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Newspaper Page Text2 WILLAMETTE PA11MER: POIITLAND, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1882. iobulu wety Week by the WiU.AnKtlV. II It M Kit lkl ItLIHIII.NC; CO. TKKM8 OP HUI(SCHUTIO. Ono year, (I'tntatre paid). In advance 9 2.50 Six months.. (Piue ia.il), in lulvanct! . .. 1.25 Lesitfjvi t', mouth will be, per month ......... .25 AliVKIlSLSINO KATES: AUtrti-emonU will be Inserted, providing tn arc repv.taMe, at the following tablo of rates: One Inch of space per month... $ 2, GO Thrao I nebe of rpiice per month COO Onvhalf column per month 15.00 On column per month 30.00 V3.S Ample cop!, sent free on application, mbllnatlmi O'Ufo: No. 6 Washington Street Up lilt, room No. 5 and fit TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ('nil fr llond. Washington, -opt. 13. Tlio Secretary of tho Treasury this afternoon issued a call for roilcm.ition of to:itl of tlw fivo per cant, funded loan of 1881, continued at .'IJ per edit, from Aug. 12, 1881. Tlio call if for $2..,000,. 000 anil tlio principal mid intercut is to lie mid at tlii. liiu.B'iry on tlio 23d of next Documljcr, and interest to ciase. on tliat day.' I'll nil or DvMciice. Wasiiisotiin, S'jit. 23. A '.urioiiH riimnr is nfloat this cvtiutiy which in neither af firmed nor -lUiiied at tlio Department of Justice, tliat n lull lias liecn prevented liy tlio hotel keeper v. ho enteri.iincd tlio fctnr routo jury for over 5.1OO, mid that part of the charge! wai f r .')!) Lottlts of nine. The 'iironi linvn n'HMymli'iiieil the had liquors of any sort, A rnvcwlngciit of the Department of Justio mid to-iliy theso lirilicry enarges in the star unite ease were tho oddest ho ever knew, Theiu were bushels of nlliiluvits on which the urreHji ought to lia bared under ordinary prautw, jet no anests 1110 undo. He did not umlers'iind it. 'I lie (Jrrclcy Hrllef I'lirly. Wamiivcitii.v, Kept. 21. (leneial flny.cn, chief ef tlio mi; nl liurcau, has advices from the supply expedition which started in the steam ir Nepiuuu from St. Johns, N, K July 8th, this voir, wi'li additional stores for LiciiS, (Ireelev'.) pvty, ictiirueil to St. Johns, unablo tn roach L'eut. (Irceley's vessel. She. reports a Milnl ice lurrier extending fiMin Capu Inglulio'il t' ll'ikH liny. I.ieut. (iieeley't station is in latitude 81 degrees 10 uiimites, while the vessel only rciiehcd latitude 7!) do Kicea i!l) minuti's, Tlio parly remniiied until Ncptemlier fitli, at uhich date ice found to a depth of lour inches, and to remain longer would he In rem 111 for tlio winter. Tim Neptune wis tnililed to I'stibli-li depots t Hcetllo I.ieut. (ileel. y's eafo retreat, should it become meoii.ir a ear or two liciico. No auxioty fur the sifety of I.ieut. Greeley's party is mtert.iiiied. They aio amply sup plied with stoics ol nil kinds for ut le.ifit ttvo years, as tlio impossibility of annually reach ing the station was foieseon mid piovidcd for. mux.ilii:: .til riiy. Jlnr hi'iti.Niis Spt. 22. The (iinrrel he I'llll between .Matthews and Koidyee, the former drawing 1 revolver and thooliu; atthu latter, r'nrdvcu was not hit, and struck. MattliouK several times with a stick. O10 of Matthews' bullets hit Kvgg in tlio thigh. Hugg then droiv n levolver and began liring at MattlwwH, who fell dead with a bullet in his heart, loft temple and left wrist. I Ire nl tinnier, I'eiin. Clll'.vrKK, I'.nn., Sept. 2,'l. The largo i'oans null of .1. I.. Klward &,Sou uro burned, .obi hO,(JO() injurandi $00,000. Cliri'liiiiic Hie It 11 III his, CAtiin, Sept.. 2.'), Tlio llnusehobl Cavalry will inaliu 11 ilemoiiktratiou fo-morriiw through the African ijuaiters, owing to riilliauly con duct of p.-oplo who niakii it unsafe fur any European to pass Injun alter dusk, Tlio be havior of people in other quarters is quite irieuiiiy, Slnite Itoliber i'liuslit. Ski.kiman, Mo., isept. 23. U. S. Deputy Marsh il Uo.'er pnmed through to-day with James I'nluiii, n uiui who robbed tlio ICureka Springs stage a eiiiiplo of weeks ago. lie be ltings to iigingnf ilesperadoea who have been robbing 111 that section fur a long timo past, Koteoiives mo on thn Ir.iek of more (it thu gu'ig and 1 ther 1111 oils are expected toon. lillleil anil t'itpliu-e.1. LoitithTiu, K., Sept. 23- An ollieer in march of Uiehiul mid William Sku'ger, In dian liiunbieis, to-day found tin In lit SeoU's Hedge, .Mniiun county. The murderers . fused 1 1 sin render, mid opened lire oil thu cilices, , general liiiht began, mid ltiehnrl Skauger wiih bill i and William Skagger o.iptuied. None of tho olliccrs weio i11juri.1l, I.dMios, Sept 21. Tlio 7'i'iiim 1111 tho Sue. C.uul ib-ehies 111 nil ngu when thu control of tho nations over tlio uims of thu sot eiuniug through or utiiuimiuiled by other territory is being mu win ro abolished. It is impossible