J
IMMJS (iAZETTE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPLRTQR BENTON COL'KTY
Corvaliis, Jan. 31, 1879.
V. B. CABTER,
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Samcm, Jan. 26, 1879.
Editor Gazette : Sabbath day
in Salem. Have you ever spent SUn
d.iy here, and have you a realising
s' tise ol" the tranquility and peace
fulness of the piace on the day in
question ? Have yon listened as have
we, to the elamor of its dozen or so
church bolls, all at once, and tried at
the same moment to compose your
self to letter writing-, or even to
maintain the run of events in an in
teresting novel? If yon have, ym
sympathize with us al the pres
ent moment, fonts we write these lines
the chiming (?) of all Ssderrt'sr church
lull? is ringing in out ears. The-tone
of one would lead us to infer that
Bro. Tower, of the Methodist, church,
was in reality the only minister in
the c i 1 3-, were il not that Bro.
Knight's practical toned bell insists
gravel ., i, - :, rr, . u.- ....
: . . . ,n in .iiih.wiiivim i,.-. X it c J Jt;-c v-
without an exception, it is in order for said paiian bell rings smartly forth its in
defunct officials to rise and explain. A vjt:it ion to s. rvice, responded Mr bv a
number of th-m, we are informed have al- . . . , . ....
rtady admitted their fgnilt, but Adam-like biilhful lew who rely implicitly on
lay toe Wame ion Eve. and sav that some doctrine as set forth by Bro.
one eke beguiled them, offered the tempt- '
ing morsal and that they conld not resist Chambers. 1 he :i,tist bell toll
the temptation and did partake thereof ,orlIl unme,.sj(n aiKl ro. Baker will
One of them has nut only admitted his guilt
but has even gone so far as to tarn over listen to or preach aught else. 1 he
SS.OOOof his illegal booty This is, iron... pbyterian bdl peals out its in vita
cally speaking, a nice state ol adairs. Bet J 1
them and each of them be pros-cuted at Hon to ptaise and prayr, where good
once. Make -them disgorge and then indict orthodox supplications are waited up
and convict them, every one, ana let them 1 r 1
serge their full term in State prison as they Ward to the throne of grace. lite
have done in the State offices. We have no lois y ijuL. i,l on tle Evangelical
symp;thy with any omcial that Will rob or .
steal because hi; chances to get into office, i church, makes good time on the home
and we tanst that each and every newspaper stretch, and attracts a large congi
published in the State will keep tne subject .
before the people continually and give no gallon weekly. I lien here comes
"LET NO GUILTYM.N kSSAPE."
Tlio East Oregon ian, published at
Pendleton, Umatilla county, Oregon,
by Messrs. Turner. & Bull, although
Democratic in politics, takes no stock
in the stealings of the Grover
Chadwiek administration, The lead
er in that paper of Jan. 18th, has the
true ring and we give it entire, as
follows:
"Vow the Committee of Investigation ap
pointed by the last Legislature have made
their renoro ana nave cnerein mauo
rest or quarter till the courts take the mat
ter in hand with everyone of them. Lot
them each have a fair and impartial trial,
and if they are convicted the committee
will be fully vindicated but if acquitted
they themselves will be exho lerated and
the committee will have to bear the blame
which they will justly deserve. Investiga
tion has been begun, now let it he thorough
ly and complete. Inflict none through spite
or malice and leive none uuin dieted through
fear, or on account of his wealth, position or
power. Let justice prevail, though the heav
ens fall, and in the language, but not the
soirit, of Grant "Let no guilty man escape."
We will begin in a short time a review of the
in
the Southern Methodists, the Seventh
Day Ad veil lists, the Christian, or
Camp be 1H es as they are sometimes
called, and dear knows what else, all
pleading at once, with earnest peal
that you will favor their particular
church with your presence. Is il l
be wondered at that so many of our
young men do not attend church al all,
when, with so many pressing iuvita
I lions they know not which to accept
tiuiu.iii.'. 3 nil. . : i i ' n ml invou 11 111 1 1
charged with wrong doing and will give our and in sheer bewilderment they atiail
views in full in each case. We court no fa
vor of any man or set of men ; we expect
no favors of any party. e intend to pub
lish as much as within us lit s an lade
pendent Democratic Journal, and wh never
and wherever we find Deiuoeraio officials
stealing, we shall denounce them in the
severest and bitterest terms, and much m re
severely than we would if it were Kepub i
can stealings for there is no excuse whatever
for Democratic officials to steal.
