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All notices and advertisements intended for publication should be handed in by noon on Wednesday, M. S, WOODCOCK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT LAW, CORVALL-IS, OREGON. OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOODCOCK It BALDWIN'S Hardware Store. Special attention given to Collections, Foreclosure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate and County Koad matters. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 1879. 16:12yl F. A. CHEN0WETH, -A.ttorn.ey at Law, CORVALLIS, OREGON. OFFICE Corner of Monroe and 2d St. 16:ltf J. W. RAYBURN, -A.ttorney at Law, CORVALLIS, .... OREGON. OFFICE On Monroe street, bet. Second and Third. t3.Spccial attention given to the Collection op Notes asd Accounts. 16:ltf. JAMES A. YANTIS, Att'y and Counselor at Law, CORVALLIS, OREGON. TTTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF VY the State. Special attention given to matters In Probate. Collections will receive prompt and care ful attention. Gtfice in the Court House. 16:ltf. J. C. MORELAND, (CITY ATTORNEY,) ATTORNEY AT LAW, PORTLAND, OREGON. 0 FFICE Monastes' Brick, First street, Det. Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf DR. F. A. VINCENT, DENTIST bORVALLIS, 9 OREGON. OFFICE in Fisher.s New Brick over Max. Friendly's New Store. All the , latest improvements. Everything riKW and nomnlfitfi. All work warrant.- ed. Please give mea call. 15:3tf. AMES DB.IKK. WILLIAM GRANT drake & grant. merchant' tailors CORVALLIS, ... OREGON. ALL WORK IN OUR LINE NEATLY AND promptly executed. Repairing and Cleaning a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite (iraham & Hamilton's. 13;27tf G. R. FARRA, M. D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OBSTETRCIAN. OFFICE OVER .GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S Drug Store, Corvallis, Oregon. I4:26vl NEW TIN SHOP, J. K. WEBBER, Propr., jtVEain St., Corvallis. STOVES AND TINWARE, ALL KINDS. tSAl work warranted and at reduced rates. 12":13tt II. E. HARRIS, One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's, i'ORVALLIS - - - OHECJO.V Groceries, Provisions, AND "X" - Gr Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1S78. 16:lvl. J. BLUMBERG, (Bet. South era" Drug Store and Taylor's Market,) CORVALLIS, OREGON. TROCERIES and PROVISIONS, FURNISHING VT Goods, Cigars and Tobacco, etc., etc. Goods delivered free to any part of the citj-. Produce taken, at highest market rates, in exchange for goods. March 7, 1878. 15:10tf W. C. CBAWF0RB, ' DEALER IN .... SSL WATCHES, GRJIIJM, UAMILT01V & CO., CORVALLIS, OREGON, A jjt, - DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS, MEDICINES, m CHEMICALS. DtE STUFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the very best assortment of LAMPS AND WALL PAPER ever brought to this place, AGENTS FOR THE AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT SUFSRIOR TO ANY OTHER. WOODCOCK & BALDWIN, (Successors to J. R. Bayley t, Co.,) KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE old stand, a large and complete stock of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, RON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, RANGES; Manufactured and Homa Made TIN AND COPPER WARE !Fu.mps5 3?ipe, etoi A GOOD TINNER constantly on hand, and all Job. Work neatly and quickly dune. Also Agents for Knapp, Bnrrell fc Co., fo the sale of the best and latest improved FARM MACHINERY, f all kinds, together with a full assortment AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTER OAK STOVES the BEST "IN THE WORLD. Also the Nor man Range, and many other patterns, in all lzes and styles. Z33 Particular attention paid to Farmers wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Ma- hinery, and all information as to such articles, furnished cheerfully , on application. Jo pains will be spared to furnish our cus tomers with the best goods in market, in oui ine, and nt lowest prices. Our motto shall be, prompt and fair dealing with all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed. WOODCOCK & BALDWIN. Corvallis, Jan. 26. 18 . 14:4tf C-PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CARFFULLY COMPOUNDED. 16:2tf. E. HOLGATE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Grain Storage! A WOFvD TO FARMERS. EAVIXG PURCHASED THE COMMODIOUS Warehouse of Messrs Kinit & Bell, and thor oughly overhauled the same, 1 am now ready to re ceive (Train on storage at the roduccd Rate of 41 cents per XBusliel. I am also prepared to keep EXTRA, WHITE WHEAT, separate from other lots, thereby enabling; me to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared to pay the Highest Market Price for wheat, and would, most respectfully, solicit a share of public patronage. THOS. J. BLAIR. Corvallis. Auk. 1,18.8. lb:3Ztl. