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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1874)
h '.I. I i $3.00 per Year, in Advance. NOTICK TO StmSCUIlIKIIS. The date appearing nflcr Hie printed Staate on the paper In the date or the BXMRATIOX of subscription. Jews ey TELEQrpH' Lim, Rock, April 21. An armlatlco has been lu force since morning. Soveral arrests '.have been aiade by tbe United States troops of Brook's And Baxter's men for encroach menu on opposing linos. Kolnforcoments arrived for,both partlos to-day. This alter noon, as some of tbo Baxtor men were nlok ing a doiuonslratlon before bis headquarters, applauding Ills speech, n shot was fired from a bouse In tbo vicinity upon the crowd, fol lowed by sevoral others from party ol Brook's men near thu Metropolitan Hotel. Bailer's forces returned tbo tiro and clo.inxl ALa a..a... fSjl D....A YTmIIa.1 tll.liu ....- W 4KOVL. bUh iravi uuium kjnti'a wur mandant, vailed out bis company mid barri caded itio street, anu compoiieua cessation of hostilities. About two humlrod shots ware tired and several porsous soveroly wounded. Tbe excitement bas subsided for 41m present. iiiTTLK Rock. April 22 Everything In ooJet this morutng. Anotlior company of regulars arrived tbls morning to assist Col onel Rose to preserve tbe peace Prominent citizens are endeavoring to Induce Baxtor and Brooks to agree to call tbo Legislature to settle tbo controversy. Washington. April 21. Tbo Arkansas Congressional dolegatlou bad an interview with the President to-day In tbo presouco of tha Cabinet, relative to affairs lit Arkansas. They urged tbo l'rosldout to maintain tbo position be now oecuplos and to tako all proper measures to secure potco. Poland reported front tho Judlolary'Coni mltte to-day a blll'in relation tn tbo Courts of Utah. It provides tor the United States Judge, Marshal aud Attorney discharging the duties pertaining to all Court, thus ills penilog with duplication of such olhcors by tbe Utah Legislature, and consequently de priving tba Probate Court of tbe civil and criminal Jurisdiction beretofuru oxarolsed. Tbe bill also changes the mode of selecting Jurors. Tho Unitod States Judge, Clerk of the Court aud Marshal ure reqiiirod to draw Jurors from lists preptrcd In st opacified mnn nor freo from Mormon Influence Poland will bring up tho bill In a fow days. Hu rib tin's roport on tbo double- track freight railroad bill rays tbe company pro posing to build this railroad will swept tho low rates of freight agreed upon by tbo com mittee, fifteen cents per bushel Irom Chi cago, etc. The company asks the Govern ment to guarantee its llvo per cent, bonds at tbe rate of 20,000 per mile, and while tbo oommltteo Is not lu favor of railroad Mibsl dies, It thinks It proper Hint tho matter .should be fairly submitted to tho American people, and tbereforo roports tbe bill without any rocommondatlons. WAsuiNaTON, April 22. Tbo Presldont has vetoed tho Finance Hill. Tbo Cabinet was lu session from 1 1 ;:i0 till nearly 2 o'clock. Finanoos was tbe Mnglo subject discussed. General Babrock, Frlvato Secretary of tho President, delivered the messago to tho Sen- sue, wiilon was roan immexuateiy, at tut) request of Senator Conkllng. The President returns tbo Fiuauce Bill without his signa ture. He says tbe fact caunot bo concealed that it Increasos the paper circulation of tho country to the amount of ono huudrcd mil lion dollars, wnlch, In his belief, Is a depart ure from the true principles of tloauco, and Its approval Mould bo a dcpaituro from very message to Congrosa by bltn on that subject. St. Thomas, April 21. It Is roportcd hero that tbe Botnlulcan authorities have remorod tbe Hag of the Samana Bay Compuny and