Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, September 17, 1880, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON SEPTEMBER 17, 180. ki J t-1 ' if. Issued trtrj Wk by the WltLOIETTr. FARMER I'l HLISHIHU CO. TEIlltS OKSUDSCnitTIO.Vt Oisyetr, (ronUe e paid). In ailranes. .,,.., ftM) Mi months, (il lii). Insurance 1.25 Lea thsn six months will bo, per month. .....,,,, .25 ADVKRTISINO RATES! Advertisements will be Inserted, providing- they srs respoctotile, at th followlnir Uble of rates: One Inch of spies r month $ t.M rtiriw Inches of space, per month e.00 Ona-half column per month ,,,. 1&.00 a column per month , , 80.00 JTSmplo coplca acnt free on application. Address all letter to: S A. CLAIIKE, Marsger. WTKntrrwI In rSit offlcru nt I'orlland, Oregon, fcml Washington, V. 0.. at ThlnUlau mail matter, mm , ',, ' " v-r Latest by Telegraph. i:.isn;it.v. Tlir Itrrnll imiilii-l .trlilln. Wahiiis .ion, Sept. II. bnttr advices con firm the piu 11 us niiliouncniiieiit lint l.otii jaria will send .t Iim.i nun HoiiiiMicnii to thu next f'nii;res to siicend Aoklni owing to n desperate cotitott bcUocn Democratic faction of tliu ikiiIv in tint district Democratic paper nilmit this result ns assured. Tlir lira In In HIUiiiIIiiii. All attempts to ii'Ijunt tha ililliculty ntnong tlio Democrats of Virginia provo fruitless and now tliu llemocratt HiV tlmv nun t men v IP ginia, but van carry it despite tliu light over ail. Mnrr Colli. Tlio steamer Frisia which sailed from llnm hurg on Wudnoiday for N'cw Yoik took$S00,. 000 gold. Hi-nil. .Haiivtiwia. .V. Y., Sept. II. Mnrshnll 0, JUjIm.'iLh ilinl nt" A. Jl. fuiilirrssliiiinl .unilnnllnn. O.twr.uii, .Sept. 10. Tlio Republicans in tlio 'J I tli district renominated Joseph Maion for Our lliimlrt-il mill Hlxlj.nvr Klllril. Nkw Yoitk, Sept. II. A trillion special says nini, hundred ami slxty-llvo pcisons wero killed nt thu Soihntu colliery. Tim Wrrrli of Oil' srru "nu. Nl.W YoiiK, Sept. II. -A npuci.il dispatch from JnoKMinvillr, Fioriiln, titliu Xew Yoik H'artit. Htu that tliu imilorwrigliter'H agent At that pljCB furnished thn folloniug which haii just lieen received by himt 'I ho ri'iii.iiniug two P'Pioiik now saved from tlm wreck of the Vnrnt'ru, urn lit pre'eiitnt Smyrna. Ono li n young llmiliau iininvil I'. S, Nilvn, thuotlnr, Jtafnel Atoini, in n yuiinir (Milan, ll.ir.ico lout J hia wlfit nnil S.'.()IX. Aiono. Silviinml Owun are tliu only cabin patscnuerit known to hnvo linen saved so far. The list of tli ' n.ivei thus far ii tvvulvu st-imgo piH.-iigcr ami tlircn caliin, ill tlio ciiiw unarlcs Miiilli h-poim ns aistaut engineer, TI101. Diiniig mlu fourth in distant engineer, Clirxrli-n llramli'iihiirg i.ir tennastcr, .lohn (ireunllelilaiiunau, .lolin ("dm nor coil pam'r, anil kcvhi iiuknnuii white men ami oiiu iiegrii caino inliiiru atTililaville, rulllliiil iiri.riiinlliin rnini n llnillnilSniirrr. Ullli'Aiio, Sept. 10, Tlio I ntrf Ocfmt haa a iliapateh flinn ,MimipnHili, atntimt tint llar mini, of tho Nntioii.il l(iioiH.i,itic Coininittee, has wiitten u Inltrr to n pmiiiini'iit ami weal thy Democrat now there, in which hoilielarea thu puiMi of centering a great man of )em ocratio i'l'.it"iK in Ohio imnieiliately after tho Imlian.i elmtio'i, ami making n feint of at tempting to carry (lartiehl'a own Stxto, ami having got tho Itepulilieana thoroughly nlnrmeil, to ilraw olT their forci' ami go into Imliana ami New York, leaving tho l(uiulili eaiiH ilcmnrnllrcil, llnrr nl a'mir) lulaml. Xkw Yiiiiu, Sipt, 10. Uoin-y Iilanil raori One nii'l tliio-nniirter mile iloali a walk over for l.nko llUcklnirn. Threu-tpiartcr inilu ilali, fur two.yi-ar-oMa Ilea') heat Ih.'. tcin Itramlalleta ami llonnia l.iwlo; time, Mti, Thiril race, lieati one ami nnu-clglith milui- Won liy I'iHiIai lll.irney, necnml time, '.MlSJ. '-Mill, 'M. HiUutbanco won tho ateeplu olntta in I -"'J. .1 Ituillril IMIiimlr. New YnuH, Sept. Ill, Tho Trilmiit ilw cl.iic that tlm Yvrmout ltupiihlicnn majority over tho IKmuwraU la 'Jil,.MI0, ami nvirall U.',000, ami it allow that tlio llepnMicana cwt n larger vote Tnemlay than at any o'ec tion in mat vcir I'.v wonething likn II) per rent. Tlm hlghe. t vntu hither'n fin IMIS waa fur (lover nor in ISTil, ll.iV'.'l, whihi tliu vote jn.t r.vt la kuon to Ihmihuu tlmn I7,(HX), Tliu lEepnlilicani eaat 7,000 motu sotea than they runt for (iraiit. ItKismrrrul Trrnliiifiil f llir lilnrr llm. Iuil. A Tiuit olitiri.il nayai it ia a iliagraco to thu civilization of thia repnlilio, ami jnat com. plaint ahoiihl I io inaile of tlm treatment ulileli memU'ra of tliu Cliliiexi Kinhaaay are cm. (iclleil to riiilum whenevrfthey appear on the utreetHof Now Yoik, That tlu-y aiv eltui with stiiliei an. I hooieil nt liy