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Wasiiinoton, April 21 Scott's bill sup.
plotucutaty to tho net Incoiporatlng tho Texas
I'ltollle Railroad Company ratifies nud cou
jlrtns tho c( molidatloit horctoloro mado ol
tho Southern Faeltlo ltatltoad Company aud
Southern Texas Transcontinental Company
as authorized by tho lawsof tho stntool Tex
as, nud pro Ides also that theo roads m con
solidated and east of Fort Wood, shall bo
teemed part of tho Texas and I'acltio Hall
lxxul, and shall hereafter bo subjected to tho
limitations mid provisions ol tho Act ol
Ootigress, approved Miueh 3, 1S71, Incorpor
ating tho Texas and Paclllo Railroad Com-
jpauy.
Ttio Socretary of War 1ms telegraphed to
Ihocomniandsnt at Llttlo Dock to xxiilidnw
his forces to tho arsenal as soon us tho dan
ger of bloodshed Is oei, and leaxo tho mat
Mr to bo settlod by tho contestants tu tho
Courts.
Lim.i: Hock. Anrll 21. ltrooksthls morn
ing refused to ltcognlo tho Secretary of
ouuo, .jouusou, una orcioreu mm to vacate
iind surrender his ofllco on tbo ground that
ho signed Daxter's proclamation, last night,
convening tbo Legislature. Johnson ad
dressed to Rrookstwo letters stating his pos
ition aud tho necessity of bis taking pos
sesion of tbo olllcu. Drooks donlos Duxter's
authority to convene, tbo Legislature. Tho
jieoplo, hoxvoxer, nre generally satMled with
tbla menus of settling tbo dltllculty.
Drooks this mornluganuouiiced to tho troops
Jils determination of holding tho Stato
House regardles of consequences.
London, April 23.- Arrived nt Liverpool,
lurk Alloa, Irom Portland. Oregon, Salted
roin Liverpool, ship City of Sparta, for San
i'mnelsco; also bark ValoofNIth. TlioHte.un
hip Teuloula, disabled, has pasted 1.1ard
J'ulnt In tow.
San Fiiancisoo, April 21. Tho ship James
Chester, which sailed for Naulamo list night
-drifted ushoro near Ocean View. Two tugs
aro at work, with u prospect ot getting her
oir.
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Win. C. Denn, who cut his throat yc3ter
el.ty, w III probably rccox cr.
About 150 persons attended tbo Union
Temperance Pra er Meeting last night. Tbo
pledges circulated by tho ladles aro numer
ously slimed.
G. D. Deusniorso's dramatization of Mark
Twain's "Glided Ago ' has proven ury pop
ular nt thn Calltornia Theatre.
Owing to t ho prevalence of typhoid fover In
tho county Jail n largo number of prisoners
will bo immediately removed to tho old
county hospital.
Wxsinxcno.N, Apill2". In tliollou-o,
to-!;iy, Mr. lliiilhut, fioiu t lie (.'omiiilt
we mi Hallways mid ('mints, repoited u
substitute lor the hill previously lopottod
tiy the committee In tifd of the Poitlnnd,
ImIIos and Salt Luke lialhoad and iil-o
i telegraph line. The hill provides that
the I'nltctl States shall gimi.tiitcc nud
jviy lnletost on live per cent, ten-ye.ir
bonds to be issued hy the luiltoatl com
pany to the extent of S,iHiO per mile,
utiioiinttiig In nil to So.iioo, (, us each
si-etlon of twenty-live mllesshull bo com
pleted, to aid in the eonstiuctioii of the
mail in thecotistiuctioii of the loud fioin
tho Colttmhlii Itlver to some point on the
I'.icllle ldiilioad between Ogiteii tuul ICel
ton. AVhen this portion of the loiitlshull
tie flu lulled, slnilhir aid on the f-aino con
illtloim is to bo extended to the iciimln
ilerolthu roml between l'ottlund iindthe
O'liimbhi Itlver. In return the riiilmad
in to tiansnoit the ninll.s, troops nud In
ilian jstinplie.s, nud also to send (lovein
iiitint (llspiitelies flee of ehiirge, forever.
No discriminations ahull he made against
hiljjlit niul passengers at nny iniltit, and
iiv rata charges between any spcellled
jwilnts are omitted.
Tho Senate pas-ed tho hill niilhoiling
tho eonstriietlon of a Inidgeoverthu Wll
i:imette Itlver at Salem, Oregon.
Captain ('has. H. Jtaldwin Is iletaehed
ixini the command of the .Xtival leiide
voiis at San Fianelsco, on June 1st, aud
placed on waiting orders.
Vice President WINon Is on (he way
from lUiston to Washington. On his k
tiaii to Ilo-ton hu will leave on a South
ern and Western trip, which will prolia
!ly etend to ('.ililbinla.
