE,' ELK CITY ........... Oreg m JAMES DIXON . Proprietor. -:o:-" ':-' ; rrHIS HOUSE. LOCATED AT THE L above named place, at the junction of Elk and Yaquina rivers, ' is new, is well finished and furnished throughout, and it is the intention of the Proprietor to keep 111 ttft U . . ,r; ... . FIRST CLASS HOTEL " The Stage office is at this House; also the Steamer '-Oneatta" leaves the wharf every morning, for Newport, and intermediate points on the tsny. . T , . - . , " Superior inducements offered to excur sionists and others visiting the Bay - in large parties. . .jamjs jjuluin : v2no0tf. : ELK CITY : HOTEL, W.T.BRY0N Proprietor. THE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE IS rnewly ftu-nished and opened for the accommodation of Travelers. . The pn- prietor is determined that no pains shall De spared. to maKe-it a ' ' 'fisst class hotel: J; Our motto - is "Live and Let Live." . There Is a good Feed Stable in connec tion witn tne ileuse. ::y . ; v ; ; ;,: The Steamer "ONEATTA" leaves the Wharf every other day for Newport, and otner points on tne .pay. v2no7m3. - - W. T. BBYON. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. GRAH AM & ALLEY, CORYAIXIS , . . , . . : Oregon. DEALERS IN Drags, Medicines, and Chemicals, .. Paints, Oils, Glass. Putty. , - ; - - and Dye Stpfls' A GOOD ASSORTMENT . CF . IAMPS AND STOCK. ' .; . .,' ; ' , . i Pure "yiiies and Liquors for Medicinal useonly. ' ' g"Ph y sfcian's Prescriptions carefully Com. rmunded at all hours. , . . - - vlno35tf. ALLEN & WOODWARD. have DRUGS AND (yiEDICINES V'f'.' . ' FOB ALI r ' ! PAINTS, pilSi CLASS. &C. 1 r s , i At very low price, for cash, : SCHGOtiBpOKS; At San Francisco catalogue prices.' HisoeUaUe ous Books, stationery o. . , , Fisher's Block, Corvallls, Oregon. . - July 6 no 11 tf BEMOCE - OUR STATE FAIRS. Proper encouragement not given TO HORSEMEN HOW PREMIUMS ARE PAID GLOOMY PROPHECIES AS TO THE s PERMANENCY OF OUR FAIRS SHAM.' THE MATTER . 3JE REMEDIED. " ' .' A correspondent .who. .signs himself 4,W. Ot.,": writing .from some point in this State fo the San Francisco Spirit of the Times makes the following; stric ture in reference to the policy f the managers of our State. Fairs, hi neglect ing the interests of horsemen . . But the State I'air, with its crowd of never less than five thousand , people a day, is the only institution: in the State which does; not do horsemen justice And here I will say that if the Willam ette Faamer was . anything of a fair minded paper, instead of the personal organ oT the sordid little clique ; that controls the State Agricultural Society, I never would have trespassed on your columns with this communication. r The receipts of the State Fairs average about 813,000 per year, ot wmcn over $4,000 comes from licenses for booths and shops erected on the grounds. The circus of John Wilson, alone, paid $500 for the privelege of playing one week on the errounds daring the Fair. LThe printing certainly does not ; cost .over $500 per year, and the salaries of offi cers about $2,500 more, including entry clerks uid ticket collectors. No repairs of any kind have been expended , on the stands in four years,"and all efforts to have the track put in Bafe galloping order have teen unavailing. '' It was in consequence of ' the hardness of' the track that the celebrated stallions, Doc tor Lindsay and Jack Minor, loth be came lame at exercise, when an outlay of $200 would have put the ' track in good order. Yet their aggregate of purses never exceeded $800 or $900, for the .entire ' week notwitnstanding the significant fact that the crowd is always greater just at race time than 'any other part of the day. If Albany can afford to give $1,500, and Hillsboro' $1,200, certainly the State Fair ought to give $2,500 for the encouragement of breed ing trotters and thoroughbreds. Its re ceipts are three times as much as those of any other Fair, and its expenses only a trifle heavier than Hillsboro, : Yet the cry is, ?no . money" on all occasions. Two years ago, a gentleman of this city won two purses,' one of $100 and the other $50, at the Fair- which was held .in September. . He: never got his warrants from the Secretary until the following January, and when he pre sented them to the Treasurer, that offi cial said there was not : money enough in the safe to pay them, but he would give him $135 for them.' Being away from home, under expense, and not de siring to go there again, the man sub mitted to the discount of ten per cent. When the annual report came out, these warrants were charged at their full face on the credit side, and not a word said about discount.