young rulliana inanv eititrna will t ratify. Thia outr.ii;eoiia comliict ia u itipy of tho halut of California homlliinn, Imt theiu ia mi ''Uiiiuno ipimtum" liero to intl.imo hatml of iiiHilioa ami loafera, ami if there wero "our linett Kvly of jolico in the wnihl"ihiiiilil ho alio to protect thu 8traiiger, It ia tuiiil that w hen ihiiici'iuen aru miiut.iiiitl fo liv inutiilii'ra uf the Kmliatv tht-v only laugh ami tin uotliing. If our foreign iiolieemeii iln not itcfeuil our felt igu rititon from nunlt, Auierieau ntieiu who havu n little in.inliiuvi left III them khouhl know thu rtuwn why. raiiurixiiinii llill'liiMMirliiiiii riiilMirrnxluu hlliiHlliin. Thu Tiiliime prinla thia morning a fo ximilo of a letter wiitten hv Coucivwliun llcluhoovcr, fu which he ileclanil tiiut with thu meaeiit DemiH-ratio llmue. lu'ii.lon liilla lit not have much favor, an. I that tho rvM Keiieral who ia at thu lie.nl nf thu I'diiion Omumtteu in thu Seimtu j till inoiti nvvrao to allowing audi hill. The Tiitmnt will alfti l print a i.u'-timlle of another letter wiit- ten liy llrltihoover. Ilia hamlwritlng ia twculiar ami uiimiatakahlc, ami thu pnx.f that , Imlicil when liu ilenicil writing tho letter ia ovcrwhrlming. Thu whole atory of thu letter ia ul.o gi en, Iteimlillruii Otilnlnii. i Qnsi-v, III., Sept. 10.-William W. Mor row, Chairman of tliu UepuMicau Slalo Com. milteu of California, ia in tlm city toilav. He tatca inphatically that California ainl tho I'ncjliu I"h iaamu for thu ltepuhlican ticket. Col.Morrow loft hew at thu ni of tiftcou. Ho h comti Kick now to look after tho grave of hia father, huiie.1 at Colitmhm, in tliia county. Ilia achool compiinlona gave him a harty re. vvptiuu, . . .. l'",Uita TlrkrK. A New ork aHvial to tlmMrr-Oimiisayt that Yrrmont llemivrata printed over four huuilixsl thouaan.l election ticketa exartly the aame in all rM-cU aa thu ItcnuMican State Conimittre hail orilercl, with tlio exception of Uovornor-elevt Itoawell Faruham'a name, in which there waa au "o" iuacrtcil after "Itoa," rcailiug HoDourll. strike urTunurl Msrktnru, The Huilaou ltiver Tuuncl workuien refute to longer labor uulvw their wtgu ia ailvaucl from $1 M ami $1 V'i per ilay to $12 T0 ami S.I. Colonel HaaUins rcfuacil to acccilo to tnelr ilcmamls, no hu Ii.iJ tho tttikera all paiil oir anil iliachnrgcil. Ho will endeavor to pio euro cxpcricnccil l'cnnaylvania tnincra inttcul to prosecute tiie work. IMrtnlnr llurnril. On tho Ituilaon river a larco floating etc vator waa ilcttroycd by fire nt an early hour tins morning. Tanner on Hit- llo.lrnm. Dr. Tanntr, thu celebrated fa-trr, inado hia debut aa a lecturer last evening, nt llonth'a Theater. Ho read from maiiuacript. Tho au dience waa larger than expected In coiiae iiucnco of tho tinplcatant weather piovniling. Ilia cnncluiliiig icnmrka wero niiiicd with a desire to convince tho publio that it should rMy iiioii tho recuperative powera of tho aya tern and nature, mid not upon burnt toads, mercury, arsenic and other audi ilcath-itoallnir tmdieincs. People wero too easily perauaded to pour down medicines fur every ill hen not tlio slightest occasion fur their use existed. llir Null Ijike TrtiRfily. Salt I.akb, Sept. 10. It. T. Smith died last niuht. Thu utifi.rtunate man waa en- caued to Mi's Aenra I)avidnti, not oh report oil to her titter. Her father says that when Smith proriosul lor liir lian.l, that lie tolil linn that slie win unlit to marry, ami explained to linn liow Dr. Mieilnker nail ilruggeil nn. I out raged her. Smith told her bio liar that ho uouhl awngo his sister's dishonor. Smith nlso told Dr. Suudaker to le.ivo tho country or tin Mould kill him. 'Ihu next time they met was nt tha depot, when the shooting tok place. Snedaker'a friends aay therowas notli nig impniiur existing between him nml Miss David-on. Ihu young laily la nearly do menled nt thu tragedy. Smith, beforo he died, mado bis will mid bciUeithi'd alt his property to Mr. Davidson, tho unhappy gill's father. Mall Itol.lirrj. Dksvkii. Sept. 8. Ail vices from I.aa Yegas, N. M., statu that early last night a bucklioard of l'ccoi mall lino waa ft'ippe I by threo men near Anton Chieo nml robbed of mail bag. Thero was lothing very valuably in tho malls, Trrillilr Trnunl). Salt I.Aia:, Sept. H. A ahuuting allray oo curri'il nt tho Utah Southern depot btwieu Cant It. T. Smith and Dr. II. (J. Snodak-r, tliuloruiern prominent mining man niutiie latter a ucll-k'iion physician. Muttiug in a car b.iuml miiiIIi SuednKir shot Smith, who fi II In t-.o nisK- npn rently dead, a lull ent-r-Jug his aide mid penetrating his atouiicho. An olliccr ai iiil Snedaker nml was taking him away when s'mith got on hisLneoaml llrcd twice into thu b.iek of thu Doctor, killing