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THE INDEPENDENT.
HILLSBORO, THURSDAY, NOV. 18.
A .Long Chapter ott a Small Subject.
We congratulate "Citizen" Spigot
ttii the success of Ilia second letter in
the Oregonian. It is even better
ilian Lis first Attempt. We are
pleased to see that he gets Bis words
all in a row, no small tiling for a
beginner as very teacher; of the
young idea can attest. And it is es
pecially pleasing to the editor who
has to re-write such productions to
make them readable. We sdy this the bigl
tnr ttift encouratreuieiii. 01 vauou
Spigot because we think he needs it.
We would advise his backers, bow
ever, that after this they would bet-
tion "that no man's assessment was
raised less thad $125 aud the highest
was $1,000," is not trutJ. This
quotation la garbled, the favorite
method of eniall falsifiers. Now. we
will give the qndtatioli with the con
text, from which any fair mind will
see at once that we referred to the
persons that Spigot said had been
notified "bv son diner an officer" to
thera at the expense of the county.
Hero is the whole passage:
Thrill Spigtil says, "The last grand stroke
of financial ability, is sending an officer out
to notify men five and six miles off, tnat
their assessment would be raised $5. and
up to $ 100." Tin is on a par with hi
other blunder. The tact is that no man's
assessment was raised less than $125 and
best was. tt.f i;000, which Spigot
are kf.ottn had he examined the lo
cal columns of the Independent last week.
But in the matter of the raisins of
A. T. Smith s assessment Spigot
leaks as badly as if he were a bung-
The Wapato Lake.
Parmer Comes Back at Justice.
ter coiifine his efforts awhile to items hole instead of a very small spigot:
and squibs as he is too " light waistsd" je saya that Smith's assessment
for column articles. It takes hini was raisea $100 and that it cost the
sucii a short time to run out of facts countY fcj clerk's and sheriffs fees'
that he is compelled from sheer ne- winle the tax on it amounted
cessity to "fill up,' and so lie Has to to onlv The facts in the case are
draw on his imagination for that T Smith was not notified at
things". all; that he came before the board of
Now we will notice some of the equalization voluntarily, asking the
principal errors In his letter, and let board to lower his assessment; that
the brood of little ones go, so that boari raised his assessment
he may hate the satisfaction of $i000; aud that the tax gained by it
thinking that there were eome wag $10,501 Cculd it be possible
things in his very slippery lucubra- to jtfafce a biggSr blunder than that,
tions that we could not answer. other being but Spigot could
tie says that "the grandTjury con- (jream so wia 0f the truth. Now
demned the Dairy Creek bridge tere js an abstract of that matter of
nearly a year ago if not more, I raising assessments, kindly furnished
This "Wapato ditch improvement
is likely to result in a much greater
benefit than wduld appear at first
thought. It will not only drain the
lake itself and thus abolish one great
cause of sickness in the southern
part of the county, but it will dry
up a largo section of swamp land bo-
tween the lake and the Parson's
mill.
The engineer who has surveyed
the ditch has made careful estimates
of the anadtint of wa
ter in the lake at the end of the
rainy season, about the time for sow
ing spring grain; and he finds one
thousand acres of water six feet
deep. This vast body of water has
to go down the Tualatin during the
spring and summer. The lake is
nearly a dead level and full of tules
and marsh grass which prevents the
water from running out rapidly.
Observations continued for a long
time show that it does riot run out
and mingle with the stream faster
than one rod per minute. Now tak
ing the average width of the stream
at three rods, and Wapato lake will
alone keep a stream in the Tualatin
down to Parson's mill, six feet deep
for nearly forty days. Then add
this "Wapato reservoir to the usual
amount of water coming down in the
stream all the time from the Coast
Range, and it is easy to see why all
the bottom land between "Wapato
THE STATE.
and that it is telling stbrie3 to say
that it was not known to bo rotten
until the repairs were attempted."
ljut we did not say that the bridge
was not rotten,- Spigot. "Wo said
that it was not discovered that it was
tbo rotten for repairs. Simply rotten
and too rotten for rejtairs do not
mean the same thing, master Spigot.
Now the truth of the matter is that
the grand jury did condemn the
bridge as dangerous and unsound at
the May term of the circuit court,
less than six months ago, not "near
ly a year oTmore," as Spigot asserts.-
Now we propose to publish
the rGport of that grand jury about
that bridge so that our readers may
see how outrageously Spigot has mu
tilated the rocord. By this report it
will be seen that the court acted on
the advice of the grand jury to repair
the bridge. Here is the report:
us by tlie County Clerk, which any
one can verify by going to tho rec
ords (any one but bpigot, lie lias a
a biid pair of spectacles,) and exaui-
ing for himself:
"Washington Co, Nov. 15, 1875.
