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$2,50 par Year.
SALEM, OREGON, APRIL 6, 1S7
Volumo IX. Number 8.
BY TELEGRAPH.
WAsitr.wroN, March 2. JudgoLoehrano
Inst night. Tho Judgosays tboquos
lons talked ovor referred tnoro to Georgia
Stnto appointments than uatlounl politics.
Ho was ftuprossod with tho cordial inniiiior
f tho Fresldoul, aud was gratlllod with tho
result of thoeonvoreatlon. Prosldont Hnyos
wns, in blsjudgmont, nn honest niun, nud
would In propor tlmo Hwoop out ovory olll
.ialln the Statu who ha3 clung to oliico by
idhcslou or lovo of publlo plundor. Tho
tudgo anys houio Democrats will havonplnco
outthoy nniBtbo mvn who can popularize
iho governtnout. Tho President has niado
up his mind that his nppolutmonta shnll
jonio up to tho standard ot'illnoss,
Wasi.-inciton, March T.O. Gov. Hampton
nnld to an Juter-Ocoan correspondent Hint ho
bad groat conlldoneo in tho President. Uo
llkod Gov. Chnniborlalu porsonally, bellovcd
lilm an houost man, but thought liinisoll'
tairly oloctod. Ho was firmly supported
now by tho moro intelligent colorod people.
All ho wants Is that Chauiborlaln bo placod
in tho sauio footing as himself by having
iho military withdrawn. Ho dosiros and can
itiuko no compromise. Chamborlaln was nl
ready losing many porsonal ndhoronta who
wore- tlrod of oliico without honor or pay.
Chauiborlaln una friends assort that llamp
ion wants tho troops withdrawn to glvo rlllo
lubs n chnnco to tnko thoStato Houso and
wlzo tho archives.
A delegation rroni Arkansas, irrespective
f party or color, sovoral accompanied by
ladlos, called upon tho Prosldont, and two
irthroospoochos weromado, nil oxprosalvo
)f tho liopo that tho poaco policy of tho
I'rosidout would bo entlroly successful. At
outlon was callod to tho olrcumstanco of
Douiocrata contributing to tho oloctlon of
Senator Dorsoy aud of ltopubllcana assisting
in tho oloctlon or Sonotor Garland. Frost
lont Hayos In reply, said this Is u lovo
roast that I did not expect. I am vory glad
p moot you all, audi am glad to know that
hooraof good fooling has nlrondy arrived
or Arkansas, nud I hopo it may bo in no
vay diminished.
Tom:ka, March 20. John D. Wilson, who
diot J. O. Swnyzo, of tho Topokn Illadc.
ostorday, was arraigned to-day on prolluii
inry examination, und admitted to ball in
ho sum of 1'J000. Tho bonds wero given
his Droning, and Wilson' roloasd from cub
ody. Swazo was burled this nftornoou.
lias
r
regular
Just to pay it. A report comos to us from
Albany that a Senator who put through tho
Tweed charter to tho tuuo or ?i00,000, will ro
fund to keep his natno out of print, and
thoro is also a report that anolhor Senator
recoivod 10,000.
Thoro nro ominous foresbndowlngg in pri
VBto circles hero of startling disclosures to
follow Twcod'u releaBO this wook. It is un
derstood his confession cxposos no criminal
act of tho association oxcopt whoro tho stat
ute or limitation bars prosecution; neverthe
less thoro Is much sensation nmong the
frlouds of parties whoso reputations nro llko
ly to sillier. Among those is a well known
nowspapor odltor and publisher whoso en
dorsement will bo cxhlbltod upon Twcid's
check for many thousands to thn joiirnnil
?.ors ordor paid to silonco opposition to ring
legislation and buy votes.
Your correspondent lias authority for tho
statement that Tweed has surrendered nil
his propoity nmlcll'ectsund nmdonconiploto
assignment. Ho roluses oounsol, and lias
nllowod blacnso to go by dnlnult. Ho has
written to Clms. O'Oonorthat ho does no'. In
toud to resist or oppose any suits tbnt may
bo brought against liim in tlio nanioof the
ptoplo. Last Saturday was the lust day of
iijnn.ni in mo great sun against mm.
