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tAND COUNTY. " BRIEF METIO. gitterl ,gi.ter! Register!! Ljjon Kidney Curt. Cterkid glove at fr.ena.y t. tn Dr N J Taylor for dentistry. iilUinette ilr.t property boomtng. , Ugnn KUney Tea cures all kidney trouble ead the aotice 10 contractor in auotner i rhty acre of fine land for'eale. inquire ol ... . . . . tl Coleman. look out fr Goldsmith'o new advertise L next week. ircuit Court convene in this city Moo ; April 19th. Kidney Tea I the beat known rem fur kiduey troubles. otend cold baths every day in the week erry Horn's barber shop. , ,h, Gbabd does all kindi of job printing .per than Fortlaud price. lr 0 Bettmati wjll move iuto the I X L M during the coming week. "'" ttteud the Good Templars eutertainmont Ihinehart'e Hall thit evening. j Tott can' purchase 'altharo ratchet at i Watta' yrora $10 and upward. ( you want a book to spend the long ltry evening give Sterling Hill a call. ;(yoo want hardware at readable price's 1 t the tore of Pritohett t Forkuer. lr Geo F Craw has the ole agency for all imU of the celebrated Tansil Punch Cigars. ,diei s'tate FREE from this date at Rhine ft, Gents, admission and Hates, 25 et. Sterling Hill kI' ,n stock an excellent tment of good readable work. Give nacalL good farm for raising stock or grain for e nu reasouable term, Inquire ot Judge jlton. emocratibe eureand register In your re vive preciu'et. The time i April Oth, btli; id 7th. The Guild of St Mary1 Episcopal Church II meet at Mr John O'Brien's Weduesduy, Lrch31st, at 2pm. knee our last issue Mr T J Dunton ha h- need himself as a candidate for City Alar- Jl at tlie ensuing city election. The services of a registered thoroughbred my bull may be secured by calling on Mr 0 Parkins a mile below town. Sterling Kill, at the postotfice, tikes Eib- mnn for nearly every newspaper 'and riodical in America, at the publisher rate. Mr J D atlock will erect a two-story brick Uing oh 'hi lot, recently purchased 'from wenblatt'Bros, during the Coming Surhmer. We are reqnostcd to announce there will a public examination of teaehor at the .urt House next ilouday, March 29th, at 9 a in. . J ntnatnlui Villi (-All immha0. JoHtiofiH felauk summon", civil mid criminitl suhpoenaes J i . . . i . . , . . i, . i , a complaints ai uie uuaiui iinictti l unuuiu ices. Rsd the insurance advertisement ol endnote & Kakiu in another coluinii. Ii in want any lire iimurauce it will pay you Kali upon them. The linest aud largest lot of window shades tW brought to Eugene will arrive ou lues- 'ay's freight, from New York. Call and fee them at Friendly. . The native citizens of Oregon about Port nd w,ll hold a meeting April 5th to coll ider the propriety of organizing an associa ion of native Oregoniaiis. Mr A F McClaine, of Silvcrton, ay the Statesman, ha let thn contract to Portland parties to erect him a $2,800 residence in hat city. What dou this menu! It is said that the new steamship that ill be put on the Oregon Pacific line soon to be three hundred feet in length and ill be the fastest steamer ou the Pavitic. For dyspepsia, headache and all disorders riainor from a, disordered stomach. De Haven's jDynrxpsia Cure is an infallible remedy. Ty ami ue convinced, a or aaie ny U&JtUliN i Ca Ayer Sarsa'parilla, the first blond medicine Uo prove a reul success, still holds the first place in public estimation, both at home and abroad. It miraculous cures, and immense sales, allow this. We have received a copy of the N Y World's Almanao for 18SG. It is the most replete work of the kind ever published. It can be proenred by sending 25 cents to the publisher of that paper, The report originating in railroad circles that the 0 4 C road will be turned over to 'be Central Pacific on July 1st, has gained credence aud it ! i though the road will ehaoge hand at that time. G W Dii-.iick, Chairman of the State Cen tral Coinmitt, e. announces that the time of holding the State ttiuveution of the Prohi bittou party has beeu chaugeil from March 31it to Wednesday, April 14, IPS J, At Matlock's a viry fine line of ladies show of the celebrateit H L Holhrook make, irect from the Ensteru maniilacturer. 