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VOL 20.
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.ltATH IROJI WAMIISIUT09I.
Hpech.l to the Htatrwun.)
WAsnimiToa, D, C Dee. 81, 1873.
-.Caft. A. V. Vatm:-I have succeeded in
getting an order from the Peatomee lVpart-
nicnt directing mails hi be earned on theaecom
modaliou ti-alu from Portland to Albany.
Jno. It. MnvflKU..
t hnrrk rtiperty.
The New York Herald give the following sta
tistic of diuivh property in the Vailed Btate
Methodist ! JtW.RM.llI
Roman Catholic HO.83,5Su
Fmbvteriana o3.lNO.2M
Uaptista 41,l8,l!9
Episcopalians 36.5H.W9
, Uongretrationaliafe. Uft.OM.CnW
Unformed Church , 1.14.470
Lutheran 14,517,?47
hi wahd orrt:RK.
Mr. Murphy, County Clerk, offers ft re
w ard tor the detection and conviction of
some unknown person or iiersons who
have perpetrated some outrage which the
advertisement explains. Mr. M.ssys he
will give twenty-five dollars more than
stated If the perpetrator I a man. n
hipe the scoundrel may be detected and
most savereljr punlslied. See advertise
ment lu another column.
ESTKSSI... NEW YEAR.
The following dispatch explain ifeelt;
MALTtMORK, Dee. SO. The Mayor of
this city, In recognition of the beginning
or the new century in mm lira ot our ite
imbllc. tins directed that the treat bell on
th Citv Hull and the bells ot the Kir 1 e-
partment be rung for halt an hour, com
mencing at midnight on Friday. The
dome ot' the City Hall will be Illuminated
on Saturday. The "atlonl flags will Ins
raised on all the public buildings and the
citizens are requested to display the Na
tional ensign from their residences and
places of business.
This observance of the Centennial New
Year will extend all over the States, and
the Capital city of the great State of Ore
gon should not stand back nor occupy a
position In the back ground. Let the
stars and stripe be unftirled In every por
tion of the city on this Important occa
sion. A MAPPtTrEW l'EABt.
Our cordial salutations are respeetlul'y
tendered tills morning to our patrons end
friends; wo trust that the new year may
be full of pleasure and prosperity to all.
In many respects, there have never been
brighter prospects than those which now
shine before our community; we hope
they may be abundantly realized, and es
pecially do we hope and believe that the
cloud of political discord which has tor a
time been hanging over the Republican
party, will be dispersed and yield, be tore
the year closes, to the blessed sunlight of
Republican principles. There is work to
lo this iititr. No Republican should be Idle
or Indifferent. Duty and the Integrity ot
our tree Institutions all gammon us to un
tiring activity. Let us no, tail In these
responsibilities, but working In our various
spheres to our utmost ability, we shall
make the year happy by spending It
wisely and faithfully. For ourselves, we
can only promise our readers that our
highest and constant aim will be to furnish
reliable news w itti all possible dispatch ;
to show with all our ability, the duties
pressing upon every citizen, ami to over
come, mischevious influence brought to
bear by disappointed politicians, who rath
er than have llieir pet schemes fall, would
cause the defeat of the great and glorious
Republican party which preserved our
National Union when threatened by Its
enemies.
A I tKII.
Dallas, Dec. 2d, 1S75.
Epitor Statesman : For the last two
flays, especially, and occasionally before,
the Daily Satksmax has been engaged In
making a crusade against me without any
provocation on my part, and tor the pur
pose of placing myselt right before the peo
ple 1 ask a place in yourcoluniiis. During
my five years residence in Oregon, as is
well known to my fellow citizens in Polk
county, I have eschewed polities, as
far as ofiii seeking U concerned.
and although a Democrat "first and
every time' have been fearless and
outspoken in condemning what I have
thought wrong in the leaders of my own
party. By so doing I may have made en
emies men w ho will give me no quarter
and men from whom, if I so wished I
would scorn to ask it ; yet our difficulties
are in our own family and we Democrats
generally settle party broils in our own
rinks. Hoping the Statesman can af
ford to leave me and my Democratic rec
ord alone fr the future as I am a candi
date tor nothing but legal business. 1 re
main, Yours Truly, Jno. J. Daly.
AS OPKX I.ETTEB.
To Hon. Henry Warren, McMinnville,
Oregon Dear Sir: Your note in the
Statksman, of lec. 25, 1S75, relative to
a letter ot yours to me. being published
in the Statesman, contrary to your de
sire, I beg leave to say, through the
Statesman, that I showed your letter to
" several prominent Republicans, and they
desired it to be made public. When at
Salem, late'y, t showed it to Sir. A. W.
Waters, who desired it for publication. I
consented, as 1 did not. consider the letter
as private.
Yon became our standard bearer, or
candidate for Congress Irom Oregon, and
hence you ceased to be a private man lor
the time being. Thrusts and foul play to
you became such to us. You tail to apol
ogize in your letter, only towards Hon.
1a. V. Lane, M. C, elect." 1 do not think
that apology was necessary.
It is conceded on all hands that Lane is
a toper and a Catholic. He represented
the whisky ring and was generally known
as a Catholic. Sow, as a religious sect,
the Catholics have equal rights will all
Protestants In the United States. But
when they ally themselves with a politi
cal party, surely they become legitimate
objects ot criticism. That they are
all Democrats none will deny. And
that, through some bidden plans,
Whitney and Dimick were made
to play Into the hands of the Catholic
ltemocracy, is too palpable to admit ot a
reasonable doubt. Hence you were de
feated, and a minority candidate elected
to Congress from Ore'gou. That is, per
haps not ten men who voted lor Whitney
and Dimick would haye voted for Lane,
had none but you and Lane been flie can
didates. I am sorry to come out so plain
ly in reference to the three men who were
pitted against yon and us, in the late can
vass for Congress. Siicj 1800, I have
never felt so great an interest in political
events as at the present time.
"When 1 see our Republic tottering upon
the brink ot a yawning gulf, iu which oth
er Republics have plunged in other times
and countries, I cannot well hold my
peace. Another canvass and general elec
tion for Oregon, and for President of the
United States will come off iu 1870. Js it
not time that all Republicans should rouse
up? Mighty issues are npon us. We have
more to dread from toes within than from
foes without our Republic.
I remain, dear sir. yonrr truly,
David JN'ewsome.
Iowa women don't believe in dreams,
but lat one ot them dream that she saw her
husband with his arm around the widow
fcmitU and she'Jl sulk around for half a day.
t tin Alii Al tin: P-Sll:llMV
H uuvy not he known to some ot our read-
era that sometime Iu the spring of li l
Mr. Judge Thoint in commenced a work
at the Penitentiary, having for Its object
the supplying of Its inmate with appro
priate religions fiervhv every Sabbath
Deeply Imbued with a missionary spli it,
slut bad during a considerable time been
decide Itnntessed with tho conviction tint
wllhln the wall of this Institution there
was an important Held for religious labor
and usefulness '-already white to the
harvest," She had no ililllculty In oh
talnliiji the ivmly const nt ot the obliging
officials, who at once gave her. in the exe
cut Inn ot her deigns to secure for the
prisoners regular religions Instruction on
the Sabnatu, w hatever liberty was neces
sary for the success ot her benevolent en
terprise. It will be observed that Mrs.
Thornton's plans for'iHefu'ness did not con
template becoming herself the religious
Instructor of the prisoners, so much as the
Instrument for MH-nrIng it. To this end
she has continued to labor with great cfll
eiettey and acceptance among the prison
ers, by visiting am' praying with the sick.
corresponding bv teller wiiU such as seemed
to lie seeking for truth, by conducting
prayer and experience meetings and by
ongaglng trom the several denominations
suitable persons to preach on the Sabbath.