-' Where all the money goes to, it would be hard to tell. ' ; Cer tainly the exhibitors don't get over a third of it. The fact that one of its Presidents declined a nomination for Sheriff.with a certainty of being elected, shows that he had a better thing in run ning the Agricultural Society,' The trotting horsemen, as well as the own ers ot. blooded stock,, have about made up their minds not to exhibit, or race any more horses at the State Fair, un less more reasonable and liberal purs es are offered in future... The two mile lieat race at the' Fair . was $100, less ten per cent, entrance, leaving the lucky (?) winner ninety dollars, provided he does hot have; to , disgorge ten per cent more for getting his warrants cashi ed. : The more such races you win, the worse you are off.' Unless an entirely different set of men get bold of the of. flees of the Society, the State Eaira will go down.: There is no need of convert ing an industrial exhibition into an alms house for the benefit of any man or set of men,, and the quicker the present Board are ousted, the better. If they control the Society two years longer, they will be compelled to knock men down; and haul them out in carta to attend the Fairs, for no sensible man will go other wise. . ." ! '" ' - ' . : Wilkie Collins talks of coming to America to give public readings from his own novels. " ' " - Things .for the Thumb of the Thoughtful. It was charged by the Liberals in the late campaign that the Administration press" was circulating T falsehoods con cerning" Horace Greeley, 1 the Liberal candidate. ?w" "' " Witness how within a fortnight that press without exception " has eulogized the man it eo lately reviled. ' ';'It was charged that the North -Carolina election Was carried by fraud, :'. ; - - Witness the bargain by which Merri mou! was elected United' States Senator and the ' threatened investigation into the frauds staved off. "'"' " ' It was charged that members of Con greBS"weW' COrruptedbyOakes Ames with his Credit Mobillier stock. " " Witness the explanation of Garfield, the statement that the money was used for "charitable and political purposes, and the committee of investigation sit ting with closed doors. ' " J It was charged that the San Domin go scheme would be revived." ' Witness the purchase of Samana Bay, the mission of Secretary Delano to the West India Islands, and the Open ad vocaoy of annexation by the Adminis tration press. '. ".'-'- .' - It was charged that the policy of the Administration and the party was one of 'centralization! " ' ". Witness the. recommendations in the President's message of magnfjeent schemes of internal improvements, to be made by " the national Government. It was charged that another feature ot its policy, was interference with local self- government ' ' Witness the action of . Judge Durell and President Grant and the uso of Federal troops in Louisiana ; and wit ness the kindred transactions in "Ala bama. " ' " '' " It was cnarged that such, men as Simon Cameron were the ruling spirits in the party. ' , Witness how the Senate at Cameron' bidding refused to allow any tribute to be paid the memory of Horace Greeley It was charged that the party was corrupt. , ' , ;. - , .. . Witness the election of United States Senators by bribery in South Carolina; and by trickery and fraud in Alabama We recommend the thoughtful citizen to put his thumb on these suggestive facts and watch the progress of events. And that we may do the party no in justice we name here the only promise or profession it has approached the ful fillment or. in tne matter ot civil ser vice reform," though; the mischievous Jessce R. Grant, the dishonest Casey, and the incompetent Cramer have not been removed, there has been an assist ant Postmaster promoted in Philadel phia. ''.'- ; - :.:' A Black Picture. . -The World correspondent at Colum bia, S. C, draws a black picture of the legislature now in session, What can be hoped for the advancement of a State thus politically degraded? He says Dark colors being fashionable in win ter, everything here may be considered iu the height of fashion. ; , The president of. the - Senate is a ne gro ; the speaker ot the House is a ne gro two-thirds of the members of both houses are negroes; tho chairman of nearly every important committee is a negro; door-keepers, messengers, and other attaches are negroes ; the clerk of the House is a negro ; the Lieutenant Governor is a negro (convict in the Uni ted States Court); the State Treasurer, and in fact all the State officials except two, arc negroes the members of Con gress are all negroes except one, and the few whites associated with this ig norant and