Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, January 26, 1877, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textwy WILLAMETTE FARMER. JOHN G. WEIGHT, Healer In FAMILY GROCERIES, Crockery and Glassware, Wooden and Willow Wine, Tobacco and Cigars, coMiUkrciabj struct. Balem, Aiill!W. Vm. ''""... Pacific TTnivcrsity, fojib:st uitovc, uk. FAflUIsTY I Iv H. II. MATWII, I). I)., President, and 1'rofcrs- or of Intellectual lMdliMnjitay. , , llv. IIOKAUK LYMAN, A.M., Professor of Miot "'(farr'nm 'll.il. LAMSON, Profcrmr nf Math "jOH.'w. MAItHH, A.M., l'rofcfsnr of Latin ami J. II 1101111, A. M , I'rlnc'pil of Academy. Him MAIIV H. MACK, Preceptress. .1. W. MAIPUI. A M Librarian. .. , Minn HAUAlt 1IUWI.UY, Teacher nf Mulc. fhoro aro llirro tonus In Iho Cnllrclnta jear. The Fam. Taint begins em Ihe llrt Wnlne-sdiy In "e'pt r Thn trillion l, Iiillm Academic ilcpnrtnu-nt. ..'HI, ml In the College llu, pr year, pajnlila per leim A circular, and any desired Inforinithiii. vlll bo fin nMird, iiiim application, by the President, null. Storage at Portland. WK A 111: lMlKI'AlllCIITOHTOIIB Ctl-.i3 on the liuift ravnrubte terms, i-lllier In our ilre pnmf Mere, r In nnr frame' WHnlioiii'ouii tin1 wharf. iUtiriulco halo nut tumbled grain or, Hour In el llier. I'ur further p-irtlcularf apply t J. MoCRAKEN & CO., aiiHir PoilTLANI), Oil RAILROAD NURSERY. Prunes and Plums made a Specialty. 209,000 FRUIT TREES I'ur Halo TIiIn Ncunuii, coNMiirriNf) ov Apple, J'our, Quince), J'Iuiii, l'runo, J'imiuIi, Cliurry, Griiiu vlmm, Currant, llluckliurrics, Jtii3il)()rrlfH (ulglit vurl olios). BtruwhurrloM, Chestnut, Mul berry, liltick ami White Wnlnut, ,.l(lukory, Sueur Mnplo, Honey Lo-euSUXoniburdy.-I'uiilur,. -Mountain AhIi, Wetiihiir Willow, SnowlmllH and Lllauhs, lloneymiuklos und Ivy. JiJverjjfi'ei'nt. Ailior Vlltc, Itallnn 0. press, Clolilon Cyprom, very tlno, I'lnes, and Cedar lVmlnr,Inrleutithus,Jiip(nii'ii or Kiro True, furty varieties of JCosuh, Flow orliiir'HIiriiiM and I'lantH of all kinds, EtiKllfh Haw hcc(Ih for hedi'liig. also I'iikIIhIi l'rlvet I'lantH, for fancy 31 edges. Now J call special attention to the - Amsden June Peach, nrteen days earlier than any other J 'each known. I have only about 200 yearling trees of this I'eaeh. J'riiro, SI em:h, $10 perdo.. 2,000 dormant Imds of this I'eaeh; price 25c each. $- per hundred, $2011 per thousand. J also havo a few trees of the Hnunt Vernon X4ii.r. Jhls Pear is one of the most viduahlo now J-V.l l'ears in cultivation, l'ricu of trees, SI each. Oregon Champion Gooseberry. This berry la worth all other Uoosobeorlcs fur prof It, a It I a Ano larpo lrry. and the most prullQc beirer ever known. 1'tle.o of plants, $1.60 per do,, fib per hundred. Red Warrington (iooseberr) . This I Iho luruat nf all Ooosoberrl-s, and la a titoutl ml, vciy ornamental, and an eicel'eut berry. l'ricu of pUnls, Ml cent each, f 0 per doxnn, Pouch (Hoocllixaiai, Pur hundred. 1 1, per tliousaiid, $9U. l'rlao 1.1st ant free to any address. rium nml I'rnno Trees on I'enrh Knots. I claim tint the l'oich root la fur superior to Plum roiUH lorgralilutf prunoeaud plum on, for vtv rta on: l.uiindvur bavo any rpruut,, to destroy the lllu ol y,Mr trem, 2. The praue and plum vuccvd better on peach than on plum. ij. 