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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
DiscoNTtNt'im. We wo mi item In
the papers btating tlmt the post odlco
nt Salt Creek, Polk comity, Iiuh hecn
discontinued.
F.scAt'i'.n. Otic evening lnt week
three prisoners escaped from tlic coun
ty Inll in Kugcno City, hy sawing u
hole through the wall.
Tin: llAir.itOAi). The track of the
Oregon mill California Railroad Is now
laid to the center of Pass Creek Can
yon, U7 miles south of Kugcno City.
Fixiii'.-Threoboys, whoscimmcs we
Mipprcss, were before the Recorder one
day this week, for disorderly conduct,
an'd were lined eight dollars apiece.
Josiumi C. I Ior.r.A day, youngest son
or Ken. Hollnday, died at Hong Kong,
China, March 12th, 1872, aged twenty
two years.
Di:ai. The Eugene Journal says
that Mr. Hamilton, who, some days
since was severely injured by n log
rolling over him, died shortly after the
accident.
Wahiiinotox County. A corres
pondent writing to us from (irccnvlllo
says : " I never saw winter wheat
looking better at thN season of the
year than It does in tills county."
Hi:m I'ouThiau T)nn. Dale, char
ged with the murder of his former
partner, one Herring, on Whldby's
island, W. T., has been Indicted lor
murder.
Died. Charles N. "Ward, who was
shot by Win. McAllister, at Walla
Walla, Vol). 21th, 1ms since, died of his
wound. McAllister Is in Jail, to await
tlic action of the grand Jury.
Fatal Accihiint. George F. Hod
man, a well known, popular young
man residing at Olyinpla, was found
dead at Tumwatcr on the -1th Instant.
An Investigation showed that lie had,
in the dark, fallen down an embank
ment, struck a stump, fractured his
skull and died almost instantly.
Stahiikh. In an a dray in a whisky
mloon, at Dixie Creek, Grant county,
some tlmo ago, between Joseph Old
llcld and Dad Akers, tho former was
beverely stabbed, receiving nine cuts on
Ids person, without causing death,
however.
Sii.ktz. The Dallas JlcpuhUvan
learns from Gen. Palmer that every
thing Is going on well on tho Reserva
tion. The Indians have somo forty
acres of fall wheat, nnd will put luscv.
cral more of spring wheat. They ex
pect to raise potatoes enough this sea
ton to supply them tho coming winter.
Ahm Kiiokkk. On Wednesday
evening, as ofllcerllewley wasendeav
.orlng to arrest Cleorgo Franklin, who
was drunk, tlic latter mado resistance,
nnd falling sustained a fracture of the
arm between the wrist and elbow. Dr.
Carpenter was called to his assist
ance, and attcudedto tho broken limb.
Kakkii. Tho Republicans have
nominated tho following tieket: For
SherlfT, Walter Fernnld; Clerk, Dan
iel Dwlght; County Treasurer, O. II.
Clement; Assessor, I). S. Moomaw;
Commissioners, John Waldo nnd Wm.
Unblock; Superintendent of Public
Schools, K. II. Bunnell; County Sur
vrVir, J. K. Meecham; Coroner, Dr.
Koyd; Itepresentative, II. N. McKin
ney. Concept. There was a musical en
tertainment given by D. W. Prentice
with his class of young singers, last
Tuesday evening, at tho Opera House.
Tho eoueert drew quite a large crowd,
; who appeared greatly pleased with the
exercises. Tlic musical culture shown
by tho elasH was very creditable to Mr.
Prentlco as teacher, as well a to the
learners generally.
SALEM,
Skxti'xct.I). Blaze Perrln, con
1 vleted in the I'. S. Court, at Portland,
! of selling liquor to Indians, Iiub been
sentenced to Imprisonment In the pen
itentiary for one year. Alexander
I McKay, who pleaded guilty to the
I oO'cnsc, was sentenced to ouu month's
Imprisonment in tho IJmntllbi county
Jail, lioth od'cnscswero committed on
i tho Umatilla Kcervation.
( IiAitt'ENY. From the JMvwiicr we
I learn that tho usual quiet town of
i Monmouth, Polk county, wns much
'excited over the larceny of forty dol
lar's worth of clothing from the store
, of H. Lindsay. Suspicion pointing
' strongly to two young men, they wcro
'arrested, and olter a liearlmr before
Justice Butler, they were held In a j
doiki oi 9,iw eaen 10 appear at tne
April term of court. Their names are
Alwalom Hembreeaud John Kurnctt.
Kov Dkowni:i. Lust Haturday,
two hoys of this city were In a small
"dug-out" iiiion the river, when the
waves from thu ferry boat and the cur
rent of tho river carried them against
tho wlmrf-bo.it, causing the dug-out
to bo upset. One of tho bow, Loiiah
Vocum, after struggling awhile in the
water, sunk to rise no more. Ho was
about fourteen years old. ami a sou of
Mr. F.Yoeum's, of this city. Tho body
nas not yet neon recovered, nitiiougli
diligent cd'orts liuve been made.
