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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1872)
. $2,50 per Year, in Advance, SALEM, OREGON, DECEMBER C 1872 Volume IV. Number 44, NOTICK TO Sl'BSCHIBBRH. ciotido Mertnmres. It Frenchman. Thodalo appearing after the printed i formerly ef San Francisco, committed name oa the paper In the date r the EXPIRATION ol nbaerlptlon. QaaiaMaMWaMMMawaWaWOmaaMMOalOMaaMaMaWaWaMaaawa Kxrera by TELSMuutB. suicide bv shooting himself lit the mount wait n revolver. lion. WOrton went to Washing- Kahtiiiii'aki:. On Saturday eve ning lnt, about twenty minutes ton o'clock, a slight cnrthqual shook wns sensibly felt by a mini The Indian 0h( rages. WASHING! OX. Due. 1.). Itohcil anil Stephen A. Douglas, sons of the late Senator Douglas, hnvo prepared nnd Mill i ton Inst evening, it Is understood, to of iieoplc in this city. Dispnthes ttii.rhWtt.' D.uti.tx(irox, vVt.). Dec. 17. The , represent the shock n quite. filnrni- llurllngtou MauuracturihgCompniiy's lug to wiino people. The Heaviest 1 P aillllir Ultll was mtrncil tlii-i iiinrn. . i. i... i.. i . ,. ' 1 ... will present to uongress on Mommy a n), i.j oss 14 (kin B"ulR1 mipciir iu imu ivmi in viu- claim for $:25O,O0O for their private cot-1 WvHitixKrox Dec- 17 Itotitwell 1I, Victoria, nnd on Pug'ot Sound, ton and other property tiiken, ii-.od i n,j Jnv (:w,k Vl.rp before' the Ways Seattle, Dec. 1.',. T.nVt night, at ??i inl'i.. . i iJrAo ' i- i.i ,"! Menus Committee to-day concern- ulxiut twenty minutes o 10 o'clock, Misslssfppl.by a portionof the I-edeml u, t.gotlatloii of a new loan. tho citizens of this place went sud- irmV'n.,., ,.f-n, .., r.i. i'i...i,.,i . 1'ilu p'Hle Foreign Allahs donly titartlotl by tliu lieuviut curtli- .-."..h! to-day hail eoiHdentth.u of a bill pro- quake over felt'so far north on tho :.".b." ,i r. i." .V.i.::.r .'.,. '..... v"""KJ"r inonwposai or umirmmK n ,cont as this With the exception of IIIUIIL Ullll 111U 1 IVIMIVlHl V.Ul'llllllK It Mill I littlf.Vn niA'nlll niwl l'i(.fIf.il til il... ....-1.1 1 a CI 1.1 "I ... v . i tf ti tiivii m v oi'i i l u w -iiiiiiia.ii iii ;ii nimii kiiii ii to tlie Judlciiry three, Have been sent to tne President refer tho subject vi my ovii.hu. ,"":".', """'" ."yniomuiiiice. more- than oiio tnird of the. entile lists Oakes Aim- wis oMiniliicd by tho required by law to be delivered to I Credit Moblller Committee to-dav. him by nu-seugcr liavo vet been re- John Dally will be examined to-moi- Moved. Louisiana sends lists from two dlfl'ercut Electoral College". The two houses of Cougrc In Joint con vention will determine which list diall bo eouutud on the second Wed nesday In Februury, the time for counting all .Electoral votes. New Yomc. Dec. 15. Three thous and ono hundred and forty-tlvo dollar low. Nr.w Voiiif, Dec. 17. Thuilow Weed has a long couimiiiitcatioii in t bo JfcraUl showing tbulmpniet Icabll Ity of carrying out the so-called civil service reform. Wasiiinotox, Dee. 17. Ai range iiuake ISC", It is doubtful whether ho violent nnd long continued u ono has boon felt for years on the entire coast. No damage was done, but frame build ings swayed to and fro like small crafts nt sea. There wero three seri es of shocks. (Uyniplu, Dec. l'. A harp shock of earthquake was felt here at 2.1 minutes to 10 last night. No dam age was (lotto further than the crack' , rvMixixci tx ItAKKit Corxiv. The . V . ii.