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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
At Work.
,)The steam wheat cleaner which lias
'(Iono such excellent service durincr the
past Fall, is steadily at work at Pacifio
Dock. Thousands upon thousands of
bushels have Leon prepared by this ma
chine for foreign markots.
Oun Gnnners.
The Astorian tolls of two boys at that
place who have been doing somo fine
gunning lately. Thoy killed sixtvon
hundred gecso and ducks in October.
The next best shot was mado when Air.
,Johnson killed four honking goeso on
tho wing, all thero was in tho flock.
Being Dismantled.
The steamer Gov. Grovor was brought
down to this city on Tuesday last and
taken to the boneyard. Her machinery
is boing taken out and overhauled, pre
paratory to shipment up tho Columbia,
Tho hull will be sold for a wood scow in
all probability.
Damaged Hay.
On Sauvie's Island thoro still romains
in the held many hundred tons of hay
boing exposed to tho weather. Hay in
windrows, in stacks and unraked, may
lio Been at almost o cry tarm, nnd tho
loss will bo sevens. A long cold Winter
is predicted in which ovent hay will
ruth up to fancy figures beforo nnothor
Spring,
Lighthouse Tender.
The steamer Mary Taylor arrived at
Astoria from Puget Sound on Wednes
day, to act as a tender to tht construe
tion of tho now lighthouse on Tillamook
rock. She is not quito so largo as tho
Canby, but appears to bo very solidly
built. How slio will stand bar work
remains to be seen.
Bread for tho Starring.
Two charitablo ladies of this city wore
engaged during tho past few days in col
lecting funds to forward to Sister Mary
Frances dure, nt Kenmaro, Ireland, in
rosponso to her appeal for tho Buffering
people by whom slio is surrounded. Wo
aro proud to say thoy wcro very suc
cessful. Company Reorganized.
1 Tho Itenton Coal Company has bcn
reorganized, considerable stock having
boon taken by Sun Francisco capitalists;
and tho Talbot Coal Company a mine,
located on a portion of tho namo vein,
baa been bought out, nnd the Itenton
inino will now bo started up, taking out
coal through tho Talbot tunnel.
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Another Accident
But a few days ago vro published an
account of tho Harvest Qucon striking
on Black Bock, in Umatilla rapids, and
'' now comes a report that tho steamer
Almota yosterday met with a similar
imiahap. Sbo was towing a scow
through the channl when she struck. It
was only by the grcatost efforts that she
Twas gotten otrv
Waeoe Jim.
Last ovoning Deputy Sheriff Bald,
win, of Wasco county, arrived in this
city, having in charge a pilfering indi
vidual who revels in tho namo of Wasco
uim. He assaulted a gentleman with
tho intent to rob him, being tinned with
a gun at tho time, and for this amuse
ment ho was given livo years in tho pen
itentiary, no was taken to Salem this
morning.
The New Zldorado.
A large party of miners rcturnod to
Aoattlo yesterday morning from tho
Skagit diggings, bringing a considerable
amount of treasure. They confirm all
previous reports us to tho richness of
the mines unci state that work has been
almost entirely suspended in tho mines
on account of deep snow, and will not
ba resumed till tho last of February.
At the date they left, the 13th instant,
there was four feet of snow in the dig
gings ami-it was still falling.
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' The following persons wero installed
in oflicoM of Sumner Lodge No. 1, I. 0.
0. T., G. S. und D. S., Nov. 18, for tho
ensuing term : A. Henderson, . C;
O. A. Bitter, V. C: Wm. Glasco, P.;
Kendal Corves, B. &.; Wm. II. Hunter,
IP. S.: Reuben Crawford, T.: Mulachi
1 Johnson, P. S.; Aug. Waterford, 0. S.;
Miss Emma faykes, l V.; Jliss Harriet
Crawford, D. F,j Miss Josephine Hitter,
P. D.;,Miss Anna Clark, D. of T.; Mrs.
V.Toseitiine Ritter. D. of. P.
Puget Sound Log Harvest.
A million feet of logs recently seized
on tho Snohomish river by a U. S.
special agent of tho interior department
for being cut in violation of tho U. 8.
timber law, sold Monday at private
tie to the Part Gamblo Mill Company
for four dollars per thousand feet, high
est price now obtaining. This is the
first instance where such logs have sold
here at market value, it usually being
itho custom to sell at auction, buyers
clubbing together und bidding them in at
20 or 25 cents per thousand. Thiv and
several other fceizuro recently made
hero lmvo had the effect of putting a
slop to illicit cutting of government
iher, ana general tatistaction is ox-
sjed among, timber men at the result.
