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to Ml) Corvallis Gazette. Friday Mossing, april 25, 1884. Entered at the Postoffice at Corvallis. Oregon, as second-class matter OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY News Summary. A petition for a prohibitory amendment to the Constitution found 4,000 signers in Linn county. About one-fifth of the ladies of Walla WalU hvB registered with the intention of voting at the next election. Within the last month upwards of 803 emigrants have located north of the North era Pacific railway in Washington Territory. The Dominion government is about to erect extensive barracks for a regiment of soldiers at Victoria. The fortifications are also to be strengthened and enlarged. The Marion County Com nissioners have ppropriated $200 towards carrying a case to test the mortgage law, up to the highest tribunal and so obtain a final verdict. A movesient is on foot to divide Multno mah county, taking that part lying east of the Willamette river for a new county with East Portland as a county seat. According to the roadmaster's report 14, AC7 head of cattle were imported into the Yellowstone valley in 1882. The exports during the same year were 33,573, showing the excess of exports over the imports to be 16,006. James Watkins mail carrier on the Sams valley and Butte creek route, Jackson onnty has been arrested for appropriating to his own use $100 entrusted to him by K. B. Brown of Kagle point, to deliver to C. C. Beekman. Reports from Eastern Oregon concerning the coming wool clip are cheering. The in crease of flocks will average 100 per cent. , nd as the sheep have beuu kept in good condition all winter the clip will be unu sually hea'y. The most dangerous counterfeit silver dol lar ever known is now in circulation at Salt Lake city, all branches of trade being caught by it. An assay will be made of it as it is beleived to be of pure silver and overweight. It is not known where it is made. At the close of the Mormon quarterly -conference in Salt Lake recently, president John Taylor put to a vote the question, "Shall we uphold the doctrines of our church, including polygamy, stand by it and defy the powers of the nation?" and 7000 Mormons shouted "Yes." The Wasco Sun says that an immense fish wheel now in construction at The Dalles will soon be completed and in position. 11 the people of Eastern Orjjgonjwish to pre m MrWtftB (Igh tTt annually come from 'the ocean and ascend the Columbia, they will insist that to use a fish wheel shall be un lawful. The City Recorder went below Pendleton Oregon, and married a couple the other day, and afterwards discovered that he was out aide of his jurisdiction. The couple were notified and came into town, and were once more pronounced man and wife. Very few couples can boast of being married twice in one day. Report from the Puyallup hop fields are to the effect that pretty much all of the poles are aet ami cultivation with the plow is well under way. The plants are in splendid condition, and while it is too early to venture a prediction on the crop it is certain that the prospects could not be better. A correspondent of the Olympia Courier at lemno, writes or a cedar log cut near that place, which measures 93 feet and (i inches in length, and 2 feet and 6 inches diameter at the small end. It contained 7.K feet of lumber. This is supposed to be the largest cedar log ever cut in the Territory, if not in the United States. The Ashland saloon keepers demanded a jury trial when examined for violating the Sunday law and were acquitted. "Pis said nearly all the jury had some of the "pig.'' The city officers, however, propose doing their duty, and Monday morning of last week the saloon keepers were nearly all "pulled" again for violation of the law the day before. They propose carrying the matter up and testing the legality of the law. The Astoria Independent in writing up the Coenr d'Alene mines, says: From a gentleman who has just returned from there we are informed that all the gold taken out of the mines last summer was three ounces: that at present there is five feet of snow on the ground, while hundreds of men who -went there are dead broke and are praying to get out of the country. A month or so ago, says the Seattle Post, rich placer gold diggings were discovered on a stream in Snohomish county. No noise was made about the matter, but yesterday -a company was formed in this .city com posed of our best citizens, for the purpose of developing this discovery. The stream will be turned so that a mile and a half -of the river bed will be exposed so that it can be worked on an extensive scale. We are not at liberty to give further particulars at this time. Barney Rees and Tim Terrel have jointly located 160 acres of mineral