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ITKMS BY TELEGRAPH.
Indian depredations aro increasing in Mon
tana. Aa earthquake occurred on the cast coait of
India December 31st.
Dissatisfaction with Keifer's House commit
tee continues in Washington.
A boat'a crew from the Jeanette is said to
have been cast away on Herald Island.
The board of health closed all churches on
she 8th at Fort Jervis on account of small
Fox. John 0. New, of Indiana, will ho made
minister to Russia. He is a pronounced Stal
wart. The President has nominated Maj. Cleo. B.
Schofield to be lieutenant general of the 6th
avalry.
The agent of Lord Dunraven'a .estate has
arrangedwHh tenants to appoint an arbitra
tion to fix fair rents.
The press is bitterly commenting upon the
Terdict imprisoning Italians implicated in tlio
riots at Marseilles last June.
Richard Henry Dana's death is attributed
to a eold, caught during a visit to the Basilica
f St. Paul'sjLondon.
A Chinese student who fell in love with a
Chicago girl was recalled to China and execut
ed for tho offense.
A very serious explosion and accident is re
ported to have occurred near Chicago, and
several people killed. ,
An attack on the' Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty was begun in the Senate on the 9th by
Hill, of Georgia, and Jones, of Louisiana.
The Allegcmiene Zeiluny of Vionna has been
seizedjn consequence of an article designating
Emperor William's recent manifesto as a coup
deetat.
Mount Allison Male Academy, Methodist,
f Sackville, N. C, burned on the'Sth. Loss,
-' 928,000; insured for $16,000. All the inmates
eseaped.
;A match between Vigneaux and SIossou has
been fixed for the 30thtnst. at Paris. The
takes are 1,000 francs, and conditions' the
aame aa governed the last.match,
BiaveJBear, n Sioux' Indian,, oouyieted of
the murder of Joseph Johnson,' near Fort
Sully, in May, 1870, was sentenced to be
kanged March 9th, the first case of Indian
hanging in Dakota.
A woman's evangeli6al association has been
. rgauized by former members of the woman's
aational Christian temperance union, who
were opposed to the suffrage feature of that
society.
The suppression of a manifestation on Sun
day in commemoration of the death of Blan
qnm has created a bitter feeling among tho
working classes of Paris, which may lead to
mischief. (
A dispatch to La France says the Emperor
William has decided to proclaim the Crown
Prince Frederick William regent on the 22d
f March next, on the occasion of the Empe
ror Williams bow Dirtnoay.
Sooville says the checks for $1,500 received
by Quitean Saturday were worthless, and it
was a practical joKe. mis lias frequently
happened. He himself has had numerous
bogus checks, one for $1,500.
The largest steel sailing ship afloat, regis
tering 2,220 tons, has just been launched from
Ismar, Imrai & Co., manager of tho White
Star lino at Belfast. It is named the Garfield,
and will be employed in the Australian and
California trade.
A concession with a subsidy of 380,000 per
kilometer has been granted Count Tilefener,
agent of the de Castro, for a railroad from
Matamoras to Tampico, on condition that de
Castro shall aoquire the branch road from
Matamoras to Victoria, belonging to Gould.
A Pott's Washington special says Postmas
ter General Howe, begins office with a per
emptory refusal to listen to applications for
moo. He says the departments more than
full and that the list must be 'cut down.
Secretary Folger takes substantially the same
MMnn,t
Dr. A. MoFarland. of Jacksonville. 111..
who waa anxious to testify in the Gniteau
ate, bat who did not get an opportunity, is
very positive tne assassin is insane. It was
oharged some years ago in coarse of a legisla
tive investigation mat ur. McrarLjid waa in
aane oa the subject of insanity.
The Petti company will return to Haver,
ly'a theatre about March 1st, and give two er
Mora concerts. The success of the engage
eat at Chicago causes the management
decide to put in all the time not alreaiv pro
vided for in that city. Both PattiandMr.
