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--Jr' V tyi -Mil FBEDAY JANUARY 5, 1877. ASSEETIONVS. PACT. Assertion ia one thing, fact another; XOTICE. Agents will please take notice that It Is a gieat tax upon u"s to pay express charges upon small sums, and they -will confer a great favor by remitting to us through money o'rders or registered letters. "OUR IINAKOIAL MULDOONS." In the list of "Our Financial Mul doons," as published by the Oregonian, we find the names of a numberof wom en tax-payers, which of course means unrepresented tax-payers. To establish the principle that "taxation without representation is tyranny," the fathers bled and the. mothers endured hardship, grief, and sore privation. The princi- pie, so far as the former were concerned, was well established, but the latter con tinue under the ban and still pay yearly their tithes to snpport a government in which they have no voicj. The only place that the names of women occur in governmental affairs is upon the tax lists, and strange as it may appear, there are hundreds of men who think women should be satisfied with this state of af fairs. When they are not so satisfied and protest, even as our forefathers did, against the right of others to "legislate for them in all cases whatsoever," they are treated to long homilies upon "wom an's sphere" that have about as much re lation to the principle contended for as a learned and scientific treatise upon the antiquity of the Chinese Empire would have. The principle of taxation and representation, and of questioning the right of others to make laws by which, MABRIAGE OF DIYOBOED PEESONS. Rev. R. S. Stubbs announces in the and that the latter is so often oversb'ad- Vancouver Independent that he will not owed by the former is attributable only knowingly officiate at the marriage of to the vaunting, loud-voiced protesta- any persons who have procured divorces, tlons of the one and the reticence of the except for the only cause specified by other. We heard it asserted but a short the Lord: Matthew 5, 31, 32 and 19, 9. time ago that women always had and The intentions of the reveiend gentle always would fail in their competition man as set forth lu the declaration no with men in the work by custom doubt emanate from'a desire to do good assigned to the latter. Of course any and arrest the advance of evil, but just one who reads and observes should what weight hlsdecision will have upon know better than this, for skilled worn- anything except perhaps to keep sundry en Have in numoeriess instances His- uucats, in me way oi marriage lees, irum proved it. This is especially so in many making his purse heavier at times, we of the lighter occupations that require confess we do not see. We cannot see skill and aDDlication rather than how it would lessen cause for divorce- strength. Whit, for instance, is there and no one who has used his eyes and to prevent a woman of ordinary capa- ears and understanding but must admit blllty from excelling as a watchmaker that there are other causes than the one and jeweler? Clearly nothing but op- referred to by our brother, that often portunlty to pursue the calling at a reg- render the.marriage relation anything ular apprenticeship just as men do. J but "divinely instituted" if every Examples always put theories in the minister in the land should as solemnly background, and these in this particular pledge himself not to say the marriage branch of business are to be met with, service for divorced persons as has Mr, A vounsr ladv. Miss Ellen Fletcher, has Stubbs. If the ministers bad a mon- establlshed herself in this business iu I opoly of tbe thing it might throw ob Charlestown, New Hampshire, who stacles in the way, but when as now learned her trade by a three years' ap- there is a justice of the peace in every prenticesblp and has successfully pur- precinct who can legally say the magic sued it for five years, doing fine me chanical work with her own skilled hands. In another channel of business we see it recorded that Miss Boyle, of Pbcenlx ville, Chester county, Peun., is a mem ber of an extensive dry goods firm, and that they have recently added a restau rant and bakery to their business and send tbelr bread throughout the conn tryformilesaround. It is further stated that Miss Boyle's tiread is of so excel words that will unite the destinieB of .men and women in marital bonds, di vorced persons will not have to look iu vain for some one to tie them up again We are not an advocate for " divorce made easy ;" neither do we believe that separations between husband and wife should occur but for the gravest causes, We do believe, however, that when per sons mentally, morally, and constitu tionally organized so that harmony be tween them, or even a tolerable degree without tlieir consent, people may e . , of th(j tra(e and Cm 8carcely governed, as enunciated oy meeciara- the demand tlon of Independence, either Is or Is not Qf the women pbysioiaus whose skill rlgnt, ana tue matter oi sex noes not . refute ,he agsertion that women can .do nothing outside of the lent a quality that she has almost a mo- of happiness