to n low (liuetoisof thu canal company to arrogate p eis us extemdvo as ever churned by Denmark over thu Sound. N'eutralizitioii (if hue 0.1 nl 111 its leiisoiiablo seno is under stood to imaii it slitill be rvg.irdcd m uti arm of the sea. Now thu ipiestion of enlargement of thu c.iuiil or construction is a piautic.il HUrstieu jmt imw. How to tecuru ourselves in ens 'til loniplieatinns which nniy possibly niiso sg.iius' us. The subject of tlio canal will, we lebev. , seriously engage tho atten tion of the (iovcriiiiient. Oaiihi, .'ot. 21. -Under dinvtion of Sul tan l'.is'ia, wliol Kilo airestaof suppoiteis of tho 11.1tion.1l puty am making by tli. KJiu ilive's oeuriiiiifiit. All ho signed the pin-e'a-iuiiii niitlioiimg Ar.ibi l'.islui to ronttiiin' thu Mar are being iiuprisanel, Ar.ibi Pa.h.i aM-rts that all his acts weio nt the iiiatigatiou of tho Khe dive ami tie- Sultan, and bu was 11111U0 to restrain the lip.im army from lighting. Ilia war nlll. 'e has been suuohed, and imp r taut doeuiniiits found, Thirty fiiutical shiikB aiu placed in the citadel. Abdallah I'.uhi i nuw loportdl as not killed, mid ho has smt word ho is Milling to surrender. Hi" ruei' lluurrnl. (ixroitu, S jr. 21. (ilidstciiowas a pall, bearer nt thu luiur.dof Dr. l'liney, and I'.ir liiul Nrunnii w.dkeil besido the eollin. Ilitliop Miuk aki.es-, Dean l.iildell and C.111011 I.idilo.i olhe jtul ut tlio.crvioe. ITigs of tlio city Mem. t b-df nust, and all diguitanes of tho Un viMsiiy or. present, Clilnoe l.iUir In llnuliin , Iinixi.s, Sept. 21. -A mei ting convened by the 1) iiikoi itie i.ictnn mas held hero htt even ir to -.s. iis tho proMed iutrisluctioii of C'ljiieso laliyr uiui I real Tlrit.iin. Amo tion e-diiug tipoi t'io goveriiinrnt to frame ineAtuit to pivv.ut imjioiUtiou of Chinese wa nd pt d. .1i. l'nrr, of S.m t-'rauuisco, aid U llnnise e.iuu to (lre.it llritaui, tho Kuglikli wuikniaii might go iiml die. 1'ie'lilrul tUlniM' Auiiual IUikiiI' Nt.w Vokk S. in. 21. At the annul niouli ik i'l 'lie (.. Ulio'dir of tho Xoitlivru l'cific lUilrod t -Jay tho upoitul l'ri. dint Vi l.uxl whi ri''l. It bhous ir ram. ncs for ibti tuM-l nor ctnliug Juno ttO, !Ss2, (.MSO.ftlA; opeiaii'g exiwun-., ineliiduij iiU ud t.x t, $t,.V-,"0; net cirnlngt, fl.SC'.ttU. iin'i.n-o of net earainrs ever ro jew, iS 3:Jj averaj tiuni'wro( miles operated, 707; increase in net earnings per mile, $8S4j number of passengers arriving and leaving tho eastern termini at St. Paul, Duluth'anil Superior City, 188,860; increase 71,044. The earnings of the eastern division show a gain ot 02 per cent, and the freight movement shows an equal per centago of in crease. During the year tho ends of tho track have advanced frn-n the oast 183 miles, and from the west 100 miles; total, 202 miles; leaving on Juno 30, 1882, 072 miles to be built. This will be lessened by the close of 1882 to probably 300 mile, leaving 272 miles of track to be laid at January, 18S3. The final connection of tracks is expected to be made during 1883. In addition to work done on the mam line, 222 miles of track hivo been aid on branches in Minnest'i, Dikota and Washington Territory. The great bridge across tho Missouri river at liismarck will be completed in October. Tho financial state ment'shows cab on hand at beginning of fis cal year Sll.C67.flf Is reedpts from sales of bonds and preferred stock, $4,G82.0SG; ex penditures tor construction, $2l,077,00o. The expenditures for construction arc largely in excess of the resources of the company from net earnings and proceeds of bonds re ceived from the syndicate, but thanks to the assistance of the syndicate and the Oregon tc Transcontinental, they nro prepared to meet all demands without even borrowing in open market. The management points to tho fact it has finished 27fi miles of roid, graded loj mil-s additional, bought and piid for suliicicnt rails lor tho entire gap between the two ends of the main line, and made bisides current disbursements for motivo power, rolling stock, tho llismarik bridge, tlio great ltoze man and Helena tunnels, and other heavier portions ot tho work without delivering a single bond to the svndicato since last De cember, and the additional finished mileage of 28 J mile 1 just inspected and approved by the United States (lovernmcnt Commissioners, insures Immediately tho reimbursements in treasury of a largo amount on construction account. The land department sold 40j,208 acres during tho year for 81,709,338; the average price being 38 (10 per acre. The di rectors ro-elccted tho old olficers, and added J. I'ierrcpont Morgan and August U.dmont t the list of directors. Velloiv I'etcr. HltowN.s VI l.l.B, Sept. 21. The Mayor and Aldermen havo yielded to tho request of a mass meeting of citizens, and opened commu- cation to Matnmoras. Governor Roberts tel egraphed