i v lit I EPENDENT. ' THE INDEPENDENT. PENBEN ADVKIlTISINOi W. 'JONES . Editor and Proprietor less, one insertion tl.M aeh Miihsenueut insertion, W appointment mid Hun I Mtttl- 1 advertisements. fl.00 per PUIil.ISHKD EVERY THURSDAY EVENING. ri'BMCMioM office: 31a in Street, : : Shut New Uriel HILLS BOKO, OKEGON. the first insertion. andoOoeuts for nu ll enlsteauent insertion. Si end la-sines notice in local column! 25 cents per line. He-ular business notloes XO cents per lm. 'J (10YEIISMEST OF Tilt: PEOPLE, FORI IE PEOPLE AM) liY THE PEOPLE." I roiesMIOIim i niun, r Special rates for Ihi display "a!a. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Per annum, in advance $2.00 Six months, in advance 1.00 Three months, iu ndvntire T0 r tefThls paper tuny ta found on nla al Geo. P. Itowell A Co's Newspspcr Advertis Hillshoro, Washington County, C. ?S0, Thursday, Jlatioli 8, IV. 40. Vol. XV. ing Uuresn (10 Sin-un street) wbra adver tiHinx contracts may bo uiadtt for it in Nw York. V --".4 f. irai ntd fill 'fWff.eV o LroZ. 11 JI LJ LI L " - , . , i ' : " - 1 "" " ;ft i I 4- If I i f I) V, i i I? i OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. IHntrlet Offlrerii. Jnde Fifth District F. J. Taylor Prosecuting Attorney T. A. Mc Bride I)mttv fnr Wuuhinirti.n (! V N. Kttrrutt I tHUUlix Ollicr.. State Senator . . W. D. Hare. I u uuuari, D. Smith, ) T-hoa. Puulea. Rtpre3entative4 County Ofller. Jade ..... K. Crandall Ireasurer J. S. W'aggener Clerk J. W. Moran , . T. O. Todd Comrai9io..Pr, -y Cha- Uickethier Sheriff K. P. Cornelius Hurveyor. . . L. C. Walker AeaeiMor 'I'. J. Wilson School Superintendent .. . . T. T. Vincent Coroner . C. W. Knnaoui Tuhn nicvra. ( V. A. Hailey S. T. Linklater Trnateea ... S. B. Hoaton i K. Crandall Treaanrer Oeo. W. Patternoii Kecorder W, N. Iiarrett Marahal S. Wilson SSOfriETY MEETINGS. HILLSHORO URANUK, No. TS, P. or M. Meet in Oood Templara' Hall, aecond and fourth Saturday in each mouth, at 2 o'clock p. u. J. W.SHCTE, Master. Jakk Shwkli., St cretary. ILLSBOIMMLl IIM1K. "NO. 17. L .6.T. MetU in Good TemnlarM Hall, evury Saturday evening, at S P. M. r. r. tozier. i: Hdimwh, St-c'y. W'.C.'V. MOLALITY LOIXH'.. No. (i, A. F. A A. M. I. Meetaoti Saturday on or after eiich full moon. All lrtttirin in Kxl tandin are cordially invit-.l to inert wit him. V. A. BAILEY. JC. (Tbamoam., St-c. W. M. M ONTEZl'MA liOlHiE No. I.O.O.F., evening at o clock. Sojourning bretbrt-ii cordially iuvittd to uttt-nd. M. COLLINS. It. HkamI-4. Sec. . 10 LODOK. No. ll, K. OK 1.. 1I1LIJH FMRO Meet every Thurmlay evenin at 7 o'ela:k, in Odd Feliown' Hall. Sojourn iiilf brethren in tfood atandin cordially in vited to attend. S. I. LlSKLATKa, C.C. T. S. Wkathkbbep. K. of IC. and S. I. ENCO KLO DG E No. K. O P. MeetH efery alternate Saturday at 7 o'clock p. in., vl Gleucoe. Sojourning breth ren in (iood standing eordiiillv invited to at . tend. J. W. "COKEY, J. S. .Ia khqn, K. of K. Jt S. C. C. HILLSBOKO LODGE N. t;i. A.O.U.W., Hillslxirj MeetH on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at o'clia-k p. ui. Sojourning brethren cordially invited to attend. Ji. CRANDALL. W. I). IfBK. Kofl. ?0VL "HENIX OKVNOK -No. 1. ok II. 1 Meets at T;iHton, Or., on the third Friday of eaeh monl h. J. W. SVPPI.VGTON, Master. H. I. Rrtant. Secretary. ITAPATO LODGE No. 4 . I. O. O. F. V v Meets in Gaston on the tirst and third Saturday in each month. JOHN WERE, X. O H. D. UntA.TT. Secretary. CHKITY U)DGE No. 7-V I, O. f V Tualatin Meets Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, on or bcfiire each new and full moon. Brethren in good st anding invited to ttend. j.c.SMOcn. S. N. Pool, Sec. TllI'lT'E GKANOE. No 14H, P. . H.- X Meets the thir Wednesday in ench Month. C. F. TIGAUD, Master. S. M. Kri ,so. tsee'v. VX'" 0. T. C, HILLSI40KO MEEl'S on theflrxt and third Wednesdays of each month, tit :l o'clock p. m., at the M. K. church. BAND OF lit PE, HILLSI tOIW ) MEETS every Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock at the M. E. church. CIllliCH NOTICES. HILLSIMMiO ME ITIOUIS r I'AMUU s Appointments. f irst Sabbath in each month: Reaverton. 