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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1872)
$2.50 por Year, in Advance. NOT1CU TO NMISCHIHHIl.N. The dnlp Hpprnrlns flcr tlto printed name on the pnpe r I the dale of the I'CPIBATIOM of MiWrlptlon. Mom-v thonlil bo rrmlttrd l.r rfRlrtcrcit Icttrr, ,iotnlllcc immvjr uriU-r, it ihcck iin imiik. llio hiWIMicr will lint I'o teKu.lliIc for mnnvy nt then i.e. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Mr. Kruest, while returning from tjnlem to Kothel lnt Thursday, with -omo grave ctoncM In his hack, was caught, mill Inilrlvlnirovcrnbad place In the mail, tipped his vehicle over. Olio of the stones fell upon IiIh leg, badly crushing the hone between the .inkle mill knee. Suuooi. Hou.si: IJru.NKU. A dls pateh from CnuyonvlllcDoiiglnaeoun fy, April 2d, snys : The school house in Cow Creek District, seven miles wont of here, wns entirely consumed .... II... 1..u ..I. .lit 1 n.a. 1.nOO. It In supposed without doubt to have been tho work of nn Incendiary. a ..,. vtim. 'Plinnms M. ('nli bus been appoliilei. Itcvcnue Assessor In afternoon Inst, Frank Wilson, n brake- man on tho cars, met with nn accident . nt Albany which limy cause lihn the loss of n foot. The ear wheel ran diag onally across, and completely crush ing, his foot. On Bundiiy morning he was brought to his home In this city. Mission" Claim. A dispatch hns been received at Vancouver stating that Secretary of tho Interior had de cided against the Cathnllo mission land claim at that place. The mntter hns been pending In Washington for year. Caituuku. Lndru, alias Smith, one of tho prisoners who escaped from the Linn county jail somo woeks ngo, was captured nt Portland, on Wcdnes- day hist, mill taken back to Albany. Dkai). A. 1L Francis, a colored oltlzeii of Victor! and formerly a well known merchant In Portland, died suddenly at the 'former place on the 27th of March. lui:. Marshal Kllnu is erect Iiik Ice houses at Seattle anil Olympla. The Ice Is to come from Truckee river, Ne vada. three himdred miles by rail and eight hundred by fccn. Mamtactouv. Ken. Holliulnyjr., and J. 1. Kllcsnro about to erect n Division iso. -, jiiMriei in rw', f h. Lindsay, lirMonmouth, Oregon, omposed of the counties of Marlon, 0 ,u o8th 0J- Mnrc, j872 tM m,: Polk, Kenton, l-lnn. Lnnc, Douglas, ty ycarfi Uvo ,,m i'Hx davs. Tnckson. Josephine, Coos und Curry. ' .intKsoii,jiu. , ,..,! Shootixo Ai-kiiay. The HcmUl SKltlOUri .rvxi.il..'. wii niuMim. ,.i....t..f l manuiaciory oi women ware ni urt-,Urretisl in Portland, charged with KK,ivni!Ji,,llu,vrort,,wimol,,ow rt,nK ln ,,k'r wun,y. has mn.Mii armcu. bcon )m, , n Jt( Rt Baluff , to RlllIMIK AT PoKTISI. Col. W. W. uwnlt hU trial. Chapniun has bent a dlsjntch to the effect that money had been secured nt .i i- i ii i i, n,iirr.n.i n...i the Va,rJVli,H,nwm,.?t i ' wagon bridge across the lllanietto river nt Portland. I. O. O. V. CJraud Master U. It. Brlstow, I. O. O. b, has Issueil n Mb - pensatioii to till lodges stiliordiuatc to thejurlsdlethm of Oregon, empower-' siiyoi iimumn. Cos vocation. Jllshop MorrU. ol the Knlscoiml Church has called nJ Ihg tnem to appear in tne regniia ami Ktchnnl McCnnn, wns found in the tVaXXAhllll'y ,uur Tumwnler.W. T n short April, lb72, and otberwlse approprl-" ,inf., MiI1P1, rriin ,,Yu,,,niltii ! nt tim ntelv celehmtethellftv-thlnl iiiiniver' M" ?. ! ',Li... lJi"?2?,,.""H0".r "'? Mlsslomirv Convocation at