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About Polk County times. (Dallas, Or.) 1869-1??? | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1869)
K. ' I mm might be made to produce wheat, bar Imod in the county, with a college at — A fern de prize fight is the la’ est ley. oats, and the different varieties of Monmouth, another at Bethel, and a sensation in St Louis. They were per Our aims are at 1 too bigh ; we try small grail), and is also adapted to the flourishing academy at Dallas. There mitred to bite, scratch and pout'd each la laaaed Every Saturday Afternoon at To gain the nmniit at a bound, t Wben «e should reach it step by step, growth of different kinds of vegetables, are good opportunitiec for religious other until one o f them became insen Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. A: il H mb (be ladder round by round. also apples, pears, plums, cherries, worship in almost every neighborhood sible. Ho « in would e.'imb the bright sublime, quinces, grapes, and small traits ; while — nearly every denomination o f Chris — Thero has been a terrible disaster Or breathe liie pure a r o ‘. life, F. R. SHIRT, EDITOR AM PROPRIETOR. the peach, and Indian corn, can be cul tians as found in the liuion, being rep on the Erie Railroad, o f which the dis- Must not expect ID rise in ease, Cut I joe himself for toil or strife. tivated soeeessfully in many localities, resented in the county. pitches give very ambiguous accounts O FFICE—Northeast corner of Main and with proper care. Dallas, the county scat, is situated on Oak streets, fronting Academy Block. Itvvould seetn that two trains co lid<*d Wo > .oil’ d not in our blindness seek The following information was fur the La Creole (llickreal) river, and is and that the cars subsequently took fire, Toe'.i^p aloi e for crand and great, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. l»i-dai lint; every smaller good. nisbed the Committee through the col a flourishing little inland town, noted destroying many lives. Form idea make the agg-eg.KO. umss o f the Folk County Signal: for its enterprise and cc/himereial pros 8IX4JLE C0JPI8B— One Year. $3 00; Six And it a cloud shou’ d bover o’er — Richmond dates to 21st inst. says Month-. | •; T kiw Montba, $1 tiu. The public buildings of the county perity. There are other thriving little Our weary pathway like a pall, that official returns show that th** vote Remember t»od pounds il there, CLUB'S will be supplied at the following consist of a new court house and jail, towns with post-offices and stores, among for Walker is 20,000 short of the white And His good purpose rei^us o’er all. rate«: — Five t'opie*, one year, $13 7 i; Ten which, with the outbuildiugs, cost about which wc liny mention Buena Vista, Copies. one year. $2j 00, and for any greater registration, and that o f Wells 8,000 where large quantities o f earthernware $13,250. Life si ould be luT of earnest work, number at SO per anuuui. short of the colored registration, 'lhe Our beur:> undashed bv ¡or:jue * frown; The average price of improved farm are manufactured. There are also .Vabeeriptun mu*t be paid ttrictl}y in advance. ohjectional clauses o f the Constitution Lot pe’-severance conquer fa o. ing land is about ten dollars \cr acre; Grand Kotide, Lawn Arbor, Luckia- And tuei it so e toe \ iotor's crown. were defeated by 30.000. There ap ADVERTISING RATES. unimproved, three. The base of the mute. Salt Creek, Bridgeport, Bethel, Tbe ».I i ' c is not to the sirong. pears to be an entirely new revolution 1 i o race not always to the lleet; soil is clay, with a mixture o f sand, Lincoln, K’ na, Monmouth, Indepen O n e square 10 line« or leas), first iusert’n, 53 00 in politics, as only six members elected An i 1 ■<• who neks to pluik the stars, dSacb subsequent insertion......................... 