persons perished, while only eighty­ the ‘land grant,’ and, as a last resort, PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.
they intendasking Congress,at its next
seven were saved.
The following is the decision of
Texas Democratic. Majority, 40,-
ONLY $40!
The Charleston A’c/r.s and Courier | session, to pass a law guaranteeing the
Hifirial Paper for Jackson \ Jos pliinr Counties. Judge Mosher, in the case of James C. 000.
MONEY SAVED
says : (<od speed the Democracy ! The : payment of the interest on their bonds.
Hays vs. Benton county, concerning
Train has arrived in New York once
hopes of the South rest upon their suc­ In consideration of this the Company
BUYING THE IMPROVED
CHARLES NICKELL,
•
•
•
EDITOR. the legality of the action of the State
more.
gives up the land grant and the same
cess.
The
only
possible
escape
for
us
Board of Equalization in raising the
The difficulty with Spain has almost from utter ruin and degradation rests in reverts back to the Government.”
SATURDAY,............... DECEMBER 13, 1*73.
HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE.
assessment made by the County As­
entirely blown over.
their restoration to power. We would
According to the latest theory,
sessor and approved by the County
KADI« Al. JtSTK E.
Twenty-two hundred in use on the North­
Latest reports say that the T irginius encourage caution and fidelity to prin­ guano has not, as is generally supposed,
Board of Equalization :
ern Pacific ("oast. Price reduced (with
has not been scuttlpd by the Spaniards. ciple. Let every lover of his country been deposited by birds, but is the i black Walnut table and Treadle nicely fin-
Soi’.u’ time ago, I*. S. District Attor­
James C. Kays vs. The County
, i.*hed Complete) $4(MW. Sews equally well
ney Gibbs requested Judge Dendy to Court of Benton county; writ of re­
Tweed is said to have died of heart give aid and support. Let us purify result of the accumulation of fossil ma­ ■on the lightest Muslin and heaviest Cloth.
Issue a venire for a new set of jurors view.
disease, but the report lacks confirma­ the errors of the party, if any exist, rine plants and imimals, whose organic Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
THE NEW HOME
uniting North ami South, for a com­ matter has been transformed into ni­
This is a w rit of review allowed on tion.
to sit in the cases of |M*rsoii8 accused
Excels all others, Latest I Simplest ! Best !
mon cause in a common effort against trogenous substance, leaving the min­ No
of bribery and repeating in favor of the petition of the plaintiff, who al­
< ’og-wheels or other complicated machi­
Senator
Casserly
of
California
has
eral
part
behind.
Of
course
it
was
leges that he is a tax-payer of the
nery.
A positive movement of Straight
a
common
foe.
Hiram Smith at the late Congressional county of Benton, and that the County resigned his position on account of ill
originally deposited on the bottom of Needle and oscillating Shuttle Driver com­
election, and who were wrongly exon­ Court of said county, at the November health.
The -illy Radical clamor about the ' the sea, but the islands on which it is bined by a rotary Slide, causes the machine
to ojierate smoothly and evenly on a newly
erated by the former Grand Jury. term, 1873, erred in increasing the as­
disbanding of the Democratic party now found have themselves been lift­ applied
principle. Warranted jbr tivo years.
Congress
is
now
in
full
blast,
and
ed up from the depths of the ocean.
Price No. 1, 8<»O ; No. 2, $65 ; No. 3, 8«o. Ei­
The Judge granted tin* request, and a sessment of his property at the order
moves
the
Pittsburgh
/W
to
say
:
business is now being proceeded with
ther Machine promptly sent to any addres»
new jury wasstnnnioncd. A short time of the State Board of Equalization.
The Democratic party is now possessed
About Pre-Emption Ki gilt*.
on
receipt of Price. The only Agency it*
The return shows that at the Septcm- rapidly.