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS in the State. Having had four years experience as County Judge, and given close attention tc Probate matters, I am well prepared to attend to all business in that line ; also contested Road Matters. I will give strict and prompt atten tion to collections, and as beretolore will do a REAL ESTATE, and General Business Agency. Eocal Agent of Home Mutual Insurance Co. ASTONISHING CFEES Of Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood, Paralysis, Exhausted Vitality, Im paired memory. Mental Diseases, Weakness of Reproductive Organs, etc., etc., By the GreatEnglish Remedy, SIR ASTLEY COOPER'S VITAL RESTORATIVE IT RESTORES HEARING AND STRENGTHENS the Eyesight. It is not a QUACK NOSTRUM. Its offsets are permanent. It has no equal. It is neither a STIMULANT NOR EXCITANT, but it will do the work thoroughly and well. DR. MINTIE & GO'S great success in the above complaint is largely due to the use of this wonderful Medicine. Price S3 00 per bottle, or four times the quantity for10 sent secure from observation upon RECEIPT OF PRICE. None genuine without the signature of the propri etor, A. E. MINTIE, M. D. Physicians sav these troubles cannot be cured. The VITAL RESTORATIVE and Dr. Mintie & Co's Special Treatment testify positively that they can. Cft-iSULTATIOSI FREE. Thorough examination and advice, including analy sis, 00. Address DR. E. A. mi if TIE, UK. D.V (Graduate of University of Pennsylvania, and late Resident Surgeon, Orthapccdic Hospital, Philadel phia. Office Hour3 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. daily ; 6 to 8 ev enings. Sundays, 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. only. 15:32m6. THE GREATEST Kidney and Bladder Medicine ! jyi THE WORLD! aSt0fSce in the rear of Rosenthal's store. Entrance either on Madison street or through the store, Corvallis, Oregon. vlon28tf. VEGETABLE NEPURET1CM For Inflammation of the Kidneys or Bladder, Pain in the Back, Diabetse, Bright s Disease, etc. TRY IT ! One bottle will convince you of its Great Merit. Ask your Druggist for it and take no otner. Everybody who uses it recommends it. Price 1 35 per ISotlle. To be had of all DruKsrists, or of the Proprietor, at 11 ivearny street, Jsan rrancisco, uamomia. ENGLISH DANDELION PILLS! the LIVER, one is Mercury or Blue Pill, and the other n a amVI 1 "VXT I'll --"- JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SIVER WARE, ETC Also, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, AC. Repairing done at the most reasonable rates1 and all work warranted. Corvallis Dec. 13. 1877. U:50tf BOARD and LODGING. Neat Booms and Splendid Table. ,UR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS shown the neatly rnrnianca .oom OF mrs- Joseph polly. At tbeir residence, just opposite the residence of Judge F. A. Chenoweth prepared and now in readiness for such boarders as may choose to give her a call, either by the single meal or by the week. Mrs Polly has a reputation as a cook, and sets as good actable as can be found in the State. Solicits a share of patronage. 15:46tf. THOUSANDS of Constitutions have been destroy ed bv Mercurv or Blue Pill, and Calomel. The only SAFE Remedy is DR. MINTIE'S Dandelion Combina tion, which is purely VEGETABLE, which acts crentlv UDon the Liver and removes all ob structions. Price per box, 25 cents. To be had of all Drutreists. All letters should be directed to, and special treat ment given, at No. 11 Kearney St. San Francisco July II. 1878. 15 32m6. SETTLE UP. A LL PERSONS KNOTING THEMSELVES t. indebted to the late firm of R. T. Taylor A Co., are hereby notified to come forward and settle said indebtedness immediately and save costs, as our business must be closed up. B. T. TAYLOR A CO. Corvallis 13, 1878. 15:48tf. ROBERT N. BAKER, ITIORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE HAS JL' given his patrons perfect satisfaction, has deter mined to locate in Corvallis, where he hopes to be fa vored with a fair share of the public patronage. All work warranted, when made under his supervision Repairing and cleaning, promptly attended to, Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 18;48tf THE STAR BAKERY, MAIN STREET, CORVALLIS. HEHRV WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. FAMILY SLPPLY STORE! GROCERIES, DREAD. CAKES i PIES, CANDIES, TOYS, Etc., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1 1877. 