11 a.m.; Wesley Hiapel, 3 p. m.; Mt. Harmonv, 7 p. m. Stniond Sab bath: iliLlsboro, 11 a.' in.; Keed villa, a p.m: Hillshoro, 7 p.m. Thud Sabbath: Hills- boro, 11 a. m.; West I nimi, : p. m.; Hills- Itoio, 7 p. m. Foul th Sabbath: llillsboro. 11 a. m.; Keeitville, .J p. n.; iwinrnoii, p. m. C. M. BRYAN, Pastor in Charge. CIORNELU'S METHODIST PASTOR'S j Appointment. First and third Sab- ! bath in each month. M. E. Church, Cor ! ne litis, at 11. m. and 7 e. m. Second and fourth Sabbath in each month, tUeneoe, at 11a.m. Fourth Sabbath, Oak ('rove, at 3 F. M. Second Sabbath. Meachaui's school house, at 3 e. f. Saturday ts-fore the sec ond Sabbath, Leisv's sctioolhouse tit 7 p. m. H. B. Elwouthy, Pastor in Charge. ( 10NGUEOATB )NAL PASTOR'S AP V pointments. First Sabbath in each month, Gaston, at 11 v. m.; and on the hill, back of Gaston, . v. M. Second Sabbath At Hillsid scli'Mt-hous'. 11 a. m. ; Green ville, :t r. m. Fourth Sabbath Hillshoro, Christian church, at 11 a. m. Visitors to Portland Should not forget to call at TOWNE it MOORE'S San Fuancisco Gallkut, where may be seen photographs of all the leadiui men and women of Oregon aid NVashington Territory. Skillful operator always iu at tendance, and the most minute attention paid to pictures of children. No trouble to show specimens to visitors. Street railroads pass the door every ten minutes, and this is the nearest jallery to the live principal ho tel. Enlarging in Crayon a specialty. Cor. 1st &, Morrison St. 7janty A. S. VENEIM, Watchmaker and Jeweler! TIAS PERMANENT LY L CA TED IN Jl Forest (trove, and is prepared to do all kind of Watch work. Jewelry repaired and made as koikI a new. i me watch lie- pairing a specialtv. Having bad 1 years vi'irrirui'o m - ..... ... civinu ft written fiiaraiitee with all wtik sent out. lal.Vtfj A. S. VENEN. xperience in Hie imsmess, , nm sa.e i i 31 one V to Loan. I will nan money in sums of $1(S I ....... nr. 1j I inl v rent estate seenrirtr UVt li p" " - j - - - J sought. Time, three to five years; l out misstou not to exceed per t ent. W. II. ICrCKF.lt. Jn7t: Land (or Sale! THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FOR SALE ! several Farms and a larte amount of Brsit-vins-f, iiutjp" , .j ... m ... .. iiigtou county, OreKon. IMMIGRANTS And other desiring to purchase land would to well to --ive uie a call u. Now is 'the time to aecnra comfortable ines on easy term. THOS. D. HUMPHREYS. liiUafeoro, Joaaiast-. PKOFESSIONAL CARDS. I " ' " j ; W. MILLER, Attornea at Lair, , PoR TLAN u, : 1"!,WN- I t.ftm 12 mil 13. Mulkey HuilJiuv, Cor. Second and aiorrisou aireri. Brant h Offlce at Forest Uroe, Or. l-JT A 11 kinda of Legal Busines. cart-fully j attenaea to. j" s. It. IIL'STOX, Attorney ut Law ami Notary PuUif. Hillsbobo. : : OaKos. OtUce: Main Street, 'Next Door to Baioa Vpo a . Jt?tfJ yr N. BAUHFTTT, Attorney at Late, AMD Iteputy IHxt. t'rt'wutimt Allorni-y, HII.I.HItOKO, OREfiON. Office in (henette Row, Main street. a7tf riLLIAM 1. HAKE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Hll-LHH.fUa, a7-tf i l;rooN . MILLER, M. P., IHiMlEOl'ATIIKi; 1. N. E. Corner First anil Main Streets, POUTLAND. MEDICAL ANU Sl'KOlCAL. 4T Disease of Women a Specnlty. t)rtloe Hour- 1 to .1 P. M. jas tf F. A. 15AILEY, MI)., Physician, Saryon and Acour)ieur, ltii.i.snouo, oHiiioN. Office In Chennett' Row. Kesldencf Threw lil.a ks south of drn; tttore. Otlice hours From :'M to U a. in., and ' to f p.m. s. T. LI N K LATER, fl. V. C M. Phusirian ,Saran and Arena chntr, ' , iiii.t.Mtoito, oncr.ON. Ofliee-At KesKlence. last of ,l. jrt ttouste. J'"11 riLSON ROW LEY. Pliyaieian, Saryeon and Arcourfteur, yotiKsr ntovr, ov.ios. Otlice At the d:ug store. jti tf "JMIOMAS H. TtiXGL'E, Attnrneq at I.av Hll.I.SIiOUO, WASHINGTON t.sC N TV, OllEOON. fH tf RM.K.IOH HTOIT. juns u. wilixi, SKSF.CA SMI Til. stu. a. srorr. . L. UOISK. OTO'IT. WAI.HO, SMITH, STO IT l'.OlsK. Attorney at Law, Nos. 5. 