degraded black crew look meaner than the darkies themselves. rJ Proper Plan. We ? note that a bran hew plan of managing- the wed ding present business has been intro duced out West, which we rather like. Instead ot anybody giving the bride spoons,' napkin rings, little mugs, cra dles and sich, the wedding comes off in church, and a fee of twenty-five eents is paid at the church door by each per son who . attends to see the show, and then the money is given to the bride. The above is respectfully sub mitted.''' '-?' "" T Hon. Tom Fitch, of Nevada, is trav eling through the Eastern States, lec turing on "The Coming Empire." THE BENTONJEMQCftAT. MTBSCBIFTIOJI RATES: ' One copy. One Tear in advance One copy, Six Months . .'; 'e One copy, Three Mo&thj . v. CliUB BATES i To Clubs of Ten or swre, eet t pe Post, office, each copy, . 82 50 per year; Sis Months, 91 SO, ra advance. . Wise and Otherwise, . . , Chance is an unseen cau.ae " Patience is the key of content. The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear. Children are the to-morrow of society. To know how to wa.it is the secret of success. . . . . i r .- . . No man can be wise on an empty stomach, . - . ; 1 ,. -j Study the past, if you would divine the future, -',. Graves are but the footsteps' of the angel of life. . '' ' ''- There is a foolish corner, evn In the brain of a sage-. : ; , . ' ' ' - Reprove thy friend privately j conj- mend him publicly. ,'- Innocence is like a polished armor ; it adorns and defends. - All power, even the most desootie rests ultimately on opinion, ? ,j Lies are hiltless swords, whieh out the hand that wields them. . - I ' France discards Christmas Trees. They are of Germon origin. Voltaire defines the happy man as the one who considers himself so. . No one ever knew what friends were w.orth, until he lived without them, .j If thou art a master, be sometimes blind ; if a servant, sometimes deaf, i t ' : No fountain is so small but that the heavens may be imaged in its boBom. ' : Unlike the sun, intellectual lumina ries shine brightest after they have set. They cure hydrophobia in Indiana, by makiDg soup of the dog's tail, 'an& feeding it to the patient.- . " J It is said that Charles O'Couor isto be made Chief Justice, in the event of Judge Chase's resignation. ' An enterprising Yankee has opened an institution in Boston for turning left' handed people into right-handers."" ;r In some cities it is the custom of the husband to receive his friends on Christ, mas Day, and the wife on New Year. Some one has defined polite society as being a place where manners pass for two much, and morals for too little, A woman named Mary Taylor, hag acted as mate of a Missouri river steanj boat for two years,, earning $45 per month. . ;- : : ; ,; If you wish to be called eccentric, and at the same time be dreaded, and almost hated, speak the truth on all ec casions. : ' .':;. -':'.":.;. i-'.t ' Do yon call this a trunk, " growled a dejected porter, " It only needs 1 a lightning-rod to be mistaken for A board, ing house. ; .1 -'i'V ',-iM-- " A cynical bachelor, in speaking of ladies' ball-dresses, says : " They wear "but little hereblow, but they wear that little long." . i Truthfulness is a corner-stone id character, and if it be not -firmly laid in youth, "there will always be a weak spot in the foundation. - i JS ; A crusty old bachelor , says thai Adam's wife was called Eve, because, ; when she appeared, man's happiness was drawing to a close. ; . '' . ' It is said that Justice Clifford!, of the Supreme Court, will retire from tho Bench next year. , He - will then be seventy years of age, ; ' r uT. Gen." Hood, formerly of the Confed erate army, is said to have been led by his thirst for human life to go into the drug business, in Georgia. :'--; ; The young Freneh Countess de Mont fort gave birth to a con in her carriage the other day, while returning from a drive in the Bois de Boulogne. ' 1 ' ' The Vermont Agricultural College fund, amounting to $135,000,' is all in vested in the Registered Loan of the State, and yields an income pf, $8,130. In the epizootic regions, the paper now frequently contain items beginning like this t "A large and powerful, but skittish young man, attached to hand cart, ran away, on street, yesteri day forenoon, to the " great terror of a number of ladies on the side-walk,, . . Chapped Hands. It is said . that honey is an unfailing preventive for chapped hands. ' When washing the hands, or rather when having washed them and while they are still wet, rub on them a little honey, and then dry them, taking care to leave the honey on and not rinse it on betore drying- the nana, . .A