land lying along the north fork of the John Day river, Oregon. They claim to have discovered an old river bed, lying about twenty feet above the present one, from which good prospects of gold were obtained from near the surface down as far as they went. A company is now being formed to develop the mine, and quite a number of citizens have taken stock is the enterprise. Hoseburg Plaindealer: The amount of mortgages, upon which taxes are reported delinquent, held by foreign parties, in this county, is $173,212, the tax on which for this year is $3464.24. Forty-four miles of telegraph line from Cuenr d'Alene City to K.gle City has been completed and the other twenty miles will be up in two weeks, says the Walla Walla Journal. There were 139 patients at the Territorial Hospital for the Insisne at Steitacoom, W. T., on the first of April. One has since died and one discharged, leaving 137 there at the present time . The Red Men of Jacksonville have de cided to build a structure 103 feet in length aud will commence work on the same as soon as the plans and specifications can be drawn up. It will be built in modern style and will likely be one of the handsomest buildings in southern Oregon. Charles Keaton, the young man arrested for connection with the stage robbery near (rant's Pass, after a bearing before Justice Huffer. was held to appear before the next grand jury. "His bonis Ware placed at $1000, aud not being able to secure that amount be was locked up in the county jail. The Jacksonville Sentinel says there are chances there for five ticket.) in the field for the Jackson county election next June, as follows: The court house Democratic tickets anti-court house Democratic ticket, regular Republican, the "people's" ticket and the Prohibitionists. Out of all these the Woman Suffragists will make a ticket of their own. The art department of the Willamette University has given signs of remarkable prosperity during the year in the quality, quantity and efficiency of the work done, as well as the number of pupills in attendance, says the Salem Statesman. There are at present thirty-live workers in this depart ment, while the number enrolled up to this date was 4f, eleven more than any previous year. Mr, Sam Presley who resides above Kitti tas vallvy, says the Yakima Signal, has a girl nearly three years of age that only weighs fifteen pounds, while her height is not more than twenty inches. She weigh ed seven pounds the first week of her birth, and has therefore increased in weight only eight pounds in the course of her life. She is apparently well and healthy, and possess es a fine head of hair, and talks and acts like other children. The fishing season a year ago waf opened earlier than this, consequently money was more plentiful, says the Astoria Independ ent. There are only a small portion of the canneries running as yet; one year ago there were nearly 1033 boats out, while this year only about a hundre I are tunning. The catch has been very light np to the present time, but has been larger the past day or two. It is expected that nearly all the canneries will be running by May 1st. Three gangs of Chinamen are strung along the railioad between Ceuterville and Pend leton, engaged in graveling, ripraping and putting the road in good running order. It is learned that as soon as this work is com pleted the track will be extended from the depot into the city, but will probably not conn ;et with Blue Mountain during the summer. Trains are running regularly, and the large pilc3 of wheat that have been stacked at Ceuterville aud Adams for such a long time are daily growing smaller. A few days ago Charles, a son of Dr. D. S. Stryker. of Drain, while out hunting grouse was oy accident snot by his brother George. The circumstances, as reported are that while passing through Borne brush, Charles being in front of George when the hammer of the gun that George was carrying was caught in the brush and the gun discharged. The shot took effect in the lower part of the hip and ranged down toward the knee, lodging in the mus cles of the leg. It is a painful but not nec- cessarily dangerous wound. The town of Victoria was thrown into a state of intense excitement recently by the arrival about dark of a man named George Brown with $900 in gold nuggets, which he reports he got on a stream about twenty miles north of Victoria. He says he discov ered a great quartz ledge, extremely rich, and is going back. Parties of men arejform ing to follow him back. Gold has been, known to exist in that vicinity for many years and many large nuggets have been picked up in the streams from time to time but this is the largest find yet. The gold shown has quartz attached, and bears evi -dence of having been broken from a ledge recently. We suppose