together is impossible, are united iu marriage, that it is a human mistake and not a divine ordinance that brought them into marital relations and further, that children who result from such unholy unions are defrauded enter into its consideration. bat Is unjust to one person, uaras up io one, or o,d spbere routlue lt u needless to of the birthright which the mutual love tyranny over one, is eijuany ou iu mc case of others. If Mary, by honesty, industry, and economy, accumulates property, she is just as much entitled to an expression relative to the disposal of the taxes levied thereon as her brother John Is when his thrift brings about like results for himself. That Mary is a woman and John a man bears not the slightest relation to property that either may acquire. To be recorded as one of our "solid men," without a single polit ical privilege, except the privilege of an annual call from the tax-gatherer, will not satisfy tho sensible Marys of the seventh decade of the Nineteenth cen tury. Discernment, Independence, and sense of right forbids it. speak. Their name is legion, and their 0f parents furnishes them a peaceful skill and success established in hundreds Und happy home. Such children of instances. W will cite but a single " born in bitterness and nurtured in case in point: convulsion " are in a far more pitiable Dr. Mary Kenton, of Venlco Center, Cayuga stale than brphans, while their parents county, New York, has achieved success in her maintain relations that can only result profession atteryears of struggle, of which any ,Q juharln0n Tue , remedy, if one might wen Be prouu. uiscourageu uy . ... fHpnrtI1nllrPiativeii.abenerSistedintiiestudy there 19 a remedy for frequent divorce, of medicine, obtaining tho means to graduate and, far more frequent married misery by teaching, for which she had no special is in laws that will .prohibit imma adaptation. Having oDtatneaneraip.omaanu ture marriages, and careful training 1 I l.n . 1 1 m n Untn xho tin Act 4 lit I fiVi ft1 I " . bill U IU 11C1 UttUli; lUtlUi out. uuo vamuiiaum 1 . . ... . , , - in two vears so lame a practice In mid-wlfery luat wil Prevent precipitate action in as to rouse the Jealousy of older physicians, a matter of such grave import. We Her success In such cases, and also In female would think it much more to the dlseasesof all kinds, speaks for Itself as to her nur.,os if ratnistera should solemnly OEONIK BEFOEEJTHE COMMITTEE. Cronln testified to some rather dam aging facts before the Senate Commit tee on Tuesday. Admitted that he had at first said he would not act as elector if a certificate was given him, but after ward changed his mind. That he had refused to come to Washington as mes senger unless he should receive $3,000 as expenses, which sum was furnished him. He supposed the money was raised among Oregon Democrats by sub scription. He failed to make a good ap pearance on the witness stand, his man ner being self-conscious and at times both defiant and pompous. Being ques tioned whether he thought it was right to withhold certificates when a majority of the college demanded them, he was thrown off his guard and answered that be did not consider it a question of right but of expediency. His acknowledg ment that he received $3,000 nominally for expenses created much significant comment. It is ascertained beyond per adventure that the whole proceedings under which he was-appointed eleetor originated in New York. Republicans expect to prove the corrupt use of at least $25,000 in this infamous business. That Democrats are disgusted with Cro nln and his confession may be well im agined. The Inter-Ocean s correspond ent says Cronin's confessions have filled the Democrats with dismay. His ad mission that Patrick tried to buy hii vote, an attempt which Cronin indig nantly refused, has rendered it necessary forTilden to explain this method of se curing votes. Cronin is no longer a man, but a knave, liar, and self-convicted bribe-taker. ability, and the preference of women to be at tended by a woman. When she commenced practice she was Ignorant of driving. But now she Is able to start out on tbe darkest night alone. Her practice has ennbled her to pay up her debts, bay a horse and carriage, keep a boy to take care of them, and go to the Centennial She Is a member of the Medical Association at Auburn, New York. So long as instances like these abound and can be well established, there is small danger of driving women who have to work for a living, and have be come skilled in a trade or profession, declare that they would not officiate at the marriage of persons under the age of twenty-five years, if the prevention of divorce is what they are aiming at. Tbe truth is that it is a libel upon th wisdom and judgment of the Almighty to assert that at least nine-tenths of the marriages solemnized .are of divine origin. They are too plainly the result of human passion, indiscretion, and error of judgment to bechargeabhe upo tbe Creator. Brother Acton, of the Ad to 0UB WINTEE. While winter, with his piercing winds and ermine robes, stalks in kingly gran deur over tbe East and Middle West, dwellers