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THE EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUGENE CITV.ORKOON. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, 1877. BUSINESS. Matter of a personal Character charged for at regular adver Using rates, to be paid invariably in ad' vance. A STANDING AH MY. From tho inception of our govern ment, there have been not a few who, lacking confidence in the capacity oi the poople for self government, have favored a monarchy, upheld by privileged class and supported by standing army. It is not strange that taking advantage of the aigu ment afforded by the recent disturb ances,they should begin to clamor for a stroD2 standing army. ' During the war a national debt, one of the strong est muniments of an aristocracy er kingly form ot government, was the blessing that was to bring prosperity to the nation and quell all social tumult or tendenoy to disintegration. Now, a standing army with a net work of garrisons extending throughout tin land is tho grand essential to ordt-r and tho protection of life and prop erty. This obtained, and all other steps to despotism arc, imagined easy. If we are ready to abandon the -experiment of free institutions, then a greater stride in that direction could cot be taken than the creation of, a large army. It is essential to despotism, but it sometimes proves as dangerous to order and stability as the unchecked rule of a mob. Trained to submit to and obey the commands ot a leader; supported in idloness and separated lrotn the peo ple by military discipline, they envy tho freedom and despise the im poten cy of thoso whom they are alternate ly called upon to protect or subdue. They havo no regard for liberty Bince thov ore not . permitted to enjoy it. no revorenco for human life since to destroy it is their business, with but little sentiment savo n pride iu , their profession and attachment to a leader, a regular soldiery easily be come instruments in tho hands of an ambitious chieftain to overturn any existing order of things, liberal or despotic. No such stability as char acterizes the kingly governments of - 1 ' I rt mo, oiu world can ever come irom tbo ruins of a republic. They too their rise and grew into strengt aluea by tho slavery, ignorance, super stition and barbaric ideas of "lor that characterized tho feudal system and now owo their strength more to tho religious feeling of tho poop who are taught tho divino authority I kingly govern ju-nt, than to th strength or loyalty ot their standing armies. , The turbulnuco of the R man region wnen loreicn war ceased, and their duties were confine to that of polico, shows what dangerous protection tho army tnu booomo. Tho hopo of mililar glory and tho antipathy nation ality being no longer present, th becamo tho terror of tho S'.ate, an tho wildest anarchy and the most crushing despotism alternated cue otnor almost, yearly, ino .Irequon .1 i . i i revolutions ana rapid changes ot gov eminent exiiiimou in rranco since tho religious reverenco for the sov erighu has been broken down by th prevalence of liberalism, is nnollit sample of tho dependence to be plaee upon a regular army whoso only mo tiye to loyalty is tho pay they receive 1 lie only strength oi a Jrco govern tnout is in the affections of the peo plo and its safeguard for tho suppn-s non of intern! disorders, a well trained militii. No government can long retain the first but by sn equal distribution ol its blessings upon all and these blessings, as vo havo re peatodly said before, are the admin istering o' justice and tho prest-rva tion of social order, leaving the peo pie as much to themselves as is con isieni wiiu mo annulment oi these objects, Labor is ot tho bottom, and upon it falls all tho burthens of gov ernment. Capital will havo a profit in spite of taxes, and labor tuiiel pro duce it, hence the lighter the burth ens of government the moro favorable are tho circumstances Ij the equal distribution of properly among the pooplo. Of what consequenco is the form of government to the masses of the people when nut'er tho heel of capital, they feel- its power only when Ktung to desperation, they rise up iu convulsive effort to claim a mall share of the independence that mails a freeman. .Since but few can be great or