WILLAMETTE FARMER. OIXY AJNr COUNTRY. Thursday, Jan. 14. Friday, Jan. FIRE IN SOUTH SALEM. 15. Fire Pr.uos Street Commissioner J. H. Howell informs us that all of the street hy drants, except four, are In good working or tier, will have every hydrant In the city ready for use In case of necisslty by night. The cisterns are all In working order. Neverthe less, we repeat our caution for everybody to look closely to their llres before retiring. First Cask. Day before yesterday Recor der Hyde had his first victim brought be fore him, Lee Wah proprietor of the wash house on tin corner of Liberty and Court nomo he built At the early hour of half past four nVtack this morning, the the bell moused ours-loep- He has them packed with sawdustnd . ,nB ""T '"TV"! T f". "T I .uu .u i.uv l ihbi wiu l l.guv KID UIO IICUUi The alarm was caused by the burning of the line cottage of Mr. P. D. Palmer, on Bellrue street, nearlbo Slough. We loam from Mr. Palmer, who was the streets was charged with n violation of the ordinance "for the prevention of fire." He paid his tine ?2 50 and costs and went home nnd fixed up his stove pipe "according lo law." Finkd. Lewis Ros, hotter known as the "Flying Dutchman," was found lying in an alloy last night iu tbo "bitter cold," Just after having taken an overdose of "hot whisky." Officer Mlnto furnished him with lodgings mid this morning Recorder Hyde charged liim $2 50 and costs for the accom modations given bltn. Dikd At the residence of J. B. McClan, Kq., North Salem, ou Wednesday, the 13th, of January, 1875, at 11:50 p. m. Mrs, Elmira Mnthony, wife of Samuel Matheny and yout'trnst daughter of Rev. L. H. Jud'on, aged 2d years. Ait-ointments. Govenor Grover no pointed yesterday the following persons Notaries Public: Wm. M. Ramsey of Lafay ette for Yamhill county and S. G. Caudle of St. Helens, for Columbia county. Not Sustained. A telegram was received yesterday from Washington stating in sub stance that the charges (T) against Col. T. II. Rickey, postmaster, were not sustained, and that he would be retained In his position. Died. Wednesday, Jan. 13th, at the resi dence of Dr. A. M. Belt, in this city, Gertrude, daughter of T. W. and Jennie Belt, of Inde pendence, aged 1C months. The river is frozen over for some distance from the shore and tbo channel is full of running ice. The Grover loft for Portland this morning but will not be likely to get through the locks, The Beaver and Fanny Patton came In this morning and with difficulty reached their wharves. They will probably tie up until a change In the weather. Messrs. Cooke cfc Dennis and L. Cheeebor oughttCo. at the Agricultural Works have suspended work until a thaw comes. Freight trains hereafter go south on Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning on alternate days. The front portion of the new Methodist Church is to be bricked up as soon as the weather will permit. The Portland mall train same to the depot this morning 40 minutes late. Cold weather the cause of detention. Gov. Grover has appointed Cbas. Sohaekel Commissioner of Deeds to reside In St. Louis, Missouri. The thermometer this morning,at Weather ford A Co.'s, was 0 above zero. The Salem Flouring Mills are shut down on account of the ice in the race. onlv norson in the bulldini at the limn, the following particulars: He had !ea his place "l" JiT, ,. , da SW00p, , ,,,,. .... , .. ' ! embla and sets the standard of as ujumi lull luui Hill.:, null lii'uii i t"ii:uiiiif a small wood lire small wood SATURDAY NIGHT. Down rrom the frozen ocean, through tbo Huh ring's Vralt, psst the in'iospitable shores of Alaska, the north wind comes to us with a hyper-boreau breath that freezss all it touches, robes the earth with enow, chills tho rhers to Ice, and makes them shrink back Into their narrowest ohauuel. It is wiutor; not tho traditional winter that wo expect and are rather boastfull about to our Lastoru cousins, but the exceptional winter down Nova the polar mulrtia nn I. .li.nliti. ...lt 1.. -. ., in I 1. ...., - ... ,. ,..,,, .. " . vmuair, u iuu iir luameue. Saturday ' Night now sends tho miser to count his store i of wood instead of his hoard money. God tho fire-place, in the main room, ou tho north side of the building. Some f I m A ntonoAil lttln