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WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, MAY 2, 1884.
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GENERAL MEWS.
Stock are dying in Western Texas for
want of water and grass.
Tho third week in April the Northern
racifio earnings were $344,000.
J. K. Mercer, who killed McDonald
six years ago, has been pardoned.
Copious rains have visited all parts of
the country East of the Cascades.
The Pioneer's reunion will bo held this
yoar at Salem Fair Grounds, June 17.
New York has passed a law to prohibit
entirely the manufacture of oleomarga
rine. Iowa sends a delegation in favor of
Blaino to tho Eepublican National Con
vention. Encouraging news from the mines ex
cite the people of Spokane and many
are leaving for the diggings.
South of Snake river the wool clip
will be unusually large and free from
dirt and superior in quality.
Eichards Muckle, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, is talked of as tho successor of
Sargent at the Berlin mission.
Now Orleans intends to have a World's
Fair and wants to borrow $1,000,000 of
Congress to get matters started.
Congresss has finally agreed to con
sider the Chineso bill and the Pacific
Coast men have hopes of its passage.
In Louisiana tho Democratic State
'ticket is elected and there are charges of
gross frauds in connection therewith.
The O. & C. rnilroad will be opened
through to Ashland next Monday, so the
Sstago drive will bo less than 150 miles.
Massachusetts delegates to Chicago
favor Edmunds; Ohio delegates are lor
Sherman ; Michigan delegates are rather
for Blaine.
Good beef has been scarce in Portland
but a lot of good cattle have lately come
from Whito Bluff and also from other
places so tho supply is ample.
A steamship is to make regular trips
twice a month, from Portland to Shoal
water Bay and Gray's Harbor, and also
to Port Townsend and Seattle
The Sharon divorce case keeps up its
filthy course in San Francisco courts. It
is one of tho most disgusting matters
that ever was mado public.
The Southern States are sending del
egates to tho Republican National Con
vention at Chicago who tavor tiie nom
ination of President Arthur.
The reach crop near Vancouver pi om-
ises to bo unusually good this year, so it
does in other localities mat wo hoar ot in
the Willamotte valley.
Seattle is to have railroad connection
with tho Columbia bv the 10th or middle
of May. The gap between Black river
and Tuyallup will bo immediately closed.
A signal observer is on Piko's Peak
and fears are entertained that ho will
suffer for food. Efforts are making to re
lievo him but tho snow is hundreds of
feet deep.
Congress has passed and thoPiesi
dent has signed a bill to pay F. G.
Schwatka, of Salem, $0,000 for his land
claim at the mouth of the Columbia
where Fort Stevens now stands.
En eland invites tho powers of Europe
to join in a conference concerningEgyp-
tian matters, itaiy is wining to co-oper-ato
with England and will furnish 20,000
men for an Eastern campaign.
John A. Walsh, whoso testimony is
considered essential to tho trial of Wm.
P. Kellogg, in one of the star route cases,
has consented to give his evidence. He
claims to be able to convict Kellogg.
Capt. Eads claims to havo been suc
cessful in interesting English capital in
building tho ship railroad across the Te
huantepeo and says ho has no doubt it
will be workjpg within five years.
The New York Republican State Con
vention elected delegates for the State at
large who were in favor of Edmunds. A
union of Arthur and Edmunds men de
feated tho election of Blaine men.
Mexico is trying to buy Cuba and
sendSja messenger to Washington to learn
if pur government will not object Pres
ident Diaz is willing to buy tire island if
the C'ub'ifn will- consent by. a popular
vote. ' y
Tho California and 'Orison Bailroad
has abandoned work on tho 'California
end. People say they are Waiting to
freeze out tho Germans who own this
end of tho lino and get control of the
whole.
A terriblo criino was prevented by the
dvnamite becoming wet, or there would
have been an awful explosion at the great
public event held in Germany. Two
men who were arresiea nave cumesseu
to tho details of the plot.
The Central Pacific people own the
railroad land grant front Victoria to
Nanaimo, 3,UW,WU acres, mucn or. wnicn
in nnnl land and they are trying to take
the duty off coal so they can bring Van
couver Island coal to compete with Pu-
get Sound coal.
