Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, February 24, 1882, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textr-ssaww'wwwfsaaw ! i Inunl every Week liy the HllMriTK FARMKR IM BLUHMO CO. TERMS OK sunscRinio jm yr, (PwURt psl J) In aUv -inco . . Ms months (l-onUwe M), In advance-. 7 thin nix months lll be. re' month . S.M 1.SS AU EKSISI.SO UATr-S : A-wrtlMmfnU-ill he In-ertiHl. prml.llnrtn are nmrUMr. at the Mlotnc UlOe o( rates . Oh Inch of psco per month " 100 TM Inched ol space per month M -fao-balf column per month ( rp".Vic-cnt'reCcnv.pllc.tJon Publication Ortlc -No Wa..hl iBton Street. feairs. rooms o f ami M Vp TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. EASTER. -.lock Market. Nrw VonK, Feb. 1.'.. -Stock are gcncrallv bearish but rally is anticipated. Reports of fol-eicn troubles anpcir unfounded as none of the foreign binkcrs hvd unfavorable ruw-s On the contrary they said that American cold at London had produced s good effect. It is intimated that loth the (.eiitral and the Union Pacific are being manipulated to bring .bout a satisfactory basis for consolida'ion. Wrak Policy. The World sis Have the telegraphic messages sent to Trescott in Chili by Kreling hovsen been included in the documents laid before Congress bv the SUate department! The whole of tht- miserable tale of American official incapacity and imbecility at W ashing ton, plaving fast and looe ith American in terests and the honor of the Tinted States in South America, must be told before the judg ment of the countrj on the public ser ants Implicated can be nghtcousl.v made up. rapture ir Trnln Uoblirr. KavswCity, Feb. 14. About two months ago Captain Mallov, of the pol'c force, ceiTed information that a scheme was on foot to rob the Missmri Pacific tr-in tive miles outside of this cit, and since it was found that last night as the time appointed. He was on hand uith four officers and gobbled four men armed with revolvers, masks and lanterns. One sajs they intended to obstruct the track and signal the engineer Seven men were in the scheme and the officers a e In pursuit of the other three. The men caught are Jim Noon, Tom O'Sniw, Pat Han ley and Peter Spar. lalllns f n Mountain. Ashvjixe, X. ', Feb 14 Information received Irom Bald Mount Jin states that jes lerday a Midden and fearful en sh vv as heard in the neighborhood of Bikers i'le. A rumb ling noue. preceding the crash was heard for ..!. nnfl miuhI the frightened inhabitants of these mountains to recall the scenes of four or five J ears ago. when Bald Mountain ua seriously threatened v ith volcanic erupti ms Investigation of the disturbance of e-terdiy developed the fact that a lan.e po-tiou of the peak had suddenl disappeared in the fertile and beautiful v allev below, a slice ot hilt a raile square having melted away. Chicago Failure. Chicago, Fe. 15. There is a pood deal of uncertainty a to the amount involved In the Kenyon fa'ilure, even amonglnttnbers of the firm. One of them sajs country customers who were slow in responding to the c lis for .rfrin nr expected to come in short y, anit that the firm will then pay dollar for dollar and resume. Another member is rjuoted as saying the failure will probably involve a quarter of a million of d Han?, and thev can not continue business. The deal" were chiefly in wheat, but there were some in corn and a few in provisu ns. Mr. Kenon him elf is absent from the city. The uncertainty as to the amount involved arises from a lack f information about the price at w hich the deals closed out. Kenyon . Co. and their friends have been persistent bulls on the market, and they filled once before, some ears since. Pnjmnlrrlp. It is said to-night that the Senate military committee will report the nomination of Major Rochester for paymaster general favor ably aeain. A stron fight will be made agamst'the confirmation of Rochester in the Senate. It will be insisted that he has not the right to the pa master generalship be cause he was promoted over th- heads of nine senior officers in the corps. President Gar leld decided to appoint McClnre of the pay Blasters corps to the paymaster generalship and probably would have sent his name to tbc donate had he liv ed. tn Active Dar on tuaiigc. Chicago, Feb. 15. There was very active trading on change to-day and the condition of affairs was simply panickj. Wheat declined heavily closing at four and five cents below yesterday, the luweat price for the day h mg six cents below yesterday's highest. Corn was about two cents lower and oats were a cent off and provisions are indescribably irregular with a decline for the day of about SI 25 on pork and 60 cents on lard. There has not been so exciting a day on change for over a year. The chief cauee of the panic was the announcement of the failure of II O. Kenyon 4 Co., a commn-Mon firm w Inch has a very ex tensive twde 1 he extent of the failure can not be ascertained as .vet, but it has captured a very large number of operators ami is doubt less for heavy amounts. II, V Fisher, dealer in oats, has also suspended with lia bilities probably $150,000 or $J00,O0O. JIr. Srovllle In Mrs t.nrllilil Chicoo, Feb. 15.