Tub Valley Fountain'. This
neatly printed, well -filled-, spicy little
temperance worker. J. C. Cooper ed
itor and publisher, McMirmvilh, Ore
gon, is always welcome to our sane
turn. Bro. Cooper is doing a- noble
work for the causa of temperance,
and althongh his paper is small, and
issued only semi-monthly, at present,
that is no reason it should continue
so. Oregon needs a good, live, week
ly paper devoted entirely to the cause
of temperance. Why not give Bio.
Cooper the requisite encouragement
to enable him to make his paper just
fill til e bill. I f every true friend ol
the ea use would lend a hand, it conld
be done. This should be done by
individual effort. The Grand Lodc
of Good Templars is not financially
able to i nn a paper successfully. Cal
ifornia and other States have tried,
and failed so has our Grand Lodge.
But we need an exclusive temperance
paper. The Fountain is only SI per
year. Six months for 50 cents.
Chkeking. The California Chris
tian Advocate, (Dr. II. C. Benson,
editor,) of Jan. 18th, has the follow
ing cheering words relative to crop
and mining prospects in our sister
State. We sincerely -hope the bright
est anticipations will 'be "more than
realized: The rainSthongh" a little
later than usual, hav(j. come and we
may reasonably anticipate a sufficient
amount of moisture to-insure good
cropir. The abundant snow in the
mountains will fill the water courses,
guaranteeing success in mining oper
ations. Prosperity, if God's will, shall
be our portion dining the year;''
Cattle Dying. The East Ore
gonian of Jan. IS, says: Several
cattle have suffered and are sn String
severely from this cold wintery
weather. We heard one man say he
had lost all of his and we felt sorry
indeed, but upon inquiry learned he
had but two cow and calf this in
eluding his band. But nevertheless
cattle are looking very bad and if
this weather continues several will
die irom starvation if such has
been the ease already.
Cor.vaij.is Library. "What has be
come of the Corvaliis Library Association:"
is the question that now engages the atten.
tion of some of our readers. Since J. W.
Souther closed out his drug store, the lil ra
ry has been closed, and at the present time,
the books are stored in the Alden Trait drier ,
on the bank of the river. " What is every
body's bneincss, i3 nobody's," is strikingly
verified in this instance. -There should Le
a mati ng of the stockholders, at en early
dvy, and the afllirs of the Association
ahou'd be closed np in a legal manner. There
is a right way to do everything, and this
matter should be attended to at once. If
the Prescient or Secret i:y will call a meet
ing, we will announce the time, c-ratis in
the Gazette. 2 .
not
don the idea of attending divine wor
ship al sfll, fearful lest in favoring one
reli-ious clique they excite the animos
ity of another? Laying all jokes
aside, however, if churches and relig
ions sock ties are calculated to have
any particular hearing on the morals
of a p'.ace, this, the capital of the Stale
ought indeed to be the very personi
ficalion of virtue and sound morality.
No block of ground appears suffi
ciently sanctified unless, forsooth, a
building is erected therecn devoted
entirely to the worship of the Divine
Master in one of the v;.r ous form
laid down by the respective creeds.
The influence, however, is a beneficial
one, and is manifested on every hand.
Truly, we can but acknowledge such
influences are far supeiior to many
of those thrown around the average
youth of the present day, and we can
but feel thankful that we are 6" sur
rounded here in S-ilem. But me
ihiuks I hear you say, you did not
engage me to moralize, and that I
would suit you much better were I
to come right down to business, and
relate, for ihe benefit of your readers,
the events of the week, leaving eth
ers to sermonize who are better cal
culated to deal with such questions
than am I. That's all well enough,
friend Carter, but suppose I'm called
upon to fight against space, and have
nought of interest to communicate in
the way of news. You, gf course,
expect fonlcthing, and I can but mor
alize a trifle in self-defense. I will,
however, scratch my head a little,
ami see if I can possdily recall ought
that will interest or entertain.
The report of the Investigating
Committee, is now .in the hands of
the State Printer, and its publication
is anxiously looked forward to, as the
public naturally expects some start
ling facts and figures. The" commit
tee have unearthed some very intel
esting devclopemcnts and it now re
mains to be seen what action His Ex
cellency, Gov. Thayer, will take in
the premises, His position is, to say
the least, an embarrassing one, ami
may be likened unto that of the old
woman whose husband, on his: home
ward way from a night's carousal
with the boys, expressed himsell as
follows : 'Til lick the old woman if
she's sitting tip, and I'll lrck her if she
aint. In fact, on second thought, I'll
lick her any way." So it is with Gov.