7. and 'J Waldo Block, Cut. Second and Washington streets, PORTLAND, OREGON 'JMIOS. D. HUMPHREYS. Notary Putdir and L'onreyaacer, IIII.I.SHOl'.O, OKtUlON. Office In New Court House. IRal pa lter drawn and collections made. Business entrusted to my care promptly attendeO to. nihil tf W. H. Adam. U.S. tiillNT MlWil'Aa DAMS & MARL AM, Attorney at Law, 1 and a Mu!ev Building, cor. Second and Morrison streets. d'.-tf I'ostlaso, Oa. J. W. (J1LKEY, Physician and Surgeon. GREENVILLE, OREGON. Offers his service to the people or Green ville and vicinity. ;f-:tin V. I. VIA, Physician and Saryon. Office: One lssjr north City Drai Store, Fokkst Gkovk, jJt-'-'iu Oai.KN. It. MXO. "t "cn rvr r-n t 2 m - , j OF FtlRESI' tiROVE. JS NOW MAKING TEETH FOR IS and er s-t; Wst of material rnd workmanship. Will compare with set cstintf Teeth extracted without pain. FillinK at the lowest price. All work wurrntilil I ktli.t :l . i. iro .,.,Wli a.f lrij.tr I store. Office hours: A. M. to 4 P.M. d'J!-tf WALTER BRS.. - - Nr.w Youa ! d. n. jl e. Walter a co.. Svs Fbas. is. o ! WALTER Importers of and Denier in Carpets, Upholstery Goods, Wall Paper & Window Shades. SB -Pirat. Street, nio-v Ulocb. - PORTLAND, OREGON. o20-fin i D. 3. 8TRYKER, D.D.8., rfHE LEADING DENTIST. JL Eastern Prices. Good Sets of Teeth. 5.00 to 1 15.00. Ex- traeting. 50 cent. Fillincr. fl.00 and up ward. Electricity used for the Painless Extraction of Teeth. Try it. All Opera tions Eirst-Class. JF8ifrn of tha Tooth 107 First Street, over Prentice's, BlO-Ci- PORTLAND, OK. T. R CORNELIUSES. HUGHES & SOH. -DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE, Agricultural Implements XTJIVI Ell, I3TC7. AKf'iit for the DUBUQUE-NORWEGI&N Plows & I i arrows The I test ia the Mark. t. IPlOIDXJOTi Of nil kinds taken (it th liihe-it niMiket " im e. 'irn. litis. Or., Nov. l'wti. lib Iv , P. M. DENNIS, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT - I SilOCcS-tol' to t '. T. HIl.LSBOKO. ALSO.--- ici:ai. KxiTATi: 1 oi.-i i. OKI'.GON. AfiKXT. yPE(TL ATTENTION GiVEN T( iitirch;.s.e ami -alt' t! l"ari:i Lain ro THE Is am! Town Proiwrty j Tzi,.r JurtUr:M.fl i,,,..,,... 1 am cn- ' rident of liein able to nive satisfaction. 'since I repre-lcnt the Leadiii;' Insurance Companiea. f"lilice: One door Sutl of Poetotline. , . rrA-tr M. BROWN. i. E. JOHNSON. inuRicnu t DDnicw uuniioun a uiiuuwu, Contractors and Builders IULI.SROKO. )Ri:gox. 1) L A N S. SPECIFICATIONS, A N 1 Estimntes l'iirnishet iikii iipplicnt ion. ! for liny clasM of huilJim. JJ-' y CET YOUR TiNWARE -H:oi Tom's Tinsiiop! I Roofing. Guttering and Spouting ! A SPECIAL Z-if" You can be sure of aS.jti.ov e.i. Opposite Drick Block. IIILLSP.ORO. ORIKSON. TMOS. rVJ ADICAW. jll U SEWING ACHINE AGENCY, POKES! tJKOYt:, ori i;o. J. W. H ADKINS, A;;"nt. DEALER IN AND REPAIRER OF ALL kinds of Sewing Machine. j Domestic, Household, and all make of ! Standard Sewing Mi. chines kept constantly on baud mid tor salu ut lowest market price. auii-tf R. SYLVESTER, niLLSBORO. ORF.GON. PAINTING JN GENERAL.; KnlMiniiner kii1 lH-orative ! I'aper llnngei. All work Warranted First Clas j J-?"T,eave Order at the City lrn Store, or T'Hr Indkpkxoknt 0iick. al-tf H. SCHULMERICK. C KOCH CITY I j. 1 w T JL i Vfll Jfi t fLT ti-Jk I j H AJL sT JS 1 B- STw L J JJ '; i SHOM STILIII, ; li l i.i. i i iJ. ' - - "'ir.i; -ALL KIM'S OF TCTsa) TFPPRIT TyTl?. ATS'Ticl(ets for Sa,e fay 3,1 Connecting . j X XWCJ OX1 UlUA 1 O ; Railvvays. and Connections made Kept constantly on hand and sold 0I3VI7 FOR. CASH 0.SH "Highest Market Price paid for MX- button siiccki. Please Rive ns a call. SIHl LMI KK K Hillaboro Oct. 13, l.s;. A MICH, Proprietors 13-tf FOREST IJROVE, OREiiOX, l.-al. r in SHELF and HEAVY Saddlery I Harness STOVES and TIIVIWAR33 ! FARMERS' MECHANICS' TOOLS ! THE FINK ri TLKRY ! Such as Knives. S,i-isr :!vi II i ' Kinefl Brand-,. if tin We handle no Shl.l-, not Che.ip John O.mkIs; but toi m tides lik.