A ; ai I) i v rf v?-, js'iaif c nrc m-c' T $2,50 per Year. NOTICE 71 SUBSCRIBERS. Borao of oiiivo'j5bcribers nro ono or more ycnrs inairenrs, and wo nsk such to respond tit nn curly tiny. Any sub scriber can tell how much is duo us by reading tho duto on tho tag. Money can bo remitted us by mail, through money order or registered letter, or sent by express, or can bo paid to any of our ngents. BY TELEGRAPH. Fort Rtn Jail, Fob. 2. Eight hundred Uetl Cloud Indians havo loft, the ngenoy, going ' north. Tho Indlnsosort tlmt nil tho light ing Indians nt that agonoy WM cut loose Vnrly In tho spring nnd lollow tht gonoral nortuwost trail. MDOitoii jail imiiaun are ccrolly buying fit ponies ami malting otn- r suspicious moves. , Itlstimruk. Feb. 'J. Goti. Mllos. under (into Fnf ilui "Mil tilt., renorls from Tntimin rlvor In 'the Held, nnd hoonly walla for !!() recruits from FortSnelllng hoforo proceeding In per son against Sluing Still, who Jutoonlldontlv bolluvcH Is In U. S. torrltory. ills force will opnrato from Fort Pock us n contral point. Now York, Feb. 2 Tho Herald's Wash ington special ways thorn Is good reason to bo llovo now tlmt tho llland bill cannot bo pass ed over thn voto. Hllor men Ihomsolvns bogln to 11 In oil n little, nnl talk of admitting un amendment ralslntr tho vnluuof tho dol lar, hut It becomes llly tunro osrtnln tlmt no bill utlacklng tho dubt and tho Intercut or Interfering In past transtotlous will be able to paspovor tho veto. Washington, Feb 2 Ffrtv thousand bids havohoen reoelvod for enrrj leg tho mull for tho next four years In nearly Hll of that por tionjof the United States lying went of tho Mlmlnslppi river ami exienumg to mo ra ulllo ocean. The awards will bo mado bv March 30. Hal Wa.hlnatnn. Feb. I, Tho Miiual ssrvino ...,... ..... .... I if ttinalt miiim. Vfnt. nnl In fvinjr.R nsfollows: Five o'c.ook a.m. Total number or passongors, 200, of whom 100 wero drowned, tho remainder wrro ntvod. Tho stoamerUa to'il wrnclc. Nothlni: In left sto o water, Ho bodies obnurd thontoAtnor, Tho wreck wsh ctuied by tho veiel being untQAworthv. 'HiieHpriiiiTHlenKHbouluild nljlit nnd htrnndod at 7 o'olnck a. m., Jan. :ilst. 'I lie only way orsuxtng nro won iy running ashore ah tho vil wax In n sinking coudltliin. This U tho rttutcmont ol Lon Mo QullUn,ono of the -ivt)(l. CIght o'olook Tho ntn o? nlTilrH this morning H terrlhH, Dend bodlos nro lying uloiin tho bnnnli for a dlttiiuunof two mllos. Omaha, Fob 4. Information Unuelvod nt nillltary t)ea(Jqimrler that tho Hiiporlntond out of tho mountod rrorult hnrvlco he be-n ordored to forward to S in Fr.inolt.oo 2."0 r crultM, 100 being loi tho lit cnvnlrv anil 1.10 for tho tl h (iivalry. A dlspntoh to drtyatnteB thatSO more lodges of Hgenoy Indiana have left tho now agencies on tho Mnwnurl, Interd lug to io on tho warpiith. Thin iiiaka fiOO lodges that have lelt nltogtlmr. Military otllcors hero predict another Indl.iu war, and that It will ommt'iico early In thoeprtng. Thoy oxpoot that Morions depredations will becoinmlttetl on tho northern and north. westorn bordor of Nebraska. New York, Fob. A A V'nshInaton dls patch saya tho houco oommlttoo has Agreed to report bill extnndlng tho time for tho completion of tho Northern IMolfio railroad. Nsw York, Fob. -1 Ur-Senator Harrv Oenot, of lUrlom Co-jrt lloun untorletv and onooftho rlnit fiuitlvoi, aurrendred this morning and gavo hull m twenty. II vo thou sand