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. ' - G U ARB. 171 IT w LJLJiLI JUJ ESTABLISHED FOR THE DISSEJUIUTION OF fSVOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. AND TO EARN AS HONEST HUSO BT THE SWEAT 8P OCR BROV, .O. 635. KUGKNE CITY", OILvSAi;URDAY, JANUARY 3, 1880. $2,50 per year IN ADVAKCL mm 1 J. K. bAMPB i-U CAHrSilX CAMPBELL BROS. PttbliHliers and Proprlwn. In Underwood's Bricl Building, n i .TV KA.T1C9 Of ADVKWIS1NQ. Aks -tlemenU Inserted Mfollok: Oat .-mar. 11) lines or low, one Isertion 3; ukiiiiuet insertion U Caifrequired in . .... Hsu. advertisers will b chair at the fol- SG 00 .... 800 ' it9 three month. . . . " . liz month 12 00 ' 1 Client notice in local columPO cents per .IS. r ..Clt UWi nw... L . , AdrertUini bill, will be wndei quarterly. ft II J.D Vfflft "- " - -J -WT r -v . PdSTurFicu. ni,m W.iira-Frosl I a. aa. to 7 Siiadsy. . a l:M t. I. J" . . ..I f Mail arrises tntm the south an1 lae ""o ISS-ia. mrairaa " nn tk at i:n . at. r ""'"i r T I r.Ii ' fill.,' C.af Creek nd Bruwu.Yill.j I i (.attars will U ready f.rneliYiirT I Jan ar. jl, rlM. at Bli-i7l houratr ft it th. uftV KOC1KTIE!. i.....1tni W II. Ar. anil A. M. V-tM Int aal third WeMftjr" lech rath. ... OHricMrM BoTTit ti No. I. O. O. F. Meets .ery Tlidy eaug. Wiiiiwhala EminT Ko. 6, M tht Mraa 4ta Weinman tu nKumvu"". idnwdej in DR. L. M. KVIS Q DEN lo I, Eugene City, Or ;on. KOOJISOVEIt G RANG STORE, first door U the right, up r, Formerly -f C. W.FiUh. . 5itrui Oxldo for patul i xtrction of fMh. ' W. Sito. M. T. Hhis, L D. Drs. Shelton 8 Harris, rnisicius & irgeois, Kniiene Cltr. C Kiion. .LW.PATTlksOX, fHrSICIAK AND SURGKQN. flee n Ninth Street, f jwwlte the St. Cbarle Hotel, and m Uewldenc), CtfOKNK CITY bRKOO.V. Or J. .0. S ields rm his FRQFFKIOXAI. RtR Vl Tien U th citizom offcvjene Gityil tmtroudinr country. P"'Ltef,t,,on,rjn 4 all OBSTttl KlUAv vnin ww IX UISK.VSKS entruxu 1 hit cai. One at the St Charlef If eL JOSEPH K GILL FOUND AT H OFFICE or w Uy enjaged. "Vidmee when not proti Onot at th. f rOSTOFFICB DRli 8T0RE. 1Uidror n Eighth itreej opponite Preby- riaa Church. GEO. B. D)1UIIS, ATTORNEY & COUN ELLOR t LAW OfiM em Willam.tU iti t, EuKcne City. JEWKLUY EST.BL1SSIKNT. J. S. LUCKP, DI1LEEUI j icks, Watches, G'iins, Jewelry, tt. Uepairing ProiAtly Ex;ute(. . M-AII Wrk f arranted. JP ; iS. LOCiCKY, SUivu rth 4 Co.'i bf k, WillametU itrect Real state Aak Collcctim Agent, aid Notary Public. 1UGEXE CIp. : OREGON. J. B. ALEXANDER, Jntice of the Peace, Coaveyan cer and Collector; aUellected, Record, aearehed and ab tncU.f title ntade. All lmine premnUT atUaded U. Uff-o at Court Uoum. lCBIB-I.haUkee)oaafllof OR0CERIKS & PROVISIONS Administrator Sale. WM 18 HEREBY - f TH , T - i d - ematr, vreeon. iu , . tM. A- D. 1W9. Uh ir-tter M -' , t,.: a TVranurL deceased. I lulKti City, n 5at,rdi y.9 Mhar X 179. botweea the been ' 't7lClXiK-m and Mr e'ekxk in the atter- .aid dar the foTlowiM bemnbed ftal ZZLbwSb Na tw. Blk No. six- tad placa, will eell the Northweet artjr f 8eetioa tea U tiip atUn V '2taW raafe eae t, eoataiciaf ItiO acres of , iTjaTaawkralUy.UMcoaatr. Orera. "jto Ca-n in rM "i of the TasSTsut- STERLING HILL, Admr. O. B. Attorney. KUlSftNK CITY 33USINESS DIRECTORY. ALEXANDER, J. B. Ju.tice of tlx Pcaco South Kutrene l'rcinct: ollice at Court If ou.e. ASTOR HOUSK-t'haa. Baker, prop. The only fimt-cluss iiutel in the city Willamvtte trevt, one door north of the post office, ABRAMS, W. H. ,BRO.-rLwW mill, rvsh, door, blind utd moulilins ioanuh.utory, Eighth street, eait of mill rao, Kverythipi in our line furnished on thort nwtio aau reaminable terms. BENTLEY, J. W.