Kugene :t(tr says : "William Davidson, aj City nn tlio 4th, 0th and 7th Hays or wcn known real estate dealer In Tort P" land, Oregon, rau'ks as one of the, niot)' IU;VAi:n. Mrs. IhiIki Hansoiu eflluluiit workers itiftur S.tato iu dU-1 , publishes nu advertisement In Port- sewiiiatiiiK Informiitlou relative to fand paper orterlng a one cent poMage XX? AWA stamp as u reward for her husband, meiits ure print cl' in ' different lau-, Charles Hanson, to whom she wns guages and m-uttereil broadcast lit Ku-1 imarrled a month since. He Jias roie,uswll us In thoi Unltwl States.l erually desert el her, aer indueing auiiiuruisu provinces., xwureinrv her to sell her property.. J eept of a hanikpniq pamphlef, Uar- I . .. .. liighIsonicestauu1.coiitnnliiK valu- flKATIIOr AWKLT.KNOWXCITUEN. lnformatI,, rilAtlye to flic, his, Anderson Cox, a resident o( Wulla tory, route, resomxts, etc., of ht Walla, and for many year a eiiUen ' North Pnclllc IlalIroid.' of Oicgon, diedn few days ago, veryi suddenly, of bilious colic, whlNt on ' his wny home from the Pulouse conn- j try. Mr. Cox onco figured prominently Linn eounty In thu LegMu ture. Ho was about sixty yenrs of age. Klci:.vi: City. On Monday, at the nnmml election, the following city ' olllcers were elected, Recorder, T. J. Holt; Treasurer, Murk Stevens; Mar shall, Kohc:t Patterson; Comiuilmcn, CI. Humphrey, 111,. KrWtow mid J, Umy. The election wns entirely free of political partisanship. Piir.si:.NTATio.v. Wilbur Cornell, foreman of the -MrrnMolllcc, litis heen j presented by the coni'Hihltors employed on that pnperwlth u handsome gold wntch chnln, us mi cvldencoof the es teem in Mhich he Is held by the do nors. I died nt his ivslilcW. near Sllverton, j ,m tno on, of MnnmThst, nt the nee of lihlrty - flvp yenm. He leaves u widow uuituaky. ciour . i nurcucii $$g at the rcs.denee tho Columbia n few days since, In which iv man iinuied Iidner wns shot by one Collins. Thodiniculty had Itsor. Igin overa'ganie of eanls,Colllnsaccus ed nilncrof cheating him. To this the latter replied In terms in no way com plimentary to Collins, who, by this time had become very excited, and drawing revolver, II red, the ball tak ing effect in I.ntlnur'S breast, about an Inch below thu right nipple, Indicting n dangerous wound, when the infor mant left the wounded mnn wns not expected to live. Collins was at large, supposed to be concealed In tho wood. Okomhiv. Rev. Thomns Condon recently delivered two lectures In Portland one for the liencllt of tho Young Men's Christian As sociation, on "Tho delations of Geolo gy to the Chrlstnlu ltcliinu." The second wns tor his own benefit, and the subject was, " The Fossil Horse ; his place in geological history." The receipts 01 nom lectures were quite Ind eral, and nt tho close of tho last n ul scrlptlon for his benefit was taken up. . which amounted to near five hundred dollars. This contribution was to en able Mr. Condon tocontlnuelilsc'enlosr. leal researches. Kakku CoiiNTY.-Curly, who was J Oreen gross In the foot-hills Is four ' l'n ln."'