14:2t MAHY YEARS AGO. By the lake beyond the meadow, Where the lillies blow, As the young moon dipt and lifted Her reflected bow Lived and died a dream of beauty, Many years ago. Something made the milk-white blos soms Even whiter grow ; Something gave the dying sunset An intenser glow, And enriched the cup of pleasure, FiUed to overflow. Hope was frail and passion fleeting ; . It is often so ; Visions born of Golden sunsets With the sunsets go ; To have loved is to have suffered Martyrdom below. By the lake beyond the meadow, Where the lillies blow, Oh, the glory there that perished None shall ever know, When a human heart was broken, Many years ago. A Centennial at Chicago. We read in that well-informed journal, Americvn Correspondence, that preliminary steps are being taken for an International Exhibition, to be held in New York City in 1882, which will be the centennial anni versary ot the close of the Revolution. It will be a blunder if the -next international exhibition is located at the East. It be longs to the West. The only world's exhi bitions yet held in this country have been located near the Atlantic seaboard. It is high time that foreign people are taught that but a very small portion of the United States borders the Atlantic coast, and that New York, Philadelphia and Boston are not the only American cities capable of success fully conducting and supporting a Uuiversal Exposition. The most successful inter-state exhibition of the country has its home in Chicago. The same vast empire of which Chicago is the center, and the same enter prising people that have developed the re sources of the Northwestern states, built its cities, and transacted its boundless commer cial business, can and will furuish every ele ment that is needed to make our interna tional exhibition a success of which the world may be proud. The additional expense of transporting foreign contributions to an exposition here would, at most, be a trifling affair, and would be most willingly borne by nations that supply us with their manufactured wares, and who take in exchange the grains and meats of our prairies. Visitors would gladly travel the additional distance from the point of debarkation, for they would have an opportunity never yet granted them of gaining a knowledge of the marvelous country wnose material and intellectual pro gress reads to them like a dream. lhe result oi a knowledge of our institu tions and capabilities thus imparted, would be worth, in a monetary view, untold mil lions to the West. If the project for a permanent exposition here, as mentioned in another article, is carried out as it should speedily be, it will form a starting point toward the prepara tions for an international exhibition worthy of consideration. Will not the pojectors of that enterprise at once take steps, before New York has fairly embarked in the scheme, to secure for lis the next American world s fair ? As the Review has said before, the proper time for this fair will be in 1882. the centen ary of the recognition of America as a nation by the civilized powers of Europe. T) XT' CJ Hp business you can engage in. 5 worker of either sex, right in their own lo calities. Particulars and samples worth 6 free. Improve your spare time at this busi ness. Address Stisson & Co., Portland, Maine. 15:12yl AUGUST KNIGHT, CABINET MAKER. AND UNDERTAKER, Cor. Second and Monroe Sis., CORVALLIS, OREGON. TTEErS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL IV kinds of FURISriTIJIvE. Work done to order on short notice, at rea-j sonable rates. J. A. KNIGHT. Corvallis Jan. 1,18 7. 14:ltf CITY MARKET JOHN S. BAKER, Propr. CORVALLIS, - - - OREGON. HAVING BOUGHT THE AJJ0VE MARKET and fixtures, and permanently located in Corvalli?, I will keep constantly on hand the choicest cuts of BEEF. PORK, MUTTON, and VEAL. Especial attention to making extra B0- liUlilNA SAUSAUK. Being a practical butcher, with large experi ence in the business, I flatter myself that 1 can give satisfaction to customers. Please call and give me a trial. JOHN S. BAKISR Dec. 6th, 1878. 15:49tf HOUSE MOVING ALPHIN & LOED, Propr.'s. DEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS, D Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to ttaise, Move, put under JNew Sills anol level up your barns, and Buildings of any kind, on snort nonce. TERMS REASONABLE. ALPHIN & LORD. Corvallis, Jan. 31, 1879. 16:5tf Ilow to Select a Husband. It has been profoundly remarked, that the true way of telling a toadstool from a mushroom is to eat it. If you die, it was a toadstool, if you live, it was a mushroom. A similar method is employed in the selec tion of husbands : marry him, if he kills you he was a bad husband : if he makes you happy he is a good one. There is really no other criterion. As Dr. Samuel Johnson re marked, the proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Some young men that seem unexceptionable, indeed, very desirable, when thev are single, are perfectly horrid as soon as they are married. All the latent brute there is in the tieart comes out as soon as a sensitive and delicate being seeks her happiness in his companionship. The hon eymoon lasts a very short time, the recep tions and the round of parties are soon over, and then the two sit down to make home happy. If she has married a society man, he will soon beein to get bored ; he will yawn and go to sleep on the sofa. Then he will take his hat and go down to the club and see the boys, and perhaps nut come home till morning. If she has married a man engrossed in business, he will be fagged out when he comes home. He may be a sickly man that she must nurse, a morose man