Mayor Carson that Doctors Murray and Combo were authorized to take full charge of quarantine, but as neither is a citizen or amy ipninieii oinecr 01 thu Mate, tho .Mayor awaits further development) before relin quishing Milo control, and so informed the Governor. At reiiNiieiiln. Fin. l'EXSACoi.A, 8. pf. 21. Tho situation is more gloomy, 41 new casui and G deaths and -sev.ral new cases on vessels at quarantine. In 1 11 1 Itiillroa.l .Irrlilenl. Nkw Yiikk, Sept. 22. A tcrriblo accident occurred this morning in tho fourth Avenue tunnel at 80th streut station. Tho Now I la. vtn tram, standing on the south bound side tinck, was run into by thu II irltm local, and two cars d iiiolished. As near as can bo us eeitainud now, four persons werokilhd and 111 badly injured. It is claimed that tho acci dent was thu result of groF-s misirnua.'einent. A locomotive 011 tho luiin line of tho llud-on river road met uith an acccideut on 123d street, blockuding tho track, and in conso quonce, the New Haven train was switch '1 nu thu south bound side. It is reputed that suveral of tho injured havosincu died. Among thine killed was Miss Kngenio Aubert, o Mount Veinon, a teacher in tho normal school. Among tho injured was tho engineer of thu Haileni local, Miss Hitchcock of Mor riBiani, nnother normal school toacher; tho two Missos Itenuett slightly and O10, lkinck erhoir severely. I'oliccmen and lircinen fot to work and re-curd live men and two women one of thu latter soon after oxpired. Miss Kit genie Aubert, the teacher already mentioned, was found in tho trench nlongshlo thu track, and did not dm until after extracted. The list of (load, as far as known, in; Sherman Adanison of Mount Vera n; li'red.rick Stem ol New Uochelle; Mrs J. II. Smith, school teacher of Niw York; an unknown woman and lCugeuo Aubert. Tlio Injun it sic: Har old Mcoks of NewJerey; T Hog 111 of Mt Vernon; 11. C Houghton of New York, ai.d his sou, Aaron Hedden, engineer, John llogis of Mount Vurimn, M. Stein of Nuw Hoshello, O. N. Steinberger of Mounr Vernon; I.izie Caiimeline, icidence unknown, both legs cut oil'; Win. Hone, Janus Harper and Alonz llrey of Mount Vernon; two daughters of J, K. Matthews and Herinaii Abrams of Nuw Uochelle. A llri-r I'arrliiK Cuiiiiuii.j. ClllOAiio, Sept. 21, A oinipanv to bo known as tlio luxn1C0nti11cnt.il Transporta tion Co., to engago in carrying dress -d beof in refiig-rator cars from tho hoof-inising eountrv. was formed lu-ro to. due. OncriLtttiiin are to he tonliuod to the. Huntington system of railio.ds, uih thu ('hesap.aku and Ohio as its Katern outlet ami the Southern l'acilie as the Western. Thu said couipinv his thu Invoking of tlio cattle raisers and .nippers of thu Suiithnest. lUoi.llnii News Caiuo, Sept. 21. Arabi IVln and his ac complices, military and civil, will bo tried by court man ml. Olli.'ials mid troops of Soudan and miner t'leypt, will pioller loyalty tn thu Khodivo. Thirty-six prism, crs of war havo escaped from thncitnlul by ropes. AbdilU l'li-hi's negntintioiis relative to surrender of DunietU nro ngarded as in tended only to gain time. It is lepirtcilha is stieiigthening his fortilieatious. It is .aid again Alidalla is willing to nirrenilei'. but the black truips leaist. It is believid Egyptians are entienehud b'liind a fort nn the east side of tho river. At.KVAMiniA, Sept, 22. All rebel otlieers below the mil; of Colonel eon lined at liauilnh have been ieleaed, mid the titty temainiiig pritono's broil. lit here. An exp-dition lias .t.irted tv occupy Daun- etta. No resistance is expect 'd. lellovi lever Pkssaciih. Ssnt. 21, Tnirty now cas's of yellow levoi today, and two deaths. Totil cases to date, 3 1 1; deaths, II. AIIIIMITUW Sent. 21 'I'ho follnu-iiiLt hut been ncuixed: ' llrownsvillo, Teva. Sept. 20. To Surgeim-lJeneral llauiiltoiii 'I In. i-i-Bpeetor reiHits thu Arrovo Cordon perfiMt. and no siekuets outsido or nusr. It can pre vent spiead ot fuvtrif siintsined against logl (judiblers. A nver guard is necessary and lull autlio ity en. ntial. Kihteeu caes ami onu ilrath uio leporitd tho put 21 houri. MmiiiAV, surgeon." .Nrvi li-k llriniicrut ('..mnillou. SUAi'fU, N. Y, Sept. 21. Letter 11. I'aiilkner was selected for permanent hiir- 111 tn of ill Detnccratlo Convention. Tho Cominitti" on Ues.ilutioiit, IS to 0 favor Inu canals. The I'oniuntteo on Contested S uU heard a hinted argument by r preseut itivm of vaii'jimrjaiiijutiuniof tlccitynf Now York mid aljmrucd 1 1 allow ilu.igiei'iii bodie to iranjjoa ha:s for the settlement of differ eiioe. - At ltliO A. M. iho Committee on Contested Swtt ti'ii.heil their hlKirnul d.cided to ie ivnt to the Convention to admit tha New Voik contesting ileUjations on the fol'owlng lusss Forty-tight of Tanm my and 24 of living hall. After address of President Faulkner, Gen, Prior presented the