'i'lie ladies of lane comity wjuhl do well to call at u- aiauock store sad examine tuese gmMis. Oo and after April 1st the undersigned Will commence doing business on a ready pay basis, selling good for cash or produce only. All purchaser will Hud it to their interest to call aud get prices. J. U Matlock. W understand that Mr S M Titus 1 talk log of erecting a brick building, during the Summer, on the southeast corner of Nin .b and Willamette streets. If be does ha will remote the livery stable u the rear of the lot, where ft will ktill be used for a livery table. Mi. Narci. White, Hational WCTU lecturer, a Idreweil the people of Eugen at tii Pnsbjterian Church last Saturday eve Bng. Her remarks were well received aud proved a rare intellectual feast to those present. The room was tilled to repletion. Hank Vauglian it on of the buaiest men U Umatilla coautv. He has 60 head of noise in the field with pl-ms, harm and sesdtr. and the force of men on hi farm Lk.W.l:L ii 11...L :. ..fl thoa.m.uwhokuowhJowto Urm for th, "ney there is in it-Ceotrerilliao. Hank DEMOCRATIC COUNTY GbMMITTE County Convention to be held April 22(1. PRIMARIES, MOM) VV, APRIL 5lh, m. The Democrntio County Central Committee met in Eugene City lust Tuesday afternoon pursuaut to the call of the Chairman. Present- K P Cob-man, G U Dorris, A D Burton, R M V'entch, L lUl.veu, aud U 13 Hayes, by I L Cttmpbell, proxy. On motion, County Convention was nrdertd to convene in Eugene City Thursday, April 22.1. ' On motion the primary convention were re quested to met on Monday, April Dth the first day of registration. On motion the following cull was duly issued: DEMOCRATIC COUNTT CONVENTION. At a meeting of the Democratic County Cen tral Committee, held iu Eugene City, Oregon, March 23, 1880, it was ordered that the Demo cratic County Convention be held iu Eugene City on . .Thursday, Ajril 22d, 1888, For the pnrMise of electing 1Q dele.oite to the, titAv Convention to be held at Portland May 4, 18H6; also to nominate a Candidate for State Senator, 4 candidate for Representatives, 2 candidate for Ohunty'Cbmmissioners, 1 candi date each for Bherill, Clerk, TreaHiirer, As sessor, School Superintendent, Surveyor and Corouer, and for the 'transaotioh of such other business as may come before the convention. It is requested that the primary conventions be held Mortday, April 6. 1688. The County Convention will consfst of 75 delegates, apportioned one for each precinct anil nne for every 25 votes or fraction of cue half or over thereof cast for Hon E P Coleman for State Senator in 1884, as follows: Springfiell. ...... South Kii'.-ene... Pleasant Hill.... Cottage Gnive... Mohvvk Long 'I'o'n 8iuliw Ijost Valley Cai)i Creek McKenzie Florence........ Unvote Wild Cat fi North Kuijsne. 9. t-nll Creek 2Cresswell oj Willamette..., 2. function 3 Idcharilson . .. . 2:SK!ni'i"r 2jHzel Dell aMid.llo F..,k... I Irving 3 Cheh. r " Lake Creek.... II Total E. P. CoIjEMAN, Chainnan'County Cotituiittee. L. BlLTEO, Secretary. Oregon Short Line Exterftlbn. We take the following extract from an edi torial in last Wo l'.sdhy's Oregohiah: The Union Paii he has determined to push its brancn of the Oregon Short Line into Piirt- land, and will trtrilte directly across the State westward from it present terminus at Hunt ington to the Willamette Valley, thence north to Portland. One does n t lake iu the effect of this upon the moment. It means a line of railroad through the mining section of Baker county, across the gold belt in Grunt county, through Harney valley and the Malheur conn try, through Crook county and into the upper Willamette valley. ilm plan hicwoch h southern branch running down into hak.r nod Klamath counties. It iio-aus tl e oenin,T ot the gifat interior reuinii of the bUte t' Wittlo- men l and tiusinen-., the iliovery, iu a seiiso, of a new real. n in thi- Pucirio empire. The ulans of the Lumii 1 unhc . ompany, while definite as to the general purpoitr, i,re not yet definite, in their details. Thru as8 through the Cascade iuou:itiu nre in iew tlie Mint i east of Salem, tlieSiitiain, south eat of Alliauy, and the Mi lieii.ie, soutlieiu-t of EiiKeiie. It is lik-ly that litter will lie choaen liecaiise it affm-.U easier grades than either of the nth'-r. Tlie direct run to fii'in the present t-jnniuus (Houtiii,'tou) to the Mis Kenzie, is through a bettor country than either of the other routes. It leads without liiver gince through th. Harney anil Alalheur re Hloii, ami onuses iiirt'Uin eni ooiiioi "i iiiniwr nmr and in the ( W-a lo nionntains. It is eon- nidered iilinosl eertaiu that McKenzie pass will he chosen, anil that tile halt in the