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educational , column . LAFAYETTE COURIER. FRIDAY. JANUARY. 19. 187 MAILS. o’clock ?. M. Arrive at Still it freezes. , Beautiful weather. Rather squally yesterday. Read the new advertisements. Spiritualism is the main topic. Don’t pack out.your stove yet. ' What about that neck-tie sociable? LigUt fall of snow Saturday night. Was Bal^le-on founded by women? This column is open for all education al itdrns and articles. Persons contrib uting to it must always give their names, but should u contributor desire his name •not to appear a request of that Kind will be heeded —[Ed. Noruml Selioola. Our regular corresj ondent sends us the following items front Dayton, under date of Jan. 17th: J -. The Dayton Amateur Dramatio Club met it the club roOpta Thursday night and elected the follamrinj; officers: T. H. Dupuy,, President; Den Moar, Secretary; Frank McCoy, Treaslnier. They intend to hold their first entertainment some time in March. , | I A select few rnet'pt the Grange Hall Tuesday, night and ¡¿pent a few pleasant hours in the giddy mazes, &c. Miss Willie HariHs of‘your burg lias been visiting friend$at thisplace. Charade parties tire the chief amuse ments here now. Wheat still $1 None coining in. THE StJN. GRANO BALL, 18W, 14th, 1877 LITTLEFIELD & CALBREATH MW TWO. U7T. The diflerent editions of T h « 8 cn daring the present year will be tbe same st during the year that haajust passed. Tho daily edition will on weak days be a sheet of four pages, aad on Bunday a sheet of eight pan es, or 56 broad columns; while the weekly iitiim mil boa sheet ef eight pages of tho me dimensions and character that are al ready L miliar to our friends. T hs 8 l n will continue 4o be tbe stronooua advocate of reform and retrenchment, amf of the substitution of hiatesmanship, wisdom and integrity for hollow prater co, iubecilitv and fraud in the administration of public af fairs. It will contend for the government of tho people by the people and for the peo ple, as opposed to government by frauds in the ballot-box and in the counting of votes, enforced by military violence. It will en deavor to supply its readers—a body now not far from a mHMen of souls—with tho most careful, complete, and trustworthy ac counts of current event«, and will employ for this purpose a numerous and carefulir selected staff' of reporters and correspond- euts- Ito re porta from Washington, especi ally. will bo full, accurate, and fearless: and it will doubtless continue to deserve and en-' joy the hatred of those who thrive by plun dering the the Treasury or by usurping what the law does not give them, while it<ill en deavor to merit the confidence of the publie by defending the rights of the people against the encroachments of unjustified power. The price of the daily B un will be S5 eta a montn or •«-50 a year, post paid, or with the Bunday edition 07.70 a year. Tho 8unday edition alone, eight pageA •l.'AO a year, poet paid. The W kkkly B un , eight pages of 56 broad columns, will bo furnished during 1877 at the rate of 91 a year, post paid. The benefit of thia large reduction iron» the previous rate for T ile W kkkly can be enjoyed by individual subscribers without the necessity of making up clubs. At the same time, if any of our friends choose to aid in extending our circulation, we shall be grateful to them, and every such person who sends us ten or more subscribers from one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper for himself without charge Atone dollar a year, postage paid, vthe expenses'of paper and printing are barely repaid; and, considering the ewe of tho sheet and the quality of ita contents, we are confident the people will consider T hs W kkkly Bex tho cheapest newspaper published in the world, aud we trust also one of the very best. Many of the States of our Union are making great efforts to perfect a system A. F. A A. M.—Meets the Friday on or bef.irc ! of schools that will .materially change the full moon. Members in good standing invi LAFAYETTE. OREGON modes and methods of iustruction in our ted to attend. By order of. W. M. Ice these mornings, but rather thin. common schools. this purposo large I. O. O. F.