platlorm. which arraigns the Republican majority in Congress for fail ing to reduce taxation and in favor of such tariff as shall best serve the interests of all classes, condemns the river and harbor bill, declares that in nominating tne secretary 01 ; the Treasury for Governor, they Bee the, alarming power of Government control of elections, holds the Republican adminis'ra-, Hon responsible for unredressed wrongs upon our foreign born citizens; charges the Ilr-pub- ; lican party in tho Statu with refusing to j renominate its Governor because he darfd use the veto power against the de- . nisnilii nf flin rl.imrprntifl lnnnevn.1 nltlnunt of ' ii; 1 i 1 if 1 c I tbeState favors local self-government of cities, I favors the parage of general laws providing for tecunty against frauds at elections, de- clares monopolies and corporations should be held subject to laws ot the State, and corpor-1 ato property should ray a fair prop irtion of the public burdens, supports Constituti nil! amindincns in tavor of tree oinal., realfirms tho policy of the Democracy that labor be held Iree, condemns convict labor, declares la bor shall have the same right as capital to combine for its own protection, declares the Government, State and nation should be re stored to the condition it was during the primitive days of the Republic. John Kelly iu a speech moved the platform bo referred back 1 1 the committee for inser tion of a plank condemning enormous grants of public lauds to private corporations. Adopted. A lit of delgtes, as was agreed upon from New York City, were added to the roil. (jen. l'ryor, 01 the Committee 011 Resolutions, reported the following additional plank ill the nlatform. and movedlts incornorati..,,: lUliinillkCU Ull XVUS'iUblOll9, "We also arraign the Republican paity for the wholesalo gilt of public lands to railway jobbers, thus robbing tho mass of thu pioplc 01 inciriigntiui inheritance, anil demand as far as po si bio these lands shall bo reclaimed and reserved tor occupation by actual settlers. Coii.vcnt'01 went into nomination for Gov ernor. Tho names of Krastua Con.ing, Ho mor A. Nelson, Grover Cleveland, R. 1'. Flower, Gen. H. W. Slocum, Allen Campbell aud I'erry Rjlmont were pr tented First ballot Slocum 08, Clevolsnd GO, Flower 07, Nelson 20, Coining 35, Belmont 12, Campbell 27, Hutchir.s 13. Total 3Sf Necessary to a choice, 103. Second tiallot Corning dropped, Slocum 123, Cleveland 71, Kb wor 123, Nelson 15, Belmont 20, Campball 331, Hutehins 10. No choice. Kelly voted for Cleveland. A stampedo then commenced for Cleveland Tho entire Tammany delegation vot-d for him, and a sceuo of uupatalieled excitement followed. Half tho delegates wcro on tlnir feet shouting and yelling Tho Kings county delegation tried to stm thu tide by demand ing their names called again. As soon as Cleveland had more than enough votes to nominate him the pandemonium see In d turned loose. The Co iveiitinn was entirely neyonil the chairman s control, UroverUleve I iml was fina ly nominated on tho recall of the third ballot. ttnllronil Aeildenl. AiinAM, Sept. 28. Whilo tho NixaB pas sen;er and luggage tr.iiu was crossing the river Draye, mar Ks k, to-day, part of a bridge fel', aid an engine and baggago car wore pitched into the river, dragging Mijh them tome of the passenger cars containing a number of hussars on furlough. Fifteen soldieis wcro drowned and thirty injured. The coupling chains broko and the remainder of tho train stopped on the bridge. The ac oidont was attributed to high water. The bridgo was of wood and supported on wooden pile. The llnr.irliiiinle .lens. Sr. Peteksuuko, Sept. 23. Tho speech of thn Governor Keif against tho Jews is taken as a signal by peasants and minor officials in tho provinces lor renewal of hostilities against Uriclitos. Arrlilenlly Killed. Sax Francisco, Sept. 21. Whilo Assistant Chief Ksgiuctr Brady was answering an alarm of fire this afternoon, a team attichcd to an express wagon became alarmed and ran away. Tho team ran into Brady', buggy, causing his horse to b-come unmanageable, and he was thrown out and instantly kided. The driver of thu express wagon is said to bo very badly injured. Sax Francisco, Sept. -21.