in the favored "Sunset State' have not yet felt a blastof his icy breath or seen, except upon the distant and ever white snow-peaks, a glitter of his snowy mantle. The dispatches tell us that on New Year's day iu Washington fierce snow-storm prevailed, and the drifts piled the streets, rendering walk ing extremely difficult. Contrast this, ye discontented Oregonlans, witu our own New Year's day, and for very shame, cease grumbling. The heavy rains that prevailed through the latter part of October and during most of the following month, gave place in early December to bright, sharp weather, that savored slightly of winter iu the early mornings, spring in the middle of the- day, and skipping summer gave au tumn atmosphere in the afternoon. Farmers throughout the broad and fertile valley of the Willamette made use of every day possible for plowing and seeding, and tbe result is a larger acreage of grain sown in many localities than ever before. Tuesday, the 2d day of the New Year, was balmy and spring like such a day indeed as January sel dom bestows. In Eastern Oregon the weather is somewhat colder, with occa sional falls of snow, but no rigorous weather lias as yet been experienced there. Unless the next two months does something to help him out, "Old Frog nosticator," who so busily employed himself last summer and fall in predict ing a bard winter, and calling squirrels that had busied themselves in hiding nuts for possible contingencies, and aborigines who speared and smoked larger quantities than usual of the fes tive salmon, as witnesses to corroborate his dismal prophecies, will have tore tire crestfallen from the field. Certain it is that notwithstanding his ominous predictions we have thus far had a most delightful winter, and even if king Bo reas should marshal his hosts for a car nival some of these nights, we would have no right to complain of his tempo rary dominion but we would complain no doubt. commnnicatcd. Following close upon the heels of the uacb. anu rortn with a quiet, regular Brooklyn disaster comes another iu movement ; back aud forth, propelled which the flre-flend nlavs a consnlmi. oyme gentle motion of the mother's 0us part An express train, composed mot, goes tne little brown cradle. The of H cars, on the Lake Shore Railroad piiiow is sou and suowy, the blankets went through a bridge near Ashtabula Warm and white, the patch-WOrk OUlIt Station nn Mir ovonlnrrnf Hip POil, ThJ dainty and quaint. The sweet sleeper dispatches give the following harrowing of Fuca on Christmas day. smiles in 1US Slumber and thrusts OUt nartinnlnra nf M.o frlfrl.ffnl nntnatrnnha- ..... II ww. .-.V. ...f, w--- . wiui sudden movement of his arm, and The Tribunda special from Ashtabula the mother, crooning softly, tucks him says: The proportions of the Ashtabula up again. As she busily piles her needle, norror are now approximately known, glancing now at the clock and again at &f the baby face on the pillow, what bright on the train are lost. Of 160 whom the uopes, what joyful anticipations, make conductor reports as having been on Un HlP IV.irn nurl tpnnf rit ho. flra.itvt. board, but 59 can be accounted for. The Now the mother sees, in Imagination fet o! ZTXFl the tue weeoneiirst as a toddler in skirts crash of the brldee. the azouizlnu' mo- and bibs making music in her home and I ment of suspense, as seven laden cars work for her hands, then as a venture- 0EABLE EEVEEIES. A Bailroad Horror. NEWS ITEMS. STATE ASD TERRITORIAL. A skating rink is talked of at Eugene. Idaho Territory is in debt about $130,000. Seattle has a case of small-nox. trob- ably from Victoria. Twenty sail vessels entered the Straits Mineral exports from Utah the past year are a little over six millions. Fifty couples received Hernias to marry from tbe countv clerk of Yamhill county during 187G. Clara Smith, the child lecturer, has been Iecturingduring the past two weeks on Lewis River, W. T. J. M. Johns, of Marion Station, has been summoned to Washington to testify in tbe electoral case. On December 23d a heavy snow-storm prevailed pretty generally over Utah, some school-boy in bright-topped hoots , that had I been left a? ve by M.ree DT m?f b ee and short jacket, then as a youth slen- the crash, then the water which Mi Wed to the Snohomish Lodge of Good .1 i A...f . . t I i i rl . . I'lpmninra nnrtntr t tin loor 1 1 run to antra uer auu atuuious. anu now aa a man ku up irom unaer lae oroRen ice and ..wW with a rinn-nr Imni-Qf : nrfiA in hi. VAfM onerca anotuer form of death, finallv ine -uaKoia." on ner last trip irom 0 ' I' WIWW I . I. Llll il Atl ... ' . . r 1 1. 0...l ft.rt rtAA as lin nronnnnno. M, , r ,t. i, iUB """K "lasi, niiea Willi 8I10W WUiCb iook iu lous oi oats, uv - t v...., w.. w. uiukuci. frnzA anil honnm ui Ihnsn ntkn k.J I Dales or linns, unit 44 M fool nr Inmhor liut In this bright vision she see3 not caped the water and fire. The iron with a large amount of other freight. tnat fair young mother the pitfalls that structure was a single span, 159 feet The Congregational Church at Forest abound at every step to ensnare the feet '""Si r"3eu oy a uouuie tracK, 70 feel Urove was rededlcated December 2ith. of the inexperienced and unwary. No, Jfc TeUUerluL ""J liV$ f Paific UnI.ven" lllt.BlP ooa Ihom ,n ofl-,;o ol, I . C,.;. r. fy. ".