there are few counties where the farmer, generally, has as easy a time as in this, says the Dayton, W. T., Journal. The other day we passed a farm on Whisky creek, which was just having the spring crop put in. Four horses were drawing a large harrow, and the driver was riding a fifth one, smoking a pipe and taking it easy. A wagon filled with grain stood in the cen -ter of the field, and in another place was a horse bearing a sack of wheat across its shoulders and a man on its back, who was sowing the seed broadcast. Last week a cutting affray took place be tween Oscar Bergman and Stonewall Moth ershead, two young men of Buena Vista. The trouble commenced in the morning by Mothershead accusing Bergman of poisoning some dogs. They had some bitter words during the day. At the time above men tioned Mothershead was standing near the pottery works of A. M. Smith, talking the matter over with his stepfather and a broth er of Bergman, when Bergman came up, pulled off his coat, anil struck Mothe rshead with his fist. The latter returned the blow with a pocket knife which he had in his nand at the time whitling a stick. The knife entered the abdomen on the right side, making an ugly and very serious wound. He was taken to his hotel aud a physician summoned. At last accounts he was resting as well as the nature of the hurt would permit. Both are young men of re spectable families and good habits. The Times Mountaineer publishes the fol lowing fish story: We are not attempting to rival Baron Munchausen or Eli Perkins in publishing the facts about a fish which found its way into the press-rooms of the 'Times Mountaineer" office last Wednesday afternoon, but to relate a simple fact. In working off the outside on our Potter power press, the fireman noticed the force de crease until the motor stopped completely and refused to revolve. On unscrewing the valve to ascertaiu the cause, it was found that a fish of consiedrable dimension had found his way through the pipe and was odged at the entrance of the motor. It is unnecessary to state that the amphibious creature was dead when taken out and ex posed to view. The fish was 7 or 8 iuches long, and of the species commonly known as sucker. We will not dwell pathetically on the perilous voyage of this solitary fisfrr from the reservoir, through the main and into our office, but simply pen the facts as they occurred. Temperance Department EDITED BY THE W. C. T. U. The Other Bide. It seems to me that the figures so familiar to all readers comparing license ana no license States is not the worst side of drun kenness. The most frightful effects of the drink-habit are not those which can be tabulated in statistics and reported in the census: it is not the waste of coin nor the destruction of property nor the increase of taxes nor even the ruin of physical health, which most impresses the mind of the houghtful of inebriety. It is the effect of this vice upon the characters of men as it is exhibited to him day by day in his ordinary intercourse with them. It is in the spiritu al realm that the ravages of strong drink are most terrible. Body and mind are so closely connected that when one suffers the other must share the suffering and the injury the physical heal in resulting from intemper ate drinking must, therefore, be accompanied by similar injury of the mental and moral force3. The spiritual consequences of drunk enness are overlooked; it is the money point of view that usually arrests the attention. The high license law is regarded by the TtY. C. -T. U., first as unjust, because tend ing to create a monopoly in liquor selling, to build up the powerful dealers who already lo the most harm, and to crush out the weaker who do the least; secondly as un wise financially, becanse if the dealer pays $500 instead of $100 for his permit to en gage in the business, he must certainly pros ecute his trade more vigorously to win back his extra $400 which has gone into the city coffers, thus producing more misery, poverty and crime. Thirdly as unwise morally, since it lends respectability aud tone to the dealers who can afford the toy, and increase their ability to lure "the weak brother" and the sons of respectable homes and parentage; fourthly, and the most important, as unchristian, because it is like all license laws, a recognition and permission of a traffic which is a crime against evil and sin, against divine government. It is also such a recog nition and indorsement as tends to perpetu ate rather than weaken or overthrow the system. L. H. A. FENCING! FARMERS, ATTENTION. Horn's Improved Wire Fence Lock. To Farmers and those who have teen anneyed by having fences blown down, floating away, or thrown over by breachy stock. A Fence has been secured which puts an end lo all such trouble. A wire