- Wm. H. Gay lord, .1 stiblo keeper en Mission street, com mitted suicide this morning by taking laud uiium; cause, whisky. (.'has. Anderson, mato of the steamer Hope, fell ovarii nrd lost night whilo attempting to board tho steamer, auH was drowmd. Tho body was recovered this morning. A Mkan Thief. Tho residence of Mrs. Michael Rice, wIkho husbaud was killed under a car whilo fixing a brake ut tho Fist side (Up it a few days since, was broken into and ribbed few nights since. It seems that Mrs. Rico vtns to have collected some money from the railroa 1 company, but d d not re eo vo it 011 the day inteudtil 011 account of not having any one with her to identify her. l'he unfortunate woman has since the death ot her husband been stopping with a neighbor for company. I ho night after she was to lave leoiiven 1110 money, nir nouso win broken into ai d ransacked from to.i 1 1 bottom: even a little savings bank bcl mgin tn her children was tiioken open. Too inian and contunpti bio tbiel who sought to rob a poor Widowonly secured a few articles of jewelry. Ilangiug would bo too good for such a wretch. ItAii.uoAii Acciiikxt On Wednesday eve ning last as the West Side train was within eight miles of Corvalfis the engine and two ous were thrown from tho track. Several cattlo lying m the shade of a water tank jiimp.il up as tho train approached, aud one of them ran on the track just 111 front of the engine, '1 he engineer put on the air brakes ami stopped the wheels at oneo, but the ini Pitus cairied tho train for som distance, roll ing the cow till tho oireass ctuglit in a cattle go ml, when tho engine and two cars wcro thrown from the rail.; A messenger was sont 011 to Corvalhs, and a telrgr.un sent to liule prn Imieo for an engine and as.i .tanco. The iins'jhirf was repaired during thn night, and the p.i.senger arrived in Corval is at S o'clock Tliur.-duy morning. . TilK Rkaiiv Kmi'k, . I imes Franklin whoso name 11 not unknown iu tho various courts of justice of this city, is iu trouble ouco moo. Tins time it is all 111 tho family. It sppeartthsttherow.ua tntbng discrepancy of opinion on louid subject between .him and , his biMtncr, and James mught to sattlo the ( tin! ter mid his brother both at tho saino time . wit'; a bowie knife. Ho succeeded iu in- noting it ci-di iu thn side .f his beloved brotber aiil neveral iu his gsriueiiU. James nude ni.no half .1 dexou sluhes, and it ws only by extraordinary agility that the brother saved himself from liciug dismembercl. Jus- ' tice (liem will uir.uige the nutter to-day. j Dltl. In Aurora, Ongon, Saturday, the ; 231 Inst., at 2 o'clock, r. M., Chule Ruye, ' age.1 82 years, 3 months ami 17 ihyj. Mr. ' l!ue served this coniniunity fiithfullv for 111111V icars, tint ai a teacher In public sjuo's Hint latcas ju.tie.iof thHacoand notary) public, aid Ithiougli his lon careir 111 public , lie. gsiue.1 many warm friuids. Peace to huaslus. I STATU NEWS Some 300 Chinamen are now employed grading on liurnt river. Wheat is 84 cents a bushel at McMinnville. Wm. Kimberlain, of East Chehalem, lojt m , , , hit b fire reccntiy, . . .. Ths house of Mr. Carothers. on Ro:k creek, Wasco county, was burmd on the 15th iust. The brick work on the new Wasco county court house is nearly completed. Tho Tualatin Academy has a largely in creased attendance of pupils this year. It deserves success. Jim Chambers, ot uenton county, nas , , g., . fa , , s eettlcrs store. S . It is reported, svys the Grant county Aeicj, that P. C. Cabell has sold his quartz mino on Granite creek for SI0.OO0. n. Pnii,,,, f iwil.n,! Kn lin,.r,l,k thn Jim Chambers, of Benton county, ha j Umatilla flouring mill at Umatilli. Stigesover tho Blue Mountain and Uma " tilla county line aroiunning loaded now-a-days The body of a dead man has been found on the binks ol Hoo 1 river by a fishing party. Blue Mouutain Station is being piled with wheat now. An immense amount of wheat is stacked there each year. Says the East Oreyonian : Two hundred Chinaman arrived on the train Wednesday morning, on their way to the work near Meacharn creek. A ton of Mr. Radtr, living five miles erst of Myrtle Creek, had Ilia hand bully shot hy 1 r, , ,. . , . ,1 . I , , ?.r,le " "om Sun"e was ,Da,u"K "mle h,s btother '" "uUmK on a caP' A boy named Kratz, fifteen years old, living at Dixie, got bold of a dymmite cart-idga, j which cxplolcd in I113 hand, badly mntililmg j the thun.b and fore-linger of his lelt lianU, Tho Pendleton Vast Oregonian says : Wo learn that Mrs. I.ockwood bis sold her mill and property near Umatilla for 87,000. Tho bujeraaro piepaiiugto do a laive business, having nlriady contracted for 50,000 bushels of wheat. W. B. Clark fell from a scaffold whilo at work on thu Umatilla House at The Dalles last Wednesday and sustaiud serious injury. I Mrs. Nancy Williims, ot Hillsboro, aged 00 I years, pieced a quilt of 2200 pieces, did her ; own work aie I earned i'J at extra work 111 ' four months. 