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About Lafayette courier. (Lafayette, Or.) 1866-1??? | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1875)
1 LAFAYETTE COURIER ♦>»■> •’ -' f l ■ F î . ’ ■ r FRIDAY, JUNE ELECTION. To the Sheriffs of the avertit count ms within the State of Oregon: •' W hereas . At a general election holaon tho first day of Juno, A. D.. 1873, the Hon. George A. LaDow wai duly eloeted Representative of the >rpgon in rn the tho Forty-fourth State of Oregon f the United States; and Coi _ WlIERE.it», Since the said election, said office ha$ become vacant by the death of. said incumbent; and W hereas , By provision of the Con stitution of tho United States, and the laws of this State, it lias become the duty of the Governor tliereof to* issue his writ of election to fill such vacan cy: „ Now, therefore, 1/ L. F Grover, Governor of the 8t»to of Oregon, do hereby command you and each of you to notify the sevoral Judges of Elec tion within and for your sevoral coun ties, to hold a special election of Rep resentative in Con>^&’t cancy aforesaid, ou Mom you ¿»y of October, 1875, £ cause all proper notices to be given thereof according to law law. Given under my. hand and the seal of the State of Oregon, at Salem, this 15th day of May, A. D. 4875. L. F. GROWER. Attest: 8. F. C hadwick , u Secretary of State of Oregon. TUS ELECT10X IE' PORTLAND Last Monday occurred the an nual election in the city of Port land,^ The result was the People’s ticket carried the city by an aver age majority of about one hundred. The Republicans elected Dr. Chap man mayor by six majority, but lost the treasurer by 183 majority; the assessor by 147 major.ty and the Police Commissioner by 49. The total number of votes polled last Monday was only 1629. This if 115 less than the vote in 1874 and 529 less than 4hat of 1873. We do uot know how to account for the great falling off in the vote. Is the city decreasing in popula tion? It is quite probable that in 1873 there were from five to eight hun dred fraudulent and illegal votes cast, and siuce Holliday has lost his power in that city it may be that the frauds have decreased. One thing is certain: The Re publicans have lost their strong hold with no prospect of regaining it. At the general election in 1872 the Republicans had a majority of more than 800 in .Portland and now they do not poll that many votes? Having lost Multnomah county, what Lopes can they have of carrying the State. This fall will be to them as a “section of the day of judgment.” ANOTHER PROSPECT. ■. ■ . t . € J: one gallon), and the annual con sumption per head fejvin Baravia 219 litres: in Wu'rteniburg, 124; in Belgium, 245. in England, 118; in Saxony. 60; jn Austria, 34.1; in Russia, 14; in North America, 26. arrangements The tea production is,estimated at r opening, but 2,8000.000 cwt., of wliiclr 2,000.- 000 cwt. is from Asia alone. Tho consumption of tea in Europe is about 1,600,000 cwti; in North America, about 400,000 cwt.; and it is calculated that there is annu ally consumed, per bead, in Eng. land, 3.3 lbs.; in North America, 1; in Russia, 0.15; in the Zollver ein. 0.Ö4; in Faancc, 0.02; in Aus tria, 0.01. . The presumption is that FUNERAL. OF COL. JOSEPH MEEK A correspov dent writing to the Ore gonian from Hillsboro under date of Juno 22d says: “All that was mortal of Joseph L. Meek was buried yester day on his farm, four miles north of here, beneath a lone tree standing near the northwest corner of his old home. Notwithstanding tho people of our county have been in the habit of looking on Colonel Meek as a man full of levity, too good natured to amount to_ much outside of being a good fellow in general, yet a glance at bis past history and the prominent- part he has filled in our Territory and; State, and tho fidelity to every trusti reposed in him—which are proven by■ the privations and hardships which' he endured in crossing the continent in early times—and the fulfillment ofi all his official duties in his various positions as an officer, and above all the faculty of passing through tho most trying scenes and treating the whole as one huge joke, showed him to be a man of good mind, well bal anced, and possessor of natural gifts and traits of character that the moreji favored and better educated, might onvy. Colonel Meek has always been true to his country.. Excessively lib? eral, he was often a victim of ituposi? tion, but would speak of such matter! as a joke played on him. He exhib ited no animosity to his enemies, but ^ould pass their petty spite by in sir The Court of Appeals of New lence. or fight it out and consider the York recently decided that the matter then as permanently settled.” court that sentenced Boss Tweed to twelve years imprisonment in the Penitentiary exceeded its juris diction. The court sentenced him on twelve different counts in the same indictment and the Court of Appeals holds that they could le gally sentence him on only one count and ordered his discharge. But he was immcdiatelg rearrested and arraigned on two other indict- The statesman is having a merit serious time of it i ‘ ■■ OFFICERS OF THE DAY: ................................... G en . JOEL PALMER. ( LOUIS BAYLEY .................. ....,/ .. 