THE COLUMBIAN".
St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or.
FBIDA7, JTT1TE 16, 1882,
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INFLUENCE OF TIIE BOLTERS.
The election returns from the various
counties show that the spirit of indepen
dence is rapidly growing in this State,
and that the voters are fast learning to
ignore the mandates of the bosses. The
simple fact that -a man has succeeded in
getting his name put on a party ticket,
no longer injures him the full support
of all who, upon national issue and up
on national elections; believe and act
with that party. For local positions,
people are baginning to look at a man's
fitness for the place to which he uapires,
and to care more for the faithfulness of
the den who collect and disburse the
money for the county or State, or who
pertorei the clerical services, than they
do for the political opinions of these
public servants. In several largely Re
publican counties, one or more Demo
cratic countv officers have been chosen,
and some counties which always go
Democratic on the main question, the
Republicans have been successful in the
contest for control of local affairs. It in
as has leen said, an omen of good gov
ernment when those who do the voting
show that they will not endure "without
protest everything that party managers
and convention manipulators can put
upon them. When once this becomes
the rule with a majority of the voters of
both parties, the managers may still con
trol the conventions and lead their par
ties but they will not dare to present
the names of bad men for office. In
this county the fear of this spirit of in
dependence this year, doubtless had its
influence in securing good nominations
in the main on both tickets, so that
there was no especial reason to be found
in the character of the several candi
dates, why the voters should not support
their party tickets.
Year by year the prople ought
encourage this spirit, as on its in
fluence upon nominating conventions, in
a large measure, depends the selection
of proper men to manage public affairs.
Let conventions of all parties once for
all understand that while the people al
ways prefer to vote for men of their po
litical faith, they are not willing to en
dorse dishonesty to save their record
Those who have the manliness to bolt,
hold the keys to political salvation of the
country and the large accessions to their
numbers of late yearshnake the necessity
of boftiny happen more rarely. Tele
gram. Inundated Lands.
The Columbia has so overflowed its
banks that the railroad and the business
streets of Kalama were almost under
water last night. An engine and pile
driver are engaged in driving piles along
the road to fasten the track down so as
to prevent the floating away timbers and
ties. From Kalama to Cowlitz station
about sixteen miles, the track is covered
with water in several places, and trains
only run to Cowlitz wheje the steamers
have a good landing. Between Freeport
and the Columbia all lands are inun
dated and houses and farms deserted.
It is a most deplorable sight to see as
far as the eye can reach, large farms
with growing crops covered with water,
which will in all probability remain long
enough to destroy all crops and miles of
fencing and other improvements. The
lands at the mouth of the Cowlitz are
of such a nature that the water quickly
penetrates and undermines it, and every
where the banks are giving way, and
valuable lands are being carried to the
pcean. The captains of river steamers
are considerate enough to pass up and
4own the stream at very slow speed to
prevent the steamers making any more
. commotion in the water than is absolute-1 .
ly necessary. Unless the water soon
subsides the damage in this locality will
be fearful. Telegram.
t The most perfect gem in th,e song
Jjne tljafc we have seen for many a day
jhas jtjst been ftssued by Sherman, Clay
fc Cq,, of San Francisco. The title is
" Thepe May be Eyps as Brightly Beam
ing,' the music is arranged by H. M.
Cosworth, the song is in the original key
pf E. flat, as sung by Mr. Digby Boll in
! Madame Favart'. The marks J price is
-S5 cents."
Our New York Letter.
Special Correspondence of the Columbian;
New Yokk, June 3, 1832.
Decoration day has been the event of
the present week and w ver has the ob
servance been more general or more suc
cessful, in this city and vicinity. The
perfect-weather, the brilliancy of the
military und civic parade, the unusual
excellence of the orations, and the pres
ence of the President, each contributed
its share to produce the eminently satis
factory result. For another class of ci
tizens the 'holiday was made equally
tjnjoyable .by theraces at Jerome Park,
where the gay toilets, the freshly paint
ecMdrags, the speed of the horses, and
the size of the crowd, and the general
animation of the spectacle, produced a
veritable Derby day j While the exhila
rating dress parades down the bay of
several crank yachting club, the closely
contested ball games, and a variety of
other out-of-door sports furnished the
variety of amusements demanded by the
metropolitan million bent on enjoyment.
