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M. S, WOODCOCK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT LAW,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
fVFFlCE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOODCOCK
J it BALDWIN'S Hardware Store.
Special attention given to Collections, Foreclosure
oi Mortgage, Real Lstate eases, Probate and County
Road matters.
Will also buy anj sell City Property and Farm
inu3, on reasouaoie terms.
March 20, 1879. 16:12yl
F. A. CHENOWETH,
-A.ttorn.ey at Law,
CORVALLIS, ... . OREGO:
yOFFICE Corner of Monroe and 2d St. 16:ltf
J. W RAYBURN,
-A.ttorn.ey at Law,
CORVALLIS, .... OREGON.
OFFICE On Monroe street, bet. Second and Third.
a.Specil attention given to the Collection of
Kotbs and Accounts. 10:ltf.
JAMES A. YANTIS,
Att'y and Counselor at Law,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the State. Spjial attnUon given to matters
In Probata. Collejtiouj will receive prompt anj care
ful attention. G.iijj in the Court Hume. 16:ltf.
J. C. MORELAND,
(CITY ATTORNEY,)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PORTLAND, OREGCN.
0
FFICE Monaate3' Briok, First street,
bet. Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf
DR. F. A. VINCENT,
DENTIST,
CORVALLIS,
OREGON
OFFICE in Fisher.s Now Brick -over
Max. Friendly's New Store. All the
i latest improvements. Everything
new and complete. All work warrant
ed. Please give mca call. 15:3tL
AML8 DRAKE.
WILLIAM GRANT
DRAKE & GRANT.
MERCHANT TAILORS,
CORVALLIS, - ... OREGON.
ALL WORK IN OCR LINE NEATLY AND
promptly executed. Repairing and Cleaning a
XliallJ Satisfaction guaranteed. Snop opposite
Graham & llamiiton's. 1237X1
G. R. FARRA. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SJRaEONAHO 03STTRCiAN,
o
FFICE -OVER .GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S
irur Store. Corvallis, Oregon. I4:2uy!
NEW TIN SHOP,
J. K. WEBBER, Propr.,
!3Vtain. St., Corvallis.
STOVES AND TINWARE,
ALL KINDS.
tS" All work warranted and at reduced rates.
12:13tf
H. E. HARRIS,
One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's,
COKVALUS - - OBEGO.T
Groceries, Provisions,
AND
bRT-QOODS
CorvaUU, Jan. 3, 1878. I6:lvl.
J. BLUMBERG,
(Bet. Soiithers' Drug Store and Taylor's Market,)
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, FURNISHING
X Goods, Cigars and Tobacco, etc. , etc.
Goods delivered free to any part of the city.
Produce taken, at highest market rates, in exchange
for goods.
March 7, 1878 15:10tf
W. C. OBAWFORB,
.... DEALER IN ....
WATCHES,
ii iif ti mmr ii n f
CORVALLIS, OKJECOW,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS, PAINTS,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS. DYE 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
AYERILL CHEMICAL PAINT
SCPSRIOR TO ANY OTHER.
E-PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS
CARFFULLY COMPOUNDED. 16:2tf.
Or a in Storage!
A WORD T0 FARMERS.
ivemin
VING PURCHASED THE COMMODIOUS
ehouse of Messrs Kinir & ltcll, and thor-
overhauled the barne, I ain now ready to re
ceive grain oti storage at the roduccd
EEllte of 1 cents pcr Slcisliel.
I am also prepared to keep EXTRA, WHITE
WHLAT, separate from other lots, thereby enabling;
me to ggLii AT A PilLMlUM. Also prepared to
pay the
Higlient mnrlccft Price
for wheat, and would, most respectfully,. solicit a
share of public patronage. TliOS. J. BLAIR.
Corvallis. Amr. 1, 187s. 15:32tf.
