Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY TANTIS k WOODCOCK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Payable in Advance.) Per Year , 82 SO Ux Month : J Three Months MJ Single Copies 10c All notices and advertisements intended for pub lication should be handed in by noon on Wednesday. COEyALLLS Livery, Feed, AND SALE STABLE. tirSrCRY STAB?: 1 V ssllHIIWillll 2 VOL. XVIII. CORVALLIS, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1881. NO. 37. J. R. BRYSON, Attoraey-at-Law. A. J. YQUNG. BENTON COUNTY TC-iln St., Corvallis, Oregon. SOL. KING, - - Propr, OWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED TO offer superior accommodations in the Livery line. Always ready for a drive. GOOD TElMS At Low Rates. My stables are first-class in every respect, and com petent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public. REASONABLE CHARGES FOR HIRE. P rticular Attention Paid to Boarding Horses. ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND HACKS FOR FUN BRAES. Coryallis, June 24, 1831. 18:25tf. WILLIAM MORRIS, (LATE FROM ENGLAND) TAILOR, FRONT STREET Tiro doors North of the Vincent House, REAL ESTATE And Loan Agency. oney to L.oan ! We have money to loan on good farms in Benton County in snms to suit borrowers. LOW INTEREST AND LONG TIME. Interest and Principal can be paid in installments. COiiVALUS, OREGON. All Orders promptly Executed. Repairs and cleaning at moderate prices. 18:201y EC. E. HARRIS, One Door South of Graham A Hamilton's. CORYALLIS, . . OREGON. Groceries, Provisions, -AND- DRY GO Corvallis, June 24, 1881. DS. 18:26tf. Boarding and Lodging. GEORGE KISER, PHILOMATH, OREGON, EESPECTFULLY IXFORMS THE TRAVELING public that he is now prepared and iii readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to give him a call, either by the SINGLE MEAL, DAY OR WEEK. Is also prepared to furnish horse feed. Liberal hare of public patronage solicited. Give me a call - . GEORGE KISOR. Philomath, June 24, 1381. 18-25tf N. B. AVERT, D. D. ., DENTIST. Havin located permanent ly in Corvallis I desire to in form the public that I am ready to do all kind of dental work. My instruments are all new and of the latest Im proved style All work in sured and satisfaction guar anteed or the money refunded Office over Graham A Gold son's Drug store, Corvallis Oregon. 18:25tf. GEO. P. WRENN, Beal Estate, Life and Insur ance Agent. Will attend to collecting of money on account or by note. Prompt attention given to all business en trusted to my care. Poors, Windows, Blinds and Kovldings Kept constantly on hand. tSTO&ce opposite King's Stables. 22tf. DR. F. A VINENT, DENTIST, CORVALLIS, REfiOI. OFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER MAX Max. Friendley's New Store. All of the latest improvements. Everything new and complete. All work warranted. Alease give me a call. 18:25tf. G. B. JTARltA, M. D. Physician & Surgeon. OFFICE OVER GRAHAM, HAMILTON A COTS Drug Store. Corvallis, Oregon. 18r25tf. J. R. BRYSONi Attorney at Law, ah I will receive prompt attention. Collections a Specialty- .frvB, June St.. lS-2Jtf. FARMS FOR SALE ! We have a large list of Good Farms and Ranches situated in various portions of Benton County, for sale on easy terms. Parties wishing to buy or sell a Farm, Ranch or Town Property, will save money by calling on us. BRYSON & YOUNG. Office: Up-staira in Jacobs & Neugass' New Brick, opposite Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon. 18n27tf. Genuine Buffalo Pitts CHALLENGES THEESHES ! FOR1881 The Best is the Cheapest ! Many valuable improvements, making it KING OF THE FIELD. ' Lightest Draft, Most Durable, Fastest, Best Cleaner and Grain Saver, Handsomest and Best Painted Machine in the World. Never taken out of the field for any other machine. Examine the Challenger before Ordering. For sale by WOO D OCR & BALDWIN. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, MRS. N. C. POLLY, Proprietress, OORvAIjIiIS, - - B a on C2 0 o H g M H 93 O m CO K f H 53 O C O S3 H o o S3 E-TThe Occidental is a new building, newly furnished, and first class in every particular. Stages leave this Hotel daily for Albany, and Yaquin Bay on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. i8:26iy hiese employed in this -lioiase. GRAHAM, HAMILTON & CO., Druggists and Apothecaries, -AND DEALERS IN- PAINTS, OILS, Umm, BRIBES, MASS, Wffl, TRUSSES, . SHOULDER BRACES, TOILET ARTICLES 4C. A f nil line ol Br oks, Stationery and Wall Paper. Our drags are fresh and well selected. Paescriptious edmpenuded at all hours. 