Washington, Marcli 31, At n Cablnot
mooting this mornlug tho Socrolnryof War
was directed to proparo nil ordor transferring
tho tioops from thoStato Houso In Columbia,
S. O., to tlioir camp. Whon Hampton was
Informed In advanco or olliclal notlllcution
that an order would bo Issued lor tho remov
al or tho troops from thoStato Houo,ho ox
prossod hlmsoir grntltled, but said It was no
more than expected from tho principles au
nouncod in tho Inaugural address. Ho was
somowhat lutorostod to know whether tho
ordor wan to tnko immedlato etlbct, iib ho
wisnuu 10 uo urosoiH m uoiumu a wnnn it
ouy. swazo was buried this nftornoi
dio oxcltouiont following tho shooting. 1
ubslded, and tho general aentlruoDi-J
&Btihhvti:r """ t6 m r08U
Dkaowood, D. T., Maroh 2. Yostcrtluy
Chomas Caldor nud John Goddard, brothers-n-law,
had n quarrel about n ploco or pro
orty. Meeting in n saloon last ovonlnr,
Jaldor drow n rorolvcr and lirod, tho ball
asslng through Ooddord's hat, struck ti
ivstandor uam'dSohwntor, producing a so
Ions and probably fatal wound. Caldor
vaB arrested, fcchwntor Is from Kansas.
New Yoiik, March 01. Thorn is hardly
oom for doubt thnt A. Oakey Hall or Now
lorkis tho passongorSutellile, ditcoverod
o-day on tho steamship Victoria, which nr-
iVOd lit Liverpool. Ho nninefil n:itumn
aouday tho l'Jth Inst. In Hoston. During
ho day ho callod at tho oliico nnJ atked
i'hothor ho could tnko passage on tho Victo
la, nud how soon sho would sail. Mr.
I'Hara. tho clork, told him sho would prob
,bly sail on Iho 17th. Hall expressed a do-
Iro tO OIIUBCO passneo. mid thn (runs.u.Hrm
vaa completod by paviugtho price, fSO, glv
nghlHiiamo as W. H. hutclllle, rroni (Juo
'00. Tho clork thought it queer that a gen
leman should chooso n frelglit ship wTien
o could oasily have takon n passenger
toamer, and subsequently, whon the news,
apcrs gavo publicity to Hall's Might for Ku
jpo on tho 17th, tho dato of tho Victoria's
enarturo, ho was naturally romlndedortho
jfitary pussonger. Sooinp a plctuio or tho
s-mayor, ho declared W. i.', Sutclllle,
mst bo Hall. '
Tuo jyprw says tho reason that tho ox
layor leu tho city nud country as ho did,
nd whon ho did, is on account of tho Twoed
lal, aud wo think it will bo made evident
nil when tho full exposure of names aro
iid before the public. A siatoment is mado
mi as inueii as feuu.euu was paid lor gottlng
irough tho Tweed chartor, and that mom
afsuf tho legislature, Democrats and Ite-
uuiicaus, suaret allko. Wo hear also of
rium as mgu as fju.oou, and running down
om ip,0v0 to f5,000, having been paid by
roundabout process through parttes who
iay not havo been directly Interested, and
fory dralj must havo borne tho signature
Mayor Hall. What has delayed Tweed's
loaso has boon tho necessary reconvoyanco
transferred property back to himself, and
r him to the city. It Is understood the
itnam county property la included in tho
msier.
Boston, March 3I.-Last night tho son of
Ifred Cox of West Bowdoin, Maine, aged
urteen, klllod hU father as he was return
g from church. Father and son wore at
urclJ;. 80?m,aic!DK a Bl,Kbt disturb
ice, the father told blm to go forward and
cuny another set. Tho boy took his hat
id left tho church. Going directly homo
i took a gun and meeting his father enter-
k ut jam Buot Him ueaa. The boy is
id to be Insane.
Sew Yohk, April 1. Nino vessels or the
mg Island tishlug tleet, which left for the
nka last November, aro now so long ovor
le that It la believed they wero lost In tho
Mnt gales with all on board, numbering
men. Tho vessols wero valuod at about
),000.
New York, April 2. Tho Kpress says
a secret of Hall's sudden departure i re
rted to as growing out of a call for a
W.000 as his part of tho grand fund to be
itortd to tho city. Hall, it is said, auswer
that ho had no such sum to pay if it was
wnaoxocutod. Howovor, as u precautionary
measure, ho tolegraphod to frlouds his ear
nest wish that there should bo no outward
demonstrations such as must disturb tho
public peace, nud ho was sallstlod his nd
vlco would bo rospebtod, nud on the with
drawal of tho troops Iroin tho State house,
ho would direct that a guard or two unarm
od moil bo sont thoro to guard it from Im
proper intrusion, and he thought such n
toico would bo sulllcient for tho purpose.