'Ihe prune and plum twaryciintfvrou pcarh wot, and the fruit lonf better ciuallty. My brother bait n rruno orchard of 401) treti on pe.ich rout live yenrr. old Hut bud lorty poundi, to the tri-" IhU .eaon, llli treoM are very thrifty and ftD, Icnsbv" any ni4n ptacbrooln that are twen ty llvo years old, perfectly found and healthy, Testimony In unororthe l'cncli Koot. MrMlXNVH-i.B, Oct. !M, I (rift, II W. I'ltRTTrsuiN,-Dear Hir: oiir nolo In regard ti ritim tree on Pvacb rootp, la a', band. I havo a number of larue, healthy l'lum Irei a rwuuty yenra old, Krafted on peach roolD They Imo inner iiprouted ud bear eitriinely well. I would not hivun plum or prune tree unleira ft wna on peach roor. Vour, roipicltiilly, W, T. Niiwnr. Aurllta fur lllf Nliraorj'. D,f Maltrkoy. rortlaHd: Wixuley iUi,, Oorvtiln; I, Michael, Wlieatlacri; Mra K A .ludklna, Kuireue; JS W Whipple, CotUlKO (Irove; H Uerry, McMluuvllK. H. W. PRETTYMAN, l'roprletor of Itallroad Nnrery, sovlOtf KAST I'Oltn.ANl), Or. RAILROAD LANDS. Xatburul J.OW FHIOKM XurniM! 1.0 NO VlltlKI i,ov iNxi:iticsxi TIIK OIIUOON & CAMl'OHNIA IIAH.IIOAll (M. offer their Laniln for rale upon tho followlm: libe ral ternic Due lenth of Ihe price In rath; Intact on the balauceit the rate of r-even per cent, one year nflor ali and inch follow Inn year one-tenth of the principal ami lulercat oi. the luilauce at tho ratu of oven pur ceut ioranuui. Iloth principal nml Inter- at ayoblo In II. H. Currency. A dUcount of tn per cent, will no allow ed for rirh UT I.etUr. to bo ,ldri-ul to 1, bCUULZi;, Laud Uejil U. A V. tl. 1( l'uillniid, Orccou. l'rom the Dally WtatMmar, THE MOUNT JEFFERSON PASS WACON ROAD. J. V, IIKtllrtOTUN. HiiB' rlilliiK In OrcRoii during tho month nf January niljflit liorcclioiiud na tolerably tilca'i- ant intltno If It wuro tint for tbo mini. To lm aliro, llicru lun't niiicli mini; It oxlala only In abort HtnlcluH nf a roiiplo of tiillea or no, vtlilcli nrn Joined by nrlnrn rotitirollnn. I!nl Tilion yout nnilu laja out llirouxb tlio Waldo 1 f 1 1 1 h , llui kiiii laalilnluK brlKlilly nwrlicail, tbo InrliH urn itbiMiiip; on u ly alilu, nml the ynniiR lunilii urn HMfipiiiK nbniit In thn jiwtiina, thn uinil l lorijotton, ami jnn Knlijj that nllluiiiKli Itli inlil-wlnter, e areinjilii(!;irlii(,'. l.euv. Ina Halom at 111 A. ., u remind tPIITU'H l'llllrt At II v. M, Ikiii wo i'lo wclcointil by Mr. Jua. X.Hiiillliuinl bin li'Hpllaliio wile, whom o found In n (,'onil laalth niic i-xo llr-nt Hiirltri na iiaual, Mrs. Hinllli kmiii prepaicd tta olio of bcrrxrullnit Mipimia, nlilcli no wsro not alow In Relllus on tbo onlnldoof. Tlio locality Is de cidedly on tho Improvo. Tlioro is ono Bnicral luorclmttillao atom dolnR ft vory fair liuainoaa, and niiutlici la to la) ntamnl In tlio apriiiR. Mr. Huiilli iutdiila to Htnrt a aaw mid print mill next aeaion, und an tlic.ru iacomiilcrublonliQiitrnlatd In tlio vieinllj-, mid Iliti country l rapidly aet tlliiR up, tho priMprclK lor the mill doing it largo ImaiiKu Bri)K"il. An excellent water power, with n fall of III bit rnu be bad from BkooUinn crooKion whom lainlia acirdl finlciiiitrs on cantiHil Initt auniimr. Tliu goiural l.caltli i very (,'ood, nut n KlngU) coao nf aickncM cxinting In tho neighborhood. Hut them aro WltOMD- Willi it Mimiuuit. lIKlltTIll In iipiril In mull inattuia. There I iiultc n ao'.tlenii lit building hji hen, and tliu acttlera nitt bavo tntir.vi.lnlciigwny, toHtajtun or Tox I'.airli.aflei their mail. Considerable coin, ii aiut i Hindu r.bcut ti.e l'o 1'ralriu rnatofllcQ lu icg.ndlo rccuWiig nonainicM. Tlitrottlu BiM'tidrigular anln-crlbcu to tbo HrATUUAN, I'.uniii rnd Oitgonlan. und cverj wi-ikarinu ouu falla lu num. llulr pniiet.lmt got ittl.o following wit '.., Willi tbo licit heme. Tlila is a nutter ot considciablo aimnjaiici, and Iho I'. M. at l'nx rrniri.1 abnild