4 A a RON PAINE, VICE I RESIDENTS (D. D. BAYLEY. BUCHANAN and Hon. A. N. HURLEY, ORJÌTCRS.. .................... H. C. DALE and P. P? GATES. AMRSfylLS ....Rev. W. D. NICHOLS. CHJiPlllIN. ...... ■ • . • ... • • • • • .p .......... .......... Miss EMMA BAKER. REM) R OF DECLAR THON OF INDEPENDENCE Dr. H. R. LITTLEFIELD. LEJD R OF MUSIC... PRESÏÛEJVT OF THE DAY Grand Lodge Officers —I O. G. T. 1 <1 i to trip the “light fantastic” will have an opportunity so to do. will be a grand display of Fire Works."WJ L. J. BOW EK LITTLEFIELD’S BOW ER BROS —- Flirtations. H cal Instruments, knife means: I am ALSO DRUGS, MEDICINE, Paines, Oils Perfumes, y Toilet Articles And a full Stock of NORTH The Postmaster General has pub licly announced that he fears that a large niimber of mail routes awarded uuder tke recent lettings have fallen into the hands of straw bidders, and that as 1 ie anticipates failures on ma ny impcrtant routes after the hr st of July, when the new service begins,in every such case he will give nptice of it through press dispatches, and with hold a contract for temporary service until others besides the old contract ors shall have an opportunity to bid. This is certainly encouraging. YAMHILL I (ini almost E ARE NOW PREPARED TO FUR- Dish luhiber, sueh as flooring ¿-ceil W ing, siding rustic, cedar finishing, oak and It costs Conatmption of Tob*oco, Beer and . Tea. •• V. A write»* in the Deutsche Indus trie Zeihing gives a number of cal astro streets I culation» relative to the produc CALIFORNIA tions and consumption of various articles commerce, encluding to bacco, brier, and tea. Tho prod ac tion of tobacco reaches at the least Eggs for Hatching Portland rejoices in a new Mayor, He was elected From the largest and best bred Fowls in 12,000,0)0 cwt. yearly, of which Dr. J. A. Chapma ■ -1 the World. 2,00(1,000 is from North America, by six majority over Henry Failing, Carefully packed and warranted to carry eafejy any distance. The varieties 1,000,600 from Austria, and 560, Dr. Chapman may make a good May- . » i - ’ comprise or, but it seems to us curious that the Dark and Light Brahmas, Buff and Part 000 cwt. from Germany. The val Republicans of Portland could (not ridge Cochins, White Leghorns, Holl dans, and Silver Spangled Hamburgs, ue of this production is about find a man with a better political Black Spanish, White Dorkings, Golden Poland», Aylesbury Duck«, and Game. Gat:: Pol|nds, 160,000,000 florins (the florin is record than Chapman. Sebright and Black African Bantams about 4Í cents), and the consump; ■”-37 ~ B se turkeys, the finest collection on the * jr*. * . Pacific Coast. A war of words has been carried on tion per head of the population [IT" Send stamp for illustrated circular to for sometime in the Reporter between B. BARLEY, yearly is, in North America, 3 lbs.; Mt. H. G. Burns and a satellite of the Importes and dealer GEO. of Choice poultry. Box 659^San Francisco. in Cuba, 2.3; in Austria, 2.8; in Reporter, named Newton. Hear all Please state what paper you saw this Germany, 3.1; in Holland, 4-7; sides, then decide. advertisement in. 5üm3 . in Italy, 1.5; in Russia, 1. The Dr. J. W. Watts is chairman of the ' •4>. . _i beer production in Europe and* j ’ , State Temperance Central Committee North Im^r ca last year was alto on political organization. Members gcather about 11,500,000,060 li of the committee who are unable to OREtrON, tres (theie are about 4J litres to , act, will please inform him. EASON alder at the lowest cash price. We keep constantly on hand all kinds of rough lumber.—joists, studding, rafters, and general building lumber. HyTer.-ouH looking for good bargains will do well to give us a call before purchas ing elsewhere. " [IZ’We have it and WILL FOIL'S* > PERKINS aving bought thi ^ shop owned by J. R. Majors, wish« es to inform the public that he is now prepared to do any and all kinds of work in his line in the 1st-, est style, H cents 1875 Shampooing cents Hair cutting cents hve thoroughly over . hanied and repaired my BATH ROOM, those in need of a good H Can bo accommodated reasonable Vli The Independents tbue far have not made a move toward calling their State convention. What has become of the patriots of that or* gsoization? Can’t they “face the mueic?” T he W orld is in B loom . Nature wears her summe” smile., But the victim of Nervous Debility is like a blighted branch in the sunshine. Let him re-vitalize tone and purify his system with Tarrant’« Effervescent Seltzer Ap erient. and within a week he will feel like a new man. Sold by all druggists. Ijifayette nolo tf dcspensibtelo every family. >r agents, tells At sight. Sa® Send for it. Address at once* REN DALL & CO, Cbicpgp, IR