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THE COLUMBIAN. St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or. FBIPAY, SBPTE&B'R 1, 1332. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 1 year. In Advance 92 00 6 month " 1 3month 100 ADVERTISING RATES: One square (10 line) first insertion $2 00 Each subsequent insertion I 00 E. O. ADAMS. Editor & Proprietor. OUK W.1SIIIXCTOX LETTEU. fFroaa our Regular Correspondent. "Washington', D. C. August, 12, 1SS2. The Congress having adjourned as an ticipated in roy last letter it .vill perhaps be interesting to know how tho peoples money has been disposed of during the session just closed. Well, hero it is in brief: The net increase of appropria tions for current fiscal year over those for 1881, is $77,532,621. Of this sum $47,414,694 is chargeable to the in creased demand upon the p ni n ft:r.d, and an additional sum of 81, 759,030 had to b. appropriated for additional clerical force in tlie Pension bureau to enable it to keep up with the increase of its work. The total appropria tions for pensions this year, including the allowance for extra clerical force, amounting to $101,750,000, and recent ly llr. Piatt, acting chairman of the Senate Committee on pensions stated, by way ot information to the Senate, that a deficiency appropriation of 30,000, 000, would be necessary for the current ye r in order to meet the payment of pensions. This will increase the total for the year for pensions to $131,750, 000. The river and harbor bill this year exceeds that of last year by $7,196, 075, of which nearly $5,000,000 was for the Mississippi river. Nearly $4,000,000 more are appropriated for the post office department this year; $2,360,000 more for the legislative, ex ecutive and judicial departments; $2, 500,000 more in the sundry civil, up wards of a million more for the army, and as much more for the navy. Tin miscellaneous appropriations exceed the same of last year by $23,066,938, and for deficiencies 1S83 gets $1,535,931 over 1882. An analvsis of the voting upon the appropriations shows that ooth political parties are about equally re sponsible for this extraordinary extrav agance of the peoples money and that no great amount of political capital can be made on either side upon striking the balance of responsibility. The House leaves behind it about one hundred and twenty-live, bilU on the House calendar, two hundred and thirty or the calendar of the committee of the whole, and there are two hundred more bills on the Speakers table which have passed the Senate and have failed of ac tion in the House. On the Senate cal endar there remains about one hundred and ninety Senate bills Mid joint resolu tions and seventy-one House -bills and resolutions. During the present session seven thousand one hundred and eighty two bills and joint resolutions have been introduced in the House. Of this immense total eight bundled and three have been reported favorably two hun dred and'forty-five unfavorably, and no less than six thousin i one hundred and thirty-four remain in the hands, of the various committees. Three hundred and three bills and joint resolutions have passed the House ( most of them pension bills and measures of a semi-private na ture, such as grants of condemned can uo.i for soldiers' monuments, etc.), two hundred and eighty-seven have become laws and forty-one await the President's approval Two thousand two hundred and eighty-three bills and joint resolu tions have been introduced in the Sen ate. Four hundred and sixty-six of these have been passed by that body. Aside from the regular annual appropriation bill about one hundred and seventy hills and joint resolutions of a public nature have passed both houses during this ses sion and have become laws. President Arthur left last evening for & few days rest and during his absence nearly all of the clerical force at the White House will avail themselves of their annual leave, Mr. Charles M. Hindley, 'executive clerk to the Presi dent, left to-night for Lake George. The others have not decided where they will go. The - Executive Mansion will be thoroughly renovated and the furni ture cleaned and lepaired during the next few weeks. Not much new furni ture is needed, as the house was refur nished shortly before President Arthur took possession. The outside will prob ably be given a coat or two of white paint, which it badly needs, especially HLe north front Col Rockwell, cpoi- missioner of public buildings, has re peatedly asked for an appropriation to replace the gravel roadway in front of the house with concrete, but never suc ceeded in getting it until now, an appro priation for a concrete roadway having been made in the sundry civil bill. Du ring the winter storms