Mlniac Company Formed Wc uro informed tliat n company liiw juft been formed in this city for tlio working of the newly discovered gold mine near Vancouver, thoy having bought out Mr. Geo. .f. Tooley, upon whose land the mine is located. Laying Truck- The railroad company hail out a force of men to-dav lavhiK track to connect by means of 'tho ferryboat the west side ( roatl Willi lliu rail niin.-) i" "' "" them to bring over some Hat curs tn. morrow, to bo used in the extension of the est Hide ro.id. Attention' The following military commissions hnvo been issued from the oilico of tho Secretary of State by direction of his excellency, Gov. Thayer: Dr. J. B. Lindsay, sunjeon on BtafT Urig. Gen. JameB II. Turner, with rank of Major; Howard Anderson and A. H. Stark weather, aido-de-cumps to Gen. Turner, with mnk of Captains; V. Y. Whit worth, Captain; Tlio Howard, First Lieutenant; 12. Priiie, Second Licuten ant, Co. D, and J. W. Saulsliiu-y, Cap tain; S. U. Lightfoot, First Lieutenant; JL H. Elliott, Second liieutenant, Co. E, second regiment, third brigade, Orrgon Stato militia, all of Umatilla county. Steamer ImuucUctl. The new steamer built at Mr. Ham mond's yard for tlio Stickecn river has been launched. She was clnistened tlio C'AHsinr, the appellation floating from her mast head. She was elaborately decorated with bunting and n merry throng crowded her ih'ck as she hhot out into the water like on arrow across u bow. A prettier launch wo have never witneMcd. The nuw steamer is l.'i'J length of keel, -X foot beam, and is most thoroughly and substantially con structed. Shu is now lying at Mad dock's wharf ready to receive her nuw engine, constructed by Idr. Nation, it being 0 foot stroke, 10 inch boro and will carry 1-0 pounds of steam. Seat tle Tribune. - i . . Hood River A correspondent of the Mountaineer writes as follows: Dr. Atlaiiis' drug store was entered last Friday night by a jierson or persons who succeeded in jobbing tho money drawer of SoO in coin, a gold finger ring, and a revolver It appears that tho par tics understood their business, and must have been well acquainted about tho premises, us they made their uxit through a window, and in order to accomplish their purpose with safety thoy obtained some blankets from thi barn, which they spread ubout the window as a means to keep their footsteps from being heard. Mr. II I Smith lost a valuable homo n fow days ago, by lining ckoked with a rope while running at large. Boarding Frlionen. Tho following amounts wero paid for board of prisoners from January 1, 1878, to March 1st, 1879 : IfcTS-January... IK1 CO Kebrtiarr ............. ..... .. IM ' March....... . - n! 80 IK) 00 Muy ...... June - July -. Auiruit ........ . Hi CO 111 w WW 191 W Mi UO .'HOM jwobo .ssato 375 00 MM Heitimbor....- November ..... -. Uccctti ucr 1K6 Jmuary Kebiuarv...... ...- .......... Total far fourteen month.. . .S3j00 M Under tho now ordiuauce, and at thu rate contracted for by Messrs. Lowiston t Frotiaml, tho total expense would not havo exceeded 1,000. Tlio City Coun cil hnvo lopped oil" a grievous oxpenso to tho city in this Item, for which its mem bers deserve great credit. IMoreUndUn Trouble! : ;0 From Mr. E. C .Ofliccr, of Grant coun ty, wo learn that a party of Indians bo longing to tho Malheur lesorvation, burned tho border's camp of Joseph Hobinson, Josephus Hcptenstnll and Mr. Ingalls on tho Malhour river. Two herders. Sam Snook and Jas. T. Thorp, while from camp, onno upon tho mocca sin tracks of two Indians and followed them tip until they satisfied themselves that there was a lurco liarty of them in that nciL'liborhood. Thoy struck out for tlio agency. In a few days after Mr. Snook returned to his camp in company with u number of other men, and found it destroyed by fire. Mr. Snook says that the band consisted of about thirty