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About The Weekly enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1868-1871 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1869)
HI o G 1 ' o o o o. o O o o O O o OO o Q o o o o o o o o O o o o O o O o O o o o O O o o G) I i i t I ' OTJS SATURDAY NIGHT. Very Itonely. Once more ! Another Saturday nicht ! Acrain has the raven borne it load of seven bundles back to the shelves of the past, to be en tombed till the final settling-1 An other i weekly volume bound and laid away each of the seven chap ters the book contains sealed for ever. No matter how many blots or wrong figures, we cannot open the volume to erase or change the record is complete so far. Our past is His present ! It is Ills safe wherein is locked, beyond the reach of our opening, or genius of our keys, life records to be look ed at whenever He wills. And He calls i to settlement whether we are ready or no. Oh ! that none but good records were against any of us ! o But no more of this to-night. It is not of the past, and yet it is ! All the week we have toiled with brain and hand, till head and body be weary, -lint now we can rest, and lift from the cooling spring of memory beadlets strung with pearl drops, wherein and whereon are beautiful pictures.' We see a thou sand faces thus. Faces of those who little think we sec them. We hear the laugh, the voices of friends us we shape the pearls thus drawn out together we feel the earnest grasp of heart warmed hands, and live over again the years that are lost, as jf traveler would retrace his steps, and stop only at the most beautiful places he visited in the years aficd. And as we look these scenes over we feel lonely to-night. 5Xo one in the room save ourself and the un seen spirits which fill the air, and which come and go at our heart- stilled biddincr. The white dial of the watch before us seems to-night so much like a farce we know, often have our eves rested thereon. We listen to the " think-quick thinJc quielc" of the heart-work of this lit tle mechanism, and cannot half think. All gone! The loved guests we hadiwith us have gone. There were spirits of those who have crossed the riv er before us and the spirits of thOjSe who to-night are dreaming. 1 or do you not know that when we sleep our souls journey. Some times to lands we know not of, as we live. Dometimer to greet spirits over yonder.! Sometimes wander ing with spirits from over there ! And sometimes we wander amonr old scenes known before we became -of earth, as in the future state we will roam the aisles of the past whichls our present. When we sleep, school is out, and spirits play ! And sometimes we sleep while awake and start, we know not why 1 It is only the spirit the soul which has been playing truant, visiting miles away, return ed to its penance ! ( When the old house is worn out we move into another one ! And this is all there is of death. And were it not that all we love cannot go at the same time with us to the new home, we would not care how quick the old house might fall. At times we feel sad and lonclv. Waves run not smooth, like placid water, nor does life. It may " over yonder," and this is our hop? our full faith. But to-night we miss somebody. Our thoughts are with some one else. The room seems very still ; Nevtr so still before. We long to be there, to be away from here to look into certain eyes ado wn whose depths are traced characters others cannot, but which we can, read. We would feel the soft, sweet breatlVof some one-w wait the pen for a hand to touch ours for live fingers to rest as before on our almost bursting temples, but alas ! the eyes are not before us only as they glide jith the pen point across the paper on which we write ! And the dear fingers will not still the throbs which pain us. The sweet lips we have so often pressed the very soul jipon and into will not come to us to-night, nor can we feel the throbbing of that heart wherein we know our image is en shrined as an emerald is surrounded by diamonds pure and of wondrous luster. Did you ever wish somebody with you when miles were holding hands not hearts, apart ? Did you who read) these lines ever icoX so hungry because some one, more than