The Corvallis gazette., April 25, 1884, Page 7, Image 7

GONE OVKR.
Jane Ingelow in Longman's Magazine.
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"Come hither, come hither" the broom was
in blossom all over yon rise,
There went a wide murmur of brown bees
about it with songs from the wood ;
"We shall never be younger; O love, let us
forth for the world 'neath our eyes
Aye, the world is made young e'en as we,
and right fair is her youth and right
good."
Then there fell the great yearning upon me
that never yet went into words,
While lovesome and moansome thereon
spake and faltered the dove to the
dove.
And I came at her calling: "Inherit, inherit!
and sing with the birds."
I went up to the wood with the child of my
heart, and the wife of my love.
in.
O pure! O pathetic! Wild hyacinth drank
it, the dream light apace;
Not a leaf moved at all 'neath the blue,
they hung waiting for messages kind ;
Tall cherry trees dropped their white blossom
that drifted no whit from its place.
For the south very far out to sea had the
lulling low vice of the wind.
And the child's dancing fool gave us part in
the ravishmeuc almost a pain;
An infinite tremer of life, a fond murmur
that cried out ou time,
Ah short! must all end in the doing and spend
itself sweetly in vain,
And the promise be only fulfilment to lean
from the height of its prime !
v.
"We shall never be younger!" nay, mock me
not fancy, none call from yon tree;
They have thrown me the world, they went
over, went up: and, alas! for my part,
I am left to grow old, and to grieve and to
change, but they change not with me.
They will never be older, the child of my
love and the wife of my heart.
NORWAY.
THE PECULIARITIES AND HOME Lilt OF
THE FAR NORTHERN PEOPLE.
Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton in The Congregation
alism We were three days crossing the
rough North sea, from Hull, on the
English coast, to Bergen. The first
persons met on the steamer were Mrs.
Ole Bull and her friends, Mrs. James
T. Fields and Miss Sarah C). Jewett, on
their way to the beautiful home of the
former, " which occupies the whole
island of Lyso, near Bergen. The
memory of Ole Bull is precious to every
Norweigan, and his wife receives great
iionor from them.
Nearly all the people have blue eyes,
and hair like tow, while the horses and
dogs are of this same creamy color.
One street was quite covered with fir
twigs on account of a funeral on that
day. The body is kept for eight days,
and then, between the house and the
hurch, the way is made green and soft
for its burying.
The next morning we were in Bergen,
the quaintest city I have ever seen.
Artists come here in great numbers to
paint the picturesque white houses with
red roofs, and picturesque people.' I
saw for sale here a beautiful picture of
Ernest Longfellow, of Cambridge.
We rode up the Sogneford (the word
means a narrow arm of the sea) to
Xiserdal, where we must needs go for
car-oles. The bay is nusurpassed for
beauty. One feature of the journey
gave me great satisfaction. My hus
band paid for his ride a little ovei
twelve kroners ($3), being a man ; I, be
cause they considerately account a wife
only a part of the husband, paid half
the sum.
Soon after we had started in our
carioles we overtook Nils Gierre, a
student from Minnesota, studying in
the university of Upsala. As I was
anxious to visit some of the homes of
the peasants, Nils acted as our guide.
The kind people welcomed us most
heartily when they learned we were
from America, the land they all long to
see before they die. Several homes
had but one room each, while others had
one below and one above. Here
in one corner was the hand
loom, where the bedding and
clothes were woven; in the other, a
square box that could be drawn out as
a bed ; and in a third, a huge pile of
stones, with a hole for fire in the centre,
and an iron kettle hanging over it.
In the up-stairs room stood a half
barrel of the Norsk beverage, which we
were invited to enjoy. It is sour m'lk,
replenished day by day, and allowed to
ferment, when it will intoxicate. Seoing
that we did not imbibe deeply, the
hostess said to our young guide : " We
clean our barrel two or three times a
year, while most people rarely or never
clean theirs !" The taste to me was an
extraordinary combination of vinegar
and mould.
The ride through the country was
charming beyond description. The
road winds through a valley made by
the river Lera, a foaming torrent which
has forced its way through great ledges
of rock. Sometimes we rode for rods
through tunnels cut in the solid stone,
'aen along the brink of a precipice and
then where a half dozen waterfalls wet
us with their spray, making rainbows
in the sunshine. We stopped at the
church of Borgund, the most fantastic
structure lever saw, four Gothic houses,
one above another, the whole covered
with tarred shingles and rich in Runic
inscriptions.
Our meals at the stations were lax
and flad-brod, the latter made from
water and barley or oat meal, rolled
into "pasteboard sheets about ten feet
across. Once I saw "Tyk milk" was to
be had, and called for it, but found that
it was very thick sour milk of an uncer
tain age.
