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JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SATURDAY, J AM ARY 8, 1870
W Jlrmofbihc Mirivü. What It Is Proposed Pi- to do in Mississip
State News
Narrow Escape from Death.
Yamhill county.
[Pacific Blade December 28th.]
Portland-
[From the St. Paul Press, Nov. 27.]
Lougfellow has so thoroughly immortal
Some jokist played off a “meditative roos-
The Mississippi papers declare that the re
[Daily Herald, Dec. 29]
ter” on a McMinnville merchant for a Christ
sult of the recent election in that State is a ized beautiful Minnehaha that no visitor
A man named Barney McFeeley working mas turkey. The boys ot McMinnville don’l
BY P. D, HULL,
Publlwlior Jfc I* r o 1» r 1 « t <» r. 'false and .fraudulent representation of the thinks of leaving the State without paying on the M’hite House road was Ixidly injured behave themselves in church. That is a hab*
[will of the people, but, although compelled to' his devotions upou the shrine of that water by a tree falling on him. A number of boys it boys have everywhere, in church an4 out
OFFICE---On Third St. Between California and C.
endure for the present the heavy grievance of fall.
were scon drunk in the streets of Portland- of it. There arc four boys here, whom we
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TERMS:
Day in and out, summer and winter, there Nice boys! Wm. Niblo, who was injured by will match against all the McMinnville boyej
a Radical State admisistration, they will soon
Subscription, per annum, in advance
$1 00 be able, standing once more on solid ground, is a continual round of visitors to this favorite i the bursting of a signal gun iu the steamer
for misbehavior ; and give the Yamhill fel
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jto work out their permanent deliverance. rural retreat.
jG. S, Wright, has^recovered-
The weather lows ninety five in the game.
In summer tho cool shade, thick foliage was beautiful on the 28th. The young men
¡That they can and will do this, and that alj
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Articles of- incorporation have been filed
In T hr D emocratic N ews will be charged
■of the Southern State- can and will do the and music of the water as it dances along it« 1 have formed a social club called the Cusino
for the Yamhill Lock and Transportation
the following rates
'same, is a truth which none, Demo rats or pebbly bed until it leaps over the rock into a Reunion Club. Rev. I*. Maus of the Catho-1
Company,
with the following incorporators :
First insertion, (ten lines or less).................. $3
Radicals, seriously doubt. The Mississippi beautiful dell below, make it a lovely retreat ; lie Church delivered a lecture on the night of'
H V V Johnson, L. Hembree, I. M. Johns,
Tor each week thereafter..............................$1
Uffirion soys that the» result has created n •’ but it is not more beautiful then than when the 28th. Subject, I’ius IX. The lecture
A liberal deduction from the above rates will
W. A. McPherson. AV. T. N’cwby and J. B.
the cold frosts of winter convert its spray in was well attended.
¡surprise, aud it adds :
madden quarterly and yearly advertiscaeats.
Morris.
The capital stock is §75,0)0, in
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C hanced H ands .—The Eugene City
With the convention that the Admisistra- to ice, forming magnificent icicles that depend
shares of §100 00. The object is to improve
JOB PRINTING.
tiou at Washington hud Jc.teriniue-1 Lu SU-tain from the crest of the rock to the base of the ' Guard, a sterling Democratic paper, has the navigation of the Yamhill River, by con
Every variety of Job U'-ork executed with neat
the military commander in all hi- unscrup fall. Many persons claim that in its winter /•hanged hand«; George J. Buys and A. Fitz- structing a lock near its mouth, and another
ness and dispatch, nt reasonable rates.
ulous measures to carry the election by vio <lr o«/f ice aud snow the fall is the inos’ ; roth purchasing the interest of the former at or near Lafayette.
lence, fraud and corruption, the hope which beaufifnl. But be this as it may, hundreds proprietors, and assuming entire control.
The man Drew, who was sentenced to three
[they entertained at one thus that Mississippi visit it all through the winter, and behold its The paper will be, as heretofore, Democratic
months in the County jail at the late term of
would be spared the curse of Radicul snpre- beauty with delight. The cold weather of I under all circumstances.
the District Court for this county, has beet)
S tate P risoners .—A. B. Hallock, Esq.
i.nacy in her State Government, passe l away. the past week has clothed it in all its winter
, ardoned by the Governor. Drew was con
Reason, justice ami truth could not prevail ¡beauty, and immense icicles depend from the I took the State prisoners John Leonard and
victed for assault with a dangerous weapon.
aga:nstthe expedients of prejudice, falsehood roof of the rock to or toward the base below. Ah Man to the Penitentiary at Salem yester
He is now at liberty.