- piabty oi tirade, ve tie! y ciim I it i-u in price. IIIIiF.S A SOX. o-'l tf R. W. rVJcNUTT. ( OltMlUI DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Provisions, Eto. w"Wrrim -rtiTTrTtTi J XJ SJL jH-ayi Til V Fi 1 1 ! ,' j ; A lar assort mi lit of j j MILLINERY GOODS ! ; '4mprUing all the la? it stvl s in HATS i BON NT-MS. Ere. ! BRAIMCH STORE At Yernoi-Ls. .:-li!eiii ..'i!cv, j Where foods of v. rv description are kept coi.si.miiy in si.k k. fuaelf. i .. j.; tf - Tin: ;i;r.t r ! EoGk Island AND - Albert 5iea ROUTES! The lirect and Popnlar Line in connection with the NORTHERN PACIFIC KAIL WAY ironi St. Paul end Mlimeajli To Chicago and the East. To St. Louis and the South. To Des Moines, Leavenworth, Atchison and Kansas City. The Only Line Conneetint. with the OREGON SHORT LINE at Cuticil liltirf. St. Joseph. Lenvnworth and K-'iruci :tv for Chicago and aii points East ! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING AND PALACE D1NINC CARS Aceonjpany-4l 'I'hroub Express Trains. in Union Depots. ; For inf .ruiritioii lenrdin Rates, ; For fn'tl iuforuiatioii lenrdin Jdajsi, etc., apply to ciias. ii:xxki i General Agent, No. 3 Washington Street, ! POUTLAND, OREGON. K. -V. HOI.ltltOOI., f OenL Tt. and Pas. Ast. C, I- I. & P. K- K. CUICAGO, ILL. JS. P. IIOVI. Genl. 7kt. and Fass. Agt. M. k St. L. E'j MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. KE1TLR t Tilt: (lttK. "!ny plea sunt pictures doe tho recol ytion briiu; and brone plennnros that h round fireside cliuj;: ander reminiscence come tLrongin Uw brain, B dreams I bear the aicinx of th 1 on the crane i( singing, singing, singing, od and merry, faat and slow; Mr it uiirrmar, murmur, muridar, Soft and low. lha broad, wide-ofieu chimney, with Mring, crackling tire, ioMoR of gen'rous size to make the leap higher; T, the waiting table stand, spread tifol and plain. Of. i .A Wfeh aerily the kettle sings and wing np- -''ile'-- -fi. - - - Ciear it Hinging, sinning, sinking, Load and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, mnriuor, murmur. Soft and low. Grandmother in the corner sits and softly to and fro She rocks, and dream of f rieiul ami scenes in days of lon ago; He face grow sweet and tender as the past comes back again. While listening to th Hinging of the kettle ub the crane. Hear it sinking, ftiffiug, Kinging, Loud and merry, fast and alow; Hear it ninriuur, murmur, iiiuiinur. Soft and low. I see the children caper, as wiih deeful laugh and call They witch the daucintr pid'iirs 1 tin - , , ... ahatlow on the wall. And hear the baby c.oiiim lo th- i.L.ther's low refrain 'I hnt follow the soft inti-oi-of the k.ttle on the cniiirf Hear it siugini;, singing, sn.ing. Irfiud and merry, fast and slow; He ir it murmur, iiiu-miir. nitii uiiir, Sft and hw. And, ere the e4 ning bonr is done, with lingering stepnud kIow, A youth and smiling muid n come, ami in the ember low They reatl the future story, and they w a wedding tram, And the la-IU chime wi.h the iiij.'in of the kettle on tlie crane. Hear it in.'iiii:, siiiiu, siniii. Ixtnd and merry, f a t and slow; Hear it murmur, mum nr. ii.tirn.ur, S.ift rind lou . These precious old-time memories, they hold me like a sidl The clock n;sa the mantel, her. I h arned j the time tJ tell; , The ainip!e, li'm -ly f ur:i!tnre. t:ie LrepM;ikes few and pl.'