ASTONISHING
CUKES
Of Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood,
Paralysis, Exhausted Vitality, Im
paired memory, Mental Diseases,
Weakness of Reproductive
Organs, etc., etc.,
By the Great English Remedy,
SIR ASTLEY COOPER'S
VITAL RESTORATIVE
IT RESTORES HEARING AND STRENGTHENS
the Eyesight. It is not a QUACK NOSTRUM.
Its eifects are permanent. It haa no equal. It is
neither a STIMULANT NOR EXCITANT, but it will
do the work thoroughly and well.
OR. MINTIE & CO 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
for 10 sent secure from observation upon RECEIPT
OF PRICE.
None genuine without the signature of the propri
etor, A. E. UINTIK, M. D.
Pnysicians say these troubles cannot be cured.
The VITAL RESTORATIVE and Dr. Mintie & Cob
Special Treatment testify positively that they can.
cf?si;ir ATIO FREE.
Thorough examination and advice, including analy
sis, So 00. Address
DK. E. A. raiffTIIS, M. D..
(Graduate of University Pennsylvania, and late
Resident Surgeon, O cdic Hospital, Philadel
phia. .
Office Hour3 10 , to 2 P. M. daily ; 0 to 8 ev
enings. Sunday jt M. to 1 P. M. only. 15:32m6.
K
WOODCOCK & BALL WIN,
(Successors to J. R. Bayley & Co.,)
EF.P CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand, a large and complete stock of
Heavy and Shelf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES,
RAJSTGrES;
Manufactured and Horn? Made
TIN AND COPPER WARE
Pumps, iMpe, etc.
A GOOD TINNER constantly on hand, and
all Job Work neatly and quickly done.
Also Agents for Knopp, Burrell k Co.,fo
the sale of the best and latest improved
FARM MACHINERY,
of 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
sizes and styles.
y3 Particular attention paid to Farmers'
wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Ma
chinery, and all information as to such articles,
furni.-bed cheerfully , on application.
N.. pains will be spared to furnish our cus
tomers with the best goods in market, in oui
line, and at lowest prices.
Our motto shall be, prompt and fair dealing
with all. Call and examine our stock, before
going elsewhere Satisfaction guaranteed.
WOODCOCK A BALDWIN.
Corvallis, Jan. 26, IS . 14:4tf
E. HOLCATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Capital
HALL'S
C0MP1H1
1,000,000.
GENERAL OFFICES AND MANUFACTORY,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Pacific Branch,
No. 210 Sansome St., S.I1., Cal.
Agency for ( )regon and W. Tcrrritory with
HAWLEY, DODD & CO., Portland.
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HALL'S
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURT
in the State.
Having bad four years experience as County
Judge, and given close attention tc Probate
matters, I cm well prepared to attend to all
liusiness in that line ; also contested Road
.Matters. I will give strict und prompt atten
tion to collections, and as hcretoloie will do a
REAL ESTATE,
and General Business Agency.
Local Agent of
Home Mutual Insurance Co.
SiJOfnco in the rear of Rosenthal's store.
Entrance either on Madison street or through
the store, Corvallis, Oregon.
vl5n2ctf.
THEGREATEST
Kidney and Bladder Medicine!
l THE WOKLD!
JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SIVER WARE, ETC
t Also,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, &C.
Z3T Repairing done at the most reasonable rates,
and all work warranted.
Corvallis Dec. 13. 1877. 14:S0tf
BOARD and LODGING.
O
Neat Booms and Splendid Table.
TJR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS
shown the Neatly farnlinta naomi
MRS- JOSEPH POLLY.
At their residence, just opposite the residence of
Judge F. A. Chenoweth prepared and now in readiness
for such boarders as may choose to give ner a can
ithAr hv the sinoie meal or bv the week.
Mrs. Pally has a reputation aa a cook, and sets as
zood I3BH as can be found in tne siai-e.
SolicWt share of patronwre. H AM
In. MIKTTIE's
VEGETABLE NEPURGTIM
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 other.
Everybody who uses it recommends it.
