Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, February 20, 1880, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FARMER. lilfomi tit Jf itrnur. IMUtD KVKH.Y rillBAV, LT rucuaiiEns ani rnorniETOiis. Term orHubacrlpllont no ccjiy ens J r (f2 limit's), in tdtsncc,,,.2 GO On copy six nionUii(M mimU'ni) ... 1 00 ns copy lliroo months (13 numUn) 0 PORTLAND, FEB. 20, 1880. TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN STATES. Cninnltlrw. llvrrua, Ftb. 14. Two henry freight trains on tbo Canada Southern Railroad coming into collision near Tllsonburg wero completely wrecked. Tho track had to bo laid around tho wro:k for passenger train. Tbo train dispatcher ha disappeared. Namivill:, Tcnn., Fob. H. Tho steam 'boat Fawn, heavily laden, ran into tho bridgo at Jacksonville last night. It is thought sbo will prove a total lots. Dir.Tiuonr, Feb. 15, Tbreo men, Cbas. Jl. Bmith, It. A. McCauley, Jr., and a col ored man named Isaao Jones, vrcro snffo catcd yesterday on n night soil bargo at Hprlng gardens, beyond tho southern ubuths of tho city. I(n(ron I'Irr, Cmc'Acio, Feb. 14. Uaumbcrgor, Bloom k Co.'a furnittiro warehouto wim partially burned to-night. Loss on building, fcGO, 000; insurances $22,000; loss on stotk, $12,C0O to 910,000, damago largely by water C'ulnrctt Women Tnkft the Itoml. Nitw Yon, Feb. IS. Thomas F. l'hilllpi, n retired merchant, aged CO, wan garrotcd and robbed on Thompson street last night by thrco colored women, who wero arrested. Flro In t'hlrnco- Cllicuio, Fob. 1G. A fire in tho F.mplro warehouse was discovered about midnight last night, and gained considerable headway beforo tho first ewilno was on tho around. It spread bo rapidly among tba iollainmablo material insido that tno engines were power lens to do more than provont its breaking through tbo doors into tho bonded ware hoMO adjrlnlbg, and which was protected by a fire wall, Tho origin of tho flro is n complutn mystery. The total vnliio of property At risk by the flro is placed nt 172,000. Insurauco $171,000, salvago ? 50,000 to $G0.000. Horn! Itltlitnurr. FonTsitourit, Feb, 1C Frank Dillingham, tho murderer, died (his forenoon from tho effects of a pistol abut wound in tho head mado by himself immediately njtfr killing his mint. I.ylns in Ninte, Uoktbul. Feb. 10. Tho remains of tho lato Bernard Davlln, cx-membor of nnrlla roout, have arrived from Colorado and aro lying in state lit m. Lawrsnco bull. 25,000 persona visited tho remalus, , .Montreal Tiilici no lMrncll Nlock. Major llovard wan rc-clccted to-day, IIo llatly refused Haturday to (alio any part In tho reception to 1'arnoll, and tho friend of mo utter tuiitavoreii 10 run nn opposition candidate, inn tuo euort laucii, A Uuail Wrrli f.ir Churl ly. Nitw Ynr.ir, Fib. 10. Janus It, Keeno gave (10,000 last week to eharllic In this city. riirMr .trrlitfiilnl." MiLWAUiat:, l'tb, 15. Cyril Iliiuloy, n prorolneut and very wealthy citUon of this city, ehot himself this afternoon while alone in a room at liomo, ilijHicinns wero hum uionod at oneo and tho wound pronounced fatal, although at a lulo hour tc- night ho w still nllvo. Tho family nud ftlends claim that tho shooting was putcly iicci- eUntal. Tnlllluc Anion? 2Iiu In Illsti ilnrc A Matcmeut was mndo timt Oonkling, speaking In citcntivo umlon regarding tho continuation of Morton, iiomlnutid ns col lector at Han Francisco, and opposing young Morton, had mado remarks uujust to tho lato Kcuntor Morton. Colliding to-day nald that luch a statement waa grossly folso. Ho never iu his llfo uttered n word ixcept in pralio of hla honored friend, tbo lato be wa ter. rubor ArIiaIIon hi iioiner. Dcnuii, Col., Feb, ID. Dunver Is nt present undergoing '.ho first labor agitation nf its history, and as tho agitation Is general, tho feeling manifest among laboring men nud others la qulto intense. Tho laboring cltises havo for several months past been gradually forming unions, until 21 organlza tlonsef tho kind have been perfected. They compilse printers, carpeuters, plumbers, ferlrk masons, stono masons, phisterciH, painters, horse shorts, saddltrs, clgur luak err, mouldiiH, barbern, waiters, cooks, black smiths, cabinet uiakirt), locomotive, cugl nmuand tlremrii. Thtso unions met lu it mass conversion last night nud took step to organise u tiftdiV niMmhly whleh it it clrlmrd will couhtltuto n votli)( btrenuth of 1.1)00. ncil n commercial patronage of 5125,- COO. It la beliovid by the leudira of tho moTrmtnt that tho e-oiiHolidatluu of tho working cliimm bids fair to play n Wrong Tart In tho politic of Denver nud the ui tiro Statu. Tho meeting was inthuklsHtlo though onltily, mid wua nttiudid by l.MHi people. It wilt iiiMiKMil iy nviral per kous, ii.cluiHng Drtek l'otutroy, 'llu Alltomt I'riliVVlii