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-<#* ®fc* gRetUj golk fimmtg ¿Signal. U A L ..« i .e I t I8SUKD EVERY MONDAY MORNING. J. H. UPTON^ Publisher. T i r m i » O n « y «»r, $3 0 0 ; I SO I thr— month«, $100. six C months. T X B X S FOE CLUBS: F lvo oopios, ono year, $13 75 ; Ten copie« M n year, $2$ 00, and for any greater number nt$S SO per annum. u t t i i DALLAS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1808. VOL. I. Smbeeription must be paid strictly in advance. m ’r NEW C O L U M B I A N d epartm en t of HOTEL. U N Main St.9 Corvallis, Oregon. E. S. A ltr e e , s : W a lla m e t U n iversity. P r o p 'r . oard and Lodging on reasonable terms. Meals at all hours. B J . K . LGRO, IRACTICAL B A R B E R D R fcX S I.H . and S e s s i o n T o f* FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, H A IR And Continue Four Months. M . C A N T E R B U R Y , M. D., Tho M EDICAL D EPARTM EN T ts now es tablished as a r E EM A NES T ISS TI 1 U TION. PHYSICIAN A SURO CON. D I X I E , O R F X O .N . edical Examiner for Manhattan life In surance Co. o f N. Y. The menus of illustration in each Department are ample and the course of instruction tfaoro* and complete. Material for PR A C T IC A L JO N ES tub : j e w e l e r , S ta te S tr e e t, S a le m , O r e g o n , « the place to jro and pet your watches, clocks and jewelry repaired in good style. 1 warrantait my work for ono year; if it is not right, I make it right. 1 R E M E M B E R THE 18 6 8 -9 , IIK THIRD COURSE OF LECTURES of this Institution will commence on the In d e p e n d e n c e , O regon . M AND S U R I. ANATOMY Will be supplied. Students, upon arriving in town, are requested to call on the Dean, who will give any in'onu.ition desired. Letters addressed to the Dean will receive prompt at tention. M E D IC A L RO O K S SHOP I N T11E POST OFFICE BU ILD IN G . N, B. Fine watches repaiaed with the great •«t care, tf. Can lie procured in this city. If. C a rp en ter, II. D., D ea n o f th e M ctHcnl F a c u lt y , SALEM, OREGON. 2i>ow U r. W . D. J E I T T U ES. P H Y SIC IA N . & SURGEON. A T L O S T ! A T L O ST ! ! C O L A , OREGON. I HE undersigned having concluded t.> ebi.-o out their entire Stock, consisting of Special atte» tion gheu to Obstetrics an i diseast s of women. General ilcrchaudi^e, ]\ lc C n u lle y Such as d> ALEXANDER, D r y G ood s G r o c e r ie s , C lo tn iu g . H oots am i S h oes, H a r d w a r e , C r o c k e r y , T in - D E A T 5 S T *. FFICE on Sta*e street, over Gills’ Book Store, Salem, Orogon. All operations perf irme 1 by us arc warranted to giro satisf.i"tion. m One o f the firm may be found in our offro from d o’clock .\. v.. until I i*. of each s. d . m c c a u l e y , ISty E. V. II. A L E X A N D E R . O ÌVAISON if G II IS WELL, Architect« nntl Practical HOUSE CARPENTERS, 1N D P E N DENCE O R E G O N ILL take Contracts for Building Houses of every daseriptiou and kind, in town w m .n irv* Hatistaetion Kuti.-lartion guarantee iruartnteed. 6tf »nd country. J . L. C O L L I N 8, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT / DALLAS, LAW OREGON. S C A ROW E LL d e s t i s t , PORTLAND. OREGON, D EN TAL OMS— NO 83 Fir-t itretl- I y J . W . M cA F E E , M. . Physician and Surgeon Office— near residence, corner o f Liberty and Court streets, Salem. ltf f— --- — A t Cost. ' ■ W e will also sell our Improvement?, Storehouse, Warehouse, Barn, Stable. Granery ami sonic other Outbuildings, fo u n d th a t w o weru n e r r tho ¡.laco where the bn 1 had made his first charge together with Five Acres o f Good My hut, which l had lost on the fir C Laud, set in Timothy. There i.s on onset, was lying near me, and fortu the premises a Splendid V ell of V ater. nately but a few feet from it lay my re volver. It was my last hope o f life. W IN G k A P P E L . With all uiy remaining strength I sprang for and grasped my pistol, just ^ J t-A ll those indebted to us, either by note or book account, are expected to call and settle as the bull had gathered himself for immediately. another attack. On