The severe criticism of Bob. Ingcrsoll
in general, and of his engagement to de
liver the principal oration of the day
in particular, did not interfere with the
flow, or fervor of his eloquence. What
ever one may think of his theology or
lack of it none can dispute the quality
and strength of his patriotism after hav
ing listened to him in the Academy of
Music last Tuesday night. While the
good taste of inviting Ingcrsoll to speak
was very radically discussed in the relig
ious journals, no one called in question
the propriety of engaging an English
man to eulogize the dead soldiers in
Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Rob
ert Collyer, while an Englishman by
birth, however, is as hearty and whole,
souled an American citizen as any man
mong us. When the War broke out
on the very first Sunday, and in a single
sermon, he'preached every able-bodied
man out of his congregation and into
the army. Now he claims, and rightly,
that the grandeur of the victory of the
Northern arms is due to the fact that,
as he expresses it, the foe thty met
were not low-down fellows, but every
inch as good men and as brve as them
selves." TOPPLED OVER AT LAST.
Enemies of the Andre monument
should be satisfied now, that at last, af
ter repeated afforts to destroy it, it lies
prone on the ground, in mute obeisance
to the vandalism whose exhibitions are
becoming alarmingly frequent. I went
up to Tappan yesterday to look at it,
but there is nothing especially exciting
in the spectacle of a polished shaft of
granite four feet square at the base, and
not much longer from base to apex, ly
ing on the ground as though that was its
normal condition. I suppose it will lie
there indefinitely, although the sugges
tion has been made that the shaft itself
be exploded with nitro-glycenne on th
coming Fourth. The people of Tappan
and the Sleepy Hollow sort of a village
itself which is now blooming like a gar
den are far more entertaining than Mr.
Field's dismantled block of stone.
Washington's headquarters.
Every well regulated village in this im
mediate vicinity has its Washington's
Headquarters, you know, a quaint stone
structure dating bftck to the early part
of last century, now lost in a tangle
of trees and shrubbery the old stone
building in which Andre was confined
before his execution, now in a tumble
down and rickety condition, is still as
ciosely locked and as strongly harred and
impregnably bolted as though this archi
tectural skeleton was trying still to hold
the unfortunate Andre's ghost, even as
its stancher self once held his body ;
while the faded and weather worn nie
dalion head of Washington on the sign
that swings before Gregory's village inn,
creeks as ominously as though when
General Washington sentenced Andre
to the gallows, his own head fell to
swinging in perpetual sympathy. The
view from the hills where the execution
took place is far reaching and beautiful
in the extreme, While Vas enjoying
it and thinking how fortunate one must
be to have his last glimpse qf this world
from i,uch a stand point, the inevita
ble small b,oy put in lU appearance ;
" Who pipped this monument over 1" I
severely demanded. Oh, she blew over
herselt," was the satisfactory response,
given in the exjpressiye vernacular qf the
Tappanese.
PRESENCE QF THE PRESIDENT.
President Arthur has been in tqwn
some days and his movements have. beei
watched with the keenest interest by thft
hungry politicians and would-be office-
holders. Perhaps he has not been kept
under such close surveillance as during
the days and nights immediately succeed
ing his taking the oath of office, but the
public has been- pretty well informed of
what he has done and of the people he
has met. With his
had two reception
usual tact he has
rooms at the fifth
Avenue, one for his Stalwart and the
other for his half-breed callers. Speak
ing of the way in which the reporters
dog the President's movements, I recall
a story told of him two or three nights
after he became President. He couldn't
move out of doors, and no one could en
ter his residence without its being fh all
the papers next day.; Reporters roosted
on his front stoop, 1 leaned against his
feuce held up the trees and lamp-posts
in front of his house, . formed sociable
knots at the four nearest street corners,
button-holed every j unfortunate, who
came in or went oH, and generally
mounted guard over; the premises-. He
stood it as long as ;he could, but even
the patience of so amiable a gentleman
as Mr. Arthur has it3 limits and one
night, shortly after j mid-night, he sud
denly Hppea red like la Very able-bodied
apparition to a group of startled report
ers. Very kindly, but in a manner that
could not be misunderstood he told them
that ho objected to1 being kept under
any espionage of the kind, and he more
over begged them .not to say in their
respective papers next morning, that
they had seen him. j For obvious reasons
not one of them disregarded his request.