—Meet'« every Satnrday night at The farmers are still plowing and- costly edifices Lave fbueu greeted at one, o’clock P. M. Members in good standing invi T. H. Duvets, j J ohn H enubix , two or three pointsln the State, and a ted to attend. By order of * N. G. seeding. J ohn H anky . i • J. J. H embbke -—•— G. W. Snyder gave us a call during facultv of instructors employed with the I. O. G. T__ Meet« every Tuesday tti lit at7 Invitation Committee. P. M. Members of the order in good standing expectation that in process of time, a the week. L. T hobpson , I W. J. M c C onkll invited. By order of 4 W. C. T, number of first-class school teachers W R. tyxowN, The beginners class now numbers over ) ! would be equipped And ready for tbe G. VV. M organ , R. R. L aiohlin , P. 1[.—Meets the third Saturday of oncli i H. W.IH ill , 'month at IB o'clock A. M. at.Graugo Hail. j 40 singers. great work of teaching. Against this Dancing Number, fl. Supper, $1 The mountains look beautiful in their plan it is argued that each teuchor thus covering of snow. sent out has been prepared a 'cost so j!9 Prof. H enry and B and REV. J, HOBERG, P. E. extravagantly great, that to Rupply the J Even the prattling children have got ,, ---------- .... I < 8unday of eicbjuonth at................ .11 a. u. | demand of all the B^hools would be a fi the singing fever. DISSOLUTION OF COPABTNEKSHIP 3d “ “ .................. 7 r. m . is to givq ttye returning board The thermometer stood 20 feet off of nancial expenditure beyond the means Regular appoiutiienls uf Rev. J. W. Watts, of any State or people. Again it is urg The firm of Littleflek & Hill have by mutual has been^akl out of the United the porch Thursday morning. consent dissolved parti i erehip, H K Littiotield eecoud Sunday of dach mouth at 11 o’clock a ed that those localities where schools are Treasury by Secretary Mor- retiring. • An enormous amount of wheat had) m . and 7 o'clock p . m . located, are the only ones benefitted, and All persons indebted to the late firm are re If Mr. W4.terson is correctly <. quested to settle immediately witt H W Hill, Bev. T. P. Haynes, pastor in charge ought to be raised this year. that while remote coinuiuuities pay a _. — ><------------ ■ " amounts due, anti pay who wil{ receipt for all, Drop* letters are fashionable agaiu. of this district, for tho M. E. Church, >ed, Morrilf is guilty of au of- proportionate share of the expenses of all indebtedness. Booth, will preach at this place on the The droppers are known this time. H R LITTLEF1ED, the school they receive none of the bene 4th Sunday of each month, at 11 o'clock H W HILL. J.'II. Olds is acting As postmaster at fits. Couple with these arguments the and also in the, evening. id bis companions Sherman I St. joe» iu place of L. L. Williams rssig facts of the limited number each school capacity of private W hat W as I t ?—Not long since, as ) ned. ‘ can supply, and that not more than one id intereit of a parti- Mr. Thomas Nelson, Living in Chuhalcm Piubacks aro a nuisance when the side in five who are educated in these schools •it makes no differ- writ of szecutiun isJuad out of the County ▼alley. Was returning .home from this walks are as slippery as they are at , make successful ^qaehers—that profess >oui t of tbe btate of Ji agin, for tbs oounty of I ■ . place, id broad daylight, he saw some went at the request Yamhill, and'to me dir<|cted by the clerk of said ional qualifications cannot be coined in ■ present. couit. in favor of Johi Sax, plaintitl, and ag thing, as he says, resembling a kite arise r own motion. Tbe uinat D B < raaiord, d< ¡»ndant. for tlie asnt of any institution, or by any faculty, to fit Mrs. H. A. Loughary has been select from the grouud, only a few feet in ad three hundred and fort dollars and seventy-five all candidates for such honors. So thia o moye to do with ovnte (J..JO 75) In U 8 gold coin, with interest vance of him. When it bad got a few ed to deliver the address at the Grange tbe rate of one per cent, per month, from l higli-tpned preparation appears rather | ) ilroad bills than it at feet above the ground it sailed along in installation to-morrow. the I8tli day of December, 1876; and tbe furth insignificant and altogether inadequate Ye that are slow to pay will do well Ijbiiley’s traveling ex er stim of twenty-four dollars and eighty-five front of him some distance when it dis Address, THE BUN. Now York Cfty.N. Yv cents co-ta; I have levied upon all the right, ti to meet the demands of society. ¿t or Bob Ingersoll’s tle and iutece-t of D B Crawford in ana to the appeared as mysteriously as it had aris to glance your hazle optics ove. the no Presuming that , long articles are not following described parts or parcels of land, to en. All who know Tom well know that tice of Littlefield & Hill. .