Abbey were highly gratified at the reception
the diva.
Time' Washington:' Rumors are frequent
ly in circulation in this city about great frauds
by which the Government has lost millions of
acres of public lands. 8trange stories are
setd about the wonderful expansion of Spanish
Tents in New Mexico. From time to time
mads are discovered which were committed
by persons or organizations who despoiled the
Government under cover of the homestead
and pre-emption laws. Some disagreeable
facts have recently been presented to the
commissioner of the land office, in regard to
the abase of the pre-emption law in Minne
sota, It it said that many thousands of acres
M lana nave Men located tbere for purely
speculative parposea under the law which al
lows cUlaos to be taken only for actual settle
sent. It is said that the provisions of the
law in this respect have beea utterly ignored,
ana it is reportsa mat crews oi vestela land
iacatDaluth from the lake have beta used
locate, claims oa which no improvements
have beea made, and that on the northern
border of the State land is being taken by
persons who are not citizens of the United
fcatee. The land officers at Dnluth have been
a ted to make aa explanation, and a special
a "it will bi tent to Minnesota to make an
iatTMtijatiaa.
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ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH.
Smallpox
Illinois.
is spreading rapidly through
The Iowa legislature met on the 9th at Des
Moines.
Justice Gray took a scat in tho U. S. su
preme court on the 10th.
A movement is on foot to bring to Canada
colonies of Jews from Russia.
Smallpox is increasing rapidly and 66 new
cases at Pittsburg on the 9tb.
Senator Ferry's pension bill gives $40 a
month to legless and armless soldiers.
Nine cases of smallpox at New Vork on tho
10tl. It is spreading rapidly in Jersey City.
Samuel W. Pieroy, a well-known aotor,
died from smallpox in Boston at 4 o'clock
on the 9th.
Johu S. Capp, a broker, unfortunate in
speculation, committed suicide at Philadelphia
ou tho 10th.
News from El Paso, Texas, is to the effect
that smallpox has broken out there to an
alarming extent.
Smallpox has broken out at Tomah, Wis.,
and is spreading to an alarming extout. There
is great alarm.
The story of the Chinese studont being be
headed iu China for fallinsr in love with an
American girl is coutiadicted.
Lieutenant Kilbourne. of the signal service.
recommends Cape Flattery and Tillamook
rock as signal stations.
Three necrroca have confessed to munlpritur
another and cutting off his head at Courtney,
ic.iw. ijyncmng is threatened.
Ico on the St. Lawrence is moving, u'n oc
currence never before witnessed at this time
of year. Water is rising.
The East river bridge at New York needs
8600,000 more to oomplete tho structure,
which has already cost $13,377,000.
The prosecution in tho Guitcau case con
cluded its opening argument on the 10th.
Judge Cox's rulings wcro all favorable to the
prosecution.
.Collector Spaulding took hold in Chicago on
the 0th of the custom houso. It is stated that
he will not run it as a "political ad juiiict, Vat on
ousiness principles.
The President is being strongly pressed to
retain Secretary Hunt, he being a representa
tive Southern Republican in the broadest sense
of the word.
A Journal' Washington special says: Hon.
J. W. Eddy, of Auiora, Illinois, seems to
have a good prospect for tho governoiship of
Arizona.
The President has recognized Juau de la
Cruz Cerdo as consul general of Chili for the
States of California, Nevada 'and Oregon, to
reside at San Francisco.
Ptrnell and Dillon, in a letter addressed to
the town clerk of Dublin, return thanks to tho
corporation for the honor conferred by the
ireeoom oi tne city.
The sulphur mines at Schmolnitz. Ilunirarv.
are on fire and fears are entertained that it
cannot be extinguished. It is probable that
the loss of many million florins will be in
volved. A quarantine officer discovered a case of
smallpox en an immigrant train at Truckoe ou
tho 9th. The two cars infected wero quaran
tined for ten days. Forty passengors were
on board.
