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VOL. XIV. tyvrrcgyvmUntq. SOMETHING FOR FARMERS TO CONSIDER In tho preceding article I have shown the importance f improving the quality ot farm products, and of sending to market always in prime condition, and the advantages of patron izing home manufactures, and building up a homo market ly bringing the consumer along side tho producer; tho harmony of interest and action which should prevail between the producer and the middlemen. We now j une more directly to the consideration of tho ques tion of how and when to maiket faim products. Some products, like summer fruits and veg etables, have a short season of prime condi tion, a very 6h(rt sta'on, only a day or two; they aro in their prime to day, growing sttlc to-morrow, and they vanish like the dew bo fore tho morning sun. Dairy products, though perishable, have a longer season, The cereals will last a year, or several of them, without deterioration; hence, we cannot 'prescribe the same rules of action to govern all alike. Tho wants of human nature are continual, unceas ing, and require daily supply of articles per ishablo and iinperish ible. With the perishable articles the farmer can bring himself in direct contact with the consumer without the inter vention of middlemen. lu tho older Atlantic States tho cities and towns have their public market buildings, and one or two days of the week set apart as market days, at winch time and place farmers an I gardners arsemble to display their pioducts, .and tho consumers como to supply their wants and lay in a stock sufficient to Isst them till the next maikct day. l'rices are regulated by the supoly and demand. At the close of market the surplus is dispose,! of to the greengiocor at a, nominal price, iiero we have no audi regulation; pro duccrs come to town daily and sell to the family grocer all ho will take, then peddle to every door, without any system or regulation, competing with each other, and with iliiir patron" the family giocer, piactisiug a ruinous competition ugiiust them elves juid their neighbors, ami no influence whatever brought to boar to uphold and sustain their interests. There aio tiity or n oie men, and as many horses and vrdjoaa, o.i our sirc-ets daily prac tising this folly; that is, fo.ly for the pro ducer, but fun lur the cunsurmr. This busi ness could all be duuo by one or two middle men, with a well-arranged system, and these fifty men and hoiscs at home at work, and the cost to each would bo less than the value of the day's work for man and horse on the street. Not only that, the gain in bet ter and more uuifot m prices would be mure than all the cost of commissions. Tho system in tho oleLr cities has this advautage over the want of system iu vogue here, all aro brought together with a little concert of action among (producers, more uniform prices can be sus tained, and superior quality of articles has a fair competition among buyers. This want of system is the outgrowth of pioneer timet; the same system as I found on iny arrival hero thirty years ago. Iu this respwt there has been no improvement; bo change, no progres sion. Portland has changed, however, from a frontier country village to ways, manners, customs, government and rcgulat.ona ot a large commercial city. Thousands of dollars could bo saved to gardoners and small farmers in the vicinity of Portland by reducing the present methods of marketing to an intelli gent system. Talk to them about it, tbey listen incredulously and continue on in the 'same old blind pith, without making an effort for improvement. It reminds me of the pio neer days ot Ohio, when I was a little wee bit of a boy. Settlements were sparse, and grist t mills few and far between. To set his corn i IVgrouod the settler would pot his corn in one if Vnd of a bacr and a stone of sufficient weiuht I a lo balance it in the other end of the bag, put across a horse, and pot a boy on the horse and send hint to null. The boy would return the same way with the ground grist It was a laborious business, but it was better than atieg boiled corn, or better than starving. t length the wants of a growing family mule neut trips to the. mill a necessity. A set- er conceived the brilliant idea to drop the me and carry corn in both ends of the Lag, doubling the carryin? capacity, an ad- itege so obvious that it was voted an im- iTeoient and readily