J. E. Whitney, of this city, wishing to day.
JACKSONVILLE LODGE No. IO ami corruption, backed by brute uumbers,
Mr. John Robbins, the singing school teach
secure photographs of it in all its phases,
The Willamette is slowly rising.
The
OLDS ITS) REGULAR' MEETINGS ON ami organized for the cinlliet Lv the bayuTict.
er,
met with a severe aceidcnt one day last
every Saturday evening at tlie Odd Fellows- These, expedients have from tune to time been sent Mr. Charles Zimmerman (by-tlie-wav, a rain must have been rather copious in the
Hall. Rrulher« iu good standing are invited to described in our columns ami are referred to splendid photograph artist), up to tho Min valley, for it has been rather light hereabouts. week. His horse fell with him crushing one
attend.’
SILAS J. DAY, N. G.
of his - legs
in such a manner as Io disable
him
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mlv as chapters in the history of tlie times, nehaha, yesterday morning, to take some
The sky was clear last night and but for \ for some time.
N. D. SHORT, R. Seff'y.
fiiere is no appeal for the people at whose ¡winter views. Mr. Zinime-tnan placed bis the fog ue might look for a nice white frost,
P. F kiii . ev , )
During the past week the weather has been
S. J. D av ,
Trustees.
[expense this wr tche.l farce of an election instruments, and, while preparing to work, this morning.
W m . R ay , )
variable in the extreme. Kain, enow, and
like nearly all other visitors who go there,
t—f ¡has been enacted. They must abide the con
May 1st, It•».
Astoria
Items.
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«concluded
to
gratify
his
taste
for
the
beauti
sunshine
have alternated, the preponderance
m'neos whatever they may be. II nvever.
JAMES K. NEIL,
ther-' ¡« one gratifying reflect’; «!), The right ful bv passing under the fall, and looking From (lie Herald’s regular correspondent, Deccm- being in favdr of tho former,
her 28th.
There is a vacation of one week, in the
of th«« pe «pie t > lm'd tin ir elections hence- >ut through the spray, etc. It was almost 3
p.
m.
when
Mr.
Z
mmcrmau
passed
under
The
steamer
Gussie
Telfair
is
still
in
port.
McMinville
school. The term will be re-
forth, free fr mi ontsid? interference, is SC
Third Street, (west^ \i'«e). between California
cured. It is ffie
fTie last military election. The (he fall, rt d it chanced that no other visitors 'I he theatrical troupe aboard have been giv sumed immediately after the holvdays.
an<l Main.
Will practice in the Supreme and « '.her Courts
stubborn resistance of the people have at were pres-i-t. Sh- rtly after 4. p. m., Mr. ing entertainments to crowded houses during
The Yamhill river is higher than it has
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of this Mate.
leas- wrung fr in th««’«- oppressors a Cotant Haines, a photograph arti-t from Chicago, their detention.
been before this winter..
The batteries at Forts »Stevens and Cape
■g-SX* Particular atte!ifi<«n pai l t . tire c««11cefi'>n tution which will admit t • the privilege of went to Minnehaha, aud also concluded to
Wasco County.
of Claims against th«- Fc-leral an-l State Govern suffrage the th'iisacd« <,f r citizens who were pa«s under the falls.
¡Disappointment fired a salute to day in honor
ments, the Entry of Lan«ls tin hr the P it einpti.vn
lie had scarcely got under the rock, when [of the late ex President Pierce.
and Hu tn as tea I Laws, and t> the Entry M Mineral not permitted to participate in the late elec-
[Mountaineer, Dec. 28,]
28.]
a
startling
-right m^t his eye. A huge ic-ide,
Lodes under the recent .V t <>t Congress.
i.'ii. Hereafter every male citizen who is
Benton County.
We saw at French A Co.’s yesterday about
n : convicted of felony, is a rater, and < ur perhaps weighing two or three hundred
[Mercury December 29th.]
a peck of as beautiful gold dust as we have
KAilLEB,
ipp* nenfs will go into p >wer on the pledge pounds, loosened bi* tlie thaw, had severed
The Mercury continues its able ventilation seen for many a dav, and we regret exceed
that the disabilities impo-cl by the Four it« connection with th? roof above and had <»f the misdeeds of the P. T. Co., Woods,
ingly that our Mint could not have had the
teenth Amendment shall he promptly remov fallen upon Mr. ZimuiCftffitn, crushing him May. McPatton id omne genus. “Good on its
chance to coin it.