Puget Sound log crop amounted last
ir to 250,000,000 feet. Of this a sur-
HHpltfs of twenty-live or thirty minion leet
bow roiium in tno water, out win iw en
tirely oxhuusted by spring. The aver
age piice obtained is ?3 50 per thousand.
Valseilmprlsonment
Soveral months ago Richard Fitzpat-
rick wasjarrosted at Albany,1 charged
with the larceny of clothing and a ring.
Ho was apprehendod and brought to
aaleni and lias remalnod in jail ever
since. Last Wednesday he had his trial
beforo Judgo Harding and was dis
charged without blame. Whatever may
have been Dick's faults, it seems that
ho has boon mado the victim of somo
one's inalico. He camo to Portland this
morning whero ho has secured work.
Descending Jnatloo.
Somo weoks ago a man named Jack
Williams shot a man at Sitka, named
Edwin Boy, whilo in a quarrel. Last
night ho arrived hero on tho steamer
Calfornia in chargo of a Deputy U. S.
Marshal, was taken beforo Commissioner
Larason, and in default of $2,000 bonds
was sent to prison. During tho trin
down Jack Williams sravo tho officers a
great deal of trouble by attempting to
escapo at overy landing. Ho managed
to break all tho irons on the ship and
civo much trouble, and to land him safo
in prison at this city was a great loliof
to all.
First VUlt.
Bishop Junger, of Ncsqualy, pawed
through Portland last week en route for
his first episcopal visit to a portion of
His diocese, Bays tlio sentinel. On oun
day last ho dedicated the Catholic
church at Cowlitz, and on next Sunday
ho will dedicate tho now church recently
croctcd at lacoma, W. T. Wc under
stand that it will bo called St. Leo's.
Bight Bov. J. B. Brondcl, rccont rector,
wm assist numon J ungor on tno occa
sion, this being tno first time in many
years when two bishops wcro present at
such a ceremony in that portion of
Washington Territory.
Railroad Burvoy.
John Wilson, with a corps of assist
ants, went down on tho cars a fow dnvs
ago to continue and comploto tho survey
of Eastwick of tho Utah Northern ex
tension of tho Union Pacific down tho
Columbia liver, says tho Wulla Walla
Statesman. Tho examination of tho
rouio was mado as tar as Uelilo somo
months since, at which it was brought to
an abrupt tmimniition. This new niovo
ment given tho work an earnestness that
lookH liko business. Wo havo no olijec
tious to interposo to these publio im
provomontn.
Oregon's Mineral Wealth.
A Briof Deacrlptloa of the Granite Creek
Mine of .Eastern Oregon.
As tho minos of Eastern Oregon prom
iso to rival any ever opened on tho Pa
cifio Coast, tho people must feel an in
terest in their progress. A correspond
ent sends tho following communication
to an Eastern Oregon oxchango:
No mining camp on tho Pacific Slope
has finer prospects than Granite creek.
Tho hopes and expectations of tho own
era of the different ledges aro bullded
upon no uncertain foundation. If threo
or four quartz mills and two or throo
thousand miners aro not busy thoro in
unearthing from uaturo het hidden treas
ures of gold and silver within eighteen'
months wo Bhallbe greatly disappointed.
Tho main tunnel in tho Monumental tnino
has cut through sixteen distinct ledges;
tho average width of these ledges is about
sixteen inches. From prcsont appearan
ces sevoral of thoso lodges will consoli
date on a largo oro body not far below tho
prosont levol, as the progress has been
Baloldo at Astoria.
Tho Astorian publishes tho following
dotaila of a tuicido: A dog belonging to
Mr. Danzigor of this city, committed
Huicido yesterday by jumping into tho
bay at inch wator. JNo causo can bo
assigned fot tho rash deed unless it was
that this particular canino got a huge
disgust at soeing so many worthless curs
in tho stroots. And that brings us
down to seriously contomplato tho scene.
It should bo enough to make tho stout
est dog's heart sick. Almost any hour
of tho day from two to throe hundred
dogs can Ik counted in Astoria. If they
all paid tax os tho department might
havo stoam added to tho old discardod
hand engine
Salem Woolen Mills.