wealthy, nature has wisely provided but few with the desire t'j fiuo or riches. The great hum of mankind arc content if their labor will produce them tho ordinary com forts of life. No disturbance ever roso from the common people on ac count of their condition, except when pressed beyond endurance. And while there exists a prosperous diddle class mobs and tumults will rarely occur, and when tbey do, will be easily quelled. The adventitious aids to wealth which the costly admiuistra tion special privileges and hampering legislation of the past sixteen year have' afforded, and which have en it bled persons to accumulate, in a few years, fortunes that, previous to that time, required a lilo time of success ful effort; in many instances in amount beyond all lormer example, must be removed, and the struggle between labor and capital v ill cease Labor loft with some share of inde peudence can soon enforce terms with capital. It is idle to suppose that the exhibition of brute force will prevent onpressi-d human nature seeking re liel bv violence, however nopeless the attempt; nor can a standing army always be depended upon. Iu time ol war, men enlist from patrotism or love of glory. But in time of peace, only the shiftless and the dissolute are to be found in the ranks. Men of property or a sure means of a com fortable living, would never endure the tyrrany of military discipline, the dull monotony of garrison duty and the hard fare of a common soldier. The ranks would be filled from the iss they would bo called upon to keep in subjection their sympathies as during the first French revolution, might render them more dangerous to tho government than the mob, an they might prefer the plunder offered by civil irruptions to the piy of a soldier. Tho Swiss mercenaries of tho r rench king were the only troops that could be induced to lire on the mob. And if an army is our depend enco lor suppressing strikes among the laboring people, it must, to be re liable, bo composed of foreign merce narics. Hut in lime even thesu must fail. Tho rapidly increasing ratio of those who depend upon each days' labor to obtain bread for the follow ing day, unless some check is inter posed, will soon render, that class too powerful to be resisted by any exhibi tion of force. Intelligent enough to un iicrstand tho value of organization and the force ot numbers, they can not long bo kept in subjection, but like Sampson of old, they will pull the pillars from under the social fab' ric though perish with their opprcs- sots. i no removal ot tho cause of mobs and dtrikes is the only remedy. I'oice may delay the fatal day, but like stimulants to a man struck with some fatal disease, sooner or later, it must tail ol its eU'eot. WHAT IT DID NOT DO. lliat notorious politieal prostitute, !' I hick " l'otneroy, has been for some lime stumping Illinois, lie is oaten sibly the- champion of tho "Green back" parly, bnt is really a hireling of Ua lioalism, and his harangues aie only a series of lying tirades against the Democratic party. The Macomb (III.) E'AqU sketches the following faith tut pioture of the paltry hireling demauoinio : The best evidence that can be adduced that l'omerny is iu tho p.v of Logon ami tho Republican party is found iu the fact that Ills ahuju is all directed against IWmocraU and tho lMiiocrntiu party which is nut iu power which did uot duuiotietizo silver which did not burn uit tho grcenliacka aud wjr tiv 141 inrtn axaj null. ulntituto the blackbacks-whicu did not I legislate in the interest of subsidized rings which uui not issue bonds to bomllioliloin which did not pass laws aud change laws in creaeiiiir the value of the bonds which did not legislate to pay bonds in gold which were conducted to le paid in greenbacks which diil uot legislate to make the rich richer and the poor HHn-r w hich did sot legislate iu tha iiitercst of the Pacific mail steal which lid not legislate into existence the eiirantio Mobilicr swindle which did not caeate the notorious whisky and other equally notori ous ring wlich did not elect a President who (Mrdoiicd out ef prison the convicted tliieves w hich did uot elect a President w ho saved the scoundrel Kelknap from impeach ment by accepting his resignation iu the face of the tacts of his guilt -which did not put