Mr. Editor With reluctance I take
up my pen to reply to "Justice" ap
preciating the maxini, "avoid a quar
rel," biit believing with tho bard of
.ivon, "when once in bear yorir
part," I will notice some of the in
sinuations of the aforesaid Justice.
He seems to think I am uneasy about
the village Doctor's shutting off my
ettpply of the "ardent."
If I had any such fears they would
be dispelled in a moment when I am
informed by justice who has evident
ly been tJiere, and knows wherof he
speaks that tho village doctors inva
riably compound the ardent so that
they are not guilty of au indictable
offense. As to the slimy accusation
of uiy being among the number who
disgraced themselves on the Fair
grounds by their drunkeness, in
Justice I must say it conies from
a slimier source. In regard to the
intimation of Justice that I found
fault with the Grand jury and Pros
ecuting Attorney for 'going for' tho
vendors of "cold coffee" the flagrant
violators of law, I intimated no such
thing. I eaid not a word agt inst
those indictments. I only men
tioned a supposable case that of
"looking fcr a mare's rest" in the
office of the village Doctor; spend
ing the peoples money in a fruitless
search. But Justice evidently feels
the fit of the garment, and from his
Ain't, of assessment raised. .
" tax on same ;
Clerk's fees on same
Sheriff's fees on same
.S10.CrtO.00
2.00
17.40
Amt. saved to County $15'J.49
According to Spigot's calculation
the cost for each man was $3.4G,and,
as there were sixty or seventy men
notified, the entire cost of sheriffs
and clerk's fees would have been
over $200.
He says that wo tried to screen
tho commissioners when through
mistake we made Judgo Archbold
and superintendent Pittenger re
sponsible iu the matter of the tXairy
creek bridge. So It seems accord
ng to his reasoning we are attack
ing the court in the interest of the
ieourt! for in his second letter he
In toe Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
for Washington County, May 26, 1875;
" dersicne& tne Grand Jury of the State and says ."that tie county admimstra
countr aforesftad. at the May term 01 tno ;nn lisinfr the Independent as a
said cotnt respectrauy report mat we nave
examined all matters submitted to us and
are through with the business we hate had
under consideration.
We have made a very careful examination
of a eertain bridge know n as the Dairy Creek
lako and Parson's mill is so wet and BqUirmirig' if he should ever get on
worthless in the present condition a graiKi jury ho would find that nest
of affairs. The escaping wa- or "bust a biler."
ter from the lako added to the Justice says: "it is rather a serioiu
stream keeps the Tualatin bank full thing to insinuato against the Proso-
and sets the water back in all the cutinjr Attorney, the legal adviser of
draining ditches above the mill until the Grand jury, that lie would en
near or about the middle of J une. courase and allow the finding of scv
This condition of affairs not only eraj indictments while he was pri
rrevnts successful cultivation of Ytiv Wlarinnr the whole thinir a
these rich bettom lands, comprising farco. I admit it is serious thing if as
many thousand acres between the justiCe would feign that he believes
lake and the mill, but it also keeps jjn Durham expounds the law to
numberless ponds and marshes full tue cf his ability and expounds
of stagnant water until tho hot jt wroilg and finds indictments which
weather comas on, breeding disease cannot be sustained by law. A more
and pestilence. serious' thing however, is to cause
Thi3 new ditch improvement is inJictments which he privately calls
not only intended to drain tho lake huge farces. The former case shows
itself, but also carry off the water grOSS incompetency, tho latter some-
and prevent its filling up at all, and thing worse. As to it's taking some-
thus prevent tho annual reservoir. more than a fictitious sisrna-
1 o
ture to establish what I have said
about the private declaration of
Mr. Durham when that gentleman
demands a greater publicity it will
FAPvMElt.
mouthpiece" truly he is a logical
Spigot.
The criticisms that we have made
concerning the court, and the let-
Wioge on a puimcignway u iu u- . . ,w;ewi in Wa col
,l I llC13 HI I V v
umns reflecting severely and some-
nnd And. that a brideo located whore saul
bridge is. is a public necessity from the
V . . . :. 1 1 w
(Treat amount 01 irovtj uu am rmu. , . , . , . - , 4i. , -
findaaid brid-e in bad repair and unsafe times, as we thought, unjUstly On
for persons and teams erossuig it. J.ne court, nrove to minds that do
strincers in many places are decayed, ana ,
the suspension portion Cf said bridge is not see wnoliy
. . - . . " 11 . . . . . .
tnat
as its
sinking. The braces are Riving wiy ami spcctacles that Spigot 8 charge
tne Doits are so loose as 10 oe ui uu wrvi. - . . ...