-rrivhU boardinr how. touthweat corner of Eleventh and Prl ita. BOOK STORE One dour .outh of the Aator House. A full stock of assorted box papiro filain anil fnnnv. plain and fancy. BOYD k MILLER Meat Market-bwf. veal, mutton, pork and lard Willamette strett, between Eighth and Ninth. CHRISM AN, SCOTT Truck, hack and ex- ressman. All ordvra promptly attcmied Office at express office. CRAIN BROS.-IValer in Jewelry, Watch es, Clocks and Musical Instniment Wil lamrtte street, between Seventh and Eighth. C ALLISON, R. Q.-Daler in eroceries, pro visions, coHutry produce, canned goodn, books, stationery, etc., southwest eomer Willamette and Dth Jsts, DORRIS, B. T. Dealrr i Stoves and Tin ware Willamette street, between Seventh and Eighth. DURA NT, WM.-Meat Market beef, pork,, veal and mutton constantly on hand Ninth street, between Pearl and High. ELLSWORTH k CO. -Druggists and dealers in paints, oils, eta Willamette street, be tween Eighth and Ninth. FRIKNDLY, S. H. -Dealer in dry goods, clothing and general merchandise Willam ette street, between Eighth and Ninth. GUARD OFFICE-Newspaper, book and job printing office, corner Willamette and Eighth streets, up stairs. GRANGE STORE-Dealers in general mer chandise and produce, comer Eighth and Willamette streets. GILL, .T. P. Physician, Surgeon and Drug gist, Pbstoffice. Willamette a et, between Seventh and Eighth. HAYS, ROBT. -Wines, Liquors, and & gars of the best quality kept constantly on Hand. The best billiard table in town. HENDRICKS, T. G.-Dealei in general mer chandiM northwest corner Willamette and Ninth atreuta. HODES, C. -Lager beer, liquors, eigars and a fine pigeon-hole tal! Willamette street, Je tween Eighth and Ninth. HORN, CHAS. RL Gunsmith. Rifles and shot-guns, breech and mutide loaders, for saie. Repairing done in the neatest style and war- , rauted. Shop on 9th street. KINSEY, S. f) -SasH, blinds and .door fac tory, window and door frames, mouldings, etc., ;titzing ami glasa cutting done to order. LYNCH, A "Groceries, provisions, fruits, veg-! etables, etc., Willamette street, first door south of Postoffice. LUCKBY, J. S. Watchmaker and Jeweler: keeps a fine stock uf goodain his line, Willam ette street, in Ellsworth, drug store. McPLAREN, J A MES-Clwioe. wines, liquors, and cigars Wllkwctte street, between Eighth and Ninth. j MELLBR M- Brewery Lfjer benr n tap and ivy the keg or barrel, comer of Ninth and' i (live street. OSBURN k CO. Dealers in druses, medicines, chemicals, oils, paints, etc. Willamette st., opposite S. (!harles Hotel PATTERSON, A. S.-A fine stock ef plain and fancy visiting csrds. PERKINS, H. C. -County Surveyor and Civil Engineer. Residence on Fifth s rcet. PRESTON, WM. Dealer in daudlery, Har ness, Carriage Trimmings, etc. Willamette . street, between Seventh and Eighth. POST- OFFICE A new stock of standard school book, just received at the post office. RUSH. BEN. Horseshoeing and general fob bing blacksmith. Eighth street, betw.en Wil-j lamette and Olive. ' REAM, J. 1C Undertaker and building con tractor, corner Willamette and Seventh streets, ROSENBLATT ft CO.-Dry goods, clothing, groceries nd general merrhandiM, southwest corner Willamette and Eighth streets. ST. -CHARLES HOTEL-Mrs. A. Ren frew, Proprietress. The best Hotel in the city. Corner Wil'amette and Ninth streets. SHIELDS. .1. tt Physician and Surgeon - north side Ninth street, funt door east of St. Charles Hotel. STEVENS, MARK--Dew1er in tobacco, cl gars, nuts, candies, -shot, .powder, notions, etc Willamette street SCHOOL SLTPLIES-A large and vari.d assortment of slates of all ri7es, and quantities of slates and slate-books. Three doors oo th of the e press office,. THOMPSON