--.".twuiupwiliUugmfMluu ... .lcl J,-.- .wu. iuus, auu as iiieuuis- slopes are pl ed Since Hon A J DnTiir Inft Phllnrial. bends over the little brown, empty now with wa's no &Jt?SS2. except for filmy cobwebs in the corners, d.IQ1.;,u,ty l reaching the wreck premium for the best collection of fruits. sitting iu the silent garret, untenanted ti, TriZo h hsl0wa,- Thls makesr thirty-seven premiums and nf n, vr i,oai r ii. i-7 .1 L""" u'P'nas receiveu Dy tue stale. . . . w www..- , flit. ..1. 1 lllT TT I. It I r 1 1 try. and bad been tested w th -It- lnnn. U'F "r nuwn,- wuu a iuu motives and trains, which had fre quently crossed on both tracks, and sim ultaneously, wituouc causing more than a 3llKt dellection of the structure The to even protest disaster occurredshortlv before Ro'nlnnk. dram-shops that. 11 was 'he wildest winter night of the for such weary years. Sees them and laments, with unavailing sorrow, the utter powerlessness of even a mother's deep and fervent love to save from the ways of sin. She, duriugali these years, has beeu powerless against the licensed cargo of Seattle coal on board, has been iounu to ne in such a leaky condition mai n win ne necessary to discbarge her, to make tbe necessary repairs. A State School of Natural History has been organized, with Thomas Condon. robbed her son of the respect of his fel- back to the drudgery of kitchen labor rocafe, says: "It is in as good taste and its attendant meagre pay by the solemnly lay the corner stone of shout of "sphere," "strong-minded," drinking and gambling saloon as to re woman's work," etc., etc. Assertion ligiously solemnize the marriage of di with bmzeu front may continue to play vorced persous," and while we cannot upon popular prejudices aud lose sight agree with 1)1 hi that this is a fact be of truth and justice, but facts, sup- cause the persons have been divorced, ported by examples becomiugcoustantly I we imagine that it is true of perhaps more numerous, wll in due time silence many of these and myriads of others. much that now passes current for wit ana wiBaom. wtttv TTiTtv PEEFEEEN0ES. Many newspapers gleefully give room to such trash as the subjoined and im- Preferences are usually odious when agine that in so doing they have pub- students with like laudable desire for lished something exceedingly witty, or knowledge are studying together to at- perhaps given a staggering blow to tain skill aud eminence. Women kuow Woman Suffrage by such an abortive this to their cost, for have not the great attempt to ridicule one of its most eam- universities of the world closed and est advocates. Many papers presided bolted their doors against women stu- over by these would-be wits keep squibs dents? Have not medical schools and concerning the age of Susan B. An- law schools (until persistent demands thony constantly in type as "live mat- have recently rorced some or tue more ter that they can fill up with when liberal to stand their ponderous doors 8Uort. This accounts for the frequency slightly ajar) done the same ? with which the same stale platitudes on What wltn women aud men botn for ihj8 subied are repeated In various 0UE ANHUAL MEETING. The time for the meeting of tbe an nual Convention of the Woman Suffrage Association draws near. The last regu lar session was held iu Salem, and lt was at that time voted to bold it there this year, but the Society at tbe called meeting in September, for good and uf ficient reasons, changed the place of meeting. Albany was substituted and tbe fifth annual Convention of tbe As sociation will there be held, commenc ing Tuesday, February 13tb. The Pres ident, Corresponding Secretary, and members of tbe Executive Committee are already at work, arranging matters, soliciting co-operative labor, etc. But tbe officers alone cannot make tbe Con vention a success, nor should tbe work all be put upon them. Every Woman Suffragist, man or woman, in tbe State, past centuries giving men tho prefer ence in all lucrative employments; in .11 nnMn.l..nAa Fnm n.l.nllA. .abahwiI, ail ujjuiiuuuica iui sucuuuu icscaiwU, anatomical investigation, and, indeed, all things that tend to make people learned, useful, or skillful, women students and anxious women workers have bad a goodchauce to judge of the injustice of preference when sex alone is the basis thereof. It is therefore a relief to see a woman fearless and just enough to give prefer ence to her sister women who always at disadvantage pursue their studies in medicine. We read of one, Susan Fletcher Smith, an American lady, who has bequeathed ber body at death for dissection to the Royal College for Sur geons at London, only asking that "women students shall have tbe preference." journals. The following Is a fair speci men of these gems of wit and humorc The following dispatch was "Intercepted" on Its way to Governor Tllden : On the Wise, November U. To Samuel J. Tllden : If you cannot get 1 hat other vote, our engagement must be consid ered at an end. 