(UiAri: (liu)wi.N(i in Umihiua. The
Koseburg Jhtxlyn says: Our Uinpqua
farniorsarejust now beginning to take
an interest in grnpo culture; a num
ber of young vineyards liavo been
planted out, and from tho experience
of tlioewhoeommeuced tho early cul
ture of grapes, It has been proved that
liriiuiiH in huh vimcy nro iccuuaiiy
adapted to that fruit. The south side
of rollliighillHlstliought to lie the best
laud for grain's In tills valley.
DiKD. George Cornelius died at Ills
residence near ltoseburg, Douglas
county, March 1st, of consumption.
Mr. Cornelius eamo to Oregon in lfiir,
and was for many years a resident of
I .Marion county, noma mourns since
lie removed to Southern O retro n. hon
ing the change would bo beiiellulal to
his health. Mr. Cornelius was about
forty-nine years old, and was much re
spected forhismany good qualities as a
neighbor and citizen.
Axotiii'k Myhti:hv. A few days
since, a man in Portland named John
Carey, was found lying In his bed in
Ills own room, with Ills throat cut and
with severe knife wounds on his left
arm. Thu night before, lie had been
out, anil drank freely of whisky, as
usual, and was heard to goto Ills loom
about 10 o'clock. Late the next day,
his room was entered, and lie was
found In a bed, In a state of stupor,
wounded as above described. At llrst
It was supposed ho had attempted sui
cide, hut Inter developments show that
some one must have attempted to kill
him. The case Is still Involved In
mystery.
IXIIIAX SUI'KIUNTKNIllINCV. TllO
Washington correspondent of tho Ku
genu City Journal, in his letter of Feb.
14th says :
Itev. Father Mesplie, a Catholic
priest, arrived hero last week from
Idaho. Ho favors the removal of tho
Umatilla Indians to Fort Hall, and
wants Major Kerry to remain In charge
of that agency as the representative of
the Catholics, hut Is willing to let the
Methodists have Grande Itonde, lately
transferred to tho Catholics by tho re
moval of Mr. Dyer and tho amont
incnt of Sinnot. He Is aleo dissatls
lied with the removal of Mr. Mcachnm.
CUACKAMAh. TllO following iri tllO
Republican ticket: Senator, Hiram,
Cochran; Representatives,'. N. Mat-1
lock, L. T. Kurin and John D. Craw
ford; Bhcritr, Iloblnsoii Unmsby ;
Clerk, Peter Paquet; Treasurer, W. '
li. Pope: Commissioners, L. D. C. la
touretto and Warren Corby ; Assessor,
Nelson MeConnell; School Bupcrln-.
teiident, J. A. McCrum ; Surveyor, K. I
L. Campbell; Coroner, Forbes Rar-i
clay.
OREGON, MARCH
DOniCSTIG MtWH 11V TliMSCHAK'll.
Wim't.lNU, March t). Quite nn ex
citement was created at the Hurling
ton and Ohio railroad depot this even
ing by the discovery of n box shipped
from Cincinnati to Thornton, west
Vlrglua, which proved to contain the
remains of n human being head, legs,
arms, bauds etc., completely severed
from tho body. It Is believed to be
tho corpse of a female. The discovery
was made by a portion of tho lid being
knocked oil' In transferring the box,
when a piece, of the mutilated body
dropped out.
LoinsiVM,i:,Maroh It. Knrlv yester
day three negroes broke into tlio house
of an old man SO years of age, named
.James McNeill, near Shelby City, and
brutally murdered him, splitting his
head open withanaxo and stabbing
him In several places. The purpose
evidently was robbery, ns there was a
small amount of money hi the house.
The villains wore frightened away by
thesereainsoftho wife of the murdered
man. Two were arrested in tho evening
and lodged In Jail, at Danville, and
Identlllcd by the wife of the murdered
man.
Nr.w Yoitic, March t.Nh:o cases of
small pox were reported yesterday ami
twenty-four eases during the week.
Vaccination Is increasing.
Washington, March I). The Com
mlssloner states that apprehensions
exist that hostilities may bo resumed
by the Indians and military authorit
ies, whereby the policy Inaugurated
may bo defeated, and, to prevent this
General Howard Is, alter piocccdlni; to
Arizona and New Mexico, ordered tot
take such net ion as may be deemed
best for the preservation of peace. Gen.
Howard Is requested to consider thu
propriety of inducing thu nomadic
tribes of Arizona to unite and accept
a reservation further east of the Terri
tory of Nuw Mexico, where they may
be more readily reached hy the ellbrts
of the Government nnd the eltloiis.
