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TERRITORIAL
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
There is a population of 1,000 in
No deaths from cholera *Were re
New
Mexico.
Silver City,
ported in Indianopolis on the 4th. x
A soldier •named
named Erastus i A. Smith
The Standard Oil Works, near the
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committed
suicide
Long Island railroad depot, Hunter’s
Wyoming; territory on Friday, Aug- Point, ware on fire yesterday and
blazing fiercely.
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Again the city of Pprtlai
w >n visited with a dost
fire. It started ip Hurgr^t <
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large fur niture
Shindler’s lat
can ner'of
rooms on the
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and First street and run i
as far as
along First - street
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hill and on Front street
water side as far a« ; Mo ¿Tison
•’s |t»rick
street, E. J). Ndj
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brick buildi ng' on
/pcsite
°r
side of the street cheeked ¡ th. pro-
gross of thei fire at I anihilVi
It also extended wnjlh as I far as
Market strec^and b •ack to£ second
street. . Some twentj; bloc!« ‘ were
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burned, on iriost ot) wbi
pome very fine building
lire was evj ideintly tlip ivpi
incendiary,
While the.
were doing tl .oir LbtSt in
per portion of the city
fire was star rted lower dov
was supposed to betfcc w?rk
incendiary. The' pt|nishpien
these men should receive^ ii
are caught, should be as seve
the law will allow; or a mill
would be guilty of jiibch a
¡¡STATE NEWS •
jkiityj
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»"y
would b(^
lee in La Grande is sold at one
crime if it was possible, j I
and a half cents a ^ound. „
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ing is too gö<
~ood for t «em.. < i!
Capital Lodge of Good Templars at
The loss b
by ; the fit te is estimated- Satym ha« initiated’900 persons since
at from a million to i uiillioi^and its organization iq 1865.
a quarter dollai*s. thç atnouhtof k, Th<:
Indians
a great
j.« ».>1,11
. .11 are
J- 1 selling
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'mahyi
houses
in
Uniatilia
county,
to
insurance will probal >Iv atnoufikjlo f a fitm
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i buying
. • • them
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about threQj htindred thousand dvl- market.
mafket. ' ji T
lars.
A awn >er oik Ur
Burglars are still “hanging on the
zens are loseri by tjie
verge” of Salem, and almost every
night somebody’s house suffers from
whom hre|Dr Popph
their inroads.
Johnson and others ’
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Indians stole two horses from a
wc could not leaifn..
man living at the Meadows, Umatil-
la county, last week. One was a
Aid has been
fine American horse of value.
ferent portions of he
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elsewherei.
The school house at Hillsboro is
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Texas cattle are passing Denver
A railway accident occurred on
northward every day. Several large Monday night between Ashton and
IW
herds are now en route to the Lara Manchester (England), by xirtiich 18
persons were injured; none were
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killed outsight.
A piece of coal weighing a ton fell
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A grand reception concert and ball ■
oming, oi^ {Tuesday, and. killed him will be given at the Ocean House,
instantly
Long Branch, next Saturday evening 1
and found that it con tai tied, in-
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for the benefit 'of the Portland (Ore
,*d women are reported gon) sufferers. President Grant will
STATK CENTRAL COM- stead of 200 acres t’he quantity he
Money ¿.nd
scarce in G^XZ-
—, th:
— Colorado
J~ be ifi attendance.
ranada,
the VT
New
had paid so much much per acre
town on the Atchison, , Topeka and
lor, tiro hundred and tvxntydwo
Santa Fe road.
Reports From Onawa, Iowa, and,~
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O regon C ity , July lb, 1872.
yoiuts
in
the
eastern
part
of
the
State,
r.
acres.]' About this time.
An excursion party of Eastern ag- say that grasshoppers decended at
In consequence
of
a
vacancy
in
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ricultural editors will
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a
Reese purchased
noon on Saturday, and have entirely
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on the 13t n and will remain two destroyed the corn and 0ats. The
The Chairm ansliip of the Deino-
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Joel
Perkins
what
was
computed
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days, viewing the city. '
wheat is out of all danger. There
•cratic St$te Centra! Committee, to him at 70 acres more or less at
The cii itizens of Whitman county, will be fine crop».
the undersigned, a me uber of that so much per acre.
