(J
fTINEL
rcnus.
TOwell was born
Virginia, on the
U826. He was
is grand tnoth-
iSke was a
PI and a neice
Die statesman
swell's father
Itives of Vir-
' raised within
His mother's
Inie Dalton, a
rand refinement.
fcinally from En-
fromthe Scot
fr. Dowell was
emoved with
Lnty, Tennes
MK. MITCHELL'S TBICHI'H.
During the last campaign in Oregon
Senator Mitchell was the object of
very bitter and malignant persecution.
While he had been laboring faithfully
for the interests of the State, endeavor
ing to force the N. P. to build down
the south side of the Columbia to Port
land over part of the line of the Port
land, Dalles and Salt Lake road, lie was
boldly accused of only working to
cripple and retard the work he was
trying to push forward. Without any
shadow of proof Mr. Mitchell was ac
cused of being the paid attorney of the
0. P., and of playing false to the people
of Oregon in the interest of that cor
poration, when in fact some of his ac
cusers held mortgages on his home and
knew well that if he was using his in
fluence as chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on railroads for the benefit of
the Ontral Pacific he could have lifted
the mortgage in an hour. The P. D.
it S. L. franchise was called a myth,
COXVICT LABOR.
One of the most difficult problems of
society seems to be the safe keeping
and adequate punishment of criminals.
Philanthropy vainly imagined that
State prisons could be made reforma
tory institutions, but the experiment
has proved a failure. Some States have
made them workshops where the labor
of the vilest criminal is brought into
competition with that of honest me
chanics, who had to skill themselves
without any support from the State.
This latter course seems unfair as no
man can possibly compete with convict
labor and live, and the class of skilled
labor turned out of the penitentiary is,
under the system of division of labor
adopted, not of the highest order.
We should think that the labor of those
who, unfortunately, have to be punish
ed might be utilized as it has been in
many States on the public roads. The
work of forty or fifty convicts might
properly be applied on the main thor-
CHEAPER
T HAN THE
CHEAREST
MOKBIS'lfENSOR
-.
ATrTHE
New T(
Store,
X
ASHLAND HARNESS SHOP.
C. K. KLTJM,
MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALER IN
Saddlery and Harness,
ASHLAND, OREGON.
KEEPS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
goods lu his Hue of trade.
LndlrV, Jn' ami Boys Saddle, a
Specialty.
TEAM, BUGGY AND
PLOW HARNESS,
WHIPS,
ROBES,
DUSTERS
J-AND-r
HORSE BLANKETS.
2-ALS0-
K.KUBLI,
Odd Fellow's Buildin; Jatkspnv lit, Chop
DEALEK AND WORKER IN
TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER, LEAD
Pumps,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
NAILS,
A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF STOVES
HARDWARE, TINWARE.
POWDER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Fuse and Caps,
RE.
E
PIOXLER HARDWARE SWBE
MUS J. BILGER
AT Til E OLD STAND OF JOUN BILGEtt
Calii rnia street. Jacksonville, Oregon,
DEALER IN
TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER FARE
Stoves,
, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
and purchasecTThe Daris Evans dona
tion claim, where be now resides.
"Sheff," as he is familiarly known, took
part in the battle of Hungry hill, but
as he says -was not' "stuck after" In
dian fighting. Mr. S. has raised a fam
ily of six boys and two girls, nearly
all of whom are paddling their own
boat, and paddling them well. He ia
now comfortably situated on his fine
ranch on Rogue river. "Sheff" is a
man who has earned friends and re
tained them by an honorable and man
ly life. A Republican of the old solid
type, he is hard to swerve from his
convictions, and his sterling character
can be appreciated when it is related
that when Justice of the Peace one of
his sons violated the game law by
killing a deer and was fined twenty
dollars by his father, who had to pay
the fine out of his own pocket. No
more need be said of his integrity and
sense of justice than this, and if there
is a man in this whole county -who
can relate a mean act of "old Sheff" we
do not know him.
LI.T HIM BEST.
