Polk County times., January 15, 1870, Image 1

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NO. 37.
DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870,
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THE POLK fOUXTY TIMES!
NEWS IN BRIEF.
— A country paper says that Brown*
low ’s health is better, but confidently
hopes that another winter in Washing*
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teruational Steamship Company, stating
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— One of the incidents o f the recent
Woman’s Suffrage Convention in W o r­
cester was decidedly amusing. The
Rev. .Morrill Richardson said he had
heard a good deal about the tyranny of
men. Just to gratify his curiosity, he
would ask those ladies iu the audience
who really regarded their husbands as
tyrants, to rise. Nine promptly com*
plied with the request.
—-The (¡rand Lodge o f Masons of
Texas, at its last session, called special
Legal teuderi taken at their current value.
attention to the articles in the Constitu
Blanks and J >b Work of every description
tion forbidding habitual drunkenness,
furnished at low rates on short notice.
swearing and gambling, and it has made
it the especial duty of the District De*
P R O F E S S IO X A L C A R D S . AC.
puty Grand Lecturers, in their visits,
J.%*. I c C A I I ,
j to inquire particularly into this thing,
a Lodge that permits her members
A tt’v X Coiin^t'llor-at-Lnw and
to practice them is to have its charter
D allas. Folk Coiiuty. Oregon.
arrested.
— There was a large meeting at the
Southern Hotel, St. Louis, on Jan. 7,
to consider the Capital removal question.
The chairman was authorized to appoint
two commissioners to visit Washington
and use their influence in getting the
removal question before Congress, and
especially to prevent further appropria-
tious for Government buildings at W ash­
ington.
Letters from Congressmen
were read, statiug that there is a Con­
gressional organization ir. Washington
which two weeks ago numbered nearly
eighty members, whose purpose is to
defeat appropriations generally, and agi­
tate the removal question.
— There is authority for saying that
the Postmaster General will, during the
present session o f Congress, recommend
legislation looking toward the adoption
of the Postal Telegraph system by the
Postoflice Department. Senator Ram­
sey, Chairman of the Postal Committee
o f the Senate, is a very warm advocate
o f this plau, and believes the day is not
far distant wheu the Government will
adopt it.
— Letters from Texas say that the
tide o f immigration now flowing into
that State is without a parallel. It
comes from many directions and is fill­
ing up various parts of the great State,
but the largest share o f the newcomers
go to the northern and northwestern
counties. They become grain farmers
and are greatly increasing both the pro­
Particular attention given to the study nnd ;
— A colored man in Texas went into
duct o f the region and the price o f
practice o f Criminal Lu»v, Cs>.lection of Claims,
a b!ack*mith shop with his ioat tail full
Notes, Accounts, etc.
lands.
He came out through the
OFFICE— First d mr north of Dallas Hotel. I o f powder.
— The papers tell o f a young woman
root.
in New York, moving in fashionable
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— The new Temperance party in New j
circles,
who is about to appear on the
! Hampshire is already divided into Rad
(A Graduate o f JeiTorson Medical College,
stage, adopting the theatrical profession
ieal and ( ’onseavative wings, and they
Philadelphia. Penn. )
to support her family, which has re­
cannot harmonize.
cently met with reverses.
F r o m a l o n g e x p e r i e n c e in t h e p r a c t i c e o f
— A Miss Lucy Leo advertises in a
M e d i c i n e a n d S u r g e r y , in ¡ill t h e i r v a r i o u s
— A Richmond correspondent says
B r a n c h e ? , u e h o o e s t o r e e e i v c a . 'l i a r e o t p u b l i c
Mississippi piper that she is “ o f good
that
the recent split in the Radical par­
patron age.
birth and education, and is willing to
O F F I C E — A t r e s i d e n c e , iti t h e h o u s e f o r m e r l y
ty in Virginia has caused a wide-spread
marry an editor, believing herself able
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o c c u p i e d by I>r. J e - s u p .
distrust among the negroes o f both
to support one.”
those classes of white men known as
LYCURuUS VINEYARD,
— Petitions are circulating in Indiana “ carpet-baggers”
and
“ scalawags.”