The Scandinavian race is, I believe,
the most polite in the world. From
little boys of 6 to men of 60, both rich
and poor, all take off their hats to each
other. Fishermen at their hard work
do not forget to lift their weatherbeaten
caps to one another.
Living is very cheap in Norway, 25
cents buying a fine dinner. Berries are
generally given you in a soup plate
tilled to the brim with cream.
Scores of people asked us about Paul
du Chaillu, whom they greatly esteem.
CREMATION AT ROMK
Scientific American.
The immense crematory at Borne is
in almost daily use. Cremation is daily
becoming more popular,, and bids fair
soon to dispose of more corpses in the
Italian capital than old-fashioned
burial.
BATTLE FOR LIFE.
The Story of Thomas H. Benton's
Successful Fight Against
Consumption.
Croffut's Letter.
I once said to Mrs. Fremont that it was
fortunate she was the possessor of such prime
health, as it had enabled her to be of so much
help first to her father, then to her husband.
"No, you mistake me," she replied. "Un
fortunately I have no secure health. I be
long to a consumptive family and inherit
strong pulmonary tendencies. In fact, I
have bled at the lungs myself and saved my
life only by a fight of years."
As I expressed much surprise, she said:
"Yes; my father was a man of tremendous
energy and resolution, and people generally
suppose him to have been robust. He never
was. He belonged to a family of eight chil
dren, of whom five died of consumption be
fore they were 21."
I asked her how Col. Benton got out of "the
line of promotion."
"When he was 3 years old his father died
of consumption, and when his brothel's fol
lowed, one after another, it set my father to
thinking. He was studying law in Tennessee,
practising, perhaps, by that time. The doc
tor told him that he had consumption of a
fatal variety, and must die. He rebelled
against this destiny, and said he never would
perish in that ignoble manner; he would die
on the battle-field. So he raised a company
(it was in the war of 1812) and started with a
detachment for New Orleans to join Jack
son. In the march from Memphis to New
Orleans he walked most of the. way, lending
his horse to others. He marched ii the
rain. He waded streams. He lay down in
his wet clothes and slept, and marched on.
He ate like a bear. He gained in strength.
His hemorrhages diminished in number and
finally ceased altogether. He always at
tributed his escape to out-door air and ex
posure. "Well, after I was married, my life was
despaired of, too, and the doctor intimated
that my time had come. I quit civilized
life at once and went and joined the general
on the plains. That kept me alive undoubt
edly. "So it was with our youngest boy, Frank.
He went into law, and had much ambition in
its study, but suddenly the old symptoms
came upon him, aud the doctor told him he
must quit the law office if ho would live.
Reluctantly he took the hint, and went into
the army, where he can live out of doors as
much as he likes."
1 said that Col. Benton was such an inces
sant and profound scholar along certain lines
that I had supposed that his life must have
len mostly sedentary, especially during the
years when he was editor of The Missouri
Inquirer.
"He always kept up the habit of free ex
ercise in the air," said Mrs. Fremont, "but it
ma'le him comparatively strong, so that he
could pursue long studies. I remember read
ing through to him in French, the sixteen
volumes of the 'Causes Celebres of France,
while he made an abstract of the cases."
I reflected that, perchance, the multitudi
nous duels that "Old Bullion" felt compelled
to fight in those good old days, when it was
considered the proper thing for airy man to
kill an editor, must have given him a good
deal of exercise, and may have had some in
fluence in keeping him alive. I asked Glen.
Fremont the other day if John Bigelow's al
lusion to his duels in the "Campaign Life of
'56" repelled the Quakers from him, and he
said: "Not at all, I am sure. The Quakers are
sensible people. When I gathered that fine
army of 60,000 around me in Missouri, several
of the foremost young Quakers of Pennsyl
vania joined me, and put on the uniform and
took .up the sward at the risk of expulsion
from their church. Probably some of them
actually were expelled."
"I remember," 1 said, "when we thought it
was rather hard for you to be relieved of
your command in Missouri for taking the
very same attitude of hostility to slavery
that Lincoln himself was compelled shortly
to take."
"I dont allow myself to talk much about
my old disappointments," said the general.
Custom in Ueteoti ves,
New York World.
The fact appears to be pretty well estab
lished now that the private detective is one
of the necessary appurtenances of excessive
wealth, and is to be found in all well-furnished
establishments, along with the foot
man and the butler.
