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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, 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. '0 it 1 1 i 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.