he came, move M ING A APPEL. enraged than ever. His eyes seemed Louisville, Polk county, Oregon, Sept. 2S, to emit sparks o f fire as he rushed to ward me. I had no time for reflection, but pro sented my revolver, and when lie was A D V E R T ISIN G AO E A T ! within five feet o f me I fired. I struck him in the curl o f the forehead. He NO. 30 (S E C O N D F L O O R .) fell forward a dead bull and his heavy M ERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE, carcass in its fall nearly crushed my r a l i f o r n i a S tre e t, b e lo w M o n tg o m e r y , right leg, and ulmost smothered me. With dilBculty 1 extricated myself, but SAN FRANCISCO. it was some time before I was able to stand. When L had so far recovered B L A € K 8 7 filT IU E G . as to crawl away, I saw a few hundred NEW SHOP. yards from me r lone tree, the friendly shelter o f which 1 at once nought from pposite Rnlcm, on tie Spring Valley road. the rays o f the now vertical .sun. When } of a mile from the Ferry, tho under- J I reached the trie, there sat very com signed have opened a postdly among its sheltering branches a native herdsman, lasso in hand, who Elacksmith and Wagon Shop had been a disinterested spectator of V.'hero all kinds of work in their lino will be the unequal contest from first to last! O executed promptly and with dispatch. ;r-ir R E P A IR IN G done to order. 3tf MANN A PIERCE. J . E D A Y lB S O iH , Iti- D , TO P H Y SIC IA N k SURGEON. IN D E P E N D E N C E . J . A . APPLEGATE. - - - F0UNDRYMEN AND BLACKSMITHS O REG O N . W . C. WHITSON. Cumberland and Lehigh Applegate & WftitMon, COAL Attoruies at Law, DALLAS, OREGON. Office— In the Court House. C. G. CURL. ATTORNEY and PIG IRON. lOOO T O N S . In Store and Afloat, For Salo by J. R. DOYLE, San Francisco. [lOlv] 413 A 415 P acific & t AN D COU N SELOR A T . LAW , S a le m , O r e g o n . IL L practice in all the Courts o f Record and inferior Courts o f this State. Office, In Watkinds k Co’ s Brick, up stairs. 1 Stf W BONHAM Sc L A W S O J I, Attorneys k Counsellors at Law, SALEM , OREGON. OFFICE IN’ THE COURT HOUSE. n27tf DEO. H . C H AH CE, D E N T I S T , SASJDC, I was one day sauntrting leisureh along on foot in a prairie uot far front the San Bernard, when suddeuly ther- sprung from the tall grpss, a lew )’ar^' before me, a large brindled bjill. He began to paw the earth and exhibit un mistakable signs that his blood was u j . The brindle’s attitude became more meancing as I advanced, and I wa- within a few spaces o f him when he lowered his head for the attack, nud I attempted to draw my revolver. It was too late. Before 1 had time to Use my weapon he had sprung upon me and borne me to the earth. In the shock 1 dropped my revolver. F o n t » uately for me, although his h »ms wer* long and keen, they were wide apart, and thus ho had me fastened* down— his sharp horns sticking into the earth on either side o f me. I seize 1 bis horns, as the only alternative, and at tempted to hold him. Now the struggle commenced in earnest. His hot breath in mv face almost suffocated me. ti 1! 1 held to his horns with ail my strength, hoping that he would tire o f the eon to.-1 and leave me. li e drew me further and further from my only weapon o f de fen se; finally, breaking loo.-e from me he retired a few steps, i was afraid to move. There he stood lashing his tail againri his sides, pawing the earth, his red nostrils distended and his eyes glaring like balls o f lire. He looked to me the very impersonation of the fit nd o f darkness itself, lie again bowed his head, one deep thunder like roar came from him and again he was upon me. As before, bis horns struc-k each side o f me, ami I was held to the earth. Again I seized his horns, and lie pushed me slowly t »ward the sp- t where the contest had commenced. I, by this time, was almost exhausted ’J he bull, too. seemed somewhat fatigu ed. A t last he broke loose from my hold and backed off a few yards to r*>- new the Combat. 