this road was a perfect mud puddle. AUGUST. LETTER FUCm SARATOGA. ( From our Regu'ar Correspondent.) ' Saratoga Springs, N. Y.'Aug. 19 'S2. While you of the ;can't-get away club have had to accept with resignation the torrid weather of the past week, we in Saratoga, while admitting that the wea ther was perhaps a trifle too hot, have enjoyed the delicious elasticity of the at mosphere and the cooling breezes from the Adirondacks. And what 'a wonder ful place Saratoga is,1 to be sure. It is the great exponent of our genuine and only American way of passing a water ing place summer. Although but a vil lage it is also a city of hotels, and such hotels as only our extravagant ideas of life on this side ofjthe Atlantic could maintain. Tho frequent trains come rufling into th station and discharge their crowds of living' freight tj he im mediately swallowed up and incorporat ed somehow with the kaleidoscopic ever changing precious arrivals, facetiously called " quests" bv the solemn and over worked administrators of these great in stitutions. If one may judge by one of the largest of these, almost historical in its name and connection with earlier days of Saratoga they are admirably manned, and upon the American plan, too. The i provisioning is excellent as well as the cooking. It evidently proved very at tractive to an individual from the rural districts, who was heard to say: " Well, I do enjoy it; but it np and tuck with me whether I fret the worth cf mv ftv-. dollars a day or bust S" Of course one of the principal objects of sojourning here, is to "take t! wate-rs," an.l t-1? varlon-s spring in the bright summer mornings one might imagine one's self bv t he waters cf D ib ylon. There is no pleasanter occupation than to sit down in one of these saline temples and while j quailing one's own dose to watch the ft ring of visitor in quest of the health-bearing draught. From the rosy-cheeked maiden to the foot-in-the "rave old man or woman, al? j consume their allotted tumMerfuls ; but is really past endurance when a. sweetly tender, probably engaged, young couple saunter to the springs and gaze fondly m each otlter's eyes while absorbing the fluid. Truly a tender act to be enshrined on memory's happiest page. The use of these mineral waters seems to be badly abused by people who are ignorant of their lasting effects. Hathorne water, for instance, which! is extremely power ful, should properlyjbe only taken under medical advice. Yet slender girls will quietly walk away with three tumblers or so under their jackets without wink in" but often not without disastrous af ter effects on their health. Oscar Wilde an ived yesterday niorn- - j in" and in five minutes walk from the depot along the piazzas of the United States Hotel to the Broadway front of that house he formed and expressed his. opinion of Saratoga, which being favora ble, of course, assures the success of the remainder of the season here. I believe there has been a good sale of tickets to a first class audience for his lecture this evening, and the fireworks in the park will not draws off Uiauy from his pyro technic oratory. A breakfast at Mt. 2dc Gregor was given in his honor this Ulf rrnin". It was announced in advance that daisies and pond lilies would be in order ttud sunflowers eschewed. ly u -singular coincidence the gorgeous sun flowers which appear in Congress Park every summer did not begin blooming with their usual luxuriance this year un til. within thy last three days, as if they had waited to greet their poet. One of the greatest charms of S ua to ga is its variety in Irlress and its contra dictions. It is dangerous to make an i assertion here, for you may receive ocu lar proof to tlie contrary the next min ute. A calico sack walks contentedly bv the. side of plu-h or velvet and a ten cent lawn figures n connection with dia monds as big as plover's eggs. "The beauty of Siratogaj air is that you can wear anything in it" Rome one observes and just, then come3 along a lady in a dro.w o! o!d gold jplush, looking as if wrapped in her own window curtain. Dut it plush in winter is bad, as it is- except in upholstery-it is worse in sum nier, and then? is no fashion about it, for neither plush or velvet are seen, ex- cept occasionally, and then they look heavy and out of place. Even in a cool, clear atmosphere like that of Saratoga during the past week, velvet looks and feels burdensome, and is soon covered with dust, while the light lawns, the walking silks and summer veilings scarce ly show soil and are wings instead of an obstacle and burden. August. The following letter and comments were written fifteen or sixteen years ago when Mr. i'eivon "was editor of the Christian Advocate. The Postscript which was not