Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, November 26, 1880, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextIssued ererr Week b Uit WIUAMRTTE FARMER rCBUSHIXG CO. TEiurs ok BunscmiTiox t SMjar, (Vcrtrft paldl, In slrsnc fj.to U months, (postage pslel), In aslranc 1,25 mm Uun ilx months will be, per month , SI ADVERTISING RATES t Adrertls-rnent will lie Inserted, providing Uiej u aassjiecUUe, at the following tall of rates' OkM lnci of tpac per month i !.M tree Inches of spavce per month 6.04 js-hall e1umn per month , ....,, ll.Oc) rsjnecunn per monui i Mmni i 80.UQ ttr8mpl coploe tent free on triplication. Address til letter! to: S. A. CLARKE, Mtntger. TaTKntercxl In poit ofTeers at I'crtlsn.1, Ormron, awl Wsalelngton, I). C, u Third-tins mall matur, sai- Latest by Telegraph. EASTKK.V. Victims nf Ihfl Astluui lllsn.lrr. St. Firmi, Minn., Nov. 18. Tlio official lltt of llio missing nml dead, furnished by tlio hoanital ollicors. is as follows i S. S. Prudcri. probably burned; ). 0. llrcnn.in, mi-sing, ho Ifcvcd safe; Columbus McMillan, proTiahly mirncii; mn, Uoiispic, pronsmy iinrnrui av. E. Clilncli, probably htirncdi Chas. It. Ilarhcr, milling) Anion C. Alley, missing; Carl Hav ihclmer, nick, probably llurncdj Jacob Kglller, missing; Win. Intr, missing, tdoiilit to havu etotcil and ilopiel; T. 1.. Ross, mining! I'at K. Oahey, missing; J, Sloppa, iiiisdhg; Mar cello dogyn, demented, probably luirncill .) I'ahraham wan rescued from tlio building, Imt iliod toon after) John It. Thnrolldtoii was ns cued from tlio building hut,di:d to-ilay; II, Diekmoro, prolmlily burned, ha resoled in tho hospital fourteen ycar .lolm (1111 was rescued nml illcil noon nft-r from fxlinustinn; James McKay, missim; Kphrnim I), (Jonlon, missimj Andrew Allison missing; Lcimro Dlibcmin, epileptic, prolialily burned; I'M Malioney, prnhilily luirncill I'uler Peterson, eilhritic, missing; Daniel O'llriin, missing; Patrick Clancoy, admitted last wcok.probably burncil) Catherine Hohlmsri, missing, Imt probably ifo. Those humed were sick nnd demented patient, iiimpablo of making an uflort to savu thei.iselitc. Trolllna HrrrilrrV .tssiirlnllnn. Nr.w Viiiik, Nov, 17. At tlir National As sociation of Trotting llcirva llreeelcr tlio fob lowing olllccr weru ulecteil or tho cnsulne; yean President, II. V. !. Mall, Now Vnrk; First Vico President, (I. V. Jcwctt, Oh...; Second Vico President, J, I', WIs6r, Campls; Secretary, I.. I), Packer, Now York; Trcas urer, J. W. dray, Vermont. Tliu nnniml meotiiig of this organization wm changed to the first Viilnc.y In December. It una decided not tn liolil tlio annua trotting incut jug lieforu Octolxjr Int. tlio F.xcciitixo Com mittee to Ilx tlio uxact timo ami placn, A MuNHinrnt fur hrltaibrr I'olinnliM., 8an Domimio, Nov, 10. CongrcHi liaa nmctl a ilecreo that comiiU'ring tlio proof auf. ncient that tlm remalni liuunl iu tho U.itln drill. Hent IU. IH77. are tho rcumina of Clirin- toplicr CoIiiiiiIiii, a monument to cnnlirlne tliem ahall ho ireclcd nt tho Capital. All American (lovernmciita nru xiliciti'd to con trihutn to'.tlio fund. Tho (loviirnnicnt of - alllo" DiimlnVa lvea 1 0,000. I'lmrn I'lirnnioiilii In 'atllr. Ciiicaiio. Nov, 17, Cattlo raiaora and dual era to-iliy held a largo inoting here, rvnro tenting liiillnin of dollara of trudoand fnii lueia, and ndnptod iuiortaut renolutlona lug Ing UKi Congltaa tho liiceaaity of leglalatioii to prevent thn ajire.nl of pleino pnviimonia, winch provailt on tho Atlantic Coaat, nml recoinnifiiillng tliat n coinniilon lio npKilnt ' od with Hier to legiihto lint traurtatiQh throiili or into any Mnto or 'IVrritory iu audi a way n ahall In-.t protect tho ivgiona not nf fectod fioui thoao which alu. Tho imetiug wa Kiiy earneat. llir lrl.li Troiililra. ClIICAiin, Xnv, IS. A liuiloii fpecial (aya tho nuwa fiom Iri'lnud coutiuuea to oo iilarm ing. 'Mix condition of that unhappy land, in tead of improving (iintlmiea to grow Morae otery day, It it now feared on nil "idea that hero U only too Hindi foundation for tlii'iu porta that tho piai.inti) tliioiigliout the. oountry aio arming nml aro only waiting for favorahhi oairtunity to defy tho authority of tho cm eminent, Alarniiug riimofa nro continually Muiriiig In from nil p.ut of tho lala'id. A diapatch fiom Cmughu'ell aUtea that n lwn eolitaining aU nllea Udonging to merohanta of Ijouglirean, which nuiwd from Limcilok, wut rohlivil on Tneadav night. On tho iumo night, accoidiug to n iiiaiMtch fiiun Train, a part)' of men with hlacked facta and long beard viaitcd humja ut Cmilul Car, Cj tlo Inland, taking gum wherever thy found th-ni. Our llni.Htl'a correapuudent til grajiha followa I liavo reaaou to place Imiilint faith iu tho ttatument which leached hero nfiw daya ago, that aoino ateaineia tKik on Uutnl at Uonrtluci Italian jMirta, S,(HK) Wetteily rillot. Two or three llioua.iud of them uio niagatiuo rillea, and they nro a.thl to have been ahlnpvd for (lieece, hut rotlly intouded for Ireland, and vreio purcluaed ill .Switzerland by kome Iriahmeu who had eouio front tho United State. ('run Report, Waniiimitov, Nov. 18.