1 f*dt that I should he unable to cudure so nntqual a com bat much longer. I looked around and TH O S. BOYCE, PECIAL attention given to Collections, and to matters connected with real Estate J. C. W a r e , D m j s and M e d ic in e s , c t o . c t c . , Will sell the samo A Desperate Struggle for Life. OREGON. Oflce at Residence, on Front between Cbewrketa and Contre streets. .21 w e e p s t a k e s S f in 1 H R ASH E R , N ev er C logs and E a r tlie B est. E nglish 31 a r r i a o i : s .— Marriages in England are becoming less and less frequent than ever before In the higher classes marriage is effectually discouraged by the tariff placed upon it in the increased cost o f living and the greater demands o f fashion. Men will not and women cannot marry un. less their income reaches the required expenditure o f the sphere in life to which they have been educated. The man has his iurnishad lodging and his Club, with a free range o f society ; women become independent and turn their attention to politics, social science literature and art. Single men and single women o f mature age are com ing to be an important feature in En glish society. at D O D D ’S, Salem. I On January 1, 1865. when tho Washington No tion nl Inte/lifjencer, changed proprietors, Thomas Donahue who for fifty years had been the chief ho »kkeeper, retired. Before leaving, however, he obtained the oldsign boara o f the offico, and had it made into a coffin for himself. In pursuance of arrangements just entered into as per above announcement, I make my bows to all customers ot the house and desire a continance o f theit favors. Thosa desiring good bargains in dry goods, groceries, etc., •to., will do well to remember Brown’« fire proof brick« Doll««. 193a J. O. BROW N. A young Albany girl, after receiving the attentions o f a young man several months, abruptly asked him when he intended to marry her. The young man said he was not on the marry. She then broke a teapot, filled with boiling hot water, over hie head. MUST SETTLE UP- HAVE SOLD MY E N T IR E STOCK OF Dry Goods and Groceries to J. O. Brown, and all those indebted to me by book account, will confer a favor, by coming forward immed iately and making settlement, either by Cash or Note. J. G. Brown is aurhorized to settle all accounts. W. C. BROWN. j x z j j s z z NO. 33. x z x s - . A D V E R T ISIN G Oue square— ten lines or 1*«»— tost ins: r tion, - - . . * 3 00 K.icli additional insertion, • - $ I A liberal deduction will be made with yearly advertisers, or persons advertising largely. Legal tenders taken at their current value. Communication« of a personal character will be charged half advertising rates. Blanks of every discription furnished at low rates on short notice, Legal and transient advertisements must b« paid for in advance to insure their publication. Advertisements not marked the length of time for which they are to be published, will bo insertedtill forbidden and charged accordingly. All advertising bills must be paid quarterly ¡ l - w j ? ■* .rwrrasr-aa opi Sund yin Water Street. v called upon to do it. Some o f them you: ministers think they are better talker.» “ That’ s me, and no mistake,” said Water street has a had odor among than I am, so I lets thi m tork. I only Kit “ How are you General J a c k i n ? its sister thoroughfares o f the Fourth tork when any body asks me to git up. Tell BcrMt I 11 blow the pit to_h— II i f Ward. The very name o f thestrect in Then I tork” he’ ll come down and show me I’ m itself is sug*restivc of low dunce houses, fi ne interior of Allen's house is just wrong. Good by. ole boss.’ ’ brothels, pickpockets, drunken sailors, as it was when he gave up his lucra And thus ended our Sunday in Water terrible nights, robbery, murder, ami tive and respectable business. There street. / ____________________ outrage. are the shelves and tables, and the This street for the Iasi week lias r.n large pewter pitcher from which so Hiram, Come Home- dergoue a kind o f a moral white wash j many thirsty, drunken sailors have us ing process. The keeper of its lowest : singed their thirst in days gone by. Oh. nirara Ulysses, come home to your dad, daifcing brothel, one John Allen, Ins I One of the tables bad a pile o f hymn T bc elock in the steeple strike* tw o; Ï \ J » 1 1 1 % The «.Bipeachment’s gone up, and be^u made notorious in the newspapers books and tracts scattered over its dirty Ben. Wade’s raving mad. of^this city. I t i# presumed that Jehu sut&cc.