Hon. Edwin N. Cooke, of Salem,
died at h"j home in tlat city on the
6th inst., aior tt brief illness which,
from the first, Bvee his friends warning
of a fatal termnation. Mr. Cooke
was a man known tught the State
-inrrtr-'.afcr Mi liix manlv nn-
present view of the
fact that a company consisting of Ja;
Gould and H. R. Sage, of the Union
Pacific, Henry Villard, of the Oregon
& California, and perhaps others, men
who control vast capital, have deter
mined to construct a line of road from
Portland, Oregon, via The Dalles to
Ogden. This will be practically a tri
umph'for the Salt Lake, Dalles and
Portland railroad project which, in con
nection with the Northern Pacific
company's designs, constituted the chief
topic of controversy during the politi
cal campaign of last year. Money to
the amount of 12,000,000 has been
pledged by Gould, Villard and those
connected with them in the enterprise
we have mentioned, and work will be
immediately commenced. The Utah
fc Northern, connecting with the Un
ion Pacific at Ogden, and intended hith
erto as a line to extend into Montana,
will be diverted from its present course
and brought to Portland, via The
Dalles. Two hundred miles of this
road have already been completed ex
tending northward and westward on a
line varying but little from the course
that must necessarily be followed in
making a survey for the road now pro
posed to connect Portland with Ogden.
It will, therefore, be seen that the
Union Pacific company have nothing
to do but to continue the Utah & Nor-
thrnjcjad. which the'
the swelling tide of oppression, am
:hccked the growth of the most danger-
ius form of aristocracy. Whatever
may be the effect of the new constitu
tion of California it can inflict no
wrongs that can not be remedied, and
the independence and good sense that
resisted the threats of a monied aris
tocracy spurned the cajolery of a press
false to the popular cause, and turned
in contempt from the hollow sophistry
of suborned advocates, will in 'good
time adjust the balances more nicely.
There is undoubtedly some evil in the
new constitution, but its good features
greatly outweigh the evil, and its adop
tion will be conclusive proof that the
people of the Pacific coast are quite in
earnest on the Chinese question. Had
the constitution been rejected Eastern
statesmen would have pointed to the
West in derision and told us that our
representatives who voted for an abro
gation of the Burlingame treaty were
false to their constituency. The Eas
tern press would have laughed us to
scorn, and an antidote for Asiatic poi
son could only be procured by means
that would stain American history.
The people rarely make mistakes under
our form of government, and this time
the discussion has been so full that we
can not help thinking that they have
been true to themselves. This remark
able struggle has been a square contest
between capital and labor, and the
first on record where the latter jhas been
Jacksonville, Oregon.
Winchester Repeating Rifles
(commonly called Henry Rifles) of
model of 1866, 1873, and 1876.
Pistols, Cartridges, Etc.
Wheat taken at the Highest Market
PRates in Exchange for goods.
WEEKLY CURRENT PRICE:
GROCERIES ETC.
San Francisco refined ni;;ar.. 7ft SI 00
Extra Dt8 rica coffee 4tt 1.00
Hope nl nil pizej per lb lOcts
Liverpool salt.... 3
Kxtra choice tea A 3i)cis & upward
Tobacco G2c'8 .,
Candies per box S3 50
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ETC.
Prints 15yds 81 00
Muslin 9cih prr d & upward
Mens half, eacl S l.UO
Mens boots per pair 3.50
-hoes.... 75
Slippers..
Cottep fhmel Mri an
E.C.BROOKS,
DEALER in
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
SPECTAOLE3,
sciiool books; stationery faxct goods,
SHEET MUSIC, FIELD
GLASSES,. VIOLINS, CITHERNS,
IIARPS
AND STRINQ-?FOR THE SAME.
. ALSO--DRUGS,
MEDICINES, TOILET SOAPS AXH
PERFUMERY.
Needles axd Best Sperm Oil for
Sewing Machines,
HE HAS SOLD OUT HIS
tojk nf Amrlci'i Jewiiij Machines
a n'lmVr of time, hut lia another lot of
th.m nn h-ind Thi is thi liglliest nnrt
mot rapid rnnninr. a wll as durable
midline there I"dind fo simple that
ars old make their
WOO0FN &, WILLOW WARE.
ROPE, NAILS.
Paints. Oils, Varnish, Glass
CUTLERY, WIRE,
Shot, Brushes, Chr.ins, Hose
ETC., ETC.