The (ioveinineiit engineer's repoit on
tliuMirve.vs of theiiioutliol Coiitilllo lllv-
jr. Oregon, mys the dilllcttltles to he I
iitiHVoinc and the gicat cost have Jetl the
iilllccr in ehaige to the conclusion that
zho best oullet to the sea wold he seeuied
hy euttliiifa e.inal to connect the liver
with the waters of t'oos Hay. The eot
) the canal Is estimated at .TiO.nuo.
IJo-ton, April 21. (ieueral Duller was In
lsrvlowtd on tho eto and tnld bo had not
uJ It, but tould not see bow President
'jui'it-conld gtt arouiiil his own net In Is
suing J.y.OOO.UO reserve; In fiet bo did not
understand it, unless Grant had gone buck
n himself, lie added: 'iWell, if tbo Prosl--ltnt
will deny bis own nets, ltt him do it."
larn.1. IWck, April 21 Tbo situation Is
fscnllalivuiiihanged. D.iter has notllled
Jki President that hebascouened tho Leg-ii-laUire,
to meet May lltli. Diooks denies
JlatterVautboritylou.uxeno tho Legislature,
ivl Is erecting barricades around tho btato
Mourns.
dloNitoi:, La., April C.I. It is ImposMblo
in v;lonn Idea of tlio extent of tbooxcrllow.
Tlw water hero Is tne bii'liest eor kiinwn.
Ttio town Ik an Island two and a halt miles
long aud a half mile wide, Irom which tluro
i uo exit except by boats. Iluslnei-s Is al
furktt t.iiRpended, aud lully 1,000 peoplo bav
not had rations tor three du h, nor money to
hiii' miv, T ho town Is lull of star lug sio k
-f every description. Tho river Is still rising.
Tbo plantations In tho vicinity aro nil sub
sti.rt,cd, and there aro no prosiiccts f f crops,
lyiut tho jieoplo aro to do God only knows.
fxiMKJ.N, April 21. Tho now steimsblii
1'ars.dy has btguutoload tbo newAtlantlo
Alilo.
A corresdomlcnt at I'lvmoutb reivirts that
ttio Ameriquo has been trt oil from water and
caiiilned. Tlio hull was lound to be tight, I
but tbo valves open. Ilor truw baxobeen
ilegraphel for, und sbo will jiroeeul to
Havre on Monday. Tho Admirably Court I
have, tlxed her ball at $125,000.
Ni:w Yonic, April 21 A letter from
tlivana says It Is rumored that sexeral do-
3vcs win do lifueu uy tuo i-ajiiaui neiienii;
xw of them w HUlx tbo prlco of gold nt t)i y
jwiccont. premium, und any ono siispeool
-if naving taken part in huv trans iciioii
.tlovo tills tlguro will 1 tried lv Court mar.
talked of, as uoll ns the payment of ilutios tu
gold.
San- FitANciseo, April 2.-.AtIataeoouiits
tho tugs lmd not siuveeuled lu hauling tho
ship James Chesterolftbe ocean beach whero
"ho drifted to-day. Sho lay easily and mav
yet bo got nvvay. Sho bud tio osrgo on bo trd.
ner eamaiu lost mo snip rantnor n low
I weeks since on tho Northern coast.
I'lotninent merchants and busluos men of
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, Grant, congratulating him and tho country
o tho veto ol tho rinanco Dill.
The trial or usrtlett I root, lor tho murder
of Ned Allen, was concluded this evening.
1M, aliit..,i-iitii11.l.i. .-..Ilt-a...'.....-..,.... I.. .1...
secntiil decree,
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Orombacks,
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tts)'. c.
Tho steamer William tuber will snon bu
ut tn tbo Sound to run In connection with
tho nnll stenmers to Alaska ports.
Tho Grangers' Dank was Incorporated to
diy. Directors T. McConuell.Sacrauinnto;
O. W. Colby, IluttoCouutvi J. O. Hill, Ven
tura fountv: J. P Chrlstman, Contra Coti
County; J. V. Webster. Alameda County; C.
J. Cresey, Stanislaus Count v; V. J. Wood
ward. San Jonullln Count vs J. P. Merriilelil.
Solano County ; A. T. Wolcott, San Francisco,
County; Carr S. Abbott, Monterey Couutv;
John Luelllug. Napa Countv. Canltal stock,
f,POO,000, In $50,iwu shares of $100 each.
Capital stock actually subscribed. $,VU,(XW.
Sn Fiuseisii), April 2d. The steamer
Granatin, from Panama, arrived to-day.
Tugs hao sticceded lu hauling tho ship
James Chester oil" tho ocean sldo boacb, aud
are now toning bor up tho harbor.
SAOltvMr.NTO. April 2t). Professors White
sides and Martin m.ido a successful ascouslon
In tbebaloou ''International" this afternoon
from tbo Agiicultural Park. Tlio batoou Is
tho largest ovor constructed on tbo Pacitle
Coast.