To aid her in this labor she has skillfully
managed to press info her service several
Christian ladies and gentlemen, among
whom maybe mentioned tho name of
Mrs. Clawson, a lady Ijnaker preacher.
Others mi;bt be mentioned. Mimltnl alo
ot the physical comfort of the prisoners,
and to can them to feel that even prWou
walls cannot bar out Christmas festivities.
Mrs. Thornton conceived the plan of pro
viding for her wards a most bonntilul sn-
ply ol fruit, nut, cakes, almonds and
even candy as a sort of supplement to the
first late dinner which sho guessed the
kind hearted officers inteudel to provide
on that day for the men under their au
thority. Weil disposed persons of both
sexes were mast liberal In supplying Mrs.
Thornton w ithall she asked at their hands.
Christmas came and with it came quite a
number of Christian ladles and gentlemei
Among the latter was Rev. Mr. Jones, V
this city, who, having been engaged by
Mrs. Thornton for the occasion, preached
a very eloquent and closely practical ser
mon, taking for his subject the parable of
the good Samaritan. iHjenlv moved bv
the sermon and by the above mentioned
tokens of svmpithy and kindness the
prisoners determined that on the first Sib
bath ot the new year they would glveome
expression of their gratitude and that they
would make an appropriate acknowledg
ment of ihe great good that had been
wrought among them since the inaugura
tion ot these meetings.
Burns has sung what experience has so
often verified, that the best and wisest con
ceived "schemes of mice and men gang
aft aglee." And the programme of the
prisoner for the first Sabbath of January,
1S7G, proved not an exception.
A prisoner, whose name is Alexander,
ot very considerable talent and culture,
had written the address, intended to ex
press, in (tie name of the inmates of toe
prison, their gratitude aid thanks to Mrs.
Thornton, in view- of the change wrought
In tneir mural condition through her la
bors ami that of the laborers she had em
ployed. 15tit the writer of the address
having been taken quire ill, a prisoner
whose name i Brewer, read It with great
spirit and il.- p celing. An addres w as
at'erwards delivered by James WjNon. el
oquent ill language, pure iu style and full
of poetic feeling ami imagery. H id it
lcen delivered by a practiced ihetor'uian
it would have been regarded as a really
elopictit speVch. This was followed ly
impromptu remarks made by other pri -on
ers, expres-mg their sense of profound ob
ligation, of their purpose to commence
w ith the new year a new and better lift
and ot their resolution to repair what had
seemed to be irrctrievabv lost. Some of the
prisoners wept, and all seemed to be deep
ly impressed, 'as the occasion and the
many tokens of kindness and sympathy
brought to them, forcibly reminded them
of other annual returns ot this festive sea
son, with which this so strangely contrast
ed, notwithstanding Mrs. Thornton's be
nevolent elTorts to relieve it somewhat of
the sadness and sorrow w hich must in the
nature of things attend all prison lite.
Citizen.
WHO AUK Tlie lU ltlU.KI KST
ine following letter was recently re-
ceieved by Mr. Frank McCuIly, of thi
city, which explains itself:
Spokax Falls, Dec. 22, 1S75.
Frank, My Dear Sin: I see by the
Oregon Weekly Statesman of the lUh
inst., an article concerning the murder of
Mr. McMahmi, at the Spokan bridge, in
justice to all concerned, I desire to state
that Mr. McMahon was murdered ou the
night of the 13th ol October. It was at
that time thought that the matter was en
veloped in so much mystery tliat
il would not soon be solved. Sub
sequent events, however, have in-
dre.'d the citizens to Ixdieve that the
murder was done by a white man instead
ot an Indian, as stated by the Statesman.
As soon as the news reached this place
Mr. J. N. Glover, Deputy Sheriff of this
county, started in search of the murder
ers. The ground was frozen hard,
rendering it impossible to track any one.
Mr. McMahon had been unable all sum
mer to work, and was living alone. He
was a man of steady habits and respected
by all who knew him.
"SOCK IT TO WAD."
A smart-looking bay about twelve years
old called into a Detroit bookstore yester
day, says The Free Press, and said his
mother wanted some cards. The clerk
supposed be meant playing cards, and ac
cordingly wrapped up a pack. The boy
came back in the course of half aa hour,
Hung the cards down, and said :
"Mother don't want that kind, she's got
fiye or six packs in the house now. She
wants some with marked backs, so she can
deal lone hands, and sock it to dad?"
An exchange says Brighaoi Young is
afraid of prisons. Joseph Smith was
murdered in prison, and he fears he may
be murdered there also. When Brigham
Young appeared iu Court before Judge
Mckean every policemen of the police force.
except one, was with him iuside the rail
ing and it is said that twenty-five special
policemen were in the Court-room, outside
ot the railing, and dining his twenty-tour
hours, imprisonment in the penitentiary
over two hundred men were on guard du
ty outside, guarding every road and path
way leading to it. Besides, there were
five gentlemen friends who tut un with
hi in ail night.
A young man named John Henry McLin
was drowned in the Luckiamute last week
and his body lias not yet been recovered.
IK WIM'KY, THE OPH'M EA t'KH.
Mr. Fluids opened his discourse on 1 e
Ouliicvv by saving that II Iwe ity year
ago, any one walking upon the banks
Ihe liver Ksk, near Kdlnbutsih, bad en
countered a peculiarly dmiy and weird
lookhisr Individual, with wild eves. Hue
features, and Intellect displayed In every
lineament of his countenance, and ha
asked who he was, would have been told
"Chat Is little 1 e iuluity, the opium
eater. He was also liable to attract at
tentlon ou account of his dlinimtleuess, for
he was isueh a scrap of humanity that, u
kindly matron who did not know the mill
might have thought It unwise to iiteH bin
In the wind alone. Yet, like many litt
men, he had a mnguillceiit mind, a giant
Intellect, and the lecturer mentloiibiT llio
names of a number of men of small stat
ure who have won fame lliiil lives lu his
tory, lie ljulncy had the ei-ccnti lollies of
iieuius allied to those ol oiiiuui, vet as
dreamer and scholar he stands nlone; no
one has moved In the same orbit to trl
npmh. Alter speaking of lis grotesque im
agination, Mr. 1'ieUlssaid that De Ouin
evy's works Were but little read even by
men ot culture. Palue once declared he
bail never heard til him. and when the
speaker was lu London In 1X50 many
critics and men of mark lu let lets told
him almost Ihe same thing. Stephens said
Iki Oiiinecy was, the adjective ol which
Colrhlttu was the substauilve. Hi wil-
Unas are lull ol uuniiem'V anil ion, as
well as being it web-work of imagery
Htilus Chottte had the highest opinion of
his writings, and was parlicnlaily tmnl ol
rending to his friends c hoice fragment ol
them. After speaking ot the manner
In which Ie Ouliicy should he rend to
le understood, Mr. Fields said that he
who perused the creations of his brain
and could not appreciate them was asleep.
le yuincey never mistook chaos lor cos
mos, his mind was grand, wonderful.