adopted in the settle- t, save by one, who persisted in the good wty to carry the stone in one end of the , and when remonstrated with by bis ;hbors, whose intellects bad expanded on- ier the genial influence of such improve ments, he quietly listened to the arguments, and after deliberately shifting bis quid from on side of his face to the other, be delivered himself ot this clincher t "Well, my father did it that way, he alters carried the itnn in one end of the bar, I guess he knew which was best, 1 don't want any o' y'r nen fancied notions." Old Father Kelly peddled his veg etables in the streets of l'ortlauel thirty cars ago, as many old pioneers will' recollect, and the good old custom is perpetuated. The mid dlemen of Portland have dono their pait towards inaugurating a better system; have erected a large maiket bui'dmg, commodious and complete, in all its arrangements, and in this respect second to no city iu the United State'. Weio an ordiuance 'pisseel compel ling a better system, there would ame another tremendous howl against the middle men. They don't want to provoko your hos tility; they en joy the cheap fruits and ege tables the preseut want of system furnishes, so they acquiesce and enjoy tuo fun. It is true they sometimes siy you act like fools and hae got no tense, hut this is among them selves, they mcau no olio so to you, it was not intended to get to your cits. Now we vv ill notico the marketing of dairy products. A very few individuals auif several dairy men bring their butt r once a week ami tell direct to several f juilies of their ac quaintance or to a hotel This cannot be dono to any extent, Butter is of such anatuie that it cannot be peddled about iu tho hosand dusty streets, so it is not ndmissable with this product to come in diiect to .tact with the consumer. Keeping prominently in his iniud the idea of "Diwn wi.h the middlemen," ha goes to tho family giocer as tho first remove liom tho consumer. Tl.o giocer w ill not buy, for tho quality is too uncertain and tho de mand too changeable; ho will not buy at a fixed price, but ftceiv. b it with thisagice ment: "To sell and allor the market piico." The pi oposition appears fair on its face; cer tainly no one could expect to cet more than the maiket price. But let us analyz j tliia mas ter a little; hold it up to the light and seo how it looks. Who makes the market pi ice? I it no', tho men who sell tlm butter! And are they not competing with each other f. r tho family Hade? And aro not the c neunicrs running from place to place to sec where they cvn buy best and cheapest, often asserting thit to and so is felling cheaper; that they must buy as cheap, or go elsewheiewith their tiade ? The gicctr don't want t 1. se a good customer, so he makes concessions in price. Other giocers find out that somebody is cut ting under in piices; not tt be outdone, they cut under too, and there is a dropping of piices along tho whole lino. It costs thr giocer nothing; they lose: nothing by it. Had they aid a fixed price they would have a di rect interest iu sustaining and keepintr up prices', for a decline is loss, money out of pocket. But they have agreed to pay tho market price; if that were down to 23 cents, or even 'JO cent9, it is no loss to them; they make their regular retail profit all tie same, at SO cents or 30 cents; they have a soft tiling; they run no rUk. Under such a sys tem there is no influence in the interest of the producer to uphold prices, but, on the con trary, the greed of the consumers and compe tition among middlemen to drag it down. Farmers and dairvmeu seem to entertain the idea that they must leavo their butter with the retailers; that they get the benefit of ro tail prices; but such is nor, the case; they are misled; they are laboring under a delusion; the market pi ice is the wholesale and jobbing prices, and never the retail. What the farmer and producer wants is to have some voice, some influence in establishing rates and prices for his products, and not be left entirely to the generosity or mercy of the consumer or middlemen. Other products, liko wool, cotton, flax, hides, hemp and tobacco, require several man. ufacturing processes to fit thrtn for tho con sumers' me. In these cases the producer is more dependent upon the middlemen, and at a greater distance from the conumer. So with our grain products; the surplus over and above home supply