ThisbriiJco hi otir judgment should be made the court is using tms paper
con-
safe and last for some time vatnou an organ Jg without foundation.
caved stringers and timbers and replacing His mind seems to be too
them with new ones, and by putting in racted to perceive that it is the
proper oraces sou uujw hi mo ou.ijicu.hi,!. . -, . f ,1
T 1 1 : tr v.- 1 nmrinna nnn noilTlilftn (lUtV OI lllO
POrUOn OI BUllt uriuyc. ' o uiqjciuio 1 1 y
L 1 il.i n,,.M wawaimi n mnlo 1 itt 111 rt I . ... -1 m 1 11"
ommend that Baid repairs be made inline
diately. .
All of which is respectfully submitted
george Morrow,
Foreman Grand Jury,
Now then it behooves Spigot as an
honest man to attack that grand jury
and also Mr. Pittenger tho Strperin
tendent,for advising the court to re
pair that bridge. His assertion that
of
inmfilist to defend public men
against false charges, even should
they be his political opponents or
personal enemies. And he would
Wnsli if that were not impossible if
he could see that he is virtually ask
ing us to keep silent becouse it is
SPIGOT that is attacking tho court!
lie complains that we throw mud
This will send the water off down
the stream as fast as it comes down
from the raountainsi and when the
"rainy season" is over the Tualatin
will go down as rapidly as Gale's Q
creek, and the farmers between the
lako and the mill will have just as
good a chance for crops ps those on
the splendid Gale's creek bottoms.
Therefore they are all interested in
tho speedy opening of this new
ditch. It will practically drain a
valley s5ven or eight miles long; and
is
given.
IVo Club.
Xast year we reduced the prico of
the iNDErrxDEjrr for club's but this
year wo shall not reduco the
price for clubs. We . have
and
Good dwelling houses for acnt aro
scarce at the Dalles.
Fortv-five bears have been killed
in Hood river precinct the past fall.
The discovery of a good coal mind
on Yaquinna bay is reported in the
Gazette.
Mr. Gale is reported on hia way
to Canyon C'iy to start a paper if
ho "can raise the wind."
Work has been suspended on the
Dalles and Sandy wagon roau.
About 25 miles of tho road hate
been completed.
In 1874 the total vote in Union
county was 880. At tho late elect
ion for congressman the whole num
ber of votes cast was 4.70, a failing
off of 410.
At tho recent term of the circuit
court in Umatilla county everal sa
loon keepers pleaded guilty to in
dictments for keeping their saloons
open on Sunday. They were fined
10 and cos ts in each caso.
The sudden rise in the river at
Eugene Sunday before last caused
the water to back up into town do
ing no damage otherwise than the
floating of a bridge and a section of
sidewalk out of place.
There is a little bit of war iu Coos
nmmtv about newspapers. The Lec-
ord was recently moved from Marsh
field to Empire City, and tho war is
made by tho Marshtfeldera on the
Jiccord, and they have raised $000
td start rt paper in their town.
Long Tom and its tributaries were
up to the winter flood stage of water,
on the last dav of October: for tho
first time in October within tho
memory of man, and 18 days eailier
than in 1801, which preceded the
worst winter in our history.
Daniel Clark, H N Hill, Robert
Clow and S W lirown, on Thursday
of last week, filed articles of incorpo
ration for the Oregon State Grange,
in the ofl'.ceof tho Secretary of State.
ho capital stock ti ?70, in shares
of 1 each. The principal office of
the Grange is to bo located in Portland.
In Yamhill county since 1805, there
has been a gain of 1,420; there has
been a gain in the number of acres
in cultivation of 37,809 acres; in
wheat 389.UG bushels; in barley,
we loose 07( bushels; there is 1,310,
feet of lumber more in 1875 than
A correspondent of tho Attar inn
writing from Columbia City, say:
"As i lcasant homes for hundreds
theNehalem valley, 12 miles west of
hero, is a beautiful and healthy loca
tion. Many settlers of tin ift and en
terprise aro located there. A beau
tiful prairie five miles long by a half
to three quarters of a mile wide, is
still unoccupied, with good agricul
tural lands extending from here to
tlm nrairio. Another fiict of impor
tance is that tho State has located,
its school hinds, thousands of acres
at the very best agricultural lands,
joining and west of this place, which
can now ue naa lor fi.iu pr
TELEGRAPHIC SUMHIM!
