fffiUl MUM GAZETTE.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
Corvaliis, Feb. 7, 1879.
W. . CARTER, ... - EDITOR
" PROGRESS OF OREGCN."
Under the above caption Mr. Wm.
Reid, secretary of the Board of Trade
of Portland, Oregon, gives a very
graphic arid able review of the rapid
growth of our young State dining
the last decade. This interesting ami
exhaustive review of the rapid growth
TTitrressed-, from 1868 to 1078, in pop
ulation, production, exports, ocean
and river trade, fisheries, value of
lands, increase of live block, public
improvements, etc., occupies over
three and a half columns of fine type
in the Daily Oregonian of the 1st
inst. It is too elaborate for our col
Dim ns, but well worthy a careful peril
sal. Mr. Reid's facilities for procur
ing reliable data eminently fits him
for writing und erstandingl y upon
these various subjects.
In speaking of the railroads built
and in progress, Mr. Reid has the fol
lowing, which is of special interest to
our readers:
A system or network of railroads locate:!
in an agricultural country will certainly
bring future prosperity. The people of Ore
gon, and especially the farming community,
whose farms have increased so much in value
by the present railroads, should feel much
indebted to the pioneer railroad men tho3e
German's who now control ami have invested
many millions of dollars in the Oregon &
Calilorma ana Uregon uentrai raiiroaus.
These two enterprises in IS70 opened up and
developed Western Oregon, making what
was considered prior thereto a wilderness,
one of the most favored valleys in the Unit
ed States. The systematic manner in which
the gentlemen now in charge of these rail
roads attend to the wants of the people, and
decline to interfere with the politics of the
State, charging as they do moderate freights,
is very commedable, and entitle them to the
respect of the people. Since 1S71 no, new
railroad has been constructed in Oregon ex
cept the Dayton and Grande Ronde narrow
gauge road, which has opened up to Port
land a fine fanning country, and which road
is now being built to Dallas, in Polk county,
a distance of 3ti miles. The intention of the
owners of the west side railroad is to con
tinue that road to Corvaliis from fit. Joseph
this year, a distance of o.j miles, while on
the east side of the Willamette valley a
new road is projeotod on the narrow-gange
system to extend from Springfield in Lane
county along the foot hills of the Cascades
out to S .lem, a distance of 75 miles open
ing up a country which has sutlered hither
to for want of transportation facilities, and
which railroad will eventually be continue!
to- Portland via Oregon City and the west
side. These railroads will in no way com
pete for freight, because wide apart from
each other, while the enhanced value of
lands And the increased products to be de
rived from the various farm3 located in the
district through which these roads pass will
swell our annual exports and commerce with
foreign countries and increase our popula
tion. A ten mile railroad is also expected
from Corvaliis to Philomath this year, which
will become a feeder to the Oregon Central
(broad gauge) Railroad when construct jil to
Corvaliis. A railroad (narrow gauge) is also
projected from Umatilla to Grand Konde val
ley, Union county, 1L0 miles which is much
needed to open up one of the rine3t agricul
tural sections of the State. Various other
narrow gauge railroads are proposed, but
have not demonstrated their plans to the
public. One instance of the benefits con
ferred on Douglas county by the Oregon and
California Kailroad to Rnecborg is the fact
that in 1869 only 105,000 bushels of wheat
and oats were raised in that county, where
as, in 1877 the quantity raised therein was
673,676 bushels. But beyond these local
enterprises the greatest need to Oregon is
direct railroad communication with the At
lantic States, the prospects of which in the
near :uture do not seem so lavorable a3 we
should like.
It will be noticed, in the above ex
tract, that in speaking of the Corral
lis and Yaqnina Bay railroad, Mr
Keid simply mentions it as a "ten
mile road" from Corvaliis to Philo
math, and does- not speak of Yaqnina
Bay, at all. Perhaps this was an
oversight on the part of the writer;
or perhaps he is not aware that Ya
quina is-an officially surveyed harbor,
and one of the best between San
Francisco and Puget Sound. We
would also sug rest to Mr. Reid, in
this connection, that Cape Foul
weather, the point extending farthest
west into the Pacific ocean, has been
surveyed by government and is, be
yond all question, the best and most
practicable location for a harbor of
refuge on our "rock bound'' coast.
It cannot be possible thai a gentle
man of such extended information as
that possessed by Mr. Reid, can be
ignorant of the advantages of Ya
quina Bay as an outlet to the Wil
lamette valley. A glance at the map
must convince bim that this is the
most natural and direct outlet for the
produce of the Wilrrmette valley.