it Vlt'tuij, Ticwn, 1M, 10. On tho Oth uiktant, Cnjl. r.iul.tr, of the Oth cnMilty, roiimiimd lug ono n( tli i columua pluming huMiIc ludiuim, nf U r following lliim two daa wlili -bis iiittro couauiaid in tho diieeiiou of Him imliias, cutue fcudiUulyiipou thtm utongl) foitl&ul iu A iiunow unit rough i-injoii, '1 ho troops wild mot witbn heavy tire, uudir which h vi nil hoihen nud mm foil, Thi Indivus thill chiirgidtho lioops who gnM way i.mt ittuuUd ptll lurll, Tho litrlluuH UiuYo Li in nrroiw tho nwr. Kutious ami beddlrg weru ubiuulomil nud wcio becurrd li the IihIikuh. Um, Hutch liaea Kaiibt Ft to ) to lrok ufter Indian ttl'.iiiii in South cni Ni w Mexico, Lieut. Toury, villi Com pauy li, tUh cavahy, uumheiiug 'M men, from Fort Doale, Arirona, will rtneh Fort ll.iyard tu-dny, ami will act uudi r tbo per Bonul older of Urn, Hutch Two com pudcH of the Dili cavalry, uumbMlug 110 iiiiu, lrft KauU Fo ycMtulaytor Bouthiru Njw Mexico, 1'ir rtl Accept", tiliti nfitruu, WIU.I.IIMI, W. Ya Fib. 10. l'Arnt-U to- night Hiiniuiueid that after couslderiug tho propmillon of the Now York UtruM to liuKo iiiiu oiu oi mo cwuuHisuonf ra 10 dm UlUulo the lUtalil fund in helaud, he hud our-lilftil tu accept, piovidiil that llfcnett 'oulil nllow Mm tu appoint a proxy to nerve in IiIh siuii uiiiu no, I'arnvu, ri'iurntu 10 JreUini Ho collected $C0O hero to-ulght. Herio l tevrN oteel tu lururcernlton, Ouhvi-MhS, NVy., Feb, 10, The jirisouen i tbt kiio Jail of this cit) made n drtner- lite ' iiupt to ideupe this etrniug. When utiui uispir aua Deputy omitn went m to lock up tho prlsonim for tho night, n pris oner nam id lloyd, in for horso stealing, at tacked tho Bliorlff vtlth a ulung-chot miido of a pieco of coal tied in n handkerchief, Tho shttilT avoided tho Mobs, drew n revolver and snapped It at liojd, but tho wcapou ailed to go. 'Williams, another horsothlef, attempted to nssUt his companion, when the sherill fhot him iu tho leg, Deputy Smith grappled lloyd aud succeeded in securing him. Tho other prisoners, 15 or 20 In num ber, becamo frightened and wero locked up without further difficulty. Williams' wound is severe but not dangerous. Hllent WUiiMie. Acockta, Fob, 17. Missing county re turns of last September election wero found to-day in tho chamber recently occupied by Oov. Qarcclon, and with other pspors aro in tho possession of the investigating com mittee, who will give them special attention, Thcso papers it is caid implicate soveral persons in Kennebeo and lloscoggin, Ox ford, Franklin and Waahlngton counties, iu changing and substituting returns filed. Wholesale I'olnotiliiir. DiiMiniDor, Fa., Feb. 17. Chorion Lane, aged 21 year.", who rocently removed hero from Muryland, kilted his wife, then gave poison to Ids throo children and took a quan tity himself. Only ono child lives, and its feet aro so badly frozen that It is thought that it must dio. Till) Mllttntikle Nulrlilc. Milwaokir, Feb, 17. Cyrus F. Ilawloy, who shot lilniBClf last Sunday, died this morning. Ho was a man of considerable prominence lu Hclcntlfla circles and was a correspondent member of uovcral Luropcau BOClCtlCS, Fnlnl I.'xiiliiKlnti. GomiAM. V. II., Fob. 17. Tho boiler In John F. Thompson's steam nan mill at Km dolph, burst to-day, destroying tho mill nnd killing Fldcn Fagc, ltoger Johnson, Mr, l'roscolt and a French workman, and badly Injuring H, F. llewoy, Itnllrnail JUnlli-m. Cmcxao, Feb. 10, Tho Union Pacific to day notified tho western railroad managers' meeting hero that tliulr proposition respect ing a pro rata per mllo ticket from Han 1'iuii clsco to New York with a robuto at Nu York, was not accepted, aud that arranvu merits had bien mado with the Fennsylvanln road to carry pasicngors via Ht. Louis. Th Chlcaco roads will attempt to intcrfero wilh this plan by an appeal to tho eastern trunk lines. Tim I'rnvlnloii IIpIIpI Nhln. WiMUNiiToN, Feb, 17. Tho action of the House committee on naval affairs, which has agreed to recommend tho pasiago of a bill authorizing tho secretary of tho navy to ttso a U, 8. mau-of-war to convey to Ireland food that may be purchased for tho Buffering thcro, is considered eminently proper. Sup plies of grain, potatoes or other food that may bo purchased with contributions of cit izens of tho United Stntcn for tho Irish should bo proeured iu this country whero tuey can no outainca cucapcr ana liitler limn anywhere olsa in tho world, nud when thlii bill i pas mil, transportation will cost Letlitng. Tbo ItallrOAil Cvl.:;nnl Hiicnlt. Memorials were to-day prtsfl'lul 1 " two Houses of Congrcxfl frimi ft vay largo number of railroad olllccra protesting against tho reduction of tho rate of duty on steel rails as iujurlotu to rAllroud interests as woll as to tho interests of