? "!", , , I No iiiilnials dhsl In I'owder Itlveri py ih l"t winter for want of food. ' ; ,8 a , , , ,, to 35 cpnts a down. , The nbovo we take from the Dcmif ' r"' of Mreh 27th, ( Kovmi. The Stuinlant says the Isxly of a ninn, supposed to be that of I Huniuleiit to determine certainly Its hleiitlty. A Comi'I.imknt. The C'orralUs 0t- UWI HO IIIU I'ttl 111111111 1 lt It 111 iiirti II iiuuy iiv i n vuiuiiv jury nu iuiv SALEM, OREGON, APRIL Dn.tiKHTi('.KWNiiVTii.iuii.pii. llAurtoitn, April 2. The Connecti cut election created but little excite ment lasteveulug. HiH'cinl dispatches say that probably Jewell's majority over both opponents Is 'X) or I'.OO, und 2,000 over llubliard. The vote Is o.lHX) less than last year. The Reformers ran fur below their rctuiteil sticiigth, but thu Temperunee ticket ran well. 1 lie II orltl says the Liberal Repub licans did not give much support to the Democrat, and that they seemed unwilling to break with the Kraut wliiLruutlluftcr tho Cincinnati Conven tion? The revised table at theolhee of the C'uifrioi, with returns front every town, give Jewell, 4H,:).sO; HubbnrJ, -11,-14(1; Ciillctte, l.WD; Harris, 334. Jewell's plurality, Lfflu; majority over all, .100. The .Senate stunds 15 Republicans, 11 Democrats; the House stands 1IU Republicans. 110 Democrats Repub lican majority over joint ballot, SO. Iist year It was 24. Ni:w Yoiik, April 2. l'nifcssur Morse tiled this evening nt bnlf-pu-t seven. WAHlliNcrroK, April 2. At u Cabi net meeting to-day all the members were present. Thu letter of Kurl Clnin villi, in reply to Secretary' Fish, was rend, occupying ucnr all tho two hours' session. The particulars of the letter cannot bo ascertained. Tlio mcmlers decline to convene on the subject. It Is known, however, from u reliable source, that tirunsvlllo's letter is in thocharautcrnf the argument against thu claim of the United States for In direct damages nro firm yet friendly In tone, and expresses the hope that Isjth nations will come to nn under standing which will eventually carry out the Treaty of Washington accord ing to what the Krltlsh Oovernmeiit believes to be Its truu Intent und meaning. The Secretary of Stute will not reply to (jrauvlllo for nomo time, tut time in required for tho consideration of the i)lnis ami arguments in this unusually diplomatic letter. "Uck-Lo! Stukihs." In this unique series of pajHin, now nppciir Ing In fivrlhm r' Monthly, Mr. Warner, author of " My Summer In a Garden," Is doing his best work. Hero wo have, In pleasant fiction of atulklng group In front of an old-fashioned country back-log, phllosophlo sug gestion, sarcasm that sufllcs, not sneers, bright bits of description, so cial outlooks, and, enlivening all, a fresh, crisp, yet Juicy" and delicious humor. Rack-Uki Htdiuks have been quickly appreciated by the press. Tho Now York 77';irsiiys that these sketches, "for light, airy, but genuine delineations of charncter, have rarely hern surpassed by any writer of the present day." The Ronton Transcript says that "fordellcaey of touch, quaint sentiment, and quiet humor. JIaok-I-oii Studibm are the best of things In their way." The Aafoii thinks that Rack-IX) KriiDiEH No. HI. "renews nuil I ne reuses the evidence given In Ills previous errorninnances that we huveinhiin a humorist of real mer it." Writing of one of these papen, tlieN. Y. Unit says it Is the "best thing in its way any American or Ku glish inuguKliie has had for many u day;" unit the Rostou Oiuiincrctal flut Ictinmy: "JlAtiK-rMi Ktudihh con stitute a decldrd hit III iuagn7lno liter ature." Another of thee delightful papers will appear In the April num iHjr of Ncrlbntr Monthly, which will bo for sale by nil bookseller and News dealer. t.Ui' a year, 3-Scts. a num ber. HOkiiiNKii A Co., IK I Jtnxttlwtty, AVi York. WKATilin llKf ORit-Mr, Peuree, of