I have secured llu erviccs of a flrst-cla
.Mechanic, and am prepared Udo all repair
ing promptly and in superior s tyle.
TN CONNECTION VITII THE AHOVF
1 I nm rcoivintr Hii.l have c nctMilly
hand a full and first class stock of
GROCERIES,
Dr.Y-OOOPS, cum rccT?, TOIMCCO
headv made clotiiixo,
GL.ASSW.1 RS;. CROCKERY, .tc.
.JH"Everj lhtr.fr o'd nf mrnnt.' rites.
pur-
Male
in aCTicurnirai
Here bo attended the
Ferny and acquired a liberal educa-
Af ter having concluded his aca-
fc studies he returned to Virginia
entered the State University where
Iraduated in law in 1847, before he
' twenty-one years old, with distin-
led honors. He returned to len-
a and began the practice of hispro-
at Raleigh and at Memphis.
extensive and lucrative practice
In engaged his whole attention, but
fame of the newly discovered gold
of the Pacific caused him to de-
, the bar for a time and try his for-
oe m the mines, in me opnuj; oi
R50 he formed a co-partnership with
I ree other young men and started from
Joseph, Missouri, whither he had
lie by water, for California. He ar
ea in Sacramento on the 20th of the
lowing September. Here he had a
fond attack of Cholera, that fatal
Llady of which so many died on the
Lis that year. When he had par-
- recovered his physicians advised
to go North, and on the Fourth of
LW he started from San Francisco
Portland, taking passage on a small
At the mouth of the Col-
liver the vessel encountered a
Ltorm, and was driven back to
stcd and almost helpless. It
Lntil the thirty-fifth day after
icisco that a safe land-
B-ai
lnsr was UTaOo OTTHatOl
did not remain long in the Willamette
valley, and in 1852 we find him engag
ed in packing and trading in Southern
Oregon. Ho pursued the business un
til 1850, and was very successful. In
1857 he again engaged in law practice
in Jacksonville, and soon obtained a
very extensive business, and it is said
of him that he never lost but two suits
that he commenced himself.
In 18G1 he was married to Miss
Anna Campbell and they have now a
family of three children. He was Pros
ecuting Attorney from 18G2 to '64.
In 18G5 ho bought the Oregon Sekti
KEL which he ran successfully until
1878. The Sentinel, under Mr. Dow
ell's management, was the first news
paper on the Pacific coast to advise
the enfranchisement of the negroes
and the first- to nominate Gen. Grant
for the Presidency.
Mr. Dowell was raised a Whig. He
voted for Breckenridgo and Lane, but
when the Rebellion was inaugurated
he joined the Republican party and has
been a zealous member of the same un
til the present time. In every Indian
war in Oregon since 1852 he has fur
nished supplies, often at a great loss to
himself. Strict integrity and untiring
persistence in what he conceives to be
his line of duty are characteristics for
. which lie-is noted, and though past
life's meridian he is still vigorous in
tt-Liiii hui Via )ei. wraiout luuuuaui
m it' 7
only a sham to deceive the people of
Oregon, and a stumbling block to pre
vent the building of the North Pacific.
"Time sets-all things even," and it is
now known that Mr. Mitchell was
working with all his energy for the in
terest of Oregon, the franchise of the
P. D. i S. L R E. a reality, and
those whose false accusations defeated
Mitchell for a second term in the Sen
ate may hido their heads in shame as
Mr. Mitchell is now the master of the
situation. His first work upon retir
ing from the service of the people was
to secure, by his personal influence, the
organization of a company with ample
means to undertake the construction
of the verv road he tried so hard to
bring into Oregon. Mr. Mitchell's tri
umph over his subsidized traducers is
complete; reversing the adage: the dead
lion is better than the living dog, and
to-day he is pre-eminent as a friend of
his State, and commanding more influ
ence in its behalf as a private citizen
than all over public sen-ants at the
capital.
Till: IIAUROK OF KCFCGE.