look to It. A rontGlV.co iiu(i,i lit BiuIIIi'h I'tiry, and tho probal lllty la that ono will booh bo catilllalinl tlioro. Hub locnlil) will ilonlitlraa bo ono ol tlio prominent I'ointii on tho route when tbo road over tbo mountains la tlnbihul. Among tin new aottlcih Ii A WOUktMl WOMAK, Whoi.0 tnurgj' and aoll-rcliancu aro to be nil-mlri-d and conimcndid. Blio ban lecently ar rived from MiBoiiri, and ban ecttkd upon a tract of H) acrea of bruah and leacrdam rail road laud. With Il.o nolo ai-aialauco ofber three amall chlldrf n abo baa commcncid clear ingupllio wlldcriHua, Willi tliu determination of making u home forberaelf and family. Jlcr log lioubu la almoat flnialiid, alio and her chil dren Iwiug the architects and carpenters. Tho micceju aliu deaorvea undoubtedly awatla licr. Tlio acttlera gcncmlly aro ulwaja ready to di rect and uaalst iien-comcra In iclectlng land, Of courao, tbero aro a few old croalicra wlio would. lUitta buUd, & Cblotss wall around tke country, tut ILcy arollko tUoolil fellow who TfUhcd Hut cer body except himself and wlfo were tUad, and then Uiey would go to keeping hotel and publishing directories. a Jionx amid im: itorsTAtMi, Provided it la tho right Mud of a morning, end you gnzo on a accno of beauty, HUnding on the bluff near Mr. ritulth'a homo, tho radiant raya of the morning suu ntnj.im tbiougli tho tall forc-ilaof tlr, whoso sombre green prcaouts a strong cuiitra.it to tlio beautifully frosted, leallcas liruba of tlio balm of (.Ulead and cotton woods w lilcli aMrt tho rook-rimmed shot o over tbo way, tbo roaring rjantlam lion Ing by at your feet. It la just tho kind nf morning to enjoy a wall, up to tho now bridge on the Little North l'ork o( tliu Santiain. Tbo air I crisp and bracing, and you liud firm looting on a frosty Irniuonurk of mud. On fiery side you can bear tlio atroke of tho settler's axe, ovcrnl strong at ins bciug busily engaged lu WLtKLMMI Tilt: W lMlEltXEMH, And carving uttt futuro tarms. You puss through inlclicB of lautadtically-froated fern, wlillo tbo mergreou loavia of tho aalalborry bushes am! muuntjiii mosses, covered with froaty diamonds, aparUlo and glitter in tbo ra diant raya of tho morning sun. Tho brldgo wo found In lot substantial structure built last summer by Mr. Middaugli, of Bulom. All the settlers in tho vicinity are highly pleased with it, aud it is a great Improvement for tbo local ity. It will probably be covorcd next season, and the load well graded at tbo oast cud, is two milcH from tbo Ferry, and on tbo direct oourao nf the future mountain toad, 1'KRIMTIttiT l'llOsi'MJTOnB. itoturning to rJmith'a Furry, wo mot Joo llan dolpband party, who bad Just returned from Quart.vllle. Joo reported that there were tlmu muii at work on tbo bars of tho Buuth Fork near (linrl.ville, prospooling for jilaeor diggings. Tlio water was rather too high to work to any advantage, and tho men expected to come out lu it few wcoka, TIIU HOAt) MltKTlKIl At Hinilh'a Kerry waa very well attendod. The settlors cunu in from every direction, and Mr. Huiitli gao them Ireo ferriage durlug tho day. Mr. I.oliear aot"d aa chairman of tbo meeting, and Mr. Walrus (secretary. Addrosaca were nndo by 1'iaiik Cooper, Henry States and others, who explained tlio natural advantages of tho pass through tho mountains, aud tho great bcnorlls which wore en re to follow tbo construc tion of a wagon road through tbo Cascades. Tlio seltlurs seniued to bo fully alive to tbo in terests of tbo country, and adopted tho follow ing resolution: ltesolvod, That we the citizens