ninst seek a foreign de mand, and the services of more middlemen are required to bring ns in contact with the consumer. It is impossible to dispense with the middlemen; they are the outgrowth of necessity, part and parcel of our modern civil ization, almost as essential to the farmer as be to the middlemen. We come now to the summing up of the whole matter, which will sppesr next week. J. B. Knaft, Millie Bros, have just received another lot of select grass seed, snd will sell the same in lots to suit and on favorably terms. Call on tbem and patroaize live men. You can rely on pure seeds. Tbey are the leading nursery men in the city. Laor BcauTiriESs. Ladies, yon cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks, and apsrkliug eyes, with all tbe sounetics of France or btautiners of tbe world, while in pror health and nothing will give you such rich blood, good health, strenvth and beauty as Hop Bit ters. A trial u certain proof. PORTLAND, OREGON, The Cherry Slug. In tbe i.-suo of the 1'resa Icr July 2t)th is a paragraph headed "Mug on the Cherry Tree.'1 From the description of tho work done to the leaf, I am inclined to tho opinion that tbe slut: spoken of is not a sua!!, as are our garden slugs, but is the larvm or young of a Baw fly, known as thn cherry slug (Selamlrla Cerasi). However, a brief description of this insect nnd its work may not be amiss, as the corre spondent can tell whether this is the insect or not: Tho cherry slug is a brownbh gicen, uliiny slug, tiipciing fiom before backward', and having twenty very Bhort le'gs. They feed on the upper surface of the leaves, eating all but the veins and the under skin. These larva: aru pioduceel from eges ilcpositcd singly iu June in incisions iu the leaf made by the sharp ovipositor of the female. When fully grown they change to purpa; in tie ground, and in fifteen days after changing to this statu produce the perfect insects or flies. Theso are tinall, four-winged insects belong, ing to tho order Jfimenojitent, to which tho bees and wasps belong, of a glossy, black color, all but tho frjnt pair of legs, which aro diny ycllotv, the hind lei's having pale articu lations. Tho flies come out in August to de posit eggs for a second brood, whiji nro to be foil' d as s'ugs on the leaves iu tho following month, 'i'lie last of September or tho fore part of October these enter tho ground, change to put pa.' and remain in that condition till the fod iwiug spring. The following remedies, havM hrenro'om mended : Professor Forbes fays that h rti- cultmists find that thoiourhly tpiiidtling the tree with iineitust, such in may be made fiom beating up coil, or may be found iu a diy load, is ellectiul. Tovvusend Glover Eaid this teas of but li tie value. Mr. Win. Sander, f Canada, say air-slakul lime dusted over tho tree is nil eflectual renndy. Tho dm' or linio is 1 armies to tho tree, and f r that leas 'ii it piefcrablo to Paris green, or any oilier poi-oii that woild n inler thu frui uufit for use. G. II. FlthNCil, Illinois. Another Item of Interest to Settlers. The follow ing bill is of fo much general interest to -et Iors that we give it in full : To shorten tin time required to acquire homesteads on the public domain. That section 2,201 of tho Keviscd Statutes be, and the same is hi reby nmcuded by the striking out the words "five yoas" where the lame occur iu that section, uud inserting tho words "three years." Sec 2 That due proof shall in all cues be made that the person making tho entry or his success r, under tho homestead laws, has in L'ood faith actually resided upon and im proved the land for the full period of three years immediately succeeding the date of his settlement or entry. Provided, however. that a period of not exceeding three months may be allowed afier entry wiihin which the homestead paity shall establish his actual residence on the land. Sec. 3. That section 2,297 of the Revised S atutes be amended so as to read as follows i Sec. 2,297. If at any time after thu filing of the affidavit as requited in section 2,291, it it proved that due notico to the settler, to the satisfaction of the Commis'ioiirr of the Gen eral Land Office, that tbe person having filed such aflidavit has actually changed his resi dence r abandoned the land, then, and in that event the laud so entered shall revert to the government. Tbe Monarch Bee Hive. M. V Ensley, of Willainina, Yamhill