- Ileturiu to tho Ueiiartmeut of Agrlculturo thow nu uveiajjo yield of iHitatoea tliiiiugliout tho eountr thia year, of ill hu.hela agaiuat 7S iu 1S7U, and UU liuahuU in ISM). Daly thrco Stnloa, it.i Texan, Alknuaat and Cdiforuhs report an In orejuo in yield. All othcra report a decline of more or leaa. The follow lug atatement of tho condition of tlio corn, toUtcco and potato rropa nu isaued to-day by tho Dcpaftineut tif Agrlculturo t The crop of corn show a no increaio over that of lt J ear, but rather a alight decline for tho whole country. On tho l'acilic alopo Califor nia ahow a an incieaso. There waa lot laud planted to toUtcco thli year than Utt. The ilecre.uo waa piinclully in tho State of Mar) laud and Virginia. In Ohio, lVnutylvauU nud Wiacoutiu there waa decided incream', Karly in tho aeoaon tho weather wai not uronilioiu. tut iu Aumiat and iSeptemWr it waa very favorable. Tho average yield per aero ia reported, Novemlicr lat. at 7 to IIm. auaiiut 71 w. lott er. The area planted iu iiotntoca was thitycur aoom ruiuti m mat piautei in 1S7W, out In the total crop there ia iiulte a decline, Tho yield per acio ia repotted thia rar an average of ill InulicU aifaiiut US in 1870, and UU in 1878. Only three State, Texaa, Arkauau aud California, report an luereato iu tho yield. All theao ivport a divliue of more or U-u, lutcct iujurica ar) not of gcuaral couipUlut, but the drought ia nlmoal uuivenally men tioiidl, Heath (- att OU .a. ' Louhviu.k, Nov. 18, Oneida, the dam of the four-year-old trotting wonder, Triukett, died of cpiiootlo Saturday lost at Indian Hill. Sho wat the property of It, S. Vrovk. Her product, thou i! h but five in numWr, aud all aired by iVince. could not now be bought for at, Ut-ia' fepitUlUa. 8r, Loci, Nov, 18, Vnl, Woodward, Si; vcrvisor of tho census, completed his work of ro'Cnumerating the city to-night, and an nounces ollicially that tho population of St. Louli, on tho 1st of last June, was .1.V),IIOo. This is nn Increase of 2,071 over tho cchsus taken by Supervisor Solomon. .inllnnnl 'inume. Wamhinotov. Nov. 18. Tho National Orango hod tho largot meeting to-day ever held In tho country by tho oriltr. Kcporls show the graugo organization to bo iiicrcaaing. Allnrkeil liy Imlliiiia- tien. Milea forwards n dispatoh from Lieut. Kisliiigbury, dated "Cnmp nt tho Mouth of tho Mussel Shell, Nov. 7th," ns follows i In liana attacked ns to-day. About 4 P. M. some Indians at n dlstanco wcro di-covcred by the lookouts coming towards our camp, uml scouts sent out wcro tired upon ny n party in amnusn a quarter of a niilo from tlio camp. Tho scouts fought them well till forced to full back, which thev did without losim any men. Ono of their horses wns killed and three wounded nt tho first volley I am making my position ns strong; ns jiotsible 1 hey nro hound to como hack in force, I shall do. tho best I can, nud the) shall not get our stock until they get us all. Illness r '.. Mllllniiis. CiiH.unn. Nov II). flov. Williams, of In diana, Is strlously ill of inllninin.tion of tlo lilaihlcr, rears nro cnicrtaiuci tuai no win not livo to complete his teiui of olllco. . lioiernnr Wllllnnia' Knilli. ImiIasai'oi.i-i. Ind.. Nov. 20. (fovcrnor Jnmcs I). Williams died at I2'W) to-day of n malady of lift vii years' atntidiiig, iiillamma tlon of tho bladder. Il'iitriius lire. ClIK'Ano, Nov. 20. Tho wholesalo drug store of Lord, Stoutcnberg Ac Co., 8(1 Walnsli nteiiue, wns gutted by lire, which broko out about noon to-day, liss, istimated at ijlOO, 000; pirtiallv insured. I,ATtu. Tlio lo-a is stated by tho proprie tors to bo 8I0O.OOO. nud n the building 870.. 000 iusurancn 011 stock, 81.10,000, 011 building $.10,000. r'rrliilits for llic I'nrlflr Const. Ni:w Yiiiik. Nov. 20. Tho cllmicr freiuht market continues nlKiut tho samo as noted lor scleral week-pant. I hern ia a fair assort ment of goods iroiug forwil'd, hut, with tho exicption of ono or two instames, there nn lint nuy largo lots. 01b rings nro nbout fatrlj divided between Ineasiiiement and heavy goods, but nil nru generally if tho rough tla-s or silcli Irelgni as noes 1101 pay mgiicai rates .Nlost of tho finer class of grwls is going bv rallro.nl. As it is, ships do not lo.ul vc rap idly. Tho l. Schi'pii Is about loaded, nud tin Seminole, to follow, has n (sirtiou of her caro 011 board. Tho llngarstown comes to Inrtli with eoii-lderiil'lii eiigag ut. but will not iret