Senator Kellogg says he will take no part
in trying to get a Southern Republican in the
Cabinet, because he is blamed .for favoring
Hunt. Ho will try to get improvement ap
propriations. The President is likely to overhaul District
of Columbia appointments soon. Pressure for
uuico is veiug otruiigiy resisiea in various ue
partments, and office-seekers set a good many
anubs.
The committee amendments to the Sherman
funding bill, adopted on the 10th. lessen the
aggregate of the new loan from three to two
hundred million dollars, and perfect its de
tails. The bill as amended was published
December 16th.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
on the 10th referred the various bills for re
strictions of Chinese immigration to sub-committees
consisting of Senators Miller, of Cal
ifornia, Edmonds, Pendleton and Hill; of
ueorguu
A large party of police proceeded to the
north aide of Cork on the 10th, where they
discovered a case buried six feetuodet ground,
which contained a large number of Snyder
rifles, a quantity of dynamite, gun cotton aud
ammunition.
The senatorial elections in France on the Oth
resulted in the complete triumph of the re
publicans. Of 79 seats contested only 13 were
earned by monarchists, the remaining 66 by
republicans, who for the greater part are
pledged to support Gambetta in his scheme
for a so-called reform constitution. Gam-
bctta's popularity with the Parisian masses is
last laaiur.
Bvlaldt Reidt minister of -ar. who ten.
dered bis resignation in connection with dit
turbances at Krovoschll, has resumed the
functions of his office. In addition to eioeu
aire military reinforcements two mora meo-of
war will be sent to reinforce the squadron on
the south Dalmation coast, partly to prevent
BBiugguDs; arms irom luuy.
In the Senate on the 10tb, Miller, of Cali
fornia, presented a memorial from the 8aa
Francisco chamber of commerce for aa appro
priation for harbor defenses at tbe entrance to
the bay of San Francisco. He said its state
meats of the defenseless character of that city
and Mare Island naval station were quite
startling.
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Bern. To the wife of James K. P, Graves,
of Polk county, Oregon, near Dallas, a boy
baby weighing eleven pounds.
PORTLAND, OREGON,
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TERRITORIAL. .
The Colfax academy has 66 pupils and he
public school 04.
The Sunday law is extremely TAmoxious to
Eastern Washington.
The aggregate tonnage of Puget Souni
steamers is 4,850 tons.
Experiments made with sugar beets in
Whitman county result in a yield of 6,000
pounds to the acre.
Town lots in the metropolis -of Prescott do
not sell worth a cuss. So speaks a resident
of the vicinity.
There is one lodge of Masons, ono of Odd
Fellows and one of Workmen in Colfax, all
healthy.
The Bier Bend of tho Columbia, contains au
area of land 80x100 miles in extent, as fine
for agricultural purpoaos as any in Washing
ton Territory.
The lumber for tho railroad hotel at Wallula
junction has been ordered, and a force of men
will soon commenco work on tho foundation,
Tho hotel is needed very badly.
Territorial papers adversely criticise Gov.
Newell for pardoning one McAllister, who, it
is alleged, has violated the' terms of the par
don by remaining in the Territory.
The assessed valuation of city property in
Colfax is $250,000. Lots soil at from 8100 to
$1,000, according to the location. At present
there is very little property changing bands.
In Whitman county there was originally
1,612,800 acres of N. P. lands, of which havo
been sold nearly 200,000 acres. Tho land of
fice of this company is located at Cheney, in
Spokan county.
According to the last assessment the real
estate valuation of Whitman county was
$504,376. and tho valuation of personal prop
erty $1,604,358. Number of acres assessed.
236,583. Value of improvements on real
estate. S169.005. A license of 8300 per annum
is collect d from every saloon doing business
in tne couutyi
statk!ews7
Tho Wasco Sun is crettina a lares nuimtitv
of legal advertisingtthrough the settlement of
uc iu martin cawtbe.- , . if'-i;,
Tho Statesman denies that any casus oi
smallpox exist iu Salem.