Corvaliis is destined, in the near fu
ture, to be one of the most thriving
business plaoes south of Portland,
and one of the grandest elements in
her future success is found in her
proximity to Yaqnina Bay. "Facts
are stubborn things,'' and no sophis
try, or aggregation of capital can
thwart Nature in her grand designs.
That " ten mile railroad,'' instead of
being simply a " feeiler to the Ore
gon Central,'' will eventually become
a trunk line to the "sounding sea,"
Portland and Astoria to the contra
ry, notwithstanding. The Willam-
,e valley and coast (Corvaliis and
juina) railroail, is a hxed fact.
iron and rolling slock have been
ordered for the first ten miles, which
We hope will be completed by the
4th of July and the remainder will
follow in dne time.
LAND GRABBINGAND SUICIDE.
During the past year certain par
ties have been very officious in the
matter of looking out "defects in the
title of lands, especially in Marion
counfy, itsing the same, in some in
stances,for levying blackmail. Among
the victims of this gang of land
grabbers, was a Mr. Settlemeir, who
lives at Wood burn Station, Marion
county. Coming to Oregon at an
early day, by industry and fwgality,
he had raised a family, improved his
land, and was enjoying a pleasant
home, little dreaming of the trouble
and anguish that was in store for-him.
These land grabbers, in their quest
o; ill gotten gain, discovered a slight
defect in his title, perhaps a clerical
error, and as wc learn, demanded a
sum of money, or the aJternati ve of
a vexatious and expensive law suit.
Mr. S. determined to stand by his
rights, feeling conscious that he had
gained the title to his land honestly
and fairly. The land-grabbers being
versed in the technicalities of law,
succeeded in appealing from court to
court until an adverse decision to
Mr. Settlemeir was- obtained in the
United Sfates Supreme Court, which
literally robbed him of his land and
home. The shock was too great for
his affectionate wife, who hud, with
him, so faithfully and persistently
struggled all these long years, and
were just beginning to enjoy the
fruits of their labors, and in a mo
ment of temporary insanity, produced
by the paralyzing news from Wash
ington, committed suicide, by blow
ing her brains out with a shot gun.
The terrible deed was perpetrated
the hrst part or last week. one
leaves several children to mourn iier
sudden and tragic death..
There is no effect without a cause;
and if this effect tollows the actions
of those who souglt through a mere
quibble or technicality, to deprive
this family of their home, their all,
on earth can the parties to- it be
rui'tless? Will not the blood of this
innocent ' wife and mother, and the
cries of those worse than orphaned
children rise up in judgment against
them ? Can they appropriate these
ill gotten gains without realizing that
they are the price of blood ? '
Poutlani). Last week business
called us to the metropolis, and not
withstanding we are a constant
reader of the daily papers of the city,
wc could not fully realize the rapid
growth that Portland is making.
During the entire winter building
has been steadily going forward
something unknown in former years,
and with the opening of spring, we
expect to see Portland rise, like
magic. No one will lejoice over her
prosperity more than the editor of
the Gazcttk. While Portland is in
creasing in wealth and population, it
is certain that every portion of the
Slate will share its good fortune.
With a railroad to Yaqnina Bay, and
the various other railroads now in
contemplation, throughout the State,
Portland is destined to continue the
"real financial and commercial center
for years to come. A liberal, enter
prising policy, on the part of her
capitalists, will teijd to increased
prosperity, while a sordid, selfish pol
icy will drive hence capital and pop
ulation. The Yaqnina railroad and
a harbor of refuge at Cape Foul
weather, with the proposed railroad
connections, could not, possibly, in
juriously affect Portland.
Vindicated. Sometime since the
papers of this State and Washington
Territoiy, contained accounts of Un
arrest of S. W. Hall, of Olympia, W.
T, and his icturn to Illinois. He
was, apparently, arrested as Geo. H.
Holliday. Upon arriving at Carlin
viile, Illinois, Mr. Hall applied for a
writ of habeas corpus. ACarliovillc
dispatch dated January 30th, says:
" Judge Charles L. Lane presided at
the trial, yesterday- The Hon. John
Mayo Palmer for Hall, and the Hon.
S. T. Coon for the State. A large
number of witnesses were examined,
and were nearly unanimous that S.
W. Hall was not George II Holliday.
The Judge discharged Hall from cus
tody, and thus ends a remarkable case.
The court room was crowded with par
ties from every portion of the country.
All unite in saying that Hall is not
Holliday, and Hall's vindication is
complete."'
The Black Plague. In our dis
patches will be found distressing ac
counts of the plague m- Russia. It
has also made its appearance in South
America, as will be seen by the fol
lowing dispatch, dated Rio Janeiro,
Feb. 2 : "It is reported that the
black plague has made its appearance
in the province of Ceara. Frve doc
tors have been sent there."