American steel indus try. Tho railroada represented by these officers havo a total length of 15,125 miles of road, Tho repreoeutatives of tho nbovo railroad companion announced n lurgo num ber of smaller petitions on tho way, liiiirtiiitlni Ilulcs lu ho HittUril. A convention of U. H. rjuarantluo official has been culled to meet nt Washington early in May, for tho purposo of roviuing quaran tine rules and regulatioi s, Vrnlli'i In it Fiiiiiiiiih 4'oltnii Hull, Nfcw Yoiitt, Feb. 17 Tho trial of tho suit of Qeorgo L. Kounn k llro., of Niiw Orlcuus, against Captain Otis N, Duller, formerly U. H. piirchasttig agetit, to recover u bonus of $30,000 paid to tho government during tho war for the purpose of allowing hOU ImliH of cotton to bo put in market, eudid to-day, the Jury rendering n verdict giving f2'J,B;)'J iu favor of plaintiff. Tho novel question In volved in tho caso wn tlto cpniitnicllou ol President Johnson's war proclamation, tho plaiutlff claiming that tho proclamation is aued by tho Prtsideiit Juno 13, 1805, re moved nil. restrictions, on trado nnd lutor Cirnrao lu tho territory east of tho Mississippi liver, and made tho exaction of a bonus it. legal, Tlio cotton lu question enmo troni Bhrcvoport. iu tho Hod river country, aud n bonus of 200 per cout, was paid to Captain llutler, then purchnslng agent, who turned tho mtuey iuto thu U. b. Treasury, Noiiietntiiir Ne. Btimtor Kernati will report to-day from fluuneo cocumitteo a bill for tbo celebration of tho one hundredth nnuiversary ol tho treaty of peaco aud recognition of American indupendvueo in 1783, by an international art nnd agricultural exposition In New York. Just Itvwuril lnr t'lilllilul Sorvlep. Tho Keuato committeo on luilitnry uffiilrs has authorized Senator Muxey to report for passage n nlll extending to nou-commis-vioned ofllcvrs of tho army tho mimoprhl legeaeif relirimeiit after 30 j oars' uiirltori nus nrvlri'H, piovided by law for nvu-com-missioned oflk-f r. I'riiiiiiiliil VMitiout t'tiimrt'kvliinnl Alii. It ban transpired Unit Kerginut Nolau aliout whom Cougnss lately had cuimtder alio dilute ns tu whethir lie hhould lie niiid to tho rank of llrutnmut nud then puulouid for lifo on luconut nf imicuin tho iiimy n( 3D vca.ti, was killed in tho Thotiibmg llbt. I'iiiiunl lu t'll eiuieriuiH-iil Limit, Nmv Yoiik 1VI. 18. In response to n goveimutui oltir to tu $l,0C0,OiO In bunds tliiru wi-in 17 piopiknU to Mil leii'ivul nt tho a ili-irjaiur), U4gre;itiug J,3JJ,200, nt fumi 103 5 tu 1 03 tor ti'ri tuul 5'h. A I'ubllr lli'inl'iii'lur Until. Jnsph l.niox, tunudcr of thu Lenox libiaty, died likt evmlrg, Aged 8U jen. 'Iiit McMeru l'liloii 'l'rlimijitinm. Stiivks wero buojnut today, Wi.stirn Union was lUm on n port of an extra d'vi deud i( half per ieut., and on tho decUlou huttuiuiug tbo claims nf 111 a 1'uge puteutu now ni mil ly tlio vvestiru uuiou leicgrapn Coniiiftiiv. whieh will compel all other tele graph Hues tu pay u vo.uiliv tu the Wtstern Union for the use of the intent. The do- eiiiou is very broad and cover the priucl idea iiccctstiv for the operatiou of any lustruiiiuut. Steu will be tukeu at once to eiilu'oo the elccUtou, and suits for damages will piolmtlr bt tiruuuut ai-amtt otber tele gitipli compa'iies, railroad companies aud 1 mate persons. iVritrtun! Ilulluii, CoLt'iivra, O., Feb. 18. Au account of the dlvcoiwy ol perpetual motion bv Wm. S. OUru nud Wm. F. li.velt, of llich&rd township, Marion eouuty, Ohio, is given. The truth of the aiscuvrry is vouched tor by lindlug cjllicui). It oomiUta of n large irou wheel contuiuing a Isro uumUr of slides, Inclined pautls, vto. It will start itself. Oberu is a lujllcr and Hyett is mechanio. A model Las bnu made and kcht to Wash ington to patent. Meantime tho patentees net ii it unjer iocu ana se 'tlio Tin XUut; I'.utci Iln2:uln. I'Ar.oo, Dakota, Feb. 18. Tho wcatlicr is so aoTcro thut travel west has ntruost bocn mtlrely abandoned, It costing tho Northern l'acllb S100 per passenger from Fargo to Uhniarck. This is hurting tho Black lillls travel. From St. Paul to Fargo trains run on Summer timo, bnt west of hero Old Jloreun seems to bo on an endless carnival. A dozen trains aro now trying to get either way. Mue depression oi Mercury, tho ve locity of wind and depth of snow have all been unprecedented, The oldest aborig- lnohas no recollection of anysimliarwcather, I'niicr Hen Looking rorllcller. New OiariNj, Feb. 17. Owing to tho renmkablo incrcaso in the price of printing paper, mo propnoiors oi newspapers last ovening adopted tho following: Ilesolved. Thai tho representatives ef Louisisia in Congress be and are hereby earnestly requested to use their influence to have tho duty on printiag paper, chemicals and materials used in tho manufacture