Portland recdiving direct from manufactur­
afterwards, Attorney-General Williams I kt term the County Court, sitting for
of more positive strength than it ever
Largest Commissions given to Ixical
It is a neat fact that the average of
An erroneous impression prevails in ers.
telegraphist to Gibbs for the ineaningof the transaction of county business, ex­
had, for there are at this moment more
and Traveling Agents. A few more w anted
in counties not taken in Oregon, Washing­
these proceedings, and strongly hinted amined the assessment roll, which had heavy bank defaulters for 1873 is ex­ men ready to vote with it than in its some parts of the country that under ton
and Idaho Territories. Send for sam­
at removing him, if he persisted in his been previously passed upon by the actly one a week.
palmiest days. All it has to do is to late rulings of the Interior Department ples of work and Circulars. All kind* of
An attempt has been made to burn
all inchoate pre-emption rights are as­ Machine Needles and Oil for sale.
course. Such is Radical justice. This County Board of Equalization, found
GEO. W. TRAVER, Gen'l Agent,
the same to be correct, ordered a copy the Virginias, but it is now guarded adhere to its organization and its time- signable. Carefid inquiry shows that
S. W. Cor. 3d and Morrison Sts.,
is perhaps the first time that an indis id- to be forwarded to the Secretary of
honored principles, ami beeareiul in its
Portland, Oregon.
u.d holding the liigh position that “old State, and proceeded to make the levy by regular soldiers.
choice of its leaders, and win it must the following is the practice of the De­
Employers in the East are endeavor­ and will. We express this decided partment, in accordance w ith a decis­ -phOMESTIC
Flax brake" dots, stixiped to connive for the coming year. That at the No­
with crime by ordering a sulwirdinate vember term the County Court, acting ing to cut down the wages of their opinion simply because we believe this ion of the Federal Supreme Court. In
SEWING MACHINE
officer to desist in doing his duty. under an order from the State Board men, and strikes are numerous.
country has a great mission to peform, case of Meyers against Secoft, it held
of Equalization, increased the assess­
Kevel.d ions are likely to occur which ment of the plaintiff by adding there­
A famine is likely to devastate East and that its performance must need that where no inhibition or assignment Presents a record un pa nt I led in the history
w ill be damaging to Williams’ aspira­ to a certain percentage upon the value India. Former famines in that coun­ be committed to the Democratic party. is contained in a statute giving special <>f Sewing Machines. 'Die latest modern
pre-emption rights, such as the Act of improvements of the age.
tions, and he prostitutes his position of his land, cattle, horses and swine, try have already carried off millions.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
July 23, 1866, authorizing pre-emption
to shield himself and his satellites from w hich was fixed by the State Board.
The
Spanish
press
very
much
disap
­
Several questions were raised in the
rights, by bona Jide purchasers under THE DOMESTIC
the degradation they richly deserve.
Wm.
O.
Bruen
has
been
re-elected
argument of the case, but the Court prove of General Grant’s message, and
1’. S. Since the above was in type, only found it necessary to pass upon are very indignant at his interference Chief of the Portland Fire Depart­ rejected Mexican grants, the right of
challenges
pre-emption is assignable or inherita­
we learn that Gibbs has been removed the following :
in Cuban affairs.
ment.
THE WORLD.
ble ; but in cases arising under the
1. That the writ of review is the
and Rufus Mallory, of Salem, appointed.
When asked his occupation at the
The Palace Hotel, to be erected on general pre-emption law, which does
proper remedy.
Th« Lost Tribe or Nodoes.
2. That by the Act of 1S72 the State County Jail recently, Tweed answered Market street, San Francisco, will cost contain such an inhibition, no right of SOLD AT CHICAGO I'D ICES!
Board has authority only to equalize “statesman.” He was appointed Or­ $850,900.
assignment exists or (‘an be recognized
The Secretary of the Interior, in his the assessments between the counties derly of the Jail Hospital.
Warranted for Five Years.
Mr. Carnahan, of Clatsop Plains, prior to entry.’ The public should un­
annual report on Indian allairs, thus by ordering the County Boards to add
derstand, however, that the practice of
Religious disturbances between the wants a premium on a rutabaga turnip the Department under Commissioner
speaks of the disposition to be made of to, or deduct from the total assessment,
Wilson and his predecessors has lieen W. J. HORNE, G eneral A gent ,
the Modocs: “The experience which such a percentage as the Board may Catholics and Protestants are brewing which weighs 2 I pounds.
deem just. It has no authority to in Mexico, and the Government has
An Indian was candidate for Mayor modified in many important particu- ,
the Modoc difficulty has furnished the equalize between individuals, by alter­
taken
measures
to
quell
them.
in the city of Jefferson, and came with­ laas, namely : so as to now hold that
Office—104 Third St., Portland.