A Roseburg paper savs that a bank wonld
be a great convenience to the people nt that
section, and thinks that such an institution
would be a paying enterprise.
FROM THE CAPITAL
Salkm, Feb. 2G, 1879.
Editoe Gazette : Publication
day, on a weekly newspaper even, ap
pears to come very often in his sec
tion of country, and a correspondent
has no more than lime fcospit on his
hands for a new hold after his letter
is finished, than he is compelled to
make active preparations for another
epistle. The week under review has
been devoid of a single piece of local
intelligence worthy of notice. It has
been a dreadfully quiet week, and all
in this section of country have been
obliged to content themselves with a
nice quiet little business, and hope on
hope ever that times will improve.
Merchants and clerks alike jump from
their scats around the stoves on the
entrance at the front door of their
store, and visions of liberal profits
dance before their eyes. Smilingly
they step forward and with their
pleasantest urbanity ask, " What can
I do for you ?' The customer in
quires the price of golden syrup,
cube sugar, sterine candles, bacon,
flour and beans, causing the face of
the merchant to fairly beam- with
golden anticipations. The customer
expresses a desire to purchase the
soods at wholesale, and talks glibly
of the enormity of family expenses.
They consult prices and quibble over
the difference, and the whole transac
tion ends in the customer ordering
two bits' worth of washing compound,
which he desires to have charged,
and delivered at his door with much
more promptness than he pays- his
bill ; and ye urbane merchant retires
to his seat beside the stove vaguely
wondering at the frailty of human
expectations, and the customer passes
on mentally calculating the difference
between the price of white beans at
four cents a pound and potatoes at
seventy-five cents a bushel, and won
ders which will be the cheapest in the
long ran.
Some way or other the past year
has been a disastrous one to Salem
merchants ami amonu those who have
been driven to the wall, we might
mention Tliomas Cunningham & Co.,
E. F. Thompson, stationer, John Gray
furniture dealer, and yesterday his
creditors closed np J. G. Ilolbert's
confectionery establishment. The
latter, however, has been closed sev
eral times heretofore and some way
or other has managed to stem the
title ami start in again. His affair
we learn this time, however; are in a
much worse condition, and it is sup
posed by many that Holbert is finan
cially a wreck. After all, however,
in each case of failure there has been
other and sufficient cause rather than
a dearth of business-, and the misfor
tune may in each instance be attrib
uted to some unfortunate habit in
the lies of those who had charge of
the same. Cunningham's failure was
one of the most disgraceful affairs
that ever occurred in Oregon busi
ness circles ; their course throughout
being such as to bring upon them tin
well-merited rebuke atxl censure of
all honorable minded business men
'ragging down with them, as they
did, many of our most industrious
and conscientious citizens. '
The Supreme Court has been grind
ing away all week and several im
portant cases have been heard.
Among those, on which decisions
have been rendered, was the appeal
from Multnomah county in the John
son and Brown murder cases, wherein
the judgment of the lower court was
affirmed and on your publication day
(Friday) they will have to swing for
their crime. Petitions are beintr
circulated praying the Governor to
commute their sentence to imprison
ment for life. This, however, does
not meet wiih much support inasmuch
as that too often means an executive
pardon within a few years. Were
our laws so changed as to take the
pardoning power out of the band
of the Coventor, in cases where
prisoners had been convicted of mur
der in either the first or second de
gree, methinks capital punishment
might be abolished with more gener
al satisfaction. We can recollect
how, a few years ago, when Gei rard
was lying in the Marion county jail
awaiting execution, the press of the
entire State revolted against it and
so strong was the pressure brought to
bear on Gov. Grover that he inter
posed executive clemency and the
sentence was commuted. The aspect
of things has changed, however.
Mirder, robbery, rape, and like bein
ous crimes have run riot in our Slate
until something must be done to stop
it. Hence public sentiment clamors
for the blood of their fellow man.
Executive clemency would not to-day
satisfy public sentiment which facil
ates and meets both extremes, from
time totinM?, as ages roll their years
along. Whitney's case will probably
be decided to-morrow when, if a new
trial ia denied bim, will sink the
earthly hopes of another victim to an
offended m. This reminds me or a
little incident related to me a few
days since. Our Sheriff, J. A. Baker,
as Donular tt chao as Marion boasts
of, while he will not shirk from duty
is not narticularly "stuck alter'liang-
ing Whitney and, as far as he is per
sonally concerned, would- much pre
fer conveying him to the penitentiary.