A CIIINKSB "SHOW
' See that ye love one another," was
the motto in flowers extending across
the platform of thej People's Church, in
West Fifty-third street, the other night.
at the first public
entertainment ever
given in this city by the members of a
Chinese Sudiy School. The platform
was covered with jscreens and llowers
and Chinese paintings and tea-atone in
scriptions on blue jsilk banners, which
were said to be tlxe ' Lord's Pr yer,"
the Ten Commandments" and lh' Con
stitution of the Y. M. C. A" The pul
pit end of the Church resembled in its
splendor of bright colors and quaint de
sign, an oriental bazar. When the
scholars recited passages of scriptures,
they were as awkward and abashed as
other Sun. lay school .children of smaller
growth, on the momentous occasion of
their debut; but when they got at zheir
national mstrumen
home so much fcO that the audience
wished themselves
there. Whatever
heathenish, and bar
there was that was
baric not to say btjrbarious in their mu
sic, no trace of paganism was dhcerna-
ble in another pai t
of the ceremonies ;
the orthodox alacrity with which the
contribution boxes! were passed, proved
how rapidly and
been civilized and
k?ffeecually they had
christianized. A la
dy speaker who takes a personal and
practical interest iA the Chinese, said ;
she wished that all our Congressman
should be present.
PRINCE JANDERBILT.
You have been accustomed I lcnov to
speak of William jHenry Vanderbilt as
a" Railroad Kingi" In his own realm
we must all acknowledge his autocratic
power. Now I propose to tell you a se
cret. Yon did not know did you that
he is in point of fact and by right of a
genuine title Prince Vanderbilt t It
was only a few days ago that an inti
mate friend of this gentleman told me
i
for a fact that Mr. Vanderbilt has pur
chased that name from the Pope, con
stitutiug him a " Prince of Rome," for
which he paid the
is further stated
sum of $10,000. It
hat on his furniture
and in the decorations of his new palace
on Fifth Avenue the Prince uses hia cor
onet. If you doubt it, look for your
self the next time you call there. Mean
time, " vive le Prince Vanderbilt 1"
THE WEEK IN NEW YORK.
The great arm, ,hand and torch which
has stood for a long time in Madison
Square, and which is to form a part of
Mr. .Bartholdi's work, ot " Liberty En
lightening the World" is to ho returned
to Paris to be adjusted to the gigaio
i
figure,
It is said that a new gambling house
has been opened in Boston for the use
of the students at Harvard College.
Professor Rogers, one of the fqund
ers of the. Institute of Technology in
Boston, expired suddenly while deliver
ing an address beforp the graduating
class. ,
Treasurer Qilfielan says that Jnited
States oojns, reflected by natural abra
sion, and, not nutilatftd, must be received,
at government offices at their fa.c.e value.
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Six thousand immigrants landed at
Castle Garden yesterday. Ninety thou
sand landed in the month of May.
All of tho five children of the late
Moses Taylor are living, and are million
aires irrespective of the enormous estate
left them by their father.
A number of the Public School build
ings are reported in an unhealthy condi
tion.
A lot of land 20 x 100 on Liberty St.
part of the J uniel Estate, brought the
enormous sum of $356,000 it being the
highest price ever realized for Real Es
tat e in this City.