iu a l'residcnt di rotcd by the people by the perjury of Federal Supreme Court Judges which am not use the federal bayonets and infamous Ucturning Itoanls to defeat the will ol the iieople expressed at the ballot box. All those are the work of the Republican party, sg.iinst w hich Mr. lVmeroy had not a om 01 aouse or eontieiuiiauon 10 utter, ile aa hired and paid to load his euu and shoot it in a different direction at the Democratic arty, and those ho pay him for doing the iny wora tin wiucn itier aare not eniram themselves) require that he shall not utter one word condemnatory of liraut. liayee, ur ne Republican party. On Thursday momim? a virions ialluMi I I i I ognau was found mnnin? at Urv in e Agrionltral Park at I'eUliuna. Jsmes Miner, who was living in a mall dwelling tlllU the cnctUr. Wrllt out on him .mh.l I The horse saw Kenney, and starts for him e niai, u mm Mr tue . k, alxtuk bun. i In lied his clothes Otl. vel to Lii thnM n.P. In wuv, o" mm w sorrraj places, ami j taiu-d nim lit-raiiy to d.th, and earned the j body in his mouth as a d. would a cat It ' was some ten nuuiit-s M. re the body waa I , . . , . - ; - nvorvn l Im ti e meantime the horw waa i sr ma t. r of the itaatioo,anj it w not liutil two ! No ID ia a Ubca-rr ia the employ of th Lack eTivrienml ra-i-me ere hiird, who rnUre-l ' awsnna Ir-p and(al torn pan v, mi, th nd, ir and r:ieJd in nim, j as kiw as ?7 tn aa tvh a liaihl. bring on that he wis civfirt muidi, inanj-w n sufpwt family r4 f ra. THE BKSLLT. Ever since the Republican party has been in power, nearly every act of legislation lias been iu the interest of the capitalist and against that of tho laborer or, in other words, they haye legislated to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. They have lav ished everything on the few and left uotbing for the many. Tho late strikes are the legitimate and inevita ble results of the vicious system of class legislation pursued for the last sixteen years, and the Republican party is solely responsible for the miseries which afflict the country, and until there ia an entire change in the administration of the Government the present stale of affairs must continuo. A reporter of the N. Y. Sun has been through ome mining distriots in Pennsylvania and had interviews with boih employers and employes. One of the most prominent mine owners said : " My policy in managing la boring men is to keep them so poor they cannot strike. That is the way to prevent strikes." We give below a few specimens of the way the white slaves in the mining regions of Radi cal Pennsylvania live, as seen by the reporter of the Sun: No. 1 ia a "half-place man" in the emnloy or me Delaware. iiackawanna and W estern ... ... N ' Company. ICuatouiunlv a miner aud laborer work together, the former takinir two-thirds of their joint earnings and out of his share paving lor powder, ou, cotton, soap, anil paper, nun ill,' necessaries. Sometimes, however, two min ers work tot-ether, sharing expenses and receipU equally, luose who work in this way are Known as half-place men. J In the month prceediu? the strike he earned (19 which he deemed a fair average after paying $7.50 for three -kegs of powder, for two gallons of on. M cents tor paper, and lu cents tor soap. The soap and paper are used in making cart ridges for blasting. Out of his $19 he had to pay 4.30 for rent ami el for coal, and on the remaining $13.70 had to maintain for a month himself, wife, three children, and his father, who ia 74 years old. Their food was simlpv corn meal mush with a tew potatoes since the new crop began to come In. Nome months he has, on pay duy, indulged in the riotous extrav agance of buying two pounds of fat pork, liut beef he has not tasted for half a vear. Occa sionally a kind neighbor would give them a little milk, and an extra good month might tempt the family to indulge in the luxury of some wheat flour and a pint of molasses. There are, he says, eighty fannies on Continental llill. the heads of which are like himself, employees in the Continental shaft, none of whom is any bettor oil than he, and some of whom are in even greater dwtreHs. No. 2 is a laborer in the Hampton mine one of those operated by the Delaware, Laokawana aud W estcrn Company. Last month there was an extra week of work