loved, was not with you ? Did you ever pace the floor press against the pane listen to footsteps, grow heartsick over an absent one, till it 0 seemd as if you must go somewjhere, anywhere? Did you ever grow faint and weary of life in knowing that somebody, no matter who, were away, and you just .dying for their presence ? When the work of the dav is ended, then Ave want rest. Not alone the easv chair, the yielding sofa, not onj? of your hard, stiff, quakerisli contrivances, but a com fort ; not alone the carpeted floor, and pictured Avails that Avhich gives rest to eye and body, but Ave Avant rest for the heart. Bask ing in the s inshine of love. Loved lips speaking eyes gentle hands kind words generous3 kisses given by puresweet, unskilled, unjolluted lips. This is rest. To know that some one, no matter who, and yet it does matter, is Avith you, by you, of you, for you, to you, pure, good, loving, gentle-hearted and the heaven of this life, as4ti,e ciajr cf Paleontology i" Yal uu;: 1S m , a JMit to-nigit avc arc alone yet the kisses she gave us the caresses none can rob us of! The plans, and hopes, and promises, and dar ings of and confidence in the future all these are(with' us. Like gauze over th.oice paintings, so doe her love keep from us that which mars and Aveakens. Pretty soon! Before many days or weeks! We shall meet again. Very soon in dreams. We1 will find her Avhen the body is at rest. We will not be lonely then, foV long before morning avc Avill be more than a hundred leagues away and whither ayc go, Ave Avill not tell! And some day! Thank God for that! , Then Ave who Avork can rest. If Ave save Ave shall enjoy! If Ave are good avc shall be happy that is, happier than if Ave are not. And avc can work for others can speak kind Avoi ds for those Avho toil, and suffer, and soitow, and hope, and Avait, and with braA'e, patient, trusting hearts sit on the tide of the inrolline: sea Avaiting for the golden ship and the calm rwhich settles on the waves to still otliem. God bless those Ave love all Avhom avc work for, and keep us alCfrom the perils of this and every Saturday Flight "JJrkdc" Forneroy. A PICTORIAL THANKSGIVING. XastneA"er3'oncei'ed a more ef fective satire than the picture of "Uncle bam s Ihanksgivmg Dm ner" Avith Avhich he illustrates Jlaipers Weekly for November gOth. It is not intended for sat ire it is sketched as a picture of that unrufile9 bcatudc Avhich is to be the logical upshot of Kadical socioliCTgy ; but it is none the less satire for all thatCX A huge table graced Avith a single turkey, 3 a glass of celery, one or two covers, and a nondescript piece de resist a nee labeled Universal bBnrage, 5? is surrounded by twenty-eight per sons Negroes, Chinese, English, Arabs, French, Sioux, .Germans, Irish, Spanish, Cubans, and one American female, a fair faced gen tle girl, Avho, to bear out the spirit of the scene more perlcctljQ is sandwiched between a huge Afri can and a Chinaman. The African Unbailed Avife and pickaninny are seated by his side, but he exhibits that preference for O Caucasian which the frequent outrages on un protected Avomen in the Southern States attest, by directing his cour tesies to the American girl on his right. The portraits ot Lincoln, Washington and Grant smile their1 benedictions on the impossible abomination Avhite such cheerful inscriptions as " Welcome," " Fif teenth Amendment," "Come one Come all," and "Free and cgual," embellish the pictured festival. If this is Avhat Uncle Sam's Thanks giving dinner is coming to not any, thank you. S7 .Louis llepnib- lican. G THE AGE OF OUR EARTH. Among the astounding discover ies of modern science, is that of the immense periods that have passed in the ccradual formation of the earth. So vast were the cycles of time preceding even the appearance of man on the surface of the globe, that our period seems as yesterday when comparedSvith the epochs that have crone before it. Had we only the evidence of the deposits of rocks heapetY upon each other in regular strata, bythc slow accu mulations of materials, they would alone convince us of the long and slow maturing of God's work on earth ; but when we add to these the successive populations of whose life this world has been