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tor signatures, praying Congress to re- They say they would sooner vote for
D a lla s, t »reg oli.
fuse to admit any Southern State or Gen. Wise than any o f them.
Will give special altention to the collection of Western Territory, unless the ('onstitu
— A t Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as
Claims, and all business entrusted to his care.
tion prohibits the sale o f intoxicating
the
gun for reveille and evening roll
REFERENCES— lion. John Burnett. Hons. '
liquors.
R. S. Strahan A Simpson, lion. A. J. Thayer.
call is fired each day, a dog belonging
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— Kx-President Davis makes his to the post, and known as “ Artillery
home in the South as
insurance Jack,” takes his position beside it, su­
is. r . s;o.\ 5s, ts .
agent; whereat K. A Pollard grows perintends the operation o f loading and
Pliytiiciaii and Surgeon, wrathful ami insists on his quitting the
firing with the most assiduous attention,
D a lla s , O r e g o n .
country. The Courier Journal settles and, when the match is applied, leaps
the matter thus: “ How would Pollard with a yelp through the smoke to
O FFICE— At Nichols' Drusr Store.
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like to submit the question to a vote of catch the ball, which he firmly believes
J AN. 1!. T I R A E B .
the people of* the South as to which o f has been discharged. This he eagerly
Att*y X ( om tM 'lloixil-L aw the two should quit— Jeff. Davis or hunts for around the parade ground,
himself.
and, when disappointed, runs hack to
D A L I .A S , D O N .
— Mrs. Henry W inks, o f Wiscassct the gun, looks into the muzzle, hangs
Special attention given to the Collection of j (M e.), who has lived with her husband his head, and walks away seeming puz­
claims, also the buying, selling and leasing of j
forty-seven years and is the mother of zled and disgusted, hut not hopless.
Real Estate, anti Conveyancing.
J u s tic e of the P e a c e for D a lla s P r e c in c t . twenty Minks, has just obtaiued a di­
— A Gentile youth, named Frank
OFFICE— 1 P o l k C oi stv T in ts building, | vorce from her lord on the free-love Phelps, who has been residing in Salt
Main street, opposite Court House.
ground that she has no affinity for him
Lake for several years, made such an
>V. 1). J E F F K I E S , M . D „
— They are organizing a female bar­ impression on the heart o f one of the
ber shop in Boston. Ten sylphs are girls of Brigham’s happy family, that
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rih I Surgeon,
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being put through a tuitionary course she was about to change her name to
E o l i , O re g o n .
o f lather for the opening. A sweet Phelps when the “ Destroying Angels”
Special attention given to Obstetrics nnd ; shave will cost twenty-fire cents, and a were commissioned to waylay and dcs-
Diseases of Women.
Iff
try him. which they attempted to do
seraphic shampoo half a dollar.
J . E . D A V I D S O N , M. I).,
one
night, but Frank showed good
— The amount realized from last
P hysician «rad * urge oil, year's cotton crop was 8153,000,000. pluck, shot one dead and put four to
It is roughly estimated from the incom flight. The Mormons say the dead
f Independence, O gn.
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plete returns of this year’s crops, that man had committed suicide, hut Frank
the exports o f cotton alone will foot up says he did the job himself. It is to
T. V. il. KiiilirecT
hoped the day o f Destroying angels is
8200,000,000, in 1870.
P I IV N IC IA A X
EO A
— A Glasgow engineer has invented about over.
AM ITY, Y A M llIL L CO., OREGON.