8 N B. A y. A MAEEIED WOMAN'S CLOTHING. "DAVID AND ANNA MATS0N." We have sent a few copies of this poem to H. D. Boone, Salem, J. M. Kelty, Lafayette, and tbe book stores at Forest Grove and Albany. Friends in these localities who desire to secure cop ies should apply at once. We have a number still on hand which will be sent A court in Massachusetts has recently decided that a married woman does not own her own clothing. In this decision it Is held, according to law, that the clothing of a wife comes under the same rule as that of the minor children of tbe family. That personal apparel fur nished by a husband to his wife, or pur chased by his wife with bis consent from a fund formed by theirjoin earn- xngs, remains the property of the hus 1 1 .1 m . ... uauu, anu a wue cannot maintain an action for tbe loss thereof. This seems to be an incentive to niarried women to purchase their wearing apparel with the consent of their husbands so that in case of loss, they may sue and recover damages the same as a man, married or single, may do. whether appealed to by the officers of P?slPala.0" recelpl .0I ,lne Prlce' " A memorial addressed to Queen VIc- iUD -- uj wll,r" I toria by American women Interested iu mentary notices irom tne eastern press, tbe Society or not, should send in their mite in the way of words of encourage ment, and If their finances will permit, and we are loth to believe that any energetic person in the State is in a state of utter Impecunio8lty send along tbe annual fee of $1 00 and have their names enrolled upon tbe Secretary's books. We need financial aid, and these fees, if promptly paid, will enable the Associa tion to meet all demands upon its ex chequer for contingent expenses. We hope that as many of the friends and advocates of the cause as possible will visit Albany at the time designated. We shall probably have a communica tion from the President soon. and a few, as was certainly to be ex pected, that severely criticised it. A few papers of our own Stale have given it courteous attention, while with scarcely an exception the' press of this State and Washington Territory has no ticed tbe biographical sketch of the au thor in the December number of tbe Phrenological Journal. The Republican electoral vote of Lou jilona has been received by malL Miss Fanny Greer is authorized to col lect and receipt bills for the iNew Northwest in Corvallis. Get Vour change ready, friends; she is liable! to call upon you any day. Daggett delivered the vote of Nevada 1 to Senator Ferry' on Monday. the suppression of licentiousness has been sent to a number of eminent wom en lor signature, it earnestly prays that the efforts to establish a like high standard of purity for men and women may be cbeered by such exercise of royal will as shall tend to the abolish ment of tbe laws known as the "Conta gious Diseases Acts," so discreditable to the enlightened morality of a great Christian nation, and the foe of tvirtue throughout the world. we uesire our suoscrioers wno are in arrears to pay up at once, as we have bills that must be met within tbe next two weeks. Agents who have money in ;helr possession for this office will please irward It immediately. 00NSIDEE THESE THINGS. That many children are being brought up, or, rather, are coming up in habits of idleness, and that these superinduce habits of viciousuess and a certain in describable element latterly termed "hoodlumism," is a fact that is patent to every oue. The old saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," is familiar to us all, aud is perhaps as true as familiar; but "All play and no work makes Jack a bad boy" would be equally true. We scarcely ever go up the street out of -school hours but that crowds or bauds of Idle boys from wee toddlers to strapping youths 14 or 15 years of age are to be seen, using tbelr animal stamina that should be directed toward a worthy ob ject in trivial games, teasing small boys, fighting, and, indeed, perfecting themselves iu every detail of immoral- ty attainable to them. These are often the children of persons iu moderate cir cumstances, whose stay is their work; yet the boys seem to have no care, no tasks, no responsibility. Children brought up in this way are the prison recruits, who, finding themselves de pendent upon their own exertions for a livelihood,- were too thriftless to work and resorted to dishonorable practices to provide for tbelr own necessities. Work, systematical, steady, and well performed, is as near a panacea for all evil as could well be prescribed. The rowdy clement that has so often de feated the will of the people by swaying the elections in tbe larger cities in the interest of immorality is merely this idle boy element of twenty-one years and up wards. It seems almost incredible that the class who are expected to sway the destinies of the State and nation when they shall have come upon tbe middle stages of life, are allowed to pass the spring and seedtime of their days In mischief-making, tbe use of profane and vulgar language, tobacco smoking and chewing, and possibly tipplingand other forms of debauchery. Industry is the great gate that leads to good morals; idleness tbe door to im morality and crime. year; tbe train was movini? Wo f iinn of tbe State University. President: P. S. ton in 1 1 os ii n hnnr- tlio lionrl lamr. il.