1 The riaidenco of Dr. Ballard, at Lebanon, I was det oyed by lira on Wednesday. The orikin ot the fire is a mystery, as tho family ! ,ia;! a C-i from homo. Frank Hunk and Oivcu Kiilciv..y wore ar rested at Lebana-i for the abduction of a young girl named Julia Smith. The scamps ought to be sent to tho pcnitintiary. A man named Thomas Larkinsmysteri msly disappeared at CorvallU this week. Any onu knovying of hn wlieroibouts will please con niunicate with the Benton Leader, Corvalhs. TKIHUTOitlAL. Nearly 4,000 acres of land wero taken up in Whatcom county, AW 'P., one day last week. Government land will soon bj at a rremiuui in that scctfon. tValla AVallians are mad because their mail comes overland via Portland instead of via Keltou. This should be changed, and we think it will and that too, very soon, A W, T. association has been formed in Dayton called the Library Dramatic Associa tion, its object being to give performances during tho Wiuter for the benefit of worthy objects. Tho receipts of the' Olympia Fair, held August 28th to Sept. 1st, inclusive, were S1.047 30; expenditures, 1,047 15. Had heaps of fun and mado lift 'en cents in the bargain. The limo business on Puget Sound is in a cnmlitii 11 of phenomenal prosperity. The kilns are all worked to the utmost capacity, r.inl aro uniblo at that to supply the demand upon them. ' A gentleman just over from Pullman, says the Wa 1 1 Walla ll'iiicAmriM, ssys they are havmg a town boom over there, and that real estate doubled in value during tho last week. All branches of business will soon he repre sented in Pullman. Says the I'omcroy lleptiblican: If the rains continue, fnrmeis who havo Summer-fallowed ground will bo enabled tn sow their Fall grain early. It is an undeniable fact that early sown rail grain never tails to produce a good yield, if properly put in. The Democratic county convention of Gar lield county has made the following nomina tions: For representative. Joseph Ledger- woo.lj auditor, H. B. Ferguson; sheriff, Win, K. Wilson; county commissioners, A. Sump ter, John Nolan and J, W. Hull; probate juoge, ,1. it uiild; trcasuicr, J. W. Kanch; assessor, Wm. Howell; school superintend ent, F. M. Beekwith; surveor, J. II. Ha gin; coroner, N, F.stcs; sheep commiwioner, Frank' Ping. Delegates to -Territorial con vention, J. Roman, Chas. McCabe, J. J. Wills, K. H. Vincent and Thos. Rcnark. Losomotive engineers of the Gould system west of thu Mississippi threaten to strike and stop evory wheel except those on tho Wabash ana enough to carry mills on other lines. The ml maikok. is very much excited at Pittsburg. On the 24th the market opeuod with a 3 cent advance Six thousand, eight uunnreii aim sixty tnousanii nam Is were sold. Tho telegraph upeiator has been helJ in 3,000 ImihIs, aud 0110 brakesman and con ductor Iu 2,000 each, in consequence of tlio -.,11....... 1 ........ I..-. .. l.n A 1 .. .1.- X t' miiiiM.i iiviiuvuv it. ...a luuuci .11 uiu 1.. J Central load. The steamer I-epanto collided with the Ivlau at sea on the 21st, while on the way from llul', KnJaiiil. to New York. Tho t hi tl engineer and assistant engineer of the latter wero 1 st. At a meeting of tho subscribers to the Skirmishing lund in New iork, Paruell, lUvitt and Dillon requested stoppage of the agitation 011 account ef the injurious etlects with Laud Leoguo teceipts. 1 A Sitka ili-patch says that great disappoint. ' ment exists 111 tho Territory over the tailure , of digic-a to provide tome form of civil I guveriimint. The people for the present I woul.l bo sinslied wi'h a court of justice, but ! politicians demand more, ! The Khedivo has issued a manifesto dcclar ' ing F.ngl ml ha great interests iu Kg.pt. Ul,t'1 '" "W'fil 'o finances and traltio through '10 Ski Canal, and a'l loyal citirens are c,"vl en to r mli-r WoUeley every assistance, n' on Wining will tie treated as n rebel, Reports from Sitka state that the whole coantry is please I tint the mail coutiact has Wn awardo.1 to GocaI.i'.I, Perkins i Co. In the estimttlou of tho Alaskan residents, the Territory would havo sutured, and public service been badly injured if the mill cou'ract lud remained iu the first contractor's hauds. Axonmt New Bisk. Articles of incor po-ation wero filed iu thu County Clerk's otlico yesteidiy aftenioon by Van. B. D I-ishmntt, C iarle P. Hoguo aud K. Williams for a binkiug iiistitutiau, to lw inimvl "The MetropoIiUu Savings Rink" The capital stock is fixed at 150,000, ilividwl into 1 NX) scares, 100 po- iharc. The mw bank will j0 , general biukiug busiresi. FIRE IX COICH. ' Eight Itnlldlng so lip In hmoke Loss About SM.ooo, Less Than Half Insared. At three o clock Monday morning a fire was d scovere I in the reir of Mordaunt's restaurant, on N. First street, between E and F, hy Mrs. Chas. Russell, who was in her room at the Clan ndon Hotel. She raised an outcry, which was repeated on the street, and an alarm was turned in from box 15, and about the same time from 1G also. This com bination of alarms made the fire-bell ring out in the night as though terror stricken, and to continue to ring for twinty minutes or more, wlrc'i aroused many wdio thonght the entire city must bo burning. The fire originated from an unknown cause, and spread rapidly, fanned by a stiff north wind. Beforo the fire companies could