W. T., ha tVe subscribed 5,000 bushels
Advices from Cadiz on the 4th, state
of wheat toward the erection of a that the United States steamer Shen
i’. About
Committee for Clackamas countv,
flouring mill at Colfax,
andoah is in that harbor, and that
was
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seven
years
since
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would respectfully suggest that
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The
Greeley
Tribune
says
that
a
tract
of
a
cred that there was
herd of three hundred California Madrid to abstain from hostilities.
the meml ers of sa:d Committee
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belonging to the
about 20
broncho ponies have recently been The frigate remains under the guns
he
city
of
Portland
on
meet at
brought to Colorado from that State. of the Shenandoah.
still lying out of
Perkins
Mail advices from Cuba state that
Saturday, , August 9th, 1873, for joor,
• Over 150,000 pounds of wool have
Thia stray parcel laid be-
a
severe/ngagement
had taken place
have been shipped from Walla Walla
the purple of making arrange tween the Whitlow and Reese
at
Barancas,
nine
leagues
froin Ma-
this season. The price paid there has
znaillo.
The
Sapnish
loso
was se
been from fourteen to eighteen cents
ments for the approaching special purehasc.s and, probably
vere.
Thirty-seven
wouuded
were
per pound.
the
utilization
of
view
t.o
taken
to
Mazanillo,
and
27
to
Ven-
election f< r member of Congress
uqitas.
Tho
Laramie
Independent
grieves
be
land round about both Reese and
>
and for t a transaction of such
cause Wyoming has no Governor. It
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hitlow coveted the possession of
A sdecial from Montreal, dated
calL Gov. Campbell a mere nobody,
oilier business as may be necessary . ! this landj—land to which ijicither
and accuses ¡him of sneaking off to August 5th, sayB a rumor was cur
||: W. L. WHITE.
Utah when his services were needed rent Sunday and to-day that* Sir
ÜF them
‘ liad any more legal' right
John A. McDonald attempted suicide.
in Wyoming.
Government organs deny the story.
than the muu in the moon had.
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The best brands
brattc of flour are now It is certain, however, that the Pre
c f Special Election. i They went to law. After years of
Writ q
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sold in Walla W alia at the rate of
_r $3
, _ mier has been in a low state.
lite Bherlffsof tke««vc»alCouii-
litigation,
¿uspenie
and
embarrrss-
per
bbl.,
wholesale.
The
retail
price
T*- wi thin th<i State of Oregon«
A terrible accident occurred at But
is $1 each for 50 pound sacks. No
Wlufreat, It» geueral election held on incnt, a decision of some sort lias
ler,
Pa., on Saturday. Three men
town in the world C3n boast of cheap
the third day of Jnne.A.D., H72, the Hou.
were
boring for oil and were iu a well
Joseph. G. Vl ibon was duly fleeted Kepie- been icached in favor of Wuitlo w.
er living.
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the
time the oil was struck. It
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■entative of the State of Oregon in
ly third Congress of the United States; and It should be stated also that sub
scarcely
reached the surface, before
shaft, at Xower Gold
The Bro iwih
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WAtrea«, Since the said election, said
taking fire, blazing up a hundred feet
ti
aban
Hilt Utah L, which has been abandoned
«dice has beciome vacant by the deatlr of sequent to the commencement of
or
more,
and
scorching
the
three
men
for
Some
time,
lias
recently
been
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DM1UV
IUUC,
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said incninbqnt; and
legal proceedings, Wb ilio ir pur-
found to contain the remains of hu to death.
