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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
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, ' , 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.