get into position the flames had extended to all the buildings north ot the restaurant, and though the companies worked very well, considering the disadvantage of low water in the cisterns, they were able to save only a frame structure on the corner of E street. There were burned five svloons, two cigar and fruit stands and one restaurant and lodging house. The wind being from the north saved the Clarendon hotel from dam age. The following are the losses: ThoTias Watson, siloon, 2,500; insurance, S2.000. Paddy Martin, siloon, 51,500; insurance, SG00. John B lrnes, talodn, S000; iusurauce ab'iut $600. Thee thrrc buildings belonged to D. F. Hnntington, and wera worth about S3.000, without insurance. M. Purcell, si lojn, 700; insured for S350. Mordaunt, restaurant, SI. 200; insurance, abaut .$900. these buildings wero owned by Capt W. J. Buchanan, lrs3 3,000; insuring 2,000. Airs. Ellen O'Nioll kept the lodging houe in tlio second storv, and loses 1,200, with 000 insurance. F. H. Barroll, tobacco and 'ruits, loss S1.S00; insurance, SI.200. Mrs. Nora Carroll, tobacco and fruit, 1,800; insurance, 1,250. Kcgan Bros., saloon, about 1,000; insurance, 500. Very little property was saved. A falling awning smashed the letter box on the corner of F. The letters wero picked up and taken into the Clarendon. Mrs. O'Neill and her roomers had iust time enough to dress hastily and . leave the build ing. Mrs. Carroll and Mr. Barroll, with their families, lived iu their stores, and they had to huny to get out. Nearly all the whiskey bums 111 the city were present, drink ing what little liquor was carried out. IT21MS III' TKLEGK.tril. A sharp frost occurred in Minnesota on the 21st. The Anglo-American cable of I860 is to be restored. Stanley, the African explorer, has arrived at Lisbon. Quarantine has been declared against New Laredo, M.-xico. The last suspects have been releastd from Kilmiiiiiham jail. Tho Canadian Government will investigate the loss of the Asia. The New Yi rk Democratic Conv. n'ion met ou tho 21st at Syracuse. The California M. E. Conference is in 1 sion at San Francisco. The prohibitionists of New York have nominated a full State ticket. Tho 5,000.000 Northern Pacific railroad loan has been over-subscribed at Boston. The town of Kashin, Russia, has bsea in flames two days and is still burning. A lot of the N. Y. Irish )Yorld were seized at London by tho authorities. Alonzo Fallett, a Wall street broker, has failed. He is short 100,000. He ivy frosts aro reported on the 23d in portious of Iowa and Illinois. Twenty-six bodies have been recovered from tho flooded districts in Northern Italy. Stephen Day, of Mount. Holly, was robbed of 13,000, which he had secreted iu his house. At S. dalia. Mo., on the 23d, a mat. named Porter shot his wife and then shot hitmelf. Cause, domestic troubles. Mrs. Jano Iliokey and Christopher Carlan were drowned in a lock of the Delaware and Raritan Canal on the 23d. The Khedive has offered the British Consul. General the Grand Cross of the Order of Os manli, the highest decoration he can show. The Republican county convention of San FinnciscD nominated Hon Maurice C. Blake for Ma or, and Henry Brickwedol for Auditor. It is officially announced that Gen. Wolsely and Admiral Seymour will bo raised to the peerage in acknowledgment of their recent distinguished services in Egjpt. Two hundred now appointments were undo iu the pension otfice on tho 20th. Jas. G. Sands & Co., Mining operators in New York, havo failed and the members dis appeared. A war on rates, both freiuht and passenger, 1 1 the northwest from Chicago, is thought to be imminent. The trouble with the strikers and employers in Pittsburg having been settled, work was resumed on the 21st. The President has appointed the son of ex Collector Smith, of Albany, a Major and Pay master in the U. S. army. Ac Arbuckle, Cal.,rn tho 21at, in a drunken row between Dr. Stewart and W. Finnell, the latter was shot by Stewart through the lungs, with small hopes of recovery. Stewart was iuiuiedi itely arrested. On tlio 21st, Lieutenant Taylor, of the Niuth. U. S. Cavalry, with six soldiers, reached Liile Rock,' aving in charge the noted Oklihama Payno and twelve followers, "pru oners. They left for Foit Smith on the first train arriving. I.ieutonant-Colouel Harvey A. Allen, died at Schrealoi ebury, N, J., near New Yo k, 011 the 2Jth. He was at the siege of Vera Crux and tho battles of Cerro Gordo and Molino del Roy, and for meritorious conduct in the latter, he was breveted Captain. A Richmond dispatch of the 21et, says the uody 01 aucusius ureene, a well-kuown and win thy F.ngliihmin, was foiled iu the woods near his lats residence 111 Chesterneld ciunty today. His dog was starving, but guardimr hi 1-ody. Green, it is supposed wan fered off in a iieiuium. Frank n. Fowler, whose