Hakiiusiikw), AjuII 21. Under Sherltl
Ilungiilo recolxed Iiilormatlou to-dav of a
murder aud robbery committee- bv Dill Dan
iel 'a nt Indian Wolls Matlon, on tho Owen's
Itlver toad on Tuesday last.
San Josi:, April 21. Tho tho mile-trotting
rae-o to-dav was won by Ijidy Muck lu 1.1:00;
Norman Hall u good secoud, and John Slow
art third.
W.wh.viton, April 2il. Slnco no supplies
can, be had Irom military stations ou tlio
ovorllowod legion of tho Lower Mississippi,
tho Secre'taiy of War. aftor a conferenco with
tbo President, has directed tho Coiumlssarv
ofSubslstenco to puichaso fiOil.OiH) rations of
moat, Hour, beans and rice, and to carry Into
ellecttho Heller Dill. Uo iisksau appropri
ation or j!H),000. Tho estimates nrobised on
Issuing rattonsto 20 0w) fur tweulv ilas.
Tho Sensto l'lnanco Coinmltteo w'ltl this
week consider tho I Iouo I'lnanco Dill. Tho
Conservatives think a bill may bo Iramed.nc
cep'.ablolo tbo Senate, eoiublulngtbii teaturo
of icdtunptkm proposed In that bill, with tho
rUht to Issue atldltioiial bulk i.otew, on con
dition that a certain piopoitlou of legal ten
ders bo wiMuhawii stiuullaueoiisly ; and
many holloui that If such a bill bo reported
Irom tho senate Committee, with a provision
authorizing tiee biukliig, it will piss tho
Somite niul Mouse, and lecelvo tho approval
of tbo President,
W.wilMirov, April J7. Tho l.illowlng
uotul changes linx o beenordeied I'nrOiogon.
Olllcj Discontinued. Trask, Tillamook
county.
Postmasters Appointed - Norm in Darling,
Damascus, Clackam is i ouiity.
A private lottor frmu (ieueral sickles says
bo will return to tho Fulled Mates lu to
mouths,
Nr.w Oiimians, April 27. Tho river Is fill
ing, and Is two Inches bolow high xxator
mntk. Sox-on days' Northern. Woslorn and
Lastern mails nro duo. Tbreo bridges aro
gone between hero and Mobile and Jackson.
Mo.Mtoi:, Li., April 2il. Tho river losobul
very little last night. Another break poured
much wator on tho back part of tho rltv.
Wiisbluglon street Is ovorllowod w itblii tbreo
blocks of tbo liior. Tho weather Is fair.
There Is no iutelllgoiico Irom alio vo or bolow.
Sr. Loi'ls. April 2(!. Tlio 3'iwr assorts
that 2,000 Sprluglield rilles and i:i,0i rounds
of nmuullioii Imxo boon sent to Drooks at
Little Hock.
Ni:w Yonic, April 2d. Tbo Fodoral Coun
cil of tbo Internationalists lmvo resolved to
dihliiii'i thooriraiilitlon. It Is a complete
failure in tbo United Mates.
Loi'isvn.i.i:, April 2tl. A stoamboit, xxllb
seventy llxo tonsol Cioxernmeut proxlslous,
left hero this aficrnoon for tbo Loiislami sub
merged district.
xsiii.notoN, April 27. Ooxnrnor Daxler
telegraphs to tho President denying that ho
has declared martial livv ousldo of Pulaski
County.
Coi.l'xiuus, April 27. Tlio temperance cru
sade, w hlch h is been quiescent hero lorsomo
weeks, started In-day lu now direction.
Some twenty ladles marched tutboSaliMui ot
Clurlcs Wngner, whoiiilxertlsul a fr o liincb
and new drinks, called llin "Crusade Wall r,"
some beiiriiig the names of liullos prominent
ly liloutltled with tho temp rauco crusade,
aud demanded smuoof tho water and ashnro
ot tlio lunch. Wu-ner lufiiM'il either and
forcibly ejectrd tbo women, w ho Imxo slnco
been parrdingoii tho walk lu liout of Wag
ner's plsce, In spitoof bis ell'orts to dlsjiorso
them by washing tbo sidewalk.
Cilli no, April 27. 1'bero xxas greit ex
elleineul at Toprka, Kiusis, ves'urilay oxer
tbo arrival of tho old mill Itandrr and his
wile. 'Ihousands lloeKed around tbo Jill to
s-e the buti hers, who xxero lully nlentllled
by in my who had seen them when in
Kansas,
Maiiiiid, April 2'l A rumor Is current
that the Carlists Imxo asked borrano for an
ainno-ty.
Lomiov, April 2'l Advices from Constan
tinople s.in that the Sui r. Canal dltllculty Is
scttlid.
San Fiiamimo, April 27 Tho stenmor
Colorado, xx hlch ni rived this afternoon,
brings Yokohama dates to April 7th,
Y to, leader of tlio Sauni Insurrection, Is a
fugitive lu tho islands oltho I ulaudsoa, hav
ing vainly sought re In go In Salsuma.
