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KMS5.Su.fl DAILY. m , m7mmmmmmmmk DAILY. JUST WHAT VOU WANT. CV sf sWll f S sfC JvV IjlftllAKV, I'ntrnun of Hit, Ially or HrmMVeeklyl 3AST OIIWKISIAX cum freely imikii mo I of the I'.ASf OltCdONIAN lllnmy when ever they no desire. Tim public, nro cor dially Invited to the iiillio whcnc-vcrl mi liirllni'il, VOL. 1. PENDLETON, UMATILLA CO., OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAllOII 14. 1888. NO. 12. win " J 1 1 1 1 nil- i" ppj m . pp. pp. (IONIAN from .H S A L. MH" .sLr elections. Two dollnr """' B --.....S Dully fl,r iilBHBHHHHHHHHBHBBMBHHHBBHHHHflfllHIi I mmmmBmr icimiiiortimiy"ii J. H. KOONTZ, Dealer In GENERAL MERCHANDISE And Proprietor of the enrietta Flouring Mills, ECHO, OREGON Highest cosh price paid for xraln. Ornham, (.Jrnnuinicu aim noir-risini; nour 111 Htock. Corn incnl, Chop Feed, etc.. for civic Agent tor Knupp,llurrctl A Co' Agricultural Implements and Bain Wagons, I. Are prepared to ship wheat or receive Grain for Storage fGaln Snoks and Harvesters' Suppllo nt lowest Prices. Fiimlli GroccHo a Spsolalti, PARTIES! Having good shipped from Eastern eltlri , via rortlnnil, cn livo frolKlit paid, losses i mul overcharges ndjtistcd, nml forwarding attended to proinptlVi nt low rates, by nil- tl resting iOLIPHANT & CUTTING. P0KT1.ANI), OHKdON. OHOCKIUK.S A 8PECIAI.TY. iiuylng mid Helling done nn Commission piard Shaving Parlor AMI- BATH ROOMS, BAYLOR & PATTON. Props. Iliive nnuned In their now locution on tntiit street, In Dcspntn block, with new ami Icguiitcnufpiuciits. having. 26 conts Hair-cutting, - - 25 " aths, SO conts, or 3 for SI City Drug Store, Y, J. DONALDSON, Proprietor, IAIN BT11EKT, PENI)I,ETON,Or Continue to curry a full line of prngs, Statonory, Placquos, Porfumory, Tollot Arti cles, Paints and Oils. Igcnti for (lie AI(KRKl) WIUQHT Perfumo , acknowledged to bo the 11 nest odor, In , tlie world, In bulk, at fifty cents por ounce. )UR PRESCRIPTION DEFT under the management of a thorough Pharmacist, and customers can rely upon having their prescriptions compounded ucourutely ond at bottom prices. No sub stttittlug one article for another In pre scriptions. No Boys or Apprentices Imployed to practice on the public, Hhould you need unjthlng In our line we will elve you a better article for lets money I than any other store In town. Satisfaction Guaranteed. fohn McGarry, Pealer In- GROCERIES PEOVISIONS First-class coods only In stock. Pro duct) bought and sold. BUYS and SELLS JEAL ESTATE. Cor, Main and Webb Srreeti, ENDLETON, .... OftEaON Commercial Livery, Feed, and Sals Stable, J. B. KEENEY & CO., Props. Put up your animals and your monoy at this stand. There Is no hotter in town. Our patrons and friends will bo woll treated. COME TO SEE UB. AM, KINDS OP IIIQS FOlt HIKE THE FINEST TUItN OUTS IN TOWN. J.B. KEENEY & Co., PROPR. JOS. BASLER, Denier In Now nml SccontMinud Furniture And Household Goods And tnuliufiiclurcr of Tinware, Copperwaro and Sheet-Iron cf Every Description. Tin Roofing a Specialty (Jlvo u it trial. fc.1 T" H.F.Johnson ftCo., Prescription Druggists. PURE MEDICINES, CHOICE PERFUMES, Requisites for tho Toilet. Stationory & School Supplies, Fine Importud and Key West Cigars. Opposite Vlllar.l House, I'KNDI.KTON, - OKEOON HOWELL & 0O FURNITURE DEALERS UPHOLSTERERS. AM KINDS OF FUIINITUHE ltEPAIUINO DONE AT THE I.OWE8T HATES. Call mid examine prlocn. Largest stock of furnlliito hi Eastern Oregon. Howell & Co., Mackonxle& Ciivnimirh Dutldlm;, I'endl- ui iou,ure!con, SALE OF COURT HOUSE BLOCK IN PENDLETON. Notice Is hereby irlvon. that imrnuant to nn order Usued out of thi County Court of UmatllU county. Oregon, duly mnda and entered on tho lilli day of February, 1888, said Umatlllu County wlllvell to the lilnlicNt and bout bidder, uiid In Mich lotn und liarooln aa nay be deemed inoit