Whereat, By
ly provision of the Constitution
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of the United States, and the laws of this chased .from the wife of Joel Pcr-
beings, ¡Supposed
supp
man beings.
to have been
A letter has been received at tho
8tate.it has' come the duty of the Gov-
murdered and
thn
" tin-own
into the shaft Treasury Department, from the Col
ernor thereof to issue his writ of election to kins a quit-claim deed to all of
¡nti
for concealment,
lector of Customs at El Paso, Texas,
till stith vacancy;
jmssessions round
statating thut on July 13th a band*
Now, therefore, I, L. F. GHovrJt, Gover her possible
Englishmen of rank and fortune of Mdxicans forcibly seized 600 sheep
nor of the
te of Oregon, do hereby coin-
will visit tht Western plains • during under the protection of the post com
lunndyou and each of you to notify the sev about hero, for which it is
1
eral Judges
Election within and for your paid i3 SO 00.
being rapidly pushed forward, and the coming season of sport
sport. The mander at Fort Quitman, which had
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But for I
several cotin
, to hold a special election
begins
to
present
a
nice
appearance
Earl
of
Dur
raven
has
already
ar previously been seized by our CoHec
of Representative in Congress to till the va chase the victory gained
i the.« , A Little S uncol
since
is
cupolia^is
finished.
rived, and secured the services of tor for a violation of the law—and
cancy afo
d, on Monday the (13) thir
. for
teenth day of (October, 1-73, and that you courts had been án empty
“Buffalo Bil 11,”« who accompanied
[I'roin i
Y, Sun . j- .
catwe all p
r notices to be given thereof
A small daughter of Rev. G. W. him on previoi •us occasions as guide. drove them into Mexico. This oc
curred within 99 miles from i El Paso.
A transact
the bone of contention would still
ction has ju.it been bi
according to |aw.
Adam(s, of Cote, Union county, ’ at
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to
light
in
Minnesota
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irhich
a
i GJden under my hand and the belong to Perkins’ widow.
Hon. Philip llitz has rèccived offi
tempted to jump from a buggy,
to be a repetltic >n on a s nailer J
1 of the State of Oregon, at
her
¿>ot
caught
on
some
por-
cial
notification of his -appointment
when ’
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
lein. this tenth day of July,
Now, for some figures, The of tho iniquitou s Suscell I
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to in-
tion of the buggy
!gy and she fell over, as Governmet t Commissioner
D., 143.
disputed tract, shut out as it is California, whet, rO Göii,
breaking her 1 l ;g
\ between the ^nkle spect and r ¡cieve the sixty-seyen
L. F. GROVER.
Victoria, Aug. 6.—The U. S. Reve
his authority xyhilo act in
ing as
A ttkst : 8. F. CHADWICK.
and
knee.
She
thus hung while the miles of the Northern Pacific Rail- nue Cutter “Lincoln” arrived in the
is
not
from
any
thoroughfare,
tary of War ad inleiini '
Nacrelnry cj t’ie St’t:>of Oregon
road. . Mr. Ritz has accepted the ap-
hordes ran about 100‘ yards
harbor last evening from Port Town
a
worth to exceed $300 00. T he to- gang of speculators a militar
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point
ment, apd will at once forward send.
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She is going nort to search
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HttataUikiM
to
the
If
ervation
belonging
t
R FOB THE CAM-
Tpe i man
. , who
.. . placed a threshing his bond and official oath.
proba- States which wis Ver
tai
value
of
the
land
will
for
further
and more deffinite tidings ’
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machine cylinder on the railroad
as
to
the
fate
of the lost | steamer
dollars
dollars.
Seattle
’
s
actual
offer
for
the
termi
bly be equal to half tli IO amount
track, near Parson ’ ^ s mill, in Wash-
Wash
“
George
S.
Wright
” and her missing
led by the editor -|oF
of4 the
The St. Paul Disputili of July 1 ington county, a few days'since, bids nus is valued
T he C ourier will take a livelv• -Whitlow has paid and must pay giver a full history of t-hi affiiri
people.
Dispatch as’ follow s : 750 town lots,
fair ¡to get away yet, notwithstanding $150,000; 3,000 acres of land, $300,-
liil:
attornies
in
the
case.