Messrs. B. P. Earhart, T. W. Dav-
onport, Gcorgo A. Edcs, Lewis John
son, L. E. Pratt, W. II. II. Waters and
Col. 0. A Reed havo incorporated tho
Willamette Woolen Woik Company,
with tho object ot rebuilding the woolen
mills at Salem which wero destroyed by
hro somo years ago. J. his is an enter
priso in tho right direction. Tho build
ing up of manufactories is of vital Im
portance to Salem and is tho only means
to render the place anything moro than
a mere trading post for the immediato
neighborhood. It would be well, how-
A Terrible Explosion.
The Cylinder Head of the Steamer D. S.
Balcor Blown Oat-Hair's Breadth
Escape of Several Soldiers.
Considering tho danger to navigation
on tho Upper Columbia river tho 0. S.
N. Co. have been vory fortunate during
tho past season, tho boats having sus
tained but few injuries of any oonso
quenco. At Umatilla rapids oxists ono
of the most difficult points to navigation.
Two immonso rocks lie in tho main
channol between which boats must run
with a swift current, thoro being not
moro than fivo feet to sparo on cither
sido of tho boat. Last week tho Moun
tain Queen ran on ono of thoso rocks
and swung around across tho current,
striking her whoel on tho other rock,
crushing it to nieces. Her forward part
was not stove but morely dug out by tho
collision. Sho was hauled off by tho
Gates nnd went into Winter quarters.
The most serious accident of tho season
occurred to tho handsome steamer D. S.
Baker on Saturday last, whilo coiner
up tho river under a full head of steam ' downward, tho gold which preponder
in order to nmko progress against tho atcd near tho surfaco has diminished
strong current. There wcro sixty sol-' and silvor increasod.
diers on tho lower dock, many of whom ' Wo went through tho mill; it is n
wcro sianuing near tno engines wnen . compicwj one, uo oxcencu oy any on
witn a icartui explosion ono ot tho cyl
inder heads burst, throwing pieces of iron
in every direction ns if shot out of a can
non. At almost the samo instant
another explosion occurred, filling tho
lower room with steam. Great excite
mont followed, as everybody thought tho
boat was geing to blow up. Tho sol
diers flow around liko mad and every
body was frightened. When tho steam
cleared away it was ascertained that both
cylihder heads had been blown to frag
ments and strange to say not a man
hurt. Ono soldier had a holo knocked
through his coat near his breast, tho
iron just cutting his vest, und nnothor
lost tho ornamental figuro-hoad from his
cap by another stray piece of tho casting,
but not one was scratched. Tho boat
was towed down tho river as soon as as
sistance arrived, where hho will rccoivo
thorough ropatrs at onco and ugain ro-
Bumo her important route. As to tho
cauo of tho accident wo wero not in
formed but supposo it must havo bcon
from t03 much steam pressure.
Northland.
Tho Alaska Oold Fields bear a promis
ing Outlook General News
from the North.
ever, for tho now company to look well
to their title to the water power ami
mill site beforo improving, it too oxton
siely. A Perilous Situation,
Two Man Upset From a Skiff on the Uppor
Vlllamctto Narrow Eaoapo.
Late yosterday afternoon, as tho
steamer Occident, Cajit. Miles Bell, was
coming down the river, and when about
a quarter of u milo bolow Eola, and ob
ject was scon bobbing up und down in
the (water, which, on close inspection,
proved to be a man clinging to a snag in
tho river Captain Bell immediately
stopped the steamer, und ordered a small
boat to bo lowered for tho rescue of the
imperiled person. Upon being brought
on board tho Occident, the man, whose
namo is Bos, said that he and John Cline
started to como down to Salem in a
skiff, and when this side of Eola, tho
boat they were in struck a snag and
capsized, throwing tho men into the
water. On coining to the surface, Ross
grasped tho snag, which was not much
thicker than a man's arm, whilo Cline
got upon the skill' and floated down the
current. Ross had been in the water
two or threo hours when rescued, and
have held on but a little longer. Cline,
who it Ls feared had been drowned, is
alive and well, having been rescued from
his perilous situation by Hank Sterling,
who lives on tho bank of the river a
short distanco aliovo town, on tho Polk
county sido. Cline was well nigh gone
from cold anil exhaustion when Hank's
friendly hand saved him.