An ei(dhtnu has been orgauil byJaiiin
Rgilnst 1'orniosi. .lap m Is disputing wall
China tho right to posus-ion ot tlio Island.
sx Flix.se'i-co, April 27. 'I ho steamer
Tartar, of tho llritlsh Hue, sailed to-day tor
Australia, xv lib a fullcomplemtulof iHKseu
gersaud a largo Kiigllsh mall.
Tho steaiiK r Colorado, Irom China aud Jap
an, arrix ud this Hpornoou.
l'emalo canviisMirs aro busily engaged lu
tho city soliciting signatures to tbo total it ) -siiueiKO
pledgos, and nro meeting with fair
success.
Tho xx holealo liquor dealers of this city
held a meeting this uftoruoou, and elected
Dixid Purler President. A committee was
appointed to draft a Constitution and Dy
I. ivv. The object of tho meeting is stated
to baxo boon to perfect moans for protecting
their customers iu tbo Interior of tbo Stale
agaius' the women erusiders and local option
law. They baxo determined to rai.oa fund
or jU'.oyu, to ueiray ino oxjmihsh testing any
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case that may arlso under tne latter lu any
county of the State.
Itosi.viM.r, April .'7. Abrani Link, an
tnipIoxeofthoWoitoruHotel.of.sjjer.imeeto, i
was run oxer by the e-ar and Instantly kill- '
edat this plsei, this evening.
Wash imiiVin. Anrll 27 -The ntis'n Com. '
n;....s si.. ...u-ui u uaj -.eoa lu itjsjrt
favorably on Senator Mltcholl's bill granting
Government aid for tho construction of the
Portland, Dalles and Salt Lako Hallway. Tho
bill provides for guaranteeing payment of
lutorost on bonds of tho Company to tho ex
tent of fS.WO per mile. In return for which
army and Indian supplies and United States
mails aro to bolorour transport 1 free.
Mr. Kendall presented resolutions of tho
Noxada Legislature urging tho parage- of n
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uiu requiring patents to Do issueu lnunedl-
ately lor lands granted to tho Central Paclllo
ltall road In order that thev may bo subjected
to taxation,
Washington, April 23. Governor Dtxtcr,
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i in 'tutuus.,, mis Kucgi ii pueit ill uiu rresi
dent that an armed insunectiou exists In
that State, and asks aid to suppress It. Ilrooks
has already made a slmihi requisition, mid
has two lawyers hero now representing his
Interests, Duxter's counsel is also ou tho
way here, and the question of who Is tho
actual Uovernor xv 111 soon bo presented for
tho President's decision.
Nr.w Om.ilANs, April 27. Three hundred
families lu West llaton Uougnuro homeless.
The tovxn Is entirely submerged. The Unlit d
Slates Quartermaster transferred to tho Dis
tributing Committee xestcidHy 2o,000 suits
and 1,000 bl inkoUs, Advices from lV'lio
County say tlio rlxor continues to rise.
Nkw Yoiik, April 2S. Tho Mississippi
overtloxv has created 2."),000sullerersln Louis
iana. Tho parishes lu xx hlch the crops nro
ruined fouuerly produced ovor 100,000 hogs
heads or sugar, nearly 1 1,000,000 pounds of
rice, g 1,000,000 worth ul molasses and 1 1-',000
bales ot cotton.
In tho cao or Mlchaol Sampson vs. (ho
Union Paclllc Railroad Co., Jay (tould, Sid
ney Dillon, otitis., an order lias been issuod
citing tile defendants to appear before the
Supreme Court to show cause why an lit
,,nuieuon snouui not uo issued restraining too
I'uion l'rtcinc itniiroiui company irom dis
posing lu any xx-ay ol securities executed un
der Indemnities known as the Sinking Fund
Mortgage The argument xx 111 bo beard to
day or to-morrow.
LoNiHiN, April 27. Tbo Khedive or lUypt
took military possession of the Suez Canal
bo fore Do U-sseps acquiesced in the decision
of tho International Commission.
D.uonnk, April 27. (lononil Piilaolos
Valhis. xx It li tl,000 men, has taken ossesslou
orcbeloa.
Havana, April 27. Oonora! Concha has
ordered a draft Irom persons between twenty,
live and tbirty-llvo years ofago.