18-26ly Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by T JTm BLAIR, Corvallis and Booneville. SACKS FURNISfiiirTO PATRONS. Farmers will do well to call on me before making arrangements elsewhere Tl8nJ7yl PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Friends of Temperance: The Oregon State Temperance Alliance at its session, in February last favor ed the submission of a Constitutional Amendment to the people. The State of Kansas passed upon this question last November, and is the first state in the Union that has adopted a constitutional provision against the liquor traffic. Sixteen of the slates have taken tteps in the same direction. Statesmen are fast coming to the opinion that this problem is to be solved in this way. Gov. Foster of Ohio, gives this movement his cordial endorsement. The Congregational Association at its late session by unanimous vote adopted the resolution and recom mend the submission of the amend ment to the people. This advance step has the approval of other ecclesi astical bodies, and they are taking action in the furtherance of the work. The National temperance conven tion, at its last session, held in Sarato ga, N. Y., and the grand lodge of the Good Templars oi the state of Oregon which recently met'at Hillsboro, adopted resolutions "favoring this action and by unanimous vote, rec ommended the reference r f this ap peal to the people in pursuance of the action of the Slate alliance which met in Portland, on the 30th of July, last, and unanimously determined to push the work forward The follow ing executive commute was selected : Dr. J. W. Watts of Oregon City, Chaplain R. S. Stubbs, C. J. McDou gal, Esq., and Mrs. Dr. Thompson, all of Portland, for the purpose ol having petitions printed and circu lated, and of devising ways to raise money to carry forward this move ment. Said committee had one thousand petitions printed, and are circulating them throughout the State. There is work for all. to do! The work does not belong exclusively to any Order, Class or Church, but to the people. All the citizen arc petitioners. All are interested, and at all public giiherings, such as Churches aud Sunday Schools, the work may be presented. Let all be invited to sign the petition. Any amendment of the Constitu tion of Oregon has to be passed by the Legislature, and to be approved at the following session, and then be ratified by the direct vote of the electors. So it will be about four years before this can be enforced in this State. Immediate and united action is called for. Existing organizations have thus tar failed, ii their divided counsels, to remove the curse. A combined effort of all can remove it forever. Hence all churches, all orders of Temperance, all friends of reform and progress, are expected to anite and co-operate in this movement by the State Alliance. The Strte Alliance is composed of delegates from all these bodies, and hence it is from the people. The committee have fully entered upon their trust in deep earnest, and will do their work, and they earnest ly urge upon you to do youir. Let this be your motto: "Go forward to complete victory over this enemy of mankind." Send to either of the committee, the names of persons, in other places, who will help. Obtain all the names yon can in person, or by others, up to Jan. 1st., and forward the lists to Dr. J. W. Watts, President, at Oregon City. The railroad war in the East has reduced passenger rates from New York to Chicago to eleven dollars, a little over one cent per mile. This is the cheapest rate for travel, over so great a distance in the world. The following from the Food and Health Journal may contain a valuable suggestion to many of oar reader: Watermelon con tains about 95 per cent, oi the purest of water, and a trace of the purest sugar, and nothing has yet been discovered that fur nishes so perfect and speedy a "cure" for summer complaint. Even when diarrhoea has been kept np by continued eating of ordinary food, until the disease had become chronic, this delicious beverage taken freely two or three time a day, ha been known to work wonders, and to "cure" when all the usual medic have failed. LOAFING. Does the young man who persists in being a loafer ever reflect how much less it would cost to be a de cent, respectable man? Does he im agine that loaferism is more econom ical than gentility? Anybody can be a gentleman if he chooses to be, without much cost, but it is very ex pensive to be a loafer. It costs time in the first place, days, weeks and months of it; in fact about all the time he has, for no man can afford to be a first class loafer without devo ting his whole time to it. The occu pation well followed, hardly affords time enough for eating, sleeping, dri , we had almost said drinking, but on reflection we except that. The loafer finds time to drink whenever invited at the cost of his friends. Once fully embarked on the sea of loaferdom, you will bid farewell to every friendly craft that sails under an honest, legitimate flag. Your consorts will be the buccaneers of