have secured potsostion of tbo Bay and stir Xtttadlng Territory, JacmkC, April 18. The election took placo In Haytl on tho 18th. Domlnguei Is ralslug an army to take forclblo postesslon of the Presidency. If be falls In tho election it Is reported that the North is solid against hint. Troops are concentrating at Capo Uaytlen, Qctnrc, April 21. It has been snowing heavily since last night. Seven Inchon of snow has fallen, with drifts equal to mid winter. Mapkid, April 21. A vigorous cannonade of tbsCarllsts position about Bilbao buscom palled an abandonment of several positions. Jt Is reported tbat the CarlUts are subsisting mainly upon horte UesU. Tbo Carlista at BUbso have abandoned their positions at Portugilete, and Sau Tuoroois under heavy Are from the Republican batteries. Ottawa, Banada, April 22. Sauford Flwn aaing, Chief Engineer of tho Pacific Rail road, baa given Instructions to the District .Engineers in charge oi exploration and sur veying parties tor British ColumUa to pro ceed to that province at once aud contlnuo zploratton. Ban Pbakcisco, April 22. The States Convention ofUraugersare in secret session to-day again. A flreoocurred this morning on Jackson treat, near Stockton, which nearly doatroved tbe large four-story brfck bulldlug occupied T V.OIB1 The walls remain, but the Interior la thoroughly cleaned out. Loss Iobeblyf 10.000; Insurance unknown. Tbe police have not yet succeeded in ar rastiug the highwayman who robbed W. S. asaras aaa snotner man on me ciin uouse toad this euornlng. The "ftanale Dress Reformers" aro In ssmloo again this availing at Anthony's Hall. A plan has been suggested for relieving our Ootwty Jail, now terribly overcrowded; by asedjogaome of the prisoners to the Jails of adjoining counties. ' Tba Board of Regent of the State Unlvar sssr mat this afternoon and determined to rjsDUafcrtbe Ualysnltj two JtaculUae-l one for Agrlrulture and Mining, and tbo other of srlnnce, Professor Oilman to liu ex oillclu President of each. Profossor Bolander presented a lougtby report on agriculture, which was adopted. It nits resolved to give students Instructions Immediately In the art of mining. Profosor 12. Carr was requested to give them practical lessons In agriculture. Lou Anoki.ks, April 22. Vajqnez, closely followed by Major Mitchell and men of Shorlll'Rowlnnd'Hposoabaudonodhlhuross In Lit t lo Tojura Canyon and took to tho mountains vostorday morning. Tbe party Is reinforced by Rowland and two moil who startod last night from this city. Shorllls More. Cuntiliizhnm nnd inon will probably Join with tho Los Angeles partlos In huullng tno namiits down. iMorso issuppoaoti to no on tho otlior side of tho mountains. Varjuoi' camp was captured and nil bis horses. Com'.vx, April 22. Tho business part of town was laid in nsbos to-day, excepting threo brick buildings. Tho llro originated In Faucett's barbor shop. Thoro was a heavy east wind blowing at tho time, which drovo tbo lire nt a foaiful speed, sweoptng every thing boforo it, Bomo families not saving any thing. About 150 bullillng woro burned. Tba loss Is ostlmatod at $10,000. Wasiuniiton, April, 22. The Sonato has passed tbo bill lonuthorl.o tho Couuty Com missioners of Thurston county, Washington territory, to issuo uonus tor inn purpose oi constructing a rauroau irom uuiinn iniet tn Puget Sound, to Intersect tho Northern Paullla Railroad at or near Tonluo. Boston, April 22. Thoro Is a fair domand for wool tor prosont wants by tho mnnuf.io turos, but thcro la no dlsHUloii lo mnko contracts nhend, or tonutlclpato their wants. Cousldorablo supplies of lino foreign wool aro now duo, nnd with Installments from Calllnrnlnnear nt band, manufactures will bo able to supply their