San FitM'isi), April 2s. Ooorgo Wil
liams, loremau at tho Pioneer Wdolou Mills,
North Deacb. xxas attacked at a late hour last
i night liy three men, xxlio tluow a suck oxer
his bead anil totibed him ot $700, boat him
badly and threw him Into tho bay. lie
managed to escape, but xxas seriously In
jured, rs.v.NTA Cut, April 2S. Tho stage which
lelt au Joso lids morning, at 10 o'clock, xv is
stopped by two highwaymen at half-past
ivvu, iiiiiiui uxei unit's iiii siuu in i.oxiiiuiou, i
audslMeeii miles Irom Santa Clara. Thorn
fteio tlueo men and txxo women, besides tho I
driver, ou the stage. Tho robbers stepped
Into the road In limit of the stage, with
doiiblc-barieled guns, cocked, ami ordered
tho driver to stop his horses, which ho did i
without hesitation, as the iiiu.les of the
guns looked very largo. Thoy demanded
Wells, Fargo A Co.'s express box, xxhlcb tho
driver llilormed thelii ho did not have, as It i
was not curried on that unite. They then
tatd that they wished logo throui:h the pas
sengers, who worooidered out, but as they
hesitated, the lubbers wild Io baud out what
money they had, which the passengers pro
ceeded to do. The collection xxas rather
light, only about $J0 altogether lining taken.
A gold and silver watch xxere demanded
aud handed oxer.
Tho gold xxatchxvas worth $100. Tho rob
bers xxero masked, and evidently now at the
business one being cry young, while tlio
other, a heavy-set man, xxas of nioro steady
nerve, taking tbo money while (ho young
man bold bis gun xery nervously, and but
little to say. Tbo short, heavy-set man Is
supposed Io be the same ono who robbed the
slagooii (his I onto a low wooks ago. The
olucr xxas light complexion, slight build,
small bauds and loot. Doth wore well dress
ed ludark new clothing of fashloimblo cut.
They xxere gallant enough to make no de
mand upon the ladles, who xxero somewhat
lightened, but uot molested lu any way.
Atior taking up Iho collection which wlis
carlessly done, the passengers retaining
most of their iiiouuy thodrlxorwas ordered
to goon. Tbo lollovxlng Isa llstof tlio pas
sengers: II, IMIoson, (!eo, W. Couxerse and
wife, William DrothorHiiud Mrs llnint.
V.xl.l.uio.Aprll 2S. The Co-overatlvo.Sblp-bulldeis
Association commenced active op
erations Ibis morning near .Martin street
wharf. Their oxocutlvo committee will re
turn from Sin Friucisco to-night, ami to
morrow will bo known the touuagu, etc., of
their llrst xessel to build. All couuciled
with tlio association aro of tho i-holcost inn.
chaulcs of I ho Male,
Yiii.I.a, Apill 2s. Arthur Hill, need HI
years, was throw n Irom u horse near Cotton
wood, lu this county, yesterday morning, I
aud reielxcd Injuries which ho died last ,
nlu-ht.
Tacoxia, April 23. A surxey was made i
last wiek oflho routo running Into Iho new
lovvnofTaeoma. Thoostimatcs were brought
Into tlio olllcoot tho compiny last Saturday
und work wfll commence Immediately. Tho I
grade will bo completed will. in a month and '
tho ears will be running Into the town Inside
ol txxo months. '
Cxrim.K sou- ion Isii-i.. Mr, Fuller!
bus experimented a little with this article In
killing Insects upon grocn-liouso plants, par
tlciilarly tho giteu lly ap'iUi, which, in I
everloilv Knows, Is a gienl pest.aud one i
not roxillly iles!ivcd,e(ept by luiulgatbig
xx I. b ton icco not a nice operation to per- !
Iiirm upon parlor plants or lu u conservator v
attached to a dwelling. My hrst exHirluieut
txitli this soap xxas it decided sye-coss, ojiur.i
(liigupou txxo hundred roses Just In bloom. ,
und llxxas conducted as Dllovxs; luloii pall ,
of warm xxater I put it lump ot soap tho
sio ot it small hen's igg. Tho soap was'
tut Into small pieces and the xxater agitated '
until It wuk all desolvid terming a warm I
suds. Tho water should uot Ixi too hot, but
it uot above 1-0 or thtrciboui, "III do uo '
harm, Iu'o lids suds etch io-.u bush was '
plunged holding the put Inverted In tin, ,
IihimI and kept them a lout half a iiilnuio.
After plunging, Iho plants werosit iisnlo lor
a tow milillles, then dipped again, shaking
them about thoroughly, washing lint Icaxes
ami thou returned to their former place in
tho house- Whether It xxas tho soap or the
warm water that killed tho green lly, I will'
uot siy, but there is one thing certain thev,
ureal! dead.
Fofit AHroits out or tlxo i hildron xvlih h
compoMid thn fainllv ol John Jacob Astor,
only one Willlata D remains, aud ho is
upwards ot eighty. Ho Is alsooon oflho old-
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seon wonderful changes, lie can remember :
the llrst eamboat, and bits sieu the city In-
crease from liopulitllou or Ihlrtv lliousaud
to that of a million. Uo has also seen his
ruber's estuto expand from fc.iflOo'itXi to J5-V),. ,
000,00), and has beliuld all th" u-Kw'ali s of
hN X'nitll lk axxaj, wi VXoi .u 1Hj xUuuU I
and their children,.