nw.iv bef. ro tho lOtli of Dec mbcr. The Men ill, lo.idini lor Portland, will budono alwut tho nth of Dccemlxr. Hat' a remain quiet and stoidy on tlio InsU of 8.S.IK) per toll or dead welch t. Toiiuauu is in fair stinplv. ;u Is II di-l. hut owners do not s. cm di-p sed to accept Ini'iiicsi except nt full rates; but ns the line with ono exception, hnvu rmlllciout tounngu for present w.iuts,no chuiteis hnvo been made in tlio past few days. Isthmus freiihU nro moderately active, ami to-day's steamer hadn fair cargo for California Freights nt llostou nro fairly in live. The Kmlly I''. Whitney has nlxmt one-half her car go on lioanl. Hail freichts at llostou nlso nu the, witlishinmeutaof !ll8barrilscrnubrric, 2,000 pkg. Ildi, I00 cases 0 1 go da, 23 barrels nun, IbO coils rope, nud 2 lit kegs horn'shoes, l'ri Ights nt l'hilnibdphia nro not over active, i thi KllM.MoNeil ifijsfll nv.meod, having on iKiard n round lot of railroad Iron fur'l'ort- Ailtnnrr In linil. ClIICAiin, Nov. 20. Wheat Is atrong and higher; 8, ensli; III nro ruling rates for Jan uary delivery, nml lOf for I'Vbruary dilivtry nro thcijuotaiiona. " liiriiiiinl"in I'im nirrcil." Nkw York, Nov. 20. Win. l-'nriiiati, nn liouuced na nu npostatu .Mormon, who iu tho guito of a b-iok cauiaa.tr had iuv atigated .Mormon life and institution, lectured Inst evening at llrooklyn Tabernacle befnro nu 'hotmoos nudieiicn on reaiilta of hit exploits, entitling hla diacoursu ".Morinonlim l;iicov eieil." Ho una Intrmluced by Taluiaio, Ilia ititcourao iiliouuilcd iu coarse invectives, but wns liumoroua nml highly reli.hed, , rrolr.llnu llulrlain. Wasiiimiton, Nov. 20. Tho muaichus of San Antonio, Texas, bare written to thu War Deparliuent protesting ngaiuat tho I'ir.t In fuutrv band being iicrimttcd to play nt coo cert", Killa, etc., tliereliy prtneutmg thu In eid iiiilpictaus from making n living by (heir pmfea.ion. Tho general of tho Jinny aaja that ri'giiueiitnl bnml are nut maintained or I paid by I ho United States, Thu iigimciit.il ooiiimniuier seiccia miiaiciaus innn iiiinjMuit-a and tlina create u liaiicl whoso cixpennen lino to bo .ili out of thopuckita of thu olliceis. Iu deaputiu Ituaiii nud (lor many Mildiera nru eiicouinged to work for wag. a;u tiilors, hoi makers and during harvest, to supplement their small pay, nud I do let ree why iu fiee America n soldier lii.iv not bv luiliio. He should woik ill his leismo time nml lay by n little money to buy mccaaiica, or lo aaio up ami liny n turni niter hit enlistment, l cer tainly will not deprive our own aoldiera of an simple ami fair n puvilego, Tho Secretary of War concurs. firti. rrlrr'a t'llltrrul. Wasnimitos, Nov. 20. Tho luneial of llngadier-Ueiieral Xevler to.ik placo to-day. After the lervlcea iu the church welt) over, the remains were, escorted by a large detach ment of military to tho railroad drot for their lomuval to I'cuuyay Ivnula foriiiUruicut. .No lore Troop. Dunu.v, Nov. 18.-Thu tfyott that icin forcemeiita will bo sent to lliteurobe is not ti ue. Rriult In Cnsliuirrr. HiiMliAV, Nov. IS. The report of a revolt in Northern Ca.liuure i true, A auull force I holding tiirca in cluck, I'u.hliiK the kurds. Tkiiaha, Nov, 18. The Kinds aro being pursued toward the frontier. Xrlurla .News limit. VlcuntlA, Nov. 18. At n depth of six hundred feet tho Vancouver Coal Company have reached an eleven-foot aeam of excellent coal, near the old workings. A uml 01 gold in an old cnamul it rvporUd from .I-eech river, twenty milea diatant from Victoria. The value of the diceiuiM will lie determinrtl by men now llocking to that place. KuL'iuevai leave Friday to locate tlio linu from llnrrartl Inlet to Yalo. The hip (lermaiiia, for San Francisco, ami bark Malay, for Wilmington, w.nt to ea )ea crday. Tilrlarl ewa llraut. Victoria, Nov. 18. At adentliof alx hun dred feet tho Vancouver Coal Company have reached an eleven-foot seam of excellent coal near the old workings. A lind of gold in.au tdd channel ia reported from Leech river, twenty miles distant from Victoria. Tlio value of tlio digging will bo determined by lueu now flocking thithor, Kugineera leave Fridty to locato the lino from llurranl inlet to Yale. Tfce lalrrautllaaal Brgutta. Loxnox, Nov. It). Iu tho tint trial heat this afternoon Wallace Uqm, of St, John, WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 26, 1880. won the heat by a length; llosrncr, of Boston, Mass, second; Hiley, of Saratoga, N. Y,, third; Nicholson, of Stockton on Lees, fourth. It was a fine raco. Tho coitrso wns from Put ney nc(iieduct to Chlsworth Church, two and n half niilo. Tho w.ittr wis rough, but no rain. Time, IU minutes nml 22 seconds. Tho second hent wns oer tho same cottrso nml dis tance, won bv haycock; Warren Smith, of Halifax, N. S., seconds