- .in. . . nt.. r - i i mjjfii'rur ill inn 11111 sivs : -- !.. ai J' H' .?'' .""VtliwtoH, widow 'fW,UelvCo.,or(loniClty,hiiVetruck William llrotherton, who with his.,, ,..,., ,,... ,,, ,., i.i. i,i I two sons were killed on Iiot river, nu, ,, f (ho ol(, ,., ,oino -B feol. , gives the followltur statement to IIh-i,,,, ls lm.,H , wWHl nIuI (Jacksonville boiillnrl: ' .!, Mlilcli imw tl.N to Ik the iter iiiiMHiiiu nun mo in ner mmik. .....f,, .... ...i,,,,!,,,,! nli Tliv linvi were killed by the Indians about tenV. " "' !r,lul,nl ,, llwy, , I o'clock on Hatunlny. About three about I..0 tons out and the rock Is of o'clock the Indians uttuoked Iter and excellent quality, A full force of men another sou, who Is about 1:1 years of s employed day and night on the age. Tho boy had a Henry rllle and nine. Tim mill N undergoing repairs, slio had a navy-size revolver. "The ml will commence cnnhlng to-day. Indium killed In sight of the house, 'he same company mo woiklug the a man called Chris, from Denmark, farlbno, which prospects very well. sjiieaudtnelioy retrentisl to the house, jicie are good icoon tiolu the sum- and with the revolver and rlllo kept dt ledge, at llogeui." tb Indians nt luiv until twelvo n'elonk - - Monday, when they were rellevtsl by i I'im'ukp.-AI length, after the ex ruinur .. .. and incuts have been made between tho J? ofcollliigs and broakliig of u fow Pimtnfllnn mill Knv llcii.irlliw.lits liv . WllUlOW DilllCS. TIlO lllOtloll WHS liavo been forwardwl for the relief oftwhlclt tho dally weather report Issued from southeast to northwest. inuiuiation i by the Signal Oftleo shall be furnished, Victoria, Dee. m fiast night at iiift'ercrs bv the lecent which occurred in Italy. to all post olllces which can bo reached il minutes to 10 o'clock this city was mo counsoi ior iuo iiiuiwuhuii ir0m me several points or insinuation , siuiKcii uy n snnrp shock or an oartn ueiuiibv mij-n mcy iu uv irauj u" uy man. 'i no rosimasier uencrai iii Wednesilay to proceed with the trial dtructa all iostmasters receiving them of Stokes for killing Flsk. . to post them immediately In frames Richmond, Dec 15. The cry Rev. I Hupplled for that purpose bv the Tlg riiomas Mulvoy. Vicar-General of tho I iini Oftle. Catholic Diocese of Virginia, died this, Tho House commltteu on appropria wi-iflTlS I5S1T IrT W ."t"? ""W."10 ePPW-oiH, k lasted ten s Washixotox, (TJec. lo.r-1 no Jfresi-1 of the postal telegraph scheme. i Wnlliiln iw i i lent sont to tuo ecnnio 10-uay uio; TlioScnato lias contlrmeU tliu aii- ..nrtii- At '0 mliititna ii st o iVdneic following nominations o Pojtmitstew: polntmont of George Nourseaslteg s- ?5A'z " W.h" ? M'Sh by a quake, which rocked houses violent ly ami droyo sovcral families into tho Htreottf 'for safety. Tho move ment wus from east to west. Iusoino instances door-bells were rung and erocKcry, KnocKeu irom tno shelves. en seconds. Cnpt. J. V. Alns H. K. W. Bent, Los Angles; H. J. er of tho Land Onice at Liiikvllle, waiuron, unnes, uregon; j.oi. uacon, uregon. Oregon City, Oregon; L.H. Wakefield, Nkw Yomc, Dec. 17. At a meeting Portland, Oregon. I of tho Board pf Immigration to-day a Dick Taylor called on the President i communication wbh received from to-day with a view of obtalng somo ' Secretary Fish statlug that the U. S. modulation of Executive iolloy In authorities li Italy had been Instruct reforenco to the alia Irs of Louisiana, cd to adopt mcosuacs to prevent a rvp but was unable to secure anything. etltion of tho outrages on omigniuts. New Oui.kans, Dee. 16. ThoCltl-l KUwnnI A. Pollard, editor and itu zons Committee of thirty-seven left i tbor, died at Lynchburg, Virginia, on this evoulng for Washington. There yesterdap, agod 15 years. was a jargo crown at tno uepoi io wu- uiiioaoo, uec. is. A wasiiingion ncss tuoirficpariure. sintw York, ikc. 17. iituyer Terminer, .to-day, after somo six or seven motions In the Tweed case .bad ilccu denied, Lyman Tremaln, for the