A new bridge is to be built across Lake La
Bish on the road between Salem aud Silver
ton. Oregon as a. Frail Conulry.
That Oregon is destined to be a great pro
ducing State, J. II. Churchill says in the Chi
cago Prairie Farmer, is beyond doubt. It is
situated far to the north but fanuetl by the
breezes of the Pacific ocean, warmed by con
tact with the Japan current. It is cool in
Summer and warm ia Winter. But so often
havo writers described country, climate,
weather and productions, that I will pass to
another important subject important at least
to the intending immigrant that of locating
in a section favorable to the production of
such commodities as each may desire to en
gage in, and also ot'semi-oolomzation. It is
patent that a settlement of intelligent and en
terprising people is worth more to the com
munity, to tne State, and to themselves, than
a dozen ordinary neighborhoods. The object
of the present article is to call attention to
the advantage of this Mohawk valley, and to
induce the settlement here of a number of
wide awake go-ahead fruit raisers.
I have but forty acres of land, none for
tale, and expect no benefit by such settlement
only through the advantage naturally arising
murdrum sucu as a nign stats oi education,
refinement and social relations. Land is
cheap, ranging from 82 50 to 815 -per acre,
and about two-thirds of it for sale. I refer to
this particular valley, where many of the land
owners have lived for tweLty-five years, and
have not yet a single bearing fruit tree on
their farms. That element which can scarcely
be said to live but simply to exist, supplanted
by a more progressive people, would bring a
groater degree of proa pent v. peace and hanci-
neas to the country.
The Mohawk valley is ia Lane county, at
the head of the great Willamette valley. It
lies on both sides of Mohawk river, ia well
watered by streams from mountains enolosing
the valley on three sides, so that almost every
farm has a pure cold stream of water running
through it the year round. It is protected
from strong winds from the northeast and
west, whilo our south winds are always warm
and carry with them rain. The soil is mostly
of that reddish cast, produced by the abun
dance of iron, of which our mountains are
full, and to which we owe mneb of our suc
cess in fruit raising.
Tbe fruits in Oregon cannot be excelled,
and scarcely equalled, by any State in the.
Union. Our apples, pea and plums, have a"
worid-wiae ccieonty, Tne largest pear on
record was raised in this State. It weighed
four pounds and four ounces, and was ex
hibited in San Francisco, New York and
Washington City. Wa have neither the cod.
ling moth nor the curculio. All our apples
can be eaten in the dark with perfect assur
ance. Trees come into bearing early and are
perfectly healthy, and all kiuds stand the
Winters well except semi-tropical fruit. The
country is admirably adapted" to all kinds of
berries and small fruits.
Oa the mountains and along the streams
grow heavy belts of evergreen and deciduous
tree. At aa elevation of say four or five
hundred feet above the level of the vallev. u
a section where no frost ever comes. Alto
gether, I do not know of a Utter place tbaa
PKOrE&sokuur Tknpkkcd. The Salam
StaUtiM learns that a meeting of the Board
of Regents of the State University, held on
oiuuuay evening, me cnair oi nocluh litera
ture, provided by Mr, Henry Villard, was
ieniler.nl to e. President Charles K. I jinlwrt
of the Willamette University.
IfRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1882."
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BOAMB mt TaUBB.
, A regular meeting of the Board of Trade
was- held at their chambers Monday evening,
President Donald Maclcay presiding, and the
secretary and assistant secretary in attendance.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The following correspondence was read and
ordered placed ou nie :
I Boaho of Trade, Portland, Or.,
December 31, 1881.