— The New York Legislature adopt­
an aerial steam machine, which has been
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experimented with very successfully. ed Mr. Tweed’s resolution repealing the
1 F & ' Office at residence.
Idyl
adopting the
Fifteenth
It moves with wings, and is intended resolution
BOA HAITI A L A \ Y * 0 \ , | to rise into the air after a short race on Amendment, on Jan. 5. The vote was
Attorneys fe Counsellors-at-Law, terra firma, drawing behind it the tank 1G to 13 iu the Senate, and 65 to 56 in
carriage. It is to be o f 120-horse pow­ the Assembly.
SALEM , OREGON.
— The Tribune Washington corres­
er, and is to weigh 8,000 pounds, com­
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
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plete. The tender is to carry ten hours pondent says Mungen claims that he
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supply o f water; and with this tender was betrayed into his repudiating
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, and three cars the maehine is intended speech with the promised support o f a
number o f prominent Democrats. It is
to make fifty six miles per hour.
SALEM , OREGON,
— A letter from Boulder City, Color­ a well known fact that at least four well
Will practice in all the Courts o f Record and
Inferior Courts of this State.
ado, reports great excitement existing known Democratic members had pre­
OFFICE— In M atkinds A Co’s Brick, up among the laborers on account o f the pared speeches taking the same ground
.«fairs.
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proposed introduction o f Chinese labor as Mungen, and while Mungen was
in the mines. Joseph W olff who had readiog his remarks, they held a coun­
Hayden «V liv e r,
lately been writing for a newspaper in cil in one o f the cloak rooms and agreed
A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W , favor o f Chinese labor, was notified by to destroy their essays and join in the
the Vigilant committee last week to repudiation o f Mr. Mungen’s views.
Dallas, Oregon.
Att’y
CoiKiM'lloixil-Lau
write no more on the subject at the risk
of being hanged.
SULLIVAN & WHITSON,
— The New Y ork Times says that
not
a single vessel is building in the
Attorneys & Counsellors-at-Law,
great ship yards in and about that city.
Dallas, Oregon,
Six years ago, during the autumn, no
A\ ill praetièe in all the Courts o f the State. 1
less than thirty-two large ships were
building in the New York and Brooklyn
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Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. yards, each more than one thousand
tons burden. The cause of the decline
Dallas, Oregon.
of American ship building is in our tar­
Special attention given to Collections and to iff and paper currency, which has given
«natters pertaining to Real Estate.________ 1
the business into foreign hands.
O F F IC I IN THE COURT HOUSE.
J . A. A I'i'L K O A T K .
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J A S . MCCAIX.
A p p iccale A M cCain,
a t t o r n e y s - a t - l a w ,
D allas, Polk County, O gn.
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— It is considered certain that a
W orld’s Fair will be held in Washing­
ton in 1872. Congress, will favor it,
: and the Governors o f several States have
j written favoring it.
— W om en’s rights, says a Cincinnati
journal, flourish in that city, and by
way o f proof it asserts that early a few
mornings since three women were dis­
covered in tho act o f robbing a man,
whom they had thrown down upon the
pavement. W ith the accustomed im­
punity o f professionals, they escaped af­
ter the alarm had been given.
— A citizen o f Eden, V t., who now
resides in Minnesota, has written heme
lately, saying: “ I have raised this year
nine thousand bushels o f wheat and two
thousand bushels of oats, and have had
to go back on my stock to pay expenses
and taxes. W hile we arc in prosperity
and abundance o f grain we arc in the
midst o f poverty, as wheat has little
more than paid for the harvesting. The Indiana Democracy— Dan Voorhies
Pitches the Key Note o f the Coming
No. 1 wheat is only fifty five cents per
Campaign.
busliel, and during the fall the average
The Democratic Convention to non»
price has only been sixty-five cents.