society. It costs money, for the loaf er may not earn a cent or have one for months, the time lost might have procured him much money if devoted to industry instead of sloth. It costs health, vigor, "comfort, all the true pleasures of living, honor, dignity, self-respect and respect for the world when living, and, finally all right of consideration when dead. Be a gen tleman then; it is cheaper. Intelli gencer. GRASSHOPPERS IN NEVADA, Mr. C. W. Perry writes to the Farmer and Dealer as follows: The hungry skippers having made their appearance to an alarming extent, the farmers made a war on them in earnest. Long trenches were dug through the plain as if for irrigation and water turned into them from the mountain streams. Large wool sacks 60 .feet long by 8 feet in diameter, with iron hoops in the up-stream end were placed in the ditches. Then the hoppers are driven into the ditch, and they of course must float into the sacks. As soon as full, the hoop is taken out, the mouth of the sack firmly tied, and then mule teams are used to roll them out on the side of the ditch. Then a band of Indians (both bucks and squaws) mount the sacks and hold a wardance until the contents becomes a mass of mashed hopper, which is sold to these same Indians at a bit a bucketful. The in come from this source is consider able, the hoppers are no more, the Silver Stale is the boss in the hopper business, and the "noble red man" has his winter supply of "hopper pancakes" stored away in his "wickiup." ABOUT EDITORS. Every editor loves to have his friends, and particularly his readers, call on him. They belong to the same family as it were. But when yon call to seethe editor don't stay too long. Editors are generally very busy in business hours. If you have any suggestion to make or news to communicate, state it in as few words as possible. Don't offtr-any excuses, or indulge in a long preface to what you have to say. Blurt it right out; tell the editor yon wish him well, and bid him good day. Editors dote on such men as that; they love to re ceive calls from them. Don't argue with them; don't try to do it; he has no time for argument while at his work. When you write to an editor for publication, make it short boil it down. Pitch right into the middle of your subject, and be sure to stop writing when yon are through. Edit ors always like something fresh and original in the way of communications and are especially fond of news.' But the editor must always be the judge of what is worthy of publication. Of course, every writer thinks his own production the best, just as every mother thinks her baby the prettiest that ever was born. But the editor may be so stunid as to have a differ ent opinion, if so, it can't be helped. Don't try to argue him out of lila notion. If he is too stnpid to appre ciate a good thing, you can't expect to remedy bis dullness. Yon may think you are a good deal smarter than the editor; and that may be true, but the editor may be responsible and yon are not. There is no class of men so anxious to please a majori ty of people as editors are. There is no class so covetous of the good opin ion of others. It is well to remem ber that fact. Printer's Circular. GENERAL NEWS. There are 5000 men in New York worth 53,000,000 or more. A large veal packing house is being built in East Portland by Mr. Logus of Oregon City. A band of 2000 sheep, belonging to Capt. Ankeny, of Portland, passed through Leba non en route for Portland last week. Misses Eva and Clara Earhart returned home yesterday from Eugene, where they have been visiting for some time past. The Oswego Iron Co. intend shutting down some time next week for the purposo of putting in a new hearth, the old one hav ing burned out. The Hebrews of Albany have secured the two lots on the corner of Ellsworth and Third streets, where they contemplate erecting a synagogue. A ew nights ago the post office building at Lebanon was burglarized and 1500 pos tage stamps and some tobacco and other things were taken. Captain Ainsworth has been negotiating for the purchase of the Soda Springs recent ly discovered near the Dalles. It is his in tention to erect a hotel and start a first-class Summer resort there. "Prof Condon of the State University has examined the sample of millstone sent to him from the recently discovered quarry in Linn county, and finds it to be of good quality. The successful applicant for appointment to the military school at West Point, from Oregon, is Edward C. Brooks, of Linkville, son of Qnincy A. Brooks, Esq. Harvey S. Jordan, of Molalla, Clackamas county, was selected as alternate. Sen. J. T. Apperson and wife have gone east on a visit and expect to be gone several months. He goes as Grand Representative of the t; rand Encampment I. O . O. F. of thhe United States at Cincinnati. It