Indian office w ill, it is believed, enable ing the assessment on any particular
after an entry has been perfected un­
A bill has been introduced in Con­ in (’ight votes of being elected.
that office to take measures calculated -pecies of property. This duty is con­
'HIE MOST
der the general pre-empt ion laws, the
Considerable rain has fallen in Cali duplicate receipt may I m * assigned, and
to prevent recurrence of like difficulties fined to the County Boards of Equal­ gress for the repeal of the salary steal.
WOXDERHL MENTION OF THE AGE’
The bill proposes, however, that the fornia and Oregon already, and the a patent will be issued to the assigned.
under similar circumstances. It is ization.
3. The County Court has no author­
SIGHT AND HEARING RESTORED
farmers are correspondingly elated.
now the intention of the Government ity to raise any assessment. This au­ President’s salary shall stand.
by a new process ! I sc J. Moses’ ELECTRO
to separate the members of this tribe thority is conferred upon the County
Ex-Senator Richard Yates died sud­
GALVANIC SPECTACLES ! A sure cure
Salem, through her Common Coun­
for impaired power of sight or hearing, neu­
an«l place them with different bands Boards of Equalization by the Act of denly at St. Louis on Nov. 29th. He cil, offers a reward of $250 for the
ralgia ot the head or face, noise in the head,
The
l.£ost
Popular
Medicine
Extant.
loss of mental energy and a host of nervous
of Indians, taking care in doing this 1870. In this case the County Boqrd was a confirmed drunkard, and was apprehension of any person guilty of
diseases arising from the dejiression of the
of Equalization had finished its busi­
not to separate families, and to keep ness and adjourned before the order expected to drop off at any moment.
arson or burgl try in her borders.
1810.
Over Thirty Years
1873. nervous energy of the system.
These spectacles are set with lenses of the
together as far as possible women and from the State Board was received;
The snow storm which prevailed
Captain Jack’s widows have shaken
finest manufacture, to suit all sights, and
.Since
the Introduction of
children whose husbands and male and when the County Court assumes off their mourning, and now stand out here last week, extended throughout
with glasses for those not needing spectacles
to read with, but desiring the lienetit to lie
relatives were destroyed by the con­ duties it exceeded its jurisdiction and arrayed in sixteen yards of red and the wlmk’ State and also the greater
Perry Davis’
derived from wearing the Batteries. Price
List. Descriptive Circulars and Testimonials
flict. The Indian is greatly attached its acts are void.
portion
of
the
Coast.
It
was
quite
se
­
orange
flannel,
and
No.
9
cavalry
boots.
This act of the County Court was
sent free to anvone bv addressing
l
’
A
IN
-
1<
I
L
LEU
!
to his tribal organization, and it is l>e- annulled and the assessment rolls left
JOHN B. MILLER,
The Indiana Democracy will call a vere everywhere.
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
lieved this example of extinguishing as they were approved by the Court in
PAIN KILLER
convention on the Sth of January for
Mainly through the votes of a num- GHIE
93 First Stri’Ct, Portland, Oregon.
1 I
Is equally applicable and efficacious
their so-called national existence and September.
to young and old.
the purpose of reorganization. Let her of non-residents, the Republicans
W lieu 1 «»n G<» to I'or: tniiil. be Surr im<l
merging their members into other
As the action of the State Board is the hosts of Oregon follow her exam­ carried the city election in Salem.
PAINKILLER
Visit
Is both an Internal and External rem­
tribes, while in reality humane punish­ thus decided unconstitutional, and
Salem has always been a Radical
edy.
ment will be esteemed by them as the as there is, according to District At­ ple.