prosecution, protesteu against ono mo mont further delay. Assistant DIs- . viiivnu,;, ict. u. iv n iuiuiiihiui, , sieclal says It is positively stated that and Colfax will take charge of the New York Tribune somo tinio next week. Tho arrangement is fully consumma ted, and his resignation qs Vice-President will probably bo preseutod on tho reassembling of Congress after tho trlct Attorney Sullivan called: up tuo j holiday recess. Colfax Is von- nan- rm last evening wo wero visited, with quite a heavy shock of earthquake, lasting about llfty seconds. I should judge, followed by flvo lighter shocks at intervals of about fifteen minutes, uftor which a hoavy, rumbling houiiu was hoaril ns distinctly as n ;eavy peal of thunder. Tho thermometer rell from ao to 25. Tho slinking mania that had attacked term lirma continued at irregular periods, until 4 o'clock tlilV;' morning, Although tho first shock was violent enough to shako buildings nnd theft1 contents up protty lively, yet no damage or injury was. sustained by any one, that J, am uwaro of. Dec. '151 Weather this morning cloudy; no wind: thermonietor.'W0. Walla Wnlln, Dec. lCTwo heavy shocks tworo .felt hero, last night Clocks stopped at 10 minutes Iwiore 10. Umatilla, DeclC-Weatherelotldy; oarthquako last night. lefendant to oleadto tho bill of ludlct-1 milno that ho will bo ubleto bring tho ments, whereupon Graham, nrltoncr's TWbuuo up to its old standing. Ho counsel, called for tho reading of Itl thinks bo can steer olear of the niael- i ai.. nnmi .llvwi.,.wl Urn f Mnrlr n I im,,, t r..tt- x-itL- twilllliw l.,,.. Ullll 111U .UUU 1,1,WIV v.v... vw DIIUUI V. (.l-.. AV.n Vlllll ...'., .'.. l,,o. i . ' readlt,. Tbeblll of Indlotment la ai which Greeley was always elng,l"L:r" U1'rju i jhmwhu"iihuhko prlnteil volume of 1,050 pages, which , drawn. A , l't njsht i throo (jlmkes; no damage, will occupy, it ls thought, at least two New Yohk. Dec, 16. The, second ! Itolloa had four or llvo shakes of days In reading. Ademuro was mono ttini or !?UKes began this mornliig, in tho indictment, on which the pros-1 Judge lloardmaii of Ithica piesldlng. ecotloh Joined Issue. Thedemurer was (The Jury is now being Impaneled, thon ovorruleil and the dofemlnt eal-, Fo w ( l) 18llrlct. led upon to .top cad A f , uuey, a fanner residing ncarTpr guilty was then put lit and I tho trla 1BBIllllfcy Ohio, went liomo drunk .ct down for the first Mondaj lnst nIghV and contnieiiccl to abuse January. , ,. ..,... his wife, when John Gibson, her ntlliAUEl.l'lliA, jufcc. iu. iiiu uuBw- i iroji,P ii,ot him ilind or wnrmi ,nk.inen from i, M orotncr, snoniini.utau. iiuvnui ..v. ,w ." "- - resldeuno at two o'clock tills afternoon. , loxdoj;, Dec 17. It Vllll Ullll IVIII1 illliei!ie, lllllllll ,. III,,,. ,,f l.u. .,i,,,u , iuni,.i, Tjiii.poII. l.m M.lw,,nfLmi'MI.r,iy. flldlllllp of largtl MIIIIS lit IHOIIC Mr. Writ-lit audit man called French v. be iierformanci- of u stupendous She knew fotiroftbe Indians, whoso mionnt ofiiii'cbaulcal labor, tho I.iK'kn iiiinies nui JltsjKer, Jim, Long Jim, mil ('anal nt Oregon City have beeir vMieeycu iMoc nun jerry, me inner a . . ... ,, ..,,,., ., bmther or Chief .lack. foniplctcl. All the masonr. and On Wednesday following, 1. 