Price $1 35 per Ilottle.
To be had of alt Drusarists. or of the Proprietor, at
11 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California.
ENGLISH" DANDELION PILLS!
THE ONLY two medicines which really act upon
the LIVER, one is Mercury or Blue Pill, and the other
1IA.U.UU1H.
THOUSANDS of Constitutions have been destroy
ed by Mercury or Blue Pili, and Calomel. The only
SAFE Remedy is DR. MINTIE'S Dandelion Combina
tion, which is purely
VEGETABLE,
which acts irently upon the Liver and removes all ob
struetions. Price per box, 25 cents. To be had of
all Druggists.
All letters should be directed to, and special treat
ment given, at No. 11 Kearney St.
San Francisco July II. 1878. IS 32m6.
SETTLE UP.
A LL PERSONS KNO VING THEMSELVES
rl indebted to the late firm of B. T. Taylor A
Co., are hereby notified to come forward- and
settle said indebtedness immediately and save
costs, as our business mast be closed up.
B. T. TAYLOR & CO.
Corvallis 13, 1878. 15:46tf.
THE STAR, BAKERY,
MAIN STREET, CO&VAIXIS
HENRY WARE1CR, PROPRIETOR.
FAMILY SUPPLY STORE!
C3r ROOEHIES,
DREAD. CAKES, PIES, CANDIES, TOYS,
Etc., Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1 1877. 14:2t
PATENT CONCRETE
FIRE PROOF SAFES
Have been tested by the most disatrous con
flagrations in the country.
They are thoroughly fire-proof.
They are free from dampness.
Their superiority is beyond question. '
Although about 150,000 of these safes are
now in use, and hundreds have been tested
by some of the most disastrous conflagrations
in the country, there is not a single instance
on record wherein one of thein ever failed
to preserve its contents perfectly.
HALL'S PATENT D9VETAILED,
TENON AND GROOVE
BURGLAR-PROOF
Have never been broken open and robbed by
burglars or robbers.
Hall's burglar work is protected by letters
patent, and his work cannot be equaled law
fully. His patent bolt work is superior to any m
use.
His patent locks cannot be picked by the
most skillful experts or burglars.
Bv one of the greatest imnrovemenlij
known, the G103S Automatic Movement, ourj
locks are operated without any arbor or spin-
die passing through the door and into the
Lock.
0urLock3 cannot be picked or opened bv !
burglars or experts, (as in "case of other
Locks.) and we will put from $1,000 to $10, -000
behind them at any time against an
equal amount.
The most skillful workmen only are em
ployed. Their work cannot be excelled.
Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied at r.ll
times.
They are carefully and thoroughly con
structed. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE
Made in America, or any other country.
CHE THOUSAND DOLLARS
To any person who can prove that one of
Hall's patent burglar-proof safes has ever
been broken open and robbed by burglars,
up to the present time.
U. R. WILLIAMS,
Agent for Oregon and W. T.
Office with Hawley, Dodd&Co., Portland.
23febl6:9tf.
Rkes Hamlin. Emmett F. W'hi,:'.
DKAYAGE ! MAYAGE ! !
T) C TT business you can engage in. $5
I) Tjk) I i( m t: n it t lj any
worker of either sex, right in their own lo
calities. Particulars and samples worth 5
free. Improve your spare time at this busi
ness. Address Stinson & Co., Portland,
Maine. 15:12yl
AUGUST KNIGHT,
CABINET MAKER,
UNDERTAKER,
Cor. Second and lllonroe Sis.,
CORYALLIS, OREGON.
KEErS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
kinds of
FURNTTUEE.
Work done to order on short notice, at rea
sonable rates.
J. A. KNIGHT.
Corvallis Jan. 1,18 7. 14:ltf
CITY MARKET
JOHN S. BAKER, Propr.
CORVALLIS, - OREGCN.
HAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MARKET
and fixtures, and permanently located in
Corvallis, I will keep constantly on hand the
choicest cuts of
BEEP. PORK, MUTTON, and VEAL.
Especial attention to making extra BO
LOGNA SAUSAGE.
Being a practical butcher, with large experi
ence in tbe business, I flutter myself that 1 can
give satisfaction to customers. Please call and
give me a trial. JOHN S. BAKER.
Dec. 6th, 1878. lS:49tf
ROBERT N. BAKER,
FORMERLY OF ALBANY, WHERE HE HAS
given his patrons perfect satisfaction, has deter
mined to locate in Corvallis, where he hopes to be fa
vored Ati'h a fair shore of the public patronage. All
work warranted, when made under his supervision.
Repainng and cleaning, promptly attended to,
Corvallis, Nov. 88, 1878. 16:4Stf.
HOUSE
MOVING
ALPHIN & LORD. Propr.'s.
BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS,
Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to
Raise, Move, put under New Sills and level
I up your barns, and Buildings of any kind,
on snort nonce.
TERMS REASONABLE.
ALPHIN & LORD.
Corvallis, Jan. 31, 1879. 16:5tf
Hamlin & Wrenn, Propr's.
HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM SALEM WITH
a new Truck, and having leased the barn for
merly occupied by Mr. James Eglin. I am now pre
pared to do all kinds of
DRAYING AND HAULING,
either in tbe city or cotmtry. at the lowest living
rates. Can be found at li e old Truck stand. A
share of the public patronage respccti'ully solicited.
Corvallis, Dee. 27, 1878. 15:52tf.
Fill CATHARTIC.
THE GREAT
IIELICIOUS
Hamburg Figs;
Pric, 25 rents per Box, Sold Everywhere.
ABRAMS & CARROLL, Sole
Agents SAN FEAXCICO.
21febl6:8m3
ALBERT PYOALI..
WILLIAM 1KWIN.
PY3ALL & IRWIN,
City Trucks and Drays.
HAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND
Trncks, lately owned by Mr. James Eglin,
we are prepared to do all kinds of
HAULING. DELIVERING OF WOOD, ETC..
in city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat
ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in
all cases. ALBERT PYOALL,
WILLIAM IKWIN.
Corvallis. Dec. 20. 1878. 15:51tf.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore
gon, for Benton county, Thomas Thrasher,
Plaintiff, vs. Catharine Thrasher, Defendant.
Suit in equity for a divorce.
TO CATHARINE THRASHER, THE
above named defendant, in the name of
the State of Oregon, you are hereby sum
moned and required to appear and answer
the complaint of said plaintiff, in the above
entitled suit, now on hie in the office of the
Clerk of said Court at. or before the next
term of said Circuit Court, to be holden at
Corvallis in said county, on the second
Monday in April, 1879. And you are here
by notified that if you fail to answer said
complaint, as herein required, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you for the want
thereof and will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit : A
decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of
matrimony now existing between you and
the plaintiff, and for costs and disbursements
of this suit. This summons is published by
order of Hon. J. F. Watson, Judge of said
Court, bearing date Feb. 28, 1879.
JOHN BURNETT,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Feb. 28, 1879. 16:9w6
THE "GKEE.BACK" 1IASIS.
Me. Editor : 1 wa3 passing along the
street the other day, and overherd a gentle
man, somewhat advanced in years, and ap
parently above mediocrity in intelligence, re
mark: "I am almost persuaded to the 'green
back ' faith, bnt I cannot conceive of a safe
and reliablee paper currency without a basis.
Put a basis under your greenbacks and I am
with you." The object of calling up this
circumstance is to satisfy this gentleman,
and others who may be in the same dilem
ma, that the greenback theory is not a
"baseless fabric," but is founded on the
solid rock of linimce, philosophy, and intrin
sic reality. The greenback has the safest,
most reliable and permanent basis of any
money in the world.
