VOL. XIV.
(orr0ni1enc
The Evergreen Blackberry
Oregon Citv, April 5, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
As new comers to this Stiito find a great
many unusual and strange things to what they
have been accustomed to in other localities,
they ask many questions in order to gain in
formation, and they look to the Farmer as
the friend and medium through which they
shall gain such knowledge, and by taking and
carefully reading it, they feel somewhat more
familiar with it, and feel more free to ask
questions and advice, and depend upon the
experience and answers derived through it
more than by asking questions of their neigh
bors, who diller widely in their opinions, and
are apt to answer with the worn out "I don't
know." Now, Mr. Editor, the question I
would ask is in regard to that not elty, the
evergreen blackberry. One would naturally
supposo it to bo a hybrid from the wild black
berry and some other variety. Please ghe the
originator and how it originated; how it was
produced; is it productive? Early or late in
ripening ? Is it perfectly hardy f fcf,ow does it
rank in flavor ?
Yours respectfully, E. D.
Answer. Who originated this variety, or
how it was originated, we are not prepared to
say, but wo have seen it growing vigorously
for ten years or more, in several gardens in
Salem, and in other places. It is easily grown
and is common through the country. Its
greatest recommendation is that it comes later
than any other fruit of this species, and actu
ally bears prolitically until fall. It is very
vigorous, throwing out stout branches twenty
feet on each side, when well cultivated. It
needs to be vigorously pruned, and to have
plenty of water aud rich food and loose soil,
to produce good berries, or elso the fruit
will be seedy. When well cared for the fruit
is quite palatable, but has a peculiar acid
flavor, different from the Lawton or Kitta
tinny, a musky flavor that all persons do not
like. It wants an eastern exposure, and room
to climb over some trellis or outbuilding. The
leaves are really evergreen ju this climate,
and have a glossy and ornamental appearance.
The berry is flat in shape, and not so large as
some others, say medium size. They are easily
propagated, and come so late in the Bc.sun as
to be very desirable. One single viiie, well
cultivated, will supply a family, aud give
plenty to can or dry, and those who know,
say they are very fine canned. Every garden
should havo an evergreen blackberry.
How to Speculate on Insurance.
Lane Countv, April, 18S2.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Your short editorial in tho Farmer of the
14th inst. strikes myself and neighbors with
force, because some of us havo lost heavily by
having wheat stored without insurance. It
has set me to thinking aud figuring, and as
near as I can sum up the facts, insurance
companies have paid nearly fifty thousand
dollars losses on conflagrations that have oc
curred within a few- miles of my neighbor
hood, in the past three years. As I have come
out loser m these fires, it is very natural I
should endorse your caution. A good ware
house system is utctssary, but how is a
farmer to trace his wheat? What is to preent
a manirotn shipping out the wheat stored
with him and selling it, and if he has the coin
in his pocket instead of the wheat in his bin,
and the mill or the warehouso burns down
some night, and all the books are burned with
it, who is to know whether the bins had
25,000 or 10,000 bushels of wheat remaining
in them?
Now, suppose that a warehouseman has liis
property iniurod for 87,000, and tries to sell
it for 4,000, and cannot find a customer at
that, and it burns down three or four days
after the trade fails to be accomplished, isn't
there the biggest sort of a speculation in such
afire? If a few thousand bushels of wheat,
belonging to farmers, is in the warehouse,
doesn't that add to the chance of speculation ?
Anybody can see that it does; and the man
who could be wicked enough to barn his
warehouse fi.r insurance money, could not
safely be trusted with any farmer's wheat.
Now, suppose the warehouse is attached to
a mill, ami the mill has a heavy policy on
wheat stored as well as in the mill property.
In case the mill is old, worn oat, and the ma
chinery oat of U.te so that it cannot make
good flour, the biggest ipcculation in sight
w ould be to realize on the insurance policy.
The mill owner could ship off flour, manufac
tured from farmers' wheat, and with the fire
to balance bis accounts, what security is
there that the farmer's wheat hasn't gone to
Europe and enriched the miller ? It would be
no satisfaction to the fanner to know that
while the mill was burning the mill owner
was going about the neighborhood bawling
lik a stuck pig, as happened near here ouce.