PAINKILLER
Late advices from Washington indi­ stronghold, but of late has been chang­
Will cure Fever and Ague when other
severest penalty that could have l>een torney Chenoweth, no appeal to be
103 FRONT .STREET,
ing
for
the
Indter,
and
would
have
remedies have failed.
cate
that
our
Government
will
give
inflicted, and tend by its example to taken to the Supreme Court, the raise
He always has on hand a Large Stock ot
fllllE PAIN KILLER
deter hostile Indians in future from se­ in the assessment cannot be collected, the Spanish authorities reasonable time elected the Citizens’ ticket but for out­ 1
Should be used at the first manifesta­
FINE Jewelry, Silverware,
siders.
tions of ('old or Cough.
to
carry
out
the
terms
of
their
agree
­
rious and flagrant insurrections.”
and Hon. S. F. Chadwick, Secretary
Diamonds, Watches, Etc.
PAIN-KILLER
A young man at Hawkinsville, in riMIE
of State, has forwarded the County ment.
1
Is the Great Family Medicine of the
Very Kidirnlou«.
AT LOWEST PRICES!
Age.
The Eastern wool market is active Siskiyou county, at the time of the
Clerks the following document, under
Z-C’ No Plated Jewelry at this Establish­
riMIE PAIN KILLER
The Bulletin a few days ago contain­ date of December 1st:
and there is a higher and improved earthquake, pulled out his pistol and I
ment. B. L. STONE, 103 Front Street, near
Will cure Painter’s Colic.
ran all around his cabin to shoot the ffillE PAIN-KILLER
Alder, Sole Agent for the celebrated Dia­
ed an article asserting that the State
Owing to the recent decision of demand. Price’s are also good, being
mond Spectacles. Agent for the American
1
Is
good
for
Scalds
and
Burns.
Board of Equalization increased the Judge Mosher, at the Benton County 27 to 35 cents for fine, and 25 to 30 for imagined robbers trying to break into
Watch Co., National Watch Co., Howard
PAIN-KILLER
(’<>.. ami Chas. E. Jacot Watches. Watches
his domicile. Another young man in rpiIE
taxes so as to make up some deficien­ Circuit Court, annulling that part of coarse.
I
Has the verdict of the People in its and Jewelry repaired and warranted.
favor.
town,
hearing
the
shake,
pointed
his
cies dishonestly made by the State ad­ the work of the State Board of Equal­
The Connecticut Federal Circuit
McGEE, O’TOOLE
CO„
PAIN-KILLER
ministration. This assertion is as ri­ ization which increased the assess­ Court has decided against the Govern­ pistol towards the door, and sung out, rpiIE
1
(fives
universal
satisfaction.
No. 2s First Street, between Ash and Pino,
diculous as it is untrue. The Bulletin ments of various classes of property ment in the Credit Mobilier suits, and “Come on.”
rpiIE PAIN-KILLER.
above the rates established by the
1
Beware ot I notations' aw \ Counterfeits.
Importers <onl in liters in
puts the deficiencies at $102,000, while County Boards of Equalization, and the latter will no doubt be unable to
The Columbia river is still filled with fpiIE
(
PAIN-KILLER
the raise in the assessments through­ the exigences of the State and County obtain redress for the present.
Eiijrlish.
Fr.nrfi.
Grrinaii
and
America!
floating ice, and navigation about the 1
Is almost a certain euro for CHOL­
ERA, and has, without doubt, been more
out the State does not amount to $30,- finances admitting of no delay in the
mouth is Closed. Steamers arestil' run­ successful in curing this terrible disease
WINDOW (iDASS.
The House of Representatives of
000. How silly, then, is this assertion ! public collections, I am compelled to
ning to Astoria by way of the slough. than any other known remedy, or even the
—AIX>—
The Salem Mercury and Portland charge up the amounts against the the United States is now composed of This is the earliest closing of the Co­ mo»« emjieiil and skillful physician. In
India, Africa and Cliiita, where this dread­ SASH, Deans, BLINDS, paints , oils , brushes ,
several counties according to the orig­ 290 members. Of thi.s number one-
A>e s aired the Bulletin in such a thor­ inal assessment rolls. The assessments
lumbia for twelveyears. The telegraph in’ disease is ma r more or less prevalent,
the PAIN KILLER is considered by the na­
ETC., ]”!’(’.
ough manner on this subject that it therefore so far as the State is concern­ half were members of the last (’en­ line between Portland and thd^aties tives,
as well a , European residents in those
Having« large sto< k of the above on hand,
and the single Republican journal (the ed will stand upon the action of the gross. Two-thirds of all were Repub- is almost entirely prostrated. The climates, a Sure Remedy.
we
are prel ated to sell at San Francisco
Till:
PAIN-KILLER
County
Boards
of
Equalization.
i I ¡cans.