ft BEAX-Attorneva-at T- Willamette street, tetween Seventh and Eighth. WALTON, S. J. Attomev-at-Law. Offiee Wmamette street, between Seventh and EiVhth. WITTER, J. T. finekskln rtrewin-. The Inchest price paid for deer skins, "Eighth St., at Bridtre. UNDERWOOD, J. -B. General bmkeraee business and acrent for the ConnTicut In surance flotnpanr of Hartford Willamette street, between Seventh and Eighth. ELLSWORTH & CO., D RU G G I ST, WILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS in all its branches at the old stand, offering increased inducement to customers, eld and new. As heretofore, h moat Careful attention given Jo Prescripions. General Pi otic t. t t-R. GEORGE HUMPHREY HAVING JVL placed his busineas in-the han"l of the undersigned for collection and settlement. all persona owing him who have not invie ar ramrement for extension of time, are hereby notified to make payment or other aatiafactory arrangement anthoutdeuy H.C RUMPHREY. OK BUENA fISTA STONE WAR! re 1 u T ABELI1 -naOOJI-J a tb.aole Li sstforUiisebntedwo. i ft. HENXKJCaS. The Scttor thai Pdl ia liwi. EaTiiERViixe, Eriimt Co., Iowa. On I hi- H)th t Mhv a invit-or It'll in place. Tiif nun hhinine, ! ta I ucuMfion- lly h flercy vloutl wa vixiblu, w hen lar n in mit ir there utisa Imcl rejmrl rremblin; I lie dj clinnt canon, only loud.tr, lol iowcI liy one or inure report that miglil liHve I'ffn (lie1 echo from the firm; lhn lor a miiiulu or , then there win n riiinhlinix hoiiihI, srem ingly lat-iiij; litun inrili eat t'j sum li wol. Alnt.it twn mk north Mr. Charles Ka w.-i! at wiH'k iil.uiiini; cmn whin 1 f viiloi-imi f'iit1 I . luiikni in the I ilii'.-t'ii'in t iliw i tjjoi t lie i'miiM not 1 see iiiivthin on iircniiiit of I lie sun, Inn, lolliiwiiiir., iili his e e, theilirtu linn ol I lie rimi in aniuxl Hull to:iv eil. ha . i Hiih thrown nil to some hi-i''ht in ih lel'a ruvim-a hun dr,-i roili or mi to lln nort!) e ist, of m here he, was at work. Mr John Uurlier report 8 a eitnilur pp' rmce a hiimli'el rol or ho fur uier in the eamu dir.ction. S. V. IJiown wi o lives thr. quart era of a mile north l here, Was in the cljje ol tie timl er looking in the nouihweHt erly .direutinn into the top of eoine oa , tin- ilireiiiion lieit't! qqarierlnir to the nun; he xaw a led ttreuk, ami wa lookini; attentively at it when the eatplokjoii mviiirred. lie suyn timl w! en it ImiikI there wa a vtond ) Hinnke at (he lieiul ol the red Mreiik which inshed foi th like the smoke fit.ni the cunor'a month, and tl.en pread in every direction.' On the ec!".e ol the ivine a hole waa found twelve (eel in diameter anil about nix feet deep, whi. h win full of water, l'artiea have cinee, ly uiitirinir labor ami search, found nu memo pieces varying in size from ne lo eight oiiuuea, also Uur pieees amut Imir pound , and one wfijfhiiiu' thirty two pound two ouncea; but the largest was loiind bedded eilit leet in bine clay and lu)ly fourteen eel from the surface. It waa two leel lonjj by one and one half wide, and one tool er so t hick, with rugged, uneven surtace. It is composed ap parently nl nearly pure metal ofaonie kind, reseinbliut! silver somewhat, but of a li ifl" d n ker eolor. How Many I'coj le titive Fitly Holloa Someone said, the other day ih'i' in Ihe entire wwld the number who had $50 or lie equivalent in cash, at their riMiimaud was eiireniely small so Mitall, indeed, that altogether they wonlil not number the niluiii tauis of the linle kiiu'dotn ol lle'K' uiii, which has a population ol G.OU0 000 souk Hut this eiiinai appears to be far below the mark in the lihi of the fact ihai in the saving banks of France, in 1877, there were de