in this mine, and his lull reached the unusual magnitude of $20. '.'5. During the twelvn months, however, bis earn ings nave not averaged over 14 per month. Then in Ht.ill flllA llllll finv fill T.'l ooi. tt .....I which he is not allowed to riceive, and, as ail credit is refused since the strike began, and he nad ueeu ame to. save notliiinr. ue ami his fam ily of five are on tho verge of starvation. Ha. 3 is a miner in tlie Tine sliaft, worked ny tne Delaware, Lackawanua ami Western Company, aud hait to support a wife, six cbil- Iren, and it n aged mother on earniiun averaire- iug tfl7 to SIS (H-r month. His rent Is ?u per mouth. liis eldest child is a girl, 8 years of age. lliey have liad to live almost entirely on mush. His noonday meat in the niiuo has habitually been a slice of bread, or much often- er some cold mush. Such tea as can be bought for from lit) to 'H cents per pound he has occa sionally bought a quarter of on pay days, when he felt flush enoUL-h to indiilsie iu such a luxury for his family. Ho "only knows there is meat in the land from hearing folks sjieak of it." No. 4 is an engineer in mino, consequently holds an enviable position. During two years ho has Iweii in enforced idleness at one time : days, at another (U) days, at a third IM days. When allowed to work, he was only permitted to make half or at best three-quarters time, con sequently his earnings have averaged when at worK, only to tt per month. On this he is supiiosed to keep hiuisef. wife and seven chil dren, none of whom are old enough to be of any help to him. Fortunately he had saved up a little money in irood times. He has had to expend S'-MO of his savings, in addition to all his earnings, in tho pact two years, lint his family live well, liy comparison with others auout uu-iu. lliey have had six or seven HMinds of bacon every month, two gallons of molasses, and sometimes tea or coffee. No. ft is another engineer iu the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna, aud Western Coin- ;any; lias earued an average of S'.'5 er month, lut lias less trouble than most others in irettinir .1 ..!.: :i : .. i.. r. . F " iiuiij wnjMs oi uui wne aim cnuo. "I'd have three more children if thev hadn't died," said he. " You may thank trod, remark ed another standing by, ''that they are gone, instead of living to suffer in these hard times." 'lhats so, answered the man, with a sih; 'we have to feel when one of our little nmi is taken from us that it's a blessing God forgive Xk 6 ia "fintt-cUM comnanv ham! who mm8 to itaniirn in tin mm. th viiiltiu.r i l'rilt,w Ac, consequently has more days work iu a month than nioet of the miners, and makes neiier pay. Ilia wages ran; January, X.'J2; February, lit. 72; March, :7.SX: Awil, 2l.!Mi; May. LI; J tine. &ia 111 In all last veu- h- farms I ?tf'0. Hi income is now looks'd upon by his neighbors as princely, and he can keep his wife and four children iu comiiarative com fort. . ... No, 7 is a laborer iu a Delaware, Lackawan na and W'witern breaker, and gets eleven omts per hour for his work. So he earns from V to 11 per diem when he has work. If he gets $15 for a month's toil he is doing as well as he ean now ex-ct to. He pays .') per month for rent and on the remainder keea wife, five children and a helpless father iu law. He buys mnntldy one hundred poiimln of Hour, two poti'ml of sug ar, aud all the rest of his money is expended for i-orn meat to make mush, which is the staple oiu 01 111a 1 ami iv. 11 ri.is not been able to buy a pound ot meat, of auy kind, in a year. -No. 8 is a latiorer in the CajNmso shaft, on oi nie iJM K.iw.tim irou and loal Company s munis uu iim iK-en earning n to tvt us'uviii una 1 1 ijr per mourn mil and sup port a family of nine persons. He and his for a year past liave been living almost exclusively on mush. N is an old skillful miner in the employ of the Mouut I'leasant Coal Comny, and made in the month twt.ire the strike what is nounced by the miners hereabout the .. -I L 1. .1 . ... pro best nionui worm ia mis county within a ntu After paving all expenses there was left for him fJi.Vj and for hi laborer &U.51. Tart of this was an allowance for driving "ctww rnt" Hut hi ordinary eamirus are not aJmv ft-.11 and he has beva in debt to the company's tnLtni? thii m.1 snrtntk