— The Legislature o f Ohio met at inate delegates to the State Convention
Columbus on Jan. 3d. The Senate or­ met at Lafayette, Indiana, on Wedues-
ganized, electing E. T. Hall, Republi­ nesday, Dec. 1. Hon. John Pratt was
can, Clerk, and B. F. Churchill, Dem­ renominated for the Supreme Bench.
ocrat, Sergeant at-arms. The House After the business o f the Convention
partially organized, electing A. J. Cun­ was transacted, it adjourned to the Op
ningham,
Independent
Republican era House, and at two o’clock H o«. D.
from Hamilton county, Speaker, and W. Voorhies was introduced by Col.
Layman, Democrat, Clerk. Three In John S. Williams.
Mr. Voorhies spoke at length. He
dependent Republicans from Hamilton
discussed
the Fifteenth Amendment
county voted steadily with tho Demo­
He
crats, and Cunningham voted for him­ from a Democratic standpoint.
justified
the
Democratic
members
o
f
the
self.
Legislature iu resigning, and said the
— They have a man in jail in Mar­
attempt was made to crush out the
shall county, Mississippi, and don’ t
right o f the people to control the ques­
know how he got there or why he was
tion o f suffrage. The Republican par­
sent. What is worse, he won’t come
ty had pledged itself to respect this
out until the next Court apologizes for
right, but it had falsified it. Public
the mistake.
sentiment was defied by ihe Republi­
— A terrible affray occurred in John­ can leaders. The people o f this coun­
son county, Arkansas, lately. A plant­ try, he said, are ground down by taxa
er named Johnson had an altercation tion as no other country is taxed ; from
with three hands in a cottonfield, who the sweat of the brow o f labor is wrung
attacked him with knives. Johnson some four hundred millions o f revenue,
drew a knife to defend himself, killing which is used for corrupt and illegiti­
two of them instantly and mortally mate purposes. He doubted if the state
wounded the third. Johnson received ments o f the Treasury Department were
more than thirty wounds, but will re­ true. He did not believe the public
cover.
debt was being reduced. The Legal
— The great danger o f the country, Tender act was an act of repudiation,
according to the Marysville Appeal, at and if there was talk of repudiating the
the present time, is ‘ American laziness.’ national debt the Republicans opened
Americans are l&zy, but somehow an the way to it
He would pay the bond­
idea has got abroad that wealth comes holders in greenbacks, or in gold at the
more certainly from speculations, trade, coin value o f the debt at the time it was
and schemes, than from hard work, contracted. Not one-half o f the value
which is a mistake. Although large o f the bonds now held ever found its
fortunes are made in the way suggested, way into the United States Treasury.
labor piles up the riches o f the country, I f the holders were too exacting they
liven in ,San Francisco, the bulk of our might not get anything. The people
wealth i$ in the hands o f laboring men. might be driven to do that which is un
Probably half the banking capital o f just unless the hondholdsr is willing
the city is owned by mechanics and or­ to do justice. The funding bill pro­
dinary laborers. Our savings hanks posed by Senator Sherman is a scheme
are a demonstration o f this. The man to perpetuate the debt, and make it a
who. labors in California is by no means permanent and profitable investment
in a precarious coudition. Our troubles for capital. It would be but a repeti­
arise principally from too many persons tion o f the English system of finance.
desiring to. get rich without work. No one ever talks o f the debt o f Great
There are absolutely thousands in this Britain ever being paid. There the
city who had better go to work with poor toil to pay the interest, and the
their hands than try to live in the way wealthy nobleman receives the pro­
they do. And if they were to do this, ceeds. Our public debt, estimated at
the times would at once improve. La­ what was actually received by the Gov
bor— absolutely hard manual labor— is ernment, could be paid iu five or ten
the only means to success with tiine- years. He assailed the national bank­
tenths o f the population o f the world. ing system, but no new arrangement
— John Onion is the suggestive name was advanced
The speech is significant from the
of an Illinois editor. When he peels
fact
that it is supposed to be the key
himself and gets down heartily to his
work he must bring water to the eyes note of the coming campaign, Mr.