buck Indians. Mr. Officer thinks there aro at least seventy-fivo buck Indians with their families living in tho Malheur country. Mountaineer, An Incident. It was on Tuesday morning, says tho Mountaineer, an hour or two before tho funeral services of Mrs. Hester Wil Hams. An aged Indian known as "Old Hilly" camo to tho window and stood looking in for a few moments, and turned away. Somo ono observing him, asked if ho might bo permitted to come in. Ho was invited into the room, and camo and stood by tho cotlin. Ho gazed a few moments upon tho lifeless form, when tho tears gathered in his eyes and trickled down his wriukled face. Weep ing and Wishing his tears with his hands, ho silently left tho room, as one who'mourned the loss of a very dear friend. He had often been employed by Mrs. Williams to saw wood and for other small jobs, and her proverbial kindness to all around her had set Jits seal upon tho heart of the old Indian, and won this tribute of affection to her meinorv. Floating Coffin. "We notice that the " interior press" aro still driving nails into that old float ing cotlin in Portland known as the Orcgonian. Only six or seven copies of that overland sheet (daily) comes to this office now. Tlio mountain is rolling down. Let the people spot every editor in this State that stands up and toadies to this monopoly concern. Monopolies must bo crushed. Frco schools and a free press arc inhetent rights to which i monopolists must succumb. J.et tlio ball roll; Oregon will soon bo redeemed. Junction Republican. Further from Alaska. From tho Captain of tho Wolcott. Tho (following letter from the com mander of tho revenue cutter Wolcott, to tho Seattle Tribune, is published in tho Standard from advance sheets, und tho contrast between English and Amer ican policy is instructive as to the re sults obtained by tho two governments in dealing with Indians. Tlio English man has little or no trouble, and his idea is, when Indians aro behaving ill, to "clean them out and talk after wauls." The way to bring the Indians of Alaska, or anvother bad Indian", to time, is to give t.ioin tho alternative be. tween destruction and obedience. A decided show of force, tempered with a prompt UhO of it, would do those Indians more good than talk or threats or prom ises. I lioy must In- made to beliave, or mado to sutler for it if they do not : U.S. HEVKSt'EMAltlNII.STII. WoiXOTT, Sitka, Mar. 10, :i P.M., 1879. Tho last ininuto before tho steamer leaves dipt. Thorn has promised to woit and cany this letter. To-morrow morn ing tho Wolcott leaves hero to go up Peril Straits to isit the tribes in that neighborhood. A detachment of men from tho Osprey no with us in case they should be needed. Our force will ! strain, anil 1 havo no fears that there will b- occasion to resort to aims. I command tho expedition. In tho ab sence of any higher authority, I r.m ap pealed to for everything, and I assure you my duties ai e arduous. Tho En glishman is impatient, and at every prov ocation wants to fiyht. If ho was left to his own inclination, we would have had a fight long since. I don't know but that his notions uro lest after all " clean them out and talk afterwards." 1 expect to be gone trom heiof'ivo or six days. I will visit the chief tribes in tho neighborhood, and do all I can to concil iate good feeling. The Osprey will re main hero until our return, and I hopo by that time some vessel will have ar rived to relievo us. I havo a good pilot and interpreter to accompany me, and the cruiso I feel will bo propitious. J. M. Selden. Gold Id Clarke Co., W. T. Tho Vancouver Independent gives the following: It has been known by somo jiersons ever sinco tho exciting mining times of 1857, that there was more or less gold existing in the small streams running through Clarko county to tho Columbia, but in tlio anxiety