the theatre, and whose remains arc hidden in the rocks into which the mud, sand or soil, of whatever kind, on which they .lived, (hardened in tho course of time, or the enormous chains of mountains whose' upheaval divided the periods of quiet accumulation by great convulsions, or the change of a different nature in theconfigii rations of our globe, as the sinking of lands beneath the ocean, or the gradual rising of continents and islands above or the slow growth of the coral reefs, these wonderful sea walks, raised by the littleQcean architects, whose own bodies furn ish both the building stones and the cement that binds them? together, and have worked t,o busily during thelong centuries, that there are extensive countries,chains of moun tains, islands,and lon lines of coast consisting solely of heiftcmains : or the countless forests that have grown upGflourished andvdecayed, to fill the store-house of coal that feed the fires of the human race, if we consider all these records' of the past, tl?c intellect fails to grasp a chronology of which our experi ence fufnishes no data, and time that lies behind us, seems as mucf? an eternity to our conception, as the future stretches indefinitely be fore us-l gassi. .Q o o o o o THE ONONDAGA GIANT. Profcajor Marsli, or Yale College, Prononnceg it a. Humbug. From the Buffalo Courier, Nov. 20. Prof. O. C. Marsh, Avho occupies e Uollegehas lately examined thH CardiiF Giant," and Ave are pei- nutted to publish abetter written byjliim to a . friend, containing his .r . views uiereon. r rom such a titled source opinions are en to great AVeight on such a subject, and it must be admitted thaj, the testi mony of Prof. Marsh finally settles the claim of the monstrosity to btv of antique origin. The following is the letter: w Rochester, Now 24, 18G9. Dear : I saw the "Cardiff Giant" last evening, and in accord ance with your request I Avill tell you what I think of) it, although I can npAV only give you my conclu sionsr The reasons for them Avould make a longer letter lian I have at present time to Avrite. By special permission of the pro prietors I Avas allowed to make a more careful examination of the statue than is permitted to most A'isitors, and a A ery fcAV minutes sufficed to satisfy me that my first suspicions in regard to it Avere cor rect, viz5-that it is of veryrcccnt origin, and a most decided hum bug. The figure is cut from a block of gypsum, similar to that found in Onondaga countA and at other lo calities of the saline formation in the State further Avest. The pecu liar position of the body and limbs, Avhich has occasioned so much re mark, Avas apparently determined in a great measure by the form of the block of stoncAvhieh Avas Avater Avorn on at least three of its sides before the sculptor begairhls Avork. These rough, Avater Avorn surfaces: Avere not entirely removed Jn cut tingr) Portions of them still re main on the sides of the head and on the feet and limbs, and have erroneously been regarded as indi cating for the Avork a high an tiquity. The tool marks are still A'cry dis tinct on different parts of the statue, especially Avjiercjthev have not boen obliterated by the imper feet polishing Avhich evidently com pleted the Avork. On the more prominent portions of the figure these marks appear as small pointed depressions, but in the less exposed places, Avhere the polishing Avas more carelessly done, or omitted, they are nearly as distinct and fresh as Avhen first cut. In several pi aces: they arqA'eiy near or immediately surrounded by the Avater Avorn sut9 faces (e. g., in the opening of the right ear), and therefore are evi dently of subsequent formation. Now, as gypsum is soluble in about 400 parts of Avivterp a a cry short exposure of the statue) in the locality at Cardiff Avould suffice to obliterate all traces of tool marks and also to roughen the polished surfaces but these are both quite perfect, and hence the giant must have been A ery recently buried where discoA'ered. Altogether the Avork is Avell caE culated to impose upon the general public, but I dm surprised that any scientific observers should not have at once detected the unmistakable T 0s.'