MORE SHIPWRECKS.
Stcamhl lim ned.
increased the size of the paper
therefore to eome extent a public now publish more reading matter
improvement, although projected by than any other local paper in
onp man for the benefit of his own State, and wo can say without
lands. Obseeveu.
Oregon and California Railroad
iiond.
the
fear
of contradiction that tho Independ
ent contains more local news than
any other local paper in the State.
Ilenco we think the Independent is
worth $2.50 and shall make no re
duction except for subscription paid
' JL,ti , bridge We deny the charge. But after the
rain and recommended that a new personal abuse to whiehhe subjected
one bo built, is a puro fabrication
He says again, "As to the' asser
tion (of the Independent) that the
span across the creek is no loss, I
would ask." etc. We did not
say that it would be no loss. Spig
ot s words were that it would be a
"total loss" and we denied it. Some
difference between no loss and total
loss, Spigot. It is very easy Spigot,
for one man to manufacture lies and
put them in another's mouth and
then pronounce them "willful fibs,"
etc.
Spigot disagrees "with the court'
in the idea that tho county business
U3 WltUOUt BUHUUW Ul JJimuta-
tion he should not be surprised if we
handle him without gloves. It is
out of personal gratitude to him for
favors which we are unable to repay
that wo have not meted out to him
tho rigorous justico that hi3 unmanly
conduct demands.
To Litigants aud Others.
From this date we will publish liti
gant advertisements and administra
tor's and executor's notices for $l.o0
(coin ner inch or le3S than an inch
'
measured up and down these col
umns, for the first insortion. and 50
should be managed like the private cents for each subsequent insertion
bnsinesa of individuals. But he or ?3.uo an men lor tne nrstmontu.
takes Ground-hog Davis, an extreme For each additional insertion alter
and hence unfair caso, to illustrate four weeks we shall charge 35 cents
his view. Let us take an average per men or less man an men. xuis
UnS,Vnt for instance. He be- IS cneaper man iub ras uuuer iu
O I 1-1 f i
cins to build a house and his money litigant law wmcu vas repu
fails, and like a sensible man he pays winter, and cheaper than any otner
off hi hands, nails ud his doors and local paperinme
window, and lives in his old house monopoly oi tno coumy priming
ft il1onrr. So the errand mry, puonsues ucu BmwU.ui,
-o - - - - 1 . - ... . . 1
.nnrfc and the superintendent cheaper in fact man some oi me pa-
-ia .i, in fhn afrrsi rers nublish them that do not have
may nave nioujjm
of our county finances they decided me monopoly.
to repair that bridge. Spigot, s ideas
The committee appointed on the
15th of September of the bondhold
ers of the Oregon and California in advance, when $ 2.25 will pay for
Railroad have issued a circular, of the paper one year.
which the following is a synopsis:
According to a recent statement of Last week the Orrgomaii stated
the President of the railroad, its tia- t,nt th had been but little fallow
bilities, were ?10 838 026; and he al- d t h t . this count
so stated that in 1873" the gross re- lu
fisraiftft flnlho net compared with former years and
revenue $200,214; 'while in 1874 the gave as a reason that winter wheat
grfcss receipts wero $844,030 the net froze out last winter and farmers
revenue amounting to $187,313. have concluded to wait and sow in
-mis appears not to inciuuc xijr fl s rinfr The true reason is tha
t,m V. coin nf Inn. la WhlCIl I l"w Di'lliJo-
the committee believe to boyaluable. nearly au tne lauow groumi vrua
The amount required to pay the an- sown to spring wlieat, and tno rain
nual interest on tho first mortgage cam0 so early this fall that farmers
bonds is $2G7,085. Up to last Jan- diJ nofc hay0 time to ow for wiuter
.. uSKi"! wheat. And many of those who did
Vmt default was then made on tho have fallow land wero prevented
first mortgage bond?. The Presi- from sowing because tho rain caught
dent, in March, asked the bondhold- them before they could make the
ers to fund tne coupons ioriouryua d plowin
mill n i i;ti i lij riiuuiij iiilu ' i v
acre.
THE TERRITORIES.
Boston, Not. 9. A pccial diBp.itch Bays
the tlie tsteaniship City of Wco, from New
York to Galveston, was Imrned outside of
Galveston bar cn the morning of the Hth.
The officciH, passengf 1-8 and crew took to
tbe lxmts, and were last necn bearing west
ward!?. A tug bun been sent out.