posited no less limn fclo3,800,O00 b 2,S(53,283 depositors, the average sum 01 each depositor hem;; about 860 The number of these depositor con tinually iiiereases, a d they are. lo a very lar v extent, members of (he working classes. So in England, and the niimher of deposi tors in the postal Miviu.'N bank is v ry lsr:e no less, on the wh e, than two millions and their depasits, on .he aterage, amnurl nearer t 50, the limit allowed, than to 850. In Scotland and Irel nd (ho saviiij: of the people are lar ire and censlant'y increaaiiiir In Oeimany the people do not . neral'y pls e I Weir savings in bunks, but llley havo comfortable little sums laid swav m Jea p t ami old stockings. Thisi. iiUi.the ease in France. In t lit country the Clim ber of peoi le ho have $;0 at their coinnii in. must amoijmi to quite as many as in either France, German) or (in at Hriia n. Tli world of work injf people ia not wurafiy so poor as many m tiiine it to lie. " The Bo.e Iriein Irtiie RrgioBt. , New York SUr. Cpt. Allen Yoiiml', ol the Piind . r, baa nu board his yacht a curiosity in the rhspe vf a rose ires, grown in England lor the Artie region. When in the polar cold the I tee drooped and to all appearaus .died; but as the vessel reached a warmer clinrte th roe tree revived, and is now lull I loom and in api-ileo'ly henlifev con ii ion. Theliiuction of hie bad been suspended while the tree remained in the col l latitude, but they were not destroyed. This act is iorioti aa tending lo preve that a tree which will stand frost at all wjlf bear most any amountof cold; anf that if its natural growth and deyiaUF merit be retarded at ihe proper aor, the plant cannot defi r the revival of its development till the lie; l iorniid pe riil, but will t-iint 'nine its develop ment at th first opportunity, which, in this eae, after the intense cdd of Ihe Arelic region, ccurred in the more moderate c.ld me crnpar lie warmth of an English Ncvem ber. I ElfTht yar, pother were 95 pn - loner confined in tie pjiuf.ei4.arj. Now there are 202. J "BnUtd." N barber knowelh whom h may haue, and the man wno ruslielli into a shop and drep into a barber chair without seeing who oerupii the next chair to In right or left, as a esse proved ve'terdsy. A solid old citi ten, in the wholes! trade, was tak jug it easy, hi lace covered with a.l er, when in came a young roan, who flung off his ooat, bounoed into a oh ii" r, a ii 1 1 yelleil out: ''Hurry up, now, for I iDtist get back to the store before old Blank docs or he will rats thunder. Hang him, he won't even give a man lime Udie!" Tlij! solid citizen turned Id fuo to glance at ihe oi her, and the 'birber noticed a reddeuini! of his luce. ''(voiug on a vacation this Sum niei'i1" asked the barber who wa. pre paring to shave the young iniin. 'SVaealioii! How in Tophei can I get iway from old Iib.uk? And it I could, lie pays smili a stingy, con temptible salary that I could not al lord a ride on a terry-boat." ''Why don't you as', him for a raise?" queried the barber. ''Why dou'l I uk him for th hand rf his treckle nosellaiighler? IleV discharge me in s minute, tl ough he's making money and can afford it. Ii the idd liyei.a wnul-l have a stroke ol aopley the junior partner miglil do SMiuetiiing, but such chaps always live to be a hundred years old.'' Conversation cea ed here, the solid man got out of his chair, took a brushing and sat djwn.and when the clerk aiose from his chair and turned around, snow balls would have look ed black beside his lace. He tried 1 1 bow mid speak, but something wouldn't 11 him, and when he atari ed to put on his ooat he held it tail up and collar down. II wa dill striiifg