No man ever accepts money in payment,
with a view, or for the purpose of obtaining
its basis. It must be borne in mind that
gold and silver coin require the same kind
of a basis to give them their money value
that greenbacks do. Without the basis that
underlies coin, the precious metals would
be comparatively worthless. " Let the civ
ilized world demonetize these met Is, and
for all the uses society has for them, they
would not command their weitrht in blank
greenback paper." The moment their "hat"
money value is tai:en trom them, they will
cease to be even ornamental, for the beauty
loving eye of unbiased nature sees greater
splendor in colored glass than in gold and
silver.
What is the basis of gold snd silver ? Dur
ing the financial crisis in JSmdand m
when legal-tender debt-paying money was
in urgent demand, no man could borrow a
io note on a thousand dollars worth ot sil
ver. Why? Because the basis of silver coin
hi d been removed by demonetization, and
although it was, intrinsically, as valuable as
ever, it did not possess money functions. It
was a dead body without the legal-tender
soul, llie fcatis ot mnu is his immortal
spirit ; when that takes its flight, the body
becomes valueless like demonetized metal.
" In Calcutta, where silver only is legal-tender,
during a money stringency in 18G4, it
was impossible to borrow a itollar on gold ;
and merchants who hail hundreds of thous
ands of gold coin, were obliged to allow
their notes to go to protest, because thev
could not borrow 10 of silver on a bushel of
grid-" The question is not, "What kind is
the dollar," but " What will it do T lias it
the lagal-tender basis under it, and does it
possess debt-paying functions ? Henri Cer
nuschi, an eminent French writer on finance,
author of " Bi-Metalic Money," snid before
the congressional monetary commission, in
1877 " Money is a value created bylaw,
lis basis is legal, and not material. It is,
perhaps, not easy to convince one that the
value of metalic money is created by law.
It is, however, the fact. If you suppose
that gold and silver is not money are not
legal-tender their value is lost." In refer
ence to legal-tender greenbacks, Mr. Cer-
nuschi says : "Many people suppose their
value depends upon the promise ot the laov
eminent to repay them in metal one day or
other, this promise does not add to the
purchasing pow er of paper money. It maks
no difference of what material money is com
posed, whether it is costly or otherwise; the
law of legal-tender gives value to money,
and that value is increased or diminished
in proportion as its volume is greater or less. "
JUen accept money in payment, not to use,
but to exchange for something they can use.
They require a basis as surety that the
money will perform this office. Banknotes,
not a legal-tender, having no legal value,
simply a representative of legal value, must
have that legal value as a basis, or they fail
even to be representatives. Not so with
greenbacks or coin, Their basis is the law,
making them a tender for taxs and debts,
public and private ; and as long as the law
continues their basis is secure. The basis
of bank notes, if coin, is treacherous. It
may take wings and fly to foreign countries,
leaving its representatives worthless. But
the basis of the greenback is anchored in
the laws of one land, and in every debt of
the nation r public and private. Bank cur
rency is always considered safe when based
on thirty-three per cent, of its face in re
demption material, and when based on a re
serve of resumption material iu excess of its
face, it commands a premium over the par
of its basis. Greenbacks being legal-tender
are based on the public and private indebt
edness of the country. Every dollar of it
is redeemable in debts as good as gold, and
if 150,000,000 of coin in the country is am
ple to carry $600,000,000 of paper at par, it
is strange if 1,500,000,000 of private ami
corporate debts, and 1,000,000.000 of annu
al taxes cannot carry 2,000,000.000 of
greenbacks at par with those debts and
taxes.
"The basis of the coin is the credit of the
nation, or the faith and oonfidence the pub
lic has that the different nations will retain
the enforced coin standard. Metal coins are
simply representatives of the monetized
credit of all nations, while greenbacks are
representatives of the coined credit of the
United State3, each being current money
within the jurisdiction of the nation or na
tions which thus represent their monetized
credit and no further." Coin money does
not strengthen a government as greenbacks
do. The whole labnc ot our government
might tumble to the ground without loss to
the holders ol gold whose metal is as vaiua
ble in Europe as here. In fact, wars, pan
ics, financial crashes, revolutions and periods
of bankruptcy are harvest seasons for gold
owners, who rather encourage such disasters
than otherwise. Bnt with greenbacks it is
the reverse. They are based on the laws of
the United states alone, hence witn tne
destruction of our government they would
become worthless.