Eola, furnishes us the following facts from hh easier refonl for last month: Rainfall, a.s,7 Juches ; 0 clear and 7, cloudy days; mean tenieruture, for month, 47"; highest, M0, on theS; lowest, 41, iii thujsth. puriiig Morub, Ml, mo had 23 rainy days, with 7. fit Inchon water ; 1 snowy, 2 ch-nr, and live cloudy days ;' mean temperature.for inonth, 11' ; highest, 31, ot'i'Slst J loesl, .17,' oh 17th and ISth. (, 1872. Hague Hirer Vnllfj Correspondence. Ki. 1'AiiMKit: It Isiu'oncededfnct tlint Southern Oregon with Its fertllo soil, rich mineral resource.", and sn- 1 luhriiius elliimto, stands iiurlvuled on the ruci He Const In theep:irtlculiirs. I The soil Is uncqualcd, wive In tho heart of the AVllhiiiictte valley. I Though the mines tire not us rich ns j they have been in by-gone days, I they will, nevertheless, prove rich for ninny years to come, especially ' when they shall have been thorough ly developed. In the Ikhoiii of our mines countless million1 lie, anil yet we have not the facilities of oxtrlcnt Ing thi'Mi precious nieliils from their spacious IkmK Wo need some thorough, go-ahciid ami cntorprNinpr men who have Miftlclent capital to opon the portal to Indu-dry ami en terprise. Waler can be carried through niirmlnp by means of ditch-e-, und with comparatively sninll j capital, :iml this requisite itcenni- pllshed, a rich hoonnwntts tho cap- ltiilttallst, thu minor, ami thu com munity at large. Thousands of acres of crazing, conslilernhlo amble, and a vast (inanity of timber laud, Ho open as cnmiii6m, and tinclalmed wivo by " Undo Sum," which hpeaks enough for Ntockiiiuu, luniboriiifr fa cillui, ami those in qiio-t of home. The climate is not as hot as In Cali fornia, nor cold ns It Is in Northern Oregon, which renders it congenial ami enticing in that resect. The means of traiisiKirtatlon Inn hitherto been, ami is now deflclciiit, j which Iwrrlcr has not Invoked inour coinniuulty the requisite aniount of Industry ; but tho proximity of tho It, It. hns dispelled that anterior dor mant spirit, nnd in its stead felicity, und energy, Is fast being engrossed in the hearts of our citizen. Though many of tho valleys in this jsirt of tho Statu um not very spa clous, tho vordnut hills, tho many crystal slreainii, ami abundance of timber, composed principally of su gar and yellow pine, (Ir, cedar, black nnd white oak, ash, laurel, and 'mountain mahogany, with divers other immunities too numerous to ' mentions, render our valleys entic-i j lug. Tho thoughts of tho iron horM? I have ameliorated those viigun phan toms to which many of our people i have, been In want, and their hearts Imbued with serenity. i Wo liavo hnd more rain this win .tor than usual, lu consequence of I which have not until the lost two weeks put lu much grain, but with tho rapidity that it is now Ixilng handled crops will soon bo growing. Jackson:. OMl.VOl'.S J.N(,OI(I'OIIATION. The Oregon Real Kstute Company hns Ih'cii Incorporated in Portland, wjth Hen. Holluday, W. I,. Hulsey, ami Oeorgc Wcldler as Incorporators. Capital stm-k 1,000.oiio-shares '.f 100 each. i The enterprise, pursuit and occupa tion of the corporation Is to "purchuse, Improve, soil, convey, lease ami mort-' gngo'f all kinds ot mil eatato lying within the limits of .this State; also to Improve such (and, and laying off by surveys or otherwise, any portion into lots and blocks, alleys or public parks, and to erect warehouses, mill,, factories, machine