Etiquetto requires that a call shou
not be moro than 15 minutes. T h
rule docs not apply to nowspajwr offices.
Editors don't have anythiug to do but
receive visitors.
Tho following items of nowa was re
ceived last evening from Port Townsend
by telegraph:
Tho steamer California, which arrived
this ovoning from Sitka, reports very
strong southerly winds aad stormy
weather. The California landed tho
ntw engine and boilers for tho A. G. Ac
8. M. Co., at their wharf in Silver bay,
Superintendent'Pilz will have it running
in five weeks. Ore in tho Stewart im
proves as they go in. The Stewart ships
its third bar of cold, value $800. having
run threo days when the wator source
froze.
Tho director of tho Great Eastern
have resolved to commence work early
in tho spring, and havo levied an assess
ment of fifty dollars per sharo for tho
orection of a mill.
Haley and tho owners of the Witch
lmvo sont to Oregon for mules, and will
start four arastrjs on tho return of the
California.
Tho U. S. marshal is on board tho
California with Jack Williams, who
shot Robert Roy. Williams will bo
tried in Portland. Roy will probably
recovor, although affected with hemorr
hage of tho lungs, and too weak to como
down as a witness.
Paymaster Ring, of tho Jamestown,
is on board en route to San Francisco
for funds.
Lieut. Ellsworth, of tho marines, is
also on board in chargo of fivo prisoners
for Benicia, and Jack Feigh with tho
lody of James Burns which ho packed
on sleds a distance of two hundred miles.
John Muir has not returned from tho
Chilcat country. Ho has been hoard
from twice. Th& Indians up to that
time wero peaceably inclined.
Tho California brings forty-two thou
sand dollars in treasuio from Casaiar and
Sitka.
A Horrlblo Outrago
A Young Lady Named Holbrook Overpow
ered Near Bolao City by a Stranger
and Her Person Violated.
The following account of a fiendish
outrago was received last evening by
telegraph : "On Wednesday at about
11 o'clock A. M., whilo Gcorgo Hoi
brook's daughter, a girl tdxtcen years
old, who livs forty miles nolow hero on
tho Boise river, was out not moro than
forty yaids from tho house a stout built,
middled aged man came up behind her
out cf some brush, unobsened, caught
her and choked her o that she could not
sneak, and ravished her. The girl madu
a desperate struggle and had her clothe
nearly torn oil" her. Sho soon after got
to tho house, whero thero was no ono
but her mother and little children. Her
father was hent for, a milo off, and tho
neighborhood turned out fifty strong
and hunted all day Wednesday nnd aio
still hunting for tho man. Ho appear
to be a stranger in tuo neighliornood,
and is supposed to Leloug to u gang of
cittlo drivers. The excitement is gieat,
and if the right man is caught ho will he
hung without ceremony."
tho Comstoclc It will crush about ten
tons of ore. Tho mill started nn on tho
10th; but tho outsido world should un
derstand that tho Monumontal is not
tho only rich ledge in tho district; on
tho contrary, wo think tho Bsagle boy's
claim, tho claim of John W. Larkin.and
tho Northern Light, aro equally as ric'.i.
The Beaglo brothors havo taken out rock
much richor in gold nnd equally as rich
in silver as any that over camo from tho
Monumental. Tho Sunset nnd Morning
Glory aro both good sized lodges which
prospect well and assay high.
Woostcr brothers havo two or threo
rich ledges and aro working them. John
W, Larkin will put a tunnel through
his this Wintor. Fivo arrastras havo
bcon running during tho Summer on ore
taken fiom ledges around tho Beagle
lodge; wo aro informed thoy havo ull
paid well.
Mr. Wheeler, a woll known mining
expert from San Francisco, has bcon ox
amining tho mines ubout tho Monu
mental; ho was favorably impressed.
Railroad Work.
Work on tho Northern Pselflo Railroad
Being Pushod Along Rapldly-Scaxolty
of Water.
Work is being prosecuted with great
vigor on this line from Ainsworth in
land. Thero aro now 17 miles of grad
ing finishod, two mi.'cs of railroad iron
on tho ground and 30 miles morn on the
Columbia which will be landed within
10 days. By Spring 25 miles of track
will bo laid; an engino and cars are now
en routo from Tacoraa. Tho company
is laboring undor many difficulties, not
tho least of which is tho scarcity of
water along the track; in a distanco of
21 miles from tho river they havo only
succeeded in obtaining wator in two
places, and theso aro wells sunk to a
depth of 128 feet, so they havo to draw
wutnr from thoso two wells by means of
buckots, and haul it over 15 miiei to
supply the whole force.