- The Time punts tins morning what purports to be a copy ot a reg ittered letter sent by Mrs. Scovilleto Mrs. Garfield last Tuesday, pleading for forgive ness fur the assassin. It concludes : "Never can I rtst satisfied until I he allowed, on my bended knees, under the weight of this humil iation and despair, a few brief moments in which to pour forth to jour merciful heart the pleading of one who must ever fed a sis ter's love for an intane, worthliss boy, even though by the whole world condemned and 4espiscd." The Rights of American Citizen. Washi.noto.v, Feb. 1C The California delegation in Congress have to-day received a Memorial signed by the judges of the superior aart and a large number of prominent citi seas of San rrsneisco representing that Xtaaiel McSweeny, now imprisoned by the jPh-sh Government in Ireland, is a citizen of United States, and has resided 25 years in Han Francisco, where his family still re side.and requesting the delegation to endeavor to obtain some intervention by our govern sseat to secure justice and protect his rights as an American citizen. Ihe two Senators jwd four members of the House have promptly Baited in a letter to the Secretary of State, transmitting this memorial and requesting that the case be given all rossible attention. Jtepresentative B-rrv received a letter about week ago from VcSweenv 's daughter on the as le subject, mid tlureupun personally wrote to the secretary in regard to it. The State department is know n to be in correspondence with the British Government concerning all sses of this sort, but what progress has been It, If any, lias not been announced. WILLAB - HadncM Failures. Xkw Yitok, Feb. 17. -K. O. Dim ft Co., of the mercantile agency, report 154 failures for the week, the increase being of speculative failures in gram and cotton, r'l"' '" Now Orleans and Chicago. In New " ork the. pnno pal failure was C.T Hardy Co., ship ping and commission merchant', which is en veloped in mystery. It is not known what they owe or what their assets v id be. Hanlv hs not put in an np.carnce since, tho failure, and the debts are mostly abroad. Distribtl tion Eastern States, lot ) osteni, 60s Southern, IK): Middle, 21 1 Pacific Coast and Territories, 13, Terrible Explosion CrtfcTER, Pa., Feb. 17. About 8 o'clock this morning an explosion occurred at the pyrotechnic works of Prof. Jackson, in this city 1 he building w .is badly -hattered, took tire and was consumed. At least lifto. n, and probably more, lives were lost, and many dan gerously wounded. The building is tho old homestead of Admiral Porter. A number of c lored families lived in tho old Porter man. sion. It seems it first took rite, and whilo the fireman were plaving on tho flames, the explosion occurred, scattering destruction far and wide. The number killed is between l.i and 20, and 20 weio dangerously, ami 50, more or less, wounded. Tt o dead nro being laid out in tho city hall, and tho wounded cared for in various drug store, so no ac curate list can bo obtained. Fourteen liv cs w ero lost by tlie explosion three fatally injured, and tiftv, mo.'o or less, instituted proceedings at Wheeling for a ill wounded. Part of the mansion had been usid I vorcc -,, his wife. One night last w eek ho by Prof. Jackson, pyrotechnist, for some had arranged to leave Winding, but tumid years as a place for manufacturing explosive I tne train, whereupon he returned to the edi commodities. The firemen. aftr being as- tonal room nf his paper and worked until M sured there was no explosives in the iilacc, 1 nAlock m tho morning, w hen ho starttd home, went to work. After plaving on the flames ii0 had hardly got the dotr of life dwelling about an hour, a terrific explosion occurred. , 0pcnrd w hen a man whisked pist him nut nl Ikxlies of men were thrown in ever' direction. the house with nothing on him but his under and the air tilled with rubbish. The ground garments and carrying his clothes in his arms was covered with victims some killed, some v,ir Campbell chased him into a livery stable scriouslv injured, and others badly hurt. two blocks away, where he was opHsed by a Dead bodies of men lay coiled on the rjround, , tt,lorc,l hostler, friendly to tho fugitive : but, others labored in the agonies of death, and a j filially he dicovered the mail crouched down number writhing in their blood, moaning and I , a ,jark corner of a stall. Drawing him out groaning piteoul tor help. Many lay in-cn-( lnt0 t,e light, Mr. Camnbll, who is a man sible to their mrroundmgs, and others, 0 jucrful physique, jerked him to his ftit bruied and bleeding, groped their way from to get a good look at his faco. On rcoogniznitf the scene ol the Urnblc accident. People I him he said, " Oh, it's jou. is it. That sail prayed in the open treets, and the shrieks of I i wnIlt to know," and walked away Mr tile dv mg were .appahng. The tire has been , Campbell went to a hotel and spent the re .u.n,fr.n...l nn.1 ..rvbidv. in condit on to do m,,n.ir nf the niffbt. The man whom he so, has turned attention to alleviating the dis- . ,.....