> • • * Beginning at the southwest corner of D desirable we will resume this topic in campaign expenses in Maine. If Mr. wit: B Crawtord's claim in section 31, T 4, 8 B 4 W, he would not get frightened easily; nor A Robert-tailed dog came into town Morrill has tak|iu money from the running thence north I.' chains to tbe south line 1 your next issue. did he this time, bat on the contrary, he the other day and worried some of our Samuel Davis'a donation land claim, thence Miscellaneous.; Treasury for tbii purpose be baa corn of east to the S E corner of said land claim No plugged his spurs into his horse and en- curs in a shameful manner. thence north to southi eat corher of W J Rog | Philomathean Literary Society was mitted theft. deavoted to overtake the—the something ers’ donation claim No.- 74, thence east on the The Grange officers will be publicly organized on the afternoon of the first south line of said claim to the northwest corner —but it out traveled him, and soon van installed to-morrow at 12 o’clock M. Af ■> news that it is the of D W McCall's land.lthence south on the west Friday in October, and lias held weekly ished. This occurred a short distance on ter which a dinner will be served. line of McCall’s land about 38 chaiaa^ thence meetings ever since, The officers elect »British Government west to the N E cornet*of the donation land this side of Mr. Jake Williamson’s o resi- of J A Cornwall No. 63, th) neo west to Dr. Roberts will be in town again on for the present term aro: W. Bradshaw, gte Stanley upon his claim denes. It is not the first mythical thing the place of beginning. Also the following next Thursday. Those desiring anything President; Miss V. Williamson, Vice of land: Beginning at the quarter corner lea. Stanley and his tract that has been seen in that locality. At post betwei n secti< na 23 and 24 in T 4 S R 5 W in the dentistry line should give him a President; Miss Mary Harris, Secretary; 22.10 VUB, ehs, two different limes a man has been seen tngagecl in plunder- thence east lb.10 cbairn, thence north U ¿J.AU call. D. J. Olds, Treasurer; Jeff Fenton and thence west 18 10 chains theuce south ’ 22.16 ““ ’ laying in the road and was run over by »as natives chains tn ____ ______ ef beginning. o j, containing 40 the r place When a young lady goes back ou her Judge Johnson, Censors. Editors, Miss Also the following described tract of acres. ¿1 _ ' a wagon— the rise and fall of the wheel i, and while doing so laud: beginning at a point i: ■" chains • - - south - ~ of -1 Verma Hoberg and Miss Alice W hitlow. 16.18 being distinctly felt - and when the oc beaux he remarks, “Now I’m done.” the N E corner of Sal n .el '' Davis's **'* J donation —**— '*-■* land «pertinence to raise tas had the The Amity jlchool is in a prosperous cupants alighted to see what it meant Two or three have made the remark this claim in T 4 8 R 4 anj I 5 W. thence south 18,»1 W. J. OLIVER, Proprietor. itieh flacr. The Bri- chains, thence west 1| 6 ehaius, thence nonh 40 there would be nothing there. At other week. condition,.under the charge of J. Garri degrees E 24 17 chain s to tbe place of begin- times something white, resembling a’ t certainly has the mug, containing 15 ai td 13-10o acres. Alee the The west wind that was blowing di- son and Miss Watt. Ths school enrolls man, has been seen riding a horse at following d'-scribed i rad of land: Beginning neari one hundred. it? flag shall not be -at tbe 8 E co. ner of tl tie donation land claim of break-neck speed. Other times it has rectly from the siiow covered hills yester- ;. . - * i rpiIE UNDERSIGNED HAVING ther- Davis No. 7 I aid 47, theuce west to taken the form of a sheep. Some men day made the people hunt the warm side Report of Lafayette Public scheol for; tical adventurer an a Samuel ooghly refurnishhd tbe above named the county road runtu Ing by Kelly and Ma^ea, whose courage can not be doubted are house, is now prepared to accommodate the month ending Jan. 5, 1877. Whole No*, the of a fire. ‘ ’ thence north tu the county road running by eions operation*; and re-idonce of, 1> B Cranford and E_P Walli reported as having seen something near fiubiic in a satisfactory manner, at the fol- _Jace, enrolled withiu tbe term, 140; numbet; eWing rates: 4 this place. ’ corner ofW J Rogers's Dr. Watts writes to his family from theuce ea t to thr 8 1 li-li him for what he average, , 1 on the roll for December, 132: ) donation claim, then« south to the place of be- Board aad Lodging per Week,... .ft 00 Washington City that he has not seen the i, it can prevent him ginning, containing 7i acres; all of said land ly- 118. The following named pupils were ing and being aituatel in Yamhill county. Ore- ground since he left Salt Lake City, on ■nj similar attempts gon, and on Board per week,................................. 