Thayer. If he does piosecule, he will
bo damned by the party, and-if he
don't prosecute he will be damned In
the public and he will be damned any
how. It remains to be seen which
horn of the dilemma he will accept.
It is, by the way, amusing, to notice
how uneasy that brilliant statesman
(?) Galloway, is be coming beneath
the puny, lash, He is catcirnig it on
every hand, and has already been
placed upon the defensive!
Bill Watkinds is among the faith
ful taking, notes, and, faith, he'll
print ?em. He has had an account
ant examining the records in the
State fliceB fHa weok or more, and
is, we learn, preparing quite an elab
orate statement wherein Bill Gallo
way will figure quite extensively, and
the nature of the beasl before election
will be held up in comparison with it
since his lection. Prepare for some
thing rich, as "Sweet William" has
affidavits without number. William,
I'm informed, is balancing up his
books preparatory to leaving poli
tics. You know he has been doing
this for several months, and the bal
ance sheet will, we feel confident,
fairly dazzle with tacks and figures
that cannot lie.
The Supreme Court, now in session,
will probably decide the appeals ta
ken in the various murder cases now
before it from this and Mftlntbmali
counties some time during the ensn
ing week, which decisions are now
looked anxiously forward to by the
parties interested, and the commu
nity as well.
Ned. Chamberlin, one of our most
popular young men, leaves us to-day
to assume a clerkship with Pftuger &
Comstock, of Prut land. Miss Marie
E. Smith has just returned to .Salem,
alter a long absence.
A :ran giving his name as Carter,
was arrested here on Friday lust for
passing a forged note on Ladd &
Hush's banking house. It was signed
by several good nun of Linn county,
and was drawn for the sum of (3i300.
He disposed of it al a slight discount
and had reached the depot before the
game was discovered. He was ar
rested, and having confessed, was
bound over to await the action of the
next grand jury.
The improvements on the State
House still combine. The wooden
stairs have been torn down in front
of the building, and the entrance is
now effected by the lower floor. The
treasurer's office will be moved into
the rooms formerly occup:ed as a res
laurant, and 'several new committee
rooms are undergoing the finishing
touches.
The State work having been nomi
nally completed, the services of sev
era! of the compositors have been dis
pensed with, Jackson, McClane,
Thompson ami Mansfield, stepping
down and out. Success attend the
boys wherever they may go.
Ned.
meritorious nrfhRtirrs are too small to
attract mitrhty intellects like Scott.
If the bill fails, the editor may make
il a pretext to say something spiteful.
I have no disposition to find fault
with Mr. Scott for parading his griev
ances before the public, iirlhe absence
of anything else that isr reasonable;
but I do object to his throwing ob
stacles in the way of legislation lor
the benefit of this young and grow
ing State. I do not care who pro
poses, or advocates, a bill, or how
" bombastic" in style the speech in
favor of it may be, so' long as some
portion of the State demands it and
is benefitted. ItlAtTO.
Newport, Jan. 20, 1879.'
THE TsUPBEmTcCIJIRT.
Sai.kii, Jan. 23, 1879.
Ed. Gazette: On last Monday
the following cases were decided by
the Supreme Court :
1st. The case of T. M. Reed, ap
pellant vs. S. M. Gentry, respondent,
Irom Benton county. The decree of
the Circuit Court was modified, hold
ing that Gentry should be entitled to
a judgment for 8375 00, and that
Reed should be entitled to the grain
in the hands of the receiver. Opin-
oii
bv Frim.
En. Gazkitk: My attention has
been called, by an editorial in the
Daily Otegoniftn, of the 19th inst.,
to the continued and persistent couim
uf that paper in ignoring the many
efforts of Hon. J. H. Mi chell in be
half (d important1 means affecting the
future welfare of Oregon. Several
months previous to the last e lection,
Scott would mention the irttrodue.
lion of bills I y the "Gteat Introdu
cer" intimating that these bills were
pul in to catch voles, would never
pass, &c. Let us see. A Bill to
survey the Coquillc river; to survey
Port Orfonl to survey Alsea bay; t
survey Cape Foulweaiher; to build
light house at Tillamook Head; to
re-survey mouth of Columbia; to
appropriate money lor canal and locks
at Cascades; to appropriate money
for lower Colombia; to appropriate
money foi the Upper Columbia; to
appropriate money for improving the
Willamette river, etc.