-..- . , trpss. Houses in the vicinity ot the explosion , . I .-I- ... .1 . 1, n u nllmlitfl are conv erteu into nosim-ais, aim mv t.u-....v remov ed thereto. I Inlnl trclilent Through private sources it is learned that a sad occurrence took place on Sunday morning at Curio's Cove, on Kus-un river, inv dving the deth of Mrs. Hannah Johuson and her v,,V.i- nn.l a white man. empiov.a as cook .-. - . - engineer at j Moo're & rm.th's limber mills, at Cutty. Cove His familv consisted of his wife and an infant one m.mth old. He occupied the Mrs. Johr sou's husband is an nnnt-r portion of a two strv house on iuck mE not more than twentv f.et from the " ge and at the foot of a hill. Ihe ground I had become soaked bv re.ent rains, and .ab.ut nine o'clock M.ndav morui. g, lulo the in n we,e ork.ng among the logs. the noticed the indications ot an impending uiuisiiiie Two of them ran off as fa-st as they could tn give an alarm to the persons in the house, and assist them in escaping. There ere but three persons in the house at the time, but before the men reached the house a large tract of land suddenly started m front of them and slid down the lull, carrj mg tho house wi h it into the river. 'Ihe house turned completely over, and the three inmates engulfed. The body of the cook w as ;recov ereu me- name evening, but those of Mrs Johnson and her baby have not jet been found. Crop Estimates lur ikhi Washington, Feb. IS. Cereal estimate- from Coquille river, Oregon, on the .M insi., of the department of agriculture of crops of homul for this port loaded with lumber and 1SS1 as those compared with those f 1S30 , salmon, is now about ten days overdue, and show a reduction of 31 per tent, in com, 22 in th,g , thought .to be the vessel which is re w heat, 27 in rv e and 19 in barley. 'J he pro-1 ported to hav e come ashoro near Wcatport. duct of oats was about 1.400,000 less than the previous vear. The agcregatc product of all cereals was 2,UH.02U,.r70 bushels, against 2,718,193,509, a decrease of 24 per cent. The values are in round millions, as follows Corn, 739; wheat, 453; oats. 193; rje, 19; barley, 33; buckwheat, 18. Total, 1.485, against 1,361 in I860. FOItEI;. Tales of Horror from Knssln. London, Feb. 17 A correspondent at v i enna vouches for the truth of the statement that in Yelisavetgrad, Kief, Odessa, and sev eral other cities, over two hundred and fifty women were outraged by Jew baiters. Dur ing a disturbance at Kief, General Dreauchau, when annealed to for protection, said it was worm wniie ri.Kiuu micto ..-. .... !. i , ...I.." .. I.1... !...,. Oddesa petroleum was poured on a man's head and ft fire to, and the man died in great .. .L.I.I... .. nA man ili-1ir t-irt" aeony. aiany cnuurcii we-ic : i.iaij killed. Furnpean Affairs. London, Feb. 15 In the Hou.o of Com mons to-day Diik, under secretary of foreign affairs, denied that any French troops have been prepared for embarkation to Egypt. The government still adherta to European concert as a means of adjustim.' foreign dith cullies. He denied the ixiHance ot a re ported revolt at Herat. In regard to Jews in Itn-sia all precedents showed that English in terference in international affairs of the coun try vv ould meet w Ith a re-bull and do more harm than jood. Axefl h) nn tlliaiiimi. London', Feb. 15 Commander W. H. C Selbv, of the Hntibh man-of war Falcon, while on a shootinL' excursion near Artaki, A'la Minor, was s notisly wuundid by an Albanian with an ax. Said Pasha has ordered tho gov-ernmi-nt of Artaki to arrest tho ast-ailant A Turkish and British man of-w r have proceed ed to Artaki. Commander Nlby is in a crit ical condition. Insurrection In ruin. Madrid, Feb. 14. Tho council of ministers have carefully dueuseed the latcft teports of Uaptain-General 1'er.dcrgast, who sta'es that there is considerable amtation umong Cuban autonomists, especially among its advanced Liberals and tho colored population of the eastern provinces of the island. It was de cided that i'endergast should have full power given him for the energetic repression of all secessionist intrigues. A New rorui of Grain t'outrarl. Lohdo.v, Feb. 15. Ata meeting