of tho North H.uitiam, aro in l.uor of the Ml. Jcflenon l'ns Wagon Hoad, aud In favor of rendering all tho assistance in our power to push tbo tuiterprtso through, and wo believe, this In bo tbo most practicable routu to KaHteru Oregon. Tbo stock books weio then opened, and In a very shot t space sf t Imo filiates to tho amount of $l,MR)ciii sold, and much enthusiasm was manifealed in tavor of tho project, AT hIAVTON, Many new building' lmvobeen erected lu lids lawn during tho p.it jcar, but considerable trouble Inn been rxpoiiouccd with the water turner, tho mills havinj hid to ahnt down Jtrgojuxtiou uf the time, oviiiig to tho dam washing away. Thorn Is llttlu doubt but that Iho mountain road will lw of vast lienefit to th town, but tho rillens havo walor on Iho brain Jusi now, and havo mi tlmotntalio an Intercut In opuiiltiK up a road, consequently no moot ing was held, although some stnek hat been taken. Tbo Brass Hand Is making rapid pi o- gross and tho soul-stirring all sins of martini music lloat far out in tbo evening air. Apia- card on ono nf tbo buildings announces Hint Tim BUton Lltuniy Sonety" mentann Wiel- luwlny evenings, Tliu artist who gotltnptvi- eVntly goes in for saving Ink. 'I bo se hue, Is taught b. MattioL. I'oiull, who lim nlwiut 5'l pupils enrolled. MhTACF8AM) ALTITt'llls. I'rom Bull in to Smith's 1'criy is !i7 mllos and 14 chains, l'lum there to lie linexs', the last rcllhinint on tbo North l'liik, is 12 miles. This much nf tho road Is already built, and win n tho remaining 62 milts Bit- compkltd to IJlnck Dull!', u will have a good road connect ing Hale in with Kjslorn Oregon, Ih-m.Uh open- lit; lip a latgu ixleni ol miuirai, stock ami agriculluial Is ml. This ruiul cnu lie mado pass lablo at all times of the year, aslhcrois bat a very short distance cf deep snow lino. Tho bunch grass cattle can bo elrhcn right through to tho Willimotto valley, and eventually a rail road will connect us with the Hint by way of this pass. The dlstanco from Balcm to Wlnno miicca, Nevada, over this routo. Is only 421 miles, while by tbo piwu.t routea of travel It is ever 1,210 miles, moro than half or which is by ocean simmers. The altitude of Sherman, the highest point on tho Union Pacific; It. It., is 8,21.! feet ubovo sea-level, uhllo Iho highest point in the Binras, nil Iho C. 1'. It. 11., is 7,(117 loot, Tliu Jcllersuii 1'iws Jtrmtl will ciosa IhuKuminit ol the Cascade s at an altitude of ul.out -1,1)1)1) fict. which is lower tl. an veiiine 111100.1, thoidtitudu ol tbo latter Ijting 1,3.11 fett. Tho Hut thing to dei is to get imagon ror.il across, Mid In due lime the pull of I lie lo comotive will bo hctud along tho banks of the mating Baiiliam, bringing tuliui into llcwo eon Iiit'tioii wtlb Hit Il.-mtern Mutes. U'ruin the 1'nlly statesman. J LKTUCU. Tho IoUbI from tbo Bather initio Is up to Wednesday last. At that tune the mill was limning along uninterrupted, and doing excel lent work. A "cleun up" will lw mado about tho last of the present mouth, and some fmo icsults are anticipated. The miners aro at wnikontbo lower tunnel on a ledge over tile feet in width, instead ol three feel, ok reported by the I'laiudealir of last week. Eight diller tnt assays lnvteiietn made from rock taken trinn this level, and the assays show Unit the ore runs all the way fioni ?l in gold per tun to Silt in silver, acrooa the ledge. Tho last ledgo Is well dulintd, and gives fuili ciiilcncu as tu lead to tbo conclusion that it is the main lode, and is rich enough to make nabobs of each in dividual Btuckholiki . Bucb a prospect In either of tbo Nevada wines would cauao stocks to rauo thirty dollars per ahare as soon as discov cicd, and must, even in Orr gon, give the Earner a place with the, leading mines of tho coast. A few mure as vaaable atriLes in tho bamo neigh borhood would soon build up a second Virginia City about the Esther and Lucky Queen mines. 