O. J. Freecott, Etq., Manager O. 11. & N.
Vo., Portland:
.Dear Sir: The Board has watched with
appreciative interest the recent effott of your
compary to attract in this direction the trade
Mt Houthorn Idaho. To aid you if possible in
ooiaiuinir your nesires, tne uoam recently
held a special meeting, at v hich (he matter
was thoroughly discussed and a committee
appointed to accompany your representative
on his return to Idaho, for the purpose of rep
resenting to the merchants and shippers of
lint acubiuu tuo auiiity auu uisposiuou oi
'ortland to successfully compete in tho mat
er of prices with the markets of San Fran
iicoand theE'et. The Board has been ed
ited and believes that the wagon haul from
fniatilla, and particularly that part of it over
' ieBlue Mountains, offers the principal, if
i ot the only impediment to turning the trade
ik this direction. As tho plans aud purposes
a your company regarding the extension of
our line from Umatilla in the direction of
laker City is a matter of much publio interest,
nd especially so at this time to the trade of
'ortland, and as such plans and purposes will
aturally and properly como under discussion
n presenting tho mterests of Pnrtlaud to the
mitfnpRS mnn'nf Tdahn. liv thn nommiltpn An.
bointed for the purpose. I have respectfully
to ask that you will kindly furnish ma, for
tne uso ot the committee, audi information on
the subject aa you may deem proper to mako
public. Very Respectfully.
, Signed Donald Maclkat, President.
A Oiif.oon Railway and Navigation Co.,
I Manager's Office.
f.v Portland, Oon,, Jan. 5, 1882.
DonaUl Maeltai, .V., President Board of
Trade, Portland, Oregon :
Dkar Sir : In reply to your ,ommunica
tion of tie 31st ultimo, I would say tliat we
aro about to let the contract for grading be
tween Pendleton and La Grande, and shall
complete as much of that railroad this year as
possible Wo hoDo to cot trains running to
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I f eudleton early in the year.
I ; Yours respectfuly.
sio:p,- ' C, II. Prescott,
I Manager.
Tho following communication was read and
referred to a special committee :
Hd.iQks. Deft. Columbia, Vanc, W. T.
December 1!U, 1881.
Mr. Fj K. Arnold, Secretary of Hie Board of
Trtlde :
Dear Sir : I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt oi your letter informing me
that the Board of Trade of Portland had
taken favorable notice of my proposition for
thi exploration of the territory of Alaska.
and expressiag a willingness to co-operate in
promoting tnat enterprise. I desire to return
hit thanks and to express my sincere ippre-
cittion of your good will. Whatever action
it would be advisable for your honorable body
to take in the matter it is not for me to sug
gest; my communications on that subject have
been in tho line of official duty. I am
thoroughly convinced that it is highly import
ant that the government should obtaiu a com
plete knowledge of that country at this time.
Attlie same time I believe there are valuable
interests in that region that will soon attract
the attention of those engaged in commercial
and scientific pursuits. I have the honor to
rciiain, with great respect.
Nelson A. Milih.
The president appointed as such committee
Mtssrs. Dodd, Wygant and Kapus.
the programme of busineHs to be brought
before the National Board of Trade at its
next meeting was read and placed on file.
ihe following names were proposed for
mimbeiship : Geo. L. Story, Jacob Kamm,
Amos. N. King, K. J. Jeffrey, Geo. W.
Weidler, Murphy, Grant & Co.
J"he committeo on membership reported fay
oribly ou 41 proposals for niembership'st latt
meeting, and they were duly elected.
- ' refokts.
The committee on navigation made a verbal
resort in regard to information being prepared
in regard to tbe mouth of tho Columbia and
tne adjacent ooast uy uapt. 1'owell, of tho
U.S. Engineers, which is to bo printed and
distributed free in foreign ports for the benefit
of captains coming here, stating that it would
be ready by Monday next.
Captain Ingersoll, of tbe same committee,
reported that they bad deemed it just to all
concerned to define the phrase, "usual dis
patch," in charters of ships unloading here to
mean 75 tons per day; adopted.
