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Telexraphlo News.
Tho Canadian Pacific work shops nt
Ynlo, burned, loss $100,000.
Tho lcgUlattiro at Victoria had to nd
jonrn bocauso tbo hall couldn't bo
.warmed Buftlciontly for comfort.
Treasure Manning and assistant Jor
dan havo resigned and will go into
largo banking in Now York.
Earthquako shocks havo been folt in
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, also in
California.
Tho Sou n to has passed a bill to au
thorize tho president in caso of further
imposition on Amorican fishermen to
prohibit, tho selling of Canadiin fish in
our ports and to prevent passngo of
goods and trains belonging to Canad
ians through our Territory.
Tho Clothing Exchange, Philadel
phia, clarcd against tho cutters, of
whom tlioro aro a thousand and ton
times that number got work from them.
During tho six months ending De
cember 31, tho earnings of tho North
ern Pacific woro two hundred thousand
dollars inoro than for tho samo time in
1885.
Tho German Postofllco authorities in
tend soon to connect alt Germany by
telephone communications.
At Bukcr, Eastern Russia, Bubtcrran
ian explosions occurred and a volcano
near by erupted fearfully throwing flro
up auv icct in no air.
Tho Indiana legislature has finally
oloctcd Jiulgo David Turpio Senator to
succeed Harrison. It is prnbablo thcro
will bo a contest in tho U. S. Senate, as
Harrison's friends claim fraud in tho
election of Domocrats.
Tho strike of long shoremen and coal
handlers in and around New York has
extended to nil tho docks, but ships and
cmployors havo managed to hiro labor
ers, non-unionists and to koop up busi
ness and now assert that thoy aro ablo
to resist tho strike. It is proving to bo
a failure
Tho wool markot is much firmer than
at this timo last year. Ilocont London
sates of auction havo brought good
prices, and all good lots of medium
wool find roady snlo. Tho outlook for
tho noxt sonson is good. ,
Burnell tho Irish Statesman is suffer
ing from gastric troubles, and is in such
poor health that his friends aro very so
licitious concerning his health. Ho is
invaluablo to Irolaml now bocauso ho
has tho confidonco of tho Irish poonlo
as nono savo O'Connel ovor had it be
fore. Tho prosidont has approved tho In-tcr-commoico
bill and it is now a law.
Ho will soon announco tho appoint
ments under it.
Tho young apaches aro sent to tho
Indian training school at Oarlislo; nnd
sixty young children at tho sister's
school at St. Augustine, at $300 per an
num. It is proposed to school thorn all
in Florida.
Tho Secretary of "War is considorinc
tho need of an appropriation of about
$1-1.000 to fix tho river channel at Cor-
valli8 so that place will not bo cut off by
a chango of chunuol.
It is proposed after noxt July to abol
ish all tho ofllcora of Surveyor Generals
in tho United States and let tho work bo
dono by tho General Land Office.
Tho Italians who want to holp kcop
Upper Egypt in order havo quarreled
' with their allies tho Abysinians, and bat
tles or massacres havo resulted in which
only CO out of -150 Italians engaged es
caped to headquarters at Massowah.
Italy is sending 6000 men to reliovo that
placo, Tho allies prove to bo aB bad as
tho Arab rcbols.
Tho Supromo Court of Washington
Territory has decidod that tho Woman's
Suffrage, law of that Territory is uncon
stitutional Judgo Green dissonts. If
thoy want women to voto thero tho
noxt logislaturo can pass a valid act to
that effect.
During tho wcok rains foil throuch
California, and though tho rainfall
of tho Joaquin Vnlloy wan light it is
hoped enough has fallen to insuro fair
grain crops.
Tho two houses of Congress cannot
groo on measures to repeal and do
mand 'tho land laws concerning pre
emption, timber, culturo etc. It is
hardly probablo any action will bo
taken this winter.
Richard A. Jones, of Portland, is ap
pointed chief Justice of Washington
Territory. Ho moved hero from tho
east a year ago, is a fair lawyer. Frank
A. Lynn, of Iowa, is to bo associato ins
uce. xnero ib uissntisiacuon because
strangers aro appointod and tho homo
bar is overlooked.
A great storm has blockaded tho Ca
nadian Pacific railroad for somo timo
past. In tho mountains many cattle
have perished.
Franco and Germany both disvow
all warliko intentions, but ore getting
ready for war with all possible rapidity,
so tho curront belief or fear is, that
thoro will be war in tho spring. The
Paris bourgo showed faith in peace by
tho decided raiso in stocks.
The greatest railroAd horror known
occured at Woodstock Vermont, where
a train was thrown off a bridge fifty foet,
took firo and burped, sixty persons being
destroyed. The accounts received are
too terrible and horrible to repeat.