It is really wonderful how many har
bors of refuge the congressional appro
priation of one hundred and fifty thousand-dollars
has developed. Each in
dentation in the coast is considered ex- i
tremely eligible by the people in its itn
ediate vicinity, and it is fiuymsi
hov much encinecrins skill is to be
found in Oregon. It seems that even
the mouth of the Columbia is thought
to be the proper point, and the people
of Linn and Benton counties have "res-
oluted" Foulweather into a safe and
commodious harbor, capable of shelter
ing any amount of shipping, always
provided that it is to be the point
where the money is to be spent. We
believe that every point on the coast
has been carefully examined by the
coast survey and our opinion is that if
the mouth of the Columbia had been
considered susceptible of improvement
or regarded as the proper point for a
harbor of refuge it would have received
espt-cial attention as it is the destina
tion of nearly half of all the shipping
sailing to points north of Humboldt It
is to protect shipping caught in heavy
weather when the most intrepid sailor
would not dare to approach the mouth
of the Columbia that a harbor of ref
uge is to be created, and if that point is
as free from danger and as accessible
as the Portland and Astoria press
would have us believe then there is not
the slightest necessity for the expendi
ture of a dollar. Speaking for the in
terests of Southern Oregon and without
claiming the slightest engineering skill
we will continue to hope that the
Board who will decide this important
question will see fit to select Crescent
City, as such a decision will assure us a
o.se(juisr soutuwa:
and in course of time ye could have a
mccadamized road to ''the State line, a
very Valuable andfssential work, wheth
er a railroad is ever built through this
section or not We believe it would
cost the State no more td guard and
support the convicts in a chain gang
while laboring, as it would be advan
tageous to every county receiving their
labor to aply a portion of its revenue
to the support of convicts while en
cased in such work. Wo only make
this crude suggestion without having
given the subject much thought, in the
hope that the question will bo consider
ed by our law makers and be put into
a practical shape if possible.
c.
Brother Burrows of the Yreka
"Union" made a peculiarly happy re
sponse at the Red Men's celebration
to the toast "The Ladies." He des
cribed in graphic terms, the old days
of buttonless shirts and tatterd ward
robe, of sleepless and chilly winter
nights and all the aggregated horrors
of single misery, and Al knows how it
was when a bachelor. When the re
sponse ended he was buried in evrr
greens, piled on him by the ladies
aiiid a grneral uprorioijs hilarity.
Jacksoi
-'-V
le, Oregon.
Winchester Repeating Rifles
(commonly called Henry Rifles) of
model of 1866, 1873, and 1876.
Pistols, Cartridges, Etc.
Wheat taken at the Highest Market
Rates in Exchange for goods.
W00DFN &3
PUMPS and PIPES,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnisfc
Powder & Enso
A. General Assortment of
SHELF HARDWARE,
FINE WOSTENHOLM OUTLERY
ROPE & TWINE.
A flrt-el nvrhvito will aftrnd U
Job Vt'ork with ncatnet and dispatch.
I will nlwnjo keep cnnrtantly on hand a
Urge f tuck of
Liquors and Tobacco.
Acr.t for tin V OIFI'; RUtlBCK PAINT
-Tlif v n in th World.
I'ariiiiilnr ntt.-nlnm purf to Farmer-''
want", nrl th mppljiii" i f cxlra for K inn
MiirMm-rv. hn-1 all Infoi-iinti'Mi t wl.,
irl rlf. dirnMii'd ch-rfnllv. on plicttl-i i
Nt'pitni1 will Ik iHrid io lnr:Mi our
utimii willi the lt L'wd n market. In
ir liur.a d at lln l"Wil price-".
r mititii rlinll he prompt mid fiir'd',al
M" mtti nil, in i n ,.t mi
m
RCXX-JCiar
MAKHIED.
DREW FAITH At the residence of tlir
br.dis father. May 7lb, by Rev. J. II Van
da vcr, N. S. Drew ana Misj. Jlury A.
Faith.
.. . j- i
CUCF .MILLElr-Arthe rendence of Tliij.
Anderson. May I8th, by Elder .Martin
Peterson, Jno. M. Culp und Miss. Mary
L. Miller.
. NEW ADVKUTI3KMKXTS.
WEEKO CURRENT PRICE:
GROCERIES ETC.