'tusxnQVtts. from Col. TVJJ. Itickey, who returned from thiamine last Tuesday, wo Jcarn that work is progressing in (bo tunnel, anil two luitl are kept running. Tso mill was expected to bo in i ojwration jceUriiy, and stockholders, Wore tho ruiildlo of the, coming month, confidently expect "much bullon." There is none of this stock in market for sale, but we quoto the price at SI .50 pur share. CAPITAL. Tbo Hoard or Directors of this Company held a meeting in this city last Tuesday, for the pur pose uf making arringcmctits to push ahead the work of developing this largo and rich mine in tlio spring or earlier, should this warm weather continue, MHREBl'LL. Wo learn that tboro is a prospect that work will commence on this ledgo oaily the coming month. Mr. J. 1). Jordan, of this city, lias Just relumed lrom Quartavillc, and reports tho weather there nice and comfortablo for work men, and tho trail in good order clear through, for pack animals. CASCAMS. Work on this mine, which lies a short dis tacco from tlio Capital mines, has been sus pended for tbo present, but will be resumed in a few weeks. iilack band e-ojireST. ThcCoqullle Iilack Band Milling Company haa tllod articles with tlio Secretary of Btato lor an Increase ol its capital stock from $400,0011 to S750,00a. jAsri.n. Tho Jasper rmartz mine, Bakor county on Iliiriit river, owned by h. O. Stearns A Co., turned out last week $110, being a )teld of fll Hir tun. In Illemory of Oracie Watson. During Iho tervices by llev. P. 8. Knight, which were full of pathos and comfort, ho read tho following beautiful verses, written by Mrs. Hello W. Cuokc, of this city, suggested by tho touching death-bed scene of tho little ono beforo them. "I nm going to elle to-night, Mamma," . bald our little d irllog tlr.ve, Aa wo flood bcoldc hci'lboil ol uln, And wntohed thoelear, f.itrjfaco. "I am going In Ileal 011,1 o Hie, Mamma, And then sou and IMp.i, tots Will eenio and tee me, by and by, When all your trouble's -through." "I nm wallln for a song, I'apa, Anil I wish that you would bring The 'Old, Ohl btory,' lht 1 love;" Hut the father oould not sing. 'I am'froiug up higher, higher, Mamma," Were the last'swoet words alio said, And the calm of Heaven came down to her, And oar lovoly llraeo was dead. And wo smooth her u.ielidsilonn gently, And wo Mel tlio Illy hands And etir little maiden, (.olden Hair, Among tho angola ttuiids. And we laylierrunitoiettnully, 1 ike n mow drop, pine anil siiooli Ami wo shall II ud her, while and fair, When i lu I mi nhall meet I Vlie liiiaalim l'le'tit. Tlio ralun Ailiulml 1ms decided to rendezvous lila tleet ttt tiic iiayy yard. Late Dispatches. Iiotrun n INilmer, Timet' Sirinjl!cM, Illinois pcclnl cayt It i prohibit) lliit II I.ogin Is not tloct (il In-inormw. the Ocinocralt will tin lo ill l'almcr nml noinlnatn .IuiIrij Diylt. IteiEir tt It (In) l.ntt Verdun )1 die line I. Tlio Tribune piiblMie'S what It cnllnl tin) truth ol' the duel glory. It sa3't May llreii before' the- woiel wns Ive-n, Htnl that liemictt llreil In the) nlr, crj lug out. that In' fill's May Iij lil'ii. IleniK'tt unit bis cl.t( r silli'il 'or lliirnpo in tbo C'llv of I'urlln. .Tutt in 1 1mo. The Wnilei't