I iln instantlv. I litre was a woinnii In tlio nllalr Smith'a fti lids nay tint the Doctor seduced his nlllaiieed ami thu former threat.'iied to kill him on m'-lit uiilu-a ho left tho city nml to nvoid trouble it it said that thu Doctor was leaving tho city this iiioriiine to atay till Ihu nll'air Muw over, when tho two met with tliu alKjvo result. Smith was nl. leavinif tho city on his way to his mines. So thu meeting was Hot designed. Sno.lakir leavoi it riaprutnl lo family in Pari. Kuntucky, ami Smith's tela this rol.lo in Sco'land. Smith is nt Si. Mary's llnpit.il nml will not survive through thu night. M. (.mils lliirllriilliirul lair. St. IjiIIh, Sept. II. -Tho annul horticul tural display began to-dayt v ry fine. In Hie liilerrst or lliirinuny. Nkw YnliK, Sept. II. At a meeting nf tho Democratic National Coiiiuiitvo a leaolutiim was mlonteil that tho ciintnituo vieuud uith great interott tho movement in progruss in Virginia to iinruioiii.o on a atiig'u electoral ticket thu aullrrfgea of all her eiti.rus who iloircd thu election of thu Democratic cniidi- dates. Trilna In Out-ilii Tiiunrr. Charles I.ivinusioii is nttcmn'iiiL' to fast I'J dnyc nml is on exhibition in llrooklyn, Hu eouipiuteil tlio secoml nay oi inu last una evening. loiillimnillnii In Veil Vorli I'll). A Urn broko out nt midnight laat niuht mi thu north tide of .Manhattan Mai kut, which oo- cupteil thu block extending from Kluvcuth nvriiuu to Not tn liver, nml Ixtwicii .'llth and ikitlt stnets. Tl v Ihu vommeneetl in tho Ikumuuiitof Ithou llroa., iirnviaioiiilenlcra, and spread very r.pldlv. Thu 'tholo building was kooii 2 nippci in 'llamc. A In in nfter alarm was sent out, ami a largo iiumlierol comma wero luought tu it, but ia waa a.iou evident that tho elitll'u Imildimi would bo dcatliiyed, aa the strong Miulli w mil that waa blow iug awept evert thing liefoio it. It ia thouubt that only thu iron frame of thu building will bo left. Thero nru nhont '.'(X) stands in the building, which will bo a loss to llm stuid owners of alnint $."1,0(10 each, making nn ag lircgato tot il loss to them nlouo of $l,(Hs).0IHl. Thu lota on thu building will bo very he ivy, but it could not Ik) learnrd, Michael Dol.iu, who iK'ciiiiiis kii t of thu market as a alatighter house, will lo Iiwu very heavily. Sjiaika wero earrit'il liy tliu wimi to tin. laru nay ea tabliahtueiit of T. 1). Clark on tho south aido of Uith atreet, facing tlm liniket, nml this with a number of aurroumliug atorca and thu Haymarket Hotel nlso took fire. f'Jd.l , m. Thn lire ia ttill burning, but it it Ik liivitl to be under control. t'oiicrroliiiiiil uioliialliiii. Niiiuoi.k. Ya Sent. 8, The llenublicaua of thu Scccml District to-day nominated .1. F. llcssriulnrl lor Congress, Mll.w.U'KiT Set. U. Tho Democrats nf thu Second District havu icnominatcd L II, Caswell for Congrem. W.i.utuw, N. Y., Sipt. II -- The llepub lioansof tint Twenty-aei-ouil Distiict havu ru uouili.atcd Wm uer Miller for Couuiess. (iiii'luiiiill liulo-lilal i:iiu.llloit. Cim-in-nati. Stnt. 8. -The Rnilitli Imlua trial I'AjMuitum opcmvl to-day willinlargu atiimiaiico. tlilrnnu llrrliuulrs' I'ulr. CilKAiii), Sent P. Thu exnaiition niH-uoil to-day with tir liabilities of IntiigthuU-at ami moaisiuveaaini evir liehl. Iliriiilns Kl.lrlil tin nml. Ciiii'ac.ii. Sent. P. A aiiecitl disiMtch from Toronto to thu Chicago Trikitnr aava that a lire in tho I'rouncu of Oucbeo deatrovod whole fields of com. Tho atilka wero roaate.1 anil potatoes wero burned in tho ground. All tho crops wore ruined. One hundred and twenty-lii familieaweiu left entirely home less. Thu burned district ia aliout ten miles mpiaru. Tho soil ia hunted down soinu livu inches, Thu whole district is a amoking wildrrucsa. Nothing but ktumpa mark thu once thriving fanning district. The losa ia estimated at 1.10,000. The cause of thia deatiuctive llro was thivugli ono of thu f aimers binning oil' tho wheat atubble. ioiti:i. I'lrr In I'm n re. l'AKK Sent. II. A tiro in St. Ileal. Upper Uatvnuu to-day, deatroyed II'J lnms and rvu ilcroil mie huudrvd jvoplc homelca4 Hie rroposril trxlon or DulrlcHO. Co.tsriNTiMirLK. Sent. 10. It ia now con- siderol that the evasion of Dulciguo by Satur day is aluunt imiHnailile. It it rvpivsentcil in ollict.il circles that peaceful ceasioii ia put ible if n few inoro days are grautetl, Munlrrrr .trrltrtl. The umnlerera of the missionary. Rev. Mr, IVarton, have arrived, They will have a apvedy trial. Hie Aiitlro.l.'rriunn Mllaiirr, llEKUN, Sept, 10, Herr Vambuder, w in. tiinato friend of 1'rinco Bismarck, in address ing bis conttituciits, said that tho conclusion of tho Auatro-Qcrmau alliance waa duo to Ilnssia laat year making overtures to Franco for an