advuntageotu, lt val uable real txliito In the town of Pendleton, In tiuld counly, commonly known as Couit Jloiuo block, kltuatcd belweHii Main. Court niul AltimtreelH, In lilt, heart of the bUNlneaa ponton or nitlit town, and cotiialnli olgh teen (181 lntu fronllni; nn Miiln. ?mirt aiid Cottonwood aireeu. Sealed pronosaU for i ne purcliate nf Maid property, or of any por tion thereof. uPl Im rpi.Hlvoii ha th. nmlfir. algned, the i.'uunty Cleric of nuld county, at any time prior to nine o'clock In tho fora noon of Tliuraday, The 10th day of April, A. I, 1HHS, Ana an peroua bidding will be required to make paymenta purautttit to nich ncaled lllllH nrlor to 10 O'clock In lh Inmnnnn if Hld day. Ataald laat mentioned hour all lots and part of lota not then hold will bo ottered for sale at public- Auction, In parcoU lu .nit uium-iB, mm B. uiuy uppviir lUOHl an vuntageoua to aald Court. The county hus n fee simple eatate in said property, and will execute, nroner deeds of i-onveyanco to purchasers atlhe lime of sole. The purchase prlcu mint bo paid oue-lmlf lu cash upon the day of suie. und the remain- uer on or ucmre uciouer iv, jiws, purchasers to Elvo their notes for the hiiiiih wlm iut. soiiul he urlty to be uppioveu by tho t'ourt. The proceeds ol sale are to bo paid Into tho County Treahury, and sotnpurtfor the pur pose of erecting " new Court Home nod Jail for suld county, for which purpose s.ild Court has created u now fund known as the Court House and Jail Fund. The County reserves the nght to reject any and all bids. iiy orueroi me Lounty Liiuri, U.A. HAItTHAX, frl feb2l tf County Clerk. Miller Brothers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In SEEDS! TREES! APIAUV AND POULTHV SUPPLIES, ETC. S09 Second Street, Portlaud, Or. avSeud for our Catalogue. TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS, FKAltFUI, hTOKMH IN THE HAST. A Mob In Kaunns Mr, llrrffnndnll Gets Pntont Inliumnu Trrutiuont of Convict! Htrlku on thu Union I'm I fie, tC. EAKTEllN STATES. Tho Atlnntlc Weather. CntcAOo, Miircli la. Jlciisor roiwrlrt from tho nimil nervloc oIUclm itidlcato Hint 1 1 10 Htonn Iiiim liooii very violent along the limllt Atlutitiuociist, Hwcopin over tho Stilton of Kuw Yotk, l'entiHyl vitnltt und Ohio. Thu wenthur In ninny tuirlH Ik very colli. At Albany, Now York, It Jh 4 dojn-oen ulxnoj.iit Now York city 10 deivcH nhove. 'I'ltero uto no ititot ruptioiiH on thu IIiich couth or went of Chicago. Pittsburg HI oUadeil. PiTOiiitriio, I'a.,. March 111. Kvorytliing huru In Mockuiled with hiiow, mid there 1h no iironiiect of gutting out for at leant 'J4 hotirri. Thu drifted hiiow in in ninny places fix feut deep, and mllcH alul inllus of freight traiiiH aru waiting to get through. Theto lms never been mich a hlockadu lieforo in the hUtory of rail roiiding. Tho wenthur id nuvcrcly cold, and train-men and paxxcngcrH in many iiiHtuiu'eitomiUcring. Thu thurniotnctur in inoMt plaeuH Ih below zero. There in no tronblu west of huru. llattltuoru Isolated, Hai.timoiu:, March 13. Telegrnphic comninnication between hero and Now York and Washington in entirely nhiit oil' for thu find time idncu thu telegraphic H.vHtnin went into oiwration. All wireu aru down, also liundtcdH of jioIch. Thu wind blew it gulu. Thu mercury full -0 degrees in tun bourn. No vu.shoI could live in thu bay Sunday night, and doubt Ichh there have been many dNantuin. In New York. Nr.w Yoiik, Mnrch 1!). Several pcrnoiiH 1k.'iIm1ic(1 IttHt iiiiiht. Thu hiiow in froen ho hard that i1uwh can not Ihj iired with auyullect. lhuiu wan a luarfiil galu tliln morning,, ueorge i. Jiatrymoru, it wen known non-ilea ur. wan foiinil In a nnaw biink frozen Htilf. Thu ImmIv of Annio llaliun l-'inher wiih found hiHtniuht frozen ntilt in u hiiU-ui.y. At I t Last Night. Nkw Yoiik. Alldntulit. Tho Hltimtlon now Ih lusx promising than tlilHtiftuinooii. Snow U again fulling huavlly. Thuru in no lurcuptlljlu iirogruHM toward thu resinnp tiou of travel. Thu Htorm lit AVunhlngtiiii, WAHiiiNinox. March II). Thu futioiw wind Htorm that ntriick UHliington last night ban continued iinln urruptedly, and still sIiowhiio Hiunn of abatement. It Is nald tho presont Htorm in tmptvjo.lciito.l . 