thereof, removod or materially reduced. A Just Courletlon. New Yodk, Fob. 18. Rev. Edward Cow ley, manager of tbo Shepherd's Fold, on trial for tho past eight days on a charge of siurving nnu crucuy treating children, was to-day convicted, and will bo sentenced on Saturday Ucnernl AUamV Slirccar, Los Finos Auekct, Feb, 10. The con tractor has failed to furnish transportations at tho timo appointed, and General Adams and Otto Mcars were unablo to Icavo this A. M. Tho delegation is composed of nlno Indians, four Uncompabgrcs nnd five Whlto nvtr Ulct, Three of tho latter, Douglas, Johnson and Thomas aro prisoners, Tbo delegation is about tho average iu point of Intelligence, and as representative men is ahoad of thoBO accompanied by Chief Ouray. General Adams succeeded beyond tho expectation of tho pcoplo of Colorado. Few men would have accomplished so much. A Fniully Crushed, Cincinnati, Feb, 18, During a wind storm early this mornlnc, a framo hcuso oc cupied by John Delfcnbach with his wife mill tLrio children, was blown complotoly jvir, burying tho inmates under tho debris. The fslLer ws fatally injured, tho wifo aud wi itc'cst children slightly hurt, and the infant cmshed beneath the timbers. Healruellvo Freshet, The llttlo town of Osceola. Qrccno county. hai b en almost swept nwry by a freshet In liittto xiarren river. A number of nouies wero corned off with nearly all their con tents, whllo many wero hardly olio to get their furiiituro out before the wutir sub merged their homos. Goucho's tluo flour ing mill was daihed to pieces by tho water and carried dowu tho current. Tho loss is very great, probably roaehing $100,000. Importnut Unllrand Movement. Cmoiao, Feb. 18. -Furthor consolidation of western railroa 1 seems cortain. Thoso last mentioned wherein combination is fore Bhadowed aro tho St. Paul and Minneapolis and St. Paul and Sioux City and North Wis consin roads ; again it !h said that the Chi cago aud Northwestern company Is trying to obtaiu n controlling Intcrnt in soun of tllfso roads. Thcro is no doubt that some important ra!lrai' movcmcuU nro on foot In the uorlhwcit, Tho estimated oimlncs of thn Unlou Pa clflo road for January show n gain of $IG3, 000, and for tho first thirteen days an incrcaso of $G2,000, lOUraUM MiliS llitrmickn foul In' llrtluf Helmut-. Livi:i:roo' Feb. 13. It is tho iuteution of llaroiicss lhirdclt Coutts to devoto 500,- 000 to tho amelioration of distress iu Irolaud, Contradictions )nvo lieeu made, but the foot is incontrovertible. Thu money will bo Invested in tho purcbaso of liuds iu tho district of Connomara, county Ualway, to bo afterwards lot to smill tenauts on long leases, nud at moderato ronts, A committee 01 Irish gentlemen interested iu agriculture are associated iu thoucLcnio. I'rulreilAii Henint. Mahkid, Fob, II. Tho Spanish govern ment will not receive tho petition of aovornl thousund Moora asking to bo placed under tlit. nllcKlanco of Spaiu. Tho great powers will prolan! bold a coufcrcccu on Morocco affairs iu Madrid, llojnl Itccciilidlii Romk, Feb. 15. Prof. NordouokJolA ar rived at Naples on tho Yegu yesterday and had a magnificent reception. Salutes were tired nnd tho shipping and city wero gaily decorated wilh tlsgs, I'Hrllameiit Talks, l'lillniithropy Act London. Feb. 15,--The Duchess of Marl borough, writing to tho Lord Mayor of Lon don acknowledging the receipt of 2,000 bu)s that tho committeo In order to guard against a famine lu Ireland next car have purchased 10,000 worth of potatoes for distribution there. llnotlit Wuiit Money, London, Feb. 10, llussin has been sound iug llerllu and Purls firms with a Tiew to a heavy loan. Alter ttii tluvrriiiueut Treuinro. Maduip, Feb. 10. A railway train from Andalusia for Madrid, carrying tho govern ment trtusure chtst under charge of five gcu d'urnuM, was btopped on Sunday by brigands ueur Alcabur, Marshal Serrano happening tu ho a passenger on tho tralu, took command of the ecu d'urmes nud fired on the lumllts, who lied. One gen d'ariuo was wounded. I'liliiitntillu AKnliiol Divorce, Komi:, Fob. 10. Tho Pope' encyclical nt ui nat divorce itisists on tho emlneutly ie- Unions niituro cf marriage, and exhorts bishop tu urge that view upon their tlocks. Ilitliunln ucrriiM-it, Iixiion, lb. 10. In the house of com mou to-day Sir HtutToid Northcoto uu nouneed that the goverumi lit would mako an advanro lor Ireluud of 7S0,(XI0 instead of JLOl'O.UUO as mlglualiy iuteuiKd. 