coun ty, is inventor and patentee fur this hive, which is the result of his life experience with bees. This hivo is a beautiful piece of mechan ism, and has been in use two seasons, (riving perfect satisfaction (o nearly two hundred persons who have tested its working qualities. Mr. Ensley is greatly interested iu bee culture and has invented this hire and improved it, to meet tbe requirements of true apisculture. It is S3 constructed and arranged that any person can manage bees and handle the honey without a possibility of being stung by bees. It is also possible to separate the inferior hon ey from the best quality. We have studied this hive with interest, and as Oregon honey cannot be surpassed in the world, and honey food is as plentiful, or even more plentiful than in California, we see no reason why this Monarch hive, that baa so much to commend it ana bss been nsed so successfully, should not be widely used and made a source of great profit to Oregon farmers. Mr. Euslsy intends to exhibit his hive at the Fairs this fall, and canvass this vslley for its sale. The Breeders' Gazette. This splendid weekly stock paper continues to improve with age. The last number con tained 32 cages, and was profusely illuitrated with origins! engravings. The letding articles is "How Breeds are formed;" "Breeds of Sheep;" "History of Short-horn breeding io Ohio;" In fact every department of live ti,ck is represented. Teims; 3 per year or $2 in clubs of ten. Published by J, If. Sanders k Co., Chicago. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1883. itir- riiti:. A Half llloclt weil Ami), nml J 0.03(1 Woilliel l'ieiteriv Uhv up Iii ttmoke. About 5 p. M. Wednesday, fire started in the stable attacdiel toA.". Hamilton's ship chandlery store, on B and First streets, and was soon under great headway, as there uai hay m the sta'ilc. A general alarm was turned in from box lf, luiiiginx to the scene the entire fire depaitinciit. iu le-s than lulf an huur foiireen building were burning. Tho wind was blowing quite freo and spread the tiro rapidly. Most of the building were quite new. How the tire eliminated has not been harned, except indefinitely, that some ono drupied a match in the hay. The matter wi l piobably be iuvesti.ated by the insurance CJinpuiles. llio liuililingi eleMroycil were thu four stoics paitially burned about two mouths aco on hiisl street, three of which were vacant, ami tho other occcuntcel tiy A. Vi galius as a barber shop, a bud ling on th s une street occupied by Hamilton ns a store loom nml Ilia two story building on the comer of 15 street. On B otreet, Hamilton's (.tables, luauctoii's Ati)iia saloon, llellerinji's tailor nlien, H. Dicket's shoe shop, Madantz Bros tin shop ami Spanieling & Burk hart's butcher shop and packing house. On -ccond sliect dwelling houe-e oecupieel by J. J. Garwood, and another occupied by Mrs. McGeiwn, ,lrs. A. Bennett ami Mis. Seairau. Tne rear ot the Noiton Hou,o in tho center ot the block was considerably dialled. The tiie'iucu v. oi Iced hard and did thu best that could bo done. Each engine threw two sticams, but all th ir eflbits we-renot sutli emit to save tho buildings, but they tu ot out fit tho firu consuming thi entire bb ck. Hie following uru thu losses, with intuiaiicn: Vi galius, about $200; vacant- buildings owned hy Iligjins weio of nominal valm ; A. Y Hamilton, buildings and contents, bOCO, in Miiaucc, ?."0G0; Astoiia saloon, $1000, i o in fUi'uucr; 11, lliekcl. slice tt re, S")00, insur ance S2U0; Helloing, t ilor th .p, i'M, l.o in sui .nice; Mciiams', tin shop, SJOOI), insurai Cei 4500; r-panldiirg et Biirklmrt, ?00OO, iisui aucu 2000 Thu livo last buincts pieces Were owned by, U. V, James and weru valued nt a I ion t SGOUO, with 3oOJ insuiance. Duell ing house, owned hy same pi nun, 1500, in surance 1000; dwelling hou-e owned by M. Bill , !)C0, insuianco SGOO; Norton lie use, about $200, lull I1 surc.t. Fuiicvr Firih. Reports icach the city of great destiuctioii of property by fnes which ate racini; in the imher in several places. On tho Dames road, west of tho city, two barns and 1000 colds of wood aio rep' ited 'o lia-u lieeii nmmil ycsteiitay. Uut on llie Boone's Feiry r ad u house ai d ham on llie larin belonging to O'rihea Bios, were burned yesterday, 'llurn, was u msidciablu hay in the ham. Krvmal other buildings aio icport e I nesir lyed iu ih.it ueigohoihood and sonv