THURSDAY MOBXIXG. JfOY. 23. ISi5.
No Mail. There a no mail from beyond
Fortlnnd, Inst night. The continuous rains
have probably impeded travel in the valley to
n great extent. '
Tub Stockton Independent says that Brig;.
Gen. Tom Sweeney, bag seen much service,
nnd has lost bis right arm, "but was never
severely wounded."
Upon examining the exploded boiler of the
Yoiemite, an engineer remarked that portions
of the iron were as thin as "cassimere."
When his statement found its way into print,
tbo boiler had got to be as thin as "gossamer."
Tub Mtdi8oa'(Indiana) Courier says it has
beard young ladies singing, " Who will care
for mother now?'' while their old mothers
were wearing themselves out in the kitchen
over the family washing.
This first discovery of stream tin was made
nt Owyhee about two years since. Ineffectual
search was then made for the source of it.
It bus not yet been traced to any vein, or
deposit of any character.
, It la very wittily remarked by ruck that
ticket-takers and railroad Conductors should
be selected from the disabled soldiers ot the
country, as "none but the brave deserve the
fare." .
Tub Idaho World, a Democratic paper, says
that it is tired of seeing the same old faces in
a Dc-mocrfl'.io convention now, thai figured in
the conventions of the party fifteen years ng..
Those old Democrats are n very tiresome set
that's true. But lew of them appear to die
bodily, although a great many of them have
gone through a political "second death."
Tub Special Elkction. The Oreyonian of
,tho 22d,suys that 3. M. Pierce, Union, is elect
ed representative in Yamhill County, over
Ayres, Democrat, by seventy-live majority.
Tbo vote was very light, and but little inter
est was taken in the election In Clackamas
County, Arthur Waruer, Union, is elected
without a contest. , .
IUuaious MiNtNa A mining company has
been orguuzized in New York which proposes
to do business " on Christian principles." It
ii (Tors to ministers of religion a liberal com
mission fur selling it B slock. The company
particularly do-ires to have none but mural and
roligious men among i s stockholders. Of
lb i" company It may be said, thnC it essen-
tiail differs from any yet orgauized, aud
ought to be a grand success.
Pehsonal- -Col. George B Currey, late in
command of the Department ot the Columbia,
firmed in this city, from below, last night.
It is almost unnecessary to state that be re
ceived a cordial greeting from bis old ac
quaintances, nnd that the summary manner
in which be has been treated, Can have no
other effect i.pon popular opinion than to in
crease tbe esteem in which be is held as a
patriotic man and an energetic aud capable
officer. .
Coiko Ahead. Mr. Davidson, one of the
projoctora of the scheme tor navigating Pen
d'Oreille Lake by .steam, went up above on
the 22d Inst., to superintend the laud tiaus
I'Ortutiou of the machineryof the boat to be
built for that purpose. The contract for the
h'uilding tbe bull and doing the joiner! work
is let, and the mechanics, sawyers and labor
ers are to go above at once by the quickest
conveyance. ' Tbe boat will be Mulshed by the
lirat of March. '
..THE ANNEXATION SCHEME.
The Walla Walla annexation movemeut has
fallen to the ground. When it was fii st start
ed everybody appeared to favor it. The
Cobog District of Washington Territory said
to Walla Walla, " Go," aud the Willamette
Valley said, " Come," and all went so smooth
ly that the people principally interested be
came suspicious. Upon a simple arithmeti
cal calculation it seemed that tbe dollars and
cents view was against annexation, as tbe
taxes in the territory were three mills less a
year than those of tbe State ; the first were
payable in greenbacks and the latter in gold
coin, and then there was tbe Slate debt, which
was another stumbling block.
In the meantime, the Great Willamette
awoke to the danger of admitting a copper
bead county into the State. It was soon dis
covered that Nesiuitb was the-mover iu the
affair, nnd It was at once decided that what
ever "Nes." wuntel, every true Willametter
should at once oppose. A little paper in the
Web foot interior detected at the bottom of
the matter "a deep laid scheme" to elect
Nesmilb to the Senate, and return the Demo
cratic party to power in the biate. I. was
plainly shown thai Nesmith " passed through
the Dalles;" it was placed beyond question
that "he stopped several days at Walla
Walla," and, us a matter of course, be was
the father of the annexation scheme.
Thus, between the disinclination of Walla
Walla to be annexed, and tbe Willamette
people to extend the area of the New England
of the Wes', the whole thing falls flat, and its
further consideration becomes stale end un
profitable. But there have been some ideas broached,
during the pendency of the discussion of the
question, which are worthy of serious reflec
tion. The unsatisfactory relation existing be
tween Eastern nnd . Western Oregon is the
cause of much bard talk, and the future pro
mises to increase the causes of difference un
til a feeling of absolute hatred supervenes.