Trickett, of Sydney, N. S. W , third; llnwdon and Dclaveu, fourth, I -ay cock rowed in splendid form ami won easily. At Hammersmith he was four lengths nlicad of Smith, who waa leading Trickett by threo lengths. Opposite thodnrcs Trickett made, n spurt and nlmost reached Smith; ho then slackened nml was beaten easily. Arrrl fur Murilrr. C011K, Nov. III. Two brothers named Moore, havo been arrested on a charge, of being concerned in the murder of Whcchrand Michael. Moore accompanied Wheeler whtn lio was killed. I Urn Hrusiirr KtiKzrtleil. IiNImiv, Nov. 10. Tho 77mm in n lenling editorial saysi Wo havo no doubt wlatuvcr that tho power of arresting nctivo organ ir era and agents nl agrarian terrorism 111 Ireland, wouhlbring iiiuurdiato and enormous relief. not only to pmcenlilo persons, but to many of inn (luciiu peasantry miiu uau oceri cuerceo 10 join ill tho agitation. AiiMtrrliiK the KIiik. Atiikvs, Nov. Ill, Tho Chamber of Depu ties passed by n vote of 10.1 to 80, an address iu reply to tho speech froio the throne. The Imllrlril. Iknn.iv, Nov. li). Tho indicted laud leaguers will center their pleas, traversing the indictment on Friday. 1 41 ml lTnaner.nl Work. Dnni.lS. Nov. 20. Accounts havo been ro ceived from the various parts of tho country by tho agents for property, rcpresiiitiug tho stale 01 tho country ns sun more inuuriicii and demoralised. A combination against the payment of rents extends into districts hitherto peaco,'ibl, nml tho terrorism which lollows closdy In too wnko 01 1110 unci I'auuc is stc.vlilv breaking down the npnosi ti n rif law-abiding cltien. Tenants w ho do not pretend to bo nblo to pay their rents, meet their luudloida ilifiautly and rvfuso to pay more than (Irilnths valuatimi, and in a 11110 cases decline to pay nt all, or demand math miiltrnry nnntement. IlirJens Iu lirriiinnx IIkiii.i.v, Nov. 20. Iu the liwer House, of ho I'riissijh Diet 1 1'Tr Hun-1 Interpellated tlio Uovcriiment to-il.iy upon the present movement iitfilnst tho -feus. Ho denounced thu revival of raco liitrcd, uml pointed out tho consistency of such a umvomut in n vouutry where tho government had takoi dllilomallo action in lavor 01 teniovnlol dua bilitles of Jews 011 tlm B.ilkar tiriucipalltiea, Count Vonstcrg Weriugerndc, Minister of SUie, replied that thu government had Imt r-ceived nny ietilioii' in fvor of partial ro iionnl of disabilities rcbrrcd to by Herr llinel, but ho bad no liusitaiiou iu declaring that existing lawaestabli-ed loligious erpiality ami that tho government had no intention of proposing n moderation thereof, liitrrrinlliHirit llrunlln 4io.nl. Ii.ndo.v, Nov. 20. Ijtvcock won thu final heat in tho International K'gatU to-day, car rying oil' tho lirst prio, I'.VHI; Itoss second, winning i'ltOO; Hosuier thlnl, winning l'ICO, nil I Smith fouith, winning i'10. Itoss fouled with l,noiek nlsio Chaawick l'.yot. Lay cock thou took tho bad. He not only won 011 thu foul, but won thu raco handsomely by seven lengths, in 2ll minutes and CI scumus. Hosiuer ft good third. .tlluiiilniis Hindu.:. CllNKTANTIMII'LK, Nov. 20 Tho tnwps undrr Dervish I'athn, nt virions jxiints near Diilcigii", aro surrounded by Albanians. Thn Alhniuau league hat informed the Turkish authorities that it w ill forcildy oppo.o nny at li nipt to i liforro t o decree calling out rttdills for service. Tho Ausliinii Consulate nt Piiicnd Ins been pillaged y mobs. IMOII'K) COAST.' ihr llluur.l Hull on nuy llnrkel. SAN-Fiiancim'o, Nov. It). In ilepartinent two of til- Superior Court to-day. In fore Jiiilgu Sullivan, tho cn.u of John II. llurko rs .1. C 1'IihmI nml estate of O'llrieu to re uo.orSlO, 1211.000, tho value of Coiiaolidateil Virginia stock appropriated by tho defendants, canm up mi a motion on the calendar, when S. W. Ilolladay, eoun.el for llurke, moved that Isith caet Imi placel on tho oiuiiy cab ei d ir for trial by tho court. Mr, Hillycr, for ibfendanlH, C'liielited, provided ho did not wnio tlo right to n jury hereafter, but to thia Mr. Hoi, a lav would not consent, as the time had panned within which defendants could clem end n jury tiial. Thciciipou Mr, Hilljer walvnl Irial by jury, nud Uitii ca-ca were placed on thn equity cileodar for trial by thu coin t. 