.iii. And the wnnnurhu' of the ketih n it l-nng upin the crane. Hear it singing, ainsiug, H.nging, Load and meiry, fast nnd slow; i Hyv it ranrwur, murmur, murmnr, Oh! thtjl's bliss supreme in home, when its joy 'a re pare and awet. And life's most eacred memories around the hearthstoiio laeet, And the tenderest thoughts and smhleht ones come liorne npon the strain Of the sin-ing of the kettle as it hnn. upon the crane. Heur it sinin. iii!.iiii-. siniiii;, Ijond and merrv, last :iut slou ; Hear it murmur, murmnr, murium , Soft and low. ANOTHER RAILROAD COMPANY". H"" w Run Into the ton nil i. RU- Rend AttWca of incoiporalion of the Central Washington II nil road ctn- i.my have been tiled in the auditor's j office, says the Tticoma Ledger. j Tlift jM.0rpOratora aro n oflicers of j ,i,e Xorthern Pacific Railroad com j pany, a follows: ltoleit Harris, president; Jatues B. Williams, third vice-president; T. F. Oakes, vice president and general manager; Jam?a M. Buckley, assistant general ! manager; Newman Kline, ('. B Ode, J J. H. Mitchell Jr. The capital Mock ! U 1 r.ooiWHKI ,1ivi.l. ,l inlo ?100 shares, and tho principal place of business is to be Tacoma. The object of the com pany i to locate, construct aud equip" railroad and telegraph lines from some point on the main lino of the Northern Pacific in either Spokane or Lincoln counties, in a westerly or northerly direction, either lv branches or otherwise. It will doubtless o pushed through to the Salmon river mining district. The company may also construct or operate, furnish nnd facilitate and assist in the construction, building, equipment and operation of any railroad line connecting or intending to connect or exchange tiaffic with the railroad of this corporation, ami for such purposes it may demise and purchase the stock or bond of any such company owning or operating such railroad. . It in iy guarantee or otherwise secure the payment of any such bond and interest an 1 con solidate with, lease or contract for the operation nnd maintenance of any railroad so aided. rr. . : . 1 1 1 1 A Alio company l uiu nnuiutu K '1 inNioorun.,u.r... "";fon.iaiicewr:. executed ia a very leiegrap, nncs, w ..... i... , .... acquire lan.i ami uispose n same; to borrow money t , and ?.. -.... ........ n 11, a morTae lis iiroit-iiy . -- i - , 1 ' -,, . . pavment thereof. Thf? incorporators r made the trustees. A stabbing afl'r.ty rs-curred last week at Sand Hollow, about twelve mile north east of Ileppner, resulting in the death of one John H. Barrett, at the hands of his brother-in law, Fred Crump. The difficulty seem to have U-en of king standing. Crump i now iu jail at Ileppner. Both men have families. xiii: ii:vii.n iii:'i:Nii:. A printer's devil was pierced to the heart With the charms of a dear little miss. Quoth he to the lass, ''My dear ere we part Let us aeal our love with a kiss."" But the maiden repli.d, as tho imp she eyed "Dost think I'd let yon revsl wbers others before you bava vainly tried? Nay, nay; I'll not kiss the devil." Years passed away, and the sweet little laaa Became an old, sorrowful maid. Riches she had, but then, alas! Her beauty had all decayed. Ouca again they met, and fain the old maid would recall the former issue; But the devil replied, as the old maid he eyed, "No; the devil now wouldn't kiss you! Printer's Circular. iVASIIINOTOX LETTER. From our Kegular (WresiiouJent.l Wakhtnutox, Feb. 'JI, 1KHS, The senate having removed tha secrecy from the Fisherien treaty, the tuost notable thing done by that body this week was to debate for more than an hour the policy of con Hideriiig tho document witli open door. ,o radical a departure from time-honored precedent awakened Litter opposition from tt number of i influential senators, but there have been a litimber of prominent con. ; . . . vert ! the oten session iaoement j I f late. It is predicted that the I secret sessions, except where aflhm- i, ... u . . ; i not last manv monlts lonprer. Senator Teller made a vigorous plea for open session recently, lie a rotied that no department in thin joveriiiiient hail any business to have secrets from the public, unless it were tho state department, pend ing treaty motiations, or fcome- thiu;f of that kind. He said that j every decision made by tho head of a department, every adjudication made by the head of a bureau, ouoht to be an open book for the people of the United States to read ami examine. He held that secret session-i were