Many were seriously wounded, their res
cue being effected by breaking their
limbs in several instances. Tbo weath
er was bitterly cold at the time.
Oregon Kidney Tea
tmedie. fill. Try it
care when all other
WILLAMJSTTJS FABMEK; SALEM, OREGON,
State and' Territorial Mews.
The Dalles exacts to have a fruit
cannery thtii will employ 300 men dur
ing the conmi)! iea?on.
Tho Dalles Hoard of Trado is discuss
ing the bridge project across tho Colum
bia at that point. It is needed.
Tho Indians in tho Spokano country
havo expressed a desiro to obido by tho
game laws of that Territory.
Tho Hcppncr Gazotto says : Forester
Fell and his son Walter, set out last
week over 11,000 fruit and forest trocs
on thoir claims near Flottvillo. Somo
2,000 of thoir shoep died thero two years
ago, and thoir skeletons havo been
burned and tho ashes will bo used as a
fertilizer for tho trees.
Tho sixteenth annual session of tho
Oregon Stato Tomperanco Allianco will
convenoin Salem, Oregon, on Wednes
day February 10th, 1887, at 2 o'clook
i'. Jt.
A milling firm at Vancouver has
lately rocoivod sevoral largo orders for
lumber from points East of tho Mis
souri river.
A thrifty colony of 100 Catholics
from Ontario, Canada, havo purchased
land in Snohomish county and proposo
to locate thcro in tho spring.
Tho Tacoma mill recently sawed
from asprnco log 32 foot in length 0.-100
feet of lumber ; and thcro was not even
a knot in tho entire product.
From a person who havo bocn through
WaBCO, Gilliam and a portion of Mor
row county. Tho Dalles Mountaineer
learns that tho farmors aro very busy
plowing and preparing tho soil for
spring grain. Stock wero not appear
ing well, and somo wero in very poor
condition. Tho grass is growing finely,
but on account of tho dry fall cattlo did
not got In good flosh beforo tho winter
begun.
Prosscr, tho littlo villago on tho N. P.
R. It. nt tho falli of tho Yakima river' is
soon to enjoy a big boom in tho way of
a roller flouring mill of tho capacity as
tho ono just complctod at North Yakima.
Two monicd gontlcmcn from Michigan
aro tho projectors.
Hon. Goo. W. Riddlo says tho south
ern jwrtion of tho Umpqua valloy will
soon uo ono solid pruno orchard, as thou
sands of trcos aro being planted thcro.
Tho Spokano Ohroniclo says an anti
mony mino has boon discovered near
that section of Spokano county.
Snow wan two feot deep at Roseburg
and Oakland, and at Salom nbout one
foot was tho cntiro fall. Tho winter
broko up, aftor about flvo days duration,
on Monday February 7th.
During January passongors arrivod ne
follows : by tho N. P. 281 ; by tho Short
Lino 017 ; by stcamor 703, which makes
a total of 1980, not counting those who
camo by way of Ynquina.
Tho total salmon pack for 1880 was
033.35-1 casos, as somo authorities claim,
of this Alaska furnished 120,700 casos;
British Columbin 103.001 cases: Oalifor-
39,300 cases; Oregon nnd sound 010,-
tiou cases.
I). F. Mayes, who lives on Columbia
Slough, had boon with his wifo to visit
a neighbor, and on thoir roturn Inst
Sunday, a largo cotton treo foil and kill
ed him instantly. Ho was 55, leaves a
wifo nnd eight children, thrco of whom
are married.
Tho Barao storm raged boforo day
in Washington Territory and throw
down many trees. A camp of Chinese
was mado in tho forrcst west of tho Cas
cedes tunnel and beforo daylight camo,
tho wind toro jhrough tlioro, throwing
and breaking much timber and killing
nino Chinamen outright. Many moro
wcro'injuredand threo very badly. It
was torriblo work digging thorn out
from under tho snow and tho ruin of
thoir camps.
I. T. Manela, telegraph operator at
Oak Point, on tho Columbia, was drown
ed whilo repairing tho lino along tho
river.
Cattlo nnd sheop woro said to bo do
ing well inthoPrincvillo country nt last
dates. Thcro had boen littlo snow.
Horses in that region woro dying from
somo disoaso not well understood.
Tho legislature adjourned last Satur
day and about thirty went to Yaquinn
with tho committo sent thoro. During
Sunday tho track was blocked by fills
and washouts up tho Yaquina river nnd
tnoy coiuu not return on Monday, so
inoro was no quorum until Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Moran Grifiln ngod nearly 81
years, wifo of James Grifiln, of North
Yamhill, who camo to Oregon in 18(51,
died January 29, sho wns tho mother of
thirteen childron.