(leu. Howard's mission is generally
condemned by Pacillu coasters hero as
fmiMwml f . . f 'r.wil:'i iipu.l li.nl miMikiiriw
Sargent asserts that It Is only for tho j
protection or iricnuiy imiiaiiH, nun to
carry out thu previously announced
policy of the administration.
Washington, March 10. Chief
Justice McKcau, of Utah, Is still in
Washington on business connected
with thu Judiciary of that Territory,
and has had several interviews, with
the President and Attorney General
Williams. There Is no probability
whatever that tho criminal suits al
ready commenced will bo abandoned.
A iiiensuro will soon bo Introduced in
Congress to supply the necessary pe
cuniary means to meet the expense of
thu prosecution. Homo members of
Cougicss, considering tho subject of
Supplemental Anti-Polygamy liill, in
order to ohvlato present obstacles, as
sert It cannot bo enforced, owing to
the secrecy with which polygamy
inarrlagesaruconsuiuniatcd. Remedy
is suggested by making proof of coha.
bltatlon or acknowledgement of thu
sainesulllcleiiMP sustain Indictment..
Chicago, .March 11. A Washington
special says U.S. Attorney Kates, of I
Utah, will reply to tho Attorney Gun- j
eral's request to-morrow asking hisj
resignation. Kates will rcfuso to .
comply with his request on the'
ground that charges have been brought I
against him and because Utah, recent-,
ly orgauled as a district of Justice, ,
lias expressed entire satisfaction at his'
course in tho Mormon prosecution. In (
this connection it may be stated that
Dr. Newman bad a recent Interview!
with the President, wherein thu latter 1
was urced to persist in llio prosecution
of Mormons, us thu country would not
now endorse any compromise with thu
condition of Utah. Dr. Nuwman, end
ed hy stating that Kates' resignation
should be dcmpiidcd, both as a matter
of policy and Justice.
Tho question whether Palo shall be
received as Spanish Minister, is still
unsettled. Thu Statu Department does I
not look upon Huberts' resignation
with thu least favor, and In thu pres-,
cut delicate condition of adairs be
tween tho United States and Spain, '
Polo's presence, it is feared, will bu on-1
ly calculated to increase thu compllca-.
tlotiof thu situation. If the Depart
ment can obtain hi time certain
specchi-a and pamphlets against tills I
country, tho authorship of which is I
10, 1872
attributed to him, they may be made
the basis of expressing a wish not to
receive him.
Ciiicaiio, March II. Yesterday Sor
gant Kuckley, of thu city police, while
attempting to protect the people on
the streets from u crow d of rude boys,
w..set upon by a number of grown
riilllans mid beaten terribly, and left
insensible. His luurles, It is feared,
may prove fatal. Never In the his.
tory of this city has It been so overrun
by the vilest class of rowdies and des.
peradoes,, and the press unite in the
demand for stringent remedial meas
ures. Near Areola, Douglas county, Illinois,
one day last week, Henry Landcry, nn
old oltloii, wns shot three times
probably fatally by his son, a young
man -1 years old. The old man had
a violent temper, and had driven the
family out of tho house, which caused
the dllllculty in which he was shot.
Dayiox, .March II. A horrible mur
der of a wife and three children, hy
the husband, wns committed at a farm
house six miles from this city on .Sat
urday. The wife was found In hod lin
ked, stropglcd, and the ehildicii, aged
six and eight years, and six months
resiieetlvelv, wcro found on tile bank
of thu creel;, a short distance from the
house. Thu baby's skull was crushed,
and the two elder were evidently
drowned and alterwards taken from
the creek. Leonard Muguard, thesup
posed murderer of his family, was. ar
rested. An inquest will bo held over
the victim. He Is evidently In-line.
Cincinnati, March 11. A Dayton
special gives the testimony before a
Coroner's Jury of Kll.abcth, aged
seven, and llabbakiik, aged six, sur
viving children of Ix'onard Margunrd.
They say that atler dark on Saturday
night that their father and mother
hunted for all the children, but these
two hid. Theyheaid their p.uciits take
tho other children, tho mother taking
the two eldest, and tho father the ba
by. Them was a light, ami they saw
thelrfatheraudmothcrklllthcsuthiee
with their liands.the father killing the
baby and the motherkllllug Leah and
Samuel, and then emtio Into thu house
naked and began praying to God.
They saw the three dcaiTon thegrouiid
and the father and mother naked.
The two children were hunted for by
parents after the death of the three.
hut were not found. They got away to
a strawstaek at daylight on Sunday,
and staid there till they were found in
thu afternoon. The skull of the baby six
mouths old, was found crushed in.
Manc'Hi:htkii (N. 11.,) March 11.'.