ottlu binned to deeth Mr. James O'cdica went out yesterday with a party of men to endeavor to save some of the fencing on bis place. A file is also r.iging on the Oswego load. At the Itiiign 8i ttleiueut. twelve miles east o Oicuon City, a fire has destroyed the house and b .ru of J, J. Guard, with all their coiiients; a blacksmith shop belonging to a Mr. Mill vauey has also been dextinyed, and huvcrai other IHUIUiugi in tliu uciL'tiLioihooil. Un ass we am suon favored with rain we may expect to hear of stilt greater ilamace bemu mulcted by these, loicat lnu, wlndi it is al most impossible tocneck. SupI'Osbu MoitDBKEics AidtriTLU Deputy Sheriff Murch and Detective .Simmons of Hjy tun, W, T., passed through Poiueroy on Sun day afternoon, having in charge C. O. Luiuly of Pataha city, Charles Bonbon, who resides near theie, and a rough naimd ht. (Jiair, who were arrestee! on a charco ol being concerned in t"o murder of E. if. Cumuiiug at New York Baron snake river. July 2Ui.li. Luuelv is seniur in the firm of Lumly & Kergusnii at Pataha City. Benbow lives near by and loafs about town the most of his tune. Beauchard. the supposed lender, is still at large, kc having recently escaped from Jul i here, where be was in custody lor assault to kill. It is reported lint St. Clair ha confessed much guilt in the atlair Luiuly is accused ol ,11 iiuiing the Inur iler and harboring the perpetrators after the deed was accomplished. It is said ho sent $500 to the a.'ent a day or two beloio Ins murder. Ther is strong talk of lynching by very sub stantial men. Cummii'i! was wed liked and the people are anxious that his death shall be aveugeu. SlNUOLAli Act'iOKNT. Ed. Frar, a farmer living near Nilem, was crossing the railroad at tbe Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon with a team of horses attached to the run ning gear of a wagon, the bed having been left off, aud jutt as be got fairly on the track the engine of the afternoon train struck the reach Hi the middle, cutting the wagon in two, completely demolishing the hind wheels and starting the ho-ses, with the fore wheels, on a tun. Mr. Frazer, who was sitting on the reach just behind the "hounds" aud was thrown shout ten feet into the wagon roar) without sustaining any injury to his person. His b' nee were stopped alter running a short distance. Bushes slona the road prevented Mr. Frazer seeing tbe dinger. On Experianoe from Many, I hare been sick and miserable so long snd bad caused my husband so much trouble snd expense, no one seemed to kuow what ailed me, that I was completely disheartened and discouraged. In this frame of mind I got a bottle of Hop Bitters and used them unknown to my family. I sn began to improve and gained so fast that that my husband and fam ily thought it was strange and unnatural, bat when I told them what had helned me. tkev said, "Hurrah for Hop Bitters) long msy they proper, iur nicy nave inaae moiner Well and us happy." The Mother. STATE NEWS. Weton wants n city park. Wheat 78 cents at Independence. Astoria has had a good wetting down. Beef cattle arj very scarce in LaUo county. A livery horse diopped dead near Saliin re centiy. Fresh venison is coining into the market at A-tona. Wheat is coming into Koseburg lively and is worth 70 cents. There is only eight niiloj of tho Siuslavv wagon road iiufimshtd. Smelt and sardines wash ashore in great milliners at Nc-tttcki Diy, Heed's Op.-'ra Housj at Salem, will be re painted for tue coming fair. Business is picking up in Jackeon cciiity now that the harvest is over. Hogs sell fur 12 cents per pound on the railroad extension iu southern Oregon. Dallas, Polk county, is with uit it botil. 1' is a good location for some' goo 1 hotel man. The silni'iii canneries on tho Umpqua will probibly start business about thu 1st pinxiino. Fishermen nudo the- trip from thu Cj lunibia river to Sao Francisco in an open boat There aie a great many people arriving iu Salem dally on uvory tram. Tho hotels are all doing a good business Tho diHerrut saw nulls in mil around Sa lem are pudied to the utmost oipaoity to sup ply the deiiiiiid for lumber Mr, tlenrv Gilmer, of Jordan valley, Baker county, having been adjudged insane, left foi thu nsyliiiu at East Poitlaiul. It. P. Boiso will address tho Umpqiia Grange, on Satutday, the 2d diy of Scptein b r, at their ball in llosebtiig. The Astoria City Council has rep ! ted tiv I'lably