'llio troll t'riiurliltr, London, Feb. 17. In the House of Com mons to-night, Mil Ion, homo tile, from KilUruey county, introduced u motion in f v vor of tbetiiuulizitiun of fraueUno in Ire luud with that iu F-ughuid aud Scotland. Ho satd that tho t-xistiug luetjuaUty was n distinct breach of tho uct of uuiou. After a warm dicttsiou the motion wuk rejected, 212 to IS.!. Ueruiiiiiy' Cuasllus Trade. IIkbun, Feb. 10. Tho object of the bill inestbted iu tho bundsrath by Pruuia pro hibiting foreign veeU from engaging in tho coasting trade oi Qermauy except where the right is acquired by treaty or by '(pedal permission, is to enable th government to take reprisals against llusala and the United State. Ilaniucl Ustraordluarjr. NarLts, Feb. 10. The municipality of this city gave a splendid banquet to Prof. Nordciiftkjold and member of the Swedish Arotio expedition to-day. iUCUlClUlbT Betlra Erraad, Sin Fiuivcuoo, Fib, 15. Unemploytd worklngmen last sivht marcreil to the la cilia Mall dock nud tho committeo inter vie. wed Agent Williams, from whom they ob tained no direct satisfaction. They then waited on soveral firms and companies, but received no dtflnlto answer to their do maud. Thi- I.ntcit Invention, Martin A, Heavy, a nativo of New York, ned 43, committed milcldo at tho Galllard Hotel last night by closing tho windows aud stuffing a handkerchief iu tho keyholo of tho door to lits room and turnina on tho bis Ho left a nolo Bhowing death to be tho result oi elellucrato Intent, but nsstgutng no cause, Ilnu for IuerciMliiK llio Itellel Fund Tlio Irish societies, disposed to eclcbrato St. Patrick's day in tho usual manner, havo decidst to chargo admission to tho literary exercises, tho proceeds to bo remitted to the Irish Land Lcaguo committeo for tho benefit of sufferers. Chinese I.nuorers IHnchnrered. Sin Fiun Cisco, Fob, 10, On last Satur day tho Pioneer Woolen Mill Co., which runs mills at Black Point nnd tho Miislon, discharged every Chinaman in their employ and propaso to do without them until tbo constitutionality oi tno act is determined. Donald MeLounan, president of tho com pany, states that tho action was taken not sand lorbT.oIelyWourof' reject for the law. Hitherto tho company has been nsv- out of any consideration of threats from tho ing out $10,000 per mouth for white labor. and 3.000 to its Chlneso emnloves. Tho vacancies will not bo filled with white labor, but after finishing up what work is in tho machinery, both mills will be shut down un til tho ciucstlou of tho constitutionality of , tho law is Bctttcd. It is also understood that the Jute factory, at Oakland, has discharged ' all its Chlneso employes, 700 or 800, and will stop work. Tho Illrcclor Tell n Ulllercnt Hlory. Tho directors of tho Mission and Flonicr Woolen Mills dony tho statement of Donald McLennan, telegraphed this mornlnc that tho mills would shut down, nnd stato that tbo places of tho Chinamen discharged will bo filled by whites and work continued, The t'rinnilo Aernlust clilticno Labor. San FnjtNCisco, Feb. 17. Thcro was but n small attendanco of workingmon nt tho nand lot this afternoon nnd no parade, but a com mitteo called privately on a number of houccs employing Chincso with tho usual do maud'. A I'nlnl Allrny. Mokklcmmk Uill, Feb. 18. A fatal cut ting affair occurred to-day between Caleb Johnson and Ilcnjamln Joiner abont n min ing claim, (n which Jolnorwas cut In tbo ab domen and died iu an hour, I.ccMiitlvo Iloluc. SicniMKSTO, Fob. 17. Tho bill limiting the wages and hours of labor of conductors, drivers and employes of street railroads was considered today. Tho timo was fixed at ten hours per day, Tho bill nrovldlm? for tho removal, bv board of supervisors, of aliens dangerous to tho well bciug of citizens outside of city lim its, camo up for n second reading. Heated opposition was mado to tho bill by soveral country members, who wero afraid that tho city would pour Its Chinamen Into tho coun try. It was killed by n voto of CO to 20. CONUUBdSlONAjr. Houso. Washington, Feb, 11. Tho Ilottio met for debato only, and was nddroited by llright on iunding tho pttblla debt. Ho attacked tlio money oligarchy, which hail for so lone; n time dictated legis lation, to tho rapacity of which thcro ap peared to bo no bound or bottom, Finly advocated hi bill to cnnalizo boun ties. Ho nsEcrtcd that it would not prob iron- than 1 E ! ably invoivo an expenditure ot moro $20,000,000 instead of $100,003,000, ni tlmated by tho secretary of tho treasnrr. Ha, ci discussed tho many phases of the financial imestion, tdaUug that he hoped, for ono cjbIju at least, Concrers would ceaso all attempt to change or distmb It, Tho pcoplo wanted no moro Congressional tiuKortug with tno currency, Joyce spoke in opposition to a reciprocity treaty between Cauaia aud United State: Myer followed in favor of a bill Introduced somo timo ago by himself for tho retirement ot catlQEr.1 bank potcs, Adjourned, KcuitlCi WAsniXOwlN, Feb. 10. Fatley presented a memorial of the legis lature of California for better protection ot the commercial