im-republican ; that there was no more icason for con siderinjj the confirmation of execu tive appointment behind closed doors than for legislating behind closed door; that it was one of the essentials of a free people that tUey rtdfcM-ltBOyr.wJj-aaVCQr publio J rants are doing1, antr no mentioned that even the supreme court publicly recorded the action of each justice on -:icli ipiestion. l'rt'btbly the most notable thing done by the house this week was to deft-it Ly a vote of 12H to 123 the Hoar resolution changing Inaugu- ration day to the HOth of April, and extending the short session of con- gress to that date. Tt noW remains to bo seen what the senate house together wi.l do will' the Ciain resolution providing that con . ji . t t ..i i gress snail meet, on uie urni oi junu- , ary after the election. ! The coming a-lnng ton consti-1 tutional and worlds exposition of j ISS'.I and 1S02 have now recieved j approval and endorsement from the J sroveniors of tliut v-seveu state ami territories, the mayoia of fifty-two cities, the presidents of .r."l boards of trade, from thirty-threo Htate granges, from thirty Mate ngricul tural societies, and various other bodies. The Central and South American republics have made known their intentin of taking an nctive part in foiwarding the expo sition, (tho government of Spain has taken oflicial action to the same end, and Italy has signified her in tention of joining in the celebration. The loard of promotion does not ask forau appropriation for the ex- 4j m position of 1802 from congress. All they ask is the use of the ground. When the time comes the states and territories will le asked to appro priate 8100,000 each to erect their building. The $1,000,000 nskel for in the bill for the constitutional cen tennial is to be devoted, it is sftil. to the entertainment of the presidents, chief-justics, and min isters of the fifteen Spanish-American republic who will be hero as ctiicsIm of the govei timent during the ceb biation. ( h Wednesday, the 22J, was the biithday of the --Father of bis country," and the United States gave itclf entirely to patiiotism. j All odor business was dispensed ! with for the reading of '-Washing- , .i,i,uu " Tl.ia r. (.4JI1 ? I d a w- .- ; Ut Uft nannei. x Senator Iu ! ralls. of Kansas, the president of the , " ' ' . , , sena'e, while the senate suowea us . ,, 1 respect bv ntteuding in uuusually 1 , .. , . e berH and listening alien- tively. I3y the time you have read this you will know all about the proceed ings of the democratic convention held here during tho week to decide the time and place for the meeting of tb presidential nominating con vention, consequently it is useless to dwell on the aubject. GKNEHAI.NEWH. At Taeonia lart FrMay afternoon the jury in the ease of Mrs. flarrctson vs, Salstrom, for ueglieuoc, iu maintaining an ioMcur scaffolding ia building a skating rink, which raaulteJ iu the killing of her husband on July 22, 188C, re turued a verJkt fur $5000. SaUtrow sold all hi property a few day k and skipped. Mrs. Girretson's attorney! will contest the validity of the transfer. Rat catcher in Pari pursue and capture their prey for about a cent a piece, beside 3 or 4 centi he receives for the akin, flesh and bones of the rodent. The flesh ia used for fattening koga, the t bones are made Into tooth picks, while the skin makes an excellent article in the kid glove line. Frank Hice, a student of the Indian school at Chetuawii, und a member of this year's "Taduatiug class, died last week of scrofula. He was a Spokane Falls In dian, aged alsmt 19 years, and had been a member of the school since 1882. He had been ailing for some time, and unable to attend to his school duties. He has IsH'ii interred in the school cemetery. The Spokane Falls, W. T. council ussed an ordinance taxing Chinese w;ili houses $30 a quarter. It tilwi pussed a $500 Sillooll lieelis ortlitiiince. The ways nnd means committee tariff bill, if