cf the corn t -de association, a new form of grain con tract was finally considered and drawn up for immediate dispatch to the United State. It is not published, but it is understood though the trade is actuated by every desire to meet the views of Americans, they are compelled to make very considerable alterations. Wreck of I be Bahama. Nbw York, Feb. 15. The ship Glenmoray arrived to clay. She picked up a boat with 11 of the crew and 2 passengers of the steamer Bahama, from I'orto Rico for New York, John L. Scott, a cabin passenger, says the Bahama lett tit. Johns, I'orto itico, on the 4th of February. On February Oth she en countered a hurricane, which threw the steamer on her beam ends. It was concluded to abandon the ship and two boats were low ered The captain's boat contained 17 pas sengers, but it wus swamped shortly after PARMER: miTT" ETTB leaving the ship, and two or three were sent to swim back to the vessel, but it was impos sible to tell if they succeeded in getting nn board. Three of tho crow refused to lo iv e the ship, preferring to tako chances by re maining, is tho two boats wcro so hcawl loaded." Our host coi tained Hnbort Wtliainj, first ofllccr, Robort Ross, second otliccr, lid. Tear and mysslf, three passongors, two engi neers, chief steward, a cook, waiter, messnian and fireman. France's financial ComlUlon. Tarh, Feb. 15. It is somi-oincially stated that now shares of the Union Gencralo will bo pronounced valid and outside brokers lie re quested to, pay the difference they owe the bankrupt 'company on transactions in new shares. Great consternation exists among un authorized brokers, as thereby the position f Lyons official brokers will bo rendered more grave. The outlook is darker and tho poi tiou of the markets is becoming moro compli cated. Evening advices say that tho fortnight set tlement shows that tho market istonsider ably relieved. Moro money was offered to carry ovor the speculative accounts than could find employment, and confidence is re r.iruing. UUsracet-l 1'ase nl Wheellnsr. PittmiURO, Fob. 17. Hon. A. V. Camp bell, editor of tho Wheeling Intellvjtncti , prominent in tho Chicago convention bnau.se he would not vote for Conklii'g's resolution to supiwrt the nominee of the convention, ins - - - -, ,. ....... r had ran down in the livery stable was Geo. ej wheat, a leading merchant ot Wheeling -"5 7. ?..... .1 and one ol tno wenmiioi nieu m mr v..j Mrs. Campbell is very ouna, very beautiful and highl) educated. "Mr. Cimpbell married her alniut four years ago, wheu she was a teacher in a female seminary at Whiclmi:. She is his second wife. HT maiden name was Hallow ell. Mr. Wheat is married and has fccvcral crown up children, am ng whom arc four accomplished daughters. m? uveiu is the talk of Wheeling, hut owing to tin prominence of the parties eoncerne 1 the pa pers of that city have refrained from mention. mg it. Infernnl Machine Kdindcimh. Feb. l.V-l ?- "' mg infernal machines which had I ecu l. liv ered to two different addresses, to ... ex plch.l on being opened. Kight person, -vm njured. PACIFIC COAST. The Mystery Solved. S Fnwcico, Feb. 1C A dispatch from Westport to day stales that a vescl had come ashore at Kear harbor, near Mendocino ( it) The vessel is dismast d and waterlogged, bhe belonged at Port Town'"!, 'but the name could not be ascertained. This ladouhtlfM the bame vessel which was reported from Westport some das ago, and at the timo sup posed to bo a large steamer. Tho ichconer two Hrothera.wnicn is oencvru m nivoMuro The Wheal Question Xevv York, Feb. 10. In relation to the wheat panic, one of the firm of Franklin Ed son, ex president and a prominent member of the I'rodu-e Exchanpc, said : " Our letters this morning from London saj there is Un times as much wheat nn its way from Cali fornia, Chili, India, etc., as ever before, but they warn us that the market is cloned to ns unless we come down in prices. We have Cime down and perhaps may have to conm down still further before- Betting our English trade back again." A nad family. Rock Kamds, la., Feb. 10. llefore the coroner's jury, who are investigating the mur der of John Lanahan, who was killed while sitting near a window on Saturday night, Maat'ie. his oldest daughter, confessed that she did the shooting, hhe also m.plicated her . mothe.r, her suterAnna and the lattcrV lover, a vmlnK maI1 named Birch. The girl testified .