John Davenport. Wm. Reed and A. H,
Hart were arrested at Albany for pass
ing counterfeit money and after examin
ation before Paul R. Deady, U. S. Com
missioner, at Portland, were committed
to jail. Davenport says he gave the
other each a bogus dollar and they will
probably be discharged.
The linnets are destroying cherries in
California orchards the same as in our
Oregon orchards and people thero either
shoot them or6carethemoff with pound
ing tin pans. In case these birds are
numerous the fruit-grower cap afford to
take some pains to keep them off, by
shooting or scaring inesa.
There are 100 pupils in the public
schools of Heppner.
Immigrants, it is computed, now bring
into Oregon $500,000 per month.
It is asserted that cars will run to Ba
ker City by the middle of August.
Wasco and Umatilla counties, also all
tho Upper country, never had such a fine
prospect for crops.
A State commission in Kansas has
authoritatively decided that tho cattle
disease prevalent in Kansas herds is not
the foot and mouth disease.
Philadelphia has a silk exhibition that
shows all phases of silk worm raising
and manufacture of silk, even the hatch
ing of silk worms goes on.
The state of things at the Isthmus is
simply frightful as concerns sickness,
more sickness and deaths are occurring
than ever weie known in tho past.
Stockholders aro trying to induce En-
dicott to resign tho presidency of tho
the Oregon and Transcontinental Com
pany, but ho stays there to protect his
own interests, which are large.
A terrible cyclone swept Southern
Ohio and destroyed much property.
The town of Jamestown was two-thirds
ruined. The storm was extensive and
destructive.
Al Weir, aired 10. laid down in the
bunch-grass in Umatilla and tied his
horse to his wrist He was found dead,
dragged to death and his skull crushed.
He recently came there Irom Oregon
City.
The orange crop is short in California
and oranges are high priced, besides
which some people have bought up tho
crop on speculation. Half tho oranges
crown in California are consumed m
Oregon and Washington, they say.
Theltemizersavs 50,000 acres of land
has gone untaxed in Polk county and
demands honest assessment The coun
ty surveyor has figured it up; taking six
months to do it, and is notifying land
owners of the discrepency in their as
sessments.
Mention was mado in a Seattle ox-
change that a disoase had broken out
among hoises on Cedar river bolonging
to the Oregon Transcontinental compa
ny, and that Dr. Hope, tho veterinary
surgeon, had been sent for. It is now
learned that sover.U horses dieu, ana tho
doctor shot six more, sinco which time
tho disoaso has been checked.
Frank James is acquitted in Alabama,
where he was tried for participating in tho
Mussel Shoals robbery. Ho was cheered
by the crowd and treated like a hero.
Ho was immediately arrested on charge
of being in the Brownsville robbery, Mis
souri. After that farce is over Minne
sota officers will arrest him for devilment
done there. Another Missouai Sheriff
was waiting for a chance to arrest him.
Tho Pacific Coast members have been
before the House Committee on rivors
and harbors and ask for appropriations
as advised by engineers as follows:
Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers,
252,000 ; Upper Willametto and Colum
bia, $500,000 ; Columbia and Snake riv
ers, $50,000; Cascades canal, $500,000;
Coos bay, $150,000 ; Yaquina bay, $140,
000; Coquillo bay, S50.000; Cowlitz
river, $0,000, and the Skagit, Chehalis
and other rivers, small sums.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Coos County. For joint sonator, A.
Nasburg ; representative, John H. Roberts
of Myrtlo Point ; sheriff, V. It. Simpson;
county clerk, Alex. Stauff; county com
missioners, E.A. Anderson and C. E,
Edwards; county school superintendent,
Dr. J. T. McCormac; treasurer, Fiod.
Sehettor: assessor. L. Harlocker; sur
veyor, W. P. Bovee ; coroner, Dr. W. O.
Angell.
Cnrrv Countv. lor loint representa
tive, "Walter Sutton, for county judge,
M. Riley; for county clork, Will Gaunt
lett; for sheriff, Fred S. More; for
treasurer, M. B. Gibson; for school
superintendent, Charles Dewey; for
assessor, "Willis T. White; for surveyor,
Rolla Canfield ; for coroner, Alfred Miller.
Douclass County. Senators, J. II.