passed, Would reduce the revenues of tin federal pivcriiiucnt by alsmt 833.000.000 a year. The Mctlio.lit university of Washing ton territory has linally Issmi definitely Is attsl at Tacoina by the concurrence of Itishop Fowler and Foss with Ilcvn, DeVore and I'Sourd, who voted in favor of Tacoma at the meeting of the loeatinti cotninittee early in Felirtiary, The uri- veiitv, while it will Is- under Methodist control, will not be a theological wtiiinary or sect.iriaD rcIkniI, hut an edticatiomd institution of high rank, where the youth of the territory can receive instruction in the higher branches of learning. Young men and women will be welcomed, what, ever may Ih their religious preferences. The only test of admission will Isj sttfti. i ient preparation and good character. Senator Mitchell presented in the senate a petition the other day from Corbet t St Macleay and other citizens of Portland, canners and dealers in canned good, praying-tor an amendment to tha existing laws so as to authorize the re payment in full of the duties paid on imported tin when made into cans and exported filled with American products. The petitioners assert confidently that the existing law is little less than an export tax, which they say is prohibited by the constitution of the United States. The petition was referred to the committee oll fin:ince rr(,li:ir.ltioni, are K.ing male to ,,ut a ract j,, ,l. Clckamas river at the fish hatch. TV, in order to catch salmon latum! j up the liver ami strip them of their m wi (lrivtl int), th(, kHj of h(J rivcr at on ano0 f 45 ,lCj-recs, in front of a row of j.jli,,. Last year wire was iistsi, but has j,,,,, liSo:irdl, as i.ickets, driven two lu.u apart, have been found" to answer! .1... tirlM,-., Mtter. 1 1 A Nebraska school teacher whipped n bad by so hard th.it the court fined him $5, but the school Isiard backed him up ami raised his salary $10 a month in coiisc-iicnc. There is danger now that he will start in to lick the whole school. Amos IJronson Alcott, founder of the famous Concord school of Trasccndcut.il Philosophy, and author of philosophical and critical works died Sunday, aged SM. The father of Mrs. Langtry, Mr. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey, died last week. He was greatly respected not only in Jersey, but in F.ngland where he was well known. The Northern Pacific will soon be known as the great ten route. It has just closed a contract for the trsusporting from the Pacific coast to St. Paul, this season, 10,000,000 pounds of tea. A reat number of documents ranging in time from the Elizabethan period to Queen Anne's time have been discovered in a hidden chamber in Stratford Guild hall, anl they will be examined by the Shakcsperean librarian at Stratford with a hope of securing some new li-jht con- , ecruing the life of Shakespeare. It is thought that a quarter of a million of fruit trees will lie planted in Jaekson and Josephine counties during 1888. This is evidence of the fact that this w ill in the near future bo a vast fruit produc ing section, among the greatest on the coast. Tim en. A new bank with a paid up capital stsk of $25,000 and a fully ulcribcd stock of $100,000 has been osned at Kugcue. Iu a little over sixty days the great bore through the Cascade mountains will le completed, as only 1300 feet now intervene between the east an! west portals. Twenty feet a day are being excavated, and at this rate the first of May will see th completion of the tunnel, Bepnett has pushed this work with energy and rim from the start. K. T. Foley, who recently committed stiieiile in I 'rook county, left property to the amount of over $11,000. He has a larjje band of sheep vcr in tho Black. Butte country. A hunter near Canyon City a short tiwa sinctf shot a cougsr sod captured her )oung ones, siuull kitten. had a litter of young hound. at home and hu placed the two young cougar - among them, aud they are thriving well. They lay