-nn. I Knluht.'of S.llom. Sorrolarv nml O It I ,......... . 7 7 .! -" wiiju "wen . ' - ! . i lows, or me gnueu nans oi iniquity mas out a snort dim flash of light iu front, Jonusou, oi ijorest Urove, Curator. roooeu mm oi ins sell-resnect. And to " miuis wbb me air wun urlvmcr snow. Contributions to th Prnfpstnnfc Tnla- make her sorrow more bitter she is often Tbe train crept across the bridge, the copal Domestic Missions on Christmas I I onni ti rr onrriiin hnrl -1 if.i .1 ir t . i . m ." comDelled to hpnr llii tnnnt thnt tha uu i.auueu me souu uay were as lonows: roruann irinuy compelled to near the taunt that the ground beyond, and its driver had just Church, SiOO; St. Stephen's Chapel, S50. hnV'a III t II T-il ilanaiiHo unnn lila mnltiiJ.i I ..l..An I . . ... 1 ........ I . . . . ... n. 1 .' T j - .... Uv.t,wUUo u,,uu Luubuci o Bicu i. -tcuuj, wiien someiuing in tne .cast i'oruauu at. Jjavid's unapel, 27. care and training. The bitter tears that under gearing of the bridge snapped; Vancouver St. Luke's Chapel, $12. have been shed over cradles festooned ttu """i"1 Vre was a cracuiiug oi uiympia St. Joun's Uhapel, a. with cobwebs, as mothers in the asonv , T "V " JT'H6 tral.n Miss Ella Whipple, of Vancouver, ac- and despair of blasted hopes andoiit- a rageu auections nave crept to tneirslde "uoue" T . 8 at lne uol and has arrived at ber destination. She in the cold and cheerless garret, havo ?.m' ft0twlthstandiug the wind storm h3 highly pleased with hersurroundlngs, been witnessed only by the pitying an- i, r Z "Sle a? . Pi""" young lady tel.. and thou!, .mwrltiP.. in p,ii, rl,Pr u- .iu ,7 tZ, -"M Bouiaoe wnon ue niw plenty of work L ' o " - -----. I ------- . W..WU..W, wubu Ul U3w bUw I records, will be counted as jewels of the maimed and suffering. Those wuo remained uunurt hastened to es cape Irom the shattered cars. They crawieu outoi me windows into freez ing water waist deep. Men, women aud children, with limbs h rnlcpn. bruised, and pinched between timbers. and transfixed by iairired siilintera. begged Willi their last breatli for aid that no human power could elve. A moment later the flames broke from tho smoking and the baggage cars, aud the January 1, 1S76, for the arrest and con- nrs. coacu piled across tue other near ui uiguwuymeu oroiueroueuu- the middle of the stream. Iu fuss than era are now withdrawn aud declared ten minutes after the catastrnnhp evirv dull and void. This, however, does not uenerai crook's expedition arrived at car iu the wreck was on fire aud the reier to any rewards ottered since tbe purity and price in the crowns of re joicing that shall circle many a brow in the " far away home of the soul." EE0ENTEVENTS. Fully a foot of snow fell in New York on New Year's night. General Miller arrived in Washing ton ou the I'd i list., bearing the electoral vote of California. at good wages. The two mills at Port Gamble have been running full day time to their ut most capacity and one of them Is to start up for all uight work next week. The San Francisco market is almost bare of lumber, the demand is good, and the Gamble mills are going to supply it as fast as tbey can. Wells, Fargo & Co. announce that all rewards offered by them previous to Fort Laramie on the 3d, where the force flames, fed by the dry varnished work, date mentioned they still bold good. 1 I li.l 1 .... .1... : i . .1 licked up the ruins as though they had ueeu uuuer. xne uesiructlon was so swift that men who, in the bewilder ment of tbe shock, sprang off aud reached solid ice, and then went back aeain after their wives and children. Moody remains in Chicago until the found them suftocatlng and roasting in will be disbanded Seven young, unknown men broke through the ice on the Ohio River at Augusta, and drowned. 14th of January, Boston .being unpre pared for the Evangelists. A terrible wind storm at Burlington, Vt., on Saturday did great damage, the loss amounting to fully $25,000. the flames. Neighbors resident, start led by the crash, were lighted to thescene by tue conflagration which made even their prompt assistance too late. Bv midnight the cremation was completed. The storm had subsided, but the wind niew very cold, even more intense. As tuo bridge fell, the driver of the New Year receptions were held at the residences of Senators Kelly and Mitch- locomotive In front had given it a quick " ell and Justice Field, Wellington. IfJ l'J!!LJtXl Queen Victoria was proclaimed em- engine which shot forward and buried PPears more really healthy than she has for :ess throughout India on the 1st of In the -owjU.eotJ.r locomotive SiZ From Rev. Sylvauim Cobb, of Boston, formerly Editor of the "Chris tian; Freeman." Dear Sir: It may be some satisfaction to you to be Informed of the result of the trial of the Peruvian Syrup In my family. My dauehter was brought low by a typhoid fever last spring, and after the fever left her she con tinued very weak, and tho simplest food dis tressed her. For months sho remained In the same debilitated condition; but from the 1st of September last, when she commenced taking the Syrup, the digestive functions Improved, and she steadily gained strength and vivacity; now, after taking two bottles, she Is re stored to a good state of health.; Indeed, she - 0 , I n.n a . ln ... I 1. 