dollar. Washington. Fob. ft Tho tilll reported tr day by Itoprecenlatlvo Hire, from tho com. mltteo on I'aulllo rallrnAds, extends for ton reara thotlme foro unpletlon oftho Northern Paoltto railroad, Iiprnvldes forthoeonstruo tlon of not los8lhin KK) tnlls o year, and that tho nitln lino hetwn l'ortland Hinl a tiolnt as far eastas Umrtllltf, Oregon, flmll be located and constructed on tho eouth xldo of tho Columbia river. Af'usl -KtlliH on sur voyod laiuN v. illn the Mini 3 oftho rsllrosd urantareK'ourid In lhlr rlgh'x by p(lng 32 60 perneio. Fro emp'o'- ol hoin'tad hio ul" protou'ud. Tho ooinpmv U author isftl in I'hiio bonds and hociiro tho ariiu bv mor givooii thowholooranv partol ItHMid and property. Tho bill does not ( xirnd tho time to build a branoh lino Uiroucii Waxhlng ton torrltory from tho mnu'ti nf.Hnakn r'ver to Fuget Hound but only irlves 'he omnpany land earned by It on tho thirty ouo miles al ready D'tllt, .... ,. Tho hill agreed upon by thohousooommlt teoon Paeltlu rallroNilsfor tho benetlt oftho "Ortliern MCIUU ranrimu, tiAtnuii um nmn im for Its completion ten jeira, aud ioduee dm ! land grants In Washlnirion Territory, tiklntt away mioh portion ot lanu nn'otoioro embnued In tho approprlathu for tho con etruotlouot tho road from Pen d' Orelllo to Pucet Sound. ..... ... Morrison and liiittrell will probably a'cna o.innrliv roiiortdeeUrlnirsi;aln.tlho pafsaro oftho bill for extenulnp the Hinu of building the Northern Paolflnrallroaii. WllllnmH, of Oregon, voted against tho Matthnws joint reoljtlon declaring Kovorn tnont bonds payb.eln Mlver. Davis, of Sn FrancUco. voted the same way. Only ilvo mombeis from the south vpted against the resolution. Eastern Dcmocrata went almost nnanimoiislv aacalnst it, and western Itepub. llcaos and western Democrat were almot olid lor It. South Umrq"n" ln n'lth' recently 'than fer M.vtrl yeaw before. SALEM, FOREIGN. Tho Ruslan-Tnrklh War. Hostilities Coased for a Tuno. London, Fob. 2, Tim antbltusslan eontl mout has unqiiCHilonnbly developed laruely here this woeK. Whllo tho Rituatlon looks soinowhat more critical und more llko n pon. Blblo extenelou of tho war and Knalaud's parllcltittlon theroln, thora U etill little real reason for approlionslon. Knghurt Isdnm. onatrallng to forro Husla lo ahow hor hand. Sho voclleratos that Itussla ehall not oloso peaeo negotiations without tho approval or lta terms by tho powurs. This Is safe, bo causa KiibsIa maintains her pendlnx nr ranRonients with Turkey are provisional only. This meana that they will not bo con nldered tlnal until aftor tho great powers ehall have time lo consider them. When this consideration Is had Hmrland will euro ly find horsolf without an ally aastnst Hus. sla,beeatifolho latter will yield to all tho other whenover It shall uo neuosry to oi ftct that end. Th extra polloy Is to laiiato both Tin key nnd England, and ho will euo ceod. Hogland b s nolllled blm of tho oon illtlnnsupon whlnh alonoMio will tntervono, and ho will theroforo render ainih Iniorvnn tlon linpasslhln. Turkey, eeelng this, hH onlv to Mirroudor nt dlsorotlon ami miuept tbo'hpst tonus eho otn get. It Is Iipumim) Itussla's poUloii Is really u giMranteo ror poHC that tho Htigllsh war pirty e-mms to bogalnlng strength. Parltimint c.tn nffjnl to uiniino9 KiWNia when th latter nlo.irly nolther needs nor will njoept hor nhallongo. Itunm, Fob 2 Tho propossl of Italian a. llano with tho powers which nro