He
has
Buchanan
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tinaie
Secreikry
Floyd
hand in the special campaign now Ilf ' ÍÍ j|f .‘nitfli nR;4all • I II ifli
certain, parties thought they had 000; 3 miles on Duwi^mish Bay, $31,- New York, Aug. 6.—Mr. Morton has ♦
whole
cretly
contracted
to
sei
foot current cost bills and
caught him. The poor half-witted 680; 4,800 feat of water front, $480,- addressed a letter to his associates on
opening, at d it is our purpose to had to
the Fort !&uel|ling 1
rvatioii
creature seems to have sense enough 000; $200,000 city bonds at 80c, the Committee Privileges and Elec
is liable for any that mav yet re- Franklin Steelei for th
_ i of fU
^kpow he has done wrong, and has $160,000; gold coin, -f 50,000—total, tions, appointing a fall meeting of
give it the broadest possible cir-
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000,
of
which
$30,000
wa$
to
be
that Committee bn the 1st of October,
entitled,
how-
main un paid. He i *
take» to his heels. j j " I , . ?. '
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$1,171,680.
o’ equal
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for the consideration of the progosed
eolation, l’o this end a campaign ever, to recover • back part of the
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amendments
to the Constitution,
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All the persons in the Pendleton
¡urns,
Ë.
P.
Bi
left
Laramie,
who
su ¿script io book has been opened, costs f. o
coming
to
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the
kno^
which
shall
effect
a change in the
is
said
this
it
jail have given bail are now at liber Wyoming, iiy last spring, with
gr-ess, au investioatipi
mode
of
electing
the
President and
ty. A white man held on a charge what is kno
and the pa - jer will be futrnit lied to cannot t
lown as the Lovejoy party, Vice President. It is intended to give
g to the fact the sale wais disappre
of stealing, gave a thousand dollar for Northwestern
ern Colorado, on a the sessions of the Committee in New
' subject to dared illegal, Nevert'
new sub?cr bers until after the Oc- that Rc<
bond
and
was
turned
loose
by
the
prospecting
tour,
writes the Laramie York a public character, and several
following the fort, buil 1
execution. I1
Sheriff.
Two
Indians
held
on
differ
¡Sentinel
that
the
party
have struck a Constitutional lawyers And writers
to’ er election for FIFTY CENTS. c,:(
cr vat ion wqre transferr
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ent
^barges,*
gave
“
leg
bail
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the
oth-
series
of
placer
and
hydraulic
dig on this special subject will address
^?tate cost
$ 700 rotary of War to Steelie
er
evening
when
the
jailor
went
into
To club« of ten the paper will be Attorney’s
gings
on
Bear
river.
These
mines,
he the Committee.
600 fort was and still rema
the
prison
irisoi
to
lock
them
in
their
cells
says,
extend
along
the
river
a
distance
>
p^st. The pretence un
San Diego, Aug. 6.—At Florence,
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a nd an-
furnished for $4 00.
’s
Send in . I VVhitlow
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j] ■ of sixty miles; and have every indi
for the night.
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sale
and
transfer
were
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Arizona, a party of fifteen Papago
250 authority
noyanee
cation
of
being,
very
rich.
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Indians, after drinking freely, broke
your orders accompanied with the
Three soldiers went to. a sort of a
ins.
350 sate of foi
Paid to Mrs.
r
into
the house of a white man and
The
Seattle
Dispatch
of
July
31st
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trading
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post
which
is
kept
this
side
of
price.
purposes. This! Jaw i
II
Bui
Buriat
ri
it Fiver,
and while one of them says: “Tor the last two days the stole all his provisions an $60 in mon
ey.
The
lixuor
was
furnished
by
,...$1,950 through Congress after Jefferson
Total .: ¡i
Trustees
of
the
‘
Seattle
and
Walla
tho
threaten* led the man and wife with a
vis as Secretary of War had • :
Auothrr Oiler.
revolver the other two helped them- Walla Railroad and Transportation traders from Sonora. The Papagos
• The above sum of nineteen Inin- to sell the fort ahd repo,
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’ pielves to the goods which were avail- Co.’ have been in sessidn through when sober are the best indians in
(lred idtilliirs! balanced by
cause they were needed g
for military Eble> Two of the men afterwards each day, and the entire clerical force Arizona.
T he C ourier will be furni. shed
use.
No rain and lat crops are generally
Value i of I and acquired by
eserted, and the other one was deliv- at their command, have been con
a
failure.
Steele
made
his
first
4
paymer
stantly
employed
in
receiving
sub
red io the authorities, and is now in
during the camppign to any Re-
1 Ftiit . .
...$300 $30,000—the balance of $60,
scriptions and issuing certificates of
VTAH.
confinement nt Baker oity.