1 1- . 1. . r. IM I January, with lmposiug ceremonies. nd tllmhled nvorJ tha "5 RSVIAN Syrup was adapted to her case, and The'New York Legislature convened fell, bottom upward, on the express car effected what no other known medicine could next, ueniuu. engineer ivoisom escaped a tie, and A man named Jesse Bradley, an in dustrious young farmer of Clackamas county, while out hunting near Eagle Creek on the 20th of December, acci dentally shot and killed himself. Two men who were in company with him on the hunt, being a sbort distance off at the time of the accident, went to him at once. He lived about two hours but did not speak after the fatal shot. He was about twenty-eight years of age aud leaves a wife and four small children. If men would put iu their leisure time as women do, with their families, in stead of in the woods witli hounds and guns, there Would be fewer accidents to record, and fewer families left desolate. at Albany on the 2d inst. Governor Robinson was inaugurated on the same day. The World continues' to pin its faith to Cronin, and asserts that if Cronin's vote is not counted there is the election goes to the House. The Republican electoral votes of Or egon were, on the 29th ult., delivered to Senator Ferry by Gen. Odeil, in pres ence of Senator Mitchell. was given. The Oregon witnesses testifying be fore the Senate Committee each received $560 for mileage, except Odell and Cro' nin, who, being subpoenaed in Washing ton, are paid only per diem witness fees, A great temperance revival is in prog ress in Pittsburg. Six thousand nine hundred and eighty members of the re' form club signed the pledge, including many lawyers, ex-Congressmen and principal merchants. On tho motning of January 1st Moody obtained subscriptions to the amount of cm3m The Congressional Record of Decern ber 20 contains arguments of Senator Mitchell of Oregon, Morton of Indiana, and Bogy of Wisconsin on the resolu tion directing inquiry as to the eligibil ity of Dr. Watts asan elector for Oregon. This vexed question, if it is productive of nothing further, will give Senators chance to compare reasoning faculties aud display logic aud matters of law aud precedent. Governor Grovor, with his little pamphlet, will soon be heard from at the National Capital. Mrs. 'Duniway, much to our regret, still Larries, our last message from iter bearing date of "Mt. Pulaski, December 17th." She describes iu this letter pleasant visits at Chicago and Mt. Pu laski, at which latter place she was at that time engaged in a course of lec tures. Her experiences will, however, be iu due time detailed in. "Editorial Correspondence" as usual. with a broken leg. There is no death list to report; there can be none until tbe list of missing ones who traveled by me -L.ase ouore road, on Jbrlday, is made up. There are no remains that can ever be Identified. Three charred. shapeless lumps were recovered up to I noon to-day, but they are beyond all hope of recognition. For the rest, there have effected. Sold by all druggists. S. Cobb. IS The American Newspaper Directory Is an epitome of newspaper history. It Is also re garded as an official register of circulations. This feature requires tho closest scrutiny to prevent it from leading to abuses. The plan adopted by the publishers of the Directory to secure correct and trustworthy reports Is rigid are piles of white ashes, in which clis- ln lts requirements, and Is adhered to with ten CrumOling particles Of Calcined imparumiiy. ou-cessiuipuuusuere.wuuuav. bones: in other Places, masses of black something to gain by a comparison, are gener- No receint charred debris, half under water, which ally prompt, not only to send reports in con- may contain iracments or oouies. nut '"""ji " s" mtio. ucu. r. - w. nothing of human semblnncp It la I such Inlormatlon as enables them to weed out thought there may be a few corpses under the ice. as there were women and cniidren wno sprang into the water and sank, but none are thus far recovered. Dr. A. H. Washburne. rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Cleveland, who went on noard tue train at JSrie, cannot now A ajtowdiub ne iounu. xnirtv or tne survivors. many of them wounded, were taken to Cleveland. The front of the car was much lower than the rear, and the flames in front began to eat upward and spread with great rapidity. A lartre gang of men have gone down to clear away the wreck and prepare for throw ing a temporary bridge across tbe unsubstantiated statements of pretenders In Journalism. The popularity of the book, and the general confidence In Its accuracy and good I faith, ore attested by the Immense body of ad vertisements lt receives. 