A Girl's Enoounter with a Deer.
Four or fivo miles back of this place,
in an old log cabin, lives Thomas Hon
dershot Ho has a protty daughter
ubout 18 years of ago. Clara Hondcr
shot can row a boat, shoot a gun or trap
a boar as well as any man in tho county.
A few days ago she started across tho
lako known as tho great WUker Pond,
to visit a friend. Sho used a light boat
belonging to her father, and carried, as
was her custom, a small rifle sluug
across her shoulder by a loathcr strap.
When nearly in tho center of tho lako
she discoveied an object in tho water, a
short distanco off, and approaching
nearer, found that it was a large fivo
piongod buck, which had been driven in
by dogs. Sho immediately unslung her
gun and, after taking aim, tired. The
ball passed through the deer's neck,
making a painful wound. Tho animal,
enraged, struck at the boat with its front
foot, completely shattering the fragile
bark, which sunk, leaving Miss Hender
shot in tho water with the infuriateJ
buck. She was plucky and could swim
well, ami as tho deer camo toward her
she caught it by tho horns and plunged
her hunting knifu into its neck, killing
it instantly. Sho then called for help,
and as none arrived mIio nwam to tlio
shore, about a quarter of a mile and
Lurried noino. .She put on dry clothes
and procuring another bout, rowed out
to whero tho buck was floating und
towed it to bhoie. When dressed, the
animal weighed nearly 280 pounds.
This is tint seventh deer Miss Hender
idiot has killed.
A Libelous Letter.
In tho San Francisco Call of rcocnt
dato We find tho following articlo copied
from tlio Army and Navy Journal, with
out a word of commont, which was the
same as to say thoy indorsed it Tho
news editor of that paper must cither
be ignorant of facts or wilfully prints an
articlo which greatly mssreprosonts facta
and is a web of misstatements from bo-
ginning to end :
on earth that could havo made thorn fal
tor in their determination to go down
to Oregon City and dio liko men for tho
salvation of their tribo.
At Oregon City theso men walkod
with their heads orcct and with tho
bearing of Senators from their little
boat, amid tho gibes and jeers of a bru
tal crowd, to tho jail which was to bo
the last covering thoy would, ovor havo
over thoir heads.
Tho trial camo on, tho jury wan im
panelled, and Captain Claiborno, of tho
Mountod Rifles, volunteered to defend
ino urst sottiomonts in Uregon, somo tho Indians, who wero told that thoy
thirty years ago, wero made by a col
ony ot Aicthodists. Uno of tho princi
pal men among thorn was tho late Air.,
or Governor, Abernethy, as ho was
called, as ho was for a short timo tho
prominont Govornor of Oregon. Ho
was the father-in-law of our genial Dop
Uty Quartermaster-General Henry C.
Hodges, an cxccllont man, and ho must
not bo rcmombored as ono of those who
was responsible for tho shocking pro
ceedings wo are about to relate. A min
ister by tho ramo of Whitman, wo be
lievo, had gouo up to tho Walla Walla
region, whero he was kindly received
by the Cayuse and othor friendly Indi
ans, who, whilo thoy did not particular
ly desire to bo convertod to tho Christ
ian faith as expounded by ono of Wes
loy's followers, saw no special objoction
to tho presenco of tho missionary. So
thoy lived quietly along for n year or
two; then tho mcaslos broko out among
thl Indians, nnd a largo number of them
wcro enrroid off. They woro told by
thoir medicino mon that tho disease was
owing to tho prosenco of tho whites and
Mr. Whitman was notified that ho must
leavo tho country. FilloJ with zeal
for the cuusc, nnd not having scuso
enough to grasp tho situation, ho refused
to go.
At this timo tho pcoplo of tho Hud
son's Bay Company had great influouce
with all tho Indians in that region, nnd
tho good old Govornor, Peter Skcen Og
don, was the chief factor of tho company
at Fort Vancouvor. Ho was apprised
of the state of feeling among tho Indi
ans near tho mission by tlio Indians
themselves, nnd ho was entreated by
them to urge Whitman to go nway, for
if ho did not ho would surely bo killed.