a;n ... o ...... ... iu v.. . ' (win, , sml to did not cvt a int s.n. (began the company store will rive 1 ini no mor. credit, and, as he Im not reivJ a dollar in uuuv witliin mora tii&n a K. -.1 without resources, and in danger of starvin good tin he bought a little lumber and a mi- In.ilt m hnum nmn -inn it .. l her dealer lor I) is par. Aow the mortgage ia almost du, aud his little hm will har to go to satisfy hi credit.. As for meat, he "onl r knows tfte color of it by soeing it in th butch- . - tuv tuiu- s stall" "We can no longer be strong or healthy on such diet," he says, "but it is all I and hundreds, yes thousands, of others can get If a man even allows himself to take a full meal of dry bread or cold mush in his dinner pail in the mine, he must feel that he is robbing nil little ones at borne." , These cases might be multiplied indefinitely. Nearly every ragged man or woman in the min ing suburbs of ricran ton and they are all rag gedhas a similar story of privation and misery to telL In the houses visited by the reporter at least twenty in the course of one forenoon's walk, widely scattered and taken at random there was not one that was not ghastly in its squalid poverty. Bare floors, scant farniture of the rudest kind, tattered and comfortless bed clothing, and empty larders were the rule, to which there seemed no exceptions. In one house, where a laborer, bis six children all un der seven years old his wife and his aged moth er lived in three rooms, the only food was three and a half loaves of bread and less than half a peck of potatoes. And, it should be born in mind, this man has no more money coming to him. And no chance of earning any at the present In another bouse about ten pounds of meal was all that stood betwen family of seven and starvation. In still another there was nothing but some potatoea that the man had dug from his little garden patch. He will probably have five or six bushels to feed his five children and wife on during an indefinite time. A dozen poor mothers, in attempting to tell their destitution and struggles, looked about upon their children, and, ovecome by their misery, lost their voices in sobs and incoherent appeals to God for pity. Anu wnat a terrible number of theee desti tute beings there are! The Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western Company owns eighteen mines, and operates seventeen more; the Dela ware and Hudson Canal Company owns and operates twenty; the Pennsylvania Coal Com pany fifteen more. Each of these mines em ploys on an average at least 450 men and boys. That is below rather than above the mark. Then the Lackawanna Inn and Coal Company employ 2,200 men in their works; altogether probably 3,000. This last company keeps a store, and so does nearly every one of the leased comers. Wherever there is a store, the men who trade at it believe they are in various ways cheated, and even boldly robbed, while those who do not trade at it are kept out of employ ment. Only recently liiley & Johnson sent handbills through their mine giving the warn ing: " Parties dealing at the store will under stand that when there is any work they will have the preference." Even when men are regularly trading at the store of the mine own ers, they cannot get all that is due them. The Lehigh Iron and Coal Company owes some of its employes to-day as much as 72 each, accu mulated wages of the best men who have very small families, and it will neither give them provisions nor money. Money they are always reluctant to give, even in the best of times. If a colliery company oweB a miner $20, they may give him $10, but not the full $20. The n en used to appeal for all their wages to enable thein to bury their relatives. The Lachawanna Iron and Coal Company noticed that there seemed to be a great many funerals, and promptly started an undertaking branch in connection with their store. Now, an employe, or any of his family, must be buried in their coffins and by them, at a little more than others would charge. If a man gives an order on the com pany, to pay any outside debt, the company charges five per cent for paying, even when it holds the man's earnings ana will not give them up that he may pay for himself. Doctors refuse attendance to miners' families; druggists refuse