siiops, docks or ele-, valors, make any' Improvement, nnd to do a general real estate builne. Dioi.V:i.r-On Wednesday .alter noon last! n boy mimed Katou, 'about Wnyears'old; whllo nlilngilu the riv er near Portland, fell into he water, and Mas diowuetl. Voluino IV. Number 7. Hciiooii Mattiiiii. The voters of School DIslrlct No. 21 (Salem), held the nnmml election on Monday Inst for one Director ami Cleric. Paul Crnndall was elected Director, and ('. I. St rat ton was ro-oleetod Clerk. The Roanl now stands, R. Mallory, R. II. Dearborn, and Paul Crandall. A resolution was adopted lovylnp n tav. of three ami a half mills, to be uod for earrylnp on free schools in tho district for the ensuing year. From the Mattvinmi wo copy the following summary of tho Clerk'.s re port : Receipts during tho year Coin, $7,021 (il; currency, Jti21 07; total, $7..V IW. Kxpuudlttircs (luring the year, SI, IK2 II; balance on hand coin, $2, 071 00 ; currency, SMI 07 : total, $2,702 07. Amount duo ami to fall duo teachers at the end of the pres ent iiuarter, $i,;too 00. llnlaueo to remain, $1,102 07. Delinquent taxes for the year, $.'158 (!2. Total number of children in dis trict over four ami under twenty years, l,(Mi!. The daily average attendance liu.s been as follows : North Salem, 411.58; Kast Salem, HI.0I ; Central, U2.:r2; South Salem, (il.iiil; Colored school, u.i ; total, .ii.i.ii i. Vou Tliti San Francisco Voi; mqrviul Jfmihl) March 22d, waya; Thu market lias not yet fairly open ed, although a few bales of thu spring clip have arrived, said to have boc'u purchased in tho interior at a prico equal to ,)0u delivered here. Small lots of choice puhcil, washed, Iiavq been Mild at liOc, touclilug as high as 70(3)75e. Tho New York .VonomW, of March 8th, say. : " The stock of all kinds of (omestle and foreign Wools Is very small and is becoming lew every day ; native fleeces partic ularly are extremely scarce, and prices urenguln llrmer, mi that choice Michigan and Ohio cannot bu bought now below 8Tc and 06c, which Is about equal to $1 10 and $1 W) mh IMjiind for scoured, and at these ex traordinary jirlces tho wants of man ufacturers cannot bo supplied, be cause wtocks are almost wholly ex hausted. Thoquostlon con.sequi;ntly arises, What are tho maunfacturorH to do? Stop their mills. No: wc have agitated tho question alsuit the stoppage of the woolen mills with dubious hoM'H, and an effort lias Ihhiu uiailo in llobtou to carry our sugges tions into ruetlcal effect, but It line failed localise for various causes 11 IkhIh'cii found Impracticable. Sales for tho week liicludo 10,000 n,s fidl clip at, 10c; l!OlOOOIIiiilo.'W01lc." A letter Jus received from the lower const, dated at San LulsOhlspo, men tlons tlio purchase of several Wool clips at UKc, ;i1im)40c, all more or lett hurry. The fidl cllji from tin samo sheep sold hero last fall at 19c. It in said that; TtOe has boon paid In the Sacramento Valley'for Wool on tbr sheep's back.. WAijuo'ir-VbrWasliiiigtou corrcon(lont of, tho.L'uifene Juurni ul, writlpg under date of March CUi, siiys : (n Monday Mr. Corlwtt In troduceda bill to grant the l)-htof way only for a wagotirojul, and uarV rpw.gnuge railroad from theheadof Wupatd lake, lu Tutilal,lu vulleyj to tint nuvlynblo waters of, TiUiur)oo&' buy, It) prejion. It imix)'(),i(( 'gna (k nccesM'ry .iiiiilfjfialsjflojii iht public lands fiu; const ruet lug the. rood ( aiid thu right of way (wo hniidrv feci wide."