Galveston, Nov. y, The City of Waco, '
which had burned to Lor hull, rolling in a
heavy ea Bunk at 1 I. M. to-day iu even
fathoum of water. Tho vesncl Cnd cargo,
are a total loi. The v ind thia forenoon
was blowing ft gale. The paKRengoia and
crew put off iu thotthip' Ijoats, of which
she had four beHiden the life raft. Pcrnona
who went near the burning utenmer report
that the boala wer all cant Iooko exce pt one
which was hanging to the idiip'H ido, one
end of the boat having caught in thojngtfing
preventing it biug launched. T!io mate of
the nl'ip Fusiguma, which was lying ft rpuu
ter of a uiile from the Waco, report Hetlng
a boat with persona in it, pass his yeastd at
three this morning, going westward. The
sea waa running very high at the time. Tho
steam-tug Buck Thorn w as dispatched this
morning, and has been coasting in feight cf
lund all day. 1'rirties who havo been out
on the tiulf hore to the western extremity
of the island, have just returned and I ring
no intt lliconco of the missing bouts.
AnotherdlKpiit. il ut 10 P. M. of tlie 9tU
says that the Buck Thorn had an ived bring
ing no tiding of th wrecked passengers of
the City Waco. It is thought that in tho
fearful storm and darkneBB they are all lost,
Another Wreck,
New Yoke, Nor. 9. Tho brig Palo Alto
has arrived at this port, bringing Frederick
Hoffman and three sailors of thu brig Helen
G. Kich lot Septeiulwr 2"Ah, on Damns
Key, off tlie coast of Cuba. Hoffman states
fitter the Itich went
ftshore he observed poles standing out from
the rocks ou the Key, two miles away, ami,
with some of the sailors, rawed to the spot
nml discovered the hull of an iron vessel
nearly submerged near their landing place.
In a rough, circular structure, built of
stones, thev found two unrecognizable, de-
composed bodies of seamen in another a
third Isjdy way found, and on the opposite
si.le of the principal hut was stiH another
body, in a recumbent position, resting
ngatnst the wall. There was no food found,
and it wan evident tho men lifld died from
starvation;
More " Slilpwreek.
..... !... .1
Boston. N; y. Intelligence rrenu-a,
lends to the btlief that the brigs J. W.Spcn- I
eer and Toronto, and the Sc hooners Moses
I'ntton. Nettie Chase and Serene wero lost,
with all on board, during the terrible hurri- j
eane which recently cased so much damage
at Ji!ckmel, Jamacia and St. Ingo.
Complexion of Hip Kansas Legislature.
TorKA, Kb.. Nov. 8 Full returns are in,
which show .here are but seven districts in
ilich Democratic memlK-rs are elected, and
eleven members who are classed as reform
ers. Most of these, on a trsrict pirty diis-
ion would vote with tho llepubhcans.
Thore are K meiubers who are out-and-out
Republicans.'
Wholesale Indictment of Whiskey
Dealers.
THE LOST STEAMER. ,
Ano ilicr Survivor Picked Up.
Tobt Townskni, Nov. 10--Tho steamer
Goliah is just in from the Cape, and brings
the gratifying intelligence of the saving of
another man from the ill-fstcd steamer Pft- ,
cine, by the rev nu cutter Woleott, Captain
Harwood. This man is the quartermaster,
and wa found at 3 o'clock on Monday
morning, 33 miles inside tho Cajw, on the
paddle-lsDtes aud uppr deck of the Pacific,
which at one timo formed part of tho raft
on which Mr, Jelley was floating. Ten men
and one time. The quartermaster only
survives. The won5an was washed over
board, and tho chief engineer and first offi
cer jumped over to savo her, anil both wero
drowned before they cculd regain the raft.
Captain Howell was on this raft, and only'
gave out Sunday morning, being at the time
the only survivor, except this juartermaster
His fate, therefore, is a matter of certainty
The cvtter discovered the floating iortlon cf
the wrek, and set about. On comiug into-
the close vicinity they aroused the moo,"
who was asleep in a lx ou this raft. Tho
fteamer positively collided with ft vessel
wine u struck her about amuisuips on 1110'
ntarboard hand, The steamer California'
passed in plain sight of this raft, while sov'
eral were aurviviug. Other vessels also
passed In their vicinity. The two boats did.
get away from tho wreck. The Woleott has
also recovered one or two dead bodies. TJjo
(Jilssle Telfair reports' Heeinga vessel in dist
ress outside tho Capo, Mith ilvji Uuioa.
down, bowsprit gone, which wart undoubt
edly the vessel colliding with the Pacific.