U':i-lilngIoii tpcclat fayt Hint AVrllt nml AiiiIvioii, members of the Lmii-diina rclariiing board, airiu'il to-el.iy,. with all the; return In IlieJ lato cinv.i". Tlie tivnciiiin to Wn-blnctoii to procnt tliu xlt'jalioii toOrnit ami gain liU tmi. port for tbp I'm'krd government, but tbpy reaclied liero (n-l in limo to go under arrest under the oieltr of tho IIou?c. Cointnenla or tlioI"rr,t. The Tribune rcganls tlio plan of tbc cominittco tevolutioiiary and dangerous. Tbc iVmld dciiotincet ibe contrivance of tlie coinrnlttcc on counting tbc electoral vote. The Pun ronimenelt it. Tbc llurilel don't know enough ol (lie ile tails to gHu tin opinion, but finds gicit vitl-facttoti in tliu tact that the committee has agt ceil. A Mrutrsle lor rieetloui. Jlciity (J. Itcmictt, ex-pcnIon agent, convicted of cmbt'7..leiug gnvernmtnt money, was brought before tbo V. S. Cir cuit Court at two o'clock this afternoon lor sentence. His couri'cl moved tor ar ret of judgement on tho ground that the Indictment did no: 'tate an oD'ensc under tbo statute. A motion was al-o mado for n new trial, on tin- ground ol lnulllclcncy of evidence to ju-tlly tlio verdict. Judge Sawjer said bewmild examine tlie matter, anil tbo MMitencc " ould stand over until l'rlday mornliis. Kitibeyzle r In four! , San Fi:anci-co, Jan. 1C Horace X. Clail;, defaulting cleil; ol Gttltard it Co., was arrainged in the police court thi morning on tc veil charge-! ot embezzlement aguin-t him. The uniouuts alleged to bavo been Molen aggregate $2,370. He waived examination 'on all tbo charges. IIo wai hold to answer with a bail fixed at 1,000 in each cae. lirriic-li or I'romlxo. Aim Donovan commenced a breach of proml-e suit in a justice court to-diy. agiln-t one Judge, to recover tbo sum of $!!) 00 damaces. The jury gave a ver dict for plalutltT. llic Ahlitnbnlit DUntter. C1.1.V1XAND, Jan. 15. An Ashtabula ppt'cial says: IJefore tbo coronor's jury Joepii Tomliuson testified: Had esaui lned tbo bridge sitico tbo accident; round evidence that some ot the braces had slip ped out ot ,-ilaeo before! the las; painting, tome of them na tnm-h -as-'Uirco Inclioj. lie says tho braces should have been fast ened to augleblocUs so that tills could uot happen. Trnlo rjfl.ijul. Chicago, Jan. 10. Mall, passenger and cxptcss trains on all roads to-day are from one to twelve hours late. All trains hive been dispatched from Chicago at tlie ti-ual time. So accidents reported; light snow still falling; uot Ies than two feet of snow now on the ground. Auuilnltlrntton Itloekeel. New OitiJUNS, Jan. 10. SheruT Han Ov refuses to recognize tbo writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Shaw for Assist ant Se-igeiiiiU-at-Arin for the Kepubllcan beuatu wlio are in the parish prison. A I'rollluble Mine. Sax Ki:Aatco, Jan. 17. The Sierra Nevada Mining Co., held their annual meeting to-day. Tho old trustees were re-elected. Tlie only income tor the year has been ftont assessment, of which live of $.100,000 each have been collected. This but been expended, and there Is au in debtedness ol $23,400. ! uf the Iloitftnxn Mines lle-electa. Tlio ntiuual mectlngol tlie California to day was a very tamo affair. Those who went expecting a repetition or the scenes enacted at the recent meeting ol the Con Va weto disappointed. There was no op position and no speeches, and the secretary vat the vote tor the, old board of trustees. IMi'hefo.WlKirlutou Mill llnnir t'lre. San KjsancimCO, Jin. 1C The l'acbeco Wiggititon in tndamus;ease was argued be fore the Supremo court to-day