iVillnuettH valley will he lit o' near Eugene Tity. Th'-re aresnveral plans of get im.' to Poitlanil. Either a line will be Imiltouti-iht, or cars will lie run over the line of the Oregon 4. California or the Oreyoniuii Railway. A third rail wouhl adapt the livit named line for standard cau'e can-. It is not helieved that anew line will lx neces sary, and that connection wiil be made ever existing roads eillier ny purcna, i-imb or op rating coiitrai-t. The whole of the current1 year will he required to' survey the route nil' I l'icate the road. Then will he u hurried and extravagant cmistnrctioii. Actuel work i:l liegia next Spiint, Rd it is hoped to have the road in operation within two years from the present time. To tha Public. As we are about to leave Eugene City to establish ouiselves in business at another point we desire to extend our sincere thanks through the column of the Guauii to our uuinoioiM friends and customers, and to th iublic in general, for tln-ir liberal patronage duriuu' our busmen career in town. We commenced hu"i ness in Eugene six years ao ut witu the in tention of iwnnauently locating, but throniih ur good iuduenue we inado very many pleas ant acquaintances and lriendi, and It is with much re ret tnat we mlse our leave. We fully niorHiaatt) the fact that our succeas in business was due t the patronage of our fiivnd. As suring you that many (pleasant reddlcctions of our bnsii.uMi relations in Eugene will attend ns, we again extend our hearty thanks to all our friends and patrons and wioh ynu all a fare well. We reliimu your olioilh-nt servants, Jakk Wahhhaijeu, Haiuit Wakshaitr, Faniiliaily called, I X I. boys. Paisti.su. Owing ti my sickness last Fall I was not able to attend to my painting buiines-, but now I am nun Ii better, aud 1 have secured two good mechanic from Eng land who have each served an apprentice hip of seven ears, who will do ull work ottered me ti.is Summer. Ad Work will be executed in the bet I style. Sign sou car riage work a specially. I have j..-t recieved a largo quantity d Salem end Eastern i lls ami ail kind of paints, widen will be sold at reasonable pru-es. IJive mo a call and get price. Social attention given to order. r JosF.pU La t . M ARRIKD. Near Silveftoii, Oregon, March 7, 1SSG, by I!'" E P llmders of Eugene City, Mr .lacob Vender sod Mia Mi.nrie Hobart, both of Marion count), Oregon. MabRIEH. Ou the 21st of March, 18SG, in., i.' u il I-....,. - tl... rxidem-a nf oyi.evr. i . " - Davi.l Thoinpson, fc.q. Sir James r. Minam, of Lion county, and Mus .Vltllie lhompsou, of Laue. ouuty. Married In Eugene City, on the 23d of j March. IS'!, by !" 1 Margaret Jones, of Lane county. 1 and Brevities. The band entertainment last evening wa numerously attended, W acknowledge ths receipt of publlo docu uisnU from senator Mitchell 1 hanks. Geo M Miller bat 'moved his real estate agency on door r.orth'of hi old itamt. 1'li.h Trtsh In hi unequalled tumbling exer cise at Rhiuehart's this Saturday evening. City election rioly one week fmm Monday. Candidates for Marshal art said to be a scare article. j i ffarra IJnckensto will favor ths audience at Rl.inehsrt's this Saturday evening with a gui tar solo. It miilit'b a well for th Oregonian corres pondent to run hi unparolled witticism on the S.dem cows. Ladies dress, goods are Inade a specialty by Mr S 11 Friendly. He has the lateit styles. Give him a call. It is said that Mr Seymour Condon, of Portland, will loon locate iu Eugone fr the practice'of law. Some person or persons, one night this week, smashed in the windows of the Ninth street China house. The Chinamen did lint leave Portland on the 24th, the day set for their lesving by the anti-Chinese "Congress." Prof Geo II Collier mid family moved info their handsome residence just south-east of the University Inst Wednesday A Mr W ii James delivered a leclnre on Spiritualism at the Court House last Wedne- d iy evening to'a very slim audience. Rev E A McAlister will preach at the brick church next Sabbath, March 28th, at 8PM and 7:30 P M. Subjeotof the afternoon er- mon, "The Spirit of Christianity." lion TO Reams, Grand Master of Oregon Masons, will pay Eugene Lodje No II, A F 4 A M, an olKoial visit next Tuesday eve ning at 7 p m. A full attenilauce of mem bers is requested. Friday niuht. one wetk sgo, dogs Willed about .'00 wi rtb of NmI Humphrey's fine sheep Tile next night ho put out 'poison and captured about a half dozen of their Worthless careasse. E L Applegate is line of the incorporate!