Voorhies said he intended to he a can­
o f his readers.
didate for Congress next fall.— Cincin­
— Washington dates to January 10th
nati Gazette.
furnish the following:
Morton has a hill to prohibit the
arming and equipping o f vessels for for­
eign service. This is intended particu­
larly for Spain.
Among the nominations by the Pre­
sident is that o f E. L. Applegate, for
Surveyor General o f Oregon.
The Senate has confirmed the nom­
ination o f L. Sawyer, as Judge of the
North Circuit.
The President sent in the treaty for
the lease o f Samana Bay and the an­
nexation o f San Domingo.
The V ice President submitted several
communications from the Cabinet Sec­
retaries in answer to resolutions o f the
Senate on various subjects, and from the
National Typographical Union, praying
for the favorable consideration o f the
postal telegraph bill, pending in the
H ouse; also various petitions for the
abolition o f the franking privelege, the
recognition o f the independence of Cu­
ba, etc.
A large number o f hills were intro­
duced, including one for the annexation
o f British Columbia, in the subjects for
negotiations with i ngland.
In the House a large number of bills
were introduced, the most important o f
which was a bill apportioning Repre­
sentatives to Congress, by P a io e :
Section one provides that after March
1, 1872, the House o f Representatives
shall consist o f three huedred mem­
bers. I f any State be reduced in num­
bers by this apportionment, such re­
duction shall not take effect in the for­
ty-second Congress, but its R epresent­
atives that come to Congress in exceiff
o f the number fixed by the apportion­
ment shall be addittonal to the three
hundred. I f the Representatives from
any State shall be increased hy the ap­
portionment, 6uch additional Repre­
sentatives shall be chosen by a vote at
large.
The remaining sections provide that
Virginia, Mississippi, Texas and Geor­
gia shall be included in the apportion­
ment ; and provide the details for car­
rying out the bill.
f ^ T e m p e r justice with mercy.
A G R E A T MAN.
George Lippard, in his new work,
called the Nazarine, thus speaks
of
President Jackson :
‘ •He was a man ! Well I remember
the day I waited on him. He sat there
in his arm chair— can see that old Wir-
rior face, with its snow-white hair, even
now. W e told him o f the public dis­
tress— the manufactures ruined — the
eagles shrouded with crape which were
borne at the head o f twenty thousand
men into Independence square. He
heard us all. W e begged him to leave
the deposits where they were; to up
hold the great bank in Philadelphia.
Still he did not say a word. A t last
one o f the members, more fiery than
the rest, intimated that if the bank was
crushed a rebellion might follow Then
the old man rose ; I can see him y e t :
“ Come,” he shouted in a voice of
thunder, as his clutched hand raised
above his white hairs, “ Come witn bay­
onets iu your hands instead of petitions ;
surround the White House with your
legions— I am ready for you a ll! With
the people at my back, whom your gold
can neither buy nor awe, l will swing
you up around the Capitol— each rebel
of you— on a gibbet high as Human !”
“ When I think,” says the author,,
“ o f that man standing there at Wash­
ington, battling with all the powers of
bank and panic combined, betrayed by
those whom he trusted, assailed by all
that the snake o f malice could hiss or
the fiend of falsehood howl— when I
think of that one man placing his back
against the rock and folding his arms
for the blow, while utteriug his vow, ‘ I
will not swerve an inch from the course
I have chosen V — I must confess that
the records of Greece and Rome— nay,
the proudest days p f Cromwell or Na
poleon— cannot furnish an instance of a
will like that o f Andrew Jackson, when
he placed life aud soul and fame on the
hazard of a die for the people’ s wellure.”
Jay-Sure way to stop
mouth. Kiss it.
a woman’s
o
A W E D D I N G IN C A N A D A .