Though he did not believe that the world
w as stepping back warns, he iletineil bito-
ry as "doil s educating man. Ills style
was tlie witchcraft of authorship. The
lecturer then quoted In his Inlmilnhh!
maimer, as a characteristic ot It, a pas
sage from LH) Ouliicey's essay on dancing,
which is such gmsonter prose that the true
poetry It tries to hide Is plainly visible in
every sentence. 'Clouds, sometimes,
said Mr. Field, "oltscnw from view the
summits of high mountains, yet the tops
are still there. De (Juiucry'a habits weie
his clouds, but his gigantic Intellect low
ered aoove them." Alter speaking of the
profound classical acquirements of the
subject of his discourse. Ihe lecturer said
his lile was full of mystery and would
ever remain so. it was known that he
was 1mm in A. D. 17X5, iml that be died
l l!stl, but there are years of his life ut
terly unaccounted tor; he would suddenly
disappear, his friends would mourn him
dead, and then be would turn up again
like an Inconsistent ghost. Ilc conht not
tell where he had been; lie was of the
stuff ot which dream are made. Though
the inheritor ot a considi rable fortn ie,
when he was lhirty-even ho found It im.-
e-sry to make his way Into Knglish lite
rature, his estate having been dissipated
by a relative. Alter the publication In the
London Review ot the tl est installment ot
the "Confessions of an Opium Later." bis
prolillc pen was never idle. Mr. Fields
then gave a graphic account ot DeOuin
eev's early years, his love for his mother
and sisters, tlie tortures he endured at the
bauds ot bis elder brother w ho seems to
have Ixi'tl the Ponieroy ot the period. He
started out at tlie age of sixteen w ith
twelve guineas iu his pocket and, after
roaming about Wales, found hime!f in
London, He bad endured the miseries of
privation, hunger and affliction which, in
his writings, he has so exquisitely des-
eiitiod. It w as prutmlMy Irom remlnlsen
ces of his struggle for life In that great
rich, uncharitable citv that he wrote that
bcantifnl idyl In prose, "The Story of
Ann." Wilson was absolutely worshipped
by De titiineey. though ihere was sueti a
gap bt-tweeu their ages. Of their friend
ship tlie vere of Wordsworth Is apriqios :
"We walked with open heart and tongue,
Aa-eiionate aod free,
A y;r of friends, though I vras young.
And Matthew nrt-nty-tln-ee.
After touching upon Do Qtiineey' col
lege life, hi wonderful intelligence and
profound le.aring, Mr. Field spoke of hi
habit of opium eating, how he acquired if
and how tlie demon dogged his steps and
harassed his soul until his death. He
snuggled to free himself from the vice,
but in his Intel missions lie Mifh-red so ler
ritiiy, though he wrote his he-t during
them, that he invariably relapsed into
it. His only faults in writing the lecturer
attributed toopinm. DeOuiucey's wife was
an exquisitely- pure and beautiful woman.
and her death made an old man of him.
for he idolized her. Tlie Lloyds were his
nw-t beloved lrieuds in tlie Lake country,
and w hen they passed away he wrote a
tribute to their memorr In mi essay, a
splendid tassajje of which, full of pathos,
sadness and regrets the lecturer read beau
tifully. Mr. Fields concluded his lecture
bv narrating his personal iutcrcouiM'
with Dctjulucey and gave a most .eloquent
ami giapluc description of a midnight
walk with him of 10 miles into Kiiin
bnrgh, and their parting lu the sombre
shadows of house crowned hiils. with
the roar of the rushing Lsk sounding in
their ears. Finally he aid: "Had such
men as De Quineey and Poe great faults
ot character? I tear they had, for they
were mortal; out wno are we to draw
such faults trom their dread abode. We
who are inferior what right have wn to
apply our wicked little microscopes to
genius so tempted, so tried from childhood
by calamity ?" He dererves our gratitudt
for he had genius; vvhv should we asporsi:
his habits, and then the fooilovviug hit
irom .loaquwi .Miner:
"In met whom men condemn as ill,
I tiiid so much of goodness still:
In men whom men pronounce divine,
I find so much of sin and blot,
I hesitate to draw tlie line
Between thatwo, where K1 has not."
THE NEW TEAM.
A t'ruy old tit an to Hod at the rope;
l.onil laiiK the hell and imi
TIh hour won mldiilKht, ami the tune,
The pBBsing of th year.
Ami ft h tolled, tlie old man Ming,
And lauuheil beneath his breath;
He laughed and mtg with Uletq and yet
lit tolled kuell for ilewll.
"Old man," said t, "thi hamlot mil IU
Hetmi sadly out ot ptaee;
A solBtim chant, a dirK, nr rtynrt
Would hear a better gri .
"The ld year diea witlaiiml down with sin,
Writilied down with li minsiiit;
Come kneel you down w ith inn ami mourn;
Come Join III my lament."
"I mourn not for the past;" laid lits;
"A new !if 1 lieiin,
I do tmt iinR tli! "Id Yi-ar eut
1 ring tlm New Year in.
'Why do you wish to mourn and grluve?
T hta hour is not for teara;
Tim star of Hope stiiiiea au-adfaat, pure.
Above the coming year!
"I laiijih and nifdt fir very Joy,
An. I not with alinmeleM mirth;
U.h1 air, I toll not tor Ihe dead -
1 ei-leluato a un til.
"Come, turn your haok upon the past.
And hid your at li'f begone;
Tim i,iiht ja dark, hut tha, good ilr,
Joy cometh with lh dawn."
l.tllTt H rttOSf IV SPt;MM ni.tlNK -!IIIIIWVI.
a'HOtlMOMM.
Alk nnl AtlienivuMt,
5'lie Initial step toward lioldiiia the muul
Animal Entertainment of tlm Alk and Athea-
B.BUI Literary Hoololi of, Willamette t'ttiveral-
ty, have Ua taken. The eiereix will be lit-
srary and mtiaieal, au.1 freni tlm wll known
talent which then literary Melotiea iHMsoaa wa
; hate no doubt the Mereine will o reflnltiif ami
iiitereBting. Tli Enhn talnmewt will he held
at the clone of th present term.
jKrmn Dully Statesman of Tuesday, Jan. 4
Mr. J.H. Harrison alld on un yi-stonlay.
Mr. H.laa wealthy farmer nt-ar Ji-m-non, In
una county, and ono of our most suhntatiUal
Ib-puijliuaus.
CITY AND STATE.
I From lJrtlly fHalesmiin uf fatiirilay, Jim, I.J
Mini ftplpiiiilil I'Mnnon,
Widen had been rimtiii hi the rain for a Ioiik
' Wain, did good set tlne this morning.
Overflowed
A follow of Solh Halrin anv h I mi a well
i twonty flre feet dip, wldeh now liaa twnntv-
iht feet In it. 'J'lis loeniity ;) well wstortd.
Ynntlifiil lliislnena Mm.
Untiiy Heed, aonof Col. Itued, of this rltv.
U llowm BBUnd iu a wholesale uru:nrr htmlm.
ill rurlland, Htt is a young man of rsrs lalutit
and lai,'ii In ml.
Ibf lire.it Iwiiian Wrnr.
The l) irrtii! administration would like to
repeat llw wpeimlvd Modoe furea, hut the mat
ter I too ibiu, and they graoufully let tlm mat
ter d own.
Iraiiiil
Moody atnl Bankeyaro coming to tliia Coast.
dome aloiut gntlmen, if you fail to mak a
living at yutir trade, we hart tiioiimmU uf tm
improvod teres you een try you mum-loa on.
bo Armed.
A Lieut, of III "Capital Hoard." aui-'Keata
that the Cemptny will be furnished arms as I J"rtny through, life be i bappy on.
toon feti tomahawks Mnl bow and arrow.
are eaAtne2 from tin belligerent native, ef the
Wallowa. -
IMIt 1,1.1 'HKHr: .,:.
Avery and and terrible affliction ha fallen
tip in tho family f nitr friend and brother eV.
itor, Mr. E, L. lltlstow, of tho Mercury, ami
Ihe sympathy of ur citizen at large haa been
d'teply in term ted in their behalf. Yesterday
afternoon the procession of friend that wended
their way to the eemetery eontgnd to the
fjrava the mortal remain of the U1et aon and
youngest daugliU-r, who had been taken from
flmtu hi the brief apaea of twenty-four hour.