. . ' . f, In an old house in Danbury Ct., the otheiPday, a well-preserved note was found, issued under the acCof Congress, Feb. 17, 1770. It was for "one sixth of a dollar.' On one side, among other things, was the motto, "31ii;d your business," and on the reverse side a circle composed of thirteen links, repre senting the thirteen States. JJAKLOW IX THE HOTEL Business Again. TTAVIXG .TAKEN GKO. AA SIIEPPART) JjJ, as copartner in the business and leased the ctle6ated CLIFF IIOUSLV of Oregon City, for thdterm of one year.we would sayjo the public, come on, we are ready for you, and will accommodate vou to tliebest of our ability. BARLOW & SI1EPPA11D. A u gust 21 .-tf.- Q QOSMOPOLITAX HOTEL. FORMERLY ARRIGONI'S, FRONT St., PORTLAND. W.R.SEWALL and J.B.SPRENGEE D PROPRIETORS. - The Proprietors of this well known House having superior accommodations, guarautee entire satisfaction to all guests. H3, The Hotel Coacli'ilT be in attendance to convey passengers and baggage to and Irom the Hotel, free of charge. (lOtf Office Oregon and California Stage Co. S. D. SMITH. Geo. R. COOK. The OCCIDENTAL, FORM E ELY TV 7 ESTEItX HOTEL. Cor. First and Mnrrifon- Streets, PORTLAND, ORKtiON". Itir Messrs. Smith & Cook have taken t his well known House, refitted and refursisheli it throughout, built a largeQddition, making thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarged, the dining and sitting rooms, making it by far the best Hotel in Portland. A call from the traveling public will satisfy them that the above statements are true. SMITH A COOK, Proprietors. N. B. Hot and cold baths attached. 4.tf A MEIIIOAX EXCHANGE. (late LI XtOLX HOUSE,) No. S4L Front street, Iortli nl Orcgcn.lL,. done L. Pj W. QUI MB Y, PnoiTviEToii, f J (Late ( M esUm Hotel.) q This house is the nQst commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be the en deavor of the proprietor to make his guesLs comfortable. The Laggage Wagon will al ways be' found at the landing on the arrival of steamships and river boats, carrying bag gage to the house free of charge O o o O COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY? o AVHEN THE BELE RINGS LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE. O O Mow is the Time to o While theare o -n M st ! o D Having purcf?asecl the entire Stock of Goods, fixtures, etc. ofoMessrs. Jacob & Brother, and moved into the stand lately occupied by that firm, I amjow better prepared thanQsver to attend to the wants of my customers, aiid having a double amount of very desirable goods on hand, I have decided to Sell 61F at Cost for the next Sixty Days, ine6rder to reduce the stock. In order that all may rest assured of this fact I ask you to call atid satisfy yourself. Mystock consists in part of the following articles0: LADIES DRESS GOODS. BALMORALS, HATS of various descriptions; CLOAKS, such as Circulars and Sacks ; O KID GLOVLS, best quality ; O TiirisiKirv rs BROWN AND BURACQpD lUSLLVS. all widths : BOOTS AND SI 10 ICS : 1 1 ATS AND CAPS : CLOTHING : FINI-PBLACK DRESS SUITS ; C ASSI M E R E S U1TS ; SUPERIOR BEAVER SUITS; BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, nUizes and qulliies. A SUIT TILVT WIIiL SUIT ANYBODY ail on tho moi reasonable terms. Also a larjje stock of Gents' Funrishihg Goods. GROCERIES A well selected assortint-nt. q All kinds of Produce Bought.- RAGS-V'ANTED. O MADE o ? TH Manufacturer of and Dealer in I urniture, oi;k;ov city, O rpAKGS THIS MKTUOI) OF INFORMING 1 tho public that he has now on hand a lartre iuvoice of O SQUARE AND EXTENSION TABLES, BUREAUS BED-STEADS, O LOUNGES. DESKS. O STANDS, CHAIRS, AnifoVarious other Qualifies of Rich and Medium Furniture Forming a complete and (desirable assort ment, wnicu merits me attention oi Diners. n5H He MANUPACTURESrUKHITUKE Usinoj good materia!, and employing th vety best mechanics in the State, hflve h can warrant tns goods to be as represented, and h'9 is prepared to till all orders with promptness. O He ytuld call the 'attention of he public to his salesroom, as containing the most complete assortment of etesirable tjouJs in the State. " M. WEUTIIEIMKIl. w o OMain street, Oregon City. OREGON CITY B EE W E 11 Y ! o 7 Having purchased the above Riewery wish es to iuforin the public that he is now piepar cd to manufacture a No. I