4 26 Man Will Catch nt a Strnw." If he catch It, It will do him no good. Thous ands ot people who havo neglected Colds and Coughs until they have become dangerous will rush to almost every nostrum for relief. This Is why so many experiments are tried by the sufferers. Go to your druggist, buy a bottle of Wistar's Balsam ok Wild Ciierry, and use It with confidence. It will benefit at once and $10,000 from personal friends of thq late P. P. Bliss, who with his wife perished in the Ashtabula railroad accident. This sum will be put out at interest for tbe benefit of the two sons of these honored citizens of Chicago, The ship "Circassian" went ashore in a blinding snow storm on the south shore of Long Island, on Friday night It will be ten days before the ultimately cure. It is no straw; It Is a cable road will be opened again. well tried; hold on to It and bo saved. Sold by all druggists. All tbe Oregon witnesses examined by the Senate privileges and elections committee concurred in making out a very strong case against the legality of Governor Grover's certificate to Cronin, aud in showing that Cronin acted in a high-handed manner, according to a Twenty-nine lives were lost. Twenty- carefully prearranged plan. The wit eight lashed themselves to the masts, nesses were very outspoken in denounc- which went overboard, and being of ing the action of Grover and Cronin as iron, went to the bottom immediately grossly outrageous and fraudulent. The with their desnaring freight. Democrats remark that one story Is The Tribune says: Cronin has depos- g0(l unt11 another is told, and confl ited his electoial college at last, but he uentiy assert tneir anility to produce a lias not spmirpil liia iiiilpno-fi vet. That number or witnesses wno will refute mysterious pamphlet which Grovor Is tbIa testimony in several important par 1 1 1 i Mrrulnnf In W;i wli i n frtnn in Bnffl In hn fl I UCUIUra, more exhaustive document than even Judge Hoodley's opinion, and yet the iew ions nrm advertises mat us Judge's argument exhausted everybody cloaks are "cut, sewed, and pressed by who tried to get through it. mtn "e"ce luey "ave a periect Buape, .... . . , , .,.,,, . iiinitiess ut, anu stnootn, even iinisu." A Valuable Discovery. Dr. J. P. Miller, a practicing physician at 327 Spruce street,PhIla delphla, has discovered that the extract of cran berries and hemp combined cures headache, either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous.or sick head ache, neuralgia and nervousness. This Is a tri umph In medical chemistry and sufferers all over the country ore ordering by mall. He prepares lt In pills, at CO cents a box. Tbe Doc tor is largely known and highly respected, Philadelphia Bulletin. the Oregon Legislature, asking the pas-: sage of a law fur the extinguishment of Indian title tnSilelz Reservatiop. Lane has presented memorials from the same body relative to pubiio lands iu the State and asking for appropriations for the improvement of certain rivers, aud for a scientific survey of the State. Cardinal McCIoskey's health has grown steadily worse ever since his ac cession to the iiighest position in the American Catholic Church. His III uess, according to Ills physician, is pe culiar. The publicity attending his high position is in every way against his instincts, aud the responsibilities attending his duties as Cardinal bear heavily upon him. 1 Is this an intrusion on woman's sphere, or is It a step toward the true solution of the vexed question of sex and labor? Nobody doubts that danger lurks behind a Cough or a Cold. How to cure these forerun ners of Consumption has been the only ques tion. It Is a question no longer. It is tri umphantly answered every day and every hour by the beneficial and astonishing effects of Hale's Honey op Horeuound and Tar. Taken In time, this preparation Is a specific for every disease of the lungs tending to a fatal Issue. BIBS. B. A. OWENS, 31. I. Office and residence, east side First street, be tween Yamhill and Taylor. Special attention given to women and children's complaints. I Also, gives Medicated Vapor Baths, com bined with Electricity, In treating rheumatism I and chronic diseases. 5-32 . An important and original discovery lias been made by one of our city co- temporaries. It Is that "the Brooklyn theater disaster should show the utmost importance of constructing buildings for nirblie catherliiKS so that egress oan easily be had." According to the New York GrapJiio the average age of the victims of tbe Brooklyn theater disaster whose ages are known, Is twenty-one years and five months. Go to Hendee's Gallery and get the finest pic tures In the State at the lowest prices. He is the people's artist and poor man's friend. Buy one of his fire klndlers and try It, and yon will never be without one. Gallery on First street, between Morrison and Yamhill, Portland, Oregon. 6-15 Those accretions upon tbe Scalp which are termed dandruff are promptly removed by GLENJi'sSULPHURSoAP.whlch by openlngthe pores promotes the natural moisture ot the hair. Trains are enow bound in Virginia, car The NaUonal Gnl to Bradley & Uulofsq in the United StaU for the1 best 1JS street, Sao Fran. ledal was awarded Ke best Photographs tbe Vienna Medal 423 Montgomery V.