1). Ap-1 oodwoik 1- lliilsbcd and nothing plcgate. with a party of friendly In- remains m be done but a cry few uu dians from Yalnax returned to Broth- Important details. Boats, we learn, erton's house with teams to collect e '' Pst ontlivlv through the the tead boilli. Whllu there tlivi l-nuiii nt any time, .lust when tne woto auacKcii uy Applegate icut o who li an uncle ley, to converse with v. While there llioyi Valm' wl ,"' lime, .nisi wnen toe by the Modocs, when , Hot boat N to have the distinguished t one or his Indians, eredlt of passing In perfect ease and le or Scar-raced Char- surety thee heretofore Insuperable them, and be says that neither Scar-race nor Jack are dead. Tno light between the soldiers nnd Indians took place near tho natural bridge on liost river. There is a large cave about live miles from there, on the Southwest side of the lake, and Mrs. llrotherton thinks all the Indians are fortcd up iu tho cave. The cave Is at least it quarter of a mile Iu length, nnd will holdall the hostile Indians Iu the country. During the past Hum mer ttud Fall these Indians have col lected a largo quantity of food iu tint vicinity of nils' cave, and will In all probability defend tills point to tho last. If they leave It they will proba bly go to Stein's Mountain, which Is ono of their best hunting grounds, and Immcrs Impo-cd by nature, we nru not alibi to state: but trust Hint It will not be long Hemic that event can i chronicled. On jDiiidn. Avui.iiii.il. Kiigene Lib, Dec. 13. The trial of L. I). Miller, for killing of (J. T. Smith Inst Summer, hns occu pied the attention r the Circuit Court tor the last tliivodays. Messrs, Cliou owctb, Caplc, Walton, Strattou ami Stott were the attorneys for the State, and Messrs. Dorrls, Fay. W. W. Thay er and Jidiu Burnett for the defense. Tito trial created great excitement, buslncs being nearly suspended. The Court IIouso was crowded the entire time. The Jury retired last evening, after it lengthy charge from Hon. Jmlirn Thnvnr. Tlmv tvltirnnil n Vr. lies about WO miles Fast ol Lost River' h"et this morning of not guilty. Valley, The Indlaus mirrouuded Mrs. Bodily and Mrs. Schlra,aud could bavu killed both of them had they desired to, but for the llrst time In Indian -warfare In Oregon, thwy did not kill tho women. They killed both of thehuabunilH, and then asked for moro men. KAttTiaiN Oituiox. A luttor tus from Willow Forks, Umatilla coun ty, says tho weather has been rather cold. Snow fell Nov. 10th, and had not entirely dlsappoaied at tho fast of tho mouth. Heavy fronts nearly nil tho time a very uncommon oc- icurrent'oat this season. Somo of the Vtt, ,pM ,i.,--""---"' r 11UAUUJ, ASlV. 11 HUH Tho body was laid In tho parlor of his , ,tormlnir for twent v-four hours. Tho lato Home, drestfed In a full Milt or rainfall has been the. heaviest of tho black, with ft laurel wreath at thoiscason. Largo tracts of land In Lcl headand a cross of immortelles oiii0(,atcrsblronro Inundated. In Derby his breast. A number of largo noraljfli,ire twelve Inches of snow fell. Tno replaced around tuo room, -telearanh linos In all directions are A number of visitors vioweu tne- badly damaged. At Grimsby tuo galo Giiain Cnoi'siNGitKAT Britain. Tho English "Chaii)bor ofirAgrl culturo" JouviHtl llgurcs a dollclency of this yoar'H wheat crop lu Oront Britain of 2I,079,00 bushels, not ! ciunllng u considerable loss in Infor- has lieon I Jor quality. Another authority esti offerings were pi A number of remains. 'was a hurricane. Many casualties Kku-i VnnKil JJec. !. Uty-OUOr mnartml. hares of the, capital stock of the, M j.i ii'r.. tho lo.tA.r rwffitSotoWWBW otS&.8aito &$il a0wA-nKw .11 f-Theboanl of) to bo tho,pun)OM! of tho'Qoverniuent r.ioi.M I'lowwlar U care to intrwldce 'a law for tho abolition of nffiItoH ' rortoco. He alsb'au. "eV J.ii2S?iii J Tho almSouso " ou ' not ucwl the siirpfessloil of tho CarllsU Ward'B?sliud9U taxed to Ma 'utmort I insurrection. -Aie House by h vote of thmlthlMi to' 0, apVrove.l (hose decUraflons. mfgranU wBt. to Vlrilnla yesUrday Losuon, Deo. IS. Tho ship Amerl to work on a uwraUroad.. ,It now, can I'iiIou, which went ashoro