Were the legal-tender money of the
United States limited to greenbacks alone,
they would afford the most perfect safe
guard to the perpetuity of the government
that could be conceived of, for every man,
even if he lacked patriotism, would be im
pelled by self-interest to support and defend
t he government that gave value to money,
as much as he wouid to defend the box that
contained it. So by all the arguments of
reason and philosophy the greenback is the
best and most securely based money m the
world. VV. A. WELLS.
Corvallis. Or., April, 4, 1879.
They were playing a game of euchre
together, when she casually remark
ed: "So vou take my heart, do
yon?" "Why, certainly; yes," re
plied he, hurriedly glancing into her
eyes. And the game was up. Cards,
of course.
It is fair to presume that there
would be fewer family jars if people
indulged less in pickles.
From Eastern Oregon.
Ed. Gazette : Thinking you would like
to hear from this place, and as the weather
is a little damp to-day, 1 will give you such
news as I think will be of interest. We
have a nice little town here, with a daily
mail. There have beeii about thirty houses
built here since last May, and several large
buildings will be built as soon as the weather
will permit.
Baker & Co., of Walla Walla, are survey
ing a railroad route from Whitman's Station,
on the Wallula and Walla Walla road, to
this place. Weather has been delightful.
Roads very good ; an average team will take
20 hundred almost any place over onr roads.
Mr. Wm. H. Jackson, late of Albany, gen
eral traveling agent for the Grangers' Union
Co., Stockton, Cal., is here, doing an enter
prisiug business in the wire line. Crops
look well. Messrs. Lang & Co. are here,
and will commence to receive cattle, that
they contracted for last fall, April 1st. It
is estimated by stock men that there will be
left, in this county, about 23,000, for cattle
and horses, bought this sjiring. Money is
dreadful scarce but I did see a twenty dol
lar piece yesterday, and I know that times
will soon be better. The citizens along
Wild Horse are now well armed with good
rifles, and they will make it hot for the In
dians if they should make us any trouble.
Most of the settlers have organized iu com
panies, and intend to build strong forts for
the protection of women and children, and
your humble servant will be getting behind
a good log if there is any trouble. Mr. W
P. Howell's house was broken into by a man
named Smith, on the 18th, who stole a pair
of pants. Smith was arrested, tried before
James Richey, Justice of the Peace, and
bound over for 100, to appear at a higher
court. A young man of this county, havin
a good horse, out rode Officer Fry the other
day, who was t.iying to arrest him for lasso
ing calves belonging to other persons. Since
that time has made himself scarce. He says
cattle business is good -owns 14 head of cows
and has ou head ot young calves.
Since writing the above, the surveying
party has surveyed through our town.
Centervilie will soon go ahead of all other
towns m Umatilla county. B. iu. H.
Centervilie, March 27, 1879.
The young man convicted with
Archie Rrown for the murder o)
Louis Josephs and executed recently
under the name of James Johnson,
comes from a highly respectable (am
ily, the greater portion now residing
in San Francisco. His name was
James Taylor, and he was horn in
Castine, Maine, which is a port ot
entry nd county seat of Hancock
county, is on the east side of Penob
scot Bay 35 miles south of Bangor.
His father was a caulker by trade and
a thorough gentleman in every sense
of the word. His mother was a good
Christian lady whose teachings had
been unheeded by her wayward son,
and tip to the present hour is ignor
ant of his terrible fate. The family
removed to San Francisco where Mr.