alliance against Germany, which over tures wero communicated to l'rinca Hismarck by Waddington. only lieittflnalrnllons. IONWi.s, Sept. 10. A 1'atis correipomlcnt of tho Timm denies that tho French admiral has received instructions dileoring from those given other commanders. It has, however, been agreed that the licet will not g.i beyond a mero demonstration, except by unanimous agreement of tho powers, none of whom shall act separately. If accord among the powers should coaao none except at their own link and peril can undertake prolonged demonstra tion or niter its purely demonstrative char acter, tiilm nml llir liiltcil Slnlet. MahiiII), Sept. 10. The Minister of For eign ail.ilrs, Senor hldtayin, has sent a tiienvirandum to tho Spanish Minister nt vt asuingioii, Retting lortli a basis for a future treaty of commerce or simple convention mill tho United States, with application to tho most imnoitant nrtie es 'it eouimcrca .etnei-n Cuba and thu Unit, d States, Infill ('illusion, OkAHdow, Sept. 8. All express train from fllasgow to Orecnock collided to-day with a freight train. Threo nelsons wero killed aud tightccn badly injured. X Shiirklnz i:eriillnn. I'Alll.t, S'ept. 8 At daybreak to-day Louis Meiictclnii was guillotined for the murder of Louis Deux. According to custom the wictcbcd man wns kept in ignorance of tlio time fixed for his execution until within a fow minutes lioforo. Tho unusually Iwutiti fill supper might havo aroused his biisj icion, hut it dil not. however. Hu went to steen at mi. Inight and tho jailors nwnku him lust before daybreak. A priest was admitted to Ids cell and thu diviuu remained with him for IH minutes, then tho covcrnor. executioner and an assistant entereil Mem scion's spony and fear wero terrible, and it wns with ililli culty Ihu executioner and his assistant nude tlio prtllminnry toilet of anting 1,1s hair oil siioit, as well ns removing ills slnrt collar nn.i binding hia hands tog. tlnr. Thia trviug oper ation performed, Mcucsclon was hurried tliroimh thu corridor in n door openim.' on the square, where thu guillotino was icady. Tho scene was terribly sombre, Tho tun was ob scured by dense clouds tho moment the door opened. A violent storm with thunder and bghtniug burst over the dreadful scene, Tlio condemned iii.in was overcome with ter ror and sank almost to tho ground, 'Ihu nt sitmts Mire compelled to drng him to thu (.'illinium-, which was immiuvv paces away. Hu was finally tiliiced In poitioiiand tho fatal kuifu dcscemled mid tho uufoitiimite man's head was sepsrateil from his liody nn.i fell into tho receptacle. Taking it all In nil, it was in n i.f tho most shucking executions ever witmsteil. I'uirriil r.iliilini In ii Collier)'. l.iiNlniN, Sept. !). A terrible colliery ex plosion orcm red nt '1 o'u'ock this morning nt Seaham pit. in Durham county, on tho North set, live miles from Sunderland. At tint time of thu explosion 'i'.O men wcru in tho pit, and Irom that timu up to 11 o'clock nil o.'ibrts to reach them moved nntuccotsful, Ci inniuni cation has, however, sinco been opined with n group of 18 men, who aru safe. 1'ho great est excitement piovnlla in thu iioighlxirlio.d. and wives and childien of tho Imprisouo I nml slaughtered miners suriouml the mouth of thu pit with loud criis. Mr. Slrattou, resident viewer, was soon on thu spot, when it was found that all threo shafts of thu mine wcru locked, thu rases being fastened in them. Strnttou, with a ropo nruuml Ids Innly, de scended to thu main seam nml heard thu men nlkiug, hu thoiigut nlxnit 'JO. I'hey are cm-shier-it safe. Thero it no reason ns.vcttn beli.'Vo tho pit is on lite, but it is feared that thu bulk of thu men havu been killed. A di-patch from seiluini colliery this even ing mimitiiiL'ts llmt-U) men who wcia working In tlio two upper nenms oi coal nave i;n found sifu nml well. Somo of them volun teered nml nro helping to rrscuo llicircum rades, who am seventy tathoms lower. The iNittoms of both shafts aro still blocked with debris. Up to 7 o'clock n total of 57 men had been rescued, thu majority in an exhaust ed condition. Many thousands of people nru crowding around thu mouth of tho pit. Thu guiding marks in the pit weto blown to pieo-f, and explorers iim-eipieutly find their work very dilllcult. Tl ey will keep nt it nil night in the hopo of clearing a way into thu shaft by morning. So far thero is uu ai)jii of liie, but It ia evident that there must boa largo ac cumulation of gas Ono hundred and fifty men nru still in thu pit. A dispatch juat icceivid from Si-.iham col liery says that tho rescued iiuvv number (Hlj but it is feared th.it thero wt-ro JKiO men in thu pit at thu timu nf tho ixploainu. Two coriisea wero brought to tlio