4 00 neither absent nor tardy, and had a clean account of snow. • A ' Saturday-, the 17th day of February, I record in department: Ella Royal, Ilda Board and Lodging per Day,.......... 1 25 A little six year-pld remarked the oth Poppleton, Belle Sullivan, Martha Hus at the hour of one o'clock, r x. I will proceed The Table Will at all time» be «appli er night “that he wished that man would ton, Ella Fergusbh, Belle*Whitcomb, Jo : t<i sei at public auction, to the highest bidder. peddle him one of them papers,” mean- seph Huston, Minta Poopleton, Adalatde ; tor rash in hand, in rrc.nt of the Court House ed with the beat the Market Affords. 1 doer, in Lafayette, Yi iuhill county, Oregou, ail 1 ing the show bills. | the right, title and in ereet of caia defendant in Poppleton, May Nelson, Agnes Cook w. dr. olives . ami to tiie ab-ive described property, to sati-fy Some person fastened wires across the Cora Royal, Lewis Grazer, Frank WhitJ I said execution and accruing coat. HÒDALE. sidewalk last Tuesday evening, greatly comb, James Moore, Claud Fergusan, LafayetU, Jan 19, |b77. --------- |bberi< Yamhill county , to the annoyance of pedestrians. Trou Heber Msrtiq,(Monroe Messinger. ble will be the result if it is not stopped. . \ A. FRAZIER. novlO.TO Teachqr. I That was a graceful bow a young lady In the primary grade the following ) made to us on the corner of Third au iitf* " Yamhill county, in favor I Jefferson the other morning. As we appear on the list: ilaintiff. and against ltich- Kittie Grazer, Annie Grazer, Annie passed on we heard her mutter sotue- innt.- for the sum of two l thing that sounded like, “Darn the slip Grace, MaryjGrace; Myrtle McCord, Ray Ferguson, Robert Martin, George Grace, pery sidewalk.” When a Woman can f&el a mouse Alfred Huston, William Huston, James crawling along her spinal column, and Derby, Delmar Perkins, Lincoln Yoporn, ret stop to think whether she has on Louis Allen4 F lora R obinson , | striped stockings, before keeling over in e-t bait ef tbe northeast Teacher, a Jt, she is at least qualified to enjoy the Elective franchise. To noan not afford to pay Credit Rev. L. T Nichols finished up his The following Supervisors reports were protrated meeting at this place on last filed and accepted by the Court, at its prioes for your goods. Sunday evening. Ha tried to make ths last session, and the respective amounts people believe that the world is going to set opposite each name allowed ^com come to au end in 1883.* We have not pensation for extra labor, at ? 2 per heard whether he succeeded in convincing Names. No. diet. anyone or not. R L Booth MCMINNVILLE. Jas Millsaps ‘ bad aD interview with E H Lady [From the Reporter.] H T Graves i? since taken permanent Oit Couaty Seat has improved more W L Warren i Washington, perhaps in the last year than it had during the 8 Petter ¡naffeed him a pull at past five years we have been a resident R R Murray otice is hereby given that the of the county. New residences loom up it because of his ignor- undersigned ada instrator of the estate ef J W Cook DenJ. Franklin, deceased, has tiled hi» final ac on «very hand, and give ths place a neat ¡institution. D B Crawford count of said estat«-, i nd that tie county court and pleasing appearance, while the re has made an order for tlie hearing of laid final account fen Tuesday, he 6th day of March, 1877 pairs and renovations among the eld res-_ Wm Campbell The Hou¿ at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the Court D A Wallaco ideutal buildings add another mark of house, hi Lafayette. At which tint« and place Stud in thei LAFAYETTE, />BE«ON. J M Garrison all persona interested) may attend. freshness and tone in cheerful contrast P. M. Scroggin, compromise with the quiet and timeworn aspect Wm Myers Jan. 12, 1877. ' Administrator. W R Johnson have a voice HVING JÙ8T PURCHASED THB that reigned there heretofore. Lafayette FINAL, ft! ITTLBMENT, shove named ntabli»hment, I invite John Hutchcroft electoral vo is one of the oldest towns in Oregon, my friends to give mo a call and try my H F Bidwell Notice is hereby g von that the unde reigned Thè traudule and her veteran habitations have wea otecutor of tbe esti to of Samuel Kinney, de- WINES, R J Lancefield thered the blasts of a score of years, ceased, bits filed hi» i ual account of eaid estate, j||u^ust