- n. .. i 1. .1.. . that it had been airced between them some timo ago to " put the old man out ol tho way" at the earliest opportunity. TEItltllOKIAL. Over J, 000 men are now employed on tho Pend d'Oreillo division. Chas. Hammond has disposed of the I 'ataha paper to J. fi. Denmson. The people of Clarke county want a new court lmuso built at Vancouver. It is reoorted that the smallpox has taken a fresh Hart at Farrmngti n, W. T. Horace .Stratum has sold out his interest in tho store at Chciny to J. C. Davenport. Under the charter the first city election in Colfax will take place on tho first Monday in April. The Catholics at LaConnor, CTarko com ty, hav u purchased a house and aie fitting it up for church use. Tho I nthp'ndmt savs there is nut a case of smallpox in Vancouver or Clarke county at present. Jacob Bctttnger, of Cheney, has settled with his creditors, paying them 55 cents on the dollar. The amount paid is something over 317,000. Judgo Wingard decides that McAllister, recently pardoned by Newell, on condition that he leaves the Territory, cannot be re arrested. The O. R. & N. Co. have built a wharf boat at Texas Ferry which is 40x139 feet, with capacity ot 600 tons, to accommodate business at that point. The price paid for the British Columbia Packing Company's outfit at New Westmin ster, B. C, by the new canning company re cently organized there was 122,000. Un the first of April Major Eckels, paymas ter, will .change station from Fort Walla Walla to Vancouver. 1'aymastar Keefer will remove from Vancouver to the garrison of Fort Walla Walla. Brakeman Killed. Last rnday evening, says the Dayton Chronicle, a brakeman on the Northern Pacific, named Harry Burmister, was instantly killed at West wood. While on a flat, which was being switched, ho fell off in Iront ol the car and three wheels passed over his body, terribly maiigliiig it. An in quest was held at Wcstwood on Saturday morning and the body brought here for burial. nwwmK. FEB1UABY ITEMS BY TELERAIn. President Arthur gave his first State din ner on thu 17th. J. O Allison was hanged at Indiana. 1 a., on tho 17th, for the murder of his father. A u-portcr called on Mr.. Garfield who was informed that no letter had been rccemd by her from Mrs. Seoville. The military school at Chester, l'a dc stroy.dbyllreon tho 10th, wa. insured for 575,000. lss, $200,000. In tho parliamentary rloition at Taunton the conservative delentcd the liberal candi date. Tho Texas 7,iimiVrm(i sava it will take a billion fcot of lumber to finish the railroads in that State. Jos. K. Sheffield, foundor of the hhclhVld scientific school, connected with Yalo college, died on tho Kith. Tho committee has reported favorable on tho nomination ot M ijor Uoohester for pay master g neial of the army. Rain has been pretty general throughout California the past two davs. and tho indira tions ro favorablo for the larmcrs. Tho lush members of parliament havo de cided to resist any attempt to remove I nr nell's naiuo from parliamentary committors. Nearly all tho business portion of Robin sun, Kansas, including & lotl M1'1 f""rtrPI1 buildings, was burned to tho ground on mo Kith. Tho controller of currency, on tho With, authoi.rcd the First National Bank of Pen dleton, Or., with a capital of 50,000 to com meiice business. Great distress prevails among tho pcoplo of Sweden, the nuldiuss of the weather prevent ing tho transportation of produce by means of sltlghs as inuial. It is stated among railroad men that Mc ltvr.. of thn I 'acifiu railway svndlcate, sold his interest in the company to W II. Van derhdt. Tho Time' Winipeg special says : Major Van Horn will announce the resignation of Gen. Rotuicr as chief engineer of the Canada Pacific nd S. B Reed will otliciate. It is said that if tho present feverish statu of thr money market continues iu New York, Secretary Folgcr will anticipate tho payment of the U. S. bonds due March 13th. At Lvnn, Mass , on the Itlth, Kellv's mo rocco manufactory, several stores in tho samo buildings and adjoining dwellings were binned. I,05 $50 000; partully insured. It is reported that Columbia, Brarns county, Texas, is inundated by wattr from the Braros liver. Many inhabitants Hod and others have tikin retuge in thu ckurch and are sup plied with food by boats. The Boston V'rniwci i'f sa)s that Col Nutt, rii'sidtnt of the Atlantic and Pacific, re e ivnl notice irom the Atchison Cumpanv thst its $5,500,000 of Atlantic and Pacific sub scription had all hi en taken. T he star route trial .at Lincoln, Neb., was i fivle, tho jurv n turning a verdict of not guiltv . I'ho ju Ige nihil that Clary c uld nut be eo'mpelhd to tistif), being one of tho par tisa.is in tho toint indictment for conspiracy. A dispatch from Port Tonsend of the l.'ith avs tint tho Chilian birk Norfolk, from v al parnisn, last night went a-shoro on Point Hud i-oii, and though she moved a little at high tide to-day she is still there. No injury was sustiiued. Tho I'O't'ii Washington special aas: Thcin arc indications that opponents of ('apt. Kails' ship railway projict are endeavoring to give now energy to the Niinra,jiia scheme, with n view not only to defeat leads' plan, hut to ad vancu