0f tj10 pruvIetoiiH of bin will. In decld iu Hovority hIiico thu origin of tho nlgntd' ng xnon ,l0 capacity of thu tuntator to service. iieglnuiui; of Ntrikij on th,, u. i. 0:ui.. Maich 111. Iist nhht at mid- night the I'liion Pud .c snitch engineers uiav be In a statu of extreme iinliecility milt work, ami the engines were taken to i ami yet hu may osschh stilllcient under tlio round-house. Thin in tho boifinnimr Htandini: to direct bow his liroiniitv shall of the threatened stilko on the Union Paclllu. A Mul) .Moves a County Seat. Toi'CKA, KA.vs.ib, March 111. It In Junt eanied here that last Saturday two bun-. dred men, with llfty teaniH, enicied Wal-' nut city and diovo down to thu com t houso. leaded nn thu coimtv rocordn. tbn safe, and all tho olllco llxturen. and took them to La Crosse. Thin In In doiluheo of ainaniliito of tho .Sunromu court. Tho moll llm.Mtmw.,1 to lnv tlio town In iiklwM If tlim u'in, illKtiirlui f. i Wahiiisiiiox. Match ill.- A patent 1 lt.,r,.ui,.ll HU l,.l..,,t. ,,r.intr.il Inwlnv In I T lbir,ii,il,ill ,,f Vouu nnUlS, hC clearer anil miow-plow. i Mrs. Wetter not Oullty, Dknvku, Colo, March 13. Tho jury In ' tho famous cane of .Mis. John A, Welter, charged with murdering her husband by l'IvIiil' him un-unlc. mill which hiin lie on 5n ttlTil here for tl.6 pant three weeks, ban Isjen concluded, tho jury returning u vnnlli-t nf nut inilltv 1 0r ,"t. . ? "i: I Inhuman Treatment of Convicts St. Louis. March 13. Sturtlinir du vol- opemcnts have been brought to light at Coal Hill, a mining town wheru convicts' labor was employed, near Fort Smith, Ark. It has been discovered that a no- k'ro convict wan Hoggcii to iieatlt, An- convict was Hogged to death vvitvt t tt ti tutu ntti (iii,i .t.-v miiwjf Imv ti is'liltn mull iiiilmwl llnoii.tn ugeit m yearn, wan kickc follow convict wlio nail the desperate deed by prisoner named Ilammel pom lust niiinmor una ijeaton to ue.itii. , Tho citlzonHof Coal Hill threaten to hung uniiium, uiu wuniuji, unu lo icur uowu tho prison burruckn. Patul i:M't"sion. HuitoirrrbTow.v. P.., March 13. A lireinatiire explosion of a largo charge of lynamiio in a niuroau cm near ucre to- lay burned thirty workmen under u muss of debris. Ono Italian wan killed und two 1 mon were fatally injured. At Kllzabrthtotvn. KuzAUfTiirowx. N. J.. March 13. Thin city bus been isolated for two days, without trains or telegraphic communi cation. One man was found in a snow drift frozen to death. Several others tiro mlsnlng, and It in feared they havo mot a similar fate. Patul llle. Tiiov, N. V., March 13. Threo men wore killed hojo to-day by a snow-plow uccident. Two men have lieen found doad in the snow at Arnoldsville. COAST NEWS. Found Ouiity. Kan Fjiaxcjsco. March 13. Hainburj: nml l'l rlior. Mm n:i!.iM!:iI irnuilrf wlifi WardonGratrord. A were indicted for cheating an Oregon farmer named V. M. 1'arkur out of a largo Hum of moiiov, wore found gullly to-uay by a iury,wlileh wan out only tnreo mlnutoH beforu a eeing on tho verdict, which given much Nillrfuction. Comlti); to Assist ItnldliiK Sa.v ritASCiHco, .Match lib Samuel Now man, executor and tminugor of tho cstatu of Saniuul Harding, ban gone to Portland at thu roiiuent of Mm. Ilardlng, mother of 0. M. Hauling, who In now in tho I'orthind Jail on a charge of larceny. Wanted tu gu With the Kmpurnr. KuimiCA, Oai.., March 1!!. A Uerniau, aged nlnety-ono yearn, nulclded hero to day by tying a chalk-lino around bin neck and then rolling out of bed. Ho wan tho nauio agu an thu lutu