opoosod lo Itusalan iitrcrandlr.'Miiont bill at Ihomtmn tlmo miTinieoltiglho trendom or Utiristlan nationalities l mot favorably oniortslnod. Tho pope and Cardinal Hlnionl, nontlllu.il necrelsrv of state, nro aureeil m to the iioims vlty nfoiiitniirtgliik; tho allUneo oi Italy with Knulaud, Franco and Vuslrla. Atlions, Feb 1. Tho Crete n Insnrconts havo declareil that Island annexed in Oworo. Inthoehambor of doputlss ye'enlav M. Courmtundoiir, Oreol: premier, Indloated the' fc'it notion would b. nrmwl naoiipation n hiIv nnil Knlruntiil Itartof Maeedn. or.fej' ti protect IPo OrooKstheto Iroiu t I rages or tho Turka, driven there by t, 1 slan advanco. Ho Kald that when nntrages ooourrod provlouhly the govorn ment nought tho aRsUtanoo of Kurope, but I Kuropo did nothing beyond making Inquiry. I'hlMtlmn Oreeco would lake the matter in T her own hands. This Ih considered tqual to a declaration. Constantinople. Fob. I Tho Sullan has telegraphed the cztr demanding nn urmU- tloo. ... iiondon, Fob. 1 A speoUl from Itomo stales t hat a private telegram of undoubted authority nnv tho Kusslans arowltblu2l hours' march of Constantinople. Italy Is proparod lo make nn alliance with Hnv power to opnoin ltoRt.1 in supremacy . A Pern dlstmcn aiurms uiav inn iiiim'ormi counell has dniermluoJ to defoudud Iho city If It is attacked. Purls, Feb. 1. OimboMn declares tbatany engiigements undo at Kr.uilik mmlirylntr the treaty of 16.MI must bo considered null and void. Tho Itusslsn conditions, nxeepl tho demand for Indomnlty, involiia lUg rant violation or that treatv. French Inter cms Initio ea. ho comddore, havo liardlv ohanued Hlnco 1W1 Tho war cut only bo terminated bvo l.nropesn oonitro'H. Constantlnoele, Feb 2 Slllltsry delegates havo fixed tho linos r.f demarcation. The ItussUiiM will provisionally occupy l.r.o room and Slllstrla. MehemetAll bus b:en appelated com mander of Pera. Tho fallowing Is tho text of Iho rra tele Krnm to thofiilian: ' 1 drsiro peaca es much as you, but It Is neeenrv for us that it should boa solid and (tumble peice ' llrussels, Feb. 2. Journal do IJruxellH an noutices that It has received n dUpatah from CouNtautlnnpIo saj ing an armistice was sign al yestordBy. Constantinople, Fob. 2 Tho czir has lelo grapdd the niltnn promLluu nn armistice. Serler Pasha, lorelirn inluNier and on or tho plenipotentiaries, telegraphed je-lerday tint tho Orand Duke Nicholua nasrendvto lun Iho protocol of piaco preliminaries un der refer o of ultoi lor neuot'ot Ions The u'rund vU'er In reply toServler Pa. slm's dispatch iiulhorl7.'tl him DMiwutho armistice and peace prollmln irlee. All mil iiary movements and emigration of Mus&ul mans hao ben Mopped. London, Feb. 1 A Pera correspondent mvh apprehont-lons ol rioting bv dnbindcd KoldlorR aro increasing. Circassians ure niaskereini' and nlllaulnir nM,ir Cnnstantlno iiht. Manv rttsldeots deblre the arrival of foreign (Lets, Diplomat. hesltal lo lake coiieenlr.tted aetion for fear jflLcrcat-ltig iho i,ul'u A Vienna dispatch Rive Autrh would only protest niinst Itusklau oecapiiiou ot Cusiuutlnoplt, Tho Bceeptauce by Germany nnd Itusilaof tlm Idea of u coufereuco at Vieuim Is aunoiiu ced es certain. Adispstch Irom Pera, iltled Wednesday, savs tint Husslaus have taken Keshan. Tho I'ont announce In orilcUl firmlh.it up to a hie hour last nlghr no po-hlve now had reached the roruli.ii tttlse of Ittulng ot tho basis of p9ae and armWtlco. There