The interference of the Oregon Legislature
in the Mint matter was an act worthy of an
assemblage of Dogberries. Outside of the
Willamette Valley, no eucb thiug could have
been thought of, as the attempt of the produc
ers of big red apples trying to influence a
question w heroin tbe producers of gold nnd
siiver were the only parties interested. The
idea of a great interior State, stretching frrAu
the Bitter Root Mountains to the Cascudos
11 inge, and from the Utah lino to the parallel
of 4U, has come up prominently in the minds
of .the people living in the area designated.
It will in future foiin the basis of political ac
tion in the upper country.'
Substantial Impruvkmest. A new, thor
oughly fire-proof brick building, belonging to
Mr. E. P. Fitz Gerald, hardware merchant,
lias just beeu completed nt the south-east cor
ner of M.iin and Federal streets. Its dimen
sions ie. 78x29 feel, outside measurement ; it
lias 17-incb walls, is two storeys of 14 and 11
feet, and is laid up of hard burnt bricks in
the must durable nnd workman like ruani er.
Insteat of the heavy, over-hanging parapet
(wall and cornice, -which so frequent y di.-llg-ti
res modern brick buildings, this has a slight
ly raised fiizoo, nliiib is no' only saler but
much more tasty. It is lb- first briek build
jog ever erected in the Dalles, nnd is an evi
dence of the solid success which awaits the
merchant in this city who coofiues himself to
.'.ftU legitimate business. ' - .. ,iVr , -
Cholera Piuvkniiun. The frightful rava
ages of cholera in Euiope are awukeuing tbe
American public to tbe propriety of taking
precautions to prevent the spread of the ter
rible epidemic when it reaches this contineul.
Iu Constantinople, where the condition of the
city is filthy beyond all comparison, tbe chol
era carried off 70,000 human beings in a few
weeks, aud was only Btopped by a great con
flagrntion which burnt out tbe filthiest' dis
tricts of the city. Once before, the plague
wasslopped by the burning ol a large portion
of the city. The fact is recalled that the
plaguo was stepped in London, in the suven-
leenih century, by a similar reduction to a-hes
ot the polluted portion of that city. 'From
these .facts the British authorities have de
duced the idea that after a thorough cleans
ing of the cities, I tie cholera can be mitigated,
if rot prevented, by the liberal use of disiufee
tarts, and by keeping great fires burning in
tbe streets. It is not likely that the dread
destroyer will reach America until spring,
as its advancing strides are stopped by the
autumnal fro-t j but another season will un
doubledly bring it to our doors. By limely
precautions, thousands of lives may be saved,
and in a place like the. Dalles, where over
forty thousand travelers a year pass throuijh
our utreet', such precautions besorae doubly
necessary. Some preliminary steps should be
taken this Fall in lh matter, nnd 119 soon as
the Irosto are out of the ground, it should en
gage the earnest endeavors of all the citizens
to pn pare against the. arrival of the fell dis-
A Cbildish Inconsistency. From time to
time tbe press in Oregon has blamed the Cal
ifornia papers for not informing; the people of
that State of the existence of rich mines in
this section, nnd also of the great agricultu
ral, pastoral, industrial and commercial ad
vantages of tho country. The California
press might well retort by asking us when we
had done anything to help build up that
State, by representing the state of affairs iu
that country. The, simple fact is, that the
press of that State is doing exactly what we
are doing here, and that means that ibey are
straining every nerve to build up their own
State. One of the rheans by which they pro
pose to do this, is by keeping this country in
tbe shade well knowing that where our ad
vantages arefairly set forth, their chances to
get either- population or capital nre ex
ceedingly limited. Our proper method of
getting the best of this . competition, if by
lairly(jiud fully setting forth the real condi-
lion-of things in this country, and adopting
means to have this species of intelligence
circulated in California, Nevada, Utah, Colo
rado, Montana and the States generally. Least
of all should we ask favors from our rivals,
in the matter of publishing news calculated
to injure tbe prospects of their own country.
It may be answered that tfio cases are not
parallel, bill the Califdrnmlis very properly
think they are, and if we are unprejudiced,
we will probably see it in the same light.