to make big hauls tho miners all went to tho mountains, abandoning tho lower fields whero gold was known to exist. Last October, Hein Kuljicr, an old miner, and J. O. Smith, Iwth residents of this city, went out to prospect Uurnt Uridgo creek, which empties into Vancouver Lake, two and a half miles north ami west of this city. They finally set some sluico boxes on the land belonging to M. Wha ler, Esq., and when tho rain would let them, worked oil and on tor n montu, just long enough to clean up u couple of times and demonstrate that there was pay in tho dirt. They labored under somo difficulties, as tho fall was slight, tho weather bad, and thu tailing had to bo shoveled out, but they made about threo dollars a day to tho man. This set owners of land on creek bottom to think ing, and among them George Tooloy went to prospecting on tho piece of ground nearest to tho head of tho lake, below all tho others. Ho boon demon strated thero was good pay in tho bottom, and continued at work running a ditch to got water. When Portland parties heard of tho discovery thoy camo over to look after it. For several week negotia tions for tho purchase cf tho proisjrty by thoso Portland parties havo been going j ci,led, tho Portland men ogreo- on. and last weeK u imrirain was con ing to pay SI 0,000 for Tooloy's properly und putting down 600 forfeit to secuie tho imrcha.se. Thoy also imrchnsed T. J. Wilson's land abovo tho Tooloy farm, lor c-i-UW. iooiev sun reiaiiis mo pieco above tho roa) wheio ho lesides, which is as rich in gold as any other liart of the bottom. Whether any min ing operations aio to bo carried on this season by the Portland parties we havo no information. Although tho existence of these paying diggings have been known hero all Winter, no public men tion has been made of it for the leason that it would do no good to create an excitement that would 'ill tho county with a lot of needy adventurers who could do nothing on their own account, as every available foot of mining ground was held by fanners and land owners, without whose consent no mining could bo done. Now the tield will lo devel oped, and it is certain to pay well, with out bringing along with it the evils of a mining excitement. One or two old miners from the upper country have sig nified their intention of prospecting the country nearer tho mountains this sea- wn, and they will find, as Vancouver nun have found Itfore them, a show in many , places, and perhaps good mining 'aouud. Moses and Homily. ABRIVAL OF THE INDIAN CHIEFS Chief Moiei' Nophew Jim nnd Warrior Halena, or Littlo Wolf, Accom pany Them More to Come Abra ham Lincoln, tho Interpreter Hotel Putt on a Clean Shirt nnd Roiemblci Henry Ward Beeoher. P.y the steamer Vancouver last Fri day, arrived Major W. H. I'oyln and Lieut. V. E. S. Wood in company with the above-named Indians. Major lloyle having them directly under his chatgc, escorted them to the store of Messrs. Fishel .t Roberts, vhere they weio fitted out in a fashionable style. The news of their arrival soon spread through tho town, nnd ajgrand rush was made to find them, and when it was generally known that they wero rigging themselves out at tlio store of Fishel k Itoberts, that storo was completely packed with anxious ones, determined to get a glimpse of tho great chief who had created so much ex citement east of thu mountains. Owing to their return to Vancouver tho siine afternoon, and they being so busily en gaged in their purchases, wo weieun- Lable to gain much information from them, and therefoio cimuot taw our renders ns full n desci iption as we would like to. I HI El' VOSE.s. Moses is chief ot the Leeslau tribe of Indians in tho Vakiniacottntiy, and also of nil thos'i renegade tribes in that sec tion f country." He is a warrior of about the ago ef 00, though appears ically to be one