Sentine!), that re-published its false­
weather has moderated, but it is still
Each I>■ rtle ts wrapped with full direc­ prices, and warrant to give satisfaction.
N. B. — Country Orders solicited and
tions tor use.
The late gale in the East which we below the freezing point.
hoods, have not deemed it safe to make
promptly attended to.
The Democratic Party.
THE PAIN-KILLER
have noticed as prevailing at Buffalo,
a reply. We shall say more on this
Is sold by druggists and dealers in Fam­ lhpot for the Baidu Cruz Tannery.
At a meeting of the Executive Com­
subject next week.
ily Me lli-m
.'ill.
The World, describing the Demo­ and at several localities in Tennessee, mittee of the State (¡range of the
extended
to
Ohio
and
did
considerable
cratic party since the recent elections,
Postal Telegraph.
Patrons of Husbandry, begun and held
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.
J. A. STIIOWI3KIDGE,
says that it “stands, like the storm- damage to buildings, fences and other in the city of Salem on Wednesday,
rpiIE CO-PARTNERSHIP IIERETO-
I¡nporter nnd Dealer in
One of the schemes which is likely beaten peak of Mount Washington, property.
l
fore existing Lietween the undersigned
the
26th
day
of
November,
A.
1).
to engross the attention of Congress rock-rooted in the crust of the earth
is this day dissolved by mutual conseni, N. LEATHER and SHOE FINDINGS,
A dispatch of the New York Herald
Fisher withdrawing from the firm. All out­
this Winter is the purchase of the and buttressed with eternal hills, still states that Minister Sickles on Decem­ 1873, the following proceedings were standing
accounts and notes must be settled
Portland, Oregon.
Western Union Telegraph by the Gov­ lifting its hoary summit into the sky ber 6th tendered his resignation as had, that is to say, A. J. Dufur was before the first dav of Januarv, 1S74.
A.
FISHER,
ernment. Although there are many after clouds have hidden it for many Minister on account of the f’panish duly constituted and appointed a gen­
J. SIMON,
N. FISHER.
eral
business
agent
for
the
Order,
to
Jacksonville,
Nov.
25,
1S73.
points in favor of this measure, it days. The war-clouds and the politi- complications, he disagreeing with Sec:
56 Front Street, Portland, Oregon,
reside at and hold his office in the city
The undersigned will continue the busi­
would be extremely improper to adopt i cal storms which have obscured the rotary Fish.
H’/iotesale and lictail Dealer in
of Portland ; to enter upon the duties ness at the old stand. Thankful for past fa­
the postal telegraph system now’. A Democracy for a long period could no
vors tenderix! the old firm, 1 resj>ectfui!y so­ Doors, Sash, Blinds, German, French and
During the year ending June 30,
American Window Glass, crystal-sheet, en­
telegraph under the management of more annihilate its principles than con­ 1873, the mails of the United States of such office on the first day of March, licit a eontinuam-e of the same.
4Sx.'>0.
A- FISHER^ ameled, stained ami cut glass. Glazing done
1874.
an upright administration would be of cealing thick weather could drive away were carried 119,908,650 miles. The
to order at San Francisco prices, and satis­
NOTICE
faction guaraut(H‘d.
The Salem Statesman says : Mr. Wm.
great benefit to the people, but under the mountains which tower in ever­ increase over the previous year was
Parrott has just completed the first of a TS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I HAVE HARDWARE. IRON. STEElT,
the present would be a most danger­ lasting grandeur, and whose founda­ nearly 5,000,000 miles.
1 appointed James W. Crutcher, Esq., my
ous instrument of oppression and cen­ tions are as deep as the world. De-
series of eight or ten views of Oregon agent, to attend to all necessary business
HUBS, S IO KES, DIMS,
The report of the Department of
during
my
absence
in
the
East.
tralization. It is to be hoped that it i mocracy is the permanent creed of
scenery which he is painting. This
1 have also placed my notes and accounts OAK, ASH A HICKORY PLANK,
Agriculture for November and Decem­
will not find favor with Congress.
scene,
we
believe,
is
about
ten
and
a
in the hands of H . K. Hanna, Esq., tor col­
< Americans.”
ber, shows that the average tobacco
lection. Parties interested will govern them­
NORTHRUP & THOMPSON,
half by fifteen feet in size, and is taken selves
A Deinerratle Trinmph.
accordingly.