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Thiii
leaves
never
paid,
but
instead
Set
t
up
a
o|i
the
stock,
without being able to meet the
winner
minus
publican anil all Republicans wlio
of damages aginst the U
Govern
demand. At a public meeting on
Salt Lake, Aug. 6.—A new service
The Sentinel says: “The Wolf Monday evening, ■j the President an
will pay double the campaign about H $00; so it will be seen When the war broke out in Iff
Creek mines, situated about fifteen
-E — j nounced that the Board bad already was made on Brigham Young in the ‘
that it pays to law.
eons in the interest of Steele suet
price in the event of the election
miles from La Grande, and owned by received sufficient guarantees to de divorce suit last nfght. The case
As to the town-site, 1 it is said cd in having Fort Snellingim
Arnold and others, have been termine them to put on a corps of en will be argued to-morrow before
rendezvous for the i i litote
1>8 Green A
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of a Democratic Congreasruan, the
thoroughly worked this season with gineers in the field, and, as soon as Judge Emerson.
thorongl
that the points of law decided in called into service, thu use of the
A delegation of the City Council of
same to hav|e it gratis in the event thiscüse iinjieach the town patent, having been tendered to the Stat^au the appliances at hand. Water is practicable thereafter, contract for
Philadelphia
arrived last ov’eninu.
ow scarce, and instead of tw
two but the building of ten miles of the road
thorities free óf esponi sc. Afterward, Jow
We
hâvé
not
They were met at Ogden by Mayor
of the elect on of a Republican
seen the decision, in January, 1862, an < order Iwas Ll 1
ne hydraulic pipe is used. Mr. by the first of January next.”
Wells
and a delegation of the City
Arnold
says
he
expects
to
do
some
Mo» e ulnnit this in a future issue. cured from the War Depart;
.Who will tu ke a chance?
hing
handsome
this
Council
as gueste of the City. This
thing
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fall
when
a
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morning
the party visited the princi
general
clean
up
is
made.
Success
ing as the recruiting ndezv
Franklin said: “When you run
Snv
of
the
Re
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sb
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gain
el
ttend
him?
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points
of interest in the $ity and
I n G bea D emand .—The Daily
the State militia ~
volun j
in
debt
you
g've
another
power
left
this
afternoon
for San Francisco,
. 'F IP '¡i ¡F Ij. 1' ..
gr<
ad ivanta^
’
to
Ew.ninf*
of Portland, was por/tr.ilvas come to grief again. This was of great
over
your
liberty.
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Our
old
friend
Yosemite and Sacramento.
At 12 o’clock on Friday, August 1st,
Last week hc| had ija two-und-a- Steele, aside 3 from the fft^t that
the first pajie»’ to reach this place
Franklin
tfas
a
practical
man,
and
ii
La
Grande,
W.
W.
Baker
resi-
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To-day the reception here was en
forded him a pretence on whicl( • toi
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jeon tain ing the account of the half column article clipped from base his claim for rent I fiom ; the c encejWas discovered to be on fire. tittered manjT wise and truthful say tirely Mormon. No United States
United States. The trt vel
to ¡ja>nd Numerous people rushed to the spot, ings. They were truthful sayings officials or gentiles were invited to
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Portland fii e, and wa¿, of course, an eastern paper put in ty|>e, from
the fort was enor: nwJus,
he but fdr the want of water no steps in his day and are, just as truthful participate.
aould
in brisk demand during the after proved, corrected, imposed , and derived a great income ¡from
id be taken towards subduing the
* “Utah” Butcher has been held
aei.i The people present in a very now. Young men and young wo without bail for the murder of the
flame*.
lo
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and
bqhold,
when
Ins
patent
Strings
of
vehicles
hall
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noon of Sunday and foijenoon of
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lort |ime removed the most valuable man, the golden rule of life is, Colton family. At the close of the
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were
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frequently
A
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seen
wai
ting
f
outside
arrived
by
express,
the
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Monday.
articles in th.
'""le house to a place of safe- “keep out of debt.” If yon
you have examination there was great excite
riage, , white buildings which
ty, Mr. Bal
selfsame article was discovered to had erected on the re« ervation
jl¿er last year insured his not the means tef pay for beef, eat ment in the court room. Revolvers
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far
bringing
him
in
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C. B. Ro and has been appointed occupy a?place on the first page!