In regard to the location of the signal sta
tion the committee reported that they bad
agreed to recomuund Cape Hancock, and had
soinstructad Mayor Thompson previous to his
letvingior wasmngion.
A memorial to be presented to Congress.
sating tbat a civil government might be es
tablished In Alaska was adopted and ordered
forwarded.
The subject of fish hatchery for the purpose
of keeping op tbe supply of salmon in the
Columbia was brought up and discussed at
considerable length, and Messrs. Cook, Prin
dli an J Wygant were appointed a committee
to memorable Congress in tho matter.
Mr. Taylor presented a petition to Congress
atkiug that the salaries of head keepers of life
saving stations be raised to $900 per annum,
aiid moved that the Board indorse it; carried.
lut subject of tbe tug service at tbe mouth
of the Columbia was brought up and inspired
mute iiveiy ueuaie. un iu oeing menuonea
that Mayor Thompson, during his trip east.
would visit Philadelphia f jr the purpose of
ascertaining the cost of two powerful tugs
sucn as. are required on tuft Columbia bar.
The members present very generally expressed
themsolves in favor of forming a company to
purchase and operate such boats and several
stated their willingness to take stock in such
an enterprise. Un motion the following com
mittee was appointed to consider the matter.
and also to frame a pilotage bill, to be intro
duced at tbe next Legislature: H. W. Uot
bett, W. S. Ladd, Henry Failing, Charles
Hodge, C. H. Prescott, Captain Flanders,Phil
wasserman.
Adjourned.
CANMV TUELOsTdIY. SALMON.
A special correspondent writes as follow.; to
the New York World under date of the 6th
ult.i
The salmon fisheries of this coast have
grown into an industry of vast proportions,
employing thousands of hands and millions of
capital. On the Columbia river there are 26
canneries between Tongue Point aud Cape
Disappointment, a distance of 20 miles, ud
of this number thero are 22 between the Point
and Astoria, a distance of four miles, on the
south side of the river. There are scattering
canneries all along tbe river, one as far up as
tho Cascades, but tho best fishing is generally
between the two points first mentioned. A
cannery will average 25 fishing boats, two men
to a boat, this branch of the business employ
ing probably 2,500 men on the river.
The cannery owns tho boats and the nets and
runs all risk of loss. The fisherman is hired
by the cannery, ho in turn hiring his helper,
and receives from the cannery two-thirds of
the market value of the catch, which is rated
at so much per fish, without regard to siro,
tno market price varying in tne past season
from 60 to 75 cents per fish. The nsh on this
river aro-larger than on tbe Fraser. averaging
about 25 poundjkeach, Tho season is fixed by
law and extends from April 10th to August
1st, and iu that time one boat will take about
2,000 fish. The bar at tho mouth of the river
is the favorite fishing ground, and the work is
carried on at night, except when tho water is
muddy, at which time the fish may bo taken
anywncro in the river. The fish come in
schools and it is often tho case that all the
boats catch a full load in two hours.
THE SALMON FI8IIERMEN,
' The number of hands employed in n cannery
varies from 100 to 150. Ihey are mostly
Chinamen, only ono establishment on tho
river employing white labor: but the fisher
men aic all whites. A good season's work is
VU,UUU cases ot one-pound cans, torty-efght
cans to a ensu. On the Frazcr river, where
tho industry is comparatively now, but very
successful, there seems to bo threo varieties
of salmon, Ihe first to come up in tho
Spriug is the silvery salmon, a 'very superior
fish, weighing about sixteen pounds. Iu ad
dition to tho portions which are canned, the
bellies are dried and furnish an excellent
article of food, being fat and very delicate.
The next run is tho "soo-eyo," a smaller va
riety, weighing perhaps six or seven pounds.
These aro by far tho most numerous, being
only worth a "bit" 12J cents-each. This
bit business is a delusion and a snaro to tho
uninitiated, for whoso benefit I wish to ex
plain it. The bit is a variable quantity.