'I he court, sitting in chambers to-uioi iov. will hear tho api-licaiiou for an oleic rou Flood to produce tho lnoka and ac counts bvfuro tho Notary I'ublio nnd answer question nut ..oauift'd on oxnmliutlona hiiiu toforo had. 1TKMS itv ti:ij:.ic.iii, It suowisl on the 17th ull the way from Little Hock to Chicago. Tho ateamcr Oceania took home 8,10 China men Imm Shi Franciaco. It is believed that 211 palicuts wcro lost in tho burning of tho Miiiiicaot i Aslum, Ouiibalcli iusisU ujhiii tesigniug as a mem Krof thu Italian Chamber ol Deputies. An iiukuowu stunner was wrecked olT the C'.tat nf Wuloi, nnd all on loard aro lost. tieu. Miles, the Indian tighter, will most probably bo placed at thu head of the Signal er ice. The Thame i rising rapidly, and floods havo cau.nl great damage iu several counties of F.tigkiud. Charles Dcsnctl was arrested In San Iran- citcu Wednesday, to answer a charge of grand larceny in Oregon, A special train carrying four companlea of 10th infantry was wrecked in Texas and 23 men wcro wounded. New York State rives Oartleld 20.S12 nn- lority over Hancock, Kentucky give iiau cock 43,011 ovir Oartleld. The nrxtlarve.t bciildiuir to the l'alaco Ho tel i to bo built on tho corner of Market aud O'Fartel atreo a, San Francisco. I he coin nud bullion in the United States November 1st, is stated to have been WIS,. (XX), (XX). Silver coin to that date was 173,. 000,000. The cases in the United States District Court of Virginia against County Judges, in dieted for not putting negroes on juries, have been abandoned. Jay (loulJ positively contradict the rumor of a great tadroad consolidation with Grant at the head of it. Nothing justilica the pub lished reports. The Knglish Cabinet hold together, but several uieiiilera aro reported as (irmly op tioatd to coercion iu Ireland, and other wish to suspend the Au&eiis corpm act. The Missouri, Kansas and Texaa Railroad will increase their capital fA00t),000 to build the road MX) mile to Caniorco. ou the ltio (Iraude. The money ia subscribed, aud the load is turned over to Jay Gould. SGjpN, Daniel Tturr. watchman in the Cleveland rail mill, went home ono morning nnd found his family suffocated with gas, escaped from a store. His little daughter was dead, and the others will prnbsljiy ille. The manager of the Commune, and Gen. Cluseret, hare each been sentenced to IS month's imprisonment, and a fine, for defend ing a criminal act. The director of CVriVfea tlon, a Paris journal, is sentenced to .1 months in prison, and a Que, for insulting President Grcvy. The success in inducing laborers from Ku lopcan countries to set tlo iu Texas, induces tho Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture to Jiegbtiato for special rates from steamship companies tor emigration Irom Austria to that Stale. One thoit-nnd Austrian, bound for Texas, lately reached New Orleans on one steamer, Tho clearing house statement for December 18th, claims that Now York exchange wcro never lamer than la.t week, nrolalilv cau-ed by heavy sales of rrain. Wheat sold, 7,517, 000 bushels ; corn, 2,140,000 bushels; oats, 1,072,000 bushels, besides heavy dealings in cotton. There was nlso extraordinary busi- nn.s activity through tho country outside, of tievf Yorlt. Tho ship Oalatta, for llombay, foundered oirCape Clear; 21 lives Iqst. Pennsylvania has only threo candidates for UlcrK ol tho jiouso oi Jiep-eutatives. Chicago Is to suon havo n mammoth, clo" gant, pnrnto hotel to cost ?."00,00(). A (lalway landlord, named (lardncr, has been tarred nml feathered by nrmed men. Tho Chileans havo sent n squadron with forca to attnek Callau ami besiege Lima, Tho Democrats of tho Alabama Legislature have in caucus nominated James L. Pugh for U. S. Senator. Two men wcro killed by thu caving of nn embankment nt tho Sylvan oro beds near l'oughkcpsie, N. Y. l'arnell practices, what ho preaches bv ro during rents to his own tenants to tho scale ho demands others shall do. Hart, Itcpublican, has been elected Mayor ol Chattenooga, Icnii,, and two ICepuniican Aldermen out of live wcro elected. Some philanthropic peoplo of llrooklyn nre petitioning that Cadet H hittaker shall ho re stored to his poiitiou ns n cadet nt West Point. Jmlgo Key, of Na.hville, U. S. District Judge, lias decided that n railroad compmy cannot liionopolira tho express business on its route. Senator (I rover expects to bo in his scat iu tho Senato when Congress opens, and will stay there if ho can possibly do so. His health is said to Jio improving. Tliofimous ling St. .Milieu, has been taken back to California, nud his driver brags that ho Is ready to run against Maud S. for $-0,. 