published with the rest of the let'er is here inserted, and proves there is nothing new under the. sun. Portland is jubilant over their suc cess in removing tho St. Helen bar, and wo are not sorry a3 it does not lessen the value of property at St. Helen and tho same process will undoubtedly improve the mouth of the Columbia. This will knock the bottom out of the theory of Oregon being tributary to the Sound, and the Sound papers will doubt less wail muohly thereat. Letter fro;2i St. Helens. Mr Editor: Noticing a paragraph in your last issue which is apt to cu;vey a wrong impression, I deem it n,y duty to put you in possession or the truth. The steamer TVyic. did not remain at the mouth of Vac Cowlitz, but came up to S.. lluens, where slie was discharged and loaded. The Portlanders dhdiku to repeat the name of St, Helens from .some cause, perhaps you can solve the reason. We have had free navigation from St. He'ous to Pui tlandevi-ry d ly duce the Columbia has closed up. So much for having a "back .door to vour town. Don't let the above truths huri. your feelings. With due respe.'t, yours, etc., F. A Lajiont. P. S. If the Portlanders wish to im prove the navigation of tlie Willamette, take one of the Ocean Steamers and turn tail up tlie stream, set the propellor lo work, and they soon will have; a chan- u-1. Explanatory. An item, in our locals ot last week, said that the Paci.ic had passed the. mouth of the Cowlitz; the telegraph hail said no mere, and the boat which had gone to meet the ship, had not returned when the item was written. Our friends, cf St. Helens, may be assured that we are. not reluc tant to write the name of their town; we sincerely rejoice in their prosperity, and hope that it may increase a hundred fold. As soon as circumstances will seem to justify it, we will move the Ad vocatk down to St. Helens. P. C Ad vocate 16 years n;jo. ClaToXan'iu, Oiiego.v, Aug. 1882. Ed. Columbian -Dear Sir: Good weather on Clatskanie, and among the new settlers lots of burning and clear ing. Mr. Fred Langfe'dt has been burn ing his slashing. Mr. D. is very much liked here. I with we had 500 settlers ju:t like him. No, not just like, he is now, for he. is a single man, and we hope he will soon find a wife and, wo all would like to see the in-coming settlers men of families. There is a colony com ing here from Adams County, Illinois, four of thmi, served wi h me during the war. They all have -means. Then we ara to hiva several from Port land.. What we need is a saw-mill and a flume out to the river from the mill. That will put our goods in tho market and give us all some cash, and would be as ood an investment as a capitalist could make. We have lost two good settlers, and gained two. Mr. S. G. Snoll sold out his homestead to Mr. Thomas Barns of Portland, and Mr. B. and family are in possession. We know Mr. B. to be a good man, and his wife we think is a number one good woman. They have one daughter, a fine girl about 14 years office. Suell also . sold to Mr. Nelson his R. It. claim improvements. Mr. Snell and family have started for Wyoming Ter. to make it their home. With them also wen'. Cy. In.alls. Clats kanie loses two good men in losing them, and in Mivs. Sae.jl we loss one of the best of neighbors and friends. The com munity in which they next pitch their tent will be the better off for having thern. All here wish them good luck and prosperity. Yours truly. Parties whoso accounts are overdue, are requested to call and settle the same U-foro Sept 5 th. G. W. McBJUDE. j L0SAL NEWS. William T. S. Woodman wind family have j moved to Portland. We have known Mr. Woodman ever sinco 1867 at Port Discovery, W. T. He has resi ded here many years, and has many friends ; as Deputy County Clerk he has shown himself an eflicientand courteous gentleman, ami we wish him and his family success in his new place of resi dence. ' ... New Goods. i Arrived this week a full assortment of newest styles of dress good including Brocades, Grenadines, Bioeatels, Seer suckers, Fancy Gingham aad moai ie cloths also American prints, white goods, Ladies' and Misses' hosiery in all colors, L'sle-t'.iread gloves, E.ubroidery fcc. iko. at Mc Bride's Store. D.; B. Butler and brother have re turned from their visit to the paternal homestead in old North Carolina. We will not give many particulars as Mr. Butler has promised to write for this paper an account of his journey. We, were very inuch interested in '.'