of about )" or f0. He is about 6 feet and 10 incite? in height, and weighs about 10 pounds, nnd is of a pale or yellowish complexion, and has an expression of intellgcnce beaming in his countenance. Ho does not wear his hair long as Indians orJinaridy do, but just about down lo his coat collar, lie was me niimireu i mem nu, him mtuii sequence could haiilly find time and room to don his new rig, which paitly consisted of ft largo broad-brim white hat, daik-colored pants and sack coat, white shirt, standing collar, with black silk necktie. After ho had got every thing on pertaining to his now outfit, he took iv look at himself in the large mir tor, and said in oxpressivo words : "Nikn bias close ! Hcep n nmmool: look !" w hich of course everybody understood to mean, " All is satisfactory. Hook fine." Ho then wiped his nose in his hand, nnd called foi n pocket-handkerchief, which was at once handed him, and ho stepped aside to make room for CHIEr' IIOMII.V, Who npnenred in his now suit similar to that of Moses, save tho white shirt. Homily is n kind of sub-chief or chief of tho Walla Walla tribe of Indians, and is aged about SO; wears his hair, which is faintly streaked with gray, very long, and weighs something near tho weight of Moses, ho is about ft feet 7 inches in height, and has something of an intelli gent !k nboutahim. M08E&' NKl'HEW. This warrior is about C feet and 2 inches in height, nnd makes n fiuu largo looking Indian. In selecting Ids suit ho patterned greatly after his old uncle. HALENA, OU LILTLE VSOLP, Is a kind of Medicine Man or sub-chief, but looks moio liko a runt of tho low Siwash tribe, however, ho had not yet got his rig on when wo last saw him, and will perhaps greatly improve thereby. AllKAHAV LINCOLN, Tlio interpreter for theso parties, is a half-breed, but from just what section of the country we did not learn, in fact did not have tho opportunity of con versing with him, he being kept so busy in tho performance of his duties. VfAJOU CONNOVEK Will shortly join this party at Vancouver with a few braves from tho Umatilla county, when ho and Major Uoylo will at once juoceed to Washington with their victims, which will likely bo by tho next steamer leaving heie. h:ollALLA, Or the spiritualist and dreamer, could not bo found at tho time of the leaving of theso from their home, however, ho may yet bo found and brought on. Wheat In $1 CO a bushel utUolsoClty. Considerable sickness prevails about Lebanon. An Odd Fellows' Hall Is to be built at Jefferson. Lewlsville, l'olk county, lias an antl Cliiueseclub. Clothes lino thieves aro prowling around Seattle. A retired printer Is about to build n palatial mansion at Corvallls. Two now grain warehouses are to be built at Hulsey this Spring. Iiacticlor Blowouts make long even lugs endurable at ISuenu Vlstu. Tho Tacoma pest luiuno lias been robbed of bedding, stove pipe, etc. Independence wants a new bridge to connect tlio old with the new town. Montana nnd Idauo jeoplo want a mail route over the Mullen road, and they ought to have It. The sloop Magnet is very rapidly assuming the form and dress of a steamer. Indeed, she can no longer be classed as a sloop, and she will be a steamer in which all can share a pride with her owner J. W. .Munson. Quite a gold excitement bus lieeii created In and about Lancoiiuer by the arrival of a couple of men from the head waters of the Skagit river with a large quantity of heautllul gold dust The Vancouver Independent sayn: Cheap faro on the steamers plying be tweeu an francisco ami rurimuu is having tho effect of stocking Oregon nnd our Territory with hordes of roughs that for years huvo been the terror of tho good people of California. State and Territorial. Tho new grlt mill nt Turner has commenced vork. Tho Town Talk says the Salem post ofllce received over a,000 letters In