Taylor died. An older son than
James was also a caulker by trade,
honest and industrious, and worked
steadily to maintain his family as did
his kind father. Another son is one
of the leading base ball players of
America and is now engaged by &
club in Brooklyn, New York, lie is
also an industrious boy and assists
materially in maintains the family.
A sister was recently married in San
Francisco, and moves in the best so
ciety. An uncle is one ot the most
enterprising and wideawake brokers
in ban b rancisco, another uncle car
vies on a blacksmithing establish
ment. Under these circumstances
none can blame him for desiring to
keej) from his mother and sister the
tragic termination of his life. A min
istcr in this city stated in his pulpit
that the people of Portland were in
part to blame for the sad fate of this
poor boy. We think different. In
early youth and boyhood he was sur
rounded by the best of influences,
taught right from wrong by a Chris
tian mother, yet these were disre
garded. He selected his own path
way, carved his own Uestiny and
none this side the grave can be blam
ed for the result. When he came to
this city he was past teaching righl
from wrong and because the people
of Portland did not take him into
I heir homes and pet him, they should
be blamed in no way for the final
tragedy which robbed James Tayloi
of his life. Portland Standard.
Time Piece fob Oregon. The Philadel
phia Evening " Star" of February 22d, says:
" An nut.rnnnmioal clock and transit has
been manufactured for the State University
of Oregon, located atEugeneCity, by Messrs.
Heller & Brightly, of this city. These in
struments are marvels of beautiful and ac
curate Bkill and workmanship. The clock
was sent to the national observatory at
Washington for the purpose of testing its
qualities. The result of the test was satis-
fa torymthe highest degree, ine transit
Sa a mn.anir!cent niece of workmaushiD. eve
ry part of which, with the exception of the
lens which was furnished by Alvin Clark,
of Boston, was made in the establishment
of Messrs. H. and B. Jrourteen other as
fr.nmTf.!il inati-uments m with the clock
and transit, the whole making bulk enough
to till a large car, which has been chartered
to carry them without transhipment to their
place of destination."
The red man may "scorn your
proffered treaty," but leave off the
last sylable and try him.
ISoad to Also si Valley.
Mr. J. M. Doty, of Alsea, Benton coun
ty, Oregon, under date of March 30th,
writes us a brief note, in which he says : "I
enclose you a proposition from Mr. Staples
to construct the Alsea road, which will be
of interest to some of your readers, espe
cially those of Upper and Lower Alsea.
The proposition that I made to Mr. Staples
was, that each person who subscribed work
or money should give personal security for
the same." The letter is as follows :
Cottage Grove, Lane Co., )
March 11, 1879. )
J. H. Doty, Sir : Yours, bearing date of
Dec. 27, 1878. came to hand after considera
ble delay. After a careful consideration of
its contents, I have made up my mind what
I would do, as I had already entered into a
contract that will take me till the middle of
July to complete. I had entered into the
contract one day before I received your let
ter, as it did not reach me until after the
20th ,f February, 1879. I will build your
road for yon, on conditions you wrote, if my
terms will suit the subscribers. The terms
are as follows : I will build the road from
the valley to the west bank of that stream
west of your place, for the sum of two hun
dred and fifty dollars per mile, with a ten
foot grade, and suitable turnouts on the
road ; and the grade shall not average more
than one and one-half foot to the rod, and
in no place shall it exceed two feet to the
rod, and that not more than ten rods at any
one place. And from there to Russet's for
seventy-live dollars per mile, on the same
grade; none of the turnouts to be more
than four hundred yards apart, and them
only where they are in full sight of each
other. I will not ask for any money on the
road until it is completed to your place, and
then 1 shall want two hundred dollars for
each mile of the road that is completed ; al
lowing you to retain the remainder for the
completion of the road. I shall also require
fifty dollars per mile on the balance, as the
road is completed. All those who subscribe
work will be allowed one dollar and fifty
cents per day, and they board themse!ves ;
and the same for a team ; ten hours will be
considered a day's work, let it be done win u
it will. All of the money must be p.ii J
when the road is completed, and will bind
myself to have it completed by the fifteenth
of October, A. D., 1879. If youacctpny
proposition, please let me know, so that I.
can commence work on it by the 10th of
April. Then I can put .about one mouth
and a half on it before I can haul my lum
ber to commence on my other contract.,
which I am bound to have done by the first
of August, next. Please write to Cottago
Grove, Lane county, Oregon.