wants until tbn tlrxt Installments of new Kistorn ollp. CallHrnlt holduis nro still asking prices above the vlows of Rsstern buvurs: and no lsruo re ceipts of now clip ure expected for some weoKsjei. I.inLi: Rock. Airil 22 Tbo war In ended. Thu Baxter troops- nro being rapidly trans ported homo. Col. Wliito's band left this livening. An extra police force assists tho United Mates troops to presurvo oulur. Ciue.Uio, April, 2.1. The Tribune com ments lu utmunlinud tonus on tho I'reni- dent's (to. Jt snvs hotluservos thu thanks of tho entlro country. Tho 'J'imci expresses gnttcful Miirprtsu nt tho action of tho 1'ivsl dent, mid declares that tho vuto will bo gen erally linlorml by tho West, ns well iw tho Rast.and that tlmiicHtiniptlon that tho West favors Inllatlon is faUo. Tho Jiiter-Ocenn thinks tho President tiiado it urns mistake. and lutltuutoM that bo yielded to tbo pro-suro of JUsteru cailtaIIsU. Tbo Jit cning Journal Is uuthusUstlooor thoieto. Nkw Yuiik, April 2.1. Initiatory steps woro iukou yusmruay in it sun in mo mii promo Court of this cltv. In which M.-M Simpson Is plulutltrand thu Union 1'aclllc itaiironu uompauy, J. upuiu, Mtuuey Dillon and otbors aro dufomluuts, to cauipnl the latter ns MockhoWm to nuko payment of subscriptions to tho Atock tn moot tho claim of.croMltors. Tlio plalutlll' asks mi Injiiuo tlou to restrain tho trantlur by responsible parties of tbo rocord fo poixms not nblu to resixutl for wles of stoeK, Only flOOOO.iXiO Is Involved in tbls Milt. Tho rnmnminnnt alleges that tho company first bcrroucd homo 10,000,000 In inonoy on their liicomo bonds, and madn them a lieu on all their property nfter tho first mortgngo and land grant bonds, but neglected to record tho died of trust by which tLn lien was crusted, and now it pru pescs to borrow (111,000,000 moro and to glvo a mortgago that shall cut oil the lenders on Incoino bouds who suppood they held n dcod of trust lo accurd tliur loan. Pahis, Apill 22. It was reported yestor day tbat thu Kronch Government had rati Hod the Postal Treatv with the United States. Tho report was promaturo, but negotiations are progressing lavoramv. Maiuiiii, April 22. ?ab.tlto, Cnrllsts com inander at Oiilpusood, has laiied a proclainn matlon forbidding, under penally of death, uioiiiruisuiug oi loon in tno cities ol bin Bouasimi), ii-jntsrian nnd Irun. It Is rojiort edtbat 5,000 Republican troops are tnurch marchlngon Valmnzexla. Toitosro, Apill 2i A Port Oarry special says greai oxciinuient prevails tlinro over an attic K by somo lrouch half-broods on ox- rr08iiieut iiruco, on account of uowspiprr correspondent of tha Utter about the ro cent rouAittoii. San FitANrtsco. Anril 23 Aliitit hslf. past lOo'clook last nlht a lire on:iirrod in mo i loiacignr muiiuiaclorvou lUils stn-et i no piace istfamageu to tho extoiituf ubou BIOU.OOIJ.. The trial of Bartlctt Troll for the murderr isod Ailon was resinned tbU morulug In tit Third District Court. The mechanics ofthls city have compile; preliminary arraignments for holding l massinoetlng May 18th, for tbe purpose, d o(ur.iuK tueir opjHwition 10 me repeal ( wo niinrauur law anu lueir aHire lorn removal oi superintoudiug Architect Muh lot. I Greenbacks, 6SK8W. j Large numbers of tbo principal merchants and lmortrs or this city have addressed (a letter to Captain Uigifius, requesting him io withdraw bis Uttor of reslguatlou as AKeiit of the Pacific Mall Company, hero, and Jto accept reappointment should It be tendered by the executivo olllcera of New York. JA copy of the letter and resolutions adoptedat tbe meeting has lioen sent to the oflloers In New York. Walter C. Benn tried to commit suicide o day by cuttlmr his throat. His wlfa t u. covered him before ho