ia', however, ground to believo tho terms would be signed to-day, Httlirrade. Fob. 1. Tho ill f-ellng excited by tho Itusnlan peace conditions Is Holnien-o that It appeara decided thatSorvIa ehall dis regard tbem, and continue the war till che holds the whole of Old Servla. Ouobareal,1 Feb. 1. UussUn troops are continually arriving atJ.sxy. Bolgrade. Fn. 4. I be g vernmsot , hav. Ing received a dispatch Irotn ItuHlan bead quarters announcing that ihearmL.ico tiu OREGON, FEBRUARY 8, 1873. been signed, has ordered tho dllTerontSer-l vlsn commanders lo stnn hostl.ltlCH Now York, Fob. 4. A OohsUntlnoplo d patch save tho blnokade oftho lllack Sea tween Odessa and Constantinople tins bt ralsod. St. Petersburg, Fob. I. Tho Caryost day,atter lnpeollon, addressed tho troop follows: "1 comrratulato you upon an mistlco, tboettlsfictory condltlotiHof w are duo to our bravo troops, who proved for thorn nothlnir Is Impossible nf nn pllshmnut. Wo aro still, tiowovor, far i tho end. end nuiBt coniluuo to hold outfolvr prepared unui wo obtain h durable ptviee worthy ol I.oNia. Vienna, Fob. 4 Tho oblnot yesterday Issuod form.ll Invitations to tho signatory powora to tno treaty of raris, to.ennu repro suiniivo3 to too con let unco to Vienna. St. Potormurg, Fob. 4. Publlo opinion horo,aud oven more nt Mnsoow, rouards tho projsalod cmferenco, with dIfivor. Homo ianrH snoik nf tho (nufarenco as a mote dovleoof tho l.uropeau powers to deprive ltii'slii of all thn aalnod nfter eo heavy nn expenilltura of blond and Ireasuio without tiKiuuoivos epjuaing a uouar or insing n man. Athens, Fob. 4. Tho fJreek troops who en tered Thcsssly yos'orday under Oou.Sotilxi), encountered no reslstanco from tho Turks, who wllhdtow to Uitnocn. Thn Greeks will, advance to diy on 1) imoco. Tho gtrrlsou ot that place numbera 2,000. Ilunharest, Fob I Till cblnetdollbor nled four hours Sunday under tho pro-ddonny ofi'rlnco Charles upon tleueral lupatlelFa formal iirnmslilon fir it cession of llesiinra- lin to ItitS'la Nothing was resolved but tlmreare liulliutlons that Houmanla will iMtogorlcallv rolit'o. Vlonna, Fob. 4 1'olltlc d Corrospoudcnoo states that nf er Mining tho peace pa llmlna rled, f-teps were ImtuedUtely token at Adrl nnoplo locotcmnneo negotiations firedefl nltivo tro'ity of peaeo. Oen. Ignnth IT and Htfvet Paslu will bouutrtited with tho.ono. gotlatlona, C'Uiktautlnnple, Fb. 4 at Itodostn, Tchorlan and It uirgati Cottlttgo, Feb 4 Tho UasBlundlploinnllq; roprettonftHo, M.JouIn, Ins given notice Ht .,onet.-t the-anl F,v . tb Vrlutil ? nt iMimienogro ami rrquenou mm io nuspuua hostilities. Delsrailn, Feb. 4 Tho dispatch of tho Grand Duko Nicholas, notifying tho Servian eov- eroiuentof tho ormlstlce, added Iho asur ance that HervU's luterostH would rcculvo every cinslderst'on. London, Feb t In tho houso of nommons tbh uf.oriioru, (ilailitouo snirtrn-lod sn ad dress to the crown from both houses assuring the Q teen of supiort In the cjufjrenoo In tttesd of vte of orttlit. Luudon Fob I. A Vlmtia dispatch esyc: Kirn In tholr Immsturo form tno Ilussuti inndltlonshnil to contain much that osn sjariely be broiiuhtln'n harinnuy with tho InteresiN of Au-trla, being rather oaluulacd io eowsoods of Iresli troubles tlinn promote real or Mslliiitpeiica. They ilpstrov the Otto wan power in IJntopo without substituting anything In Its place r)n)diig u cuirauteo ofsiahllltv, TlioMiitllorstn es would recolvo Jiistoneiiuh (o