minHn i-tnir - ntln and when he did .so there were but a few f. e Prto night and teach man to pity smouldering embers in the fire-place. A lit-1 tha " fbf Moa- Fra ,be Wegmph stations tie af.er four o'clock, Mr. P. was awakened I e Stf t"f""0U",aIns w Lar Md luat tho n.muui niui,ati(i;iD. AUtJ U&UIO UUOH R by the smoke in the east room (where be slept), but not comprehending the fact, turn ed over for another nap; but the smoke get ting thicker, ho sprang from the bed and hastily drawing on a portion of his clothes rushed outof doors. As he came out he discovered a bl3zs in the basement on tho rlvor side of the house. Mr. P. of cour.se gave tho alarm and then tried to cuter the houo to secure his valua bles, but the fire had made such headway that ho was drivoa back and unable to save anything. The firemen were promptly on hand, but thousaud hills are perishing with cold, If not with hungar; Hocks and herds are gaz ing with hopeless terror upon a desolation that can only end in death. There are many human belugs, our fellow citizens and neigh bors, who must also suffer, and the sym pathy that makes the world akin should go out at this time towards the fellow mortals who are liable to suffer from cold or hunger. But the very terrors from which wo shrink, and which are freigbtod with misery to many, bring the merriost hours of all the years to others. It is Satuiday Night and iQ moult" ts7U t'lUUlli.lJ 111! UOUU UUL . . . i ... . such was the rapidity with which the ! lire U ." "at K es oVer tbe river depths In ...i ,.., ., 'm. i.n.i. -., ..' vites the skill of the skater. Merry xoloef spread that the pDtiro building and contents wero deslroj od. Mr. Palmer was Insured in the Fheuaix but he informs us that the amount of insurance will not cover one third of his losses, thero being In tho house valuables aud article", the accumulation of twenty-three years residence in Salem. Mr. Palmer has no Idea of the origin ofthe lire, la.ther than he believes it to have been the work of an Incendiary. AN ICE INCIDENT. Most of the service wator pipes in town are frrzon up. Canadian Pacific Railway. Our Canadian and British Columbia neighbors nro in the Held with a railway project which they hope in time will bridge the continent upon a route which shall connect tho Pacific ocean with Lake Superior, and be completed by the year 1890, which gives sixteen years for the performance of the great undertak ing. Our people are apt to be in too much of a hurry, and the experience of all our railway building goes to prove tho truth of the proverb that haste makes waste, iiie Northern ractiic road was to be built in time to enable us all to buy excursion tickets to the coming Centen nial, but, alas for human expectations, the project promises less now than it did in its inclpleucy. The Central Pacific route was rushed through, regardless of expense and reckless of common hon esty ; the Northern Pacific road was trumpeted as a great success, until It tumbled into chaotic ruin. The Canadi an railway proceeds slowly, and promises nothing for the present, but may succeed all the better for its lack of haste. It will be a severe commentary on Ameri can speculation and precipitancy if we eventually see the Canadian railway completed according to programme, ful filling the moral of the fabled race be tween the tortoise and the hare, while the Northern Pacific route shall still re main an untamed wilderness. If our Canadian neighbors get commu nication with tho world before we do, we shall have to make the best of it, but let us hope that our railroad lines may fall In pleasant places before 1S90, which is really too far off for many of us to place much confidence in. We cannot hope for a railroad 'to take us direct through to the next centennial, and wo do not expect to be on hand to claim pas sage in 1970, but our great grandchildren may be here to act as our proxies and .accept the hopes so long deferred fo.