Schupo and John Lmmitt ; representa
tives, Henry Rogers, G. W. Riddle, C. B.
Wilcox and William Manning; clerk,
G. McKimball; sheriff, G. A. Taylor;
treasurer, William Parrott; school
superintendent, F. W.Benson; assessor,
P. O. Applegate ; commissioners, D. A.
Lovens and Charles McGee; surveyor,
W. F. Briggs ; coroner, S. S. Marsters.
Marion County. Clerk, M. N. Chap
man : sheriff, John W, Minto ; representa
tives, A. N. Gilbert; W'. A. Cusick, Dr.
Flynn, Ai Coolidge, Lewis Bleakning;
treasurer, August Gcisey ; assessar, A. H.
Cornelius; coroner, Dr. Warriner ; county
commissioners, W. C. Hubbard and G. P.
Terrell; school superintendent, G. A.
Peebles.
Columbia County. K. D. Cole for
representative, N. C. Dalo for county
clerk, F. C. Watts for sheriff, Richard
Cpx county treasurer, J. N. Swager
assessor, E. E. Quick school superinten
dent, Thomas S. Wilkes surveyor, Dr. J.
Meserve coroner.
"Umatilla County. Representatives,
H. C. Gray andF. O. Vincent; sheriff',
William Martiij; clerk, J. P. Bushees ;
treasurer, N. Hendrix; county judge, Jf.
J. Bean ; .assessor, William Stafford;
school superintendent left vacant ; com
missioners, J. Proebstel and J. H. Koontz ;
surveyor, B. L. Burr; coroner, Dr.W.
McKay;
Washington county, will nominate a
county ticket May 21, and primaries be
held May 17.
Multnomah County. County com
missioners, J. S. Newell and Frank
DoKum ; sheriff, Tbos. A. Jordan ; clerk,
L X. Banders ; treasurer, Wm. Showers ;
assessor, Geo. Harold ; school superinten
dent, O.F. Paxton; surveyor, W. B.
Marye ; coroner, Horatio Cooke ; Stato
Senators, Joseph Simon and J. C. Car
ron; representatives, Geo. L. Story, Ira
Brown, Jr., John Kcnworthy, L. Therkel
sen, J, E. Mayo, H. S. Davonport, Wm.
Brown.
Wasco County. W. S. A. Johns,
county Judge ; C. F. Backus' and E. D.
Gibson, county commissioners; E. N.
Chandler, assessor; N. E. Cambnll,
surveyor; J. C. Nickclson, treasurer;
W. H. Wilson, school superintendent;
coroner, C. L. Phillips; Sheriff, ;
clerk, .
Clatsop County. Captain J. H. D.
Gray joint representative. County clerk,
J. O. Spencer ; sheriff, Georgo P. Wheeler;
treasurer, A. W. Berry; surveyor, G.
Parker ; assessor, J. F. Warren ; school
superintendent, H. Sloop ; countv com
missioners, JJ. X. Warren and i. is. mar
ker. A practical fanner says of tho "Acme"
Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher &
Leveler, "Havo worked the "Acme"
Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher &
Leveler on flat ground for thirty years.
Going over it both ways, tho "Acme cut
it up liko.nn ash-heap, (bee another
column oi this paper.;
Gossamer Garments Free
To any reader of this paper who will agree to show our
goods and try to Influence sales among friends we will
tend post paid two full-size Ladies' Gassamer Rubber
Waterproof Garments as samples, prorlded you cut this
out and return with 25c to pay posture, etc.
25ap3t EMPIRE MFO CO;, WlllUmsbiiiv, N.Y,
FOR SALE!
IMPROVED FARMS IN
LINN AND LINE COUNTIES !
.... In tho heart of . .,.
The Finest Fanning District !
West ot the Rocky Mountains.
Tor particulars address or call on
A. WHEELER,
apr2Gm3 Shedd, Linn County, Oregon.
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IN PENMANSHIP.
TW. McCOSftf'.IX IS GIVING LESSONS IN
. Plain and Ornamental Penmanship, In tho
northwest corner of High and Court street. At 4 30
and 7.S0 P. M. Persons wishing to take lessons can
commence any day In tho week.