Word fall in the Jucaeio of uch anrrow, and
It ) not jHiaslhle to nlvo xprnnioii to the an
guish of those so suddenly bereartxl. The linl-
A (,'oi,ortADo Cattle Hanok. A
tmvtdlnjf corroHK)iiJerit of the Omaha
Jltrald gives that pftjier an Interesting
Hflcount f Iho litrffHt cultlo rnngo In
that slttto, wlsich we condense m fol
lows! Tills range tMilongs to J. W IflfTaml
It l.ifi mllnlonjr, att'l begins at Julun
burg on the cast, and extend to Oree
Ipy on tho w-Ht. It ifKlud Ixittom
and upland range, and had aoveral
curnjiH or ranelien. Tho t hief ranche U
nearly wiuth of Hidney, nnil about 40
tnllos from JulHlurir. At thin ram h
are houtes and slicdn, antl rri mora
verl rnl ami sympathy of our citizen wa tlfi two Wclioim of land feflttwl In, All
liown by a very tariff) attendanrat nf friends I,. I tt.n ..,(!,. l.....,.l.t i... at. m:.
We ut Inform! b, Mr. W. n. MeCullr. the Py their last tribute bi the d.-a-l and .how avm. .l ,vor O, 1,1.'.. ...Jt i
gentlemanly ant of the O.B. B.Cn., that the I'athy for th Wr. avis. btw. llf,re ro III.- private toek
steamer are anahle top,,, through the lock Jmi. 11. llri-tow, the .Meat sn of Mr. yard, With corrals, fhtlten. fltld all tho
on Kwount of the high water. Mr. MeCtdly Uriatow, was twenty-two yeara of age; young lieeetMary (ioriveriieneea for lltllKlilng
thinlw boatawili arrive hereabout Tburada man of great promiso ami in verr resneet of Wtttlp, J t lit on tho Kouth l'lnttf Itlvir.
admlrulilB character. He gpve prtunlae of be-I tl'l or courwe hUH fine Watering fwill-
. ...1. 1 1 r .
MHHII I1 ..i.i.h iikiiii arm nonorwi man, one Who -", iruiu uie ll luill laruj al
.... .. - ' eiuldllly haapared, ami it must be a plmaiire jaeent plenty of hay Ifltiy 10 cut for tilt)
At the Midetiee t,f (he bride parenla, on to Hum, .ho loved him to know that he w of lH horwtn employed in herding,
willow Creek, I matilla eouuty, Oregon, Dee. I If (M lit lift hriV fur Iii4 ciilllf. 'VU.
IB. 1875, Mr. A. li. Marquam. of thi county, by all who knew him. For. month or ao pa livo tho.entlro yfar on the rich native
to Miaa Ioulaa lliglM, of I'matilla oonnty. Ua.t Uen eomplalnitig aomewhat, and lfore KTm "n hl rnrigo, and With the ex rep.
' "V u S 'iu meur Chrlstnia took a trip to Astoria, io hoi to f.l
Temporary NuapeiMlna.
ina iin Woohm Mill have abut down
until Bolt Monday week, at which time they
win resume their regular roaline of murine.
Thi give employes in opnrtuulty to irid
tba holiday pleasantly.
The following letter was written by Mr.
Illnlue to a prominent Ohio eentlemau
just alter the lute election lu that State:
AforsTA. aie., tct. 2i, isia,
Mr Deah Sill: The public school aglta-
Hon In your late campaign I liable to
break out, elsew lre, and. occurring flrst
hi one Htutu and then lu another, mar
keep the whole country In a ferment lor
year to come. 1'lils iuevilablv amuse
sectarian leeliujr ami leads to that bitterest
and most Oeptorabhi ol nil strifes, the
strife between religion denominations. It
wetn io urn that this ought to lie settled
In some definite and comprehensive wav:
and Ihe only settlement that can tie final i
the complete victory of riou-secuirlau
schools. 1 am sure this will be demanded
by the American people at all hazard and
at any cost. The dread of wclarlau legis
lation iu this couiitiy ha been felt many
time lu the past. It began very early.
I ho first amendment of the Constitution,
the joint project of .lellorson and Madison,
proposed hi l?.t!, declared tluit "t 'onirrr
shall make no law iesnctiug an etalil-li-
ment ol religion, or prohibit. tig the tree
exercise thereof. ' At that time, wlien
the powers of tho Federal government
were untried and uudevclniied, the fear
was that Coitgrvsa might be a source ot
Linger to iierfect rellitloii liberty, and
hein all power wa uken from It. At
h same time theMU' were left to do
they pleased in regard to "an establish
ment of religion," lor the tenth amend
ment, proponed by that eminent jurist,
l neopmiiis I'arstnis. ami adopted contem
poraneously with the llrst, declared that
all power not delegated to the lida-d
Slate by the Constitution, nur prohibited
y It to the Mate, are reserved to the
Mates respectively or to the fe ple." A
majority ot tnc people lu any State in this
Union can. tberetnre. If thev desire it.
loivn rii esLahlfsbt-d ehimii. tinder u-hieh
in,., miiuirin- mar luin.l r..-.i. -.. I That Ww Tear
tion of church mliflcM w hich tlu-ir ' ..wer W Uiiliered i by firiag of cannon, and ring
enter, mid for the supiiort of creed w hich I ' of lwlls, rod the pnp making merry In
they uo not Delieve. 1 lit imwer wa act- way. ny of the young folk of Ha
tmlly exercised In some of the States long I lm were engaged in tripping the light fan la tic
alter tne adoption ol tlie federal Constitu
tion, and although there may be no osl
tive danger ol It revival In the future.
Ix-tlur r,r ti, chang of air and cwn, bat be
nrtrn4 Monday, the 27lb of fe.tnber, coin.
Blainlmr of 1 ...m vrT. 1 1 ) B... -in.
waa lrn la Uns I ., i,.t i.i. ,n.. ... ...... ... ,
M.,i. rw ...i... m.u .... .... I . : " -s"i"
. -!" . 's-. mm i j. u , j 1 , nrar ine
Jatnea
IU1lMf.
Itogera liriatoa
llnllfle1
Tlie City Council passed Are limit ordi
nanue on Thamtay night, which prevent
Maasra. tiavidson A I leas erecting a livery ata
11 ailjoiiiing tlie t'hemeket Hotel. The ipiea-
uon win prooatity go into tha eonrta.
A f.tx!,e or i, y, o. t. waa orgauiad on Un
Ji'th of Heaamtwr, at Ilrownaville. with aity
inemoera ny u. Vi , V. T W. It. I)iiti!,ar, U,
A. Ityaro I W. C. T, i A. W. Btananl, W. 8. .
Dr. A. W. Masthir. P. W. V. T., and i f'.
Hyde, h. D.
IMeH.
Alma V., youngeM daiigliu.r of William and
EhaalwUi Cuunitigliam.
The funral will Uke ple from the rai.lenee
af the parent tomorrow al II o'clock a. m.
Frieadi of Uie family are invlinl to attend.
MM err Inlxllr
Ilrownaville Mamic Lodge inalallwl th fol
lowing olUoer ou St. Jolin Dv: John Tyeer,
W. M l P. Hume, H. W.j J. 11. Hperry, J. W.;
J. Ulakely, Treaa.; U. P. Chow, Bee.'; H. It.
Powell, 8. D.j Oeorga Blakely, J.V.; W. It.
Iludiop, Tyler.