San Francisco rvfined fOi;ar.. 7lb SI 00
Extra ensta rica coffee 41b 1.00
Rope ol all iize per lb lficts
Liverpool Fait i 34
Extra choice tpa 3llcts & upward
Tobacco w. ,,.... G2cu
Candles per box. ...'. 3 50
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ETC.
Printu , 15jdsS100
Mnslin 9c'-' per d k upward
Mrns half, fJcIi S l.t'Q .. .
Mens boots p?r pair.
Sliiies. i... .
ijliniwr-i.
Cotten uiuncl MiTim unit..
dr.iweri", eli..'. .
Mens cloth suits S3 00..
wnrih
Mens clo'h pn.t S3.50.
north '
E.C.BROOES,
DEALKK IK
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
S3?33CTiVCrjI!3,
SCIIOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY FANCY GOODS,
SHEET MUSIC, FIELD
GLASSES, VIOLINS, CITIIERNS,
HARPS
AND STRINGS FOR THE SAME.
ALSO--
DRUGS, MEDICINES, TDILET S0.1?S
PE'FUMERY.
Needles axd Best SPF.r.M Oil
ROPE, NAILS,
Paints. Oils, Varnish, Gtass
CUTLERY, WIRE,
Shot, Brushes, Chains, Hcsc
ETC., ETC:
I have secured the etviee? of a flrpt clai
Mechanic, and am prepared to do all repair
ing promptly and lifFuperior style.
Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnish
Powder & Fuso
A. General Assortment of
SHELF HARDWARE.
FINE WOSTENHOLM CUT LERY
ROPE & TWINE,
m
fop.
rM coNNnrrmN with
l I urn rrerivlrir und
Tnn Ar.nvK
havi emmtaully
html a full and first claw stock of
Scwins Machines,
3.S0
T5 .i
fir i- - .
G3
.15.00
COO
HE HAS, SOLD OUT II IS
lock of AmsriiMii -ewiiij: Mchinf
ft number nf lipiei. lint h ai-nHur lot ol
th'm on hind TliN i 1"' l!Rthit nirt
i. . ii - i 1 1 -
ino-t rapul ru'lnine. a' wen r r.nrn
imchllir tlicre i4mnilc. and foMmnV Hint
littli-feirls fivi hr fix yar old maketli'ir
I ri frMti rrif "r '- -m -
Tm t thPV'C' io "!v ir"i vai"!".
rWk fltid jewi'lrv. a"d 'is will tell c'leap
j-wHrv cliiU"- wan anv our.
3-W.itch."i. CI eK. j.-weiry a-u.
siiiir nrv'ii-'rs cltaacd and repaired at
rrductsl piiciJ
Highest Cash Price
PAID FOR
WOOL AND H DBS
Br A. FISHER.
Critcrlan Billiard Saloon !1
CALIFORNIA ST.,
Xoland & McDauiel - - Props
T11I3 POPULAR RESOKT, UNDER
new management, is furnishing the b:sl
brands of liquors, winrs and cigars. Tb'
readme table is mppliid with Eastern peri
odicals and leading papers of the Coast.
Give me a call.
And 7arion oilier articles loonunvrens In
mi nUim. Call and rzuruin; us it costs nol!i
inc to satisfy yomsflf.
TO THE PEOAT 1GJL !
WITH A
NEW STOCK OF GOODS
FRESH FROM
SAN TfRAN CISCO.
GHOCEBISS,
d::y-coods, cm ucotf, topacco
RRADV MADrj CLOTX1I.YO,
G L,. SSW.l R E. CUOCK KK Y, Ac.
A fir-it-cla"' mThnin will attend t
lull Work With neatuei-' aid dNpatch.
ItJEvervlhirysi'd at rrnrnn1''irj,,'',.
. -T. KUl, j
. Jnck'cnrHta. Mircb, S 'S7S.
"173 AZSTD SS? LrUTi!"
I will nlwnjs keep contantly on hand a
large stock of
Liquors and tobacco.
Azer.t for the TxCIFIO RUIHIKR I'AIST
-Thrb-sl In tlif World.