Kuiiieror, and oftuu uxprenhed tho wlnh to die at tho hhiuu titnu. Accordingly, an noon an he heard of thu Kmiieror'n death, he took bin own life. l'our I'rrsons Drowned. Victoria, 11. C, .March 1:1. It in junt learned huru that ltuv. Sheldon Jacknon, Mm. Ciiiiniiiglmiii.uiul two ludiann, were drowned in the Skeunti river on February l!0th. No parlicularn. A Chluuso Mulder Cii.e. Saixm. On.. March III. The Sunromu coutt to-day ismied an altetnatlvo writ of miiniinuiun reipiirnig Jitugo Miearnn to Hlgu thu bill of uxcuptlonn in thu cuhu of thu chiucfu iiuirdeierM. Daly tiriitoneed. 1'oiiti.asi), March l.'l. .Itidgu Stearnn to-day denied u now trial in thu cuhu of the State ugulnnt V. it. Daly, and hou fenced him to one yearV imprlHoninent In thu K)nltentlary. Hetng anked If hu had aiiythlug to nay, Daly teplled: "All I can nay in that I am innocent." DeeltliHi lu a Will Cnsr. The following in a H.vllabun of Judge Loril'n ilecihion in thu celebrated Chun man will canu, l.itely ilccldid: When a will in hIiowii to have leen duly executud there arisen prcHiimptinii of Himity lu favor of thu tcrdutor, ililchat thlrtntago of thu procecdliiKH, tinlcHn rebutted or over come by counter evidence, will bo milllcl out . to authorir.o tho probate of thu will. When, lu a civil proceeding, tho iptontlon of nuiilty or insanity in directly in Ihhiiu, while gmng to thu general prenumption in fuvof of naiilty ull that may lie (ably claimed for It, thu Lurden of proving in - Hunlty In uihjii the Tarty who iihhcMh it testamentary capacity is unduly a ipies tion of fact to Ihj determined from consid eration of till thu evidence. Thu testator must have milllccnt capacity to compre hend the consideration of bin property, H,0iild or might havubeun thu object of , i, ,,,! i... c,.,-.,-.. .i i..,.i..u inn iciuiion io uiu iHjrsoii.i who wuru I i.i,iL-,i liU uill. It U tho nmwl i mind ami not tho purtleularHtatoof bodily health that into Ihj attended to: I ho hitter i lie dlHH).Med of. Old ago, sicklies, dlsticsH ' nor debility of IkmI y liicaitacltato.iirovlifed ; 1110 testator litis lKjSsCSSIOll Ol Ills mental , ""'"Itlen and undorstiiudn tho buslnesn.in whlceholn engaged. Hit? real iointin ",M,, s lestainuiuarj- capacity or In nipaclty tit tho precise date of tho trunn action. lint lllH mental comlltlon Wiih before "Her executing the will in only Imijortant uh It throwH light upon the inlnd and hIiowh ItH actual condition WllUU tllO Will WHS OXCClltcU. 1 lie III W given to every man of sound mind tho ,"Bi iimiKJKu ui inn iiiuiviiy ur llini , .11.......... i.i .....,,.-... i... i . .. '."Vi!.!'"!! ' mled u o,lo ?f Uio UIUCIUIII IllUUIin WHICH I1U HUH 111 nro- clo.l Ufu, or old age, to com.uand'.ho '"""""'en. suiwa jvMa When it wan llrnt arranuod for nost mtiHtem to hcihI lu thclrciuurtorly roiwrtn, many iiuccr documents weru furnished. '' , ' Ht fo ro.n 1I'U to l' I,i,,oiH HlOtlol of COinprelieilHlvOllOSH, If granimutical ptcclHlon. It in Mill Onu of thu funniest camu from Water nun in ti not of grammatical ptcciuiou. It In still on lilo at tho jiostolllcu department, und reads an iouowh : Wutorfonl, fulton co Hit July thu (1 18."7. muster James Ituckunlu, president of tho Ufiltii.l Static Dour Rnr Iumiii r.irinlri,,l l,v n. i..ur.w.nr,..u i... ,ji.,iiin., r,..,. .. rol janH com jH yellowish and wont cut Illoro thuu 10 or 15 booshllH to tho uker tJl0 j.caKi, 0r tho coinintllllto Ih only Tolerably meesiln and colery bavin brokin outin aliotit 2 und a huf mllen from boar, thalr aro u nowerful uwuken on tho subject of rellgiin In thu tottn uu- Doriiona and nioiiy Miles nro lioiu maiio to know thuru shin forviven miss nancy Smith u near nalior had twlnn day Ihj- foro ylstorilay ono of thorn is u poor rcraggy thing and wont live half its days that Is aliotit all I know and have to re jsirt the present tpiarter give my respects