1 00 oxide of iron, lime, and other valuable dence, and Kola. Some o f these towns \\ i . lose the jewel» ai bis loot. to the Legislature have ever been there A liberal deduction will be made to quar ingredients, in varying quantities, aud have good warehouses, and are comet) before. terly and yearly advertisers. rendering the greater portion well adap ient shipping points along tbe Wiliam — l h e new French Trans-Atlantic Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 P O L K C O U N T Y , OREC ted to agricultural and horticultural ette river. per annum. cable has been successfully laid. purposes. The greatest part of the Transient advertisements must be paid for From “ Statistics of the State of 0 — The gauge throughout the entire land in this county that is not well lo N E W S IN E R IE F . A. J. D i n n. in advance to insure putdica'ion. All other Missouri Fsioifie railroad, for a distance cated fur agriculture is as good as can Advertising bills must be paid quarterly. — On the next monthly showing there of three hundred miles, was chanced This county, situated on the west pt, j()Um} for raising horses, hogs, sheep Legal tenders taken at their current value. will be a reduction o f the public debt between tho hours of 4 and 8 o’clock bank o f the Willamette river, opposite aotj catt|c . Upon the mountains, and Blanks and Job Work of every description i of about 85,000,000. I*. M. on the 18th. It is said to be the Marion county, and bounded ou the along the streams, there is plenty o f fir. furnished at low rates on short notice. greatest day’s work of a similar charac north by 4 anthill, south by Fenton and oaj^ U1 qde, ash, and alder, and other — The vote o f the Methodist church west by Tillamook counties, has a popu- valuable timber well adapted for farm- es on lay delegation as far as received, ter ever done. Polk County Official Directory. lation of about 5,050 inhabitants, and building, and general lumbering show a very large majority in favor of — Poytt is the name of one o f the Par fV Polk county covers an area of about, 1,200 contains as tine grain, gras- and grazing purposes, On the low hills is much un me urns it, and it is predicted that it will be isian daily papers. Don't Pay is the square miles. Number of voters, 1,227. Acres lands, as are to be found in the State. valuable oak timber; and far up in the fully five to one. name o f a great many in this country. <>f land under cultivation, i*3 270. Value of Lying immediately east o f tin* Coast mountains there is fine cedar, yew, and assessable property, $}.234,j2'J. The Land — At) Omaha special says General — A tornado swept over a portion of There are not many lumber Olfiee for tlii' Distri-t is lis ated ut Oregon !! mge. and io the heart of the \\ ¡Ham- imuilock. Clay and Lafayette counties Missouri, Auger has received dispatches from City— Owen Wade, Register ; Henry Warren, etto \ dley, l>cr fertile soil and beau’ i- j j|);, n,|||s and workshops for converting Gen. (birr, with the expedition ou tin- last week, doing immense damage — Receiver. fill rolling prairies, her numerous vailoxs t|,js ti in ber into lumber and machinery, Kepublicau river, to the 11th inst. A Dwellings and business houses were de f'otn in ttmioH* Cot * tv O ekiceks . F., r -urrounded by hills covered by a luxn tj1(.re arc. ,„;,ny excellent and vaUi Diee, K. T j U iu : Jn dae% J. L. Culling; large village of Cheyennes was taken molished, and unroofed, etc. The corn J. W. Smith : ( ’terl, J. I Thomp- >n : .I« i nit and nutritious growth of bunch able sitesfor erecting mills and machine by surprise and fifty warriors, comwau and wheat fields, orchards and fences II. Davis; T rfin rer, R. M. .May: School Su orass aud wild clover, known only to shops not vet improved, and some en- ded by Tall Bull, were taken. Seven throughout the eouniry were seriou-ly perintendent J. If. M jcr: Surveyor,S. T. Burch: particu ir localities in Oregon aud Cal- , I j tireiy unclaimed. The water is pure, Coroner, C. D. Embreo. teen women and children were captured, damaged. Houses were torn to pieces. iiornia, with various kinds of U!iCfui j a„(j nearly everywhereahuudaut. Some l T e r m s o k C o k r t . — C i r c u i t Court. R . R . Ib i>c among them Tall Bull’s wife and d *ugh- In Clay county the storm was terrible. Judge, convvuos in Dallas on tbeith Monday in i i in her more than suffieient to supply ptnuers ji:tVC water stock from wells, 1 ter. The warriors held two white wo The wheat, corn and the fruit trees and April and .Id Monday in November. Count a t c* de:i and for all agricultural, mechun- ! hut most o f them have springs or men. captured ou the Saline river, us I forest trees and fences went down be Court convenes on tbe 1st Monday in cuoh iual and m inufaeturiug purposes, with streams. month. prisoners. They murdered one, name fore it. The country on its liuc of For milling and mechanical purposes, unknown, and attempted to murder an- march is io ruins. N o t a r i e s P ru n e .