iuhI.0 tbein wish for morn, wniio uuiipiria would nicoiuo niiio iiiuro tlinii a IliiHlnn dondency. Tho restoration to Iho (7. ir nf 11'iisnrahU, vlthnut n duo Univalent to Koumnula, 'louhi mako Kussla iniwtKHi of ll.o mouth oftho Dauubo, Thus, In tho ery prolliuinsiies themselves, (hero Is much that mint lend to a discussion be t ran AuMrla Hint Kmnla. Hint tho fame must bo thouu'r.thniiuli perhnpstnalfHsdo- greo, with tho other poweia. Mian Imn ltou mania has already iiiinouncod her claim to ttiho part as n bMlllgerent In tho nncliiMun id posce, hor mlnlMer of foreign ill'slrH halng IsNiied a circular to Ihlstllt-ct. TliHSorvlanH aro irruuly di-appnlnt(d with tlio lioutler rcdUliosiiunaiillnwtd thom by tho Husslau iirellmluHrhe, und proclaim lint, in ttplto nf tliosrmlstlre, limy wilt not elnp operations until t hey hsMtpo.NFHIounfOldSrr via down to tho rlwr I.om. Tuikbh innii nr-war have been o-dered In Athens to lake oiTtho minis tor. Thus thaeaNtorn question ban riow been rii'ed In Its full ex'ent. Vienna, l'uli. I, The situation Is Mill ro cardeil hero ss nirlnns. It his tr.iunplrod that Itushla Is concentratliu; liiutps In the Interior of It'iumaiila, hud 120.000 men w ill bo maksi-d towanl thtweitand north, ovl iIcmiIv lor ih Ijtieeitciliist Austiln. Most of (lie powi-re nut pit-d the Invltiitlon to put o putt In ib ui'ifor tiifo; It issU con MiiiN'il iii t.t iliooiil.et In pilno'plo. but has not el foriiinllv accepted. ilulln, Feb ,"i Thn klltiatlou is Mill con sldired irldoil. Tim czir's addro.a loins irints at St. Petersburg on "tt'iday, and tho nailing out 'f I'iriv new bittallnnn. ham further (iheikHl pnbllocoiifliieiico In uneaily ro Miblidimintir pe-tc. Allien", Feb I The OrelH (npltir-d Do moo ml Hie point ol the I.H.oi'ct. Ono hun dred and fif v tJreiksvtte killfd. FUo Turkish inen-of.wnr fusi-cd Ihe Dar ilsnelles Sunday on their wav lo tho On ok coast. Tlieee ere only WW troops In Alliens and a Miull IC'iulMi gunhost at I'lrfii". Hundred, ol milliliters uro iesvlugdaily fwr the froutier, , On reeelwtnf lliHi:cwof Ihosli'tllncrofllO Turci ltusslan nrmU'Ino an extra fining of tho chamber was held. and tho iiilu'Hliy and liinwe ii l' r i-fd i'o coutlllllti tl e l)(t-t nt lolicy. Theisirtnr rireiis is neienues Dy inrpe dos, Tnnbejs of JCplruH hao suomltted to Gre (ho. O-iHthoussnd throe hundrod Tnrki woro taken prUouers at Domooo. Tho Tmklt-h mln'Mrr hero do H-nates Iho action of Ur-He as HdecUmt'"!! of war, lie telegrephed to ('nehtanilonple In tlio minis lerof war for a khlp to oinmv blm htnee. in ronxqnetuft of which iho Turklih Heet under Hohtrt Paalm has arrived. 'J be (.in k gov ernment U In consternation, and Intend, ap- pealing to tho Intervention of thn guaranteo rtnir powern a gresi panic provaua. V The ooucluslon of the iinnlstluo has caused sonnternnllnn, thniiKh tho ltusslan mlnloter jovoa erbal promlsp that tlreeco should bo (Deluded In tho nrmlstlco. Tho only rational lultig for the (i reeks to do Is to stop tnllltnry .......... . I ... ... ml 1 f. .vl a. B...1 MaIh .... lliln wviH"i..iuiib .wii.iui.m'i'i v ntiit amj uii .tun Apromlsoond Iho uood otllrcs of Knropo, but no otder has vol been eent to thonrmvnnd It ho gonorAl ftellngruoms In favor of contlu fulntcatuny sacrltlco. Tho fiosliion of tho id rooks Is bad. Thoy csn claim tho rownrd nellhor of warlike nchlut'omoiita nor uf a penna fnl policy. Vtonna, J.'ob. 0. No attempt Is mado In St. Petersburg to remove thn suspicion that tho ltusslan loinmnndors In Houmanla deliber ately nrocrastlnated negotiation In order to bo held atllnko tliogrealost piMlhlo ndvantapn oftho 1 ... Illl.ta.. hll.aakllAl. .. 