to Mrs biikanin unu stiiiscrii) uiiscii youas trooloy Abigal jenkins. Tlio regular allowance of tho princo of Wales, by parliament, in 40,000 u year, to which must lsj added 10,000 more which In annually allowed for the jiriu- tesn. Ho toceives u farther annual income of X'tiO.OOO to X70 000 from the levonues of the Dutch' of Cornwall, which In his by birthright. Ills Income in round nunilHirs in uliout fOO.000 ti year, St Iuiis tifced to lio called u city of thu rowdy Went, but nho is latterly becoming innrn c-onVHliIinntil. I ! uuurtoriy, i now loom tnai pieasiu tiutv ii to aoatn iy u iJV rcnortln an follows. Tho UurvestlnL' 1)0011 llrgeil Oil tO 1 lulu lu,. irnl in lu.rll- ..!! n.i.l mul nt WIIH UeU lllltO U .In,, ..-li.,.i, tu liir,llv ,l nvinum iivi,i Mill) CltKEK. O mstrntulatloiis A Sudden Depaiturn A Three-llorso Train All mi Areoiint of I'lpo Tho Candidate mid thu Youth. I'rom our Itegutar Correipnudcn , Mud Cui;i:k-, On., March 8, 1888. I denlru to congratulatu you on tho Im proved appearance of your papo. I liavu often lieard It ranked fotemui tof all the paiiern published Ibis side of I'm t l.ind. I'ho llrst thing the Orcguulun known, It will have a healthy councillor in thin, hur young namesake. Jlut then brains are an plentiful here an In Port land, and may In) tomo time when the whltllgig of time makes thuproncr round, she may drop a gentle lumiuiier to thu intelligent reader of tho gtuat "Columbia basin" that u nuwHpivjier abroad may bo had at Pendleton. I wish you "good sliced. " Considerable sickness prevails In thin section, piliiclpally among the little ones. Thu littlu daughter of 1). W. McDanmild In vury nick with lung fover. .Mm. Doc tor ltcatichump in in attendance. February and March havo evidently exchanged places on tho calendar thin year. It nnowed nearly all day yester day and laht night. To-night the ground in lioc.lng haul: but an Charley llessoier would say, "nucii In our climate." A gentleman living near here ban din covered a novel method of keeping bin chickens over winter, and an lie has neg lected to apply for ledum patent, I feel at illwrly to glvu thu valuablu dlscovury to tho K. O. teadurn. Ho saym "1 watch my hens, and when they leave oil work In the fall 1 catch them and bury them in a snow-bank, and there let them re main until thu laying season comin around again, when 1 dig them out, and and with a gentle lire restore them to lifu and activity again. Just think of thu feed that may bo economized in this way." K. J. Wilson, a bachelor, who ban lived for Huvoral yearn on lowor Mud creek, proved up on bin homestead a couple of weekn ago. Next day hu packed bin things ami lit out for put In unknown. Going along thu road thu other day, I observed ti man plowing with three hoi sen, bis wife leading tho onu on thu outside. Thinking the Idea a novel one, I went over to Interview him. Hu said thu horses were all gentle enough, but 1 being a foreigner, be had never neon tin. hud nothing ebo to do, lie set bur to lead ing that onu around. Finding no loose gear, 1 took bin miHondom, put the linen on the two outside, fastened them to the one in the middle and left "sbu" out of a Job, for which "nho" tipicaied ipiltu grateful. Mr. ThonuiH Spenco. living four iiiIIch ulwvo Milton, on the Wnlla Walla ilver, puicha-cd the eighty-ucru tract owned by John ell, fur the consideration of i 1,(KX). Tho brlghtoHt hiiiihIiIiiu Ih noon o'er clouded. A ray of darkness follows tho light. I met a friend on tho streets of Walla Walla thu other day. Ills facu wan all wreathed In smiles. Hu had just been tho teclplcnt of it flue meerschaum !po. Ho stopped long enough to extol Its merits, likewise the viituen of Itn donor, anil with a gentle waive of the baud ami an "an revoir" be tripped lightly across the si i cel. When about half across tho nltpHry walk, bis feet tluw up and