The steamer Telfair has reeorered three
bodies. Wo hope others rvill bo saved.
Font bodies huve bom recovered from the
wreck of the Pacific. Telegraphic reports
show that the I'aciltc ran into the Orpheus,'
0 sailing Vessel. After tl.o colision the Or
pheus was wvecked on the rocks near the
scene cf tho disaster but the crew were all
saved.
C'ussiar Gold Fields.
theUoating debt. Tho committee
think some modification of this may
prove advisable, but that it would
be unwise for the bondholders at
present to agree to it. Under the
terms of the mortgage it would bo
necessary for nearly all the bond
holders to concur before such a
hi carried into effect.
OWVMAV
HUMOROUS.
"What does'Good Friday' mean?"
asked one schoolboy of another.
'You had better go home and read
your 'Robinson Crusoe,' " was the
withering reply.
Foce little boys, the oldest undef
fifteen and the yonngest under ten,
wero sent from Portland to the Pen
itentiary last week for stealing.
They ware all old sinners in crime
haviner served out terms of imprison-
of finance have the quality of origin
ality at least. He says that the
court ougbt togiVe the contractor
Tfko built the bridge across Rock
Creek a bonus. The idea of the
conrt crivinsr a man xtra compensa- nt in tu0 county jail. Their fate
tion on a contract let at public out- g e reguit of lioodlumisra
.r Tvrarin-as a financier, was a - "
Zi' with Swaol.- RE-wEtoo Spigot's last letter was
7 . 4 tisJrrr.r .lirtv ibb Bro. Hill. Don't won-
ttjvya is soniB ro -
-nirr. He savs tliat our assef- der that you delayed t two days,
In New York prayer-meetings they
They propose to receive the bonds of pray for the editor of tho Sun.
..nob hrdnWa na will co-operate with There's iust where people get f00l-
them, and to issue in exchange ne- ish in religion. They expect too
gotiable receipts. As holders of the much of it Cincinnati Times.
bonds they will be able to act in the A laJy aske(1 a book-store
U. S. on behalf of the bondnolders. clerlftbe the; tiav, if ho had "Fes
It will bo necessary to raise a iuna t,Q repl-ed the clork ,but
for this purpose, and they ask a bud- rmafnid aboil is coming on the
scription of one half per cent, on tne , .
nominal amount of the bonds depos- back of m neck'
ited that is 1 for each 200, or A Tennessee girl, riding on the
$1,000 bond and an engagement to cars, crossed tho aisle, kicked a
mako further contributions, not ex- young man up against the window,
a half Der cent., as and remarked: "I waa brung up
mav be necessary. never to allow a yaller-eyed man to
It is announced that the Frankfort wink at me.
Committee for the protection oi ,tXTa t, kcci Ttlnb.V litllfl
those holding seven per cent, bonds cfaild reflectively the other night as
of the road have declared a dividend the fir8t gtarg came out ton't you
of seven tenths per cent, on account tbink that wnen thoso gtars winkle
of the coupons due on the first oi ay they must tickle the.angels
October. feet?"
' Gov. G rover has issued a proc- JI never sot my mind to writtin'
lamaUom appointing Thursday, Nor. poetry till two years ago," said a
2r.th to boLmd a. . d7 of 1 fi
thanksgiving. to goin' with that Johnson girl, by
Spigoi cares in this week tgosh! I couldn't help it."
Thoifl nlmut .1.000 volumes in
tho library of Washington Territory
. . -v
The wharf to deep water at uyimpia
is being pushed ahead.
The steamship Dakota, which was
the largest steamship ever in tuc
waters of Puget Sound, returned to
Snnttlo n. distance of o miles, in
3 :!.",- the quickest timo ever made.
About one thousand Pottawato
mio Indians from the vicinity of To-
iL-ji Kansas, aro on their way to
their new homes in the Indian Ter
ritory. They are well provided witn
wagons and household goods.
Fifteen thousand sheep havo been
imported into Montana during tho
present vear from Illinois, Iowa
TTtnb Nevada- and California. This
will swell tho number of sheep in
tho Territory to alxut 10,000.
Washington Territory is $20,rJ)9.
r9 in debt, and has a balance of
$12,312 71 on hand, as will bo seen
by the biennial report of Mr. E. T.
Gunn, Territorial Trcasuror.