Some chap living near Aumsville,
having an eye to business, addiessed
a note to "Joe" volunteerinapto "taKe
his nlace" and take the job off his
hands for $50 ; adding that he had
been informed' ' Joe" felt a trifle
weakkneed. Joe's reply went out
on the return mail, wherein he assur
ed the Aumsville youth that he
lesired no assistance in his line,-but
that if he really desired to take some
one's place on that occasion,, he had
no doubt that Whitney would give
him $50 to take his place. Nothing
further has been heard from him in
relation to the matter.
The report ot the Invest igating
Committee, together with testimony
and tabular statements, has been
carefully copied and the manuscripts
nicelv bound and filed with Governor
Thayer. It will be ready for distri
bution in a short time and abound
in richness rare. Some of the more
important testimony will be pub
lished in a few days.
The articles of incorporation of the
Western Oregon Railroad Company,
has just been filed in the office of the
Secretary ol State, with Jos. Brandt,
Jr.. R. Koehh r and J. N. Dolph, ol
Portland, as incorporators and a cap
ital stock of $2,000,000. Its purpose
is the construction and equipment;, of
a railroad and telegraph line from
Portland via McMinnville, Amity,
Corvaliis, to a connection with the
O. & C. R. R. near Junction City ; a
branch from St. Joseph to a point on
the O & C. R. II. between Salem and
Oregon City, and also a branch from
Forest Grove to Astoria.
B. F. Dowell is in the city, close
on the heels of his unfortunate debtor
W. C. Griswold, Esq., against whom
he holds a 830,000 judgment, and he
is giving the county records close
search, attaching ami garnisheeingev
erything he can get'hold of either be
longing to or owing to Griswold,
even to the amount due him from "his
water customers. Ned.
IS DRUNKENNESS CURABLE?
If the above question could
be
RAILROADS.
Ed. Gazette : Our people in Wes
tern Oregon are waking up to the
importance of different lines of nar
row or broad gauge railroads from or
near Portland, southward. The west
side railroad from St. Joe to Junction
will assuredly be constructed shortly
ami put in runeing order. The Cor
valiis and Yaqnina road is a necessity
long felt, and I he signs of the times
indicate that this road will be built.
A narrow gauge road from Spring
field, in Lane county, to Salem, or
some point north of it is greatly
needed, and from present indications
that road will be built. The question
concerning that road is, who have tin
capital, brains, experience and enter
prise to do this work . All these items
are essentially necessary to do this
work. I have latrly traveled all
along this proposed route foi tbe last
named road, and know that it will
accommodate a long stretch of su
perior farming lauds, water power,
timber and hill lands that would be
come settled rapidly, if such road be
made. Along this route there i now
an immense amount of fine growing
whiaf.
All these roads and such steamers
as ply between Portland and Harris
burg will be needed to transport to
market the vast amount of grain,
lumber, stock, etc, produced in We
tern Oregon. I must be permit led to
recur again to the Corvaliis and Ya
quina, and the west side railroads,
which will run through Corvaliis.
I have not seen this city for thirteen
years past. She has been isolated
most of these years. But her vent
to the Bay, and to the north ami
south, and situated as she is in the
center of this great valley, and in one
of the best farming districts in Ore
gon, with a largo area of choice
prairieand limber lands, water power,
coal, and pasture lands, she must soon
show a city of ten thousand persons,
prosperous and well to do. The
company who have undertaken this
Bay road have a particular task to
perform doing the work and com
peting against the O. S. N. Company
and Portland capitalists. But all in
terests in our favored Oregon should
pull together, not pull down any one.
David Newsome.
Corvaliis, Feb. 3, 1879.
A letter from tt'pstnn TTmat;u. .,-
fctites that stock has unfforod Jul
and some will probably perish. Money is
t vv.jri.uug biui is proaucea lo uo
sold is" very low, and everything that must
be boucrht in verv hioh tl
0 - - rf O ' - J MUV V W4U W
of the Indian situation nukes matters
worm
positively answered in the affinitive,
and an infallible remedy discovered,
the discoverer should leceive a
princely reward from our government.
The subject is receiving much atten
tion from the secular press-throughout
the country. The Dinly Oregonian,
of Jan. 30th, has the following well
timed article on the subject, which is
worthy of careful perusal :
A few days ago we published a communi
cation on this topic, setting forth the virtues
of a discovery made by Dr. D'Unger, form
erly of Minneapolis, now of Chicago, said
to be an infallible cure for drunkenness, a
disease which is worse in its results than all
other diseases combined The Chicago l iter
Ocean- has recently had many articles on this
discovery, in which the effects claimed for
it are backed by an array of testimony
which certainly is of a convincing kind.