lock has been invented, which when attached to a fence, secures it against the most breachy animals, EXPLANATION: --When a rail fence is properly built, laying the worm 3 1-2 feet wide, and taking pains to lay the raits up firm and square, then attach the lock and you have a fence that will turn the breach! eat animals. As to its merits, it is strong and durable a single rail cannot be moved out of place. It requires no stakes, posts or riders, and in addition to this it is the cheapest fence that can be built with rails; it saves from $tf to $10 on a hundred panels of fence, and you have a stronger and better fence. The same rails required to build 100 taiuls of stake and rider fence will build 125 panels of this fence by u-itiy HORN'S WIKK LOOK. No stake ara in the way of moving fence corners, heaving out by frost, or rotting off, thereby letting fence down or stock in your fields to destroy the crop. This fence is braced in every airection, whether up hill, down hill or side hill, and locked with a lever so strong that nothing short of a tornado will inoVe a rail. Stock on either side can not possibly move the top rail. This wire lo- k was latented April 11, 1B82 numbered 2&MS& G. A. HORN, Patentee? Farmers, vour fencing costs more than all other improvements on vour farm combiner. ! m lr in. this important Interest. For further information, enquire of owner of State Right, I3tf W. F. Cautiorn. Corvallis. Oregon. THOMAS GRAHAM, Druggist and Apothcary, AND DEALER IN PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BUS, GLASS, PUTTY, TRUSSES. SHOULDER BRACES, TOILET ARTICLES AC. B oks, Stationery afld Wall Paper. Otrr drugs are tresb am1 Paescripuons compounded at all hours. 19-27yl A full line of well selected. Wheat and other Grain Stored X. Ax on the best of Terms by AIR, COR VAL LIS SACKS FURNISHEDTO PATRONS. From the annual report of the county su perintendent of Folk the following statis -tics are obtained: Whole number of organ ized districts in the county. 48: districts re porting 43; persons or scnool age, 207S; pu pils enrolled in the public schools, 1693; av erage daily attendance, 1 149; number of children between the ages of 4 and 20 years not attending any school, 344; estimated value of school houses and grounds, $29, 125; value of school furniture, $3,235; amount paid out for teachers' wages duriug the year, MIL 24, ; in the hands of district clerks at the close of the year, 82,655; amount ap portioned April 1, 1884, $12,301.93. The following is the report of the commit tee on health of the Eugene City common council, for the year ending April 14, 1874 : We find the death rate greater for the past twelve months than has been for previous years, taking in consideration that during this time our city has been visited by a se vere epidemic of scarlet fever. However, we are glad to report the health of our city good at this time. During the past year the total number of deaths in the city has been twenty-three, from scarlet fever, 12; from old age, 2; other causes, 9. Twelve were under the age of 12 years. Legal blanks furnished at this office on short notice at less than San Francisco prices. Very rich and extensive discoveries of carbonates were found April 10 in the forks of Kagle creek, six miles frem Eagle. No assays have been made, but crude tests es tablish that they are unquestionably car bonates, rien in silver. Eve hundred men are now prospecting in the vicinity of the discovery, which was made on the southern slope of a divide, where the snow is gone. The camp is greatly excited over the discov ery. Colorado men who have worked car Ik. nates for years are most enthusiastic over the prospects of an extensive corbouate fieli The suow is gone on the southern slopes, and only four inches remain in the timber on the Pritchard and Eagle creek bottoms, and that is dissolving fast. We have here one of the finest quartz belts in America. Work done during the winter has establish ed the fact that the places will pay to work for the entire length of Pritchard creek The bedrock has been tapped by several drain ditches at six feet. Last week a fatal accident occurred near Canyon City. A lad named Willy T. Riley, aged about 12 years, son of Charles and Susan Ililey of Canyon City, met with a fearful death. It appears that Willie has been stoppiug for the past three weeks at his father's sheep camp, and on Friday morning he started home on horseback, to visit his parents. While riding alone, and a short distance this side of John Day, his horse must have stumbled and fell, and the boy's spur on the left heel becoming en tangled in the halter rope, Willie was thrown, and the horse being thereby fright ened, ran, dragging and kicking him. The horse crossed the swoolen creek with the helpless