Ho felt oatlsflod that thoro would be no dis
turbance) whutevor, and pooplo throughout
thoStato wouldUkocoumgelu the ellort to ro
storo thoir sshntorwl Industrie. Ho railed this
afternoon to take leave of tho Prosldout ami
IhnnW-Mtn for thfl vIHl f MO troops,
repoHtlng tho nsaurancos given in his reuont
lottor, that nil should sharo nllko in tho pro
tection or Inw, nnd not doubting his ability
to proiorvo tho peaco. Ho does not nppro
hond that Gov. Chamborlaln will tako nny
action with regard to tho custody or tho
OUUU J1UUKU.
New Yomc, April 2. Thoro wna nn cxiil
bltlou or tho tolenliono horo this evening.
A piano portbrmod upon at Philadelphia 1U0
mllea distaut was distinctly heard In Stom
wny hall.
'iho Vitioic'a Wnsliington specinl says: It
Isntatod on good authority timt papers in
'",).'.'''.'r'0"'I)rocoeillnB8 '" thn interest of
m nuiounro nronared itiui will l.n H!ui I..
tho District Court horo as soon ns tho troops
nro withdrawn irom South Carolina.
wAMii.NciTON, April J.-Chnmberlaln snld
or tho dotornilnntlon to romnvo tho troops
from tho Columbia State house: Itonds the
struGglo nnd makes Gon. Haniptou practi
cally Governor. Ilolng nskod whon ho pur
nosod roturnlng to South Carolina, ho said
ho would stnrt for Columbia to-morrow
mum. .iu uines wiui mo J'renktont this ev
ening. Tho formal ordor to Gon. Hugor to romovo
the troops Is being prepared by thoSecretary
of War and will bo mado jmbllo to-morrow.
lUBurawwiii uo m tuo natiiro of n dispatch
to Gon, linger, nnd not n general ordor,
through ncoustoined mllltnry clmunols. It is
gonornlly believed tho order will not bo sent
until after It has boon submitted to tho cabl
not to-morrow.
Cuicaoo, April 2. Tho Inter-Occmi'n
Washington Bf-oclal says: Chninborlaln din
ed with the Prosldont to-night. There Is tho
best or feeling botwten thorn, and though
this decision virtually destroys Chamber
Iain's hopos and gives tho government to
xinmpioii, yei mo lormor npproelatos tho
President's position und gives him credit for
a slncoro Inteiest. Tho President has ro
pontedly expressed soriow that duty com
polled him tosacrilice his friend, and takes
no pains to conceal his regret that South
Carolina must pass from Chamberlain's ablo
hnuds,
Lotter from Linn Co.
FOREIGN.
London, April 1. Tho Standard announ
ces that after tho signing of tho protocol by
thorepresautatlvosof tho six powors at tho
forolgn otlk-o In London, Count Von Muster,
Gorman ambassador, and Ooneral Monabrla,
Italian ambassador, had a con foronce with
Marquis d'Harcourt, Pronch ambassador, at
tho 1-rench embassy. Marquis d'Harcourt
subsequently loft London for Paris. A tolo
gram Irom St. Petersburg says In spltoof the
signlug of tho protocol, pessimist views
again prevail there, and war Is considered
Inevitable.
St. PKTEnsnuno, April 1. Vcdomast de
clares that the protocol Is tiio bomning of
tho deuoumnnt. Russia cannot disarm un
less sho la convinced that sho will not have
to arm again. War m&y not bo Immodiate.
but it is Inevitable. '
The Golos says tho signing of the protocol
does not decide peace or war. Howover do
sirublo p&aeo may bo, thoro aro situations in
which war would bo necessary.
London, April 2. The JUt' special from
IJirllu tays Prlnco Hlcmarek has tendered
lila resignation of tho imperial chancellor
ship, HerrCnmphauien will tako HlsmarcU's
place as chancellor of the empire,
i:n. Paumeu: Tho farmors or Liun county
having mado extenslvo propnrntlons for put
tingfln their crops, nro vory noxiously wait
ing for good wontuor. Should tho soason
provo favorable, thoro will bo by tor n
lnrgor ncroago In this county tlinn has boon
In nny provlous year, nnd the grnln ylold or
this portion or tho valloy will bo onormoua.