The remedy is a preparation- of chincona
rubra, or red Peruvian bark. Taken- as he
prescribes, he asserts that it will cure the
diseased nerve-cells of the-brain of alcoholic
inflamation, so that the desire of strong
drink is permanently removed. It is even
claimed for the remedy that it will create
such an indifference to driuk on the part of
the oldest toper that he cairtake whisky in
his mouth and have no desire whatever to
swallow it. Dr. D'Unger is a physician of
old the school, and he appeals to'his brethren
of the profession, to put his claims to the se
verest test before believing them-. He has
invited them to send him some of the most
inveterate-case3 for trial, and it is said not
a failure has occurred. Some of those whom
he has treated have stood the test for nearly
a year, and show no signs of a relapse. The
discoverer holds that drunkenness, or dip
somania, as it is called m the language of
writers who treat of it, is a disease of the
sensorial nerve eel 13 of the brain. This may
not be a eorrect judgment, but matters lit
tle, if it bereally true that an effective rem
edy has been found. If a discovery has
been made of some cheap accessible remedy
by which drunkards may be actually cured,
it is one of the most valuable discoveries in
the whole history of mankind. There are
few, indeed, who are slaves to this appetite,
who would refuse to avail themselves of
such a remedy. Upon men of all classes
this fatal disease fastens itself. With our
high-pressure sort of life in these days,
when steam is beginning to bethought slow,
and with our. miserable habit of treatiug,
everybody is in danger of becominga drunk
ard ; and therefore the journal bafore quot
ed is right in saying that "the remedy, if
one ha3 been found, ought not to remain a
professional secret a single week. The gen
eral government ought to make a suitable
compensation to the discoverer to make it
known at once to every inhabitant of the
earth. It makes appropriations to investi
gate the causes of the yellow fever, hog
cholera, epizootic and potato rot. but here
is .a disease, or vice, as you prefer, that
transcends all forms of pestiie ice that have
ever aliected mankind, sweeping into- our
poor houses, hospitals, prisons and graves,
the fairest and best as well as meanest and
most depraved by the thousand every week
throughout the year."
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Editor Gazette : iiy late dispatches we
are informed that congressional aid is at
hand to relieve the Pacific Coast of the Chi
nese incubus. Properly State Legislatures
could do nothing but memorialize on the
matter, and action at this time by Congress
will be cheerful news. The Chinese now
here, will not object, but with their peculiar
aptuess to "civilize," they will "strike"
and it remains to be seen if "John" receives
any kinder attention employed at 40 per
month, than he did at 20. The serious
part of this business will commence when
the restriction goes into effect. Poor people
cried outagainst "John" rilling their places.
Will they fill John's t-lace ? That's a ques
tion that must be answered in the affirma
tive. It was our ia ;bility to find his indus
trious, frugal, patient, counterpart, that
brought John into our kitcheii3, gardens,
fields, trad s, and finally in our way. Clear
ly, somebody must do this work. And as
fourteen years' residence in the county af
fords mv memory not a single instance o: a
boy learning an unprofessional trade, 1 am
loth to believe we are educating entirely too
fixe. It is questionable, at least, if our sys
tem of graduating does not work an injury?
We graduate too low for eminence, and too
high for the humble toil of. life. Often the
graduate turns his back on the honoiable
occupation of his farmer father, and after a
brief, fruitless professional trial, helps swell
the modern cry of " Divide," " Divide ! "
The Germans, well educated, generally, are
always ready and willing to follow trades
and humble avocations ; are taught to be
lieve labor honorable; hence we find them
contented, seldomonnected with that other
modern curse, "labor strikes." A disposi
tion we would do well to encourage.
We are interested in the M. D. 's war go
inir on through the columns of the Gazette.
As both gentlemen bear hard on the pen, we
hope they will give it to us in " broken dos
es." Capt. Ludjins is working briskly 011
his schooner. Mr. James Surman, who
keeps a rain gauge, reports injhes rain
since cne nrsi. r.uua jf& uwi iuw
sually light for the Oregon coast.
Riai.to.
Newport, Oregon, Feb. 3, 1879.
THE SANITARIUM.
While in Portland, last week, we
ngain availed oneself of the heabl
giving pine and hemlock vapor baths
of Messrs. Heslop & Chattin, which
are oeculiarlv adapted to various
forms of chronic diseases which can
not be reached by medicine. Some
ot the cures performed are really
wonderful, and their business is in
1
creasing rapiaiy.
they have added
and additional
greatly increase
healing patients.
PACIFK; COAST.
Oregon.
McKay creek, near Pendleton, has been
permanently bridged.