Your3 truly, S. W. Staples.
Tlie Ucst a,ovc.
Home love is the be3t lovo. The love
that you are born to is the sweetest yoi
will ever have on earth. You who are anx
ious to escape from the home must pause a
moment and remember that this is so. It is
right that the hour should come when you,
in your turn, should become a wife and
mother and give the be3t love to others ;
but that will be just it. Nobody not a
lover, not a husband will ever be so tender
or so true as your mother and father, "ev
er again, after strangers have broken tho
beautiful bond, will there be anything .-;o
sweet as the little circle of mother, father
and children, where you were cherished,
protected, praised and kept from harm.
You may not know it now, but you will
know it some day. Whomsoever you mar
ry, true and good though he may be, will,
after the lover days are over and the honey
moon has waned, give you only what you
deserve of love and sympathy and usually
much less, never more. You must watch
and be wary, lest you lose that love which
came in through the eyes because the one
who looked thought you beautiful. But
those who bore you, who loved you when
you were that dreadful little object, a small
baby, and thought you exquisitely beautilui
and wonderfully brilliant they do not care
for faces that aie fairer and forms that are
more graceful than yours. You are their
very own, and so better to them always
than others. Selected.
A sawmill has recently been built in tho
Wallowa valley.
Several buildings will soon be 'erected at
Island City, in Union county.
Dalles Inland Empire : These great bo
vine contractors are now preparing for their
third annual tour across the continent with
a drove of nearly 11,000 head of cattle pur
chased in this county alone. Since last No
vember they have spent some Ifllb.UUu m
this county for horned beasts, . horses and
saddles.
The surveying party that has been engag
ed in running a trial line for the Oregon
Harrow Gauge railroad from Springfield to
Oregon City finished their work at the lat
ter point last Saturday. The line as pro
jected will run by Brownsville, Lebanon,
Scio and Silverton, through to Oregon City,
and wiill be 117 miles long.
Pendleton Independent : Our citizens are
awaking to the importance of being prepar
ed should another Indian outbreak oour
next summer. Forts are being built and
militia companies being organized in all parts
of our county, and although the prevailing
opinion is that we shall have no Indian
trouble this year, we are glad to see our cit
izens preparing to meet an emergency should
such occur, and the experience iu this dilu
tion, so dearly bought last summer, may be
of lasting benefit to our community.
Douglas Independent: Tuesday night the-
overland stage attempted to cross a slough
on Cow creek within tour hunttred yards ot
the station, and all six horses were drowned.
Cow creek is a mountain stream that doubles
its usual size in a couple of hours after a
heavy rain. During tho day before tii-i
stage arrived rain had fallen in torrents,
and the water in the slough ran so swiftly
that the ford was cut out m a very shorts
time to the depth of fifteen or twenty feet.
Into the ford the driver urged his horscz
unsusnectinc dancer. The team had n:;.
more than entered the water than the hor
ses commenced swimming, and in less Ml
than is required to pen this fact, the s' age
was dra cured in. the water swept against it,
and the horses were in this way pulled down
stream and drowned. Mr. Tice, the driver,
bravely remained with the stage until it
lodired anainst one of the banks of the
slough, and never left his post until the
mail and express box were recovered. For
tunately there were no passengers on the
stage at the time. The stage coach will be
saved. The mail was delayed only one day
by the accident, for as soon as the news of
the mishap became known, the stage com
pany, with commendable activity, proceed
ed to put on new horses and push the maU :
along.