Sinco tho beginning of tho year
tho direct shipments of tho three
coal minc3 Seattle, Ronton and
Talbot to San Francisco aggregate
5(5,738 tons, of which their respec
tive portions arc as follows: Seattle,
40,58'J tons; Talbot, 1880 tons, hix-
ty-seven vessels, either paitiauy or
entirely, have gone loaded with this
coal.
'BY STATE TELEGRAPH;
Summary Pnwefdlngs In a Court of Justice
Salem, Nov. 13. In the county cmit to
day during the examination ol WRtkina for
adultery, Whiteman, the prosecuting wit
ness in the case, was testifying when Wat
kin drew a revolver and fired at Whiteman,
missing him, the bullet striking h".
naintArbv trade, named D. D. Orton, form-
irttr rf I'rirt1:irwl. ill the left tide of the head
tear the temple, causing ft wound from
which Orton will probably die. Watkinda
U tbe man who was outrageously mutilated
by Whiteican, for alleged intimacy with hi
(Whiteman) wife, and for which White
man was sentenced to the penitentiary for
one year. Watkins was immediately ar
rested. Three shot were fired, one enter
ing Orton'a face- at one side and passed en
tirely through his head.
Twenty thousand sheep now feed
on the Laramio plains. Tbo 6hip
ment cf wool from Laramie during
tho past season amounted to nearly
50,000 pounds. The various herds
of horses on the plains number
about 8,000 head.
Ellmaker. Sr.. who lives
way up on tho Long Tom, burned
out a troublesome wart on his finger,
and in consequence has had the fin
ger amputated;
Chicago, Nov. 9. Nearly all the
whisky dealers in Chicago havo been
indicted and brought into tho U, S.
district court to give bail for their
appearance from day to day. The
cause of this stretching out of the
arm of the arm of the law is tho al
leged wholesale frauds which have
been' perpetrated on tho government
by these manufacturers of spirituous
liquors. About seventy-five indict
ments have been found by tho U. S.
grand jury, which is still at work.
In the l:t of alleged criminals are
distillers, rectifiers, gaugers and
storekeepers. Tho evidence against
tbese men has been prepared, and is
supposed to be of a direct and posi
tive character. The indictments
show thot tho" government has been
defrauded out of the tax on over
three million gallons of liquor.
Success of the Government at St.Louis
The Distillers Compelled to
Disgorge.
A Washington special says tho
last of tho indicted distillers at St.
Louis, Jouette, pleaded guilty yes
terday, and tho time seems to have
come'to Bummarizo tho results of tho
mieninc of the campaign on tho
greatest and roost successful fraud
which has ever been waged by any
department of the government.Thero
have been in St. Louis in all thirty
one pleas of guilty, and in every
case except where tho guilty ones
havo given evidence to tho govern
ment, tho full measure of punhh
inent will bo enforced. Tho proper
ty seized in that city is worth $700,
000, and will bring 500,000 to tho
government, which will icalizo the
Mma amount from tho forfeited
bonds of the distillers. In addition
fb.ero are londs of tho twenty gaug
ers which amount to $200,000,which
the gorcrment will compel tho pay
ment of. making tho total net pro
ceeds of the judicial proceedings in
Kt. Louis. 2.uuu,j'.jov wmcn wiu
probably be deposited in the treas
urv within 100 days from this dato.
It is estiraateu tuere nas peon sioien
in St. Louis in the last three years
$3,000,000, so that nearly half of
tho amount of tho fraud at that point
will be recovered.
If the government meets with as
good success in Chicago and Mil
waukee, at least $3,500,000 will be
brought into tho treasury. There
will be probably one hundred con
victions tn all, and a leak of $2,500,
000 a year will be stopped. Treasu
ry officials feel the utmost confidence
in their ability to accomplish the
samo results in Chicago and Milwau
kee tliat have been so triumphant in
St. Louis.
Tl:o funnier California, from Tort WranV
gl. arrived at Victoria en route for Portland
cn last Sunday, bringing 180 passengera and
ut least $2jU00 in Caviar gold dust. K.
A. Dooth, of Victoria, brought about 7,(XKJ
obtained on Inane- t'reek. Other iniuera
had from $500 to $0,000 each. I hero wero
no ''broke" men on board. The new dis
covery on Hayyea creek and other tributaries
of the Deloire aro attracting great atUutiou,'
and will be the point of attraction next year.'
Tho Discovery Company on Mc Dame creek
brought down about fl.WKJ to tho share.