-us. Not exactly a nice Incident but a very icy one befel some ot our young friends right af ter dinner to-day. Our young postal agent, Bibs Rickey, has a pair of skates impotled from tbo East and was airing them on the Slough, near Westacott's, where a tUtboat is frozen in and makes a pood lauding place for skaters. Bliss, who is very gallant, was as sisting a very charming young lady to go off the boat upon the Ice, and young Parrott,tlie well known artist, added his efforts to make the group picturesque. The combined weight ofthe three, made an impression on the new ice which was hastened by the precip'tate downfall of Parrott under which tbo icogsve way, drawing tho young gentlemen into the water where they floundered gracefully about among the Juuenlle icbliergs in a very sensa tional manner, and at the samo time in the coolest way possible. True to his gallant instincts, which we all know he Inbeiited, Bliss managed to give a push to the lady of tho frozen lake which sent her out ot danger with enly n piirof wet feet, and then he sunk down smlliuplv into the ley abyss which was fathoms deep. Great cous'rnntion prevailed whrn the crowd of skaters and pleasure hunters, who swarmed on the surface of tho slough, saw Bliss "go in." The girls all shrieked lamentably, they wouldn't have minded hair so much If it had been the young lidy. Great tumult ensued, and while the committee of the whole wero desiring wavs and means tho two young gentlemen who woro ail tho while fully alive to their own interests crawled out on firmer ice and took Ibolr way homeward, sadder if not wiser men. That is nothing. Having discovered the weak place in tho ice tho crowd is all right and tho two demolished young gents havn had iheuisolvcs recon structed and nre skating fur dear life agaiu, long before this. Mr. W. K. Howell, agent fjr the Union Gas Machine, is in tho city. He has Just put up several mnchinos In Astoria and Port land with irioro than satisfactory resul s. See h's testimonials. W. R. Dunbar, G. W. C. Templar visited Rosa Lodge, Good Templars across the riv er last night 2 new member were initiated. The lodge now number 51 members. An extra stove has been put up in tho University chapel and good flros arj being kept all day, and the room will be warm and comfortable to-night. John Esrle, Kq., by good hard work and skillful management brought across the Wil lamette in a skin", this morning, 4 weather bound traveler. The tbermoneter was 10 above zero this morning at 7 o'clock. Merry xoloes are on the frosty air; the ringing of skates resounds on the frozen plain. . A carnival of pleasure exists where the young are Infatu ated with the sport and the elders grow young again recalling the pastimeB ofyouth. These seek and bravo and make sport of tho terrible night which causes others to tremble and shiver and feel the gaunt presence of despair. Life is made up of such extremes nnd such vicissitudes. Its history so cheq uered and uncertain Is founded upon an Immutable philosophy which circumstances makes varied as the forms and colors of the kaleidescope. Its prose deals in truths that, are stranger than fiction. Its poetry moves in measures as changing as the song of the winds, es musical as the rythm of the rills, as stern as tho voices of torrents or as hush ed as a young mother's lullaby. The diapas on chauges from tho zephyr that bears the breath of (lowers to perfume the dewy eve of June, to the loud voiced tempest that pros trates the forests in November The scone shifts to include the hovel and the pilace and the curtain, at its close, drops alike for all. . WHAT A HOT BRICK DID. Two very pretty marriageable young ladies, living not far from tho lower end of High street, last Wednesday night, concluded that the weather was too rough to go bed, with out introducing betweeu the "cold, cold" sheets a little artldcial beat to warm their pretty llttto feet by. They sont their little brother out foraging for a brick, which exre dltiou was successful, the youth returning in due time with a large fine specimen of Penl tlary manufacture. The brick was heated "rod hot," wrapped up and duly Inserted and placed in position. Tho ladles retired, the brick answered the required purpose and the young ladies locked in each others arms soon fell asleep. An hour or so elapsed wuen mo "man oi tuo nouse" "ambit a smell" of "burnt rags." lie hastily slipped into bis habillmonts, and after some little In vestigation, found that the aforesaid brick had burned through Its covering, three pair of blankets and some of the young ladies garments, that