Tub New Mines. The Walla Walla Statu
man of the 17th Inst, contains the following,
contributed by Mr. W. W. Johnson, in rela
tion to the new mines lately discovered near
Hellgate. The mines wet found about tho
middle of October, on a tributary of the Big
Blackfoot, heading about eight miles north of
a point on the Hellgate River, three miles be
low tbe mouth of Flint Creek. The creek
Elk Creek had not been prospected when
Mr. JohnBon left, but Day's gulch and Jona
than's gulch, two of tbe western tributaries,
had afforded excellent prospects , viz : from
one dollar and a half to five dollars. Neither
of them bad yet been worked, owing the
lateness of tbe season. Deep gulch, a stream
supposed to flow into the Big Blackfoot, mis
also discovered, and prospects from five tu
eight cents to ibe pu. With water in the
Spring this gulch nil pay well.
- Columbia Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F.--
Meets every Thursday evening at t o'clock, iu Cato'
Hull, corner of Second and Court Streets, llrutliuvs in
good atuuilliig are Invited to attend, By order. N.O.
Now or Ksver Call at Win. Blrnbanm's Jewelry
Store and cx'imitio his oxtonivo stock ot Watches, Dia-
munils, Jewelry, Stiver Y are, Lumps, Cutlery ami Fancy
Uoods, which he olfrs for sale in oriler to close linniness
on account of ill health, at loss than cont, There is no
such large nnd well-selected stock this sMo of San Fran
cisco, and the niiality ot the goods will speak lor Itneir.
Now Is your lime to buy prem-nts envap. ami at a wiving
ol oo percent. Mr. u. lias ai.o a lot 01 rei'tscoiuc- uiass
Spectacles that perioral wonuers. 11411.
Isaao . Blocii,
Sun Francisco.
C. S. Miu.rR,
Sio. EciiAwiiArnn,
Dalles.
Blocii, Miller & Co.,
. WHOLESALE
GEOCERS,
AND DEALERS IN
"Wines & Liquors,
And Importers and Jobbers of
CLOTHING'
Boots & Shoes, ' '
Under Clothing,
,. HIaikcs,
etc., etc., etc.
ASSA.YOP1FTCE.
WE HAVE AN ASSAY OFFICE IN CONNECTION
wiih our business, under tbe entire supervision
of Mr. Miller. We make returns In Jini-e in six liours
We guarantee nil our' Assavs unci pay tbe 111(1 II KST
CASH l'RICH for Bars. We also pay the Highest
Cash l'l lce fur Gold Dust.
BLOC II, MILLER C5.,
myOtf Cor. Main nnd Washington streets. Dalles.
SELLING OlF1
AT COST,
TO CLOSK UUSsIIVESS Z
rHMIK UNDERSIGNED would respectfully lnlnrm tlieii
JL patrons and the public at large, t lint Ibey will
commence to sell this day, their laige aud liuudtouicr
Stuc k of
Dry t.oorts,
i'uucy Goods,
l.iuliiV S'-n,
Chililr..4 Shoes,
IllltH.
Salem Cloths,
ic., 4c ,
A. T COST.
In order to rotire from business, tbo ubovo Stock must
be sold within Sixty Hays, and
STH1CTLY AT COST!
AH nernnns indebted to tbo ftt-m will please call ami
sctile their bill Immediately, thereby raving nil unua
cowary future trouble. COIlN & llOUM.:
JJulles, (let. K, 1B&. ucoil. .
Clothing
Furnishing Goods,
Hals A Caps,
Hoots H Shoes,
Rubber Goods,
Dlaukots, . ,
c.,
Oregon Steam navigation Co.
WINTER ARH ANCEIViENT.
fC " . ;j'c i iC'". .A 1'-
N AND AF'IEU MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13th,'untll
further uutice,
rJL'le Passenger Train
to connect Willi steamers
FOR UMATILLA & WALLULA
Will start from tbe It. It. DEPOT DALLES CITY, on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at
IJU A. ill, .
., TUli STEAMEK8 ..
"0NE0NTA" or "IDAHO,"
CAM. J. McNUl.TY, .-.t'uiamftuder;
Will leave DALLES, DAILY. (Sunday- . cepted) at 5
by the UAStAUf. kulhuau,
. ft OTIC 13
T8 HEREBY GIVEN, that I. OKO. W. BENNETT,
H do forewarn and forbid all portions from purcbaidug
or otherwise pria:uring any prupurly frum MRS. L. 1IKN .
NK1T. us all the properly on the farm uclutuo' tu me.
and the said Mrs. L. Bennett lias no authority whatever
to diicpuse, In any maimer, ol my property ; anu persons
purchasing will oe neiu accountable oy me.
Daiiei, ftov. zz, moo. zij u. ,E.tiT,
WAIVTEO.
VBfASCO COUNTY ORDKRS, at the Office of the
V iirvgotiSttHiin Navigation Company.
Dalles, Nov. 17, 1805, W. B. HIIAUFOUD, Ag'
Wit. li. W. MITOIIIOJL.I
' OfFicB WALDltUN'S BUILDING.