medicines to them without " cash in advance," for they know the poor wretches can scarcely hope to pay them, how ever honest they may be. As for clothing, never was there such a rag fair anywhere as in these mining districts. It may be seriously doubted if there is a sound garment among the meu on strike or their families. With nearly all, the rule is that they have but two changes on and off. If their condition is not bettered before winter comes again, hundreds of them must inevitably freeze to death. C OAST E1V!S. One day last week a inan named OVSullivnu Was hauling hay near the town of Dayton, Washington Territory, when the doubletree of his wagon broke and he was thrown to the ground, breaking his spine. Last Thursday afternoon a boat containirg eix nieti was crossing from Astoria to Chiiicok, when it capsized, drowning two men named Fowlus and Stevens. The other four clung to the boat threo hours hnforo they were res cued. ' The body of a man named Joseph Mc- Cinsing, a native of Bay county, Missouri, was found in the brush near tho Walla Walla race track on Friday last. He killed himself by taking poison, giving as a res son for the rash act that he was out of money and in bad health. The East Orrgonian, published at Peudlo- ton, Umatilla county, says that the totid amount of wool shipped from Umatilla land ing, that county, up to August 23d, for this season, amounted to 2,(32 sacks and bales, weighing 958,312 pounds. This is an in crease of about 50 per cent, over that of last year for the tame period of tiuio. Mr. A. M. Waddel, manager of Mr. S. CI. Reed's " ltroadmeads Farm," in Yamhill county, with a 10-horse power steam engine and a Sb'-inch "I'itt'a Buffalo separator," threshed 3,277 bashels of winter .oats iu ten hours' time. We should say that threshing 5 4-100 bushels of oats per minute, and to keep it up for ten hours, waa quick work. Who can beat it! The high winds last week seriously dam aged the hop crop in Mariou county. The Statesman lays oue man in the Waldo hills had two thousand poles blown down, and others were damaged more or less. The prostrate poles are raised op so the air can circulate through them. With this precau tion the hops will ripen and be ready for picking about next week. We have uot heard from the Buena Vista yards, but hope no damage has been sustained. Suspiciois. Iliubv's orsian at Sa lem suspects that its pet has been "suborned" by every man he met after leaving tho protection of his keepers. Siglin and Bennett took ad vantage of his linsophUticated inno cence and "suborned" him at Coos Bay; Moslier and Fink took advan tage ot his thirst and "suborned' him with suudry glasses of whisky at Koscburg; and when he got to Eu gene Fitch "suborned" him just a little, but Fitch didn't have a fair chance Higby called him to the door of the car aud he only got in a half dozen words, and that, too, in the presence of tb.e deputy Marshal. Fitch is not to blame, however, for tinder more favorable circumstances no doubt be woulj hve .cquitted rTJZ himself more creJiublr. Poor Ilig.; 1 J1' TUr- hvy oi w rt fuaraa he'i the mot "nlwrned" Hadit-al di'S, 'tna, we., mart b si It T that r led hi Mrtv nr aarnra I - - - - - . J - -. V W I a lit in ill interred Many people, seeing the inability to effect anything through the formation of , a third party, will at ouce join the Republicans; while thoe who remain in the new organiza tion will be just so much taken from the Democratic atrength. Bee. There enn be no doubt of the fail ure of the new party movement, nor can therd be any doubt that the movemei.t, as the Bee intimates, is a dodge to weaken the Democratic party, but the Be pays a sorry compliment to the intelligence of the people wlnn it asserts that tliey will again be cajoled back into tho party to whose inisgovernrhcnt and oppress, ive legislation they owe all their woes. h, ;L 1 Eugene Guard, Newspnper, ' Book and Job Offer. Willamette St, lugene City, C" Dissolution Xotke. THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between the undersigned, under the name ot Williams & Brown, has this day been ifissolvcd bv mutual consent, J. It. V ill- lams alone sticcceihiuf to the business. All ac counts due the Arm nre nnvable to J. B. Will iaras, who alone is authorized to collect the