had been thrown across tho bad before retirlug. That brick is for sale, as the High street la dles aro disgubted with tbo whole arrange ment, and one of them stoutly asserts that before another whiter comes she will have a Jive "brick" to keep her feot warm that won't set tuo ueu on lire, Angora Goats. W. M. Landrnm writes us that he Intends driving not less than three thousand goats to Oregon next spring. That will give niaiiv prsotis an opportunity to Invest In th..t dlnv loti nnd commence the proilm lion of molmtr. Too interesting letter of Mr. Laudrum will be found elsewhere. The Dkiuti: The literary contest b tween tho Alkss aud Hesperian at the Uni versity Cliapel, last evening was decided in favor of tbo ilesperlans In the tbreo annual contests thsl have ink, n place the Alkas have beaten once, the Hesperians twice. Mr. J. N. Matheuey has " msdo out " with great difficulty and n miihII boat to cross the Dallas mall every day mi tar. Dr. J. D. MoCurdy and wife are at The Dalles, watting an opportunity to return noma. Jefferson contains a imputation of 150 and will be larger If It grows more. Mrs. D. M. French died In the Dalles yes torday afternoon. Monday, Jan. 18. NEW ENTERPRISE. Salem Storing, Shipping and Trading Co. M.FIsk, Lewis IV.tjiohn.John M. Pugh, William P. Pugh and W.J. Herren, desiring to Incorporate thouisolvcs under the laws of tho Stato of Oregon, hereby make and file the following articles of incorporation: AiiTicr.K 1. This corporation shall be known by the name of the Salem Storing, Shipping and Trading Compsny. Akt. 2. The business of this corporation shall be storing and shipping of all kinds of farm and mechanical products and merchan dise and also the buying and selling of such products and merchandise. Art. 3. The principal office and placo of business ot this corporation shall be at Salem, in Marlon county, Stateof Oregon. Art. 4. The amount of capital Btock of this corporation shall be seven thousand dollars. Aht. 5. The amount of each share of the capital stock of such corporation shall be one hundred dollars. . In witness whereof we have hereto sub scribed our names this l(l,h day of January 1875. M. Fisk, Lewis Pitttyjohn, J. M. Puon, Wm. P. Puon, W. J. HlilUtKN. A meeting of the stockholders of the Salem Storing, Shipping and Trading Com pany will be held in Salem, ou Friday the nth day of February, 1375, for the purjiose of electing a Board of Directors and transacting such other business as may come boforo the Company. M. Fisk, For the incorporators. Sai.km, Ogn January 111, 1875. AN ASTONISHED EMIGRANT. A new coiner from Minnesota, or Wiscon sin, or some other region as cold as Siberia and inhospitable as Lapland, lately came to Oregon and went to housekeeping over in Sleepy Hollow, and one or the .'itonslls he brought with hi in from America was the old, time-tried and weather-beaten thermometer, that had got used to the zeroos the other side of the Rockies. It was a great mistake, bringing that cbronlo" instrument to this country, fir on the first chance It had for a nip It went down to t-velve degrees below zero and stared Its owner In tbo face in the coldest manner posslhlo. Running over to n neighbors he eiiod out: "What kind or weathor is this you have in Oregon?" and the neighbor nnswerml back, "What did you bring such n d d old thnrmomotor to Ore gon with you for? You might have known its old bid habits would have come hack to it bore." Land SuiT.-i'I'ho case of Wm. Hail vs. Gerry Norrls, was brought boforo the Board of School Land Commissioners last week. Tho suit was brought to settle ss to tho right ownership of a parcel of Tide Land in Coo county. Mr. Norrls being the owner of the shore lino claimed tho right lo purchase lit font of him, but owing to informality int bio origiiuil papers a died was not issued to him until after the tiuio prescribed bylaw, Mr. Hall in the meantime filed upon thet Tide Land and claimed the rlghttopurohao. TIik Bwrd held that Nnrrts had tho right to thti land aud ordered deed undo to him. Kli:ci ion. Sliver Lodge, No, 3(3, I. O. of O.T., has elected otlbvrs f Hoas for next term: Hon. XV. 