Dr. Watts wishes to havo a snecial
election hold noxt Novombor to havo
tho voto taken on tho constitutional
amendments now submitted and to, bo
votd upon by tho people viz. : Prohibi
tion. 2, To chango tho gcnoral oloctions
from Juno to November. 3, To nuthorizo
tho legislature to fix the salaries of Stuto
officers.
Frank B. May, formerly of Salem, son
of S. E. May, defaulted somo tirno ago
to his employers for about $12,000 and
now it seems has taken in tho K. of P.
for $2,000 more, and as his omployor
wero his security lie will have to pay
that also. He was secretary of the or
der named.
The British Bark Ostrocan, that
loaded wheat for Sibson tfc Co, at Port
land, was wrecked on Melbourne is
land. Prof. S. A. Saxman, who went with
his wife to Alaska, to teach tho Indians,
was drowned or lost whilo trying to
reach the station he was sent to.
Cougar tracks are as close to Portland
as Johnson's slaughter house and the
tracks show plainly in the enow.
Tho bark Austria went ashoro on
Flattery rocks off the straits of Fuca
and is a total loos'. Much of tho rigging
is saved and somo of tho cargo may
ue.
Two brothers got through tho ico in
crossing lako Union, back of Seattlo,
and Andrew Hanson was drowned.
Wm. Evans, a shojp border, 19 years
old, at O'Doll's sheep ranch Crook Co.,
accidentally shot himself through tho
bowels.
Tho Astoria steam schooner for deep
sea fishing camo in with two tons of
fish on Monday. Deep sea fishing will
bo profitablo soon as tho wenther im
proves. Surveyor Gcnoral D. W. Taylor, has
posted notico calling for bids to survey
tho Umntilla Indian reservation, 250,
000 acres.
Another piece of rnilroad is worked
that reaches to near Yrcka, Califor-
j ma. uno distanco to stage is now sixty
miles.
Oadlov, who started tho row in which
tho Friskhorn girl shot Gundcrson, goes
to stato prison ono year.
Owing to ico abovo tho Cascades tho
middlo river is closed and no boats run.
O. N. Denny, who purchased tho Ar
lington town sito of tho Northern Pa
cific railroad company, has commonccd
suit again to rocovor posossion. The
first suit was withdrawn bocauso tho
company had not paid for tho survoys
and was not in shapo to mnintaiu an
action.
John Davonport,an old counterfeiter,
is now in jail at Portland for cotintor
fcitinc tho great Amorican dollar. Ho
is an old hand at it.
David Colo took his brother to tho
sea shoro to show him tho ocoan tho
other day and on north beach thoy saw
a sea otter in tho surf nnd captured him
for a souvenir. It is very handsome
and is being stuffed and put up In good
shnpo.
Whoro thero is fall enough in Port
laud's strocts to ruako coasting possible
great crowds havo turned out to enjoy
tho sport. It has boon tho samo at
Salom and tho hill happons to bo close
at homo for us.
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application, contain! description and price of vege
table, flower, l.nuj, Clover. Treo and Held Seed;
lllllullaa t Ol 1. ft . a . . -.1. . '
Tree ami .Flower HeeUi, Frull Tri. and many now
utiiiii irra mrui nriru.ii natrriT nun i'anrarnia
notoiutti in.rcxiucal In Euro) ana tlio UmUd tiutn.
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4Ut4V.lt -115 Sunsomo Street,
8AN K1UVCISCO, . CAU
Ur.
Itenley'a Celery, lirrTnnd Iran a llumr
bold Nrcn.lty.
Serioui and cipentltr tlekneai It olten presented by
keeping on lurid a bottlv nt I)r llenley'i Celery, Ileef
and Iron. Hold by all druggliU and country Uealeri
KSTICiY NOTICE.
I UP OV TUB U.NnEItSIONED, IIVI.N'O
I on and a hall mile siytof I'arkernllle, in
lUrlon county, Origin, ono bay filly tupMol tu bo
bout toieri old: no markf or brand perceivable
bald itray hvi been running In ray neighborhood about
Ii loonlhi; ial'1 eelray ha )een appralted al twenty
dullara by L. II, I'oujule, a luitlce ol tho peace, on
the 19th day ol Jauuiry, A II , 1MT. The owner i
si. me owner n
pertr, ny charge
re'uetd tu come andproie
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fort and hllv. Pare and Prelirht much lea
tiiao by any other route Utween all pvliibi to the
wiutrueiie vauey ami nan rranciaco.
Tlie ONLY rout via
YAQUINA BAY!
TO
SAN FRANCISCO.
Dally iVmenjf r Trala except Nan day.
Leave Yuln f.iOA.U ILcate Albany, 18 M P. M
Arrive Oortalll 10A A. M. rrlve Corralll, lai P. U
Arrive Albany 11:10 A. U Arrlv YaUlna, til P. M.