That sort of agony would have to be piled
up very high tu mako up for the loss of a
year's crop to the farmer.
There are several troubles; firt, the in
surance agent, who is so crazy for 1 usiness
that he takes reckless risk?, cncouraccs such
crime. The man who iusures property for more
than it would sell for, gives fair occasion for
suspicion. Furmers arc not careful enough in
making themselves safe. The best way to be
secure would be for farmers to own their own
warehouses, as is successfully doue at Salem
and Albany, or to make the warehouseman
insure all the contents ' of his warehouse in
favor of those who, store wheat with him,
and make a daily showing of what remains in
store.
The warehouso question is of the greatest
importance. It is not a pleasant thing to sus
pect vour neighbor of arson, but if he specu
lates m insurance policies hecin't blame folks
for knowing it aud faying it. It is easy to say:
"The warehouse or the mill was set on fire,"
hut everv man knows that there is little or no
fire kept in mills or warehouses, and, thank
God ! there are very tow who are so lost to
right as to set fire to such property. Few
nuns or warenouses aura uown wicnuut ueing
well insured eenerallv too well insured and
that is text enough for all farmers to keep in
mind. A sufferer .
Don't Work Butter Too Much.
Portland, Or., April 14, 18S2.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
Your issue of this date has just come to
hand. The first thing that struck my eyo was
under the head of correspondence first page,
first column. I had not read half a dozen
lines before I fairly boiled over, and I can't
sleep till I have criticize'd it; and this is what
I havo to say : First, f-r my text, let rae
quote the writer j "I partly agree with 'Red
hillian' on the butter question, for I see a
great deal of butter that is not fit for soap
grease, let alone for a person to eat; but all
that the most of it needs is a little more elbow
grease. It is not necessary to work more
than once in cool weather, if the w;orkers will
do their work well. However, there is some
thing in the kind of salt used. We use the
best, and pay as high as five cents per pound
for it sometimes." Was there ever such a
mixture of truth and error in a few lines?
Tho writer says he Bees a great deal of butter
not fit for soap grease. Undoubtedly true. It
can bo seen in tho country stores and in the
commission houses in this city, where it has
been consigned from the country stores. And
it is refreshing tj know that some of the
farmers are begiuning to see it, to know it
and to criticise it among themselves, for it is
evidence of the beginning of a reform
Again I qnote : "But all that tho most of
it needs is a little more elbow grease. It is
not necessary to work more than once in cool
weather, if the ivorten will do their u-orlc
tall."
My dear sir, if this is true you've struck a
bonanza and don't know it. Come right hero.
If you can convert tho butter "not fit for soap
grease" into a No. 1 article by "a little elbow
grease" (which I construe you to mean a little
more working), I will give you five dollars a
day for the season. Yes, I will do better than
that, will divide profits with yo'u. We can
buy tons of this "soap grease" butter at
twenty cents per pound, even fifteen cents.
You shall work it into No. 1 butter, and I
will sell it at thirty cents per pound, and wo
can make from fifty to a hundred per cent,
profit. If that itfull it wants I have learned a
anew wrinkle in dairying. It upsets all my
previous knowledge and experience in this
business. I will not assert that you are wrong
and that I am right, but will do this : I will
make a hundred pounds my way, you shall do
the same, and let a jury of intelligent con
sumers decide which is the No. 1 article. Ac
cording to the light of my experience, oue f
the radical faults in the butter this cor
respondent complains of is, it was churned too
much, and worked to death afterwards; in
jured by too much churning, and spoiled,
ruined by too much (elbow grease) working.
But, says this correspondent, "Have you not
got to work out the butter-milk ?" In reply, I
would say, the butter-milk has no business
in it. Had you stopped churning at the
proper time, and rinsed oi washed out the
butter-milk, as ou could easily have done,
there would be none left to work out. Here
is much utels labor performed, every stroke
of which is saciificing the quality. Now, my
friend, let me show you a better way. You
are churning; as the butter commences to
separate, you detect it instantly by the sound;
a very few turns of the dash and the separa
tion is complete. Stop churning right here;
not another turn. .But you say, I want to
gather it. No you don't, I don't, if you do.