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JACKSONVILLE, OREGON,
ed. While we did not credit the good faith down and leaving Idin insensible beneath it. llicad.” Col. Cornelius is circulating a peti
- Mammoth hogs can be wen at the Dalle«
of this pledge, it will afford us gratification Mr. Haines quickly «prang forward and rolled tion asking a subsidy in aid of tho West-side
Will practice in the Supreme Court, District, and
City Market—two of the largest that has
to be assured of its performance. Moreover, the icicle off into the falls, and then, calling R. R. Real esrate is rising in Corvallis. On
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other Courts of this State.
ever been butchered this side of tho Cascade
OFFICE—In bailding formerly occupied by 0. there is pleasure in the knowledge that we for assistance, began the work of restoring ¡St. Johns Day the officers of Blue Lodge, F.
mountains, weighing dressed about ^50
Jhcohs—opposite Court House square.
He was almost X- A. M., were publicly installed, after which
have at last tom-bed bottom ; and with the the unconscious artist.
pounds.
right of self government once more recognized, fr >zen and entirely insensible, He was car- was a supper and ball: Hon. John Barnett
Dr. L. T. DAVIS,
Rev. Gustavus Hines delivered a lecture
we have secured a standpoint from which we ried to the public house near by. and proper delivered th© address. J. Smith, Al. Igo
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Office—’On. Tino street can in future successfully fight the battles restoratives administered, which soon restored
on the discovery and early history of the
and A. Donnelly were up before the Recorder
valley of the Columbia, (Tuesday) even-
of
freedom.
A
Radical
State
administration
him
to
consciousness.
for resisting the City Marshal in the dis great
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Opposite t he Ohl
will unquestionably prove a serious affliction,
He states that whilst admiring the beauty charge of his duty,, A. Dunham, while torn ing at the Methodist Church.
A rkansas L ivery S table , hut with the prospective advantages referred of the falls and the peculiar formation of the porarily insane from bad whiskey, shot him The masquerade and fancy dress ball given
by Jolm Wijliams at M<x>dy’s Hall, on Mon
to, it will be infinitely preferable to the ili- ice, something struck him upon the head, self dangerously with a derringer.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
day evening last, was a great success.
iquities of the Ames administration.
and that was the last i-e knew about it. He
Published Every Saturday Morning',
pusinrss Carbs
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Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law,
Attorney and Counsdlor-at-Lau,
E. II. GREENMAN,
cfcj
Surgoon,
Anecdote of Gen Longstreet.
OFFIÇE—Çorner of California and Fifth
On one occasion, during the period when
a
street«, JaekoonvillA. Oregon.
battles were fought around Richmond, one of
ill practice in Jackson and adjacent coun-
the Confederate batteries happened topass an
ies, ar.d attend promptly to pr<»te.«.«iomil calls.
upset sutler’s wagon. Two or three gunners,
DB. A. B. OV EKHECk
in rummaging through it, found a keg of
'ILL PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SUR ¡tiger beer, which they quickly hoisted up in
GERY, and will attend promptly to all calls front of tile limber of one of the guns. The
£>n professional business. His office aud residence
captain, riding at the head of the battery,
are at
T)ie Overbeck Hospital,
had not the heart to order it to be taken off,
l-tf
On Oregon Street, Jacksonville, Oregon.
it being such a luxury in that dreadful dry
country ; and bo it proceeded safely along for
JAMES D. EAV,
a couple of miles, anxiously guarded by the
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thirsty captors. Suddenly the company was
startled by a deep voice thundering out,
California Street, in building formerly occupied by ‘-‘Captain G------ . halt that battery
which
Dr. E. 11. Greeuiu&n.
was done jnBtanter. for General Longstreet
Will jiractice in the Supreme and other Courts
and staff were along-side. “Wliat have you
of this State.
got on that piece, sir ?” demanded the Gen
Particular attention paid to the collection eral. “Langer beer, sir,” answered the as
of Claims against the Federal ami State Govern
jnents, the Entiy of Lands under the Pre-emption tininded ami corrvieted enptain; “What in
Cid liomaatead Laws, and to the Entry of Mineral ---------- do you mean, sir?” roared out the
odes under the recent Act of Congress.
1 tf.
General, “loading up your gun on the march,
Attorney à Connsellor-at-Law,
& l?o Sa
of the enemy, with a keg of lager
iifa Wap in beer tlie ? face
-and,, added he subsiding a little, and
PHYSICIAN&SURGEON »
H aving
established my telgrapii -
ic headquarters at Jacksonville, I will spend
a U-ge portion Of my time in your midst, and
will attend to such surgical practice as may pre
sent, giving especial attention to tho surgical
treatment of female maladies.