A firm of Italian Padroni have import
ed 475 laborers on a contract to be farmed
o'ut The importers to receive twenty
cents per day from the laborers for three
years. Tho immigrants seemed delighted
to learn from tho Commissioners of Em
igration, that the contract was riot bind
ing in this country.
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About 12,000 persons visited Cdney
Island yesterday. The leather was
more favorable for out of dor sr)drts
than for several days previous.
Reports from the interior, show that
Decoration Day was generally observed
throughout tHe country.
The season promises to be unusually
gay in Newport. A list of the Cottages
fills nearly 3 columns of a local jiaper.
Charges of a serious nature have been
preferred against -the United Stafces Con
sul at San Domingo.
The beremonies attending the unveil
ing of Washington's Statue oh the steps
of the Sub. Treasury in Wall Street
will be very imposing.
The passensrer steamers on the liud-
son River are doing a splendid business.
Tho annual report of the Cotton Ex
change shows the sale of 413,975 bales
for the year.
Investigation shows the government
title to the land on which the Navy
Yard in Boston is located, is perfectly
clear. '
A man named Bibbers, attempted
without success, to swim across the East
River with his hands and feet tied to
gether. He will try again.
Sing Ring prison shwa a surplus of
$3,000 Over the expenses of the past
month.
The Produce fixchange has three thou
and members.
Mr. A. Dchnill was the chief sports
man, at a late Free Lagor-beer meeting.
The Committee of the Italian School
of this City have presented Signor Cam-
panini with a beautiful gold medal in
acknowledgement of his generosity to
that institution.
An elevated Railroad, to bo dperated
by electricity is to be constructed in
Chicago. The estimated cost is $150-
000 per mile. The electrical current is
to be transmitted through the track-raiK
The effort to reduce the Car Fare on
the Fourth Ave. road from six to five
cents, has so far proved a failure.
A parade of Bicycle Clubs took place
in Chicago a few days
came in line.
ago about 500
Golden Enterprise Tunnel.
. Centerville, June 6, 1882.
E. G. Adams Dear Sir: The New
Golden Enterprise Tunnel is now in
nearly 100 feet making 12 hundred feet
of tunnel all told on this claim. This
tunnel is running east to west to pros
pect grounds south and east of the old
tunnel. The old main tunnel is 680 ft
in length, the New Tunnel will test the
remaining grounds east of the Old Tun
nel in 200 feet more. During the past
week an attempt was made to put a
shaft down 80 feet ahead of the New
Tunnel. The shaft reached a depth of
53 feet Friday morning, June 2d. It
was found impossible to lower a burn
ing candle 10 feet into the shaft the air
being entirely dead below that point
80 feet more, and the tunnel will reach
the locality of the shaft Some people
here two years ago laughed at thy
there ever bein- rjver where jt
IUijo now Ilea, Some of the same par,,
ties now ihhk it is. the ancient hed, of
the old Columbia. Bp it o or not, the
old California B.lua Lead, which, Ijas
been found, in British Columbia gqes.
through here, and we expect to. find it
before we let up. Likely the stools will
be placed, in tfce 2$. Y. market this, sum
mer. That will give the Comnany plen
ty q means besides advance the prjee of
the stoclc Because you don't hear much
from the Golden Enterprise Tunnel,
don't think it dead ; 'tis only in Us in
fancy. When good diggings arc pn,oc
found things will take a lively turn here,
and don't you forget it Your
Corresp't.
Correspondence.
Beaver Valley, June th JOth, 1882.
Eb. Columbian Dear Sir; As I
have not 'seen any items from thin part
ot the valley, so I will pen you a few
lines. We, the people of Beaver Valley
and vicinity are going to have a Grand
Celebration, July the 4th, 1862. The
celebration will 'be in the beautiful ce
dar grove on G. T. Mays's farm in Bea
ver Valley, Columbia Co. Ogn.
The pedple of Beaver Valley ani vi
cinity met at the school-house to adopt
programme and regulations for the 4th.
bl July '82. Meeting called to order;
Dr. J. W. Meserve was elected Chair
man of the meeting, J. . W Richards
Secretary of neeting. A committee
was elected to form regulations and pro
gramme; committeB on prograrara, W.'.H.