- of the Ashlund WateV Works, which starts with a capital stock of f23,000. Ltsh ' rather good at incorporating, but 'rather poor at -producing coin. MrS H Fiiendly ha been receiving this "week a very large iuvolce of haft, clotliinir, boot olid shoes froth New York City direct. He will'sell them very low, as the freight was very liht owing to the railway war. Ou account of the Mikado eutertuinmer.t at Rhineliart's (hi Saturday evening tlw relig ious ir.eetius lieing held in tbe Baptist church will he postponed on that night. We recom mend nil Christian and temperance people to attend. Have you a cough! Sle -ples nights need no longer trouble you. The use of Ayer' Cherry Pectoral, before retiring, will soothe the cough, allay the 'inflammation, and allow needed re- iKwe. It will, moreover, heal the puliiiouary organs, and give you health. . ... Kev A P Graves left for East Portland last Thursday morniiii.'. where he is now eon- i Hiding a series of meetings. It is said that ' persons professed religion during his visit to Eiik-eiiH. Km' Mr Buichtttof McMluniille, a zealous christian mnl a gciillemuu of scholarly ithihtv is now conducting the meeting with good success. The l'rnliiliitMi County Convention meets to-day ut the Com t House for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Conven tion, and to transact such other business as may u uiie bafore the body. It is not likoly that a county ticket will ba nominated at this time. For months lifter the inauguration of the cow paper, its columns teemed with person ulitles aimed at the editor of this joi mid. Wishing to live iu peace with nil mankind, we pissed the flannel iu tili-nce, but irfter awtiiie I") heaiance ceased to be a virtue. We now simply wish the pub.ie to know that we w ere not the attacking party. Dr Pilkinfcton, oculist and rectal specialist, who has for several month been making regu lar visits tn Eugene, has, it is claimed, 'one hnnil-red cases of rectal disea es either curd or making rapid jn-ogress toward cure. Hiose who aiu iiiUTtstid to villain refer- nces to these cases cast wiile to bitu and oh uin them. j We would call special attontiou to the adx'vrttM.'iiieiit of Hluir Bros & Co, manufac turer of wire fencing, Stevens' patent clothfs tlryer, wheel barmws, wooden bowls and wooden warn. They are deserving ol the peoples' patronage. If you are iu lavor of lioiue (irMlucltuo, let it be known by your acts. Mr John I'rowu is deserving of ranch cred-. it for the manner in which be fulfilled the contract for budding the SiulaW wagon road, although he luaile no money out of it. Me intends l idding ou the other work on the road to be let soon, and if it poihle the c ntiact should hegiven himata fair prkt that he may be remunerated for hi labor. Unit. The cow paper this wrck indulges in another liradu of abuse, but it doesn't puhliih the Ros eccans Utter. The pecidiur and i-haracterstic meanness of doitging and holding another re sponsible, against whom there was no charge, shows how he serves his friends when he wishes t save himself. Wi'l the profun dity i f the uiw organ explain how it is that if he is proven faistier, what defense it may lie to assert that his friend i slandered. We opposed ynu alone, ami imw will you an suer. we brought pi'sif t show tiiat an un truth bad la-en publi-hed by ToU, and you -do not deny it. FLowtK TiiiKVK-s. Parlies, who are known, last We lneMbiy right entered the yurd to the resi.li nce . f Mr A V Peters, and disembedded a number f choice bulbs and rariiud tlicm away. Thinking that they would misleail Mr and Mr Peters s to the utlu.r. tbev brok oil' nearly all Ihe flowers that were blnommg It the parties do lint take warning, ami ever commit tlie tlaatarn Iv act again, they w iil be rreled, iiotwith standing their nsuoied rt-speutability. Pcri haked. Mr J W Cherry has purchased of Mr W F McCarthy the Brownsville Woolen Mills Stre, in this citr. Wes is deservedly p. pulai, snd we preili.