1. .... iMm.bmk i.ai. .!. iiuinnry Biiiiebiiiu. im nit' uiiiiiinrj-, iiiiiiimi to clear tho Kuslan government nf the charge which otherwWa might attach lu'lt, that the delays occurred, If licit by its ontoic, at leist with Its connivance; tlie merit Is claimed for It nf having tlually overcome by Us peremptory cotnntnnila tho reshtauce and unwIllluKtiess of tho army tofootho nrmlstlco slutted, ctuslng It to stop boforo thn (lilies of Constantinople. A Paris correspondent nys ()n ms recel vrd on high authority voiim continuation of the rumor Hint ttnu.ii is ncRutiating lot ttio istir render oftho u hole Turkish Heel. London, Fob. 5 A St. Petersburg dl patch says tho i'intihti of hoittlltlos naa producd more anxiety than rejoicing. lUgusa, Feb. 0 Thn Prince of Montene gro has acaepted the armUtleo and ordered a cosatlon of liostllltles, Letter iroin Lino County. Ohkhwku., Feb. i, inS. It has been somo time allien a young lady 'orrespondontof tho Fahmkii promised Its Traders a treat In tho stiapoof an ox position of the vlllaluliH oftho P. of II. In Lane, but Uii'slans rouivlnins that exposition liaunotyot appeared, Ills . I hrerttmiAil fti-il. Itm nullinr Iimm exterlellced ,..,, ,,.,,,, . ,h -,.n-,i.iii of4'' """""'"' """' . of'fictj.uo uwrmt-rj-.to imtVn eiir-ys.fjil ox position . tiu we proposo to furnUh aomo data, from which eny dedlroua ol doing o may have tho bunntlt. Onooftho llrst, and perhaps ouo oftho most Impoitunt, acts of whluli Iho P. of II. havo beeu guilty In Lino county, vo rally. Ing to their asalalsnco when thst (iieruetlo board of dlru'toretr the t-te.tn Unlveieliy whm wading ueuk id op in lite Moiigu or mu ll re, nnd Juit when thoy had about gUou up end announced ttioir Insblllty to promiro the lundsntoeMHry io Its com pint Ion, who win. it that was appealed (o then to mivo Lane comity Irom tnodlfgrxco or blind stupidity and unparalleled pIcHj uulnhnofhT And who came lo tho front and entered lulu contract with that persevering board of directors, whoreby that building was to bo, and waa, completed, hi as to boMcceptahlHtnthn State It was no other than the P of II ; and much more mlnlit hero bo truthfully dald or thn merltoiloiisuud uiiholllsh action of Individ ual mombo-H of tho gratino In intslsllnu' to aecuro this lintitutioii to Liuu county, but bpsco forbids. Again: tho grange has been gulltvnfes. tablMiliK a lar.jo H.ipply etoro in Ihigeuo City, which gives all (oiiMimere, whether Patrons or not, the bemlUol compotltlmi In i)i.rcluulii.r L'oods. ( tlilmr huretotoro enjoy ed to a very l'mlled extout ) AIno, In addi tion to Ibis, a numbur nt Iho promlnoiil members ol the Order ham purchased ono oftho most commodious lira-proof buildings In Unpen.', In tho iiiest iniblnoM part of iho town, which wo Ihlt.kepoJks woll for Iho hushus InienstH o Hio Ordor. Scolslly, tho Order is uImi nilianuliig, na jnu would diJiilnlecs ague bad jou bseu present at Croswell GrMiipemt lasiSitunUy, when the Installation nfoincera look place. JSIplnnow nppllcrtlons for membership were presonled on that occasion. Hut enough for this tlmo in (hat Hue, Tho firmera have found It rather damp for iilnwliiL'. din ntkt week, suit needing initol the quehtlon, though more plowing his been umiii up to lllisiimo man inimi, in Unity. !' tills Vi- OI' II. Mouthly Ropori. Tauv.h, Feb. I h,IK;s. I.H. Faiimkii. Will jnu pleaso publUli my monthly report of ( lor January, nl Ilvo vurlollo. of tow Is, and oblige; Q p rr f a 'A Vi K M 1 .Ii 2 .'II (I 21 Golden SpsiiRled IIumbnrgH . " Pllllnll Silver .Spangled Poluh I'l moth Uncus A ltbbury Ducks Total I 16 17 205 Met ono hen Jan. 8th, mi Kicgg; and sho came oil Jan. 