All these much needed bills Sena
tor Mitchell introduced,, they were
PARSED the surveys have been
made, and the appropriations have
been expended, or are being expend
ed, just as the people interested de
sired they should be but Scott was
not the man tosny so. Il was one ol
the times that he failed to bore the
public with his editorial, "I told you
so.'' And now the Hon. Senator's
speeches are characterized by the
Oregonian editor as "shabby fustian,"
''bombastic in style, and "false in
matter." Tnis includes Mitchells
speech on the appropriation for the
Cascades canal, and in tact covers ab
he has ever said in behalf of Oregon
Afierthe Hon-. Senator has been
defeated, we find him earnest in his
endeavors to secure the claims of ev
ery part of the State and it does
seem but simple justice to sustain
iiim, even though so great a genius
as II. W. Scott think otherwise. Foi
eighteen months the Oregonian ha.
beeii filled with spleen and vindic
tiveness. The editor seems to forget
that that which keeps his sore raw,
don't trouble his readers. In fact, if
he will not be so free with the medi
cine that soothes his pain, the public
will feel kindlier towards him, and
lake more stock in his farseeiug
statesmanship.
Senator Mitchell has made a speech,
ihe first ever made for a harbor of
refuge on Ihe Pacific coast. It may
be "fustian," " bombastic" in style,"
" false in matter," but every Califor
nia paper of prominence or influence
strongly favored the bill. The Ore
ffonian has 6een nothing important in
it, nor is it likely that it will. Such
2nd. S. A. Heelner & Co. vs.
Union county, from Union county,
judgment of the Circuit Court ap
proved, holding that the complaint
did not show negligence oil the part
of Union county in failing to keep
the bridge in repair, mentioned in the
complaint. Opinion by Prim.
3rd. Samuel Kiefi app, vs. P. P.
Palmer resp. from Douglas county;
judgment -r tne circuit court revers
ed, hiilding that the app. had a right
to redeem the laud described in the
complaint, firm the tax sale made by
the Sheriff of Douglas county, and
to have the Sheriffs deed cancelled.
Opinion by Boise.
4th. State of Oregon vs. Lawrence
O'Neil from DVwglas county ; judg
ment of the Circuit Court, approved.
Opinion by Kelly, C. J.
5th. State of Oregon vs. William
Munds, from Douglas county ; judg
ment of the Circuit Court, approved,
bidding that in criminal ease, a judg
ment for costs should show the anion!
of costs, and until such amount do
appear, on the lein docket, the same
is not a lein on ihe property of the
defendant. Opinion by Kelly, C. J.
6th. Abnei W. Smith vs. John
Harris, from Benton county ; judg
ment of Q&v Circuit Court, approved,
holding that in an action to recover
damages for assaults and batteries
and cruel inhuman treatment, the
defendant had a right to rebut this
evidence by proving general good
treatments ol the defendant.
This last ease is one that attracted
a good deal of attention at the last
term of our court, and was tried witli
as much ability on both sides as any
that has been tried for some time.
Opinion by Boise, J. B.
P. S. lite above (ourt proceed
ings were received too late tor
issue. Ed. Gazette.,
last
FROIENJO DEATH
Last Monday John Boss, a Scotch
man, about 47 years of age, who had
been working as a shoemaker during
the past year and a half f ' i- Poor &
Ilealey, of I hi -city, left here om foot
to visit two of his old country .rieiwls
living on Wild Horse creek, ill Ore
gon. Next morning his body was
found by the side of the road anoul
a quarter of a mile from Milton:
From appearance he had lost his way
and wandered around until overcome
by cold ami' fatigue he had fallen
down and frozen to death. When
found he hail some $60 in money and
notes and certificates of dcposl to the
amount of about $900 more, and a
part of a bottle of whisky on his per
son. His body was taken to Milton
;tid'thc coroner of Umatilla county
summoned to hold an inquest. .Mr.
Ross was a native of Hay boll, Ayre--hire,
Scot land, and a single man.
He came to lhi country about 3 year
a no from New Zealand With Mr. J.
G. Scott and a Mr. Morrison, of Wild
Horse creek with whom he was goin
to spend the holidays, and who took
rharge of his remains. Mr. Ross was
a very intelligent and respected man,
and has a blot her living in the Prov
idence of Otago, New Zealand. V.
W. Union.
MoviNfi. Senator Mitt-bell seems
determined to close up his present
term of office with renewed efforts
for Oregon. He has introduced bills
into the Senate for $75,000 for ihe
improvement of the Upper Gobunbia
and Snake river, 40,000 for the Up
per Willamette, 5100,000 for Coos
Bay harbor, &."00,000 for the con
struction of a breakwater and har
Ix.rof refuge on the Pacific, coast
A 1 50,000 for the Lower Willamette
and Columbia' bi t Ween Portland and'
the sea, ami $500,000 for the coin in
nance of the construction of l be Canal
and lock around the Cascades. We
acknowledge the receipt of copies of
the above named bills from the Sen
ator. May Oregon never have a poor
er, and it will be long before she has
a better Senator than J. H. Mitchell.