their own. A boiler explosion on tho lGtli at Jewell's ferry, Brooklyn, kilUd Gilbert Stephens, en-gm-er. Gideon G. Baldwin, pilot of tho Fill ton ferry boat, had a leg broken by a flying piece of timber, anil a miller named Kohn had Ins scalp taken entirely off. Loss unknown. The introduction in tho Virginia legislature on the 10th by a Keadjuster Senator, of a resolution inviting Senator Mahona to leave Richmond and return to his duties in Wash ington, creates considerable comment here The author of the resolution is one of thu Senators who bolted the Readjuster caucus. Notice has been received at tho Mexican and other legations at Washington, that on the 1 Ith of January Guatemala offcrrd a treaty to Mexico which will lie accepted, freely cccdinf to Mexico tho section of country alwut which thero has been a boundary dis pute, and agroeinu to establish the boundary according to tho claims of Mexico. The House banking and currency commit tee to-day dtcnlcd to report favorably the substitute for tho two trade dollar hills which provides for tho redemption of trade wit'i standard dollars, the redeemed trodea to bo regarded as bullion and go in on the monthly purchasBs. Tho amount subject to exchange will be 59,000,000. In riply to Mrs. Scoville's letter, Mrs Gar field sayn- Toward the slayer of hor husband she cherish) s no malice. He must answer only to his God and the American people. For the sister and all members of his family she feels only profound pity, and further than tins, asked to bo left alone withhcr sorrow and to be spared being dragged into useless and torturing publicity. Tho House committee on commerce has re potted favorably on Pachrco's bill to create a now collection district in California, with Wil mington as its port of entry, and San Luis Obispo a port of entry, The samo committie has also reported fuvorably on Berry's bill providing for construction of a first class lighthouse and fog signals on a rcif near Point .Saint (icoigo in tho vicinitv of Crescent Citv, where tin steamer Brotlur Jonathan and manv other vised have been wrecked for want of mi ch warnings. Senator Miller did not press his motion to takujip tho Chinese lull after passage of tho anti-polygamy bill, because it was apparent that it majority of Senators were desirous to get tho arrears of pensions resolution out of tho way, as tho latter has been going ovir from time to time as partially discussed and unfinished busiucsN for nearly a month, and Ingalls, who has charge of it, expressed confi dence it can bo finally disposed of, A member of tho ways and means commit tee said to-day that he had no doubt that the committee will report in favor of reducing the tax on whisky and tobacco, but did not bo lievo the reduction would be as much as sug gested. He thought the whisky tax would be reduced to about 70 cents. His idea is that the committee will first agree to cut down internal taxation by certain figures and then apportion the reduction among various articles which bear that tax. Among the provisions of the agricultural appropriation bill are the purchase, propaga tion and distribution of seeds, 180, 000; inves tigating diseases ol doinestio animals, $250, 000; continuity investigation at to insects in jurious to agriculture, $250,000; for examina tion of wool and animal fabrie, $10,000; for collecting data respecting agricultural needs of tho country west of the Rocky mountains, $50,000; to enable the commissioner to inves tigate and report upon the subject of forestry $50,000j to continue investigation in thatsi-o tiou of country where Rocky mountain locusts aro supposed to breed with a view of report ing tho amount of damage likely to be in flicted in Mississippi valley, $5,000. 24,1882 Business Is lively at Pendleton owing lo the prisonco of a largo force of railroad hands. B V. Swnggart has hem held In $5,000 bonds for sht.niinr Jaa Col ;.t Cent, rville, Umatilla county. He furnished tho necessary bail. A correspondent of the Fall City from Needy sava that there is a disease amoijg horses in that vicinity which proves fatal In most casus. Jennings Smith, charged with an assault with a dang-roiis weapon, was triod this week at Salem ITio jury aftor bring ont thirteen hours, was discharged, failing to agree. Tho enterprising publishers of the A,W Ore .om.m propose to iu directory of Pond ji- ton, with nn article rrianvo iu uiimnu. county and Eastern Oregon. A casu of w hat tho phyiuciam in chargu pronounces smallpox. sa thn Atlorliin, if in Upper Astoria, tho lifteon yoar old daughter of Mr. Boll being atllicted. School bus boon closed and tho house strictly quarantined. Articles of inesriKiration have boon filed in tho olllce of tho Secretary of Slate, for the r,u. ,..!! IVnlnr GnmnatiV. With OfO. Mo- Kwan, J. II. Nosier, Chas. Olivnr, A. O. Aiken