This, as a fashionable necessity, is a decided
improvement on the pug-dog, and it will, no
doubt, lead to an improvement in the breed
of private detectives. The ostensible object
is, of course, to have the ladies' diamonds
looked after, and, as it is the habit of certain
American ladies to put on their diamond
necklaces when they go out for a ridt in a
bob-tailed car, the utility of it is not ques
tioned. Custom, which regulates all things, has de
creed that ladies who only carry from $10,000
to $20,000 worth of diamonds on their persons
shall not indulge in more than one detective.
But those who carry gems worth over $100,
000 are entitled to two. By this ingenious
arrangement it will hereafter be able to esti
mate a lady's wealth in personal adornments
by counting her routine of "shadows." The
plan is simple and convenient, but if fortunes
continue to increase at their present rapid
rate and diamonds to multiply, the coming
American dowager will look like the leader
of a battalion whenever she takes her walks
abroad.
Bound in Oak.
Pall Mall Gazette.
A real novelty has this winter been intro
duced' Into bookbinding by Mr. Elliot Stock
in connection with his fac-simile first edition
of "The Religio Medici." This volume,
which has more than usual interest, because
it shows the actual spelling and wording of
the famous treatise as it was written by the
author for his own edification and published
surreptitiously by the printer, is bound ap
parently between two slabs of oak, beauti
fully grained and figured in low relief with a
graceful scroll pattern. A close examination,
however, shows that the wood is not solid
the fact being that some ingenious inventor
has discovered a device whereby solid oak (in
this case the wood came from an o. 1 chest)
can be cut in slices of about the thickness of
drawing-paper, so softened as to receive the
impression of a stamped pattern, and being
then folded over a binding of cardboard ade
to present the appearance of carved oak.
True to the Letter.
Philadelphia Call.
"What in the world have you been eat
ing)" asked a mother of her little boy,
whose face was smeared like the countenance
of a war-painted Indian. And the little boy,
who had been surreptitiously indulging in
molasses, truthfully replied: "Nothing to
speak of, mamma."
An eagle carried off a small boy at Waco,
Tex., and the city authorities are agitating
the question of hatching eagles as an im
portant local industry.
Chicago Herald: Death is sometimes un
merciful in his tardiness.
"AWFUL" AND "HORRIBLE"
GARDNER.
"Caspar" in Detroit Free Press.
Back now to that fight in 18G0. The
list of victims of the Riverdale disaster,
which occurred the same day that Uncle
Bill Tovee was buried, contained the
name of the Rev. Howell Gardner. It
could never have occurred to" you. of
course, that the Rev. Howell Gardner
was the same "Horrible" Gardner who
was knocked out by Bill Tovee twenty
odd years stgo, after a hard-fought bat
tle of thirteen rounds. He was, though,
just the same, except that he had given
up pugilism for preaching, which cer
tainly was to his credit. Back some
five and twenty years ago there were
two brothers in Gotham who. had
distinguished themselves as mighty
tough cases, and who, if cutting the
same pranks to-day, would be known as
"terrors." Their front names were
Orville and Howell, and their back
name was Gardner. But no one knew
them as either Orville or Howell. The
elder Gardner rejoiced in the cognomen
of Awful Gardner, and the younger in
that of Horrible Gardner. Famous, in
deed, were they in a knock-down and
drag-out scrimmage. Awful was the
hardest hitter and the readiest for a
fight, but Horrible was not far behind.
A tougher pair than the two brothers
could not be found in all the highways
and byways of Gotham. Remembering
what they were, you can easily see
how their names became changed
from Orville and Howell" to Awful
and Horrible. The story of how
Awful Gardner got religion and be
came a man of peace, has been told
a hundred times. It struck him so
suddenly that he went whooping
out on the highway and scared the
whole neighborhood. The conversion
of Horrible Gardner took place later.
The two brothers then became active
revivalists and honestly, I believe, tried
to make amends for the misdeeds and
general mischief of their early life.
Orville, who is now advanced in years,
has been an inmate of a home lor the
aged and infirm for some time. Before
his admission to the home he had be
come so poor and helpless that his con
dition was but little better than that of
a tramp. Howell, being several years
younger, fared somewhat better, and
has contrived to get a decent living.
Does it not seem rather strange that
the cause of his death occurred the
same day that the man who whipped
him in the prize ring three and twenty
years ago was buried? Not a coinci
dence, of course, but curious.
THE RICHEST CHINA MAN IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
I sat on the piazza at El Paso, Texas,
and saw approaching a repulsive-looking
Chinaman, whose face was disfig
ured by a long, ghastly scar. It was
Sam Hing, the richest Chinaman in
America, who is said to have salted
down four delicious millions.
"Washee?" yon ask. "Not muchei
washee!" Sam has too "soft a thing."