Residence Corner of Third andCvaxbliigton Streets
o'clock. A. M..cunnectiii
with the steamer
"NEW WORLD" or "CASCADES,"
CAl'T. J. WOLF,! Commander,
fu I'ortlanu. W.. B. BRADFORD,
Dalles. Nov. 13, W6. llt-tlT Agent U. a. M. uo.
,12 3X0 VAL
J. QOETZ,
Dalles.
. KOKNIOSBKROER.
San Francisco-
'Ca80ds PitKCixeT The iullowlng is the
return frbui Cascades precinct, at ln special
t lection": - '
II, A. Hogue, (Union) 10
N.1I. Gftte, (Uem ) 3
Ilogue' majority; ........ ......... 7
AUCTION AND COMMISSION.
JOHN WILLIAMS
uctioneihiv
No. 100. Main Street, llalles ( lly
nvTJLL ATTEND. TO THU 13 KL LING AT AUCTION
If ot General Merchandise, Real Entato, tlroceri- h.
Horses, New and Second iiaiid Jr'uruUure, Stocks, &c.,Ac.
Regular Sales) U;y Saturday.
Ont-door and Special Sules attended to Its any part of
the City.
Liberal Advanccsmadc on Consignments.
nlOiSiu. , . ' .. JOHN WILLIAMS. Auelluiieer.
isT i o i : . "
THE PNlitU STAG5 COMPANY
" "UIariy
F-ASTkJMGHTS
FROM
UMA T J! Lilj ;
AFTER TUB FIRST OF .lUTOlimt, AT THE FOLLOW
ING REDUCED RATK&:
To Itolse City 19 Cent! per pound
" Itlniio Cliy " "
" Owytioe !0 " .
For lei amounts than one hundred pounds an addition
of Five Cent r puma! will Ixt clatrgetl.
: TliMK PHOMUMATILLiAi
To KolseC Ity, -3 afn.
To Idaho City . 3 l-'i Days.
TO owyliec, 4 Days. f-
JOSKl'li riNKHAM, Avent.
TJaiatlUa, Oct. 1, 1S0&. . tclS:tC.
JT. GOETZ Sc. CO.,
TOBACCONISTS,
Have removed to
Rudio's New Stone Building
Washington street, near French ft Uilnmn'srnil Iiavo
oliened a well-aSHurteu stock uf
11 A VAN A and DOM KsTIC SKG AJtS.
VI Wl I. MA lll.'l Wr.STKIlN TOHACCO, .
FlcliNUII ami SCOTCH SNUFF,
' MEERSCHAUM and otbor l'll'ES,
1'LAYING CARDS,
SPORTING U.IOUS,
INDIAN and 1A CY GOODS, e., Ac.
The teade supplU-d at LoWESTMARKET PRICES.
DWIGIIT & BATON, Proprietors.:
fDUlK PUBLIC ARE HKI.K11Y INFOI.MnD that w
Si have cuncludedairaugeinciits lor Ibe iransaction of
lixpross liuisiuess
TO AND 1'ltOM
THE BLACK FOOT COUNTRY!
ami have commenced inakii.g regular trip" from WALLA
WALLA, via Lewlston. to VIRGINIA CITY, HELENA,
OblllR t BI.ACB. FOOT CI'lY. All Ini-lues entrusted
to us will be Attended to with proniplnc-s and cliepatcU.
-rl 'articular aticntiun paid to t;. il.l. l'.ci lens.
Will lui.vu on their second trio, starting frum Walla
W alia October ad( Lew iiilull, ttctuber 6tli. "1;"3.l,
To ttao 'lax-in)cr ol Wasct
Couitiy.
BnKMrr andT'X CoiLECTon'sOprtos, 1
lfVco Omuty, Oreuu, Au. 14,-18C5,
NOTICE 1 Hl-.RMIY UIVEN, that the time for paw.
in:- etatitnml County tx- for Hie ye.cr lblto will
h ,re on KRIuaY, lihCKMUKK TIlK IS I'. IKoft. All
taxes remainliiK unpabl on p' vsoua1 property alter t)ii
date will bo collected the same us on cxuii.n.
-.- CIIAs. IIITE, 4
Sberllt ni Tax Cidloctor, Wiuco Co., Oregon.
Dalles City, Nov. H, lfM. indti-2wd
"m. 'u70ATKa. " " "
tiATKS "-S& IIAltT,
Attoriicys & t'ouiiscllorstt Law,
, . DALLES, OHEOON....
tU' SAII.K.
' FIRST CLASS. SECOND HAND PIANO, can U la
im on rensouablo terius.
vcHtf
Inquire at this Ullice, or of
A. n,. rt-iiuucurt.