surface nt mid liiglit, ono of which was badly burned. IM 1 11 V !0.1KT. Julnlna Hit- Torres. San Fu.M'li, Suit. II. -The Couven tioua of D nn crsey and W, 1. C. list night rati lied thu bargain by which thu division of thu others is ngreed upon between tho two ni'g.muations in consideration of joining their forcca in tho coming municipal election, .1 Tour uu llir Ilay. Thu Presidential party thia morning made a tour of the I ay on a steamer, being greeted with talutes from various foitiliuHtin.it, mid finally proceeded to thu residence of (Jen. Mc Dowell at Mack I'unit, where a reception i now being held. Martinet Arrr.lnl. TrooN, Sept. II. V. S. Marshal 0. I. fluko received a dispitch from Deputy Kvans, at Yiiiiis, stating that ho had captured Mar tine, who waa under lteyea' command in tho lat revolution iu Sonora. F.vaus will arrivu at Tucson tn-niyht with bis prisoner. It ia suspected that Iti'j t a escaped to Chiliuahua, Martinoz is charged with a violation of thu neutrality laws. .More Miiall r ri .l)uui. SrocKTtis, Sept. 11. Tao luuro cases of small pox aru reported in a family near Capurra. Tho contract for miterial for thu erection of thu new asylum building has Ik-hi awarded to contractors 1'arrell ami Slaver, of San Francisco, Theirs was thu lowest of thu ten bids made. Their bid, $71M1,7.V), was ac cepted aud tlm contract awarded them. A t'ttul. Sn Jisk, Sept. 10. Harry Ital.ton, age.1 II, w as found hanging by the neck in the back yard of his homo yesterday, It it believed that lie did not intend suicide, but withed to frighten his mother, aud fell a victim to his fooiitlmcss. Ililue.e Sbnnlles llururil. Al'Cl'ns, Sept. 10. Ijt night a tire broko out among Chinese shanties on the west aido of Sacramento street aud destroyed all of Chinatown on that aide of tho street, consist ing of about ten buildings. It also burned some outhouses in thu rear of the American Hotel. V. SI. (' .1. .IssorUlluu. Sax Fkam-ixx), Sept. 10. At the monthly meetinu of the Directors of the Youn? Men's Christian Association and also invited clergy men, inrccior jicv. .iir. sawyer aim tno reo- retary ltev. Dr. Cox stated that the mort gage on the property was $ttf,000, aud that its iutercst hid accumulated aud that a Uoat- ing debt of 31, COO had been incurred of run ning behind. Thu Interest nml taxes aggre gttu$l,(i2o. Tho interest and taxes always exceed tho net income delived from various sources. If the property ws sold to-day it would not bring more than enough to pay tho mortgage alone. Some of tho members present took strong grounds against tho meeting every nuntiay afternoon on the temperance legion. Uev. Dr. I'latl, in a very strong and ably nr gumemtativo speech, said that Chritianity in San Francisco was virtually dead and claimed, citing cases, that many, if not the most of them, were not much better oil' than associa tions in tho work performed, as apparantly everything dono by them was subject to poli tics, licv. C. V, Anthony took strong grounds and lodged complaint against tho Y. M. C. A., charging it as a body with lack of spirituality and bad management. Ho bad found the Young Men's Christian Association in Portland, Oregon, had great power for good in that city, and thoueht the association here should exercise in equal proportion as gicat power for uood. The ltev. Mr. 1'ond found somo consolation in the Impu that when Mi ody arrived new life would bo instilled in tho asso ciation. A Hoiiiiiimi lu IVntrr. Calistooa, Sept. 10. There 1 much ex citement over Ilia extraction of gold from the mineral spring) 81 J aa was extracted irom livu nml a hall gallons of mineral water. Two weeks ago a man named Tichnor with his family took rooms at tho Springs Hotel and proposo.l to buy tho property. A sale waa made for SO.OOO. It was soon discovered that Tichnor was master of a pr- cess for extracting tho nold from water. His process ia pat ented. Ills IjiI to) age. dispatch to tho (Jhronlcle from Salt Lnko to-day, says that Jnmcs Cionnn, a mining man, issued lunula on milling property in hi Dorado Canyon nml oruaniz-'d a company, rii.cilSt,r00 and left. At Silver llcef ho had a boat built, which was the laigeat ever made for thu osa ilown tho river. Iln liauleil it to tlio mouth nf thu llio Virgin about five weeks ago, ami launched it on the Uolor.ulo and took chances of tho desperate pas-aue, exp-otiiig to reach F.I Dorado Canyon in "I hours. He has not been hiaid from since It ia believed that he has met his death ninouu tno eddies and rocks. Tho party was com posed of Crouan, Saimiil Wolfe and ono or two other men from ht. lliomas, icva.ia. .1 Itare I'lieiiiiiiirnnn. I.oi ANriKl.Kit, Sept 1), Hiiro phenomenon was experienced nt this place to-day, in