Dr. Watts has organized a blue ribbon
temperance society at Scio.
Hay is scarce in the Eugene market, and
is selling at from $15 to $18.
The Marshfield city government does not
owe a cent and has on hand neariy $400.
The snow was thirty inches deep in the
vicinity of King creek, Ja.-kson county.
Mr. David Newsome, of Marion county,
attends Dr. Watts on his temperance cru
sade. A scow loaded with match wood swamped
in C003 Biy, last week, and most of the car
go was lost.
A six foot vein of fine coal has been dis
covered above tidewater on- the south fork
of Coos river.
Sixty-seven marriage licenses were issued
by the clerk, of Jackson county during the
year 1S78.
About a thousand head of cattle are being
fattened for market in Surprise V alley,
Jackson county.
Prof. Rice is painting a panorama of
scenes in Eastern Oregon, which he proposes
to exhibit throughout the eastern states.
Albany firemen who don't want to be
blown up, sre endeavoring to enforce the
law relating to the storage of powder in
stores.
The captive Indians from CampsHarney
and Mciermott, who are to be quartered on
the Yakima agency, passed through the
Dalles en route last week.
The eiith annual session of the Oregon
State Temperanee Alliance will meet in th
ciiy of Albany n Wednesday, February
19ch, 1879, at I o'clock r. m.
A correspondent writing from the upper
Wallawa valley says : We are expecting an
Indian war in the spring, and are prepar
ing to meet it as be3t we can. But few of
onr citizens are inclined to join the state
militia.
The bridge across the Luckiamute at Da
vidson's is impassible owing to the fact that
the water has worn away the bank and car
ried away a bent of the bridge on each side
ot" the river. Owing to the height of water
in the stream repairs cannot be made.
Salem Statesman : We learn from a gentle
man who has recently been traveling through
Linn, Lane and Benton counties that the
frosts have not in the least injured the
wheat. That everywhere the wheat looks
green and thrifty, promising a heavy har
vest the coming year.
Pendleton East Oregonian : New mines
are being discovered along Snake river, near
Salmon Falls, which are very rich. The
deeper the better. Nine dollars per day has
been made to the man at Payne's ferry ;
two men with a small bench machine and
a few sluice boxes have been averaging $15
to the man ever since they started up last
February. The river banks are rich with
fine gold.
j . The M. E. church at Salem has determin
' ed to enforce that section of the discipline
which refers to " imprudent conduct," to-
wit : "Cases ot neblect 01 duties ot any
kind, imprudent conduct, indulging siulul
tempers or words, the buying, selling or
using intoxicating liquors as a beverage,
dancing, playing at gime3 of chance, at
tending theaters, hoise races, circuses, danc
ing parties, or patronizing dancing schools,
or taking such other amusements as are oh-
TELEGRAPHIC,
COMPILED FROM TUB DAILY OBKOOBIAW.
LODISVILLE. Ku To fa m.. i
l 1 --j ohm. o 1 . 1 aims
house situated five miles sonth of this city
was this morning destroyed by fire, origin
of which is unknown. fb,3
nearly all of whom escaped. James Ridley
an imbecile, was burned fatally, Fred Mey
er, in escaping, broke his ueck, Henry Keh
ler perished m the flames, Thomas Dixon
Kiueu Dy a tall, .Nathan Caldwell U se
riously hurt, and Mrs. Johnson was severe
ly burned, and will probably die. The
exit scene is described as horrible in the
extreme, but the marvelous feature is the
small loss of life attending. Kearly all the
inmates were aged iuvali.ls, imbeciles and
cripples, f he age ranged from 18 years to
New York, Feb. 1. Gen. Sherman is re
ceivmg many attentions from southern peo
ple along the old line of inarch. At Chat
tanooga ex-coufederate General Cheatham
turned back on the train to call on him and
talk over times when they were forty-niner
Californians.
AJ??T? Fel- 2. -Cash in the treas
ury, $382,450,695 ; gold and silver certifi
cites, $201,971,880; U. S. notes held for
redemption of certificates of deposit, $40,-
The secretary of the treasury to-day
makes another call for the redemption of
$20,000,000 of 5 20 bonds consols of 1867
in ecjuat proportions of registered and cou
pon bonds. Interest will cease May 1st.
Chief Joseph and the interior department
have arranged for the cession by the Nez
Perces of about 4,800 stjuare miles in Idaho.
The terms are six townships in the Indian
lemtory and $2o0,000 innoney, to be
placed in the treasury and to draw four per
cent, interest
London, Feb. 2. It is difficult to say
what game Russia 13 playing. While the
czar is pacific the pres again breathes fire.