Rumor has it that all the Chinamen
employed in constructing the Mexican
and Texas railroads get their employ
ment through Sam Hing, and that each
Chinaman (about 30,000) pays him $1
per month, besides a bonus for the job
of work obtained through Sam.
in fact, controls the labor market, and
Chinamen who "go it alone" have an
odd way of disappearing to China,
perhaps. The men whom Sam pro
vides with employment must also pur
chase all their clothes and provisions
of him, and so, "by a simple mathemat
ical process,'' you will conclude that
Sam has a bonanza.
Why don't I tell you about the scar
that disfigures the face ? I will. Com
mon fame and Chinese history say that
Sam Hing was once upon a time
hanged in the Celestial Empire for a
crime unknown. After a Chinaman has
played Mohammed's coffin for a given
legal length of time his body is given
over to his friends, who are at liberty
to resuscitate it if they can, in which
event the resuscitant must, like the late
Carey, and others, pack up and "go"
for foreign shores. Sam Hing's vital
ity was restored, and he lived to become
an American millionaire, with head
quarters at El Paso, and branches in
California, Colorado, Mexico and Ari
zona. STONE WALL A LRII) G E D WILDER.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A useful man to Stonewall Jackson
was old Miles, the Virginia bridge
builder. The bridges were swept away
so often by floods or burned by the
enemy that Miles was as necessary to
the Confederate army as Jackson him
self. One day the Union troops had
retreated and burned a bridge across
the Shenandoah. Jackson determined
to follow them, summoned Miles.
"You must put all your men on that
bridge," said he; "they must work all
night, and the bridge must be completed
by daylight. My engineer shall furn
ish you the plan, and you can go right
ahead." Early next morning Jackson,
in a very doubtful frame of mind.
the old bridge-builder. " Well," said
the general, "did the engineer give you
the plan for the bridge?" "General,"
returned Miles slowly, "the bridge is
done. I don't know whether the picter
is or not !"
rOBEim TELEGRAPHIC H1WS,
is dead. He
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&atfc, i naZfiexnlorer. at St. Paul. Melonanda. has
THE PERILS OF THE ARMY.
"I'm so alarmed, Lizzie," exclaimed
a St. Louis girl, who was engaged to
be married to a young army officer,
"he hasn't written me in three days."
"There is no occasion to get excited,"
was the reassuring reply; "he is out
of the reach of Indians, there is no epi
demic prevailing where he is stationed,
and when he last wrote you he was in
perfect health." "Oh, yes, I know all
that, Lizzie," said the timid, agitated
creature, "but then there's the army
worm."
A D UDa'S ANXIETY.
The original Simon pure dude from
Dudeville, Dude county ,has been bodily
fractured in a Wisconsin railroad colli
sion. When they dug him out of the
wreck he gasped :
"Don't mind me, but look after my
cane. It's the yellow one, with a ham
mei ed silver crook handle !"
The cane was fonnd broken in four
pieces, but as they have manfully kept
lie truth from him he is expected to
live.
Byron, the dramatist, is dead.
Paris is infested by Anarchists.
It Is rumored that General Gordon is a
prisoner.
The strike movement is spreading in
Germany.
The death of M. Jean Baptiste Dumas
is announced.
The Empress of Germany is suffering
from cartarrh.
The Duke of Bucclinch
was born in 1806.
Berber advices make no mention of the
fall of Khartoum.
English Inspector Seorge France is in
search of dynamiters.
Premier Smith, of British Columbia, has
left Ottawa for home.
Sixteen Aberdeen fishermen were
drowned in a recent gale.
The statue of Gambetta was unveiled at
Cokors, France, last week.
Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice
have started for Darmstadt.
Harrison Gray Otis, of Baston, died in
Switzerland, in his 62d year.
London advices from Berber make no
mention of the fall of Khartoum.
Henry George's land reform mission to
Scotland, is a pronounced success.
A Are destroyed Clendenning's machine
shops at Montreal, valued at $50,000.
Auguero and his band of insurgents are
creasing a feverish excitement in Cuba.
There is a plot in Egypt to murder El
Mahdi and the members of his council.
The stockholders of the Cunard line held
a boisterous meeting in London last week.
The British Columbia Chinese bill was
disallowed on account of its unconstution
ality. The English government considers it
unnecessary to dispatch troops to Khar
toum. The Chinese government is greatly exer
cised at the recent French successes in
Tonqjiin.
Communication with Berber by land and
water is cut. The rebels have raided the
environs.
News has been received at Madrid from
Cuba that Auguero's force now numbers
225 men.
The German provincial authorities have
been notified to prepare for the Reichstag
elections.
Colonel Trevino arrived at Monterey,
Mexico. Ten thousand people welcomed
him home.