— T. Pearce, Eola : W. W. a genial climate, pure water and pro- Boone. Independence: J. 1.. Collins, Dallas; ductivt soil. Polk county hold- ou’ Ti- the water privileges o f this county are iitlicr by the name o f Maria Weigel. II. N. George, Buena Vi»tu. — A newly married couple went to bed due« tin tits to industry and enterprise valuable and extensive, 1 here is hut 8 he will probably recover. The lodi P ost O kku k T ow ns .— Iletbel. Bridgeport, which tend to make a community pros in a house o > Third street, in St.Joseph, little liability to d image from overflow. ans were so completely surprised that Bucua Vista, Dallas (county seat). Eo!a,(>raud on tlie night of- the 9th iust.. aud awoke perous. wealthy aud permanent] v tdess A few hums along the Willamette river they were unable to carry off a single Rondo, Independence, Lcukiitmute, Lincoln. in the morning to fiud every stitch of The face o f the country in this are liable to inundation, and there i- Lewisville, Monmouth, Rieiireal, Suit Creek ed. package. They left most o f their sad and Zeua. their clothing gone, together with four county is diversified and hilly, inter- hut a small portion of the land in this dles and provisions. Carr captured 150 dollars in money, the sum total of the U. 8. M ail leaves Dallas forSaleiuon Mon -per.-ed with numerous small pr dries, county that is inundated every year horses and mules, 8 lodges, 80 rifles day, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a. in . return bride groom’s cash. The happy couple iug same davs at ti p. m.: for Independence, or what might be more properly called F resh ets never occur in the spring or mil pistols, aud a number of camp are in trouble now. valleys of an alluvial deposit uud uuu • each Tuesday luoruing at <>; f r Salt Creek, summer in this county. equipages. • each Tuesday at I p m : for Lafayette, M >n- sual fertility. — There is a great flood now in the The Willamette river flows along the dav and Thursday at 3 p. m . returning Wod- — The cotton crop, from all accounts, A ’ hough there is not that vast ex Mi-sissippi river. Several houses have entire eastern border o f the county, nesay mid Saturday at 10 a. m.: for Corvallis, wi 1 reach or closely approach three been carried off. • Wednesday and Saturday at to a. rn , returning tent of broad prairie it. this county that from south to north. The Yamhill, Monday and Thursday at 3 p. m. gives so striking a feature to many of the Kickreal, and Luckiutnute flow million bales. — Owing to the prevalence o f cholera the great grain growing districts o f the through the county from west to east. — A new weekly paper, to be called and yeilow fever, hostilities are at an P R O F E S S IO N A L CA lì US. wist, stid the farmer from Indiana, Illi These streams, with their numerous the Anti Prohibitionist, is about to he end, for the present, in Cuba. nois, Iowa and Wi-oonsin would look tributaries o f fresh water from the established iu Bostou by the liquor — Baron Rothehild’s estate has been » . I). J C F F H I E S , M . I»., with astoni-liment and delight at the : p oaj,t R allge mountains, on the west. tr..dc. settled, aud amounts to «349,990,900 & Physician and Surgeon, beautMul fields of wheat, yielding from 8np(,jy every part of the county with --Governor Reed, of Florida, has it) gold. tw. nty to forty, and in m my instauces Watoraod plenty of i t ; and where i-siied his proclamation ordering an llo la , O regon . — A young lady in New Orleans im as high as sixty bushels to the acre, tree i ¡s ,,ot ou top uf the ground, it may election on the 2d day o f November, Special attention given to Obi tetri eg »ml from all those imperfections and diseases jJC ,*ol ^ur a feet below its surface, to take the senseof the people o f West agines herself a great statesman, and D is ci* »«* * nl Women. ltf that, for the past few years, hard prov. | 'pj)e temperature of this county is Florida on the question o f annexing annoys her family greatly by dressing in male garments and making harangues J . E . D A V ID S O N , > 1 .1 )., ed so injurious to that department of n)||j Fahrenheit’s thermometer, we that portion to the State to Alabama. from the front balcony whenever she in the older States, at d fur- , jM,|jeve never falls below