on Mayor Thompson' p'opiyitiou tj fuiinsh that city wit'i pure water. Salem has bat sidewalks and it behooves her to lix the in up btforu the Fall meeting r tho htuto Fair and Legislatmc cor.vcm s. Clns. Gondchild, of lSiuoui1, has a Jersey cow 21 months old. which yields milk fiom which two nnd a lulf pounds ot bu ter is made daily. Spaiks fiom a locomotive set lire to a vvhuat fi hi near Dallas lecently, and destrovm 1000 worth of uraiu for Mr, llugood aud Mr. L. Pcwtlui' places. William Gild s, of Curry county, Ins been ad judged insane and s. nt to tliu.iuvlum by thu authorities at Huxchurg. Ho mala two incllectiuil attempts at i-lllcl le, The freight on wlnat fioiii Eugeno to Pint lanil was formeily 2(1 cents per pound, hut ptrtics iu Euge-no have cau-u.l a leductioii of 1 cents pel 100 lOuuiR It n w is 22 cunts pi i 100 pounds. Three traiigs of Cliiiiaiii'-n nro encamped m. GariUon eicek, Umatilla crunty, nauitiutf onli is to commence tho grading of tho rail toad that will connect Walla Walla with Eastern Oioon. Speaking of its ommerce, tho Axloiian, of Astoria, says: On the 21th, the American nhip Elwell cleared from this p Tt fur Liverpool wi'b a caigo worth $.'100,000, nearly all of which was a product ot Astoria. Wo take this from the Eugeno City Qimnl: Theie is on exhibition at Cram Bros, music Htore, a limb of a plumb tree, raised by Henry Hill, about three teet lout', upon which tin re is over 200 good plums, Who can beat this? Says the Coast Mall; Our butchers ex peri i nee great eiilhculty now in procuring porkers at 7 cents p r pound; and yet smo nf our farmers complain of haul times. Perhaps tins is uccauso nicy no not nave good ho, ranches. The isckrabbit, which was unknown in this vicinity a few years ago, is rapidly increasing iu iiiiiuueis, aim uru iiiec-iy iu ue como a greet pest to gardens ami crops. Many bating been klilu i by young Mnortuii'ii in tlm imme diate .vitinii y . 7i'osi bury I'laimttaltr. Kays the Mountain S'nliurl; Lou Ki-millard camo over fiom La Grim le on Wudiiusday, for the purpo-e of having the track and stables put in condition for thu forthcoming Fall races, which is expected bi bu the best meet ing yet held in Eastern Oregon, The Jacksonville Whim says; "A thief, ltirker by name, stole a span of horses and a wagon, together with a set of blacksmith's tools, Ip'in Win. Herriott of Applegato ab nt two weeks ago, Oscar Knox started in pur suit A we-k afterward, but Barker made bis escape iuto California before he could be over taken. DIED. At the residence of his souin-law W. C, McKcan, in this city, August 28th, H. D. Huutiugton, of Freepo't, W. T., ged 71. Mr. Huntington was ono of the old subscrib ers of the Pakhkh Wo found him possessed of a sound and well iuformed mind and fully appreciative of the great and true qnalities necessary to sustain true manhood. Ho had reached fullness of yesrs ami no doubt bis work was well done, but we regret to learn that such men have left us. W4LLA Wjlla's Jcbii.. Work was commenced on the 29th on the new railioad to connect Walla Walla with the interior, and citizens sent tne following dispatch to Mr VilUrd i " Yonr promise to the city of Walla Walla relative to a railroad line to con nect us with Pendleton is made gooe iu the work of contraction this day commenced. Please accent the thanks snd coufidenceof oar ptople " The people sre well pleesed and jubilant over it, (or tt will do itnincic- good lor the cry, Cannon i were tirnl in com memoration of the event. NO. 29. TKKKITOUxAL. Y.ikime City has a popn'ation of 003 Seattle is to have another brewery. Harvesting is ill full blast on Whidby island, Jas. Dfl.mo, a butcher at Diyton, W. T., skipped the town nwii'g over 1000 A shark meamrini.' te n f. t in leuglith was cauulit in Fidalgo bay by n i Indian last w cek. Work was commi'iiccd on a 5-0,0000 hotel at Colfax, W. T. Thu citiVa ns donated 2, (00. The body of Martin Walsh, drowned at Texts Ferry last Sunday week, has been re ceive! e d Diptheria 13 acain prevalent in Kistcrn Wa-hiiuton. Several cases mo reported at Witlla Walla. A eripz'y bear measuring 1 1 feet from tip to tip, was killed on Ciaig's nnmutaiti last week by some sheep herders, Tho postolliee nt 'Cottago Ulon in Yakima coon y has been re-established, with J. J, Im brio as post matter. Tne Yakima County Commusshnrrs have li.xcd upon the sum nf $101)') as th- price of a license to