The remains of Charles Reade were in
terred at Willesden, England. The funeral
waasxivate.
A Fenian named Fitzgerald was ar
rested in London on a charge of treason a
few days ago.
The railroad subsidy resolution was
adopted in the Canadian Parliament by a
vote of 110 to 50.
Advices from Tonquin state that General
Millot occupied Hunghoa on the 12th inst.
without fighting.
Prominent Fenians say the arrest of
John Daly by the English government is
simply ridiculous.
An attempt was made recently to assas
sinate the President of Guatemala. He
was slightly wounded.
The decree against the Chinese Prince
Kung, states that he accepted bribes and
aimed at supreme power.
ws of the death of Dr. Pogge, the Ger-
been received in London.
The Irish Times, of Dublin, savs the
Parnell party will become an organized
section of the Liberal party.
The steamer Laurel is cruising about
the entrance to the harbor of Havana to
intercept any expedition to Cuba.
It is reported that the French fleet has
occupied Amoy in order to secure the pay
ment of the indemnity from China.
Gaulois (Paris) says the Pope is prepar
ing a strong encyclical against the order
of Free Masons and secret societies.
It is stated in Cairo that England has
submitted proposals te the powers for set
tling the financial troubles of Egypt.
The indications are that the English
government intends to undertake an
autumn campaign against Khartoum.
The Swedish government has summoned
four of the leading Norwegian newspapers
for libellous offense against the Crown.
Miss Anderson's conduct in reference to
the closing of the Lyceum Theater in Lon
don is sharply criticised by the London
press.
El Mahdi's position is critical. His
troops and the inhabitants are excited
against him, and his fall is daily ex
pected. The Secretary of the London Theatrical
Fund has asked Lotta to lend her serviees
for. the fund benefit at the Drury Lane
Theater.
Clarence C. Ford, Consul at Sagua la
Grande, has temporarily taken charge of
the United States General Consulate at
Havana.
Business in Victoria continues to de
velop rapidly under the impetus caused
by the Island railway and dry dock con
struction. The Canadian government offers a re
ward of $3,500 for the arrest of the perpe
trators of the recent outrage on the
railway line.
he Swiss Federal Council has directed
officials or Heme ana wuremourg to pro
tect members of the Salvation Army
against outrages.
The remains of Beethoven and Schubert
are to be exhumed from the Wahring
church yard and transferred to the central
cemetery ot Vienna.
At Naples recently a drunken soldier
fired at a number of his comrades, room
ing in the same dormitory, killing five
and wounding tnree.
The roads beyond Berber are occupied
by the rebels, and fears are entertained
, , . . . 1 T 1- 111 1 I
mat tnat piace ana iwnguia win ue ill
vested in a short time.
Preparations are being made to put on a
line of steamers between Victoria and
China and Japan on the completion of the
Canadian Pacific Kailway.
Edward Smith. American Consul at
Mannheim, died ef apoplexy last week,
while in a railway carriage near Reading.
He was on his way home.
The Gazette Italia contradicts the re
port that Pir.oloime is reduced to novelty,
She is married to Marquis Fargvs. who is
the owner of a large estate.
The English government is getting very
much ashamed of its late action in refer
ence to American beef, and the embargo
will no doubt soon be removed.
The London Times in speaking of the
dynamiters makes some adverse criticisms
upon America, and what they .claim to be
ner open crusaae against nngiaQu.
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Blaine seems to be the favorite.
It is said that Arthur will not run.
Fitcairn Island has 105 inhabitants.
Alabama Republicans favor Arthur.
Conneticut is flooded with pauper immi
grants.
Reading, Pa., Republicans are for Blaine
and Lincoln.
The Chicago wheat market is steady and
a shade higher.
The New York petroleum market onened
strong for the week.
The Chamber of Commerce of St. Paul
favor silver coinage.
The shin Mercury, from Port Townsend.
has arrived at Boston.
Pennsylvania Republicans will un.
doubtediy be for Blame.
Erie. Pa., delegates are nlerimd tn mm.
port Blaine and Lincoln.
Eight Drisoners eseaned from the Gain ea.
ville Ark., jail last week.
Last year 3,733 foreigners passed through
Castle Garden for Oregon.
Small towns in Pennsylvania are coming
to the front solid for Blaine.
The exports of gold for Europe last
week amounted to $2,450,000.
Pleuro-pneumonia has appeared among
cattle in Chester county, Penn.
Mrs. Langtrv opened a two weeks en
gagement in Chicago last week.
Philadelphia was the scene of a seventy-
three round prize fight recently.
The Republican convention of Altoona.
Pa., endorsed Blaine for President.
The Iowa peach crop will be almost an
entire failure, owing to the worm pest.