one day. The California and Oregon Land Com pany have -10,000 acres of land In the Lakevlew school district. Abo Thorp, In penltetitlnr;f cr steal ing from Wasco county, has been par- dotted. Of course who next? Mrs. Nelly Cory, of Coos county, Or., tool; tho prize as the best lady skater nt u skating carnival at Cleveland, Ohio. Eleven thouand head of eattlo will be driven east from tho Malheur country, as soon as weather nnd feed will warrant their starting. Tho Junction Republican says that plnce will Improvo a great deal tho coming season. Already carpenters nro nt work on a new brewery. Tho State Lino Herald snys Peter French, living In the vicinity of (Stein mountain, has sold li!,000 head of cattle, which will be taken to tho l'latt early in tho Spring. The purchaser also wants 150 caddie horses. The Chcwnucan Ditch and Irrigating Company lins organized. The object of this company Is to reclaim certain tracts of desert lands lying between tho Chcwnucan river nnd Hummer Lake. Tho water Is to be taken from the Che waucan. Tho Seattle Tribune says Mr. King, of Part Madison had been Indicted by the grand Jury for cutting timber on L'overnmciu Janus. Hirtivo nmi i.eary appeared for the defendant nnd moved that tho indictment be (plashed, on the ground that there was no law to punish an oflensu of this kind, committed prior to lb7. lliu Indictment was accord ingly (itialicd und the dcfeiident dis charged. Kph McFnrland, an old printer, lias a aw mill at Klickitat. Mr. Urooks building u new Hume for tho Dalles water work". Crop prospects at this time are good for Clarko county, W. T. Charley ilrny Intends to organize tv brass band at the Dn'lc. The Mountaineer learns that there urofi-!! school children In Dalles City. A beautiful monument isercted (o the memory of the late H. J. Waldron, of tho Dalle-. Lebanon now has four saloons, and tlio people want somo temperance ern saders to help them out. Col. Thomas Lang was nt the Dalles and reported his sheep looking well. Other sheep men say the same. Judge Deady will lecture to-morrow evening at the Dalles In behalf of tho Workiiigmen's Reading Room and Li brary. Subject Trlnl by Jury. J. M. Rloomficld dug up iv gold thim ble In his garden nt Vancouver tho other day, but as tho falrownor'H name was In it ho concluded it hud not been planted. The Astorlan says Mr. A. H. Sales has purchased and refitted' tho sloop Morning Star, built her over ami re named her Lencttn. Hho mado her first trip to tho city yesterday. Several emigrants looking for homes arrived In Vaucouvor from Kansas on Saturday Inst. Ono of thorn, Mr. Rob erts, was cleaned out by tlio Cheyenne Indians In their raid last Full. To the Sona of tho Farmer. Some may desiro to go to the city be cause they will there havo specially favorable opportunities to gather in formation to become very intelligent. I do not deny that facilities" for acquiring knowledge of certain kinds abound much more in towns thnu in rural districts. Rut you should understand that the country furnish s really better oppor tunities, in somo respects, to tho student than the city does. When once regularly engaged as n clerk inaiuercantilo house, or as a subordinate in any city business, your time for self-improvement, if not entirely .wanting, if, nt most, sadly limite,(l. Your work is apt to need, and your employer to demand most, if not all your time. Jt is better to attend school in the country than in town. The fewer nnd simpler tho nttractious around the school tho moio likely you will be to study faithfully nnd learn fust. I do not JiesiUvto to say that tho farm is a good pluco for gathering iufoimation and oil tivating tho mind. Then', any literary work is iiioi o like rccieatiou. 