ing with it when the aolid V i , . , ... I mau rose up, ioKei around, ami walked out, tayuig never a word. Tn barber tret the young man's head and he i uologue to lus no, but he walked sideways when he' went out, and there was an uneitaiu, wabble to his k.iee. Iu applyini.' lor the vacant situation to day, stale what) shop you shave at. .. m s ii "Put on fcilicuaU." ..The Indian custom i to butcher prisoners ta en in battle. Suuh, how ever, was not th practice ol 'lecum sell, the great chief who, as an ally ol the British, .fought against is in 1812. He natd the Americans, but he fought aa a warrior, not as a Thug. In lSlJ, (Jol. Dudley, while at tempting to reliav Fort Meigs, where Gen Harrison wa besieged by British and Indians, wa tlaled wiih gieai slaughter. As usual th Indian began killing th American prisoners. General l'rootor, the British commander, looked coolr on and made no ffot to restrain them. Suddenly a voic sounded lik a clap ot thuiidet, and Tecuruieh mmta led n a foaming horse, dashed among the butcher. Two Indians ware in th act ol killing a prisoner. Spii ging from his horse, Tecuinseh seized one Indian by the throat and the other by the braasl and threw them lo the ground. Drawing tomahawk aud scalping knife, he dar -d any Indian to touch another prisoner. A cbiel disobeyed aifd Tecuniseh brained him with his tomahawk. The Indians sullenly de sisti'd. 'What will become ol my Jndisns?" he txclaitpcij. Then turning to Proctor, w ho stood near, he sternly demanded why h had not put a slop to ihe massacre. ''Your ludiaq cnnnol b cQjtsan led," replied the Gvneral. "tio a y! You are unfit to com- in uid. I'm on petticoats," wa the scorn ul reply. t a HIIJg llimaflf, iJr. Geo S. Downing under de of December i3 l, sends the h It-Ill Statesman the lol!oiug in regard to he munterer of Sam, the bos China man. While Mr. M. W Hunt and Chailes Fray were out huuiinif to dajon'th- I'aiin f .Mr. A. Drip', I hey discoveied a Mrauge obj -el hanging up to a tree, an 4 on exami nation it proved Lo be ihe dead body of Chung Lien, the murderer ul Sam. He wa found about one mil Irom where the inuj-der was committed. Ii ia supposed lbs he hnn himself the next day al er commuting the deed, well knowing the lait that was his aboulJ he taU into the bards of bis 4.nntrvmen A small cord was used lor ihe purpose, which was Isatened . your boaiding houw ?" said Cha.r to a liijjb about ten leet frnj Ch.illendt-r to William Creamer the gourd. To accomplish bis pur Vienna. Ohio, as they, met in pose U oetessaiy lor him lajibe street. Crmer had just .beer climb !he tree, lastm the cord, slide released from prison, and, regarding Amn ib. trunk and strangle himself1 the nueslion a insiillin. he dreW a to4stb. Death in this way moat! 1 hvleeo very .low inemtnrrtr hi: j relief. Thn the eonnty i iayd a big bill olfoat in trying a m-jrdrr I ' MTATE NEWS. Gen. Lnoe celebrated hi 78th birthday al liostburg on th 14th in si. A. C. Cox, City marshal of I,oe burg, wa married Wednesday, to Mis Fanny Hall, of Wilbur. Nelson Thorp' eldest nn, who re' sides on Soap Creek, had hi leg broke last week by boing thrown Irom his horse. Peter Cornelius and Liga Smith, ol Myrtle creek, in a luir day's hunt, recently, k.ll.