* The beastly pictures thafefur And be says it'« all over with TOW»"» has tiudergone conversion from his for merly ornamented the walls ha»e boeu The Chicago Convention-will help you DA more— mer manner o f life since be has given ; removed. There was a quite a multi- The Methodist Convention wont pay— up his nefarious business as a broth el; tude o f noisy children around the door There is outrageous news cornea from Oregon*» piopric'or, consequently John »s in during the meeting. shore, And in fact there’s the devil to p»y. high demand. 11 is house is exalted, 1er receiving a shake rfter the Come home ! come home! come bomef and great crowds of people stream fashion o f the pious old ladies from fewest liin tn Ulysees, come home! through his “ si.on" duv by day to got John Allen’s brawny hand, our reporter Abo Lincoln, has gone to the Red Sulpher agli'U jse o f this N .poi. on ot Water hearing that the renowned Kit Burns Springs, street. Prayer meetings are held at ».lnd publicly expressed bis di»gu»t at And Stanton can’t stick any more, noon o f each day in John's house, and John A den 's late reformation, paid a Old Thad. iu despair to hi« dusky bride clings. Allen some times condescends to mount visit to No. 273 Water street, where And Sumner, the eunuch, feel« «ore; a stool and exhort I ks ** b ot lu ring,” as Professor Kit keeps bis di ink ng saloon Ben. Butler’s a stealing a look at thoao he is pleased to dub the miscellaneous j :m 1 rat-pit. K it :s di»t.ingu’sh< d in bis spoon«, The bond holders quake for their gold, crowds who choke his doorway from \ profession, and is a savant in all things The bauds have ceased playing their loial morning until nUlit to listen to his ( ?) pertaining to ratting and dogs. Kit is old tunes, tracing voice. Tin-»' crowds are.compos, i «!»■> well known for his past attendance And I fear me, dear Hiram, you’ re »old . Come hi me! cmne borne! come home! ed o f prostitutes, muiders, theives, sail at prize fights, his duty being on those Sweet Hiram U lyicei, come borne. or?, corner.loafers, and a number of i occasions to provide rope and stakes for ages wh o afVet the construction o f prize riii^r ?. As a I ’ ve a horse in the circus for you and C ol the society of ¡en. . The -.e women riti; huildljr Kit is a sueeca ». As a fax, 'Tie the se.me hon-e you rode in the South ; His dogs arc n, pat him i :i the ruü cr he lias no equal The monkey stands ready to jump on yonr t a pet>j.:;t the llw fierce.'t in New Voi k and a » far as bucks, surrounding na»tinc: Ut the sa inc t¡1110 ¡III. ir gem rul make up goes, nothing And we’ ve whisky to poar in your mouth. S--, Hiram U lj sees, don’ t fe l very bad that they mutter 1 Vivers through can stirpasi one of K it ’s dugs for feroc-* o When you learn that my li lings are true, ST l ) ¡ritual WO if.j re. i.y o f aspect. Kit has all the pictures You’re belter at home with cigars and yewr daJ, John had a spiritual yesterday i of all the renovtued prize fighters and For the White House ain’ t waiting for you. in Water street. Thi re was service in ! boat ; ullei.* o f the present century, Coiue home! come Lome! come hom o! tho morning at half past ten and again Mr. Burns welcomed our reporter in a Hncet Hirani Ulysce», come home. at five o’clock in the afternoon a \ raycr j w ry cordial manner ns lie uiiered his The Ku ILlux of New York haro put up meeting was held. John did not speak place ¿»nd the following conversation Seymour, at either o f the meetings, hut he a-.».i>t transpired : And also Frank Blair for hi« vice, ed. us the i ’aris.iiis say, by Lis pres Kit’ Burns— How have you been The nigger« in Dixie are a l l going o’er* Like a ship when deserted by mice. ence. for ever