that she must seek to cheer, a drunken man that she must sit up for, a violent man that she fears, a vulgar man for whom she must apoljgize in short, there are thou sands of ways of being bad husbands, and very lew vays oi oeing good ones. Ana the worst of it is, that the poor silly women are apt. to admire m single men the very traits that make bad husbands, and look with contempt or ridicule upon those quiet virtues that make home happy. Men with very little personal beauty or style, often make the wife happy and sometimes quite the reverse. Ine number ot ways of hems' a bad husband is almost as great as the number of ways of being ugly. No one can tell from the demeanor of a single man what sort of husband he will be. Mean time she must marry somebody. Eat : if you die it was a sort of toadstool, if you live it was a sort of mushroom. Baltimore Evei y Saturday. Peddler's Adventure. When the peddler rang Mr. Bird's door bell the other day Mr. Bird himself opened the door. Mr. Bird had the baby upon his arm, and there were four other children at his heels. " Is the lady of the house in ? " asked the peddler. "Certainly she isn't," replied Bird. " She is out. She is perennially and eter nally out ! " ' Where can I see her ? " " Why, go down to the Woman Suffrage club-room ; and if she isn't there, go to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; and if she isn't there, visit the hall of the Association for Alleviating the Miseries of the Senegambians ; and if she has finished up there, look for her at the Church Aid Society, or at the Ninth Ward Soup-house, or at the Home of the One Legged, or at the Refuge for Infirm Dogs, or at the Hospital for the Asthmatic, or at the St. Polycarp Orphan Asylum, or at some of these places. If you get on her track, you'll see more pauper and strong-minded women and underclothing for the heathen than you ever saw in the whole course of your life. " " I wanted to sell her a cold-handled flat iron, just out. Do you think she will buy one ? " She will if you can prove that the naked cannibals in Sengambia are yearning for cold-handled flat-irons. She would buy dia mond breastpins for those niggers, if they wanted them, I believe." " I intended, also, to offer her a new kind of immovable hairpin, which " " All right. You just go down to the Home for the Oue-Legged, and persuade these cripples to cry for immovable hair pins, and she'll order 'em by the ton. " " Has she any children ?," " Well, I'm the one that appears to have 'em ; just now, anyhow." ' Because I have a cum-top for a feeding bottle that is just the nicest thing you ever saw." "Now," said Mr. Bird, "I'll tell you what to do. You get those paupers to swear they can't Ciit the soup they get at the soup-house with spoons ; they must have it from bottles with a rubber nozzle, and Mrs. Bird will keep you so busy supplying the demand that you won't have a chance to sleep. You just try it. Buy up the pau pers ! Bribe 'em." " How'll I know her if I see her ? " " Why, she's a very large woman with a bent nose, and she talks all the time. You'll hear her talking as you get within a mile of her. She'll ask you to subscribe to the Senegambian fund and to the Asthmatic Asylum before you can get your breath. Probably she'll read you four or five letters from reformed cannibals. But don't you mind 'em. My opinion is that she wrote 'em herself. It don't make any difference, but you might mention that since she left home the baby has had four fits. Johnny has fallen out of the pear tree and broken his skull, Mary and Jim have something like croup, and Tommy has been bitten by Jones' dog. It don't excite her. She won't care a cent; but I'd like her tjo have the lat est news. Tell her if she can manage to drop in here for a minute between now and the Fourth of July she might maybe wash the baby and give the other children a chance to remember how ahe looks. But she needn't come if it will interfere with the happiness of the one-legged mendicants, or make asth matic patients miserable. Mind and men tion it to her now, will you ? " "I will." " All right ; then I'll go in and put some fresh sticking-plaster on Johnny's skulL" And with baby singing a vociferous solo, and the other children clinging to his leg, Mr. Bird retreated and shut the door. The peddler had determined to propose to a girl that night. He changed his mind, and re solved to remain a bachelor. Cincinnati Timet. A. Terrible Infant. Little Nellie was looking at "Woolfs Wild Animals when Mr. Jorkins called, and appealed to that gentleman to explain one of the pictures. " That's a wild boar," said he, and the little lady looked at it thoughtfully and re plied : " It don't look like you, does it, Mr. Jor kins ! " " I hope not," responded the guest. "Why?'r " Because, said the artless innocent, " mamma said wben your card was sent up, ' There's that old bore, Jorkins, again.' " And it was a full minute before mamma's frozen lips thawed sufficiently