The Golos says that England is an implaca
ble foe, and calls for the strengthening of
the Oiueassus and the reorganization of
Central Asia, at the same time pointing out
that the present operations of the British
are intended to develop that power as a pro
tector of Asiatic Turkey. Troops continue
to replace those which leave Turkish terri
tory, though the czar assures England of
complete evacuation of Roumelia. Mean
while the Bulgarians are arming all hands,
and showing bitter hostility to the Europe
an commisson. The belief is growing that
there will be a vast risina against the Turks
when the Russians go. This is said to suit
the diplomatic plans of Russia. It will cre
ate a new situation. She will then make
fresh demands on Turkey, while the British
operations in Asia will be an excuse to go
once atrain for Constantinople. Russia
moves slowly, though looking far ahead. It
is learned from a private source that an ar
my of 15.000 men is getting ready to leave
Sevastopol for the Caucassus at the end of
February.
Chicago, Feb. 3. The Tribune summar
izes a Cincinnati special thus : Further ex
amination into the entangled finances of
Archbishop and Bishop Purcell at Cincinna
ti, reveals a most unfortunate and deplora
ble prospect tor creditors, mainly persons
whose hard-earned savings fr m meager
wages were deposited with the two prelates.
Claims to the amount of over $1 000,000
have already been presented, and the liabil
ities of the archbishop will aggregate not
less than SI. 150,000. The property in the-
hands of the trustees to meet those demands
viously of misleading or questionable moral has a nlarket vaiue 0f not more than $800,
tendency, or disobedience to the order or , 000 aml ther---eans wjH have to be forth-
disciplme ot tne church. coming with which to liquidate all claims.
Yamhill Reporter : The crops havep'ssed
through the fro3ty season- and are uninjured
in fact the frost has been a great benefit.
This is the report from every locality in this
county and ad?acent farms. One of the
most successful farmers on the whole west
side gives it as his opinion that the crop
throughout the valley will be increased five
bushe.s to the acre in consequence of the
freeze, and our farmers generally are in
cheerful spirits over the result. Grain is
not killed out by the frost so easily as some
imagine. Unless the ground be very wet,
so that the freezing- and thawing process
moves and displaces the roots from the soil,
there is no danger.
While there is
ImpeoVBMNTS. Already the music
hammer and saw is heard in various parts of
the city, as a harbinger of the " good time
coining" in Corvaliis. Work has been com
menced on the new hotel. Mr. Huffman has
erected a neat little frame building between
Dr. E. H. Taylor's office and Drake &
Grant's tailor shop, which is to be occupied
by M. S. Woodcock as a law office. Cy.
Powers has bought the property foimerly
occupied as Buford's barbor shop, between
Sol. King's livery stable and W. A. Well
saddle and harness shop, has moved the old
building back, and is erecting a new front,
to be occulfied as a saloon. Nick Baesen
has bought the Empire Market stand, and
as soon as the weather will permit, will put
up a new building for a scarket. Other im
provements, also, will lie pushed with vigor,
at an earlv day. Building material 13 in
no hint ot any renection
upon the integrity of the venerable Catholic
dignatary, there is manifested among credit
ors considerable im-atience at the delay to
which they are subjected, and threats of
suits are beginning to be heard.
The Reno case was contained to day.
Col. Benton reiterated his belief that Cus
ter conducted the battle badly. The bodies
of his officers, save four, were found lying
together and apart from the private soldiers,
showing bad organization. Dr. Lord, and
Lieuts. Sturgis, Harrington and Porter were
not found, and may be captives.
Lieut. Y. S. Edgerly, 7th Cavalry, testi
fied that Reno's conduct was excited' when
he first saw the Indians. Custer's firing
. was distinctly heard from Reno's hepdquar-
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'1 here was no reason to believe Ouster ana
his officers disgracefully abandoned their
men.
Gibraltar, Feb. 2, It is feared that be
fore next year half the inhabitants of the
southern provinces of Morocco will have
perished by starvation and disease on ac
count f the scarcity caused by last year's
drought.
g reat demand. Three cheers for Corvaliis.
Since our last visit
a new steam-boiler,
bath tub, which
their facilities for
The following very
complimentary notice ot this institu
tion is from the P. C. Advocate, of
recent date. Persons suffering from
rheumatism, no maiter bow long,
should trive th- sanitarium a trial:
The Sanitarium Bath-rooms of Dr. Heslop
and Chattin are constantly in operation.
Nothing of the kind has ei er effected such
wonderful cures in this city as the baths of
Oum establishment. The lame has actually
been enabled to walk, who for years had
be?n deprived of that privilege, and whose
ailments had previously baffled the treat
ment of the most skillful physicians. Dr.