-d one cuug:r, foui ber, fjv wildcats aud lour deer. A Dallas correspondent of the 24Vb, say: Snow ten niche deep. Stock are beginning lo suffer Low est trinpeiatnre 7 below zero. M. M. Dillon' youngest child, about 15 months eld, living at Jack sonville, was seriously poisoned re cently while playing with matches. The boy, Arthur Nelson, who wa taken from a bilk showman at Coos Bay sometime since, has arrived home at New Z aland tn In ptrents from whom hewssstolm. Itoseburg 8tr: Notwithstanding ihe miserable condition of the ran 'a. several team Irom Jackson and Jo epliimi counties have been log I'd luring the pasl week With fi'Hghl lor the merchant of thai section. Last Tuesday, says the Lafayette Courier Johu Clark, proprietor ol the Vox I opuli saloon, was arresta-l for allowing minor in his plane of hind ness, and hiied JJO amleosi, .Ihe next day lis was arrested and nued (100 tor runniug a billiard table A land slide on Iltibbird creek, Douglas ooitnly, changed (ho course ot (he creek and did considerable lamac. J. H. Hoover had his ranch submerged oonsid rably and his house was only savd by a rock splitting the slid and d. reeling it to either tide A Gardiner correspondent says; I'lie Simpson mills ran a few day Ihsi wek, but closed doa u again. It is rumored that the lumber combination in San Francisco pay Sim son A Co a stipulated sum per inontr to keep their mil) (die, Hinsdale Jo Co., it is a d, will saw all the logs SUnpaon k Cc hvre on hand. R isshurg Star: Last Saturday ev ening Adam D.iv died very suddenly at the residence of his son, G. W Day, of this eiy. Father Day wa an old pioneer Having setiieii in Camas ya'ley, this count v, over twen ty-su years ago. lie was a native of New York Slate, and was aim st eighty four years of age. Mr. D.iy sn'i vrd iu th aar of 1812. lac to his ashee. Savs the Star sneaking of the re cent loss on the Lower Umpqua. The logger and null men of Gardiner aut lerred considerably by the recent freshet. John Cow-u' boom on Smith River gave way about 4 I . M.: on the od, letting a la.ge number ol loir adrift. The whole number of logs lost is estimated at Irom three lo four million teei. Win. Iteid lost about 1,000,000 feel, and Murphy a minv or more, hmerson Ofc Keid are heavy losers, Simpson's loss is great- er than mat u t;niiusio v.. though both fjnq suffer heavily, A cor pinidaut iitonn thit the loss will reguh between (10,000 and tJ2,- 000. Bctchcr's Latest Jf Rev. Hnry Ward KBeehri correctly reported by t c New York ..T if :. o i. v world, in ins sermon on ouuoa, is vember 30ih, he is surely yerging on insanity. J'he lauiruage be is report ed to have used oa that occasion, in speaking ol Jeau, is hardly equalled iu scandalous) imputation by anything in the age of reason. The luib'ast construction that can be placed gpon the matter i that his remark have been ouirsireously mis reported. At least this i the Urveiii hop ot Beecher's christian admirers. Mr Tbt Ciiorctl P ople qf Ijtargia. The colored people, of Georgia are iirosoeiin; to a urreater .rtree than in anr otfier of the Southeru tJiates, They are assessed on a properly of $5.1 82,398, which ta an increase over lal year. Their lauded estate amount lo 341.000 acres. Ther is no ''exodus" levr among lha ndor ed t.ovU of GeorL'ia. Their con It- lion is so satisfactory that but very j few of tlnsr numoer care l emigrate A 'Iledo Bill, a hen did you changi big knife and staboed the nff.-ndsr, bul Cbdlendr wa quick .mmirh nb g revolver ta v bis owt l;fe nd kill Creamer. . . . Orril Gratis. Ciiicaoo, Notr 19 A w days b. for the arrival ot.Gen Grant ia thia oily hia brother Orvil appeared, aail announced hi tiittntion ol joining ia the welcom lb b extended ta bia distingniahed relative. Year af troubiti had wrought o many chang es in Orvil that few of hi old trin.d hare, where he had oace hn in busi ness, lecognixed him. Hi cl ithiog wa shabby, and his hair and barJ, th chief points of resemblance to th General, were long and bushy. Ha passed Monday and luday t lad . week at various hotel, attracting o