Hon of a aevere winter now and then,
the lion-outage of htm la not very great.
iir. Jim im inorougri tatttlo umu, and
from libs long exMricrice has a purfatit
knowledge of tho business. Jfe had
lught and now owns some twenty
thousand acres of hte present range,
and will tiudouliUHlly purchase more
land hh soon w it comes Into mnrkat.
Jit now owns fi.iwxi head of eatlle, and
will have ibte number after hi sales
fr tho present year are emnpieted.
Tho nu rnlor of calvea brandeJ thin
year on hi-i ranche will I from 441
to r,,(Ht head, and hia naleitif three and
four-yoar-old ateers tm4 fat cow tln
prenwnt fall will proliahly arnoont to
about the mtim number. lie wild Iw
AaaiaUnt Buperinteiideiit, 0. H. Hall; Becon " ',bo,ll ture y,,r I'L t!" from 'X lifted to realize the Mint of per
Aaaiataut Biiper GU-ndeut, Mr. Geo. P. Hoi- to ' army of thul kind Karior wIkj aaid "hm net-on IIM aalea this year. At this
man ; Keeretary, F. D. McDowell; Treaanrer "HnT"r ""'e eluldren to onto me." They rate 4.500 head would bring him the
Teresa Mnhlernea; Librarian, Marie E. Smith- ''P ide eaeti other the aleep that know no SflUg '''tlft f-UfJI of $HHAh To take
Anaiataiit librarian, I,. O. A-biir: Untaniat " h the home where lately tl.cir ir f thbs Inifnense herd he ernployf
now deaolate I , . v""TC "'co-very
tVtlll01(I.Oflr.lirliiil,i. ....... f., .-I t.-..
.mall village ,,f Clorerdale, and died Janny 1. tid .1,.,.... i. iV .i . . 1". L!.n .
IS7S. at II.. h- t .1.. .1 ... ?. " l.-..of, ou.
trade will. Oeorge J. Bnya, in the Onard office
Engena City, and worked for more than a Jtnr
In th Knterpi (re office, Oregon City,
Battle Engenie llriatow t,rn Angoat 30,
l7a. died January 2, 170.
H.inJny Sieltoul I lertlon.
I'lie M. E. Bnnday Hehool elected the follow
ing officer laat Ruuday, to aerve tho enaning
year: Hurintndrit, IL M. BeiUm; Find
the diea waa too deep anted, and at half
pant aix o'clock Hatnrday evening be breathed
hi last. He was i-oiiscions of hi aunroehln
end, taoviding by will that what belonged him
hmild heaome tlie property of Die little alah-r
Haiti.., who at th time waliptiW ill of typhoid
fevr,
Littlfl Ifattie t'.n.tow waa not declined to reap
tlie benefit of Irf-r hrolher remembraaee, f,)r
within twenty four hour the little cherub, who
Tereea Holderneea; Asaiataut Organist, HU-1U r,M,,,, wa light and gay -now deaolato
Cunningham; Chorister, Ellen
Astitttaut Chorister, C. II. Hall.
C'bamberhn;
OSi FOPfTM 1.iAiH.
When Pope In eeaaya wrote ao wiae,
Commeuting on the "wit," 'the "chief,' the
"rod,"
Then aumming np the whole in thia he erica:
"An honest man' the Bobleat work of Owl."
Hi line tratiapoaed, be did not a
Would road a well and .how a nobler plan,
A beat and greateat moraliaU agree
"An hontMt tiod' Ui nnbleat work of man."
Pi.i ke D'Oa.
nearla are aching with a pain that time and
faith i-an alleviate but cannot entirely heal.
Divine service were held at the rwiilerice of
Uie family, Rev. Mr. Jooea ofticiating. after
which i Lodge of Oild Fellowa and Uie print-
era of Uie ctiy, in hadgi- of monrning, formed
in pnjeession ami preceded Ihe hearse arid long
line of carriage to the plate of interment at
the Odd Fellowa eemetery. The cereoiome at
tha grave were of a very impressive chaaaeter.
Vraa Bull
Tlie ball at the CTwmeket Hotel laat nigkt
waa a grand anceea. A Urge party enjoyed tha
danee and splendid supper, receiving tha New
Year in due and aiK-ient form. Min boat. Col.
Bin ith. had everything in moat excellent ahape,
and guesta were fully aatisfled.
and many engaged lu club room and at other " e"mPlMn ' but il i robebl that they
'K'tal gatheringa.
TAHII Ir 1 1 i n.
the possibility of It should not he permit
ted. Tho auspicious time to guard against
no evil 1 when all unite In preventing it.
And In curing this constitutional detect
all possibility ot hurtful agitation on tlie
school quest Ion, rhouid lie ended also,
lust let the old Jeffcison-SJadlsoii amend
ment he applied to the State by adding
the follow ing to trie inhibitory clauses In
section 10, article 1, ot the Federal Con
stitution, viz:
"Xo State shall make auv law respect
ing an establishment of religion r pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof; and no
money raised by taxation In any Mtate for
the supMn t of public schools, 'or derived
from any public fund therefor, shall ever
beamier tlie control ot any religious sect,
nor shall any money so raise,) ever be
divided hot ween religious sects or denom
ination"," "This, you will observe, does not Inter-f.-re
w ith any Mate having just such a
school system as its citizens in iy prefer,
aubject to the single and simple restriction
that (he school shall not be made the are
na for sectarian controversy or theological
disputation. This adjustment. It seems to I weather, am the alight frost on the tikewalk
Workmen ttt-llevmf.
A number of workmen were engaged on
Thursday In tearing down an old wooden build
ing near Uie Clwmieket hotul. and the atorm
last Bight completed the work in hort order.
I Tl fa brick waa totally demoli.hnl. and but
1 tile damage done.
Ottlcrre I lerlel
Tlie following peraooa were elix-uM kkt evening
a officer of Ailany Uijge No. 4. I. o. O. F.
for tlie criiuiog term : Job. WeUwr. V o
O. W. Palmer, V. O. ; Jai. K. Weatherford,
Boe'y ; F. Banta, Permanent Bec'y ; N. Pauin,
Treaa. ; J. P. Darkeuato, It. C. Clark ami W.
Ketchum, Trustees. A public installation of
the above oak-era will tnko place neat Wt Juei
day evening.
H-lnbe.
The aoeiatile held at the residence of Oooreo
H. Jones, ou Wednesday evening, by the ladies j
of the Congregational Church, waa a aucceiwfiil
aBair. there were one hundred and fifty per
aona in attendance. The evening was quite
pleasant, notwithstanding the previous had
Aae.lTVrw.rjr Bell.