-t tl.at he will enlarge ths hninsa considerably. .. in Ms new business yentnre. Take a vvewisn.nim mucu M t trnmvht in another column and then immedutely proceed to his store and price hugiHsls. i Onlt 50 Cent The Guard will be fur- E P lleiu'ei-soii, Mr'ni'he.1 to all new ubcrilirs nulil alter I ... . .a r. ! the Jnue election for the srr.all sum of 50 cent. Trent Items. Trent, March 24, 1880. Miss Clydearbr li ft yesterday to commence her school at Grand Prairie. Mr Wm Gilfry wo here buvimr cattle one day this week. Mr Lee Iilitledce Intend startinir on the 1st of April to Pendleton on a visit to relative and friends. A new school honsa'js to le built here next Summer. Enntiuh tnoney ha been raised by subset iption to build it. One day last week hen E P Williams wm coming from town he'caiue near having a run away as the frightened team was toped with difficulty after breaking the tongue of his wa gon. Some malicious person unhitched a horse be longing to Lee Rutldge who hi iking a friendly call at Dexter. The vbnmr man pent the night in search but the next morn ing touml the horse tied three miles away. There somstimes appear robes in which lo calities are noted for honesty, industry, sobri ety, in fact sll virtues, thes social phenomena are accounted for iu various ways and by di verse tl eories. In the case of this precinct of whose morals, its citizens justly boost, what more logical or sensible 'explanation ran be given than it is due to the. two third majority which it always casts for the Democratic ticket nd because everybody subscribes to the Guard. Avis. f City Property Transfers. Last Saturday Peter Bauscb purchased of Mr B II James the property now occupied by Fisher A, Wat kins and, Titus Lambert, on Willamette street, having 28 feet froutoge, payinv S3G00 for the same. Mr Baiuch in tends erecting a one-story brick on the prop erty during the coming Summer, Messrs Fisher ft Watkins, hist Tuesday, pur chased of James Sanford the eighteen foot lot and building just north of Walton's brick for (1350. They will rettove their butcher shop into the building in a few weeks. MEJudkinsto Alice M Beckwith, lot In Eugene; con ?00O. BGMulkey to Wm Smith, lot in Fatter- son aililitmn to Liicene; con tlou. M V and A J Pritchett to Elizabeth Conser, one-half biick wall of the I X L Store; con $2U0. Primaries. The following delegates were 'elector! tiy the Prohibitionists iu Eugene precincts last Monday, to attend the County 'Convention that meets in this oity to-day: South Eugsne Jesse Gross, CaWn Hanna, J C Suodgio, L B Rowland, John Rowland, Rev A 0 Fairchild, Rev C M Hill, W A Put ter. North'Eugene E P Henderson, J B Stowell, Rev 0 A Woiiley, John Edmiiistnn, Jacob Conser, 'J C Richards) n. We nnder-iUnd that precinct meetings were also held iu Cottage Grove, Junction, Sprii gfield and t'resswell, but we were un able to procure the names of the delegates. Declines. The following letter from Gov Whiteaker to Mr T G Hendricks, Secretary of the Pioneer Association, is self-explanatory. Portland. March 22. 1886. Hon. T. G. Hknmiicka, Secretary Mr: I am in receipt of your of the ltith inst, inform ing ins of my selection by the board of man agers of the Lane County Pioneer Association as orator at their nxt annum reunion. 1 neic to thank the board for this expression of their kind feelimr toward iu. and to thus early uotify tlism and the alternate thatsituated as 1 now am, 11 win no impossioie ior 111 w au ct'pt their very kind invitation. I beg you to notify Prof Condon of this conclusion. Very truly, John Wiiitraeer. Notice. I will hsve for sale, about Sept 10, 1885, 12000 split cedar fence posts, nt my mill in Coburg. The price will be $12 jr hundred. JaH. C. Goudalb. Coburg, August 22. To Lx.ive Eugene. We learn that Messrs Jake and Harry Warshauer will leave Eugeno during the coming week, and will tike a short visit to California, and will then go to Baker City, where they are having a brick building erected, and open out a very large stock of dry loods. We are sorry to Siee the young men leave our city, as during their six year resi dence here they have proven themselves to be gentlemen in the fullest sens of the term and have made host of mentis, lliey are ener getic, ambitious, honest nd first-class business men. We can cordially recommend them to the irond i) onlu of Bak(r C'itv ar.d Eosti-Vn Oregon. They are bound to succeed in ther new homo, as they win the confidence of the neoil as soon a they become acnnaliited. vie wish the hoys the rest of suWesa in all their future ventures. To the nwspiqier men of Baker City, particularly, would We recommend the .Messrs Warshauer, as they believe in tile liberal me of printer s ink. Arrested. One week ago yesterday someone entered the house of