October 9th, 1869.
oet9-3m.
feeling for his tin cup, and without any spigot
in it!" A roar of laughter followed the ter
rible wrath of the General. A gimlet was
quickly produced ; in a minute Ue had drank
off a foaming pint to the health of the gallant
company, and was off like a streak, amid the
cheers of the men, his staff stringing after
him like a commet's tail.
thinks be must have been insensible over a
half hour. His head, neck and shoulders,
and also one limb, wore found to be badly
bro'sed. but fortunately no liones were bro
ken. He ha<l so far recovered that he came
home in tho evening train, but could scarcely
walk, and was suffering considerable pain.
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• A M istake .—The Wjllamitto Valley pa-,
[From the Capital Chronicle, Dee. 22.]
T he B i rmester -M orfobd C ase .— We bare pers are reporting the death a£ Capt. X.
two special correspondents at. Idaho Citv to Haun. This is «'mistake, Mr Haun ie as
report to us the proceedings of this case but[ good a spicimen of a lire man as can be found
— Ensign. t
they inform us |bat the Court is not willing iu Oregon.
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to have them published at present. This we
believe to be right, as there is a bare possi
His escape was marvellous, for the rock un
bility of another trial. We might fill our
der the fall is so slanting that it was strange
paper with rumors, bnt we do not choose to
that the great icicle did not precipitate lnm
do this. As soon ns practicable we shall’fur
down the rock into the water, where he
nish our readers with the entire proceedings.
would of course have drowned. -
W e have been permitted by a friend to
Visitors who go there in thitwing weather
¡copy the following extract froth a letter from
should be very careful, for any of these pen
Idaho City last evening:
,
dent icicles may drop off at any time.
“I am sorry to say that one of the jurors
was
called to the side of his wife's sick bed,
M rs . J ones .—Near the southern border of;
•' C rawled up .—An exchange gives the fol-
lowing: Once upon a time a gentleman
found in his hen-roost a simple minded soul of
the vicinage who lived withoat visible means
of support.
“What arc you doing here, you rascal?
Stealing my chickens” ?
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-• “No sir,” was the responêe , “I ain’t tho’t
t f
of doin’ nothing of the sort.”
It unfortunately happened that the simple-
minded, individual wore a high straw hat, of
this county, says the «Sullivan county (Indi this evening (Monday, G p m). and so stopped the dimensions ef a bee (live, aud the crown
ana) Union, a singular trial in a church took proceedings, and will delay the trial, don't
thereof was dilapidated to a. serious extent
place a short time ago, wbicli runs as fol
I know how long—it may break up the trial
Just as lie put in his denial, the head of a
lows: A minister had been absent for a few
entirely.
They would have got through
days on a spiritual tOur, and on returning
half grown pullet was seen to projLrude from
home late at night, found the family all in with tho testimony this evening if it had not
the aperture I
bed and sound asleep. He ate a bit ami been for this uufortunate occurrence. The
‘‘See there,” said the gentleman : “how
wenH<> lrd, >ut to his sarprise fojtnd, on defenso closed their testimony and the prose
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did that chicken get into your hat?*’
waking up in the irirhnin'g, that a strhnge
cution are having rebutting testimony. The
“Well,” exclaimed the simple minded in
woman was snoozing away at his side. (We
shall call the household Jones.) Mr. .Jones, defense—I think, and so do others more’eom- dividual, with an air of honest surprise and
not expecting Mr. Jones, passed the night at ! potent to judge—have mibdo out a weak case, embarrassment, “that is the stnwigest thing
«I a neighbors,
Mtn <»!!
and
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the IIOUOÜ
house £111,
girl, l»
not
”V Millinn|v|
thinking and if the jury do not hang they willjconvict. that ever happened to me, I suppose the
durn’d critter must have crawled up my trow-
any harm, got into Mr. and Mrs. Jones bed. ;
Bnrmestet was on the witness stand to-day,
sers leg!”
The story leaked out, and Mr. Jones was ar
raigoed before the church to account for his and I believe hurt his case. His manner was
To be C ontested .—The right of the widow
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of
the late A. D. RichaTdson to administer
was Mr.^Tones who was imbeds when the
We give the above for ’the benefit of the upon the estate of her husband is likely to be
girl was asked for an explanation on Iter part
1 public, refusing to divulge names. Sufficit to contested bv-the relatives of the deceaaftd.
(she being u member too,) replied, innocent-
ly, that she thought she was Mrs. Jones.— say, the above is good anthority. Here we The validity of tho death-bedr marriage will
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The trial was postponed for farther evidence- rest.
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