and A. S. Nosier, as incororator, and a capital stock ol $10,000. Tho Attorum says that money was never more plentiful at Astoria than at prisnnt. Major Recs has tho reputation of bi ing tho champion croquet plater at Walla Walla. Fred Hiss has boon held to answer before thn grand jury in tho sum of 5700 on a chargu of stealing liquid from Mr. Klein, of Dundee, aiuhlll county, lliu ,tfniifiN says- Tho American ship Reporter has now bei u off tho bar iionrlyseveti weeks. Wo learned jesterday that she Is about out of provisions, and her water supply is also short. Tis too bad that thn veamdeau not ciiiiio in. J C. Powers .t Co., of Rvo valley, Baker county, have sold llnir ranch Mid placer mill in", pruporl) , located there, for $10,000 cash, to John W. Drew, of Concord, N. II , in trust for New England laiutilistv Thopiopcrty lias te reputation of being ouoof the best and surest twain. Oleics of mililllB prnpotty III Oregon. A number of men at Jacksonville proK) working on the O k L, extension. A ti Irgraph olhco has been established at Parker's station, on the l.mkvillu road. From the amount of snow falling Hi Jack- sou and Josiphlho counties, a good inning season may bo expected. A wrll know it negro at Jacksonville, named John Claiiier, dud vi ry suihleulv at that place list w ei k (rum the iffict of a fall ho had rtcuMi-tl. A torrispon 'ent of tho Koschtirg Viiim inifrr ravs ihut Mr Ihorne, nf Canvonville, hua an ornlijjo ttie- that has iiiodllecd seviral finu spec. nit us of fruit. Tho mill cirrier on tho Coos iay wagon road, from Romlnirg lo Cms Bay, n Hirt about nine ft 1 1 id mow onahnutiilii. miles o' thu to nl, and grott ililhciilty ill cutting over it O. J Salisbury has secured the contrai t for caiiviug tho mmls hitwuii Hum burg mid Rcuitiiig at ? is, 220 pir annum P V Me Manns gets tho contract on the Yii-U.a-f.nik-villc route at 550 a Vtar. Prof. L. I.. R'girs will re-tire from tho pitiddcncv of the A.hlaud eolle-go at the.closi of thu present term, hi-ing iuinillid to leave Ashland in tho hiqio of U-mliting his health liy a change of cliiuatu. It is iiuiirralocil, wu believe, that Prof. Royal will tako charge cf thu school at tho be-ginuiiig of thu next year Information is wanted as to the where abouts nf D iv id Klliuoar, who loft Contcrvilln Feb, 7, ISS2. He is GO vesr of age, medium .ie, stooped should! r ami short cropped full gray beard. Ho wear a dark suit ot elothua with blue overall', and talks to himself. Ad drcsa A. McDouuld, Ceutcrville, Oregon, iuitij.1 -iiosi: si.MH. Four.fr Oiiovk, Februarj 15, ISS'J. Another of Mr. Hjdo's childion dud with iliphthiria last week. No other case in town now. Mrs. Robert Porter, in stepping off the porch of lur nside-iico jtaterdav m-rntng, was so unfortunate as to fall and break her arm. Dr. Bowl by si t tho arm, and aa) a ho can heal it, though it was partially paralyzed several ear ago. Mr. Harper, one of our accommodating shoemakers, already a cripple, lias bteii fur ther kflllcted in tho loss of tho samo limb, About two weeks ago, ho slipped mi an apple pccliiii.', and in Attempting to recover his bal ance, broke his lamu leg butwien tho km-ii and anklo. Thu limb was attended to, but thn bono being unsound, would not heal, anil amputation was die-med necnisary, Dr Boulby, tho attending phvnicun, callul in Drs.-Itrown and Bailey, of Hlllshoro, and thn operation was successfully pirfnrnied- cutting thu leg off above tho kouc. Mr. Harper la doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Jcxta. Inxask. -Clif. Dnukir, who latily camo to this country from tho East, a)s the 'Aim dfnlrr, silddetily turned insane last Sunday, examined on Monday, and taken to laist Portland on Tuesday. Ho was a young man about 'M years of age, had a good huslnt-ss education, mid wns eoiisideit-d a man of good busini h qt.nhfii'ati.us by all whowfru well atqunilitud with linn. Ho springs from an excellent family in Wisconsin, in wind, no sigi H uf iiiKamtv, linvu ove-i manifested tin in sclvis. I'rom Iiih talk ho biiiih to havo got too milch ulect icity and pi rpulual motion in his mind, caused by tho nailing nf jionks on such subjicts, which linally ovirtiiincd tho iqiiilibrinm of his mind. Co.sniACT Lkt. Mr. John McKnakill has entered into a contract with thu O, A. C, R. R. Co., says tho I'laimUaltr, to clear its road lino on thu extension south of all brush, stumps, and timbir nixty feet, in width nady for tho (traders, from sta tion No. U08 to tation No. I,05.T. The former n souicwhoru about tho Mountain Hotiso and the latter beyond the Canyon on Cow creek, Mr. MoKaskill is an old and experienced rail, road contractor and builder, having been en gaged in this class of business for ovor eightcon years. Ho has employed a gang of white men, all