bin head went down. Tho pipe, held lu bis lingers, slipped from bin grasp and rolled just far enough to laud under thu w heels of a passing ex in ess wagon. (Ireut wan thu full thereof, for the onco highly cherished present wan now ii mass of crumpled clay. I low sud den tho transformation from a man of smiles and pietism o to onu of angry curses: and tlio pio, nh, tho plpo; xor thing, how it must have millercd. Hiding along the road the other day with a prominent candidate, I met n young man whom "bin honor" had known for yearn. Tho candidate know thu young man ipiitu well, but he bud never deemed it incumbent on himself to grant him a passing nod, Ah we met the y. m.. the luiiMittuut candidate lie thought him that the passing youth must bo ncarliiL' tho votluu uxu. An wu ar rived In Hnoaklni! distance, tho following conversation took place: 1'. U. "Hello, Jukoy, how do you (got along? I nay, Jukoy, how old might you boY" "Twon-ty-ono," replied tho youth, without a blush. "Titto unouuh, true enouidi." echoed tho P. C; "I say, Jukoy, I'm glad to meet you ; how's your ma, and and how do you till eel idoim? I sav. Jukoy, I'm running for olllco, and I need your assistance. llere'Ha dollar lo buy u present for your ma. Don't fonxct me. Jukoy, when you go lo veto." "No, I won't," Haul Jakey, "ll your up lor olllco two years from now: then I'll bu old enough to cant a ballot." Then ho walked oil' with tho whole dollar, and never blushed it Military blush. Moral. Treat tho young mon kindly, for bye u;itl bye they will till our bulls of Congresn. Wii.mh. The Pension fjteal, Krom thoHiinday Welcome, Should Congress formulate into laws all the bills now before it the list of U'overnment iieusiouom will lie surely doubled. Under the oiierallon of luws , now in force the army doionlon!s Is In- creaseu ai lire rate oi onu nuiiuica a nay, and by thu time that all who claim lKitinty havo been provided for tho jhio nle will lu loaded with it tax tw In excess ofthoumount now levied utx n them for the ovnitloiiH of the Executive, Judicial and legislative branches of the fiovcrnimnt. In short, thu passage of tlie pension i ills now jienaiug will mean tho cjiisuniptlon, by oiipresive taxation, of tho net profits of all tho fanners of the l.iill n I.OUtS. M'lmt In Heine limn, at Tho Cascades. Krom Tint Dulles Time-. Mountaineer. Ono day thin week, desiring a fow hours tccrcatlon, wo juinpedon lioard a passenger train for tho locks, l.euvinir thu city at PJ :41), in two hours and a half wo wuio at thu government wotknat the Ciucades of tlio Columbia. In 187(1. through the ellbrtn of Hon. L. I.tino in the house and Hon. J. II. Mitchell in thu senate, an appropriation wan made for tho survey and preliminary work of the eon structioti of a canal and locks to facili tate the passage of boats engaged in tho trade of what in termed the Middle Col umbia. 'For thu llrst four or live yearn thu work wan donu by contract, tho up prupriatloiiH averaging abo.it '00,000 u yea'. The llrst season nearly all tho ex cavation wan donu; but it wan found that during thu spring, debris would wash down, necessitating some lottlon of tho work to Ihj donu over again. Tho liouril of engineers llrst projected a brcukwutor extending from tho "mouth of thu locks to the foot of Bradford's island. Thin was changed by a succeeding board, and changes bae almost constantly been iniulo by every Isiard of engineers, thun retarding thu wotk ami delaying itn com pletion. If onu plan hail licen followed from thu Inception of the work It In rea sonable to suppose that thu work would have liooii so far completed now as to ad mit of tlie passage of boats. There are only certain seusonn of the year in which any available woik can be done, and thin changing of plans ban necessarily flit tered away tho Hinnll amounts appropri ated. During the high water of 