Tho ground sown will bo in much bottor
condition than it hns ovor been In the post,
tho greater part or it having been oithor
summer-fallowed or fall-plowod. Tho Into
wot weather will nocossitato thoroplowlng or
nonrly Ifuotqulto nil tho land broko,nud by
so doing improving tho land by destroying
for this notion tho wild oats and weods that
hnvo sprung up mi many Holds. Kvon If
thoro nro uo weods on the land tho crop will
be grently increased through thorough ro
plowing. Farmers cannot plow thoir land
too woll or tog orton, if It Isdonoat tho prop
er tlmo. Tho deeper ' thoy plow, so thoy
don't go bolow tho soil, nnd tho oftoner thoy
stir the Ntirfaco, tho bettor will bo thoir ro
wnrd. Some of our farmors havo sown crops
year out nud year in nnd thev senrcoly real
lzo enough from tho products of thoir land
to dofr.vy tho necessary cropping oxponsos.
Had farming makos poor crops. Weeds nnd
wild oats spring up und choko out tho grnln,
nnd uuloss summarily doalt with, soon ruin
tho fanner, In this fair land tho termor nnd
not tho soil is responsible for bad crops; for
instance, compare farmer A. with furmor 11,:
Knoli possossos exactly tho samo kind of soil.
A. plows his land thoroughly nnd ofton
eowa thorcou only puro aood, nnd pulvor
lr.os tho Roll by a thorough system of harrow
ing nud clod mashing, nnd puts In only so
much land ns ho can put in In tho best con
dition, which is, porhapaVlp-yao.s. 11. goes
at his farming snorting and. pulling llko a
looomotiTo oiimbihg ikj- rtoiiy 'Mountains,
Iln witMlpu&iii atloaat'IXii acres tloo don't
sound lilg enough). Not having suflloiont
tennis nnd forco to put it in in good ordor, ho
plows nway, rain or slimo. No mattor If ho
doos mako niorlnr or tho ground so that ho
succoods In Rotting in so many ncros. Ho
plows only threo or four Inches doop. nnd.
nfter towing it, hurrlodly runs ovor it with
tho harrow porhiips ouly once leaves tho
surraco cloddy nnd hard nnd tho soed but
half covored: ns n consequonco only nbout
ono hair of tho soed comos up, tho rost
decays: or Is destroyed by tho birds. How
ovor ho succoods In seeding his 200 ncrea. A
only puts in 100 ncrcH but ovory foot la In
splondld condition. Ills gratn sprlngH up
and gotu such u start boforo tho hot soason
commencos that ovou tho warm days of July
do not ail'tct it. On tho otlior hand ll'a grain
having got scarcoly nbovo tho hugo clods,
dwindles undor tho scorching rny.s of tho
sun, becomes Hlckly aim but half Jills, whllo
woeds spring uji ovory whoro and polluto tho
fiold. Uy nnd by tho crovvnlng day of ro
sulta comos. Tho throshing Is ovor nnd tho
harvost is onded. and A. rejoices in a ylold
of from thirty to fortv bushels ner nm-n nl
nlco clean seed, his holds aro in n good con
dition for n succeeding crop, oxnensea aro
all pnld, nnd n linndeomo prollt romalns.
ll'a crop yields on nn nvonigo about twolvo
or llftoon busholri per ncro, his Holds nro
foul with weeds nnd wild oats, oxponsos oat
up tho oiillro crop for awhllo, ho rocelvoa
from fifteen to twenty bushols less off his
200ncres than A.doouofi 100, ho finds that
tho expenses nro moro than douhlo of A's.,
lor It is n tact that It costs more to cut and
throsh ono ncro or weods than It does to har
vost an ncro or cloan grain. As n result, A,
growu rich nnd sponds his old days In com
fort, li, grows poorer nnd poorer each suc
ceeding year, nnd llnally, under the burden
or constantly Increasing debts, ho rails, his
farm and nil is swallowed up and ho finds
himself a brokon mnn in health, fortuno and
spirit, and spends his old davs In mltwrv ml
.... i.. -!: "....":..:...""
injtuiijr. .rniiiHTM. romomuer uiooiu auairo
Tho Peach Plum.