000, to run side by side. 1)1) the, defeated Itcpublican candidato for Congress in thu Grteuvillo District, South Carolina, is making arrests on charges of fraud committed in tho election. At Dtyton, Ohio, Geo. W. Ware, who shot Lea llrumhaiigli for being criminally intimate with hit wile, wns acquitted of the chnri'o of murder, tho Jury being out but n frwniiuulis. A special agent tent by thu (lciicr.il Laud Ollicv out to Dakota, to unearth frauds, has succeeded in having llvu indictments found lor forgery, and thu Grand Jury is still nt work. There it a revolt iu Cachmero nnd thu Kurds nro being pushed nut of Turkey. Shirk LAIfallah attacked Uuuiniali and was io- puiscfi ami inassacrcei iiuu people in ins re treat. Sugar planters in Louisiana telegraph to Washiiititon to learn if there will bo Iroat to in jurs their growing cine. Word was sent Kick that frost wns pretty sure to strike them that night Guv. Wiltz. of Louisiana, has appointed n slice es'r to Spollord, dectetscel, w ho eonte steel Kellogg seat In tlio U. n. senate, which looks as if that unction was to bo raised again. A stranger felt to thankful over tho election of Garfield that ho walked into the ollicu if the American Hoard of Foreign Missions at Do. ton nml handed in $2,000 as his share of thankfulness. At tho Agricultural Grounds. Brockton, -.Mas., 1. 1. Warliiiiton, ol l.nglaml, ran n tweuty-milu raco against A. J. Kusrna nud .1. M. Hoppcny, each ten miles, and the Kuglish man got beat, of course. Philadelphia has SIO.OSO population. The Kuglish Parliament is to bo prorogued until January (ith. Paymaster Nelson, who had pitel out over seven million ol dollar without ilelalcntlou, got to speculating nnd lost $S,000, Govern ment money, nnd want to havo Ida resigna tion ncccptcd nml tho oUcnto condoned be cnuso of long and good previous re cord. Stephen C.'ltradwcll, commercial traveler. of Now- York, is up on n cl-arwe of fnrip'ug S'J.M),(XX) of note on tho Spanish liaiik nt Havana, Cuba. Detective Piukertou run the case down nnd furnished posilivu proof through hit agents, who got iu with thu forgers. An nuti-Lnuel League movement i spread ing in the north of Ireland, John Milieu, n printer l0 year old, commit teel suicide in San Francisco, Gen. Mile' nppointment as Chief Signal Ollicer is publicly announced. Louisiana raises 237,000 hogsheads of sugar thi i ear, 7l,ouo more than in is;i. Paruell ha gone to Pans ; it is said for the purpose of interviewing Fenian leaders. Now it is said that Garfield's Cabinet will bo composed of an entirely law set of men. Helloing and smelting works nt Chelteuhal, near St. Ixmis. were burned t loss $123,000. Kdely Power, of Chicago, says ho killed the Chinaman, Ye Won, but did it iu self-defense. Flection Judge in St, Louis arrested for receiving votes ol colomt people, liavp bcvii tailed. J, P. Hidoles, of Los Angeles, is arrested for colleetiny a forged check for 2.1 CO iu Sau Francisco. Tho United States Judga of Colorado re fuse to give Agent Berry up for trial to tho State Courts, Spinners at Fall river ask manufacturers for ten per cent, advance of wage, but receive no encouragement. Tho great bonania suit has been place.) on tho equity callendcr for trial by the court, in stead of by jury. The dead of the burning of the Minnesota Insane Asylum now figure up 32, unless some of the patieuta escaped. Arrests for murder are frequently made iu Ireland. F.victiotu at Durham coutinuo to bo carried out with great cruelty, John Kricson lit invented a sea going tor nedo that ia aaid to be the most fearful thins ever thought of in naval warfare. The Yellow Jacket will stop hailinc water. and that will Hood the lower levels of all the uiiuea ou the Couutoclc below it. New from Ireland begins to lie blood v. S-mieboJy i fouud killed every few daya, al ways somebody representing the landlords. , a dray now os he Coukling, candidate for Senator of New York, is Lovi P, Morton, but the anti-Conk-Ing crowd claim n majority of tho Assembly. The Grand Jury has indicted Mayor Kal loch for levying tribute on a man ho appoint ed to ollicc, nml getting it alio for having work none on the City llall without nov-crus-ing for bills. In'tho Warren Court of Tnnuirv. Gen, War ren denies that at the battlo of Five Oakcs either Sherid in or himself used the language attributed to them It is asserted that efforts nre mnkim for consolidation of tho Central and Union l"a cilio Railroad Companies, notwithstanding Jay Gould's iln-claimcr. The coasting steamer Ailsa foundered nu mo r.nnsn coast, also tno steamer .'iioneic from New York for Marseilles nnd her enw weio drowned in mid Atlantic. It seems that whila thev wcro cutting rato. and putting down fares lately, tlio West rn railroads took in more money than ever be fore iu the same timo, which is nu nrguim nt for reduced rntcs. James Tinsby, who Ibcl from linker county. Oiegon, to escape from n crime commiticd there, has just been given 21 hour's t me in which to lcavo Virginia City, Nevada, llo's n very loul bird. Turkey claims tho right to exercise tno par dotting power when she chooses, and she chooses to commute the soutcuce of the mur derer of Col. Comincrnroir from denth to im prisonment for life. . Professor Ncwburry read before the Na tional Academy of Science, an ae count of the enormous deposits of Iron nnd coal in Utah, Iron ore being without ai-Wnl, nml more coil than