Now tike it out and wash the butter-milk
from it till the water runs off perfectly clear;
turn it a few times so as to net away all the
butter-milk; salt it evenly and put it away.
In twenty-four hours it is ready for working
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2L 1882.
and moulding. This part of the operation
oucht to bo called by somo other name; tho
name working conveys tho idea of labor to ho
performed, when there should be just as little
of it as possible. The working breaks the
little globules, renders it salvy and greasy
and injures its texture and flavor. With the
tnproved churni the operation of washing out
the butter-milk and salting can bo better per
formed in the churn.
Again, this correspondent says : "There is
something in the kind of salt used. Wo use
none hut tho best, etc." True again, there is
much in tho kind of salt used. None but pure
refined salt should be used if it can be had.
The difference, in price is no consideration.
This correspondent seems to know the differ
ence in tho quality of butter, understands the
importance of using pure salt; the amount of
butter ho makes from his cows is proof they
are good ones and well cared for; tho prico he
obtains is evidence that his butter is appreci
ated. Now if he will get this idea out of his-
mind that so much working is required, and
adopt the better plan, he will improve its
texture and quality, and I believe the con
sumers of it will vote that his butter is much
improved, respectfully yours,
J. B. Knapp.
Letter from Waldo Hills.
Wiuteaker, April 14, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
We are nearly done seeding up here, hardly
an average crop put in. Our winter wheat is
badly frozen out, worse than ever before. I
am seeding fifty acres of wheat land to urass.
I mix one-third orchard grass, one-third tim
othy aud one-third mesquite, and to the lot I
add ten pouuds of Kentucky Blue Grass; this
is intended for pasture. Our farmers are sow
ing hundreds of acres in grass, and if the price
of wheat remains where it is our hill land will
sjon find its way hack into permanent pas
ture, to which it seems to be particularly
adapted. Tho land being in ridges, in warm
wiuters grass grows most all winter. Our
Shropshire ewe has twin lambs. Can't the
Editor of the Farmer take a run up into the
lulls and tho Willamette Valley and give us
some notes on what the farmers are doing?
Su"h notes would be interesting to all who
follow agriculture. JSo sure and bring the
Home Circle along! G. W. Hunt.
Noto by Editor. Wo should be glad
to go throug.i the hills and valleys and if pos
sible will do so, ami we notify Mr. and
Mrs. Hunt that if it is possible in June,
to take that other excursion he speaks of in a
private note, wo shall be sure to put in an ap
pearance. The Home Circle insists upon it
that the invitation shall be accepted without
defalcation.
Look Out for Tree Frauds.
Portland, Or., April 18, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
I am reliably informed that there are eight
or ten of those Eastern tree agents in this
State at tho present time taking orders for
ruit trees. 1 think tho people of Oregon
ought to be notified of these tree swindlers
being in the country, so that the.y can look
nut for them, as they will rob our State of
thousands of dollars and leavo nothing in
return. Truly yours,
A Kkauer of the Farmer.
The above comes from a well known party.
Many readers of this journal will remember
the fight wo made against these same parties.
It is a well known fact that $2.1,000 or $30,000
was taken from this State by these tree men a
few years ago. Do not buy trees or shrubs
of unknown parties, but patronize home deal
ers whom you kuow. The best plan is to see
who advertises in the Farmer, and then send
your orders. Messrs. Miller Bros., Settle
mier, Luelling, Settlemire of Tangent, C. N,
Potter and some others, make known what
they have to sell through the medium of our
paper, and are dealers on whom all can rely.
Leave tree peddlers alone,
Baker County Coal,
Lyell, the geologist, once said that there
were no coal beds on the Pacific Coast; but he
was mistaken. Excellent coal mines have
been worked for some years on Puget Sound;
and others have been found on the line of the
Union and Central Pacific Railroads. Nor is
this all. A very valuabla coal-bed or mine
was discovered in 1865, by Win. H. Pack
wood, about two and one-half miles above
Olds' Kerry, in Baker county. A few months
go Mr. Kockfellow, at the request of Mr,
Pack wood, organized a company to develop
these mine. They have now gone down
about sixty-four feet, and the vein is eight
feet wide. The coal has been thoroughly
lesiea iy several uiacxsmiins ami others,
among whom is Mr. Nichols a Welch collier;
and it is pronounced, by them ami him as No.