attention oxnept by hi uncouth ap Dsrance. A tew army officer, waa saw in" this eedy individual tha brother ol the coming guest, too It upon themselves to run him out of town, bellevin that th Ganeral should not bo embarrassed by hia presence during th approaching ( li.uiss. By dint of pruasin, a liberal supply ol liquor and soma lorce, the grat man' brthr waa put on board a train bound for St. Louis, and i now in thai city. Vh Gen. Grant arrived h Itarned that Orvil had been there, he express regret that h had not teen hun, Jittl Ihieking thai im ot tnos moat busily enggd in paying court to htm 'isd deprived him ot that plaa nr. II returned t Galena tod? ignorant of th true stale of affair, but th story leaked out Una attar noon, and, ot tout, will reaub hia iu due time. Poor Grammar Bttrtjcd hia. Evening Aaburnisa. Prof. Thomas, recently conactdl with Btitl r Untverily, waa notad chirtly tor his exactness in th as al vernacular. One bight ha waa awakened at an unsmly hoar br disoordant tatind of midnight reyl- ry from the direolioa af a taJ. etil's bedroom. Dressing himself b hurriad down the lull, and, altar ft few knock oa the bolted door to fore silence, he called out "Hi f on lellowi in there can't you make 1, noise?" "Who' out ther?" waa th re. sponse. jir. 'lie me. 'Who ar yotj?" "Profesor'Thoms.M Y.tuVa a liar. You Cin't foa -n, i i i . : i tr 1 ii. 1 noma wouki navo sai i, is ie Come on, boys, just one mora. And th strains ot "Landlord till tha flowing bowl," resottndad through th lion till daylighl. The affair was neytr alluded to by the Prof- or. Wast Liobtmijio An alectriolati of bids city asserts that the engine of the Comstock, in the mera act of running, generate sufficient electitoity lo not only lieiil all tn miuri, out also th whole town, provided that said engines wr initiated that the electricty could ba slorid up ami utilized. We do not know how thia be but. w o kn w. and do hundred ! others whi hv tried the experiment, that ther i a great deal of elcctriuity distnrbtnoc about the machinery f the muU Vhre there ar large rubla-r belt running. when the hand ta held near one i thetrj, tady an, beautilul trjainof Im-tricitv aro to ba aeen. The d not pas from the belt to the hand, but frm the hand to the b. lu It U riithiT a grange thing Iciee 1ream of flre darting from lh end at an' finger on one'g hhi without leeling the sKgl'Jest sensatjon; yet it U real fire, and woul bloy np powder intgazlneas relily a would a spark truck by flint and tel. Virginia Nev. Enterprise. Fatal AcctDExr. rue VCooa By New" o: th 10th ys "Last Sat urday, L. Herlocker, J. JJ.-Umh nt a man named Boovliauser, (the lat having lat ly grrive I on th Coquilla wiih g view of locating) were gotn g up the river, n-ir C Mimlle City ft mall boat, kepi"(J u'"18 1 tn ,no, jn itrder t avoid the heavy onrrent, . when a large myrtH tree fell, t"ik ing the bottamidihip, instantly kill, mg th last naed gentleman, ihe iher two ang thamselvo by promptly jutping tinto the river, i Hereby escaping with few flesh wound tf ' a close call for the whole piy, Herloeker and Lsmb are smog our best citizen and their, escape a cause for rejoicing. jc Iiid-'peiideiioe burirlsry caa . in the lasl court with other minor siit brouglu cost uin Polk eonnty f over 17,000, whiidj ll to other indeMe ices oi in couuit -fin w quiro an advance ol tax Vale to kp thing moving. Ira Errucri Almtting women to the bar, the loon keep-r y. ia crse(he demand I r fancy diiuk. Th Guar la th Uwreit, sqd tnnst t- temivsly eirculatel of any paper ia Laao uty. The Ucako is tlse the official par f Carene City. 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