is in Illinois, besides which, copper, sul phur, salt, nltiate, usphult, uurciiiy and an timony nro plentiful, tho Inttcr mine being the most romarknhle in tlio world. STATE NEWS. Weaver got two votes nt Drowns villa Tlio Dalles grows 'as fust as tlio mo clianics can put up houses. Tiii-iulay night, nt Tlio Dalles, tlio mercury was 17 degrees nlwvo zero. Tlio miners of Yakima county sro fiuiling it prolitnlilu to trmlu at Tlio Dalles. On it ranch of the Malhoiir, in linker county, it dairyman has set up a cIiul-mj fnetory. Tlio Mountain' tr estimates that 100 men entitled to vote did not do so iu Wasco county. Tlio Oro-jon City grrtvo digger uotiilcs the Court that liu won't dig giuvrs for paupers nt .'l apicco. Tim item thutJoscph l)eezly,of D.tllai, otl'ered to givo 89,000 to found a college at -Me.M inn villi-, was a mistake. Thu Mountaineer says tho train wai to run out to lllalouk's landing, -12 miles aliovo Celilo on Thursday. Tho Clackttmns Democrat tells of a stranger's hiring n hnrso ut Oreiom City, driving him tD Portland nud selling him, and then couldn't bo found. Tho liouso of Samuel Qihblo, on (lib ido's iirairiei Clackamas county, wns robbed of clothing woith ?80, luid thu thief left n package! of greenbacks in u trunk lio rummaged. Citizens of Kugcuc havo become in tciested iu tho matter of a water supply unci thu plan for it reservoir ou Skinners biitto is growing in favor. Notwith standing tho great cost, works will prob ably lie pushed to speedy completion. Kugeui) peoplo gavo $ Ift.OOO to Hen irnllnilay to scctno tho mad to that city and they Leliovo twico that would bo contributed by Lano county ton ntilroul built to tho mouth of thu Siuxluw river, winch is tho latest schemn udvocated there. Tho Dalles operator has left his of fico nnd many creditois. Wheat has touched 80 cents at Amity nnd yet the farmers wont sell, A party of immigrants lately set tied in tho vicinity of'Wappito lake. David Holmes, of Polk county, v s been committed to tho Insane Asylum, Siuco tlm Railroad is couuner .to ldui. ilhWlle, tiielu lb IIUIlo a eJUoUlciw ixxmi nt that place. Peoplo having grain stored along tho narrow gaugo road to Lebunon uro im patient becauso thoy cannot move it away. W. 0. Alyer, tho stock bnoder of Oakland, Jnckson county, is thinking of removing to Eastern Washinyton Terri tory. Farmers in soma parts of tho Statu cannot plow f.r want of rain, but a largo amount of wheat has already lieen sowed. Deer and bear havo como clown into tho foothills earlier t!mn.u.ual this sea son, 4iul somo predict a cold Winter by reason of this fact. A good deal of Fall wheat has nl- rruuy uecu nuwii, aim mat WHICH lias made its appearance nbovo tho ground looks good enough. Jlr. Drenner, of Albany, bought po tatoes of Mr. Finlayson, to pay double prico for them when Garfield was elected, nnd now, ho has discovered that potatoes has "riz." L. N. Liggit writes from Ilalkle- mans ranch, Ochoco county, to the Albany Democrat ubout turnips 30 to 35 inches Hround, nnd says they can raise anything thero but n mortgage. Wo understand, says tho Democrat, that tho Lelinnon railroad has been a jxtying investment for its owners so far. It will havo the ofl'ect of largely increas ing tho acrengo sown to grain in the Suntiam valley, D. T, Poiso, judco of tho District. has gono East to attend the annual ses sion of tho National Grange, When such men as Judgo Boiso "ivo their time and UlenU to forward the interests of the Grange the final result canuot help being beneficial to our farmers. Deanls Kearney drives used to in San Francisco. TERRITORIAL. Tho Sisters of Charity at Vancouver helJ a fair in IJrcut's building. W. W. Kusscl, aliai "Dutch," is un der bonds at Dayton for threatening tho life of S. Steel. Lieut. W. V. Wolf, who used to bo in this department, was recently found to bo iiiMtiiH, lit Louisville, Ky. Henry Christ will contest tho olection ol S. II. Alexander ns County Commis sioner of Clark county, W. T. Complaint is inudo in tho Teller of great irregiilaiity in mail transportation between Lewiston and Wnlla Wulla. Tho Vancouver City Councillinvo do cidij'l to suppress clmrivris, which have become u nuisance to tho peaco of tho City. The ladies of St. Lukos Church, Van couver, will givo a Now Kngland dinner next week tu raise money to paint tho eiiurcn. Among tho improvements at vail couver iililitury Post is n plunk walk 1,000 feet long from tho entranco to tho ollicer's (puarters. Over 700 votes wero cast in Nez Perco county, I. T., Tor annexation to Washington Territory, and only two against it. Dr. J. W Wanghop, of Olympia, ban heeu nppointed Superintendent nf tho Territorial Insane Asylum, vico D. Willnrd resigned. The Ithicuhnl complains that nbout ten meinbeis of tho