tlio pleasing visitation of a thunder storm, which wns followed by n slight rain. Ilrpiilitlnin .Majority. Sau Fham'iscii, Sept II. A dispatch from Mnino predicts a good Republican majority thero. They will gain onu or two Con gressmen. I'rrslilrnt lln)r nml Pnrlj. I.AKK 'I'aikik, Sept. 11. l'retidcnt Hayes iu his trio from Cnisou City to Ijike Tnhoo cxpicssed bimself highly plcatid with nil bo aw, jiaitlcularly so of tliu shipment of tli largest sized logs to be obta'ped down thu i-xiensivutlumesof the Carson and I.skoTnhoe l.i'inb-r Co. On Iiko Tnhou thu steamer Meteor was put to her full capacity, and ulthouiili thcru was a rotieh head tea. sliu mado scvcuticn miles nn hour. I.uucli was served minus wiuo iu defer cncit to the well-kniiwu ttmpcrni.ee iiiinciples of thu I'iciiiUiit and his wifu. Mis. Iluyes was very enthu-iastie ovtr thu scenery, hho tanl that the .Nevada scenery was inoro grandly maguiticcnt than nnv shehsil over beforo seen. 1'resiilciit H.yes aaid to tho reporter of the San Francisco Chronicle that it was tho most cniovable dav' tbev had vet had. tho sctncry was of such a variety and tho at tractions so varied. From Virginia City to t'.visori; then a delightful ride to the. summit, along the Humes; next an sttnnithing ride, iu more recU than or.e, over tho narrow gauge railway, after which thero was a charm ing rxcurs.nn no the Like. During the eutin trip from Carson Cit to Taboo no ipveuhci vvite made, and thornfore it nt one of more pleasure than if atked to speak. Lane lr. The weather is very warm, and the harvest is protpering finely. The crops aro greatly lictttr than expected. I'lra.ril vt lib Hrrult. Tho Itepul.liojin are highly pleased with tho combination maibi bviwcou llrvnts and Allen, and the nomination of the former on the first ballot without much opositlou, WASHINGTON TEItlSIlOUY. I'ounil llrail. Wam-v AVvi.u, Sont. 11. Qynis Arm stroiii;, a farmer in Columbia county, was found dead iu llw mail tuveu miles outside of Day lou, yta'cnlay moniing. It teems that AriiiMr ng had len in Dayton on business and brcamu iindtr tho inllucnco of liquor I e foie going home, and it is aumoscd that hu fell nut of tho waou and waa kicked by tho horses ami alto run over by the wagon. His liotly was badly mangled when found. Colli Member. Thero was a heavy white frost last night, the. thermometer at II o'clock this mornuiL' stood at -10 degrees. riiklilus llir Itnllrnuil, W'ALkV W.vLkv, Sept. 0. Tho railroad track is finished to Simmons Landing, ten miles nbovo Umstilla. on the Columbia. Ties nro fast cnmiui in laruo quan itits down Ilia loci; iiiiuie, inu grvlu is tlulsltt.il to tlio Touuliut on tlio I ukuauon extcusieu. A tnaly li.u liecu signed annexing Tahiti to France, l'resident Hayes and party havo reached Caraou City and held a reception there. i reojp Sail Fraceisoo, on a popul fcatetl tho new charter by on n popular vote, has tle- ' au immense ma- jnriiy. A now treaty has been agreed upon be tween lttutia and China, so there will bo peace. Stanley, tho African explorer, has been heard from on the Congo, where thu captain of a Portuguese steamer saw him, The Kipubliean miioritv in Vermont will bo 2-J.oOO and tluir plurality 27,000, and it is claimed tho majority of 1872 has been ex ceed eil. ltetunia from Arkansas indicate that Cliurctal, Democrat, is elected Oovernor over I'aiks, (Ireenbackcr, by 40,000 to 50,000 majority. In a discussion lietwcen candidates for Con gress in Franklin county, Vn., 0. C. Cabell Democrat, and J, K. Stovall, lleadjuster they gt iuto a quarrel, iu which byaUudcrs tok ptrt and both wcru injured. livipir.n at Se.v. The handsome American ship Stonewall Jackson, which loaded here elevec months ago with wheat for Qut ens town, has been burned at sea. After dis charging her wheat cargo, and while ou pas- sage to port wmi coal, the cargo took lire, aud at last accounts was burning, with no hopes of saving cargo or vessel. Nkvv Cuxdkks, Another cylinder was cast at the Willamette Iron Works on Thurs day evening for tho steamer Oclahama vi itli pcr.ect success. I tie large one made for tha Wide West is nearly completed and will bo pUceU ou board iu a few days. STATE NEWS. Tlio Statu University opens on Sept, 13th. Salmon fishing lias commenced on tho Coquille. Tho Womnns Collcco at Salem is now open and ready to recoivo lady students. Tlio first annual meeting of tho I3a- kor County Agricultural Society meets on Sept. 27th. Two now curs to bo used for baggage and express purposes left Tlio Dalles last week for tlio front A fire liroko out at Tlio Dalles on Tuesday Inst, says tlio Umpire, but tho engines wero unablo to rentier assistance. Tho Eugeno Guard informs us that parties from Siuslaw wero