Senator Mahone's condition is such that
he has left Washington for Petersburg.
The first arrest in Chicago for violation
of the Harper Law was made last week.
There was a heavo snow storm through
out the Pennsylvania coal region last
week.
Salem, N. J., had a $120,900 fire recently.
at which several firemen were severely in
jured.
Chicago is assuming an important air as
the time draws near for the National con
vention. Sherman delegates were sent from Cald
well, Ohio, to the State Republican con
vention. Manager Towne reports that the South
ern Pacific is again open through to Los
Angeles.
The Cincinnati coroner has commenced
holding inquests over the victims of the
late riot.
The chances for the consideration of
Morrison's tariff bill by the House are unfavorable.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
Charles E. Coon as Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury.
Emily Faithful has left New York for
Europe. She is opposed to Polygamy as it
exists in Utah.
The orange crop for Florida this season
has been estimated at 00,000,000 oranges,
netting $250,000.
Ex-Speaker Keifer is safely out of the
scrape encountered by alleged charges
against Boynton.
The Republicans of Williamsport, Pa.,
have elected Blaine delegates to the Na
tional convention.
Hendricks has returned to New York
from Europe. He says he is not a candi
date for President.
The part of the naval appropriation bill
providing for new cruisers seems to pro
voke the most debate.
California will begin her new cereal year
Jury 1st,' wfth an unusually abundant sup
ply ot wneat tonnage.
The Union Pacific railroad earnings for
February show a decrease of $125,255
gross, and $318,819 net.
A New York ferry boat ran down a yawl
containing six sailors a few days ago. Two
of them were drowned.
General J. A. Denver, of Ohio, is now
receiving a boom for the Democratic
Presidential nomination.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern Railroad Directors increased
their stock to $30,000,000.
The will of Harold S. Peck, of Chicago,
bequeathing $700,000 to his w-idow, has
been admitted to probate.
A fire damp explosion took place in a coal
mine, near Elizabeth, Pa., killing two men
and injuring several others.
The Senate last week took the bill to es
tablish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States.
Delegates from London, Ohio, to the
Republican State convention are unin
structed, but are solid for Blaine.
The Ohio Legislature has adopted a res
olution appointing a committee to investi
gate the Cincinnati election frauds.
The works of the Celluloid Brush Com
pany, Newark, N. J., were burned re
cently. Loss, $200,000, fully insured.
John C. Perry, the newly appointed Jus
tice of the Supreme Bourt of Wyoming,
was stricken with paralysis last week.
The New York Journal of Commerce
claims that India cannot compete with the
United States in the production of wheat.
Waimor fpaHvnl enncprts, under the di
rection of Theodore Thomas, opened bril-
week.
The statement of the funded debt of
the District of Columbia issued by the
Treasurer shows the total debt to be $21,
512,799. An engine lumped the tracks near Ru
pert, Vt., recently, injuring Engineer
Hitchcock tataiiy ana two otner persons
severely.
There is a disposition in New York to
make the Republican ticket Grant and
Logan by combining all the elements
against Blaine.
Hon. Charles D. Hodges, who has 're
sided in Carrolton. 111., since 1833. and
served the people as Judge and Congress
man, died last week.
The New York and Pennsylvania Coal,
Iron and Coke Comoanv. of Johnstown.
Pa., were incorporated last week with a
capital of $3,ooo,uou.
The Louisana State Board of Health ad
vises a detention of ten davs at quaran
tine of vessels entering New Orleans from
South American ports.
The trunk line roads will carry delegates
and visitors to the Democratic and Repub
lican conventions at Chicago for one un
limited fare for the round trip.
Illinois' shares of the 77.000.000 proposed
to be distributed by the Blair education
bill, which bas passea tne national oen-
ate, is $l,lo,oou; uook county s, ?ivo,aio.
A few days ago plans were perfected
whereby tickets to the Chicago conven
tion could be. distributed in each State in
exact proportion to their several number
ot delegates.
PORTLAND MAKKET REPORT.
BUTTER Fancy, fresh roll, V lb., 35
40c; inferior, grade, 20 25c; pickled, 25
30c.
CHEESE California, 17 19c; Oregon
large, choice. 1920c. small, none.
EGGS doz., 18c.
FISH Extra Pacific codfish, whole, In
c, 74c, boneless, in bxs., 8cMb.: domestic
salmon, hf bbls., $6.007.00, bbls., $11.00,
1-lb. cans, V doe., $1.45; mackerel, No. 1, V
kit, $1.752.00, No. 2, $1.501.75, No. 1,
hf bbls., $10.00, No. 2, $8.50; herrings,
salted, hf bbls., , dried, 10-lb. bxs.. 75c.