body dragging at its side, and then returned and again entered the creek, following it downward about three hundred yards, when it is supposed the water caused the spur strap to stretch and pull off from the boot, and the lifeless body floated down the stream a short distance aud lodged against a drift, where it was found. Mayor F. B. Dunn of Eugene City, has recently submitted his annual report, from which the following extracts are made During the year just passed there have been erected in the city fifty-four dwellings, five brick store bouses, and by your order, un der the direction of a building committee, a building designed for an engine house and city hall combined, and where our engine and hook and ladder apparatus are snugly housed and where our firemen have a nicely furnished hall in which to hold their meet ings, and is generally appreciated by the boys. This building does credit to the city, and cost, together with the furniture of the council chamber $3,453.25. There was received by the treasurer from all sources, as per his report, $5,699.34. Paid out on orders $5,693.88. Cash on hand $5.46. Warrants have been drawn on the treasurer for $6,950.93, $1,257.05 unpaid, $1,000 of which is a warrant in favor of G H. Park, balance due on engine house. Included in this $6,950.93 is $4,042.25 for permanent improvements, $332 for debts of last year; total, $4,374.25, shewing that our current expenses have been about $2,576.68. REMOVAL. Farmers will do well to call on me before 18-27-vl making arrangements elsewhere WILLIAM MORRIS, TAIJL1 Be Sure and Head This. Having sold an interest in the Gazette, its subscription list and printing office on the first of Jaunary, last, it becomes neces sary that all debts in which I own an inter est be paid. In order that all parties may know the amount of their bills we have been sending out statements of accounts to all former patrons and will continue to do so until all of these debts are paid. We hope therefore all persons will pay without a second invitation. If any one knowing themselves indebted, and through our over sight shall fail to receive a statement, we hope they will take warning from this notice and pay up at once. ; M. S. WOODCOCK. x " i m , Decision or the Water Case. Last week Judge Boise rendered his decision in thejsuit brought by the City of Salem Co. against the Salem Flouring Mills Co., con cerning the division of water by the new dams in Mill Creek near this city. The judge found from the evidence that the Salem Flouring Mills Co. has been getting by the dam which it put in last summer 25 per cent, more of the water flowing down Mill Creek than the City of Salem Co. has been receiving; aud he further found that each company was entitled to one-half of the water; and ordered that the dams be so modified as to give the City of Salem Co. an eighth more of the water flowing down Mill Creek thus giving to each company the same amount of water. The Judge has had the case under advisement about six weeks since it was argued and submitted, by J. W. Bower and Tilmon Ford for the City of Salem Co., and J. J. Shaw and Geo. H. Williams for the Salem Flouring Mills Co., and his decision, which is in writing and filed with the Clerk, indicates that he has studied the case thoroughly, and it is to be hoped that the water question is now finally settled between our two enterprising flouring mill companies. Statesman. Front Street. Twodoors north of the Vincent House, COEVALLIS, OR ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED, Binding and Cleaning t moderate Prices. D26yl City Stables iDaily Stage Line FE0M ALBANY TO C0BALLTS. THOS. EGrLI3ST, On the Corner West of the Engine House CORVALLIS, - - OREGON". H new tad commodious EARN, I am hotter tban ever prepared to keep the BU3QIES. BEST OF TEAMS -AUD- iVoprietor. Having secured the contract to tarrying tfc United State Mull Corvallis to Albany I For the ensuing four years will leave Corvallis each PflRQ!AAQ'morriin al 8 o'clock, arriving in Albany about 1 OnnutHUCO o'clock, and will start from Alhanv at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, returning to Corvallis about 3 o'clock This line will 1-e irepared with mod team and cars lul drivers and nice comfortable and The Gazette Publishing House has been removed from the old stand into Fisher's brick, over Max Friendly' old stand. Parties having business with this office will note the change, and govern themselves accordingly. Remember that our facilits for executing the latest styles of job printing, I issuiug receipts, etc., are unsurpassed. f(OSTETTERjj Sitters The eidneysact a puiiuers of the blood, and when their functions are interfered with through weak ness, they need toning1. 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