Canadians, who csn he de ponded upon as number one workmen. Work undor this contract commenoed Thursday. Elkvkn Locomotive. The steamer Uma tilla arrived at Astoria yesterrlay from San Francico having on board six powerful loco motives for the O. It. A N. Co, These looo motives were brought overland on their own wheels over the Union and Central Pasilio Railroads and shipped on tho Umatilla at Han Francisco, Thcro are eleven of these locomo tives in this lot. As soon as those six are (lis chared hero the Umatilla will return and bring up the other five, Dkatii ok a Pionkkii, Mrs. Nancy Elliot, of Oregon City, died at St, Vincent's Hos pital yestorday aged 8(1 years. Dr. William Jones signed a certificate that she diul of old ago. Dtccased was one of tho early pi'iucors of this Statu. Tho body will be taken to Oregon City for iiitoiincnt. Oregon Km I way hikI Bavin, lion Ooiiipnny. , OCHAN DIVISION. Ilclvtccn Hnn rrntirlsre ami I'nrllanil, 1.. Han l-'ranelsi-o I cam PoitTarfl"- all! on a m. at to a h, i 5 n JL Jan Jan I'nll I'eli Mih Mrh Jan , Jan, Jail Jan Jan, Jan Jan Jan 26 Keli Ki'li Mih Mcli. Ki-li Knh Mih Mih rcl I'nll. Mrh Mih rl roll Mih Mih 51 II yiith..ii. Itltllit la rr.ervnl lo ulianire (tvamnra or i 'Uln tlaral Thrnuih TlclictasoW tn all prlmlpsl eltlmlnnuj Uiilll Hlales ami Canada 1 Kara Caliln, ijtl, Mlerraiff, lin. I'lill Irrri, IX Tear. full fain, friiui 1 In 6, hall fan, umlnr 0, fret RIVER AND RAIL DIVISIONS. ' Coliimliln, Hlllnmrtlc huiI lamhltl illvrr. NOVKMIIKII W, I8HI !. 1'iirtlainl for Mnti. Tuea. Wcl Thtif Krl. Hat. llalllra, Walla Walla, l'liis tills ami up rlrr iiliiU 7 AM 7 AM 7 AM 7 AM 7 Ail 7 A II A.lorla, hala ) Ilia, TaiYliia, t riealtln. ., ) McUifla, Nc W e.lmln.lrr f (Vth'am't, lUy j Vlew,Hkniu'il( wajr, llrnoknlil) Mwtpnrl, Lllf.l lou,Knaiia I Da) toll IVrvallU imll InlrrtueillaU . jHHuta ) DAM n AM AM A AM A AM 0 A N A AM A AM A AM 0 AM (I AM r AM A AM fl AM 7 AM 7 AM 7 AM 0 AM A AM XAItltOW ai .U IIIVISION. Enait Slilo blvlaloB. C' nrmw:i:.N 1-outi.ami .and iiiuiw.vhvim O K (' II II lo VVm.llairn tnvr I'nillamt llruwii..lll0 7 SO A M llriHMllle H.so A M Turtlaml 1 17 P.M : I' M Wtist Sliln Dlvlalou. IHmviT.N POItTI.A.IIi, hlllllllHA.V AM) AIM.EI via II hV II l( lo While. Lmve. ' Akaita I'nitlaml S 16 A MlAlrlro 1-71'- hherl.laii 9 M A MlHIierlilaii I 10 V at Alrlee 7CJA Mll'nrlUtnl STtoril IKIH.IU. Kor all tMjItita- on S'arrnw (laiijfn fllvltlon wlfl 1-. r erl.nl anil fnmarilnl ljr Hie O AC II ll , l-.t M Wt.t hl.lo )laluu, rr.w.tltrlr (.eneral unices I or. I rout ami l hlrrrta jl J Vct'UMiKV kCit , Air'U MaUioI lallfcriila a t. jntiu'ii, Tick. I iMfrnlO It K U Co JOIIS Mt'llt. Nlilirrltilrnilrlil of Tr.ltle i ii piiiMirrr, illi.."r, PORTLAND B USINESS COLLEGE, USINESS UOLLEGE, (OM SATKISM l-UMUIicllnnil) 128 Front Btroot, bit. Wnnlilncton and AliUr, l'Oltll..lM, ouii.nv. A V AltMSTItOMI J A WKMV, Prlnilpal. rrninafi ami hVctrUr)-. Dnalu-noil for thu Diialiivaa Etltie&tlaa of both soxoi, Students AdmltU-rln'14 on any week dajrof -oroar. NO EXAMINATION ON ENTERING. . KtTM HITIONl hCIIOI.AIlNIIII', llu.lne.. (Vxir--, KO TKl.MlllAI'in, Ojiiinkle Omrw, l W IIITIMO, l-rr luonlli, PEN WORK or all kinds done In the must tKTIHTI mansii.k ai Ri:tMotnLi: ktj. Head for ealluisle. The College Journal, I'uiilnliiliiK Inroriuallon or t'onrir, and; .-taorojtm:Ti. I'r.Msisjugiir, rrer. Address, A. P ARMSTRONG. luk lint 104, rorUaml, Or. l"A.l ehcerttillr reeominriiil Oie present manaffemen nf lha I'ortlaml limine.. Colltyn Mr Arm.U'ng whom I tiavn hiiuwn fur luaii) )ira, U an aiivrlcne Teaelirr ami a I'ractleal llutlnes. Man II M llaMIA.SCR, atlrf.UlM I'reklJefit rLI ".S.llfih.l'' LVille-jn. P. O. SMITH. " l DERTTIST. CL MKKICK No 1117 Ural Hlrt, lie-san Mo ttUrlon ami Vanihlll, I'ortUriil, Oreuoi , n Salem Flouring Mills Co.! Mannfacturcra ami Klirtrr. of FLOUR AND WHEAT. Ill'he.t market iirlrt palil al all times for AiMreas nnlers ami rnniiimiilealloiia to tho offlrf 0 the Conipuii Kt halem or I'ortlaml Portland 0111 co N. R. Corner I'rontnnd Ash Btsi an.fl If , Hl. H. hHIKON. laelit E.lLBREYrVIAN, ii'oor iiiul 'ini)iissiMi Nvv s'llllllt, AMI IlK.lCKa IS Orecon ami (llfnriiia I'riHlncu, I'rnlt, flutter, IW'i i;iieo.ii, i.u-, Cortland, Oregon, CoiiklirnmcnlaKnlliltiil. V, (I. lint (f.1. -'4"' llllWlflWVIMltilil IUit Home Mutual Insurance Co! OK OAMKOHNIA. FIltE ONLY. Lo8seBPaidor;Unl, 334,638.44 LoflsosPaid Ogn $162,363.29) Oregon Brunch Office, - " w r j-v - w tL ijju. Li. SlUriY, Manager jj tMuuissst oorasr of First snd HUrk Itns-c, Opposlto UuM Tlllon's hank, 1'OirW.AND, OHKQON apt AM T-.'lAf ... la H-II. .j m I ... .5fB , Rl YMVQ .V-.luim flnTiimiii'fi tt i .,.... niMiNjwAii. (i. w. .iViiiiKrri mis? tweinti tilt t fifltftrt, KM HI "'a ' Jtn ,,i JanM K.l,i, Uch I Men. .la MH. 'I i 1 II j V Si .