La Grande Gazette.
The Egptian pyramids may be
classed under the head of "old maids."
LEWIS & CLARK.
Death of the Last Suitvtvon of
THK SuilVlVINO PAKTY THAT P'lST
plcn bxuatrd the nokth westkun
Tkkkitouy.
Chnrlottesville (Va.) Dispatch, Jan. 7.
Capt. Tom Lewis, nearly ninety
years old, was found frozen to death
last night in the public road in Albe
marle county, lie was farming in a
small way in the county, and il is
supposed that hJ had roiic out to cut
some wood, Capt. Lewis had led an
eventful life, and was famous as the
last survivor of the Lewis fc Clark
expedition lo explore the Mjseo-u i
river.
Merri weather Lewis, the oldest son
of Mrs. .Marks, of Locus Hill, -by her
former marriage with Col. William
Lewis, of the revolutionary army,
was private secretary to President
Jefferson shortly after the purchase
of the Louisiana '.erritory," and was
selected to explore that territory,
lie had permission from the presi
dent of selecting his aid and compan
ion, and he chose Lieut. Clark, ol the
regular army. The company was or
ganized with about thirty private
soldiers, and conlmanded" by Capts.
Lewis and Clark. Capt. Lewis also
look along-one of Ida slaves, :! ymth
of 17, named Tom. Tom was re
markalily black, -and' neither comely
in person nor attractive in manner,
i'oui-was Capt. Lewi' favorite body
servant, and M nek by his master lo
the last: Capt. Lewis often told how
Tom luwl saved his life after the ex
pedition had crossed the Rock moun
tains, and was about 1 o descend Ihe
Columbia river. Lewis was in the
wilderness with no companion save
Tom, who had been christened by the
hoMiers "i'apt. Tom Lewis," and
which name stuck lo him lo the day
of his death. The two were attacked
by three Indians from hostile tribes
then in that country, Capt. Lewis
was seriously wounded in the thigh.
He selift the only ball in bis rifle
through the head of one ol his as
ailauls. The other two rushed on
him ami would have slain him fad
not. Tom bulled one insensible to
the ground, and with the but end ol
the gun of his prostrate master
brained the other. He wa herculean
in strength. He went larough all
the trials and hardships of that great
expedition without flinching.
Ihe 1j--wis and Ulalk exploit inn 1
terminated in 1S00. Captain Lewis!
came to his mother's home, m ar Joy
depot, in Albemarle county, and went
thence to St. Lmiis, the capital of
Missouri territory, of which lie wasl
then governor. On his re! urn he
stopped for the nisibt at a little inn
on the roadside somewhere in Ten
nessce. In file morning he was found
dead in his room with his throat cut,
whether by ano; her lor some nnai;
countable purpose or by himself re
mains & mystery to this day. Tom
was his body servant then, and knew
more about this mystery than any
one else, lull he always shook hi head
win n askid and said, "This is a mat
ter the less talked about the belter."
On the death of his old master Tom
returned lo Abeinarle county, and
with sav ings bo lght a small farm,
which he occupied on the day of his
death. It is supposed that, from
feebleness and exhaustion, he fell in
the road, and not being able to rise,
was frozen to death. His death ends
I he list of survivors of that historic
expedition.
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THE WHEAT TRADE.
Ed. Gazette : The wheat in the valley
counties, and much from Cmpqua, is now
rapidly changing hands, and passing away to
foreign p rts. Many persons held hack
their wheat for tear prices. Diplomacy has
done the work of the vast armies in Europe,
that were marshalled to enforce, if need be,
what is being brought about By pc-acab'e
measures. The supply of breadstuff all
over the world is great, and it is only on ac
count of the superiority of our wheat and
flour that they command even the present
pnc; s. Our wheat would have brought r.s
much last September as now. Those who
stored their wheat along the railroad and
rivers can sell it now, but the wheat yet in
l9b granaries cannot be hauled through the
deep mud, and sold at present prices. In
nearly every case for twenty-five vears past,
the early sales of wheat here have been the
best for the producers. The nimble penny
is said to be better than the s'ow shilling.
Money in han 1 in the early fall enables far
mers, and others, to fork over what they
owe, or having cash to pay down, they can
get Letter bargains. U. JS'ewsome.
Corvaliis, Jan. 23, 1S73.