quality of u I.AGER BEER, As good as can he obtained anywhere in the Stale. Orders solicited and promptly hlled. J. BIcHenry. Qji FRONT STREET, O PORTLAND, Oregon. O Q Has on Hand, and is constant ly receiving direct from the East,a large aifcf)- caretuUy selected stock of Crockery. Glass Ware, Plated Ware, Lamps, ctcVall of which he offers at prices to suit the timesit Wholesale and Retail, JT" Dealers will do well to call and exam ine his stock, and learn his pricesVLcfore purchasing elsewhere. O 112 O -4 O- lOl , FRONT STREET, FIRST STREET, Near Mornsou Street, Near Yamhill. EAST h CAHALIN. o New Stock of Boots and Shoes JUST RECEIVED! Best Selection in the City ! Comprising all the leading and best brands known, such as Renkert's, Tirrell's, FoggVy Houghjson & Coolidge's, Reed's, Godfrej and numerous others, of geftts' and boys' year. Also Mile's, Sicberiich's, Burt's, Km Francisco aud custom-made ladies and children's wear. o Onr customers and the public in general are invited to call and examine our stock, which wc will sell cheaper than ever. P. S. Boots made to order, and an assort ment of our jfiake constantly on hand, O TEW WAGON AXI Carriage Jlanufactory ! The undersigned, having increased the di mensions of his premises, at the old stand Cornelrcf Maui and Third streets, Oregon City q, Oregon. Takes thisQncthou iu inform his old pat rons, and as many new ones as may be pleased to call, that he is now prepared, with ample room, good materials, "and the Qvy best of mechanics, to build anew, recon struct, make, paint, iron and turn out all complete any sort, of a vehicle from a com mon cart to a concord coach. Try me. Black-smithing, Horse or Ox-shoeing, and general jobbing neatly, nickly and cheap- ;avii) Mirn. Opposite E r. c c 1 si oTi M a r k c t JMPERIAL MILLS. O Savicr, LaRoque & Co., OREGOX CITY. S"5,Kcep constantly on hand foi sale, flour Midlings, Bran and Chicken Feed, Parties pchingqed inubt furnish the fcacks. o . O o o o o o o KOBIE F U R N I cm. "WER O o o o esuy your going Cheap ! o s w O O o Hf2 II A q Successor to JOHN FLEMIXG. At Charrna-i Il'm-nor's old tnrf, lately oc cupied by S. AcLcnuaii, Jlaiu street, Oregon City, Oregon. IMPORTER AXD DEALER LY 9 etej) o WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ox HAND a huge sins.1 well selected stock of i'.ooks Stationeryand Drugs, coixsprising in part Standard and. M 'sccllanrov sDoohs, Medical, Mining, and Scientific q JJooks, Theological a?id lielig ious Hooks, Jjtveinlc and Toy Hooks, Sabbath and -Day School JJooks.' IN GREAT V A IU E T Y. Blank JJooks (in Every Style, Jiss JJooks. Mt mora ndum JJooks, and Time JJooks, Drawing, Trac o rn3 and Tissue Jiapcr, J art ffj I J a . n r rl PHOTO GRAPHIC AX B UM S ? Arnolds', Maynard ct' JVoycs,' and David's Jnks, Mucilage, Sheet Music, Music Paper, and Jfytc JJooks. All of Which he will Sell at the Lowest Prices. 1 General Variety of J?rugs and J. Tl atent. MedtcniQ, Constantly offhand, for sale. i A" Cell TVo 1 1 .ia on1 na rn t" tti rf C-i1rt1 ars will li.'itl it to their advantage to inspect my stock and idces, before purchasing else where. JKW Books Imported to Order. Orders res pectfully solicited and promptly fdled. J8iT Agent for the b'rf'i Francisco Times, and Eastern periodicals, and papers. JOHN M. BACON . W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since IS 19, at thcQld stand, Iain Street, Oregoi City, Oregon. An Assortment of Watches, Jew elry, aud Scth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represent. Repai rings done on short notice, aud thankful for past favors. CLAEK GEEEHMAo Q City Drayman, 01! EG OX CITY. T03Q All orders for the delivcrv9f merclSn- dise or packages and freight of whatever des-L criidion, to any part of the city, Qiv ill beexe-p cuted promptly al)d with care. w WALL AM E T IRON WORKS COMPANY! 