The Oregon Deieloprotat Co' Umiblp ulli:
raoii taiiuiaa : raoM im ramcuco:
lanu Marie. Wedn. Peb
JitUnU Marl, I'rld.r.Jen.a
Yaaulna. Tneadav. Feb. 6
Yaquloa, Tburaday, Feb, 3
SaoU Marie, Mad, Feb II
Yaqulsa, Euoday. 1'eb. SO
Baou Marie, Bat, Feb. M
Santa MrU. Wedn, Feb.
Yiaulna. Tueadar. Fe it. IE
Mania Marl. Men, feb. II
jaquioa, rrw.y, uariu f
jujuma, Dsnoay, eo, 17
The Company reeervc the right to Chang tailing
ibv.
VsVFor fdrtber UlormatUo applj to
CHAS C. HOGUE,
A. O. t. and r. Agent
CorraUU, Oregon.
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FEBRUARY 11, 1887
STAVER &
DEALERS IN
Farm., Dairy, and Mill
Machinery,,
WAGONS, BUGGIES & CARRIAGES.
Hinder Iwino, IScltliig, Oils, mid Machine
Supplies or nil hinds.
208, 210, 212, and 214 Front Street, Portland, Oregon.
BRANCH HOUSES I
Walla Walla, W. T.; Latirandc, Or.; and Moscow, I. T.
AGENTS AT ALL POINTS IN NORTHWEST
I. I. Cnso Agitator.
lttini lighter, threthea fitter, I leu llahlo to get out
ot order audtavtagraln belter linn any other Thmhcr.
Acino Harrow, Iod Smasher,
Cruiher and Levetcr, weigh much lean than any other
lMlterlilng Harrow, aelU lor about oncllilid leu, ud
withal doe tho moot thorough work ol any.
Stutfclfiiker WngoitK.
Thimble Hkeln, Ktcel Hkeln, Tubular Axle Wagon
and cm) thing en wheel.
J. I, Caae Fulkr. Gang and Walking PIof, liar
Manual an. I fStfllaeatiVH
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VT Wo carry tho InrgoBt ntock in tho Northwest of Hiitfgiorf, Onrrlitgcfl,
Cnrt, SpritiB Wnfrom. nnd Vehicles of "II kind nt pricon to Hiilt ovorybody. It
will pny nil rntcniliiiKPurehiiHora to call nml oxnmino ourntock nntl obtain prices.
gW
Kom Kceil Culler, guiranteol beet In tho World
DEDHRICK
Over three-fonrtiis of nil tho hrty ha'cd
baled by theto irchCO.
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For tho convenlcncn of our patrons wo hrtYO cstnblishod Ilrnnoh Houhos nml
agencies nt all points of importftnea throughout OroKon, Washington nnd Idaho,
where wo enrry u block of our various machines nnd vehicles, nnd also repulrs
for same.
Wo earnestly ask that you cull upon our nearest locul agent, oxnmino our goods
and obtain our tonus and prices beforo purchasing oleowhero anything you mny
need in tho lino of Machinery, Vehicles or Hupplies.
If wo have no local agent near you, p!eato writo us what you wish to purchase
nnd wo will eond full information and prices by roturn mail, or havo ono of our
traveling salesmen call upon you.
Bhotild thero over urito nny tlinsntisfaction in your dealings with oursolvos or
Agents, pleaso writo tu all tho facts and
All our goods havo been especially built for this trndo of tho best material
btrongly and durably made, finely finished nnd painted, and gunrantcod equal or
superior, to all others of their class manufactured in tho United StatcH.
We shall hone, by furnishing you tho
and cotirtwus and honorable treatment, to
STAVER & WALKER.
208 to 214 Front Street, Portland, Oregon;
WALKER,
I t'alflt I f F I I 1 IMfTtei M fl ii 1
ItiiRgiuH and Carriages.
End Spring. Side spring, Ilrrwttcr eptlng, Tlinieo
erring llugjrlet and all klndi ol Carrlagei and Vehicle.
J I. Caao I'ortabl, fltraw burnli g, Traction and Skid
Engliu Hot 1'owciful In lh world.
llooHier
Korrel'ted Drill and Bet ler, with Trill All and
Wide Til e.
Stndabakcr.
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a niir n iri nir i-iai mi i. iikii inn in. im aia ufiiui
. L,'riWag.n.
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Bissell Chilled Plows
Warranted lietttr built and
better working than anyotlicr
bill Hon" made.
HAY PRESS:
in tha Unltixl fitntes nml C'nimua
Bob Sleighs
HlMM'Tai7"biTlIt lor our
Trade and llrht cIuhh iu
every respect
wo will seo that amplo justieo is done yon.
best eoods, by fair prices, liberal terms,
secure your ontiro patronage.
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