Vancouver Garri son ni o v ery bud uml disorderly and a disgineo to tho service. The tio oto for Probato Judgo of Columbia county, W. T., between J. A. Stniner nud V. F. Jones was decided by lot nud Straiicr won tho Judgeship. Rev. Father Louis Kusters, Into from tho University of Lou vain, ariived from Uu rope in Vancouver a few days since, lie will nt onco nopiacca on too stair of professors iu Holy Angels' Col. .Irrlclriilnllr hliol. On last Friday afternoon, says the Inde pendence lllrrrsltlf, Wm. Lines, aged nWit' 17 years Wm. Liwreiico, aged about lHyears, nml n little son of Mr.' ltoso went n short ills tanco into tho country to havo a good limb; ami previous tu starting tlu'y procured, with out the knowledge of their parents, n couple) nf derringer pl-toli ami a plentiful supply of cartridges. After wan Icriug around for some 'line, Ibing their pistols without aim or ob ject, they cot alxnrd tho Albany stago soiiio two miles above town ami ctuio homo. Just as tiny were ut tho upper edge nf town, Wen. Li,"S vx p'nv ng ''I'll one of tho pistols, when it went oil, tho bullet, n largo onu of 41 calibre, striking Wm. Liwreiico nt tho faco, lint nt tho lower portion of tho noso on tho left hand side, thu bail ranuiiig cllaranallv ncrost thu faco nud downward, lodging below nml Inc'e of tho right ear. Drs. Davidson, I.eo ft (joiicher, of this place, and Dr. .McAfee, of Salem, were o died, who extracted tho ball in a ery so untitle manners Dr. Leo handling the se.il"l with rare skill, ably assisted by his profesiionil hruihreu. This furnishes nn other lesson on tho foolish nml dangerous habit of carrying conc-nled wbsik)ii. If men did not elo to, Itoys would not; ami surly no ono will him that thoru is any necu-sity of ono linking a walking arsenal of himself iu a civilized community. Fatal Accidkst. JVm. Fawvcr, an old man about (13 years of age, living on tho Island Mow llarrithnrg, nu the old Ingram nbico, was In tautlv klllod mi Tucsdsy, tho I tit li inst., whiln digging potatoes ill the Held mar hi housu. Tho wind was blowing strong, ar d broko oil' tho lop of a balm tree, near whew ho was at work. In trying to Avoid tln tree it appears he ran directly under it, and it -truck htm on tho head, mashing iu tho skull ami breaking hit neck. Ho was a sober, industrious citizen, an I leaves a wifo ami six small c il Ireii to mourn his sad and untimely ciiel, clrWsiiry AViVms, Mkmco, whoso only completed railroad lit.e has never paid cither interest on its debt rr dividends on its stocka has nt present eight tr nine railroads within its limit under con- .t-i-l' ... .it., u furcouf about 100 laborers is nt work on tho Gunymas and Hcrmosilla railroad, which is moving Northeast from tho gulf of California to connect with the Atchi son, Topeka nml Santa Fe. Tho managers of thu Mexican Central, n lino running due North from the city of Mexico to Kl Paso, have spent considerable money ou terminal facilities at the capitol, but lieyond making contracts for tics and steel rails and buying a fragment of nn incompleted road in the Stato of Guana janta little has been accomplished by them. The fragmentary line which has been ltought iu for the Mexican Central is to bo extended to connect with tho Vera Cruz line to the city of Mexico, and 2,000 men aro aaid to bo employed on the work. On two small coast lines, nuefioin Vera Cruz to Alver do and the other iu Yucatan, threo or four miles have Wen built. Work on tho Teliuan tepeo railroad is. Mid to await the arrival of six. vesula with railroad stores shipped from F.iHsn 1 Or. or two small railroad entcrpri. e ore also in progress near tho Rio Granite. All told tho entire railroad construction under way in Mexico is lemtlian tho work ordinari ly in progress iu any well settled State iu this country. Theso trilling lecgiunings, however, break Ion-. peri'M in u hich no railroad build iu liaa tunc un. .Mo.t of theso road enlist American capital only. At every previous season of commercial expansion American cap italist Lave lieen conteut to sink their mouey on speculative enterprises in the West. The iiioutljn -tow rsf3irf ao the first flush times in which American capital is enlisted abroad. 1 here are paper projects for more railroa.! in Mexico now than the republio can aupport for a century, and Russia ha also been entered a an inviting field by Philadelphia capitalist. Amencaiis have conducted great enterprise there More, but it lias generally been bor rowtjd monev. MHIIE we are flsbllas; Ibe battles Tor Um preMlurrr. as no altarr Journal Is r case, we hope all aseb.erlberssslllbpronjp, U their renewal., anil Ihnl meads or Ihr FABMCK will da what tliry ran Iu lurreate r clicst" lallaa, Maaejrwas never lurUer U H ! I Is la-dar. J e ,( 4 i ' 'If