1880 the bulk head wiiHeuUHtruetod to protect the works from tho Hood. Thin wan accomplished at an approximate cost of $100,000. An other appropriation of like amount wiih sjHjiit in blasting out obstructions in the river below, and still another in thu plant used. While considering tho ex penditure, It must not bo forgotten that money must bo used each year in niacing and replacing apparatus, and this will make u considerable Item in the million already used. Thoru cannot Ihj much doubt that there luinlH'en nf inn h puiudei iug of monoy in regard to tlie locks ; but we do not understand engineering well enough to make tin intelligent criticism. NowHpapor rupoitH and nowspaiier re jsjrlers will not havo much oiled m Congress, until faets and data are lln isliedj iiH)n which they can base action. Those nro works within the State of Or gon. ami wo strongly udvocato that tho l-oglsluturo appoint a committee to thor oughly examine the locks tit the Cas cades, legatdlng expenditures, etc., and that it make its report in the sbapo of u Joint memorial to Congtess. Wo could jHirceivo no material change in the iipiH'iiraucoof (liiugs. Only a fow men woio at work, enough to protect the plant, ami no more can bu put on tho locks until another appropriation in re ceived. The jiocket veto of President Ciuveltind last year letariled this work very materially, and if the Democratic Kxcciitlvo and Secretary of War cared anything for the K)oplo's InteicHt in Or egon, 1HS7 would have witnes:ieil con siderable progress in the locks at tho Cascades. As It Is, everything Is at a stand still, ami all on account of it Demo cratic veto by Mr. Cleveland, and tho outrageous action of CorM)iatiou I'ltdl cott in removing Major Jones, a man thoroughly comiittent mid earnest In thu sccdy completion of the work, Paving our ioseets to Dr. I.eavens, who lias the only drug store lu town. .Mr. O'Toolo, an agreeable ltlsb gentleman, who "always get there just thu sanio," and .Mr. tleorgu Gardner, thu hotel man of Whisky Flat, wu slepjied on the east bound passenger train at A :50, and was at The Dalles at 7 o'clock. A IVeulliir M'lll. Tlio lato Alvin T. Smith, of Forest Grove, has left one of tlio most Kculiar wills on record. After iirnvidliiL' for n sister in Connecticut, the testator leaves uto oiitito residue oi ins pioorty, mainly in lands in and alNiut Forest Grove, to his widow during her life time, and ill rcctH that after her death sal 1 land is to bo tied up for uiuo-hiimlred ami ninety nine yearn, and during this criod one half tho rents mid protlts is to bu used lu repairs, Improvements and paying taxes; the othor half Is to 1hi paid io the Ameri can Missionary soeioty of Now York City. At the expiration of nine hundred mid nluoty-nlnu yours thu proceeds uiu to Ih gl vun to some other protostunt missionary society, but In no event in any part to be given to thu support of any Homau or pa pal society whatover, A. McDonald, formerly of Rchwabachur re .iiui'ouuui, oi u.iyiou, recently pur chimed a lot, 00 foot front, adjoining Frye'H Oimni House, Seattle, of Amos Drown, consideration, $.'t.'l,000. As Schwabttcher llros, own 00 feet adjoining they will erect a four-story, pressed brick building, 120 feet spiare,anil rumor hath It that A. McDonald will shortly upMur an tho head of the largest retail establishment in Seattlo. Schwabacher's wholesale house will continue doing busi ness at tho old Htauil Mr. , e 'onitld In forms tho I'nlon roproi-cntntivc that his real estate put chases in Seattle will tig gtegato $75,000. At Cuy's hosjiltal, lindon, recently, was received the body of a drunkard which wan verv much Moated It wan found that when punctuied and a mtikh was applied ti the gas whlih rcac(l it limned with H o ordinary flame of uirl u retted hydiogen. s many as a dozen of """"'i1 II CM W'ri' mirniim ni in.,. Til