NOT AN ENOCH ARC EN CASE.
The following, from a San Francb
co exchange, verifies the old adage
about " true love.'' Truth is stronger
than fiction. Some of the actors in
the following bit of romance are
known in Oregon':
On the 11th inst. Judge Dwindle, of the
15th district court, granted a divorce to
Mr3. Maggie Metealf from Henry P.- Met
c ilf, on the ground that she had a husband
iiviu at the time she was married to Met
ealf, having bees' un !ef the impression that
he was dead. The particulars of the case
have some7 remote resembh-.nce to the pa
thetic scenes of Enoch Arden, but ;n this
casj the missing husband, instead of hasten
ing to the dwelling place of hii f firmer part
ner and finding- Tier domicile 1 under the
roof of another man, appears to have exer
cised no cxtnionii! ary haste in seeking her
ouf, preferring to wait until he was founl
himself. The story, as related to the court
commissioner, was as follows :
the fipst Marriage.
On the 7th of February, 18S1, Mrs. Met
ealf was married" to Waiter J. Harding, at
Cleveland, Ohio. They had one child, a
sod. In 1870 Harding left his wife an-l mi
grated to Canada, where" he appears to have
remained some three years, and was next
hea-d of from the Black Hills, where it was
said he met with an accident that resulted
Lin his detb. Durin; the time that he was
away he never contributed anything toward
the support of his wife and ehiid, ; nd it
does not appear that he held any correspon
dence with them, the occasional and very
meagre news which they receive 1 coming
from other persons. At the Black Hills
Hardinz, it was said, went to work in the
mines, and the premature explosion of a
powder blast seriously injured him. The
son, who was living at Racine, Wisconsin,
heard of the injuries received by his father,
and transmitted an account of them to his
mother, and subsequently informed her of
his death. The latter report was confirmed
by other pari ieS, and Mrs. Hardin ; believed
herself to be a widow. She afterwards
came to California, and on December 12,
1876'. gave her hand in marriage to Henry
P. Metealf. The honey-moon passed joy
ously, and the" horizon of her matrimonial
life appeared clear and bright, when sud
denly a shadow w.is cast upon it by the an
nouncement that
, HARDING STILL LIVED.
H5 had been seen up in Oregon by neph
ews and neices who communicated the fact
to their cousin, Harding's son, who immedi
ately started on a journey up there to see if
there was any truth in the story. He found
his father in the flesh, but shockingly man
gled and disfigured by the mine exploairn.
As soon as Mrs. Metealf knew that her for
mer husband was living, she took steps to
have her marriage with Metealf annulled,
and such a decree has been entered. It is
now probable she will institute proceeding
for divorce from Harding for desertion, and
then again be joined in wedlock to Met
ealf, when freed from her former husband.
Loaf Sugar Drips very choice, at Bay's.
Growing L-jdgk. Excel nor Lodge No.
9, I. 0. G. T.( ii now enjoying ma.ked prts
perily. There were ten accessions to its
membership, last Friday evening. Several
other person? had Iteen elected, but it wa3
inconvenient for them to appear for initia
ation on that evening. As it was, the hall
was well nigh fi.le 1 with live, active work
ers.' The majority of the new members a:e
from the students of the Agricultural Col
lege. It is realy cheering and hopeful when
young men take a n3ble, determined stand
for temperance. It i3 a corner-stone upon
which every young man should base the
structure of his character. Intemperance,
the social glass, is the tirst step in the down
ward course. Total abstinence is the only
safe ru'.e. The meeting was a very pleasant
and profitable one. J. B. K. Irvin, former
ly of this city, but now a member of Non
pareil Lodge, Portland, was present and fa
vored us with a few cheering words, under
"Good of the Order. " He says the Lodges
iu Portland and vicinity are all building up
handsomely. Let the good work go forward
until every drunkard is redeemed and every
grog shop is closed.
A New Health Almanac. We have
just received from the publishers the Illus
trated Annual of Phrenology and Health
Almanac for 1879, 72 pp., price 10 cents.
This publication should be a necessity in all
well-regulated families, for it is full of valu
able reading matter relating to Phrenology,
Physiognomy, Health, Hygiene, LK-t, etc
This number, in addition to the usual astro
nomical notes, Monthly calendars, e;e., con
tains many seasonable Sugges ions ; Notes
on Consumption, Care of the Eyes, Diph
theria, Heart Disease, Dyspepsia, Sunstroke,
Sprains, Ague and Pever, Drowning, Diet,
etc., with Portraits and Sketches of Jean L.