Milwaukie, March 27, 1S77.
Kn. Fahmeu: Gladly I wolcomcd tho
forthcoming or Mr. Wnlling's lottor, but
moro Is domnndod from him. Mr. Walling
has boon hoard to say moro tlinn onco that
tho Oregon Peauh Plum Isdlflbrent from tho
Kastorn varloty, ami that Is ono ronson why
wo nut forth our challongo. With regard to
tho question ho says, ' 'I liavo n decided opiu
ion of my own." Mr. Kditor, wo nronftor
that dooldcd opinion. If It coincides with
whntlio has clalmod horotoforo, then wo
know It to bo erroneous. If not, It must bo
corroct. Mr. Wnlllng certainly knows
whothor ho originated tho Poach Plum or
not; so doos ovory other pomologlst InOr
ogon. Wo hnvo couvorsod with sovoral Or
egon pomologlats upon tho subjoct, nnd thoy
havo paid: "I know that Mr. Walling did
not orlglnnto tho Poaoh Plum." Again he
says: "If Mr. Luolling can provo by nny
satisfactory ovldonco or authority, that tho
Peach Plum now in controversy la 'not'
identical with tho Peach Plum of tho Kant;
ono point hns boon gnlnod," iV.o. I would
llko to ask Mr. Walling why ho put thnt
"not" boforo Idoutlcnl. I nm going to provo
my sldo of the quostlou, not his!
Mr. Wnlllng is not suro whothor the
sprout which boro tho Poach Plum enmo
from tho grnlt or from tho original stock,
but niter nil ho sooms to think thnt ho orlgl
nntod it. Had ho noticod tho troo carefully
whon It was young ho might havo dlscovor
od or not dlscovorod a graft. Then the dif
ficulty might hnvo boon sottlod. Thohnmo
vnrlotyof fruit rnlsod In Iho Kast differs
wldoly whon ralsod horo, nnd ospoclnlly so
In tho Poaoh Plum coso; therefore to placo
tho two sldo by sldo, ns Mr. W. suggested,
would bo no tet whatever, Mr. Wnlllng la
mistaken when ho soys that the name of his
Peach PIuw was chanced to "Q. W. Wall.
ing." Ho itnya tho sociotsry of tho group of
juugos.
Tho best way to provo tho Poaoh Plum
quostlou Is to obtain olonu from tho Kant nud
wait for thorn to wo did.
W. A. Lui:r,Li.(i.
A CARD.
En. Fahmeu: Pioaso publish tho follow
ing nud oblige tho cltizous of Mohawk.
To whom it may concorn: Wo, tho under
signed, oltizons or Molmwk Vnlloy, county
ofLniio,nndStuloof Oregon, do hereby do
claronnd ngroo Hint wo will discountenanco
hounding in our vicinity; wo considor it our
duty to protect tho doer from bolng drlvon
offordostroyod by the hounds. Wo further
doclnro thnt wo will not knowingly permit
nny porson or porsoua to canip on our prom
ises with tho intontlon of hounding; nor to
hound lu our grain llelda or enclosures.
Thoroforo, wo respootrully ask those living
outsldoof tho valloy to got rid ol their
hounds, or koop thorn from running.
Adolph Cook.
H.A.Sol fridge,
Thos. C. Linton,
J. Jt. Cartwrlght,
li. P. Fawver,
ayunoy rsoou,
Georgo Scott,
.. F. Mulkoy,
11. F. Houston,
Goonro Hoiisnn.
Jaspor Weddlo,
F. M. Woddlo,
n it '.i.ii
J. Uuddleston,
Wni. L.Gloasou,
W. II. Parsons,
J. II. Hotilng,
I'erry Mattoson
Il.F. Glooson,
O.Colo,
Thomas Fvans,
Il.W.Alklre,
It. C, itobertson,
E. P. Haytleld,
Wm. II. ilayden.
Mohawk, Marcli 27, 1S77,
0. 1). Hnrdlsly,
J. Cartwrlght,
a. n, j-awvor,
Jaspor Evans.
J. Yarnal),
Itur. Itobortsou,
D. II. Conrad.
J.M.Statrord,
U.O. Hammltt,
U. W. .iimwalt.
Solomon .umwalt,
T. L, .umwalt.
now uooji while sluggards sleep," oto. It
win pay you wen, aim pay bettor in no couh
try than In Orcuon.