around iu front of the fire and play with each other just like two ordinary kittens. The Scout published at Union says: It is generally reported that tho fruit trccajtTA all , jllVal In w oa In Q tha. . hard freeze during January. In many instances the trees have frozen until they are black. It is Haiti that hot a peach tret; remains ulive iu the valley. To tha fruit growers this is a sml ufhtir, as some depend upon their fruit and j-iirdeu for a livelihood. Miss Nettie Jlortoii, daughter of D. Hortoii of Seattle, the ex-hanker, is tt) sail for .LipMii, ns a miiuioniiry of the Mcthodi-t Piotehtiiiit church. She will tro tn tin Vim. oiivcr April l-t. This U the tiit coni l ihiit ion of I'uj-el Sound t foreign iiiiM-ii'ti forces, uml pmhubly this eoiitiiliiitioii is iiniii I lie wealthiest homo in the territory. Miss II. whs horn in Seattle und ei! ilea tetl at Ml. HiilyoLn Sciuinaiy. 1 in port it ii t Decision. The 1 liter dale (Yniinerce Commis sion has mulcted nn important decision in the case of the complaints made by fleoigo l!ien of Marietta, Ohio, ngainsf, the Louisville and Nashville and several other railroads, charging, among other things, dis criminations by the railroads in favor.of the Stumlaid Oil Company. Tho complainant' method of ship ment was in harrois, the only method for which any of the defendants supplied rolling atock to their customers. Some of the companies bad a few tank cars, but tho tanks upon them were owned bv the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, and they were not obtainable by others. Per sons desiring to ship oil in bulk by tank cars could only do so by pro curioff oul tend,eriu to. the railroad companies t he cars for transportation. The defendants, by their rate sheets, gave rates on oil in barrels, and to many towns, but not to all, on oil in tanks also. Tie rates on tho trans portation of oil iu tanks were gen erally car rutes, but in some caaes they were by tho hundred pounds. The rate sheets gave no infoimation as to how tank cars were to be ob tained. The commission decides that it wns the duty of tho defend ants to publish information on the subject with tli' if rate sheets, and that not having done so they did not fully give Ihe information re garding rates which the interstate commerce net intended should be placed before the public. LAKE SlTl'MOU'N ICY WATERS. How cold tho dark water of Lake Superior is. One evening we were steaming across that lake and I asked tho mate what was done when a man fi ll overboard. Ho coolly replied, -'Nothing." "Why?" I asked, astonished at hie heart lessness. "Tho wacr of Lake Superior is o cold that a man cannot live in it dur ing tho time it luW to stop a rapidly moving vessel aud lower a boat," he replied. Then he added : "I have sailed on this lako for twenty years. Punug that time I have known many men to fall off vessels. I know of but one man who escaped death. He was saved by n scratch. The others were ap. parently killed by the ahock pro duced by falling into such cold water." Ho picked up au empty can to which a long hiring was attached, and cast it overboard. The can skipped from tho crest of one wave to another for an instant, then dip ped and filled. Tho hoary-headed mato drew tho can up and handed it to me, saying, "Take a drink of that and then say what you think of your chances iu swiming in Lako Superi or for ton or fifteen minutes." I drank deeply, and it was as though liquid ice llowed down my throat. "It is alleged," the mato Bald, "that thi lake never gives up ils dead; that to bo drowned in Lake Superior is to be drowned for all time. I do not know whether this is true or not, but I do know that I have never seen a corpso floating on the lake." I wonder if this is true? I doubted it, but I could find no Bailor who had ever aoen a dead body floating on tho lake. St. Louis Globe-Detuccrat. Catalogues, potter and all kinds of job work done at Tuc hciri-DENT office. My i IV'