so long, me b u d ? What The people are tired of your satraps’ rule. The Rev. Mr. Nan Meter, 1;ev. Mr prize fight were you at last ? You no longer can bolster yourcause. Graves, Mr. Jacobs, nud others exhort Reiiorter— “ I missed you at the last ’1 hoy act like a pack o f infernal j l —d fool« And swear they’l l bo governed by law«. ed the crowds at the morning and e\cu one ; I attended the Ooliyvr and Ivl» C -me L me ! eo:no homo ! come homo l ing meetings. wuitls fight. You were not present, Sweet iiiram Ulysees, come hom e! Allen’s i !aeo is at 30 2’ Water strei t, Mr. Burns.” near Dover. This is' tho Wapping or K it— “ Y-ah. W ot uo I want to go Uolhorhitlie o f New Vo le. The hroud to a prise i fo r i It is amor.g a Jot M o t h e r s . — B a ch mother is a histo river covered with tho c unmerc-c o f nil ot roughs I'd he coin V’ rian. fc’ hc writes not the history o f em. nations i.» in sight from the windows o f Reporter— ,l What do you think o f ! pires t r o i emperors on paper, but sho Allen’s house. For eighteen years John Allen’s conversion, Mr. Burns?” | writes her own history on the imper* this men has kept a sailor’s hoarding K it— “ Why 1 think its nuthing but i ¡.»liable mind of her child. That tablet house and dance hall in ibis sti\e\ and robb-iy. 1 tell ye that’s all it is. 1 and that history will remain indelible for eightecu years paintcl uti l lewd Them ministers and m:s.»ion iries are when time shall be no more. That hiff. women, the lowest in G od’s creation, j ad in with Alien T hey’ re hiring his tory each mother shall meet again, and have pros Unfed their bodies to the j house and paying for it. It is a elcur read with eternal joy or unutterable men who go down in ships, from all fraud as ever wos, I tell ye.” grief in the coming ages o f eternity. nations ol the world. Men crazed with j Reporter— “ Then you do not believe This thought should weigh on the mint! iiquor and bereft o f sense and sight in the reported conversion. K it ? ” o f every mother, and render her deeply have gone into this man’s house with! K it — " Convushiu L e d — d. I know circumspect, and prayerful and faithful bloated poeket.io>k and have after hint sevcniccn Years. l i e ’ s a beat, and iu her solemn work of training up her wards found themselves on their hack u bad one loo at that— i ’ tti bad, and lie ! children for heaven and immortality, iu the streets without a cent. Hn, de is a wuss one.” ^ The minds o f children are susceptible gradation, and crime have here found a Reporter— ‘ Well, lias he not left off and easily impressed. A word, a look, fitting disciple in John Alien. (T he his evil doings. Kit ?” a frown, may engrave an impression on writer looking in at the meeting yester K it— No, sir. W hy there’s men j the mind o f a child which no lapse o f day, saw John Allen for the second seen coming out of his house every ! time can efface or wash out. time in his life, li e stood in the do t morning ju.-t as they always did. He | You walk along the sea shore way o f his hell, surrounded by half a has gals, i tell you . Oh, lie’s an awful j the ude is out, aud you form characters dozen itinerant clergymen, who wer<* 1’u .u d ” or write words or name s in the smqothe, conversing with him, each in hi. turn. Reporter— -“ Wall, Mr. Bums, the; white sand, which is spread obt so John is perhaps about forty five years public will be glad to know \our opin- \ clear aud beautiful at your feet, ac o f age, with a large bulky frame, >i ie mu on this matter, as You arc looked ! cording as your' fancy may dictate; whiskers, blue ey- s, o f a warerly blue, upon as a representative man with a ! but tlie returning tide shall in a and wore yesterday a b!..tk suit of controlling inter, si ’’ hours wash out and efface all you have clothes. The tnau’s lace wa» a puzzle K it— “ Well them’s my opinion?. 