STATE NEWS.
Mining is going on amid tho ruins of La
Cirando.
Dwelling bouses for rout aro very sc.arco
at Albany.
Knox Dutto Orange, Linn county, bos 51
members.
The crops aro doing finely throughout tho
interior.
Tho ladles of tho Kplscopit church at Ore
gon City propoo giving monthly festivals.
Work his been commenced on tho bridge
spanning tho Yamhill at Mc.Mlniivlllc.
Dr. J. II. Mack, who xxas burned out lu
Fist Portland hist Motulav morning, has re
sumed business,
A number of peoplo mo In Portliud wait
ing lor tho Hist boat bound lor the Stlckeeii
mines.
Thestcckholdeisof tbo Albiny Farmer's
Company hold a inciting for tlio election of
seven ituictors. lu that city, on the 10th of
May.
Detxxeon twenty and thirty lodges, and
members Irom numerous others will lie lu at
tendance at the Albany I Mil Fellows' celebra
tion next .Mouuay.
Tbo monument heretofore described has
been placed oxer tbo grave of Oregon's pio
neer primer, the Into John Fleming, In the
ceiueiery at Oregon City.
The Christian Sunday School at McMliin
illo has Just receixed a now library of 107
volumes, and tho teachers and scholars aro
highly pledsed with the books.
An Lplscopal Parish bits beeiiorgauledat
McMluuxille, under tho name or Si. James's
Church. The Vestrymen are, II. V.V.John
sou, (!eo. W. Snyder, Oeo. Willis, Win. Wil
lis, A. It, llurbiiuk and H. A, Laiusou,
A meeting or those engaged lu (ho salmon
llshlng business In tho Columbia Is to take
place lor the purpose of devising a method
of protecting iho salmon, and securing to tho
Columbia their continued presence and lu
cristse. The (Grangers of Washington county are
contemplating a grand picnic exclusion to
M. Joo ou the llrst day of May. From the
picpar.ttlons being made, there Is no doubt
thai it most eujot able time will bo hud and
I hat a gloat in my peoplo will bu thereto see
Tho I'lvmiip AVii'isnys that Captain (111
bert, with lus corps ol cotst survovors, Inn
planted his encampment in a beautirut pine
grovoou Ntchanaeuni Creek. Ills boicuu
are iNIng along the plains southward Irom
Point Ail mis. A trull xx ill he cut oxer the
mountains dclow the sonde, nud a bean in
pliicced ou Saddle ninuntaltidurliig thoMim
iner. Mutter Is twenty cenls ii pound at Albany
Sui ill boys lu Portland steil pig Iron.
Sueiikthlexeslufost FmplioClly, Coos Diy.
The (irangersof Dtllas number ono hun
dred. Mrs. Met'oriulck's residence xv.is burned
111 FtihOiioClty, Sunday, (ho l.'ith.
North Yamhill Lodge of (tood Templars
Initiated sixteen now members last Saturday
night.
II. M. Ihirlou ot Piiillaud bus purchased
tho ranch id James Force or Wasco county
Tor the sum of Jl,.'i00.
At KugeiioCily, last Monday, John Skin
ner's little girl swallowed a small lump of
blue ltroll, nud before the doctor arrived she
caiuu near dying.
A man named John (larrlsh was arrested
and tried before Justice Steward at North
Yamhill on Tuesday last for assault and Imt
(ery on (he person of his xxUo.
Hohort.l. Ladd, late Clerk or Si boot Dis
trict No. I,ln Portland, hits absconded, and
It Is understood that a partial examination of
his books shows him to bo aMcfjulter to (bo
amount of $1:1,000.
John (larrlsh, ofVorlb Yam hill, 'xx as lined
?J0 and costs, aiiioiiullng to 3.M, for beating
his wife.
The road over tho llliio Mountains Is noxv
hi such a condition that Iroluht teams can
cross over xx Ithout serious dllllculty.
A sailor by tbo name of Charles Wilson, a
native of Hull tnd, was found drowned yes
terday, near Flamlor's wharf lu Portland.
A number of Albiny wheat dealers have
telegraphed lor 11 xossol Io lake a cargo of
grain direct from Astoria Io Ltversol.
I,nld, the defiiulllngaud absconding Mult
nomah couutv School Clerk, was at tbo meet
ing between Williams and D.ixousirtatOik
land, on Thursday evening aud was called
ou by Williams to xeiiry bis (Williams')
statement.
The following Is Iho Curry county Iteiiub-'
Ilcitu ticket: For Joint Heprosuiitatixe, II, (. I
llhtko; Clerk, J, L. Lxuus, Miorlll, S. 11.
llardner; Treasurer, John 'Ihoiuaaj School
Supiiliulendent, M. Il.dregorv; Assessor, A.
K. Miller; Surveyor, J. W. CaullJhl; Com-1
nilssloner, Patrick Hughes and A. Miller.