'VaiWou, W. C. T.; Sul Dudley, W. V. T.; It 1). Allen, R. S.; Alva Brown, F. S ; Orla Divenport, XV. T i Mell Cranston, XV. O.; Sirih Moschor, M; Eu cenR Dudley, W. I O : Tight man llutton. W. O. G.i A. A. Leonard. P. C. T ; L. F. Mrsolier, L, D. ArroisTMKNT Governor Grover has ap pointed Isaaco Goldsmith, Honorary Emi gration Commissioner to resido at Munich, Kingdom of IHvarii. Makhikd. In this city, Jan. 10, 1873, by II. A. Johnson, J. P., Thorn is Harris nnd Mrs. Martha Tni buck, all of Marlon county. FROM LATEST PORTLAND DAILIES. We learn from the Bulletin that n company has been organized to build doul.s and wharves at East Portland. James Kelly a brakesman on tho () ,fc C. R. It. had his feot frozon lastThnrsdav veil ing, at the Junction so btdly, tin It Is thought that they will have to bo an pu .to I. The Hebrew citlznns of Porlhnd urn tusk ing arrangomouts for a grand fair nuri f.stlval. Mrs. Major Johnson of Est Portland baa lost about 100 rare plants by the ssvere cold weather. One bnndred dollars wasofforcd yil-dny for any man to carry tho mall from Portland to the steamer aud bring back the Sin Fran cisco mail. ROCK POINT FARMERS' CLUB. BUSINESS CHANGE. Wo publish the dissolution of Die well known Arm of M. Meyer it Son, and the co partnership of Meyers it Cohn.Mr. M. Meyer after sixteen years experience In Salem, re tires from business with the best wishes of many friends and a host of old customers. He commenced trade in 1859, at the old "Headquarters" store, which stood on what is now the bank corner. When Gr is wold's block was extender!, he removed to tbe store now occupied by tbe Overland and four years ago took the old Grlswold corner, which under bla management has fully maintained Its popularity. Mr. Meyer has a well established reputation for strict Intealty and fair dealing and while many will regret to see him retire from active life, we have no TitK Wi.ntkb in Cai.itohnia. A letter doubt that he has roallznd enough from his received from California says: "We are ha v- successful business in Salom to enable ing a very dry winter. Stock are now out of lo do so. The new firm oonulsts of the son, feel In many place and If we do not have Joseph Myer, who is well known to tho nus-ralnf-oon thecountrv will he forced to orv !?"iers of the honn and all our citizens. ...... , . , ... m partner in .Mr. I'nllip l;olin. wbo whs h wi(? - 1 i'V n- riiuilu 'H uuuuunuk rains to make good free, and grain men are not dijioed lo inurinor unless stock coin minces dvlng, which Is now happening in siiue places, SUPREME COURT. J.Simon, respondent, vs. A. H. Brown,ap pellant; Judgment ot the Court below af firmed. Klfelt Jc Co. et al vs. A. H. Hench, et al.; Judgment below affirmed, Susan Whitley, executrix, vs. D. ,H. Mur phy etal.; Judgment below affirmed. Clarke; it Chambers vs. J.R. Bailey; Judg ment belowaQlrmed. , , , Sellers vs. City of Corvalllt; Judgtnsnt of Court below reversed. dealer hern many yoirs airo. The uew firm have a good protipect before thra. RAIN INJDAUF0R5IA. The telegraph reports that rain is very generally prevallent through the State cf California which assume teat tbe wheat crop will be of averago quantity and quality. The reports for a month past hire been that fear were entertained of drought and of loss of Btock as well as' of short crops In conse quence. The prospect of abundant rain I very favorable for our neighbor a without it they would bare to bang for jef, (o posm on tbe ragged edge of dispalr. People can cros the river on the foe oppo site Vancouver.! " 4 The Grhat Japan ;umtKr Our or Fix. U matter of common notorloty that the KuroSlro, or Japan current, sweeps the rim of our northern ocean aud brings us tho warm weather we usually have in winter. Aftor cercuinnavlgating the seas of torrid temperate aud artlo, Asia, this benlQcent current swings around the circle and comes down the A tnerloan shore with still enough of warmth remaining to moderate the win tow of Oregon. If the Kuro Slro gulf stream does all this, the next question Ih, how come It that for the nonce the arctlo temperature predominates. Are the great Kuro Biro water works out of fix? Has somebody turn ed the fauclt and shut off the bat water sup ply 7 If that 1 the case It stands us In hand to have the great North Pacific Water Work more strictly attended to, though for that matter it in tut be confessed that tbey