to inform the nurse that it was jNeliie s bedtime. ington special repeats the statement that the Pacific coast senators will introduce during the extra session a modified scheme for the restriction of Chinese immigration, and adds that it is probable Senator Blaine will take occasion to explain more fully his position in regard to the question. The measure, however, will not be pushed to final action, and is only designed to keep the subject be fore the country and in a position, in which it can be reached early next winter. Washington, March 21. In the house Democratic caucus meeting to-day a general interchange of views occurred with regard to the most practical mode of procedure, and considerable difference of opinion was mani fested as to the most effective and judicious course. Without passing upon any resolu tions, and after conferring with Senator Thurman, chairman of the senate caucus committee, it was decided to postpone all further consideration of the question at issue until to-morrow morning, at which time a joint meeting will be held with the senate committee and definite action be taken. Springer, Carlisle and Reagan were ap pointed a sub-committee on the part of the house committee to prepare a bill for consid eration at the joint meeting to-morrow, em bodying provisions for the repeal of certain portions ot the federal election laws ; and such new provisions as the sub-committee may consider desirable to enact. In con nection with the proposed repeal in case the majority shall determine that it is not advis able to adhere to the original programme of passing the appropriation bills precisely in form so tar as regards political repeal sec tions which now permit the presence of troops at the polls under certain circumstan ces, and to substitute for them substantially the British law on the subiect, which pro hibits soldiers being stationed at auy point nearer than two miles from the polls, or to. go to them except for the purpose ot voting, in which case they must immediately after wards return to their station. The bill will also embody the repeal of jurors' test oath provisions ot existing law. It must be eminently right and good to rise early, because it is so inhumanly hard to do it. TELEGRAPHIC. COMPILED FROM THE DAILY OREGONIAN. London, March 19. The Examiner learns on good authority, that negotiations are in progress between the courts of St. Peters burg and Madrid, for cession by purchase to Russia of the Ladrone islands. They would constitue a magnificent base for cruiser op erations in the China sea. Pesth, March 19. One hundred and twenty thousand persons are rendered home less by the recent overflow. Eighty-two hundred out of ten thousand houses have fallen and nineteen hundred persons drowned. The waters are subsiding and the adjacent towns are out of danger. Ualctttta, March 19. The origin ot the trouble between Burmese and British resi dents at Mandalay is that the latter protect and refuse to deliver up to slaughter two royal princes and their families, wh- have taken refuge at the residency, lhe king ot Burmah, who is said to be mad with drink, urged by fanatics aud the reactionary party, threatens to force the residency. Such a hostile measure on part of the government, it is believed, would be the signal for a gen eral massacre of citizens. San Francisco, March 20. At the ses sion of the state central committee of the workingmen's party to-day, nine counties were represented. An address was issued to the common people of California, solicit ing them to vote tor the new constitution. A resolution was offerred requesting Wel lock to resign as vice-president of the party, on the ground of not not being a voter, and using abusive language. Wellock reluseu, in a speech, defying the committee, and claiming he had been elected by the state convention, a higher power than the com- jnittee, and he would appeal to the people if the resolution was earned, lhe resolution was then adopted, ten to one to remove Wellock from office, and Clitus Barbour was chosen m his place. A very rare phenomenon for this latitude was witnessed in thi3 city this morning be tween the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. It con sisted of a couple of mock suns or "sun dogs,"- which had formed at the northern and southern limbs of a halo. Anaheim, March 20. Dennis Kearney snoke in Santa Anna this aft.pninrwi jvnrl in tne course of his speech took occasion to grossly abuse several of the prominent citi zens. After he had eaten supper he was ap proached by a gentleman he had villified and asked his authority for his statements. He said that he was a nublic asritator. and any local grievances he could pick up he gave forth in his own way, and that any one had a right to get on the platform and re fute it. While he was speaking a man named Kule struck him a powerful blow in the face, and in the melee that ensued, Kearney drew a pistol but it was taken away from him and be was severely