Particular attention p-'d to Frmr'
want, in d Hi" supplying ef extra for Krm
Machinery. nnl all inlnrmntbin tn su-h
irt"el. r'iiniihi"l ch'-Tf'il'v. mi amplication
Xiipt'n will Ik Smrd to Inp'i"!' iiur
h-Ii-tii'-ih wild the ! t nn ! in m.irket. In
nr line.ni d at t!i Ii'W-t price".
Our imiitii fiinl! ! prompt and fair d'-il-tns
wtlii nil. f.i'l sip'l A-.iniiiii- our nelc"
!i fori'sjnii'g iliM-ulit-ri". NitWiiction putr-
jnt'il
Wo tic 3 to the Pubic.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL START FOR
. the Willamette valley in a few days
and will be absent from Jacksonville for a
t-hort time. I bavs left my accounts in tb
bands of E. B. Autenrietb, Efq.. for collec
tion and those knowing therm-elves iodebt
ed are requested to call upon him and make
an early tettlcment.
J. W. KUIil.5Ua, M. V.
Jacksonville, April 22. 1873.
. MAIL LETTINGS.
GEORGE W. ELLIOTT.
BEOS LEAVE TO CALL THB ATTESTtOX OF
tbe pablic to thu fct that he hat Jntt return
ed from Sau Francisco with a fall ituck of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
TTnlch he Ii leillng at
PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITIO:
ALSO
LADIES' FANCY GOODS
OF
VARIETY
Clothing
EVERY
Gents' and
Soys'
THE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR?
IE.s-t;d
a.5S9
.
Is the place to so for nnytltinu in
the hardware Iiiip. ile Imsa large
and 8Uj enor stock of Rifles, Shot
Guns and Sporting Material, and
in fact everything from an Anvil
SKELETON
Key. Ho sells at LESS than Bed
rock prices FOR CASH, and all
those purchasing Building Hard
ware, Tools of every kind. Paints.
Glass, Corduge, Brushes &c, have
Fouiro
That he is determined to under
sell any one ir. the market, and
people who wish Cutlery, Quartz
or Spy Glasses, or anything made
of iron,
IN
Fact people from every place or
from
ASHLAND
;W5II find that he means husines,
and will get bargains by calling
on mm botore going elsewhere.
nm
U.JL
EAGLE MILLS,
SITUATED FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH
of Jacksonville nn i 'J milts nrth of
ArbUnd, are prepirM to ai
Merchant ana Exchinfja Buii:3-.s.
FLOUR, GRAHAM, CORNMEAL
AND FEED AT BEDROCK
PRICES.
31; pinrd' nfil'iur. 2 pound' shorts and
8 p-iiiiul-' linn aiv :! per bu-'iel of good
wheat Will pack H'lur-cit-tnmir furnNh
irifr sacks, S.icks with our Mtw nr..vn on
ihtm furnifhed at low rtes.
My broth-r. G. F Billines. will have
cl'a'ye of the bnsi ie. being assisted ty
omticlent millers. Everything warranted
as rcuretentcd.
SARAH A. FARNUAM.
OF-
MRS. I. I BEPRY.
L nn
AT-
Tse
THE ASHLAND
Woolen Manufacturing Co,
Take pleinrc in announcing that Ccy now
have on hand, vfull and select ttock of
8CS!SlIgSISS9
Made of the very bt
WK IUST UF'ElVr.n MY YKUU
and Winter ttock of Millinery Goo-lr
consitig of
LADIES' HATS AND BONNETS.
(tibboiis. French Flower O'trich Tip
Vehets Diaiiinil Sil'-t-. Nrckti'-s. Collars,
'"ulT", Kid Glove". Laces, Back Combo.
I'ocktt llandkerchi fs. F.ir.ey Wing', and
V lume. Perfumery, and T.rlct Soap, and a
fine nnrtm lit of iniant's snM.
I alo have on hand a supply ef
OPlSTIiEMEX'S XKfKTIES & COLLAR
For tbe holidays 1 will have an assort,
incut of
CHINA AND WX DOLLS.
I hive received the agency of the cele
IiraUd White Sewing Marhines. which I am
-llinir cheaper than ever and several owe
and Florenc mschitie lor rale.
THB STATE
lMSIMEXT&llJiSMCE
COMPANY,
OF SAN FRA2