Thus Martin, near Cottage Grove, and stole a silver watch valued at $20. A few days thereafter nne Geo Barnes sold the time piece to Mr Sam Veatch, of Cottage Grove, for $5. Last Mondny Barnes enttercd the Sheriff office and asked to be placed under arrest. Of course Sheriir Campbell willingly complied with his request. Monday afternoon he was given a preliminary examination before Justice Henderson when he plead guilty to. the ohvL'ft. and was bound over in the sum off 100 to await tbe action of the grand jury Kailiou to fiive bonds he was ciVfen quarters iu the county jail. Burolart, Constable Scott Christian, of Co tag Grove, arrested two tramps bearing the names ol James Burns and John Brean last Wednesday morning on a warrant charg ing them with breaking into the China house these aud stoaliug a pistol the previous nilit. They were given an examination, the day of their arrestt btfnre Justice. I W Vanghan, who held them in the sum of $100 each to await the action of the grand Jury, and being unable to filltilsh bonds they were umilglit to BUgen liy Mr Cliriin..n and delivered ti Sheriff Campbell who will boar I theid until the meetiug of the grand jury at least. BoHN;-In this city, Wednesday, March 24, 1880, to the wife of II C Humphrey, daugh ter; Weight, 4J II. Mother and child doing splendidly, aud with proper nursing Clay will recover. He says "the finest articles are always done up in the sma'.leat po&age." We congratulate. Scott's Addition.- Lying two bhwk from TJulversity gr.mn I and four" block from Main street an C" lots that will be sol I for S?5 t $175 ech; just platted and now the best loca tion ottered in Mugene City. Gl j. M. Milleu, Agent. CofNEK BaT. Mi. Him, Chinawoman, of Eugene, went to Albany the first of the week and purchased a Chinese baby, tm days old price paid, private. The youngster wo now b seen at the Chinese quarter. Wanted. A girl todogwieral hnisework. Apply at the residence of CxaS Lacer, STATE UNIVERSITY A column devoted to the interest of the Laurean and Eutaxian Literary Societies, and the State University. M. E. Potter.... .Editor. Several students will teach this Spring. All the classes 'will begin reviewing soon. Hattie Smith will teach the school at F.lmirs. Miss Mine'rva Starr fs v'isiting friend In Eu gene. Anna Patterson i engaged in teaching near Eugene, F M Mulkey ha returned 'lo his home In Portland, W J Rolierta returned last Saturday from his visit home. Mr Butterfield, from Polk county, entered school this week. The Eligene Literary and Social Club 'has adjourned until September, Walks are belnj placed around the new building and from it to the old. The class song written by J L Tait 1 highly spoken df by those who have read it. Dora Dickenson has quit school and she and her sister Matlle are teaching in Siuslaw. F M Chrisman has been absent from hi recitations several days on account of sickness. The Senior class are to receive lectures next term in geology instead of studying the text bocks. Misses De Etta aud Ida Cogswell Intend tn retWn home soon. Ds 'Etta is much improved In health. Ltira Murch wss appointed for a reading nextSveek aud Etta Moore appointed question oonltuittee. Although Spring is rapidly approaching, I have uot a yet been overwhelmed with any Sprlhg poetry. Tlie university press, of Oxford, has ap pliances for printing book in 150 languages and dialect." Quite a number of the students have been attending the meetings conducted by Rev Graves the evangelist Ths next public exercises will be held in the new auditorium, and will consist of declama tions by the Seniors. Prof, Merritt, of Jacksonville, ho accepted the invitation to deliver the address before the societies, Commencement. Miss Sanims has left school and gone east of ths mountains. I don't know whether she in tends to engage in teaching or not The Y W C T U meets next Friday evening at 0:30 o'clock at tbe brick church. Any Eutaxians wishing to join will please meet with us. R J Hendricks, a former student, passed through Eugene Saturday en mute to Yon cslla, and returned to Salem the following Monday. 