J A M bJS I. G LEN N.
crop in comparison with that of last
■encouraging the Grow t il ot Timber.
4.3tf.
from a point in the mountains some Jacksonville, October 1«, 1873.
Dirtland, Offn.
year
is
94.
A
falling
off
of
17,000,000
The city election in Albany has re­
distance
northwest
of
the
Modoc
coun
­
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
T. I) I T T N 11 O E F E1^
The Secretary of the Interior has
sulted in a decided triumph for the affirmed the decision of the Commis­ bushels of potatoes is indicated.
try, on one of the tributaries of Lost
Importer of
PERSONS HAVING ACCOUNTS
Democracy, who elected its candidates
Several parties of Mormon converts River. The work is done in oil colors, j j 4 V LL
against the undersigned are requested
sioner of the General Land Office, that
to meet at the store of A. Fisher by the 1st Tobacco, Cigars, Yankee Notions and
for Mayor, Recorder, Marshal, and
no more than one quarter section can who emigrated from the old country and the blending of the different col­ of January, 1874, for the purpose of making
four of the six Councilmen. Mart. be entered by one individual under the to Salt Lake, last Summer, have within ors and the effects of light and shade arrangements tor the settlement of the same.
FANCY GOODS,
ERNEST CARO.
Brown was the Democratic candidate 1 Act of March 3, 1873, to encourage the the last few weeks returued disappoint­ are certainly evidences of a fine artistic
Jacksonville, December 5, 1873.
t3.
AO Frout ««reel. Portland. Oregon.
skill.
for Mayor, and received 78 majority.
growth of timber. The Secretary also ed and disgusted. Some twelve or
GA TO
IH‘r ,Ii,-v ! Agents wanted!
J. K. GILL A Co.t
Albany generally goes Republican, affirmed the decision of Commissioner fifteen in company go back in a day or
Q'vV All classes ot working ¡>eo-
The Mountaineer says: “Many of yG
ple, of eitiier sex, young or old, make more
which makes the victory all the more Drummond requiring parties to pay a two, and others are preparing to go.
the settlers of this county, some time money at work for us in their spare mo­ Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and
gratifying. _____
ments, or all the time, than at anything
fee of $10 for an additional entry, un-
Another terrible catastrophe at sea ago, received notice from the land 1 else.
Particulars free. Address
Another Democratic Victory.
STATIONERS,
i der the Soldiers* Homestead Act of has occurred. The steamship Ville de office informing them that the lands ______ G. STINSON A Co., Portland, Me.
Latest returns from Texas establish March 2, 1873, and requiring those Havre, while on her way from New they were living on belonged to the
DAVIS’ PRESS,
~ 75 First Street, Portland, Oregon,
Northern
Pacific
Railroad
Company.
making
such
additional
entry
to
ap-
j
York
to
Havre,
France,
was
run
into
beyond a doubt that the “Lone Star
HAY, COTTON OR WOOL, IS NO Wiga, Switches and Curls«
i pear in person at the local office and ! by the Lachine, bound for New’ York These parties will be glad to know’ that pOR
A doubt the best hand press now in use
State” has gone Democratic. The ma­
Address,
o. A. DAVIS,
the necessary application affida- i from London, and sank shortly after- this Company have ascertained the
F. HAYS, 50 Morrison street, Portland,
jority is given at 40,000 ! Another ' make
Ogn. Orders for all kinds of Hair Work
Ashland, Oregon.
vit
wards. Two hundred and seventy-six fact that it cannot build the road with
Ashland, Dec. 5th, 1873.
4f»tf
splendid victory.
promptly attended to by mail or express.
■
a he SUmotvatk (times.
Ji i > gi ; MUMiiai M i > e < ision .
GE.VEICAL NOTES AND SEWN.
STONE’S JEWELRY STORE,