The new strike on Thibert's creek prouiw.-a.
largely." In tho Deloire country there uro
hundred of thousand of acre of auriferouti'
ground not yet taken up, Tho Colonist re
ceived by the California a letter from Tele
graph cieek.Ktickine, dated Oct. 17, which
state that the quantity of gold dust passing
that point in the hand of Deaso Creek
merchant during tae fall has been aa fol.
lows: Wright, Nelson it t'albrath about
Via of duMjlieika t Co, IM) pound t c a rr,
100 pound; Ulasx, 150 pound; hinith &..
Co.,H0 p..uud;Muitin Ar Hart, 100 pounds;'
butcher, saloon keeper, and niail trioler,'
300 Mund. Making )n all about 1,300 lbn
weight of gold, or $200,000 worth, taken by
a few merchant. It must be remembered
that the above did not all come out of Deans
Cre'V , a these trader supplied other mall
creek which had not enough population to
mipport a Htore. The name letter nay; Tho
amount taken down by miner I cannot
idvc vim nnv eimate of r lrt I have not
noticed a hinge mai going down without
money. A friend of mine inform me that
a colored man by the name cf llooth ha ta
ken out of a gulch about ui mil. up Deaa
Creek $i).00(i. The Moore boya have made
eiioiiLrh out of tin ir claim thi fear to build
another steamboat to tun from Victoria td
nil
the boundary line next eaou, which we
hope will bo tlie case. I hinert X !'., ars
aid to havo wtruok rich digging ou a tribu."
tart of Thil. if Creek pnyinp from $50 to
$100 per day (n tbo hand. Ths Dicovery
Ccunp.my, Mc Dana Creek i paying froni
I V) ounce to 250 ounce per week. Lat
week they had 23 J ounce. The Walker
Company from 50 to 7' ounce; lHack Jack
Company 7. to 100 ounce, and, neveraf
other paying well. It i i1o reported that
a little Im'Iow Mc Dame' Creek rich dig
ging havo la-en Mruck. In conclusion I
have not tho leant limitation la naying that
I lelieve we shall have at leaiq 5,000 meir
hero next ut a.sch." Ornjoiuun.
"r.vsmblTNOTKrt.
Unfiles for tho neck firo made, of muslin'
edged with embrclded scallop in navy blue,'
cardinal red", rr Irown wool to match ths
costume worn.
A novelty fcr the coming season is bro-
cade velvet. Thi i a very elegant material
consisting of velvet in different dcigns or
figure on a black foundation. It is used
almoNt entirely foroverdrcHHes uud basques,
and is made up with an undrcH in silk to'
match the ground work of ths brocade.
Gentlemen have so much to say in do-'
union ol tlie ladies tied back dresses, that?
tho latter iro glad to hive tho chaneo to r"
taliate, and and iniUt that p!Mmrtn gotten'
np in the height tf stylo now R-days, idoY
ns if they had put th.ims.dves lnt unfin
ished meal bags and had giants for grand
fathers, of whom they ban borrowed coats.
A new and stylish hat is of dark gray
felt. Tho brim, which is aiwut two inches1
wide, is worn over tho faeo and turned lip
i a the back, lmund around tho edgo with"
brown velvet and trimmed abovC Wie crowd.
with two rows of tiny ostrich featTiem turned
half under to form lops, and' flushed at ths
back with bow fir.d end of lirown grot
yralii ribWrn sir inches widb.-
A rich and elegant costumo to bo used as '
reception and carriage, dress is of black silk '
made with thmi train and trimmed with vel-
vet. Thoro being no overskirt, a Uulgaro '
plait forms tho bock part of tho dress, whlls
a long, square apron of black velvet, reach-'
ing only to tho sido seam and cut in very
deep points, bound with black silk,, cotoss '
to within a quarter of a yard of tho bottom '
of tho dress in front. Tho trimming on th
skiit is composed of a knifo plaiting
ibout an eighth of a yard wide, tho upper
edge of which Is covered
with a! bias flounces a qttar
ter of a yard deep. Thi flouncs is finished
on tho bottom by being hemmed on tha
right sido aud stitched by machine, and at
tho top is turned under and shirred four
times for tha spaco of two inches, and left
plain two inches all arouud the skirt.
Pretty velvet bows aro placed up the sides
of iho apron. Tho curianse basque has very
tight, coat sleeves and and is trimmed with
a scarf of velvet, which passes from the low '
r part of tho waist in the back, over tha '
right shoulder and around tha waist, falling
in two short ends behind.
It began to rain Tuesday rooming, and
rained and blew and thundered t interval
all the fallowing night, and by Wednesday
morning the snow had all disappeared,
Last Saturday 18 inchei of noV
fell at Evanston In Wyoming TerrJ
lory.