Our colored clHxene bad a jollv good time on
New Year a night A ball waa given by H. Oor
Bianand Mr. Tito, both of African descent,
but excellent mnaieiaoj and posted in the mau-
Rgement of a ball. The affair waa intended aa 1 I'oBTl.AXri, Dec. 81
a celebration of the emancipation of alavea In fuiwrlntenddfit of the Atlantic and 1'a-
America aud well wa It enjoyed. A goo.1 Telegraph Company, P. Burr, Eq., prom
arowd wa in attendance including a numbr of to "tend their line up the Willamette
gtieat who were rather pale In Uie face to be na- va"eJ' "eat anmmer to Eugene, Urn conncct-
Uvea of Africa. All went off amothly the inS rurUn1 "''h Salem and all the valley
dancing erasing aa noon aa the center of Ihe b,wn hy tlie ntw line at a great cunvenieuoa to
night arrived. Home little irregnJaritiea kav I Um ''""mess comuiuuity.
i lie uennrea of all tlieae valley tows will
hail with jny the advent of a new telegraph
line, beid many may eipreea themanlrea in a
few usually In tho winter and the larg
est nutnler during the "round upa" In
the sprinjr. At the present time he
has twenty-four men employed, and I
t uttinjf out of hi herd the four-year-old
sU-ers and fat cows which he In
tends to ship. While engaged at thia
work the same men are gathering- the
cows with unhrauded calve, which
they put into the corral near by, and
after the calves are branded thevnre
A choir of singer rendered in newt affecting I turned loose With the herd tttrftin. His
manner the quartette "He's Gone" a tlie bod- I herd i-t rapidly ladng graded Up by tirtt-k-s
were deposited in their lat ronUng place. I intnxlucf ion of tlioroufhbred Hhort-
norn tiull In additiou to the cattle
raiod on his ranche, he deal largely
in Texa? and Indian cattle, and haa
now advertiHed for Zi,(H head of Texan
cattle to be delivered at hi ranche In
July of next year. Mr. Ililf estimatea
the increase of cattle from hit home
herd outside of purchase and Uea
to be alwut 70 per cent per year, and
about equally divided as to gender.
The burial acrvicea of the Order, of which Mr.
Bruitow waa an lionurd member, were then
read by Prof. OaUh and F. O. Sehwatka, after
which tuechuir anng Playell Hymn, and the
crowd disiwrsed.
JOAQUIN' JIili.kk has been giving th
story of his life to a corn apondi nt of t'
Ixuusviile Courier Journal. He says he
came "from a Ood-torsaken, impecunious.
wandering race. " that his father "isa en-
tlemau, a tender, soulful man, so mild
thit he would not kill a squirrel, so knit
with peaceful intentions that he wouldn't
participate in a rourth of July celebra
tion." As near as lie can tell, the noei
ays he was born in Cincinnati iu 13-11.
He ran away from his home in California,
was captured by the Modocs. lived
with them itearlv five years, loved
thein, learned their language, fought
with them, and anally escaped from
them to San Francisco in 1S5S. He then
went to Oregon, studied law, and was ad-
mitteu to tlie oar in isuu. llis practice
was "not worth a cent," and he soon be
came the editor of a newspaper for a short
time. In lSbb he was elected District
Judge of Oregon, and served in that posi
tion iiiur years. ji ms marriage, ne saw:
I was married at Port Ortord in 1863. I
don't know of one pleasant moment after
that for years. Every man and wo
man will have his or her say about
that part of my life. If I read a cer
tain book eorrectly there is but one who
arbitrates finally. But that sort of senti
ment aside, I leave no scandal to feed tlie
world on it loves it, don't it? nor have
I anybody's, forgiveness to ask. I may ba
mistaken, but I don't think the world will
ever look in JoaquinMilJer's face expecting
him to sive it what he has buried." When
asked about his first poem he replied : '-I
triune my nr-t poem, my very hrst, was
babbled at my mother's breast, tor I never
think of her, but I thought and think iu
song, I've a blessed mother." He Is at
work on a new poem, called "Adrianne,
A Dream of Italy."
Fermmle, Dec, 30. 31. F. Bransteller.
who was cut in an affray by John Henley,
last Tuesday, died yesterday evenine at S
o'clock. He leaves an estate valued at
$-iO,000. The examination of Henley for
tlie murder of Bransteller commenced at
noon to-day. No decision yet been made.
Three-fourths of the women of Boston
dare not sneeze with their months open ow
ing to their lnabiliry to bold on to their
teeth.
It is not the correct thins for a gentle
man to wink at a lady. It is alwaos the
lady's place to wink llit.
me, wauid be comprehensive and conclu
sive. and would las fair alike to Protestant
and Catholic, to Jew and Gentile, leaving
the religious laitli and conscience of every
man free and unmolested.
Very sincerely yours,
J. U. lil-AINK.
ItlMI LIFK.
A great many people are worrying
about this and that a being injurious to
health, and living in dread lest they should
tin something to shorten tlieir ttavs. itw
gave good opportunltle for the young folks to
do a little impromptu akating on the way home.
Forty dollars waa received and the money will
bo Used for chhrcli purpose.
npl nrr nn.l UolnaT-
H. H. Framan, Deputy Sheriff of IJolmboldt
county Nevada, peraued a man by the name of
J. H. Buiith to this couutv and then .rrt.
ed him ou a charge ot stealing twelve
head of rauio and horsca. Tlie prisouer lias
been resting in our jail for thirty day, aud.
are without foandaUoo.
nr.Mti.i 7io r tttXDui.r.sf r.
Wanta-M, Death baa removed from onr midat
our friend and fellow craft, Jame H. Brhitow
Beaolved, That in UiedeaUi of our friend, the'
era ft in thia ctty baa loot one of it honored and
rpeted members, and one whose exemplary
oondnct and behavior i a model for n fo fol
low. Reaolved, Tht wa sincerely eympathijse with
hi parent and frienda in their sad affliction.
Iteaolved, That a onpy of these IlesoluUona
be sent to the family of the deceased and also
lie published io the 871TUMA, Mercury and
Parmer.
W. If. If. Waters,
P. it. D'Aacr.
E. 1.. Cor.iiwEi.i
I KO M AI IOV
Btaytok, Deo. 27, 1S75.
En. 8ttesshs: There wag more excitement
in our neighlxiring village on yesterday than
often falls to the lot of village iu tucli close
proximity the Cascade MuunUiua as we are. It
all originated iu thia way: A gentleman on his
way from above to said tuwu, having encoun
tered many obetaeles on his way in the sli.j of
mud hul a, corduroy bralgea, etc., when arriv
ing in aaid town, informed the leady citizens
that whilat crossing Mill creek, ah mt foor
miles kirk, the wlnde creek was alive with fish,
o Urge aud thick that it waa wi h the
utmost difficulty that he got bis team through
tlie stream. Whereupon thecitizena turned out
more satisfactory and tubstantial wanner.
Since their new office waa opened in Portland
business is good and would have been better
had the weather lu favorable, bat the unusu
ally heavy storms have prostrated the wire in i
places. They are soon repaired and every thing
goes on smoothly for tlie time. The euUrpris-
Facts rs NatchalIIistorv Vmgn
toads, and serpents never take any food
but that which they are satisfied is
alive.
When a bee, wasp or hornet stings,
it is nearly always at the expense of its
Mfe.
Berpenbs are so tenacious of life that
they will live tsix months or longer
without food.
Turtle dig holesi In the seashore and
airy their eggf, covering them to be
hatched by the un. .
IvotwtcM are very pugnacious, and
fight severe battle. If they lose a
ng Superintendent i receiving moch merited I ClavV, atudher grows out.
1 ... : .5 . 1 I A Lir. 1. Ii. .....1 Y . ... t
praise, for overcoming so mauy obstacles and
completing the line.
The marble factory in Portland claims to do
tlie finest work in the Btate, but we think the
dalein marble works may deny the claim, or as
sume the lead for fine work.
The cattlery and surgical instrument factory
is a new brauch in Portland, just lately opened
for biz.
TIkj V. S. District Court tdjourned ti Mon
day. Januarv 3d.
Tlie storm for the laat 2t hour it considered
tlie worst for many year, more wind, driving
rain, etc., than over before.
Drift parted the Htark street ferry cable, at d
the old Ihd Jacket has been put oa until the
cable can be ret aired.
A most
a iiii.i Kiuiircf: iiwius
A sifiidecodtisn produces morn fhan
a million eggs in a season.
A whale suckles it vountr. nd fa
therefore not a fish. The mother's af
fection Is remarkable.
To ids become torpid in winter, and
hide themselves, taking no food for
five or six months.