Returns from tho State, us far as re
ceived, Indicate the election of Shaw
by about lriH) majority. The Repub
licans am holding a congratulatory
meeting at the City Hall; short
speeches are being mado and election
returns read to the audience. Thu Re
publicans liavo mado a gain of seven
in this city, ami liavo probably secur
ed a good working majoilty in the
Legislature.
Poiitsmowth (X. II.,) March li!.
Republicans are Jubilant over thu re
sult of (lie election, and paradisl tho
streets until a late hour with a band of
music. Marey, Democrat, Is defeated
by Warren Drown In this Senatorial
District by a majority of '',(K)0.
IiAM'AhTint, March I:!. Tho Dis
trict delegates eho.eii to-day to tho
National Republican Convention were
Instructed to votu for Grant and Col
fax. POLITICAL.
Maiiion Countv. Tin Republicans
met in convention last Saturday, and
mado the following nominations: Rep
resentatives, R. Mallory.T. M. Patton,
Win. Durst, John Downing, and Jo
seph Fugle. Shorltr, L. S. Scott.
Clerk, J. J Murphy. Treasurer, J. K
Koyiitou, School KuMrliiteiiduiit, P.
S. Knight. Assessor, Thomas Shaw.
Commissioners, Wm. M. Caso and
Wm, Porter. Surveyor, L. II. Judson.
f .Tinnier. T. W. ShcltOII.
Tho following named were appointed
a County Central Committee ; T. K.
Klckey, I'liairinaii; unas. uowie, ;
F. Wooduorth, J. A. Huffman. L. II.
Poujade. K. N. Thomas, David New
Mini, Linus Krooks, A. I). Coolldgc,
W. W. Northeut, Wm. Darst, John
Downing, J. W. Grim, J. C. Peebles,
Wm. Cllue, John Goodell, Wm Cose.
Volume IV. Number 4.
"OIK WOOL M.UtKKT."
En. FAiiMini : Under thu hIkivo
heading 1 notice nn article in your
issue of March L'd, quoted from tho
Herald, which gives tho authority of
somo Sun Francisco firm for tho
Htuti'iiumt that. Oregon wool of tho
elipof 1871 wns not " considered ns
good us tlio clip of former yours, ho
lug moro kinder and not up to tholr
former standard in toxture," nnd
claims that ''tho toughness, glossy
appearance, and general freedom
from dirt ami burs, which liiako it
dcsiriihh for combing, have com
pletely changed," and that, except
in only u few sections, Oregon no
longer produces combing or dealt
wool. Now, Mr. Kdltor, thu wliolo
of this Is so well known (hy thoso
wlio euro to know) to ho entirely
false, that il is hard (o believe that
any Oregon paper can liavo any oth
er motives for giving thu falsehood
currency than to depreciate tho price
of wools in our own market. There
never was a time hIiu'o sheep were
introduced into Oregon when wool
growing received as much euro us
now. In twenty-four years of Inter
ested exporienco, I think 1 never
.saw u better clip taken from sheep
in Oregon Hum that of 1871, ami
that its character is appreciated in
market is evidenced by thu fuel that
Oregon wool of that clip was selling
in tlio Nuw York market on tho lilst
of February at 01 cents, and Califor
nia wool, in tlio sumo market, at thu
K.IIUO ilute, was selling for .'I.IP) II) eK
Oregon papers should by this time
hnvo learned that tho llttlu gaiiiu
long played hy California business
men of a certain grade, in running
down our wools in order to cheapen
ilium, Is about played nut. ,i. m,
"Oiti.iioN and 1 1 mi Ri:soijiici:h."
Tills is thu title of a pamphlet of l:!i)
pages Just Issued In San Francisco by
Hugh Small, Ksq., who last year
traveled the length and breadth of our
State, acquiring tho Information which
he has embodied in tho book wo am
noticing. We have to given It only
a cursory glance, but wo aiu satisfied
It Is a mot useful work to circulate lu
the Kiisteru States and F.uropc, among
those who liavo their eyes turned
westward, seeking homes for them
selves and their children. The book
can bo had of S. J. McCorinlck, Port
landprice twenly-dvu cents.
1'OKTi.AXD, March Dili, 1H72.
Kn. Kahmi'ii: Your nrilcIcA
on " Political Corruption" liavu such
a ring of Independence, boldness,
and freedom from partylsm, that I
have concluded to order tho paper
continue, and its long as you con
tinued to deal blows at political cor
ruption, without regard to party, you
may bo assured of tho nupiort of
your humble sorvant.
Lai'ayktti: Couitimt. Tills paper
has been revived by J. H. Upton, Its
original proprietor, and now present
a much improved appearance. It
claims to bo thu litigant organ for
Yamhill county.
IniiiitM!. Albert Merchant lias
been Indicted hy tho Grand Jury of
this county for libel and slander
aualust J. F. Chute. Thu Grand Ju
ry has also found two Indictments
against Morris Graves for forgery.