'J'.tth, wim 1 niiickeiiM hue ono lieu Jan. 1U.I. wiin 1J pullet exile; al-o hatched !) chicks Fnu.a I. j.UTllim wrmii, The following aro Iho otllcers for oii'iilug If nn ot lUliii. Treok LodkU, 1 O 'I.T.: II. r-rnith, W OT; Sarah Smlili, W V T; J. M. Wsguer, Sec; Mury Itodgee-, F h; S.ullo Itodgers, 'l; John iJlaik. C; W, M. Muln tire, M; Klla Wapner I Hi John Hilierlaou, ()G; A. O. UtMid-uir, PV 0 T, Itegtilar meotlng held on HeLOiiU and fourth Satur day evunlnp of each moutti. AlAajh.lad to meet with Ultiug members. 1 .. IIIIIMIMI"'1" '" "il'l" ' ' '"' 1 " Volnmo IX. Nnmbor 52. THE FALOUSE COUNTRY. Coi.vax, W. T., Jan, 23, 1878. Editor Wlllametto Farmer: 1 am receiving every fow days letters or Inquiry about this rrl4ntry, and I present tho follow Ing facts lor tho benefit of those setklng Information iiiott It. It Is of a roll ing pralrlo or hilly nature Tho first thing that It puts a man In intud of on 'sight is th waves of the ocean, wbi now and then ona ehnwlng Its boad aboiu-cJio others. Though tho country looks rough at tho first glnnco, a great portion of these hills prodtiises the best of grain, and the rest' Is good grazing ground. There In a groat deal of levol bot tom lands, a good portion o whloh Is takon up. You would be nurprli-jiiT to see some of tho ranches In this counte. whllo thoroare ho many holler ones yet to bo taken tip. Our winter, up to tho i-Vosont writing, Is on lino as any person could woll ask. At no tlmo this winter has tho thertuomoter been lower than ten degrees above zero, and only ono day has It been that low during the present month, ntid thn month of Docombor was lullv as nice as thn present month. Tho grass hsM hoKUii to grow; stock of nil kinds nro doing Hue, and wo do not oxpoot very hstd weather during February. I Imvq kept a wintlmr record, and shall do so durlngtho mouth nf Fohrutrv.and I will let you know- alt about how cold, It gots during the winter moiiins, i nnvo iinu a iiuk wuii n man won has lived in this country and on thnTouchot lor the last eovonteeit years, nnd ho eyr this Is tho llnnst winter ho has over seen except one up to thn presBtitdato. Ono of our towns men went out to tsko up a ranch the other day, ntid the weal her was so pleasant that ho nnd bis wife camped nut all night. Wo hao a splendid market at homo this vosr ror all of our produce, except pork and bai'uu ntid lard, and I fear that btcon will be too clirap to Jiutlly any exportation this sea son. Grain tins boeii H'oadily advancing the tHt mouth; whn, 70 cents cash, or B0 cents In trade: oats, "fioj potatoes. 1; beef, by the quaiter, II to 4 J per lb,, from the block o to 8 ins; pork, 4c; bscon, 10a; butter, 2ni; lard, too: etrn. '0u heans. Qe: onions. 