Tho governor wroto up to tho mission
advising them to leave, for a whilo at
least, until tho Indians should becomo
quiot, which thoy would do oh soon us
tho measles had run its courso among
them. His efforts wcro useless, and
euro enough, ono day in 1817, wo be
lieve, the mission was cloauod out, tho
missionary and nearly all thos? con
nected with it being killed.
An Indian war follows. This was
carried on for somo months, and with
littlo damage, but sufficient for
a claim by tho Torritory upon the gen
eral Govcrumont for untold amounts of
money. Two or three years later, when
tho country had commenced to fill up
with emigration, and after tho regiment
of mounted riflemen and two companies
of tho Frst Artillery had taken post in
Oregon, the people began to think that
it would be well to stir up the matter of
the Whitaan family. General Jo Lano
had been sent out as Governor in lUi'J,
and he, doubtless, thought it would bo
a good thing for him politically to
humor tho people of the Territory.
Lano was a vigorous, resolute Western
man, who had been a general officer
wcro to havo a fair trial, and that thoy
would not be punished unloss thoy woro
found guilty. To all this they paid no
heed. They said it was all right, but
thoy did not understand a word of what
thoy wcro compollcd to listen to for sov
eral days, and thoy cared nothing for
tho forms of law. They had como to
dio and when somo witnesses sworo that
thoy recognized thom as tho very Indi
ans who killed Whitman all of which
was explained to them not n tnusclo of
their faco changed, although it was sus
pected that tho witnesses wcro novor
near tho mission at tho timo of tho mas
sacre. Tho trial was over and, of
course, tho Indians wcro condomncd to
bo hanged. Without a murmur or sigh
of rccret and with a dicmitr that would
havo impressed a Zulu with profound
pity, theso men walked to tho gallowH
and wero hanged, whilo a crowd of civi
lized Americans mon, women nnd chil
dren of tho nineteenth century looked
on and laughed nt their last convulsive
twitches.
Wo lmvo read of heroes of all times,
but novor did wo read or bcllcvo that
such heroism as these Indians exhibited
could exist Thoy know that to bo ac
cused was to bo condemned, and they
would bo executed in tho civilized town
of Oregon City just as surely as would a
poor woman accused of being a witch
hao boon executed in tho civilized
Christian town of Salem, in tho good
Stuto of Massachusetts, 200 years ago.
A generation has passed away sinco
tho execution, or murder, of tho Indians
at Oregon City. Governor Lano still
lives, not as ex-Prusidcnt, but as a poor,
but sigorous old man, down in tho
Roguo River Valloy, Tho littlo nasty
town of Oregon City was tho sceno of a
self-immolation ns great ns nny of
which wo read in history, and thero
woro not threo persons thero who appre
ciated it Tlio accursed town is, wo
hear, still nastier than over, and tho in
telligent jury no man of whom dared
to havo a word of pity or admiration for
theso poor Indians with tho spectators
of that horrid scone, aro either dead and
damned, or they aro sunk in tho horrid
oblivion that is the fate of thoso who
aro born without souls.
Perished In the Flames.
The Power ot" Bat3.
It was a woman's rights meeting.
Tho Breaker was saying: Lot us take
our htand right heic, mid firmly lesolve
that neither the votes nor arguments of
the opKsito sex nor any power on this
earth, shall turn us sui'ie or moe us ono
inch from the positi " Just here a
wicked bat flew into the room, nnd the
meetiug ndjourn'-d with o much quick
new that iom of tho members lost their
luck hair. Tlio t-ptuker, who could not
bo turned aside," run seventeenth from
last in getting out of tho front dcor.
And it is not certain that the bat was
one of the "opjioiito sax," either, Nor.
Hera'd.
during tho Mexican war, nnd he then
had Presidential aspiration. So tho
Governor came to Fort Vancouver,
whero tho headquarters of the depart
ment wero established, under Colonel
Loring, of the Mounted Rifles, and pro
cured a small escort, with which ho pro
ceeded to hunt up tho Indians con
cerned in tho majaacro and demand
their surrender. By this time tho In
dians had begun to comprehend tho
power of tho Government, and when tho
Governor found them and explained tho
nature of tho mission, they went into
council to decide wluit was to bo done.