KeriKjntft of all species ,nel their
skins annually, like sea crab and lob
ster. It is liclieved that crocodiles live to
tie hundred-! of year old. The Egypt
ians embalm them.
The head of a rattlesnake has been
known fo inflict a fntal wound after
having been severed from the body.
If the eye of tlie newt is pat out, an
other one is mipplied by rapid growth.
Fishes have no eyelido, and necessa
rily sleep with their eyes open.
Alligotors fall into a lethargic sleep,
during the winter, like toads.
me power of sementa t charm
a question whether Ihe World would lie hwhtrday the reposition arrived, aud the Dep-
1 Correspondence Denver News, Nov. 29.
On Saturday evening last, writes a cor
respondent Irom 1'latteville. our town
wa startled by the report that a little girl. J birds and Hmall quadrupeds is a well
aged about nine years, a twin daughter ol J authenticated fact.
Mr. Sutherland, who renentlv removed I There ara orri,.nlt nnl r,t t rr..
en maaae, .orne armed with pitchforks, others into the neighborhood, was lost on the j that actually plant Train andreao and
with Rre tol.M. ahnvela and elnh. All 11.- ,.IA nluiliu. Il n I .n.-nea thr tl.u r.1,11.1 I ... i . .. . . 6 "" '"l' u,1
" " i e - -i i" - -- ..... ....v. nvujui- . i.jrt: lii iiRrv.sr-
gunny aaeas urn coma Do round was I i""ieu oer miner in ncarcii oi cattle anu
called into refiulsltion. The next tlibur wlie" about two miles out they found
r . m
, . ..... . , - . . I I.I III. K 1 If I Vriii - I At tit tL'icdj n. -
much the loser il such timid people should ' Sheriff took his man this morning to Port- uched to Its neck detest to hear; little charitie. fly
..c.:U1..u . ,cy uue in git(t lhe fa,i),r tiirectcd the child to unnet, and stay longest on the wing;
and benevolent gentleman aupphed this want ,ollow calr(;i!( wmh ,)e ,,up0jteJ little flakes are the Stillest; little hearts
and with four sinukmg bays to a lumber wagon g0 directly home, while he went iu search 'he fondest; and little farms the best
under full speed, whip cracking, mud flying, of the cows. It was then 4:30 p. m. At tilled. Little books are the most read
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Mu. uiiuiii; im 111111 u.-iu mum reiu neu in. i ttuimi, o tiiitK me miner reiurueu noine, t anu iittto songs me oearest loved. Ami
scene 01 nsiies; but oh, what faoea.
have their fears realized, und be translated
lu a buiry; for the world needs brave
folks, nud such as worry lest they should
not live rightly, rather than such as worry
lest they shall 'not live at all.
But, leaving this point without discus
sion, it may do us good to remember that
longevity is largely a matter of inheri
tance, and depends very little on what we
do or do not do, provided we do not com
mit suiciue. Whether we live long or
briefly on the earth Is a matter that was
lanci, anu win go to ftevada on the next steam
er aud connecting railroad trains.
WBtUO 1'IOM I It ASSOCIATION.
Bbcmtaiiy' Okfick, O. P. A., I
UaijtM, Dc. 31, 1875.
Notice is hereby given that an adjourned if you would like to know how many
meeting of the Board of Director of tlie Ore- got, jnt ask Perry Taylor, the
gon Pioneer Association will ha held in the eo him in Salem.
Legislative Hall, in Bulem, on Tueaday. Janua
ry 12. 1876, at 2 o'clock P. u., at which meeting
ir. fkbu r I " was aiarmeu to learn that ins little I w lien nature would make anything es
fisti they daughter bad not come in. but was all the pecially rare and beautiful, she makes
first time you lr.r',' v , to be with it little little pearls, little diamonds.
Vox Porci. "?e.f?.,,!er:. A1 ,M ,was 'ven t0 little dew. Jlagar's Is a model ol orav!
largely settled before we were horn. Our all mouthers of the Board are earnestly remiest-
aneestors, aud yours, reader, had more to ed to be present, as there is iniportaut business
do with the solution ot that problem than
we can i:ave.
The truth is, as science teaches, longev
ity is a family treat. SSo-Liricty, and a re
gard for the principles of hygiene, will
not necessarily insure long life. These
may maintain a condition of health and
vigor, but length of lite is largely deter
mined hy inheritance. Longevity is, tal
ent. It may he i in proved like any other
talent or it may be wasted, but noainount
of cultivation will create it. In spito of
intemperance and exposure, a man who
has this talent tor long life may be a cente
narian. A saddler, aged 113. whose grand
father diet! at 113, aud his father at 113,
was asked by Louis XIV, what be had
dsne to attain such length of days; he re
plied; "Hire, since I was 30, I have acted
upon two principles: I have shut my
heart and opeued my wine cellar."
Again, Oolombrewski, a Pole, notwith-
to be transacted. J. Hknhv Urows.
Secretary O. P. A,
Other papers please copy.
Liverpool Wheal .Unrket.
Thefollowirig is the Oregor-iin's special ca
blegramjof wheat quotation, direct from Liv
erpool yesterday:
I.ivKitpooL, Dee. 30, 1875.
Orcgonkn, Portland: To-day's Liverpool
wheat marker closed fullowsi Oregon wheat,
ex-warehouse,- from lis to lis 4d per cental:
people ill the village and twenty or more
person went out anil scoured the country
i ... . 1 1 1 . . . . -
un ma or eiirui. nours 111 every uirecliou.
j but without success, though some ol
them were out uiiti 4 o'clock next
morning, and two, one a boy of
17, having themselves been lost, did not
reach home until 8 o clock Sunday morn
ing. On Sunday some 40 men on horse-1 glorious with little stars.
m iii:n heath.
About 8 o'clock p. m., on Sunday night, 8.
Krolick was found dead in his bed, and applica
tion was made for the attemlauce of the Cor
oner to examine tha case. Tho Coroner being
uuahle to look after the matter, H. A. Johnson,
! Jus,ice of tlie Pta. wa ca" ad attended to back and at least 20 on foot, went out, not-
me uumriess. a pjry 01 six men was sum- withstanding the extreme cold, wet wind
moued and duly sworn. J but after hunting ail day returned unsiic-
Charles Berk was called and sworn and tcsti-1 0
fled as fallows: "I have been stonniiiir with de-1
ceased, a). Krolick. for five davs: ho has been ,u 11 c "lol 'J sr "l ICC mam er exan -
sick two days; on thia, the 2d day of January,
187C, at about 8 o'clock p. sr., I went after a
orav-
er, yet it is but a little one, ana the
ouruen 01 tne petition is but for little.
The Sermon on the Mount, is little,
but the last dedication discourse was an
hour. Life is made up of littles; death
is what remains of them all. Day Ls
made up ot little beams and night is
California club, ex-warehouse, from 11b Id to pileher of water and was goue about ten min-
Hs 5d per cental; Oregon cargoes afloat on
passage to the United Kingdom, 10s lOd to H.
per ceutal. The market is steady.
Henky Jump & Bons.
Under these figures for Oregon and California
olub, the quotations for average California
utes, and on returning I found him dead.
Question Hits be been drinking intoxicating
liquors, and was he under such influence when
yon last saw him alive?
Answer No; he had not drank more than a
pint or quart of whisky and one bottle of wine
whoat would be 10s 9d10s lid, or an average I for two days.
standing the hardships ot SO years ot I of SdtgCd lower than Oregon cargoes. The con. Q. Wa be In the habit of drinking intoxi-
It takes a woman to repulse a travel-
ssful. Again on Monday morning men d Yuan cal ed on Mr C " it hil
him a parlor organ. Mr. C, not wish
ing to buy, to get rid of him, referred
him to his wife. Ou the man's miking
his business known to the lady, she
asked him if Mr. C. sent him to her.