near transpires that largc-uumbcrs of Itall- Xew Haven, on a voyage from New mi children are purchased from their Yark to London, baa brokea Up.. ' Infant soif to death on a refljot,stn)qlu. tn r.f anj M ,any paeM fs ycteraay. overth -I mates tho English wheat crop at 20 per ceut, below an average, and that of Scotland, not largo at best, and not moro than half an average." " Investigation In Englaud, extend ing over u period of two or three hundred yearn, huve shown approxi mately that' a, deflclt.of ono-tenth in (ho cervals .raises Iho price three tenths, deficit of two-tonths raises it eiglit-tcnths, and so on to a deficit of ono-hnlf, 'which raises tho price to foui tUul one-htUf tlaaes tho average, A surpliLS acts upon tho price in the opposlto way.'' . , , . . . . i i i j . i - Colftiir tHo coupty seat o'r Vhltm'au' n'ty'., Yhlugtan TefritoWi 'I"! The UijrEHCOi.irJtiiiA. From J.B. Montgomery, contractor for removal of obstructions to navigation on the Upper Columbia, we learn that work nt John Day rapids Is nearly ilnlsbed. Tho amouiit ot lock to be, removed from1 the channel nt that point was about 1,000 citblu yards. Four-fifths of this have been, removed. At Uma tilla rapids there were 500 yanls to remove. Work at this point Is slow, ' owing to tho fart Hint the water Is not down to its lowest stage and current iu the channel Is very rapid and strong. At Devil's Bend, a fow miles from Imatllla rapids, a quantity of great txmldcrs aro to bo removed. Jlvllt (In. A .fiieksouvlllo miner savs advlcoi oldest settle,-, antlcl,s,to a rpugh ! Z , tlmo this winter, but stock aro in i wrought by the ted devils on Lost gtxnl condition to stand a reasonable i fiver. The volunteers liavo Wen , nc- ntnnmit nf In.ril wimi,f ,xu iwxilil,, "V0 III tllO lllSPlinigO of their lllltlCS, amount of hard weather, as people am, t ,s , C(, tt tJey wl W)0, Ket Imvo nearly all provideil a jiiltublR u light out of the Modoc, who have amount of feeil for tliolr tock As , been relurnrecd bv a number of Plutrt winter I, al sot I ho very o,ir.y somo . M1U ,H verfndhms, nnd aro . are Inclined to shako their bends lu - r - "" regard, to tho cesiilt, Vo rulM-U Coos II w. -X correspondent 6f (he nlco crop of wheat and oats Iho imst i IJeiltOn Jinmurat soys thnt on the 3d jjcahon,3nnd plenty of vegetublos, iw lut. there were were nllio ocean ves good as over grow anywhoro. Tils, Jk-K ami vo bay nnd river stenmoni In' together with tho llnost beef and SKil'W.y-jri J j mutton, will enable us to UvoJiiiKniuclnco this, Winter. Biilwtantlal stylo through tho winter. , y?i r... ...nil r..nlllIi.u . I'KPU IMIIUIP. i "." 1'IIK IIA1. 1 UP IWUB " " v.h ,. .. .... ..... huUdiMr.JipnqtiU) rapldlykj yBtiauMan inuiojittieurrui':aaui w m gaoa. ThMvia ai agf loiiltuMli dljiUlct 'navxttvwt alfai , anl I M1 litali Inn Otd around Col fax and iadlcationa, are Unit that town has a bright future. now etto ory uncer tain. Aftor a good deal of bogging, pastoftleo has bcci&stiiblished hero, Ullll U JHWUIIHSlCr Ul'yUIIIMr'U, vuy ,n, line ban yet becu established. Wero I( not for tho klndnesrt of Mr. Loon-' onl 'thb vr obllorlncr Dostmnifor at SinniUm. li'i. wniitrl nnt hn alilA in tmi. V.UhiriMfynrynppt(era'iMifaa.iinirth:i ACCIOKNT.-J. DeUtkUmUtt of Palk S-i e W?n a! i Sffif- , .ipo.r W twcjIlmjersUyitlaavWen' 1..J ..ifc.,.1 i,.i..;iiii.. ,i -'i'lirii TjTJvTi? 5.". -.'' . "':nT? steaniloat, for use of the W'illnui ItlverTritnsnortatiou Company. was setup at Hnuth's mill on Satur day uftonuioii. Yesterday morning tho carpenters were engagisl iu laying tho keel. The work .will prpgre from this on yllh ,grfrn('Mpldiry. 'tfrmltl. j ill 'JferaM. lugwasfeltat JefTerfson. forearm. a 11