3 o AndCEoiler Builders! ortli Froif? andE si?., O Portland, Oregon. rpilL'E WORKS AREPLOCATED ON the fJL bank of the river, one block north of Couch's Wharf, andOiave facilities for turn ing o;rt)inachinery promptly and e4iciently. We have(ecurcd the services otrdr. Jolin NationQsis DirectO- of the Yrorks, whose ex perience on this coast ftQ fifteen years gives him a thorough knowledge of the various kinds of machinery required for mining and mailing purposes. We are prepared to exe cute orders for all classes of machinery and boiler works, such as O mini: AND STEAM HOAT MACHINERY t FLOUKING MIQ.S ! SAW MIL ! QUARTZ MIJ.LS I I MIXING TUMPS &C, &C, &e) Jfen'ffacture and II fair Hacliin ery of all Huds. IROX SHUTTER WORK at San Francisco cG"i end freigld. Wheeler tC Ran dalls Patent Grinder an I Amalgamator. Ihinvar's and Slei'e,- Self Adjusting Patent Pinion, Jh l ing, eitler applied to old or new ti'a.m cylinder, ij'iartz Stampers, Shoot and dUs,if ltt ltt hard iron,- Z:2J o o o o o G- 0 o o o Sallys ifJuly COM, CI1A8. HODGE . .CIIAS. E. CALEF . .GEO. W. SXELL. HOBGE, CALEF & Xc, DEALEKS IX DETJGS and MEDICINES, iQlXTS, OILS, AND WINDOW CLASS, rARXISIJES, Q RUSHES, r A INTERS Sundries. Jfdtiitai a n ariJrv.ijfj 'tuts O f r X7 . A A A. i7 r rni Birivi,o Portland, Oregon. DIRECT EMPOKTATIOIVS NEW AND ELEGANT STYLES o OF- o Bed-Hodm SUITES. Just received and placed in the warcrooms, O -OK- HURGF.EN & SH!NDLER;!r 100, 163, 170, r?3 First street, corner o Salmon, O PORTLAND, OREGON. O -r. PARLOR SETS lST TERRY, Igl'LUSH, AND IN IIAIR-CLOTn. New Ornamental Pieces, For the Parlor, (Jreat Assortment ef HOUSEHOLD FTJXtNITUBE ! 0 Lounges and Spring beds. r?) p The trade supplied with goods in original packages, on reasonable terms. 0 O HURGREN" k SIIINDLER. G. .SNExVTIL o 5 Q WHOLESALE GROCER, 32 Front Street, Portland. GOODS BY THE PACKAGE, TOR CASH, 0 AT SAN FRANCISCO PRICES, and Freight. Qs" Orders Piomptly filled in San Francis co, if desired. " d-iO.tt Heii&ee's Photograph Gallery. K3 THE ONLY PL-' IN PORTLAND where j'on are sure of getting No. 1 Pictures aUtll times is at HendoS5sJ.5a!lery, coi ner of Fmt and Moi i isou streets, where he is as well prepared to do all kinds of work as any Gallery in Oregon, and will guarantee as gooil satisfaction for all his work as caitjLe bad in the"Sta?e. Pictures of every kind con be had at short notice. Old Pictures can be copied, enlarged and retouched in Ldia Ink, or Oil Colors, AT LOWER PRICES THAN AN V OTHER PLACE. 4 Cm A. J.CMOKROE, Dealer in California, Vermont an (I) J la Ha n Ma rh les. Ohe links - Monuments, JJead and Fool f5 Slouj es. Salem J! an ties to (fi)cr. ind Furniture Marble luruished U WASHING MADE EASY, BY USING THE Automatic Clothes Wusher and Boiler ! THE GREATEST INYENT10X OF THE times, as it does away with rubbing and wear ad tear on Clothes. An ordinary washing tan be done in fromon to two hoiii-s-SAVErt TIME, LABOR AND EX PENSE. Warranted to givt' entire satisfac, tion. For sale hv W O J.C. MARDY, Manufacturer, C1L3 Front street, one door north of 41 tf Q Taylor su eet, Portland. XUSTICES' BLANKS, of every descripl P9 tion. printed at, the Entkkhuse office t IXAIIXISTJ iATOUS' NOTICE ciit the estate of DAVID CUTTING De ceased : Notice is hereby given that I, Jones Cuttino, Ad ministrator oP)the estate of the above named 2)avid Cutting, deceased, have tiled in the County Court of Clackamas County, State of Oregon, ftiy final account in said estate, aQd asked for its approval, and that I be dis charged from further liabilities, as such Ad ministrator, and that Monday, the 1th day of February, A. D. IsTO, at the hour of 1 o'clock p. M.,"of said day, at the Court House in Oiegon City, in Clackamas County, State of Oregon, has been appointed by the said County Court, as the time and place for hearing and settling said account. At which said time and place any person interested in said estate may ap pear and tile exceptions in writing to" said account, an 1 contest the same. tv JOXF.S CUTTIXG, Adminhtrctier Dec. Sth, 1 !;. 