0, for the wings of some little bird to carry me swiftly through the air to search for my departed, inuth-iuourned-for ATA. Signed, Many Eutaxians. The Japanese government has recently adopted as a text bisik iu the higher educa tional institutions the manual of organic ohem Istry piei ared by Prof Gilbert Wheeler of Chicago." Milton Davis, who attended school here lost year, and who wo recently appointed cadet to West Point, ha been visiting In Eugene for several days. He intends to start East about the 1st ol May. All persons who have books from the library, whijh have not been reported to the librarian, will please hnnd thfin to him on returning them in order that they may be re-catalogued. There are nearly on hundred volume out, and not accounted for. Miss Carrio Walker, of the class of '83, will teach in Springfiuld this Spring, and Miss Eliza Spencer, of the sum class, is teaching at Pleasant Grovr, about four miles north of Eu gene. Ulisscs .lennie onencer nna luiuuie Porter, also of the class of W, will soon Degin teaching. The Eutaxians will debate next Friday, Re solved, That the registry law should be re pealed. Affirmative leader, Ida Patterson; unrWiipe. Linn linlt Id Porter and Fan nie Condon. Negative leader, Emily Bristol;, cnllesiiies, ,Tssis MoClung, Jennie McClure and Hattie Licketison. Ths Eutaxians y6stcrday (Friday) debated the question, Resolved, That the treatment recoived by the Clnn-se is a jnst cause for war between China and America. Affirmative leader. Ida Henilric':i: colleagues, Ida Patter son, Etta Misire ana Ella BuThridge. Nega tive leader, fcannie V nnonj colleagues, j-iura Murch, Glenu Shaw and Sue Dorris. At tho last public exercises i the auditorium essays were read by the following named students: Linha Holt, G W Morris, Anna Henderson. H M Brattain, Kate Van. Dyke, U Brown, Ida Porter, Emily liristd, F E By lie. Jessie McClunz. 0 Ellis, Etta Levis-, J 1. Tsir.. Klla llnrs. Hattie Dickenson and C H Fisher, Declamations by Emma Dorri", Dora Scott, Ada Cohurn, W H MeClilre, A J Col lier, J R Pattmon. Horse Rack. We Hud the following in last Sunday' S F Chronicle, giving an o- count of the rsces of the previous day. "In the dash of 300 Vtrds the tsleot installed Ton font as favorite against Webfoot st $23 to $12, and among the stable boys tnere were heavy investment made at dimes to nickles. Ten Cents is a speedy quartor pony, and heading bis adversary at the start, he w hard pulled, by Half a dozen lengths in 0:KiJ. To those in the stable tecrett it must have been dollars to cents on the re suit " Webfoot, the horse named in the aboVe, is the giay horse formely owned by Hon It B Haves, of Suencer precinct. Ten Cents is the man horis that was in Engeue se tornl day last Summer. The Hayes horse was taken to Han Francisco by Mr Brown nd there sold by him to a Mr Lyon for aliout $300. New Town Addition. During the f)al week two new additions have beti filed, Mr W J J Scott filed an addi tion of b'i blocks, on the saUth-esst; and yesterday Dr T W Shelton fileil an addition of G block just west of Skinner' Butte. Surely Eagene property ts in tiemanu. Notice. Mr. B. H. Jairfes having retired fmm busines and being desirous of settling up, request all those Indebted by note or ac count to immediately call and make a settle inent He can be found at bis office in the Court House, ready to receipt for all debts due him. Dieu In Camp Creek precinct, March 15, I SSC, at the residence of her son J inn Wa-son, Mr Mary WaUon, aged 85 year. She wa one f the pioneer of Or'gon, and her death will be mounrned by her many ac quaintances. Farmers Taek Notice. A good dinner can hodat Baker' Hotel for 25 oent. Persona). Dr Eberly ha located in Walla Walla. . . . Dr J P Gill paid Salem a visit last Thurs day. , , Judge Bean U in Corvalli holding Circuit Court Mrs S Munra left for her home at Boone ville yesterday. Df. June ha returned from Eastern Wash ington Territory. Dr Scarbrnugh, of Cresswell, wm ia Ea gene last Thursday. Mr A J Boyd and wife left Tuesday on a visit to Albia, Iowa. Mr Robt Donavsn, of Portland, paid Ea gene visit last Thursday. , Kir II M James, who formerly run a muslo- store here, was in town a oouple of days thif week. Mr R R Hay wa a passenger on the steamer that left San Francisco for Portland Wednesday. Judge Walton has been in Salem in at tendance upon the Supreme Court several days this week. "Pap" Walton has accepted a position at clerk iu Mr J W Cherry's new clothing store. Call and see bun. Mr Scott Chrisman, of Cottage Grove, a prominent Republican. candidate for Sheriff, wa in town Thursday, Mr Jacob Conser and wile have gone to-- Yamhill county to visit a brother-in-law. Mr John Perkins, who is quite ilL Messrs T A Milliorn, W S Lee, Chu Phillips and R M Mulholland.'of Junction, have been ia Eugene this week. Al Churchill, formerly of this county, but now of Corvallis, is a candidate before the Re publican State Convention fur State Printer. ' Al 1 a good tollow, but Is running on the .7 ...... I. . 