HankinS, G T. Mays-, J. kelson, O. B.
Anstine, J. Hudson; I: S. Marcher, and
it was voted that the people would bring
provisions and set the long table and
have a public diniref free to all
Committee on programme and regula
tions elected.
Dr. J. W. Meserve, Orator of the day.
W; H. Haukins, to read the Declara
tion of independence.
Rev. G. B. Riggs, Chaplain:
J. W; BJeharda, Marshal.
toved and seconded that Dr. Meserve
appoint table committee. The following
were appointed as table committeei Mrs.
Winchester, Mrs. Mafo Mr Nelson,
Mrs. Mai com, Mrs. Kiser, Miss Ella
Malcom-, Miis Nina Malcom, Miss Nan
cy Hudson, Miss Alice Smalley, Miss
Susan Hudson, Mite Mary Hankins,
Misa Minna Hankins, Miss Myrtle
Washburn, MissMcKee, Mr. L S. Parch
er, Mr. J. Huclsdri; Mr. O. B. Anstirie.
W; H; Hankins was appointed to pro
cure music at Portland fot the 4th.
We will hav6 refreshiuehts and good
order. There will be ho intoxicating
drinks at or hear the speaking. We in
vite all. As there was no more busi
ness, we adjourned.
Honeysuckle Grove, June 12th. '82.
Major E. G. Adams Dear Sir; I
thought I would drop you a few lines as
I have never written to your paper.
My folks have taken your paper since it
was first published, and I like it very
well indeed. The honvsuckles around
this Grove are all in full bloom, and it
makes a beautiful appearance. Thcrtt
is a man in Rainier that is a very mean
man: he is almost as bad as a wife-beat
er for he really is a wife-tormentor. He
has now hin 4th. wife, and he tells her
that she shall hot go anywhere and
makes a fuss if she has any visitors at
all. His initials are . Business i
quite low in Rainier. Blanchard's mi 1
is shut down on account of high water.
Yours truly,
We desire to extend io th citizens 6
Columbia County our grateful thanks
for past liberal patronage and while so
liciting its continuance for the future
hope through you to gain many new pa
trons; we have added to our large stock
of Drugs and Medicines, a complete
stock of Paints, Oils Varnishes, Brushes
Window Glass fec fcc, and sell as loud
as the lowest; our place being central
affords a convenient place for storing
your parcels when in town making purj
chases, and we extend a cordial invita
tion to all to make our place headquar
ters. -Come and see us.
Very Respectfully,
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
The Yerdict of The Jury,
We havo just received a copy of tho
most popular piece of music ever pub
lished in this country, called the " Veiv
diet March," composed by Eugene ii
Blake. It is written in an easy style,
so that it can be played on either piano
or organ. The title page is very qard.
some, containing correct portraits r of
Hon. Geo, B: Corkhill, Hon. J PoI
aiVi Jogo W, S. Cox j also a oqi1
root piotnre of the twelve jurymen, who
convicted the ass.ln of Qqr late be
loved President. Tnk pieoe of musjo
should be found, every hansehajd
through, the entire OQiWtWt Price 40
cents, per copy, or 3 popies for Pos
tage stamps, taken as currenoy, Adi
dross all ordera to F. W. Innd Mu
sic Publisher, J8.Q .EJm, Street, Cincin
nati, Ohio, i
TD3 HEST IS TOE CHEAPEST.
A large and well asorted stock of
men's b.QQts, men's women's, and child
ren's thoea o.f all Kinds carefully selected
by 3r. GJltn,er in Sah Francisco now ar
riving and to arrive at Mc Bride's store.
. Especial care has been taken to cot
the ven
best goods in the markets
LOCAL 2T3W3.