While two bits are a quarter and four bits
half a dollar, tho valuo of one bit depends
entirely upon whether you aro buyer or seller.
If tne former. It Is 15 cents: if the latter. 10.
For instance, you tako a drink or a cigar and
throw out a quaiter and git back 10 cents.
If, however, you should offer 10 cents for a
cigar or drink, 'you would receive from the
perfumed and jeweled bar-keeper a look of
unspeakable disdain that would make you in
voluntarily "go down into your clothes" fur
another 5 cents. My advice to tourists is to
oome well stocked with dimes. It will save
many a nimble fi-ccut piece.
THE CANDLE FI8II.
There is another species of fish found in the
Frszcr river at certain seasons in countless
millions called the candle fish. It is a small
fish, smaller than our perch, very delicate in
flavor, but so oily that when dried it will burn
like a candle. The oil when extracted pos.
sesses medical properties similar to cod liver
oil, but much n oro efficacious, and the people
of Victoria and New Westminister, B. C., tell
of many wonderful cures of consumption ef
fected by it. No scientific method of ix trad
ing this oil has yet been perfected, or at least
put in force, and as the oil becomes rancid on
exposure to tha air when tried out by ordin
ary means it is difficult to obtain it. A for
tune awaits some enterprising Yankee in this
industry. About Burrafd Inlet, and in fact
all tbe Inlets along the British Columbia
coast, herring are found in countless
sb' als, and a fishery has recently been estab
lished at Coal Harbor. The salmon fisher
men, of course, mako large wages during the
short season. The hands from the canneries
scatter, the Chinamen drifting to San Fran
else i aad Portland. There are 5,000 of t hi m
in the Utter city, where, I am informed tlay
havo, with true Celestial cuteuess, studiid
the local laws to the extent U lieiug aMo to
know just what offenso they must commit in
order to find a home in jail until the next
fishing season commences.
The principal markets for salmon are In
England, Frauce and Germany. Shippers
draw on tbe consignees, with tbe bill of lad
ing attached, to draft for within about 10 per
cent, of tbe market value of the consignment,
snd pay interest at a rate varying from 6 to 7
per oeot
Gah for East Portland. At the last
regular meeting of tbe BiSrd of Trustees of
Bast Portland, an ordinance was passed
granting to J. Elliott Condict, K. W. Leon-
ard. C. B. Bollinger. J. M. Gearin. Win
Un
derhill and their associates to lay gas main
anj pipes Hi tno streets and alleys of that city,
tNO. 4&
AIUtOAB ACCIBEIIT.
Yesterday morning the regular freight train
of the O. k O. R. R., consisting of 28 can;
pulled out from the East Portland depot oat
its was to Junction, Joe Clark at the throttle.
When passing the twitch at the font of J
street, by tome means, it became displaced,
and the five hindmost cars were thrown from
the track to the ground, a distance of about
15 feet. The road bed aad ties were some
what torn up and the passenger train which
followed was delayed about an hour. A
brakeman named W. Huff, who was on top
ot the train, was'thrown "down and severely
bruised and his back injured. The conductor,
Geo. Fimple, escaped without" harm. The
remainder of the train proceeded to the ear
shops, where, owing to another misplaced
switch, three cars were thrown off the traok
but were soon replaced, and the train pro
ceeded to its destination. A wrecking train
came down from the car shops and succeeded
in getting the five cars on the track and the
damages to the road were repaired and every
thing placed in working order. It would
seem to have been a bad morning for switches
and it is fortunate that no ihoro damage waa
done. ,
The Gypsies. The gypsy woman who was
fined 850 by Justice Petrain for stealing a
ring, valued at $15, and committed to tha
couuty jail, has been released. Somo of the
gang paid her fine aud she is now ready to re
peat the experiment, and will probably be
more successful another time. ' People cannot
exercise too much caution iu admitting these
strolling vagabonds to their residences., They
bear a reputation which is world wide and is
known to all. In European countries they
lead a wretched life, gaining a precarious sub
sistence by thieving, fortune-telling and beg
ging. Hero their condition is much improved,
as can do seen by tno gang at present en
camped in the southern Biiburbs of the city,
who are provided with good horbcs, wagons
and tents. When tho chicken roosta of that
vicinity are depopulated and tho portable
property of the residents all gone, they will
told up their tents, move to somo other region
and continue to steal silently away.