1 . l. J wrung ucaet to on eiecveu mis year. Mr W F McCarthy, formerly proprietor of. the Brownsville Woolen Store iu this city,' loft for Eastern Oregon last Thursday, Ho intends locating in some town in that sec tion. He is a pleasant, agreeable gentleman' and thoroughly capable of conducting any line ot business. We acknowledge a brief call from Mr M- M Davis, of Yaquina City, last Tuaeday- afternoon. He reports business good on the bay and say the 0 C It It is making con siderable improvements at the terminus.- Doo is a jolly good follow and hi old o-" quiintaucet were glad to greet him oaoe more. Cottage Grove Items. Cottage Grove, March 25, 1880. . Frost Wednesday and Thursday rnoruiogs., A little daughter of S B Withingtoa it quite sick. ,- Mr Geo Slesgle had a good mare die last Thursday; cause unknown. , Misses Addia and Martha Medley are visiting relatives here this week. . Some tramps were boing tried . yesterday for burglarizing the China house. , . Mr J H Veatch and Riloy Cooley came- 1 -L. ...- 13 1 f.-L-l. uown irom toe mines ounnsy. veaicu re mained and Cooloy returned. lilr Wm Russell and wife, of Cartwrlght, 1 were visiting their daughter, Mrs Lemuel Ward, a couple of days last week. A meeting was held at Silk creek last 1 Monday and a vote taken to move the school house a short distauce from the present lite. , Mist Emma Coleman, of Eugene, began ' teaching as principal of our publio school Monday, with Mist Sadie Myert as assis tant. Mr Will Neese and family, of Eddyville," Iowa, arrived here lost Wednesday, Ihey report everything frozen up there when they left on the 12th. A boy named Perry MoCutchin wot shot in the arm, the arm being broken, Wednes day, by the accidental discharge of a gun In' a hack in which ha was sitting, in front of the hotel at this place. Verity. Election Notice. The annual city election will be held at the' City Hall in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, the ' Sth day of April, 1880, for tbe purpose of decline- tha following officers, viz: Three Trustees, Treasurer. Recorder and Marshal' ' The polls will open st v o clock A Al ana oiose at 6 o'clock P M of said day. - Dated, Eugene City, March 17, W. a Shaw, Reoorder. Last Notice. County and State taxes will be delinquent . April I, 18Srj. lined this notice and save , cost tod percentage for collection of the' same. '' J. It. CAMPBELL, Shorill and Tax Collector. , To make a serviceable telephone from one . farm bouse to another, only requires enough wire and two cigar boxes. First select your bixes, and make a hole aliout half an Inch In diameter in the center of the bottom in each,, and then place one In each of the houses you wish to connect; men pet nve puunua oi com mon iron stove-pie wire, make a loop in one end and put It through the hole in your cigar box and fasten it with a nail; then draw it tight to the other box supporting it when necessary, with a svmt corn, x ou can easuy run your line Into the house by boring a hoi tha oImil Sunuort vour boxes witH slat nailed acroasthe wiodosr, and your tele phone is complete. I he writer ba one tnat t .v, i .. i ik ...... n,.t iir sou yams long, uu coots w ,cuw, . ... carry music, when the organ is playing, 30 feet away in another room. Ex. Notice to VutebJ.-1A11 perou desiring to vote at the next Jdne election, are noti fied that they must appear at their usual places of voting on the 6th, 6th and 7th days of April, 18S0, and register; otherwise uuder the law they cannot vote. Takk Notick. All those owing me by note, account or otherwise are requested to call and settle the some immediately, at I must have what it due me. I do not want to put the account in the hand of an at toruey II 1 cau nelp it. J. M. Sloan. L Salomon Talka-1!o says that alt those indebted to him must come forward and tettle oi else they msy have the unpleas ar.t matter brought to their attention by a lawyer. A word to the wise is sufficient REovED.-Mr J Iavis has rewnved his tailoring establishment up stair into the rear room of Walton's brick building. Anyone wanting good work done should give him a call