1 coal for fuel and blacksmith purpos s. The
coal is pronounced to be not only oi the Ust
quality, but inexhaustible. A good coal mine
is better than a gold mine. It is more remu
nerative to its owners, and better for the
country The natural resources of Baker
county are simply immense, and not yet half
developed. Itertille.
Weathers sell for 2 per head in Baker and
Union counties.
FACTS ABOUT ENSILAGE.
We published, a year ago, many facts con
cerning the system of ensilaging fodder that
originated in France; we havo lately published
experience of numerous persons, who havo
practiced this system during the past year in
the Uuited States. A convention of such per
sons was latclv held in New York, whero
many farmers attended and gave their experi
ence, ru.d many others wiote letters that were
read there. We havo received a pamphlet
containing tho full record of this convention,
and shall make weekly extracts therefrom, in
hopes that some of our Oregon farmers may
adopt some ot the more cheap and simplo
modes and save fodder this season by this
proce-s.
From proceedings of Ensilago Congress,
held in New York, January 25th aud 2(lth,
1882:
The secretory re id tho following letter from
E. W. Stewart, of Like View, Erie county,
N. Y.:
I hope your congress, w hicu
1 1 egret I cannot attend, will emphasizo the
importance of ensilaging the nitiogeuous fod
ders as well as corn. Ensilage should be a
complete food. All the by-fodders, such as
linseed meal, cottonser.d meal, bran, mid
dlings, etc., which aro used by the best far
mers, would be quito inadequate in quantity
to supply all feeders if they were to adopt it.
So it becomes the part of wisdom to start the
ensilage system on the right basis, makefile
farm self-sustaining. Let ensilage contain a
mixture of all tho grasses, including corn, and
then cows will do as well on it, when pre
served in tho best manner, as on pasture. An
acre of winter re ensilaged with an acre of
clover, both are ready to cut nt tho same time,
will make a very well balanced fodder. An
acre if millet or Hungarian grass, an aero of
eecoud crop clover, and an acre of corn, ensi1
aired together, will make an excellent ration
for milk without giain. And grain may bo
added by those who wish to produce the
greatest yield of milk, as many now do, even
to pasture. A crop of peas and oats raised to
gether will be ready to ensilage with early
planted corn, and tho combination will make
a most satisfactory ration. The vetch is suc
cessfully raised in Canada, anil probably can
be in Mew York and the Middle atates gener
ally, and this may be ensilaged with early
corn and make a well balanced ration. In
short, thero may be a hundred different sotii
bined rations ensilaged, which will produce
milk, meat, or wool without other food.
Mr. 0. B. Potter: I entirely agree with the
views expressed in the letter jtut r. ad. I
commenced my first experiment in 1870. I
first used com alone, but sinco I havo tried
urass, oats and sorghum, and everything else
that you can grow on the Hudson river. It is
better to feed a variety at the same time than
to feed one all the timo. I feed from two pits
at the samo time. I think red clover in some
respects the best crop to ensilago that we
have, it settles qu ckly into a compact mnss
and you preserve all the juices, coloring mat
ter and everything in it, which will be wanted
if you attempt to cure it by drying. It will
settle, so that a section six inches square will
bo a good ration for a cow. Anybody who has
seen spinach or dandelion pressed hard will
know pretty much how this will look.
Mr. A. A. Reed, of Rhode Island: Al
though I am not a professional farmer, I have
ensilaged for tho past two years. I havo en
silaged corn, clover, rye," sorghum and the
grasses, I have samples here of all hut the
sorghum, whi;h has b-cn fed out. In this
year's experiments I weighed my co,v8 when I
took tVem off the grass; I took thn weight of
the milk for nineteen days previous to putti.ig
them on the ensilage, and then I put them on
a c rtain quantity of ensilag tor nineteen
day. Then I weighed my cattle again aud
noted the gain or loss in weight. Then I put
my cattle on hay and noted thn gain or loss in
weight. Then I put them on sorghum and
noted their weight lost or gained. Then I put
them on corn again. Being anxious to try an
experiment I bought a cow of ono of my
neighbors, which had been fed on hay and
grass. I put the cow on ensilage for niuetei-n
days, giving her the same quantity she had
he n accusnomcil to get. It increased the
milk at the rate of two pounds per day, and
improved the color of the butter very inateri
ii'ly. At the first tho butter was petfuctly
white, and now it is quite yellow. That is my
experience with .ensilage.