same. ,h H. WILLIAMS, L. BROWN. Referring to the above, I would resiectfully ask my friends, and the public generally, to continue to favor me with their pa.ronagej Only the bent bnin-ls of wines and liquors, atu the finest cigars will be served by me. All persons indebted to the old firm are earnestly requested to cull and settle, as the partnership accounts must be closed up at once. J. B. WILLIAMS. Notice. T HAVE THIS DAY TURNED OVER JL to W. H. Abrams & Bro. , all the lumber ac counts due me from sales of lumber from Eu gene City Mills mice Atigm-t !, 1K75. B. C. VAN HOUTEN. Dated Eugene City, Aug. 0, 1877. b. f. ooeeis. To all who knowthem selves indebted to me. I have demands against me which MUST BE PAID, and I cannot meet them unless I can collect. If you would save cost come and settle without delay, for I MUST HAVE MONEY. Jan. C, 1877. ' R F. D0KIJK $13. - SEWING MACHINE - $18. THE MOST WONDERFUL AND THE BEST. HIGHEST AWARDS AT TUI CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION! Diplomas, Prize Medals, etc. A FIKST-CLAS!! FULL (SIZED SEWING MACHINE WITH TABLE AND TREADLE, OXLY EIGIITLEX DOLL.1KSI The most Simple anil Comp t! The most DuraM "oil fcrimumieitl I I A model ot combined (Simplicity. Slrfnirthsnl ltemitr! I 1 New n.t Xiiuienim PuU-ntel Attachments. Noeoniplnl Mwhine.y tub ojn.tHi.tlv jrrt-tins- out ot onlir. N eiujr to Inim that a chil 1 mo rnn it. will do all Ittmli of .eiuif, tinm Uip finest to the runrsent, will Hem. hell, lu,k, limil. Cord, lather, Embroider, t-te., uw M-ir-aljuntiiu, atraitrl.t neelles, all riearrip tinn of Cutt..n, Mik an I 1 Iiim.1. Make th stromr et . tit h kn..wn, the rlotb will tear orf.ee the seam will rip, um th- tln-en I .lin t ln.m the p..l. 'Ihe marhiiw m brautilulljr fiui.hnl Mel buihly otaa- WARRANTED 10. 1 FIVE YEARS. CAUTION- Alt pernio a f .niitine.1 not to make, deal ia or nae.anr Sewirur V. Inn.. -i...-i. ..v -..ii. and make the Kla.ie Hit. h. or that have the new t-atrnt Ml-Keni Attachment, ouleM the nun art purrhwrd tr..m th a Company, or their AirvnU or L.l-vnaefl. and stamn.! nn.t.. ...... .wt.. It . ,f ""'"''e" imiutiona and unxiopnlonj pvtie -.... . r r, (uia-a, a !y, inrtimu, ele., IK1 tmj olt the mai-hioe manufaetnred by ua. " lh woudei ahjjw to a Xwbin ran be sold at ao Wiw a p:n." t...be. - v bare arvn the M bin and eonsider it fint- in ititj reapm v -1 randTipt. ma itcuiuiut o J it to our m.J Wa, " -ChruUaa Inle, N. T. v " ihe il.rhine arrived aafelr. are more than C'T 'r,,h',: "llTiaim roiitaadnor. tteahall rail th attention of readers to ," fit Lnuia C'bntmD. "A tho-oohiy reap..il,l Company, prompt ia all their drliw, an I one that w ma cum mend to oarrelet '-Aie Ntw Yuii Sample llatUiuea with i tide and TrNMlle fnr wanleu to aty taut ut th W orld un reeeipt of EIGHTEEN CCLURS. Pperial term and eitra idreeneaa male and female arnta, ur ketpeis, r. inanty rirhta ire" to amart asnt i.e. . t-aaitJra.rf d enpueeeurulara nmuininr tenua. tmtinanaula.ea- PcrV-r? V-'- m M..Mi 2403, .' iv, Pluladelpkis.Pi. jlynT-ly OSBUJRN & CO'S V-EW.DRUG STORE ON WILLAJfi J.1 etee btreet, near Ninth, OEaLKRS IK DRUGS, CHEMICALS, OILS, , PAINTS, GLASS, . VARNISDIS PATENT BLEDICIKE3, Ac. -Brandies. Wines and Liquorr OF ALL KINDS. In fact, we have the best assortmtnt of a tirf found in FIRST CLASS DRUG 3T0RB. We warrant all our drags, for they are bw sij Fresh. Particular attention is callsd to Stock of Perfumery aw Toilet Articles. As we have bought OUR GOODS FOR CASH We can compete with any establishment in It gene City in price and accommodation. Buy your goods where you can get the best and cheapest PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY FILLE At all hours of the day or night OSBURN & Co SOI.UOXX. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE State of Oregon, for Lane county. . William Vaughn, plaintiff, vs. Mounterrill Fergeson, defendant. Suit in Equity t correct deed to real property. To the above named defendant, Mounterrille Fergeson : In the name of the State of Ore gon, you are hereby required to appear in the above entitled suit, brought against you by the above named plaintiff, in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Lane county, and to answer the complaint filed therein by the first day of the next regular term of said Circuit Court, to be begun and holden at Engene City, Lane county. State of Oregon, on AUmdayth 5th day of November, 1877. The defendant will take notice that if he fail so to appear and answer said complaint, as above required, th plaintiff will apply to the Court for the nlif therein demanded, aa follows, to-wit : That a certain deed made, executed and de livered to plaintiff by the defendant, on the second day of March, 1838, be reformed and made to conform to the intention of the parties thereto, by a decree of said Court, so that th description of the premises contained in the aid tleed, read as follows, to-wit : Beginning at me c. corner oi uie o. j oi section 3U, town. 10 k. jwest; running tnence north 54 rods, thence east 26 rods, thence south 214 rods, thence west 26 rods, thence north 11 rods, to the place of beginning. Also the 8. E. i of section 30, Town. 16 S., R. 3 weBt' Th above described premiums being parts of elaim No 57, notification 3027, containing 200 acres, more or less, in Lane county, State of Oregon. That plaintiff have judgment for the costs and disbursements of this suit against the defend ant, and have such other and further relief as the Court may deem equitable. By order of H6n. J. : Watnon, Judge o said Court, made and of date June 25th, 187T. Service of the Summon fci made by publication in the Eugene City Guard a weekly newspa per published in miid county and State; THOMPSON & BEAN, , , Atty's for Pl'lT; Dated June 27th, 1877. 30KJw AUCTION; SALE. A Rare Chance. One of the best Wheat Farms in I.iuie County. I will sell at auction, on the 20th day of Oc tober, 1877, at 10 o'clock a. M., on the premise, at Irving station, to the highest bidder, the fol lowing described property, either all together. or in tracts to suit purchasers : 197 and three-fourth acres, all good wheat land, on which is a small house and new bam, a young well selected orchard of 900 trees. Terms of sale on farm One third cash in hand, one or two years' time on the balane. secured by mortgage on premises. Abo three head of brood mares, two geldings, one large work mule, two cows, one heifer, one Sell littler wagon, three sets harness, one Buck eye grain drill, nearly new, two plows, twe har rows, one new cultivator, housenold furniture, about 20 tons of hay, about 1000 bushels oata, 1 share in Farmers' Warehouse. ' Terms of sale on the latter property One year's credit on sums over five dollar. JA.MJS WHEELAri. TAKE NOTIOE! MRS. II. A. MOORE'S Scientific HAIR PRODUCER! Mrs. H. A. Jfoore would announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen who denire the personal adornment of a fine suit of Hair, that she haa patented her celebrated Hair Restorer, which has now been before the public for a space of two years, and has in every instance given en tire satisfaction as to what it promises. No mineral or damaging substance is used in this preparation, and it is guaranteed to prevent hair falling out after four applications. Well known caaes of long-standing baldness a have been succetwfully treated (as tier testimonials in my posxession). It will produce a full flowing (Top of hair on all stages of baldness, even to its most pronourfted state. It will prevent hair from turning gray. 1 9, Preparations forwarded to all parti of the country. OXE BOTTLE, 5; or, THREE BOTTLES. 910. Address, MRS. H. A. MOORE, 1008J, MARKET STREET, San Francisco, California. AGENTS WANTED. Aotlcc (o Taxpayers. -f0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEX THAT Ll on Saturday, the 1st day of September, 177, the Board oi Equalization will attend at the office of the County Clerk of Lane county, at Eugene, Oregon, and publicly examine the aw aement rolls for the year 1877, and correct all errors in valuation, description or qualitiee oi una, or other property. Dated this 6th day of August, 1877. J. W. FAKKs Asaeasor. It OSEBURG AND SAN JUAN LIM for sale by T. G. HENDBICJaS- A Great Earcaln. t " iy ACRES OF LAND, 73 ACRES A 4 of it good grain land, 8 ton timothy hay, 25 acre of gwi grain, 12 heawi of catj 6.1 head of sheep, 20 head of hoc, all fnrl llnndrrd llarw. Liberal Term. Call aoon or mi a bargain. Situated at the mouth of Camp Veek, miles east of Spru field, Lao cou 1. Oregon. .. G. K HAMMERSLY. T.C. HEHDRICK3. I