Flower. IH4UOBS, and that the County Court of Yamhill county yielding gradually under the spoliations James Andrews ir the hearing of said ac- baa made an order f< I 7__ _ __ _ _____ ‘ ‘ The most* miserable beings in the count at the Court house, in Lafayetteon SEEABS, of time until they became as so many W T Hash » r world — are j ’ those suffering from Dyspep Tuesday, the 6th da) of March, 1«77, at 10 o’- Johnson Covert TOBACCO. tottering relics of a preceding generation. sia and Livo# Complaint. clock a. m. of said di tv, al which time and place Robert Addison 1 may appear. These are gradually giving their places More than“ »eventj -five psr cent, of the all persons iutereste Qj^A good Billiard Table will be found S. A. YOUNG, M. D L. C. K inney , here for the accommodation of my custom- ipeople in th United States are afflicted Jan. 12,1577. to neat, new buildings of modern style, L Michael Executor. McMINNVTLLE, I a a OBI era. with those t • diseases and their effects; and soon the eld land marks will be D 0 Milter n«:tf I. H, CLARK. such as sol r stomach, sick headache, Orville Stewart Final Settlement. known only in the imagination of those habitual cos ivencss, palpitation of the F A Crawford who have lived with them and outlived heart, heart« turn, water-brash, gnawing Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed in the County Court of Yamhill coun ngpains at the pit of the utom- ty, and burning them. The effect is a pleasing one. We J F Foutz btate of Oregon, her final account R R Laughlin w.|ikin, coated tongue And dla- ach, yellov ot her edmiuhtritioi of the ertaie of arelad to note the change. Every cit Notice is hereby given that the undersigned agreeable 1 tajte in the mouth, coming up James M. Laughlin, deceased, and that Samuel Roberts izen in the county should feel a pride in by order of said court, said geeount will be has been duly appointed administrator of the of food after ¡eating, low spirits, &c. Go heard by sJad-t ouri at the room of s.iiil Court estate of James McCain, Sr., deceased, by the his county’s institutions, and encourage Sidney Rx>t to your drui ’gist and get a 75 cent bottle at the couM house, in I-afayette, >n eaid county, County Court of Yamhill county. Oregon. All of A ugust S lower or W Sample Bottle ou Tuesday, the 6th day of March, 1877, at one persons having claims against said estate will their development to a parallel at least A J Killen1 for 10 cents, Try it—Two doses will re o'clock p. m., of Mid day, at which time and please present them to mo within six months with those of the ether counties, and J J Haynes JOHNATHAN STOUFFER, leive you. | Agents, Crane & Brigham,, place any person interested therein may appear from this date. C F Ro/al should our county seat continue to im Ferry dale, Jan. Sth, 1877. Administrator. and object (hereto. San Francii NANCY C. LAUGHLIN Jan. Ji, 1877, . prove at the present rate, we will ere J O Gurton Exeeutrix long bo able to boast over seme of our Redney Jones !■ ' . neighboring counties. So mote it be. John Parrot j. Notices ’ W E Davis 1 At a meeting of the Council of this 'mt money and have City, held Baturday, January 6, 1877. have it. All persons I Mr. R. M. Gilbert wae appointed City i to the late firm or L. I Marshal for the ensuing year, Mr. B. D. H. or |T>r. Littlefield _ t___ are re- _ F. C. SULLIVAN, j Gaunt resigned. qn^sted^o settle immediately, We learn that there is a case of small and sane cost' Attornoy-at*Law, • pox in Moores valley. Who it is and Pay cond enable us to pay. MM FILL hereafter be found st the fonth YT cast corner room of Reed’s Opera ■ what the condition of the patient is, we L Littlefield $ Hill. Hondo, up stairs, Salem, Oregon. nW I would rospootfully announce to the pub * could not learn. lic of Lafayette and vicinity, that I always KKCKK-a- au) ILTlt.». — l SPACE ¡THIS is reserved the NEW FIRM HILL & t HARRIS fay ette N MOUNT DIABLO J. H. CLARK, Proprietor V I H WALSH i The Elgin Chronometer Watohes áre t true time-pieoes; I have one—a solid, 18- karat, 4-ounoe cased, warranted for eight r years; its prioe is 477. Uncle Harris, r 702 Kearny Street, four doors from the City Hall, San Vranaisco. ? ’Æi areÆt‘h’ « To î!“r fe w£kÄ laESisas&ajyg ¡ggW* Ân.wSvon D, Bible House, Now York. keep on hand tl e best quality ef meat, nt reasonable prlci«. Alto every Variety of puro Groceries, Fish, Canned Fruita, Vegetables, eta., Give mo a oeUandeo'ts«’ youroeii. < Subscribe for the COURIER. On ly $2 25 per an num, when paid | Attorn * I I4I41 in advan^r j