Col. Wolcott: At tho time I was filling my
silos, we hail a drizzling rain for two or three
days, but I kept my men at work from morn
ing until night, putting the ensilage in the
silo. You can see from the samples how good
it is. I cannot see any difference from that
prepared in the dry weather. I raised about
thirty acres of rye last year, and I estimated
that I had about nine tons to the acre, I think
it is inferior to corn. .
J. W. Jones, of Portland, Me.j In writing
I wish to confirm in the most positive manner
what I wrote last year, and sent to the Coun
try Gentleman about wooden silos. I made
mytelf a great deal of trouble writing that ar
ticle. I had letters from all over the United
States, West and South particularly, where I
supposed there was the least need of anything
of the kind. I have had to abandon my silo
made in the ground and bricked up. I could
not keep out the water. The only places
where a silo can be made profitably is in very
I sandy ground and on side of a hill. It is easier
rto build a cistern to hold water in the ground
than it is to build cue to keep the water out.
Every year water lias worked in from the out
side aud spoiled my ensilage. I have heard
others compluiu of the same thing. My barn
is raised up, so that I have a cel.ar under it,
and. the bays go to the bottom, and the barn
is 20 feet posted, making my silo 30 feet
high, which I think a great advantage, as by
having a great height, the enilageettleg let
ter. I have this year put in about 300 tons,
and it comes out beautifully, and cattle eat it
better than the best of hay and do not require
meal I have gamed oxen this year at tho rate
of 100 pounds a week to a yoke, and cows will
givo a third more milk than when fed en hay
and meal. This season I havo just lined up
my bays inside with single boarding. This
keeps tho timbers from rottiiu', and answers
every purpose. There is a little mould round
tho edge, but I mix it right in, and tho cattle
eat every particle right up clean. I kept fill
ing tho silos right along toge'her. nnd was
about two months filling them, kept them
open and put no weight on till after 1 was
dona filling. It is much more convenient
feeding from barn, and but little more work
to hoist it; ten tons of it does not require more
space than one ton of hay, and from the best
calculation I can make, ono ton is equal to
1200 pounds of hay. This may be a little high,
but is based on observations of good careful
men. Still we better not sot it too high; that
is a mistake of all writers. Let us call it 800
to 1000 pounds equal to a ton of ensilage. I
mean that I was two months filling, and put
no weight on during that time, and I consider
it an advantage to be a long tiino filling. I
had enough, so I fillod every day or sometimes
every other day, sometimes thei e would be
threo days I would not fill any, but I used to
tread it down every day on tho silo, within
threo or four feet of the top, the weight of tho
ensilage is just as good as the weight of rocks.
This is the advanfageof having the silos high,
say 20 feet. For th-i threo or four fict near
tho top of the silo tho constant treading is
better than a still weight. When, for in
stance, we put in a certain amount to-day, the
heat making a sort of moisture that toftens
the material, so that it packs much closer, and
when you go in to tread tho next day, even
whero it is trod very closely tho d-.y before,
gives several inches, and in that way you get
tho whole packed very solid. You want to
givo your silos a thorough treading every
moruinir before adding nnytlung. Tho stones
are of no particular account except for three
or four feet on top of silo, and for thac need
no' bo loaded so heavily ai you mention in
your book, unless where you go to using soon
after the Bilo is filled. Thero was a very little
waste around tho i-ilaa of mine, but wo mixed
it rght in and the cattle ate the whole.