FLOUR Fancy extra, V bbL $4.75;
bakers' extra, ; country, $4.004.50;
superfine. $3.75.
FEED, Etc. Corn meal, 100 lbs., $2.75
3.00: buckwheat, $5.50; oat meal, $4.00
4.25; cracked wheat, $3.253.58; bran,
ton $18.20; shorts. $2225; middlings,
fine, $2S.OO30.00; hay, baled, $18.0O2O.0O;
ehop, $22.50S5.00.
FRUITS Prunes, Hungarian, 1., 124
15c; raisins (new), bx., $2.502.75, hf
bxs., $2.753.08, qc bxs., $3.253.36, 8th
bxs., $3.253.50; currants, Zante, & lb.
in bxs., 10c; citron, $ lb. in drums, 224e;
almonds, Marseilles, V lb., 1820c, Lane,
20c; walnuts, Chili, lll24c, California.
1213c.
WHEAT Good to choioe, 100 lbs.,
$1.501.55, good valley; Walla Walla and
Eastern Oregon, $1.401.47J.
OATS Choice milling, nominal; good
feed, 50c ordinary feed, 48 50c.
BARLEY Brewing, 100 lbs., nominal
feed, nominal'
BUCKWHEAT Nominal, $3.00.
CORN No demand.
RYE Nominal, 100 lbs., nominal
$1.5O2.00
HIDES AND BAGS Hides, dry, over
16 lb., lb., 14c; Murrain hides, two-thirds
off; hides, wet salted, over 55 lbs., $ lb., 6
7c (one-third less for light weights, dam
aged, cut grubby or dry salted); pelts,
shearling, 10c$l.v0; deer skins, winter,
1215c, Eastern Oregon, 22c, summer, E
1820c, valley, 2530c; burlaps, 40 in.,
8ic, 45 in., 9Jc, 60 in., 15c; twine, flour, 35
40c, wheat, 35c, fleece, 1213c; gunnies.
18c; wheat sacks, 77Jc:
HONEY In comb, lb., 22 25c;
strained in 5 gal., 11c tlx; 1-gal. tins, f
doz, $14.0015.00, half-gal., $7.50.
HOPS lb.. 1520c;
PROVISIONS Bacon, HJ12Jc; hams,
country, lb., 1315c, butcher, scarce;
shoulders, 10llc.
LARD Kegs, ft., 12c; Eastern,
pails, 12134c Oregon, tins, 12124c; Cali
fornia, 10-lb. tins, none
GREEN FRUITS Apples, bx., $1.50
2.00; lemons, California, $4.005.00, Sicily,
$12.0O13.00; oranges, bx., $4.004.50:
limes, t? 100, $1.502.00
VEGETABLES Potatoes, bu., 50
60c, according to variety; cabbage, 8? lb,.
2Jc; turnips, sck., $1.25; carrots, $1.25;
beets, $1.2; onions (new), tr lb., le; pars
nips, 2c.
WOOL Valley, 1416c; Eastern Ore
gon. 1415c.
POULTRY -Chickens, doz., spring,
$4.0U5.50. old. $6.00: ducks. 10.00(12.0tt
geese, $8.0010.00; turkeys, lb., 1518c.
PEAS, SEEDS, Etc. Beans, ? lb., pea.
44c, s. w., 33c, lg. w., 4ic, oayou, 44c, pink,
5e. limas, 4c; peas, field, 2434c, sweet,
1520c; timothy seed, 10412c, red clover,
2225c, white clover, 4050c, alfalfa, 16
20c, Hungarian grass, 8 10c, millet, 8 10c,
orchard grass, 1820c, rye grass, 2025c,
red top, 1517c, blue grass, 182c, mes
quite grass, 10C 124c.
SUGARS Golden C. in bbls., 4? tb.. 8ic,
in hf bbls., 9Jc; refined D, bbls., 7c. hf
bbls., 7Jc; dry granulated, bbls., 10J, hf
bbls., yjj'c; crushed, bbls., 94c; fine
crushed, bbls., lOJc, hf bbls., 10fc; cube,
bbls. 10c, hf bbls, 10c; islands, No. 1, kgs,
Timic, bgs., 72c.
SYRUPS California refinery LsJ, W gal.,
bbls., 624c, kgs., 674c, cs., gal. tins, 774c;
Eastern, bbls., f' gal., 55c, kgs, Q5c cs.. 65c.
DRIED FRUITS Bleached, 14 15c;
apples, machine-cured, V lb., 1516c, sun
cured. 9(ml0c: peaches, machine-cured, in
boxes, 13 14c; German, in boxes, lb., 10
fellc: plums, sun-cured, pitless, 15
machine-cured, 10fel8cj pears, ma
curetip tOr2fc-, suVi-cuxed, -100 11
California. 25-b. bx.. Uc: Smyrna,
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
RECEIPTS Wheat, 7,500 ctls.: flcur.