bled to death, and be was removed to the county hospital. ine steamer constitution, several a ys overdue Irom Panama, arrived this eyen ng hi ngui. George W. Tyler, an old merchant wawentof ttls olty, died ssxMaaly ys SALEM, OREGON, APRIL dey of nppoloxy. llowas from Illinois nnd caino to this State some tenty yearn ago. Sax Josk, April 2:1. Tho tho Inlln ratss sot for to-day was pcHtxiiiMl until tn mor row. The trotting race was oatlly won by "Vaughn." Kuiikka, April 23. About 10 o'clock this morning, at Sylark shart, of tho "K. K." mlnoRuby Hill, tbero occurred an accident that resiilte.l as slnif ularas it did foi tunately. Itorry and Cox, two minors, had wtkotiH con tract to sink it shaft. This morning Horry began to lower his companion to tho botom, when tho windless pavoawiiy, nnd the man Cox nnd bucket fell 11." feet, flui whole depth or thu shaft. Cox simtained no Injury limb er than nsovcro Jar Unit n tow bruises, Uaiison, April 23. Atnptmo of baseball ylaycd lu this city this nfivrnnnn, between tho Cnlllomln Minstrels ('tub and tho Olym pic, of this city, tho latlor werti hiicihhnIiiI In nlno Innings, tho score stHlidlug?2to U'i lu their favor. QEiErrL flEWS. Artlclos havo been tiled lutorporatlng the Grand Kucampmont I. C. of It. C. O. K. lltirrows, L. Vineyard and K. P. Smith in corporators. Tho apportionment of school runda', this year in Clackamas coutr.y, is s-j i,. per scholar. Tho Unlvorsalists of Oregon will roeol lu conventloiiouthoO.il of Juno next, In tho vicinity of Central School llouso, uluo miles northeast of Harridburg. Mr. Mulvennelly, engineer on thoSttamor llenrlettil at Porllaud, roll tlinnlgli tho hatchway nnd broke two of his libs on Tuesday nlclil last. Tho K)st-muitom examination on tho body of J. C. Clements, who died suddenly Wml iiosdnv night, at tno Cosmopolitan Hold!, re vealed tbe fact that his death was eatisod by chriiiilu lullammatloii of tho howcW. Tho IrleuiN of tempernnoi nro linldlng larrcly attended nnd tntrrosllng mctlltigs In Oregon City. Iho dwellers In V'orest Orovo nro short of butter, and Pnrtlnud Is recelilngbtr stijijily fmtn California, Soveral nleo dnolllncs nro to bo erootiwl nnd other Kiihsutntlal Improvements undo at Forest (Jrnto tho iinvcul. friiHnu. Tho Nelialem people wnut it school terti'luir for tho summer nt Iho 1'Nli.hawk Mihonl lioiiso. Lady leaoher prolnrrcd. Aildrnss W. A. Foster, or DaviilJoliuson, Astorli. Luther 1. lilanchard, orunyono InOreuiiu kiiowliiir Ids wlinrealioiitH. will confer a tav- or by w rlilntr to Mrs l'Jn 1m Rluucliard, Wost Claicn.ont, iiv llitinpshlrn. Tho .mrocjtc Ha: ituv. 1. J). Driver ro ports it power ml work of gnicu ut Lak creek, IlmwiiKvlloilreult. Six porsonsjol ru tnociiuri'ii onsaimatii last, ono or twin ny letter, llov. rt. m. Mnrr is pnKtnr, Tho Aatorttin of Thursdiy sivs: ' Clark, l.'-i , Master of tho OreiarTi Htnto Grsiigo, arrived hero Inst Mnndiiynveiiliig, net ompanlcd by Hon. J. II. loiUmlt,nf Whs- co, anil ptoeeeilfHl lo latsop oirl uesiisy, or giui.iiiga urnngoot tno ratoim oniustiaii ilrv there." Tim bark llrmitns and skip John Jay nro nt Utsalady leading Itnuberor Sm Frannlhco. Thu Wcstnru Washington Industrial As sociation hold it meeting ut Olyinpla n low daysblnco. 'flirt . nufilntii.! rf ff Tltnu tT U.nltl.. .i. lliuiliniuumui'l . . .-. a, wa wvu.lll', n.lH liurglarloil on tbo 13th Inst. Hut llltlo or vitluo wns stolon. Jnmos Cochran, of Ol.vmpl.i, will work for tho county u month or two, because bo sold whiskey to nu Iiiditu, Tlt9 County Commissioners of Ilolss county have lilttdo " order ll.xlng thy uoiul or ti(j Tex Collector nt Jl5.0o). At tho May-day plenlo to hi) t,lv"6ll at Po.t Towiibcnil, ono of tho ovents or tho day will bo n foot race by sovornl young Indlos. t Klkhoru tirnlrlo, on Mnyno Island, a ylelil of I'M bushuls of black nuts tothoscro lias boon obtained, and on iiolghbnrlug land 7 bushels of Fail and 03 bushels ofSnrliiK mo mon nf Tnmwater, thirty strong, WJII commenco tho grading nf tbo Olvmuia-'lW nlno Itsllroad through tholr town, next Sat untav. A dislaiicuon tho lino of about ono mile iiks nen lea to tiinin, , . Js.