Hes'op has shown himself master of his
profession. Besides bis treatment of rheu
matic affections, he has so succesfully treated
typhoid and other fevers as to secure for
him quite a. promising practice. L.
WESTSfDE RAILROAD.
Editor Gazette : The grading on the ex
tension of the Oregon Central Railroad wiil
be beo-un as soon as the ruht of way is te
cured through thi3 place. In answer to the
question, how soon he intended to begin the
work, Mr. Koehler said : "I would begin
to-morrow if I had the right of way."
Your correspondent has had several talks
with Mr. Koehler in regard to the road.
The iron is now loading, and as soon as
vessels can " double the horn," and get here,
track-laying will begin. Some of the ves
sels are on the way and may be expected
about the 1st of June. The surveying is
done, and the bridges located on the North
and South Yamhill river3. The depot
grounds are laid out at this place, and the
first ripple of actual confidence is just be
ginning to be felt in business circles that
there is no humbug this time. As your citi
zens are greatly interested in this enterprise,
if agreeable, I will drop you an occsionai
item from Down the Line.
McMinnville, Oregon, Feb. 3, 1879.
Not Dead. Some time since a painful
rumor was circulated in this community, to
the effect that Wm. Jfi. Uyer, tormeriy a
butcher in this place, and for many years
a resident of this county, was dead. We
ire glad to be able to contradict this rumor,
but regret to learn, from a private letter
from Mrs. Dyer to her brother, Andrew
Emrick, of this city, that Mr. Dyer is suflei
ing, and entirely helpless, from para'ysis.
They are now living in Tillamook county,
and the family are in destitute circumstan
ces, depending a!m-Hit entirely upon stran
gers for help. As soon as the snow in the
mountains will permit, Andy Emrick, or
one of the brothers, will visit the distressed
familv and minister to their needs. Tne
neighbors are doing all in their power for
the family, but being generally poor, can
not render all the assistance necessary.
London, Feb. 2. The Timet states that
10,000 dock laborers arc on a strike in Liv
erpool, and 10.000 more are out of work in
consequence of slackness of trade.
Londoii, Feb. 3. The origin of the plague
is thus given : A Cossack returning from
the war brought his lady love a shawl,
which she wore two days and sickened with
all the symptoms of the plague and died.
During the following four days other mem
bers f her family died. The disease spread
rapidly, the local authorities not paying any
attention to it till half of the inhabitants
died and the remainder were unable to bury
theviitims. Then, when the epidemic had
assumed serious dimensions, energetic means
were taken for preventing its spreading, and
strict q uaran tine were e3t: blished. Firstly
in the towns ard vil ages, shutting off
streets where the plague reigns from the
rest of the place, and secondly, by surround
ing the villages with troops, so that nobody
is allowed to pass in or out. The panic in
Russia is almost incredible. Every class
; n 1 ftation in life lave petitioned for an
entiie ce sa ion of all intercourse, even pos
tal communication between the rest of Rus
sia and ti e Volga.
Letters sent from Astrachan and Zantzm
are not received by the persons to whom
they are addresse .1. Some people even re
f n op.I to take naner monev. fearing that
germs of the infliction may be communicated
through it. It is almost impossible to de
scribe the terror which has taken possession
of the people. m
Tin. Rii,':n mnxtxrv commission has pro
posed to shut off the Volga line from all in
tercourse with western Russia and permit
comir.unbation only under quarantine. Rus
sian railway cars are not adm.tted to Ger
man territoiy.
Export of grain from Poland will suffer
ssverely from this restriction.
Tka Pnnmaninn fyol-prmiient is disCUSSUlg
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the expediency of prohibiting the transit of
Russian provisions sent to victual tae xwi
kan army.
Vienna, Feb. 3. The porte announces
that Russiaii ports will be quarantined
against all Turkish port! on the European
coast and Black Sea, The East Roumelian
commission has proposed the same measure
along tbe coast from Custenje to Baurgas.
Roumania has decreed a similar coarse in
the delta of the Danube and the coast of
Dobriidscha, and has issued regulations
identical with those put in force by Austria
in reganl to traffic and importation of goods
across the Russian frontier.
St. Peter sburg, Feb. 3. An official
messenger says the governor general of Mos
cow contradicts reports of the appearance of
the plague in a village near that cfty.
Vienna, Feb. 3. The German ambassa
dor at Sr. Petersburg has advised bis gov
ernment that the plague is spreading rapid-ly.
The rain of Wednesday night was very
welcome. Clear days and frosty nights are
not well adapted to " VVebfoot." Ocean
ians are happy in winter, when it is raining.