Mr. Mills: I would build a building some
thing like an ordinary ice house, being careful
to have a good strong frame evert on tho in
side with hemlock boards. Then I would put
tho odder in. 1 would not tramp it, and
when I got it full I would place my covers up
on it, having tho covers uniformly weighted,
so as to get a uniform pressure all round. I
would havo the prt'Bsura about ,100 pounds to
each pquare foot. I would have each rcccptac'c
titled and weighted on the samo day. i wouni
not cut my fodder short. I believe in keeping
tho cellular tismss as intact as possible, with
nil their juices. I cut diUcront lengths last
season, from three-quarters to Uvo inches.and
in future shall cut longer. I would not use
rye at all on account of tho cigot. When I get
my farm rich enough, I proposo to raise noth
ing hut tho perennial grasses I cut my corn
after tasselling, when it is full of saccharine
matter. I use the Southern horru tooth com,
getting my seed from ono section, from ono
particular State. I plant about eight bushels
to the acre, and I plant by hand.
' Tolio continued.
Well-Merited Success.
A gentleman oncu asked n distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret of
tho almost universal demand for Dr. Rich
mond's Samaritan Nervine. Ho said that it
was, in fact, a genuine medicine such a com
pound as every good physician would prescribe
tor tho disease which it was advertised to
euro. Of course, it cost less than any druggist
would charge for tho suno article supplied on
a physician's prescription, and besides, thero
was a saving of thu doctor's too in addition.
Moreover, by buying thu druis in such cuor
mouB quantities, and having a perfect appara
tus for compounding tho mixture, he was not
only enabled to get better articles in the first
place, but also to present tho medicine in
better form, and at less prico than thu same
preparation could hu pojtibly obtained from
any othor touico. Dr. Richmond has devoted
all his energies to the alleviation of human
sulleriug. With this end in viuw, and with his
whole huart in his great labor for thu benefit
of the allliuted, ho has achieved marked and
merited success. Tncro can bo no real success
without true merit. That hit success is real
is evidenced by thu fact that his reputation bs
a man and physician does not deteriorate, and
thu fact that thero is a steadily increasing de
mand for his Samaritan Ncrvino provis that
it is no nostrum, but a reliable remedy. He
lias r pcatedly informed tho public that it is
no patent medicine, and no patent has over
been asked for or obtained. Neitln r does he
advertise it as a cure-all. There are hundreds
ot diseases that hu acknowledges it will not
curu. It may bo urged that somu.of thi-so dis
eases ard so widely diflerent that it seems
absurd to prescribe the same remedy. They
may diller in symptoms, yet ill character l
precisely similar; and then uo must take into
consideration tho fact that remedies may pos
sess various properties Thus, some medicines
are both tonic and alterative; others may be
tonic and laxative, the properties diUcring ac
cording to tho quantity administered, and the
time and circumstance j which demand its em
ployment. In the manufacture of any pharmaceutical
preparation the purity aud strength of the
material used, ami the requisite machinery to
be employed, are among the chief essentials.
The first is insured by purchasing the in
gredients in large quantities, whereby the ex
ercise of greater care in selecting the materials
can be afforded; and the second can only be
accomplished whero the business is sufficient
ly extensive to warrant a large outlay of capi
tal in procuring chemical apparatus. These
facts apply with especial force to tho manu
facture of our medicines, their quality having
been vastly improved li.ico the demand has
become so great as to require their manufac
ture in very largo quantities.
These ideas am not mere speculative re
marks to mislead the readir, or to induce him
NO-
with false views of tho sunerioritv of nir
medicines. Wlulo inspecting Dr. Richmond's
establishment you wonl be surprised to see
the admirable- facilities, both chemical aud
mechanical, which ho umploys in tho prosecu
tion of his business. Everything is arranged
in tho most perfectly systematic order, and
whilo to tho ueneral observer thero appears to
bo no room for improvement, yet new appara
tus and mechanical applia cos aro constantly
being procured for the establishment.
STATE iMJWS
Silverton will havo a stallion sh w un April
20th.
A new bridgo has been hail's across Silver
creek, near Silverton. I'ho structure cost
$900.
Farming having proved comparatively suc
cessful in the western end of Lake county last
year, we may oxpect to seo more land than
ever put in grain this year.
Mr. Drew, of New Hampshire, who not
long sinco bought some mining property of
tho Ityc Valley Mining Co recently sold it
for SS0.000, doubling his money on first in
vestment. New and more commodious q-iarters are
cnntemDlatcd for Fort Klamath which will
firobahly be made a four-company prist before
eng anil a iJIIO 000 appropriation has be-on
proposed for that purpose.