-WvMwe'tfny, Superliiteiidont of tho I'll get Souiid Telegraph CompHny, died at Port Townwud on April 21lt, of heart disensn, rtHer a f.iw (lavs' IIIiilss, Ha loaves n wlfn 3 and largo family to mourn bis los. ,t a meeting nt mo MDckiiniiiors or the Soattlo and Walla Walla Itsllroad, ut Iho Company's ntllee, on Monday, tho20th lnt., thoL'iinilructlonof Uvo miles of tlio road whs contracted fin-, to bo paid entirely In slock. H. L. Yesler takes two miles, uml thu lion ton Coal Companj thrt i miles. AOrnnttoof Hid Patrons of Husbandry was organized In Vanvonvor last Friday tho 17th Inst. Tim otllcers devtcd woro us fol lows: S W Drown, Master; a W Purlin, Overfer: M , Hidden, Stouard; Chsrins Gomldurd, Assistant Klcwaulj J t; Ullem.tii, Ktorolaryi 11 II Whitney, Treasurer; A L Cotfue, Chaplain; NUHiichsnan, GutekeAper; Mrs A L Coffoe, Vres; Hester Ann Onndard, AMlttant I.sdy Stowsd; Mrs G W Brock, Pomona; Misa A L Knight, Florit, J. Hougbroty has withdrawn his namn fMin tho Dtmccratlo ticket for Clerk nf Wafcoo County, and A. W. Ferguson has boeu placed on tbe ticket in his stead. TtieTygb Valley (Wasco County) flouring mill, owned by It. Pentland, K.q., is pro grewtlog rapidly. Tbe location or this mill will be of gloat benefit to tbe f&rmora and settlers In tbat vicinity. An assessment of fifty per cent, has been levied upon (he capital stock of the Fanner's Warehouse at Corvalis. The Multnomah County Temperanco Con vention will convene lu Portland nextHstur-dsy. i Ores indiiir if OUjrfllt,f ium'iiiwi nils of II 25, 1874. A. C. lMnuinds, the Individual that took tho part of the Crusaders at the row lu front or Molllt's saloon. 1rtland. last week, and who captured ono at' tho gongs, and throw- It in too river wns up neioro jiisuco uricn Moudsy morning. A compromise was ef fivtiHl boforo tho trial wns commenced, and Kdiuuiuls paid for the gong and tbo costs of prosrt'iiiiou, umoiititing to about tw. Wbllo a jKirllon of tho Portland Crusaders worn Manning their trial at tho l'olleo Court on Monday, miothor party took up their po sition In trout of Mollll s s.ttoou, and fol low ed out tho prni-rmtue. Tlio Kiigoun ti'ioiiif says: "Hon. W. II. Odoll, Into Surveyor (lincral. Is bound to vlndlistto hlm(lf or exhsiist tho supply or writing pxper in tins county, no is asm to bo publishing a book comprising about ono buidml paves." lu Curry County tho grass Is up nlcelvj raille, sheen and horses look well after tho unusually hard Wlutorln that section. Tho olllclnl roport of (leu. Canity's death aud burial hits lust been dubllshed. Otto Truer of Portland baa received, a letter stating that slxti-en families had Just started from su Paul, Minn., for Oregon. Throo bills of Indictment were fouud last Saturday against Win. Uird of Albany two for selling liquor without license! tbo other for selling tobacco without tbe samo. Jacksonvllllans now want a llro ouglne. Itulldlntr material Is lu brisk domand nt Jaeksouvillo, Tho coming races is tho topic of conversa tion lu Union Couuty. Shcop shearing will toon commenco on tho Umxu Columbia, lltker City Is undergoing sundry I in pro v- niciiis. a sign oi prosperity. A bnnolH la shortly to be given at Juckiou vlllo forthosiillerurs by tho lire. Col. O. A. Ln Dow will addross thocltlrons of Woston, April 21, A playful mulo team