" es ma'am," he replied. " Well, Sir,"
said Mrs. C, "you just go back and tell
him that until he can furnish me with
At first she says she wandered aroum ; something besides maekarel to eat I
but, hearing the wolves grow ling arounu I can make all the music that is necessary
her, started iu a straight course, which I around the hnnso " Tho o,n ni,;
took her to box Elder, and, without knov - ded he could'nt sell an nrmn tha
e . .. . .
Inea a wide strip ot country, from the
Platte to near the Pox Elder, anil were
still looking, headed toward home, when
a signal gun was heard, by which tiny
all knew tlie child had been found. It ap
pears the little one f I owed the calves for
a time, but as they did not go toward
noine, sue oecatne conscious she was lost
service as a common soldier, the
fatigues of thirty-five cam pawns un
der ifapoleon, the sufferings of
the terrible Russian campaign, the effects
of five wounds and the recklessness ol a
soldier's life, survived, and in 134G was
living at the age of 101. But, as is to ob
served, his father attained the age 121, and
graiHiiaitier ldu. A well-known literary
character, M. Quersonnieres, was still liv
ing at hve-score in full possession ot all his
powers. He said i " My family descends
from Methuselah: we must be killed to die:
my grandfather was killed hy accident at
A. Yes.
dition of the market, aa indicated in the above eating liquors for some time past ?
dispatch, is better than last week, and it is to
oa Hoped that a revival will set in after the hol
idays. VARIED ITEMS.
Somebody wrote to the editor of an
agricultural paper to ask how he would
"break an ox?" The editor answered
as follows: "If only one ox. a cood
Pobtland, Dec. SO, 1875.
The rumor of the sale of the W. E. T. Co.,
is all wo have ae yot, though it is generally be
lieved, Haver rising at Portland, with plenty of drift
coming down.
Dan Smith alias Andrew Harmison,is making
125 years of age and I," he added smiling, a clean breast of it before the TJ. 8. District
" invite you to my burial in tlie next ceil- Court this evening. It is expectod that new rev
tury. alations may occur at any moment and addition-
Oil Sunday afternoon the . steamboat gro-I al evidence of ottiera complicity brought out,
ing what direction she was takinz. she to
lowed the bed ot the creek until daylight.
At that time she saw trees on the Platte.
Dr. Shiels was called in by the Coroner, and and started for them, arriving at the ranch
in presence of the jury made an examination of of 31 r. John Beebe, about lour miles be-
.. . . ..... . i .rune .ir ill it .tiswii. w,.,,,.n
- ' I hmiw nn.l .luhln A . ) . , . a a, 1 I JM. a .. i 1 . 1 i A ZlL to.) llrrll If I II IS I M I I t i TI1U
had been used any way, either by deceased or nt.amWlt of a pole forty feet from the ground,
any one else, to produce thia sudden taking off. g ,e was not frightened, she said no. SI e Then hoist him Dy a rope tied to his
A glass, spoon and other articles were found on said the wolves kept close to her heels and horns to another pole. Then descend
a stand near the bed, but a critical examination snapped at her teet; hut that her mother on his back a five-ton pile-driver, and
failed to develop either poison or intoxicating told her that if she was good tlie Lord if that don't break him, let him start a
lienors. Dr. Shiels finally cave it ns his ODin- would always take care of her. and so she country newsnaoer and trust nennlit frr
ou that deceased came to this sadden death ty knew the wolves would not hurt her, be- subscriptions. One Of the two wavs
suffocation, superinduced by excessive use of
ver broke her pump near Cliampoeg. and
the mate, 3Ir. Gray, and a deck hand
named Green, in a small boat, rowed al)
the way to this place, in order to to get
where they could telegraph their mishap.
They arrived here at midnight, and would
have continued on to Portlandlfindinz the
telegraph office closed), put lor the sugges
tion that a horse be hired and the remain
der of the trip be made on terra firma.
Mr. Urav set out, but not knowing the 1
road, got lost, and wandering about until
he finally found his way back to this city,
at 3 o'clock in the morning' iu a half frozen
condition. Not being able to telegraph
from here before eight in the morning, he
had to content himself with waiting for
the morning train for Perland, at which
place we hope he arrived without further
inconvenience or aceident. Oregon City
,fterprMv.
Mrs. Montgomery waa acquitted by the jury on
the charge of secreting stolen property. They
say that she will bo indicted for adultery,
Hotels seem to be having a good run gener
ally. The St. Charles draws good houses under
the new management.
The New Hampshire Soap Btone Stove, for
office and sitting room, is rather a new feature
in this market.
The Commercial College is more liberally
patronized this season than ever before. The
telegraphic department is connected with tlie A.
P. Co., and have all the branches of the Na
tional Colleges.
Dan Smith alleges a stronger case against an
other party than was proven against himself,
etc.
Schools are enjoying a vacation during the
tyjlltUy days, .
intoxicating liquors, producing such weakness
of the vital organs of the body, that while lying
on his face as when found dead, he was unable
to breathe. The jury agreed upon the follov..
ing
VEBDICT.
We, a Coroner's jury, summoned to inquire
cause Uod wouldn't let them. After be-1 win do. it anro
; . . I .... . . .1... I , . , r i , , . , I ' "
"i& r(ji j .ne uuuse oi jir. xeeue unt j, I
ttie loliowing day, Monday, she was I Shippixo Wwet Wx-ot a .,,in, .i.
urougni iiome as sounci ana iresn as tnougn cumstmce which wa nntirau takin.
she had only taken a short walk ot ten or I in Ohio, is the importation of wheat from
twelve miles. I Maryland to that State to enable their millers
to make good flour of Ohio grown wheat of
OME, my little fellow," said a Wash- 11 .3, hloV i. Vht. T"'
ington gentleman to a voun?ster of five i
into the sudden death of S. Krolik, the body years, w hile sitting In a narlor where a hrvt
uow ijmg ueiore un, anei eiouuiumg bc,cii isige cuiiifiau., were iis-tiiiuinr, --no you i vv esiern oiates are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
witnesses and hearing the testimony of Dr. E. know me?" "Yeth thir!" "who am 1? Let J Kentucky and West Virginia also give low
n, immati.i ii nf the me lieiir?" "You ith the man who kithed I averases. This does not however moan lm
mamma when papa was in 3iew
Correct.
death of deceased to have been suffocation, in
duced by a low Btate of vitality, brought about
by excessive use of intoxicating liquors.
W. H. H. Waters, Foreman,
K. S. Ounohr,
Jas. Dickinson,
Wx. Appijebv,
W. B. Day,
C. Pefpebun.
H. A. JQHssor, J. P.. acting Coroner. A fkixow who got drunk on eleeCon
The remain will be taken to Portland by this day said it was owing to his eflcyt to put
woroiiif'i train (or interment. dowu the "party spirit."
At Urban. Ohio, a saloon keeper named
Fold welder discovered a large vein ot
crude petroleum flowing into his well.
An examination showed five gallons on the
surface of the water.
York, broad but that of poorer quality than usual.
mow neat or the best quality ia this year
said to be in the New England States, Dela
ware, Maryland, the South and the Pacific
coast.
Two lovers at Wilmington, 111., have fall
en out. The girl was about to marry auothar
younir man. when her former sui -r repiev
iaedasewinr machine be had eivei her.
She rispocde ' by suing; hija f 1 1 e v.lue ot"
meal eatn ' her hoass, and n w be has
sued her tor tha time oocopied in eoart'nx
her,