in Eugeno pressing tho claims of a wagon raid to Siuslaw nml tho coast. Tho followinc pupils for thbStnto University nro' from Dodglas county,: Tom Morgan, Miss Josio'Crow, L. Arcliainbcaii, h. II. llenunckH, Ual Wright nnd Henry Champagne. A sneak tliinf robbed tho Cosmopoli tan Holol at Tho Dulles of a quantity of bedding and clothing. An arrest lias been mado of n young' nmn unmed Phil pot, who is bound over in tho sum of $250 to await tlio Grand Jury. A Rosoburg paper advises its readers not to hell their wlu'at, and Bays: Tho fuels nro nlwut these: ltussia has pro duced a fain i no crop, nml in England and other portions of Europe thu wheat crop has turned out much lighter than was expected. Tho Guard says: Ono day last week, wl.iilo Jlr. Jncksou, of Siuslaw, was en gaged in hauling grain, thu bridlo came oil' of ono of his horses and tlio team ran away. Mr. Jackson wns thrown out and tho wheels passed over him, injuring him seriously, Hurulars aro making their appnnrnucu in Salem. Tho Pioneer Oil Mills at Salem havo started up. Jack frost lias mado his appearance iu Lake county. J. E. Eerguscn.of Astoria wliilo woik ing ou a htep-ladder fell and broko his wrist. A steer wns killed at Harriaburg by Poiry Ilydo .t Co. which weighed 1,020 pounds. A heavy frost fell nt Charles Calling's placo on Abemethy creek in Ulackamas county Sept. 7. At 2 o'clock Sunday, Soptcmbcr C, tliu mercury stood nt 100 iu tho shade at Jacksonville, Samuel Lower lion gone to Stnto Pris on for ono year from Albany for helling liriuor to Indians. Charles Fisher, of Corvallis, wa kicked by a liorso last week. The shoulder blade was broken. Thadcus Gruhbs, of McMinnvillo, wns atrurk in tho eyes with u clod. Thero is danger of his losing nn eye. Geo, Jackson, of Sam's valley has sent the Jnsksnnvillo Sentinel a water melon weighing twcnty-soveitntid n half (KDUIllIS.. Tho Atorian s.iys Charles Anderson, a stevedore, fell from tlio tail of a vessel and received injuries from which ho limy never recover. The Sttte.tmtm sayH tho Salem Flour ing Mills Co. have clmrlered tlio stenm Ioat Hydra, to run abovo Salem nnd bring whe.it to that mill. The Albany democrat cives figures which show that during tho past Imrvest fiirm uiiichiuery to tlm amount of SI'.', 420 has been sold in that locality nlone. Tho Knterprise says that in tho iiront Now Era Mr. Lenn lost seven tons of liny, blankets and building. Somu hots wt-ro playing with matches in tho hay. Crops in Clackamas county nro torn ing out much better than was expected, being fully up to those of foimer years in quality una yield per aero, nnu a larger ncrengo than over before. Low-is Ross, son of Col. John E. Ross, of Jacksonville, has been ill of typhoid' lover, nml Ins case was liuicli prejudiced by n mistake by which his iiurso ad ministered u doso of carbolic acid to him, but ho is now considered out of danger. 'J'olal amount of taxable property iu llenton county, says tho Made, for tho year 18S0, $1,7UG,2S2. Total polls 1880, 811. Total amount of taxable property in Denton county for tho yenr ihiV, l,72i',H.r). Total polls in 1S7U, 739. Increase of taxable property dur ing tho year, ij 11,1 07. Incrcaso of polls, 72. Tho Statesman learns that tho chil dren of Mr. Honry Ankeny aro sick with diphtheria. Tho steamer Onentta has been sold to Captain Fred Congilon. Tho steamer Sam has taken her placo on the Skipa non route. Mr. Adair has built 1,900 feet of bridge lctween upper and lower Astoria this year, nnd tho whole length is now four miles. An accident to tho steamer Quickstep last week prevented any bar work be ing done. Mr. John & Polheirus, however, has been busy doing river work inside, and so far has lost no time. Somo of tho most ruajmificent miratrea ever beheld may bo witnessed at sunset now, almost any day, at Astoria, look ing seaward. Evening beforo last tho illusion represented a forest with ull tho tangled wildwood and dry stubs, which soon gave way to n sccno similar to a prnirio on llro. It was indeed a grand sight, nnd lasted for nearly half an hour. Tho ship Gatherer entered Baker's Ray from Philadelphia, drawing 22 1-2 feet; slm was then lightered to 21 feet, and waited an extreino tido beforo enter ing Astoria liar' or; hero she is to bo lightered to 19 feet, which will probably take her to Portland. This incident will servo to intelligently illustrnto how tho commcrco of tho Columbia is man aged at present, ti:kkitokial. Win. Dufly, formerly of Lowiston, Idaho, was lately dtowned in tho Yel lowstone river iu Montana. Ar, Tlm Dayton, Vv. T., (louring mill is now being enlarged and improved nnd will' bo a fli'st-eliiss mill when finished. Tho Into storm on tho Pateha was tho heaviest rainfall ever