is rumored that there are quite a uum ber of cases of smallpox at Astoria . One patient confined in the pest house made his escape, and remained away for a while and afterwards returned of his own accord. Several buys were tried in Harrishurg a few days ago for breaking in the windows and doors of a house in that famous Village inhabited by a woman with a miscellaneous character. Again near Portland was the scene of wife beating repeated, On last Thursday a man so beat and fearfully bruised his wife that he drove her from the house, snch brutes should be punished severely. It is said the Oregon Railway and Nav igation Company, s steamer Mississippi is bringing out twenty thousand dollars worth of printing material to be used in establish ing another daily newspaper in Portland. Censer. The mail coach running betweeu Rose burg and Redding a'.-ls attacked by high waymen one night last week near Ashland bridge, and the mail and Wells, Fargo & Co. 's express box plundered. Last week the steamer Nellie landed at Seattle with about 3000 .salmon from Mul kilteo, and finding no sale for the fish, anchored out in the bay and threw them overboard. They were of the haddo variety, and the cannery was using silver salmon and had no use for them. Miss Amanda Welch, who was born in The Dalles in I860, claims to be the small est woman in the world. She is 32 inches in height and weighs 35 pounds. She is making capital of her diminutive size by giving exhibitions. She was at Walla Walla last week During the eleven years and nine months from Nov. 1st, 1869, to Aug. 1st, 1881, the mills of Puget Sound, says the Intelligencer, sent to foreign market 288,137,000 feet of lumber, 15,419,000 laths and pickets, 33, 690,000 shingles, and spars to the aggregate value of nearly 9200,000. The extension, of the N. P. R. R. from Kalama to Portland will probably be built on the Oregon side, the passage of the river at Kalama being effected by a large ferry boat. Engineers are locating the lines from Kalama and are now some distance above t. Helen. Says the Telegram: the Wilson's river wagon road from Forest Grove to' Tillamook landing will open a new way. The engin eer reports a good a route and at as easy grades as any road in Oregon. This im provement is now being rapidly pushed through to completion, and we may expect to hear of a great future for Tillamook as a summer watering place. The Farmer says the fall wheat in repor ted to yield much higher than the spring crop throughout the state this season for which several reasons are assigned. The last week in March was very warm weather, followed by sadden change and heavy frost, and no doubt all fall wheat suffered more or Ies, while the spring wheat which came on later did not suffer. It is also claimed that heavy rains beat off the pollen when the wheat was in bloom, which made the top of the ear barren. The lease of the line of the Oregon Rail way Company (limited) to Mr. Villard was signed by the Earl of Airhe m New York on last week. The reason why the transac tion was not completed before is that the document as at first drawn np was not per fectly satisfactory to Mr. Villard, and it waa referred to the board of director in Scotland, by whom it was so modified as to make it Mtsrfactory to all concerned, and the transfer i now completed. Corvallis Gazette. 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Phy-" sician's had been discussing this point and were unanimous that at the earliest moment' possible the president should be removed. Capt. Henry, after canvassing the matter at' the White House has come to the decision that a trip down the river on the Tallapoosa' will be the first change, in case the pres ident recovers sufficiently of which no" doubt is now expressed. The Tallapoosa will arrive here tomorrow and very likely' be detained to await the" president's reou--Deration. The only sign that strength rj being renewed is that the president in being turned over on his side to dress the wound,, he both this morning and evening assisted in a slight measure in the turning move-" ment. Yreka, Aug. 31. A stage from Oregon? was robbed this moraine; about ten miles north of here. There were no passenger on board . The robbers took nine mail sacks y also an express box. The latter contained only a small amount, but the mail probably considerable. Santa Barbara, Aug. 31. Two shock of earthquake, from north to south, were felt here last evening at 7 o'clock. No damage. San Buena Ventura, Aug. 30. Three? slight but distinct earthquake shocks were" felt here at 6:45 last evening. Truckee, Aug. 31. A dispatch from1 Sierraville, Sierra county, says a fire origi nated in the store of J. Olsen at 5; 15 P. M today. The whole town is destroyed. Losses will reach at least $300,000. At the5 present moment the store of Nichols St. Coc is burning inside aud about fifty kegs of powder are stored therein. Within ten? minutes after the alarm was given the whole; town was ablaze. A two year old child of S. T. Barton was burned to death. Seattle, Aug. 31. The grand juay is now in session and i.; making an investigation ink the case of Davis, who was recently brought here from San Francisco on the Dakota suffering from a malignant type of small pox and who died shortly after at Newcastle.