The iliclmitttii saxs tint Mr. UlL-liani. of
Wasco county, will mrlxo in Portland by the
steamer Irom Mil Francisco, now due, with
threoxeiy Hue HtallloiiH Imported Irom tho
List, lino ot them Isa chestnut stallion
(Hid (iisirgo Wilkos, bv Asteroid, out oil
1. mm 1 xvrigui, ny imp. .Margrave. Another
isa bay stallion called Luther, by Lexiiig
lugtoii, dam Hello I. mix Is, hy Imp. (lloneno.
A xery lino sorrel station, seven years old,
completes tho lUt. Uo Is also hy Lexington,
dam Vcroni, by Imp. orl.shlro. Mr. Dlg
haiu ovx us a largo stock ranch In W.tso Co.,
and tliesii horses will boitgrealitnpiisltlou to
tills Stale as well as Iho co tst generally.
A groat excitement was raised lu I'nlou,
lUker couutv, a law days ago. A man
pissing through Unit town spent hall' a dol
lar. It has been the topic of ion vernation
oxer since, anil the hill dollar Is now 011
exhibition.
Summit Mine, Dtker county, Is doing
finely.
Down Portland way, little dllllcultles are
settlid by ring lights.
The re Isit c ill lor it school marm 'invention
at Union, Hiker county.
lacksonxllle is to have three days' races
during the Huso of next mouth,
A nolo or 3l,non sold at auction sale hi
Pendleton ou tho loth lust, for gtO.
Wisthii promises to Ik come one ol the
liveliest tovx us in I m.ttill.t county.
'Iho closing exercises or the Dtker City
Academy were a grand literally treat.
Tho Jacksonville Hed Men are going to
give a grand bill 011 the 12th or May.
Now buildings baxo been erected alisudy
011 the burnt district ofJacksonxlllo.
W II. Webb, it stock raiser on Main Pow
der Hlxer, has lost over lllty cttllo by their
eating H,Uoimus herbs.
The Jacksonville Literally Soeli ty aro pre
paring 1111 oiitmrlalumeut lor the beiiullt of
the siilterors by the late lire.
Hereafter (IioIio.iIh ou Iho Columbia will
Jmio Wallnla on Mondavi and Thursday
lor the down tups, nud uuiugup win lei, 0
VelUo pu Tuisdyo and SaiuitUv s.
I Another Chhninan has bad bis log brokclf
. by the cAvhig hi of a bank. This time l-t'
I Portland.
Dick Williams was arrested for lighting hi
Portland and had to "fork ovor" ?3 and costs.
Tho crusaders aro still on tho strcots lu
Portland.
A large uuinbor of c ittlo bax'o dlod 011 Main
Powder Hlxer this Spring from eating pois
onous herbs.
Dutterlu Pendteton Is noxv soiling at 37c;
with a downward tendency; eggs, 1,'ej pota
toes, le; beer, M'tdiV.
A noxv voting precinct has lieen established
in Jackson countv, east of Klamath Hesorva
llon. It is callod'Spniguo Hlxer Precinct.
Mr. Ucorgo Manhury, of Heppnor, Uma
tilla county, had bis log broken hist xveok by
tlio kick ul a horse, which he xvas branding.
A letter has been receixed from H.J. Lidd,
post marked Oakland. Contents uot made
public.
A hundred guns xxero llred oxer tho news
concerning the P. D. A S. L. 11. H., hi
Portland j storday.
The clllcns of Weston, ono evening list
week, were thrown Into 11 lilllo exclleiuoiit
by a pistol idiot about t o'clock at night. The
facts appear to bo these: A certain person
undertook, 011 hist Wednesday exciting,
about nine o'clock, to visit it certain fnnlly,
xx ben the husband xxas absent. Tho lady,
xx ho slept xx Ith one eye open, dlscox erod the
gentlemen's uce up against tho window pane
at the head of her bed-room. She Instantly
c tiled to tho person to begone, at the sumo
lime discharging the contents of a pocket
derringer at the receding tlguro.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The following Hems urn gleaned from the
Victoria .Soimuiiif of tbe22d Instant:
In the Hudson County Court of Sessions,
today, .Indus Snoro, convicted on sixteen
charges of receiving stolon goods, xvas sen
tenced to sex eu years lu tlio Stato Prison 011
tbo llrst charge nud tbreo years for each of
Ihoothers - lllty-twoyearsiu all. Ilol'alntod
oil hearing the sentence.
On lightning Creek tho wash up for last
xxeek xvas: Victoria Company, U.V) ounces:
Vniuouxor, IHI; Van Winkle, 117. Total, ilW
ounces.
An Immense bell, weighing upwards of
l,,MHI pounds, has been shipped Irom Lug
html lor tbo Tiger Coinptny ofthls city.
About it bundled and lllty minors will
leave per steamer ot( r lo-moriow morning
for Casslar mines. The steamer is also full
of ft eight.