zero, nor rises — It is proposed by the Cabinet to can elude their watch over her. Physician and Surgeon, industry wished an article of flour which c m he 1U()re tjnn „ ¡ nc,y degrees in the inh ib solve the Cuban question, by the Cu In d e p e n d e n ce , O gu . j produced only from the wheat of Ore — The St. Louis Democrat o f June ited parts of the county, and it is very bans purchasing Cuba, and the United gon. 30th says that 810,999 have been offer S R. JE SSU P , M. I)„ rare that either o f these extremes are States endorsing tho bonds for tho pur The industrious, thrifty husbandman, ed as a reward for the head o f Sam chase money. P h y s i c i a n a n d S u r g e o n , from the frosty c imate, bleak hills and reached. Hildebrand, the boldest desperado of The general health o f the county is Dalla», Oregon. — Rumors are rife of the annexation sterile soil of happy New England, <r(, modern times, who is said to have mur There is some little billions fever of Sau Domingo to the United States. dered some eighty persons. although at first almost shuddering with OFFICE— At reiidcnce, on Jefferson street and ague at times aloug the Widauiette • opposite Academy Block. 1 horror at the supposed improvidence of river. — It is reported that President Grunt — llou. Alexander II. Stephens is the farmers o f Oregon,it* allowiug finer is about to issue a proclamation of neu reported to have entirely recovered. As to professional men, we have too n O A H VTI & heads of grain than ever before greeted many of them now. To tradesmen, trality as to Spain and Cuba. — Thomas D. Carr, who was last the New Englander’s view to he hur mechanics and men of all kinds oi in --T h e Terre Haute (Ind.) Journal week found gniltv o f murdering a girl A t t o r n e y s & Counsellors- a t-L a w , vested by the hogs, would rub his hands ([lWria| pursuits, we say, come and see. sa^s there is talk o f new wheat engage who refused to marry him, at Harveys SALEM , OREGON. with delight at the thought o f the im- ,ilere are g()0d openings for all. The ments at 75 cents per bushel. burg, in Clermont county, Ohio, has OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. 1 mense fortune that could he realized tueilitica for immigrants and new set- — Over one thousand Chinamen are been sentenced to be hung on the 20th from the wool, beef, pork, butter and ,|eri, t0 0btaiu grain and seeds of all now employed as laborers, building a o f August. € . G . I T R I j , cheese, at so many cents and a-sixtuenth ki|l(1„ f<irillin,r implements, mechanics’ railroad from Memphis, Teuuessee, to — National Bank stock, according to Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. per pound, that could be so easily pro- t(,0|s> ppovVsi6n«, clothing and groceries, Selma, Alabama. a recent unanatnous opinion o f the Su duced from these green hills and fertile are asin most o f the old States, SALEM , OREGON, — It is reported in New York that preme Court of Iowa, can he taxed, Will practice in all tbe Court« of Record and valleys of Oregon, capable o f eulnva- MercilaIltg iim] traders, at convenient Col. Ryan and u large body of men under a law of the State to that effect. Inferior Courts of this State. tion for many a montl^ while his own jut8 al, over the State, keep all these, eluded the authorities, aud are now ou OFFICE—In Watkinds A Co’s Brick, up native land is covered with frost and arlic|es lur sa|e> at reasonable prices — It is said that the bodies of the stairs. 1 their way to Cuba to assist the Cubans soldiers killed in the memorable Fort 8now- „ , The principal market for the produce of The immigrant from the sunny South, | tl,H CoUMt ig p orl|and. — The Cholera has made its appear- Kearny massacre have been found to ■ l.itritu A liv e r , an e in Hoboken, Jersey City anil New be petrified although not at first particularly struck Wc traDsiport hy t|ie Willamette riv- The victims o f that affair A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W , with the fertility of the soil, as he he 1 cr an(j b wa,roUd a distance of from York. numbered eighty-one, aud were buried holds . , , - the l . i luxuriant - - - - - i ttnt field* o f grain, j fifty to wi hty" niiles \ye have lour * D a lla s, O reg on . — The Internal Revenue Comm is- iti hexes, each box containing eight grass, fruit and veg' getahles, blending so ; d fluUri , lllills an(j nine saw mills si ner has decided that second hand bodies. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. 1 manifestly the productiveness o f the iu this cnuiity, with a woolen factory articles purchased, repaired aud sold by — A young lady o f Jefferson, Ohio, South with the healthy, invigorating at Eilcnd ilc. S U L L I V A N & WHITSON, tit** manufacturers must pay the same mistook a bottle of violet ink for per climate of the North; would, in our fer The miueral resources o f this county ta: us the new. fumery, in the darkness the other cve- A t f t f f M f l fc Counsellors-at-Law, tile valleys, smiling in almost perpetual are still undeveloped. Gold, silver, — A letter just received from Chief n*Dro an(^ Put some upon her handk* r D a lla s , O re g o n , green beneath the shadow of mountains copper, iron, and lead have been dis Jt stice Chase gives flattering accounts chief, which she used to wipe her face, W dl practice in all tbe Court.« of the State. 1 covered with snow, find a land where covered in small quantities in thiscoun- of the improved condition of South and, hastening to church immediately the northern lily blooms in its purity in ty, but nothing of the kind that would Carolina. He s»ys the people are fust after, she created an immense sensation. J , L. C O L L I*», the generous shadow of the southern pay. We have some fine saline springs reioperating from the effects o f the — Fresh butter sells at Soguin, Texas, A t t o r n e y atfd C o u n s e llo r-a t-L a w , rose. which would be very valuable if prop war, and, if permitted, would soon be for ten cents a pound, and eggs at five Folk county, with an area of 800,000 erly improved and managed, but as yet D allas O reg on . thiivingand prosperous. cents a dozen. acres, has about. 95.000 under cultiva nothing of consequence has been done — A grand daughter o f Daniel Web- Special attention fivon to Collections and to tion, and an assessable property o f 81,- — A storm in Iowa carried lour thou in the manufacture of salt. matters pertaining to Real Estate.________ * ettr was married at Westfield last w ?eek. sand feet.of lumber a distance o f about, 234 529, being an increase o f 8201,350 There is some vacant Government J A S . U. T l ' UNi.it. — Georgia is harvesting its wheat—- three miles, tearing the boards to bits within the last two years. Although ).m(j in tl)H coun,yt t,ut very little of LTCIIMM via 8 TAHl> as they flew through the air. this county has numerous good ware- vajue f or agricultural purposes. Some oDi o f the finest crops for years. tinHjar<ATur»fr, houses and landings for river steamers o f ¡t js valuable lor stock raising, hut — The general government has just — A soi o f the late General Albert A TT O R A EliS - A T - L A W , j along the Willamette river the entire thft most 0p ¡t ¡s C0Vered with heavy Silney Johuson is a pupil at Gen. Lee’s allowed a war claim of tho State of D a lla * . O r e g o n . | length of its eastern boundary, still jjmber, and only fit for lumbering ; gen Ci liege. Iowa, amounting to 8229,827. OFFICE— On Main »trect, one door north of Folk is decidedly agricultural, and may crajiy ilal)(iy t0 water privileges — 1 he ceremony of opening the Suez — Hon. John C. Brcckenridge is to the Dalla« HotÜ. _____ _ be set down as one o f the substantial por p()Wer |lU1p0ses. canal wifi occur November 17th. be the orator iu the forthcoming Boone J A S . MCCAIN. J . A. A KM-Eli ATE. farming counties of the State. qq,e advantages for schooling and I Centennial. — So many ¿senators have gone to While this county has not one eighth meetings of religious worship in this A p p l e g a t e A .U c C a in . — Judge Parrott, o f Georgia,who was Europe that it is proposed to hold a of its area under cultivation, it is com** C0Ullty are ,,ooc[.r Districts for common A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W , puted that nine-tenths are susceptible . Bokuois aro QrgaQized in every ueighbor- veieutly killed i»y the newspapers and session there this Summer, and discuss “ t . K. K . / ' is out in a card denying it. the Alabama question. o f settlement, and at least four-fifths TilE POLK TIMES D a lla s , P o lk C ou n ty , O g u , I ASPIRATIONS. — A young lady o f Logan county* Ky., advertises for ‘ scaled proposals fur her hand and heart." — The there are that city, grains of St. Louis Time» says