.is narra tion, and promise a. varj treat to our readers. Ann Hovt's husband's name is Hiram McUomas. They were married at Po mona, Cal , at the residence of her uster Mrs. Stevenson. Stevenson has gone to Washington and New Yoik with ' Lucky" Baldwin; will visit his rela tives livin" on the Hudson River before his return. The Manzan'dlo makes trip3 every Monday and Friday to Skamokawa and every Wednesday to Clatskanie. This is a finely finished boat, and its Captain, officer. and crew are very civil and oblig ing. It has a cosy cabin and nice fur niture, to match. A man on the Clatskanie tore up his beautiful garden of flowers to suit a soul sleeper preacher. He d.dn't tell him to tear up his vegetables, that preacher has a mouth for grub. Such teachings are re-nicho'oits to say the least. 0 Married at the residence of T. C. Watts, in St. Helen, by Judge Moore, Mr. ! Byron Failing to Miss Fiora Heald, Au-ust 19th 1S82. Sae was Heald and he was Failing, now he is healed and she is Failing. JWe havo received the Oregon aud Washington Faridir, published monthly in Portland, Oregon, by S. A. Clarkf. It is a splendid collection of pieces on subjects on which every farmer on this Upper Coast should bo posted. The Soul-sleeper preacher wrote to a man on the Clatskanie first to leave his wife, then for him to drive her off, but their better sense told them to live to gether, and fiht each other, tho devil and the preacher. A' stub tailed rat-terrier persists in visiting our place. He is a thing of beauty, belongs to tho Muckle Bros, re sembles one of the firm, and i probably looking after their pi?'aical interests on Frogmore. Tho S ml-sloepor preacher has been trying to persuade so ne of tho Clatka nians to mortgage their farms to furnish him fundi to go to Hinglaad. They had better give hiiu a boot-toe and send him to 'Ell. "Wo wish tho man that stole our vvagou seat would return it. He did not go for us in the. last Election, but went for more wagon-seat. It is well red (read) like its ritrhtful owner. A certain soul-sleeper lately went down tho river on the. steamer, reading the Bible all the. time except when he looked through his fingers at any hand some lady who came on hoard. Davenport will hereafter keep a big supply of fruit consisting of peaches, or anges, pears, apples, lemons, oocoanuts, Mr. II, H. Harvey has purchased Per ry's and Kelly's sheep for his ranch ( the John Ay res ranch ) on the Cowe raan. gjHas anybody found a fin? pair of hlask kid glove.st They ara Major Ad ams'. Finder liberally rewarded. Mm Dan n has been spending tlie. summer at her father's, W. W. West Esq.. on the Upper Scappoose, Miss Lizzie Ilendrickson and Hattie Rathbun are out gathering ferns and flower-i to-day for the Ball. Wanted 5,000 rails by Major Adams. 3TB WS DBOPS. Rev. Mr; Reese will preach at 11 a. m., on Sunday at the Scappoose and at 7 P. m at th3 Methodist Church in St. Helen. Wonder whether the organ key will be lost this time. i S. F. Howe, Djenti3T, will be at St. Helen th'e Firt Monday in each month, aud remain Tojo Day, unless by special agreement to remain longer. J. Kellogg &, Co. have tikea out their Advertisement to make some changes. We have not been advised what the changes are. We took our children out last evo for a ride, aud met Judge Moore and family returning from their ranch on the Scap poose, i Hon. J. II. El well was in town lately. Ho brag3 a boy bigger than himself ul ready. Rainier is the place for fat ba bies, j There 'will be a funeral address deliv ered on the death of Mm. Rogers. WeTarojnot advised of the time. Mrs. Sjames and Mrs. Mark Libby, Mrs. Adams' molht rand aunt have been summering at Old Orchard Beach. The Muckles are trying to 6-dose Major Adams and family as their ances tors did the colonics in 1776. i Charley Blakesley is hauling rocks for Riley, and presents a spectacle of indus try it would be well to imitate. Miss Helena Hoi man has returned to Wilbur to attend to her professional du ties at the Seminary. I S. A.jMiles, daughter Jennie, and sen Willie, left yesterday for Bickleton, W. T. to visit Mrs. Butler. i Mrs. Burns, sister of W. H. Conyers, is Siting her brother's family. She is a nice looking lady. Prof. Qaick and wife have been out to visit Capt. Pop3 who is taking care of his fruit crop. Drj Philips, Dentist, will be here soon; his reputation is great and hi3 pri ces moderate. Jacoli George keeps a young shepherd dog that makes night melodious with his bowlings. Mrs. Morrison is visiting a friend of hers, Mrs. Burleigh who lives Lack of La Ci'idre. Mr. Falirc lives in the upper part of the Tom. Elrington building on River Street, j S. L. ;Shintaffer has raised a big crop of wheat and oats, so says the Hubbard Times, j gMoney to loan on real estate securityj by F. A. Moore Esq. St. Helen, Oregon.' The Se ving Circlo met on We lnesday at Judge Moore's. 22 ladies were pres ent. Some; thieves are stealing all of the half-ripe fruit on Capt. Lmont's place. Miss Kate Loulin will soon-leave to attend the Seminary at