- Cape Town, Sept. 1. The union mail steamer Teuton, with 200 souls on board, was wrecked near Quo in point. The Teu-" ton had on board 147 passengers and a crew of 80 persons. The vessel struck a rock, but floated off, and was in the act of putting back to port when she sank. A majority of those on board perished. Alf the officers were drowned. St. Petersburg, Sep. L It is stated thatr an extraordinary commission has been form-" ed to consider the results of Count Katai-" zofTs investigation of the course of anti Jewish disturbance.. One of the German colonies in the district of Odessa had a pub lic meeting and almost unanimously agreed to and those present signed a proposition? for levying a line of 50 roubles on any bodjr letting lodgings to Jews. New York, Sept. 1. Reports from variour parts of this and neighboring states repre-" sent the drought as the most severe exper ienced in many years. Farmers are cem- Eelled to dig potatoes to save the crop, ate potatoes are utterly ruined. Many fruit and shade trees are dying and wells and cisterns are drying up. Stock require feeding. Philadelphia, Sept. 1. Dispatches from all sections of Pensylvania show damage" caused by long drought. Rivers are lower than ever; springs and wells are almost dried up. The corn crop is injured beyond recovery and will be barely half a crop. Wheat fields in the same counties are yellow' and parched, with no second crop of hay, and they are now plowing. In the lumber regions nearly all the great mills are conK pelled to shut down, and genuine alarm H netting in throughout the valley. Charleston, Sept. 1. Reports from forty seven rice plantations show the crops great-" ly damaged and works in some cases de stroyed. - Clintonville Wi., Sep. 1. The hostile Indians are encamped a few miles away and will resist any attempt to arrest them, They are well armed. They have scouts1 and runners stationed all through the coun try from here to Keshna and any movement of troops is speedily reported. The stock bridges have all left the agency. U. S. troops have lett Clintonville with twenty' day's rations. Port Royal, Sept. 1. The Swedish bark Batavia arrived this morning leaking very badly and with lost sails. The Batavia left Savannah, Aug 19th, for Antwerp with a cargo of naval stores and encountered the recent terrible hurricane twenty miles north of Frying Pan. Boston, Sept. . Benjamin Israel I. Butler, aged 27, son of Gen. Benj. F. Butler, died to-day. San Francisco, Sept. 1. A report is re ceived that an attempt was made early tins' morning to throw yesterday's overland ex-" press train from the t.ack near Colfax with the object of robery. It is understood, that the attempt was only successful in? ditching one car. No particular yet. San Francisco, Sept. 1. Further advice" regarding the attempt to rob the overland? train add nothing to the previously reported facts except that on the aproach of the rob bers the express messenger put out the? lights secured the doors of the car, armed himself, and the robbers finding an attempt' at surprise foiled, left hastily in a wagon' which they had in waiting. Tucson, Sept. 2 The Star has advicer from Fort Grant to the following effect r Three couriers have now come into Camp' Thomas, all bringing the same new that General Carr and command have all leen massacreed by White Mountain Indians; thirty-five miles from Camp Apache. 110' men and 7 officers were killed. The officer must be Gen. Carr. Capt. Henlig, Lieut. Carter, Gordon, Stanton, Crues and Dr. McCreery. The White Mountain Indian reservation is located about 160 mile north' of Wilcox, near the line of New Mexico. The tribe number about 1500 in all, and can muster 400 warriors, This is the only tribe" of Apache that have not been whipped into" subjection. ' ' f Fort Davis Texas, Sept. 2. A prty of Indians yesterday raided Beckwith ranch' at Pensacola, fifty miles southeast of For Davis, and drove off a large number of horses- Belonging vo mc nwcu ami uuuer uciguu-jr- l T l I1 3 .."., . ... in rancnev. Jl.aaL luccuajr uu.uv& askj, of Indians raided the sheep ranch of Lau rence Haley, ten miles from here, and yes terday Haley's herder, with some 2000 sheep was killed, and 1200 sheep driven off by a roving band of Indians, who also drove off the remainder of the herd, consisting el 1200 bead.