The Port ifope Canadian says that a
couple residing in the rural districts,
not far from town, were engaged to be
married, and were “ called” three times
io one o f the town churches. Oo the
day appointed for the celebration of
the ceremony which was to “ make this
twain one flesh,” the happy couple came
to town ag-ayed
all the glory of new
store clothes, bringing with them a Iro-
ther o f the bridegroom, who was to o f­
ficiate as “ best man,” and who, the re­
sult proved, was fully entitled to that
character. Leaving the blushing dam­
sel ia charge o f his brother, the intend­
ed husband adjourned to a bar-room, to
get “ something hot” to cheer his spirits
under tlfe trying ordeal through which
he was to pass. Here he met some
friends, ahd amid the congratulations
wPh whiqh be was overwhelmed, par­
took o f more than was necessary for the -
purpose o f elevating his courage U< the
proper point, and soon became oblivious
to all sublunary matters, wedding party,
bride, prospective domestic bliss, and all.
After waiting a reasonable time for *fcis
appearance, his affianced and the rest o f
the party grew uneasy, and finally an
expedition was organized to go ia
search o f him. They discovered him
in the tavern in a comatose condition,
and reported that fact in the proper
quarter. The bride bore up bravely
under this trial, declaring that she did
not care a cent; he was a good-for-no­
thing druoken wretch and she was glad,
to get rid o f him. Moreover she was
not going to be humbugged that way
out o f getting a husband : she came to
town to be married and married she
was determined to be— to the first man
that would take her. Rather than see
the girl disappointed about a trifle like
that, the brother who had come to dU*
the “ best man” business volunteered to
be the victim himself The bargaia
was soon made, and off he started for a
license, returning in a short time, when
they were married and started for home,
leaving the other individual to euloy
his little spree as best he could. The
affair has created no little talk and much
merriment among those acquainted with
the facts, and the intended husband is
now having rather a rough time amoDg
the wags.
C o s t o f L o a f e r i s m . — Does the
young man who persists iu being a loaf­
er ever reflect how much less it would
cost to be a decent respectable man ?
Does be imagine that loaferism is more
economical than gentility? Anybody
can be a gentleman if he chooses to be,
without much cost, but it is expensive
being a loafer. It costs time in the
first place— days, weeks, months o f it—
in fact about all the time he has, for
no man can be a first class loafer with­
out devoting nearly his entire time to
it The occupation, well followed, hard­
ly affords time for eating, sleeping, or
dri— . we had almost said drinking, hot
on reflecting we will except that. The
loafer can find some to drink, when­
ever invited
It costs friends. Once
folly embarked on the sea o f loaferdoin
nnd you may bid farewell to every
friendly sail that floats under an honest
legitimate flag Your consorts will only
be *he buccaneers o f society. It costs
money, for though the loafer may not
earn a cent, or have one for months,
the time lost might have produced him
much money if devoted to industry in­
stead o f s!o*h. It costs health, vigor,
comfort— all the true pleasures o f liv­
ing. honor, dignity, and the respect o f
the world when living, nnd, finally, all
regret or consideration when dead. Be
a gentlemon ; it is far cheaper.
W e are credibly
informed o f a singular occurrence near
the classic hanks o f the Santiam. which
goes to show that “ the mills o f the gods
grind slow, but they grind exceeding
fine.”
A certain ladv. whilom o f this
place, but now o f the first mentioned lo*
cality. who has been in Oregon perhaps
a vear, had taken a great dislike to the
State and its folks and their ways. She
lost no opportunity of talking about
W ebfeet— the W ebfoot boys were un­
couth. the W ebfoot girls awkward, and
she thought had webs on their feet, and
there was no end to the merriment
which this unfortunate word excited
in the good lady’s mind. But the day
of reckoning was com ing; an interest­
ing season approached ; the house o f
her lord was strengthened by the arriv­
al of another scion ; but, on inspection,
the boy’s feet were found to be fur­
nished with webs between his toes clear
to the ends! He tens a Wehfootf This
fact is vouched for by a good witness,
and is a strange coincidence between a
hunts natural and a queer fancy o f a
very funny parsonage.— Statesman.
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