Forest Grove. Wanted, one, two or three thousand pickets for which cash will be paid. Last I Sunday Taylor's scow was load ing Belgian bbeks at Milton. Mr. Hancock is building a fine house on his claim on the Cowlitz. i Wash. Muckle has been home on a a visit from Skamokawa. B. Fi Gil tiier's flower garden presents a rare spectacle of beauty. A. II. Blakesley has bought a new chaude Mrs. ier for his saloon. Lo"an and son have been visit- ins: her relatives lfvrc. S. Gj Caudle is a Notary Public, the only one in St. Helen, Rev, J. M. Sweeney will preach on Lewis River Station. Mr. Dixon lives in tho upper part of the Winton House. Johnny Campbell has been Bout to the Insane Asylum. The Subscription of the Columbian is on the! increase. Charles Muckle is haying, so is Jos eph Copeland. Mr. (Jacob George's brother resides in East Portland. Willie Fullerton has recovered, now Roberi is sick. Capt. Henderson is hauling rocks for Riley jagain. ! j Mr. Arthur has left to got work in Portland. The Shooting Gallery is a great at. traction. ! Prof. Quick commences school Mon day, j Dennis Perry killed a large deer late- Rainier Items. ' There is a Sunday School il Itndfon School House in Beaver Valley Mrs. Manchester is Superintendent am! Mrs. Mays assistant. The number of schol ars is SO. Rev. Air. Saialley of Astoria, soul sleeper, occasionally preaches in the neighborhood. There is a Spelling School every Sat urday night, which will continue .till rainy weather. Meserv'p, Mcltey and Kiser with neighbor havo opened 2 miles of road this spring. There arc four and five men at a tims land-looking. There is splendid State land, school land, i all-road land and government land. Tony Neppach, Nicolai's book-keeper it was reported took up the big fails for mill purposes, but three or four other men found out he had the wrong placo and cut him out. Elwell & Hudson are doing well log ging, so are Ray, Lavry t Co. Rtggs is putting in piles, aud paying big wages. David Upton's wife lately had a beau tiful little girl. J. W. Richards' wifo Aug. 18th, had a little girl weighing 8 ibs. J. H. Elwel.'j voun 'star weighs lOh lbs. Henry Ilankins killed a bear tho oth er day while hunting cows. The big and little Boaver Falls havo 60 feet fall of water. The Brant Boys kill many drer. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. A large and well assorted stock of men's boots, men's women's, and child ren's shoes of all kiwis carefully selected by Mr. Giltuer in San Francisco now ar riving and to arrive at McBride's store. Especial care has been tike.utoget the very best floods in the market. Good advice in the matter of Invest ments or Speculations in Stouk, are worth a great deal. We hear that Messrs. E. de V. Vermont ik Co. tho correspondent of 400 Am rican papers, send to subscribers, for SI. 00 per quar ter, h Private Financed LtUcr f infor mation, concerning the N. Y. Stoclc market. They are impartial and huta pendent, and ought to be given a fair tr;al. NDticD For Publication Lano OrriCE at) OarcoN City, Okkgon. - Ai. 1&2.J Notice I hereby piven that the folluwin? namc.l s.-ttler haa tiled notice ot his inteiitiun to lnaUe linal proof in support of his claim, and that Jjai I pro f will be rna,U before the County Clerk of Cohiml ia County at St. He em, Ort ou, on Tues lay. Oct. 10. 1SS2, iz: John Vca- ' zey. Pre. U. S. No. 2037 for the s. K. i of Sec. 8 T. 7 x. 11. 5 w. He names th? follow in wi netws to prove hi continuum residence upon, and cultivation of. sui J Un 1, vu: Henry White, George W. Sherley, Sidney J. Woo I and John Cyr, all of Wen port, Clatsop County, Oregon. L. T. UARIX, Renter. jyroTicE. U. S. Land OrriCE,) Oukgox City, Oregon. Auk- 27. 1H82. I Complaint having been entered at thi Office by " illiam An lerson against Norman .Martin f r aland nin hi Homestead Entry Nos. 3709 & 421.'J original, dated Jan. 1 1H70. upon the N. w. 4 Section 8, Township 7 j 1,'ane 3 w. in Colum bia County, Oregon with a v'uw to tlie cancel lation of M.iid entry; the Raid parties are hereby summoned to appear Lefore the County Citric of CoIumHU County, at St. Helens, Oregon on th 2d. day of October, 1882, at 1 o'clock v. m., to respond and f urnUh testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. L. T. BAK1X, Regiatcr. v3n4l Tk laiim Fciantiiti of f-day w?re5tat most diseases are caused bv diseased Kidney or Liv er. If, therefore, tho Kidnevii and Livi-r ara kept in perfect order, perfect health will be tho resu.t. This truth has only be.u known a nhnrt time and for yearn people Kuffrred great agony withut being alile to find re'ief. The discovery of Warner's Safe KMney an! Liver Cure mark nw era- the treatment of these troubles. 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