After duo deliberation, thoy weio con
vinced that if they i of used to como to
any terms they would bo attacked by
thu soldiers, ot whom they had deadly
fear, anil obliged to abandon tho coun
try forevor. So thoy mot tho Governor
and tho hoad chief said that thoy had
heard what ho hail to say. It was true
that his people had killed the whites at
tho mission, but they did ho for tho rea
son that they really thought that a ter
rible disease had been brought among
them by tho whites; that thoy had
begged them to go away from them, for
they did not wish to kill them, and that
they only killed them to Rave their own
lives, as thoy thought Ho nuid that for
this tho whites down tho Columbia had
mado war upon them irtnl killed many
more of their people than had been
killed ut the mission, and t.iey thought
they ought to lo satisfied. As thoy
weio ot, three of their principal men
had volunteered to go back with tho
Governor to Oregon City to bo tried fori
Again it bocomes our painful duty to
chroniclo death in tho flames. Thbi
time a bright young man whilo attempt-
ing to aavo property ami rescue thoso in
danger losos his own Ufa in the attempt
Ono week ago last night a camphona
lamp explodod in tho River Sido Hotel,
at Snohomish. Tho flames spread vory
rapidly, and in a few moments the build
ing was wrapped in flames. Tlio fire
und smoko startled tho inmates, and it
was only by rapid flight they mado their
cscao. Tlio scono was ono of ititonso
excitement, as it was not known if all
had been awakened. Tho flames wero
leaping and roaring into thu air, when
for one briof moment Frank Dolan, a
young man about 21 years, appeared at
tho window ami witli ono wild Bcream
ho throw up his hands and disappear) 4
forever, swallowed up in tho terrible
furnace. Thu surgo of anguish which
swept tho hearts of tho spectators can
never bo known only by fearful experi
ence. He had gouo into the building to
too that no person remained and wax
overtaken by the relentless fury of the
sea of flaiNes and burned to n crisp.
Tho sad fatu of tho boy cast a deep
gloom over tho town, and as tho last
timber f"U und tho smoking luins smoul
dered, HiluncA H8 ibep as that which cu
velopes tho city of thu dead reigned in
Snohomish. A young liin had been
yielded up while on an errand of mercy;
another grave to contain tho ushas uf i
noble marcr. Mr. Homines, thu ownor
of tli building, nnd Mr. Nader, tho
lessee, loot ver" heavily, butthogieutust
Iom was sustained by tho parents of tho
brave und noble boy who perished in tho
fiamex. Timo cmino restoio him to
their hoaithstoue. His spirit bus paised
beyond the banks und bhoals of timo
from whence u mother's players r d an
guish or a father's grief can novo, cull
him hviico. May his charred ashos rust
quietly in their tomb until thu final sum
tiling up, wIihu his noblo uct will hhino
out und ilulnfo lebser faults by its
brightiiciH, upon iho pages of tht groat
book of life
Insult to Injury,
tho numerous mends of rselsjii hoop,
of Coy county, nru grleol t learn
that tho old man has met with the mil-
' fui'liMiurit Inblli mi ii.di If., u rt w.it.t .
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nit arm.
nor, and the men bid farewell to their , .
wiies and littlo ones and to all their
tribe, for thev crv well knew that thev
went coin;: uinou-' thoio who thirsted Ifurtmi of losinj
for tlieir blood, nnd that they weio w.u. I bound, und brught n tiekit us f in
going to their death, and that death tho( n Oinnhn. Ilu wa oil' il, tarn nt
most ignominious than can lo accorded J Jiulmg-, and niw: the t'aiu Mulled, in
to the led man, as they wero to bo attempting m g-it i., fell, i whe, un
hanged liko dogf. " !niig "' hi leit aim, ii.j .rintho limb
'Jho Governor und his party left. Tho o us to iviiuirn uiiipututiou. H an
wctims gave one last look at thu Mioro
m they took tho littlo boat on the Co
lumbia, but no word of complaint ever
camo from their lips. When they ur
rived at Fort A'ancouver wo had chargo
of these Indians. They wero not ie
strained in any way, no guard was ever
Uept over them, tor there was no power
taken to thu D)unt. Ixi.piml nnd ut
turdud nt public expense, mei cltiiilitlu.s
wai hippy uii'l contented ti.l it was iu-ci-iuinod
by u l'n 1 ueiu tou'id in Ins
p!xcss!oit that ho owned land in Oos
county, and consequently a inorig igu is
iccoided in thy County I'lml'd orlliu to
ho.-utu the payment of $'2l'J.
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