name is mentioned in connection with the tixii g of the Stir Riute jury, denies that he ever attempted to uifluonee any juror to vote for the Gov eminent or tint he ws authorir.d to doao by the Gov ernment. and he aiterts that all his acts whila acting for th j Government were dulj reported in me proper oiucers ot tne government. A Pittsburg paper says: There is good au thority for the statemeut that an at-emnt 1. to be ma ie tj corner il on a big scale. Op erations have already been com neiced here and elsewhere, and about 12.ftV (Wi h.ri. already bought and takei out of the market. neaty buyers outside the iol hn M kpv.,,-,1 uiuiivu i-ii ici j, ana h js s ml the presmt break 11 for the burros j rf nlmLint. n. u.i- holders. JOHN A. MACDONALD, Salem Marble and Granite Works. Commercial St., South of Post Office. (Post-Offlce Box 39, Salem, Oregon.) jirAsiiiACTifiinn or Scotch and' California QranlU and Marble monuments, Head Stones CEMETERY LOTS Enclosed with California Oranlte sad Stone Walls built of every description I'rlrrs neilnerd One naif. COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. COMMON SENSE FRUIT DRIER, (Patented by W. C. Evauts.) ' Is the only ono that will pay fanners and fruit growers to buy as It dries MORE FHUIT In LESS TIME and WITH LESS FUEL AND ONE-IIALl' THE WORK, than any other one In the market. ISTU llrlrd 13.010 I'oiinils of I'ruucs and Plums In TWELVE WAYS, Willi $12 worth or Wood anil One Jinn's Labor. For terms address : H. Wm. DILG., Agent, my20 82 Front street, rear Hanson's ccd Store. Incorporated 18G4. Home Mutual Insurance Co OF CALIFORNIA. FIUENLY. LossesPaidorUn$l,334,633.44 LossesPaid Ogn 102,363.29 Oregon Branch Office, GEO. L. STOTtY, Manager Southeast corner of First and Stark Streets, Opp Ladd & Tilton's Bank, wrtTLAND, OREGON apl DBS. WITHYCOMKE, V. S. VMTERINA UT SURGEON, Portland, Oregon. Writes Prescriptions 'orDlscasesof all classes ot stock rice, il (or each prescription written. State sympj tomsand age of animals as near as possible. Offlce O. P. Bacon's Blackhawk Stables, 93 Second St., bet. Stark and Oak. .llesldence Cof Thirteenth ami Taylor Sts. USE EOSE PILLS. . AfiPNTC WANTCn.EyERTwiiEiiEto.cii t. nuL.ii u linn I LUDcst Fitmiir K.iliiln Jbest Fillllll ly Knitting Win knit with HEEL and TOE complete In 20 minutes. pair or stockinn .ir or i Inutcs ItwHl niso KiiuuKTeiu variety or rancv work for whlc fancy work for which thert Is always a ready market. Send tor clroulars and terms to the Tveomlr Kiilttlii? Mnriiin.. fn. ia? 1.. mont Street. Boston, Mass. sopSm6 HENRICHSEN & GREENBERG, HO First Street, Portland,, Oregon. Diamonds, Silver -Ware, Watches & Jewelry. CLOCKS, SPECTACLES, ETC. Nautical Instruments and SlilpClironometers rated by transit observations and repaired. mavintf FARMER'S EXCHANGE I All Sorts ot Merchandise Exchanged for COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps. Everythln j a Farmer wants for sale. Everything a Far mer rais.s wanted. S. HERMAN, Corner Madison and First Streets, Portland Opposite Sejman, Sabin & Co's Agricultural Ware- house. oct28-t . THE BARLOW ROAD. rptlE Mr. HOOD AND BARLOW ROAD COMPANY JL.an.nounce tnl3 r0ii "cross the Cascade Hountalns. via Tygh alley, Mt. Hood and Sandy River. Is open for travel ot all kinds, and in goil condition. Tho com pany have, the last few years, been constantly enzased with a larire force of men gra.linu the hills ou this route, until now they can surely make the announce ment that there are now no erodes on the road, but that a (food average team can easily pass up them wits, a ion of freight. For cattle and sheep, the rood is un surpassed. Grass is abundant corrals at easr inter vats, and sheep bridges over all small streams. Only ii miles of mountain travel. Dl.Unco from Barlow's Gate to Portland. 7S miles. SnnnK- ,. Inn. n, i-i.t,A in-... Summit Prairie and the Toll Gate. Toll reasonable. A magnificent view of Mt. Hood Is not the least nttractioa ol this road. p. r Mcnnws H. E. Cross, President, Secretary, aui.-4-lmo Orejon City, Oregon. k I A NEW DISCOVERY. tITor several years wo navo famished the ppiurymen ot America lrtth an excellent artl. ncnu color rcrbutteri so meritorious that It met w"a Breat saccms ererywbero recelTlnir the -"."w. u vuxj pruu. at uoia international Dairy Fairs. CJ-Cut by patient and sd-nttHo themlral re search n-e hare luiprorod in several points, and -.. .... ,uu (.v iruioraa iaa octz In IAM tmrLl. It Vill Wot Color tlio nuttermllK. It Will Not Turn Rnneld. It Is thn Stronsrest. RrihtRnt nns I CiP.-.,-i"atrol3rMnrlet t5"An.I. Tr !, mnn-.i li r.II. I, .Ann.K.n4 4 eulz-vt 1 r" ' :a jr it)LiimA,,.rM m r-JTL.2tyn3 ct rU laltmiors. and ot all other, il ccL-.-s. f, r t vj aro luble to become ,ttu mum tru.j cc.ur. 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