iutcrcsts of the Paclfio Coast by tho completion ot tho United States iron clad Monadanock. windom. Illume nnd vvithers were ap pointed a conference committee on tho disa greement Ul IUO 1IUUBU IU IUU POUBIQ UU1UUII- ineut to tho military academy appropriation bill. Pending debitoon tho bill giving a pen sion to Netterlluld, a i.cout, the morning hour expired, unit consideration was re sumed of the 5 per cent, military laud war laut bill. Pending debate tho Senato adjourned. IIOHSO. UU-3 INTUODl'Cn). lUcbard-um, of South Carolina To return to tho producer of cotton the tax collected by tho Kovernmcut which has been declared by tho U. S. Supremo Court to be illegally collected. Parson Admitting freo of duty machin ery for manufacturing cotton fabrics. Kci for Grautlrg pension to certain sail or nud naldiers of tho lato war, who were confined In tho so-called confederate pris ons. Haute ltequesting tho President to open negotiation with certatu foreign govern ment! relutive to the importation of tobacco in their dominions. llallou AmeuJiuB statnte prohibiting the employment of com let a iu the manufac ture of sueh article as may be brought iuto competition with skilled labor. Frost To repeal a certain kcctlon of tho act ot August, 1871, relative to tbo use of marshals ns supervisor at the polls, and an act of 1872 on tho same subject. The luo'uiug hour having expired while bill were being introduced, "Weaver de manded tho regular order, and the speaker immediately recognized Cofiroth. aa chair man of tho committee on iuvalid pensions, to move to anspeud the rules and adopt a resolution tor n session on Wednesday night for consideration of the pension bills. This hraogbt forth a protut from Weaver, but the speaker adhered to hi rullug. Pending a vote on Coffroth'a proposition, lluckner move 1 to adjourn, and the yeas and nay were called. Neal, from committee on the District of Columbia, reported a bill prohibiting the publication cf lottery scheme in the dis trict. Some 'opposition waa ahown to the bill on the groand that it discriminated against paper published In the district, and ou the further ground that it waa in viola tion of the first amendment to the constitu tion prohibiting Cougreas from abridging the freedom of the pre. Motion to lay it on the table, recommit and to adjourn were successively voted down, and the bill was read a third ndlng further action the House adjourned ItOUNC. Tho regular order was a motion to lay en tho tatlo n motion to reconsider tho voto by which tho House yesterday ordered tho main nutation on a bill prohibition tho publica tion of lottery Bchemes iu the District of Columbia. Tho motion was defeated, 111 to 117. A motion to reconsider was agreed to. Knott moved to lay tho bill on tho table: re- Jectod. Tho hill goes over till next District day. The bill regnlating the removal of causes from btato to Trderal courts was then taken up in tho morning hour. Tho bill went ovor. The Houso then recommended a levislon of rules, Warner's amended substitute to Shcor'fl amendment to rulo 21 provided that It should bo in order to reduce tho amount of money provided by existing law, nnd to that ex tent only chango tho law, was rejected, 32 to 80. Doll submitted an Amendment that when nn amendment is offered to an appropriation bill changing law, tho retrenchment pro posed shall not bo by an intcrfcienco, but ' Sf ' 0mOUDtOf " "" 7.' .. . ..... ......... , ' , a numcms wre vo,eu uown ov tbo Ucttocrat. ' "ouso adjcmrnciu Stato and Territorial. Willnntctto Vol ley. "Wheat is advancing iu price at Kugcne. Kugcno has just narrowly cicaped a conlla gratiou and clamors loudly for a tiro engine. Ilev. Driver was knocked senseless ro cently bv a blow upon the head, from a fall lug step laddor. Tho mail carrier juet in from Jowclt, Net halcm valley, report mow on tho mountains from two to tlirca feet deep. Multnomah county greatly exceeded any other county in thu .Mato in tax valuation, returning over ten aud a half millions. Tilla mook county rct.irmd tho least, 832,002. A petition was presented to tho City Coun cil of Kugjne, asking that saloon keeper ho reqtiirod to procure siguatuics of a majority of tho voter of tho city beforo a liccuso would bo granted. It failed to pass, but ono memuer voung lor it. D. L. Green, who goes to Boston a repre sentative to tho Supremo Lodge, A, O. U. W,, takes with him several specimens of fiuo wheat from Mr. D. D. Prcttyman's collection, which will ho placed on exhibition at Now York and Boston. Tlio wheat is all ot tho finest, and is a fair cimen of what can ho raised in Oregon. A man languithcs in tlio Lafayette, jail for larceny of a sack of Hour. V. S. Powell will erect a warehouse bav in capacity fur storing 40,000 