and taken under advisement. San KkajiCIsco, Jan. 17. The Supremo Court has rendered no deeWlou in the IMehecei-W'iggliitou case. . Tbo general opinion ot tho bar is that an elaborate de-ei-iou Is bfliig prepared widen will be a fluidity in the case. KurtlKiualic. A San Diego elu-pitch reports a heavy earthquake 45 miles southeast of that city about noon Saturday. Vibrations were lrom east to we-t. extending thioughout the mountains to the bottlers ot Cajou valley. l'i:w Yoisk, Jan. IS. Tlie Times' Trenton special thinks it more than possi ble, that Phelps, Itepubllean, will be elected Senator fiom Xcw Jersey. 'I ho I'rews on tlie t'ouiprouilae. Chicago, Jan. 19. Tho Inter-Ocean ed itorially does not like tho compromise on tlio electoral count. It Is simply a round about wnv of to-sing tin for tbo prlzo since on tho chiileo of the tiftb Judge will proba iiie ilonend the whole matter. He can't hardly be cho-en except by lot as each of tho two liepuinicuiis win insist un iw publican for the tilth place and Iho Demo, eiatt len K Demoo-nt. TbU may be plac ing Ibe lowest estimate, on the diameter ol the luilgci, but we have no mure confi dence in tin in settling on a iiolltlial ques tion limit .leuatois or Kei'ieM'iitatlu's. The Inter-Oiv.in Intther ineiillom the pinna tinwoithy its origin ai.d wotdy imd.cblldUU. The Origin of tho Great Lakes. At tho rooetlnfrof tho Scientific Aair elation In IlutTtlo a paper was read by Trof. J.H Nnwbeiry nttcmptlnLT to oxplaln tho origin nrthe great lakes of this country. IIo states Ihnt tho neeiiionco of eventt in the formation of tho Rreat lakos pe oint to have beon some what as follow.; ' 1. Tho I.nure-.ritlan bnlt north of tho preat lakes, which has beeti a Mnd surface slnco tho beginning of tho rhiozoio era, was formerly a hl?h (nountttn range, tho degra dation of which brn KU)ipllcd th(mochanlcai metorlals which eninpntj the Bbeets ol'I'alie ozole rock thatstirrouu.l it. Tho erosion of fieso hUtilands has poi'tinuoel unlnterrupt nelly (111 the present di, ind was spclally rapid during thn period 2. Preylout lo tho Rlielal period, tho elo vaiionolthit p-ir'.lon oC tho coutlnent was consldarably grittar thn now, and it was drained by a river sys'een whleh Howed at a much lower lfvl than at present. At that tlmooiir cluln nf UkiM Ontario, IJrto, and Huron apparently feirmoJ portions of tho valley of a river which (subsequently bo camo the St. Lawrence, but which then flow ed betweon tbo Adlrondaekt anil Appala chians, in tho line of tho deeply buried channolof tho Mohawk, passlug through tho trough of tho Hudson, and emptlng Into the ocean eighty miles southeast of Nov York. Into Mlohlgvu wai apparently then a pirt of a river course which drained Lake Superior and emptied into tbo Mississippi the straits of Mackinaw being r.ol yet open ed. 3. With tbo approach of tbo cold period local glaciers formed on the Laurenllan mountains, and, as they increased In sire, gradually crept dawn on to, and bc;:un to excavate tho plateau which bordered on tho west and south. Ihe excavation cf our lake lisstns was bepun, nnd perhaps in largo part, effected, in this epoch. 4. As the cold Increased and reached its maximum degree a great ico sheet wns form od by tho enormously increased and partial ly coalescing glaciers of tho former epoch. This many lobod ico sheet, or compound glacier, moved radiatingly from tho south, southwest and western slopes of the Cana dian highlands; its Ohio lobe reaching as far south as Cincinnati. The effect of this glaoler upon Lake Erie and Lake Ontario would be to broaden their basins by Imping ing against and grinding away, with In conceivable power, their southern ;margins. 