The fivo year old daughter of John Warner,
of Williams creek, Josephino coun'y, says the
Jacksonville Times, was burned to death last
week, her clothes catching fire from some
brush her brothers and sisters were burning
in a field,
Tho Jacksonville 77m essays that Jay Beach,
of Linkville, Oregon, will mako a circuit of
Oregon with his fust trotting stock noxt Fall,
nnd will compete for the partes hung up by
the dillercnt societies.
A cow belonging to P. Monarch, of Co is
Bay, got mired in thu swamp at Tt n Mil" last
week, and was devoured by bears in a short
timo.
Hon. Warren Truitt, of Polk county, is
daugerously ill, at his residence in Dallas. It
appears that ho was first afllicted with tho
measles, and afterwards erysipelas made its
appearanco in a cut in his lip.
S D. Snowdon, who died last week in
Marion county, had deeded all his property
to Hon. Win. Darst. Mr. Darst refused to
accept it, as Snowdon had never received a
consideration of an) thing.
Tho machinery bed mgiut' tn the flax mill in
Albany is being taken nnart and stored away.
Thu proprietors, Missrs. Home k Romilly,
aro Bomtwhttt disgusted with their venture,
and aro looking out for soma morn favorable
locality, to which they will remove their ma
chinery. On Sunday last, whilo their pirents wcro at
church, two sons of Mr. Blackburn, of Conter
Precinct, Linn county, aged respectfully nine
and six years, obt duett posses-dun of a pistol,
nnd while playing with tho same thu ynunirer
was shot by his brother in tho side, inflicting
a painful wound,
Tho valuable colt belonging to T, If.
Tongue, Esq , of Hillsboro, which that gen
tlen an recently brought from California, met
with an accident on Saturday lad, which re
sulted in its death. The animal was sick, and
its attendants wcro in the act of administering
some medicine, having previously bached it
into a stall, when in itx struggles it reared up
and fell over backwards, striking in its fall
upon the manger.
This week has marked an important stage
in thu progress of tho work, says the C'orvallis
Qawtle. Tho contracts for thu thren funnels
between Cnrvallia and Yuij'iina huvu been let
to Mr, .1. A liiighee, f San Francisco, The
lengths of the two tunnels on thu di scent
from tho Summit into tho Yauiiiiia Vnllcy are
760 and 3.10 feet, und that just below Mr.
Napp's hou-e, U00 ftet, Tho work is to ho
begun within two wmli.i from signing tliooon
tracts, ami tho tunnels and appioachu- have
all to bo completed by tho end of July next.
Thu Walla Walla Union complains that
drunken soldiers roam the ttit-eti of Wnlla
SValla at unseasonable hours.
Thu Cheney Academy was open-d on April
10th, and theru was eight childicn in attend
unco. The teachers are from thu East.
Mr. William", late n ritiren of Waitshurg,
and at present a rancher, has been adjudged
insane and sent to tint as) linn,
Nino cars of cattle wcro roc ntly shlpj ed
from thn line of thu N, P, R R, to dealers in
Portland.
Crowds of prospectors and ollivn aro again
rushing pell-mell for Wood Kivir mines."
High water is reported alont thu stage line
routes, says tho Idaho Sitttr inn, anil has oc
casioned some delay, hut t iu stages are now
on time.
Boise City, says the Statesman, is promis
ing, and thu population inci easing.
TKltltlTOICIAL.
The wheat fields abovu Walla Walla look
exceedingly well this jear. 'lh grain is
about six inches high, of thick growth, with
a good healthy color.
The s'eamers Baker and Faxon, Captains
llaughrnan and Stump, are nnw running at
Passenger boats between Lewiston and Texas
erry, leaving each point at fi A. i. The AI
inota and Spokan aro running as freight boats
on the same route,
A gentleman recently from thu Dtaduun
country iuformi the Walla Walla Union that
the farmers of that region are all busy putting
in their Spring cropi. Hu predicts that a
third more grain will be raited this year than
during the season of 188I,
A young sou of Mr. John Boyd, of Baler
City, received Injuries by hit horaa falling,
which caused his death.
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