buthcls of gr , at Dayton, ' Kutliusiastio .Salemitcs who began garden ing operations during tho first days ot Febru ary havo again gouo into Vintcr quarter. It is rumored that tho county court docs not intend to repair tho Dayton bridgo this year. If true, this will provo n sourco of groat inconvenience, to residents of Yamhill eouuty. A sudden liso in tho water on Sunday cautcd,n I"-1 Igu between Salem and the depot tu rr;nrt dauiagca. A forco of men at once act tu nork ou repairs! "Undo Toby" reads tho joung men and maidens of Lafayette, through the Courier, a useful and no doubt n needed lesion upon their behavior in places of public retort. . Joseph Chambers who died suddenly near Dayton last week was nn exemplary citizen n,i j, universally lamented. Lafayetto Lodso I. O. 0. F conducted tlio obsequies. Hoiitlii'rii Oregon. Phoenix it slowly but steadily improving. Al-ovo Bonanza, in I.aho eouuty. hay cells nt $-'0 per ton. Lett than ono third of tho total tax of Jackson county has been coUoctcd. Thcro is still a foot of snow- at Linkville and tho w eat is clear and cold. Meailcs have gono round at Ashland nnd aro abating for want of further material upon which to woik. Farmers aro spotting their land that is, working that portion which is in fit con dition aud slighting tho halauco for tho present. Tho body of Nelson, the man who was drowned while crossing Klamath Lake on the ice, w as recovered near tho place ho broko through. Tho young ladies having tho management of tho hap year party at Jacksonville pre sented the surplus proceeds ot tho affair to Mrs. D A. Crow ell, tho minister's wife. Agriculturally sneaking, Southern Oregon is far behind and licr prointso ot harvest it not rood. With regard to hor mines she is away ahead, with plenty ot watir and pros pects for n good run. Ueiidcnts of Spraguo river haro to go to Yarnix, a distance ot -- miles, for their mail) they havo sent a petition, numerously slimed, to Wnnhingtou, asking tno establishment of a post olu'cc of their own. Thrco AthUmt boy wero guilty of ex trcmely rvprchcniihlo conduct in cliurclt and upon being re proved by the pastor left tho room with au impudent rejoinder. It !i easy tn see where such disregard lor law and good maimers will eventually laud such youths. It will require nearly $100,000 to placo tho Gravo Creek Ditch Co.' vast Mining proper ty in good shapo, yet tlio prospects are favor able that enough capital for tho consumma tion of the cntcrprito will bo secured iu the i:.iit. Tho first Chapter of tho Order of the Kt era Stir In this Stato wai organized at Ash land last week. The charter "a procured directly from tho General Grand Chapter, .ow xors. ror'vunous wives ami uaugii tcrs of Mason, tliii chapter is doubtless an enjoyable organization. I'jsaS of tlio JIuillllului Thcro are tivo private school in Dayton giving employment to six teacher. F.eport says that M. H. Abbott will re move to lloise City to conduct the Democrat during the coming political strife. Five thousand dollar and the required la bor, is tho estimate for the proposed canal between lakes Washington and Uuiou. P. G. Earl in atteinntinz to cross the Pi- louse two miles below the mouth of Silver Creek with his team, was washed down by the rapid cunent,Jost his hoiac and nar- "mytW.Ttnciint water pater to make it a largo manufacturing town. Sue rounded by a rich agricultural country ail that is needed is the proper immigration aud the Introduction 01 capital. The artichoke planted in a Dayton garden produced two bushels of tuber. The only man found yet in Faloate who has refused the ruht of vay to the railroad ia ope who during tare years has not raised enough grain to Winter a grasshopper. It is further ait'. rmed that when the hoppers fly over hi place they carry their own provisions with them. finally ordered engrossed mil time; yeas 03, nays 81. Pei seen in and Bright weather at Baker City. Tho Indian scouts who wero out with Lieut. Farrow last Summer were paid off last week. A family direct from Sweden, and nil un able to sjicak Kng1i-.Ii, havo located on Peon Prairie. A party is being organized at Spokan Falls to go to tho Skagit mines by crossing tho Cascado mountains direct. The jnihlio school nt Milton, Ogn., with Prof. Palmer as principal and Miss Cowl as assistant, has au averago attendanco of DO scholars. Tho Methodists aro conducting i revival at Ccntcrvilla, Umatilla county. It has been in progress three weeks and 47 conversions aro now reportod. Ainsworth though a now town boasts a handsome llabcock fire extinguisher mounted on a four wheel carriage, and a well drilled fire company. Work will commenco on tho Mammoth rnino as early as the dissolving snows will permit. Part of the machinery Intended for tho