ictail liquor in YuLmti City. Th slu'i ill's of Columbia nuel Whitman county, W, T., nro assidibiii in their eudoav oi.s to captutu the murderer of Cummiiigs. lion. J T, Broun, of Olympia, has been appointed on tin-2 1 ins!, to the) ollic" of re ceiver nt publiu moneys at Vancntitcr, V. 1, Pottal nuthoiiti's nt Washington have au- thon'ed u temp irary dai'y mail uervico be- two ii Luuistou mid Mount Idaho at thu rate of $o,U()0 per annum Tho construction army nt II o front of the N. P. P.. It., iinittr Supt. ltullet. numbers about 7700 moi), f who nhenl 0000 aro Chi nese and 1700 white men. The Seattle Ciroiiide raya that tho heavy rains yo terday btvo bid thu bcneflciil tdlect of settling thu dust, nml t UVc imlly subduing thu liiicst lues, touu i about tliu city. As Indian Agent at Simcor, W, T., Gen. Mil my is iiquiied to give foity thousand dol lir bonds, the hnmKiiicri juftifyin'i; iu double 'bat minimi t S30.0C0. Ito h-a .ven thu ie-qillle-d bonds, Tho a-sessorof Yakiimv county, W, T , has tlm following total-! Valuuof lund, 2i7,3o5; of iinpiovemoi.ts, $140, 100; of persuu.il piop erty S7.VJ,tiS2; of incumbr.il ces, "!?3S,802. I'otal, fcl,l,IMi35 .Siys tho Yitkiint Jltconli Tho tire attached by the- govciiiiiieiit aro still nn.lei the cue of thu walelnil in appointed toguanl them. The railroad company has not to ted for them as Was eiruuioiisly reported by a contemporary. This yuru is from thu .S. utile Choiikle: Snipe shooting must he good in tliu Puyallup valley V, lily Billow nml Frank Nelson, uich shout lh ye in h of ugc. kilhd 000 on thu IlitH ut tlm mouth of tho Puyallup last week Hondo of tlucu houra. C II. Meivcs, says tho InUlllrMtr, has chdlciu'ed nhcridau, ono of tho walkers now tninpinif in Yoslir's hall, to walk him ago as-you-pl uso match, bhciiibin will accept the rliilleuge, mid will go from 21 Iio.uih to six days, or 100 to 500 huiuliid miles, for any sum between $2.50 uud S.VIO. Thu Seattle J'ut'lltlllj,tnetr says: "The first shail caught ill this vie-in'ty was taken hum tlm bay yesterday. It will be rrparod by II 11. Levy, and presi nted to tue Society ol Young NntiirahstB. 'The shad is a common and favonto IMi on the Atlantic, hut bits been unknown to the Pacific until recently, having been introduced a year or two (.n. Overland TravcL Win u up the N P. It. It. lati !y we mot several persons who were ictnriiing to the Eist, intending to make the slogo ride of 000 miles across tho unfinished part of thn route.-' One of them luul been viewing Oreijon and Washington with a view t) permanent settle ment lie had crossed by tho Cei.tial road to Han Francisco, como to Portland by steamer, hid visited different sections and was deter iiiinol to return with bis family as ko-.n as he could cloio his allairs. ilu was determined to return overland so as to sea what there was on thtt line of tiavel. Fiom this tune nn we may expect travel over that northern line to increase as the stage line will uec.tsarily grow shorter. Curable and Incurable. In Beck fords Hall of Eblis, the crowd is represented as running around, each man with an iueuraclo wound in his beaoin, and agrees not to speak of it. How many are there all aronnd us that have the painful and weari some symptoms of kidney or hver diseases, hut are kept by a false delisacy from speak ing ol it. But the diseaso is restrained bv no such feeling of delicacy, but silentlyjind in sidiously works on in tho dark, until the patient is compelled to call In aid. How much better to take it in time, and to secure Hunt's Itemedv. the creat kidney meolcine. and give the disease its death blow in its very. U-giuning. 'I his is the one medicine thst can search out snd root out, every ill of kiduey or liver and thst cures cases that seem incurable. Maw Mlllaad Hash ravslerj Burned. Passengers arriving from Taaoma last even ing brought Lews of the burning on Monday nlht of a saw mill and sash fas Wry on the line of the N. P. It. It., between Chehahs and Newaukum. The buildings aud all tha lumber in the yards were entirely destroyed. i no saw nun belonged u Messrs. wadiisms a Elliot of this citv. and was Insured in com panies representee! by fisshman Bros., for 41000. Mr. Walhams Is uiaUo to state what the lo-s will be, but it will exceed the insurance more thsu $." 000 Tbe sash and door factory and planing mill belonged to Tullis & tion of Chehslis. Tbsy wereiuiurtd to some extent.