0r-4 0 EEFEKEES' SALE. Ii Circuit Cons t of t!ie Jstsite of Ore gon for I lie County of Clatkainas. James II. Fia'c and ('Umentiue V. Fi.sk, Jus wife, vs. Joseph KeUog udn Estetta Kel lofSSrJiituvife, E. 7,1. Hum to and llhoda AnkrIturU-u, hix icife. Xovenilrer 'tli, 18 tit'. Decree of Court in partition and order ef 8 ale. This cause came on tins day to be heard upon the complaint oi tin plaintiffs, and it appearingGthat all the parties hereto have been duly served with the summons according to law, and said parties being m court, the plain tills by J. It. Mitchell, their attorney, and the defendants by Win. Strong, their attorney, the Court pro ceeded to hear said cause upon said cora- pluint iind proofs herein ottered, aud upon aid li wiring and proofs, and with the eon- 1 -'til.' l) Till sent of the parties herem do fmdas fol-i erected, and all the privileges and app'ir lows. That the plaintiffs and Clementinef tenances thereunto belonging, in winch . risk ana the defendants Josepb Kel logg and G. M. Burton hold andare in possession of the following described real property, with the tenements, privileges, and appurtenances thereunto belonging as tenants in common, in which property each of the said defendants Joseph Kel logg and C. M. Bnrton and the said plain- V tni Clementine V. Fisk n estate of inheritance to the extent of the undivided interests owned b y cue i0 merem i . ;ia i- i, hereinafter sneciailv set forth. y set loriu. ;'he whole of said real property in which 1 parties have an interest as tenants ia auid common being described as follows : Situ- i ate in the town of Milwatikie, county of! Clackoiuc.s, and State of Oregon, corn- j I ) . - ' mencinrat a point on the donation land claim of Lot Whitcomb. deceased, on the I bank of the Willamette river at low water, o 0 G o mark, where the boundary of limi " by Joseph Kellogg interfeefs saldTv Thence m an easterly direction , cr with said land of Kellogg f d secting the west line of Front Jr, called, laid down on the plat of Mn ? Thenc)0n and with eaidesTlii street m a northerly direction to the S boKndary of land owned hv xri- r. ,u.ttl Thence on said south line of Jleek H? westerly to said W5nr,.4 . UCy ud ullamelte river at H water mark. Thpr. . 1 'ow cording to the mpanderings thereof Vn water mark to the place of Kn0 Excepting the warehouse formerly X pied by Doland, and the ground actuahJ covered by ,t and upon which it stands which neither of plaintiffs have any inh P osfbr estate, and excepting the follow - J desenbed piece or parcel of said above desenbed. to wit : Commend at ..j, mer laud claim, known as theMihvaukie claim on the bank of the Willamette river & up said nrer following its bank south 77 east hlty-four rods to a stake, Thenc north 7zo east thirty-c ne (31) rods and nineteen links to a fir tree. Thence nor h f,5:.Voa" trt,e on the bank of the " hitcomb mill pond. Thence up said mill pond following its bank to the linn between Luelling. and Meek, and 1 0t Uhitcomb's. Thence west following the said line between Luelling and Meek and VVhitcomb to the place of beginning Con fainmg six acres more or less, inwbich said piece or parcel of six acres more or less neither of said plaintiffs Lave any es tate or interest. J That the land hereinabove described excepting the tr:o pieces or parcels of the same herein above described as the Doland warehouse and iand upon which it st:in,i nuu ii"- sua iiv,.- iuui c less, piece or V parcel, the interest and estates of fheu- C spective parties arenas follows, to wit : I The said Clementine Y. Fisk is'tlo I owner la fee of the one undivided ninth end the said Joseph Kellogg and thecgaid' E. M. Burton arc each the" owners in fee of four undivided ninths of the following described land, part and parcel of tho lands hereinabove first described, with tLe tenements, privileges and hereditamenls thereunto belonging, to wit: Coiiiniencin at low water mark in the Willamette river -at the south-west corner ofJ the old grit mill, thence running east parallel widilhe streets of Mihvaukie to Front street thence north parallel with (Front street io the mill pond; thence down the mill pond to the bank of the Willamette river at low water mark ; thence southerly up the Willamette river to the place of begin ning, containing four acres more or less. That the said Clementine V.l'isk is the owner in fee of the two undivided ninths, and the said Joseph Kellogg antl the said E. M. Burton are each the owners in fee of three and one-half undivided ninths of the following described land, part and parcel of the land hereinabove first described, with the tenements, privileges and here ditaments thereunto beiiging, to wit: Commencing at the south-west corner of the old gri:it mill aforesaid, and running thence easterly parallel with the streets