2Jio: ap ples, green, from warron, ;1 b3KQ P"r "N. . The r-ilniito CAiA-te prniM iha faUiiwIcai- luini: "uur entorprising rarinor, Mr, ii. a. Iliiwmsn, wetitM California after a fine tho roughbred horse or tho Pereheron-Noriutn stni lc. nml has piirohssod the uelobraled Itoyai Duke, nf Mr, Jas. Perry, a gentleman nf long experlont-o us a breeder and import er of draft horses, Tho horse Is a dapple gray, Wi hrnds high, nix years old, anil wkIuIi 1,000 lbs, Ho wis imported from Franco lust August. The prlco paid waa j.1 000 If any parlies wlh any Information about this country, letl'ihein euhsctlbe for the WiM,Aiurri: Faumi:u or iho PnlouioOa seltr, lor In tlnmo papers limy will gttt all tho Inlormalidi thai i'hii bo glon by any pa pers, and thoy are all reliable. Forfmirof wearying your readers, I will close by hoping for n glorious future lo tho Faumi.ii. Jah II. Klnimiv. Tho Question of Holl. Is Hell n bugbear, and tho ibvll a .caro crow? It is startling In llnd so msny preach ors now trying to lend people lo believo that they nro so preMoliera who havo slwas. been considered sound In their Protestantism Kiide'ilid In lluilr orthodoxy. Fow people will piy iiinuli h ed lo II-W. Hoechor's hociiMtociiN about hell last Sunday, though soon, or his rustic hotrcr wore doubtless Htuiusd at the way ho fell foul of It. Hut wo llud t'laithn Ituv Dr. llorlou. and Ihe Hov. Dr. Illauvelt,and tho Hnv. Mr, Miirrliuati, who wore but lately uinniu the pillars of or thodoxy, havo luriiid npalnst tho anulent iireetl ol (Uuiuatlon; thoso two great lights of Cougreuniloual thoology, the Itov. Dr. Porter. President of Yalo College, and tho Itov. Dr. Hopkins, ox. t'rosldout or AIIIUms Colloge, havo given It lo tie understood that they do not consider hell an essential feature ofthelr Initiator they lism Just sustained tho Install allouoritov, Mr. Mungor, who Ishetorodox mi tho Mil'J'tot; Iho In vontlgatloiiH rooonlly iii.idobya lollglouspeporsliow that notions httreinloio consldend lit rollout inspecting eiernul loruuoil uro tolerated ainonp'iho clergy (iflhoConungatlousI ileiinmlnatfou; while, over In London, that distinguished KplMopal dUlne, Canon Farrar, has ut mi netted a cmiiilu ol i Mraorilllinrv e-oriliotis in Wistinlr.lsterH At boj ; taking ilioprouml Itu.t nviii tho words hell nuJ dumuutlon kIiiiiiIiI hoetilcketi from tho Scriptures. H Is highly Important not only to church itiiiiiitjern nnd till, religions nubile, but Id all Clirlsttiidouuud beaitienilom, tliattheelergy ofllinchuicheH and or theeo times should clearly ..iiuouucn the position thev propo.o lo maintain In loxpiuto the artlolo of laltU that his thus beceimn an ol Ject of unhhiiH or ol doubt. Tlie(iii)illou la a tie mentions ouo. It iHiehiled to tno iiiliitlaiid lliollfoHiid wol faro ol tho htimsn ihcii, l$y Iho coiiimiiii oius'jnti f tlioorihoilox thsologUns, It has beoii hold that tho doclrlno rescues to tno verv round itlous ofrohploii, and that with out It iho Christian unuruu must totter lo Tnefsct thhlso many leurr.eddh Ires bum lieu n ii to throw doiiht upon the eloatrlue, i Huroiu lotd muliltudosof pajplo lustily lo todUetrd It altogether, There aro not a fow men and women who aro anxious to tlud reasons lor discarding hell, and who llko to tlud them' The prospttoi of darenstloii for the wicked and unrighteous Is an alarming one, and they dutch at any straw that give tin m a provpeoior promises litem au as furuueoofesospa from It. V Y. Hun. Homo parties In and about Oakland pro pom Inlying op a Urge drove ufusiile dur ing the tarlj spring and drive them lo Kat em Oregon, V, ! H ' Y V. .M : I : i 1 i wdMte . i 'I A Oijar .. . . ' 4T ;. ! .1 jV' I -j Mir " fefwi ,., A . ii I K t.. I- A