beaten. He presented a pitiable appearance. The deputy sheriff arrived and rescued him. New Yobk, March 21. A Tribune Wash MIGHTY MOSES. HE HISITS PORTLAND WITH HIS STAFF GOING TO WASHINGTON FOR A HIYU WA-WA. Moses, chief of the Methow tribe of Indi ans, Homli, late chief of the Walla Wallas, but who sometime since abdicated in favor of Youn; Chief, Illehe Jim, a nephew of Moses, and little Wolf, a sub-chief of the Walla Wallas, arrived in town yesterday morning from Vancouver. " Abe Lincoln," a halfbreed, who is employed at the Simcoc reservation as government blacksmith, was also of the party and acts as interpreter. Major Boyle, of the 21st infantry had the party in charge. Immediately upon disem barking from the steamer the "savage wards of our trovernment " proceeded to the cloth ing house of Fishel & Roberts, and were soon busily engaged in appareling themselves after the manner of their white brethren. All went well enough with Moses in the ef forts of a half dozen clerks to suit his aes thetic taste, and at last a suit of " diagon als was agreed upon as the proper thing. But when Edgerton, the haberdashery clerk, brought the chief an open back " biled " shirt to don, a sudden fire seemed to illum inate his eye and the trembling salesman beat a hasty retreat up the rear stairway as the war whooper from Priest Rapids grabbed the offending garment and put it on. The news of their presence in the store caused a large crowd to gather in the salesroom, eager to see the big injuns. Their purchases com pleted the party made a flank movement on the crowd and escaped through a side door leading to Alder street and proceeded to the postofnee building. The party ascended to the dome, and for some time enjoyed the view of the city. Moses, through the inter preter, spoke of the time he was here before over 30 years ago before the houses of the pale face dotted the land, when the Wil lamette rolled noiselessly onward to the sen beneath the shade of a pathless forest, where to-day its banks are lined by miles of docks, imposing buildings and the masts of ship ping from all parts of the world. Leaving Government square Moses and his party proceeded down Yamhill street, aud while leisurely taking in the sights was ambuscad ed by Joe Buchtel, the photographer, and captured. After enjoying the novelty of having their pictures taken, a lunch was next disposed of and thair visit to town completed, they gathered up their carpet bags and returned to Vancouver. Major Uornoyer, with wenam fenoot, riownsn W amrjo and other prominent Indians trom the Umatilla reservation are expected to ar rive at the garrison in a few days, and then the entire party will leave on the steamer Elder for San l'rancisco and trom thence to Washington City where they will endeavor to settle their land difficulties with the pres ident and his cabinet. Uregoman. !OI.Cr XO COIJKT. A ernad storv is told of one of the , , (rrand iurors from Nortlifield. Vt.. in attendance upon the last term ot court at Montpelier. He was afraid he would not wake in season to take the civ -Vlndr train In t.h nsinitnl which he had talked over with his wife on retiring. lie had just got into a amind B.lfon when his faithful riioiiso woke him, suggesting that it must be time to get up. He did; found it wes only midnight, and retired again. Soon he was aroused ap-ain. and this time, upon consulting the clock, it proved to be only two a. m. Some what dissrusted and ansrered at being so often broken in his slumbers, he again sought his couch, admonishing his wife thus : " Look here, you keep your elbow out of my back, and your mouth out of my ear till morning." Feeling herself relieved of any fur ther responsibility, she went to sleep for good, arid left her lord and mas ter to wake when he chose, which he did at four o'clock. Thinking it would riot pay to try and get any more sleep, he built a fire, put on his hat and overcoat, took his valise in his hand, and sat before the fire a few minutes. Meanwhile, his wife slumbered on until seven o'clock when she awoke to find him gone, whereat she felt very badly, as she intended to have got him a warm breakfast. Leisurely dressing herself, she sought the kitchen where, to her astonishment, she beheld her husband, equipped for his jonrney, satchel in hand, sitting bolt upright in his chair before the stove, fast asleep, and the traiu gone over an hour. Ex. a ii.s. ron.i:. The particulars of a cool premedi tated attempt to murder has just reached us from Wasco county, and are as follows : On Deep creek in Wasco county Mr. Geo. Young, of this city, and his partner, own a range and seven thousand head pt sheep. Several herders are constant ly employed to look alter and care for the various flocks, all returning to the house at night where the sheep Ere corraled. A Chinese cook is em ployed, by name Ah Sam. , In conse quence of the extensive business transacted Mr. Shanklin, the partner, often had several hundred dollars