work more reliably than any other we happen to know of, and considering how muob tbe stock is watered Its operation Is ery econo mical. Watkk Workh. Yesterday morning the S'ictlon ,dpe of tho water works whem it en ters tho rlvor, got filled upnith anchor Ice and prevented tho drawing of water. With great dlOlculty it was Ibcwed out so that water e-ouid be thrnun into the resevolr. The mains and street hydratrs are In good working order this morning but most of tho service pipes are frozsn up, Mrs. Kobrer' remedy for the lungs, fur sale by Weatimrforl ,V Oo. 1 i th time of year when oold are catching this remedy liexcellont, cures tiroinjhlti, Mre thioat, re lieves whooping cough, tistlirn, eto, Try a bottle. The thermometer at We.itherf jr I ,t Co.' stood Jan. IfUi, at 7 a. m 0 12 ii. 20. 0 P.'H., 20. Jan. 17th, 7 A. l embalm, zsro. 12 m., 20g above zero. U i h, 20 above zero. The Gussle Telfair U to be laid up for the present. Rock Point FarmoM' Club met Januir 8'.h, 1875. The following officers wero el ct ed for the ensuing year: G J. Downing, Pres ident: J. M. Oreenstreot, Vice President; E. T. Peiklns, Recording Socretnry; Geo. W. Hunt, Corresponding Seretary, II. Udell, Treasurer: G. W. Hunt, Librarian. J. M. GreenHreot was called on for a talk; on fruit raising, but asked for moro time; sid he would glvons a chapter ou dojis. The Waldo Hlls was cursed with too many dogs of ttieilsle kind, kept by tho ownnrs for catching squirrels to littlo purpose. It would ' be a mercy If tho equlrrels could catch tho dogs and let us ho rid of tliemj n.dd wo should keep nono but valuable dogs, and those that wero used for running the volves where, ho thought, most vnluablo. Mr. Jones said tho groat post of tho hills was tho fqulrrels. Tiioy dally swarmed around some fields: was in favor of keeping one man constantly employed killing squir rels In each neighborhood until rjd of them. Hail got tbe dog lover; was raising soma do;rH to hunt wplvos; had hunted somo; was fond of It. Let us havo ft big wolf hunt; lota of fun in it. Mr. Udell said there was many plan1) for killing squlrrols; was skoptlcsl of any that ho had heard of being fully successful; thought well of the stool trap; a good dog was useful. Stryohnlno frequently destroyed valuable animals; should ha used with cau tion. Mr. Hunt said ralso a nnrso every spring; and offer bounties; set tho boj-s to work sav ing scalps for a promltim; twonty-ilvo dol lars offered In several premiums would do the business In almost nny neighborhood; pieferred trapping to any other mode. Mr. Perkins said in ouly spring go alter tbe pests with strychnine; mix it with gra ham flour, sweotnnod with inohiss, It would do the business. Boys fooled away too much time trapping for squirrels. The President agreed with Mr. Perkins; a. boy's time was worth too much to bo Idling' away catching squirrels; Intorferrod with their going to sohool. Four or five bottles of poison In early spring would do tho busi ness effectually; killed over ouo hundred with one bacon rind. Phosphorus waseffoct ivo but more oxpenslvo and dangerous. Mr. Jones moved that a com in It too be ap pointed to raise a purse of money to oiler bounty for squirrel scalps, of not less than it premiums; time of catching to commence at our next mooting and end the first of June; no land owner to subscribe loss than three dollars cash In hand, and no premiums bo allowed ou scalps unless oaughton the farms) of tbe subscribers, which was adopted after some debate, and .Silas Jones, J. M. Green' street and Henry Udell woro appointed ssld committee, to report at our next meeting. Mr. Altken prcsentoJ the claims of tho Kaunas sullorors iu some tailing remarks. Mr. Altkeu was appointed by the Chair to prepare an essay for next meutiug. Subject for next meeting: j JUnolveil, That Oregon should adopt tha fre M.-uool system. -Jf V.. T. Perkins alllruiatlvu, J.M.Orooustreot negative, Mr. KVe was then elected a member of our Club. A livoly time Is anticipated for our next mooting. (J. w. Hum, Corrospoudin Secretary, No matter what transpires on this uiuu dane sphere Herman ,V Illrkoli will main tain their supremacy as fair deillng mer chants. Tho O. S. H, Company are preparing to built two lltfht draft boats at Cauetnah. X