disturlHid tho serenity of Hiker oily by running away. Tho nubllci schools of lukor County have boon clo.sml on account of tho scarcity of tiioiioy. Gmirirn llogeis, well-known ninoug Port hind printers, now publishes tho Koaobiirg i'ititinlt-iitnr. lr. Johnson of MoMliiuvlllo had ono of his lingura lirol.en it day or two aito the re sult uf it riiu.tWfiy. lUker County Iiiih a Juiiklns who caused thoiirrnst of ii:iiiiplug party for burning it riitteu logon Ms grounds, Tho party wero Immediately dismissed. J. Liyiuan, i.f IViidletou, who, lost Pall, went to tho Ynklma mines, has rutiirned homo, nnd gives oncounicjug accounts nf tboso mines. A nuggot of gold, which ho pioKuu up on uis cintm, is vaiuou at f.' Fiiom Tii.t.i.Mooif. Wo mot Mr. Setb lllincs, aud old resident of Mnrlou Coiiuli-, this morning, who Is in from Tillamook, wliriu bo has reilded Mneotho lattnr I",r'f ' last .Summer. Ho Intt Tlllsmook Mondiv! morning, tuitking tho trip ovor tbo Coas Itaugii on horsuback that Is, ho walked mid led Ills liorsu. Ho wallowed through twelvo miles or snow on thu mountains, and Tor six or eight miles or Hint distance It lay to a doptb or fiom four to eight foot. Mr. Illmos Is favorably Impressed with tho section or oouulry nboiit Tillamook, though labor mid capital nro required lor Itadevolopment. Ho tliiukilt Is ono or tho lltiost nnd inosttsLslly ncnaslblo liimborltig regions ho has ovor seen; mid tho dovolopmont or this resource alone would yield vast wealth to Its people. A gentleman by tho name or Simpson, ho iAjt, who Ihuu experienced lumberman, l commitig In thero during the pressnt season to ascertain tho lumbering fsollltlo1!, and If ftvnrable, will Immediately begin preparations forcarlugon tlio business. Mr. H lines will start on bis return in four or five hdavb. S Li km TllK Coil.vTliV, Yestenlay yii its la r, Nlixliv. wlifi ranin from MaasanhllHi last VWand sottlnd lu I.ano county, called ut tho oMcaof tbu Secretary of. State, and In coursj nt tun vernation uxprosson witn tno utir.ost nnlhusiasiii, his satisfaction with Oregon, I fn nnd settled In Lino county, expoiidlug all his substance u so doing aud wanted no bettor country. Oregon was tho realization ofwhut hn wanted for a country to llvo lu nnd muko his home. Hpwas niiiii to ruturn to Now ICnglaml to sottlo up hlsallUlni boforo nmkliig thli Ids permanent reaideuco, and he thought or tho Wlllamotto Valley. It I very chenrful to havo honost and dlslnlor ested orsoiis cotuo hero and carry such favorahlo liiiprosslnus u way with them. Al.l. RltuiT It has required some tlmo to bring our press to' Its bearings and get It to running all ship shape, but we havo finally sticoodcd and hereafter shall be able to sup ply our readers with tho Kvonlng Kkcoiid at an curlier hour. A power pross Is an In tricate piece, of machinery and must bo got In porfrct trim, nnd enn then bo kept so. We trust our readers will havo patience with us under the circumstance. To succeed In making our local column u Interesting as possible we shall have to claim the most of the afuirnoon for gathering and publishing. The news Items are wry scarce In Iba earlier portion of the day. Volume VI, Number 10. CAI'ITAI, LUMIlHIIlNd COMI'AMY. To glvo something of an Idea or the amount of busi ness done by this Company, It Is only neces sary to say that the mill Is being run to its full capacity, from 15,000 to 20,000 feet,per day, and has all It can do lo supply tho do mand. In tho plow factory, tboy havo man ufactured, tho prosont sonson, upwards or 200 plows and betwoen sixty nnd sovonty cultivators ; besides a consldi rnblo number of doublo shovel plows. Since making tho repairs on tho sawmill thoy can turn out twlco the quantity of