work is now in Daker City. On Monday last a'deserter was captured at Wallula who had deserted at Fort Lanwal somo soven or eight years ago. Ho was placed under cuard. but on tdondav nit-lifc somo of his friends helped him out and ho 'slid. Ho was known as a striiilv.miint nn.l pcacablo man, well liked by all who knew nun, so iiisiricmis interfered to tavo him from imprisonment. Ice packing is going 'on lively at Fort Cccur d'Alcno. Ico en tho lako Is six inches thick, notwithstanding tho numerous Chi nook and thaws that have visited us. Tho Bedrock Democrat speaks of Dr. Dean Clarke as "a, littla fellow about four feet nothing, who looks remarkably liko tho Punch nf a freo show, and who has infested Baker City for tlio patt thrco months." lniret Hound. Tho soven churches of Scattlo aro all well suportcd. Tho market value ot droitodpork lu Scattlo is $3 per hundred. Tho now M. K. parsonago atl'ortTownicnd coat $780, including voluutecr labor. Tho now tannery and clove factory soon to ho started at Olympia will givo constant cm. ploymcnt to twenty-iivo men. Seven hundred and fifty tons nf coal dsllv aro now bciug brought fiom Newcattlo over tno railroad, tno last train arriving about 0 o'clock P. M. Tho barrel factory at North Scattlo will bo In activo operation by tho 1st of March, Fifteen men aro now engaged in setting up tho machinery. Gen. McMickcn, who has a largo contract for furnishing timber aud ties for tho Pen d'Oreillo division ot tlio Northern Pacific railroad, has coutractcd with Unity Pugct Sound loggers and river drivers to go Kast of tlio Mountains. Tho wagci paid aro irom $3 to $3 per day. Tho Gcnoral himself will start in a fow days forthosccnocf operations. l'ight tons of powder per month aro used in tho local trade at Seattle. Tho barrel factory utiildinjp cover an area of 20,000 tquaro feet and aro very substan tially built. P. II. Pnmphrcy, of Seattle, dumped about two tons of old school books into the Bay yesterday. Now books that were exchanged for theso old ones wero worth about $3,000, Tlio pconlo of Port Towncend nro interest ing themselves to iccuro a iortion ot tho trado and travel of tho mines to their town; by steamboat to Whatcom and from tlionco by tho old government trail tu tho head oi tho Skagit, Parties havo been scut out to examine tho trail, which is caid to ho a very cosy and uracticablo route Tilo Drnlnngo. Thrco wells on tho farm of Mr, W. A. Lowis, iu this county, in dificrciit part 'of a field that wis drained with pipo tiling last summer, havo tho water standing in themfho feet lower in cocscquence of said drainage. Tlio water in tho winter scatin for yean stood several inches higher in tho wells than on tho out side, but this winter tho water stand about two feet below tho tilo drain. The Oresonun'a Growl. Our junior suggests a meaning for the Ore goniau'a remark that "such papers as tho Fakmkh are wclcomo to pick up its leavings." They leavo out too many points in favor of tho producer and tho vvixiamrttk F.tr.uui picks them up. This accounts for the fact that our circulation among farmers is greater than that of tho Oregonian. Wo accept tho amendment. Weather tho Pat Week. Duiiitg tho past week wo have experienced somo decidedly peculiar weather; nearly every day there was a snowfall of covcral inches, which invariably went off soon niter falling. At present writing (Wednesday) n tuo-inch snow lies on the ground. Surely tl.i is pe culiar weather, for in February wo generally expect soft balmy elays. Crops aru not in jurcd by this weather, but from account at hand wo find they aro looking excellent and tho prospects for next year aro flattering for n heavy jield. Died. Fubtuary 9, 16S0, Ario C. Holtgrivce, oged saven jears, five mouths, thrco weeks and two days, after a lingering illness of paralysis for sh year. Tne day is pjt and gone, The cveumg shade appear: Oh. may w e all remember well, The night of death is near. East Pobtlam, Feb. 18. An editor presented A bill fur eight years back subscription. The old farmer was at first amazed, then indignant. He put on hi spectacles, scrutinizing tho bill, aud nfUr as suring himself that it was genuino, he ex claimed! "I've been tunnortin' thu vere ' pap,, for n-g(, on to c;gbt yCXT3j anJ I oTer Ud f uch , thJjlg M flung at uia U-fore. tc? .upjiorting it." Ho not with, drew his valuable tupport, but failed to pay- bit bill. Irixcbacge. EvtnnoDY nerw-a-days bat a watch and what could we do without them? We would, like to call the attention of watch-buyer to the advertisement in another column of J. Van Buerden'a extensive and well asserted' stock. Anything bought of him can be re lied upon as genuine. See hi magnificent diamond. Kmlgrants in largo numbers an n lion t tipokano Falls.