1 | written. Not so the lines and char to look at. It ¡s a face that has noth* wants every one to know tin in. M his acters of truth or error which your iug good in its details. It is brutal in j prayer meeting is a regular robbery, conduct imprints on the mind ol the outline and til ing up. and yet when lit that's all it is. Did you ever see my child. There you write impressions fer up by excitement has a certain energy uog pit?” the everlasting good or ill ot your iu its toue. it looked like the face o f a Rejrtnrtcr— “ Never. But I should child, which neither the storms nor man who would prosper finely in a bar., like to very much the floods of earth can wash out, nor room rough umUtumble fight. The Kit then borught us down a dark death’s cold fingers erase, nor the face o f Mrs. Ailen is still lower in its and narrow stairs into a back passage, moving ages o f eternity obliterate — tone than that ot her husband The and into a room capable of holding How careful, then, should eaeh mother doxology was sung at the conclusion o f about three hundred persons, with cir be in the treatment of her child ! the prayer meeting. John did not cular seats all around nud running np prayerful, and how serious, and speak, uot being culled upon t<> do so. to the roof and a pit for k.iliug rats and earnest to write the eternal truths There were in the crowd several la dog fighting iu the centre of the room, God ou his mind— those truths dies of advatued age with benevolent with a barrier or enclosure to keep the shall be his guide and teacher faces, and one or two in Quaker garb. rats from escaping iroui the dogs, or her voice shall be silent in death. One after the other, they introduced the dogs from iuterlering with the themselves to John A l ’en nnd shook spectators when a fi^ht takes place. hands widi him warmly. One olJ lady W hen sparing exhibitions are given W a s t e o f L i f e . Grecly, these are carried away. A uutnber of “ Great Conflict , says that Grant said with a simper on her face: “ Brother Allen, hold on to Christ; savage dogs were chained under the at lea>t in ono case, so reckless o f keep fast hold o f him and wc 11 help s.ais. One o f them growled savagely lives o f bis men that they refused to, you to it all the time. You are doing at the reporter and Kit said : obey his orders. Read : “ Nice dogs ain’ t they ?’’ well, brother.” Kit explained everything, and look- “ Twenty tuinu»es after the first “ Well, main,” said Allen, giving her «hat, is called in the Bowery T’ hca wig around the room said admiringly : was fired, lully 10,000 o f our men “ Splendid place ain’ t it. I can put stretched aud writhing ou the sod tre, a horny but honest palut, “ I ’m not a going buck ou Christ ju.»tyet. I ’ m five hundred here. 1 waut Mr. Bergh still and calm in death, while to come down here and give a lecture enemy’s loss was probably little in with yecs, shure.” S. coud old lady— ” Don’ t falter now, on dog-fighting aud ratting. I f rat« is than 1,000. And when, hours Brother Allen. Think o f your soul, cruelty, I ’ m cruel. But I don’ t think orders were sert to each corps rats is cruelly. I thiuk Bergh is ou der to renew the assault at once John.” Allen— “ No. mam. I ’ m a going for the square, but Allen is a beat. I f regard to any other, the men Bergb comes down and gives a lecture nnd unanimously refused to it all the time.” Reporter— “ Are any of your girls in the pit. be’ ll have lots of people to They knew that success listen to him, and I ’ ll give him his gin and the attempt to gain hero to day, Mr Allen ?” I ’ m square. hence they refused to A lieu— “ Oh, yes, they arc sirkulatin Fee grushus nothing. But ye know that yet self. Tell Bergh no purpose.” somewhere iu the crowd about, I I waut him couie down. I ’ ll treat him MM— — — — guess.” well as 6hure as you live.” Reporter— “ W hy did you not exhort Here a policeman crossed the street the crowd today, Mr. A lle n ? ” aqd cried' out, “ Hallo, Kit, that Allen—“ Oh, well, ye see, I wosn’t . ........ , . æ a . . r fete » O ’ whan few slow How how of whieh when — in hia was tho shot wero or the mor# later, comman without simply obey it. was hopeless, it murderous, be sacrificed to. J. H. Lewis has just received a oaao of new style winter hoots. /