The eountry in all a!hat On Yd
ncsdav we were up Lh . road u fr as
Amos SlaWiii. j The bridge there h i
been afloat for a ium r uf Viiy. Tl e
water has 'taken the Harris brid;4, ab'd
the road wHl &6m lve impassable Near
ly allttf Copelaiid's place is under water,
a Small htrip is only exempt at prenent.
His stock is on the maiu land, Isaac ami
Dora are living in th hotw foriuVrly
occupied by Win. Copel.tnd, and attend
ing to tue dairy. William vi camped
near Portland, the O. N. and R. Cora-
pauy refuse to take him and his stock
at this sti;e of the water. Mr. Hend-
rickson has moved his family and stock
to Milton Mr.' William Wolf occu pit
John McNulty's place, and Mr.-Neevea
has moved all Taylor's stock from tho
Island to the ranch in the woods. The
crops of the county round here are al
most entirely wiped out. The II en'
dricksons have ferried off their stock,
indeed, ev-rryhody on Sauvie's Island or
along the bottom.
Mr.. Perry has lately been to Brad
bury to visit her son Frank, and afford
him some nledical attention. Her grand
daughter Mattie accompanied her, ami
her father was overdelighted to see her
sd unexpectedly. Mrs. Perry was called
on by numerous parties for luelicine,
and will find an extensive practice iu
that region. The body of a boy appar
ently aged seven was found in that vi
cinity the other day, drowned undoubt
edly in the raging waters.
More Itoom.
The store-room at tho Taylor House,
has keen leased by G. W: McBride for a
ware-house and is being fitted up with
groceries, provisions and crockery. Tho
ttemaiid from local merchants forfraor
room is a sign of the increasing prosper
ity of St Helena.
We harereceived a copy of the Ori
ental Casket, published by L. Lum Smith
and edited by Emerson Bennett. Ife it
published at 912 Arch Street Philodel
phi. Subscription, $2.00. Its typo
graphical nppeamc is nnlendid and tho
reading firt class. It is one of tho fi.
nest magazine for the ruouey kM havo
seen. !
Hats, Hats, Hats.
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Just arrived direct from ari Franm
.1... 1 .1 . X .
a -
ment of men's and boy hats ever
brought to fit. Helens, at MeBrido's
store.
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S. A. Miles hunted around Deer Is
land till he found (j urn's hortesj and suc
ceeded in rescuing them when Gum had
given them up. They were in Peek's
pasture. All stock on Deer Island Va4
removed in safety.
The road to Slavens ranch is on tho
line of Stewart's and Drisrol jUoet,
and crosses a numlerof xtenir
swales which will have to be corduroyed
before it will be a good road.
Morris has returned to the Milton
Quarry. The hands at Milton work
--', vi.u i.w trav uuu munv rr'nui rip mnrt.--
at thd place where Riley formerly did.
Ihe water has caused a suspension of
work at other points.
The Phi!adelphiafu4icaiyournat (or
April, fully maintains its high character
and certainly will delight all who see it.
it contains the following choice selec
tions of sheet music, arranged for the
piano: Douglass,; Tender tad Tru-'
a favorite and beautiful" balla . j?
going home V fjlo "-. - ' , ,
; ' popular and tak.
ing song - Little Birdie Mine," a song
surei to please everybody; Maicfc of
Beauty Waltz," a gliding and pretty
melody; and " Sweet Smile Schottische,"
an excellent composition. These selec
tions alono are worth very moderate
price charged for the number ( ten cents.)
and if bought in the regular way, at a
musio stony would cost more thm
year's subscription ( one dollar X Hut
the Philadelphia Mxmcal Journat do4a
not rely solely upon its sheet-musio fea
tures, Jt is full of excellent an.d highly
interesting reading matter consisting of
the latest musical news and gossip, able
and fearless editorials, books, reviews,
answers to correspondents, eta, etc.
George D. Oox'm amusing nd entertain,
ing serial, " Love's Artifice," is oonclude4
in tne current number. We cordially
advise all our readers to send for a copy
and see for themselves what a miracle,
of want and cheapness it is: PublinherJ
by Wni. Nuneviller, No. 1300 Chestnut'
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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