E. Metssonier, Jno. Everett Millais, Almira
Lincoln Phelps, Temperance and Matrimony
illustrated, Importance of Mental B dance.
Glimpses of Bocky Mountain Scenery, with
beautiful illustrations ; The Bobolink, Prin
ciples of Phrenoloey, showing location of
the organs, etc., Notices of Recent Publica
tions ; also a Supplement, with Addresses,
etc., relating to the American Institute of
Phrenology, and all for on'y 10 cents. It is
handsomely printed, and must have a wide
circulation ; and we would say send 10 cents
in jiostaei -stamps at once to the publishers,
S. B. Wells & Co., 737 Broadway, New
York.
Temperance. We are in receipt of relia
ble information concerning the wonderful
success of Dr. Watts in the temperance field.
It will he borne in mind that he determined
last fall, while at the State Fair, to devote
three months in traveling and lecturing,
gratis. His plan was formed to unite ah
persons in one common brotherhood, in an
open order. Th3 pledge is short, though
comprehensive, and the blue ribbon is the
badre or token of membership. On Puget
Sound, and in Oregon, so far, four thousand
persons have donned the Blue Ribbon. At
every point visited a Blue Ribbon club has
been organized. The Doctor is now at
Brownsville and will pass to Scio, JefTorson,
Turner's Station then to Salem by the 5th of
February, where he intends holding a teu
days' meeting, day and night, up to the
time of the Alliance at Albany.
i'ACIl TC) COAST.
Oregon,,
O. C. Taylor is running three ditching ma
chines near Junction.
Chief Moses has been let loose bv orders
from the Interior Department.
The Dayton A'hcj thinks Dayton is des
tined to outstrip Walla Walla.
Quincy tirabbe has resigned as principal
of the school at Bethel. He will move to
.doin.
Snow six feet deep on the Blue mountains
in the vidnity of the Parker wells, though
only four on the summit.
Coj, W. Thompson has organized three
militia companies in Wasco county and ex
pects to start several in Grant.
On account of the number of hot springs
emptying into the Sprague river, in Lake
county, that stream has not frozen over this
winter.
The Salem Chinese mission school is pros
perous, and its friends claim that it is doing
much good. Its students will soon give a
pub ic exhibition.
The sheriff of Jaeksonounty has collect
el up to la'e a little over 811.000 of taxes
due for 187(5. The whole amount to be col
lected is $32,135 S8.
Everything frozen up in Josephine coun
ty. Illinois river is blocked up with tail
ings from Scott gulch and a freshet is badly
needed to clear it out.
Jackson Ornnt, the half-breed Indian who
shot Sheriff Eakin last Summer, has been
convicted of the murder of Dennis Spellen,
it Portland and sentenced to be hung on
March 21st.
La Crande Gazette : Four degrees above
zero is the lowest point to which the ther
mometer has reached in La Grande this win
ter, notwithstanding the sn w is about fif
teen inches deep.
Salem Stutesman ; A young man by the
name of John Carter, or John Orr. was ar
rested at the Sabm depot Jan. 23, on a
charge ff forgerv, he bavins cashed a note
at Ladd & Bush's bank for 83,500, drawn on
I5ales & Helmerick. of Buena Vista, which
is claimed to be a forgery.
The citizens of So laville are takins steps
to improve the condition of the soda foun
tiin at that place. It is the intention to
take away a part of the brick which now
surround the spring and to put down in the
place of it a marble tank, and to also im
prove the grounds around the spring.
Salem Statesman : The custom house offi
cers have been in iking a tour of the city,
cautioning cigar dealers against giving away
cigar boxes on which the stump has not been
proper" v canceled. One keeper bei ame in
censed because the officer cut the lids from
oft . -11 his empty boxer. He wauled them
to fill up.
W; 11a Walla Union of the ISth inst : On
t' eSth of Janu-ry Capt. W. H. Winters,
1 t c.valry. was in John Day's valley, in
'on'mni 1 of two rompani s of troops, escort
ing 30 ) In linn r ta C.impH imey to the
Dillon. He wac waiting the arrival of 2f0
mere Indiars. These Indi: ns are ) risoners
who were captured or gave themselves up
'ast summer. It i understood that they
are being moved to the Yakima reservation,
rnd that Camp Harney is to be abandon
ed. Says the 1 esel nrg ft r : On Friday laft.