work thero that they could last season, with tho samo amount of holp. In a Tow days thoy will begin work on tho Immense contract of oak lumbor .for tlio now hotel In San Francisco. Nkaiii.v a Buns' up. Tho watchman iw the South Salem plpo factory, who nlwaysj tires up In tho morning, built a tiro In tho furnaco this morning as usual, and then wont lo breakfast. Whon ho returnod to tho milt, In about a hall an hour, ho found, eighty pounds of steam on and no water In tho liollors. Had bo remained away a short tlmo longer wo would probably havo had to chronicle tho blowing up of the factory. But fortunately ho prevented tho calamity by turning water Into tho boltors ; which wo think, however, was in Itself a dangoroua r.xporlmont. SrKAMKH (JllAltTKItKl). TIlO COmilllttOO apjiolnted fur that purpose has chartered thu W. T. Co's stcamor Alice, to take tho Odit FoIIowh ofthls city to Albany ott Monday next, tho occasion of the celebration or the) iiny-llrth anniversary of Iho Institution of tho order In America. Tho Halnm llrassj Hind will accompany tho party, aud nil Odd Fallows nnd;thelr families itrolnvltod to go. Tho steamer will lenvn her wharf hero at six o'clock Monday morning, mid return tho noxt morning hobs to arrive hero botwoon Hovun aud eight. ICnait lluiiiiKb A. Co. Wo call iitlontloit lo tho ndveitlsoment of this well known llrm In this weeks Issuo. Thoy olfor, us usual it largo nsiuriiueut uf tho best agricultural mnehliiory, and their long oxerIciico in tho trnilo enahlcH thoiit lo supply I ho artlulrs best suited lo Oregon farmers, with whom thoy havo dealt for ninny yoars. Wo can reoom ineud that nil orders given thoiit will Ik llllod lit the best maiinor aud at roasouablo ri'. cs. I Wbllo lu Merman ,t Hindi's establish ment yostorday wo uuiidvlsodly naked whot "Pompadour patotit skoleton pnnfors" worn, soolug it curd I'onspluulously posted up with llitiso words on, Wo wero shown ono, our curiosity Is Mttlsllnd. (lot servod right by nuking foolish questions. Skwinii Maciunm. Tho Improvod Gro vor ,v, lUkor Sewing Mschlno for 1H7I ad vertised olsowhero by J. W. Gilbert, nro Inferior to none In tho market. Mr. Gilbert lias n largo number nf thorn on hand now nt hlsstoro, which ho protsiaos to sell nt Sau Francisco prices. Ho Is solo agent for thoiit horo. Hki.kaskd, William Johnson, sentoncnil to thu Penitentiary ono year ago, for tho lar ceny of some homo collars, was released from conunoiiiuui tins morning, msierm of sen touco kavlng expired. Fruit trees uro looking splend id on How ell's prairie, hotter than has been known for years at this season of tbo year. The water roinpany will copimcnco lay ing now mains next weok. Will put down llrkt,wh ero moat needed In tw.o ol tiros Paul Dtrst of Sublimity was stricken down with paralysis on Sunday Inst, No hope aro eutortaluod or his recovery. T. II, Walt's ortablo hay pnM advortlso moot In another column. Thermometer 72" ntuoon. lu the khado yesterday "Mother Jllekcnlykc," whosu work of mercy on iimny it Imttlo-llclil ttiitl lit iim ny it liospltul during tho wur will ovor bo loiiiciiibori'il, Iiuh been lost sight or by her rrluniU fur it limp; time. After tho war, sliu undertook soniu UuMIng opera tions In ICitiisusforthwhuiiL'tltofHolillors' oriiluuiN, and thoruhy bccanio Involved in iieeiiulnry dltlluultlcs, which, it Is retir ed, hitvu linpiilrod her rcusou. At all! ovuiits, hIio uitiuo Ivist in 170, wioto tv hersoiiH from Clinton Minings, N. Y on tlio 2oth ofHeptciiibcrof tliulyenr, mid, though sliu has slnvo boon seen In llinol; lyu und in tlio neighborhood of Jloston, nothing Is known of her iirescut whoru it bouts. Oou. Hherman 1ms caused In quiries to be instituted, but without ru-suit. W