30.500 qr. sks.: oats, 57 6tls.; potatoes, 325
sks.: eggs, 14,500 doz.
FLOUR San Francisco extra are loo
ping at $5.25 5.65; superfine $3.504.50;
inferior brands, $5.005.50 for extra, and
$3.504.0U for superfine
Willi AX isxtra cnoice, v cu., jfi.vu.
Buyer season 300, $1.83i; 100, $1.82:
300. $1,824; 200. $1.82i.
OATS Black, $1.35 1.40; white. $1.60
1.65: for common. 1.701.80 for fair to
good, and $l.701.75 for extra choice
(JUKJN unoice ary yenow, ?i.ou; wnite,
choice drv. $1.40(1.50: common, $1,374
1.45; Nebraska, $1.351.40.
UK A IN ymet ana uncnangea at $i.uu
15.00 $ ton
AUDDIjI jn us oteaay at si.ootgjzu.uu v
ton.
HAY Wheat, $11.0013.00; wild oat,
$11.0013.00; barley, $8.0011.08; stable,
$13.0014.00; cow, $10.0012.60; alfalfa,
$6.0010.50 & ton.
Si It A W yuotaoie at .kkjsdoo v uaie.
BUCKWHEAT Quotable at $3.253.50
BARLEY Feed. W ctl.. $1.1241.074;
brewing No. 1, $1.1241.15, No. 2, $1.05
1.10; bay chevalier, $1.301.35; coast do.
$1.151.20
TAIjLiUW uooa to cnoice renaereu, j
74c: refined, 994c lb.
HOPS Quotable at 1719c, tb. for fair
to medium, and 2022c jor good to choice.
APPLES Oregon, bx., $1.50, $2.25.
HIDES Dry, lb., usual selection, 18c;
drv kip. 18c: dry calf, 1821c; prime hair
goatskins, 624v0c.
LARD Eastern refined, 3 to 10-lb. tins,
13c. 13c. . Other provisions unchanged.
SALMON-Oregon, l-ib cans, v aoz.,
f. o. b., $1.20, $1,224.
EGGS doz.. 2627ic.
MILLSTUFFS Ground barley. 24.00
25.00 lf ton; oil cake meal, old process.
$30.00, new process, $26.50: rye flour. $6.00
jff bbl.; rye meal, $5.50; buck-wheat flour,
tb., 5c; pearl barley, 45c; graham flour,
3c: oatmeal, 54c; Easter oat meal, bbl.,
$9.75, net cash; cracked wheat, tb., 4c.
DRIED PEAS Green, $3.503.75; niles,
$2.002.25; biacseye, $3.00 ctl
BBlio w A A. uuotaoie at sotgzou, w
POTATOES New sell, according to
quality, as follows: Small, 2c; medium,
24c; large choice, 34c ? lb. Sweets, $2.75
3.66: Cuffey Coves. 75c; Jersey biues,
6675c: Humbolats, 75c; Petalumas,
6570c; Tomales, 6570c; early goodrich,
$1.25; early rose, $1.00; river reds 50c;
peerless. 8590r.
SEEDS Brown mustard, $3,06 3.50,
yellow, $3.00 Flax, $2.502.75, ctl.; can
ary, 55ic; alfalfa, 89c; rape, 334c.
hemp. 344c; timothy, 78c, & tb. for im
ported. BUTTER Good to choice roll, lb.,
2122c; fair, 2324c; firkin, 2225c: west
ern, 1620c.
CHEESE California, 1718c; Eastern
creamery, 1416c: Western, 15 18c, tb.
POULTRY Dressed turkeys, 2426c,
live, 2325c, & Vb for hens, and 2325c for
fobblers, geese, $2.252.75 pair; ducks,
11.6014.00 V doz.; hens, $8.008.50;
roasters, young, $8.509.50, old do, $7.50
8.00f broilers, $5.006.00, according to
size
HONEY Extracted, 6c, 8c, ft.; extra
white comb, 18c, 20c; white, 13c, 16c: dark.
9c 12c
WOOL Mendocino. 13c, 15c, lb.;
Humboldt, 12c 17c: San Joaquin, 8c, 10c;
coast, 8c, 11c; Red Bluff and Colusa, etc.,
BEANS We quote as follows: Pea and
small white, $3,124 1? ctl.; bayos,
t4.50; pinks, $4.40; red jobbing at
4.50; limas, $3.153.20; butter, $3.50
3.60