in the house. at a time, and always had a hundred or two. Sam seemed to be perfectly contented, performed his work well and was on the best ot terms with the herders. , He had also contracted to remain a year longer in the capacity of cook. Business call ed Mr. Shanklin to the Dalles. Break fast was prepared and the herders called in from the barn. The coffee was poured out by the Chinaman, who kept chatting merrily all the time. One of the men took a mouth ful of the coffee, but Fpit it out as its taste was very unpleasant. Others did the same and complained of the peculiar flavor, telling the cook it was not fit to drink. Sam insisted that it was all right and to prove what he said stepped to the table and took a swallow. Breakfast over, with out coffee, the men made preparations to drive their flocks to the range. After the lapse of about an hour one ot the men, whose duty it was to look after things about the house, entered and found Sam laying on his bed cold in death. He at once called in the herders and upon a search being made an empty bottle which had con tained poison was found on the floor behind the stove, and another bottle partially filled found in Sam's pocket. He had taken this from the medicine chest. It was used for poisoning coyotes. by Mr. Shanklin. The other bottle had been kept in the cupboard, a portion of it having been used. It is thought that the Chinaman intend ed to poison the men and rob the piemises. In order to induce them to drink the coffee he took a sip nev er dreaming so little would affect him. It was so strong, however, that the flavor of the coffee was changed, and the little drink he took laid him stiff. After breakfast, thinking his plan had failed, he went to work washing his dishes and probably de vising some other plan when the stomach ache struck him and he laid down and died. The men were over joyed at their fortunate escape and flit little sorrow for the victim of his own murderous plot. Portland Stan- (lard. " Bunkoing" at present does not have a very cheerful outlook, and those who have been engaging in that questionable and per nicious avocation are not happy. There have been several instances in which out raged law has been vindicated in the bring ing to justice of the offendingj)arties. Since the commencement of the present term of the State Circuit Court five bunko and strap game sharps have been convicted, namely : Thomas Burch, L. C. Lakin, Henry Jacobs, W. H. McDonald and Wm. Bell. Three of the parties have already been sentenced, and are inmates of the penitentiary. Mc Donald and Bell, the two remaining culprits, will probably be sentenced in a few days. Honesty is the best policy, and those, who prefer to gain a precarious living by engag ing in such business, rather than earn a liv ing by useful and honorable labor, should understand that there is a law in Oregon for t he protection - of the community, and that it wiil be vigorously enforced. The .sooner these human vampires ars taught th;8 lesson the better it will be for society and themselves. Oregonian . An Independence correspondent says : A definite proposition has been submitted by Koehler to the people of Independence and those living along the route. That the West Side railroad will be located along the last survey, running along Second street provid ed right of way is secured between Dixie and the Luckiamute. Mr. Koehler reserves the right to change the route so as to run V,,.rtii,rVi Tlimna Vista, in which case he re quires right of way to be secured half the distance between here and that town. The people, it is understood, will accept the proposition. A meeting is called to consider subjects connected with the railroad. Buena Vista, in the meantime, has made advance to co-operate with Independence in obtain ing the road through both places. Dallas Itemizer 21st inst: On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week Grand Master Robt. Clow, assisted by R. P. Earhart, grand secretary ; F. J. Babcock and W. H. Holmes, of Salem ; D. P. Mason, of Albany; Alex. Watt, J. C. Cooper, J. J. Spencer and A. M. Waddell, of McMinnville ; B. E. Lippincott, of Portland ; M. L. Bergman, of Buena Vista ; and J. James, J. M. Con noway, S. Studeley and T. M. Richmond, of Dallas, organized a chapter of Royal Arch Masons in this place, to be known as A ins worth Chapter Royal Arch Masons, U. D. The Hillsboro Independent says: "Last Friday morning about two miles south of Cornelius, a little four old girl of F. Schoen, a farmer, fell into the fire and was so badly burned that it died at 8 o'clock p. m. of the same day. Damage suit brought by J. I. Willaby against the city of Albany has been settled. He fell into a ditch and had his collar bone fractured, which he thought was worth $10, 000. He got 1,500. A series of revival religious meetings have bfen held at Eugene during the past week Dpthe united orthodox churches. One hun dred and six persons have been converted to Christianity.