■!] tti two thousand dollars, dry bread, but don’t go in debt. If were drawn and a bloody scene
! but the insurance expired oi
on Monday
Time
passed
awAy,
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threatened. Fortunately order was
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postmaster jat Jefferson.
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waWa
dilemma.
last.
(The
fire
caught
from
i a defec you can’t pay for a silk dress, don’t restored.
continued in use as a m
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The Prefect of Lyons has issued j
about
$2,500.
$¿,000.
and plank down your cash, but
War Department’ to loo c favorably, be
The loss by the fire in the Sing
an order closing the public gar’| Lietuenant General Sheridan on the plot to grab t’ is valuable j
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dens in that city at 9 o’clock in 8avs the Indians who committed property, but so long i s S
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the depredations in Mud River Stanton remained in offi
HThllc cholera has appeared at Not less than thirty women are Chicago, on SatuJday night ¡snow
the eveningi.
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Valley belong to the northern integrity rendered the att
nion Hill
(N. J.), opposite New regularly employed upon the daily stated to lie $75,OOo.
Union
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unavailing
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A mob mear Frankfort, Ken Cheyennes and Arrapahoes about matter rested until Gran
’ork. ■. . Ttfo cases were reported, press of New York, says a corres
ito Jork
Several Cuban families are at Sar-
lucky, on SMurday night, killed a Fort Fettcrman, who were repre office in 1868 and the rei|
(it a Hilaries
salaries of from $20 ategoa. The ladies are conspicious
»1 one of whidh proved fatal. One pondent, fit
negro accuodd of an attempt to sented iu the Peace Council at corruption began, Then I
ne fatal case is reported at Pleasant to $50 a week,;
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forward
with
a
Red
Cloud
bill
Agency.
t.
outrage a white woman.
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V ille, On the Harlem railroad.
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toilets.
increasing
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Frank C. V’tthers and Frank Owen are cast of Bud adjoining LkfhyCttC—;
authorized o collect and receipt for sub-
the town-site line on the west of
scriptions j nd advertisement« and other
the tract being one of the lines
busine-« of thisoUce. Other duties call-
deed.
lng I s hall dfevote butlittlc attenton to tho mentioned in Whitlow’s
imper in th< future, for soiuc timeat lenst. Subsequent to his purchase. Whit
J. II. UPTON.
Aprll 18, 1871
low’ had a survjey made of his tract
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against
inst the
tbe Government for the rent
of its qwn fort, which had boen ille
gally transferred to him in defiance
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of Congress by Fjoyd;
Floyd;; crediting
credftin on
his; bill tho $60,000 ho should have
pai«i in 1858. Secretary Bidknap,
the Dispatch say®, • allowed and paid
this demand and; then settled the
land claim with ¡Steele by taking
badk 1,0<M) acres of land on which the
fort stands, and conveying to Stoelo
6,300 acres of land outside.
The law under which- the original
sale «nd transfer were directed by
Floyd reserves the title until the
whple purchase price is paid ; conse
quently it required the ratification by
the Grant Administration of Floyd’s
illegal transaction to give Steele any
Otence of right to the possession of
property. It is said that Senator
Rai iiqsey of Minnesota aided Steele
............... is raid upon this Gov-
ma :erialljr
erriment j§rb'
ty. Steele, it appears,
had some unknown partners in this
business, and in a recent division sale
between the parties, one-half the
property so •Id
” at ‘ auction for $200,000 ;
the.remainder
.e remami is worth quite as much
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w probably owing to Secreta
It was
ry Floyd’s illegal attempt to dispose
of the Fort Snelling Reservation that
Congress ini 1858 passed a law pro
viding that no military reservation,
except
exOept in the State of Florida, can
be disposed^
disposed' of without special legis
be*
lation
—a law which was
lat
ion of Congress
Çcn
boldly defiled by Gi-ant and the Gen
boldl"
eral Land Office in the great Suscol
Ranch surrender. /
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of Ben Hayden 200 acres of land
more1 or less, within certain metes
and llOUtids, lltO Said track lying
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