ef Mihvaukie to Front street ; thence south erly parallel with Front street to the mill pond f thence dowigoa the north side of the mill pond to the Willamette river ; thence down the river northwardly by its Dieanderings to the place of beginnings; the south-west corner of the old gristmill, containing 4 Sa-KMKif.xres more or less. That the said Clementine V. Fisk is the owner in fee simple of one undivided third, and the said Joseph Kellogg and the said E. M. Burton are eaehethe owners in fee of one undivided third of all the re maining portion or residue of the land herein first above described, which has not been hereinabove provided with all the privileges', tenements and hereditvinenti thereuSfo belonging. The Court also finds that each of the said several tracts, pieces and parcels arc so situated that partition cannot, be made without great prejudice to the owners. The Coe.rt aiso finds that the said James II. Fisk has no interest in any of the said lands save and except as the husband of Clementine V. Fisk. That Estella Kellogg has no other interest save and except a the wife of the said Joseph Kellogg, and that Iihoda Ann Burton has no other in terest therein save'and except as the wife of the said E. M. Burton. This Court also finds that the plaintiffs herein have a lien by virtue of the judg ment described in the complaint herein for the sum of $3.412.!h". and interest from October fth, 1S(J!), and for accruing cof!s until said judgment if satisfied against the interest of the said Joseph Kellogg in the property aforesaid. Whereupon by the consent of the par ties and upon the consideration by the Court, it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed, first, that the parties herein itre tenants in common in the several parts and parcels cT Iand above described and that themrights and interests therein are as above found. It is further ordered that said premises in which said parties have an interest as above specified as ten ants in common be sold according to law in three several parcels, namely : The par cel in which Clementine V. Fisk has i in terest in one parcel, that in. which she has "2-l)ths interest in one parcel, and that sbo has l-!)th interest in another parcel, and that the money arising from said sale be paid in to Court to abide the further ordt?r of this Court to be made at any general term or at any special term to be hoiden on the second Monday after such sale shall be made or sooner it parties shall so agree. It is further ordered that J. II. Siinson, Esq., be and lie is hereby ap pointed referee to carry this decree into effect. It is further ordered that the costs and disbursements herein be paid by the parties in proportion to their respective interests. (Signed) W W. UFTOX. JwJ'jc. To all fersons concerned : Notice js hereby given that in pursu ance of tho power vested in me by virtue of the foregoing decree, I will proceed to sell at public auction at the Court House door in Oregon City.in Clackamas county, State of Oregon, on Friday, the thirty-fust (.'list) day of December, A. D. LSfi'J, at eleven o'clock a. m. of said day, do the highest bidder, for cash down in lawful money of the United States, the whole of the real estate hereinbefore described, in which the parties aforesaid are tenants iu common ; that is to say : all such portions ofr.the before described real estate, to gether with the Standard Mills thereon said Clementine V. Fisk has ar. undivided one-third interest to be sold together and separately from the two other parcels, m one of which said Clementine V. Fisk has an undivided one-ninth interest, and in the other of which slu; has n two-ninths inter est; each, together with the privileges antl appurtenances belonging thereto to he j sold separately in conformity with tno S.,cii s:ile of each ot i foregoing decree ! nnviM'! f lw r.f ( ClUll'C intei'es .sts of i ' - .... , ..n,lfr all parties therein, 'iuc purcua.-ei uu' such sale will take a good title in fee sinf pie. Terms of sale : cash in hand on day of sale, in lawful money oi mo " States. Sale to commence at eleven (11) o'clock a. ?.r. of said day. . . - ft j , i. ift r4 Oregon City, -Nov. iii.i. j.mi.?. 1 II I I T-w - I STIXSOX, E'facc. o.wo