In older to srfect thnolllcloucy of the lire
department ot tbisclty tlueo ol Cioluli's lire
protectors have been Imported Irom Noxv
Yotk.
Tho shlp.Marletta, thirteen days front Sail
Francisco, arrtxed lu Kovitl I loads on Thurs
day in cning. .she xx ill load with spars at
the Hastings mill lor Kuropo.
A letter receixed fioiuOtlavvi states that
the railroad cngliueis would leave lor Vic
toria about the middle of this mouth to re
sume tho ralltoad work.
Wo understand that the members nf tint
Independent (inter nl Odd Fellow will cele
brate the lilt v-sccoud anniversary oflho lit
(induction of Iholr order 011 the American
continent nil Sunday, thn 20th lust,, liy at- .
lending divine service lu a body, and by
lu 11 banquet and ball the evening of tho
follow lug day.
The contract for supplying (loxerumout
llouso with pure water hits boon awarded to
Mr. (ioorgo. Lawrence, at r0 cents vor hun
dred gallons.
A Hi:xiaiikaiii.i Im'iiiiim'. Tho Marys
vllle .Ivkii( of March 2Sth gives (his in
cident: In an Item published 011 (ho 20lh
lnstant,w estates that during a thunder-storm,
xvhlch oiviirrtul about twenty miles north or
Ibis city ou the 10th instant, 11 large number
ofxvlld gooo wore killed. The statement of
our iuftirmuut was so remarkable that wu
gave It but little credence, and declliusl to
publish ltall. Hut the following rrom tbo
Sutler llannrr coiillrins tho remarkablo In
cldeut: "first, a small amount of common
hail, mid then followed siilllelent snow (o
whiten tbo ground. As (ho hall Uigaii to
rail, aud the lightning Hashed, Ihousinds of
wild geese, which weielii tho ponds or shal
low water xvhlch exist lu that locality during
the xx et Winters, suddenly insn up lu 11 great
Mutter, as If many hunters had discharged a
volley among them. Thoy wont up and up,
apparently to rise above tho fearlul cloud.
It was nearly dark, and those who saw them
rise thought uo more of It until morning,
when (hey begun lo Und dead gcoso, and
boar ol hundreds being picked up by tbo
neighbors. Some TOO h ul Ihhiii found. One
man picked up ou his farm all two horses
could haul, lor their leathers. Their heads
welo badly torn and their bills split Into
fiagmeuts. Many of thorn had tho I'eatherH
of their lucks crisped mid burned and Iholr
bodies liursted open. Tho portion or country
thus itllectod wits about a mile and 11 hall
xx ide, and reached sex oral miles Into llutto
county." Thexlxld lightning was lomarkod
liy it number or people In tbisclty, and all
remember tbo heavy rain which loll soon
after, which occurred ou Iho exeulugof (bu
bite city election.
Mow 10 I:axiim: Wi 1,1, on Cinii:iin,
In order lo explore the bottom of it xvoll, cis
tern or pond of water, lo ascertain whether
foreign Mihstiimii and sediment baxo boon
deposited which It is desirable to remove, it
Is nut necessary lo descend lo tho pi ice to bo
examined. II the sun Is shining clearly, a
common mirror may bo so used it to roxo.il
tbo prol.11111de.st secrets of tho gloomy depth
below. When hold so its to rolloct the rays
of tho sun niton Hu siirlaeo of tbo
wator, it will produce a bright .sisit
within the limits of xvhlch the smallest
object, oven ton Hotting straw, cm bu plain
ly seen; and liy moving tho glass so as to
change the Illuminated spot, tint whole hot
toiu may be explored. If not hidden by Inter
vening objects. If tliu sua duos liotshluo
Umiii the legality or the opening, Its rajs may
lio brought lo tlio place by (ho 110 of two
minors, or, if nocissary,ii sorlosof thoui.oiio
rellectliig the light lo tlio other until It roach
tho desired point, when It in ty bo thrown
downward. Light in ty bo carried lu (his
way around t hoiisoor through It fnrauyills
taiicc, tlio only ilravvh.uk being that It lie
unties less brilliant with each, Tlio trouble
Involved lu the experiment Is fully couipeu
s.i'ed by tho amusement It ullords, ns well as
by tbo timely dlso ivory, iitiuiuy cast h, of
iiiixx holsoino deposits lu water which is dally
used far domnMio iiurisisiis.
I'lm In Idge over (he Kentucky Itlver
011 the Southern lUlliottd wilt bq (ho
highest on tint continent. Ills 27.", feet,
above low vvatei, and has a' sp'in o 1,2 lit
feet. The towers fleeted by J01111 A
Koebllng xiursago cost IOo.imX) and tlso
.'!'! feet aboxtt low water.
Messrs. J, aud (1, (laches, of Laeonuer, W.
T., Intend enlarging wharf and also bulldlm?
uuralii v.rebejuu fen ihu eu.uuij hcaiuu'
erop.