Jack Fppcrs' n. fermi rly i f this city, pot in
to an alternation with n l.o'd keep r named
Thomas, at Guyservide, O il. . iu which the
hitter was killed 1 J a shot fr m a Winches
ter rifle in the hands of Epperson. In his
attempt to escape, Epperson fired four or
live shots at the constable, who in return
fin d at Epperson, the shot taking effect in
the ler. On Sundry .1. Epperson, the
young man's father, leceived atelegiam in
this city that it bad bi en necessary to am
putate Jack's le , audit was thought that
he . wi-n'd not survive. Mr. Fpperson's pa--rents
live in this city, rnd are highly re
ap -cted and have in ;ny friends who sympa
thize with thcni in this distress. It ii re
ported that Jack had been drinking hard for
several days previous to the commission of
his desperate act.
Change of Time. Last week the stage
time between this city and Albany was
changed to eight o'ci ck instead of half -past
eight, A. M. , as heretofore. The safest plan
is to put your letters in the office in the
eveniug. Eight o'clock comes pretty early
these dark mornings. Mails north and south,
via Albany, close at 7:30 a. m. Letter
writers will do well to govern themselves
accordingly.
TELEGRAPHIC,
COMPII.I'.n PROM THK II ILY OIlhCOSIAH.
Fort Rr.BittaON, Neb., Jan. 22. The
Cheyenne Indian campaign has closed. On
Monday Col. Evans with companies B and
I). 3d cavalry, found the rgiegade3 in a cliff
four mi'cs north of the stage road. They
effected an escape and moved toward the
Bed Cloud agency. Capt. Wessals, whose
sl uts conveyed this news to him, started
on tl eir tn.il with ftur ccnipfnies of caval
ry, and at noon tn-day be came up with
them some forty-five miles from thin post.
The work of caj taring thein either dead or
alive began in e'ead e; raest. Nine Chey
innT, :Y of th'm wou- ded, were captured,
t v enty -three killed and seventeen unac
counted for. It is s.upposed that si me died
ot their wound; and others esctp d. Capt.
Wes.-e'.s was tligbt'y wounded ; the first
sergeant of Co. E rnd an Indian scout were
wouiulcd ; three of Wessel's command, a
sergeant, farrier and one private, killed.
New York, Jan. 23. A London dispatch
says that Capt. Adams at Cork reports
sighting, about 50 miles west of Fastnett, a
ship on. fire and a steamer well manned in
the neighborhood. On going to the assist
ance of the vessel he was warned by the'
steamer to keep on his course or he would
burn too, and not to report what he had
seen, else he ba I better look out for himself
on his next voyage.
Fort Roiinson, Jan. 24. Those killed
I y Ii.dfans in the rei ent encounter pre Ser
leant Targart, F: n ic r I rown and Private
M els m, of Co. L 31 cav dry. Sergeant Am1
brosc, Co. T, : rid the Indian scout Wovan's
Dress, were wounded severely. Capt. Wea
sels was slio'ntly wounded.
Later Capt. Wes3ei's command arrived
in camp thi.- afternoon bringing the dead
bodies of Serge.-int Tagg .rt, Privates Brown,
Nelson and Deblohe, the latter having died
on the road ; also the wounded, and seven
Cheyenne prisoner, three squaws and four
children, of whom three are wounded. Of
the nine captured, one buck mid one squaw
died before reaching here. They were care
fully searched and but two small knives
found. Cap1. Wessel's wound is very slight
and those of Sergeants Ambrose and Reed,
and Woman's Dress (Indian scout), not dan
gerous. The board meets at this post to
morrow to make an investigation into the
whole affr.ir. It is composed of Maj. Evans,
3d c tvalry. and Lieut. Schuyler , aide-de-camp
to Gen. Crook. The Indians now
here ar; under strong guard an I will be tax
ken to Fort Leavenworth. Private Haut'z,
Co. H. 3rd cavalry, who was wounded the
day after the outbreak, died in the hospital
to-day.
Railroad. The citizens of Springfield,
are agitating the railway question. A meet
ing was held at that place last evening, for
the purpcs3 of talking up the matter, awl
receiving subscriptions in aid of the propos
ed ro"d, from Springfield to Salem. Con
siderab'e enthusiasm is manifested among
those living on the proposed route. We
siion'd be glad to note its success, as every
railway built will he"p relieve the country
of the monopoly, that now binds it down.
A narrow gauge could undoubtedly be built,
from the head of the val'ey to Portland, for
one-fourth of the amount that the O. & C.
R R. claim as their capital. A surveying
party will leave Springfield Monday to make
a preliminary survey of the line. Eugene
Guard, Jan, 25th.
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A sympathetic person is placed in
the dilemma ol a swimmer among
drowning men, who all catch at him,
and if he gives so much as a leg or a
finger they will drown'him.