that about 3,000 opium eaters in and that they consume 13,320 morphine daily. — The whole world on the first o f last January had 109,177 miles o f rail way in operation— and a few yenrsr hounded hy.existing lives, comprise tho history o f this extraordinary develop ment o f the means of inter-communi cation. The apportionment of com pleted railroads is greatly in favor of the United States, and illustrates the readiness of our people to seize ami use, in their utmost extent, all the means of national progress. — Nearly 1.000 men are employed’ on the St. Paul and Pacific Railway, some of whom have been at work on Union Pacific road. Cars are already running sixty miles west of St. Paul,, and the ties are out for ninety miles- lurther. The track is going down at the rate o f half a mile a day. It is expected that 169 mile» o f the road will be completed before tho snow flies. — A diamond ring which has beeiw lost since the fall o f 1823, was fouud in a well at Oswego a few days ago. The well was being cleaned, a process which it had undergone several times since the loss o f the ring. Forty-six years this jewel lay at the bottom o f the well, and it came out as brigfjt and pure as the day it sunk The grand daughter o f the lady who lost the ring is now its owner aud wearer. — The statistical Record o f the Gov ernment Bureau, says the New York Times, .-hows that in thirteen years* ending with 1868, over 2 , 500,000 E u ropeans emigrated to this country, the greater number coming from the Brit ish Isles— as is still the case. Great- us is tho German influx, it is surpassed by that o f the English speaking popu lation. which in this year, up to the present month, amounts to over 54,000 heads, while the German only reaches 47,009 With respect to those set down as coming from England— over 90,090 this year— it is beyond a doubt that great numbers o f them arcvlrish. who came away from the port o f Liv erpool. The persistence o f the Irish exodus is a very remarkable thing, eon- sidering that it proceeds from a popu lation not much larger than that o£ New York State. — A painful catastrophe has occurred in New York. A beautiful damsel, with all the charms o f maidenhood, un fortunately had black hair. Female vanity and Niblo’s Th<*atn; taught her that blonde would more attractive* so she rushed to the dve pot. The ar~ tist was engaged for 8100. half in ad vance. One sidt o f the turbulent dark hair smoothed into golden ripples, when the hair dresser, to increase his profit, resorted to inferior drugs The effrefc was disastrous. Purple, and streaked, and gray and burned, and. indeed, ut terly ruinous was the last hulf o f the professor’s work. There remained for the broken-hearted semi blonde oidy the poor consolation o f suing for dam ages. B ay A newspaper is not the wisdom o f i»ne man or o f two men : it is tbe wisdom o f the age, and past ages too. A family without a newspaper is always behind the times in general information; besides they can never think nor find much to talk about. And then there are the little ones growinir up without any taste for reading. Who then.would be without a newspaper— and who would read one particularly without paying for it ? I tch P reventive — Lewis Muller, Three Rivers, Mich., says a teaspoonlul o f sulphur inclosed io a cotton bag and suspended by a strioc from the neck of a person so that it may hang at tbe pit o f the stomach, will prevent taking the itch, if the person wearing it i* with scores afflicted with it daily. He hap tried it lor thirty years. A P a t r i a r c h — There is a m«n in Ohio who is one hundred and aix years old. whose eldest child is eighty years old, who-e youngest is six months old and still mewling io its nurse*« arms ! The man who becomes a father st t h e age of one hundred and six years, is a Patriarch of the Pptriarchs. BrsnrKRS M en . worn by core and sedentary habit«, often sttflVr ^fom eon«tipatt(*n o f tho bowel«, until the evil cnn?equencc* of aueh a condition nre realiz-d in extreme debility, tier- vouKou^s nod prostration of the vital eneraiea of the «jstem ; and it may be «afely »««cried that a authority o f tbe female «ex i m l i ’ tlt bet tor than invalid«, from tho ««me CM«e ; hqt by cimplv usinz Dr. Walker’s 1 m s t a h i V ise - o a r B i tters , this natural apeiient and tonic brings back the vigor aud buoyancy of health. \