Uuslnoss Is good Jn Albany for this tlrao.of
year, jjusmess moii nro receiving large
stocks or Spring goods, and aro busy prepar
ing them for tho rush of trade soon to begin.
The Grange store or this place Is doing a
thriving business, nnd seems to fully meet
the demands of Us frionds and patrons,
Albany is growing rapidly in size and
and wealth. Quito a number or costly
buildings will bo erected during this Sum
mer. Tho Albany Collego Is prospering under
tho successful management of Prof. Powoll,
(formerly of tho Willamette Univorslty) and
Is fust growing Into tho favor or our citizens.
Tho ' Collego Improvement Society" gave
a dramatical und musical entertainment on
last Friday ovoning, for tho benefit of tho
Collego; tho attoudanco was largo nnd tho
Society has ovory reason to feel proud of
this, thoir second ellort. For while their
troasury wns materially bonotlted, tho vor
ions members acquitted themselves with
groat honor. Wa-wa.
Important Transfer.
Tho Ureionian of the 2d Inst, says: Nego
tlatlous have boon ponding for somo days
botwoeullon. H. W. Corbott, Honry Fail
ing, Esq., and Messrs. U. aoldsmith and
Josoph Teal, for tho transfer of all tho right,
miu mj auu iniuiuni iu iiiu y iiiaiiiotie rraiis-
portatlon and Ix)cks Company from tho lat
ter to mo jormor gentlemen,
negotiations wero concluded,
ARRESTED.
Saturdny morning, March :td, belwoon tho
hours of J2 nnd 1 o'clock, Thomas D.Davis
was murdored In u cabin nbout -I miles south
oT this city, Inn most horrible manner. Tho
assassin lirst literally chopped Davis' head to
pieces with n lmtchot, then stnbbod tho 1 lib
loss body repeatedly. Not satisfied with his
atrocious nud hellish work or death, tho
murdoror drow tho gory.reninlns partly Troiii
from tho bod, where man wns sleeping whon
tho nssnsslns ontercd tho cabin, and out his
throat from ear to car. Hero, with nny
human bolng but thnt of n ilond iuenruate,
tho thirst lor vengeiico would have ccitiod.
Hut to thrlco murder Davis did not seem
siitllclont to glut tho revenge or the assassin.
Piling around the horribly mutllnted body
nil the Ioono nrtlnles found lying nbout tho
room, tho iiksiissIu sot tiro to tho cabin, thus
reducing tho building nud contents toushes.
In the commission of this terrible crluui two
mon weto concorucd. Thomas, who wns a
partner or Davis, nnd In tho cabin nt tho
tlmo tho nihrder wns committed, cntuo to
tho city soon nftei' tho tragedy nnd gnvo his
version of tho ell'alr, Suspicion wns nt llrst
directed toward him; but tho most careful
scrutiny of all the clrcutustnncos cnunectod
with the crime, nnd rigid cross-examination
railed signally to Implicate him. Thonuthor
I ties having become well sntlMllcd that
Thomas was guiltless of tho murder, began
to look elsowhoro for traces which would
load to tho apprehension nnd conviction of
the perpetrators of this fearful deed of blood.
Suspicion wns dlrectod to Wiii.H. Mornnil,
who llvos In Portland, nud It wns found that
ho had dlsnpponrod, going southward on
foot. Olllcer McCoy got track of Mornud,
nud followed him to Gardner, Douglas coun
ty, whoro ho nrretnd him Inst week, und
brought tho prlsonor to Portland, where ho
Is In Jail, awaiting tho notion of tho courts.
Tho nbovo particulars nro froui tho Or
cyoniun. Weather Ronort. March, 1877.
During March, 1S77, thoro wore 13 days
during which rain fell with an aggregate or
lO.Od lu. of wator; :i olear nud 10 cloudy dayH
other than on which tain foil. Tho mean
temperature for tho mouth was 10.25; high
est dally moan tomporaturo for the month
57 on tho 1 nud 20th; lowest dully moan tom
poraturo -I09 on tho 3, 18 nnd lit. Mean tem
pornturo for tho month nt 2 o'clock r. t.