5. With the amelioration Jof tho climate the widespread ieo sheet of the period of in tinsest oold became again local glaciers, which completed tbo already begun work of catting out tbe;iake basius. At first Jtho glacier, which had before ilowedover the waiersbed in Ohio, was so far reduced as to be unable to'.overtop Its summit, but deflect ed by it, It flowed along Its base, spendinz Its energies In cutting the shallow basin in which Lake Erie now lies. -. , -e. The meltlngtor .-the glaciers wasjaccom pan'.ed, perhaps'occaaioned, by a sinking of tho continent, which progressed nntil the water of the Atlantic flowed up tbe valley of the St. Lawrence to Kingston, and up the Ottawa to Arnprlor. Tlio St. Lawrence and the Hudson were connected by way of Lake Champlaln, and thus tho highlands of New England were left as an Island. It is also possible that the sea water penetrated to the lake basin through tbo valley of tbe Mo hawk and though that of tbe Mississippi, but of this we havo no evidence In the presence of marine fossils in the surface de posits. The great area of excavation In which the lakes lis was probably at this time tilled, to the brim with ice-cold fresh water. The Windings ok Rivers, Prof. James Thompson, at the meeting of the British as sociation, exhibited a model to illustrate the action of rivers in modifying the forms of their windings. He said that most treatises on hydraulics speak of this action as if water consisted of particles impinging against tbe outer side of the bend, and so wearing It away. This is objectionable, as water does not impluge but presses against tbe outer bank. The action is more properly as fol lows: Tbe stream lines of water flow less rapidly from the centor to tbe outer, and more rapidly from tho center to the inner side. In consequence of this and fluid fric tion, there Is a flow of water at tbe snrfaoe from Ibe inner to the outer side, and below from the outer to the Inner. This causes the earth at the outer side lo be transferred along the bottom to tbe inner bank. He illustrated thete remarks by the behavior of threads at tached lo pins Uuik in at different parte of tho bond of the model river, Tno bottom threads inclined towards the Inner side, while the upper threads Inclined slightly towards tbe outer. The actual state of mat ters could also bo seen from the mud raised by tbe flow of tbo stream in the model. Ossian K. Dodge, tho well-known vocalist, died recently in England, He was born in Cayuga, New York, October 22, 1S20. For many years he taught vocal niusio in the schools of Massachusetts, was at one time in the show business with Mr, Covett, and as tbe leader of a company ot vocalists avo entertainments in almost every town and ci ty in New England and tbe Middle States. He mado himself conspicuous on the first ap pearance of Jeuuy LInd in Boston, by paying the highest price for a ticket to her concert. About this time be also had an Interest in a literary newspaper lu Boston, called the lloa lon Museum, (with U. A. V. Put man. now in Nevade), which dleel on his hands. Iu 1861 lie went lo London U!f R delegate lo Iho World's Petoo Coiiventh'tl. He Kva up uliiging, route twenty je-ais apo, ami went into buhine'. at ClovidamJ, Ohio; but tho it n or twelve ytara past ho lived In St. Paul, Minn. A man who tli-Ink lightly U now "e'.illoil n Diirli'im" (."'.autf lit. Is of Iho "short h'iiu .hrvvd," k rql 'tftftn