known iu that vicinity. Tho thunder and lighten- ing wns ternnc. An "Observer" has discovered that in tho cells whero tliu grasshoppers' pggS nro laid, in Columbia county, W. T., a grub is found that gcuorully has eaten all tho eggs. Tlio Chronicle says Dr. J. Clark, of Dayton, has a plum trco fifteen inches in circumfeience, from which ho has gathered 170 pounds of plums of tho Green Gngo variety. Tho Seuttlu 1'ost says: From n gen tleman just down from Frnzier river wo learn that (ho Canadian Pacilicrond will havo to tunnel through twenty-eight spurs of mountain in n distance of thirty miles. Fioiii tha I laho Statentan wo learn that as nn oll'-scl to tho flfty-milo race to coino oir in Union county, Oregon, thn bycieleiHtfl of Roiso City proposo to en tor their tireless bycielo steeds forn trial of speed at tho coming Idaho Park races. Tlio Columbia Chronicle says tho right of way for tho Dayton brunch has been virtually secured, nnd matters ar ranged so that nil nro or will bo ratis tied with tho locution to bo made. Jesso N. Day gives thu depot gi omuls at Dayton. Wo leai n from tho Vancouver pendent that Sept. -I John Robinson mid tl. W. Shallop, particular friends, living on i,owi8 river, wero hunting together. Tho former, after hearing tho other's gun disehniged, wt-ut back nnd found linn with his head blown away by tho discharge of n load of buckshot, nnd there is ovciy reason to think thnt it wns iiccitieutni. shallop leaves a lmnily to mourn his death. Mt. Idaho correspondent of tlm Day ton Chronicle says Geo. Foss nnd Wiley Dean wero drowned iu Snlmon river at the mouth of White lliid, They wero riding Willy bioken rnyuses that ran oil' with them nnd undertook to follow a band of horses ncrosstho river, and men ami horses wero drowned. The body of Foss wns found beside tho horso nnd fattened to the stirrup. iti::iis uv ti:m:jiuimi. Tho Pacific, team nro nt Creed moor. Tiu Treasury Depaitmeiit bought .10.1,000 ou ices of silver, Tliursday. (en. Hatch will soon ri-commcncu tho cam ptitu against Victorio'a band. A scarcity of labor is reported iu Colorado. Wngi s SI 7 to $2 .'i0 per day. Tho icccnt ruins In Virginia have caused coi eiderablo dan. ago to thu tobacco crop. President Haves aud nartv nru in California ami will be iu Oiegou about thu 1st of Octo ber. Thomas Vorcan shot and killed Iticbnnl Stcveiitoii nt Leadvillo on tho litis. Cause. jml.iusy. Tho U. S, Army reeulatioua aro to bo re- viicd. A committee has met in Washington for that purpose. , James Thomas, who lias been found guilty of murder, for killing his sister, was recom mended for mercy. At Victoria, ou Sept. 8th, ton Chiiinmcii were naturalized beforo a. Iiistioi-, They lay that they intend rolurniiig to China nnd derire to claim the i ntctii u of thu llritish Hag in ciso of a war breaking out between their country and Hussia, Tho Southern Pacific is advancing at the rate of two miles or day, nml is now within 12 milts from (he line of Xow Mexico, nnd 128 miles east of Tucson. Arrangcmi ntss are being made to givu Piesidint Hayes ami party a grand reception nt this ancient nnd honorable putblo on their trio through. Dr. lhwhanan, the bogus diploma man, has been arrested. , The llritish steamer Anglia, from lloston to London, foundered at sea four days out on the (Itli. All wero taved, but the vessel and cargo aro n total loss. Thu Xew York llrraUl does not think a solid South is any benefit to (Ion. Hancock. On the samo line of reasoning a solid North is no beuefit to Garfield. The completion of tho Canadian Pacific railway has lieen for Bomo time a subject of negotiation in London. Itecent disimtches have announced that negotiations had been clo.ctl successfully, and that a syudicato of Hnglish and French capitalists hail leen formed w hich would inauro n speedy comple tion of tho road. This announcement is said to be premature by those likely to know of the progress of thu deliberations. A Chicago dispatch says it is SO hours since the hippo-homo race in tho pavilion began, and 7 of the 20 contestants havo given up. Dobler quit this afternoon with a icoro of 200 miles, a swollen knee utterly incapacitating him from further effort. A marker was dis charged this afternoon for marking up laps for Betsy Baker. Following is the score at 11 P. Ji.t Men Byrne, 22a miles; Krolins, 209; Colston, 207; Schoch, 201; Vint, 11H1; Con nolly, 103; Cole. HI; Jackson, 115. Horse Speculation, 2S0; Betsy Baker, 249; Both men's entry. 245; Crockett, Dunn'a cutry. 237S Itoso of Texas, 225. W. O. Kuapp, of Utica, walked out en Goat Island, took off Ids coat, vest and jewelry, blow hia braius out and nil off iuto the rapids. Ten minutes afterwards a dis patch he waited for came for hint.