M.0tl; hlghostthormomotornt 2 o'clock US0.
on tho IMth; lowest thormomotor 33 nt t
o'clock a.m., on tho I lth. No frost nt this
point during the mouth, although thoro has
boon light frost nt Hinii) polutn lu tho near
vicinity on ono or two occasions. Tho pre
vailing winds for tho month wero from the
south during 1(1 dnys;HW 1 dnyH; ir.-rth Id
dys and N 15 niioday; n very lluo luuur
halo nppoarod on tho 23. During March, I87U,
thcrowero 111 daya during which rain, snow
fell nud im nggregnlo of r."7 lu. of wntor;
l.r cloudy dnyH other than thoio on which
rain or snow foil. Moan tomporaturo for
tho month, 11.1)1; highest dally mom torn-
poruturo for tho mouth 60 on 21 nud 28; low
est dally mean tomporaiuru for the month,
33, on tho 10. t. Pi.-Aiia:.
Eouv, April 2d, 1S77.
Hah: Uquued. Sunday night Mr. Wesley
Graves, proprietor of tho Cominorclal Hotel
In Salom, huvlng occasion to rise from his
bed to wait upon u sick daughter, missed
his pant from his bod-room. Ills suspl.
clous wore immediately nroiihrd, us lilssnlo
key was lu his pat-ts' pockets. On going
down stairs ho found tho fiifo unlocked and
n considerable uinount or money missing,
Two mon wero on duty us nlglit-walchiueu,
both or whom denied nny knowledge of thu
ntlalr. Thoy had both been absent Irom tho
oliico but onco during the night, nud then
only long enough to out a hasty lunch.
After cousldoraLlii pcnrch the nautulnoiiH
were found lu thu back jurd of thu hotel and
tho sulo koys lying on ouu of tho window
sills. Atlor iliyllght this morning tho
soaroh for Iho coin was renewed and It was
round covered up under muiio chips In tho
woodshed. Thoro was $l,!lso In gold coin
recovered nud It Is thought to bo all that was
taken, as a box or sliver was loft In tho Earn
untouchod. Mercury.
Au Oltl Plouoor Oono.
Diod, March 21th, 1877, Squlro Jlonnott,
ngod 07 years, four months, nnd twnnty.foiir
days, bqulro llonnott wns born Novomber
the i first, 1800, In Franklin county, State of
Indiana; omlgratod to Oregon in 1870, und
ter to the former gentlemen, Saturday tho was a citizens of Columbia cuunty. Orecon.
liver k TAir
ku iue ureguu oiesm navigation company
purohasod a controlling interest In the W. T.
cc it. uo.. Messrs. uoiusmith and Teal re
taining the remainder of tho stock1 Ily the
conditions or the la to transfer, thoso gentle
men have disposed of their ontlro interest in
the company to Mossrs. Corbett nnd Falling,
and retire from the corporation. As noar as
can bo ascertained, Messrs, Goldsmith and
Toul held a littlo loss than ono half or tho
stock, which will continue to give tho O.S.
N. Co. the controlling Interest In tho now
corporation. Tho property owned by the
Wlllamotto Transportation and Locks Com
pany includes the locks nt Oregon Cltv,
whurves, warehouses and basin, two largo
wharves and warehouse at Astoria, nnd also
tho following steamers: Occldout. Orient.
Wlllamotto Chief, FatinloPHtton, Champion,
ISonanza, Daytou, Alico, E, N, Cooke and
Ocklahama,
twontv-soveil voara. Was a irond nnlifhlinr.
tomporato In his habits, and honest in ills
dealings. Ho expressed his !olltlcul views
rather strongly, which catisod him somo un
pleasantness In war times. Poaco to hiu
"S;r , . J.A.Stewaht.
St.Holens, April 2, 1877.
DIED:
At tho Commercial iiotol In this cltv.
Mai oh 31st, 1877. Frank S. Hovoy. '
NearSalom, Maroh latin, 1878, Evulonu,
youngest daughter of J. W. and Amilo Jury,
aged one mouth ami iiiuo days.
Neir this city, April 1st, 1877, of lung
fit -, "romrny," sou or Divld and Colin
Grlorson, agedO montlis mid 25 days.
In this city, Sunday, nt ft li p. m., afler a
four days' illness, of diphtheria, LulaMaud,
youngest daughtor of W. S. nud M. O.
Moore, aged six ywra and eloyou mouths,
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