,Lovk and SLT3. It is it-ported, says the
Jacksonville Sentinel, that a couplo on Foots'
Creek, married on New Year's Eve, the
groom being 03 and the bride 16, parted after
48 hours of happiness, not unalloyed by regret.
on the part of the bride. In fact, the bride
left hor lord's bed and board List Mondavi the
groom took some cpsom salts from a vial la
dled "strychnine," declaring that ho pre
icrred cold death to lifo without his darling,
and loping that his dreadful resolve would
touoli nor tender Heart. lvo was dead,
though: for she never wept, and rather en
joyed the prospect of widowhood at 16, and
the possession of tho estate. She didn't go
to the poor poisoned man, but tho doctor did;
to learn that a stomach pump was not needed;
as tho label was the only thing dangerous
about tho bottlo, aud the patient had not
swallowod it. So, a talo about unrequited
love, cruel desertion and "cold pizen" is
robbed of its most tragic features.
The Rodeson Trial. Tbe Robeson trial,
now in progress at Astoria, excites much In
tel est, and the attendance of spectators is so
largo that the court removed to Liberty Hall,
which afforded more space'for their accommo
dation. After tho opening of tho case by
counsel Messrs. Taylor," Bnwlby. Dr. Baker.
Coroner Franklin and Mcintosh testified.
Less time is coosumed in examining wit
nesses than in the former trial. The jury
havo made an examination of tho placo where
Rohb was shot and other places in connection
with the circumstances of the killing, so that
they mighty have a clear idea of the testimony.
Died at St. Vincert'h. Richard Kleiner,
a German, aged 20, who came here about six
weeks ago from ttervais, did at bt. Vincent's
Hospital ou Monday night, Kleiner is the
man upon whose leg two operations weie per
formed, His system was oroken down with
constitutional disease and the amputation
could not save his life. His remains were
taken to the cathedral, where tbe services of
the Catholic church were performed. The
body was buried at St. Mary's cemetery, in
Est Portland, yesterday, by Coroner Gar
nold. Bd Fau Mr, H. Hanson, the well
known seedsman, was severely injured yester
day by falling from a step-ladder at hit placo
of business on Front street. He had ascended
the ladder to reach soma article on an upper
shelf, and was supporting himself by holding
to an iron rod attached to the ceiling, when it
gave way, aud he fell backward to the floor,
striking his side agsintt a box and bruising
himself severely. He Uy for some time be
fore he was able to move, and fears be is in
jured internally.
What i.h Said Elsewuerk. The San
Francisco Chronicle ot a recent date contains
the following in reference to Portland i The
pilice are very lenient to boys found out after
9 o'clock, as there is no reform school to
which such offenders may be consigned. The
chief offenders there, as here, are the men
who keep low groggerira. and who would sell
vile whisky to an infant if tbe baby could pay
the ironev for it. A heavy sentence fur
some of tnese men would go tar toward solv
ing the hoodlum problem.
Bad Citizens. An escaped convict and a
lately pardoned one named Star, took lodgings
at tho Home Hotel in Eait Portland Monday
night under assumed namer. Yesterday they
were arrested by Marabal Galernan whilo try
ing to dispose of a valuable young dog they
hal stolen from Lee Knott's itahlr, ami com
mitted to jail, There appoars to be a number
of "tx-cons" running at Urge iu this section
a present.
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