1 know what it is to plow all day and sit down und lead by torch-light at night. The night all tho your round in tho farm or'i. homo furnishes excellent opportuni ties for mental improvement. There aie alho many rainy days or other times of leisure which can b- oicupKsl in leading und study. As you havo Iors company Jess to divtrt your mind in the country, you will there feel moio iuteiest in your books. They can chaim you moro because they have fewei uni. less jKitent rivals than in town. And von ought to learn much and have iv well trained mind lefoie you waudei from tin circle of indulgent "friends to nsk your foitune among strangers. Valuable Property For Bale. 1 otitr for sale iny homo in Salem, tnu of the mokt dinirnllu location in that (it), very -omfortallo dwelling hovk with cij a;if ol ground stuclml, valuaUc fnut on tlio place, good talili, txivlUi.t well of 'iving utur, "unV. ilwp in tut bid-rock. I'niu t.M0. Abo mty-tlirtre a.ro one mil, and a half fnim Uiwn, ono-fnurth in jiluin and prune orchard vontaiu H,W trit in good cultiva tion, one-fourth m wheat, ground newly gruMd. 'flu i a valcab'.e proity, with a well of hv!iij5 water on it, ftnto.1 in thrto ticlilni uiim m..l ttaWt. rroni it tliire is ono of thu mst U-autifol view to Ia found in Oiyn. I'mc .VJan acre. Teniit of payiiibu; ia.i i iiiaile iay en both the eioct of j.rjrty. Aililre, S. . Cutl.hr, f-'anntr Oiiue, J'ortlai.i' QtV. W (,.-, rrrr.tr OHue, !.' WAKELEE'S PATENT SQUIRREL AND GOPHER T SOLD BY H. P. WAKELEE JE3 RmiBTiLTOR Corner Montgomery and Busk Sts nuirl-lru FARMERS, STOCKMEN, MECHANICS AND OTHERS We would lespectftilly coll nttintion of nil parties intcreatitl In obtaining Ej3CtraacL lo'w lor Kvcrytliing In tlio I.lno of D RY RY moods clothing Roods Plothing RY RY I forms I.I.OTHING MOODS) WliOTHINGi ETC., Tlmt wo me pieiitiiiu t" iiMte our Spring Price-Li8t for 1879 astonishing Hodiictions I l: l.l. ( I.AN"IVS In Uioe ibvir.ii, tn make iiuvliaie. vtlictlur ni I'ortlaiiti "i lliervvie, nun win uinii P . SELLING, x. o. Box -ax-a. IMH STOCK Who im-,1 llilli for Spring Announcemcntr, ljirgtt Stock of llortu Cutn in tliu Statu on liiuid. Of ever)' eoiKiivablu variety that nru lined in the tiaiiwtiou of Legal, (,'ninintrcinl an4 Matrimonial lltiiut, in stock hy thu thninuuil. Matchless Printing; Toil KVKItV HltANCII l)V HUSINKS4. BOOK-BINDING AND PAPER-RULING ! Kelt's OF MUST lsll-OUTI.il, VM(ll.lM.i: AMI IIKTAII. llKM.I.It IN SEEDS, GARDEN SEEDS - FLOWER SEEDS, FRUIT AND EVERGREEN TREES, PLANTS, ETC. Alfalfa, Qruss nnd (ilovur .Seeds, in Largo Quantities, ami oiTun-il in Lots to Suit I'urdiaser. OKKAT REDUCTION' IN PRICKS. SEED W REHCUSE, 315 AND 317 WASHINGTON ST., Sxul Franoisoo. THE M'V W THE NEW fcv fiRF.AT .rfZ3r Establishment SSStfa Contonnial Block, Tbo Middle Store, Bet. Morrison and Yamhill Streets lMI'UieiKlt AMI v IIOI.I.vM.K AMI General Merchandise, DRY & FANCY GOODS, SILKS, LATEST NOVELTIES CLOTJ1JNGANDFURNISH1NGGOOJJ Boots and Uhoos, GrocorieH and Provisions. Order rroni the Country Nullclled, All HIikIh ol Product VGA IN IN SADDLES , UllUHIJUII, IfMlVUIIU) SADDLERY HARDWARE, ETC. uo xF.OKrI, so1.. nn.t isicio, poiiTiiAWia Ai-int fcr f.i.tLu I'iriljL td lint L.t Mj.tiuttut.iririL'!uiijl.ilil r .Muni in liii t ut tun iu..m ri t ilUJliU.lT Ut L..'. lUVi U'l la.l'U Alo. i. friifrrul (alruc (riu4l) (.n I11.1 ut hail lra-Jv.o iri.M A '"I A"ttiii.t cl Ctimtiril huro IUri, ALL DEALERS. &. CO., PROPRIETORS., , San Francisco, Ual, IDl"10S ! mrocries Hrooeries I Troceries MROCERIESi 33TO. ur Vilnius, .V.M CDPP . To I'-uties remliiiK their mi i me" ' PORTLAND, OK. """ " MBIT! IioiiM cnid in tlifirunUni early. Thu P I STYLUS. hfw&F Establishment On Sooond Stroot, Tho Middle Storo, Bot. Morrison Hand YamU"il! Stroots. IMTAII. IIF.AI.KKS IN llouitbl und Hold. C0MST00K AND PFLTJGER, BUSINESS! MAMTAlTt IlliK AMI IMI'OI.TI It Hi HARNESS. BRIDLES, WHIPS. 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