Term or Tulllnn. For plain writing, 12 les
sons, 82 60, or $1 for 21 lessons For pen drawing, 12
lessons, 55, or $10 per month. Old and joun? are In
l Hod to attend. mar2tjtf
STATE INSURANCE COY.
Salem, Oregon.
Stock Company-Charter Perpetnal.
CAl'lTAl, $100,000.00.
The Farmer's Coinnavy---Issucs
only Farm Dwellings, Priv
ate Dwellings, School
Houses & Churches.
RATES LOW !
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INDEMNITY, Lorscs honorably adjusted.
L.L. ROWLAND, President.
E. B. McELROV, VIco President.
II. W. COTTLE, Secretary,
OEO. WILLIAMS, Treasurer. ,
apriU8m3
A. ROBERTS,
....SUCCESSOR TO....
FISHEL & ROBERTS,
Cor. First and Alder Sts, Portland, Ore.
THE LEADING
Clothier,
Merchant Tailor,
And Hatter.
OF OREGON,
Guarantees to sell the very
best CLOTHING tor less
Money than any other house
in the state.
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Banner Apiary Supplies.
TVU KRP.D ITALIA BKF.ii. FULL COL
X OHY la Simplicity hire super furnished f. d. n.
$17.0); In crate, !0; htro complete, with f.d.n., (7 JO;
In Bat, t&M; smokers, O. Wax wanted or taken In ex.
change for f d n. lirlht f d.n., Sue per pound; dark.
SOo per pound. Untested Italian Queen, $2.60. Tested
queens, IS. Select Tested, to, lioes by the pund,S2.
Queens sent by mall prepaid) 471sony must acpom
pany all orders. Send Post office order on Portland or
Oregon City, or Registered letter to MUwaukie. Bate
arrival guaranteed . Price list free.
aplS Aderess J. D. RUSK, Mllwaukle, Oregon.
R. J. TRUMBULL & CO.
Importers and Dealers In
SEEDS. TREES & PLANTS,
410 and 421 Sansome St.,
HA FK AM It CO, CAL.
Illustrated Ca'alcgui for lbgi free on application.
HARROWS !
HARROWS !
1M Jl nil. li.U fn.h KlAAl ToAill ftAfyk IT.r.a.
eomfctlth Double Trees, delivered at Depot or to
Boat, for TEN BJIXAK3 each. Addisw:
W. W. ESPY, BOX 630,
PORTLAND,
OREGON.
KELLY & UNDERWOOD,
SALEM, - - OREGON.
REPRESENTING
STAVER & WALKER,
208 to 314 Front St., Portland, Or.
GENERAL AGENTS FOR
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.'s Engine, Threshers,
Headers and Saw Mills.
Stutlebukcr Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, and Car
riages. P. H. DedericK & Co.'s Hay Presses.
EMPIRE MOWER, REAPER AND BINDER.
The J. I. Case Plow Co.'s Sulky and Walking Plows, Harrows
and Cultivators. Hoosier Drill Co.'s Seeders, Drills
and Sulky Hay Rakes. Acme Harrows.
DIAMOND AND BUCKEYE FEED MILLS, FEED CUTTERS, Etc.
gSend for
ACME HARROW.
Clod Crusher and Leveler.
Weighs-much less than other FulverizinR
Harrows. Sells about one-third less, and
with all does the most thorough work of any.
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THE EMPIRE HARVESTER AND TWINE BINDER.
Host bo Neatest, Simplest and Best Drivo "Wheol ; has tho best Canvas Arrange
ment for carrying Grain from Platform to Elovntors ; has tho host Cutter bar ; has
fhn host Pitman Connection: has no Side Draft; has tho host Adjustable Keel;
has the best Tilting Arrangomont ; has
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in Construction ;
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Friend in every purchaser.
It is unexcelled for Strength ana .Durability ; it is tno ligmcst ; is gimpicsi
is Substantially and Strongly limit ; is tno burest to umu ; nas
Pieces of Machinery than any othor ; has hoed or Dower Experts; lias a
Lime- Lime, Lime !
Use LANGDON LIME Manufactured by San Juan Archi
pelago Lime Co.,
THE BEST IN
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Tho Agitator is the best grain saving ma-
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faster, is less liable to get out of order, and
Bavcs grain better than any other machine.
tho best Raising and Lowering Arrange
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